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1484 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. FE.BRUARY 5, Also, petition of citizens of Owego, N. Y., for legislation relat REPORTS OF SERGE.ANT-AT-ARMS. ing to dairy or food products-to the Committee on Interstate and The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a commu Foreign Commerce. nication from R. J. Bright, the late Sergeant-at-Arms of the Sen Also, paper to accompany House bill for the relief of David P. ate, submitting statements of receipts from sale of condemned Stewart-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. property made in compliance with law; which was ordered to lie By Mr. ROBINSON of Indiana: Lettel' of W. C. Brown, of on the table and to be printed. Winchester, Ind., in favor of the passage of House bill No. 4478, He also laid before the Senate a communication from R. J. to adjust the pensions of those who have lost limbs, etc.-to the Bright, th~ late Sergeant-at-Arms, transmitting a full and com Committee on Invalid Pensions. plete account of all property in his possession January 31, 1900, By Mr. SULZER: Resolutions of the National Board of Trade, belonging to the United States; which was ordered to lie on the in favor of the laying of competing cable lines to Cuba-to the table and to be printed. Committee on Insular Affairs. MILITIA FORCE OF THE UNITED ST.A.TES, By Mr. THROPP: Papers to accompany House bill granting a pension to Theodore Bach--totheCommittee on Invalid Pensions. The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a commu Also, petition of Charles· Griffith and other druggists of Johns nication from the Secretary of War, transmitting, pursuant to town, Pa., for the repeal of the stamp tax on medicines, perfum law, an abstract of the militia force of the United States, accord ery, and cosmetics-to the Committee on Ways and Means. ing to the latest returns received at the Office of the Adjutant General of the Army, for the year 1899; which, with the accompa nying paper, was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, SENATE. and ordered to be printed. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. MONDAY, February 5, 1900. A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. W. J. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. W. H. MILBURN, D. D. BROWNING, its Chief Clerk, communicated to the Senate the reso The Secretary proceeded to read the Journal of the proceedings lutions of the House adopted as a tribute to the memory of Hon. of Friday last, when, on motion of Mr. GALLINGER, and by unani DANIEL ERMEJ.~TROUT, late a member of the House of Representa mous consent, the further reading was dispensed with. tives from the State of Pennsylvania. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The J ournaJ, without objec The message also announced that the House had passed with . tion, will stand approved. an amendment the bill (S. 734) relating to Cuban vessels; in WAR-REVENUE EXPENDITURES. which it requested the concurrence of the Senate. The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a com The message further announced that the House had passed the . munication from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response following bills; in whi~h it requested the concurrence of the to a resolution of the 8th ultimo, a consolidated statement show Senate: · . ing the net amounts allotted by the President to the Secretary of A bill (H. R. 284) granting permission and authority to the War and the several bureaus of the War Department, the net Orleans levee board to move, without cost to the United States, sums withdrawn from the Treasury by each, and the unexpended the existing line of levee in front of the marine-hospital property balance remaining to the credit of the War Department and its in New Orleans, La.; bureaus in the Treasury, together with the statement in detail of A bill (H. R. 4473) to authorize the Natchitoches Railway and the bureau and office responsible for the disbursements, showing Construction Company to build and maintain a railway and traf the objects for which the expenditures were made, etc.; which, fic bridge across Red River, at Grand Ecore, in the parish of with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Committee on Natchitoches, State of Louisiana; Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. A bill (H. R. 5487) authorizing the construction by the Texar HENRY W. LEE. kana, Shreveport and Natchez Railway Company of a bridge across Twelve-mile Bayou, near Shreveport, La.; The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a commu A bill (H. R. 7433) making appropriations·for the current and nication from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in re cantingent expenses of the Indian Department and for fulfilling sponse to a resolution of the 9th ultimo, certain information rela treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year tive to the action taken by him under the act of August 23, 1894 ending June 30, 1901, and for other purposes; and (28 Statutes, 1013), for the relief of Henry W. Lee, together with A bill (H. R. 7660) granting additional right of way to-the Al copies of papers in the case; which, with the accompanying papers, legheny Valley Railway Company through the arsenal grounds · was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. at Pittsburg, Pa. C<EUR D'ALENE MINING TROUBLES. ENROLLED BILL SIGNED. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair-lays before the Sen The message also announced that the Speaker of the House had ate a communiCation from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in sjgned the enrolled bill (H. R. 6272) fixing the salary of the post response to a resolution of the 25th ultimo, advance sheets of the master at Washington, D. C.; and it was thereupon signed by the annual report of the Major-General Commanding the Army for the President pro tempore. - year 1899, Part I, pages 28 to 29, inclusive, the same being the re PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, port of Brig. Gen. Henry C. Merriam, U.S. A., "On miners' riots Mr. PLATT of New York presented a memorial of Buffalo in the State of Idaho," etc. The Chair calls the attention of the Harbor, No. 41, American Association of Masters and Pilots of . Senator from Missouri fMr. COCKRELL] to this communication. Steam Vessels of New York, relative to the Marine-Hospital Serv Mr. COCKRELL. The original resolution was submitted by ice as now conducted at Buffalo; which was referred to the Com- the senior Senator from South Dakota [Mr. PETTIGREW], and there mittee on Naval Affairs. · was simply a substitute reported by me from the Committee on He also presented a petition of Local Union, No. 132, Cigru: Military Affairs. I think the communication ought to be printed Makers International Union of America, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and laid on the table. praying that all the remaining public lands be held for the benefit The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it will be of the whole people, and that no grants shall be made except to so ordered. The Chair observes that the Senator from South Da actual settlers, etc.; which was referred to the Committee on kota is present. Public Lands. Mr. COCKRELL. I caJI the attention of the Senator from Mr. McMILLAN presented a petition of sundry citizens of Sag~ South Dakota to the fact that the Secretary-of War has made a inaw, Mich., praying that all the remaining public lands be held report in response to the resolution which was introduced by the for the benefit of the whole people, and that no grants shall be Senator and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and made except to actual settlers, etc.; which was referred to the reported back by the committee and passed. I have just asked Committee on Public Lands. that it may be printed and laid on the table. .Mr. NELSON presented a resolution adopted by the Chamber Mr. PETTIGREW. Very well. of Commerce of St. Paul, Minn., favoring the construction of a The PRESIDENT pro tempore. It will be so ordered, there Government route to the Philippines via Puget Sound; which was being no objection. referred to the Committee on the Philippines. WASHINGTON AND GETTYSBURG RAILWAY COMPANY. He also presented a memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of St. Paul, Minn.~ relative to the granting of subsidies to American The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate the annual vessels; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. report of the Washington and Gettysburg Railway Company, of He also presented a petition of the Chamber of Commerce of Maryland; which was referred to the Committee on the District St. Paul, Minn., praying that an appropriation of $200,000 be of Columbia and ordered to be printed. made to continue the work of the Philadelphia Commercial Mu BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON TRANSIT COMPANY, seum; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. The PRESIDENT protemporelaidbeforetheSenatethe annual He also presented a memorial of sundi·y citizens of Marshall, report of the Baltimore and Washjngton Transit Company, of Minn., remonstrating against the passage of the so-called parcels . Maryland; which was referred to the Committee on the District post bill; which was referred to the Committee on Post-Offices of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. and Post-Roads, 1900. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 1485 Mr. PERKINS presented a petition of the Board of Trade of remonstrating against the passage of Senate bill No. 1020, for the Oakland, Cal., praying for the construction and control by the consolidation of third and fourth class mail matter and for the Government of the Nicaragua Canal; which was ordered to lie on establishment of a parcels post with free · collection and delivery the table.

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