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4, 1905, occasioned by the death_of William B. Bate; which were by illness. I offer the following resolution, and ask for its read and ordered to be- filed. present consideration. The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Senators-elect whose creden­ The resolution was read, considered by unanimous consent, tials have been read will present themselves at the desk andre­ and agreed to, as follows : ceive the oath of office. Re8olved, That the hour of daily meeting of the Senate be 12 o'clock Mr. Warner and Mr. Frazier were escorted to the Vice-Presi­ meridian until otherwise orde.red. dent's desk by Mr. STONE and Mr. GoRMAN, respectively, and the DEATH OF SENATOR ORVILLE HITCHCOCK PLATT. oath prescribed by law having been administered to them, they Mr. BULKELEY. Mr. President, it is my sad duty to an­ took their seats in the Senate. nounce to the Senate the death, since the close of the last ses­ SENATORS PRESENT. sion of this body, of the senior Senator from Connecticut, Hon. The following Senators were present: ORVILLE HITCHCOCK PLATT, who died at his summer residence, From the State of- . Washington, Conn., April 21, 1905. Alabamar-John T. Morgan and Edmund W. Pettus. I desire, Mr. President, to offer the following resolutions for Arkansas-James P. Clarke. the consideration of the Senate. Oalitorniar-Frank P. Flint and George C. Perkins. The VICE-PRESIDEN'r. The Senator from Connecticut of­ Oolo ~rado-Henry M. Teller. fers resolutions, which will be read. Connecticut-Morgan G. Bulkeley. The resolutions were read, as follows : Dela-ware----J. Frank Allee. Resolv ed, That the Senate with deep regret has listened to the an­ nouncement of the death of the Hon. ORVILLE HITCHCOCK PLATT, for FZoridar-Stephen R. Mallory. more than a quarter of a century a member of this body, a period Georgia-Augustus 0. Bacon. marked by five consecutive elections, as a Senator from the State of Idaho-Fred T. Dubois and Weldon B. Heyburn. Connecticut. · Resolved, That the Secretary communicate a copy of these resolu­ Illinois-Albert J. Hopkins. . tions to the House of Representatives. Indiana-Albert J. Beveridge and James A. Hemenway. R esolved, That as a further mark of respect to the memory of the Iowar-William B. Allison and Jonathan P. Dolliver. deceased the Senate do now adjourn. · Kansas-Chester I. Long. The VICE-PRESIDENT. The question .is on agreeing to Kentucky-Joseph C. S. Blackburn and James B. McCreary. the resolutions submitted by the Senator from Connecticut. . Louisianar-Murphy J. Foster. The resolutions were agreed to unanimously; and the Senate Maine-William P. Frye and Eugene Hale. (at 12 o'clock ,and 25 minutes p. m.) adjourned until to-morrow, Mary~and-Arthur P. Gorman and Isador Rayner. Tuesday, December 5, 1905, at 12 o'clock meridian. Massachusetts-Winthrop M. Crane and Henry Cabot Lodge. Michigan--Russell A. Alger and Julius C. Burrows. Minnesota-Moses E. Clapp and Knute Nelstm. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mississippir--H. D. Money. Missouri--William J. Stone and .William Warner. MoNDAY, December 4, 1905. Montanar-Thomas H. Carter and William A. Clark. ~~his day, in compliance with the provisions of the Constitu­ Nebmska-Elmer J. Burkett and Joseph H. Millard. tion, the Members-elect of the House of Representatives ·of the Nevadar-Francis G. Newlands and George S. Nixon. Fifty-ninth Congress assembled in their Hall and were called to New Hampshire-Henry E. Burnham and Jacob H. Gallinger. order by Mr. ALExANDER McDowELL, the Clerk of the last House. New Jersey-John F. Dryden and John Kean. The CLERK. Prayer will be offered by the Chaplain of the New York-Chauncey M. Depew and Thomas C. Platt. last House. North Oarolinar-Lee S. Overman and Furnifold M. Simmons. The following prayer was offered by the Rev. HENRY N. Cou­ North Dakota--Henry C. Hansbrough and Porter J. McCum- DEN, D. D., Chaplain of the last House. ber. Infinite and eternal Spirit, Father of all souls and the giver of Ohio-Charles Dick and Joseph B. Foraker. all gifts, humbly and devoutly we bow before '.rhee and ackowl­ Oregon-Charles W. Fulton. edge with gratitude our indebtedness to Thee for all that we Pennsylvania-:-Philander Chase Knox and Boies Penrose. are and all that we can hope to be as individuals and as a Rhode Island--Nelson W. Aldrich and George P. Wetmore. nation. South Carolina--Asbury C. Latimer and Benjamin-R. Tillman. From weakness to power, from small to great, from insig­ South Dakota--Robert J. Gamble and Alfred B. Kittredge. nificance to a world-wide influence Thou hast led us onward and Tennessee-James B. Frazier. upward as a nation, and we would not forget that "to wlwm Tea:as-Joseph W. Bailey and Charles A. Culberson. much is given of him much will be required," " that righteous­ Utah-Reed Smoot and George Sutherland. ness exalteth a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people." Vermont--William P. Dillingham and Redfield Proctor. Forgive, we beseech Thee, our individual and national sins Virginia--John W. Daniel and Thomas S. Martin. and cleanse us from all iniquity, that with pure motives, high Washington-Levi Ankeny and Samuel H. Piles. resolves, and noble endeavors we may move forward to yet West Vit·giniar-Stephen B. Elkins and Nathan B. Scott. greater achievements. Wisconsin-John C. Spooner. Here in Thy sight, under the dome of this great Capitol, we Wyoming-Clarence D. Clark and Francis E. Warren. are gathered together, the Senators and Representatives of SENATOR FROM FLORIDA. eighty millions of people, who have committed to their care the interests and welfare of the nation. Grant, 0 most merciful Mr. . MALLORY presented the credentials of James P. Tal­ Father, that with clear conceptions, lofty ideals, and patriotic iaferro, chosen by . the legislature .of the State of Florida a zeal they may fulfill to the uttermost the obligations resting Senator from that State for the term beginning March 4, 1905; upon them. Impart unto the Speaker of this House strength which were read and ordered to be filed. and wisdom, that be may guide this body through all its delibera­ NOTIFICATION 'l'O THE PRESIDENT. tions to the highest and best results. Mr. HALE submitted the following resolution; which was Be graciously near to the President of these United States, considered by unanimous consent, and agreed to : his advisers, and all others in authority, that with unanimity of purpose, guided by the light of heaven, the laws of the land R esolved, That a committee consisting of two Senators be appointed to join such committee as may be appointed by the House of Repre­ may be faithfully executed and the affairs of state wisely and sentatives to walt upon the President of the United States and inform amicably administered to the uplift of the people and to the him that a quorum of each House is assembled, and that Congress is honor and glory of Thy holy name. ready to receive any communication he may be pleased to make. We thank Thee for the peace and prosperity which prevails The VICE-PRESIDENT appointed as the committee Mr. ALLI­ throughout our borders and that we are at peace with all the SON and Mr. MORGAN. world, and we most fervently pray that these conditions may NOTIFICATION TO THE HOUSE. continue so long as the Republic shall live, in the spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ, who taught us, when we pray, to say: Mr. ALLISON submitted the following resolution; which was Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy considered by unanimous consent, and agreed to : kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Resolved, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts that a quorum of the Senate is a.ssembled, and that the Senate is ready as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, to proceed to business. but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the HOUR OF DAILY MEETING. power, and the glory forever. Amen. Mr. · FRYE. The senior Senator from Illinois [Mr. CULLOY] The CLERK. The Clerk will call the roll by States to ascer­ desired me to state that he is detained from the Chamber to-day tain if a quorum of the· Fifty-ninth Congress is present. I

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The rolJ, as made by the Clerk, was then ~lled as follows~ )IINNESOTA.. _ J'ames A. Tawney. Charles B. Buckman. ALA.BillA.. James T . McCleary• Andrew J. Volstead. George W. Taylor. . John H. Bankhead. Charles R. Davis. J. Adam Bede. Arlosto A. Wiley. John L. Burnett. ! . Fred C. Stevens. Halvor Steenerson. Henry D. Clayton. William Richardson. Loren Fletcher. Sydney J. Bowie. Oscar W. Underwood.· J!IISSISSIPPI. J. Thomas Heflin. Ezekiel S. Candler, jr. Eaton J. Bowi!rs. ARKANSAS. Thomas Spi-ght. Frank A. McLain. Robert Broce Macon. ·charles C. Reid. Wilson S. Hill. JohnS. Williams. Stephen Brundidge, jr. Joseph T. Robinson. - John C. Floyd. Robert M. Wallace. MISSOURI. JohnS. Little. · James T. Lloyd. Champ Clark. CA.LIYORN ll. William W. Rucker. Richard Bartholdt. Frank B. Klepper. John T. Hunt. James N. Gillett. Everls A. Hayes. Frank B. Fulkerson. Ernest E. Wood. · Duncan E. McKinlay. James C. Needham• . Edgar C. Ellis. .Marion E. Rhodes. Joseph R. Knowland. James McLach~an. David A. De Armond. William T. 'l'yndall. Julius Kahn. John Welborn. Cassius M. S.ii.artel. COLORADO-. '" - Dorsey W. Shackleford. ArthUr P. Murphy• Franklin E. Brooks. . Herschel!!. Rogg. · I{ HONT.A.NA... . Robert W. Bonynge. M. CONNECTICUT. Joseph Dixon. George L. Lilley. Edwin W. Higgins. NEBRASKA.. E. Stevens Henry. Ebenezer J. Hill. John L. Kennedy. GeOrge W. Norris. Nehemiah D. Sperry. John J. McCarthy. Moses.P. Kinkaid. DBLAWABE. Edmund H. Hinshaw. Hiram R.. Burton. l'I"EVAD.A. .• Clar~n~ D. VanDuzer. FLORIDA. NEW HAMPSHIRE. Stephen M. Sparkman. William~· Lamar~ Frank Clark. Cyrus A. Sulloway. Frank D. Currier. NEW .TERSEY. Rufus E. Lester. Henry C. Loudenslager. Henry C. Allen. James .M. Griggs. John J. Gardner. Richard Wayne Parkerc Elijah B. Lewis. Benjamin F. HowelL. William H.Wiley. William C. Adamson. Ira W. Wood. Marshal Van Winkle. Leonidas F. Livingston. Charles N. Fowler. Allan L. McDermott. IDAHO. NEW YORK. Burton L. French. William W. Cocks. Thomas W. Bradley. George H. Lindsay. J"ohn H. Ketcham. ILLINOIS. Charles •.r. Dunwell. William H. Draper. Martin B. Madden. James McKinney. Charles B. Law~ George N. Southwick. James R. Mann. George W. Prince. George E. Waldo. Fran.k J. Le Fevre. William W. Wilson. Joseph V. Grafr. William M. Calder~ Lucius N. Littauer. Charles S. Wharton. John A. Sterling. John J. Fitzgerald. William H. Flack. Anthony Michalek. Joseph G. Cannon. Timothy D. Sullivan. James S. Sherman. William Lorimer. William. B. McKinley. Henry M. Goldfogle. Charles L. Knapp. Henry T. Rainey. William Sulzer. Michael E. Driscoll~ ~~i~Pes~~~avin. Zeno J. Rives. William Randolph Hearst. John W. Dwight. Henry S. Boutell. William A. Rodenberg. William Bourke Cockran. Sereno E. Payne. George Edmund Foss. Frank L. Dickson. . Herbert Parsons. _ J"ames·Breck Perkins. Howard M. Snapp. Pleasant T. Chapman. Charles .A. Towne. J. Sloat Fassett. Charles E. Fuller. George W. Smith. J. Van Vechten Olcott. James W. Wadsworth. Robert R. Hltt. Jacob Ruppert, jr. William H. Ryan. INDIANA.. William S. Bennet. De Alva S. Alerande.r. Joseph A. Goulden. John H. Foster. George W. Cromer. Edward B. Vreeland. John C. Chaney. Charles B. Landis. John E. Andrus. William T. Zenor. Edgar D. Crumpacker. NORTH CAROLINA. Lincoln Dixon.. Frederick Landis. John H. Small. Robert N. Page. Elias S. Holliday. Newton W. Gilbert. Charles R. Thomas. E. Spence.r Blackburn. James E. Watson. Abraham L. Brick. Edward W. Pou. Edwin Y. Webb. Jesse Overstreet. William W. Kitchin. James M. Gudger, jr• . IOWA.. Gilbert B. Patterson. Thomas Hedge. John A. T. Hull. NORTH DAKOTA.. Alert F. Dawson. William P. Hepburn. Asle J. Gronna. Benjamin P. Birdsall. Walter I. Smith. OHIO. J"ames P. Conner. Nicholas Longworth. Edward L. Taylor, jr• . ~~g:;: -c.· g,~~f~~.. Elbert H. Hubbard. Herman P. Goebel. Grant E. Mouser. John F. Lacey. Robert M. Nevin. Amos R. Webber. KANSAS. Harvey C. Garber. Beman G. Dawes. Charles F. Scott. James M. Miller. William W. CampbelL Capell L. Weems. Charles Curtis. William A. Calderhead. Thomas E. Scmggy. Martin L. Smyser. Justin D. Bowersock. William A. Reeder. J. Warren Keifer. James Kennedy. Philip P. Campbell. Victor Murdock. Ralph D. Cole. W. Aubrey Thomas. KENTUCKY. James H. Southard. J"acob A. Beidler. Henry T. Bannon. - 'l!heodore E. Burton. Ollie M. Jarues. South Trimble. Augustus 0. Stanley. George G. Gilbert. Charles H. Grosvenor. James M. Richardson. ·Joseph B. Bennett. PENNSYLVANIA.. David H. Smith. Frank A. Hopkins. Henry H. Bingham. Thaddeus M. Mahon. Swagar Sherley. Don C. Edwards. Robert .Adams. Marlin E. Olmsted. Joseph L. Rhinock. Reuben 0. Moon. John M. Reynolds. LOUlS!A.J.'iA.. - Edward De V. MorrelL Daniel F. Lafean. ) George D. McCreary. Solomon R. Dresser. Adolph Meyer. J"ohn T. Watkins. Thomas S. Butler. · George F. Iluti. Robert C. Davey. J"oseph E. Ransdell. Irving P. Wanger. Allen F. Cooper. Robert ll'. Broussard. Arsene P._Pujo. H. Burd Cassel. Ernest F. Acheson.. MAINE. Thomas H. Dale. Arthur L. Bates. -Amos L. Allen. Edwin C. Burleigh. Henry W. Palmer. Gustav E. Sch'neebeli. Charles E. Littlefield. Llewellyn Powers: George R. Patterson. William 0. Smith. MARYLAND. - Marcus C. L .. Kline. William H. Graham. Mial E. Lilley. J"ohn Dalzell. Thomas A. Smith. · John Gill, jr. Elias Deemer. James Francis Burke. Joshua F. C. Talbott. Sydney E . .Mudd. E. W. Samuel. Andrew J. Barchfeld. Frank C. Wachter. George ~ Pearre. RHODE ISLAND. MA.SSA.CHU SETTS. Daniel L. D. Granger. Adin B. Capron. George P. Lawrence. Samuel W. McCall. Frederick H. Gillett. John A. Keliher. . - SOUTH CAROLIN~. Rockwood Hoar. William S. McNary, George S. Legare. David El. Finley. Charles Q. Tirrell. John A. Sullivan. James 0. Patterson. J. Edwin Ellerbe. Butler Ames. John W. Weeks. Wyatt Aiken. Asbury F. Lever. Augustus P. Gardner. William~. Greene. Joseph T. Johnson. Ernest W. Roberts. William C. Lovering~ BOUTR DAKOTA.. MICHIGAN. Charles H. Burke. Eben W. Martin. Edwin Denby. Henry McMorran. TENNESSEE. _ Charles E. Townsend. Josep-h W. Fonlney. Walter P."Brownlow. John Wesley Gaines. Washington Gardner. Roswell P. Bishop. Nathan W. Hale. Lemuel P. Padgett. Edward L. Hamilton. Archibald B. Darragh. John A. Moon. Thetus W. Sims. William Alden Smith. H. Olin Young. M. G. Butler. Finis J. Garrett. Samuel W. Smith. William C. Houston. 40 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD--HOUSE. DECEMBER 4,

TEXAS, the name of his colleague [Mr. MARSHALL] be added to the roll. Morris Sheppard. George F. Burgess. Is there·any objection? · Moses L. Broocks. Robert L. Henry. Gordon Russell. Oscar W. Gillespie. Mr. WILLIAMS. At this stage of the proceedings I shall ob­ Choice B. Randell. John H. Stephens. ject. At the proper time that will be in order. Jack Beall. James L. Slayden. Scott Field. John N. Garner. The CLERK. Nominations for Speaker are now in order. Alexander W. Gregg. William R. Smith. ELECTION OF SPEAKER. John M. Moore. UTAH. Mr. HEPBURN. I present the name of Hon. JOSEPH G. CAN­ Joseph HowelL NON, a Representative-elect from the State of Illinois, as a can­ VERMONT. didate for Speaker of the House of Representatives of the David J. Foster. Kittredge Haskins. Fifty-ninth Congress. [Loud applause on the Republican side.] VIRGINIA. Mr. HENRY of Texas. I nominate for Speaker a Representa­ William A. Jones. Carter Glass. tive-elect from the State of Mississippi, Hon. JoHN SHARP WIL­ ·Harry L. Maynard. James Hay. LIAMS. [Loud applause on the Democratic side.] John Lamb. John F. Rixey. Robert G. Southall. Campbell Slemp. The CLERK. Are there ·any other nominations? No others Claude A. Swanson. Henry D. Flood. are heard. The following tellers will please take their places WASHINGTON. at the desk : Mr. DENBY of Michigan, Mr. WEBB of North Car­ Wesley L. Jones. William E. Humphrey. olina, Mr. DICKSON of Illinois, and Mr. BEALL of Texas. The Francis W. Cushman. Clerk will call the roll, · a:nd Members ·will answer for whom WEST VffiGINIA. they wish to vote as their names are called. Blackburn .B. Dovener. Harry C. Woodyard. The question was taken; and there were-for Mr. CANNON, 243 Thomas B. Davis. James A. Hughes. Joseph Holt Gaines. votes; for Mr. WILLIAMS, 128 votes; not voting 15, as follows: WISCONSIN. For Mr. Joseph G. Cannon, of Illinoi-s-243. Henry A. Cooper. John J. Esch. Acheson Dawson Jones, Wash. Payne Henry C. Adams. James H. Davidson. Adams, Pa. Deemer Kahn Pearre Joseph W. Babcock. EdwardS. Minor. Adams, Wis. Denby Keifer Perkins Tbeobold Otjen. Webster E. Brown. Alexander Dickson, Ill. Kennedy, Nebr. Pollard William H. Statrord. John J. Jenkins. Allen, Me. Dixon, Mont. Kennedy, Ohio Powers Charles H. Weisse. Allen, N.J. Dovener Ketcham Prince WYOMING. Ames Draper Kinkaid Reeder Andrus Dresser Klepper Reynolds Frank W. Mendell. Babcock Driscoll Knapp Rhodes ARIZONA. Bannon Dnnwell Knowland Rives Marcus A. Smith. Barch!eld Dwight Lacey Roberts Bartholdt Ed wards Latean Roden berg NEW MEXICO. Bates Ellis Landis, Chas. B. Samuel William H. Andrews. BE' de Esch Landis, Frederick Schneebeli OKLAHOMA. Beidler Fassett Law Scott Bennet, N. Y. Flack Lawrence Scroggy Bird S. McGuire. Bennett, Ky. Fletcher Le Fevre Shartel • HA.WAIL Bingham Fordney Lilley, Conn. Sherman Jonah Kalanlanaole. Birdsall Foss Lilley, Pa. Slemp Bishop Foster, Ind. Littauer Smith, Cal. PORTO RICO. Blackburn Fost er, Vt. Littlefield Smith, Ill. Tullo Larrlnaga (Resident Commissioner). Bonynge Fowler Longworth Smith, Iowa Boutell French Lorimer Smith, Pa. The following Members failed to answer to their names : Bowersock Fulkerson Loud Smith, Samuel W. Sylvester C. Smith. Bradley Fuller Loudenslager Smith, Wm. Alden William G. Brantley. Brick Gaines, W. Va. Lovering Smyser Brooks, Colo. Gardner, Mass. McCall Snapp Samuel M. Robertson. Bt·own Gardner, Mich. McCarthy Southard George A. Loud. Brownlow GardneriN. J. McCleary, Minn. Southwick Benjamin G. Humphreys. Buckman Gilbert, nd. McCreary, Pa. Sperry Burke, Pa. Gillett, Cal. McGavin Statrord Adam l\1. Byrd. Burke, S. Dak. Gillett, Mass. McKinlay, Cal. Steenerson Ernest M. Pollard. Burleigh Goebel McKinley, Ill. Sterling Claude Kitchin. Burton, Del. Gralf McKinney Stevens, Minn. Burton, Ohio Graham McLachlan Sulloway Binger Hermann. Butler, Pa. Greene McMorran Tawney John N. Williamson. Caltle1· Gronna Madden 'l'aylor, Ohio ·George A. Castor. Calder bead Grosvenor Mahon 'l'bomas, Ohio Campbell, Kans. Hale Mann Tirrell Joseph C. Sibley. Campbell, Ohio Hamilton Martin Townsend Malcom ·R. Patterson. Capron Haskins Michalek Tyndall Albert S. Burleson. Cassel Haugen Miller Van Winkle Chaney Hayes Mfnor Volstead The CLERK. Three hundred and sixty-nine Members have Chapman Hedge Mendell Vreeland nnswered to their names; a quorum of the Fifty-ninth Congress Cocks Henry, Conn. Moon, Pa. Wachter is present Cole Hepburn Morrell ''Vadsworth Conner Higgins Mouser Waldo CHANGES IN MEMBERSHIP. Cooper, Pa. Hill, Conn. Mudd Wanger Cooper, Wis. Hinshaw Murdock Watson The Clerk presented for the information of the House a Cousins Hitt :Murphy Webber statement showing the changes that have occurred since the Cromer Hoar Needham Weeks regular election of Members of the Fifty-ninth Congress. Crumpacker Hogg Nevin Weems Currier Holliday Norris Welborn The statement is as follows: Curtis Howell, N. J. Olcott Wharton Cushman Howell, Utah Olmsted Wiley, N.J. Date ofva- Name of succes- Dale Hubbard Otjen · Wilson District. Name. caney. sor. Dalzell Huff Overstreet Wood, N. J. Darragh Hughes Palmer Woodyard Davidson Hull Parker Young First Nebraska ______Elmer.J. Bnrketta Mar. 4,1905 Ernest M. Pol- Davis, Minn. Humphrey, Wash. Parsons lard. Dawes Jenkins Patterson, Pa. First Indiana ______James A. Hemen- _____ do ••..... John H. Foster. way.a · For Mr. John S. Williams, ot Mississippi-128. Second West Virginia. Alston G. Dayton a Mar. 17,1900 Thos. B. Davis. Adamson De Armond Gudger Lever Eighth Texas-----··---- J ohn M. Finck- Apr. 24,1905 John M. Moore. Aiken Dixon, Ind. Hay Lewis ney.b Bankhead Ellerbe Hearst Lindsay Third Connecticut--... Frank B. Brande- May 9,1905 Edwin W. Hig- Bartlett · Field Heflin Little gee.a gins. Beall, Tex. Finley Henry, Tex. Livingston Fom-teenth Illinois.---- Benjamin F. June 3,1905 James McKin- Hell, Ga. Fitzgerald Hill, Miss. Lloyd Marsh.b ney. Bowers Flood Hopkins McDermott Bowie Floyd Houston McLain · a Resigned. b Died. ~~g~~;!~Jex. 8!~~· Tenn. Ii~~frd ~i~::Y Mr. GRONNA. I ask unanimous consent that the name of my Brundidge Garner James Maynard Burgess Garrett Johnson Meyer colleague [l\1r. MARsHALL] be placed on the roll. The certifi- Burnett Gilbert, Ky. Jones, Va. Moon, Tenn. cate has evidently been lost. There is no contest in the case Butler, Tenn. Gill Keliher Moore and no opposition. Candler Gillespie Kitchin, Wm. W. Padgett l\fr. P AYNE. That would not be in order until after the Clark, Mo.Fla. Gold!ogleGlass LamarKline Patterson,Page N.C. organization of the House. Clayton Goulden Lamb Patterson, S. C. Cockran Granger Lee Pou The CLERK. It would be a matter of unanimous consent. Davey, La. Gregg Legare Pujo The gentleman from North D ako ta ask ys unarumous consent tha t Davis, w. Va. Griggs Lester Ramey l 1905 ... CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 41

Randell, Tex. Ryan ._ Sparkman Towne , ELECTION OF OFFICERS. Reid Shackleford Spight Trimble Rhinock Sheppard Stanley Underwood Mr. H:fiE~BURN ~ubmitted a resolution; which was read, as Richardson, .Ala. Sherley Stephens, TeL VanDuzer follows: Richardson, Ky. Sims Sullivan, Mass. Wallace Rixey Slayden Sulllvan, N.Y. Watkins Resolved~ That .Alexander McDowell, of the State of Pennsylvania, Robertson, ·La. Small Sulzer Webb be, and he is herel;>y, chosen Clerk of the House of Representatives; Robinson, .Ark. Smith, Ky. Swanson Weisse That Henry Casson, of the State of Wisconsin, be, and he is hereby, Rucker Smith, Md. Talbott Wiley, .Ala. chosen Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives ; Ruppert Smith, Tex. Taylor, .Ala. Wood, Mo. That Frank B. Lyon, of the State of New York, be, and he is hereby, Russell Southall Thomas, N.C. Zenor chosen Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives ; That Joseph C. McElroy.,~.. of the State of Ohio, be, and he is hereby, Not voting-15. chosen Postmaster of the ttouse of Representatives; That Henry N. Couden, of the State of Michigan, be, and he is Brantley Castor Kitchin, Claude Sibley hereby, chosen Chaplain of the House of Representatives. Burleson Hardwick Marshall WHliamson Byrd Hermann Patterson Tenn. Williams Mr. HENRY of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I offer as a substitute Cannon Humphreys, Miss. Ransdell, La. for the resolution just submitted the resolution which I send Mr. ADAMS of Pel}..ll8ylvania. I desir:e to state. that my col­ to the desk. · league [Mr. CASTOR] is detained at home by. illness. . The Clerk read as follows : The CLERK. The tellers agree in their tally. The result is, Resolved, That W. ·s: Cowherd, of Missouri, be elected Clerk of the for Speaker, Mr. CANNON has received 243 votes, Mr. .WILLIA.MS House of Representatives; that Charles A. Edwards, of Tex.as, be elected Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives; that J. R. 128. Mr. CANNON, having received a majority (>f the.:votes cast, Taylor, of .Arkansas, be elected Doorkeeper of the House of Repre­ J, is duly elected Speaker pf the Fifty-ninth Congress. [Ap­ sentatives; that Robert L. Douglass, of South Carolina, be elected plause.] The Clerk appoints Mr. WILLIA.Ms of Mississippi, Mr. Postmaster of the House of Representatives; that .Austin Crou'C.h, of KEIFER of Ohio, Mr. VREELAND of New York, and Mr. UNDER­ .Alabama, be elected Chaplain.of the House of Representatives. WOOD of Alabama, a committee to escort the Speaker to his The queBtion being taken, the substitute offered by Mr. place. [Prolonged applause.] HENRY of Texa:s was rejected. (When Mr. CANNON appeared with the Members designated, The resolution of Mr. HEPBURN was then adopted. the Members of the House, rising in a body, greeted him with The officers mentioned in the above resolution came to the bar loud and general applause, which was renewed as he ascended to of the House and the oath of office was adniinistered to them by the chair.) the Speaker. Mr. WILLIAMS. Gentlemen, I have the honor of introducing NOTIFICATION TO THE PRESIDENT. to the House of Representatives of the Fifty-ninth Congress the Mr. NEEDHAM. Mr. Speaker, I offer the following resolu-_ Hon. JosEPH G. CANNON, who will be, and who deserves to tion, which I send to the Clerk's desk. be, its Speaker. [Loud applause.] The Clerk read the resolution, as follows : The SPEAKER. I thank you for the honor you have con­ Resolved, That the Clerk be instructed to inform the President of the ferred upon me, particularly as I may be able to consider your United States that the .House of Representatives has elected JosEPH G. CANNON, a Representative from the State of Illinois, as Speaker, and action as an indorsement of my services as Speaker of the last Alexander McDowell, a citizen of the State of Pennsylvania, as Clerk Congress. We are here as representatives of the people. This of the Fifty-ninth Congress. House is the only place where the voice of the majority of the The resolution was agreed to. people, without interv~ning machinery, may directly. express itself. [Applause.] Therefore our responsibility, being more MESSAGE OF NOTIFICATION TO THE SENATE. direct, is the greater. :As your Speaker I shall endeavor to pre­ 1\!r. GRAFF. 1\Ir. Speaker, I offer the· resolution which I side over your deliberations with fairness to both parties, and send to the Clerk's desk. to every individual Member. When I have done that, I may The resolution was read, as follows : claim to have fairly fulfilled the duties of Speaker under the Resolved, That a message be sent to the Senate to info:rm. that body legislative law. that a quorum of the House of Representatives has assembled; that JOSEPH G. CANNON, a Representative from the State of Illinois, has There is, however, a duty for the whole membership of this been elected Speaker ; that Alexander McDowell, a citizen of tlle :State House as well as for the Speaker. The House is powerless of Pennsylvania, bas been elected Clerk, and that the House is ready without. a quorum, and the public business will move slowly for business. and unfortunately if Members are absent from the sessions of The resolution was agreed to. the House or from the sessions of the committees. Therefore I MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. ask of YOQ. not only charity for and patience with my own short­ comings as the presiding officer, but also prompt attendance A message from the Senate, by Mr. PARKINSON, its reading and diligence on your part, which alone can make our coming clerk, announced that the Senate has passed the following reso­ session advantageous to the country. [Applause.] lutions: Resolved, That the :Secretary inform the House of Representatives SWEARING IN OF THE SPEAKER. that a quorum of the Senate is assembled, and that tlle Senate is ready to proceed to business. · Mr. BINGHAM, the Member longest in·continuous service in Also: the House, was named _by the Clerk to administer the oath of Resolved~ That a committee, consisting of two Senators, be ap­ office to the Speaker-elect, and the oath was accordingly admin­ pointed, to join such committee as may be appointed by the House of istered. Representatives, to wait upon the President of the United States and inform him that a quorum of each House is assembled and that Con­ SWEARING IN OF MEMBERS AND DELEGATES. gress is ready to receive any communication he may be pleased to make. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will call the roll by States and And that, in compliance with the fot·egoing, the Vice-President had Territories; and Members and Delegates, as their names are appointed as said committee Mr. ALLISON and Mr. MORGAN. called, will please come forward to the area in front of the Also: Clerk's desk and take the prescribed oath of office. Resolved, That the Senate, with deep regret, has listened to the an­ The SPEAKER then administered the oath of office to the nouncement of the death of the Bon. ORVILLE HITCHCOCK PLATT, for Members and Delegates presenting themselves. more than a quarter of a century a member of this body, a period marked by five consecutive elections, as a Senator from the State of Mr. BUTLER of Pennsylvania and Mr. COCKS qualified by Connecticut. . affirmation. Resolv ed, That the Secretary communicate a copy of these resolu­ Mr. GRONNA. Mr. Speaker, I move that the name of my tions to the House of Representatives. colleague, Mr. Marshall, be added to the roll, the certificate of R esolv ed, That, as a further mark of respect to the memory of the his election having been lost. deceased, the Senate do now adjourn. . . The SPEAKER. The gentleman from North Dakota requests COMMITTEE TO WAIT ON THE PRESIDENT. unanimous consent that his colleague, Mr. Marshall,· from that Mr. McCLEARY of Minnesota. 1\!r. Speaker, I move the State, may take the oath of office, his credentials not having adoption of the following resolution, which I send to the desk arrived. and ask to have read: · Mr. WILLIAMS. Pending the request I would like to ask The Clerk read as follows : v the gentleman if there is any question or contest concerning R esolv ed~ That a committee of three be appointE.'d by the Speaker the election. · on the part of the House of Representatives, to join the committee appointed on the part of the Senate, to wait on the President of the Mr. GRONNA. No, sir; no contest or question whatever. United States and notify him that a quorum of the two Houses has Mr. WILLIAMS. Then I have no objection. assembled and that Congress is ready to receive any communication The SPEAKER. Is there objection? [After a pau~e.] The he may be pleased to make. Cllair hears none. The SPEAKER. The question is on the adoption of the reso­ Thereupon Mr. Marshall appeared at the bar and took the lution. oath of office. The question was taken, and the resolution was agreed to. CONGRESSIONAL -RECORD-HOUSE. DECEMBER 4,·

The SPEAKER appointed as such committee on the part of Mr. OLMSTED. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield for the House .Mr. McC:LEARY of'Minnesota, Mr: LlTTAUEB, and Mr. a question? :WILLIAMS. - Mr. WILLIAMS; Wait a minute; I have just a few moments. THE BULES. Mr. OLMSTED. We will give you more time. · Mr. DALZELL. Mr. Speaker, I offer the following resolu- Mr. WILLIAMS . . Mr. Speaker, there is a great di1ference ot tlon, which I send to the desk and ask to have read: opinion growing up in the ranks of the Republican party. [Ap- The Clerk read as follows: · plause on Democratic side.] The La -Follette idea the Cum- Resolved, That the rules of the House of Representatins Qf the mins idea, the new Massachusetts free-raw-materi~l idea, all Fifty-eighth Congress be adopted as the rules ot the House of Repre- sorts of new stand-pat ideas come · in upon us on the breezes sentatives of the Fifty-ninth Congress, ln.cludin.g the standing orders of from the West and from the Northeast, all of them from people March 8 and March 14., 1900 (relating to the 'consideration of pension pretending at any rate to want to revise the present O'Vo·rbi- and claim bills on Fridays), which are hereby continued in force dur- .,..._. lng the Fifty-ninth Congress. - . tant tariff schedules, to do something for the extension of for- Mr. WILLIAMS rose. eign markets for the American farmer and manufacturer: to do The SPEAKER. For what purpose does the gentleman rise? something in behalf of freer, broader reciprocal trad~ rela­ Mr. WILLIAMS. I desire to offer an amendment to that tions with the nations of the earth. Right he.r;e at the thresh:. resolution. _ . old I tell you · if you adopt this re-solution when you adopt The SPEAKER. Does the gentleman from Pennsylvania the previous question'· upon it you have adopted rule-s that will yield? render you just as helpless as a bird trying to fiy in an asphalt Mr. DALZELL. Does the gentleman desire time? lake. Now I yield ta the gentleman for a question. Mr. WILLIAMS. I want to offer an amendment to the reso- Mr. OLMSTED. Mr. Speaker, I simply wanted to ask the Iution just reported. • _ _ gentleman from Mississippi in what important particular the Mr. DALZELL. I can not yield for that purpose. I will manacles In operation during the last Congress, and which yield to the gentleman any -reasonable amount of time far the we are about to put in operation during the present Congt.·es~ purpose of debate, but not otherwise. differ from the manacles imposed by the party to which the Mr. WILLIAMS. Does the gentleman propose to ~ust his gentleman from Mississippi belongs during the last Congress time? Mr. Sp~aker, a parliamentary inquiry. Have I not a in which it was in the majority. - · right when the gentleman is through to offer an amendment to :Mr. WILLIAMR Mr. Speaker, there is an old saying of the the pending resolution? . logicians that the poorest thing that pretends to be an argu- -'-The SPEAKER.' The· gentleman from Pennsylvania bas the ment and Is not is an ''"et tu quoque." [Laughter.] It may floor and is entitled to the floor. Whether the gentleman from have been true. that at some time in the past when we were Mississippi will have the right to offer an amendment will de- the majority party we wanted to keep down our minority in pend upon the action of the House;- and the gentlerilan from our party, and it is true ·to-day that you want to do it, bu_t Pennsylvania has invoked the · opinion of the -House in the there never was a time when any Democratic House was ever premises. - · run by precisely these rules, nor if it had been would it be a Mr. WILLIAMS. Another parliamentary Inquiry, Mr. Speaker. ju-stification of them. If the gentleman from Pennsylvania calls for the previous The SPEAKER. The time of the gentleman bas expired. question before he _sits down, . then I shall have no opportunity Mr. WHARTON. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman froni to offer an- amendni.ent at all. : . ·- Mississippi· yield for a question? . The SPEAKER. Not if the House sustains the demand for Mr. WILLIAMS. . - If the gentleman from Pennsylvania wilJ ~e previ(;ms· question. . _ extend my time so as to enable me to answer it. Mr. WILLIAMS. Then I shall ask the gentleman from Penn- :Mr. DALZELL. I will e:rtend the gentleman's time. sylvania. to yield to me a moment for the purpose of making a The SPEAKER. How much time does the gentleman from few innocuous observations. Pennsylvania yield? Mr. DALZELL. How much time does the gentleman desire? Mr. WILLIAMS. Just sufficient time to answer the que-stion. Mr. WILLIAMS. Five minutes. Mr. DALZ:IDLL. I yield one minute. • · Mr. DALZELL. I yield five minutes to the gentleman from Ur. WHARTON. The gentleman from 1\Iississippl used an Mississippi. · · expression· in his remarks concerning_ the "kids" in the House. Mr. WILLIAMS. .Mr. Speaker, my purpose in arising, which I would like to have him explain that expression of "kids" in :will remain a purpose unaccomplished, was to get the oppor- the House. [Applause.] trinity of otiering an amendment to the resolution-the amend- Mr. WILLIAMS. Mr. Speaker, with that degree of rever· ment providing that the rules of the ' Fifty-eighth Congress ence which the personal appearance of my interrogator excites should be adopted "for not longer than thirty days." The in my mind [laughter and applause] I should say that he is object, ~!llch I had iJ?. vi~w in offering that amendme:t;~,t was to perhaps the last person in the House who ought to ask the secure to the House of so-called Representatives ot the Ameri- question. [Laughter and applause.] can 'people an opportunity to adopt its own rules by amending Mr. DALZELL. Mr. Speaker, I think we all learned throuooh in a manner satisfactory to itself the rules of the last House. the medium of the public press that at the Democratic cauc~s I hope the membership ·of the House understands, that the only the gentleman from Mississippi was given power and directed to door whereby I can make an entrance in order to offer that speak for the minority. Where he gets any authority to speak amendment is that made by voting dow:n the demand for the for the minority of the majority I do not know. I recognize his previous question, which in due time will be made by the gen- right, however, when he undertakes to speak for those who are tleman from Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, there haYe been from in favor of tariff revision. Now, these rules have been the rule'S' time immemorial almost "blanket Indians" upon the majority of the House of Representatiyes ever since the Fifty-first Con­ side-people who were dissatisfied with the rules. A majority gress. They were the rules of the Fifty-second Congress-a even of the majority sometimes is frequently dissatisfied with Democratic Congress, presided over by Speaker Crisp. ·They the rules so adopted in this body as to cut them off from all were the rules of the Fifty-third Congress, presided over by a right to propose amendments even; they_:_some of them-know Democratic Speaker. The gentleman says not exactly the same that these rules have been adopted not so much for the purpose rules, but they are substantially the same rules. The difference. of manacling the minority party in the Chamber as for the pur- amounted to nothing at all, and I confess to some surprise that pose of manacling the minority of the majority on that side of any objection is made on the part of the gentleman from Missis-· the Chamber. [Applause on the Democratic side.] Now, those sippi when I refer to what took place at the meeting of the of you who are in earnest about wanting to get an opportunity Fifty-eighth Congress, when, without objection or protest on the for an expression of the views of the American people's Repre- part of the gentleman from Mississippi or anyone on that side sentatives during this Congress will yote "No! " when the gen- or the House, the rules were adopted. tleman from Pennsylvania calls the previous question, or 1\fr. WILLIAl\1S. Will the gentleman permit an interruption c. attempts to call it, and those of you who are willing in advance Mr. DALZELL. Certainly. · · to be manacled, and especially the kids in the House· who · Mr. WILLIAMS. Perhaps, in explftnation of the fact we afterwards will have no views whatsoever, have at least had did not protest at that time, I might say that we were expecting your eyes opened by the public announcement I have just made. a stalwart a.Ifd strenuous protest to come froJ;ll a Republican If you will vote down the previous question and give an oppor- Member whom I now have in my eye. [Applause on the Demo- tunity to adopt the amendment of which I have spoke~ then at cratic side.] · the end of thirty days the majority of this Chamber-the Repub- 1 Mr. DALZELL. Of course, Mr. Speaker, I have no idea whom· licans in this Chamber-will have an opporturuty to vote such the gentleman is to whom the gentleman from :Uississippi [Mr~ rules as they think just and fair, not only to the minority party WILLIAMS] refers. [Laughter.] . But I would suggest to him t(and f'rom the majority we expect but little consideration), 'that our friends upon the other side of the House-and I do not liut to thomselves and to the country. · --.mean to be cruel-are in a less fortunate position, perhaps, as to '"-- 1905. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-_.H .OJ}SE.

entering protest now than they were at the meeting-of the Fifty­ Hardwick · ·- · · Littauer Ransdell, · La. Taylor, Ala. eighth Congress. Hepburn Loud - Roberts Townsend Hermann Lovering Robertson, La. Trimble I ask for the previous question. Humphreys, Miss. Mondell Sibley •.ryndall The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Kitchin, Claude Overstreet Smith, Pa. Williamson DALZELL] demands the previous question. Lamar Patterson. Tenn. Southard The question was taken; and the Speaker announced that the SWEARING IN A MEMBER. ayes seemed to have it. After the first call of the roll : Mr. WILLIAMS. Division, Mr. Speaker; and in order to The SPEAKER. Is the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Burle­ save time we will just have the yeas and nays. son] present, and does the gentleman desire to take the oath of The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Mississippi demands the office? yeas and nays. Mr. BURLEsoN. Yes, sir; I desire to be sworn ·in and tak'e The yeas and nays were ordered. the oath. The question was taken ; and there were-yeas 228, nays 126, Mr. Burleson appeared at the bar and took the oath of office. not voting 31, as follows : The SPEAKER. The Clerk will call the names of those not YEAS-228. answering upon the first roll call. · Acheson Dawes Humphrey, Wash. Parker Adams, Pa. Dawson Jenkins Parsons The call of the roll was completed as above recorded. Alexander Deemer Jones, Wash. Patterson, Pa. So the previous question was ordered. Allen, Me. Denby Kahn Payne Mr. GAINES of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, my name was not Allen, N. :r. Dickson~,. Jll. Keiter Pearre Ames Dixon, Mont. Kennedy, Nebr. Perkins called. I desire to vote. Andrus Dovener Kennedy, Ohio Pollard The SPEAKER. Was the gentleman paying attention when Babcock Draper Ketcham Powers his name should have been called, and failed to bear it? Bannon Dresser Kinkaid Prince Barchteld Driscoll - Klepper Reeder Mr. GAINES of Tennessee. I was. Bartholdt Dun well Knapp Reynolds The SPEAKER. Call the gentleman's name. Bates Dwight Knopf Rhodes The name of Mr. GAINES of Tennessee was called, and be Bede Edwards Knowland Rives Beidler Ellls Lacey Rodenberg voted" no." Bennet, N. Y. Esch Lafean Samuel The result of the vote was then announced as above recorded. Bennett, Ky. Fassett Landis, Chas. B. Schneebell The question was taken ; and the resolution was agreed to. Bingham Flack Landis, Frederick Scott Birdsall Fletcher Law Scroggy DA.IL Y HOUR OF MEETING. Bishop Fordney Lawrence Shartel Blackburn Foss Le Fevre Sherman Mr. SCOTT. Mr. Speaker, I ask present consideration of the Foster, Ind. Ltlley, Conn. Slemp resolution which I send to the Clerk's desk. ~~~~fe Foster, Vt. Lilley, Pa. Smith, Cal. The Clerk read as follows : Bowersock Fowler. Littlefield Smith, Ill. Bradley French Longworth Smith, Iowa ResoZ'Ved, That unt11 otherwise ordered the dally hour of meeting of Brick Fulkerson Lorimer Smith, S. W. the House of Representatives shall. be 12 o'clock meridian. Brooks, Colo. Fuller Loudenslager Smith, Wm. Alden The question was taken; and the resolution was agreed to. Brown Gaines, W. Va. McCall Smyser Brownlow Gardner, Mass. McCarthy Snapp DIGEST AND . MANUAL. Buckman Gardner, Mich. McCleary, Minn. Southwick Burke, Pa. Gardner, N. J. McCreary, Pa. Speny Mr. CHARLES B. LANDIS. Mr. Speaker, I move the adop­ Burke, S. Dak. Gilbert, Ind. McGavin Stafford tion of the resolution which I send to the Clerk's desk. Burleigh Gillett, Mass. McKinlay, Cal. Steenerson Burton, Del. Grafr McKinley, Ill. Sterling The Clerk read as follows : Burton, Ohio Graham McKinney Stevens, Minn. Resolved, That there be printed 2,000 copies of the Digest and Manual Butler, Pa. Greene McLachlan Sulloway of the Rules and Practice of the House of Representatives for the first Calder Gronna McMorran Tawney session of the Fifty-ninth Congress, the same to be bound and dis­ Calderhead Grosvenor Madden Taylor, Ohio tributed under the direction of the Speaker and Clerk of the Honse. Ca mpbell, Kans. Hale Mahon '.rhomas, Ohio Campbell, Ohio Hamilton Mann Tirrell The question was taken ; and the resolution was agreed to. Capron Haskins Marshall Van Winkle SPECIAL EMPLOYEES. Cassel Haugen Martin Volstead Chaney Ha1es Michalek Vreeland Mr. HEPBURN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent for Chapman Heuge Miller Wachter Cocks Henry, Conn. Minor Wadsworth the present consideration of the resolution which I send to the Cole Higgins Moon, Pa. Waldo Clerk's desk. Conner Hill, Conn. Morrell Wanger The Clerk read as follows : Cooper, Pa. Hinshaw Mouser Watson Cousins Hltt Mudd Webber Resolved, That John T. Chancy be continued in the services of the Cromer Hoar !lurdock Weeks House in his present position during the Fifty-ninth Congress. Crumpacker Hogg Murphy Weems The SPEAKER. Is there objection? [After a pause.] The Currier Holllday Needham Welborn Curtis Howell, N. :r. Nevin Wharton Chair bears none. Cushman Howell, Utah Norris Wiley, N. :r. The question was taken, and the resolution was agreed to. Dale Hubbard Olcott Wilson - Mr. HENRY of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous con­ Dalzell Hufr Olmsted Wood, N. :r. Darragh Hughes Otjen Woodyard sent for the present consideration of the resolution which. I Davis, _Minn. Hull Palmer Yonng send to the desk. NAYS-126. The Clerk read as follows : Adams, Wis. Garber Lewis Sheppard Resolved, That during the Fifty-ninth Congress, and until the organi­ Adamson Garner Lindsay Sherley zation of the Sixtieth Congress, Isaac R. Hill be authorized to act as Aiken Garrett Little Sims special employee of the House of Representatives and receive compen­ Bankhead Gilbert, Ky. Livingston Slayden sation at the rate of $1,500 per annum·; that Felton B. Knight and Bartlett Glll Lloyd Small Joseph :r. Sinnott be authorized to act as special messengers of the Beall, Tex. Gillespie McDermott Smith, Ky. House of Representatives, each to receive compensation at the rate or Bell, Ga. Glass McLain Smith, Md. $1,200 per annum, and that .Tames F. English be authorized to act ns Bowers Goldfogle McNary Smith, Tex. special chief page or the House of Representatives at the rate of $900 Bowie Goulden Macon Southall per annum, and $500 additional for services as pair clerk. Broocks, Tex. Granger Maynard Sparkman Said officers shall at all times be under the d1rect1on and control of Broussard Gregg Meyer Spight the Speaker of the House, and they shall be subject to removal by him Brundidge Gudger Moon, Tenn. Stanley for cause at any time. Burges~ Hay Moore Stephens, Tex. Burleson Hearst Padgett Sullivan, Mass. The SPEAKER. Is there objection? Burnett Heflin Page Sullivan, N. Y. Mr. TAWNEY. I desire to ask the gentleman from Texas if Butler, Tenn. Henry, TeL Patterson, N. C. Sulzer Candler Hill, Miss. Patterson, S. C. Swanson this is the usual resolution? Clark, Fla. Hopkins Pou Talbott Mr. HENRY of Texas. It is the usual resolution. Clark, Mo. Houston Pujo Thomas, N. C. Mr. TAWNEY. Is it the same number of employees that they Clayton H'lward Rainey Towne Cockran Hunt Randell, Tex. Underwood had last year? Davey, La. .Tames Reid Van Duzer Mr. HENRY of Texas. It is the same number, and the same Davis, W. Va. .Johnson Rhinock Wallace salaries as they had last session. De Armond .Tones, Va. Richardson, Ala. Watkins Dixon, Ind. Kelliher Richardson, Ky. Webb The SPEAKER. Is there objection? [After a pause.] The Ellerbe Kitchin, Wm. W. Rixey Weisse Chair bears none. Field Kline Robinson, Ark. Wiley, Ala. The question was taken, and the resolution was agreed to. Finley Lamb Rucker Williams Fitzgerald Lee Ruppert Wood, Mo. DRAWING OF SEATS. Flood Legare Russell Zenor Floyd Lester Ryan Mr. TAWNEY. Mr. Speaker, I offer the resolution which I Gaines, Tenn. Lever Shackleford send to the Clerk's desk. NOT VOTING-31. The Clerk read as follows : Brantley Castor Davidson Goebel Resolved That the House do now proceed to draw seats for Mem­ Byrd Cooper, Wis. Gillett, Cal. Griggs bers and Delegates ot. the present Congress, in pursuance or Rule 44 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE.

