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inventions and improvements made by him in bell-boats, buoy-boats, rington, and of 280 citizens of Springfield, Massachusetts, for the and spar-buoys, used by the United States-to the Committee on repeal of the tax on bank deposits ana the two-cent stamp on banlt Commerce. checks and drafts-to the Committee on Ways and Means. By lli. DEUSTER: The petition of 320 citizens of Milwaukee, Wis By Mr. RUSSELL: The petition of 200 citizens of Lawrence, and consin, for the repeal of the tax on bank deposits and the two-cent of 360 citizens of Lowell, Massachusetts, for the repeal of the tax on . stamp on bank checks and di·afts-to the Committee on Ways and bank deposits and the two-cent stamp on bank checks and drafts Means. to the same committee. By Mr. DUNN: Papers relating to the claim of Philip R. Jones By Mr. SHALLENBERGER: The resolutions of the Philadelphi~ and of James R. Lafferry-severally to the Committee on War Claims. Conference of Baptist Ministe~, against the passage of Honse bill No. By Mr. ELLIS : Papers relating to the claim of John Mahoney-to 2677, providing for the distribution of unclaimed bounty due colored the same committee. soldiers-to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. GEDD"ES: The petition of 0. H. Booth, E. W. Smith, and Also, the petition of L. E. Christman and others, honorably dis 790 others, citizens of Richland County, Ohio, for legislation for the char§ed soldiers of Washington, Pennsylvania, in behalf of a sol suppression of}'olygamy-to the Committee on the Judiciary. diers home at Erie, Pennsylvania-to the same committee. By :Mr. GUENTHER: T4e petition of citizens of Green Bay and By Mr. 0. R. SINGLETON: Pape1·s relating to the claim of Will Fort Howard, Wisconsin, for legislation to abolish polygamy-to the iam L. Clearman-to the Committee on War Claims. same committee. By Mr. SPAULDING: The petitions of80 citizens of Lansing, of By Mr. B. W. HARRIS: The petition of 40citizensofTaunton, and 22 citizens of Flint, and of 40 citizens of Corunna, ·Michigan, for the of 80 citizens of Brockton, Massachusetts, for repeal of the tax on bank repeal of the tax on bank deposits and the two-cent stamp on bank deposits, and the two-cent stamp on bank checks and drafts-to the checks and drafts-to the Committee on Ways and Means. Committee on Ways and Means. By 1\Ir. STONE : The petition of 300 citizens of Salem, Massachu By Mr. HASKELL: Memorial of the Indian Treaty-Keeping and setts, for the repeal of the tax on bank deposits and the two-cent Protective Association, relative to the treatment of Indians-to the stamp on bank checks and drafts-to the same committee. Committee on Indian Affairs. Also, the petition of Harwich, Scituate, Camden, and other towns By .M:r. G. \V. HEWITT: Papers relating to the claiin of George of Massachusetts, for the abrogation ofthe thirty-third article of the c. -Arrington-to the Committee on War Claims. treaty of Washington-to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. By Mr. HOUR: Papers relating to the claim of Theodore T. Cof Byl\Ir. J. T. UPDEGRAFF: The petition of JosephPetersonand89 fin-to the same committee. others, citizens of Carroll, Jefferson, and Columbiana Counties, Ohio, By Mr. HUBBELL: Papers relating to the claim of the heirs of for legislation regulating railway transportation-to the Committee William A . .Burt-to the Committee on Claims. on Commerce. By 1\!r. JADWIN: The-petition of A. A. Clearwater and 22 others, By Mr. VANCE: The report of Colonel T. S. Abertt...Department of honorably dischar!?ed soldiers ; of 44 members of Spalding Post of Engineers, in relation to work on the French Broad .tdver, in North the Grand Army of the Republic, and of A.M. Snow and 14 others, Carolina.-to the same committee. honorably discharged soldiers, of Pennsylvania, forthepassageofthe Also, papers relating to the claim of Austin G. Day-to the Com bill (H. R. No. 1440) for the establishment ofasoldiers' home at Erie, mittee on Patents. Pennsylvania-severally to the Committee on Military Affairs. By 1rlr. WEST: The petition of citizens of Schuylerville, Amster By 1\Ir. KLOTZ: The petition of soldiers of Carbon County who dam, Saratoga Springs, Johnstown, Ballston Fonda, and ·schenec served in Pennsylvania regiments in the war of the rebellion, in tady, ill the State of New York, for the repe;J of the tax on bank de favor of the establishment of a soldiers' home at Erie, Pennsylvania posits and the two-cent stamp on bank checks and drafts-to the to the same committee. Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. MANNING: Papers relating to the claims of Emmet J. By 1\Ir. YOUNG : Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce and Mer Parham, of George W. Wiffieton, of Andrew Cathey, of Robert S. chants' Exchange of the city of Cincinnati, praying for legislatiou. McDonald, aud of' 1\Irs. Lucy A. Jameson-severally to the Commit- to deepen the channel and improve the harbor of the city of llalti tee on War Claims. · more in the interest of cheap transportation of freights from Cincin By Mr. McCLURE: The petition of John A. Clark and otherR, nati to the nearest point on the seaboard-to the Committee on Com citizens of Wadsworth, Medina County, Ohio, for le~islationfor t!le merce. suppression of polygamy-to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. McCOOK: The petition of citizens of New York City, pray ing for the passage of a bill.creating a permanently wide and deep channel through Sandy Hook Bar-to the Committee on Commerce. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. By Mr. McKgNziE : Papers relating to the claim of Charles Hale to the Committee on War Claims. SATURDAY, February 25, 1882. By Mr. MOORE: The petition of citizens of Tennessee, praying that a pension be granted !\Irs. James K. Polk, widow of the late The House met at twelve o'clock m. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. President Polk-to the Committee on Pensions. 1:<'. D. POWER. Also, papers .relating to the claim of the c~ty of Memphis, Tennes The Journal of yesterday was read and approved. see; of Wiley T. Cargill, executor of estate of Wiley Cargill, de MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE . . ceased; of Clara E. Bryan; of Mary Geary; of Charles C. Burke, A message from the Senate, by Mr. SYMPSON, one of their clerks, administrator of Mrs. Emer Abbott; of Julia C. Bailey, administra announced that the Senate ha-d passed a bill ( S. No. 138) for the relief trix; and of Indiana E. Hughes-severally to the Committee on War of James Burke; and also that the Senate had passed with amend Claims. ments the bill (H. R. No. 4221) to provide for certain ofthemosturgent By Mr. MULDROW: Papers relating to the claim of J. W. Cau- deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the Government sey, of Corinth, Mississippi-to the same committee. · for the fiscal year ending June 30, 18821 and for other purposes; in .By Mr. NORCROSS: The petition of 120 citizens of Holyoke, Mas which bill and amendments the concurrence of the House of Repre sachusetts, for the repeal of the tax on bank deposits and the two sentatives was requested. cent stamp on bank checks and drafts-to the Committee on Ways and Means. PROTECTION OF Al\IERICAN CITIZE~S ABROAD. By 1\lr. O'NEILL: Memorial of the Philadelphia Board of Trade, l\lr. FLOWER. 1\Ir. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent at this time giving reasoUB why the Senate bill No. 630, kno·wn as the Sherman for leave to introduc-e the resolutions which I send to the dei
