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Ordnance Depm-tmt7nt. Second Lieut. Alexander Lucien Dade, Tenth Cavalry, to be Second Lieut. Charles Clark Jameson, Fifteenth Infantry, to be first lieutenant. first lieutenant. Second Lieut. John Sheridan Winn, Second Cavalry, to be first lieutenant. Judge--Advocate-General's Departnwnt. Second Lieut. Solomon Pervis Vestal, Fifth Cavalry, to be first Lieut. Col. Thomas Francis Barr, deputy judge-advocate-gen- lieutenant. eral, to be assistant judge-advocate-general. . Second Lieut. Charles Aloysius Hedekin, Third Cavalry, to be Maj. George Breckenridge Davis, judge?advocate, to be deputy first lieutenant . judge_-advocate-general. Second Lieut . Francis John Koester, Tenth Cavalry, to be first Quartermaster's Department. lieutenant. Second Lieut. John Daniel Leinbach Hartman, First Cavalry, to Lieut. Col. George Henry Weeks, deputy quartermaster-gen­ be first lieutenant. eral, to ba assistant quartermaster-general. POSTM.A.STERS. Maj. Gilbert Cole Smith, quartermaster, to be deputy quarter- Perce C. Montgomery, to be postmaster at Portersville, in ~iJ.e master-general. . county of Tulare and State of California. Capt. John Lincoln Clem, assistant quartermaster, to be quar­ Joseph Marks, to be postmaster at Oroville, in the county of termaster. Butte and State of California. - Subsistence Depm·tment. Mathew J. Byrnes, to be postmaster at Visalia, in the county of Maj. Samuel Tobey Cushing, commissary of subsistence, to be Tulare and State of California. assistant commissary-general of subsistence. Frank M. Adams, to be postmaster at Forney, in the county of Capt. Wells Willard, commissary of subsistence, to be commis­ Kaufman and State of Texas. sary of subsistence. Webster Wotkyns, to be postmaster at Pasadena, in the county Capt. Henry Granville Sharpe, commissary of subsistence, to be of Los Angeles and State of California. commissary of subsistence. WilliamS. Staley, to be postmaster at Selma, in the county of Fresno and State of California. Medical Department. Willie M. Compton, to be postmaster at Meridian, in the county Lieut. Col. Dallas Bache, deputy surgeon-general, to be assist­ of Bosque and State of Texas. · ant surgeon-general. Abner L. Board, to be postmaster at Seymour, in the county of Maj. David Lowe Huntington, surgeon, to be deputy surgeon­ Baylor and State of Texas. general. Oscar D. Baker, to be postmaster at Uvalde, in the county of Maj. William Elkanah Waters, surgeon, to be deputy surgeon­ Uvalde and State of Texas. general. Samuel A. Hill, jr., to be postmaster at Bellville, in the county of Maj. Justus Morris Brown, surgeon, to be deputy surgeon-gen- Austin and State of Texas. eral. . Joseph E. Green, to be postmaster at Giddings, in the county of Capt. William Cummings Shannon, assistant surgeon, to be sur- Lee and State of Texas. geon. Goldesbery C. Green, to be postmaster at Mineral Wells, in the Capt. Louis William Crampton, assistant surgeon, to be surgeon. county of Palo Pinto and State of Texas. Capt. Louis Stanislaus Tesson~ assistant surgeon, to be surgeon. Thomas M. Matthews, to be postmaster at Athens, in the county Capt. Edwin Fisher Gardner, assistant surgeon, to be surgeon. of Henderson and State of Texas. Capt. William Henry Corbusier, assistant surgeon, to be sm·- Edmund R. Manning, to be postmaster at Albany, in the county geon. of Sha-ckelford and State of Texas. Capt. Daniel Mitchell Appel, assistant surgeon, to be surgeon. Clarence W. McNeil, to l;>e postmaster at Laredo, in the county Pay Department. of Webb and State of Texas. Ezra M. Tate, to be postmaster at Sulphur Springs, in the county Lieut. Col. George Evan Glenn, deputy paymaster-general, to of Hopkins and State of Texas. be assistant paymast.er-general. Edward E. Solomon, to be postmaster at Baird, in the county of Maj. Asa Bacon Carey, paymaster, to be deputy paymaster­ Callahan and State of Texas. general. Oscar Y. Rathbun, to be postmaster at Whitewright, in the Oorps of Engineers. county of Grayson and State of Texas. Lieut. Col. John Moulder Wilson, to be colonel. Charles W. Willis, to be postmaster at BigSpring,in the county Lieut. Col. John Whitney Barlow, to be colonel. of Howa1·d and State of Texas. Lieut. Col. Peter Conover Hains, to be colonel. William G. Williams, to be postmaster at Waxaha-chie, in the Lieut. Col. George Lewis Gillespie, to be colonel. county of Ellis and State of Texas. · Lieut. Col. Charles Russell Suter, to be colonel. Sallie West, to be postmaster at Hillsboro, in the county of Hill Maj. Oswald Herbert Ernst, to be lieutenant-colonel. and State of Texas. Maj. David Porter Heap, to be lieutenant-colonel. Joshua Downing, to be postmaster at Brookings, in the county Maj. William Ludlow, to be lieutenant-colonel. of Brookings and State of South Dakota. Maj. William Albert Jones, to be lieutenant-colonel. Augustus Huntemer, to be postmaster at Dell Rapids, in the Maj. Andrew Neaf Damrell, to be lieutenant-coloneL county of Minnehaha and State of South Dakota. Capt. Richard Leveridge Hoxie, to be major. Mahlon Purdin, to be postmaster at Medford, in the county of Capt. William Louis Marshall, to be major. Jackson and State of Oregon. Capt. Joseph Henry Willard, to be major. Capt. William Herbert Bixby, to be major. Capt. Eric Ber~land, to be major. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. First Lieut. William Campbell Langfitt, to be captain. FiTst Lieut. Henry Ely Waterman, to be captain. SATURDAY, JJecember 21, 1895. Fu·st Lieut. James Clark Sanford, to be captain. The House met at 12 o'clock m. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. First Lieut. Hiram Martin Chittenden, to be captain. HENRY M. COUDEN. First Lieut. Cassius Eric Gillette, to be captain. The Journal of the proceedings of yesterday was read and ap- Second Lieut. William Wright Harts, to be first lieutenant. proved. · Second Lieut. Robert McGregor, to be first lieutenant. EXECUTIVE COMMUNIO.A.TION. Second Lieut. Edgar Jadwin, to be first lieutenant. Under Rule XXIV, clause 2, the following executive communi­ Second Lieut. Charles Keller, to be first lieutenant. cation was taken from the Speaker's table and referred by the Second Lieut. Herbert Deakyne, to be first lieutenant. Speaker, as follows: Second Lieut. Charles Summers Bromwell, to be first lieutenant. A letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting Cavalry a1'11t. a copy of the report of the Columbia Railway Company of Maj. Samuel Marmaduke Whitside, Seventh Cavalry, to be Washington, D. C., for the fiscal year ended February 28, 1895, lieutenant-colonel. together with an abstract of the company's receipts and disburse­ Capt. Henry James Nowlan, Seventh Cavalry, to be major. ments from September 1, 1871, to March 1, 1895; which was re­ First Lieut. Cmtis Bushrod Hoppin, regimental quartermaster, ferred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Second Cavalry, to be captain. , MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT. First Lieut. Loyd Stone McCormick, Seventh Cavalry,· to be A message in writing from the President of the United States captain. was communicated to the House of Representatives, by Mr. PRU­ First Lieut. Henry Lewis Ripley, regimental quartermaster, DEN, one of his secretaries, who also informed the Honse of Rep­ Third Cavalry, to be captain. resentatives that the P.residenthadapproved and signed joint reso­ F1rst Lieut. Jacob Garretson Galbraith, First Cavalry, to be lutions of the following titles: captain. Joint resolution (H. Res. 7) providing for the printing of the 284 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECEMBER- 21,

MonthlySummaryStatementofimportsandExportsoftheBureau Committee on Military Affairs.-Messrs. Hull, Curtis of New of Statistics, Treasury Department. York, Marsh, Woomer, Griffin, Southwick, Parker, Bishop, Fen­ On December 20, 1895: ton, Tracy, Tarsney, Tyler, McClellan, Washington, Lockhart, and A joint resolution (H. Res. 26) to pay the officers and employees of Catron. the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries Committee on Naval Affairs.-Messrs. Boutelle, Robinson of for the month of December, 1895, on the 20th day of said month. Pennsylvania, Hulick, Hilborn, Bull, Hanly, Wilson of New York, MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. Foss, Dayton, Cummings, Meyer, Money, Hall, Tate, and Hart. Cornmittee on the Post-O.tfWe and Post-Roads.-Messrs. Loud, A message from the Senate, by Mr. PLATT, one of its clerks, an­ Smith of lllinois, Gardner, Linton, Sperry, Settle, Huff, Lorimer, nounced that the Senate had passed without amendment the bill Bromwell, Miller of Kansas, Mahany, Kyle, Swanson, Crain, Og­ (H. R. 2173) making an appropriation for the expenses of a com­ den, Pendleton, Hall, and Murphy of Arizona. mission to investigate and report on the true divisional line be­ Committee on the Public Lands.-Messrs. Lacey, Stephenson, tween the Republic of Venezuela and British Guiana. Meiklejohn, Bowers, Ellis, Barney, Curtis of Kansas, Wilson of The message also announced that the Senate had passed the fol­ Idaho, Kulp, Shafroth, McRae, Latimer, DoWning, Underwood, lowing resolution; in which the concurrence of the House of Rep­ Jones, and Flynn. · resentatives was requested: Committee on Indian Affairs.-Messrs. Sherman, Curtis of Kan­ · Resolved, etc., That 6,000 extra copies of Senate Document No. 226, first ses­ sion Fiftieth Congress, relative to the Venezuelan boundary, be printed in sas, Wilson of Ohio, Meikfejohn, Gamble, Doolittle, Fischer, Eddy, paper covers, of which number 2,000 copies shall be for the use of the Senate Stewart of Wisconsin, White, Hyde, Watson of Indiana, Allen, · and !,000 copies for the use oJ; the House of Representatives. Maddox, Pendleton, Little, Owens, and Flynn. The message also am;1.0unced that the Senate had passed with an Committee on the Territories.-Messrs. Scranton, Perkins, Le­ amendment the concurrent resolution providing for the holiday fever, Avery, Harris, Hadley, Knox, Taft, Low, Harrison, Turner recess; in which the concurrence of the House was requested. of Virginia, Owens, Cooper of Texas, Catron, and Murphy of Ari­ zona. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. Committee on Railways and Oanals.-Messrs. Chickering, Cook The SPEAKER laid before the House the message of the Presi­ of Wisconsin, Leisenring, Warner, Foote, Lacey, McEwan, Calder­ dent; which was read, and referred to the Committee on Ways and head, McLaurin, Lockhart, McGann, McKenney, and Otey. Means. Committee on Manufactures.-Messrs. Apsley, Coffin, Halter­ [For text of message see Senate proceedings of December 20.] man, Faris, Crump, Stewart of Wisconsin, Kulp, Beach, Sorg, COMMITTEE ON W A. YS A.ND MEANS. Meyer, and McKenney. The SPEAKER. The Chair appoints the following Committee Committee on Mines and Mining.-Messrs. Aitken, Cousins, on Ways and Means: Hartman, Leisenring, Mandell, Crump, Graff, Eddy, Hardy, Tate, Committee on Ways and Means.-Messrs. Dingley, Payne, Dal­ Cockrell, Neill, Kendall, and Cannon of Utah. -~ zell, Hopkins, Grosvenor, Russell of Connecticut, Dolliver, Steele, Committee on Public Buildings and G-rounds.-Messrs. Milli­ Johnson of North Dakota, Evans, Tawney, Crisp, McMillin, Turner ken, Morse, Mercer, Hicks, Hilborn, Kiefer, Gillet of New York, of Georgia, Tarsney~ Wheeler, and McLaurin. White, Hyde, Henry of Indiana, Bankhead, Abbott, Skinner, Sparkman, and Little. APPOINTMENT OF HOUSE COMMITTEES. Committee on the .Pacific Railroads.-Messrs. Powers, Hepburn, The SPEAKER. The Chair also announces the appointment Wright, Watson of Ohio, Black of New York, Arnold of Penn­ of the following committees, which the Clerk will read: sylvania, Johnson of California, Hubbard, Faris, Boatner, Kyle, Committee on Elections No.1.-Messrs. Daniels, Royse, Cooke of Bell of Texas, Harrison, Patterson, and Sulzer. illinois, Leonard, Moody, Linney, Dinsmore, Bartlett of Georgia, Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi and Turner of Virginia. River.-Messrs. Ray,- Adams, -Arnold of Rhode Island, Cooper of Committee on Elections No. 2.-Messrs. Johnson of Indiana, Wisconsin, Milnes, Clark of Missouri, Curtis of Iowa, Hunter, Strode of Nebraska, Prince, Tayler, Miller of West Virginia, Royse, Allen, McDeumon, Woodard, and Otey. Long, Harrison, Maguire, and Kyle. Committee on Education.-Messrs. Grow, McCall of Massachu­ Committee on Elections No. 3.-Messrs. McCall of Massachu­ setts, Clark of Iowa, McCormick, Henry of Indiana, Barrett, Pugh, setts, Thomas, Jenkins, Walker of Virginia, Overstreet, Codding, De Armond, Bell of Texas, Ogden, Elliott of South Carolina, Law­ Bell of Texas, De Armond, and Jones. son, and Shuford. Committee on App1·opriations.-Messrs. Cannon of lllinois, Committee on Labor.-Messrs. Phillips, Walker of Massachu­ Bingham, Grout, Northway, William A. Stone, Arnold of Rhode setts, Apsley, Gardner, McCleary of Minnesota, Lorimer, Low, Island, Hainer of Nebra-ska, Blue, Pitney, Hemenway, McCall of Sorg, McGann, Erdman, Talbert, and Strowd of North Carolina. Tennessee, Sayers, Dockery, Livingston, Robertson of Louisiana, Committee on the Militia.-Messrs. Marsh, Broderick, Burton Layton, and Bartlett of New York. of Missouri, Spalding, Fenton, Woodman, Miller of West Vir­ Committee on the Judiciary.-Messrs. Henderson, Ray, Brod­ ginia, Parker, Bartlett of New York, Elliott of South Carolina, erick, Updegraff, Gillett of Massachusetts, Strong, Baker of New Tyler, Shaw, and Yoakum. Hampshire, Connolly, Burton of Missouri, Brown, Lewis, Culber­ Committee on Patents.-Messrs. Draper, Hicks, Sauerhering, son, Boatner, Washington, Bailey, Terry, and De Armond. Fairchild, Treloar, Sulloway, Cooke of lllinois, Kerr, Tra<:ewell, Committee on Banking and Currency.-Messrs. Walker of Mas­ Hutcheson; Strait, Robbins, and Walsh. sachusetts, Brosius, Johnson of Indiana, Van Voorhis, McCleary Committee on Invalid Pensions.-Messrs. Pic"~ler, Thomas, of Minnesota, Fowler, Lefever, Spalding, Calderhead, Hill, Cooke Wood, Sulloway, Poole, Kirkpatrick, Ken·, Anderson, Andrews, of lllinois, Cox, Cobb of Missouri, Cobb of Alabama, Black of Crowther, Erdman, Layton, McClellan, Miles, and Baker of Kan­ Georgia, N ewlands, and Cowen. sas. Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures.-Messrs. Charles Committee on Pensions.-¥essrs. Loudenslager, Coffin, Colson, W. Stone, Hartman, Hunter, Loudenslager, Brewster, Hadley, Halterman, Howe; Mozly, Strode of Nebraska, Hardy, Moses, McClure, Southard, Fairchild, Allen, Bankhead, McRae, Spark­ Stallings, Baker of Kansas, Black of Georgia, and Elliott of mw, Spencer, Clarke of Alabama, and Cannon of Utah. South Carolina. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.-Messrs. Hep­ Committee on Claims.-Messrs. Brumm, Heiner of. Pennsyl­ burn, Fletcher, Sherman, Wanger, Doolittle, Settle, Aldrich, Joy, vania, De· Witt, Hanly, Graff, Snover, Watson of Indiana, Noonan, Corliss, Bennett, Stewart of New Jersey, Price, Patter­ Minor of Wisconsin, Colson, Cox, Russell of Georgia, Hutche­ son, Bartlett of New York, Rusk, and Ellett of Virginia. son, Woodard, Downing, and Denny. Committee on Rivers and Harbors.-Messrs. Hooker, Hermann, Committee on War Claims.