XXXII, and when names of Members absent from the city or on ac­ unanimous consent, and if the gentleman from Alabama [Mr. count of sickness are called, that seats be selected by their colleagues: Ana provided, That in selecting seats the precedents of the Fifty­ UNDERWOOD] fears the effect of that precedent, I have no objec­ second and Fifty-fourth Congresses be followedl whereby the section tion to withdrawing that part of the resolution and asking that of seats next the main aisle on the minority s de were given to· the the division of seats on the fioor be made by unanimous consent. majority side, leaving any further excess of majority Members to be accommodated in the seats on the extreme lett of the minority side. Mr. UNDERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I merely wish to say to the gentleman that for a hundred years this House has as­ :Mr. TAWNEY. :Mr. Speaker, just one word in explanation sembled and agreed on the seats which the .Members should oc­ of the effect of this resolution. Upon its adoption this section cupy without anything being forced down the throat of the minor­ of seats on my left, on the other side of the aisle, would be ity by a vote of the majority. I am sure that the minority are selected by Republicans as their names are called, and then the willing to do what is courteous and proper under the circum­ excess of Republicans would have to select their seats in the stances, and I do not think the gentleman should set a precedent last row on the extreme left of the Hall, commonly known as by saying, " By a vote of this House we will force you to take the "Cherokee Strip." That will seat twenty-one. Thi!:;! sec­ your seats where we direct you." tion to my left will seat thirty-five. That will leave the mi­ 1\fr. WILLIAMS. If that be the meaning of the resolution, I nority the three middle sections between the last section on the have certainly misunderstood it. I understand that the gentle­ left of the Hall and the one on my left, and these three sections man from Minnesota is now asking unanimous consent. will furnish enough seats, and more than enough, to seat nil Mr. TAWNEY. For the consideration of this resolution. the minority Members. I would say that this division of the Mr. WILLIAMS. For the consideration of the resolution? seats was made first in the Fifty-second Congress and again The SPEAKER. The resolution is a matter of privilege. in the Fifty-fourth Congress, when the majority was nearly as Mr. WILLIAMS. I thought he was asking unanimous con­ large as it is at the present time on the majority side of the sent for the passage of the resolution. Hitherto, as the gentle­ House. man from Alabama [Mr. UNDERWOOD] says, this has been a mat­ .Mr. WILLIAMS. The gentleman from Minnesota is mistaken ter of agreement by unanimous consent. in one respect. The majorities in those Congresses were not Several MEMBERS. Why not ask unanimous consent? nearly as large as the majority in this one, but very much Mr. WILLIAMS. As far as I am concerned, I am perfectly larger. willing that it shall be done in that way. · Mr. TAWNEY. In the Fifty-fourth Congress. Mr. TAWNEY. Mr. Speaker, in view of the statement of the :Mr. WILLIAMS. In the Fifty-fourth Congress the Republi­ gentleman from Mississippi that there is no objection to the cans had 134 majority in the House, whose membership was arrangement provided for in the latter part of the resolution, I 357. In that House the Democrats numbered 104, Republicans ask unanimous consent to withdraw that and to adopt the for· 245, and Populists 7. The Republicans had a majority over the mer part of the resolution, which has always been adopted by a Democrats of 141 and over all told of 134. In the Fifty-second vote of the House. Then I will ask unanimous consent that the Congress, with a membership of only 333, the Republicans had division of seats be made as contemplated by the latter part of only 88 Members, while the Democrats had 231 and the Popu­ the resolution by unanimous consent. lists had 14, so that the Democrats had a majority over the The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the resolution in the Republicans of 153, and over all of 14 less than that, or 139. form indicated by the gentleman from Minnesota, and read the Now, Mr. Speaker, I hope the Democracy will always remain first part of it. of an equal mind upon the question of never administering to The Clerk read as follows : anyone else a dose which it is not prepared in its turn to take. I find after examining the precedents-and I will frankly say Resolved, That the House do now proceed to draw seats for Members and Delegates of the present Congress, in pursuance of Rule XXXU, that I was very much disappointed when, after examination, I and when names of Members absent from the city or on account of found them so-that in the Fifty-second Congress we did take sickness are called, that seats be selected by their colleagues. the seats up to that aisle, the first one beyond- the middle aisle. The resolution was agreed to. ,We took them upon the principle of keeping the majority as Mr. TAWNEY. I now ask unanimous consent that in the nearly as possible together in a compact body, and the minority drawing of seats this section to my left be set aside for the Re­ as nearly as possible together in a compact body; and although publican Members as their names are called, and that the section our majority then was not only absolutely larger but very much on the extreme left of the House be likewise reserved for the larger in percentage, because of the comparative smallness of Republican Members, leaving the other sections in the center of the membership at that time, yet it is a precedent which we the Democratic side for the Democratic .Members, and this side, ourselves have set. It was done in the Fifty-second Congress in addition to the other seats indicated, for the Republicans. by unanimous consent, and again in the ;Fifty-fourth Congress, The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gen- when, by unanimous consent, the Republicans took the seats up tleman from :Minnesota? to the first aisle of the left of the center aisle, their majority There was no objection. then being 134. Mr. BURKE of South Dakota. .Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous I liad contemplated· making objection to unanimous consent, consent that before this rule is enforced the Hon. J. W ABREN but under the circumstances, all the precedents considered, I KEIFER, an ex-Speaker of this House, be permitted to draw his think it fair not to do so, and shall not. seat; that the Hon. HENRY H. BINGHAM, a Member from Penn­ Mr. BARTLETT. Does the resolution provide for the col- sylvania, and the" Father of the House;" the Hon. JOHN SHARP leagues of absent Members drawing their seats? WILLIAMS, of .Mississippi, leader of the minority, and those J\.fem- 1\ir. TAWNEY. It does. bers who have served twenty years, or who were Members of the Mr. BARTLET'".r. I understood it to apply only to absence Fiftieth Congress and have served continuously until the present on account of sickness. time, also be permitted to draw their seats. Mr. TAWNEY. Absence for any cause. Mr. WILLIAMS. Mr. Speaker, to that request I shall be Mr. BARTLETT. Doe~ it read that way. forced to make an objection. One word in explanation. I think Mr. TAWNEY. Mr. Speaker, I should like to have that part if we give Members with twenty years' service their seats yon of the resolution read once more, or the provision for drawing will have broken down the line of demarcation, and the next seats for absent Members. time it will be :Members with eighteen years' service, and then The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the resolution. fifteen years, and there will be no end to it. I think it would be The resolution was again read. better to make the request in the usual form for the ex-Speaker Mr. TAWNEY. I ask for a vote on the resolution. who has a seat upon the fioor, the leader of the majority, and the The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the adoption of the leader of the minority, and, of course, the" Father of the House." resolution? Mr. BURKE of South Dakota. Then, Mr. Speaker, I will Mr. UNDERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman from change my request, and also include the gentleman from New .Minnesota allow me to ask him a question? York [Mr. PAYNE] with those I have already named. Mr. TAWNEY. Yes. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from South Dakota asks Mr. UNDERWOOD. I should like to ask him if the latter unanimous consent that the gentleman from Ohio, Mr. KEIFER, _portion of the resolution is not contrary to all precedents up to an ex-Speaker of this House; the gentleman from New York, this time? In other words, does not his resolution direct on Mr. PAYNE; the gentleman from ?tHssissippi, Mr. WILLIAMs; which side of the Chamber a Member shall take his seat, and and the gentleman from Pennsylvania, Mr. BINGHAM, the has it not heretofore been allowed that a Member might take his "Father of the House," be permitted to choose their seats. seat where be desired, merely agreeing by unanimous consent Mr. BURKE of South Dakota. ·Mr. Speaker, I would like also which portion of the House belonged to the Republicans and to include the gentleman from New York, Mr. KETCHAM, who which to the Democrats? has served thirty-four years as a Member of this House. Mr. TAWNEY. I will say that the latter part of the resolu- Mr. WILLIA1\1S. I think it is better, Mr. Speaker, that we tion has heretofore been agreed to by unanimous consent, and should keep within the precedents. . .we ask now to agree to consideration of the entire resolution by I Mr. BURKE of South Dakota. In the Fifty-seventh Congress ' I 1905. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 45

the gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. . Richardson], who was the lecting the revenue from customs for the year ending June 30, predecessor of the gentleman from Mississippi as leader of the 1907-to the Committee on AppropriAtions, and ordered to be minority,. made a similar request for Mr. Creamer, of New Yorkr printed.. because be bad been a Member of the House so many years. A letter from the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Rep-re­ Mr. WILLIAMS. It seems very ungracious to object, but I do sentatives, transmittiiig a statement of the sums of money not see for the life of me where it would stop if we once enter drawn and disbursed by him-to the Committee on Accounts, upon this line. It is such an ungracious thing that I bate to do and ordered to be printed. it, but I can see no end to it. 1). letter from tbe Sergeant-at-Arms of the Bouse of Repre­ Mr. BURKE of South Dakota. The gentleman from Missis­ sentatives, transmitting a list of the prop-erty in his charge on sippi objects, and I will withdraw my last request for the gen­ December 4, 1905-to the Committee on ~ccounts, and ordered tleman fi·om New York, Mr. KETCHAM. to- be ·printed. The SPEAKER. Then the gentleman's request includes the A letter from the Chief Clerk of. the Court of CL.'limS, trans­ gentleman from Ohio, Mr. KEIFER, an ex-Sp-eaker of the House; mitting a statement of all judgments rendered for the year the gentleman from New York, Mr. PAYNE; the gentleman from ended December 2,. 1905-to the Committee on Appropriations, Mississippi, Mr. WILLIAMS, and the gentleman from Pennsyl­ and ordered to be printed. vania,. Mr. BINGHAM. Is there objection 1 [After a pause.] A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury~ transmitting an The Chair hears none. abstract of the official emoluments of officers of the customs Mr. TAWNEY. Mr. Speaker, I call for the reading of Rule service--to the Committee on Ways and MeanB, and ordered to XXXII. be printed. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the rule. A letter from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, The Clerk read as follows : transmitting a statement of expenditures for International Ex­ RULE XXXII. changes~ etc., for the year ended June 30, 1905--to the Commit­ DRAWING OF SEATS. tee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. 1. At the commencement of each Congress, immediately after the The annual report of A. McDowell, Clerk of the House of Rep­ Members' and Delegates are sworn ln, the Clerk shall place in n box, resentatives, for the year ended June 30, 1905-to the Commit- prepared for that purpose, a number of small balls, of marble or other material, equal to the number of Members and Delegates, which balls tee on Accounts, and ordered to be printed. • shall be consecutively numbered and thoroughly intermin~led, and at such hour as shall be fixed by the House for that purpose, by the hands of a page, draw said balls one by one from the box and announce the PUBLIC BILLS. RESOLUTIONS, AND MEMORIALS. number as lt is drawn, upon which announcement the Member or Del­ egate whose name on a numbered alphabetical list shall correspond with Under clause 3 of Rule XXII, bills, resolutions, and memo­ the number on the ball shall advance and choose hls seat for the term for which he is elected. rials of the following titles were introduced and severally re­ 2. Before said drawing shall commence each seat shall be vacated and ferred as follows : so remain until selected under this rule, and any seat having been selected By Mr. McGUIRE: A bill (H. R. 1) to enable the people of shall be deemed forfeited if left unoccupied before the call of the roll is finished, and whenever the seats of Members a.nd Delegates shall Oklahoma and of the Indian Territory to form a constitution have been drawn, no proposition for a second drawing shall be in order and State government and be admitted into the Union on an during that Congress. equal footing with the original States-to the Committee on The drawing of seats began at 2 o'clock and 22 minutes and the Territories. was concluded at 3 o'clo-ck and 33 minutes. By Mr. LITTLEFIELD : A bill (H. R. 2) requiring all cor­ ANNOUNCEMEN'r OF COMMITTEES. porations engaged in interstate commerce to make returns, and The SPEAKER announced the following committees : for other purposes-to the Committ~ on the Judiciary. Oommittee on Rules.-Tbe Speaker; John Dalzell, of Penn­ By Mr. PAYNE: A bill (H. R. 3) to amend an act entitled sylvania; Charles H. Grosvenor, of Ohio; John S. Williams, of "An act temporarily to provide revenue for the Philippine Is­ / · Mississippi, and David A. De Armond, of Missouri. lands, and for other purposes," approved March 8, 1902-to the Mfleage.-William A. Reeder, of Kansas; William H. Flack, Committee on Ways and Means. of New York; Charles S. Wharton, of illinois; Elijah B. Lewis, By Mr. DALZELL: A bill (H. R. 4) to amend section 3646, of Georgia, and Ernest E. Wood, of Missouri. Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended by act of February 16, 1885-to hte Committee on the Judiciary. DEATH OF SENATOR PLATT OF CONNECTICUT. Also, a bill (H. R. 5) to provide for the refunding of certain Mr. LILLEY of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, I offer the fol­ money, and so forth-to the Committee on Claims. lowing resolution, which I send to the Clerk's desk. Also, a bill (H. R. 6) for the relief of the Monongahela Iron The Clerk read as follows : and Steel Company. of Pittsburg, Pa.-to the Committee on Resolvet!t,. That the House has heard with profound sorrow of the Claims. death of non. ORVILLE HITCHCOCK PLATT, a Senator of the United States of the State of Connecticut. Also, a bill (H. R. 7) to provide a aeal fc;>r United States com­ Resolved,. That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Sen­ missioners-to the Committee on the Judiciary. ate and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased Senator. Also, a bill (H. R. 8) for the relief of the Harbison-Walker The resolution was agreed to. Company, of Pittsburg, Pa.-to the Committee on Claims. DEATH OF REPRESENTATIVE MARSH, OF ILLINOIS. Also, a bill (H. R. 9) granting pensions to soldiers and sailors Mr. McKINNEY. Mr. Speaker, it is my painful duty to an­ confined in so-called Confederate prisons--to the Committee on nounce the death of a late distinguished Member of this House. Invalid Pensions. At a later date I shall ask the House to set aside a day on Also, a bill (H. R. 10) to authorize the courts of the United which suitable testimonials to his great work and eminent States to require a party to submit to a personal physical exam­ ination in certain cases-to the Committee on the Judiciary. services may be heard. I desire to offer the following resolu~ tion, which I send to the Clerk's desk and move its adoption. By Mr. CANDLER: A bill (H. R. 11) providing for tbe pur­ The Clerk read as follows : chase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon at Columbus, in the State of Mississippi-to the Committee on Resolv e~ That the House has heard with profound sorrow of the death of Hon. BENJAMIN F. MARsH, late a Representative from the Public Buildings and Grounds. State o! Illinois. Also, a bill (H. R. ;1.2) to extend the limits of the Shiloh Resolv ed, That the Clerk of the House be directed to transmit this National Military Park-to the Committee on Military .Affairs. ~~~~~~ to the Senate and a copy thereof to the family of the Also, a bill (H. R. 13) requiring postmasters to affix stamps The resolution was agreed to. to letters when sufficient coin accompanies the letters to pay the ADJOURNMENT, postag~to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Also, a bill {H. R. 14) in aid of the common schools in Missis­ 1\Ir~ McKINNEY. Mr. Speaker, as a further mark of the sippi-to the Committee on the Public Lands. respect which we bold of the memory of the deceased Senator, Also, a bill (H. R. 15) providing for the purchase of a site ORVILLE HITCHCOCK PLATT, and the deceased Member, BENJA­ and the erection of a public building thereon at Corinth, in the MIN F. 1\fARsH, I move that the House do now adjourn. State of Mississippi-to the Committee on Public Buildings and The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 3 o'clock and 37 Grounds. minutes) the House adjou1ned until 12 o'clock noon to-morrow. Also, a bill (H. R. 16) providing for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public tmilding thereon at Tupelo, in the EXECUTIVE COM~WNIC.ATIONS, ETC. State of Mississippi-to the Committee on Public Buildings and Under clause 2 of Rule XXIV, the following executive com­ Grounds. munications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred Also, a blll ca. R. 17) making an appropriation for the im­ as follows: provement of the Tombigbee River, in the State of Mississippi A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting and in the State o.f Alabama-to the Committee on Rivers and estimates of appropriations for defraying the expenses of col- Harbors. 46 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECEMBER 4,

By Mr. BROWNLOW: A bill (H. R. 18) relating to arrears during the war of the rebellion-to the Committee on Invalid In pensions-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Pensions. .. Also, a bill (H. R. 19) for the appointment of a United States Also, a bill (H. R. 42) for the relief of certain persons who district judge for the eastern district of Tennessee, to detach volunteered to serve as members of Tenth Regiment of Ten· certain counties from the eastern district of Tennessee and to nessee Cavalry-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. attach the same to the middle district of Tennessee, to pro-vide Also, a bill (H. R. 43) to repeal certain laws relating to per· for divisions in said middle district of Tennessee and the manent and indefinite appropriation-to the Committee on time for holding the courts, and to provide for officers of. the Appropriations. · courts, and for other purposes-to the Committee . on the Ju­ By Mr. RODENBERG: A bill (H. R. 44) for the erection of diciary. a Federal building for the United States courts and other Gov· Also, a bill (H. R. 20) to change and fix the time for holding errunent offices at East St. Louis, Ill.-to the Committee on the circuit and district courts of the United States for the mid­ Public Buildings and Grounds. dle district of Tennessee; in the southern division of the eastern Also, a bill (H. R. 45) for the erection of a public building at district of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and the northeastern Belleville, Ill.-to the Committee on Public Buildings and division of the eastern district of Tennessee at Greeneville, and Grounds. for other purposes-to the Committee on the Judiciary. Also, a blll (H. R. 46) to provide for the erection of a public Also, a bill (H. R. 21) to establish the tenth jUdicial circuit building at Alton, Ill.-to the Committee on Public Buildings and to provide for a circuit court of appeals therein, and for ancl Grounds. other purposes-to the Committee on the Judiciary. Also, a bill (H. R. 47) to amend section 4386 of the Revised Also, a bill (H. R. 22) granting an appropriation to the· Statutes of the United States-to the Committee on Interstate trustees of the Woman's National Industrial Exhibit of the city and Foreign Commerce. of Washington, D. C.-to the Committee on Appropriations. By Mr. SNAPP: A bill (H. R. 48) to establish a postal Also, a bill (H. R. 23) to authorize the appointment of a savings bank system, and to provide for the conduct and regula· United States commissioner for the central judicial district of tion of the same-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post· the Indian·Territory-to the Committee on the Judiciary. Roads. · Also, a bill (H. R. 24) establishing a United States court at By Mr. BROWNLOW: A bill (H. R. 49) regulating sleeping· Wapanucka, Ind. T.-to the Committee on the Judiciary. car service-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com· Also, a bill (H. R. 25) to provide for a United States reform merce. Bchool, and for other purposes-to the Committee on the Ju­ By Mr. BRICK: A bill (H. R. 50) to amend section 3394 of diciary. the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to tobacco­ Also, a .bill (H. R. 26) to give longevity pay to employees to the Committee on Ways and Means. in the classified civil service-to the Committee on Reform in Also, a bill (H. R. 51) establishing regular terms of the United the Civil Service. States circuit and district courts at South Bend, Ind.-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 27) to amend joint resolution entitled Committee on the Judiciary. "Joint resolution authorizing Members to certify monthly the Also, a bill (H. R. 52) to legalize and permit the maintenance amount paid by them for clerk hire and directing the same to be of certain dams in and bridges over the St. Joseph River, in the paid out of the contingent fund of the House," approved March States of Indiana and Michigan-to the Committee on Interstate 3, 1893-to the Committee on Accounts. , and Foreign Commerce. Also, a bill (H. R. 28) to provide for the erection of a public Also, a bill (H. R. 53) defining the power of the academlc building at Johnson City, Tenn.-to the Committee on Public board at the Naval Academy with regard to the admission of Buildings and Grounds. candidates and the retention of deficient midshipmen-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 29) to authorize the Delaware Indians in Committee on Naval Aft'airs. the Cherokee Nation to bring suit in the Court of Claims Also, a bill (H. R. 54) to provide for the purchase of addi· against the United States, and the Mississippi Choctaws to sue tiona! ground and the enlargement and improvement of t~c the Choctaw Nation, and for other purposes-to the Committee public building at South Bend, Ind.-to the Committee on Public on Claims. Buildings and Grounds. Also, ·a bill (H. R. 30) to add a corps of· dental surgeons to Also, a bill (H. R. 55) to create a commission to investigate the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery of the Navy-to the Com­ the expediency and practicability of establishing public rifle mittee on Naval Aft'airs. ranges throughout the United States, and to report a feasible Also, a bill (H. R. 31) to reorganize the corps of dental sur­ plan or method for establishing such rifle ranges-to the Com­ geons attached to the Medical Department of the Army-to the mittee on Military Affairs. Committee on Military Aft'airs. Also, a bill (H. R. 56) to amend an act entitled "An act in Also, a bill (H. R. 32) to provide a home for aged and infirm amendment of sections 2 and 3 of an act entitled 'An act grant­ colored people-to the Committee on Military Affairs. ing pensions to soldiers and sailors who are incapacitated for the Also, a bill (H. R. 33) authorizing the Secretary of War to pro­ performance of manual labor, and providing for pensions to vide condemned cannon and carriages for ornamentation pur­ widows, minor children, and dependent parents,' approved June poses in the national cemetery at Knoxville, Tenn.-to the Com­ 27, 1890," approved May 9, 1900-to the Committee on Invalid mittee on Military Aft'airs. Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 34) to empower the Secretary of War to By Mr. ALLEN of Maine: A bill (H. R. 57) to provide for the allow burial of wives of deceased enlisted men in national cem­ erection of a public building at Portland, in the State of Maine­ eteries in the same graves as deceased soldiers-to the Commit­ to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. tee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 58) to prevent the unlawful wearing of Also, a bill (H. R. 35) authorizing the Secretary of War to the badge or insignia of the Grand Army of the Republic or accept the tract of land at or near Greeneville, Tenn., where lie other soldier organizations-to the Committee on the District the remains of Andrew Johnson, late President of the United of Columbia. States, and establishing the same as a fourth-class national cem­ Also, a bill (H. R. 59) providing for the construction or pur­ etery-to the Committee on Military Aft'airs. chase of a steam vessel for service at Portland, 1\Ie.-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 36) to increase the efficiency of the Army Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. of the United States, and for other purposes-to the Committee By Mr. CUSHMAN: A bill (H. R. 60) authorizing the Secre­ on Military Affairs. tary of the Treasury to fix the salaries of the deputy collectors Also, a bill (H. R. 37) fixing the hours of labor in the Execu­ of customs at the subports of Tacoma and Seattle, in the State tive Departments in Washington-to the Committee on Appro­ of Washington, and repealing all laws inconsistent therewith­ priations. to the Committee on Ways and Means. Also, a bill (H. R. 38) regulating pilots-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 61) making an appropriation for the im· the Merchant Marine and Fisheries. provement of the Puyallup Indian school plant at Tacoma, Also, a bill (H. R. 39) to establish in the Department of Agri­ Wash.-to the Committee on Indian Affairs. culture a bureau to be known as the Bureau of Public Highways, Also, a bill (H. R. 62) to authorize the construction of two and to provide for national aid in the improvement of the public steam vessels for the Revenue-Cutter Service for duty on Puget roads-to the Committee on Agriculture. Sound, Washington-to the Committee on Interstate and )for· Also, a bill (H. R. 40) for the purchase of a national forest eign Commerce. reserve in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, to be known as Also, a bill (H. R. 63) to establish a dwelling for keeper of the" National Appalachian Forest Reserve "-to the Committee fog signal at Robinson Point, State of Washington-to the Com· on Agriculture. mittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Also, a bill (H. R. 41) granting a pension to certain East Also, a bill (H. R. 64') making an appropriation for the ad­ Tennesseans engaged in the secret service of the United States ministration and improvement of the Mount Rainier National 1905.1 CONGRESSIONAL. RECORD-HOUSE. I I . - . 47 Park, ill the ·state of Washington-to the Committee on the By Mr. LORIMER: A bill ·(H. R. 91J for the amendment of Public Lands. . the patent laws-to the Committee on Patents. . Also, a bill (H. R. 65) providing for the establishment· of a By Mr. LOUDENSLAGER: A bill (H. R. 92) fixing salary of life-saving station in the vicinity of Cape Flattery, or Flattery Vice-President and members of the Cabinet-to the Committee Rocks, on the coast of Washington-to the Committee on Inter- on Appropriations. state and Foreign Commerce. - " .Also, a bill (H. R. 93) providing for the repair and rebuilding Also, a bill (H. R. 66) establishing a fog signal at Ediz Hook of the road from Harrisonville, N. J., to the post at Fort Mort, light station, .State of Washington, and for: other purposes-to N. J., and the national cemetecy ·at Finns Point, New Jersey-· the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. · to the Committee on Military Affairs. · Als9, a bill (H. R. 67.) granting right of ·way -fur. telegraph Also, a bill (H. R. 94) authorizing the President to appoint an and telepbone lines in the district of Alaska-to the. Committee inspector, to be attached to the office of the Secretary of the on the Public Lands. . .. Navy-to the Committee on Naval Mairs. · Also, a bill (H. R. 68) to provide for the purchase of· a site Also, a· bill (H. R. 95) to provide for surveys of rivers and and t)Je erection of a public building· the1·eon at A.berdee11; in harbors at the expense of State or municipal authorities-to - the State of Washington-to the Committee on Public Buildings the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. and Grounds. By Mr. LORIMER (by. request) : A bill .(H. R. 96) . in .relation Also, a bill (H. R. 69) increasing the limit of cost for public to national mortgage banks-to the Committee on Banking and building at Tacoma, Wash.-to .the Committee on Public Build­ Currency. ings and Grounds. By Mr. MURPHY: A .bill (H. R. 97) to enable tbe people of Also, a bill (H. R. 70) providing for a public bui-lding at Oklahoma to form a constitution and .State government and l}e Olympia, State of · Washington-to the Committee. on Public admitted into the ·union -on an equal footing with the original Buildings and Grounds. States-to the Committee on the Territories. .. .BY Mr. .BISHOP: A bill (H. R. 71) to provide a temporary By Mr. LOVERING: A bill (H. R. 98) to place works of .art home for ex-volunteer Union soldiers and sailors in the District on the free list-to the Committee on. Ways and Means. , ' of Columbia-to the Committee on Military Mairs. Also, a bill (H: R. 99) to aid the Council City .and SQlomop. Also, a bill (II. R. 72) to acquire certain ground for a Gov­ River Railroad Company-to.the Committee on the Territories. ernment reservation-to the Committee on the District <>f Co­ Also, a bill (H. R. 100) to encourage and to temporarily assist lumbia. the construction, equipment, operation, and maintenance of · Also, a bill (H. R. 73) providing for the erection of a public railroads ln. the district of Alaska, and for other purposes-to building at Manistee, Mich.-to the Committee on·Publlc Build- the Committee on the Territories. ings and Grounds. . Also, a bill (H. R. 101) to place bides on the free list-to the By Mr. ALLEN of Maine: .A bill (H. R. 74.) to amend sec­ Committee on Ways and Means. . . tion 2871r Revised Statutes, and section 25 of act of June 26, By Mr. HOUSTON: A bill. (.H. R. 102) to provide for the .sur­ 1884:-to the COmmittee on Ways and Means. vey of Elk River, in Tennessee and Alabama-to. the .-Commit- Also, a bill (H. R. 75) to purchase a painting of Abraham tee on Rivers and Harbot·s. . Lincoln-to the Committee on the Library.. Also, a bill (H. R. 103) to provide for the purchase of a site By Mr. COUSINS: A bill (H.· R. 7~) to repeal an act to es­ ·and the erection of a -public building thereon at. Lewisbur.g, .in tablish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout.the United the State of Tennessee-to the Committee on Public Building& .· States, approved July 1, 1898-to the Committee on the Ju- and Grounds. diciary. _ . Also, a bill (H. R .. 104) to provide for the purchase.ofa site I By 1\!r. CAMPBELL of Kansas: A bill (H. R. 77) declaring and the· erection of a public building thereon at Murfreesboro, certain cars used in the transportation of articles of interstate in the State of Tennessee-to the Committee on Public Build- ·- / and foreign commerce common carriers, and prohibiting an ings and Grounds. · . ownership in or control over them by shippers-to ·the Com­ Also, a bill (H. R. 105) for the continued improvement of· , v mittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Caney Fork River, Tennessee-to·the Committee on Rivers,and· By Mr. MURPHY: A bill (H. R. 78) to remove the restric­ Harbors.' . · · tions on the alienation and taxation of land in Indian Terri­ By Mr. BUCKMAN: A bill (H. R. 106) for the erection and tory-to the Committee on Indian Affairs. construction of a public building in the city of, Brainerd .for Also, a bill (H. R. 79) providing for the admission of .the the accommodation of . the United ·states post-<>ffice and other State of Sequoyab into the Union, and for other purposes-to Government offices-to the Committee on Public Buildings and the Committee on the Territories. Grounds. , By Mr. SLEMP: A bill (H. R. 80) to divide the State of Vir­ By Mr. ROBERTS: A bill (H. R~ 107) providing that the ginia into three judicial districts, and for other purposes-to statute of limitations shall not be interposed in any suit brought the Committee on the Judiciary. by any laborer, workman, or mechanic in'. the. Court of Claims Also, a bill (H. R. 81) to provide for the improvement of against the United States to recover wages claimed to be due Clinch River, in Virginia-to the Committee on Rivers and Har­ him under the· national eight-hour law-to the Committee on bors. rn~& - . Also, a bill (H. R. 82) to provide for the improvement of By Mr. .OTJEN: A. bill (H. R. 108) .for the establishment of Powell River, in Virginia-to tfie Committee on Rivers and Har­ a third-order :flash light and fog signal upon south end of brealt­ bors. water, ·harbor of refuge, J.filwaukee, Wis.-to the Oommitt~ on Also, a bill (H. R. 83) to provide for the erection of a public· Interstate· and Foreign CommP.rCe. building at Big Stone Gap, Va.-to the Committee on Public By l\Ir. ROBERTS: A bill (H. R. 109) to provide for untaxed Buildings and Grounds. . denaturalized alcohol for n~annfacturing purposes and for use Also, a bill (H. R. 84) to provide for the erection of a public in the arts-to the Committee on Ways and Means. building at Wytheville, Va.-to the Committee on Public Build­ Also, a bill (H. R. 110) authorizing the Secretary of War to ings and Grounds. procure medals for- the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment, who Also, ·a bill (H. R. 85) for the establishment, control, opera­ were the -first fully equipped soldiers to arrive, on April 19, tion, and maintenance of a sanitarium for disabled volunteer 1861, for the defense of the city of Washington-to the Commit­ soldiers at New River, White Sulphur Springs, in the State of tee on ".Military A.ffa.irs• .Virginia-to the Committee on Military Affairs. . _· By Mr. LOVERING: A bill (H. R. 111) to encourage. the ex­ Also, a bill (H. R. 86) to provide for the improvement of the port trade in drugs, chemicals, and other articles of domestic headwaters of Big Sandy River, in Virginia-to the COJ:p.mittee manufacture-to the Committee on Ways and Means. on Rivers and Harbors. . Also, a bill (H. R 112) to encourage the export trade-t<> the Also, a bill (H. R. 87) permitting the. Washington Market Committee on Ways and Means. Company to lay a conduit across Seventh street west-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 113) to promote the efficiency of-the Life. Committee on the District of Columbia. Saving 'Service-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Also, a bill (H. R. 88) for the erection of a monument to too Commerce. • memory of Gen. William Campbell-to the Committee on the Also, a bill (H. R. 114) to appropriate the sum of $40,000 to Librarf. t the Cape Cod Pilgrim Memorial Association, to be used in erect­ By l\fr; GARDNER of New Jersey: .A.· bill (H. R. 89) to pro­ ing at Provincetown, .Mass., a suitable memorial of th~ landing· vide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public of the-Pilgr-ims-to the Committee on the Library. building thereon at Bridgeton, in the State of New Jersey-to Also, a bill (H. R. 115) for the erection of a public building the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. at Plymouth, Mass;--to the Committee on Public Buildings and By M.r. TAWNEY: A bill (H. R. 90) to amend the copyright Grounds. laws-to the Committee on Patents · Also, a bill (H. R. ·116). to amend chapter 11 of the laws of .CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECEl\ffiER 4-, \ 1897, entitled "An act to provide revenue for the Government near Daphne, in Baldwin County, Ala.-to the Committee on and to encourage the industries of the United States "-to the Military Affairs. Committee on Ways and :Means. · . • -Also, a bill (H. R. 143) in relation to the expenses of holding By Mr. B.AJ3COCK: A bill (H. R. 117) to amend section 1 of courts of the United States in the northern and middle districts an act entitled "An act relating to the Metropolitan police of the of Alabama-to the Committee on the Judiciary. District of Columbia," approved February 28, 1901-to the Com- Also, a bill (H. R. 144) appropriating $100,000 to enlarge the mittee on the District of Columbia. · public building at Montgomery, Ala., so as to meet the necessi­ Also, a bill (H. R. 118) to amend sections 713 and 714 of "An ties of the public business-to the Committee on Public Build- act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia," ap­ ings and Grounds. . proved March 3, 1901, as amended by the acts approved January By Mr. -SMITH .of Texas: A bill (H. R. 145) to amend sec­ 31 and June 30, 1902, and for other purposes-to the Committee tion 4386 of the Revised Statutes of the United States regulat­ on the District of Columbia. . ing the transportation of animals from one State to another­ Also, a bill (H. R. 119) amendatory of an act entitled ~'An act to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. to provide for payment of damages on account of changes of By Mr. GAINES of Tennessee: A bill (H. R. 146) t'urther grade due to construction of the Union Station, District of Co­ regulating_the class. of matter denied admission to the mail­ lumbia," approved April 22,. 1904-to the Committee on the Dis­ to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. trict of Columbia. By Mr. VAN DUZER: A bill (H. R. 147) to provide against Also, a bill (H. R. 120) to amend section 7 of the Code of Law entering into ~a contract by any officer or employee of the Gov­ for the District of Columbia-to the Committee on the District ernment of the United States of America for products of con­ of Columbia. vict labor-to the Committee on Labor. Also, a bill (H. R. 121) authorizing the extension of Seven­ Also, a bill {H. R. 148) to establish postal savings banks for teenth street NW.-to the Committee on the District of Columbia. depositing savings at intere-st, with the security of the Gov­ Also, a bill (H. R. 122) to require the erection of fire escapes ernment for the repayment thereof, and for other purposes­ ln certain buildings in the District of Columbia, and for other to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. purposes-to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Also, a bill (H. R. 149) to appropriate $50,000 for the pur­ Also, a bill (H. R. 123) authorizing the Commissioners of the pose of sinking artesian wells in the State of Nevada-to the District of Columbia to establish building lines-to the Com­ Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands. mittee on the District of Columbia. Also, a bill (H. R. 150) to establish a :fish-hatching and fish Also, a bill (H. R. 124) to regulate the operation of street station in the State of Nevada....:...to the Committee on the Mer­ railways in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes­ chant Marine and Fisheries. to the Committee on the District of Columbia. . Also, a bill (H. R. 151) to reestablish the United States mint Also, a bill (H. R. 125) regulating the retent on contracts at Carson City, Nev.-to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, with the District of Columbia-to the Committee on the District and Measures. · of Columbia. . By Mr. SHERLEY : A bill {H. R. 152) to amend section 953 Also, a bill (H. R. 126) for the widening of a section. of of the Revised Statutes of the United States-to the Committee Columbia road east of Sixteenth street-to the Committee on on the Judiciary. the District of Columbia. . By Mr. HUGHES: A bill (H. R. 1~3) to authorize the erec­ Also, a bill (H. R. 127) authorizing the extension of Rhode tion of a monument at Point Pleasant, W. Va., to commemorate Island avenue NE.-to the Committee on the District of Colum­ the battle of the Revolution fought at that point between the bia. - Colonial troops and Indians October 10, 1774-to the Committee Also, a bill (H. R. 128) for the opening of a connecting high­ on the Library. way between Water Side drive and Park road, District of Co­ Also, a bill {H. R. 154) providing for the erection of a public lumbia-to the Committee on the District of Columbia. building in the city of Bluefield, W. Va.-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 129) for the opening of. a connecting park­ Public Buildings and Grounds. way along Piney Branch, between Sixteenth street and Rock By Mr. HALE: A bill {H. R. 155) to provide for eJ;tlarging Creek Park, District of Columbia-to the Committee on the Dis­ the public building at Knoxville, Tenn.-to the Committee on trict of Columbia. Public Buildings and Grounds. Also, a bill {H. R. 130) authorizing the extension of Kalo­ Also, a bill (H. R. 156) to establish a subtreasury at Knox:· rama road NW.-to the Committee on the District of Columbia. ville, Tenn.-to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. ACHESON: A bill (H. "R. 131) to provide for the Also, a bill (H. R. 157) for the erection of a public building at purchase of additional ground and the enlargement and im­ Morristown, Tenn.-to the Committee on Public Buildings antl provement of the public building at Beaver Falls, Pa.-to the Grounds. Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Also, a bill (H. R. 158) for the erection of a public building at Also, a bill (H. R. 132) to amend section 3893 of the Revi·sed Harriman, Tenn.-to the Committee on Public Buildings and Statutes-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Grounds. By Mr. WILEY of Alabama: A bill (H. R. 133) authorizing By Mr. GILLETT of Massachusetts: A bill (H. R. 159) pro­ the construction upon the military reservation at Fort Morgan, viding for the adjustment of accounts of laborers, workmen, and Ala., of a suitable building for the use and accommodation of mechanics arising under the el ht-hour law-to the Committee the customs service-to the Committee on Military Affairs. on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 134) to provide a site and erect a public Also, a bill (H. R. 160) imposing a tax on certain transactions building at Troy, Ala.-to the Committee on Public Buildings in grain, provisions, cotton, stock~, bonds, and other securities, and Grounds. and for other purposes-to the Committee on Ways and Means. Also, a bill {H. R. 135} to fix the fees of court criers, bailiffs, Also, a bill (H. R. 161) to enable the Secretary of the Treasury and witnesses in attendance upon the United States courts in to extend, enlarge, and improve the post-{)ffice and custom-house Alabama-to the Committee on the Judiciary. building at Springfield, Mass.-to the Committee on Public Build- Also, a bill {H. R. 136) to provide a site and erect a public ings and Grounds. . building at Andalusia, Ala.-to the Committee on Public Build- By Mr. LIVINGSTON: A bill (H. R. 162) to establish at ings ·and Grounds. · Atlanta, Ga., a subtreasury-to the Committee on Ways and Also, a bill {H. R. 137} to provide a site and erect a public Means. building at Greenville, Ala.-to the Committee on Public Build- Also, a bill (H. R. 163) to provide a site and erect a public ings and Grounds. . building in Covington, Ga.-to the Committee on Public Build­ Also, a bill {H. R. 138) to create a commission to investigate ings and Grounds. the expediency and practicability of esblblishing public rifle Also, a bill (H. R. 164) to provide a site and erect a pubHc ranges throughout the United States-to the Committee on building in Monroe, Ga.-to the Committee on Public Build­ Militia. ings and Grounds. Also, a bill (H. R. 139) to erect suitablle buildi~gs, and to im­ Also, a bill (H. R. 165) to provide for the erection of a public prove the grounds around the same, for disabled Confederate building at Atlanta, Ga.-to the Committee on Public Build­ soldiers, at or near Mount&.in Creek, Ala.-to the Committee on ings and Grounds. Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 166) establishing the Atlanta National Also, a bill {H. R. 140) to establish and maintain a national Military Park-to the Committee on Military Affairs. sanitarium for indigent consumptives-to the Committee on By Mr. GOULDEN: A bill (H. R. 167) to commemorate the Interstate and Foreign Commerce. . heroism and sacrifice of the officers and men of the United Also, a bill (H. R. 141) for the erection of a monument to States monitor Tecumseh, lost leading the advance n.t the battle Jeremiah O'Brien-to the Committee on the Library. of Mobile Bay,- August 5, 1864-to the Committee on the Also, a bill (H. R. 142) to establish a soldiers' home at ox Library. 1905. .CONGRESSIONAL. RECORD-·- HOtr~E. 49