Country, whose birth is to-day celebrated the world over wherever an American Mr. ffiSCOCK moved to ~econsider the vote by which the bill waa citizen can be found; nnd we demand thnt the honor and glory of the American passed; aml also moved that thb motion to reconsider be laid on the fiat: must be protected the world over wherever it floats, and its citizens protected nnaer its folds in every clime and every country. table. JAMES GOUGH, The latter motion was agreed to. Gemra1. President. P. T. GALLAGHER, URGENT DEFICmNCY APPROPRIATION BILL. Recording Secretary. Mr. HISCOCK. I ask unanimous consent that the bill (H. R. No. LADORERS' UNIOX PROTECTIVE SocmTY, FmST DIVISION, New York, February 22, 1882. 4221) to provide for certain of the most urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the Government for the fiscal year ULYSSES S. GRANT. ending June 30, 188'2, and for other purposes, with amendments by Mr. HE}IT)ERSON. Mr. Speaker, I ask un::~.nimous consent that the Senate, be taken from the Speaker's table and referred to the the bill (S. No. 59) to place IDysses S. Grant, late General and ex Committee on Appropriations. . President of t.he United States, upon the retired list of the Army be There was no objection, and it was so ordered. taken from the Speaker's table and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. ORDER OF BUSINESS. Mr. SPRINGER and Mr. McMILLIN objt=~cted. Mr. BURROWS, of Michigan. I understood the Chair to state that Mr. HENDERSON. It is the privilege of gentlemen to object if the call for the regular order was withdrawn. I ask the Chair who they think proper. withdrew the ca-ll for the regular orderY CONTESTED ELECTIONS. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Jtfichigan [1\ir. BUR~ows] Mr. JACOBS, by unanimous consent,. introduced a bill (H. R. No. wa-s understood to withdraw it. 4666) relating to contested elections; which was re:l.d a first and Mr. BURROWS, of Michigan. I did not. seoond time, referred to the Committee on Elections, and ordered to EASTElli"'f BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS. be printed. Mr. HASKELL. I ri e to present a privileged report from the PRINTING OF DOCUl\IENTS, ETC., COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Committee on Indian .A.ffairs. I am instructed by that committee, Mr. WILLI.Al\1S, of Wisconsin. I ask unanimous consent for the to which wa-s referred a resolution introduoed on the 13th instant present consideration of a resolution in reference to the printing of by the gentleman from North Carolina, [Mr. VANCE,] to report the certain papers and evidence before the Committee on Foreign Affairs. same back with the recommendation that it be adopted. The SPEAKER. The resolution will be read. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: The Clerk read as follows : R-t>.solved, That the Secretary of the Interior be requested to inform the House Resolved, That the evidence, papers, and documents before the Cc'!lllllittee on of Representatives of the present condition of the Eastern band of the Cherokee Foreign Affairs pertaining to the Hawaiian treaty, the Interoceanic Canal, and Indians residing in North Carolina, what lands they own as a band or tribe or in the investi!mtion ordered as to certain Chilian-Peruvian correspondence, &c., be severalty, and what amount of money, if any, said Indians have in the 'l'reas-ury of printed for.. the nse of said committ-ee, as they shall deem the same essential, from the United States, or what amount of bonds, if any, are held by the United States time to time. in trust for them. That he inform this House fully as to what proceedings were taken in the year The resolution was agreed to. 1874 and since that time, either by the United States or liysaid band with the con Mr. WILLIA.l\1S, of Wisconsin, moved to reconsider the vote by sent and advice of the United Sta~, for the recovery of lands in the State of which the resolution was adopted; and also moved th11t the motion North Carolina, claimed by said Indians, or for the recovery of moneys from their late agents, or for the adjnstmen t of their accounts with any of said agents. Also to reconsider be laid on the table. whether any awards were made in favor of said Indians by any board of arbitrators The latter motion was agreed to. or any court in respect to said lands, moneys, or a~counts, and, if so, what said INFRINGEMENT OF PATENTS. award was, and specifically the action taken by his Department in respect to the same up to the present time. Mr. VANCE, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. No. That he also furnish copies of any contract or contracts made by said Indians 46(;)7) relating to recoveries for infringements of patents; which was with any attornex or attorneys relating to the prosecution of saill claims for land, read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Patents, moneys, or the Mjnstment of said accounts, and what action has been taken by his Department with respect to said contracts, what payments have been made to said and ordered to be printed. attorney or attorneys, if any, by reason of services performed by them under said ORDER OF BUSINESS. contracts, and what, if any, is still claimed by said attorney or attorneys to be due 1\ir. BURROWS, of :Michigan. I call for the regular order. _ on account of said services. That he also inform this House what diSJ?OSition has been made by his Depart Mr. HISCOCK. I desire to take from the House Calendar for pres ment of the moneys belonging to said Indians referred to in an act of Congress ent consideration House bill No. 4439. approved Marek 3, 1875. That in giving the information relative to these moneys he shall state in detail each item of expenditure, the purpose for which the same TERMS OF COURT IN NORTHERN ~""EW YORK. was expended, and the authority of law for the .Payment of each item, and shall The SPEAKER. The demand for the regular order is withdrawn, state what amount of money was placed at the disposal of his Department by said and the gentleman from New York moves to take from the HoUHe act, and how much, if an:y, remains unexpended. It is further requested that the honorable Secretary furnish this Honse with any informatio~ he may be able to Calendar for present consideration a bill, the title of which will be give concerning the settling of whites npon the lauds of the Indians, an.d what rea-d. steps, if any, are necessary to be taken in order to protect the Indians in their The Clerk read as follows : rights. A bill (H. R. No. 4439) to amend the Revised Statutes of the United States estab The resolution was adopted. lishing the times, places, and