-Messrs. Mahon, Avery, Wilson of Stephenson, Reyburn, Cooper of Wisconsin, Burton of Ohio, Bar­ Ohio, Hatch, Gibson, Otjen, Hurley, Pugh, Fitzgerald, Cooper of rett, Reeves, Towne, Dovener, Clark of Missouri, Walker of Vir­ Texas, Neill, Buck, and Lester. ginia, Catchings, Lester, Clarke of Alabama, McCulloch, and Berry. Committee on Private Land Claims.-Messrs. Smith of Illinois, Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.-Messrs. Payne, Andrews, Barth9ldt, Bishop, Black of New York, Cook of Wis­ Perkins, Hopkins, Strong, Griswold, McCormick, Simpkins, Minor consin, Hill, Howell, Hager, Jones, McCulloch, Miles, and Owens, of Wisconsin, Berry, Robbins, Cooper of Florida, Fitzgerald, and Committee on the District of Columbia.-Messrs. Babcock, Har­ Crowley. mer, Curtis of Iowa, Hulick, Shannon, Ruling, Odell, Milnes, Committee on Agriculture.-Messrs. Wadsworth, Stahle, War- Wellington, Richardson, Rusk, Cobb of Alabama, Meredith, Ab­ . ner, Willis, Henry of Connecticut, Sauerhering, Leighty, Baker bott, and Cobb of Missouri. of Maryland, Wilber, Murphy of lllinois, Snover, Moses, Kern, Committee on the Revision of the Laws.-Messrs. Bowers, Huff, Williams, Clardy, Stokes, Turner of Virginia, Shuford, and Can­ Gibson, Harris, Dayton, Southwick, McEwan, Otjen, Linney, Mad­ non of Utah. dox, ·Bailey, Kendall, and Denny. Committee on Foreign Affairs.-Messrs. Hitt, Draper, Adams, Committee on Reform in the Civil Se-rvice.-Messrs. Brosius, Quigg, Cousins, Taft, Smith of Michigan, Heatwole, Pearson, Mc­ Sherman, Gillett of Massachusett.s, Van Voorhis, Tawney, Pear­ Creary of Kentucky, Price, Tucker, Dinsmore, Money, and New­ son, Pitney, McLachlan, Meredith, Miner of New York, Dockery, lands. Lockhart, and Crowley. 1895. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 285

Committee on Election of President and Vice-President and Rep­ LEAVE TO SIT DURING HOUSE SESSION. resentatives in Congress.-Messrs. Curtis of New York, Baker Mr. DINGLEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask also for the present con­ of New Hampshire, Atwood, Arnold of Pennsylvania. Beach, sideration of the resolution which I send to the desk. Raney, McLachlan, Corliss, Tucker, Crain, Lawson, Stallings, The resolution was read, as follows: and Howard. Resolved, That the Committee on Ways and Means be authorized to sit Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic.-Messrs. Morse, Daniels, during the session of the House. Hainer of Nebraska, Kiefer, Burrell, Willis, Livingston, Cooper The resolution was adopted. of Texas, Woodard, and Spencer. On motion of Mr. DINGLEY, a motion to reconsider the vote Committee on Irrigation o_f Arid Lands.-Messrs. Hermann, by which the resolution was adopted was laid on the table. Barham, Wilson of Idaho, Shafroth, Mondell, Gamble, Hyde, Hutcheson, Washington, Bartlett of Georgia, and Bell of Colorado. HOLIDAY RECESS. Committee on Immig'ration and Naturalization.-Messrs. Bar­ Mr. DINGLEY. Mr. Speaker, I desire to call up the resolution tholdt, Danford, Acheson, Tracewell, Howell, Barney, Mahany, providing for adjournment over the holidays, in order to move its Cowen, Wilson of South Carolina, Hendrick, and Buck. reference to the Committee on Ways and Means. Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics.-Messrs. Linton, The SPEAKER. The Chair lays before the House a communi­ Heiner of Pennsylvania, Atwood, Prince, Skinner, Strait, and cation from the Senate, which the Clerk will read. Yoakum. The Clerk read as follows: Committee on Expenditures in the State Depa·rtment.-Messrs. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That when the two Houses adjourn on Friday, the 20th day of December, they stand ad­ Quigg, Bitt, Smith of Michigan, Pearson, Lester, Miner of New journed untill2 o'clock meridian on Friday, January 3, 1896. York, and Jones. Resolved, That the foregoing concurrent resolution of the House of Rep­ Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Del!artment.­ resentatives be passed with the following amendments: Line 4. strike out "Friday, the 20th," and insert "Saturday, the 21st." Messrs. Grosvenor, Wadsworth, William A. Stone, Miller of Kan- Lines 7 and 8, strike out "Friday, January 3" and insert" Monday, J anu- sas, Stokes, Terry, and Wheeler. . ary6." · Committee on Expenditures m the War Department.-Messrs. Mr. DINGLEY. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House concur­ Grout, Raney, Russell of Connecticut, Loud, Cockrell, Cooper of rent resolution, with the Senate amendments, be referred to the · Florida, and Dinsmore. Committee on Ways and Means. Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department.-Messrs. The motion was agreed to. Thomas, Stewart of New Jersey, Stahle, Southard, Turner of Vir­ ginia, Hendrick, and Wilson of South Carolina. SWEARING IN OF. MEMBERS. Committee on Expenditures in the Post-Office Department.­ Mr. BANKHEAD. Mr. Speaker, my colleague! Mr. Clarke, is Messl·s. Bingham, Griffin, Graff, Sperry, Ogden, Howard, and present and desires to be sworn in. The gentleman from Texas, Robertson of Louisiana. Mr. Hutcheson, is also present and desires to take the oath. Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Depa1·tment.-Messrs. Mr. Clarke and Mr. Hutcheson accordingly appeared at the bar Curtis of Kansas, Poole, Noonan, Mozly, Sulzer, Williams, and of the Honse, and the oath of office was administered by the Harrison. Speaker. Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice.­ ADJOURNMENT. Messrs. Ellis, Moody, Joy, Fischer, Turner of Georgia, Catchings, Mr. DINGLEY. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now andKem. adjourn. Committee on ExpenditU?·es in the Depa1'tment of Agriculture.­ The SPEAKER. Pending that motion the Chair desires to sub­ Messrs. Gillet of. N ew York~ Foss, Fletcher, Evans, Hall, McDear­ mit certain requests of members. mon, and Strait. By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted as follows: Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings.-Messrs. Set­ To Mr. B~OWN, until December 28, on account of important tle, Updegraff, Leighty, Knox, Underwood, Talbert, and Sayers. business. Committee on Rules.-The Speaker, Messrs. Henderson, Dalzell, To Mr. McCALL of Tennessee, on account of important business. Crisp, and McMillin. To Mr. LITTLE, until after the holidays, on account of important JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES. business. To Mr. BuRRELL, for ten days, on account of important business. Committee on the Library.-Messrs. Harmer, Quigg, and Cum- To Mr. KULP, for this day, on account of important business. To Mr. WELLINGTON, for two days, on account of a death in his m~~mittee on Printing.-Messrs. Perkins, Chickering, and Rich­ family. ardson. To Mr. LEISENRING, for the holidays, on account of important Committee on Enrolled Bills.-Messrs. Hager, Clark of Iowa, business. Acheson, Crowther, Russell of Georgia, Latimer, and Clardy. To Mr. COBB of Missouri, for the holidays, on account of im­ PRINTING FOR COMMITTEE ON AP-PROPRIATIONS. portant business. Mr. CANNON of illinois. Mr. Speaker, I ask for the present To Mr. HATCH (on motion of Mr. STEELE), indefinitely, on ac­ consideration of the resolution which I send to the desk. count of sickness in his family. The resolution was read, as follows: ENROLLED BILL AND JOINT RESOLUTION SIGNED. Resolved, That the Committee on Appropriations be authorized to have printed and bound all documents for the use of said committee that it may The joint resolution (S. R. 13) granting the State of Pennsylva­ deem necessary in connection with subjects in relation to appropriations be­ nia permission to use the United States court-houses at Scranton, ing considered, or to be considered, by the Said committee during the Fifty­ fourth Congress. Pa., and at Williamsport, Pa., having been found truly enrolled, The resolution was adopted. was signed by the Speaker. On motion of Mr. CANNON of lllinois, a motion to reconsider A bill (H. R. 2173)making an appropriation for the expenses of the vote by which the resolution was adopted was laid on the a commission to investigate and report on the true divisional line table. between the Republic of Venezuela and British Guiana, having LEAVE TO SIT DURING SESSION OF THE HOUSE. been found truly enrolled, was also signed by the Speaker. The motion of Mr. DINGLEYwas then agreed to; and the House Mr. CANNON of illinois. Mr. Speaker, I also ask present con­ accordingly (at 12 o'clock and 53 minutes) adjourned until Mon­ sideration for the resolution which I send to the desk. day next. The resolution was read, as follows: Resolved, That the Committee on Appropriations, or such of the subcom­ PUBLIC BILLS, MEMORIALS, AND RESOLUTIONS. mittees as they m ay designate, shall have leave to sit during the sessions of the House during the Fifty-fourth Congress. Under clause 3 of Rule XXIT, bills, resolutions, and memorials The resolution was adopted. of the following titles were introduced and severally referred a8 On motion of Mr. CANNON of illinois, a motion to reconsider follows: the vote by which the resolution was adopted was laid on the By Mr.. CURTIS of Iowa: A bill (H. R. 2551) to provide revenua table. for the Government, and for other purposes-to the Committee on PRINTING FOR THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. Ways and Means. By Mr. McCALL of Massa.chusetts: A bill (H. R. 2552) to con­ Mr. DINGLEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask for the present considera­ solidate mail matter of the third and fourth classes-to the Com­ tion of the resolution which I send to the desk. mittee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. The resolution was read, as follows: By Mr. BARRETT: A bill (H. R. 2553) to increase the pension Resolved, That the Committee on Ways and Means be authorized to have printed and bound such paper s and documents, for the use of said commit­ of those who receive $72 per month under act of Congress of tee, as it may deem necessary in connection with subjects considered or to June 16, 1880-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. be £onsidered by said co=ittee during the Fifty-fourth Congress. By Mr. MONDELL: A bill (H. R. 2554) providing for the man­ The resolution was adopted. ner of making application for patent on mineral placer lands On motion of Mr. DINGLEY, a motion to reconsider the·vote where same are located upon surveyed lands of the United States­ by which the resolution was adopted was laid on the table. to the Committee on Mines and Mining. 286 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECEMBER 21,