By Mr. ADAMSON: A bill (H. R. 168) to provide for the Also, a bill (H. R. 193) for the erection of a public building at erection of a public building in the city of Lagrange, Ga.­ Barre, Vt.-to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Also, a bill (H. R. 194) for the erection of a public· building at Also, a bill (H. R. 169) to provide for the erection of a public Island Pond, Vt.-to the Committee on Public Buildings and building in the city of Carrollton, Ga.-to the Committee on Grounds. Public Buildings and Grounds. By Mr. GRANGER: A bill (H. R. 195) to establish a fish· Also, a bill (H. R. 170) to provide for the erection of a putr cultural station in the State of Rhode Island-to the Committee lie building in the city of Newnan, Ga.-to the Committee on on Public Buildings and Grounds. Public Buildings and Grounds. By Mr.-RYAN: A bill (H. R. 196) to authorize the construe. Also, a bill (H. R. 171) for the improvement of the Chatta­ tion of fight-house keepers' dwellings at Buffalo Harbor, New hoochee River-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. York-to the Committee- on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. UNDERWOOD: A bill (H. R. 172) providing for the Also, a bill (H. R. 197) to authorize the construction of light- _ erection of a public building at Bessemer, Ala.-to the Commit­ house keepers' · dwellings at Buffalo Harbor, ·New York-to the tee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. · Also, a bill (H. R. 173) to protect merchants and traders Also, a bill (H. R. 198) to establish range lights on the from oppression by trusts and combines-to the Committee on Niagara River-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign the .Judiciary. · · · Commerce. Also, a bill (H. R . .174) to enable the Secretary of the Treas­ Also, a bill (H. R. 199) to amend the act of .Tune 27, 1890, ury to extend, enlarge, and improve the post::-office and court­ giving pensions to soldiers and sailors who were incapacitated house building at Birmingham, · Ala.-to the Committee on Pub­ for the performance of manual labor-to the Committee on lic Buildings and Grounds. Invalid Pensions. By Mr. MACON: A bill (H. R. 175) to refund the cotton Also, a bill (H. R. 200) tQ amend the act of .Tune 27, 1890, tax-to the Committee on War Claims. · giving pensions to soldiers and sailors who were incapacitated By 1\Ir. UNDERWOOD: A bill (H. R. 176) to exclude cer­ for the performance of manual labor-to the Committee on tain aliens from admission to the United States under the im­ Invalid Pensions. migration laws-to the Committee on Immigration and Natural­ By Mr. SPARKMAN: A bill (H. R. 201) to provide for the ization. construction of a revenue cutter of the first class for service in By Mr. SCHNEEBELI: A bill (H. R. 177) to provide for the the waters of Key West, Fla.-to the Committee on Interstate purchase of a site and the erection of a public building at and Foreign Commerce. Easton, Pa.-to the Committee on Public BuildiDt,os and Grounds. Also, a bill (H. R. 202) providing for the marking and pro­ By Mr. WEBB: A bill (H. R. 178) providin.7 for the erection tection of the battlefield known as " Dade's massacre," in Sum­ of a monument at Kings Mountain battle ground commemora­ ter County, Fla., and for the erection of a monument thereon­ tive of Generals Campbell, McDowell, Colonel Shelby, and others to the Committee on Military Affairs. · who participated in the battle of Kings Mountain on the 7th By Mr. DALE : A bill (H. R. 203) providing an appropriation daY of October, A. D. 1780-to the Committee on the Library. for a public building at Carbondale, Pa.-to the Committee on By Mr. CURRIER : A bill (H. R: 179) for the erection of a Public Buildings and Grounds. monument to the memory of John Paul .Tones-to the Committee By Mr. HALE: A bill (H. R. 204) to improve Clear Fork on the Library. River, in Kentucky and Tennessee-to the Committee on Rivers Also, a bill (H. R. 180) to establish in the Department of and Harbors. Agriculture a bureau to be known as the Bureau of Public By Mr. KNAPP: A bill (H. R. 205) providing for. the erec­ J Highways, and to provide for national aid in the improvement tion of a public building at Watertown, N. Y.-to the Committee of the public roads-to the Committee on Agriculture. on Public Buildings and Grounds. Also, a bill (H. R. 181) for the purchase of a national forest Also, a bill" (H. R. 206) for the erection of a public building reserve in the White Mountains, to be known as the National at Fulton, N. Y.-to the Committee on Public Buildings and v White Mountain Forest Reserve-to the Committee on Agricul­ Grounds. ture. By Mr. DOVENER: A bill (H. R. 207) for the benefit of offi­ By 1\Ir. GILJ.JESPIE: A bill (H. R. 182) to provide for the cers who served over three years during the civil war and over enlargement and improvement of the public building at Fort thirty years since, and who have retired on account of disability 1Worth, Te::L-to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. incurred in the line ~f duty since the dose of the Spanish­ By Mr. CLARK of Florida: A bill (H. R. 183) to enable the American war-to the Committee on Military Affairs. people of Oklahoma and of the Indian Territory to form a con­ By Mr. BUTLER of Pennsylvania: A bill (H. R. 208) to erect stitution and State government and be admitted into the Union a monument on Brandywine battlefield, Chester County, Pa.­ on an· equal footing with the original States-to the Committee to the Committee on the Library. on the Territories. Also, a bill (H. R. 209) to define the offense commonly known By 1\Ir. RUSSELL: A bill (H. R. 184) to regulate carriers as hazing, and to provide a punishment for the same at the engaged in interstate commerce, to prohibit them from limiting United States Naval Academy-to the Committee on Naval Af­ their common-law liability, and to increase the powers of the fairs. Interstate Commerce Commission-to the Committee on Inter­ Also, a bill (H. R. 210) to erect a monument to the memory of state and Foreign Commerce. .John Morton-to the Committee on the Library. · By Mr. MAHON: A bill (H. R. 185) to provide for site and Also, a bill (H. R. 211) to provide for the extension and en­ public building at Chambersburg, Pa.-to the Committee on largement of the public building at Chester, Pa.-to the Com­ Public Buildings and Grounds. mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds. By 1\Ir. SHERMAN: A bill (H. R. 186) to authorize the ·Also, a bill (H. R. 212) to establish a national military park readjustment of the accounts of Army officers in certain cases, at the Brandywine battle ground, Pennsylvania-to the Commit­ and for other purposes-to the Committee on 'Var Claims. tee on Military Affairs. J By Mr. HUGHES: A bi11 (H. R. 187) to amend act of June 9, By Mr. FOWLER: A bill (H. R. 213) to provide for the verifi­ I 1884--to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. cation of papers by national banking associations-to the Com­ l By Mr. CURTIS: A bill (H. R. 188) to amend an act enti­ mittee on Banking and Currency. tled "An act temporarily to provid~ revenue for the Philippine By Mr. ROBINSON of Arkansas: A bill (H. R. 214) to pro­ Islands, and for other purposes," approved March 8, 1902--to vide a public building for the use of the post-office and other the Committee on Ways and Means. civil offices of the city of Pine Bluff, Ark.-to the Committee on By Mr. SULLOWAY: A bill (H. R. 189) to establish a life­ Public Buildings and Grounds. saving station at the Isles of Shoals, off Portsmouth, N. H.­ Also, a bill (H. R. 215) to repeal the several acts authorizing to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. an internal tax on cotton and relating to the same, and provid­ Also, a bill (H. R. 190) to provide for the purchase of a site ing for the payment to the treasurers of the respective States and the erection of a public building thereon at Dover, in the wherein said tax was levied and collected the amounts so col­ State of New Hampshire-to the Committee on Public Build- lected upon the creation by law in said States of a tribunal to ings and Grounds. · adjudicate the claims of individuals for such taxes paid in said Also, a bill (H. R. 191) for the erection of an equestrian respective States-to the Committee on War Claims. statue of Maj. Gen . .John Stark in the city of Manchester, Also, a bill (H. R. 216) declaring all persons or associations N. H.-to the Committee on the Library. of persons, joint stock companies, corporations, or associations By Mr. HASKINS (by request): A bill (H. R. 192) to ex­ of such companies or corporations, owning or operating, or own­ empt from duty all mineral waters when imported in barrels ing and operating private freight cars used in interstate com­ or casks-to the Committee on Ways and Means. merce to be common carriers and subject to the provisions of XL---4 50 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DEOEMBER 4, the act to regUlate commerce, approved February 4, 1887, and widows of such soldiers and sailors who were married prior to all acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto-to the June 27, 1890-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Also, a bill (H. R. 239) relating to liability of common car­ Also, a bill (H. R. 217) to provide for the improvement, con­ riers by railroads in the District of Columbht and Territories struction, and repair. of the dikes and abutment work and the and common carriers by railroads engaged in commerce between maintenance of the river bank and channel of the Arkansas the States and between the States and foreign nations to their River at Pine Bluff, Ark., and to appropriate $40,000 therefor­ employees-to the Committee on the Judiciary. to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Also, a bill (H. R. 240) to provide for an allowance for sub­ Also, a bill (H. R. 218) to appropriate $100.,000 to preserve and sistence of rural free-delivery carriers-to the Committee on the maintain the river channel and to prevent the threatened cut-off Post-Office and Post-Roads. in the Arkansas River near Pine Bluff, Ark.-to the Committee Also, a bill (H. R. 241) granting to rural free-delivery car­ on Rivers and Harbors. riers an annual leave of absence, not exceeding fifteen days, with Also, a bill (H. R. 219) to prevent corporations engaged in pay-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. interstate business or commerce from making contributions to Also, a bill (H. R. 242) to provide for the further improve­ campaigns for Federal offices-to the Co.mmittee on Election of. ment of the harbor of Erie, Pa.-to the Committee on Rivers President, Vice-President, and Representatives in Congress. and Harbors. By 1\Ir. BONYNGE: A bill (H. R. 220) to amend the act of Als(), a .bill (H. R. 243) ·to provide for site and publlc build­ Congress of June 5, 1900, relating to the allowance of excep­ ing .at Meadville, Pa.-to the Committee on Public Buildings and tions-to the Committee on the Judiciary. Grounds. Also, a bill (H. R. 221) for the establishment of a board for By. Mr. WM. ALDEN SMITH: A bill (H. R. 244) to provide the protection of children and animals-to the Committee on for the issuance of postage-stamp certificates-to the Committee the Judiciary. on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Also, a bill (H. R. 222) authorizing the taxation, homestead­ Also, a blll (H. R. 245) to determine the term of service of all ing, and sale of Federal lands within irrigation districts-to the soldiers, sailors, and marines serving in the war of the rebellion Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands. for a period of ninety days or more--to the Committee on Mili­ Also, a bill (H. R. 223) providing for the sale of the old mint tary Affairs. building and site thereof at Denver, Colo.-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 246) creating a natlon111 board of pardons­ Public Buildings and Grounds. to the Committee on the Judiciary. Also, a bill (H. R. 224) in relation to the elective franchise, Also, a bill (H. R. 247) making the anniversary of William defining offenses against the same, and prescribing punishments McKinley's birthday a legal holiday-to the Committee on the therefor-to the Committee on Election of President, Vice­ Judiciary. President, and Representatives in Congress. Also, a bill (H. R. 248) making the anniversary of Abraham Also, a bill (H. R. 225) to provide for an additional judge/ of Lincoln's birthday a legal holiday-to the Committee on the the district court of the United States for the district of Colo­ Judiciary. rado-to the Committee on the Judiciary. Also, a bill (H. R. 249) to provide for the erection of .a Also, a bill (H. R. 226) to purchase certain lands adjacent to public building at Grand Rapids, in the State of Michigan-to the present site of Fort Logan, Colo.-to the Committee on Mil­ the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. itary Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 250) to increase the pay of letter car­ Also, a bill (H. R. 227) to increase proportionately with the riers-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. pre ent rating for total deafness the pensions of all persons who By Mr. VAN DUZER: A bill (H. R. 251) to establish the may be entitled to pension under the general laws for partial Department of Mines and Mining-to the Committee on Mines deafness-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · and Mining. Also, a bill (H. R. 228) repealing an act entitled "An act to By 1\Ir. ACHESON: A bill (H. R. 252)" authorizing the Presi­ extend the time for presenting claims for additional bounties," dent of the United States to appoint certain persons in the \ and so forth-to the Committee on War Claims. Regular Army and place them upon the retired list-to the Com­ Also, a bill (H. R. 229) providing for the purchase of metal mittee on Military Affairs. and the coinage of minor coins, and the distribution and redemp­ By Mr. ·wiLEY of New Jersey: A blJl (H. R. 253) providing tion Of said coins-to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and for the recognition of the men who served as locomotive engi­ Measures. neers during the late war of the rebellion-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 230) to provide for the purchase of a site Military Affairs. and the erection of a public building thereon at Denver, in the By Mr. THOMAS of North Carolina: A blll (H. R. 254) de­ State of Colorado-to the Committee on Public Buildings and claring all persons or associations of persons, joint stock com­ Grounds. panies, corporations, or associations of such companies or cor­ By Mr. SHEPPARD: A bill (H. R. 231) for the erection of a porations, owning or operating or owning and operating private Federal building for the United States courts at Texarkana, freight cars and refrigerator cars used in interstate commerce Tex.-to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. to be common carriers and subject to the provisions of the act to Also, a bill (H. R. 232) amending section 17, chapter 296, regulate commerce, approved February 4, 1887, and all acts United States Statutes at Large, volume 14, so as to provide amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto-to the Committee that members of Congress using free transportation to and from on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. omrress shall not receive mileage--to the Committee on Appro­ By Mr. WILEY of New Jersey: A bill (H. R. 255) granting priations. pensions to Army locomotive engineers, and providing pensions By 1\fr. BONYNGE: A bill (H. R. 233) to provide for the to widows and minor children of Army locomotive engineers­ settlement of certain claims of officers and enlisted men of the to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Army for the loss or destruction, without fault or negligence on By Mr. SAMUEL W. SMITH: A bill (H. R. 256) to provide the part of said officers and men, of property belonging to them for presenting a badge or button to each honorably discharged in the military service of the United States-to the Committee soldier, sailor, and marine of the war for the preservation of the on Military Affairs. Union, and for protecting the same by law-to the Committee on By 1\Ir. HAMILTON: A bill (H. R. 234) amendatory of the Military Affairs. pen ion law in the act of June 27, 1890-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 257) providing for an additional appropria­ Invalid Pensions. tion for the public building at Flint, Mich.-to the Committee on AI o, a bill (H. R. 235) providing for the erection of a public Public Buildings and Grounds. . building at the city of Niles, Mich.-to the Committee on Pub­ Alsot a bill (H. R. 258) providing for the erection of a-public lic Buildings and Grounds. building at Pontiac City, Mich.-to the Committee on Public By Mr. BATES: A bill (H. R. 236) amending the national­ Buildings and Grounds. bank act of 1864 for the better security of national-bank de­ Also, a bill (H. R. 259) to increase the pay of mail carriers po its-to the Committee on Banking and Currency. on rural free-delivery routes-to the Committee on the Post­ Also, a bill (H. R. 237) to provide for a pension of $24 per Office and Post-Roads. \ month for soldiers and sailors who have attained the age of Also, a bill (H. R. 260) to Increase the pension of those wh~ 70 years-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. have lost a limb above the knee and total deafness of both ears Also, a bill (H. R. 238) to pension all soldiers and sailors (combined) in the military or naval service of the United who served in the Army or Navy of the United States at least States-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ninety days in the war of the rebelllon, and who were honor­ By Mr. GRAHAM: A bill (H. R. 261) to provide for the ably discharged therefrom, at the rate of $12 per month, and erection of a public building at Sewickley, Pa.-to the Com­ also placing upon the pension roll of the United' States the mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds. 1905. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-·HOUSE. 51

By Mr. MARTIN: A bill (H. R. 2.62) to provide for the pur­ sence to rural free-delivery letter carriers-to the Committee on chase of a site and the erection of a p~blic building thereon at the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Watertown, in the State of South Dakota-to the Committee By Mr. ROBERTS: A bill (H. R. 283) to provide suitable on Public Buildings and Grounds. medals for officers and men of the Navy and Marine Corps who Also, a bill (H. R. 263) to provide for the purchase of a site participated in certain engagements of the civil war-to the and the erection of a public building thereon at Huron, in the Committee on Naval Affairs. State of South Dakota-to the Committee on Public Buildings Also, a bill (H. R. 284) to reorganize and increase the effi­ and Grounds. ciency of the Hospital Corps of the Navy of the United States, Also, a bill (H. R. 264) to provide for the purchase of a ·site and to define its duties and regulate its pay-to the Committee an<.l the erection of a public building thereon at Mitchell, in the on Naval Affairs. State of South Dakota-to the Committee on Public Buildings Also, a bill (H. R. 285) to provide for the extermination or and Grounds. control of the- gypsy moth and the brown-tail moth-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 265) to provide for the purchase of a site Committee on Agriculture. and the erection of a public building thereon at Lead, in the Also, a bill (H. R. 286) to appropriate $15,000 for the study State of South Dakota-to the Committee on Public Buildings of the foreign natural enemies or means of control of the gypsy and Grounds. moth and of the llrown-tail moth, and for the introduction of By Mr. JONES of Washington: A bill (H. R. 266) increasing such of these as promise to be useful in controlling the two the cost of public building at Spokane, in the State of Wash­ insects named in America-to the Committee on Agriculture. ington-to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Also, a bill (H. R. 287) to purchase a painting of the several By 1\Ir. :MACON: A bill (H. R. 267) to admit the products of ships of the United States Navy known as the "Squadron of the Philippine Islands into all of the'ports of the United States Evolution," and entitled "Peace "-to the Committee on the of America free of duty-to the Committee on Ways and l\Ieans. Library. Also, 'a bill (H. R. 268) to amend an act entitled "An act Also, a bill (H. R. 288) to remove the duty on hides of granting an increase of pension to soldiers of the Mexican war cattle-to the Committee on Ways and Means. in certain cases," approved January 5, 1893--to the Committee Also, a bill (H. R. 289) to remove the duty on coal-to the on Pensions. Committee on Ways and Means. Also, a bill (H. R. 269) to provide for the purchase of a site Also, a bill {H. R. 290) concerning the naval hospital grounds and the erection of a public building thereon at Paragould, in at Chelsea, Mass.-to the Coiillilittee on Naval Affairs. the State of Arkansas-to the Committee on Public Buildings By Mr. THOMAS of North Carolina: A bill (H. R. 291) au­ and Grounds. thorizing the President to enter into a commercial treaty with Also, a bill (H. R. 270) to increase the pensions of widows of the Government of His Majesty the King of the United King­ Mexican soldiers-to the Committee on Pensions. dom of Great Britain and Ireland, with the view to reciprocity Also, a bill (H. R. 271) to confer jurisdiction upon the Court between the United States of America and Canada, with refer­ of Claims to hear and determine the claims of churches, lodges, ence to a modification of the customs tariff of Canada imposing and educational or eleemosynary institutions arising from the a duty upon American strawberries-to the Committee on Ways late civil war-to the Committee on War Claims. and Means. Also, a bill (H. R. 272) to provide for the construction and Also, a bill (H. R. 292) to amend the postal laws of the maintenance of levees along the Mississippi River, from the hills United States and permit all newspapers or publications of the above Cairo to the Head of the Passes, by the Government of the second class, one copy to each actual subscriber, to go free United States of America-to the Committee on Levees and through the mails-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Improvements of the Mississippi River. Po~t-Roads. Also, a bill (H. R. 273) to prohibit the collection of a revenue Also, a bill (H. R. 293) authorizing and directing the Secre­ tax, or the granting of other authority permitting or author­ tary of the Treasury to place a clock in the Government build­ izing the sale or giving away of foreign or domestic distilled Ing in the city of Newbern, N. C.-to the Committee on Public spirits, intoxicating liquors, wines, or any compound thereof in· Buildings and Grounds. - any district or territory of any of the several States or Terri­ Also, a bill (H. R. 294) authorizing the retirement of light­ tories of the United States of America where the sale or giving house keepers and the payment to them of a pension-to the away of such foreign or domestic distilled spirits, intoxicating Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. _liquors, wines, or any compound thereof are prohibited by the By Mr. RICHARDSON of Alabama: A bill (H. R. 295) to laws of said States or Territories, and for other purposes-to enlarge the trade and promote the sale of cotton products in the Committee on Ways and Means. foreign markets-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign By Mr. JENKINS: A bill (H. R. 274) to prevent the fraudu­ Commerce. lent naturalization of aliens-to the Committee on Immigration Also, a bill (H. R. 296) to supplement an act to regulate com­ and Naturalization. merce, approved February 4, 1887, and amendments thereto-to Also, a bill (H. R. 275) to regulate the taking of appeals or the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. writs of error from the United States district courts in the In­ Also, a bill (H. R. 297) to authorize the construction of dams . dian Territory, and for other purposes-to the Committee on and power stations in the Tennessee River at Muscle Shoals, the Judiciary. Alabama-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com­ Also, a bill (H. R. 276) to authorize the issuance of special merce. bench warrants in certain criminal cases-to the Committee on By Mr. SHACKLEFORD: A bill (H. R. 298) to put printing the Judiciary. paper and wood pulp on the free list-to the Committee on Ways· Also, a bill (H. R. 277) to amend an act entitled "An act to and Means. _establish circuit courts of appeals and to define and regulate in By Mr. CUSHMAN: A bill (H. R. 299) to. authorize the con­ certain cases the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States, struction of a bridge across the Columbia River by the Port­ j and for other purposes," approved· the 3d day of March, in the land and Seattle Railway Company-to the Committee on Inter­ year 1891-to the Committee on the Judiciary. state and Foreign Ct>mmerce. By Mr. CANDLER: A bill (H. R. 278) to regulate carriers Also, a bill (H. R. 300) to extend the privilege of immediate engaged in interstate commerce, to prohibit them from limiting transportation of dutiable merchandise to various subports in their common-law liability, and to increase the powers of the customs collection district of Puget Sound, and for other pur­ Interstate Commerce Commission-to the Committee on Inter­ poses-to the Committee on Ways and Means. state and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. AIKEN: A bill (H. R. 301) dividing the State of ) By Mr. LAFEAN: A bill (H. R. 279) to provide for the pur­ South Carolina into two judicial districts, providing for the . chase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon at appointment of a district judge, and so forth-to the Committee York, in the State of Pennsylvania-to the Committee on Pub­ on the Judiciary. · lic Buildings and Grounds. Also, a bill (H. R. 302) for the erection of a public building Also, a bill (H. R. 280) to provide for the purchase of a site at Anderson, S. C.-to the Committee on Public Buildings and and the erection of a public building thereon at Gettysburg, in Grounds. the State of Pennsylvania-to the Committee on Public Build­ By Mr. FULLER: A bill (H. R. 303) for the erection of a ings and Grounds. public building at Belvidere, 111.-to the Committee on Public Also, a bill (H. R. 281) to authorize and direct the Secretary Buildings and Grounds. of War to purchase certain lands on the battlefield of Gettys­ Also, a bill (H. R. 304) for the construction of an addition to burg, and making an appropriation therefor-to the Committee the public building at Rockford, Ill.-to the Committee on Pub­ on Military Affairs. lic Buildings and Grounds. Also, a bill (H. R. 282) granting a fifteen-day leave of ab- By Mr. DEEMER: A bill (H. R. 305) to enlarge the post- 52 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECEMBER 4,

office and court·house building in the dty of Williamsport, Pa.­ By 1\fr. SULZER: A bill (H. R. 327) limiting the hours of to· the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. daily services of laborers, workmen, and mechanic_s employed By Mr. COCKRAN: A bill (H. R. 306) providing for the upon the public works of or work done for the United States or appointment of a special commission to inquire into and ascer­ any Territory or the District of Columbia-to the Committee tain the amounts of money expended by both parties at .a}J on Labor. elections for Presidential electors from 1892 to 1904, both inclu­ Also, a bill (H. R. 328) in relation to contempts of court-to sive-to the Committee on Election of President, Vice-President, the Committee on the Judiciary. and Representatives in Congress. Also, a bill (H. R. 329) providing for the election of a Dele­ Also, a bill (H. R. 307) providing that all contributions ex­ gate to the House of Representatives from the district of ceeding $50 in amount hereafter made to the expenses of polit­ Alaska-to the Committee on the Territories. · ICal parties at elections where Presidential electors and Repre­ Also, a bill (H. R. 330) to create the Territory of Alaska and sentatives in Congress are chosen shall be reported to the to provide for the government of the same-to the Committee clerk's office of the district court of the United States for the on the Territories. district in which the donors reside, and for the publication of Also, a bill (H. R. 331) to regulate commerce with foreign such reports-to the Committee on Election of President, Vice­ nations; to make preference for the use of American freighting President, and Representatives in Congress. vessels ; to extend the postal service by American steamships, By Mr. KINKAID: A bill (H. R. 308) to amend section 2 of and to promote American trade-to the Committee on the Mer­ chapter 89 of Supplement to the Revised Statutes of the United chant Marine and Fisheries. States, volume 1, second edition, 1874 to 1892, page 282-to the By Mr. FITZGERALD: A bill (H. R. 332) to amend an act Committee on the Public Lands. entitled "An act to authorize the Secretary of War and the Sec­ Also, a bill (H. R. 309) to repeal an act entitled "An act to retary of the Navy to make certain disposition of condemned establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the ordnance, guns, and cannon balls in their respective Depart­ United States," approved July 1, 1898, and the amendment to ments," approved May 22, 1896-to the Committee on Military said act approved February 5, 1903-to the Committee on the Affairs. Judiciary. Also, a bill (H. R. 333) to prevent the unauthorized use of the Also, a bill (H. R. 310) to amend an act entitled "An act to names or pictures of persons for the purposes of trade-to the amend section 2294 of the Revised Statutes of the United Committee on the Judiciru.·y. States "-to the Committee on the Public Lands. . Also, a bill (H. R. 334) to amend section 1395 of the Revised Also, a bill (H. R. 311) to amend an act entitled "An act to Statutes, to increase the number of chaplains in the Navy-to amend the homestead laws as to certain unappropriated and un­ the Committee on Naval Affairs. reserved lands in Nebraska," appro\ed April 28, 1904--to the By Mr. MOON of '.rennessee: A bill "(H. R. 335) to provide for Committee on the Public Lands. the erection of a public building at ~fadisonville, Tenn.-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 312) providing for the holding of Federal Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. court at Kearney, Nebr.-to the Committee on the Judiciary. Also, a bill (H. R. 336) to provide for the erection of a public Also, a bill (H. R. 313) to restore homestead rights to certain building at Athens, Tenn.-to the Committee on Public Buildings persons who made entries within a certain area in Nebraska and Grounds. between the 28th day of April and the 28th day of June, 1904, Also, a bill (H. R. 337) to provide for the erection of a publlc upon conditions-to the Committee on the Public Lands. building at Cleveland, Tenn.-to the Committee on Public Build­ Also, a bill (H. R. 314) to provide for the purchase of a site ings and Grounds. and the erection of a public building thereon in the city of North Also, a bill (H. R. 338) to provide for the erection of a public Platte, State of Nebraska-to the Committee on Public Build­ building at Winchester, Tenn.-to the Committee on Public ings and Grounds. Buildings and Grounds. Also, a bill (H. R. 315) to provide for the purchase of a site Also, a bill (H. R. 339) granting right of way for road and the erection of a public building thereon in the city of through GDvernment reservation north of national cemetery, Kearney, State of Nebraska-to the Committee on Public Build­ Chattanooga, Tenn.-to the Committee on Military Affairs. \ ings and Grounds. Also (by request), a bill (H. R. 340) to amend sections 4924 Also, a bill (H. R. 316) to increase the pensions o! those who and 4927 of the Revised Statutes, relating to patents-to the have been disabled so as to render their incapacity to perform Committee on Patents. manual labor equivalent to the loss of a hand or foot-to the Also (by request), a bill (H. R. 341) recognizing the military Committee on Invalid Pensions. service of and giving pensionable status under all pension laws By Mr. DUNWELL: A bill (H. R. 317) to increase the effi­ of the United States to persons serving under United State;::; ciency of United States shipping commissioners and to provide officers as home guards, militia, or other provisional troops dur­ for the organization of a free shipping bureau-to the Commit­ ing the civil war-to the Uornmitte on Invalid Pension ~ . tee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Also, a bill (H. R. 342) to provide for the erection of an Also, a bill (H. R. 318) appropriating $25,000 to enlarge the addition to and the improvement . of the United States court­ public building at Brooklyn, N. Y., to meet the necessities of house and post-office building at Chattanooga, Tenn.-to the public business-to the Committee on Public Buildings and Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Grounds. Also, a bill (H. R. 343) to provide for the erection of a. public By 1\Ir'. FLACK: A bill (H. R. 319) to establish a fish hatch­ building at Sparta, Tenn.-to the Committee on Public Buildings ery and fish-culture station in the county of Franklin, In the and Grounds. State of New York, for the propagation of trout, bass, and other Also, a bill (H. R. 344) to provide for the erection of a public game and food fishes-to the Committee on the Merchant building at McMinnville, Tenn.-to the Committee on Public Marine and Fisheries. Buildings and Grounds. Also, a bill (H.·R. 320) to commemorate the battle of Platts­ By Mr. ADAMS of Wisconsin: A bill (H. R. 345) to provide bm·g and to provide a monument in honor of American sailors for an increased annual appropriation for agricultural experi­ and soldiers killed in defense of Plattsburg-to the Committee ment stations, and regulating the' expenditure thereof-to the on Military Affairs. Committee on Agriculture. .Also, a bill (H. R. 321) for the erection of a public building at By Mr. IDTT: A bill (H. R. 346) to erect a public building at \ Malone, N. Y.-to the Committee on Public Buildings and Dixon, TII.-to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. ( Grounds. By M.r. FOSTER of Vermont: A bill (H. R. 347) for the im­ By Mr. BARTHOLDT: A bill (H. R. 322) to extend the pro­ provement of the public schools of the Dish·ict of Columbia­ VL')ions of the pension act of June 27, 1890, to the Missouri En­ to the Committee on the District of Columbia. rolled State 1\filitia and other organizations-to the Committee By Mr. DAWSON: A bill (H. R. 348) providing for the erec­ on Invalid Pensions. tion of a public building at Muscatine, Iowa-to the Committee Also, a bill (H. R. 323) to declare Februru.·y the 12th a na­ on Public Buildings and Grounds. tional holiday-to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. KAHN: A bill (H. R. 349) for the suppression of Also, a bill (H. R. 324) for the erection of a monument to the train robberies in the Territories of the United States and memory of Brig. Gen. Nathaniel Lyon at St. Louis, M_o.-to the other places, and for other purposes-to the Committee on Inter­ Committee on the Library. state and Foreign Commerce. By 1\Ir. GILBERT of Kentucky: A bill (H. R. 325) for the By .Mr. BURKE of South Dakota: A bill (H. R. 350) to erection of a public building at Danville, Ky.-to the Committee provide for the purchase of a. site and the erection of a public on Public Buildings and Grounds. · · building thereon at 1\fitchell, 1n the State. of South Dakota-to .Also, a bill (H. R. 326) for the erection of a public building at the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Lawrenceburg, Ky.-to the Committee on Public Buildings and Also, a bill (H. R. 351) to provide for the purchase of a site Grounds.. and the erection o:r- a public building thereon at Huron, in the 1905. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. ~ 53

Stat~ o.f :South Dakota-to the Committee on Publle Buildings · Also~ a bil1 (H. R. 3'77) to extend the limits of the p-ort of and Grounds. · ' entry of New Orleans, La.~to the Coinmittee un Interstate and Also .a bill ·(H. R. 352) to provide for the purchase -of a site , Foreign Commerce. and the erection of a public building thereon at Watertown, Also, a bill (B. R. "378) to provid~ for a publi-c building at in the State -of South Dakota--t-o the Committee -on Publi-C · New :()deans. La.-to the Committee on Public Buildings and Buildings and Grounds. Grounds. By Mr. DRISCOLL: A bill (H. R. :353) for the -erection of a By Mr. BURKE of South Dakota: A bill (H. R. 379) to monument to the memory of Commodore John Barry-to the amend an act entitled "An act to provide for the adjudication Oomniittee on the Library._ and payment of claims arising from Indian depredations," ap­ Also, a bill (H. R. 354~ for the erection of a public building proved March 3, 1891~to the Committee on Indian Affairs. at Syracuse, N. Y.-to the Committee on Publi-C Buildings and Also, a bill ·(H. R. 380} to authorize the sale of a portion of Grounds. the Lower Brule Indian Reservation in South Dakota, and for By Mr. HULL: A bill (H. R. 355) providing for the manner -other purposes-to the Committee on the Public Lands. of payment .of postage on b~oks, catalogues, and other printed By Mr. KAHN : A bill (H. R. 381) to amend section 2982 of matter~to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. , the Revised Statutes of the United States, in reference to the Also, a bill (H. R. 35u) for the protection ,of pr-oducers, manu- sale of supplies to vessels of war-to the Committee on Ways facturers, and venders of milk and cream, und of lawful mi!k and Means. beverages composed mainly of m..ilk., in the District of Colum- By l\fr. MORRELL: A bill -(H. R. 382) for the protection of bia-to the Committ-ee on the District of Columbia. the workingmen of the United States and their families-to the . Also.. a bill (H. R. 357) authorizing .and directing the Secre- OGmmittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. tary of War to improve the Des Moines River, and for other Also, a bil'l (H. R. 383} to prohibit shanghaiing and peonage in purposes-t-o the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. the United States-to the Committee on the Merchant Marine Also, a bill (H. R. 358) to amend an act authurizing the :Sec- and Fisheries. retary of War to cause to be erected monuments .and markers Also, a bill (H. R. 384) to pro:Q.ibit corporations from contrib­ on the battlefield of Gettysburg, Pa., to commemorate the valur- uting to campaign funds in elections of Federal officers, and for ous deeds of certain l"egiments and batteries of the United -other purposes-to the Committee on Election of President, Vi~e- States Army-to ·the Committee on Military Affairs. President, and Representatives in Congress. Also, a bill (H. R. 359) ·to provide for the purchase of a site Also, a bill (H. R. 385) regulating the operation of automo- and the erection .of a public building thereon at Ames, in the biles and other motor vehicles between the States-to the Com­ State of Iowa-to the Cormuittee on Public Buildings and mittee on Interstate -and Foreign Commerce. Grounds. By Mr. CHANEY: A bill (H. R. 386) for the erection of a Also, a bill (H. R. 3GO) for the erection of a public ·building public building at Bloomingt-on, Ind.~to the Oo.mmittee on Pub­ • at Des Moinesl Iowa-to the Committee on PubUe Buildings and · lie Buildings and Grounds. Grounds. Also, a 'bill (H. R. 387) making appropriation for public build- Also, a bill (H. R. 361) to '€Xtend the provisions of the act ing at Bedford, Ind.-to the Committee on Public Buildings of March 3, 1885, relative to officers and enlisted men of the and Grounds. United States At·my-to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. HOGG: A bill (H. R. 388) to provide for the purchase By 1\fr. P ALl\IER: A .bill (H. R. 362) to provid-e for the or- , of a site and the -erection of a public building thereon at Trini­ ganization of corporations to engage in commerce with foreign dad, Colo.-to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. nations and among the several States-to the Committee on the By Mr. JONES of Virginia: A biB (H. R. 389) to provide for Judiciary. the purchase of a site and the -erection of a post--office building By Mr. GOULDEN: A bill (H. R. 363) to amend the Code of thereon at Cape Charles, in the State of Virginia-to the Com­ Law for the District of Columbia regarding corporations-to the mittee -on Public Buildings and Grounds. Committee on the District of Columbia. Also, a bill {H. R. 390) to chang-e the port of Tappahannock, Also, a bill (H. R. 364) relative to the naturalization laws ~f in the district of Tappahannock, in the State of Virginia, to the United States-to the ·Committee on Immigration and Nat- Reedville, Va.-to the Committee -on Ways and Means. uralization. Also, a bill (H. R. 391) to amend sections 7 and 8 of an act Also, a bill (H. R. 365) to amend the civil-service act, known entitled "An act to promote the efficiency of the Life-Saving as "An act to regulate and improve the civil service of the Service 11nd encourage the saving of life from shipwreck "-to United State·s "-to the Committee on Reform in the Civil th-e Committ-ee .on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Servlce. Also, a bill (H. R. 392) to establish a Ughted beacon at the Also, a bill (II. R. 366) providing for the erection of a monu- mouth of Pungoteague Creek, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia-to the ment in the United States Battle Ground Cemetery at Washing- Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. ton, D. C., located on the spot where the battle of Fort Stevens By Mr. KLINEJ: A bill (H. R. '393) granting pensions to sol­ was fought July 11, 12, and 13., 1864, United States Army-to the Committee on Military Affairs. the Committee on the Merchant Ma-rine and Fisheries. Also, a bill (H. R. 369) for the completion of the Bronx Also, a bill (H. R. 396) to -establish a fish hatchery and .fish- River improvement-to the Committee on Rivers and HarboTs. culture station in southern Ohi-o, -on the waters of the l\Ius- Also, a b111 (H. R. 370) for the deepening and widening of kingum, the Hocking, or the Scioto rivers-to the Committee on the Bronx Kills, creating a direct ehannel between Long Island the Merchant Marine and Fisheri-es. Sound and the Harlem River-to th-e Conimittee on Rivers and Also, a bill (H. R. -397) to modify an act entitled "An act to Harbors. regulate and improve the civil servi-ce of the United States," Also, a bill (H. R. 371) for the completion of the Harlem approved January 16, 1883, and for other purposes-to the ·Com- River ship canal-to the Committ-ee on Rivers and Harbors. mittee on Reform in the ·CiVil Service. Also, a bill (H. R. 372) for the completion of Westchester By 1\Ir. COOPER of Wisconsin: A bill (H. R. 398) to retire Creek improvement-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. on fun pay certain disabled ·persons from the United States Also, a b..ill {H. R. 373) for the erection of a public building Light-House Service--to th-e Committee on Interstate and For­ in the borough of the Bronx, New York City-to the Committee eign Commerce. on Rivers and Harbors. Also, a biB (H. R. 399) to provide for a Delegate to the House By 1\.Ir. MEYER: A bill (H. R. 374) to amend an .act entitled of Repr-esentatives -of the United States from Porto Rico-to the "An act to promote the efficiency of the militia, and for other Committee on Insular Affairs. purpos€8 "''-to the Committee on Militia.. Also, a hill (H. R. 400) to provide for the purchase of a site Also, a bill (H. R. 375) to regulate child labor in the District and th-e erection of a publi-C building thereon at Kenosha, in the of Columbia-to the Committee on the District of Columbia. State of Wisconsin-to the Committee on Public Buildings and Also, a biH (H. R. 376) concerning reservations of public Grounds. · lan.ds as preserves and breeding grounds for native birds or Also, a bill {H. R. 401) for the erecti-on of a public building for game birds, and to punish violations :of Executive .orders at Beloit, - Wis.-to too Committee on Public Buildings and concerning same--to the Committee on the Public Lands. Grounds. · 54 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECEMBER 4,

Also, a bill (H. R. 402) setting aside a portion of the pro­ of such seamen, and to promote commerce "-to the Committee ceeds of the sales of public lands in ~he _ Philippine Islands for on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries. school purposes-to the Committee on Insular Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 427) to provide for filing Qf commissions of By 1\Ir. WILLIAMS: A bill (H. R. 403) to prohibit certain officers of the Post-Office Department and Department of Com­ c-orporations from contributing money to influence the result of merce and Labor-to the Committee on the Judiciary. ~lections or to influence legislation-to the Committee on Elec­ Also, a bill (H. R. 428) to regulate certain criminal procedure tion of President, Vice-President, and Representatives in Con­ in the Indian Territory-to the Committee on the Judiciary. gress. By M:r. HILL of Connecticut: A bill (H. R. 429) providing Also, a bill (H. R. 404) to establish a minimum tariff of the for a tax on United States bonds deposited by national banking United States-to the Committee on Ways and Means. associations to secure their circulating notes-to the Committee Also, a bill (H. R. 405) to amend section 16 of an act entitled on Ways and Means. . "An act to provide revenue for the Government and to encour­ Also, a bill (H. R. 430) to provide for free alcohol in certain age the industries of the United States," approved July 24, arts and industries-to .the Committee on Ways and Means. 1897-to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. S'l'EPHENS of Texas: A bill (H. R. 431) to open for Also, a bill (H. R. 406) to secure to the Philippine Islands settlement 505,000 acres of land in the Kiowa, Comanche, and free trade with the balance of the domain of the United States­ Apache Indian reservations, in Oklahoma Territory-to the to the Committee on Ways .and 1\Ieans. Committee on Indian Affairs. By Mr. CLAYTON: A bill (H. R. 407) granting certain lands Also, a bill (H. . R. 432) to provide for an appeal of one case belonging to the United States and situated in the State of Ala­ from the Choctaw and Chickasaw citizenship court to the Su­ bama to the State of Alabama for the use and benefit of the preme Court of the United States-to the Committee on Indian common schools of that State-to the Committee on the Public Affairs. Lands. Also, a bill (H. R. 433) to subject the mineral lands on the Also, a bill (H. R. 408) to repeal an act to establish a uniform Indian reservations in the United States and Territories to system of bankruptcy throughout the United States, approved location, operation, development, and entry, and for other pur­ July 1, 1808-to the Committee on the Judiciary. poses-to the Committee on Indian Affairs. By 1\Ir. BROOKS of Colorado: A bill (H. R. 409) to ameud Also, a bill (H. R. 434) to remove restrictions on the sale of the homestead laws as to certain unappropriated and unre­ cert.. ·the 'oommi#ee OiJ Interstate ~nd growers-to the Committee on Ways and Means. Foreign CommerCe. . . . . By Mr. BURLESON: A bHI (H. R. 450) to prevent corruption By ?!lr. MORRELL: A bill <&· R. 475) .to place insurance at elections, and so forth-to the Committee on Election of :Prest- compani~s and all subsidiary trust and banking companies in dent~ Vice-President, and Representatives in Congress. which they or t~eir officers own controlling inter~st under the By Mr. HENRY of Connecticut: A bill (H. R. 451) for the supervision and control of' the TreasntY Department of the erection of a public building in the city of New Britain, Conn.- United States, and to apply to them certain provisions of the to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. national-bank act-to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. TOWNSEND: A bill (H~ R. 452) ~o establish a fish- Also, a bill (H. R. 476) for the protection of citizens of the hatching and fish station in the State of ~ichlgan-to the Com- United. States under 15 years of age-to the Committee on mittee on the Merchant Marine·and Fisheries. 'Vays and Means. · . Also, a bill (H. R. 453) for a puhlk building at Ann Arbor, Also,. a bill (H. .R. 477) to extend the sovereign visitorial Mich.-to the Committee on Public. Buildings and Grounds. · power of the United States over certain life insurance com- Also, a bill (H. R. 454) to increase. safaries ot rural free~· panies and other corporations organized under State laws, and delivery carriers-to the Committee on tlie Post-Office and Post- for other purposes-to the Committee on Ways and Means. Roads. Also~ a bill (H. R. 478) to place insurance companies under By Mr. SAUUEL ~ A bill (H. R. 455) to proVide for the pur- the supervision and control of the Department of Commerce and chase of a site and the erection of a ptrblic building thereon at Labor; and for other purposes-to the Committee on Ways and Sbamokin, in the State of Pennsylvania-'to the Committee on Means. Public Buildings and Grounds. · By l\fr. PALMFJR: A bill (H. R. 479) t<>' ~efine and punish By Mr. ADAMS of Pennsylvania: A bill (H~ R. 456) to limit bribery in elections and political conventions-to the Commit­ the immigration of aliens into the United State~to the Com- tee on Election of President, Vice-President, and Representa- ri:J.ittee on Immigration and Naturalization. · tives in Congress. · Also, a bill (H. R. 457) to provid·e for the reorganization of By .Mr. HEPBURN: A bill '(H. R. 480) supplemental to an the consular service of the United States-=-to the Committee on act entitled "An act to provide for the construction of a canal Foreign Mairs. · 'connecting the· waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans," ap­ By 1\fr. McNARY: A bill (H. R. 458) providing- for the erec- proved June 28, 1902, and making appropriation for Isthmian tion of a public building in the city of Quincy, M~ss.-to the Canal construction, and for other purposes-to the Committee on Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. 'Interstate and Foreign Commerce. . Also, a bill (H. R. 459) providing that the United States frigate By Mr. GOULDEN: A bill (H. R. 481)' to prevent and pun- Oonstitution be transferred to Castle Island, Boston Harbor, to ish the desecration, mutilation, or improper use of the flag of be used as a naval museum-to the C~IDillittee on Naval Affairs. the United States of America-to the Committee on the Ju- Also, a bill (H. R. 460) to amend an act entitled ..An act to diciary. proivde revenue for the Government and to encourage the indus- By 1.\-fr. LOVERING: A joint resolution (H. J. Res. 1) pro­ tries of the United States," approved July 24, 1897, as to import posing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States duties on hides, harness, leather, bootsl and shoes-to the Com- relating to uniform hours of lab~-to the Committee on the mittee on Ways and 1\feans. Judiciary. A.lsu, a bill (H. R. 461) to amend the customs drawback law- By 1\Ir. GAINES of Tennessee: A joint resolution (H. J. Res. to the Committee on Ways and Means. 2) proposing an amendment to the Constitution fixing the term Also, a bill (H. R. 462) amending section 2513 of the Revised of the President at six years-to the Committee on Election of Statutes-to the Committee on Ways and Means. President, Vice-President, and Representatives in Congress. · By Mr. MUDD: A bill (H. R. 463) authorizing the Commis- ~Y l\lr. LIVINGSTON: A joint resolutio~ (H. J. Res. p) fixing sioners of the District of Cj)lumbia to enter into a contract. or the date of the election of electors for Pre~ident and Viee-Presi­ contracts for the dredging and improvement of the Anacostia dent and Representatives in Congress, arid the date for the River and the reclamation and improvement of its .flats from assembling of Congress-to the Committee on" ,Election of the line of the District of Columbia to the Pennsylvania Avenue · President, Vice-President, and Representatives in Congress• .. Bridge-to the Committee on the District of Columbia. By Mr. UNDERWOOD: A joint resolution (H. ;r. Res. 4) pTo· By Mr. HEARST: A bill (H. R. 464) to enable the United posing an amendment to .the Constitutiop providing for the States of America to acquire, maintain, and operate electric repeal of the fifteenth amendment-to the Committee on the telegraphs, and so forth-to the Committee on the Post-Office Judiciary. . . and Post-Roads. By Mr. LLOYD; A joint resolution (H. J. Res. 5) proposing an Also, a bill (H. R. 465) to empoweT United States attorneys, amendment to the Constitution providing for the election ot without the direction of the Attorney-General, to enforce the Senators of the United States-to the Committee on Election ot act to protect trade ·and commerce agamst unlawful restraints President, Vice-President, and Representativ~s in Congress. and monopolies, and for other purposes-to- the Committee on By 1\fr. FOWLER: A joint resolution (H. J. Res. 6) to cause an the Judiciary. examination or survey of part of the westerly side of Arthur Also, a bill (H. R. 466) to protect trade and co1,11Dlerce against Kin or Staten Island Sound-to the Committee on Rivers and restraints and monopoly-to the Committee on the Judiciary. Harbors. . . . Also, a bill (H. R. 467) to prevent wasteful departmental ap- .Also, a joint resolution (H. J. Res. 7) authorizing George H. propriations by requiring estimates' of expenditures to specify Bridgman to accept from the British Government a silver ink­ in detail the items thereof-to the Commi~ee on Appropria- stand, in recognition of his services to British interests while tions. · minister of the United States to Bolivia-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 468) to supplement and amend the act Foreign Affairs. entitled "An act to regulate commeTce,~,. approved February By Mr. ROBINSON of Arkansas: A joint resolution (H. J. Res. 4, 1887, and the acts amendatory thereof and supplemental 8) providing for the creation of a joint committee to investigate thereto-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. the collections and expenditure of funds during the national Also, a bill (H. R. 469) to increase the powers of the Inter- campaigns of 1892, 1896,. 1900, and 1904--to th~ Committee on state Commerce Conunission and to expedite the final decision Rules. · of cases arising under the act to regulate commerce by creating Also, a joint resolution (H. J. Res. .9) providing for the ap­ an interstate commerce court-to the Committee on Interstate pointment and fixing the duties of the Panama Canal Investigu- and Foreign Commerce. tion Committee-to the Committee on Rules. Also, a bill (H. R. 470) for" the establishment of a parcels Also, a j.oint resolution (H. ;r. Res. 10)' providing for the ap- post-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. pointment of a special committee to investigate the transactions Also, a bill (H. R. 471) to · protect the lives of seamen en- of corporations engaged in interstate insurance-to the Commit- ~ gaged in coastwise traffic between the States-to the Committee tee on Rules. on the Merchant l\farine and Fisheries. By Mr. SHEPPARD: A joint resolution (H. J. Res. 11) for By 1\fr. CUSHMAN: A bill (H. R. 472) to prohibit aliens the publication of eulogies delivered in Congress on Hon. John from fishing in the waters of Alaska-to the Committee on the W. Cranford, late a Representative in Congress-to the Commit- Territories. tee on Printing. · · By 1\fr. MARTIN: A bill (H. R. 473) to r~gulate corporations-, By Mr. SULZER: A joint resolution (H. J. Res. 12) .propos- joint stoclr companies, and otner associations engaging in iiiter- ing an amenQ..ment to the Constitution providing for the election state and foreign commerce fn food and fuel supplies-to the of Senators of the United States-to the Committee on Election .Committee- on· Interstate and Foreign Commerce. of President, Vice-President, and Representatives in Congress. By Mr. 1\IURDOCK: A bill (H. R. ~74) to create a railway By l\1r. GOULDEN:: A joint resolution (H. J. Res. 13) pro- 56 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE. DEOE.MBER 4,