provisions for holding terms of thedistrictand circ]lit courts in the northern district of New York. Mr. HASKELL moved to reconsider the vote by which the resolu tion was adopted; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present consideration laid on the table. of the billY The latter motion was agreed to. Mr. TOWNSHEND, of Illinois. Let the bill be read, the right to object being reserved. COMMITTEE ON WOl\IAN SUFFRAGE. Mr. HISCOCK. The bill only provides for the holding of the terms Mr. REED. I rise to make a privileged report. The Committee of court in the northern district of New York. on Rules to whom were referred sundry resolutions relating to the 1\ir. TOWNSHEND, of Illinois. If that is aJl I do not object. subject, have instructed me to report the resolution which I send to The bill was read, as follows : the desk. Be it enacted, d:c., That that paragraph of section 572 of th~ Revised Statutes de. The Clerk read as follows : claring the times, places, and provisions for holding terms of the district court in the northern district of New York be amended so as to read as follows: Resolved That a. select committee of nine members be appointed1 to whom shall "In the northern district of NewYork,atAlbanv, on the third Tuesdayin Jan be referred all petitions, billa, and resolves asking for the extensiOn of 81lffra.ge uary; at Utica, on the third Tuesday in March; at ROchester, on the second Tues to women or the removal of their legal disabilities. day iB May ; at Buffalo, on the third Tuesday in September; at Auburn, on the third 'tuesday in November; and in the discretion of the judge of the court, one The SPEAKER. The question is on the adoption of the report of term annually at such time and plaCe1 within the counties of Oriondaga, Saint Law the Committee on Rules. I'en ce, Clinbm, Jefferson, Oswego, and Franklin as he m.ay from time to time ap 1t1r. HOLMAN. I a-sk that the latter portion of the resolution be poin t. Such appointment, and notice thereof, shall be given in such manner as again read. It was not heard in this part of the House. said judge shall determine." SEC. 2. That that paragraph of section 658 of the Revised Statutes declaring the The resolution was again read. times, places, and provisiOns for holding term.s of the circuit court in the northern Mr. TOWNSHEND, of Illinois. I rise to make a parliamentary district of New York be amended so as to read as follows: inquiry. ''In the northern district of New York, at Canandaigua. on the third Tuesday in The SPEAKER. The gentleman will state it. J tme; at Syracuse, on the third Tuesday in November; at Albany, on the third Tuesllay in January. And when the said t erm appointed to be held at Albany be 1t1r. TOWNSHEND, of Illinois. My inquiry is whether that reso adjourned , it shall be a
ALASKA. to the Ho11se Calendar, and, with the accomyanyihg report, ordered The SPEAKER also laid befo:~;e the House a communication from to be printed. the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting reports from United States 1-''IOBRARA 1\llLITARY RESERVATIOY. naval officers in the waters of Alaaka, as called for by House resolu Mr. DAVIS, of Illinois, by unanimous consent, from the Committee tion of l!..,ebt:uary l, 1882; which was referred to the Committee on on Military Affairs, re£orted back the bill (H. R. No. 2997) granting Naval AffairsJ and ordered to be printed. a right of way to the Fl;emont, Elkhorn Valley and Missouri River APPOINTl\lEN:rB, R.EJ.\IOVALS, ETC., IN POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT. Railroad Coru,pany ~cross the Niobrara military reservation, in the State of Nebraska, and authorizing the sale of a portion of said re&er The SPEAKER. A lstter from the Postmaster-General, tra~mit vation; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole Hoose ting lists of appointments, removals, &c., under the grade of Assist on the state of the Union, and, with the accompanying report, or ant Postmaster-General of persons employed in the postal service in dered to be printed. the city of Washington, excluding mail carriers and including in ARKANSAS SWAMP LU.'DS. spectors, was presented on a former day and referred to the Comnnttee on Reform in the Civil Service, but was not ordered to be printed. . Mr. CRAVENS, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on tbe In the opinion of the Chair the printing should be ordered, and in Public Lands, reported back the bill (H. R. No. 3816) to indemnify the absence of objection the order will be made. the State of Arkansas for swamp and overflowed lands within· said There was no objection, and it was ordered accordingly. State held by the United States since March 3, 1857, and for other purposes; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House ORDER OF BUSINESS. on the state of the Union, and, with the accompanying report, or Mr. STEPHENS. I ask unanimous consent to make a report. dered to be printed. Several MEMBERS. Regular order I l'tl. P. JO:NES. Mr. STEPHENS. If the regular order is the call of committees Mr. THOMPSON, of Iowa, by unanimous consent, from the Co_m for reports, I do not press my request. mittee on Claims, reported back the bill (H. R. No. 1366) for the relief The SPEAKER. The regular order would be the morning hour of M.P. Jones; whioh was referred to the Committee of the Whole for the call of committees. House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, Mr. CASWELL. Mr. Speaker, with the hope and expectation that ordered to be printed. we may complete the Post-Office appropriation bill to-day, if we com mence at an early hour, I move to dispense with the call of commit PUBLIC BUILDIXG, READING. tees. Mr. SINGLETON, of Illinois, by unanimous consent, from the Com Mr. STEPHENS. Then I ask the gentleman to yield to me a mo mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds, reported, as a substitute for ment. House bill No. 2622, a bill (H. R. No. 4670) for the erection of a public lit. CASWELL. I wi.R do so. building at Reading, Pennsylvania; which was referred to the Com mittee of the Whole House on the state Qf the Union, and, with the SIL VEl~ COINAGE UPON THE IETRIC SYSTEl\J:. acco:ql_pftnying report, ordered to be printed. Mr. STEPHENS, by unanimous consent, reported back from the €ommittee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures the bill (H. R. No. RETffiEMENT OF TRADE-DOLLARS. 