Also, a bill (H. R. 2555) providing for proofs of the discovery of tilda Flanigan, late widow of Moses Waters, deceased-to the mineral on placer mining claims-to the Committee on Mines and Committee on Military Affairs. Mining. By Mr. BARRETT: A bill (H. R. 2578) to refer the claim of the Also, a bill (H. R. 2556) to amend the fourth section of the act owners of the brig Tally-Ho to the Court of Claims-to the Com­ entitled "An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses mittee on Claims. of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1895," By Mr. BAKER of New Hampshire: A bill (H. R. 2579) for the approved August 18, 1894-to the Committee on Irrigation of Arid relief of Isaac W. Busey-to the Committee on Claims. Lands. By Mr. BROWN: A bill (H. R. 2580) for the relief of the estate By Mr. COOPER of Florida: A bill (H. R. 2557) to provide for of John Deady, d'eceased, late of Hamilton County, Tenn.-to the settlement of titles and disposition of public lands in the Arre­ Committee on War Claims. dondo grant in Columbia County, Fla.-to the Committee on the Also, a bill (H. R. 2581) forthereliefof 0. H.P. Wayne, of Ham· Public Lands. ilton County, Tenn.-to the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. RUSSELL of Connecticut: A bill (H. R. 2558) making Also, a bill (H. R. 2582) for the relief of Martin Van Buren Mc­ app.,ropriation for a statue of the late Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick, Reynolds, of Warren Qounty, Tenn.-to the Committee on Mili­ in the city of Washington, D. C.-to the CommitteeontheLibrary. tary Affairs. By Mr. COLSON: A bill (H. R. 2559) for the relief of the Ken­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2583) for the relief of Matilda Witt, of Mon­ tucky State Militia and ProVIsional Kentucky Militia-to the Com­ roe County, Tenn.-to the Committee on Pensions. mittee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2584) for the relief of the estate of Josiah By Mr. MURPHY of Arizona: A bill (H. R. 2560) to amend an J. Bryan, deceased, late of Hamilton County, Tenn,-to the Com­ act entitled "An act to establish circuit courts of appeals, and to mittee on War Claims. define and regulate in certain cases the jurisdiction of the courts Also, a bill (H. R. 2585) for the relief of Joseph Ruohs, of Ham­ of the United States, and for other purposes," approved March 3, ilton County, Tenn.-to the Committee on War Claims. 1891-to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. COLSON: A bill (H. R. 2586) for the relief of Mrs. Mar­ By Mr. CATRON: A bill (H. R. 2561) to establish a court of tha Noe, nee Blanton-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. appeals for the Territories of Arizona, New Mexico, and Okla­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2587) for the relief of :Mrs. Edward Luster, homa-to the Committee on the Judiciary. of Cumberland City, Clinton County, Ky.-t{) the Committee on By l\h·. BREWSTER: A bill (H. R. 2562) fixing the rates of Invalid Pensions. . duty on importations of vegetable ivory buttons-to the Com­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2588) for the relief of William Hobbs-to the mittee on Ways and Means. · Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. CUMMINGS: A bill (H.R.2563) to provide for the Also, a bill (H. R. 2589) for the relief of L. D. Hutchison-to the enrollment and organization of naval reserve forces-to the Com- Committee on Claims. mittee on Naval Affairs. · Also, a bill (H. R. 2590) for the relief of Mrs. Mary C. Stokes, of By Mr. MADDOX: A bill (H. R. 2564) to amend the judiciary Edmonton,MetcalfeCounty,Ky.-totheCommitteonWarClaims. act of August 13, 1888-to the Committee on the Judiciary. Also, a bill (H.R.2591) for the relief of Mrs. Parmelia Smyth, By Mr. SOUTHWICK: A bill (H.R.2565) to amend an act of Casey County, Ky.-to the Committee on War Claims. entitled "An act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Also, a bill (H. R. 2592) fo1· the relief of Mrs. Fannie R. Pierce, Government, and for other purposes "-to the Committee on of Cane Valley, Adair County, Ky.-to the Committee on War Ways and Means. Claims. By Mr. CATRON: A bill (H. R. 2566) to approve an act of the Also, a bill (H. R. 2593) for the relief of W. B. Estes, of Rock­ legislative assembly of the Territory of New Mexico entitled "An holds, Whitley County, Ky.