:v.jding .for .the purchase and placing of Mr. Wilson :MacDonald's providing for the printing of 3,000 copies of 1\fanual- of Fish colossal busts of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln in Culture, with revision-to the Committee on Printing. each public. school building in the District of Columbia-to the Also, a concurrent resolution (H. C. Res. 6) providing for Committee on the Library. . . printing additional United States maps-to the Committee on Also, a joint resolution (H. J. Res. 14) for the purpose of Printing. carrying out the provisions of General Orders, No. 195, War By Mr. GARDNER of New Jersey: A. concurrent resolution Department, June 29, 1863, for the presentation of medals-to (H. C. Res. 7) providing for the printing of 8,000 additional the Committee on Military A.ffairs. copies of the Eleventh Special Report of the Commissioner of By Mr. MORRELL: A joint resolution (H. J. Res. 15) pro­ Labor-to the Committee on Printing. . viding for a survey of a 35-foot channel in the Delaware River Also, a concurrent resolution (H. C. Res. 8) providing for at the expense of the city of Philadelphia-to the Committee on the printing of 10,000 additionaL copies of the Tenth Special Rivers and Harbors. Report of the Commissioner of Labor-to the Committee on By Mr. GROSVENOR: A joint resolution (H. J. Res. 16) pro­ Printing. viding for the printing of certain statutes and decisions-to the By Mr. LEWIS: A resolution (H. Res. 13) for the appoint­ Committee on Printing. ment of a committee to investigate the plans and. methods used . By Mr. WILLIAMS: A joint resolution (H. J. Res. 17) to ·by the Department of Agriculture and the Census Bureau in amend the Constitution of the United States in relation to obtaining data and making their reports relative to cotton, etc.­ income and succession taxes-to the Committee on the Judiciary. to the Committee on Rules. By Mr. STEPHENS of Texas: A joint resolution (H. J. Res. By 1\fr. GARDNER of Massachusetts: A resolution (H. Res. 18) setting aside certain lands within ·the Mescalero Indian 14) for the investigation of child labor by the Secretary of Com­ Reservation, in NW Mexico, for the use of the Indians thereon, merce and Labor-to the Committee on Labor. and providing for the sale of the residue of the lands therein· By Mr. UNDERWOOD: A resolution (H. Res. 15) asking in­ for the benefit of said tribe of Indians-to the Committee on formation from the Interstate Commerce Commission concern­ Indian Affairs. ing wages-paid railroad employees-to the Committee on Inter- Also, . a joint resolution (H. J. Res. 19) to prevent the lease state and Foreign Commerce. . of certain Indian lands- in Oklahoma Territory for a longer By 1\fr.-BUTLER of Pennsylvania: A resolution (H. Res. 16) period than one year-to the Committee on Indian Affairs. giving certain powers to Committee on Naval A.ffairs-to the . .Also, a joint resolution (H. J. Res. 20) proposing an amend­ Committee on Rules. ment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the By Mr. SHEPPARD: A resolution (H. Res. 17) facilitating levy of a tax on incomes and inheritances-to the Committee on the distribution of public documents assigned to Representatives the Judiciary. through the House folding room-to the Committee on Printing. By Mr. MUDD: A joint resolution (H. J. Res. 21) authoriz­ By Mr. SOUTHWICK: A resolution (H. Res. 18) for the ap­ ing the President of the United States to appoint. a commission pointment of a janitor to the room occupied by the Committee to examine and report upon a route for the construction of a on Education-to the Committee on Accounts. free and open waterway to connect the waters -of the Chesa­ By Mr. BABCOCK : A resolution (H. Res. 19) for the appoint­ peake and Delaware bays-to the Committee on Railways and ment of an assistant clerk to the Committee on the District of Canals. Columbia-to the Committee on Accounts. By :Mr. HEARST: A joint resolution (H. J. Res. 22) pro­ By l\lr. SHERMAN: A resolution (H. Res. 2D) authorizing posing an amendment to the Constitution providing for the the Committee on Indian A.ffairs to have certain printing done, election of Senators of the .United States by direct vote of the and to sit during the sessions of the House-to the Committee people-to the Corpmittee on E~ection of President, Vice­ on Printing. President, and Representatives in Congress. Also, a resolution (H. Res. 21) authorizing the Committee on _By Mr. KINKAID: A joint resolution (H. J. Res. 23) to Indian A.ffairs to appoint an assistant clerk-to the Committee award to James H. Cook, of Agate, Nebr., .a bronze medal for on Accounts. valiant services in the G-eronimo campaign-to the Committee By Mr. WILLIAMS: A resolution (H. Res. 22) to recommend on l\lili tary A.ffairs. reconvening of the Joint High Commission appointed by Great _By Mr. BATES: A joint r_esolution (H. J. R~~· 24) to restore Britain, Canada, and the United States-to the Committee on the status of th~ McLane_'s Etie Regiment Pennsylvania Vol­ Fore-ign A.ffairs. unteer Infantry, who served in the civil war-to the Committee By Mr. STEPHENS of Texas: A resolution (H. Res. 23) con­ on Military A.ffairs. cerning the rights of the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, and Chicka­ By Mr. WM. ALDEN SMITH_: A joint resolution (H. J. saw Indians-to the Committee on Indian A.ffairs. Res. 25) providing for the erection of a monument in Arlington Also, a resolution (H. Res. 24) directing the Secretary of the Cemetery to the memory of Charles Vernon Gridley; late cap­ Interior to transmit to the House a copy of the report in regard tain, United States Navy-to the Committee on the Library. to the boundary lines of New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas­ By Mr. BROWNLOW: A joint resolution (H. J. Res. 26) to the Committee on the Judiciary. authorizing the payment of $500 by the Secretary of Agri­ By Mr. 1\IcNARY: A resolution (H. Res. 25). recommending culture to T. H. Reeves, State statistical agent of the Depart­ the reconvening of the Joint High Commission appointed by ment of Agriculture during the calendar year 1901-to the Great Britain, Canada, and the United States-to the Com­ Committee on Agriculture. mittee on Foreign A.ffairs. Also, a joint resolution (H. J. Res. 27) providing for a By l\lr. SHERMAN: A resolution (H. Res. 26) authorizing survey of the Isthmus of Darien for canal purposes-to the the Doorkeeper of the House to appoint an additional page in Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. the press gallery-to the Committee on Accounts. By Mr. CANDLER: A joint resolution (H. J. Res. 28) pro­ By 1\Ir. WM. ALDEN SMITH: A resolution (H. Res. 27) viding for the printing of 20,000 additional copies of the Jef­ concerning war vessels on the Great Lakes-to the Committee on ferson Bible ("Morals of Jesus of Nazareth ")-to the Com­ Foreign A.ffairs. mittee on Printing. Also, a resolution (H. Res. 28) asking for an inspection of By Mr. . CUSHMAN: A joint resolution (H. J. Res. 29) pro­ Holland Harbor, Michigan-to the Committee on Rivers and posing an amendment to the Constitution providing for the elec­ Harbors. tion of Senators of the United States-to the Committee on By 1\Ir. LORIMER: A resolution (H. Res. 29) providing for Election of President, Vice-President, and Representatives in the payment of P. L. Coultry for services rendered in the House Congress. folding room-to the Committee on Claims. Dy Mr. LOVERING: A concurrent resolution (H. C. Res. 1) By 1\!r. HUGHES: A resolution (H. Res. 30) referring to the directing a survey to be made of Green Harbor, at Marshfield, Court of Claims the House bill and papers for the relief of John Mass.-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Morgan's heirs-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a concurrent resolution (H. C. Res. 2) directing a survey to be made of the harbor at Wareham, Mass.-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS. \ Also, a concurrent resolution (H. C. Res. 3) directing a survey Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, private bills and resolutions to be made and an estimate of costs submitted in view to· the of the following titles were introduced and severally referred as erection of a sea wall at. Hull, Mass.-to the Committee on follows: Rivers and Harbors. By Mr. ACHESON: A bill (H. R. 482) to correct the muste~ By .Mr. BRICK: A concurrent resolution (H. C. Res. 4) pro­ of Benjamin F. Hasson-to the Committee on Military A.ffairs. viding for the publishing of 10,000 copies of the Declaration of By l\Ir. ADAMS of Pennsylvania: A bill (H. R. 483) grant­ Independence-to the Committee on Printing. ing an increase of pension to B. Frank Paris-to the Committee By Mr. CANDLER: A concurrent resolution (H. C. Res. 5) on Invalid Pensions. 1905. CONGRESSIONAL R~CORD-HOUSE. 57

lf Also, a bill (H.- R. 521) granting--an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 484) granting a pension to William i 1\Iayer-to the Committee on Pensions. James Rout-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.- Also, a bill (H. R. 485) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 522) granting an inci'ease of pension to William H. Bantom-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Frederick Roschdiantsky-to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ Also, a bill (H. R. 486) granting an increase of pension to sions. John Armstrong-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 523) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. ADAl\ISON: A bill (H. R. 487) granting an increase Frank G. Hawkins-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. of pension to Arthur F. Truitt-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 524) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 488) granting an increase of pension to Sylvenus A. Fay-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. survivors of the Mexican and Indian wars and to their widows­ Also, a bill (H. R. 525) granting an increase of pension to to the Committee on Pensions. Daniel Conover-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 489) granting an --increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 526) granting an -increase of- pension to Ferdinand Hercher-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Robert Cole--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 490) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 527) granting an increase of pension to R. H. Woods-to the Committee on Pensions. Richard E. Clapper-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 491) granting an increase <>f .pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 528) granting an 'increase of pension to I Mrs. M. E. Norwood-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. James E. Auld-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ~ Also, a bill (H. R. 492) granting a pension to Mrs. ·Roberts- .Also, a bill (H. R. 529) granting an increase of pension to to the Committee on Pensions. · • Francis L. Arnold-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 493) granting a pension to Baley R. Gill­ By Mr. ALLEN of Maine: A bill (H. R. 530) granting an in­ to the Committee on Pensions. crease of pension to George E. Ros~to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 494) granting a pension to Elcy R. Kelly­ Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 531) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 495) granting a pension to James L. Ebenezer Rickett-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Strickland-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 532) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 496) granting a pension to Mesura A. Gra­ James T. Berry-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ham-to the Committee on Pensions. . · Also, a bill (H. R. 533) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 497) granting a pension to Mary Haynes­ Sumner F. Hunnewell-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. BABCOCK: A bill (H. R. 534) for the relief of Also, a bill (H. R. 498) granting a pension to Ruetha Mo­ Capt. Herman C. Schumm-to the Committee on Claims. ran-to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. BARTHOLDT: A bill (H. R. 535) granting a pension Also, a bill (H. R. 499) granting a pension to Penny F. to Maria Horne--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Stevens-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 536) granting a pension to William Kern­ Also, a bill (H. R. 500) granting a pension to Rhoda A. Pat­ to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. man-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 537) granting a pension to William Mar­ Also, a bill (H. R. 501) granting a pension to John Me­ shall-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Michael-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 538) granting a pension to Conrad Stras­ Also, a bill (H. R. 502) granting a pension to Simeon D. ser-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Pope--to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 539) for the relief of Edward Caralan­ Also, a bill (H. R. 503) for the relief of the legal representa­ to the Committee on War Claims. tives of W. L. Gordon, deceased-to the Committee on War Also, a bill (H. R. 540) for the benefit of William H. Miller­ Claims. to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 504) for the relief of the legal representa­ Also, a bill (H. R. 541) for th~ relief of Richard C. Silence-­ tives of F. 1\1. T. Brannan-to the Committee on War Claims. to the Committee on Military Affairs. . .Also (by request), a bill (H. R. 505) for the relief of Sidney Also, a bill (H. R. 542) for the relief of Paul Werner-to the T. Dupuy and George R. Dupuy-to the Committee on War Committe~ on· Military Affairs. Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 506) for the relief of the heirs of S. H. Also, a bill (H. R. 543) to correct" the date of muster· of Com­ Hill, deceased-to the Committee on War Claims. pany F, Pacific Battalion Missouri Home Guard~to the Com­ Also, a bill (H. R. 507) for the relief of the legal representa­ mittee on Military Affairs. tives of. T. L. Walker, deceased-to the Committee on War Also, a bill (H. R. 544) to amend the miltary record of Wil­ Claims. liam Morrison-to the Committee on Military Affairs. . Also, a bill (H. R. 508) to compensate W. T. Godwin for Also, a bill (H. R. 543) to correct the military record of John transportation, rent, and supplies furnished United States Herbst-to the Committee on _Military Affairs. authorities engaged in suppressing a riot in Harris County, Also. a bill (H. R. 546) to remove the charge of desertion Ga., in 1867-to the Committee on War Claims. now standing against Henry Walter-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 509) for the relief of H. T. Cunningham­ Military Affairs. to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 547) to correct the military record of Also, a bill (H. R. 510) for the relief of the legal representa­ Frank Clemens Arendes-to the Committee on Military Affairs. tives of Anderson Abercrombie; deceased-to the COmmittee on By Mr. BATES: A bill (H. R. 548) to reimburse A. J. Cauf­ 'Var Claims. man, Girard, Erie County, Pa., in ·the sum of $300, together Also, a bill (H. R. 511) for the relief of Jesse J. Bull-to the with interest thereon from October 16. 1862, for soldier fur­ Committee on War Claims. nished United States, being the amount paid by him to one Also, a bill (H. R. 512) for the relief of the legal representa­ Charles Morton, as a substitute--to the Committee on War tives of Edward Haile, deceased-to the Committee on War Claims. Claims. By Mr. BISHOP: A bill (H. R. 549) granting an increase of Also, a bill (H_ R. 513) to compensate the legal representa­ pension to Charles W. Starr, jr.-to the Committee on Invalid . tives of Henry S. Castellaw for stock and provisions taken for Pensions. , the use of the Army of the United States-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 550) granting an increase of pension to War Claims. Joseph E. Scott-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. ALEXANDER: A bill (H. R. 514) for the relief of Also, a bill (H. R. 551) granting an increase of pension to William F. Wheeler-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Thomas Simpson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 515) to remove the charge of desertion Also, a bill (H. R. 552) granting an increase of pension to from the military record of Balthazar Rummel-to the Commit­ William H. Nortrip-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. tee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 553) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 516) granting an increase of pension to John B. Vile--to· the Committee on Invalid Pensions. John F. Webster-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 554) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 517) granting an increase of pension to Alexis L. Cobb-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Luke A. Waldron-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 555) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 518) granting an increase of pension to Orsen Hauser-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Jeremiah Van Riper-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Also, a bill (H. R. 556) for the relief of Caleb W. Durham­ Also, a bill (H. R. 519) granting an increase of pension to to the Committee on the Judiciary. William C. Stewart-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 557) granting relief to C. M. Curtiss-to . Also, a bill (H. R. 520) granting an increase of pension to the Committee on-Claims. · Henry C. Stern-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 558) granting relief to Charles E. Russell,. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD---HOUSE. -DECEMBER 4, as adminiStrator of John II. Russeil,. deceased-to the Commit- · Also, a bill (IT. R. 600) granting an increase of pension to tee on War Claims: ' Oliver H. McLain-to the Committe-e on Invalid'Pe:nSions. Afso, a· bill (H. R. 559-) granting an lionorable discharge to ' Also, ·a bill (H. R. 601) granting an increase·o:f pension to J'ohn P.· Webber-to the Committee on Military Affai:t-s. _ Israel E. Munger-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 560) granting an increase of pension to Wil­ Also, a bill (H. R. 602) granting a pension to S. Effie Park­ son M. Holmes-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. hili-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bilf (H. R. 561} granting an increase of penaion to AlSo, a bill (H. R. 603) granting an increase of pension to Giles Townsend-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Thomas Blyth:_to. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. BONYNGE : A bill (H. ' R. 562) granting an increase Also, a bill (H. R. 604) granting an increase of pension to ot pension to John F. Mohn-to the Committee on Invalid Pen- Hiram F. Armstrong-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. sions. · · Also, a · bill (H. R. 605 r granting an increase of pension to Aiso, a bill {H. R. 563) granting an increase of pension to Harry 1\f. de Hart-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. William J. F. Barcus-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 606} 'granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 564) granting an increase of pension to Peter M. Jumper-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Sumner Barstow-to the Committee on Invalid ::eensions. Also~ a· bill (H. R. 607) granting an increase of pension to ' AI o, a bill (H. R. 565) granting an increase of pension to Susan Robords-to the- Committee on Invalid Pensions. Robert D. Betts-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a · bill (H. R. 608} granting an increase of pension to Also; a bill (H. R. 566) granting an increase of pension to Jacob W. Jenkins-t(} the Committe-e on Invalid Pension . Cassius 1\L CarroU-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions: Also, a - bill (H. R. 609) .granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 567) granting an increase of pension to Horace H. Sickles-to--the Committee on Invalid Pensions: Charles Christy_.:._to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H.. -R. 610) granting a pension to Serilda J. Also, a bill (H. R . .568) granting an increase of pension to Shire-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Orrin L. Dake-to the Cominittee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 611) granting- an increase- of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 5G9) granting an increase of_pension to John H. Cassidy-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. William H. Fle-tcher-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill-.(H. R.· 612) granting an 'increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 570) granting an Increase of pension to George H. Kohler-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Lewis F. Garson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill. (H. R. 613) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 571) granting an increase of pension to Joseph H. Weaver-to- tlle Committee on Invalid Pensions. Hal ey P. Gabriel-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 614) granting an increa e of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 572) granting an increase of pension to William N. Kipling-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Dulcina Galbraith-to the Committee. on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 615) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 573) granting an increase of pension to Walter J. Jones-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mary H. Houghton-to the. Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also. a bill (H. R. 616) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (II. R. 574) granting an increase of pension to Lettice 1\L Blore-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Catherine Hauser-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 617) granting an increase of pension to Also, :i bill (H. R.' 575) ·granting an- increase of pension to Emanuel Schmidt-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. .William Jen:nillgs-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . Also, a bill (H. R. 618) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 5.76) granting an increase of pension to Eunice A. Starr-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Joseph Kester-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 619) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 577) granting an increase of pension to Annie .M:. Inglis-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. William Kent-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill ·(H. R. 620) granting a pension to Hattie L. Also, a bill (H. R. 578)" granting an increase of pension to Chittenden-to t}le Committee on Invalid Pensions. Charles A. Lauman~to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H.' R. 621} granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 579) granting an increase ·of pension to Alexander E. "Irwin-to the ·Committee on Invalid Pensions. Uriah J. Loop-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 622) granting an increase of pension to A·lso, -a bill (H. R. 580) granting· an increase of pension to John C. Kennedy-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Elizabeth McKee-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . Also, a bill (H. R. 623) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R.' 581) granting an increase of pensiOii to Samuel A, Stratton-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Isaiah Mitchell-to the Committee on .Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 624) granting an increase of pension tO' Also, a bill (H. R. 582) ' granting an increase of pe.ilsion to Cora G. Davison-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Fannie J. Mann-to the Committee on Invhlid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 625) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 583) granting an increase of penslon to Colydon W. Sanborn-to the (Jommittee on Invalid Pensions. Thomah H. 1\Iuchmore-to the Committe-e on Invalid Pensions. lso a bill (II. R. 626) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 584) granting an increase of _p~nsion to John C. Davis-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Henry T. Miller-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions~ · Also," a bill (H. R. 627) granting a .pension to H~len A. Also, a bill (H. R. 585) "granting an increase of pensfon to Edic-to the Committee o;n Invalid Pensions. John Murray-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.L ·Also·, a bill (H. R. 628) granting a pension to David L. Also, a bill (H. R. 586) granting an ih'crease ' of ~ension to Finch-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . Oliver S. 1\fcLnin-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions; Also, a bill (H. R. 629) granting a pension to John W. Stites­ Also, a bill (II. R. · 587) grantifig an increase of pensiol:\ to to the Committee. on Invalid Pensions. George W. Neely-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. .. Also, a bill (H. R. -630) granting a pension to Charles F. Also, a bill (H. R. 588) granting an increase of pension to Teirner-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. William H. Nix-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.' Also, a bill (H. R. 631) granting a pen ion to James Russell · Also, a bill (H. R. 589) granting an increase of penSion to Hicks-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ;Tohn l\1. Odenheimer-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 632) granting a pension to Henry Neikirk­ Also, a bill (H. R. 590) granting an increase of pension to to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ·Judson N. Pollard-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 633) granting a .pension to William Hen­ Also, a bill (H. R. .591) gr~ting an increase of pension to dricks-to the COmmittee on Invalid Pensions. Oliver F. Reynolds-to the Committe-e on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 634) granting a pension to Eliza 1\r. Be­ Also, a bill (H. R. 502) granting, an increase 'of pension to dell-to the Committee.on Pensions. Albert N. Raymond-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill '(H. R. 635) for the relief of John R. Wilson-to Also, a bill (H. R. 593) granting an increase of pension to the- Committee on Military Affairs. Van B. Straight-to the Committee ,on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (II. R. 636) for the relief' of ·william Slater-to Also, a bill (H. R. 504) granting an increase of pension to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Helen E. South-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. It. 637) for tbe relief of William H. Bone­ _Also, a b:i).l (H. R. 595) granting an increase of pension to to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Caroline Stenbeck-to tbe Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a b~l (H. R. 638) for the relief of Charles S. Wells- AI o, a bill (H. R. 506) granting an increase of pension to to the Committee on Military Affairs. · ~ forth~ \ Henry Walter-to the Committee on Inv~id Pensions. Also, bill (H. R. 639) relief of C. W. Sturtevant, Also, a bill (H. R. 597) granting an increase of pension to Rolla Brown, Alice Brown, M. L. K'elly, Robert G. Duffy, Fread Harriet Williams-to the Committe-e on Invalid Pensions. Gehring, T. H. Ross, and L. C. Parte~to the Committ~ on Also, a bill (H. R. 598) granting an increase of ·pension to Claims. . . Samuel S. Wales-to the Coinmittee on Invalid Pensions: Also, a bill (H. R. 640) to remove the charge of desertion Also, a bill (H. R. 500) granting an increase of pension to from the military record of Joseph D. Campbell-to tbe Com· Christian White-to the Committee on fnvalid Pensions. · mittee on Military Affairs. 1905. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 59

Also a bill (H. R. 641) removing the charge of desertion ·Also, a bill (H. R. 680) granting an increase of pension to from the military record of Samuel W. Gates-to the Committee Newman S. Snow-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 681) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 642) to correct the military record of Henry. Thomas H. Snurr-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Wag~er-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 682) granting. an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 643) granting an increase of pension to George M. Veach-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Alexander W. Browning-to the Committee on .Invalid Pen- Also, a bill (H. R. 683) granting an increase of pensio.n. to sions. . James C. Wattleworth-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 644). granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 684) granting an increase of pension to Mary Kelly-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Eli 0. Williams-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also (by request), a pill (H. R. 645) 1:or th.e relief of Leann · A}so, a bill (H. R. 685) granting an increase of pension to S. King, assign of Thomas. Leitensdorfer-to the Committee on 'Villiam Wilson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . the Public Lands. . . Also, a bill (H. R. 686) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 646) for the relief of C. W. Sturtevant, Jeremiah S. Wyland-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Rolla Brown, Alice Brown, M. L. Kelly, Robert G. Duffy, Fread Also, a bill (H: R. 687) granting a pension to Harvey R. Gehring, T. H. Ross, and L. C. Partee-to tl!e Committee on Backus-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. • Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 688) granting a pension to Johan Frank­ Also, a bill (H. R. 647) for the relief of Mrs. Julia L. Hall­ to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. I Also, a bill (H. R. 689) granting a pension to George Hem­ to the Committee on Claims. inger-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. BOUTELL: A bill (H. R. 648) granting a pension Also, a bill (H. R. 690) granting a pension to William B. to Charles Falbisaner-to the Committee on Pensions: Jenkins-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions Also, a bill (H. R. 649) granting a pension to Lucy T. Bogue­ Also, a bill (H. R. 691) granting a pension to Thomas Mc­ to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Donald-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 650) granting a pension to Felix G. Stid­ Also, a bill (H. R. 692) granting a pension to Samuel Wells­ ger-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill. (H. R. 651) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 693) granting a pension to Albert G. Robert Brandau-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Myers-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 652) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 694) granting a pension to Maria V. E. Charles H. M. Clark-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Bitters-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 653) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 695) granting a pension to Mary Jane James C. Booth-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Gay-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bili (H. R. 654) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 696) granting a_ pension to Matilda Mer­ Amos J. Loranger-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. rick Goodrich-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 655) granting an honorable discharge to Also, a bill (H. R. 697) granting a pension to B. Annie Patrick McGough-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Hughes-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. BOWIE: A bill (H. R. 656) for the relief of John Also, a bill (H. R. 698) granting a pension to Martha Oliver­ W. Noble-to the Committee on War Claims. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. BRICK: A bill (H. R. 657) granting an increase of Also, a bill (H. R. 699) to remove the charge of desertion pension to Thomas Babcock-to the Committee on Invalid from the military record of Jonas Albert-to the Committee on Pensions. Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 658) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 700) to remove the charge of desertion Henry M. Bedford-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. from the military record of George W. Barnes and to grant him Also, a bill (H. R. 659) granting an increase of pension to an honorable discharge-to the Committee on Military Affair . George W. Carey-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 701) to remove the charge of desertion Also, a bill (H. R. 660) granting an increase of pension to from the military record of Charles E. Bentley and to grant him Squire J. Carlin-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. an honorable discharge-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 661) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 702) to remove the charge of desertion Cary D. Chapman-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. from the military record of Godfrey Bestle and to grant him an Also, a bill (H. R. 662) granting an increase of pension to honorable discharge-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Abraham E. Clark-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 703) to remove the charge of desertion Also, a bill (H. R. 663) granting an increase of pension to from the military record of Jacob Curry and to grant him an Daniel S. Cole-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. honorable discharge-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 664) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 704) to remove the charge of desertion Peter Countryman-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. from the military record of Ely M. De Weese and to grant him Also, a bill (H. R. 665) grunting an increase of pension to an honorable discharge-to the Committee on Military Affairs. James C. Dill-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 705) to remove the charge of desertion Also, a bill (H. R. 666) granting an increase of pension to from the military record of William C. Horner and to grant him Thomas J. Frasier-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. an honorable discharge-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 667) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 706) to remove the charge of desertion George H. Gaskill-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. from the military record of Albert B. Ketterman and to grant Also, a bill (H. R. 668) granting an increase of pension to him an honorable discharge-to the Committee on Military James A. Giles-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 669) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 707) to remove the charge of desertion James 1\f. Heminger-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. from the military record of Thomas F. Lindersmith and to grant Also, a bill (H. R. 670) granting an increase of pension to him an honorable discharge-to the Committee on Military Alfred B. Lowry-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 671) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 708) to remove the charge of desertion Alex McLaughlin-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. from the military record of Andrew Matheny and to grant him Also, a bill (II. R. 672) granting an increase of pension to an honorable discharge--to the Committee on Military Affairs. Stephen S. Mann-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 709) to remove the charge of desertion Also, a bill (H. R. 673) granting an increase of pension to from the military record of George W. Philpott and to grant John M. Martin-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. him an honorable discharge--to the Committee on Military Also, a bill (H. R. 674) granting an increase of pension to Affairs. Henry l\Iock-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 710) to remove the charge of desertion Also, a bill (H. R. 675) granting an increase of pension to from the military record of Charles Rankert and to grant him an Daniel Morrissey-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. honorable discharge-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 676) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 711) to remove the charge of desertion Musgro-re E. O'Connor-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. from the military record of William Shaffer and to grant him Also, a bill (H. R. 677) granting an increase of pension to an honorable discharge-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Charles W. Ramsey-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 712) to remove the charge of desertion. Also, a bill (H. R. 678) granting an increase of pension to from the military record· of Joseph Stallter and to grant him an Emil Schincke-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. honorable discharge-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 679) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 713) to restore to the pension roll Sarah J. Levi C. Smith-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Ayers-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 60 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD--HOUSE . . DECEMBER 4,

Also, a ·bill (H. R. '714:) for the r~lief of Charles B. Bentley- : Dougal, daughter of prlv:a.te soldier who ·died .as a prisoner of to the Committee on Claims~ · war~to the -committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a rbill (H. R. · 715~ for the relief of Martin D. Puckett- Also, a bill (H. R. 756) granting a pension to Matilda A. to the ·Committee on War Claims. Runion:s-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a 'bill (H. R. '716) for the relief ·Of Levi C. Smith~to the · Also, a bill (H. R. 757) granting a pension to D. M. Sim· Committee on War Claims. erly-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. BROOKS of Colorado: A bill (H. R. 717) granting Also, a bill (H. R. 758) granting a pension to Margaret Cot- an increase of pension to 0. B. Morrison-to the Committee <>n ter-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Invalid P.ensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 759) granting a pension to WJ.lliam 0. Til- Also, n. b-ill (H. R. 718) granting an increase 'Of pension to ley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Hamilton D. Brown-to the "Committee <>n invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 760) granting a pension to Thomas R. Also, a 'bill ..(H. R. 719) granting an increase of pension to Trent-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Marla L. Oonant~to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . Also, a bill (H. R. 761) granting a pension to William Brans- \ Also, a bHI (H. R. 720) granting an increase of pension to . com-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. .Jasper Ditt_,_to the Committee 'On Inv-alid Pensions. ; Also, a bill (H. R. 762) gr.anting a pension to Rebecca Prich- Also, a bill (H. R. 721) granting an increase of pension to ard-to the ()ommittee on Invalid Pensions. John R. Keyes-to the ·Committee on InvaHd Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 763) granting a pension to Morris Mcin- Also, a bill (H. R. 722) granting an ·increase 'Of pension to t-osb, father of John Mcintosh-to the Committee on Invalid Joseph n. Presdee-to the Committee on Invalid P-ensions. Pensions. \ Also, a bill (H. R. ·723) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 764) granting a pension to Strawberry B . .Qeorge W. Raigle-to the Committee on Invalid 'Pensions. Thomas-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 724} granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill {H. R. 765) granting a pension to James ID. J'ohn A. Coulter-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Shehan-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 725) granting a pension to George E. Also, a bill (H. R. 76G) granting a pension to William See- Smith-to the ·Committee on Invalid Pensions. . to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a biil (H. R. 726) granting a pension to Belle Royal, : Also, a bill (H. R. 767) granting a pension to Martha L. -widow of Andrew Royal-t.a the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Reams-to the Committee ·on Invalid Pensions. · By Mr. BROWNLOW: A bill ·(H. R. 727) for the relief of Also, a bill (H. R. 768) granting a pension to William Rid- Mary Keith and Benny Keith-to the -Committee on the Public . die-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Lands. Also, a bill (H. R. 769) granting a pension to Nathan B. Also, a bill (H. R. "728) for the relief of La Fayette & Bro.- · Simpson-to the Dommittee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Also, a bill {H. R. 770) granting a pension to Peter Spur- Also, a bill (H. R. 729) for the relief of Boone Cbandler and geon-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. others-to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Also, a bill {H. R. 771) granting a pension to Martin Click Aiso, a bill (H. R. 730) granting a pension to Francis M. · and four others-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 1\IcOlendon-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 772) gr.anting a pensins. FrankL. FornsheU-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill {H. R. 777) granting a pension to Sarah Cupp- Also, a 'bill (H. R. 736) granting an increase of pension to to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. John T. Pearson-to the Committee .on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 778) granting a pension to J. Lavenia Also, a bill (H. R. 737) granting a pension to William ID. · Childs-to the Committee on Invalid P.ensions. Quirk-to the .Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 779) granting a pension to Pleasant ·P. Also, a bill (H. R. 738) granting an increase of pension to : Bates-to the Committee <>n Invalid Pensions. William A. Smith-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 780) granting a pension to Joseph Brans- Also, a bill (H. R. 739) granting an increase of pension to · com-to the Committee on Invalid Pensi<>ns. Thomas J. !Spencer-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also. a bill (H. R. 781) granting a pension to Samuel Ball- Also, a bill {H. R. 740) granting a pension to Pariade Jones- : to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committ-ee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 782) granting a pension to Sarah Bowers- Also, a bill (H. R. 741) granting an increase of {)ension to to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Lewis F. Self-to the Committee on Jnvalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 783) granting a pension to John G. Also, a bill (H. R. 742) grant~ an increase of 1)ension to · Burchfield-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. James Winter teen-to the Committee on Invalid Penslons. Also, a bill (H. R. 784) granting a pension to Oliver L. Bur- Also, a bill (II. R. 743) granting a pension t{) John F. Bor- nett-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. rows-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 785) granting a pension to John B. Also, a bill (H. R. 744:) granting an increase of pension to : Walker-to the Committee -on Invalid Pensions. J'oseph :M:cGuigan~to the Committee 'On Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 786) granting a pension to Hartwell B. Also, a bill (H. R. 745) granting an increase of pension to , Whittle-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Charles Wedel tedt-to the .Committee on InvaHd Pensions. Also, a bill. (H. R. 787) granting a pension to Pleasant C. Also, a bill (H. R. 746) granting a pension to Thomas Large- Williams-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions., Also, a bill (H. R. 788) granting an increase of pension to Also, .a. bill (H. R. 747) granting an increase of pension to William F. Akerman-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Robert Smith~to the Committee .an Invalid Pensions. . Also, a bill (II. R. 789) granting an increase of pension tQ Also, a bill (H. R. 748~ granting an increase of pension to ! Daniel W. Ellis-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Earl B. French-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. n.. 790) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 749) granting an increase of pension to William M. Hem-y-to tbe Committee on Invalid Pen ions. Elkanah 1\f. Wynn-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 791) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill ·(H. R. 750) granting an increase of pension to Timothy Sivils-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. W. H. Fitzgerald-to the C<>mmittee on In-valid Pensions. Also, a bi11 (R R. 792) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. n. 751) granting a pension to Louisa Har- George W. Dasroay-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. wood-to the Committee on Invalid P-ensions. Also, .a bill (H. R. 793) granting an increase of pension ta Also, a 'biU (H. R. 752) granting -a pension to Richard Cr.aw- Alwilda A. Wheeler-to the Committee on Inva.lid Pensions. \ f01~d-to the Dommi·ttee on Invali-d Pensions. Also~ a bill (H. R. 794) granting a pension to Jackson . AI o, a bill (H. R. 753) granting an increase of pension to Stokely-to the Committee on Invalid Pensi<>ns. Sarah 1\f. Dove-to the Committee on Invalid P;(IDSions. Also, a bill (H. R. 7.95) granting a pension to George W. AI o, a bill (H. R. 754) granting an increase of pension to Oliver-to the "Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Samuel A. Lady-to the Committee on lnV"alid Pensions. 1 Also, a bill ( H~ R. 796) granting a pension to William H. Also, a bill (H. R. 755) granting a pension to llizzie M. Me- Pierre-to the Committee on Inva1id Pensions~ 1905. CONGRESSIONAL. RECORD-HOUSE. 61 _·,