114) to authorize the coinage of silver dollars and fractions thereof Mr. SMITH, of Illinois, by unanimous consent, from the Commit of full standard value upon the metric system· which was referred tee on Banking and Currency, reported, as a substitute for House to the Committee of the Whole House on the state.of iihe Union, and bills Nos. 96 and 1650, a bill (H. R. No. 4671) for the retirement of the accompanying report ordered to be printed. trade-dollars from circulation; which was read a :first and second ORDER OF BUSINESS. time, referred to the House Calendar, and, with the accompanying Mr. HUMPHREY. ThegentlemanfromWisconsin [Mr. CASWELL] report, ordered to be printed. gives way to me that I may present an adverse repo:nt from the Judi RATING OF INVALID PENSIO:NERS. ,ciary Committee. :Mr. MATSON, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on In Mr. PAGE. I call for the regular order. valid Pensions, reported back the bill (H. R. No. 4269) relating to the The SPEAKER. The regular order being called for, the Chair has rating of certain classes of invalid pensioners; which was referred no power to entertain requests for unanimous consent. The gentle to the Rouse Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered man fi·om Wisconsin moves that the call of committees for to-day be to be printed. • dispensed with. NORTH DAKOTA. Mr. CASWELL. There are several gentlemen who desire to sub- Mr. GROUT, by unanimO"!J.S consent from the Committee on the mit reports; and if I can yield to them for a few moments- Territories, reported as a substitute for House bill No. 1884, a uill [ Cries of " ReO'ular order I"] (H. R. No. 4672) estanlishing1 the Territory of North Dakota, and pro The SPE.A.KEit The regular order is called for on both sides. viding a temporary government therefor; which was read a first and The question being taken on the motion of Mr. CASWELL, that the second time, referred to the House Calendar, and, with the accom eall of committees be dispensed with, there were ayes 97. panying report, ordered to be printed. Mr. IDSCOCK, (beforethenegativevotehad been counted.) I un derstand there are only two or three gentlemen who wish to submit NAVAL MONUMENT AT ANNAPOLIS. reports. I trust that by unanimous consent they may make their Mr. DEZENDORF, by unanimous consent, fromtheCommittee on reports, and that then we shall dispense with the morning hour. Naval Affairs, reported, as a substitute for House bill No. 631, a The SPEAKER. The House is dividing; and the vote can only be bill (H. R. No. 4b'73) to provide for the erection of a monument at waived by unanimous consent. . the naval cemetery at Annapolis, Maryland, in commemoration of the !t!r. HAZELTON. We will not oppose the motion, if we can have officers and others who perished by the wreck of the United States unanimous consent to present our reports. steamship Huron; which was read a first and second time, referred Several members objected. to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and, 'l'he SPEAKER. Objection is made. with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. The negative vote wa-s then taken, and the result was announced COMl\lERCIAL TRAVELERS. ayes 97, noes 42 So (two-thirds voting in favor thereof) the motion of Mr. . CASWELL :Mr. BREWER, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. No. was agreed to. 4674) to regulate the commerce between the States pertaining to OCE.A.I.~ 1\!AIL SERVICE. commercial travelers; which was read afirstandsecond time, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Mr. CASWELL. I yield to allow the gentleman from Mississippi [Mr. MONEY] to submit a report. ASSISTA:YT ATTOR.z.."'EY-GENERAL FOR POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT. Mr. MONEY, by unanimous consent, reported from the Committee :Mr. liUMPHREY, by urumimous consent, from the Committee on gn the Post-Office and Post-Roads a bill (H. R. No. 4668) to provide the Judiciary, reported back adversely the bill (H. R. No. 1594) to fo:r ocean mail service between the United States and foreign ports; further regulate and define the duties and compensation of the which was read a first and second time, and, with the accompanying Assistant Attorney-General for the Post-Office Department, and for :report, ordered to be p1inted and recommitted. other purposes; which was laid on the table, and the accompanying PUBLIC BUILDDiG, PENSACOLA, FLORIDA. report ordered to be printed. Mr. SCRANTON, by unanimous consent, reported from the Com GEORGE C. ELLISON. mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds, as a substitute for House Mr. MASON, by unanimous consent, from the Commit.tee on Claims, bill No. 104, a bill (H. R. No. 4669) for the erection of a public build reported a bill (H. R. No. 4675) to provide for the reimbursement of ~ at Pelli!acola, Florida; which was read a first and second time, cost and expenses in certain judicial proceedings, and for the relief :reterred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the of George C. Ellison; which was read a first and second time, referred Union, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, DISTRICT COURT AT WICIDTA. with the accompanying report, ord~red to be printed. :Mr. :MANNING, by unanimous consent, from the Committee ou the SERVICES ACTUALLY PERFOIL.'fED. Judiciary, reported back the bill (H. R. No. 429) to provide for hold- Mr. HOUK, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on War- ing a tenn of the district court of the United States at Wichita, ancl Claims, reported a bill(H. R. No. 4676) for the relief of certain office:rs for other purposes; wh:ch was read a :first and second time; referred of the Army for services actually performed during the rebelliQn ~ 1450 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE. FEBRUARY 25,
which was Jead a :firSt and second time, referred to the Committee of reached a decision adverse to the point of order-. If the ~entleman t.he Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompany- making the point of order desires to be heard, the Chair will be gla.d iing report, ordered to be printed. · to hear him at this time. The rule under which the committ·:.e is DELAWARE INDIANS. operating was evidently made for the purpose of preventing any legislation on appropriation bills, unless in reduction of expendi Mr. SPAULDING, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on tures in the manner provided by the rule, and in that view the Chair Indian Affairs, re\>Orted back the bill (H. R. No. 414) for the relief of holds that it should be strictly construed. But this clause of the the Delaware Indians in accordance with treaty stipulations; which bill, if the point of order had been made upon it would have had to was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of go out unless it could have been sustained under the general law the Union, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. allowing the House to make appropriations generally for the Post CHARLES C. SYKES AND JOHN CURREY. Office Department. The Chair merely suggests that it might have Mr. HAZELTON, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on been maintained under that. Private Land Claims, reported, as a substitute for House bill No. But, be that as it may, the Chair must hold that the amendment 2308, a bill (H. R. No. 4677) to confirm the title to certain lands in proposed by the gentleman from California~ as modified by the amend the Territory of .A.rizonatoCharlesP. SykesandJohn Currey; which ment of the gentleman from Illinois, shoUld be ruled to be in order, was read a :first and second time, referred to the Committee of the for the reason that it does not change existing law, in that it does not Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying necessarily make new legisla.tion or change existing law1.
