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OONGRESSION.A.L RECORD-SENATE. 346A 1900. OONGRESSION.A.L RECORD-SENATE. 346a By Mr. VREELAND: Petition of citizens of Centralia and May­ Mr. HALE. Let that communication be prinred. ville, N. Y., in faver of the Grout bill taxing oleomargarine-to · The PRESIDENT pro tempore. In the absence of objection, the Committee on Agriculture. the communication, with the accompanying papers, will be Also, petition of Fred E. Bonsteel and other druggists of James­ printed. To what particular committee shall the communication town, Fredonia, and Dunkirk, N. Y., for the repeal o.f the stamp be referred? tax on medicines, perfumery, and cosmetics~to the Committee Mr. HALE. I suppose it should go to the.Puerto Rican Com­ on Ways and Means. mittee. Also, petition of citizens of Gowanda, N. Y., urging the passage The PRESIDENT pro tempore. It relates to the tariff in the of the Lacey bill for the protection of wild birds and game-to Philippipe Islands and Puerto Rico, as well as Cuba. a.nd Guam. the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Mr. HALE. Does the communication refer to the tariff duties Also, petition of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of in all of the different islands? Dunkirk,N. Y., urging the enactment of a clause in the Hawaiian The PRESIDENT pro tempore. In all of the islands. constitution forbidding the manufacture and sale of intoxicating Mr. HALE. Then let it go to the Committee on Finance. liquors and a prohibition of gambling and the opium trade-to The PRESIDENT pro tempore. That reference will be made, the Committee on the Territories. in the absence of objection. · By Mr. WISE: Papers to accompany House bill granting a pen­ AGES OF EMPLOYEES IN EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS. sion to Thomas Allen, late a. private in Company L, Fourth Vir­ ginia Infantry, in late Spanish-American war-to the Committee The PRESIDENT pro ·tempore laid before the Senate a com­ on Pensions. munication from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in re­ By M'r. YOUNG: Petition of the League of American Sports­ sponse to a resolution of the 16th instant, certain information men, favoring the 11assage of House bills 6634 and 6062, for the relative to the number of persons employed in the Navy Depart­ preservation and protection of wild game and perpetuating the ment and bureaus as clerks, messengers, etc., between certain American buffalo-to the Committee on Interstate and 1!,oreign ages, and the number now on the rolls who are permanently in­ Commerce. capacitated, etc.; which was ordered to lie on the table, and be Also, petition of the Botanical Society of Pennsylvania, in favor printed. of a national park being made of the Calaveras grove of sequoias, TRANSPORT SffiPS, in the State of California-to the Committee on the Public Lands. The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a. comnm­ Also, letter of H. L. Scott, favoring Government distribution of nication from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to blackleg vaccine-to the Committee on Agriculture. a resolutjon of January 9, 1900, a letter from the Quartermaster­ Also, petition of Lawrence Keohane and Minerva J. Hartzman, General United States Army, and accompanying statements, rel­ of Philadelphia, Pa., urging the passage of House bill No. 4728, ative to the transport ships and other vessels purchased· or char­ relating to leave of absence.with pay to certain employees of the tered l>y the War Department since March 4, 1897, etc.; which, Government-to the Comm1ttee on Naval Affairs. with the accompanying papers, was ordered to lie on the t.able, Also, resolutions of the Chicago Federation of LabQr, against and be printed. sundry bills taxing oleomargarine and butterine-to the Commit­ CLAIMS OF NEZ PERCE INDIANS. tee on Ways and Means. Also, petition of Cyrus D. Hotten.stein, asking for relief-to the The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a com­ Committee on Claims. munication from the Sec1·etary of the Interior, transmitting a By Mr. ZENOR: Resolutions of Jeffersonville Post, No. 86. and decision in i·ela.tion to the claims of certain Nez Perce Indians for Magnus Brucker Post, No. 234, Grand Army of the Republic, of compensation for services claimed to have been rendered by them Jeffersonville, Ind., in suppo1·t of Honse bill No. 7094, to establish as scouts, couriers, and messengers under Gen. 0. 0. Howard in a Branch Soldiers' Home at Johnson City, Tenn.-to the Commit­ 1877; which, with the accompanying papers, was referred to the tee on Military A:ffafrs. Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. MESS.A.GE FROM THE HOUSE. SENATE. A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. W. J. BROW1'~G, its Chief Clerk, returned to the Senate, in compliance THURSDAY, March 29, 1900. with its request, the bill (S. 733) concerning the boarding of TI~~. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. W. H. MILBURN, D. D. The message also announced that the House had passed the bill The Secretary proceeded to read the Journal of yesterday's pro­ (S. 3207) approving a revision and adjustment of certain sales of ceedings, when, on motion of Mr. ScoTT, and by unanimous con­ Otoe and Missouria lands in the States of Nebraska and Kansas. sent, the further reading was dispensed with. The message further announced that the House had agreed to The PRESIDEN'l' pro tempore. The Journal, without objec­ the reports of the committees of conference on the disagreeingvotes tion, will stand approved. of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the follow­ LEGATION BUILDL~G AT BANGKOK. ing bills: The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a commu­ A bill (H. R. 6627) making appropriations for the payment of nication from the Secretary of State, tran mitting a further dis­ invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, rno1. and for other purposes; and patch from the m~nister of the United States at Bangkok, Siam, stating the reason why an appropriation of $2,000 for repairing A bill (H. R. 9279) making appropriations to supply urgent de­ the legation premises and grounds at that place should be made. ficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, Mr. HALE. That matter has already been acted upon, and I 1~00, and for prior years, and for other purposes. move that the communication and accompanying papers be printed The message also announced that the Honse had passed a bill and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. (H. R. 911) to amend section 1176 of the Revised Statutes of the , The motion was agreed to. United 8tates; in which it requested the concurrence of the Senate. OLD COURT-HO"CSE PROPERTY IN INDIANA.POLIS, IND. ENROLLED BILL SIGNED. The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a com­ The message further announced that the Speaker of the House munication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a had signed the en.rolled bill (H. R. 6627) making appropriations letter from the Supervising Architect, submitting an estimate of for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States appropriation to pay rent for the remainder of the current fiscal for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1901, and for other purposes; year for the portion of the old court-house and post-office property and it was thereupon signed by the President pro tempore. f~erly belonging t_o the -p-nited States in the city of Indianapo­ PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. lis, Ind., $4,000; which, with the accompanying paper, was re­ fei;red to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be The PRESIDENT pro tempore presented a petition of the con­ pnnted. gregation of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Dunkirk, INSULAR TARIFF COLLECTIONS. N. Y., praying for the enactment of legislation to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors in any post exchange, canteen, or trans­ Th~ P~ESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a com­ port, or upon any premises used for military purposes by the mumcation. from the Sec~etary of War, ~ransmitting, in response United States; which was referred to the Committee an 1\1ilitary to a resolution of the 22d lnstant, the tariff schedules now in force Affafrs. and effect in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippine Islands to­ Mr. DAVIS presented a memorial of the Commercial Clnb of gether with statements showing the amount of revenues colle~ted St. Paul, Minn:, remonstrating against the enactment of legisla­ from tariff auties in Cuba from January 1, 1899, to January 31 tion to prevent the use of trade checks; which was referred to the 1~00, and in the Philippine LslancLs from date of military occupa~ Committee on the Judiciary. tion to December 31, 1899, etc. · He also presented a. petition of the Commercial Club of St. Paul, 3464 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. M.AlWH 29, ~ Minn., praying that an appropriation of $250,000 be made for the Mr. BATE, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom reclamation and settlement of arid lands; which was referred fo was referred the bill (S. 3303) authorizing the Secretary of War the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands. to provide condemned cannon and caITiages for ornamentation Mi·. FAIRBANKS presented a petition of Blinn Camp, No. 82, purposes in the national cemetery at Knoxville, Tenn., reported Sons of Veterans, of Terre Haute, Ind., praying for the enactment it without amendment, and submitted a report thereon. of legislation to improve the armament of the militia; which was Mr. HARRIS, from the Committee on Military Affairs; to whom referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
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