) Also, a 'bm {H. R. 797) granting a pensi<>n to David A. Pat­ Also, a bill (H. R. .839) for the relief of heirs of Thomas terson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Harvey-to the Committee on War ·-claims. i Also, a bill (H. R. 79B) granting a pension to David A. Pat­ Also~ a bill (H. R. 840) for the relief of Edwin S. Harris-­ ton-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 799) granting a pension to Zachariah .Also, a bill {H. R. 841~ for the relief of Albert W. Perry­ Williams-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 800) granting a pension to Bettie Miller­ Also, a bill (H. R. 842) for the relief of the heirs of M. J. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Parrott-to the Committee on Wa.r Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 801) granting a pension to Elizabeth Also, a bill (H. R. 843) for the relief of the heirs of Margaret Herron-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Kennedy-to the Committee on Cla.ims. Also, a bill (H. R. 802) granting a pensiqn to William Hale­ AJ.so, a. :bill (H. R. 8-14) for the relief of R. R . .Robinson­ to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee ou Claims. Also, a bill (H. R . .803) granting a pension to Samu€1 M. Also, a bill (H. R. 845) for the relief of William B. Sorsby­ Johnson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 804) granting a pension to J. W. Hughes­ Also, a bill (H. R. 846) for the relief of Uru·y A. Shufeldt­ to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee .on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 805) granting a pension to Mary Green-:to Also, a bill (H. R. 847) for the relief of Lewis F. Self­ the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the (Jommittee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 806) granting a pension to P-eter Guinn­ Also, a bill (H. R. 848) to pay heirs of. John Sevier, sr., for to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. .certain military services rendered to the United States by said Also, a bill (H. R. 807) granting a pension to Mary Gilbert­ Jolm Sevier, sr.-to the Committee on Claims. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (R R. 849) to pay to Jacob Yost the sum of $434- Also, a b111 (H. R. 808) granting a pension to Susan Fields­ to the Committee on Claims. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 850) making appropriation to pay the es­ Also, a bill (H. R. 809) granting a pension to Daniel Fu­ tate of Samuel Lee, deceased, in full for any claim for pay and gate-to the Committee on Invalid Pensi-ons. allowances made by reason of the election of said Lee to the Also, a bill (H. R. 810) granting a pension to John B. Graves­ Forty-seventh Congress and his services therein-to the Com­ to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. mittee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 811) granting a pension to Thomas Dal­ Also, a bill (H. R. 851) for the relief of estate of Edith ton-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Beard, late of W-ashington County, Tenn.-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 812) granting a pension to William K. War Claims. Daniel-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 852) for the relief of Daniel B. Bowman­ .Also, a bill (H. R. 813) granting a pension to Isaac Daniel­ to the Committee on War Claims. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 853) for the .relief of John T. Phillips-to Also, a bill (H. R. 814) .granting a pension to James Conant­ the Committee on War Claims. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 854) for the relief of William Ridens-to Also, a bill (H. R. 815) granting a pension to George W. the Committee on War Claims. Gabey-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a 'bill (H. R. 855} for the relief of the estate of .Alex­ ..Also, a bill (H. R. 816) granting a pension to John D. Cary­ ander Reeder, deceased....:....to the Committee on War Claims. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill {H. R. 856) for the relief of J. J. Starnes-to the Also, a. bill (H. R. 817) granting a pension to Wiley Cazart­ Committee on War Claims. to the Committee on Pensions. Arlso, a b1ll (H. R. 857) for the relief of Mrs. Emily Miller­ Also, a bill (H. R. 818) granting a pension to James K. Bow­ to the Committee on War Claims. man-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 858~ for the r-elief of the estate of Bryant Also, a bill (H. R. 819) granting a pension to Hester J. Wheeler, deceased, late of Claiborne County, Tenn.-to the Com­ :Mitchell-to the Committee on Pem;ions. mittee .on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 820) granting a pension to Henry Spur­ Also, a bill (H. R. 85D) to carry out the findings of the Court geon-to the Committee on Pensions. of Chums in the case of the estate of William Irwin, deceased­ Also, a bill (H. R. 821) granting a pension to John Ward-to to the Committee on War Claims. the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. H. 860) for the relief of Lewis Atkins-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 822) granting a pension to Adelia C. Chan­ Also, a bill (H. R. 861) for the relief of Charles H. Adams­ dler-to the Committee on P-ensions. to the Committee on War Claims. .Also, a bill (H. R. 823) granting a pension to Eiz:ie May Oamp Also, a :bill (H. R. 862) for the relief of the estate of Samuel Bernard-to the Committee on Pensions. Stolsworth, deceased, late of Grainger Oounty, Tenn.-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 824) to grant a pension to Nancy Dillard­ to the Committee on Pensions. Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 863) for the relief of the estate of John Also, bill (B. R. 825) S. a granting a pension to J. Grubb-to Moody, d~ceased, late of Grainger County, Tenn.-to the Com­ the Committee on Pensions. mittee on War Claims. Also, a bill {H. R. 826) granting .a. pension to Madison Also, a blll (H. R. 864) for the relief of Thomas J. Wear­ Grimsby-to the Committee on Pensions. to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 827) granting a pension to Ruetha Moran­ Also, a bill (H. R. 865) for the relief of the estate of Allen L. to the Committee on Pensions. Barnes, deceased-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill {H. R. 828) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 86.6) for the relief of the legal representa­ Isaac Phipps-to the Committee on Pensions. tiyes of Mary Counts-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 829) granting an increase of pension to Also~ a bill (H. R. 867) for the relief of the estate of Harriet Benjamin Pritchett-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. G. Woods, deceased, late of Hawkins County, Tenn.-to the Also, a bill {H. R. 830) granting an inc1·ease of pension to Committee on W'at· Claims. Hezekiah Dezarn-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 868) for the relief of Solomon Q. Dugger­ Also, a bill (H. R. 831) for the relief of John E. Barrett-to to the Committee on War Claims. the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 869) for the relief of Mack Fulton-to the I Also,. a bill (H. R. 832) for the relief of 42) for the relief of Willis 1\I. Kent­ the Committee on Military Affairs. to the Committee on Military Affairs. R. 943) Also, a bill (H. R. DOl) for the relief of Joseph Goodman-to Also, a bill (H. for the relief of James B. Leedy­ the Committee on Military Affairs. · to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 902) for the relief of Silas J. Grenade-to Also, a bill (H. R. 944) for the relief of Lewis H. Lee- the Committee on Military Affairs. to the Committee on Military Affairs. • Also, a bill (H. R. 903) for the relief of Samuel Greenlee-to Also, a bill (H. R. 945) for the relief of James Mills­ the Committee on Military Affairs. to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 904) for the relief of J. w. Godsey-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 946) for the relief of W. G. McKenzie­ Committee on Military Affairs. to the Committee on 1\lilitary Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 905) for the relief of Alfred Green-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 947) for the relief of James McDonald­ Committee on Military Affairs. to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 906) for the relief of William Girdner-to Also, a bill (H. R. 948) for the relief of Henry J. Manis-to the Committee on Military Affairs. the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 907) for the relief of James H. Hall-to Also, a bill (H. R. 949) for the relief of William A. Morgan­ the Committee on Military Affairs. to the Committee on 1\lilitary Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 908) for the relief of Jacob Hybarger-to Also, a bill (H. R. 950) for the relief of Robert P. Moore-to the Committee on Military Affairs. the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 909) for the relief of Jackson Harris-to Also, a bill (H. R. 951) for the relief of William Moyers-to the Committee on Military Affairs. the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 910) for the relief of Henry Hall-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 952) for the relief of W. E. Peirce-to Committee on Military Affairs. the Committee on Military Affairs. · Also, a bill (H. R. 911) for the relief of E. S. Parrott-to the Also, .a bill (H. R. 953) for the relief of Louis B. Quillan-to Committee on Military Affairs. the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 912) for the relief of Henry Poe-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 954) for the relief of David Roberts-to Committee on Military Affairs. · the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 913) for the relief of Allen Bruner-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 955) for the relief of Joshua Richardson­ Committee on Military Affairs. to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 914) for the relief of John G. Brown-to Also, a bill (H. R. 956) for the relief of Jesse Rhea-to the the Committee on Military Affairs. Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 915) for the relief of Hugh L. Bowlin-to Also, a bill (H. R. 957) for the relief of Ruben S. Sea-to the the Committee on Military Affairs. Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. n. 016) for the relief of William Buttery-to Also, a bill (H. R. 958) for the relief of Reuben R. Sea-to the Committee on Military Atfairs. the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 917) for the relief of Samuel Babb-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 959) for the relief of Elbert S. Shanks-to Committee on 1\filitary Affairs. the Committee on ~ilitary Affairs. 1905. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. · 63 I ( AlsQ, a bill (H. R. 960) for the relief of W. A. Spears-to the .Also, a bill (H. R. 99-8) to correct the miTitary record of John Committee on Military Affairs. Hickman-to the Commlttee on Military Affairs. } Also, a bill (H. R. 961) for the relief of Homer Sheldon-to Also, a bill (H. R. 999) to correct the military record of Wil­ I the Committee on Military A.tfairs. liam Kelly-to the Oommittee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 962) for the relief of Henry Smith-to the Also, a bill (H. .R. 1000) to. correct the military record of Committee on Military Affairs. Jacob Linebaugh-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 963) for the relief of Thomas Sutton-to Also, a bill (H. R. 1001) to correct the military record of J. K. the Committee on Military Affairs. P. McNabb-to the Committee on Military .Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 964) for the relief of George Shnlts-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1002) to correct the military record ot Mat Committee on Military Affairs. Elliot McLain-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 965) for the relief of C. C. Speers-to the .Also, a bill (H. R. 1003} to correct the militat-y record· of Committee on Military Affairs. Joseph W. Marley-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 966) for the relief of John M. Morrison­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1004) to correct the military record of to the Committee on Military Affairs. Daniel Telley-to the Committee on l\filitary Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 9G7) for the relief of James Nicholes-to .Also, a bill (H. R. 1005) to correct the military record of the Committee on Militru"Y Affairs. . Thomas Ownby-to the Committee on l\filitary Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 968) for the relief of J. G. Odell-to .the Also, a bill (H. "R. ~006) to correct the military record of Committee on Military Affairs. Samuel Presley-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 9G9-) for the relief of Levi Viles-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1007) to -correct the military record of Committee on 1\lilitary Affairs. . Daniel K. Self-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 970) for the relief of George Washington Also, a bill (H. R. 1008) to correct the military record of Wallace-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Charles H. Piper-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 971) :for the relief of Wiley Wolf-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1009) to correct the military Tecord of Committee on Military Affairs. Joseph Smith-to the Committee on Uilitary Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 972) for the relief of Stephen Wilbourne­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1010) to correct the' military record of to the Coinmittee on Military Affairs. Nelson Stover-to the Committee on 1\Iilitary Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 973) for the relief of Robert Williams-to Also, a bill (H. R. 1011) to correct the military record of the Committee on Military Affairs. Madison Trent and others-to the Committee on Military Also, a bill (H. R. 974) for the relief of John Wclls-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1012) to correct the military record of Also, a bill (H. R. 975) for the relief of William Vance-to the Jesse B. Mitchell-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1013) to correct the military record of Also, a bill (H. R. 976) for the relief of John G. Williams-to James M. Mace-to the Committee on Military Affairs. the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 977) to grant an honorable discharge to Also~ a bill (H. R. 1014) to correct the military record of Canada Peck-to the Committee on Military Affairs. - George W. Wilson-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 978) to restore David B. Jeffers to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1015) to correct the military record of United States Army with the rank of first lieutenant, and place Warren Well.s-to the Committee on Military Affairs. him upon the retired list-to the Committee on l\filitary Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1016) to correct the military record of Also, a bill (H. R. 979) to amend the record of Capt. Thomas Robert B. Williams-to the Committee on Military Affairs. H. Reeves, United States Army, retired-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 1017) for the relief of the estate of Military Affairs. Adam B. Fuller, deceased, of Greene County, Tenn.-to the Com- Also, a bill (H. R. 980) to remove the charge of desertion mittee on War Claims. · · against Thomas B. Wingfield-to the Committee on 1\Iilitru-y Also, a bill (H. R. 1018) granting an increase of pension to Affairs. Silas Flourney-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 981) to remove the charge of desertion Also, a bill (H. R. 1019) granting an increase of pension to from the record of Samuel Lane-to the Committee on Military Daniel B. Bayless-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Affairs. . By Mr. BRUNDIDGE; A bill (H. R. 1020) for the relief of Also,_a bill (H. R. 982) to remove the charge of desertion Lee Robbins-to the Committee .on War Claims. from the military record Qf Jasper L. Bailey-to the Committee Also, a bill (H. R. 1021) for the relief of the heirs of on Military Affairs. George Montgomery, deceased-to the Committee on War Also, a bill (H. R. 983) to remove the charge of desertion Claims. against William Mullins-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1022) for the relief of the heirs of Simon Also, a bill (H. R. 984) to remove the charge of desertion Rockwel4 deceased-to the Committee on War Claims. against William H. Wheatley-to the Committee on Military Also, a bill (H. R. 1023) for the relief of the heirs of Archie Affairs. B. Forbess-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 985) to remove the charge of desertion By Mr. BUCKMAN: A bill (H. R. J.024) granting an increase standing against William A. Spears-to the Committee on :Mili­ of pension to John E. Bussey-to the Committee on Invalid tary Affairs. Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 986) to correct the military records of Also, a bill (H. R. 1025) granting an increase of pension to W. J. Whitson and Sidney Whitson, and grant their dependent Louis Howard-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. father, Isaac Whitson, a pension-to the Committee on Military Also, a bill (H. R. 1026) granting an increase of pension to Affairs. · Thomas M. Wilcox-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 987) to correct the military record of James Also, a bill (H. R. 1027) granting an increase of pension to H. Beal-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Charles H. Friend-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 988) to correct the military record of Also, a bill (H. R. 1028) granting an increase of pension to Thomas Brackins-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Michael Nessline-to the Committee on Invalid Pen ions. Also, a bill (H. R. 989) to correct the military record of Rob­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1029) granting an increase of pension to ert Burehfield-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Ephriam Bates-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 990) to correct the military reeord of Also, a bill (H. R. 1030) granting an increase of pension to Charles Birchfield-to the Committee on Milital'Y Affairs. Rudolph Huhn-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 991) to correct the military record of Wil­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1031) granting an increase of pension to liam A. Cope-to the Committee on 1\.filitary Afiairs. Frank Ronde-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a b~I (H. R. 992) to .correct the military record of Wil­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1032) granting an increase of pension to liam Carder-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Seth Phillips-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 99-3) to correct the military record of Also, a bill (H. R. 1033) granting an increase of pension to Henry C. Coleman-to the Committee on Military Affairs. James P. Carpenter-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 994) to correct the military record of John Also, a bill {H. R. 1034) granting an increase of pension to Clark-to the Committee on Military Affairs. . John D. Logan-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 995) to correct the military .record of Ellis .Also, a bill (H. R. 1035) granting -an inerease of pension to Carter-to the Committee on Military Affairs. John Lindquist-to the Committee on Inv.alid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 996) to correct the mil!tary record of Also, a bill (H. R. 1036) granting an increase of pension to Cleaveland Creech-to the Commi.ttee on Military A1l'airs. Abraham K. Miller-to the -Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 997) to correct the military record of Bob­ Also~ a bill (H. R. 1037) granting an increase of pension to ert Benson-to the Committee on Military Affai;rs,. James B. Sales-to the Committee _on Invalid Pensions. DECEJ\'IBER I 64 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 4, 1 \ Also, a bill (H. R. 1038) granting an increase ·of pension to -Also, a bill (H. R. 1077) referring the Claim of William H. Gilbert P. Smith.,-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Diamond, of Chester, Pa., for damages for personal injuries Also, a bill (H. R. 1039) granting an increase of pension to sustained, to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on Claims. \I Paul Steinbach-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1078) for the relief of Hamilton D. South, Also, a bill (H. R. 1040) granting an increase of pension to second lieutenant, United States· Marine Corps-to the Commit· Arbana Wade-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. tee on Invalid Pensions. 1 Also, a bill (H. R. 1041) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1079) to restore the name of John Shar· Martin Toohy-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · rocks to the pension roll and granting him a pension-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1042) granting an increase of pension to Committee on Invalid Pensions. · · John J. Clark-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By .Mr. CANDLER: A bill (H. R. 1080) for the relief of J. W. Also, a bill (H. R. 1043) granting an increase of pension to Walker-to the Committee on Claims. Horace Hounsman-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a btll (H. R. 1081) for the relief of heirs- of John Hamil· Also, _a bill (H. R. 1044) granting an increase of pension to ton_:_to the Committee on War Claims. Lydia l\1. Salisbury-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1082)· for the relief of the estate of Milton Also, a bill (H. R. 1045) granting a pension to Caroline Ken­ Orawford, deceased-to the Committee on War Claims. nedy-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1083) for the relief of the estate of Moses Also, a bill (H. R. 1046) granting a pension to Amelia Bache­ M. ·Smith, deceased-to the Committee on War Claims. lor-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1084.) for the relief of the estate of John Also, a bill (H. R. 1047) granting a pension to Elizabeth A. Linton, deceased-to the Committee on War Claims. Seits-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1085)-for the relief of the heirs of Gladney, Also, a bill (H. R. 1048) granting a pension to William H. Gardner & Co., of Guntown, Lee County, Miss.~to the Commit- Collins---.-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. tee on War Claims. · · : Also, a bill (H. R. 1049) to remove the charge of desertion Also, a bill (H. R. 1086) for the relief of the estate of Rich­ standing against Epaphroditus Waite-to the Committee on mond Pace, deceased, late of Tishomingo County, Miss.-to tlie .Military Affairs. ... Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1050) for the relief of Edwin S. Hall-to Also, a bill (H. R. 1087) for the relief of Mrs. Lucretia Lam­ the Committee on Claims. bert-to the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. BURKE of South Dakota: A bill .(H. R. 1051) grant­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1088) for the relief of the Methodist ing an increase of pension to William H. Plunkett-to the Com­ Church of Kossuth, 1\fiss.-to the Committee on War Claims. mittee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1089) for the relief of Matilda H. Reed, of Also, a bill (H. R. 1052) authorizing the issuance of patent Iuka, Tishomingo County, .Miss.-to the Committee on War in fee to Joseph Vollin-to the Committee on the Public Lands. Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1053) authorizing the issuance of patent in Also, a bill (H. R. 1090) for the relief of the estate of J. K. fee to Jane E. Waldron-to the Committee on the Public Lands. Morrison, deceased, late of Tishomingo County, 1\fiss.-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1054) to correct the military record of Committee on War Claims. Henry A. Kippenbrock-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1091) for the relief of the estate of J. W. . Also, a bill (H. R. 1055) to correct the military record of Hopkins, deceased-to the Committee on War Claims. Levi Conright-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1092) for the relief of Mrs. Mary John· Also, a bill (H. R. 1056) granting a pension to Galen S. Clev­ son-to the Committee on War Claims. enger-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1093) for the relief of the estate of Richard Also, a bill (H. R. 1057) granting an increase of pension to D. Fielder, of Tishomingo County, 1\Iiss.-to the ·committee on Caswell D. Ferguson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. War Claims. AI o, a bill (H. R. 1058) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1094) for the relief of Dr. 0. R. Early, of Alphonso H. Harvey-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Lowndes County, 1\fiss.-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1059) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1095) for the relief of Susan C. Robinson Elijah Spangler-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Iuka, 1\!iss.-to the Committee on War Claims. ' Also, a bill (H. R. 1060) granting a pension to Margaret E. Also, a bill (H. R. 1096) for the relief of the estate of 1\Iary Lounsbury-;-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. H. Moore, deceased, Iuka, Miss.-to the Committee on War Also, a bill (H. R. 1061) granting a pension to John Edmund Claims. Ray-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1097) for the relief of the estate of Josiah By Mr. BURLEIGH: A bill (H. R. 1062) granting an in­ White, deceased-to the Committee on War Claims. crease of pension to George E. Brickett-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 1098) for the relief of the estate of Wil­ Invalid Pensions. liam Clement, deceased, late of Tishomingo County, 1\.Hss.-to By_ Mr. BURTON of Ohio: A bill (H. R. 1063) granting a the Committee on War Claims. pension to Mary L. McClure-to the Committee on Invalid Also, a bill (H. R. 1099) for the relief of Nancy H. Jones­ Pensions. to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1064) granting a pension to James B. Wil- Also, a bill (H. R. 1100) for the relief of the Presbyterian son-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Church of Kossuth, Miss.-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1065) granting a pension to Alexander Also, a biJl (H. R. 1101) for the relief of Robert Ingram, of Bradley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Itawamba County, 1\Iiss.-to the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. BUTLER of Pennsylvania: A bill (H. R. 1066) grant­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1102) for the relief of Isabella Rowsey, of ing an increase of pension to William Smith-to the Commit­ Alcorn County, Miss.-to the Committee on War Claims. tee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1103) for the relief of estate of W. F. Also, a bill (H. R. 1067) granting an increase of pension to Young, of Burnsville, Tishomingo County, Miss.-to the Com­ Jacob Bender-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. mittee on War Claims. Also a bill (H. R. 1068) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bil1 (H. R. 1104) for rellef of estate of W. R. Smith, Willia~ S. Quigley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. of Burnsville, Miss.-to the Committee on War Claims. Also a bill (H. R. 1069) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1105) for the relief of the heirs of George Daniel' Britton-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. W. Gardner, deceased-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1070) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1106) for the relief of estate of D. R. William Carson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Hubbard-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill. (H. R. 1071) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1107) for the relief of the estate of Richard William K. Keech-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mann, deceased-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1072) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1108) for the relief of 1\Irs. E. A. Hub­ John Fisher-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. bard-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1073) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1109) for the relief of the heirs of Abel William J. Castlow-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Walker, deceased-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1074) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1110) for the relief of the heirs of M. A. Benjamin F. Bean-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. McAnulty, deceased, late of Alcorn County, Miss.-to the Com­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1075) for the relief of the legal representa­ mittee on War Claims. tives of John Roach, deceased-to the Committee on War Also, a bill (H. R. 1111) for the relief of A. W. McClure, of Claims. Alcorn County, Miss.-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1076) to pay the Standard Steel Casting Also, a bill (H. R. 1112) for the relief of the· estate of R. C. Company for one 6-inch gun casting-to the Committee on Bumpass, deceased-to the Committee on War Claims. 1\fili tary Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1113)_ for relief of George Kimberley 1905. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 65

and Sam Kimberley, heirs of M. P. Kimberley, deceased, late of Also, a bill (H. R. 1153) granting a pension to Thomas ( Tishomingo County, Miss.-to the Committee on War Claims. Headdy-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. \ Also, a bill (H. R. 1114) for the relief of heirs of Sylvia Also, a bill (H. R. 1154) granting an increase of pension to ( Cannon-to the Committee on War Claims. · Charles R. Van Trees-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Also, a bill (H. R. 1115) for the relief of the estate of Andrew Also, a bill (H. R. 1155) granting a pension to Margaret A. J. Kincaid-to the Committee on War Claims. True--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. AI o, a bill (H. R. 1116) for the relief of Francis E. Whitfield: Also, a bill (H. R. 1156) granting a pension to Andrew J. and Lucy G. 'Vhitfield, of Alcorn County, Miss.-to the Commit­ Douglas-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. tee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1157) granting a pension to Robert Atkin­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1117) for relief of heirs of Coleman Rogers, son-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. deceased-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1158) granting relief to Edward Smith on Also, a bill (H. R. 1118) for the relief of J. R. Wilson-to the erroneous muster-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1159) granting a .Pension to iohn F. Also, a bill (H. R. 1119) for the relief of the trustees of Cum­ Roberts-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. berland Presbyterian Church of Corinth, 1\Iiss.-to the Commit­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1160) granting a pension to Anna Swords tee on War Claims. and William Swords-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. AI o, a bill (H. R. 1120) for the relief of the trustees of the Also, a bill (H. R. 1161) granting a pension to J. T. Jackson­ Baptist Church of Corinth, Miss.-to the Committee on War to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. / Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1162) granting a pension to William Also, a bill (H. R. 1121) for the relief of J. M. Cumby, heir of Miller-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. M. G. Cumby-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1163) granting a pension to William A. Also, a bill (II. R. 1122) for the relief of the Masonic lodge Mathes-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. at Bexar, Ala.-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1164) granting a pension to Piety Wil­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1123) granting an increase of pension to liams-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Sarah Ernaline Finklea-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1165) granting a pension to Andrew J. Also, a bill (H. R. 1124) granting an increase of pension to White--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. John J. Grant-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1166) granting a pension to Thomas Also, a bill (H. R. 1125) granting an increase of pension to Waddle--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Francis Ann Batchelor-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1167) granting a pension to Samuel A. AI o, a bill (H. R. 1126) granting a pension to Jesse C. Taylor-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Thomas-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1168) granting a pension to Martin B. Also, a bill (H. R. 1127) granting a pension to Rupert Can­ Rogers-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. non-to fre Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1169) granting a pension to Oliver P. Also, a bill (H. R. 1128) for the relief of Jeremiah Walton­ Pierce--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1170) granting a pension to William A. Also, a bill (H. R. 1129) for the relief of James F. Kellum­ Nelson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R . 1171) granting a pension to Alfred By Mr. CASSEL: A bill (H. R. 1130) for the relief of Erna­ Nichols-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. line Johns-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1172) granting a pension to Anderson Also, a bill (H. R. 1131) granting an increase of pension to Keen-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. George Sargent-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1173) granting a pension to Robert Ger­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1132) granting a pension to Lydia A. Kel­ king-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ler-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1174) granting a pension to Frances Also, a bill (H. R. 1133) granting a pension to Mary Lock­ Guthrie--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.· ard-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1175) granting a pension to John B. Also, a bill (H. R. 1134) granting a pension to David Graeff­ Gooldy-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1176) granting a pension to John H. Also, a bill (H. R. 1135) granting an increase of pension to Evans-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. John Shisler-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1177) granting a pension to James M. Also, a bill (H. R. 1136) granting an increase of pension to Douthitt-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. William D. Stauffer-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1178) granting a pension to Herman Also, a bill (H. R. 1137) granting an increase of pension to Buckthall-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Abraham M. Kauffman-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1179) granting a pension to Thomas Also, a bill (H. R. 1138) granting an increase of pension to Pickett-to the 0ommittee on Invalid Pensions. Joseph S. Rice--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1180) granting a pension to Elizabeth Also, a bill (H. R. 1139) granting a pension to David Zecher­ Buskirk-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1181) granting a pen ion to Louiza J. Also, a bill (H. R. 1140) granting an increase of pension to Thompson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. William Weitzel-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1182) granting a pension to Ezekiel Bridi-· Also, a bill (H. R. 1141) granting a pension to Katie Cush­ veil-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. man-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1183) granting a pension to William G. Also, a bill (H. R. 1142) for the relief of Ephraim Greena­ Walton-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. walt-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1184) granting a pension to Sera A. Doug­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1143) granting an increase of pension to las and Effie M. Baird-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Ephraim D. Achey-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1185) granting a pension to Josiah C. Han­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1144) granting an increase of pension to cock-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Franklin McFalls-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1186) granting a pension to William F. Also, a bill (H. R. 1145) for the ·relief of John G. Stauffer & Bunger-to the Committee on In>alid Pensions. Son-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1187) grunting a pension to Barton P. Also, a bill (H. R. 1146) for the relief of parties from whom Spencer-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. cigars were seized on account of bearing counterfeit stamps-to Also, a bill (H. R. 1188) granting a pension to John H. the Committee on Claims. . Evans-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By l\fr. CHANEY: A bill (H. R. 1147) granting a pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1189) granting a pension to Hiram P. Amanda B. Johnson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Pauley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1148) granting a pension to Marion F. Also, a bill (H. R. 1190) granting a pension to Thomas S. Halbert-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Fields-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1149) granting a pension to Theodore F. Also, a bill (H. R. 1191) granting a pension to Luzetta Rogers-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Bailey-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (~. R. 1150) granting a pension to Emma J. Also, a bill (H. R. 1192) granting a pension to. George B. Turner-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Hess-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1151) granting a pension to Valentine Also, a bill (H. R. 1193) granting a pension to James S. Bartley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Horrall-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1152) granting a pension to Edwin Free­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1194) granting a pension to Samuel man-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Smith-to the Committee on· Invalid Pensions. XL--5 66 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECEl\IBER 4, --

Also, a bill (H. R. 1195) granting a · pension to James E. · Also, a bill (H. R. 1237) granting an Increase of pension to Speuke-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Robert Owens-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Also, a bill (H. R. 1196) granting a pension to Jam~s C. Also, a bill (H. R. 1238) granting .an increase of pension to lI McCarty-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Susan R. Stalcup-to the Corru,n.ittee on Invalid Pensions. I Also, a bill (H. R. 1197) granting a pension to James C. Also, a bill (H. R. 1239) granting an increase of pension to McCarty-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Frederick L. Killion-to the Committee on Inva.lid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1198) granting a pension to Abagail Also, a bill (H. R. 1240) granting an increase of pension to Tharp-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. - . . Thomas IIeadley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Also, a bill (H. R. 1199) granting a pension to Lydia A. Also, a bill (II. R. 1241) granting an increase of pension to Jewell-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · John G. Wallace-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1200) granting a pension to John G. Also, a bill (H. R. 1242) granting an increase of pension to Parker-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Luke Reynold.s-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ) Also, a bill (H. R. 1201) granting a pension to Edward Max­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1243) granting an increase of pension to well-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. John W. Burton-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. l Also, a bill (H. R. 1202) grunting a p~nsi~Hi to John E. Cal­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1244) · granting an increase of pension to lender-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Francis G. Lutes-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. n. 1203) granting a pension to Jam~s .S. Cox­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1245) grunting an increase of pension to to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. David Rankin-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1204) granting a pension to George C. Also, a bill (H. R. 1246) grunting an increase of pension to Cranshaw-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Francis 'M: Ridge--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1205) granting a pension to Samuel P. Also, a bill (H. R. 1247) granting an increase of pension to Bigger-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . Columbus·Botts-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1206) granting a pension to Allen Crow- Also, a bill (H. R. 1248) grunting an increase of pension to to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . William H. II. Adams-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill. (H. R. 1207) granting a. pension to Nelson Pur­ Also, a bill (H. ·R. 1249) ·granting an increase of pension to cell-to th9 Committee on Invalid Pensions. William R. Fulk-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1250) granting an increase of pension to Also~ ?2 till (H. R. 1208) granting a pension to Albert P. De Bruler ..fo tbe Committee on Irivalid Pensions. William F. Browning-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Alsc:, a bill (H. R. 1209) grantmg a pension to Sarah E. Also, a bill (H. R. 1251) granting an increase of pension to Dillon-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Daniel B. Fisher-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1252) granting an increase of pension· to Aiso, a bill (H. R. 1210) granting a pension to Martha Bart­ :Mary E. :Mathes-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. lett-:-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1253) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1211) granting a pension to S. S. Bryant­ William E. Bilby:_to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1254) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. .1212) granting a pension to John N. Luke V. Telnple-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Clark-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1255) g1·anting an increase of pension to · Also, a bill (H. R. 1213) granting a pension to John Breden­ Thompson H. Withers-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . Also, a bill (H. R. 1256) for the relief of John A. Fairfax­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1214) granting a pension to Stewart the Committee on War Claims. Barnes-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1257) for the relief of the legal representa­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1215) granting a pension to J. Bass-to the tives of Nathaniel and William Offut, deceased-to the Commit­ Committee on Invalid Pensions. · tee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1216) granting a pension to William H. Also, a bill (H. R. 1258') for the relief of William Taylor­ Howard-to the Committee on- Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1217) granting a pension to Spillard F. Also, a bill (H. ·R. 1259) for the relief of George A. Exline­ Horrall-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1218) granting a pension to Nathan H. Also, a bill (H. R. 1260) for the relief of Charles R. Van Hinkle-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Trees-to the Committee on Military Affairs. · . Also, a bill (R. R. 12: 9) granting a pension to James Jen- Also, a bill (H. R. 1261) for the relief of R. W. Hayden.:.._to nings-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · the Committee on Military .Affairs. . Also, a bill (H. R. 1220) granting a pension to Harvey l\1il­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1262) for the relief of James L. East-to ler-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Military Affairs. · Also, a bill (H. R. 1221) granting a pension to John T. Mc­ Also, a bill "(li. R. 1263) authorizing··rehenring in the case of Kee-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. William Donnelly and Patrick Egan in the United States Court Also, a bill (H. R. 1222) granting a pension to Jerry Locl{­ of Claims-to the Committee on lllilitary Affairs. wood-to the-Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1264) for the relief of Peter F. Kendall-to · Also, a bill (II. R. 1223) granting a pension to Andrew the Committee on Claims. Jarvis-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill _(H. R. 1265) for the relief of John Ben~field, Also, a bill (II. R. 1224) granting a pension to Mordechai executor of \-V'illis Benefield, deceased-to the Committee on Dix-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1225) granting a pension to Samuel Also, a bill (H. R. 1266) for the r~lief of the legal representa­ ,Wininger-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · tives of John Calvert, deceased-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1226) granting a pension to George Win­ By Mr. CLAYTON: A bill (H. R. 1267) for the relief o:t inger-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Jane P. P ::: ulk-to the Committee on War C~aims. · Also, a bill (II. · R. 1227) granting a pension to Pierce Also, a uill (H. R. 1268) for the relief of James A. Paulk- · Gorby-to the ·Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1228) granting a pension to William H. Also, a bill (H. R. 1269) for the relief of the estate of Aaron ·Go-ins-to the- Committee on Invalid Pensions. Paulk, deceased-to the Committee ~m War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1229) granting a pension to Henry Also, a bill (II. R. 1270) for the relief of the ' heirs o'f T. L. !Woods-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Scott, deceased-to the Committee on· War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1230) granting a pension to James S. Also, a bill (H. R. 1271) for the relief of Mary F. Casey Cox-to the ·Committee on Invalid Pensions. Tucker-to the Committee on War Claims. · Also, a bill (II. R. 1231) granting a · pension to William Also, a bill (H. R. 1272) for the relief of the representatives King....:..to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · of the estate of Reuben Dawkins, deceru;ed-to the Committee Also, a bill (H. R. 1232) grunting a pension to John V. on War Claims. · Bu kirk-to the Committee on Pensions. Also a bill (H. R. 1273) for the relief of the heirs of E. A. Also, a bill (H. R. 1233) granting a pension to Lucretia Dozier: deceased-to the Committee on ·claims. Davis-to the· Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1274) for t~e relief of th~ legal repre­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1234) granting an increase of pension to sentatives of Abraham Lawrence, deceased-to the Committee Ewell Plummer-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. on Claims. Also, a bill (II. R. 1235) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1275) for the relief of Jerry Andrews-to IT'homas· Douglas-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions: the Committee on' Military Affairs. · · Also, a bill (H.· R. 123G) g!·anting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1276) for the relief of Mrs. L. E. Boat· Frances Brower-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. wright-to the Committee ·on War Claims. 1905. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 67 ( ( Also, a bill (H. R. 1277) for the relief of the administrators Also, a bill (H. R. 1317) to correct the military record of as such of the estate of Ira T. Jordan, deceased-to the Com­ James Donnallam-to the Committee on Military Affairs. > mittee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1318) granting a pension to Mary Degnan­ I Also, a bill (H. R. 1278) for the relief of A. J. Smith-to the to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1319) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1279) granting a pension to William Robert D. Cresson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Lanier-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1320) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1280) granting a pension to Mary K. Catherine Collins-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. !lewis-to the Committee on Pensions. · By Mr. COUSINS: A bill (H. R. 1321) granting an increase Also, a bill (H. R. 1281) granting a pension to Elizabeth Cot­ of pension to William H. Morse--to the Committee on Invalid ter-to the Committee on Pensions. Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1282) granting a pension to Martha Yar­ By Mr. CURRIER: A bill (H. R. 1322) granting an increase brough-to the Committee on Pensions. of pension to Katherine F. Wainwright-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 1283) granting an increase of pension to Invalid Pensions. Epsy Ann Austin-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1323) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1284) to remove the charge of desertion Lorenza Bliss-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. from the military record of Samuel J. Maund-to the Commit­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1324) granting an increase of pension to tee on Military Affairs. Charles C. Jones-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. CONNER : A bill (H. R. 1285) granting an increase of Also, a bill (H. R. 1325) granting an increase of pension to pension to James Flynn-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. loses P. Bemis-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1286) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1326) granting an increase of pension to Edward Prentice--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Ora P. Howland-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1287) granting an increase of pension to also, a bill (H. R. 1327) granting an increase of pension to John D. Moore--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Samuel F. Brown-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1288) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1328) granting an increase of pension to S. D. Platt-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Samuel 0. Smith-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1289) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1329) granting an increase of pension to Robert I. Brayton-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. A.lmeda B. Reed-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. COOPER of Wisconsin: A bill (H. R. 1290) to cor­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1330) granting an increase of pension to rect the military record of S. Spencer Carr-to the Committee William A. Hildreth-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1331) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1291) granting a pension to Joseph Wolf­ Roswell J. Kelsey-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1332) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1292) granting an increase of pension to William C. Wood-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. James H. Van· Wagenen-to the Committee .on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1333) granting a pension to Priscilla -. Also, a bill (H. R. 1293) granting an increase of pension to Twiss-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. James K. Van Matre--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1334) for the relief of the legal representa­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1294) granting an increase of pension to tives of George Soule--to the Committee on Claims. George W. Van De Bogert-to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ Also (by request), a bill (H. R. 1335) for the relief of L. K. sions. Scott-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1295) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1336) granting a pension to Lucinda Charles G. Turney-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Barnett-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1296) granting an increase of pension to By 1\Ir. CURTIS: A bill (H. R. 1337) granting an increase of Morris Smith-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. pension to James B. Evans-to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1297) granting an increase of pension to sions. Mrs. Emerett Smith-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1338) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1298) granting an increase of pension to William L. Hurst-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Benjamin Russell-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1339) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1299) granting an increase of pension to James Kelley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Charles Riel-to the Committee on Invalid.Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1340) granting a pension to Robert Ken­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1300) to correct the military record of nish-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. James U. Quinn-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1341) granting a pension to George B. Also, a bill (H. R. 1301) to correct the military record of Turpin-to the Committee on Pensions. Christopher Parkin-to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. CUSHMAN: A bill (H. R. 1342) to authorize the Also, a bill (H. R. 1302) granting an increase of pension to patenting of certain lands to Margaret Sar-sarp-kin, an Indian Jane McManus-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. woman-to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1303) granting a pension to Hannah 1\Ic­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1343) for the relief of Matilda Elizabeth Adams-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. West-to the Committee on Claims. . Also, a bill (H. R. 1304) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1344) for the relief of Bernard W. l\fur­ Harrison P. Luce--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ray-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1305) for the relief of Frank Lincoln-to Also, a bill (H. R. 1345) for the relief of John L. Thompson- the Committee on Claims. to the Committee on Military Affairs. . Also, a bill (H. R. 1306) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1346) for the relief of Herman C. Funk­ Josiah E. Keyes-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1307) for the relief of 'Villiam G. Keats-­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1347) for the relief of George Jennings, to the Committee on War Claims. alias George Fish-to the.Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1308) granting a pension to Lizzie J es­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1348) granting a pension to Jerome M. tadt-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. White--to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1309) granting a pension to David Hunter­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1349) granting a pension to Rudolph to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Kals-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Also, a bill (H. R. 1310) granting a pension to Fred Huga­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1350) granting a pension to John Ash­ boom-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. worth-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1311) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1351) granting a pension to Charles W. James F. Hubbard-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Kyle--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1312) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1352) granting an increase of pension to Henry W. Higley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Thomas Sanford-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1313) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1353) granting an increase of pension to Chloe M. Hewitt-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Robert Bruce--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1314) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1354) granting an increase of pension to Neil Gillespy-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mason H. Wood-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1315) granting a pension to Eliza Farns­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1355) granting an increase of pension to worth-to the Committee on Invalid Fensions. George A. Tyler-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1316) to correct the military record of John Also, a bill (H. R. 1356) granting an increase of pension to H. Ethridge--to the Committee on Military Affairs. Thomas Maker-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 68 CONGRESSIONAL· RECORD-HOUSE.. · DECEMBER 4,

Also, a bill (H. R. 1357) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1396) for the relief of John W. Vandine­ George W. Burton-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1358) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1397) for the relief of Alexander Lucas-to John G. P. Eberhart-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ALso, a bill (H. R. 1359) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1398) for the relief of Elizabeth Muhleman, Henry M. Robinson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. widow, and the heirs at law of Samuel A. Muhleman, deceased­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1360) granting an increase of ,pension to to the Committee on Claims. Frederick Zinn-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1399) granting a pension to Eliza J. David­ AI o, a bill (H. R. 1361) granting an increase of pension to son-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Camillus B. Leftwich-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1400) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1362) granting an increase of pension to Thomas J. Burrell-to the .Committee on Invalid Pensions. Simon Olsen-to the Committee on Invalid Pensi{)nS. Also, a bill (H. R. 1401) for the relief of John Burns-to the \ Also, a bill (H. R. 1363) granting an increase of pension to Committee on Claims. Thomas A. Gray-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1402) to restore to the pension roll the Also, a bill (H. R. 1364) granting an increase of pension to name of Andrew C. Smith-to the Committee on Pensions. George W. Mills-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1403) granting a pension to Sarah F. Arm­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1365) granting an increase of pension to strong-to the Committee on Pensions. Philetus G. Burch-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1404) granting a pension to Wilson John­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1366) granting an increase of pension to ston, of Wheeling, W. Va.-to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ :Alonzo Fradenburg-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. sions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1367) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1405) to pension R. J. Myers-to the Com­ James A. Murch-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. • mittee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1368) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1406) granting a pension to James S. LWilliam H. Cummins-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Peery-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1369) to remove the charge of desertion Also, a bill (H. R. 1407) granting a pension to Enoch J. from the military record of George Abbott, alias Andrew C. Evans-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Adams-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1408) to pension James Logston-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1370) to reimburse Royal L. Sweany, Committee on Invalid Pensions. late deputy collector of internal revenue at Tacoma, Wash.-to Also, a bill (H. R. 1409) granting an increase of pension to the Committee on Claims. William L. Alley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1371) to refund to J. Tennant Steeb cer­ Also, a bill (H~ R. 1410) granting a pension to Eliza Peel­ tain duties erroneously paid by him without protest on goods to the Committee on Pensions. of domestic ·production shipped from the United States to Also, a bill (H. R. 1411) granting a pension to William A. Hawaii and thereafter returned-to the Committee on Ways Scott-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. and Means. Also, a bill (H. R. 1412) granting a pension to Mary E. Rad­ By l\Ir. DEEMER: A bill (H. R. 1372) granting a pension to cliffe-to the Oommittee on Invalid Pensions. Josephine I. Richmond-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1413) granting a pension to John Craw­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1373) granting an increase of pen!ion to ford-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Florence Bacon-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also~ a bill (H. R. 1414) for the relief of Henry P. Mayer­ to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1374) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1415) granting a pension to Walter Cun­ Annie 1\f. Hoover-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ningham-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1375) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1416) for the relief of Jacob W. Hudson­ Silas l\Iosher-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1376) granting an increase of pension to to the Co.IlliD,ittee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1417) granting a pension to Jacob Piles­ Ellis Artley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Al o, a Oill (H. R. 1377) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1418) granting a pension Squire H. ,Thomas G. Dallman-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1378) granting an increase of pension to Stuck-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1419) granting an increase of pension to Hem·y H. Hobart-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Frank W. Fretwell-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. \ Also, a bill (H. R. 1379) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1420) for the relief of John May-to the Charles W. Conser-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on Pen~ions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1380) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1421) for the relief of Francis M. Ben­ Jeremiah Beck-to the Committ-ee on Invalid Pensions. nett-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1381) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1422) granting an increase of pension to David H. Quigg-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Henry B. Harris-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1382) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1423) for the relief of Henry Snider, of Benjamin Fagley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Moundsville, W. Va.-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1383) restoring the name of Henry L. Also, a bill (H. R. 1424) granting a pension to Melvina J. Beck to the Army rolls as captain, and providing that he then be Swiger-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. placed on the retired list-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also. a bill (H. R. 1425) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. DOVENER: A bill (II. R. 1384) for the relief of John W. Plattenburg-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ~Iaramon A. Martin-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1426) granting a pension to Enoch F. Also, a bill (H. R. 1385) for the relief of Robert R. Furbey­ Blackwell-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1427) granting a pension to William P. Al o, a bill (H. R. 1386) granting a pension to Rachel E. Parrill-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Newell-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. .Also, a bill (H. R. 1428) for the relief of Elias E. Barnes-to Also, a bill (H. R. 1387) for the relief of Benjamin F. Harri­ the Committee on Claims. son-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1429) for the relief of Maramon A. Martin, Also, a bill (II. R. 1388) granting a pension to Thomas S. late private of Co.mpany A, Sixth Regiment of West Virginia Magruder-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Volunteer Infantry-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1389) for the relief of Thomas C. Also, a bill (H. R. 1430) granting a pension to Adam Minear­ Sweeney-to the Committee on War Claims. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1390) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1431') granting a pension to John Kirk· · Beckwith A. MCJ..~emar-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. man-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1391) for the relief of Gideon C. Corley-to Also, a bill (H. R. 1432) granting an increase of pension to the Committee on Claims. Rosaline V. Campbell-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1392) granting a pension to William P. , By l\Ir. DRAPER: A bill (H. R. 1433) granting an increase Parrill-to the Committee on Pensions. of pension to Philip Grnulich-to the Committee {)n Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1393) granting a pension to William Hall­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1434) granting an increase of pension to to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Eleazer A. Patterson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1394) granting an increase {)f pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1435) granting an increase of pension to George W. Fitzgerald-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Jason Robbins-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1395) granting a pension to F. S. Snod­ Also, a bill. (H. R. 1436) granting an increase of pension to grass-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 'Charles H. Trumble-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

• 1905. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 69

Also, a bill (H. R. 1437) granting an increase of· pension to Also, a bill (H. R: 1474) granting an increase of pension to Darius J. Brown-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Thomas C. Fisher-to the Committee on In"9"alid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1438) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1475) granting an increase of pension to Oliver T. Smith--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Stephen S. Cornell-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. DRISCOLL: A bill (H. R. 1439) for the_relief of Also, a bill (H. R. 1476) granting an increase of pension to the heirs of Asa 0. Gallup-to the Committee on Claims. John L. Bennett-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1440) to increase the pension of Matilda E. By Mr. FOWLER: A bill (H. R. 1477) granting an increase Lawton-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. of pension to Israel D. Lum-to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ By Mr. DUNWELL: A bill (H. R. 1441) to authorize the sions. President to appoint Col. Henry Lippincott, United States Also, a bill (H. R. 1478) granting an increase of pension to Army, retired, to the grade of brigadier-general, United States Jobn Brown-'-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Army, on the retired list-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1479) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1442) paying certain claims of G. W. How­ llacy J. Franklin-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. land-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1480) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1443) for the payment of Robert D. John W. Martin-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Benedict for services rendered-to the Committee on Claims. Also" a bill (H. R. 1481) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1444) for the relief of the estate of F. Z. David A. Maple-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Tucker, deceased-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1482) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1445) for the relief of Noah L. Cochen­ Philip Cook-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1483) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1446) for the relief of Lucy M. Fisher­ Josephine E. Quentin-to the Committee on Pensions. to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1484) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1447) granting an increase of pension to John L. Lovell-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Emile H. Brie, alias Amede Brea-to the Committee on Pen­ Also. a bill (H. R. 1485) gl·anting an increase of pension to sions. Susan J. Williams-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1448) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1486) granting an increase of pension to Lewis R. Stegman-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. John D. Ferguson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Also, a bill (H. R. 1449) for the relief of the estate of Brig. Also, ·a bill (H. R. 1487) granting a pension to Oscar W. Gen. Wager Swayne, in charge of the Bureau of Refugees, Humphrey-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands-to the Committee on Ac­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1488) granting a pension to William counts. Shannon-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1450) to authorize the Secretary of the Also, a bill (H. R. 1489) granting a pension to James H. Navy to cede cer.:tain lands to the city of New York-to the Huntington-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on-Naval Affairs. Also~ a bill (H. R. 1490} for the relief of George Serrell-to By Mr. FITZGERALD: A bill (H. R. 1451) for the reliet of the Committee on Claims. Mary Leary and children-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a ·bill (H. R. 1491) for the relief of William A. Forbes­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1452) for the relief of the heirs of Cath­ to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. arine Gillen-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1492) for the relief of Saran E. Ran­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1453) granting an honorable discharge to dolph-to the Committee on War Claims. John B. Tredenick-to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1493) to amend the military record of Also, a bill (H. R. 1454) removing the charge of desertion Henry G. Craft-to the Committee on Military Affairs. from the naval record of Patrick Naddy-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 1494) removing the charges of desertion :Naval Affairs. from and granting an honorable discharge to Benjamin War­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1455) to authorize the Secretary of the ner-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Navy to cede certain lands to the city of New York-to the By Mr. GAINES of Tennessee: A bill (H. R. 1495) for the Committee on Naval Affairs. relief of Tusculum Church~to the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. FLACK: A bill (H. R. 1456) for the relief of WUliam By Mr. GARDNER of Michigan: A bill (H. R. 1496) fo1• the L. Best-to the Committee on Claims. relief of Edmund Stanfield-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1457) granting a medal of honor to Michael Also, a bill (H. R. 1497) granting a pension to George Abbler­ Finegan-t() the Committee on Military Affairs. back-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1458) granting a pension to Winifred Also, a bill (H. R. 1498) granting a pension to Bickford L. Casey-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Uarrier-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. __ Also, a bill (H. R. 1459) granting a pension to William Brown, Also, a bill (H. R. 1499) granting a pension to Horace Hall­ alias Daniel Mulligan-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. _ Also, a bill (H. R. 1460) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1500) granting a pension to Emily J. Sher­ C. W. Renell-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. man-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1461) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1501) granting a pension to Sally Ann Sarah T~ Robertson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Bradley-to the Committee on Invalid .Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1462) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1502) granting a pension to Catherine M. John R. Tunnicliff-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Hall-to the Committee on Pensions. AI o, a bill (H. R. 1463) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1503.) granting a pension to Martha A. Hiram Denton-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Hamlin-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1464) to remove the charge of desertion Also, a bill (H. R. 1504) granting a pension to Alonzo .F. from the military record of Michael Gravel-to the Committee Waterbury-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1505) granting a pension to William Birm­ Also, a bill (H. R.- 1465) to remove the charge of desertion ingham-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. from the military record of Daniel O'Brien-to the Committee Also, a bill (H. R. 1506) granting an increase of pension to on Military Affairs. Eli T~ Hoyt-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. FORDNEY: A bill (H. R. 1466) granting a pension Also, a bill (H. R. 1507) granting an increase of pension. to to George W. Graves-to the Committee on Pensions. H. D. Jordan-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1467) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1508) granting an increase of pension to Hiram E. Monroe-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Elias McQuay~to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1468) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1500) granting an increase of pension to Morris B. Drake--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Caroline N. Lovejoy-to the Committee on Invalid Pensio-ns. . Also, a bill (H. R. 1469) gl'anting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1510) granting an increase of pension fu Nelson Munger-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Henrietta Buck-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1470) granting an increase of pension to Also, a biB (H. R. 1511) granting an increase of pension to Samuel Miles-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Cornelius A. Hallenbeck-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1471) granting an increase of pension to Also, a b-ill (H. R. 1512) granting an increase of pension to Lewis H. Leland-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Melvin T. Edmonds-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1472) granting an increa e of pension to Also. a bill (H. R. 1513.) to correct the military record of Alice E. Scott-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Jabez Lumbart-to the Committee. on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1473) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1514) to correct the military record ot Granville F. North-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Joel N. Sanford-to the Committee on Military Affairs. 70 CONGRESSIONAL- RECORD-HOUSE. DECEMBER 4, ! Also, a bill (H. R. 1515) to correct the military record of Also, a bill (H. R. 1553) granting an increase of pension to .; Hiram Eideneir-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Harvey J. Fulmer-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ( Also, a bill (H. R. 1516) to correct the military record of By Mr. GRANGER: A bill (H. R. 1554) granting an increase Henry S. Hunter-to the Committee on Military Affairs. of pension to Samuel B. Spinning-to the Committee on Invalid Also, a bill (H. R. 1517) to correct the military record of Pensions. . C. W. Thompson-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1555) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1518) to correct the military record of. Margaret Jane Lewis-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. George S. Groesbeck-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1556) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1519) to correct the military record of Susan Wigley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · · Henry Myers-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1557) granting an increase of pension Also, a bill (H. R. 1520) to correct the military record of to Frank J. Oatley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Jacob Betzer-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1558) granting an increase of pension to I By Mr. GARDNER of New Jersey: A bill (H. R. 1521) for Alfred Peabody-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the relief of Anna M. Mershon, administratrix of Daniel S. Also, a bill (H. R. 1559) granting a pension to John B. Ken­ Mershon, deceased-to the Committee on War Claims. ney-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1522) for the relief of Adolphus Yuncker­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1560) to remove the charge of desertion to the Committee on Military Affairs. against William H. Springer-to the Committee on Military Also, a bill (H. R. 1523) ~for the relief of William S. Schenck­ Affairs. to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1561) authorizing the Secretary of the Also, a bill (H. R. 1524) for the relief of William H. Cornell­ Navy to grant an honorable discharge to Peter O'Neil-to the to the Committee on Military Affairs. Committee on Naval Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1525) for the relief of Robert T. Short­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1562) authorizing the Secretary of War to to the Committee on Naval Affairs. grant an honorable discharge to Mathew J. Logan-to the Com­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1526) for the relief of George Davidson­ mittee on 1\Iilitary Aft'airs. to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1563) for the relief of Matthew J. Davis­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1527) granting a pension to Charlotte to the Committee on Claims. Ross-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1564) for the relief of Michael J. Murphy­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1528) granting a pension to Anna J. Ran­ to the Committee on Claims. dolph-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1565) for the relief of Theodore H. Also, a bill (H. R. 1529) granting a pension to Laura L. Bishop--to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Burke--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. GROSVENOR: A bill (H. R. 1566) granting an in­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1530) granting an increase of pension to crease of pension to Thomas Lowry-to the Committee on In- Sarah S. Woodward-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. valid Pensions. - Also, a bill (H. R. 1531) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1567) granting an increase of pension to Benjamin Wellman-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Edward Duffy-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1532) granting an increase of pension to .Also, a bill (H. R. 1568) granting an increase of pension to James M. Smith-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Seth Weldy-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a biU (H. R. 1533) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1569) granting a pension to Elizabeth Mur­ Wilbur F. Vannote--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ray-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1534) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1570) for the relief of James P. Barney­ Adam Weaber-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1535) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1571) for the relief of the legal representa­ Kemenskio A. N. L. Collins-to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ tives of Joseph White, deceased-to the Committee on War sions. Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1536) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1572) for the relief of Thomas W. Hig­ Frederick Burnwood-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. gins-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1537) granting an increase of pension to Thomas L. Forbis-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1573) for the relief of Priscilla R. Burns-=­ \ Also, a bill (H. R. 1538) referring the claim of the legal to the Committee on Claims. representatives of William T. Duvall, deceased, against the Also, a bill (H. R. 1574) granting an increase of pension to United States to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on Franklin Sampson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Claims. By Mr. HAMILTON: A bill (H. R. 1575) for the relief of · By Mr. GLASS: A bill (H. R. 1539) for the relief of Edward Hudson M. Harris-to the Committee on Military Affairs. S. Brown-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1576) for the relief of Joseph Johnson, By Mr. GOULDEN: A bill (II. R. 1540) for the relief of alias Sidney McKizzie--to the Committee on Military Affairs. Cl1arles Beers, sole surviving partner of the firm of Strauss, Also, a bill (H. R. 1577) for the relief of George H. White­ Bianchi & Co., of New York City-to the Committee on Claims. to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1541) for the relief of Charles Uerkvitz­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1578) fur the relief of Henry Ickes, alias to the Committee on Claims. William H. Burkett-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1542) to provide for a medal in commemo­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1579) for the relief of Jacob F. Banks-to ration of the services of Haym Salomon during the war of the the Committee on .Military Affairs. Revolution and to express recognition of the same--to the· Com­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1580) for the relief of Hiram Pegg-to the Jilittee on Military Affairs. Coinmittee on Military Affairs. . Also, a bill (H. R. 1543) granting a pension to Oscar C. Dun­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1581) granting a pension to Elmore Bard­ lap-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. man-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1544) granting a pension to George B. Also, a bill (H. R. 1582) granting a pension to William Behr­ Chapin-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. mann-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1545) granting a pension to Florence D. Also, a bill (H. R. 1583) for the relief of James and William Rafferty-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Crooks-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1546) granting a pension to Kate H. Mor­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1584) granting a pension to Roderick R. ris-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Ackley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also a bill (H. R. 1547) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. .1585) granting an increase of pension to \Villia~ A. Olmsted-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. George N. Dutcher-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. _ . Also a bill (H. R. 1548) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1586) granting an increase of pension to Emma' Leviness-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. w. M. Gaunt-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1549) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R.1587) for the relief of Elias Minnich-to the Louis H. Gein-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1550) to provide United States registry for Also, a bill (H. R. 1588) for the relief of Charles D. Wright­ · the steamer Success-to the Committee on the Merchant Marine to the Committee on Claims. and Fisheries. Also, a bill (H. R. 1589) granting an increase of pension to Also a bill (H. R. 1551) to provide United States registry for John C. Dillin-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the st~amer Marie-to the Committee on the Merchant Marine Also, a bill (H. R. 1590) for the relief of E. M. Chilson-to and Fisheries. the Committee on Military Affairs. By 1\!r. GRAHAM: A bill (H. R. 1552) granting a pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1591) for the relief of V. R. Hughner-to Annie 1\.I. C. McGeary-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Military Affairs.