1882. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 1451 by the New York press, and whether or not the object oftbis$500,000 him to run a train from Philadelphia at 4.30 a. m. to Harrisburgh, Pennsylvania, which Mr. Cassatt agreed to do, and in retnrn the honorable Postmaster-General is to furnish Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Boston, and all promised to reweigh the mails next winter between New York, New York, and surrounding cities with New York daily papers, that seems to be the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and readjust the compensation to date from the day the argument of the New York press in favor of this amendment. Now, train commenced to rnn. I now have to inform you that the service on that train sir, I think the daily morning papers of these other cities are of some began Oct.ober 31, 1881. I inclose herewith time-card of Pennsylvania. Railroad. The train is designated No. 7"1. importance, and probably can furnish the news to their people as W. n. THOMPSON, well as the New York dailies. I have noticed a-s to this appropria General Superindent. tion and the disposition made of it by the Department, that never has a dollar of it been expended west and southwest of the Missis PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLV..U.""IA, October 31, 1881. sippi River. DEAR SIR: On the 15th instant Postmaster-deneral.James called on Mr. A . .J. We have heard a great deal of complaint with reference to the mal Cassatt~ our first vice-president, and requested that we should run a train from Philadelphia, at 4.30 a. m., to Harrisburgh, which Mr. Cassatt agreed to do, and administr~tion and misappropriation and squandedng of the funds in retnrn Mr. .James agreed to reweigh the mail next winter between New York voted to the star-route service. When the late Postmaster-General and Pittsburgh, and readjust the compensation to date from the day the train came into authority-! am not speaking of the present Postmaster should commence to run. Geneml, but of his immediate predecessor-it was understood he was I beg leave to inform :you that we have arranged a schedule for this train, which was put in eftect to-day, leaving Philadelphia at 4.30 a. m. and aniving in Harris going to make a vigorous prosecution against the star-route thieves, burgh at 7.30 a.m. and a large saving of public money was going to be made tmder his Very respectfally, administration. And on the other hand the star-routers charged that FRA.l\'X THOMSON, he was in the interest of the railroad companies, and that all the General Manager. General W. B. THOMPSON, savings which he made on the star routes by abolishing services General Superintendent Railway Mail Service, that had been maintained, and especially on steamboat routes, were Washington, D. a. squandered by him on these lines of railroad. But I have heard it suggested--! do not know whether it is true or not--that he is now DECEMBER 12, 1881. the president of a bank largely owned, if not entirely controlled, by DEAR SIR: In connection with our conversation to-day respectina the mail serv the manager of more than one-half of the trunk lines of this country. ice on your system of roads, I wish to say that, in my judgment, the equipment has no superior in the world. The annual compensation on your mAin line from This $500 7000, in my opinion, is nothing more nor less than a corrup New York to Chicago is now $1,116,329.11. tion fund voted year by year on the part of Congress for the railroad The arrangement which I so much desire will not require the moving of any kings to steal and thieve from the peo.ple of this country. If this can more cars, but onlv the running of one oar from Buffalo to Chicago on the fast be devoted to the star-route service instead of being given to Jay train, instead of the express whlch follows it. This arrangement will inol'OO.S6 your annual compensation~ to seventy thousand dollars. Because of the supe Gould or Vanderl>ilt, let it go to the people of this country and not to riorequipmentofyourroad, I am anxious to increase the amount of mail forwarded the monopolists. There is no one who demands this service, so far as thereon. I know, so much as the press in the interest of these railroad monop One point I failed to develop t.o-day. On mature reflection, I think I should say olies, and those who, it seems to me, make it their special mission to that an arrangement can be made whereby the New York morning mail will be delivered in Chicago in twenty-six hours, or less; but I desire to continue the represent them here upon this floor. present one by your great through line, although I am urged to accept the arrange Mr. CASWELL. I am opposed to this amendment because I thlnk ment above referred to. it opens a wide door for abuse. It amounts almost, if the amendment Trusting you will pardon this further intrusion, should be adopted, to appropriating $500,000 to be used as a miscel I am, very respectfully, THOMAS L . .JAMES, laneous fund by the Postmaster-General. As the bill now stands he Postmaster-General. is limited to the use of this money upon trunk lines. WM. H. VANDERBILT, Esq., I do not understand that this service is in the interest of railroads; Pre8ide'llt New York Oentral and Hudson River Railroad, ~- it is in the interest of the people. When this service is confined to The CHAIRMAN. The time of the gentleman has expired. the trunk lines, the whole country receives a corresponding benefit, Mr. SPRINGER. There are other letters which I desire to hava because the mails ru·e transported over the trunk lines for the benefit read. of all parts of the country. For instance, the gentleman from Mis Mr. ATKINS. I will take the floor and yield to the gentleman from souri says no part of this money is expended west of the Mississippi Illinois [Mr. SPRINGER] so much of .my time as may be needed to River. But it is true that this service places NewYorktwelvehours complete the reading. nearer that country than it would be without this fa-st service. There Mr. SPRINGER. I thank the gentleman. is a saving of time of twelve hours between New York and Chicago. The Clerk read as follows : They lay down mails at Atlanta, and consequently the whole South, NEW YORK CENTRAL ~"1> HUDSON RIVEB RAILROAD COMPANY, tweive hours sooner than they would without this fast service. And New York, December 28, 1881. so it is all over the country. The.entire eastern mail is transported DEAR SIR: Your letter of 12th instant, to the president of this company and of over these lines for the benefit of people in the West. the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern ll.ailroiid, has been referred to the first I am told that the connections are so made at Chicago by this fast vice-president and myself, and I have to inform you that the cars will commenoe to service that the Pacific coa-st receives an advantage of twenty-four run on the 8th proximo, as you 1'69nested. Trnstin~ you will order the weighing, and hoping that your assurances that it hours from this fast line. The people all over the country have New will inure ro the benefit of the companies will be mride good, York placed within twelve to twenty-four hours nearer to their doors I remain, very respectfully, yours, than it would be without this service. .T. H. RUTTER, But, sir, if we should adopt this amendment the Postmaster-Gen Tltird Vice-President. eral might distribute this fund all over the country, on the star lines Hon. THOllAS L . .TAMES, Postmaster-General. as well as the railroad lines ; and there would be no limit perhaps to the squandering of the money under maladministration. While WASHINGTON, D. C., December 31, 1881. Respectfully forwarded t() Hon. Richard A. Elmer, Second Assistant Postmas I myself have the greatest confidence in the present Postmaster-Gen ter-General, Washington, District of Columbia, and attention invited to papers eral and those around him, still the time may come when this money herewith. would not be faithfully expended, and we ought not to open a door On the 12th instant, the honorable PostmasteF-General called on Mr. W . H. Van derbilt, president of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, and of the so wide. Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, and reque8ted him (Vanderbilt) to In my opinion, Mr. Chairman, more money than even that in this withdraw one postal car from the 8.50 p.m. train out of New York, and one from bill can be used in this way to great advantage for the interest or the 10.30 a.m. train, and send them out on the train that leaves New York at 4.35 the country. It is said by the Post-Office Department in their esti a.m., and have the two post.al cars arrive at Buffalo, New York, in advance of the fastChicaao limited expres8that leaves New York at 8 a.m., and one of the postal mate that this fast service increases the revenues. We can well cars to go ~ugh on the limited express, and arrive at Chicago 9.40 a. m. the morn understand that if our letters can be transported in twenty-four ing after leM-ing New York. In consideration of this extra faat service, the hon hours to Chicago, we write oftener and more letters are written. orable Postmaster-General offered to reweigh the mail dm·ing the present winter Now while we expend a half million of dollars annually in this fast between New York, New York, and Chicago,lllinois, and readjust the compensa tion, to date from the date the extra service oegan. .A.t that interview Mr. Van railway mail service we add to the revenues and receipts of the De derbilt declined to accept the ofi"er. Later the same day the honorable Postmaster partment a half million of dollars, perhaps a million of dollars. This General wrote him a letter, the original copy of which is herewith. expeuditure is in the interest of the service. Wherever the service I also hand you herewith a letter from Mr. .J. H. Rutter, third vice-president, is rapid the revenues are increased all over the country. fu.forming the honorable Postmaster-General that the cars would commence to run, as he requested, on the 8th proximo, .January 8, A. D. 1882. Mr. SPRINGER. A few weeks ago I submitted a resolution, which On Wednesday the 28th mstant, I had a conversation with the honorable Post was adopted l>y the House, directing the Postmaster-General to trans master-General, after he received the letter from Mr. Rutter, and he nr~ed that mit to the House all correspondence in his Department in reference the weighing commence without delay. I would su~~est , as the day U> begin to the reweighing of' mails on the trunk lines. The response from wei~hing , Wednesday the 25th of .T anuary, 1882 ; also mat you consider the advis ability of wei~hing at the same time the New York and Dunkirk, New York and the Department transmitting that correspondence is very instruct Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh and Chicago, and BaJ.timore, Parkersburgh and Wheeling ive as l>earing upon the subject now before this committee, anu routes, to avoid a possibility that mail can be unduly weighed. showing in what manner the Government uses the fund provided l>y In this connection I desire to invite your attention to my report of October 31, this appropriation for special facilities on trunk lines. I ask the 1881, under file No. 9418, respecting the New York, New York, and Pitt.'lbnrgh, Pennsylvania, route. Clerk to read what I have marked in that correspondence. This extra fast service described a.bove will be a very advantageous one to the The Clerk read as follows: Post-Office Department and its patrons. Mail that now 'ieaves New York one· morn ing and arrives at Chicago the following; day at7.40p. m., in timetomakethe night WASHII\GTON, D. C., Nove:~nber 1, 1881. connections, by this new service willlea>e New York one mornit.g and arrive at Respectfully forwarded to Hon. llichard .A.. Elmer, Second Assistant Postmaster Chicago the following morning in time to make the important connections, as fol General, with information that on the 15th ultimo the honorable Postmaster-Gen lows, viz: Chicago and Burlington Railroad post-office, Chicago and Cedar Rapids eral called on Vice-President Cassa.tt, of the Pennsyl'""ania Raihoa.d, and requested Railroad post-office, Chicago and Iowa City Railroad post-office, and Chicago and ' 1452 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. FEBRUARY 25,
La Crosse Railroad post-office, which are the " overland 11 connections, and the These are the only statutes now upon your book under which tnt) La Cro!>se line is the important one from Chicago to the Northwest. Tll~e are ra.ilroads are.paid for the carrying of the mails of the United States, several other linea out of Chica~
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ciency without this appropriation unless the general law governing the compensa a w~ek, running to Clevela.nd, Ohio, six hundred and twenty three tion for the transportation of mails by railroa:i:l be changed so as to afford compen sation for this service, and it may be added that it is the desire of the Department miles; remember, a special mail train. At Cleveland, Ohio, this train to extend this service to business communities where it would be needed and would connects for Columbus, Cincinnati, and Saint Louis. At Cleveland be much valued. it merges into the regular fast train for Chicago, reaching that city We come now to the present :fiscal year, aud at the last session of the next morning at six o'clock. This train carries, handles, and dis the Forty-sixth Congress there was appropriated $425,000 for the tributes from ten to fifteen tons of mail matter daily. They run special mail facilities on trunk lines. Let me examine and exhibit postal cars only. All the trains out of ChicaO'o are enabled to to you the detailed statement of this expenditure, together with the receive their mails for the great States of Iowa, Wisconsin, Minne m-ail service tha~ the $425,000 specially pays for, and I am sure gen sota, and Dakota, and points intermediate to the Pacific coast are tlemen from all sections of the country will change their views, and supplied. From twelve to twenty-four hours are saved by this ex that this Republican House dare not go before the people having pedition. These two roads would not make this contract again for curtailed this now absolute necessity and the most valuable and im the same compensation. portant mail convenience that during the past six years has been Third. The Pennsylvania Railroad runs a daily train. For expedi enactecl through l~gislation. tion and special service the companyreceives $67,772.09. This com Four hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars for the present pany dispatch their trains at hours almost identical with the New fiscal year. What dees it produce and whom does it benefit 'I Not the York Central. When the New York and New England trains reach New York Central Railroad, neither the great Pennsylvania Railroad, New York City behind schedule time, the Pennsylvania company nor the great trunk lines of the South, for without a single excep places immediately a special mail train and runs it over to Philadel tion one and all of these five lines would cancel their contracts to-day. phia, making connection with the train going south. From Phila This special service doesnot pay them except by indirection. They delphia and to the West special fast time is made, reaching Chica~o multiply by rapidity of communication the business daysofthe year the next morning about ten o'clock, makiuo- connection with tue many times over. trains for the Pacific coast and intermediate %tates and Territories, Let me give yon in detail this service. supplying the larger portion of Ohio, Indiana, parts ~f Illinois, all Jt