-totheCommittee on Military Affairs. act to create a county court "-to the Committee on the Ten-itories. By Mr. CODDING: A bill (H. R. 2594) to remove the charge of By Mr. CURTIS of Kansas: A bill (H. R. 2567) to enter on the desertion against David G. Lamb-to the Committee on Military pension roll all officers, noncommissioned officers, soldiers, sailors, Affairs. and marines awarded medals of honor for gallant and distin­ By Mr. CURTIS of New York: A bill (H. R. 2595) granting a. guished service under the act of Congress approved March 3, pension to Mary H. Woodward, widow of Commander Edwin T. 1863-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . Woodward, late of the United States Navy, retired-to the Com­ By Mr. COLSON: A bill (H. R. 2568) authorizing the construc­ mittee on Invalid Pensions. tion of a road from the Mills Springs National Cemetery, in Pulaski By Mr. CURTIS of Kansas: A bill (H. R. 2596) for the relief of County, Ky., to the town of Somerset, in said county-to the JohnS. Friend, of Eldorado, State of Kansas-to the Committee Committee on Military Affairs. on Indian Affairs. By Mr. McEWAN: A bill (H. R. 2569) to provide for the erec­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2597) for the relief of the heirs of the late J. tion of a public building at Jersey City, N. J.-to the Committee R. Wasson-to the Committee on War Claims. on Public Buildings and Grounds. Also, a bill (H. R. 2598) granting a pension to Ayers Cochran, By Mr. BROSIUS: A bill (H. R. 2570) to increase the circulation of Lebo, Kans.-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. of national banks-to the Committee on Banking and Cun·ency. Also, a bill (H. R. 2599) for the relief of Mrs. John D. Gibson­ By Mr. HADLEY: A bill (H. R. 2571) to prevent the carrying -to the Committee on War Claims. of obscene literatm·e and articles designed for indecent and im­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2600) to define the status and for the relief of moral use from one State or Territory into another State or Ter­ the heirs or legal representatives of certain recruits for the Four­ ritory-to the Committee on the Judiciary. teenth Kansas Cavalry Volunteers who were killed at Lawrence, By Mr. BAKER of New Hampshire: A bill (H.R.2572) to limit Kans., August 21, 1863, by guerrillas-to the Committee on Mili­ the redemption of United States notes, and for other pm-poses-to tary Affairs. the Committee on Banking and Currency. • Also, a bill (H. R. 2601) for the relief of D. E. Kelsey-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 2573) to .empower the Interstate Commerce Committee on War Claims. Commission to control sleeping cars, and for other purposes-to By Mr. ELLIOTT of South Carolina: A bill (H. R. 2602) for the the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. relief of Solomon Hyams-to the Committee on Pensions. Also,· a bill (H. R. 2574) to provide for the payment of certain By Mr. GIBSON: A bill (H. R. 2603) for the relief of William duties in gold, and for other purposes-to the Committee on Ways Stephenson Smith-to the Committee on Military Affairs. and Means. By Mr. GRAFF: A bill (H. R. 2604) to increase the pension of By Mr. CODDING: Joint resolution (H. Res. 48) authorizing Caroline A. Hough, widow of Brig. Gen. JohnHough-to the Com­ the Secretary of War to deliver condemned cannon to Watkins mittee on Invalid Pensions. Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Towanda, Pa.-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 2605) granting pension to Henry V. Andrews, Committee on Military Affairs. of Fulton County, lll., a survivor of the Black Hawk war-to the By Mr. SPERRY: Joint resolution (H. Res. 49) concerning Committee on Pensions. completion of breakwater and dredging of the Housatonic River By Mr. HARMER: A bill (H. R. 2606) for the relief of Capt. in Connecticut-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Martin Hammer-to the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. HALL: Joint resolution (H. Res. 50) proposing an By Mr. HULL: A bill (H. R. 2607) to pay to-- Blue for amendment to the Constitution-to the Committee on the grain and stock taken from him by United States troops in July, Judiciary. 1864-to the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. KENDALL: A bill (H. R. 2608) for the relief of James 0. Bryant, of Johnson County, Ky.-to the Committee on Invalid PRIVATE BILLS, ETC. Pensions. Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, private bills of the following Also, a bill (H. R. 2609) removing charge of desertion from John titles were presented and referred a.s follows: Ward-to the Committee on ~filiy Affairs. By Mr. BARHAM: A bill (H. R. 2575) for the relief of Chester Also, a bill (H. R. 2610) for the relief of A. H. Sympson-to the B. Sweet, of California-to the Committee on Claims. Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2576) for the relief of A. Berding or A. Berd­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2611) to place on the pension roll the name ing & Co., of California--to the Committee on Claims. of Mrs. S. A. Farley, of Newcombe,Ky.-to the Committee on By Mr. BLUE: A bill (H. R. 2577) for the relief of Mary Ma- Invalid Pensions.

