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1889. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 1999 The question then recurred on the amendment of Mr. REED; which Also, petition of Hon. Lee Mantle, speaker of the house of repre- was read, as follows: sentatives of Montana Territory, in relation to the same-to the Com Provided, That no salary shall be hereby decreased. mittee on the Public Lands. The question being taken, the amendment was rejected; there be- ing-ayes 32, noes 52. The following pet.itions for a national Sunday-rest law were receiveci Mr. ENLOE. I move to strike out the paragraph. and severally referred to the Commit.tee on Labor: Mr. KERR. That is the motion I desired to make. By Mr. BREWER: Of 694 citizens of Michigan. The question being taken on the motion of Mr. ENLOE to strike out By Mr. BRYCE: Of 2,968 citizens of New York. the pending paragraph, there were, on a division (called for by Mr. By Mr. J. E. CAMPBELL: Of 687 citizens of Ohio. REED )-ayes 29, noes 53. By Mr. HITT: Of 269 citizens of Edinburgh, Ill. Mr. KERR. No quorum. By Mr. HUNTER: Of citizens of sundry towns in Kentucky. The CHAIRMAN. The point of no quorum being made, the Chair :By Mr. MATSON: Of1,255 citizens of Indiana. will appoint tellers. By Mr. MILLIKEN (by request): Of John Collins and other citi· Mr. BLOUNT. It is quite evident that ihere is no quorum now in zens of 1\Iaine. the Hall. It is Saturilay evening, and I think no progress will be By Mr. YOST: Of297 citizens of Staunton, Va. made on this bill by sitting longer now. I move that the committee • rise. The following petitions, praying for a constitutional amendment pro· The motion was agreed to. hi biting the manufacture, importation, exportation, transportation, and The committee accordingly rose; and Mr. McMILLIN having taken sale of all alcoholic liquors as a be•erage, were received and severa.lly the chair as Speaker pro tempore, Mr. TURNER, of Georgia, reported referred to the Select Committee on the Alcoholic Liquor Traffic: that the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union had had By Mr. CASWELL: Of 69 citizens of Clinton, Wis. under consideration the bill (H. R. 12490) making appropriations for By Mr. DORSEY: Of24 citizens of Glenville; of 48 citizens of Red the service of the Postr-Oflice Department for the fiscal year ending June Cloud, and of 108 citizens of Wakefield and Concord, Nebr. 30, 1890, and bad come to no resolution thereon. By Mr. FELTON: Of 113 citizens of Gilroy, Colo. And then, on motion of Mr. KILGORE (at 4 o'clock and 30 minutes By Mr. GIFFORD: Of 27 citizens of Ripon; of 88 citizens of Can• p. m. ), the House adjourned. ·ton; of 26 citizens of Templeton; of 48 citizens of Copp and Lebanon, Dak. PRIVATE BILLS INTRODUCED AND REFERRED. By Mr. HIRES: Of 28 citizens of Roodstown, and of 28 citizens of Under the rule private bil1s of the following titles were introduced Dennisville, N. J. · and referred as indicated below: By Mr. A. J. HOPKINS: Of 24 citizens of Big Foot, Ill. By Mr. CRAIN: A bill (H. R. 12604) to restore the pension of Ann By Mr. McADOO: Of 108 citizens of Jersey City, and of 55 citizens G. Barker-to the Committee on Pensions. of Bayonne, N. J. By Mr. DELANO: A bill (H. R. 12605) granting a pension to Abbie By Mr. ROCKWELL: Of 63 citizens of Chicopee, Mass. D. Johnson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. J. E. RUSSELL: Of 32 citizens of Auburn, and of 54 citi- Also, a bill (H. R. 126Q6l granting a pension to Alfred A. Lord-to zens of East Brookfield, Mass. thE: Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. E. B. TAYLOR: Of 90 ·citizens of Kinsman, Ohio. By ltir. GEST: A bill (H. R.12607) to grant a pension to Ira Wells By Mr. E. J. TURNER: Of 47 citizens of Burr Oak, Kaus. to Lhe Committee on Pensions. By Mr. V A.NDEVER: Of 68 citizens of Tustin City, Cal. By :Mr. VOORHEES: Of 217 citizens of Spokane, of 31 citizens By Mr. HE K~1ANN: A bill (H. R. 12608) to pension William J. Mar o1 tin-to the Committee on Pensions. Buckeye Run, of 52 citizens of Ellensburgh, of 18 citizens of Whidby's By Mr. SPRINGER: A bill (H. R.l2609) for the relief of John A. Island, of 19 citizens of Seattle, of 49 citizens of Columbus, of 55 citi McClernand-to the Committee on Military Affairs. zens of Elberton, of 44 citizens of Blaine and Luniahwoo, of 71 citi• .Alw, a bill (H. R.12610) for the relief of John M. Palmer-to the zens of Asotin, and of 130 citizens of Cheney, Washington Territory• Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. MONTGOMERY: A bill (H. R. 12611) to grant a pension to Mo es Stone-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. WILKINSON: A bill (H. R. 12612) to authorize the con SENATE. stxuction of a. bridge across the Mississippi River at{ New Orleans, La. 1\{0ND.A.Y, February 18, 1889. to the Committee on Commerce. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. J. G. BUTLER, D. D. PETITIONS, ETC. The J onrnal of the proceedings of Saturday last was read and ap- proved. · The following petitions and papers were laid on the Clerk's desk, FORT 01\-I.A..HA, NEBRASKA. under the rule, and referred as follows: By Mr. DORSEY: Memorial of citizens of McCook, Nebr., for open The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication ing up Indian Territory and No Man's Land-to the Committee on the from the Secret.:·uyofWar, transmitting, in replytoa. resolution ofthe Territories. 8th instant, certain information in regard to the relocation of Fort By Mr. ERMENTROUT: Petition of Typographical Union No. 86, Omaha, Nebraska, _and disapproving the purchase of 900 acres of land of Reading, Pa., favoring the passage of the Chace-Breckinridge copy south of Omaha, recommended as a. site for the relocation of such fort; right bill-to the Committee on Patents. which, with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Committee By Mr. GEST: Proof on the pension bill of Ira Wells-to the Com on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. mittee on Pensions. Mr. ALLISON. I ask that all the papers accompanying the com· By Mr. GROSVENOR: Memorial of New Matamoras Post, No. 666, unication may be printed, if the order has not been made. and of Charles Beman Gates Post, No. 452, .Grand Army of theRe The PRESIDENT pro te-mpore. That order was made. public, ofOhio,for liberal appropriations for publication of war records Mr. ALLISON. Very well. to. the Committee on Appropriations. COURT OF CLAll\IS REPORT. By Mr. D. ·B. HENDERSON: Petition of citizens of Cascade, Iowa, asking for ptnsion legislation before the revenue is otherwise reduced The PRESIDENT pro iempo1·e laid before the Senate a communica to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. tion from the clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting the conclusion By Mr. HOWARD: Medical evidence in the claim of Sarah E. Mc of facts and law fi1ed by the Court of Claims in a certain French spolia Clure-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. tion claim; which, with the accompanying papers, was referred to the By Mr. JOSEPH: Petition of citizens of Old Albuquerque, N.Mex., Com:q:littee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. denouncing a certain petition recently sent from that city-to the Com mittee on the Territories. PENNSYLV ANI.A BOUNDARY LINE. Bv Mr. McCORMICK: Petition of C. A. Gorrie and other citizens of The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communica W cllsborough, Pa., against the adulteration of food and liquors-to the tion fro~ Charles W. Stone, secretary of the Commonwealth of Penn Committee on Agriculture. sylvania, transmitting, by direction of the governor of Pennsylv-ania, a. By :Mr. MORiULL: Concurrent resolutions of the Legislature of certified copy of •· An act to confirm the h9undary lines between this Kansas, relating to the removal of the Prairie band of Pottawa.tomie Commonwealth and the States of New York, Ohio, and West Virginia, Indians from Kansas-to the Committee on Indian Affairs. as resurveyed by the joint commissions appointed for that pllTpOSe, and By Mr. ROGERS: Memorial oftbe convention at Fort Smith, Ark., to mti(y an~ confirm the agreement entered into by -commissioners in relation to the Indian Territory-to the Committee on the Terri on the part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of tories. New York in relation to the boundary line between said St-ates," ap .By Mr. 'l'OOLE: Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Montana proved the 6th day of June, A. D. 1887; which, with theaccompanying Territory, in relation to the Fort Ellis military reservation-to the paper, was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered Committee on the Public Lands. to be printed. 2000 CONGRESSIONAL' RECORD-SENATE. FEBRUARY 18,· HOUSE BILL REFERRED. Mr. SHERMAN. All I want is to get the action of the Senate now The bill (H. R. 12384) for the allowance of certain claims reported by upon the question. It if:! an important bill involving a very large sum the accounting officers of the United States Treasury Department was of money, and if there are objections to it they should be stated and read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Claims. we should have a fair vote.