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Also, a bill (H. R. 1592) granting a pension to Augustus H. - Alsot a bill (H. R. 1634) granting a pension to. Celina . M. Williams--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Bass-to the.· Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1593) granting a pension to Sarah K. Also, a bill (H. R. 1635) granting an increase of pension to Adams-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Anson R. Hodgkins~to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1594) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1636) granting an increase of pension to Lewis H. Sanford-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Edward J. Disbrow-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1595) granting nn increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1637) granting a pension to Mary J. James W. Humphrey-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Quirk-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1596) granting a pension to Catharine A. Also, a bill (H. R. 1638) granting a pension to Ellen W. Smith-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . Gallea-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R.1597) granting a pension to Perry Dunton- Also, a bill (H. R. 1639) granting an increase of pension to to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. - Joseph Rosa_:_to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1598) granting a pension to Margeret Also, a bill (H. R. 1640) granting a pension to Charlotte S. Johnson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Dunning-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1599) granting a pension to Frank Mead- Also, a bill (H. R. 1641) for the relief of Rev. George ·w. C. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Smith-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1600) granting a pension to A: Norwood- Also, a bill (H. R. 1642) for the relief of Myron Powers-to to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1601) granting a pension to :Mary E. Also, a bill (H. R. 1643) granting an increase of pension to Horton__.: to· the Committee on Invalid Pensions. .Calvin H. Parmer-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1602) granting a pension to Horace Boyd- Also, a bill (H. R. 1644) granting an increase of pension to to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Alexander C. M. Russell-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. ·1603) amending the record of John S. AI o, a bill (H. R. 1645) granting an increase of pension to Thomas, deceased-to the Comp1ittee on Military Affairs. Adolphus Bump-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1604) granting a pension to Isaiah H. Also, a bill (H. R. 1646) granting a pension to Ida Eubank-.­ Mitchell-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions: Also, a bill (H. R. 1605) for the relief of J. H. Rector-to Also, a bill (H. R. 1647) for the relief of the estate of the Committee on Military Affairs·. Joshua Hill, deceased-to the Committee on War Claims. . - . Also, a bill · (H. R. 1606) granting a pension to Susan Also, a bill (H. R. 1648) for the relief of the widow of Harri­ Stevens-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. son S. Weeks-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1607) granting an iricrease of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1649) granting a pension to John M. William L. Thornton-fo the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Hoisington-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also,· a bill (H. R. 1608) for the relief of John Hahn-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1650) granting an increase of pension to Committee on Military Affairs. Frank B. Watkins-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 1 Also, a bill (H: R. 1609) ·granting a pension to Sarah A. Also, a bill (H. R. 1651) granting .an increase of pension to Miller-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Alonzo Baxter-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. [ Also, ·a · bill (H. R. 1610) granting ai1 iricrease of _pension to By Mr. HASKiNS: A bill (H. R. 1652) granting a pension -to Harvey H. Austin-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Nahum C. Baker-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1611) granting a pension to· Julia Ann Also, a bill (R. R. 1653) granting an increase of pension to Xaggart-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Frank W. Weeks-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1612) granting a pension to Louise S. Also, a bill (B. R. 1654) granting an increase of pension to IT'homas-to the Committee on Invalid· Pensions. Carlos H .. Rich-to the Committee on-Invalid Pensions. Also, a -bill (H. R. 1613) for the relief ~f Samuel Barrow­ Also, a bill. (H. R.. 1655) granting an increase of pension to to the Committee on Military Affairs. Henry A. Wheeler-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1614) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1656) granting an increase of pension to Jacob H. Lynch-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · · ·. Henry H. Hatch--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1615) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1657) granting an increase of pension to Emory A. Wood-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · · Thomas J.. Miller-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. - Also, a bill (H. R. 1616) for the relief ·of Charles J. Gibbs­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1658) granting an increase of pension to to the .Committee on Military Affairs. George. l\I. Drake-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1617) granting a pension· to Ivy ' G. Ten Also, a. bill (H. R. 1659) granting an increase of pension to Broeck-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Royal Sanderson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, ~ a bill (H. R. 1618) guantlng a pension to Albert C. Also, a ,bill (H. R. 1660) granting an increase of pension to Sheldon-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 'Villiam H. Willey-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1619) for the relief of John Reed, alias Also, a bill (H. R. 1661) granting an increase of pension to Michael Flannigan-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Mary F. Day-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. - · -. Also, a bill (H. R. 1620) granting an increase of. pension to Also, a bill (H~ R. 1662) granting an increase of pension to ·Samuel H. Maxam-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Cutler. D. Sanborn-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. .. Also, a · bill (H. R. 1621). granting a pension to Adah A. Also, a bill (H. R. 1663) granting an increase of pension to -Helmer--to the Committee on Pensions. Orlando S. Osborn-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1622) granting a· pension to H. S. Chase- Also, a. bill (H. R. 1664) granting an increase of pension to to the .Committee on Invalid Pensions. . Lam·a E . .Marsh-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1623) granting a pension . to Eliza A. Also, a bill (H. R. 1665) granting an increase of pension to Burger-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · . ·· Frederick E. Hayward-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1624) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1666) granting an increase of pension. to James F. Mead-to. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Calvin L .. Cook-to the Comtnittee on Inva-lid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1625) granting an increase of pension .to Also, a bill (H. R. 1667) granting an increase of pension -to Augustus J'. Newton-to the Committee on Invalid .Pansions. Abram H. Hicks-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Also, a bill (H. R. 1626)' to restore to the pension roll Sarah Also, a bill (H. R. 1668) granting an increase of pension to J. Ayers-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Carroll A. McKnight-to the Committee on Invalid PepsiQns. Also, a bill (H. R. 1627) granting a pension to Elias Min­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1669) granting an increase of pension to . nich-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Ransom 0. Smith-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1628) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1670) granting an increase of pension to Mary B. Long-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . Loren S. Axtell-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1629) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1G71) granting an increase of pension-to Abram Rosa-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . Francis E. Brigham-to the Committee on In~alid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1630) for the relief of Thomas E. AI o, a bill (H. R. 1672) granting an increase of pension to Streeter,-to the Committee on War Claims. Jasper H. Perkins-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1631) for the relief of Fannie H. Chris- · Also, a bill (H. R. 1673) granting an increase of pension to topher~to the Committee on War Claims. · Jennie E. Edson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1632) granting a pension to Jerry B. Gil­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1674) granting an increase of penslon to son-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. William A. Eagleson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1633) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1675) granting an increase of pension . to Francis Goake-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Melissa S. Lee---:-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 72 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECEMBER4;

Also, a bill (H. R. 1676) granting an increase of pension to Also, .a bill .(H. R. 1717) granting an increase of. pension to Oliver H. Mackenzie-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.· George M. Fowler-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1677) granting an· increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1718) granting an increase of pension to Lovila. L. Hastings-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Charles· I. Krickbaum-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1678) granting an increase of pension .to Also, a bill (H. R. 1719) granting an increase of pensipn to William R. Livermore-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. William N. Whitlock-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. , Also, a bill (H. R. 1679) to remove the record of dishonorable Also, a bill (H. R. 1720) granting an increase of pension to dismissal from the military record of Henry A. Flint-to the James V. Morrill-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on Military Atrairs. . Also, a bill (H. R. 1721) granting an increas~ of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1680) for the relief of Nahum C. Baker-to James L. McGee-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Military Mairs. . . Also, a bill (H. R. 1722) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1681) to remove the record of dishonorable Ephriam Lewis-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. dismissal from the military record of Julius A. Morrill-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1723) grant~ng an . increase of pension to Committee on Military Affairs. · Rutson J. Bullock-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1682) to remove the charge of desertion Also, a bill (H. R. 1724) granting an increase of pension to from the military record of Norris W. Silver; alias Norman W. Horace W. Young-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Silver-to the Committee on Military .Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1725) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. HINSHAW: A bill (H. R. 1G83) granting a pension to Isaac D. Neihardt-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Frank Bougger-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . Also, a biH (H. R. 1726) granting an increase of pe~sion to Also, a bill (H. R. 1684) granting a pension to I. M. Wolf-to John Wesley Mosier-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. . R. 1727) _granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill H. R. 1685) granting an increase of pension to Swan .Swanson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions-. George W. Bedient-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R . .1728) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1686) granting an increase of· pension to George C. Vance-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. George S. McGregor-to the Committee· on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill . (H. R. 1729) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1687) granting an increase of pension to George W. Walden-to the Commit,tee on Invalid Pensions. James C. Daly-to the Committee on Pensions. . 1 Also, a bill (H. R. 1730) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1688) granting an increase of pension to Hanley B. Closson-to the Cpmmittee on Invalid Pensions. John W. 1.IcCauley-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1731) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1689} granting an increase of pension to Josiah D. Fye-to the Committee' on Invalid Pensions. . "\Yilliam A. Bailor-to the Committee on. Pensions. Also, a bill (:H. R. 1732) gran,ting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1690) granting an increase of pension to Isaiah Paisley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Harriet J. Cobbey-to the Committee on Invalid Pensiocs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1733) gran,ting an increase of pens~on to Alsa, a hill (H. R. 1691) granting an increase of pension to William C. Lambert-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. S. S. Andrews-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1734) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1692) granting an increase of pension to William H. Lee-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. J. R. Prentice-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1735) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1693) granting an increase of pension to Joel H. :Mastin-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Joseph Q. Oviatt-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 4-lso, a bill (H. R. 1736) granting_an increase of pension to Also, a bill" (H. R. 1694) granting an increase of pension to Charles A. Walker-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. George H. Bailey-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By :Mr. HITT: A .bill (H. ·R. 1'(37) to amend the military Also, a bill (H. R. 1695) granting an increase of pension to record of Joseph H. Gibler~to the Committee on Military Robert Reed-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1696) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1738) for _the relief of Sarah A. Clapp-to John Thompson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1697) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1739) for the relief of Joseph Leggett-to James H. Davidson-to the Committee on Invalid. Pensions. the Committee on War Claims. , Also, a bill (II. R. 1698). granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1740) granting an increase of pension tp Perry Emery-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Myron T. Spencer-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. -~ \ Also, a bill (H. R. 1699) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 174.1) granting a pension. to Magdalena James Batten-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Palmer-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1700) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1742) granting. an increase Qf pension to James H. Riddle-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Jonathan Daughenbaugh-to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1701) granting an increase of pension to sions. Loyard E. Benton-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. HOGG: A bill (H. R. 1743) granting a pension to Also, a bill' (H. R. 1702) granting an increase of pension to Cornelius J. Ballou-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Harvey Gamble-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1744) for the relief of George Ivers, of Also, a bill (H. R. 1703) granting an increase of pension to Boone, Pueblo County, Colo., administrator of William Ivers­ James McClay-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1704) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1745) for the relief of John H·. Alphin­ Osiah Attison-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1705) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1746) .for the relief of Daniel E. Kimball Fred Preisinger-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. and John H. Alphin-to the Committee on War Clai:I;ns. . Also, a bill (H. R. 1706) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1747) for the relief of Daniel E. Kimball­ George H. Washburn-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1707) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1748) for the relief of J, H. McDaniel--:- John Hamm-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Claims. . Also, a bill (H. R. 1708) granting an increase of pension to Also, a .bill (H. R. 1749) granting certain lands to the city of­ JohnS. Beardsley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Durango, Colo.-to the Committee on the Public Lands.. Also, a bill (H. R. 1709) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1750) to correct the military record of Amos B. P. :Munns-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Abbott-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1710) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. HOUSTON: A bill (H. R. 1751) for the relief of Jo­ Herman C. Smith-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. seph Thompson-to the Committee on"'War Claims. Also, a bill. (H. R, 1711) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. HOWELL of New Jersey: A bill (H. R. 1752) grant­ F. D. Garnsey-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ing an increase of pension to Hugh N. Lokerson-to the Commit­ Also, a bill (H~ R. 1712) granting an increase of pension to tee on Invalid Pensions. Jacob W. Roby-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. HUGHES: A bill (H. R. 1753) granting an increase Also, a bill (H. R. 1713) granting an increase of pension to of pension to James W. Ward-to the Committee on Invalid John B. Munshaw-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Pensions. . Also, a bill (H. R. 1714) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1754) granting a pension to William Nel- William D. Purcell-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. son-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . Also, a -bill (H. R. 1715) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1755) for the relief of West Virginia State William G. Winslow-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. troops-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. , . Also, a bill (H. R. 1716) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1756) for the relief of James M. Olouston­ Isaac Davis-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on War Claims. 1905. CONGRESSIONAL REC-ORD--HOUSE. _

-Also, a bill (H. R. 1757) for the relief of James M. Stephen-. Also,- a bill (H. R. 1795) -granting an increase of pension to son, of Point Pleasant, W. Va.-to the Committee on War Sarah A. Davis-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Claims. · · · Also, a bill (H. R. 1796) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1758) for the relief of John H. Snyder-to John Shadle-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1797) granting a pension to James H. Also, a bill (H. R. 1759) for the relief of John Morgan's Cole-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. heirs-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1798) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1760) for the relief of Thomas McCal­ JohnS. G. Sperry-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Iister-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1799) for the relief of heirs of Mrs. Tel­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1761) for the relief of F. F. Morris-to the lisse W. Wilson-to the Committee on War Claims. Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1800) granting a pension to Eliza J. Ingle­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1762) for the relief of Turman V. Ore­ to the Committee on lnvaliu Pensions. means-to the Committee on Military Affairs. -Also, a bill -(H. R. 1801) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1763) for the relief of Leroy Douglass-to Horace Kemerson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Claims. · . Also, a bill (H. R. 1802) correcting the record of Elisha C. Also, a bill (H. R. 1764) for the relief of William H. Jones­ Bierce-to the Committee on Military Affairs. to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1803) granting a pension to George S. Also, a bill (H. R 1765) for the relief ot J. H. Copenhaven, Taylor-to the Committee on Pensions. administrator of Bayliss G. Farley, deceased-to the Committee By Mr. JENKINS: A bill (H. R. 1804) granting a pension to on War Claims. Mary McCarty-to the Committee on· Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1766) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. JONES of Virginia: A bill (H. R. -1805) granting an John T. Stone-to the Committee on Pensions. increase of pension to Henrietta V. West-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 1767) granting an increase of pension to Invalid Pensions. · J. H. Marcum-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1806) for the relief of Sarah Ann Collins Also, a · bill (H: R. 1768) granting an increase of pensiori to and Lauretta Turlington-to the Committee on Pensions. George W. Childers-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1807) for the relief of the Downings AI o, a bill (H. R. 1769) granting an Increase of pension to Methodist Episcopal Church South, of Oakhall, Va.-to the George W. Lawhern~to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on War Claims. Also, a bilf (H. R. 1770) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. JONES of Washington: A bill (H. R. 1808) for the William Large-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. relief of J. J. L. Peel-to the Committee ·on Claims. .· · Also, a bill (H. R. 1771) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1809) ·granting a pension to Lena Mc­ James Clay-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Nabb-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1772) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. KETCHAM: A bill (H. ·R. 1810) granting an increase James C. Plybon-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. of pension to James E. Post-to the Committee on Invalid Also, a bill (H. R. 1773) granting a pension toP. S. Cook-to Pensions. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. KINKAID: A bill (H. R. 1811) granting an increase Also, a bill (H. R.· 1774) granting a pension to Charles Dil­ of pension to John B. Coleman-to the Committee on Invalid lon-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Pensions.- · Also, a· bill (H. R. 1775) granting a pension to Alexander Also, a bill (H. R. 1812) granting an increase of pension to Kinnison-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · George E. Knapp-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1776) granting a pension to John Muck May- Also, a bill· (H. R. 1813) granting a pension to Fannie Moy­ nard-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · nahan-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H; R. 1777) granting a pension· to John Bartram­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1814) granting a pension to Caleb Shreve­ to the Committee on Invalid Pensio·ns. to the Committee on Invalid 'Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1778) granting a pension to J. L. Jennings­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1815) granting an increase of pension to to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. J. B. Dickson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensiorul. Also, a bill (H. R. 1779) granting a pension to Daniel Per­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1816) granting an increase of pension to dew-to the Committee on Invalid· Pensions. Norman I. Squires-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1780) granting a pension toW.· B. Cook­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1817) .granting an increase of pension to to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. JohnS. McCammon-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill ( Ii. R. 1781) to remove charge of desertion from Also, a bill (H. R. 1818) granting an increase of pension to record of Jesse Ford-to the Cominittee on Military Affairs. John G. Snook-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1782) to remove the charge of desertion Also, a bill (H. R. 1819) granting an increase of pension to from record of Jeft'erson Mullins-to the Committee on Military Thomas H. Ewing-to the Committee on· Invalid Pensions. Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1820) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1783) to remove the charge of desertion William Little-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. from the record of John W. Shelton-to the Committee on Mili- Also, a bill- (H. R. 1821) granting an increase of pension to tary Affairs. · Eli Burton-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1784) to remove the charge of desertion Also, a bill (H. R. 1822) granting an increase of pension to from· record of S. B. Miller-to the Committee on Military Af-· Samuel H. Davis-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · fairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1823) granting an ·increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1785) to remove charge of desertion from John M. Bayley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. records of War Department against William B. Meade-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 1824) granting a pension to Peter R. Committee on Mill tary Affairs. Crum-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1786) to remove charge of desertion from Also, a bill (H. R. 1825) granting a pension to Walter Dona­ the records of War Department against James· T. Billups-to hue-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill- (H. R. 1826) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. HULL: A bill (H. R. 1787) granting an increase of William H. Andrews-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. pension to Joseph M. West-to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1827) granting a pension to Wesley An.n sions. Dodd-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1788) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill . (H. R. 1828) granting a pension to Rosina Bres­ William D. Christy-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. tel-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1789) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1829) granting a pension to Ransom B. Jacob Shade-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Hunter-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1790) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1830) granting an increase of pension to William H. Anderson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. George Sowerwine-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1791) granting an increase of pension· to Also, a bill (H. R. 1831) granting an increase of pension to John J. Draper-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.·· Lucinda Smith-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1792) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1832) granting an increase of pension to Roswell Harris-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Gustavus A. Hess-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1793) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1833)" granting an increase of pension to Playford Gregg-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. W. E. McRobert-to· the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1794) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1834) granting an increase of pension to Robert McNulty-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Ann E. McGrew-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 74 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE~ D ECEMBER 4~

Also, a bill (H. R. 1835) granting an uicrease of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1874) granting a pension .to Georg~ Mott~ Edmund Doran---'-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ram-to the Committee on Pensions. - - .1 Also, a bill (H. R. 1836) granting an increase of pension to .Also, a bill (H. R. 1875) granting an increase of pension to ( Hiram B. Thomas-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. John M. Moore-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1837) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1876) granting an increase of pension to William F. Jackson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Alice S. Shepard-to the Committee on Pensions. · Also, a bill (H. R. 1838) granting an increase of pension to .Also, a bill (H. R. 1877) granting a pension to Esther Ball- Asa J. Clother-to the Committee on ln'talid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ' Also, a bill ·(H. R. 1839) granting an increase of pension to .Also, a bill (H. R. 1878) granting a pension to Mary A. Al­ John W. Ervine--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. bright-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. '1840) granting an ·increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1879) granting an increase of pension to Hiram S. Kingsley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ­ Ma1·tin Braun-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Also, a bill (H. R. 1841) granting a pension to Jane Sloan­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1880) granting an increase of pension to to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Hezekiah Swartout-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bUl (H. R. 1842) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1881) granting an increase of pension to J ohn A. Davidson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. _ Francis M. Beebe-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1843) granting an increase of i>ei+sion to Also, a bill (H. R. 1882) granting an increase of pension to Andrew J. Snowden-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Henry Jacques-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1844) granting an increa.'!le of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1883) granting an increase of pension to Holowell W. Kinney-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. .. Mary I. Lester-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1845) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R: 1884) granting an incrMse of pension to Ro}}ert Buckner-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Robert E. Purcell-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1846) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1885) granting an increase of pension to John G. Richardson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. J. B. Van Petten-to· the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1847) granting a pension to Charles C. Also, a bill (H. R. 1886) granting an increase of pension to Jeffers-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. George W. Smith-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1848) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. HALE: A bill (H. R. 1887) granting a pension_ to Solon C. Morgan-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Joseph Brooks-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1849) granting a pension to William C. Also, a bill (H. R. 1888) granting a pension to William. T. Wilson-to the Committee•on Invalid Pensions. Scandlyn-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. - .Also, a bill (II. R. 1850) granting an increase of peD:Sion to Also, a bill (H. R. 1889) granting an increase of pension to Edward W. Thomas-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. William .M:. Shultz-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (II. R. 1851) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1890) granting an increase of pension to Ralph D. Parsons-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Adam Leak-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. .Also, a bill (H. R. 1852) granting a pension to William ~· Also, a .bill (H. R: 1891) granting a pension to Simeon York­ Moody~ the Committee on Im·aUd Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. .Also, a bill (H. R. 1853) granting an .inc,rea.se of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1892) granting an increase of pension to William J. Johnson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensiop.s. James P. Stinnett-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions . .Also, a bill (H. R. 1854) granting an increase of pe~ion to .Also, a bill (H. R. 1893) granting an increase of pension tO Philo J. Green-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Henry C. Maxwell_:_to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. .A lso, a bill (H. R. 1855) granting ·an increase of .pension to Also, a bill (H. :a,. 1894) granting ~ increase ~f pension to John S. Benjamin-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. William N. Mabry-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (IJ. .R. 1856) granting an increase of pension to Al!W, a bill (H.. .R. 1895) granting a pension to H. Edward Seth Raymond-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Goetz-to the Committee on Pensions. . Also, a bill (H. R. 1857) granting a pension to Emeline Also, a -bill {H. R. 1896) granting an increase of .pension to Malone-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. John J. Duff-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . Also, a bill (H. R. 1858) granting an increase of pension to Also, a. bill (H. .R. 1897) granting an increase of pension to Jame.s _Jacops-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. William R. Duncan-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1859) granting an increase of pension to Also, .a bill (H. R 1&98) granting an increase of pension to George T. B. Carr-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. James S. Yarnell-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. _ Also, a bill (H. R. 1860) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill' (H. R. 1899) for the relief of Isaac A. Duncan­ Philip Bessor-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the .Committee on War Claims. . Also, a bUl (H. R. 1861) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1900) for the relief of the personal repre­ David Cool-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . sentatives of John Gates, deceased-to the Committee on War . Also, a bi_ll (H. R. 1862) granting a pension to D. Y. Mears­ Claims. to the Committee on Pensions. .Also, a 'bill (H. R. ,1901) for the relief_of Charles Bauin_:_to . Al.SQ, a bi)} (H. R. 1863) for the relief of l\1. A. McCafferty­ the Committee on War Claims. _ .. . to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1902) granting an increase of pension to _ AlSQ, a bill (H. R. ;1.864:) granting a pension to Julia A. Mar- Gilbert Ford-to the Committee on Invalid-Pensions. · low-to the Committee on Pensions. _ Also·,. a . bill (H. R. 1903) granting an .increase of pension to _ Also, . a ·bill (H. R. 1865) granting a pension to George Joseph M. Squibb-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ·Evans-to the Committee on. Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1904) granting an increase ·of·pension to --Also, a bill (H. R. 1.866) to pay Thomas Madden, of Chadron, Nelson R. Satterlee-to the CQ.mmittee on Invalid Pensions. Nebr., $9,400 for damages sustained on account of depredations Also, a bill (H. R. 1905) granting a pension to Linttie Stua ·t perpetrated by .Ogalalla Sioux Indians in the year 1870, in the Toms-to the Committee on Jnvalid Pensions. . State of Colorado, without proof of his naturaliz::ttion as a By Mr. HILL of Connecticut: A bill (H. R.. 1906) granting n citizen of the United States, he being of .foreign birt~to the pension to Elbert E. Wilson-to the Committee on ~valid Pen- Cou:un,ittee on Indian Affairs. sions. . Also, ~ pill (II. R. 1867) to grant to homesteaders Qn the Also,. a bill (H. R. 1907) granting a pension to Robert Hop.: F ort Randall Military Reservati-on, in Boyd County, Nebr., and kins-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Gregory County, S. Dalr., a second homestead right-to t])e Com­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1908) granting a pension to Guy W. mittee on the Public J.,ands. Rowe-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. - By Mr. KLINE: A bill (H. R. 1868) gl.·anting an increase of Also, a bill (H. R. 1909) granting a pension to Alexander Mil­ pen ion to Perry Egge-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions: · ler-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. KNAPP: A bill (H. R. 1869) to correct tl:le military .Also,' a bill (H. R. 1910) granting a pension to Andrew H. record of Asb.er Branch-:-to the Commi .tt~ on Military Affairs. Nichols-to the Committee on. Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1870) granting a p~nsion to Charlotte EJ. Also, a bill (H. R. 1911) grantiJ?,g a pension to Harriet E .. Brockway-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Grogan-to the Committee on Pensions. _ Also, a bill (H. R. 1871) granting an ipcrease of pension to - .Also, a bill (H. ~. 1912) grantmg a pension_to Julia A. Pow­ Alonzo Cooper-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ell-to the Committee on Pension&_. Also, a bill (ll. R. 1872) gr_anting a _pension to 1\lary Florence Also a bill (H. R. 1913) granting an increase of pension to Da'Venport-to the Committee _on Pensions. . .Charles H. Conley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . AI o, a bill (H. R. 1873) to pay Orville J. Jennings, .of Ful­ Also a bill (H. R. 1914) for the relief .of the representatives ton, N .. Y.., for work done ~der contract of Ma,rcb 25, .1889- of M. F. Merritt, deceased-to the Committee <;m War ClaiiiJ$. to the Committee on Claims. By 1\Ir. OTJEN: A bill (H. R. 1915) to refund certain taxes 1905. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 75

paid by the Fred Miller Brewing Company, of Milwaukee, chilfuen of john W. Geering, deceased-to the Committee on Wis.-to the Committee on Claims. Claims. . Also, a bill (H. R. 1916) to refund to city of Milwaukee Also, a bill (H. R. 1951) to refer to the Court of Claims the t;noney expended by said city in paving Wisconsin street in war claims of the State of California-to the Committee on front of the United States Government property-to the Com­ Claims. mittee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 1952) granting a pension to Axel A. M. By Mr. McCREARY of Pennsylvania: A bill (H. R. 1917) Natt och Dag-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. for the relief of the Corn Exchange National Bank of Phila­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1953) granting a pension to Susan S. delphia, Pa.-to the Committee on Claims. Theall-to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. ROBERTS: A bill (H. R. 1918) to amend the records By Mr. LAFEAN: A bill (H. R. 1954) for the relief of Israel on file at the War Department-to the Committee on Military Yount-to the Committee on War Claims. Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1955) for the relief of F. X. Smith, Son & . By Mr. WATSON: A bill (H. R. 1919) for the relief of Wil­ Co.-to the Committee on Claims. liam E. Murray-to the Committee on Claims. Also, ~ bill (H. R. 19D6) to authorize the President to place · Also, a bill (H. R. 1920) to remove the charge of desertion the name of Adam K. Baylor on the retired list of the United against John C. Partlow-to the Committee on Military Affairs. States Navy with the rank of mate, United States Navy-to tlie Also, a bill (H. R. 1921) granting an honorable discharge to Committee on Naval Affairs. Thomas Weaver-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 1957) granting a pension to Joseph Glas­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1922) to provide compensation for injuries sic-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. received by George E. O'Hair, of Indianapolis, Ind., at Ford's Also, a bill (H. R. 1958) granting a pension to Ida L. and Theater disaster, which occurred June 9, 1893--to the Commit­ Clara H. Winters-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. tea on Claims. Also, a bill {H. R. 1959) granting a pension to Harry H. Also, a bill (H. R. 1923) granting a pension to Henrietta Herbst-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . Bennett-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1960) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill {H. R. 1924) granting a pension to Martha J. Conrad Laukenman-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Grose--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1961) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill {H. R. 1925) granting a pension to Rebecca J. H. Emma Chenoweth-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Rupe--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill {H. R. 1962) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1926) granting a pension to Sarah E. George C. Meyers-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. McCormack-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1963) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1927) granting ali increase of pension to John Rauch-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. John Burkhardt-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1964) to correct the military record of Also, a bill (H. R. 1928) granting an increase of pension to Edward T. Lewis-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Jemima Carland-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1965) to correct the military record of Also, a bill (H. R. 1929) granting an increase of pension to George I. Spangler-to the Committee on Military Affairs. . David C. Benjamin-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. LAMB: A bill {H. R.-1966) for the relief of Letitia Also, a bill {H. R. 1930) granting an increase of pension to Tyler Semple--to the Committee 'Qn Claims. Noah Jarvis-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. LINDSAY: A bill {H. R. 1967) granting an increase Also, a bill (H. R. 1931) granting an increase of pension to of pension to Joseph Baker-to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ John Thrasher-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. sions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1932) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1968) granting an increase of pension to James M. Gwinn-to the Committee on invalid Pensions. John Monroe--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1933) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1969) granting an increase of pension to John II. Kirby-to the Committee on· Invalid Pensions. Christian Petersen-to the Cm;nmittee on Invalid Pensions. . Also, a bill {H. R. 1934) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill {H. R. 1970) granting an increase of pension to Ben L. Smith-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. John Huss-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1935) ~ranting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1971) granting an increase of pension to Harriet J. Sparks-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Melville A. Smith-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1936) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1972) granting an increase of pension to Martin Ottinger-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Stephen Gillon-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1937) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1973) ·granting an increase of pension to Joseph B. Williams-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Samuel B. Marshall-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill {H. R. 1938) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1974) granting an increase of pension to Thomas B. Foutty-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. William R. P. Foale--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1939) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1975) granting an increase of pension to William F. Limpus-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. William House--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. .Also, a bill (H. R. 1940) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1976) granting an increase of pension to Elwood Cook-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. George T. Waring-to the Committee on_ Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1941) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1977) granting a pension to Emma C. An­ Jonathan Harlan-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. derson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1942) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. LITTAUER: A bill (H. R. 1978) granting an in­ John W. Hannah-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. crease of pension to Harry C. Thorne--to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 1943) granting an increase of pension to Invalid Pensions. Anna Bennett-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1979) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1944) granting an increase of pension to Amanda L. Hill-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Joshua F. Spurlin-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1980) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 1945) granting an iricrease of pension to Edward Coward-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Henry M. Endsley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1981) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. HILL of Connecticut: A bill {H. R. 1946) granting an Martin V. Butler-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. increase of pension to James A. Sproull-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 1982) granting a pension to Ada Collins­ Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. MEYER: A bill (H. R. 1947) for the relief of the Also, a bill (H. R. 1983) granting a pension to MaryS. Hough­ heirs of Victor Faisans-to the Committee on War Claims. tailing-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. MACON : A bill (H. R. 1948) to carry into effect the Also, a bill (H. R. 1984) granting a pension to Charles P. findings of the Court of Claims in case of the claim of Joel G. I..10unsbury-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Higgins, Brand Higgins, and estate of Annie G. Higgins, de­ Also, a bill (H. R. 1985) to correct the military record of ceased-to the Committee on War Claims. David R. Blessing-to the Committee on :Military Affairs. By Mr. LAFEAN: A bill (H. R. 1949) authorizing the Secre­ By Mr. LLOYD: A bill (H. R. 1986) granting an increase of tary of War to procure medals for the members or the legal pension to Morris Bennett-to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ heirs of the deceased members of the Worth Infantry and York sions. Rifles, who were the first fully armed and equipped soldiers to Also, a bill (H. R. 1987) to remove the charge of desertion do active service in response to President Lincoln's call for from the military record of John H. Lash-to the Committee 75,000 volun-teers, and for other purposes-to the Committee on on Military Affairs. Military Affairs. By Mr. LORIMER: A bill (H. R. 1988) for the relief of the By Mr. KAHN: A bill (H. R. 1950) for the relief of the minor heirs of Charles A. Folsom-to the Committee on War Claims. 76 CONGRESSIONAL REOORD-HOUSE. DECEMBER 4,

AJso, a bill (H. R. 1989) !or the relief of Katie O'Brien-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 2030) granting a pension to Isaac E. Shep~ Committee on Claims. ardson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1990) for the l'elief of Edward Lauten­ Also, a bill {H. R. 2031) granting a pension to Lydia A. sc.hla.eger-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Magoon-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1991) for . the relief of Maurice Lang­ Also, a bi.ll {H. R. 2032) granting a pension to Sarah A. Me~ borne-to the Committee on .Military Atl'airs. Inerney-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1992) for the relief of Valentine Lapham­ Also, -a bHl (H. R. .2033) granting a pension to George 0. to the Committee on Claims·. Peterson-to the Committee on Pensions. A1so, a bill (H. R. 1993) granting a pension t"O Frank B. Ha­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2034) granting a pension to Cora F. zleton-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 1\fitchell..-..to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1994) granting a pension to M. R. Clark­ Also, a bill (H. R~ 203.5) granting a pension to Richmond L. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Weston-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1995) granting a pension to Jane Herr­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2036) granting a pension to Louisa Staf­ to the Committee on Pensions. ford-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1996) granting m increase of pension to Also, -a bill (H. R. 2037) granting an increase of pension to George A. Foster-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. John Coleman-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1997) granting an in"Crease of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2038) granting an increase of pension to S . .C. H. Smith-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. James Cushing Phillips-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1998) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2039) granting an increa e of pension to J. W. Cheney-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mary E. Chamberlain-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 1999) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2040) granting an increase of pension to John Hopper-to the Committee on Pensions. Charles W. Lovejoy-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2000) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2041) granting an increase of pension to Skeffington Thompson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Albert S. Shepard-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2001) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2042) granting an increase of pension to Lewis .P. Berry-to the CommHtee on Invalid Pensions. Shepard F. Easton-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2002) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2043) granting an increase of pension to James Buggie-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Annie Fitzpatrick-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2003) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2044) granting an increase .of pension to Emma R. Wallace-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Bernard Glancy-to the Committee on Invalid P.ensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2004) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2045.) granting an increase .of pension to William H. Wil on-to the Committee on Pensions. . Abbie A. Durant-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2005) granting an in<:!rease of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2046) granting an increase of pension to Charles H. Kirk-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. James F. Walsh-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2006) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2047) granting an increase of pension to Florence B. Knight---to the Committee on Invalid Pensions~ Nahum A. Gurney-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. , Also, a bill (H. R. 2007) grunting an increase .of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2048) granting an increase of pension to Manning D. Birg-e--to the CoiD.IIiittee on Invalid Pensions. John J. Cooper-to tbe Committee on lnvalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. ·2008) granting an increase .of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2049) granting an increase of pension to William H. Barlow-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Henry Arey-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, ,a bill (H. R. 2009) granting an increase !Of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2050) granting an increase of pension to JaneS. Minor-to the Committee .on P.ensions. Irven Lane-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill .(H. R 2010) to remove the charge :Of desertion Also, a bill (H. R. 2051) granting an increase of pension to from the military record of Samuel Baird-to the Com.m,.ittee Benjamin H. Lane-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. .on Military .Affairs. Also~ a bill (H. R. 2052.) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. LOUDENSLAGER; A bill (H. R. 2011) grmting·an Frederick Swett-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ln.crease of pension to John Lezenby-to tbe Committee on AJso, a bill (H. R. 2053.) granting an increase of pension to Invalid Pensions. Annie A. Townsend-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, .a biU .(H. R. 2012) granting an. increase of pension to Also, a bill . (H.. R. 2054) granting an increase {)f pension to William Wilson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions~ Ralph A. Adams-to the Committee ·on Pensions. Also, n. bill (H. R. 2013) to .correct the rnilitary record of Also, a bill (H. R. 2055) granting an increase of pension to John H. Hoagland-to the Committ-ee on Military Aff.air.s. Joanna Cox--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2014) granting an increase of pension to .AJ.so, a bill (H. R. 2056) granting an increase of pension to Enoch McCab-e-to tbe Committee on Inyalid Pensions. Lucas Longendyke-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By .Mr. LOVERING: A bill (H. R. 2015) for the relief of Also, a bill (H. R~ 2057) granting an increase of pension to Charles Speare-to the Committee on War Claims. · Edward F. Bassett-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions: Also, a bill {H. R. 2016) for the r~lie,f of Harrison Loring­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2058) granting an increa e of pension to to the Committee on War Claims. William Vericker-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R . .2017) for the relief of Alberth Pires-to Also, .a bill (H. R. 2059) granting an increase of pension to the Committee on Military Affairs. · Jerome Washburn-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. .Also, a bill (H. R. 2018) for the relief of WilUam Arthur-to Also, a bill (H. R. 2060) granting an increa e of pension to the Committee on l\!llitary Affair . John Farrell-to the Committee on Invalid Penslons. Also, a bill (H. R. 2019) for the relief of Harry D, Nicker­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2061) granting an increase of pension to son- to the Committee on War Claims. Charles W. Brown-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2020) granting a pension to Penny F. A.lso, a bill (H. R. 2062) granting an increase of pension to Stephens-to the Committee on Pen ions. Henry Humble-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill {H. R. 2021) granting a pension to GeoTgiana M. Also, .a bill (H. R. 2063) granting an increa.se of pension to ~·row-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. James H. Williams-to the Committee on Invalid Pension. Al o, a bill (H. R. 2022) granting a pension to Orange S. Also, a bill (H. R. 2064) grantiJ:lg an increase of pension to Prutt;....-to the Committee on Invalid .Bensions. Daniel Sullivan-to the Committee on Invalid P.ensions. AI o, a bill (tl. R. 2023) gran.ting a pension to Charles w. Also, a bill (H. R. 2065) granting an increase of pen ion to .Sn:llth-to the Committee on Invalid P-ensions. M . .Maria F. Fish--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2024) granting a pension to Lewis Gould· Also, a bill (H. R. 2066) to remove the charge or desertion ing-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. from the military record of Samuel Smith-to the Committee Also, a bill ,(H. R. 2025) granting a pension to Kate Howard­ on Military Affairs. , to the Committee on Pen ions. Also, a bill {H. R. 2007) to remove the charge of de ertion · Also, a bill (II. R. 2026) granting -a pension to Frank Dixon­ from the military record of Sanford K. Knox-to the Committee to the Oommittee .on Invalid Pensi.ons. on ~fili tary Affairs. , AI o, a hlll (H. R. 2027) granting a pension to .Elizabeth A. Also, a bill (H. R. 2008) to remove the charge of desertion Hatch-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. from the military record of Timothy Reed-to the Committee Also, a bill {H. R . .2028) granting a pension to -Charles F. on Military .Aft'ID.rs. Stetson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. .Also, a bill (H. R. 2069) to remove the charge of desertion Also, a bill (H. R. 2029) granting a pension to Joseph W. from the ..military record of Fred A. Miller-to the Committee .Clift-t"O the .Committee .on Invalid Pensions. on Military Affairs. 1905. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 77

Also, a bill (H. R. 2070) to remove the charge of desertion Also, a bill (H. R. 2108) granting a pension to Mattie Settle- from the military record of John W. Curtis-to the Committee mire-to the Committee on Pensions. on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2109) granting a pension to T. P. All- Also, a bill (H. R. 2071) to correct the military record of mond-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Frederic E. Fiske-to the Committee on l\filitary Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2110) granting a pension to Ella Whitting- Also, a bill (H. R. 2072) granting arrears of pension to ton-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. H. Morris Husband-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2111) granting a pension to Angeline Also, a bill (H. R. 2073) for the relief of Andrew H. Russell Buckley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. and· William R. Livermore-to the Committee on Patents. Also, a bill (H. R. 2112). granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2074) to grant jurisdiction and authority Michael McManus-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Court of Claims to adjudicate the claim of Jacob B. Also, a bill (H. R. 2113) granting an increase of .pension to Phillips against the United States-to the Committee on Claims. L. B. Jackson-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (II. n. 2075) to authorize the United States Com- Also, a bill (H. R. 2114) granting an increase of pension to missioner of Fish and Fisheries to convey certain lands to Benjamin Bibb-to the Committee on Pensions. Joseph S. Fay, jr., Sarah B. Fay, and Henry H. Fay-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 2115) granting an increase of pension to Committee on the :Merchant Marine and Fisheries. David B. Withrow-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By 1\fr. McCREARY of Pennsylvania: A bill (H. R. 2076) Also, a bill (H. R. 2116) granting an increase of pension to granting a pension to Arthur Kennedy-to the Committee on Daniel Hayes-to the Committee on Pensions. Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2117) to compensate the Baptist Church at Also, a bill (H. R. 2077) granting a pension to Charles Helena, Ark., for destruction of its building during the late war Moyer-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. by the Federal Army-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2078) granting a pension to Eliza Romig- By l\Ir. MARSHALL: A bill (H. R. 2118) for the relief of to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the estates of Aaron Van Camp and Virginius P. Chapin-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 2079) granting a pension to George \V. Committee on Claims. Wood-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. MAHON: A bill (H. R. 2119) authorizing the Secre- Also, a bill (H. R. 2080) granting an increase of pension to tary of War to bestow a medal of honor upon Maj. J. 0. Skin- Sidney A. Asson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Iner, surgeon, United States Army retired-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 2081) granting an increase of pension to Military Affairs. ' Kate Park ~umphreys-to the C<:mmitte~ on lnvalid Pe~sions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2120) granting an increase of pension to Also, a btll (H. R. 2082) grantrng an mcrease of pensiOn to Parmer Stewart~to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Siotha Beru:ett-to the Committee. on In,v.alid Pensions. . By 1\fr. MEYER: A bill (H. R. 2121) for the relief of the Also, a bill (H. R. 2083) gr3!ltmg an mcr:ease of. pensiOn to Stone, Sand and Gravel Company, of New Orleans, La., and the Thomas A. :Black-to the Comm1tt~e on I~vahd PensiOns. . surety for the performance of its contract with the Government Also, a bil~ (II. R. 2084) gra~ting an mere:; e of I?ens10n to for diverting the mouth of the Yazoo River near Vicksburg-to Thomas Ma~nley-to the Committee on Invali.d. Penswns. the Committee on Claims. Al~o, a _bill (H. R. 2085). to corr~t. the mill~ry record of By Mr. MOON of Tennessee: A bill (H. R. 2122) for the re- Calvm Hou~h-to the Committee on 1\filltary ~~Irs. lief of W. P. Quails-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (II. R. 2086) t? correct ~~e mihtar~ record of Also, a bill (H. R. 2123) for the relief of Jesse Walling-to George F. Peale--to the Comnnttee on l\fthtary Affmrs. the Committee on War Claims Also, a bill (H. R. 2087) to correct the military record of John . .' . . Flaherty-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also,. a bill (H: ~- 2124) f~>r the relief of E. P. Gibson-to the By Mr. McKI:!\Tf;EY of Illinois: A bill (H. R. 2088) granting Comimttee .on Military ~airs. . . . an increase of pen ion to Sewal A. Edwards-to the Committee Also, a bill (~. R. 2125) for the relief of Sarah ~rabtree and on Invalid Pensions. the. estate of Ell Crabtree, deceased-to the Committee on War Also, a bill (H. R. 2089) granting an increase of pension to Clmms. . . . Laura J. Forbes-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bil~ (H. R. 2126) ~or the relief of Sarah Crabtree- Also, a bill (H. R. 2090) granting an increase of pension to to the Oomr~:nttee on War Olarms. . . Ellen M. Brant-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a ~Ill (H. R .. ~127) for .the relief of James Nipper-to Also, a bill (H. R. 2091) granting an increase of pension to the Commi~ee on l\lihtary Affmrs. . Elizabeth F. Peddecord-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a ~Ill (H. R .. 2.128) for t:Jie relief of Isom M. Quails-to Also, a bill (II. R. 2092) granting an increase of pension to the Commt!±ee on Military Affatrs. . . Franklin M. Hill-to the Committee on Invalid Pensione. Also, a ~Ill (H. R. 2129) ~or the relief of Lydia A. Newby-to Also, a bill (H. R. 2093) granting a pension to Sarah A. the Commi!fee on War Claims. . . Pitt-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also,. a bill (~ .. R. 2130) ~or the relief of C. W. Biese-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 2094) granting a pension to Alice P. Committee ~m Military Affrurs. . 'Auer-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. AI o, a bill (H. R. 2131) for the rehef of James A. Lance- A! o, a bill (II. R. 2095) to correct the military record of to the Co~ittee on Military Affairs.. Norman B. Roberts-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2132) for the rehef of the estate of George Also, a bill (H. R. 2096) for the relief of W. s. Carpenter- P. Carmichael, deceased-to the Committee on War Claims. to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2133) for the relief of the estate of Burrell Also a bill (II. R. 2097) to remove the chm·o-e of desertion L. Bennett, deceased-to the Committee on War Claims. from the record of Frank Gaffney, late of the ~boat Orusade1·, Also, a bill (H. R. 2134) for t~e relief of the e~tate of John in war of the rebellion-to the Committee on Naval Affairs. A. Heard, deceased-to the Oomllllttee on War Claims. By Mr. McNARY: A bill (H. R. 2098) granting an increase of Also, a bill (H. R. 2135) for the relief of the estate of Louisa pension to James F. Merrill-to the Committee on Invalid Pen- M. Kirklin, deceased-to the Committee on War Claims. sions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2136) for the relief of George W. Penney Also, a bill (H. R. 2009) granting a pension to Maurice 0. and the heirs of Thomas Penney, deceased-to the Committee on Flanigan-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2100) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2137) for the relief of the trustees of Hiram Wilde-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Hennegan's Chapel, Methodist Episcopal Church South, of Dun- Also, a bill (H. R. 2101) granting a pension to Francis lap, Sequatchie County, •renn.-to the Committee on War Murphy-to the Committee on Pensions. Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2102) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2138) for the relief of the estate of Lewis Eugenia Tilburn-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Patterson, deceased-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By 1\Ir. MACON: A bill (H. R. 2103) for the relief of James Also, a bill (H. R. 2139) for the relief of Mrs. E. L. Eblen- H. Rodgers-to the Committee on Claims. to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2104) for the relief of the heirs of John Also, a bill (H. R. 2140) for the relief of Sarah E. Aber- McAnulty, deceased-to the Committee on War Ch'lims. nathy, ·widow of J. J. Abernathy-to the Committee on War Also, a bill (II. R. 2105) for the relief of Thomas D. Ruffin, I Claims. of Woodruff County, Ark.-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2141) for the relief of R. H. Sively-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 2106) for the relief of Henry P. Grant, of Committee on Military Affairs.