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. Also, a bill (H. R. 2612) for the relief o~ B. L. ~avis, of Johnson To 1\Ir. SHUFORD, for ten days, on account of sickness in his County, Ky.~to the Committee on Invalid Pens10ns. . family. . . · Also, a bill (H. R. 2613) removing the charge ~f desertw~ ~om To Mr. CuLP, until after the holidays, on account of 1mportant the record of John T. Faulkner-to the Comnnttee on Military business. . To Mr. W .ASHINGTON, for two days, on account of unportant Affairs. . to ff t th By Mr. MAGUIRE: A bill (H. R. 2614) to carry rn e ec . e busine~. . findings of the Court o£ Cla:ims in the c~.ses of ~dward N. Fish To Mr. SORG, for ten days~ on account of importa:nt bus1D:ess .. and others for supplies fnrmshed the Indian serviCe-to the Com- . To Mr. DocKERY, indefimtely, on acconnt of sickness rn hiS mittee on Claims. . . family. By Mr. :MEIKLEJOHN: A bill (H.R.2615) to place ~illiam DUTIES ON WOOL, COTTON, ETC. T. Dodge on the 1·etired list of the Army-to the Comnnttee on Mr. DANFORD. Mr. Speaker, I desire to introduce a bil~ ~ :Military Affairs. . . levy and collect duties on wool,. hair, sheep, and cotton. ~~IS By 1\Ir. MONDELL: A bill (H. R. 2616) for the relief of Co~nelia substantially the bill of the National Wool Gr_owers' Assoc1atwn. De Peyster Black, widow of liem·y M. Blac~, late colone~ m the I ask that the bill be referred to the Committee on Ways and United States Army, deceased-to the Committee on Invalid Pen- Means. · sions. ti ·. t The title of the bill was read. By Mr. PRINCE: A bill (H. R. 2617) gran ng a penswn o The SPEAKER. This bill will be referred to the Committee Nicholas H. Adams-to the Committee on Pensions. . on Ways and Means; but the Chair understands that under the By Mr. WILLIAM A. STONE: A bill (H. R. 2618) ~anting rules of the House these bills should ordinarily be handed to the honorable discharge to Andrew V. Sende-:-to the Comm1ttee on Speaker's clerk. Military Affairs. The bill (H. R. 2623) was read twice, referred to the Committee By Mr. SOUTHARD: A bill (H. R. 261~) to correct the reco!d on Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. of muster and discharge of Francis A. Kitchen-to the Commit­ tee on Military Affairs. BUSINESS OF C01liMITTEE ON ELECTIONS. By Mr. TAYLER: A bill (H. R. 2620) to place th.e name of La~­ Mr. DANIELS. I have a resolution which I desire to offer. retta S. Prince on the pension roll-to the Committee on Invalid The Clerk read as follows: Pensions. . J w b t Resolved, That each Committee on.Electionsshall b~autborized to appo~t Also, a bill (H. R. 2621) toincreaseth!3pens10nof a:ne e ~ er, a clerk; also, that each of said committees be autbpnzed and allowed .to s1t widow of Joel Webster-to the Comm1ttee on Invalid Penswns. during the sessions of the House; also, that the chau"'D.en of such comDllttees By Mr. BLACK of New York: A bill(~. R. 2622) to~ncreas~ the shall have power to divide the contested-election contests as nearly as may pension of William Shelley-to the Committee oninvalidPens10ns. be between the several committees. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present consideration PETITIONS, ETC. of this resolution? · Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, the following petitions and papers Mr. CRISP. There is no objection to its consideration, but I wtre laid on the Clerk~ s desk and referred as follows: should like to ask the gentleman from New York a question. By :Mr. BARRETT: Petit~on. of the M~sachusetts Ship Canal Does he not think that in the distribution of cases among these Company, asking an appropnation for a ship c.a~al from ~assachu­ several committees some of the minority members ought to be setts Bay to Nantucket Sound-to the Comnnttee on Rivers and consulted. The ordinary method has been, there having been Harbors. · only one committee! for the Speaker to refer thes~