and Baltimore 9 p. m.-a valuable and important line of connections Pages 37 and 38, Report (1881) Postmaster-General : for the State of Virginia. SPECIAL FACILITIES. Every train that is run by the several roads I have specified, doing .Appropriations have been made each year since 1878 to enable the Department the most rapid mail work for all sections of the country, saving in to secure from railroad companies facilities for the transportation of maiL'! for every forty-eight hours of service a business day, scheduled as~ ar which compensation could not be made under the general law. The advantagea secured to the public by this e~enditure are very great, and are specially valuable rival and departure and speed by the Post-Office Department, lB not to the chief centers of population. The appropriation for this object for the cur a service contemplated by the general law of 1873, but wholly and rent year is $42.3,000, and I recommend that $500,000 be appropriated for the fiscal ' entirely the creation of the special appropriation for mail facilities, year ending .Jnne 30, 1883. and to my mind the most brilliant and splendid achievement in the ADDITIONAL POSTAL FACILITIES BETWEEX THE EAST AND WEST. postal service that marks ~he six years of Demc;>cratic administrati?n I desire to call attention to the fact that numerous petitions have been received in this House. It will not become the Republican party, the spemal from the Pacific coast from the city of New York, and from the Eastern States, • champion of education and enterprise, t-o abridge, curtail, or in any asking for more speedy and frequent service between the two sections. In my opinion, the service should be extended so a.'! to accord better with the volume of manner render less efficient this service. Certamly the gentlemen busineas transacted. The time between New York and San Francisco has recently representin(J' the great central communities would be faithless to been reduced twenty-four hours by the action of the Pennsylvania Railway Com their trust ft they did not in every way possible protect this one of pany in establishing the Chicao-o Limited Expreas, which leavea New York at 8 a. m., and arrives at Chicago the following day at 10 a. m., in time to make the the grandest achievements of our postal service. overland connection. An effort will be made to have the mail arrive in San Fraa I desire to give the House the further information that within a few cisco at 6 a. m. instead of at 1.30 p.m., as at preaent, and to depart at 6 p.m. weeks the Pennsylvania Railroad Company has asked to be allowed instead of 4 p. m. Additional facilitiea will also be a.aked from Mr. Vanderbilt, to take off its special mail facilities for the Post-Office Department, president of the northern line to Chicago, so as to give the same facilities to the Eastern States in general as are now possessed by the city of New York and the althou~h it has received for this service upward of $80,000. State of Pennsylvania for commnnication with Chicago and points west.. The Mr. .1(0BESON. May I ask the gentleman a question right there f promptness always shown by Mr. Vanderbilt in meeting the wishes of the Depart Mr. BINGHAM. Certainly. ment induces the belief that these negotiations will be successful, especially as it Mr. ROBESON. I wish to know w;hether thatactionofthePenn is not his habit to permit the country supplied by his lines to possess mail facili sylvania Railroad Company has not been taken since this question ties inferior to those enjoyed by other sections. was agitated on this bill, and whether the gentleman does not know Pages 320, 321, and 322, report of 1881 of the superintendent of the it to be a threat to this House. railway mail service: Mr. BINGHAM. I know it is not, Mr. Chairman, and I will say FAST MAILS ANlJ SPECIAL FACILITIES. to the gentleman from New Jersey that if he will examine the cor The appropriation for special faciliti~ for fa t mails for the fiscal year ended respondence of the Post-Office Department he will find that before .Jnne 30,1881, was $350,000. Tbewisdomof Congress in making this appropriation this bill ever came up for consideration Mr. Frank Thompson a-sked has been fully vindicated by the results of its judicious disbursement by the Post master-General. During tiie past fiscal year the fast mail service bas been ex to be relieved of the special mail facilities. tended from West Philad.elphi.a, Pennsylvania, to Washington, District of Colum Mr. CANNON. Will the gentleman allow me to ask him a. ques bia; Richmond, Virginia; Atlanta, Georgia: New Orleans,Loui iana, and Charlea tion f ton, South Carolina. with connections to Savannah, Georgia, and .Jacksonville, Mr. BINGHAM. Certainly. Florida. In former years the service between the States northward and Florida. has been slow, tedious, :l.nd very unsatisfactory, but with the improvements already Mr. CANNON. What amount of this fund is expended for fast made and those contemplated 1 am confident there can be no cau e for complaint mails from New York t6 Washington and from Washington south Y in the future. Mr. BINGHAM. I will tell the gentleman: $41,000 of this service The time h.as been materially shortened from New York, New York, to Atlanta, Georgia, and New Orlean.s, Louisiana, and the southern fast mail bas, upon the is expended from New York to Quantico, afoint below 'Vashington whole, proved a succeas. Yet the immense traffic on the railrgads, due to the '' busi about forty miles; and from that point o Quantico to Richmond, neRs boom," has required so many trains to be placed on the roads that the fast from Richmond to Petersburgh, from Petersburgh to Weldon, from mail has frequently been delayed. I do not wish to be understood as intimating Weldon to Wilmington, from Wilmington to Florence, from Florence that the time of the fa t mail is too short. On the contrary, I believe the speed can and will be increased with safety as the roads are improved and the employes be to Ashley River junction, and from Ashley River junction to Savan come accustomed to fa.at schedules; for I hold that with a. good track, motive nah, a little over $90,000. Again, from Florence to Columbia, $300; power, and rolling-stock there is no more danger at forty miles an hour than at from Richmond to Charlotte, $52,000; from Charlotte to Atlanta, twenty. In fact, more accidents are reported to accommodation trains than to fast $49,000, and from Alexandria to Lynchburgh, $19,000. mail a.nd expreas trains. On the first day of the last fiscal year there was a fast mail established on the .Mr. BLOlr.NT. I would like the gentleman to answer whether- Pennsylvania Railroad between New York, New York, and Columbus, Ohio, leav Mr. BINGHAM. Let me finish the sentence. Of the $425,000 in ing New York at 8.30 p.m., after the close of business, receivin.e;all the important the appropriation for the current year about two hundred and fifty business mail of the day, and ~ fast running overtaking at Columbus, Ohio, the thousand dollars goes to the southern railroads. regula:- fast express that left New York two hours and a-half earlier. At Colum bus the postal cars attached to this train are separated, one going to Cincinnati, Mr. BLOUNT. I would like the gentleman to answer whether the Ohio, on the regular fast express, and the other two going to Baint Louis, Missouri, line to Atlanta has not been withdrawn. via Indianapolis, Indiana, on the re~ar express and ~assenger train, arriving at Mr. BINGHAM. I stated a moment ago that that line had been Saint Louis in time to make connections with all mormng outward trains. withdrawn within a few days by the management of the