Phillips County, Ark.-to the Committee on Claims. 1 Also, a bill (H. R. 2142) for the relief of D. J. Rogers-to Also, a bill (H. R. 2107) for the relief of the Old Scbool Ithe Committee on War Claims. Presbyterian Church, of Helena, Phillips County, Ark.-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 2143) for the relief of William M. White, ComtPittee on War Claims. of James County, Tenn.-to the Committee on Military Affairs. 78 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECEMBER 4,

Also, a bill (H. R. 2144) for the relief of Jasper N. T. Also, a bill (H. R. 2182) granting an increase of pension to Hamilton-to the Committee on Military Affairs. . Stephen Ellis-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2145) for the relief of Ruth Holder-to Also, a bill (H. R. 2183) granting an increase of pension to the Committee on War Claims. · Thomas F. Rowley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill . (H. R. 2146) granting a pension to Peter An­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2184) granting an increase of pension to derson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Samuel F. Oliver-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2147) granting a pension to J. L. .Also, a bill (H. R. 2185) granting an increase of pension to McDowell, alias Leander Dickey-to the Committee on Pensions. Asa T. Tarbox-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.· Also, a bill (H. R. 2148) granting a pension to Harriet E. Also, a bill (H. R. 2186) granting an increase of pension to Aiken-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Oliver Farrington-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2149) granting a pension to William D. Also, a bill (H. R. 2187) to correct the military record of Humbard-to the Committee on Pensions. William F. Welch-to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2150) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2188) to correct the military recoru of William E. Smith-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Henry W. Dunbrack-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2151) gra.D.ting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2189) raising the rank of Surg. John '\V. Lydia A. Wood-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Baker on the retired list of the Navy-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 2152) granting an increase of pension to Naval Affairs. W. A. Pryor-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2190) for the relief of Ebeneezer S. Bige­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2153) granting an increase of pension to low-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. James A. Smith-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2191) for the relief of the Atlantic 'Vorks, Also, a bill (H. R. 2154) granting an U..crease of pension to (of Boston, Mass.-to the Committee on Claims. William H. Jones-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2192) for the relief of the widows of Also, a bill (H. R. 2155) granting an increase of pension to Union soldiers, sailors, or marines-to the Committee on In­ William H. Smith-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. valid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2156) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2193) for the relief of the heirs of George Rachel E. Ware-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. W. Coombs-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2157) to remove the charge of desertion Also, a bill (H. R. 2194) granting a pension to Flora C. against the name of Benjamin C. Coleman-to the Committee Keene-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2195) granting a pension to Hannah A. Also, a bill (H. R. 2158) to complete the military record of Sawyer-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Daniel Cook, deceased, and for an honorable discharge-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 2196) granting a pension to Ellen J. Committee on Military Affairs. Tuttle-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. OTJEN: A bill (H. R. 2159) for the relief of George Also, a bill (H. R. 2197) granting a pension to Sarah E. Edmunds-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Merritt-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2160) granting a pension to Edgar Parish­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2198) granting a pension to Catherine B. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Marshall-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2161) to pay claimants for goods and Also, a bill (H. R. 2199) granting a pension to J olm L. l)ffects lost or destroyed by fire at Ellis Island, New York, on Rumery-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. June 15, 1897-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2200) granting a pension to Mary A. By Mr. PALMER: A bill (H. R. 2162) for the relief of Armstrong-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Abram G. Hoyt-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2201) granting a pension to Sarah E. Hol­ By Mr. P A'l'TERSON of Tennessee : A bill (H. R. 2163) brook-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. for the relief of the heirs of Wesley A. Shelton, deceased-to Also, a bill (H. R. 2202) granting a pension to Ellen Harri­ the Committee on War Claims. man-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. RICHARDSON of Alabama: A bill (H. R. 2164) for Also, a bill (H. R. 2203) granting a pension to Albert S. the relief of Mrs. Bathsheba Gordon-to the Committee on War Whittier-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2204) granting a pension to Dexter E. W. Also, a bill (H. R.' 2165) for the relief of the estate of Simeon Stone-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Houk-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2205) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2166) for the 1·elief of Salina E. Lauder­ James W. Bliss-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. dale-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2206) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2167) for the relief of William W. Cal­ Mary V. entworth-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. lahan, administrator of the estate of Thomas Gibbs-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 2207) granting an increase of pension to Committee 'on War Claims. Daniel C. Earle-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. RIVES: A bill (H. R. 2168) granting an increase of Also, a bill (H. R. 2208) granting an increase of pension to pension to William Bridges-to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ Nathaniel M. Neil-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. sions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2209) granting an increase of pen ion to Also, a bill (H. R. 2169) granting an increase of pension to John C. Estes-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Elisah White-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2210) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2170) granting a pension to Anna B. Newton C. Hopkins-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Gude-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. RODENBERG: A bill (H. R. 2211) for the relief of Also, a bill (H. R. 2171) granting an increase of pension to James W. Kingon-to the Committee on War Claims. Joseph Tester-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2212) for the relief of John B. Johnson­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2172) to remove the charge of desertion to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. against Jacob P. Mountz-to the Committee on :Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2213) for the relief of John L. Seargeant­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2173) granting an increase of pension to to the Committee on War Claims. 'Ibomas H. PadO'ett-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2214) for the relief of Isaac N. Enloe-to Also, a bill (H. R. 2174) granting an increase of pension to the Committee on War Claims. Nathaniel Buchanan-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2215) for the relief of Adam Eichner-to By Mr. ROBERTS: A bill (H. R. 2175) granting an increase the Committee on Military AffaiTs. . of pension to James W. Bliss-to the Committee on Invalid Also, a bill (H. R. 2216) for the relief of Laura S. Gilling­ Pf;nsions. · waters-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2176) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2217) granting a pension to Elisha T. James F. Mears-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Ellis-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2177) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2218) granting a pension to Mary Adam- J:1mes E. Cushing-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. • Also, a bill (H. R. 2178) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2219) granting a pension to Solomon ll': Edwin M. Alden-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Wehr-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2179) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2220) granting a pension to Alexander George W. Cook-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Sinclair-to tbe Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2180) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2221) granting a pension to Eliza Moore­ George F. Hubbard-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to tbe Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2181) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2222) granting an increase of pension to George w. Vaughn-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Absolom J. Mathews-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

.. 1905.. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 79

Also, a bill (H. R. 2223) granting an increase of pensi~n to Also, a bill (H. R. 2261) granting an increase of pension to John A. Blanton-to the Committee ·on Invalid Pensions. ·. William Penwell-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, · a bill '(H. n. 2224) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2262) granting an iricrease of pension to Henry L. Karns-to the Coillmittee on Invalid Pensions. John Seymour-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2225) granting an illcrease of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2263) granting an increase of pension to Clinton Fiz·er-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions: Edward Keating-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2226) granting an increase of pension to Also, a })ill (H. R. 2264) granting an increase of pension to George F. Long-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. , Robert McAnally-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. .Also. ·a bill (H. R. 2227) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2265) granting an increase of pension to Charles Lapp-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . Hudson J. Van Scoter-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2228) granting an increase of pension _to Also, a bill (H: R 2266) granting an increase of pension to Alexander H. Brown-to the Committee on Invalid .Pensions. George H. Hodges-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2229) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2267) granting· an increase of pension to Lytle McCracken-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · _ Joseph Rup-ert-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Also, a bill (H. R. 2230) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill · (H. R. 2268) granting an increase of pension to John Piper-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · ' John Gary, alias John Adams-to the Committee on Invalid Also, a bill (H. R. 2231) granting an increase of pension to Pensions. Joseph F. Koonce-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2269) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2232) granting an increase of pension to Joseph H. Steel-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Henry F. neuter-to the Collliilittee on Invalid Pension~. Also; a bill (H.· R. 2270) gra'nting an increase 'of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2233) granting an increase of pension to John Lehn-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · · Jacob F. Casey-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also; a bill (H. R. 2271) granting 3Thincrease of pension to · Also, a bill (H. R. 2234) granting an increase of pension to H. P. Abbott-to the Committee· on Invalid Pensions. . Jacob \V. Gersteneker-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2272) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2235) granting an increase of pension to James Hawkins~to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Nelson Clark-to the Committee·on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2273) granting a pension to Oscar W. Also, a bill (II. R. 2236) granting :in increase· of pension to Davis-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Joseph Coats-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ; Also, a bill (H. R. 2274) granting a pension to Welhelmina Also, a bill (H. R. 2237) granting an increase of pension t() Siefert-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Martin Poole-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2275) granting a pension to William Also, a bill (H. R. 2238) ·granting an increase of pension to Young-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. _ Robert H. Church-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2276) granting a pension to Sarah J. Also, a bill (H. R. 2239) granting an increase of pension to Smith-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. George Martin-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . · Also, a bill (H. R 2277) granting an increas~ of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2240) granting · an increase of pension to William K. Fowle-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Samuel J. Nickles-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions: Also, a bill (H. R. 22'(8)" granting a pension to Julia Burke- Also, a bill (H. R. 2241) grantilig an increase of pel!sion to to the Committee on· Invalid Pensions. · George W. Copley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a · bill (H. R. · 2279) granting a pension to 1\fartin Also, a bill (H. R. 2242) granting an increase of pension to Uehlein-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. - James Morrison..:_to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R: 2280) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2243) granti:t;Ig an iJ:lcrease of pension to Peter Quermbeck-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.· Frederick W. Byfield-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. ·R. 2281) to correct the ·military record of Also, a bill (H. R. 2244) grantivg an increase of pension to Dean Wilson-to the Committee on Mill tary Affairs. Fred Dilg-to the Committee on I~valid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2282) to correct the military record of Also, a bill (H. R. 2245) granting an increase of pension to Leander Frost,. alias James Benston-to the Committee on Mili- Troy Moore-to the ·committee on Invalid PensiOn.s. tary ·Affairs. · · · Also, a bill (H. R. 22~) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2283) for the relief of Charles E. Lock­ Henry Damm-to the Committ~ on Invalid Pensions. woo'd-to th-e Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 224 7) granting an increase of pension to By 1\fr~ SAl\:lUEL: A. bill (H. R. 2284) granting prize money :Anthony Sanspeur-to the Committee on Invalid P~nsions. · to George W. Cromis-=-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2248) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2285) granting a pension to Michael Sal­ Rupert Russ__:_to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . ·_ ter-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions: · Also, a bill (H. R. 2249) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2286) granting a pension to Jacob Miller- George W~ Shreve-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Also, a bill (H. R. 2250) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2287) granting an increase of pension to :Alfred F. Clark-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Elizabeth Gething-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · .Also, a bill (H. R. 2251) to remove the charge of desertion Also, a bill (H. R. 2288) granting a , pension to John H. ·sea- from the military record of Jacob· Schmitt-to the Committee grist_..:._to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . · on 1\filitary Affairs. · Also, a hill (H. R. 2289) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2252) to 'remove the charge of desertion Algernon Lightcap-to. the Comi:nittee 01,1 Invalid Pensions. from the military record of Frank T. Rose-:-to the· Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 2290) granting an increase of pension lo Military Affairs. · Peter· Reedy-to the Committee ~m Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2253) to remove the char:ge of desertion Also, a bill (H. R. 2291) granting an increase of pension to from the military record of Daniel G. Peterson, alias Robert William Elms-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · · Brown-to the Committee on Military .Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2292) granting a pension to Dennis Lee-- Also, a bill (H. R. 2254) to remove the 'charge of desertion to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · from the military record of Charles Lorne, itlias Joseph Kello- Also, a bill (H. R. 2293) granting a pension to 'David .to the Committee on Military Affairs. · . · Weaver....:....to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2255) to iemo~e the charge of desertion Also, a bill (H. R. 2294) granting a 'pension to John 'J. from the military record of Stephen McKenzie-to the Commit­ Berger-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · - tee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2295) directing the Secretary of the Treas­ Also, a blll (H. R. 225G) to_ remove the charge of desertion ury to. bestow a medal upon Sergt. James M. Seitzinge~-to the from the military record of Frederick Reck-to the Committee Committee on Military Affairs. . on Military Affairs. Also, a: biil (H. R. 2296) to' revoke sentence and establish the By Mr. RYAN: A bill (H. R. 2257) granting an increase of military record of Capt. George G. Lovett, Company K, One pension to James Winspear-to the ·committee on Invalid Pen­ hundroo and eighty-seventh Regiment-Pennsylvania Volunteers, sions. war of the rebellion, 1861 to 1865-to the Committee on Military .Also, a bill (H. R. 2258) gr{lnting an increase of pension to Affairs. · . · 'George Taylor, alias George Parks-to the Cofumittee on In-valid By Mr. SHEPPARD: A bill (H. R. 2297) for the relief of Pensions. F. P. Bi"ower_:.._to the Committee on Claims. ·Also, a bill (H. R. 2259) granting a pension to Louis Leith- Also, a bill (H. R. 2298) for the relief of the legal representa­ to the Committee on Pensions. · · tives of lii. N. Swofford, deceased-to the Committee on Claims. · Also, a bill (H. R. 2260} granting an increase of pens ton to Also, a bill .(H. R. 2299) for the relief of W. 1\I. Justice, of 'James w. Jones-to the Coimuittee on Invalid Pensions. Hunt Corinty, Tex.-to the Committee on War Claims. DECEMBE~ 4, 80 CONGRESSIONAL. RECORD-HOUSE.- .

Also, a bill (H. R. 2300) for the relief of W. C. York-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 2341) granting a pension to Helen H. Hul- Committee on War Claims. bert-to the Committee on Pensions. . Also, a bill (H. R. 2301) for the relief of the legal representa­ Also, a !Jill (H. R. 2342) granting a pension to Winifred E. tives of Dr. Thomas B. Waters, deceased-to the Committee on Lewis-to the Committee on Pensions. War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2343) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2302) for the relief of the legal representa­ Peter Redden-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · tives of Jonathan Holmes, deceased-to the Committee on War Also, a bill (H. R. 2344) granting an increase of pension to Claims. Selden C. Clabridge-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2303) for the relief of the estate of J. V. Also, a bill (H. R. 2345) granting an increase of pension to :McDaniel, deceased-to the Committee on War Claims. Antoinette Hannahs-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2304) for the relief of C. w. Reid and Sam Also, a bill (H. R. 2346) granting an increase of pension to Daube-to the Committee on Claims. Silas J. Baker-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2305) for the relief of J. :M. Carney-to the ~.l~o, a bill (H. R. 2347) granting an increase of pension to Committee on Claims. Wilham 1\f. Strope-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2306) granting an increase of pension· to Also, · a bill (H. R. 2348) granting an increase of pension to J'ames W. Stell-to the Committee on Pensions. Thomas Williams-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2307) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2349) for the relief of Arlington C. Joseph J. Martin-to the Committee on Pensions. Denike-to the Committee on Naval Affairs.· · By Mr. SHERLEY : A bill (H. R. 2308) granting an increase By Mr. SIMS: A bill (H. R. 2350) for the relief of the heir3 of pension to Heloise Gano-to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ of Charles Gothardt-to the Committee on War Claims. sions. By Mr. SLEMP: A bill (H. R. 2351) for the relief of Swan Also, a bill (H. R. 2309) granting an increase of pension to Hamlen-to the Committee on War Claims. Michael McCarty-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2352) for the relief of Alfred D. Barton­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2310) granting an increase of pension to to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. James McPherson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2353) for the relief of John A. Lovens-to Also, a bill (H. R. 2311) granting an increase of pension to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mary Mershon-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2354) for the relief of J. M. Jones-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 2312) granting an increase of pension to Committee on Pensions. . Joseph B. Slaughter-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2355) for the relief of Rebecca Mayo-to Also, a bill (H. R. 2313) granting an increase of pension to the Committee on Pensions. Jobn H. Wheeler-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2356) for the relief of George T. Larkin­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2314) granting a pension to :Marium Bar­ to the Committee on Claims. ton-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2357) granting a pension to James B. Also, a bill (H. R. 2315) granting a pension to Miranda Berk­ Stuart-to the Committee on Pensions. head-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2358) for the relief of John D. Rodgers-to Also, a bill (H. R. 2316) granting a pension to G. W. Finley­ the Committee on Claims. to the Uommittee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2359) for the relief of John E. McDowell­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2317) granting a pension to Lottie B. to the Committee on War Claims. Galleher-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2360) for the relief of G. W. Dunford and Also, a bill (H. R. 2318) granting a pension to Patrick Gro­ James Blah·, sureties of S. C. Bralley, late postmaster at Red­ gan-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. bluff, Va.-to the Commfttee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2319) ·granting a pension to A. Bausman­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2361) for the relief of the heirs of Henry to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Sinon, deceased-to the Committee on War Claims. · Also, a bill (H. R. 2320) granting a pension to Annie B. Lee­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2362) for the relief of Hem·y H. Wynn-to to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Military Atiairs. Also, a bill (II. R. 2321) granting a pension to Bridget Mc­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2363) for the relief of I. R. Harkrader-to Fadden-to the Qo.QliD.lttee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2322) granting a pension to Emeline Also, a bill (H. _R. 2364) granting an increase of pension to Thompson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Sarah J. Shell-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2323) granting a pension to Annie Trace­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2365) granting a pension to Alfred D. to the Committee on Pensions. Barton-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2324) granting a pension to Christina Also, a bill (H. R. 2366) granting a pension to Henry Suther­ Vetter-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. land-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2325) granting a pension to Charles F. Also, a bill (H. R. 236-7) granting a pension to William L. Williams-to the Committee on Pensions. Beverly-to the Committee on Pensions. .Also, a bill (H. R. 2326) for the relief of J. W. Bauer and Also, a bill (H. R. 2368) granting a pension to John :Morgan­ others-to the Committee on Claims. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2327) for the relief of the heirs of Richard Also, a !Jill (H. R. 2369) g!'anting a pension to J. I. Cock­ Butler, deceased-to the Committee on War Claims. ran-to the Committee on Invalid PenSions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2328) for the relief of C. P. Cammack, of Also, a bill (H. R. 2370) granting a pension to Mary E. Jefferson County, Ky.-to the Committe_e on War Claims. Steinmueller-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2329) for the relief of Mary Douglas Also, a bill (H. R. 2371) to pension Maggie E. Fitzpatrick­ Griffiths-to the Committee on War Claims. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2330) for the relief of William Hulings Also, a bill (H. R. 2372) granting a pension to Henry T. Hem·y-to the Committee on Claims. Mason-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2331) for the relief of W. W. Johnson-to Also, a bill (H. R. 2373) granting an increa e of pension to the Committee on Claims. Catherine L. Benteen-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2332) for the relief of Catherine B. Jones--.. Also, a bill (H. R. 2374) granting an increase of pension to to the Committee on War Claims. Isaac Sloan-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2333) for the relief of Simeon H. King's ·Also, a bill (H. R. 2375) granting a pension to Thomas l\f. executrix-to the Committee on War Claims. Bellomy-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2334) for the relief of Anthony McAn­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2-376) granting an increase of pension to drews-to the Committee on Claims. James H. Cox-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Also, a bill (H. R. 2335) for the relief of Rudolphus Minton- Also, a bill (H. R. 2377) granting an increa e of pension to to the Committee on War Claims. . J. N. Moore-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . Also, a bill (H. R. 2336) for the relief of J. C. Pendleton-to Also, a bill (H. R. 2378) granting an increase of pension to the Committee on War Claims. Henry B. Shell-to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. SHERMAN: A bill (H. R. 2337) granting a pension Also, a bill (H. R. 2379) to remove the charge of desertion to Mary A. Williams-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. against Archibald Gibson-to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ Al:::o, a bill (H. R. 2338) granting a pen ion to Cyrene Gard­ sions. ner-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By 1\Ir. SAMUEL W. SMITH : A bill (II. R. 2380) granting Also, a bill (H. R. 2339) granting a pension to Daniel Madi­ an increase of pension to Anna E. Hollis-to the Committee on gan-to the Committee on Pensions. Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2340) granting a pension to Evelyn S. Also, a bill (H. R. 2381) granting an increase of pension to Beardslee-to the Committee on Pensions. Almira L. Clay-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 1905. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. , 81

Also, a bill (H. R. 2382) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2423) granting an increase of pension ·to Dorothy Wieland-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Charles ·Johnson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2383) granting a pension to Nettie Fer- Also, a bill (H. R. 2424) granting an increase of pension to guson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Alans-on A. Austin-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. - Also, a bill {H. R. 2384) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R .. 2425) . granting an increase of pension to John P. Hiles-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Charles Johnson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. - Also, a bill {H. R. 2385) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2426) granting an increase of pension to Henry La Rowe--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. George W. Hoynes-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. - Also, a bill {H. R. 2386) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill {H. R. 2427) granting an increase of pension to Samuel W. Hicks-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Philander G. West-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. - Also, a bill {H. R. 2387) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2428) granting an increase of pension to James K. Brooks-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. William H. McEnally-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. - Also, a bill (H. R. 2388) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill {H. R. 2429) granting an increase of pension ro Henry W. Barnard-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mary P. Canfield, now Tyler-to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ · Also, a bill (H. R. 2389) granting an increase of pension to sions. James P. Stout-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2430) granting an increase of pension to -Also, a bill {H. R. 2390) granting an increase of pension to Orrin J. Wells-to the Committee on Pensions. Hellen H. Hulbert-to the Committee on Inv-alid Pensions. Also, a bill {H. R. 2431) granting an increase of penS'ion to -Also, a bill (H. R. 2391) granting an increase of pension to John R. Jones-to -the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Caleb Eldred-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Also, a bill {H. R. 2432) granting an increase of pension to · 4-lso, a bill (H. R. 2392) granting an increase of pension to A. Cameron-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Thomas W. Brewer-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2433) granting an increase of pension to · Also, a bill {H. R. 2393) granting an increase of pension to Benjamin F. Tifft-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Benjamin D. Eddy-to the Committee· on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2434) granting an increase of pension to -Also, a bill (H. R. 2394) granting an increase of pension to Shannon W. Scott-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Frank Buncher-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2435) granting an increase of pension to · Also, a bill {H. R. 2395) granting an increase of pension to Ililia Ann Connor-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Christopher Clinton-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2436) granting a pension to John Gra­ Also, a bill {H. R. 2396) granting an increase of pension to ham-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Charles Hull-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Also, a bill (H. R. 2437) granting a pension to Leona Sals­ ·Also, a bill {H. R. 2397) granting an increase of pem;ion to paugh-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Deforest w. Qowley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill {H. R. 2438) granting a .Pension to Lucy Keller­ Also, a bill {H. R. 2398) granting an increase of pension to to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 2439) ~'herena C. Smith-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, _a bill (H. R. granting a pension to William Also, a bill (H. R. 2399) granting an increase of pension to Sbick-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Charles F. Sanscrainte--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2440) granting a pension to Morgan Go­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2400) granting an increase of pension to lick-to the Committee on· Invalid Pensions. David Mumber-'-to- the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2441) granting a pension to August ' Also, a bill (H. ·R. 2401) · granting an increase of pension to Nacker-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. A. A. Austin-to tile Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2442) granting a pension to Charles E. ·Also, a bill {H. R. 2402) granting an increase of pension to EYerts-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Charles- li. Randall-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill {H. R. 2443) granting a pension to George W. Also, a bill {H. R. 2403) granting an increase of pension to 1\lower-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. John W. Taylor_:_to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2444) granting a pension to Alvin D. Hub- . · Also, a bill (H. R. 2404) granting an increase of pension to bord-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Abigail Jones-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · ~lso, a bill (H. R. 2445) granting a pension to Hulbert 0. White--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2405) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill {H. R. 2446) granting a pension to Mary E. A. Sophia E. Farland-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. McConnelly-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2406) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2447) granting a pension to Abram G. An­ Catherine.D. Baherly-fo the Committee on Invalid Pensions. derson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2407) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2448) granting a pension to Andrew Fer­ Orrin Culver-to· the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ris-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill {H. R. 2408) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill {H. R. 2449) granting a pension fo John Algoe­ John Wilkinson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill {H. R. 2409) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2450) granting a pension to Marceny ' Ransom M. Fillmore--to. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Goodell-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2410) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2451) granting a pension to Sarah C. Saturnin Jasnowski-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Choate--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill {H. R. 2411) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2452) granting a pension to Charles S. Wiliam Burch-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Moy-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2412) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2453) granting a pension to Chancey Helen F. Thomas-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Lewis-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill {H. R. 2413) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2454) granting a pension to Lizzie J. John La More--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Hoadley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (II. R. 2414) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2455) granting a pension to William · Daniel Porter-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Carter-to tile Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill {H. R. 2415) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. SMITH of Illinois: A bill (H. R. 2456) granting a Andrew J. H. Brewer-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. pension to Elizabeth Martin-to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ - Also, a bill (H. R. 2416) granting an increase of pension to sions. Edward H. Dickerman-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. SAMUEL W. SMITH: A bill (H. R. 2457) granting a . Also, a bill (H. R. 2417) granting an increase of pension to pension to Sarah E. Lyon-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ­ Henry 0. Briggs-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2458) granting a pension to E. H. Clark- Also, a bill (H. R. 2418) granting an increase of pension to to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · John E. Eggeman-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2459) granting a pension to Homer L . . Also, a bill (H. R. 2419) granting an increase of pension to Thayer-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Willert F. Brown-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2460) granting a pension to William . Also, a bill (H. R. 2420) granting an increase of pension to Christie--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. William E. Manning, alias George Edwards-to the Committee Also, a bill (H. R. 2461) granting a pension to Henry Knoop--· on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill {H. R. 2421) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2462) granting a pension to L-oretta Daniel S. Mevis-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Foote--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2422) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2463) granting a pension to Sophia Earl R. Childs-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Lorned-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. XL--6 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECEJ\IBER 4,

Also, a bill '(H. R. 2464) grantin-g a pension to Hannah Also, a bill (H. R. .2505) to correct the military record of Lamb-to the Committee on Inva.I.id Pensions. · Stephen R. Thorpe-to the Committee on Military Affairs. -. Also, a bill (H. R. 2465) granting a pension to R. C. Worth- Also, a bill (H. R. 2506) to correct the military record of ington-to the Committee OJ;l Inyalid Pensions. William B. McCloy-to the Committee on Military Affaips. Also, a bill (H. R. 2466) granting a pension to John W. Kin-~ Also, a bill (H. R. 2507) to correct the military record of caid-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Franklin E. Roberts-to the Committee on Military Affairs. AI o, a bill (H. R. 2467! granting a pension to H. C. Beamer~ Also, _a bill (H. R. 2508) to correct the military record of to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Harrison Ferguson-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also; a bill (H. R. 2468) granting a pension to John Broad- Also, a bill (H. R. 2509) to correct the military record of to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Stephen G. Fishback-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a l>ill (H. R. 2469) granting an increase· of pension to Also, a bill (II. R. 2510) to correct the military record of Alta Mira Par ons-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. David Paterson-to the Committee on Military Affairs. also, a bill (H. R. 2470) granting a pension to Myra L." Clay- Also, a bill (H. R. 2511) to correct the military record of to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Shibley Shepherd-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2471) granting a pension to Freeman Also, a bill (H. R. 2512) to correct the military record of Rohrabacher-to the Committee on Invalid I?ensions. Henry.Berry-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also a bill (H. R. 2472) granting a pension to Moses Fra- Also, a bill (H. R: 2513) to correct the military record of gar-to the Committee· on Invalid Pensions. Timothy \Yay-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2473) granting a pension to William R. Also, a bill (II. R. 2514) to correct the military record of Hiscock-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Peter V. Copp-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2474) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2515) to correct the military record of Emma 1\f. John~on-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Milo A. Lucas-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2475) granting a pension to Herbert N. Also, a bill (H. R. 2516) to correct the military record of Robin on-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. H. M. Jones-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2476) granting a pension to Rhoda A. .Also, a bill (H. R. 2517) to correct the military record of 1Wood-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Clark G. Ru sell-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2477) granting a pension to Benson Also, a bill (H. R. 2518) to correct the military record of McNall-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Capt. A. M. Dobbelacre-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2478) granting a pension to Asa 1\I. By Mr. Wl\f. .ALDEN SMITH: A bill (H. R. 2519) for the Foote-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. relief of Samuel H. Keifer-to the Committee on Military AI o, a bill (H. R. 2479) granting a pension to John Brown- Affairs. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2520) for the relief of Charles W. Irwin- Also, a bill (H. R. 2480) granting a pension to Jeremiah to the Committee on Military Affairs. O'Neill-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill . (H. R. 2521) for the relief of Joseph Schrembs- Also, a bill (H. R. 2481) granting a pension toW. C. Brown- · to the Committee on Claims. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. .Also, a bill (H. R. 2522) for the relief of Ellen A. Dunn-to . Also, a bill (H. R. 2482) granting a pension to Andrew J. the Committee on Claims. Fox-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2523) for the relief of Rodman Hart-to Also, a -bill (H. R. 2483) granting a pension to C. A. Brunk- the Committee on Military Affairs. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2524) for the relief of Augustus Dudley .Also, a bill (H. _R. 248!) granting a pension to Isaac H. Hubbell-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Lawrence-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. .Also, a bill (H. R. 2525) for the relief of George W. Hatba- Al ·o, a bill (H. R. 2485) granting a _pension to John Coggins- way-to the Committee on Military Affairs. _ to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2526) for the relief of David Houk-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 2486) granting a pension to Mary J. Committee on Military Affairs. · · Bowers-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . Also, a bill .(H. R. 2527) for tee relief of Silas Guernsey-to Also, a bill (H. R. 2487) granting a pension to Huldah A. the Committee on Military Affairs . . Bowen-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill {H. R. 2528) for the relief of John Gracy-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 2488) grantipg ·a pension to James Committee on Military Affairs. . :Abbott, alias James Buck-to the Committee on Invalid Also, a bill (H. R. 2529) for the relief of Richard S. Glll-to Pensions. · the Committee on Naval Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2489) granting a pension to Enos S. Also, a bill (H. R. 2530) for the relief. of Clark S. Frazier-to Lawrence-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . the Committee on Military Affairs. Also; a bill (H. R. 2490) gi·anting a pension to Lucius. Bow- Also, a bill (H. R. 2531) granting a pension to Elizabeth For- dish-to the Committee on lnvalid Pensions. tier-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R.. 2491) granting a pension to Edwin A. Also, a bill (H. R. 2532) for the relief of James K. Davie-to Botsford-to the Committee on Inv.alid Pensions. the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H: R. 2492) granting a pension to Richard Also, a bill (H. R. 2533) granting a pension to William H. H. Dob on-to t)le Committee on Invalid Pensions. . Davis-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . . AI o, a bill (H. R. 2493) granting a pension to Eliu P. Chad- Also, a l>ill (H. R. 2534) for the relief of Peter Duchane-to .wick-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Military Affairs. · Also, a bill (H. R. 2494) granting a pension to Charles H. Also, a bill (H. R. 2535) for the. relief of Cresar Dixon-to Penoyer-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Military Affairs. · · Aiso, a bill (H. R. _2495) granting a pensio!l to Minnie Louise Also, a bill (H. R. 2536) for the relief of Walter Culver--to Coleman-to the Committee oil Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Military Affairs. . Also, a bill (H. R. 2496) granting a pension to Merritt Also, a bill (H. R. 2537) for the relief of James Conway, late Lewis-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. of Company I, Tenth New York Volunteers-to the Committee · Also, a bill (H. R. 2497) granting a pension to Andrew on Military Affairs. Farries-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2538) for the relief of Persons T. Carpen- Also, a bill (H. R. 2498) granting a pension to Lorenzo ter-to the Committee on Military .Affairs. Buck-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2539) granting a pension to Frances E. · AI o, a bill (H. R. 2499) for the relief of William D. Petty- Childs-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2540) for the relief of Richard Bruner- , AI o, a bill (H. R. 2500) for the relief of Jesse H. Dickerson- to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to tile Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Also, a bill (H. R. 2541) for the relief of William Barber-to Also, a bill (H. R. 2501) granting relief to certain members the Committee on Naval Affairs. of the Seventh :Michigan Cavalry, war of the rebellion-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 2542) for the relief of W. R. Barrett-to Committee on 'War Claims. _ the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (II. R. 2502) to correct the .military record of Also, a bill (H. R. 2543) for the relief of Matthew Bier-to ,William Klock-to. the Committee on l\filitary Affairs. the Committee on Military Affairs. . Also, a bill (H. R. 2503) to .correct the military record of Also, a bill (H. R. 2544) for the relief of L. W. Bon-to the John Balch-to the Committee on 1\Iilitary Affairs. Committee on Claims. . . . . Also, a bill (IJ. R. 2504) . to correct the Jllilitary record of Also, q bill (I{. a. 2545). for the relief of Lemon Barnes-to .Joseph B. Ellis- ~to the Committee on Military Affair~. the Committee on Military Affairs. 1905. CONG-RESSIONAL REC_ORD-HOUSE. 83

. Also, a bill (H. R. 2546) for the reli~f of George W. Ban­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2586) granting an increase of pension to nan~to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Thomas J. Keyes-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2547) for the relief of James F. Baker-to Also, a bill (H. R. 2587) granting an increase of pension to the Committee on Military Affairs. WaldoW. Palmer-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2548) for the relief of Jacob Black-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 2588) granting an increase of pension to Committee on Military Affairs. R. Randall-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2549) for the relief of Lucas P. Retter­ . Also, a bill (H. . R. 2589) granting an increase of pension to stonf, alias Joseph Gray-to the Committee on Military Atl'airs. John Richardson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill ·(H. R. 2550) granting a pension to George W. Also, a bill (H. R. 2590) granting an increase of pension to Zanty-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Magnus D. Slack-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2551) granting a pension to Mary J. War­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2591) grantin~: an increase of pension to ner-to· the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Phebe Tate-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2552) for the relief of John J. Waters-to Also, a bill (H. R. 2592) granting an increase of pension to the Coinmittee on Military Affairs. James M. Travis-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2553) granting a pension to Mary E. Wil­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2593) granting an increase of pension to kinson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Daniel A. McCormick-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2554) for the relief of Hiram Winas, late Also, a bill (H. R. 2594) granting an increase of pension to of Company G, Fifteenth Michigan Infantry-to the Committee Levi Bearss-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2595) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2555) for the relief of Lebens G. Lan­ Peter D. Sutton-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. don-to the Committee on Military Aft'airs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2596) to correct the military record of Also, a bill (H. R. 2556) for the relief of George W. Lindley, Henry Harris-to the Committee on Military Affairs. alias George W. La Pratte-to the Committee on Military Also, a bill (H. R. 2597) to correct the military record of Affairs. Fremont C. Downing-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2557) for the relief of William Leech-to Also, a bill (H. R. 2598) to correct the military record of the Committee on Claims. Harvey Cluff-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2558) for the relief of John W. McGrath­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2599) to correct the military record of to the Committee on Claims. Dayton S. Peck-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2559) for the relief of James Moore-to Also, a bill (H. R. 2600) to renew certain letters patent-to the Committee on Military Affairs. the Committee on Patents. Also, a bill (H. R. 2560) for the relief, of Eli W. Marble-to Also, a bill (H. R. 2601) to renew certain letters patent for a the Committee on Military Affairs. new and useful improvement in metallic railway ties heretofore Also, a bill (H. R. 2561) granting a pension to Chester Nar­ issued to Sidney B. Wright, late of Wyandotte, Mich.-to the ragan-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on Patents. Also, a bill (H. R. 2562) granting a pension to Carlton Neal­ to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also; a bill (H. R. 2602) to renew certain letters patent for Also, a bill (H. R. 2563) for the relief of William O'Don­ an invention in the means of securing railroad rails to metallic nell-to the Committee on Military Affairs. ties, heretofore issued to Sidney B. Wright, late of Wyandotte, Also, a bill (H. R. 2564) for the relief of F. E. Rosenkrans­ Mich.-to the Committee on Patents. to the Committee on Military Affairs. · Also, a bill (H. R. 2603) to reimburse Nelson H. Walbridge­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2565) for the relief of William Henry to the Committee on War Claims. Stapleton, alias William Henry-to the Committee on Mili­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2604) for the reimbursement of the heirs of tary Affairs. James :Anderson for transportation and expenses in recruiting Also, a bill (H. R. 2566) for the relief of John Shields-to troops for service in the Union Army-to the Committee on War the Committee on Military Affairs. Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2567) for the relief of Warren Shepard­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2605) granting to Sumner H. Tarbell pay to the Committee on Military Affairs. for bearing military dispatches for headquarters of the district Also, a bill (H. R. 2568) for the relief of A. E. Tower, late of Minnesota, St. Paul, during the Sioux outbreak or 1862--to captain Company E, Sixth Michigan Cavalry, now of Ionia, the Committee on Claims. · Mich.-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2606) to remove charge of desertion from Also, a bill (H. R. 2569) for the relief of Charles Stewart, record of Henry Fuller-to the Committee on Military Affairs. late of Company B, Forty-fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry­ AlsG, a bill (H. R. 2607) granting a pension to James F. to the Committee on Military Affairs. Baker-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2570) granting a pension to Squire M. Also, a bill (H. R. 2608) granting a pension to Charles F. Armstead-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Ballard-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2571) for the relief of John W. Beatty­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2609) granting a pension to Hattie Bal­ to the Committee on Military Affairs. lou-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2572) for-the relief of George W. Blakes­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2610) granting a pension to Margaret A. lee-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Barker-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2573) for the relief of Chauncey Boyce­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2611) gr-anting a pension to Alanson to the Committee on Military Affairs. Beebe-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (II. R. 2574) for the relief of Job Trumble-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 2612) granting an increase of pension to Committee· on l\1ilitary Affairs. Phrebe B. Beebe-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2575) for the relief of Lucy A. Taylor-to Also, a biil (H. R. 2613) granting a pension to Matthew the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Bier-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (II. R. 2576) for the relief of Alonzo Vangor­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2614) granting a pension to General M. don-to the Committee on War Claims. Brown-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2577) granting a pension to Jane Ann Also, a bill (H. R. 2615) granting a pension to Eliza Bur­ Wheeler-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. caw-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2578) for the relief of Warren P. Wood­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2616) granting a pension to Dolly Burger­ to the Committee on Military Affairs. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (II. R. 2579) for the relief of Adam D. Shriner­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2617) granting a pension to l\Iary But­ to the Committee on Military Affairs. ler-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Also, a bill (H. R. 2580) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2618) granting a pension to William Henry W. Brown-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Choate:-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2581) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2619) granting a pension to Phil a A. Cyrus M. Burgess-to the Committee on Invalid .Pensions. Clark-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2582) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2620) granting a pension to William H. Morris M. Comstock-to the Committee on Invalid Pemdons. Cline-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2583) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2621) granting a pension to Walter S. J. W . .Forbes-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Cole-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2584) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2622) granting a pension to Henry Cook­ Harriet V. Gridley-to the Committee on Pensions. to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2585) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2623) granting a pension to Jane C. Cor­ Albert Guernsey-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. nell-to the Committee on Pensions. 84 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE.- DECEMBER 4,

Also, a bill (H.. R. 2624) granting a pension to Aaron M. Also, a J>,ill (H. R. 2666) granting a pension to Hannah C. Dalrymple--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Rich-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. .Also, a bill (H. R. 2625) granting a pension to Caroline . Also, a bill (H. R. 2667) granting a pension to Sarah Robert­ Draper-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. son-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2626) granting a pension to Kryn Dykema­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2668) granting a pension to Julia A. Rosen­ to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. berger-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions~ .Also, a ]}ill (H~ R. 2627) granting a pension to Jane A. Also~ a bill (H. R~ 2669) granting a pension to Thomas Scnr­ Ecker-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. vell-ro the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2628) granting a pension to George Also, a bill (H. R. 267'0) granting a pension to Heruy Star--:­ Eckles-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2629) granting a pension to Mary A. Ever­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2671) granting an increase of pension to bart-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Ralph Steffens-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a · bill (H. R. 2630) granting a pension to A.mri H. Also, a bill (II. R. 2672) granting a pension to Sarah Stev­ Field-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ens-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2631) granting a pension to Mary Fitz­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2673) granting a pension to Henry Stack­ Gibbons-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ford-to the Committee on Invalid Pension . Also, a bill (II. R. 2632) granting a pension to Elizabeth Fitz­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2674) granting a pension to John H. Sum· patrick-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ner-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2633) granting a pension to S. J. Fix-to Also, a bill (H. R. 2675) granting a pension to Henry G. the Committee on Inva}id Pensions. Taylor-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R 2634) granting a pension to Electa McLean Also, a bill (H. R. 2676) granting a pension to Charles M. · French-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Tibbetts-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2635) granting a pension to Henry Fuller­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2677) granting a pension to Samuel B. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Tibbets-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also) a bill (H. R. 2636) granting a pension to Abraham Also, a bill (H. R. 2678) granting a pension to CharleS' H. Geiser-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Van Etten-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2637) granting a pension to Levi Good­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2679) granting a pension to John Van rich-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Horn-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2638) granting a pension to Mary A. Also, a · bill (H. R. 2680) granting a pension to Dellamarr Gouldsbury-to tbe Committee on Invalid Pensions. Wade-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2639) granting a pension to Rose Anna Also, a bill (H. R. 2681) granting a pension to Anna E. War­ Griffith-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. den-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2640) granting a pension to Decatur Har­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2682) granting a pension to James War­ mon-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ren-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2641) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2683) granting an increase of pension to George w. Heator-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Peter Weber-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. . R. 2M2) granting a pension to Frank Hiler­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2684) granting a pension to Birdie M. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Wedge--to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2643) granting a pension to Benjamin Rol­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2685) granting a pension to Susan Wei­ ben-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. derwax-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2644) granting a pension to Henry Hull­ Also, a bil1 (H. R~ 2686) granting a pension to Lester to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Wheeler-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2645) granting a pension to Mary B. Jen­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2687) granting a pension to Benjamin S~ nings-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Whitman-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2646) granting a pension to William A. Also, a bill (H. R. 2688) granting a pension to Stephen T. Johnson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Wilcox-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2647) granting a pension to Sylvia H~ Also, a bill (H. R. 2689) granting a pension to James I. Lamoreaux-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Willoughby-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2648) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2690) granting a pension to Ellen E. Louis H. Leland-to the Committee on Pensions. Wilson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. AI o, a bill (H. R. 2649) granting a pension t() Charles E. Also, a bill (H. R. 2691) granting an increase of pension to Lewis--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. John R. Wyckoff-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2650) granting a pension to Jay P. Liver­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2692) granting a pension to Elizabeth more--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Yates-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2651) granting a pension to .Mary A. Los­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2693) granting a pension to James E. sing-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Davis-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2652) granting a pension to Emily M. Low­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2694) grantin~ a pension to George W. ing-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Prescott-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2653) granting a pension to Ann Lynch­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2695) granting an increase of pension to to the Committee on Pensions. James T. Jackson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2654) granting a pension to Harriet Mese­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2696) granting a pension to William C. cas-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Fuller-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2655) granting a pension to Lillie Man­ By Mr. SMITH of Texas: A bill (H. R. 2697) granting an cha-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. increase of pension to R. G. Childress-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 2656) granting a pension to Addaile C. Pensions. Morse-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. SPARKMAN~ A bill (H. R. 2698) for the relief of Also, a bill (H. R. 2657) granting a pension to Frank W. certain surgeons in the Philippine service--to tne Committee ou Morton-t() the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2658) granting a pension to Adrian Musty­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2699) for the relief of J. S. Huron-to the to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on Claims. · Also, a bill (H. R. 2659) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2700) for the relief of James A. Jackson-· Raynor H. Newton-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2660) granting a pension to Perry C. Also, a bill (H. R. 2701) for the relief of Adam L. Eichel­ Older-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. berger-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2661) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2702) for the relief of Charles S. Blood­ Martin J. Painter-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2662) granting a pension to Emma L. Also, a bill (H. R. 2703) granting an increase of pension to Parker-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Stephen Weeks-to the Committee on Pensions. Also a bill (H. R. 2663) granting a pension t() Josephine A. Also, a bill (H. R. 2704) granting an increase of pension to Phillipg-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Martin Gillett-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2664) granting a pension to Lucinda J. Also, a bill (H. R. 2705) granting an increase of pension to Pratt-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. H. w. Perkins--to the Committee on Pensions. Also a bill (H. R. 2665) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2706) granting an increase of pension to Willia.:U Randall-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Malcolm L. McMullen-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 1905. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-· HOUSE. 85 - -- Also, a bill (H. R. 2107) granting an increase of-pension to Also, a ' bill (H. R. 2749) granting an increase of pension to James L. Miller-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Agnes Flynn-to the Committee on I'Ilvaiid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2708) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2750) to remove the charge of desertion 1\:lanluff W. Reynolds-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. against Thomas F. Adams-to the Committee on Military Also, a bill (H. R. 2709) granting an increase of pension to Affairs. Julius D. Rogers-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2751) to remove the charge of desertion Also, a bill (H. R. 2710) granting a pension to Frank E. from the military record of John J. Waterkeyn-to the Com- Saxon-to the Committee on Pensions. mittee on Military Affairs. Also, -a bill (H. R. 2711) granting a pension to Henry Sis- Also, a bill (H. ·R. 2752) to correct the military record of trunk-to the Committee on Pensions. James A. Lessey, alias Lasey, or Lacy-to the Committee on By :Mr. STEPHENS of Texas: A bill (H. .R. 2712) granting Military Affairs. a pension to Margaret A. Kennedy-to the Committee on In- Also, a bill (H. R. 2753) to correct the naval record of George valid Pensions. , Nelson Armstrong-to the Committee on Naval Affairs. By Mr. STERLING: A bill (H. R. 2713) granting a pension Also, a bill (H. R. 2754) to place David Robertson, sergeant, to Frances H. Brooke-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. first class, Hospital Corps, on the retired list of the United Also, a bill (H. R. 2714) granting an increase of pensioa to States Army-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Charles A. Charles-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. SULLOWAY: A bill (H. R. 2755) granting an increase Also, a bill (H. R. 2715) granting an increase of pension to of pension to William E. S. Foss-to the Committee on Invalid Charles Martine--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2716) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2756) granting an increase of pension to Thomas A. Banks-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. John F . Greene--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2717) granting a pension to Emma Also, a bill (H. R. 2757) granting an increase of pension to Hunter-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Johnathan E. Floyd-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2718) grunting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2758) granting an increase of pension to James F. Hare-to- the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Nathan Graves-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2719) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2759) granting an increase of pension to Mary E. Johnson-to the Committee on Pensions. Daniel Eaton-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2720) granting an increase of pension to John H. Sprouse--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. .Also, a bill (H. R. 2760) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2721) granting an increase of pension to Charles P. Stevens-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. A.. R. Matheny-to the Committee on Invatid Pensions. .Also, a bill (H. R. 2·761) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2722) granting an increase of pension to Michael Mahoney-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Eiam Skivers-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also~ a bill (H. R. 2762) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2723) granting a pension to Laura w. William Chandler-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Brown-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2763) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2724) granting an increase of pension to Anthony Sherlock-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. David B. Wacaser-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2764) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2725) granting an increase of pension to George L. Robinson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Jeremiah E. Waldon-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill {H. R. 2765) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2726) granting an increase of pension to Andrew J. Benson-to the Committee on Invalid Pffisions. John C. Keach-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also~ a bill (H. R. 2766) granting an increase of pension to .Also, a bill (H. R. 2727) granting an increase of pension to Horace E. Brown-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Samuel Shropshire--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2767) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2728) granting an increase of pension to Ransom Manning-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Robert B. Beardsley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also,. a bill (H. R. 27GB) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2729) granting an increase of pension to George W. McKenney-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Isaac Johnson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also~ a bill (H. R. 276!)) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2730) granting an increase of pension to Ethan A. Valentine--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. William F. Worley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2770) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill {H. R. 2731) granting an increase of pension to Ephraim Plumpton-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. James Eddy-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2771) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2732) granting an increase of pension to 'l'bomas McCabe-=to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Vatchel Carmen-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also. a bill (H. R. 2772) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2733) granting an increase of pension to Eli Cero-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Sylvanus G. Peppel-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2773) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2734) granting an increase of pension to John McNally-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. William T. Gibbs-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2774) granting a pension to Addie A. Also, a bill (H. R. 2735) granting an increase of pension to Robinson--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Samuel Foster-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2775) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2736) granting a pension to William 1\Ieri- George G. :Martin-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. deth-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. .Also, a bill (H. R. 2776) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. SULLIVAN of New York: A bill (H. R. 2737) for Thomas S. Cottiell-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the relief of Thomas Crowley-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2777) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2738) for the relief of Thomas Crowley-. Albert F. Durgin-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2778) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2739) for the relief of James Welch-to Patrick Mahoney-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Claims. Also. a bill (H. R. 2'779) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2740) for the relief of James Welch-to Henry C. Coffin-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2780) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2741) granting a pension to Henrietta Mary E. Fifield-to tbe Committee on Invalid Pensions. Sherman-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a b-ill (H. R. 2781) granting .an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2742) granting a pension to Sarah J. Martin V. B. Wyman-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . Kelley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2782) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R 2743) granting a pension to Lucien H. John Franklin Hobbs, alias John Franklin-to the Committee on 1\Iussot-to the Committee on Pensions. Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2744) granting a pen ion to Edward Co~ Also, a bill (H. R. 2183) granting an increase of pension to pers-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. James Meagher-to tbe Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2745) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2784) granting an incr ease of pension to William McBride--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Peter King-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2746) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2785) granting an incr ease of pension· to James Horan-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Margaret Bonynge--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2747) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2786) grant ing an increase of pension to James Lyons-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Edmond G. Carey-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. - Also, a bill (H. R. 2748) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2787) granting an increase of pension to John Mulligan-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Stephen B. Tarlton-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECEMBER 4,

Also, a bill (H. R. 2788) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill {H. R. 2829) granting an increase of pension to George W. Rowe--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. E. A. Whitcomb-to the Committee on · Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2789) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2830) granting ~ increase of pension to Merrill Johnson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Garrett Schermerhorn-to the Committee on Pensions. · Also, a bill (H. R. 2790) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2831) granting an increase of pension to Lyman Jackman-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Amyntas Briggs-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2791) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2832) granting an increase of pension to Mary E. Adams-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. William C. Lathrop-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . Also, a bill (H. R. 2792) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2833) granting an increase of pension to Joseph W. Stockman-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. John Hanley-to the Committee on Invalid-Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2793) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill {H. R. 2834) granting an increase of pension to Nathan D. Chapmn.n-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. John B. Ashton-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, :1 bill (H.· R. 2794) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2835) granting an increase of pension to Richard E. Davis-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Samuel A. Rask-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2795) granting a pension to Emma Auger-­ Also, a bill {H. R. 2836) granting an increase of pension to to the Committee on Pensions. Henry L. Pengilly-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2796) granting a pension to Benjamin T. Also, a bill (H. R. 2837) to correct the military record of Odiorne--to the Committee on Pensions. Mark H. Dunnell-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2797) for the relief of John L. Hadley-to Also, a bill (H. R. 2838) granting an honorable discharge to the Committee on Military Affairs. Harry A. White--to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2798) for the relief of the State of New Also, a bill {H. R. 2839) removing the charge of desertion Hampshire--to the Committee on Claims. from the military record of J. E. Getman-to the Committee on By Mr. SULZER: A bill (H. R. 2799) for the relief of the Military Affairs. victims of the General Slocum disaster-to the Committee on Also, a bill {H. R. 2840) to remove the charge of desertion Claims. from the military record of Henry J. Bolewine--to the Commit­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2800) granting an increase of pension to tee on Military Affairs. Thomas 1\Ianahan-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2841) to remove the charge of desertion Also, a bill (H. R. 2801) granting an increase of pension to against Benjamin F. Dayton-to the Committee on Military Alexander M. Lowry-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2802) to appoint Warren C. Beach a cap­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2842) to remove the charge of desertion tain in the Army and place him on the retired list-to the from the military record of Ashley C. Cameron-to the Com­ - Committee on Military Affairs. mittee on Military Affairs. By Mr. TAWNEY: A bill (H. R. 2803) for the relief of Also, a bill {H. R. 2843) removing the charge of desertion Dewitt Eastman-to the Committee on Military Affairs. against David Whitford-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2804) for the relief of George H. Suits­ By l\1r. THOMAS of North Carolina: A bill (H. R. 2844) for to the Committee on War Claims. the relief of C. P. Johnson & Son-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 2805) for the relief of the Laird-Norton Claims. Company, of Winona, 1\finn.-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill {H. R. 2845) for the relief of the First Baptist Also, a bill (H. R. 2806) for the relief of Conrad Bohn-to Church, of Newbern, N. C.-to the Committee on War Claims. the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2846) for the relief of the heirs of Dr. Also, a bill (H. R. 2807) for the relief of Gideon Holton-to J. B. Owen-to the Committee on War Claims. the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2847) for the relief of I. F. Hill, executor Also, a bill (H. R. 2808) for the relief of ~arry S. Gillrup­ of W. E. Hill, of Duplin County, N. C.-to the Committee on to the Committee on Claims. War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2809) for the relief of Edward J. Krue­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2848) for the relief of W. T. Dixon-to ger-to the Committee on Pensions. the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2810) granting a pension to Lydia E. Also, a bill (H. R. 2849) granting an increase of pension to French-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Jesse Harrison-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2811) granting a pension to Angie A. Mar­ By Mr. 'l'OWNSEND: A bill {H. R. 2850) granting a pension vin-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to Jane C. Van Akin-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2812) granting a pension to Edward A. Also, a bill (H. R. 2851) granting an increase of pension to Goodfellow-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. William H. Stoddard-to the Committee on Invalid Pensious.­ Also, a bill (H. . R. 2813) granting a pension to Anna Me­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2852) granting an increase of pension to Falls-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Jnmes Dayton-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2814) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill {H. R. 2853) granting an increase of pension to Alida M. Utter-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Murray W. Woodward-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Al o, a bill (H. R. 2815) granting an increase of pension to Also, a hill {H. R. 2854) granting an increase of pension to Henry H. Howard-to the Committee on In valid Pensions. Mary Ann Deline--to the Committee on Invalid Pem;ious. Also, a bill (H. R. 2816) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2855) granting an increase of pension to James C. Town-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Aaron D. S. Knisiley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2817) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2856) granting an increase of pension to Thomas D. Doig-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. George F. Ford-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. _2818) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2857) granting an increase of pension to 1\Iilton Selby-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Thomas Hanley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2819) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2858) granting a pension to Jane Baker­ J obn Horstman-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2820) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2859) granting a pension to Eliza beth Joseph McKnight-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Epke-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2821) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2860) granting a pension to Catherine M. Turner J. Preble--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Rogers-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2822) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2861) granting an increase of pension to Levi Gates-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Edward F. Overmoyer-to the Colll.IJlittee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2823) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2862) granting a pension to Mary EJ. Rob­ Orton D. Ford-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. erts-;-to_the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2824) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2863) granting an increase of pension to Marzavan J. Secord-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Orville W. Heath-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2825) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2864) granting an increase of pension to George Johnson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Anna E. Worden-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill .(H. R. 2826) granting ail increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2865) granting an increase of pension to Samuel Prochel-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Wilder D. Easlick-'to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2827) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2866) granting an increase of pension to Henry Westerhouse--to the Committee on Inva.lid Pensions. Jane Van Wey-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . Also, a bill (H. R. 2828) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2867) granting an increase of pension to William w. Gilbert-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Leah Bedford-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 1905. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 87

· .AJsbt a bill (H. R. 2868) granting a pension t() Harriet A. · Also, a bill (H. R. 2910) granting an increase of ·pension to Hicks-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · · Artemus Ward-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a - bill (H. R. 2869) granting a pension to Lucy Cas­ · Also, a bill (H. R. 2911) granting a pension to William G. well-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Stewart-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2870) granting an increase of pension_to Also, a bill (H. R. 2912) granting an increase of pension to Jehu F. Wotring-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Franklin ·Craig-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2871) granting a pension to Jane A. Sher­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2913) granting a pension to Louise H. man-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Watson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 287.2) granting an increase of pension to A:tso, a bill (H. R. 2914) granting a pension to Jerusha M. James Mcintyre-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . Crane--to the Committee on Pensions.

Also, a bill (H. R. 2873) granting a pension to Sarah M. A. Also1 a bill (H. R. 2915) granting a pension to Amelia B. Barber-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Gifford-to the Committee on Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2874) granting an increase· of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2916) granting a pension to Sarah Soper- Orville W. Sage-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Co1ll1Ilittee on Pensions. · Also, a bill' (H. R. 2875) granting -a pension to David E. Also, a bill (H. R. 2917) granting a pension to Catharine Boyse-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Essig~to the Committee on Pensions. - Also, a bill (H. R. 2876) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2918) granting a pension to William James Henry C. Cunningham-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Simpson-to the Committee on Pensions. .Also, a bill (H. 'R. 2877) granting a· pension to Lizzie S. Tay- Also, a bill (H. R. 2919) to ·remove the charge of desertion lor-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. - from the record of Edward H. Beebe--to the Committee on Mili- Also, a bill (H. R. 2878) granting a pension· to John M. tary Affairs. · Cheevers-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2920) to remove the charge of desertion Also, a bill (H. R. 2879) granting a pension tO' Sarah Bab­ from the record of Edward Montgomery-to the Committee on cock-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2880) granting a pension to Mary E. Also, a bill (H. R. 2921) correcting the military record ot Roberts-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Martin Barley-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2881) granting a pension to Hannah A. Also, a bill (H. R. 2922) granting an honorable discharge to Robison-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Eph B. Cooper-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2882) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2923) for. the relief of Phillip Miller-to John A. Gragg-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H.· R. 2883) granting a pension to Samuel M. Also, a bill (H. R. 2924) to remove the charge of desertion Center-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. from the record of Henry D. Cutting, alias Henry C. Strat­ Also; a bill (H. R. 2884) granting· a pension to Alice Anna ton-to the Committee on Military Affairs. · 'Amsden-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2925) to remove the charge of desertion Also, a bill (H. R. 2885) granting an increase of pension to against the name of Melanchton Borst-to the Committee on ViTilliain H. Stoddard-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 2886) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2926) for the relief of the heirs of John Lucius Q. Mason-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Smith-to the Committee on Claims. · Also, a bill (H. R. 2887) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2927) to pay and reimburse John F. Dewitt C. Pierce-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 1\filich-to the Committee on Claims. • Also, a bill (H. R. · 2888) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2928) granting relief to Edwin A. Wells- Thomas Trabilcox-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Claims. · · Also, a bill (H. R. 2889) granting an increa·se of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2929) granting relief to Guy M. Claflin­ James Brown-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2890) granting a pension to A.rminda Mar­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2930) for the relief of Myron C. Bond- ble--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Claims. · Also, a bill (H. R. 2891) granting a pension to Augusta D. Also, a bill (H. R. 2931) for the relief of James Scoby-to the Murdock-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2892) granting a pension to Julia B. Bub­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2932) for the relief of Joshua P. Talford­ ble--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. .to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2893) granting a pension to Amelia Per­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2933)- for the relief of Peter Mommie--to kins-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Claims~ Also, a bill (H. R. 2894) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2934) granting relief to William H. William R. Hibbord-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ; Rogers-to the Committee on Claims. · Also,. a bill (H. R. 2895) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2935) for the relief of William A. Clark­ Robert Craig-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions._ to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2896) granting· a pension to Charles E. Also, a bill (H. R. 2936) for the relief of John J. Bell-to the Barry-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on Claims. Also, a -bill (H. R. 2897) granting a pension to Spencer M. Also, a bill (H. R. 2937) for the relief of Henry Hayden, John Case--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Kennedy, Wright H. Calkins, and James E. Barrett-to the Com­ Also, ·a · bill (H. R. 2898) granting a pension t.p James Hum­ mittee on Claims. - mel-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 2938) granting relief to certain members Also, a bill (H. R. 2899) granting an increase of pension to of the Seventh Michigan Cavalry, war of the rebellion-to the Francis X. Soleau-to the Cominittee on Invalid Pensions. Committee-on Claims. - Also, a bill (H. R. 2900) granting a pension to William E. Also, a bill (H. R. 2939) for the relief of Arra M. Farns­ Chase--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. - worth-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2901) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H.-R. 2940) for the relief of James I. Mabee-to William R. Fuller-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Claims. Also;· a bill (H. R. ·2902) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2941) providing for the payment of $137 Thomas Wyrill-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to Hugh A. Ernst for services rendered overtime and use ol Also,. a bill (H. R. 2903) granting an increase of pension to typewriter in the Bureau of Immigration, in the Treasury De- William B. Donaldson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. partment-to the Committee on Claims. · · ·Also, a bill (H. ·R. 2904) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2942) for the relief of the heirs of John Stephen Newton-to the Cotnmittee on Invalid Pensions. Smith, deceased-tO' the Committee on War Claims. Also;-· a bill (H. R. 2905) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2943) for the relief of James L. Carpen- Burr Clark-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ter-to the Committee on War Claims. - Also, a bill (H. R. 2906) ·granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2944) for the relief of Peter Fisher-to the James Mcintyre--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on War Claims. - Also; a bill (H. R. 2907) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2945) for the relief of· Herman B. Robb­ George R. Beach-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Comin.ittee on- War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 2908) granting a pension to Lizzie Cal­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2946) granting relief to the heirs of George lum-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · 0. Lull-to the Committee on War Claims. ' Also, a: bill (H.·· R; 2909) granting· an increase of .pension to Also, a bill (H.- R. 2947) granting relief to Anna' Wendell Jacob T. Wise--to the 9ommittee on Invalid Pensions. · Miller-to the Committee on the Public Lands. · CO-NGRESSIONAL ~~ RECORD::....:_HOUSE. DECEMBER ·4,-. -

Also, ..a bUI ·(H: R. 2948) for the relief .of .Deloss M. Baker, . ·.Also, a bill (H. R. 2985) granting an increase ·of pension· to·. Frank W. Clay, and Herman V. C. Hart; committee, and tore­ Herbert A. Lewis-to the Committee on· Invalid Pensions. imburse those who subscribed and paid · for site for ·post-office - Also, ·a bill (H. R : 2986) granting ·an increase of pension to building at Adrian, Mich.-to the Committee on Public ·Build- Adelaide E. Palmer~to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · ings and Grounds. . · Also, a bill (H; R. 2987) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. TYNDALL: A bill (H. R. 2949) granting an increase Joe V. Meigs-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · - of pension to George W. Adamson-to the Committee on Invalid Also, a bill (H. · R. 2988) for the relief of the Bath Iron Pensions. Works and others-to the Committee on Claims. · By Mr. UNDERWOOD: A bill (H. R. 2950) confirming the Also, a bill (H. R. 2989) providing ·for rank and pay for cer­ title of ames F. Hancock to the south half of the southeast tain retired officers of the Navy-to the Committee on NaVal quarter nnd.the south half of .the southwest quarter of section Atrairs. · · · ' 26, township 17 south, range 6 west, ·in Jefferson County, Ala.- By Mr.· WILEY of Alabama: A bill (H. R. 2990) granting..' a .to the Committee on the Public Lands. · pension to Felix G. Walker-to the Committee on Invalid Pen- Also, -a bill (H. R. 2951) authorizing Eli R . .Jones to perfect sions. · ~' his .homestead entry ·to· the southeast quarter of section ·32, in Also, a bill (H. R. 2991) granting a pension to Henry F. township 18 south, of range 2 west, in .Jefferson· County, Ala.­ Landes-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on the Public Lands. Also, a bill (H. R. 2902) for the relief of . Samuel T. Town-· By Mr. VAN DUZER: A bill (H. R. 2952) for the relief of the send-'-to the Committee on War Claims. · · ·' · ' legal Tepresentatives of D. P. Crook, deceased-to the -committee Also, a bill (H. R. 2993) for the relief of Mrs. E. W. Wil- on Indian Affairs. - · ' · liams-to the Committee on War Claims. ··· · · By Mr. VREELAND: A bill (H. R. 2953) granting a pension Also, a bill (H. R. 2994) for the relief of A. L. Hall-to the to Jeremiah Dailey-to· the Committee on Invalid Pensions: Committee on Claims. · · · · · Also, a bill (H: R. 2954) granting a pension to Chauncey P. Also, a bill (H. R. 2095) approprfating $4,243.90 to repay Dean-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the city of Montgomery, ·Ala:, moneys expended for streets and Also, a bill (H. R. 2955) granting a pension to Rhoda A. Tor­ sidewalk.s adjacent to the Government building· in said city_:_to rance--to.the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Claims. ' Also, a bill (H. R. 2956) granting a pension to Hannah P. By Mr. WILEY of New Jersey: A bill (H. R. 2996) to reim­ B. Cluney--:-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · burse Capt. Sydney Layland for ·sums· paid by·· him while , Also, a bill _ (H. R. 2957) · granting -a ·pension to · Herman master of the United States transport Mobile, in .July and Borchardt-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. August, 189S-to the Committee on Claims. - · · Also, a bill· (H. R. 2958) granting a· pension to Isaiah V. Fil- By .Mr. WOODYARD': A bill (H. R. 2997) for the relief ot kins-:-to ·the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · · · Capt: Sidney F. Shaw-to the Committee ori Claims. · Also, a bill (H. R. 2959) granting. an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 2998) for the relief of Mary A. Coleman- Amos H: Tennant_:_to the Committee on Invalid PensionS. to the Committee on War Claims. . . . . - . . Also, a bill (II. R. 2960) granting an increase of pension to Also, a .- bill (H. R. 2999)' for the relief of West Virginia St_ate Frederick P. Leo-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · · · troops-to the Committee on Invalid J;>ensions. _. . . Also, a Mil (H. R. 2961) · granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. _R. 3000) granting a pension to' William· Ston~- R. T. Hazzard~to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · / street-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ... Also, ..a bill (H. R. 29G2) granting an increase· of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 3001) grantiilg' a pension to George M. D. George W. Barber_:_to the Committee on Invalid Pensions: · Wells-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. • · - - Also, a bill (H. R. 2963) granting an increase of pension to · AlsO, a bill (H. R. 3002) granting an :iiicrease of pension to Rinaldo Adams-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions: ' · · David C. Johriston-to the Committee on· Invalid Pensions. · Also; a .bill (H. R. 2964) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 3003) granting a pension to Edwin ~. Samuel Ely, jr.-to the Committee on Invalid ·Pensions. · Fetty-to the Cori:rmittee ·on Invalid Pensions: · · Also, a bill (H. R. 2965) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 3004) gra.nting' an increase of pension to Darius Ketchum-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. William Haines-to the Committee· on· Invalid Pensions. · Also, -a ·bm ·(H. R.~ 2966) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. ~005) gr;mting' ~n · increase fof pension to Truman D. Blomers-to the Committee on Invalid. Pensions. Jacob C. Shafer-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill· (H. R : 2067) granting _aii incre:ise of pension to Also,-a biil (II. R. 3006) granting an increase of ·pension to Adaline Coit-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · ·william H. Crites-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions: · Also, ·a bill (H. R. 2968) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 3007)' granting an increa.Se of _pension .to Sidney Leonard-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Thomas Carder-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · · Also,· :1 ,bill (II. R .. 2969) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 3008) granting an increase of pension to Nathan P. Arnold-to the Committee on Invalia Pensions. ·. Alexander Kerr-to the Committee. on Invalid Pensions. Also, a · bill (H. R. 2970) granting an increase of pension to Also, a bill (H. R. 3009) granting an increase of pension- t~ John L. Curtiss-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions: - · :Murry Shannon-to the Committee on· Invalid Pensions.· Also, a bill (H. R. 2971) granting an increase of pension to . Also, a bill (H. R. 3010) granting an ip.crease of pension t~ Charles Armstrong-to the Committee ou Invalid Pensions. Tllomas C. Meadows-to the Committee on Invalid Pens~ons. Als~, a bill (H: R : 2972) grantillg an increase of pension to Also, a bill' (H. R. 3011) grantiJ?.g an increase ·or pen~ion to Wilbert Simmons-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Salathial S. Stalnaker-to the Committee on IIivalid P ensions. · Also, a bill (H. R. 2973) to remove charge of desertion from Also, a bill (H. R. 3012) granting an 'increase_of pension to military record of John W. ·Dailey-to the· ·committee on Mili- .Angeline B_attin-to· the Committee on Invalid ~elisions. tary ~airs. · By Mr. WEEKS: A bill (H. R. 2974) granting a pension to Susan M : Schmitt-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. P_ETITIONS, ETC. Also, a bill (H. R. 2975) granting a pension to Kate B. Wheeler-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, the following petitions and Also, a bill (H. R. 2976) granting a pension to Lawrence p~pers were laid on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows : Mahearn-to·the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. ACHESON : Petition of Emerson Smith Compapy Also, · a bill (H. R. 2977) granting a pension to George H. tLimited), of Beaver F alls, Pa., for a law for two classe.:; of Williams-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. mail only-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Also, a bill (H. R. 2978) granting a pension to Amanda M. Also petition of Friendship Council, No. 201, Junior Order Webb--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. United' American Mechanics, of Washington, Pa., favoring re­ Also, a bill (H. R. 2979) granting a pension to .John R. striction of immigration-to the Committee on Immigration and Bouldry-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Naturalization. : Also, a bill (H. R. 2980) granting a pension to Ernest B. Also, petition for an amendment to the C_o~stitution prohibit- Hutchins-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ing polygamy-to the Committee on tbe Judiciary. · Also, a bill (H. R. 2981) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. ADAMS of Pennsylvania: Petition of the board of .JosephS. Shepmoes~to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. directors of i:he Trades Len.gue of Philadelphia, against Cliinese Also, a bill (H. R. 2982) granting an increase of pension to immigration~to the Committee on Immigration and Naturaliza- .Ansel K. ·Tisdale--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. tion. · · Also, a bill (B. R. 2983) granting an increase of pension to .Also; petition of the National German-American A:-lliance. Horatio Carter-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions; against prohibitive temperance legislation-to the Committee on .Also; a bill (H. R. 2984) gt:an.ting an increase of pension to Alcoholic Liquor Traffic. · - · · William H. Gildersleeve--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. ALEXANDER: Petition of Rogers, Brown & Co., of 1905. ~ _ .. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-· ·HOUSE-.- . . .

Buffalo, N. Y., favoring reclassification of postage rates-to the field, N; J., for preservation of Niagara Fans, New York-to- 'ijle Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. . Committee on -Rivers and Harbors. Also, petition of East Buffalo Live Stock Association, favoring By Mr. GARDNER. of Michigan: Papers to accompany bill enlargement of the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commis­ correcting the military record of Jacob Betzer-to the Commit- sion-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. tee on Military Atrairs. . _ Also, resolution of the board of trustees of the N&W York Also, petition of Melvin T. Edmonds, of Coldwater, Mich., State Soldiers and Sailors' Home, favoring reestablishment of asking for increase of pension-to the Committee on Invalid the canteen-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Pensions. ·- By Mr. BABCOCK: Petition of the business men of Juneau Also, petition to correct military record of Henry Myers, of County; Wis., against legislation favoring a parcels post-to the Battlecreek, Mich.-to the Committ-ee on Military Affairs. Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. · Also, papers to accompany bill granting an increase of pen­ )3y . Mr. BOUTELL : Petition of over 50 wholesale tea mer­ sion .to William Burmingham, of Albion, Mich.-to the Com­ chants of Chicago, Ill., protesting against any duty on tea­ mittee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on ·ways and Means. Also, .papers to accompany bill for reliet of Alonzo F. Water­ By Mr. BONYNGE: Paper to accompany bill for relief of Cora bury, helpless son of late Henry w~ Waterbury, of Reading, G. Davidson, of Denver, Colo.-to the Committee on Invalid Mich.-to the Committee ·on Invalid Pensions. Pensions. . . Also, papers to accompany bill granting a pension to Corne­ By :Mr. BROWNLOW : Petitio~ of heirs of Philip ;Roberts, lius A. Hollenbeck:-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. late of Granger County, . Tenn., for re(erence of war claim to Also, papers to accompany bill for relief of Bickford L. Car­ the Court of Claims under the Bowman Act-to the Committee rier, of Brookfield, Mich-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. on War Claims. Al99, papers to . accompany bill for the relief of George Also, petition of heirs of Anderson C. Quillen, late of Hancock Abblerback-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. County, Tenn, for reference of_ war claim to the Court of By Mr. GRAHAM: Petition of the Pittsburg Plate Glass Claims-,,to the Committee on War Claims. Company, and others, of Pittsburg, Pa., for a law providing for Also, petition of Stephen Gose, of Claiborne County, ~enn., two classes of mail matter only-to the Committee on the Post­ for reference of war claim to the Court of Claims under t)le Office and Post-Roads. Bowman Act-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, petition of Hall of J. C. Winower Council, No. 618, of By Mr. BURKE of Pennsylvania: P~titions of Hoboken Coun­ Pennsylvania, and Hall of. Hoboken Council, No. 384, of Penn­ cil, No. 384, and of J.P. Winower Council, No. 618, Junior Order sylvania, for a law restricting immigration-to the Commtttee of United American :Mechanics, for. a law to restrict immigra­ on Immigration and Naturalization. tion-to .the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. . By Mr. GROSVENOR: Petition of citizens of Lancaster, Ohio, Also, petition of the Union Steel Casting Company, the Manu­ praying for further restriction of immigration; also, resolutions facturers'. Association, the Diamond National Bank, the Oil Well of the Trades League of Philadelphia, Pa., concerning admis­ Supply Company, and others, for. a law pro_viding for two kinds sion of Ch~nese--to the Committee on Immigration and Nat­ of mail on_ly-:-to the Committee· on the .Post-Office and Post­ uralization. Roads. Also, paper to accompany bill for relief of Edward Duffy­ . By Mr. l3URTON of Ohio: Petition of F. Widlar & Co., of to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Cleveland, Ohio, and other jobbers, protesting against a duty on Also, paper to accompany bill .for relief of Thomas Lowry­ tea and coffee--to the Committee.on Ways and Meansr to the Committee. on Invalid Pensions. Also, resolution of Harvey Rice Council, No. 211, Junior By Mr. HAMILTON: Resolution of C. J. Bassett Post, No. Drder, of _pnited American Mechanics, protesting against unre­ 56, of Allegan, Mich., for an amendment to the pension laws­ stricted immlgration~to the Committee on Immigration and . to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Naturalizatiou: . . Also, resolutions of Woodmen Grange, No. 610, of Gobleville, . By Mr. CANDLER : D~ta to. accompany a bill providing for Mich., in support of a parcels post-to the Committee on the the purchase of a site .for a public building at Columbia, Miss.­ Post-Office, and Post-Roads. to the Committee on Pul)lic Buildings and Grounds. By Mr. HASKINS: Resolutions of Division No. 45 of Rail­ By ..Mr . .CAPRON· Resolution of Valley Falls Lodge, No. 12, road Telegraphers, and Division No. 106, Brotherhood of Loco­ Junior Order of Uni_ted American 1\fechanics, in favor of further motive Engineers, _against conferring additional powers upon the restrictio~ of immigration-to the Committee on Immigration Interstate Commerce .Commission to fix freight rates-to the .and Naturalization. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. . . Also, resolution of the Rhode Island Medical Society, in favor Also, petition of the Protestant churches -of St. Johnsbury, of a reorganization of the MediCal Department of the Army-to Vt., in favor _of an amendment to the Constitution of the United the Committee on Military Affairs. States prohibiting polygamy-to the Committee on the Judiciary. Also, resolution of the Rhode Island Horticultural Society, in Also, resolutions of Council No. 41, Junior Order of United favor of placing basic slag meal on the free list-to the Com­ An;lerican Mechanics, of Newport, Vt, in favor of further re­ mittee on \Vays and Means. striction of immigration-to the Committee on Immigration and Also, re~olution of the Rhode Island Horticultural Society, in Naturalization. favor of an increased annual appropriation for agricultural ex­ By Mr. HILL of Connecticut: Petition of Mr. A. 1\filler, ·ask­ periment stations; also, resolution of the Agricultural Federa­ ing for special pension legislation-to the Committee on Invalid tion, urging increased appropriation for experiment stations-to Pensions. the Committee on Agriculture. · Also, petition of C. H. Conley, asking for a special pellSion By Mr. CASSEL : Resolutions of Akron Council, No. 906, of act-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Akron, Ohio,; Lancaster Council, No. 912, of Lancaster, Pa.; Also, petition of James A. Spraul, asking for a special pension General Cameron Council, No. 851, of Mount Joy, Pa., and Em­ act-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. pire Council, No. 120, of Lancaster, Pa., Junior Order United Also, petition of Harriet E. Grogan, asking for special pen- . American Mechanics, favoring restriction of immigration-to sion legis.lation-:-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. Also, petition of Andrew H. Nichols, asking for special pen­ By 1\Ir. CURRIER: Petition of the Brotherhood of Locomo­ sion legislation-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. tive Engineers of Woodsville, N. H., and resolution of Railroad Also petition of Emma Rowe, widow of Charles Rowe, asking Telegraphers, Division No. 45, of New Hampshire, upon railroad for special pension legislation-to the Committee on Invalid rate legislation-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Pensions. . Commerce. Also, _petition of Robert Hopkins, for a pension-to the Com­ -By Mr. DEEMER : Petition of C. C. Wright and others, of mittee on Invalid Pensions. Williamsport, P.a., favoring restriction of immigration-to the Also, resolution of the general assembly of Connecticut, for Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. uniform laws on marriage and divorce--to the Committee on By Mr. FLACK : Papers to accompany bill increasing the the Judiciary. • pension of Charles W. Renell-to the Committee on Invalid Pen- Ahm, petitions of Council No. 6 and Council No. 12, Junior sions.. . Order United American Mechanics, of Bridgeport, Conn., favor­ . Also, papers. to accompany bill to aorrect the military record ing restriction of immigration-to the Committee on Immigra­ of Daniel O'Brien-to the Committee on Military Affairs. tion and Naturalization. Also, papers to accompany bill granting a pension to William By Mr. HI~: Petition of business men of Byron, Ill., Brown, alias Daniel Mulligan-to the Committee on Invalid against a parcels-post bill-to the Committee on the Post-Otfice Pensions. . and Post-Roads. . ~ _ By Mr. FOWL"ER: Petition of the Woman's Club of West- By_ Mr. KAHN: Petition of Abraham Lincoln Council, No. 93_ CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-- SENATE. DECEMBER 5,

2_, of California, Junior Qrder United ·American Mechanics, in · By Mr. RICHARDSON of Alabama: Papers to accompany favor of the restriction of immigration-to the Committee on resolution favoring enlargement of the sale of cotton p1·oducts Immigration and Naturalization. in foreign markets-to the Committee on Interstate and For­ Also, memorial of the Merchants' Exchange of San Fran­ eign Commerce. cisco, Cal., in regard to the Chinese boycott of American prod­ By Mr. RUPPERT: Petition of the American members of ucts-to the Committee on the Judiciary. the Education Association of China, relative to Chine e stu­ Also, petition of numerous merchants and mercantile firms of dents-to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. San Francisco, Cal., in favor of amendments of the postal laws Also, petition of the board of trustees of the New York State so as to provide for two classes of mail matter only-to the Soldiers and Sailors' Home, urging reestablishment of the can­ Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. teen-to the Committee on Military Alfairs. Also, re olution of -the Chamber of Commerce of San Fran­ Also, petition of the Trades League of Philadelphia, for cisco, Cal., in respect_to the regulation of railroad freight rates legislation permitting admission of Chinese visitors and travel­ and enlargement of the Interstate Commerce Commission-to ers not of cooly class-to the Committee on Immigration and the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Naturalization. - _ . Also, resolution of El _Capitan Division, No. 115, Order of Also, petition of the Nome Chamber of Commerce, for repre­ Railway Conductors, against granting the Interstate Commerce sentation of Alaska in Congress-to the Committee on the Terr1- Commission power to regulate railroad freight rates-to the tories. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. RYAN: Petition of the East Buffalo Live Stock Asso­ Also, petition of sundry San Francisco merchants, against ciation, for Government regulation of railway rates-to the granting the Interstate Oommerce Commission power to fix rail­ Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. road freight rates-to the Committee on Interstate and For­ Also, petition of Local Union No. 43, Brotherhood of Pain~ eign Commerce. ers and Paper Hangers, of Buffalo, relative to wood alcohol­ Also, petition of San Francisco retail grocers, against placing to the Committee on Ways and Means. a duty on tea and coffee--to the Committee on Ways and Means. Also, petition of the board of trustees of the Soldiers and By Mr. KETCHAM : Petition of the peace convention of the Sailors' Home, of Bath, N. Y., fayoring reestablishment of the Shakers of Mount Lebanon, August 31, 1905, against wars be­ canteen at the Home for the sale of malt liquors only-to the tween nations, and for international arbitration for settlement Committee on Military Aff.airs. of all disputes-to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. By Mr. SHERMAN : Papm·s to accompany bill granting a pen­ By Mr. KNAPP : Paper to accompany bill for relief of Henry sion of Winnifred E. Lewis-to the Committee on Pensions. Jaques-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.. Also, petition of residents of Frankfort, N. Y., favoring re­ Also, paper to accompany bill for relief of Mary I. Lester-to striction of immigi·ation-to the Committee on Immigration and the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Naturalization. Also, paper to accompany bill for relief of J. B. Van Patten- Also, paper to accompany bill for relief of Selden C. Cola­ to the Committee on Pensions. · bridge--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. - Also, petition and papers of Mary A. Albright, for a pen­ Also, paper to accompany bill for relief of Mrs. Cyrene Gard­ sion-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ner-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, petition and papers of Francis M. Beebe, for an in­ Also, petition of Samuel Read Lodge, Knights of Pythias, No. crease of pension-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 378, of Utica, N. Y., favoring restriction of immigration-to the Also, petition and papers of Martin Braun, for an increase of Gommittee on Immigration and Naturalization. pe1;1sion-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. SIMS: Petition of R. A. Harris and others, for a By :Mr. LAFEAN: Petition of Rock Council, No. 54, of Glen­ law restricting immigration-to the Committee on Immigration rock ; Susquehanna Council, of Wrightville ; 1\foss Rose Council, and Naturalization. of Seven Valleys; Colonial Council, of York, and Hauer Council, By Mr. SAMUEL W. SMITH : Petition of J. P. Swayze, ec­ of Spring Grove, all in Pennsylvania, Junior Order United Amer­ retary for Davi burg Grange, Ander onville, Mich., advocating ican Mechanics, favoring re triction of immigration-to the Com­ treaties with France, Russia, Switzerland, and Austria-Hungary mittee on Immigration and Naturalization. relatiYe to such tariff laws as shall best suit the agricultural By Mr. LITTAUER: Papers to accompany bills granting interests o.f Michigan in the export trade to said countries-to pensions to Mary L. HougbtaJling, Edward Coward, Martin V. the Committee on Ways and Means. Butler, and Ada Collins-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, petition of the Flint River Baptist Association, for be~ Also, papers to accompany bill to increase the pension of terment of conditions in the Kongo Free State--to the Com­ Amanda M. Hill-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. mittee on Foreign Affairs. By Mr. MAHON : Paper to accompany bill for relief of Par­ By Mr. WEBB: Petitions of Cannonsville Council, No. 25, mer Stewart, of Huntingdon, Pa.-to the Committee on Invalid of Concord ; Maiden Council, No. 88, of Maiden, and Gastonia Pensions. Council. No. 68, all in North Carolina, Junior Order United By 1\fr. McKINLEY of Illinois : Petition of Council No. 2, American Mechanics, for re~triction of immigration-to the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, of Alton, Ill., Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. favol'ing re triction of immigration-to the Committee on Im­ By Mr~ WOODYARD: Petitions of Summer Council, No. migration and Naturalization. 150; Newton Council, No. 75 i White Pine Council, No . . 8, and Also, petition of the Central Labor Union of Mattoon, Ill., Tanner Council, No. 87, Junior Order United American Me­ against employment of Japanese and Asiatic laborers on the chanics, all in West Virginia, favoring restriction of immigra­ Panama Canal-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign tion-to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. Commerce. Also, petition of the Retail Gro rs' Association, against a duty on tea-to the Committee on Ways and :Means. SENATE. Also, petition of the Decatur Retail Grocers' Association, against a parcels-post bill-to the Committee on the Post-Office TuEsDAY, December 5, 1905. and Post-Roads. · Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. EowARD E. HALE. Also, petition of the Journeyman Tailors' Union.of America, ALEXANDER S. CLAY, a Senator from the State of Georgia, of Champaign, Ill., favoring restriction of immigration-to the and SAMUEL D. McENERY, a Senator ft·om the State of Lou- Committee on Immigration and Natura)ization. isiana, appeared in their seats to-day. · By :Mr. MOON of Tennessee : Paper to accompany bill for The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. relief of William H. Smith, of Chattanooga, Tenn.-to the Com­ mittee on Invalid Pensions. SENATOR FROM CONNECTICUT. Also, paper to accompany bill for relief of Rachel E. Ware, Mr. BULKELEY presented the credentials of Frank B. Bran­ of Chattanooga, Tenn.-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. degee, chosen. by the legislature of the State of Connecticut a By Mr. 0'1'JEN: Petition of Ed West and others, for a law Senator from that State for the unexpired portion of the term restricting immigration-to the Committee on Immigration and beginning March 4, -1903; which were read and ordered ·to be Naturalization. filed. . By_ Mr. PATTERSON of Pennsylvania: Petitions of Spring­ Mr. BULKELEY. My colleague is present, and I ask that he vllle Council, No. 659, of Arts; William Valley Council, No. 317, be sworn. of Tower City; _Grier City Council, No. 335, of Grier City; The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Senator-elect will present him­ Webster Council. .No. 23, of Schuylkill Haven, and Jennings self at the desk and-take the oath prescribed by law. Council, No. 367, of Shenandoah, all in Pennsylvania, Junior Mr. .Brandegee was escorted to the Vice-President's desk by Order United. American Mechanics--tO the ~ Committee on Immi­ Mr. ·Rt:rLKEIEY ;· and ·the · oath pre cribed by law having ·been gration and Naturalization. administered to him, he took his seat in the Senate.. · : ·

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