road, and There is a similar train on the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad and Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway. This train leavea New York at that the Post-Office Department was at this time endeavoring to have 8.50 p.m., receives at .Albany the eastern mail that left Boston at 6 p.m., and it again placed upon the road. . overtakes at Cleveland, Ohio, the fast passenger train that left New York at 6 p. Four hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars will be expended m. At Cleveland this train makes connections for the Southwest, and at Toledo, during the current year, as I have indicated. The Department, Ohio, both northwestern and southweatern connections are made. The postal cars are transferred at Cleveland to the regular train for Chic~~o, where they arrive at through your Committee on Appropriations, asks for $500,000 for the 6 a. m. in time for early city delivery, and connect with au outward trains. This next fiscal year. Let me quote in full the report of the Postmaster service has been very satisfactory and beneficial to business men and other patrons General and the superintendent of the railway service upon the pro of the postal service. There bas also been established a fast-mail service on the New York Central posed disposition of this money, and I think no Representative will and Hudson River Railroad, leaving the grand central depot, New York, at 4.35&. vote against the measure. Page 33, Report Postmaster-Gener~l, 1881: m., making very fast time to Poughkeepsie, arriving at Albany at 9 a.m. At Albany the postal car is transferred to the regular express for Rocheater. This The enormous growth of railroads in 1880 and 1881, and their anticipated increase givea an early service that was much deaired and accomplished all that was of mileao-e in the near future, will acconnt for a great proportion of the augmented expected of it. cost of the service. But there are other causes which must also be taken into The 5 a.m. fast-mail service from New York to Springfield, Massachusetts, has consideration. The increase in the weight of the mail transported by the trunk been continued. lines bas been nnparalleled and the maximum doea not appear to have been reached. Without the appropriation for special facilitiea It would have been impossible The legitimate function of the postal service is undoubtedly to transmit intelli for the Postmaster-General to have established an.d maintained this service, or any gence and diffuse knowledge. Ifthis were the sole requirement oftheservicenow, part of it. the preaent cost of the railway mail service could not be justified. But it is not; Congress saw fit a few years since to make .ESTIMATES FOR SPECIAL FACILITIES FOR 1883. The estimate for special facilities for 1883 is $500,00~~ being$75,000more than for THE POST·OFFICE DEPARTit!ENT A COMMON CARRIER OF MERCH...U.1HSE. 1882. In my opinion, certainly during five months of we year the fast-mail service And, moreover, it fixed the rates of transportation so low that t.be mere cost of should be extended to .Jacksonville, Florida, and during the whole of the year to handling this class of mail matter, to say nothing of its transportation, is unre New Orlean..!> Louisiana. There is also need of a fast-mail service between New munerative. The compensation the Government receives for the recep Iii on, trans York, New York, and Boston, Massachusetts leaving each city late at nigh~, after portation, and delivery of second, third, and fourth cl..'l.SS matter is far below the the close of business, and arriving at the other city early in the morning, m time eost. The revenue derived from letter po!>.tage and other sources is more than con to have the city mail delivered by the first carriers. There should also be a later sumed by the losses sustained on second, third, and fourth class matter. The departure than 6 p.m. from Boston to connect at .Albany New York, with t~efast transportation on trunk lines of the mail thus increased in bulk and weight is not mail. This (6 p. m.) is the latest departure that it has hltherto been possible to the only problem the Department has to solve. ThereceJ?tiOn and preparation for secure. If a train could leave at 7 p. m. a large amonnt of important mail could . dispatchmg these classes of mail matter, their transportation to the railroad depots, be forwarded several honrs earlier. the loading into postal cars, and their distribution in the cars, all seriously inter If the postal car which leaves the Grand Central depot, New York, at 4.35 a.m., fere with the dispatch, .amendment to this bill, requiring the mails to be carried on the fast down these special facilities.· I would not lay the weight of my .est trains, or they are liable to a reduction of 50 per cent. on their finger on any interest that is fostered by them. I would not intor fere with the transmission of intelligence by that means throughout palfr. CANNO:N. I hope this interruption will not be taken out of the country. I would not interfere with those railroads which have my time. The gentleman says that there is a fast passen~er train not received any benefit from this weak-for it was only weak, not running from New York which reaches Chica~o in twenty-siX hours. criminal-action of the Department. And no one can hold the..qe Why, does not the gentleman know that on tnese great trunk lines great railroads responsible for accepting the benefit of it. Bu' I there are special fast trains made up entirely of postal cars Y And you propose as a remedy an amendment to this clause, while voting f )r cannot take those great trains of postal cars that make up a train of the $500,000 for these special facilities, to put such a proviso in it themselves and hitch them on to a fast passenger train and make that the Government will get back the extm money which these -that distance in twenty-six hours. railroads get for this wrong and extraordinary reweighing of the Mr. SPRINGER. Will the gentlem~npermitmeto askhim which mails under the other appropriation. No body will be really injured. is the faster, the mail or the passenger train T The special mail facilities will go on. The whole appropriation will l1r. CANNON. Oh, well, I have explained that already; but I be given. The railroad companies cannot complain, for they will will try to drive it through the head of the gentleman if I can. receive on the whole exactly what they would have received if they Mr. HORR. You cannot do it. [Laughter.] ha-d stood by their understanding under the old ascertainment of lir. CANNON. I have answered the question of the ~entleman weight of last March, instead of having it reweighed at the end of .and will answer it again. The truth is, that special trams, on the ei~ht months. Therefore I propose as•an amendment to the clause schedule of the Post-Office Department, with postal cars, without wnat I now send to the Clerk's desk. ·express and without passengers, do run over these lines da.ily seven Mr. VALENTINE. I would like to ask the gentleman from New ·days in the week. And, in reply to the gentleman, I say, if you put Jersey a question. .all those postal cars on this fast limited express passenger train it Mr. ROBESON. I will hear the gentleman. would be more than they could haul. In other words, until further Mr. VALENTINE. Does the gentleman from New Jersey desire tg .amendment of the law, if we get this fast-mail service upon trains be understood as saying he will vote as an appropriation for the five under control of the Department we must appropriate for the pay lines mentioned a sum of 250,000, while he now offers an amendment ment in this way. which will provent the Post-Office D~partment from allowing any Mr. ROBESON. Mr. Chairman, it is true that the service contem ra.ilroad to ask a reweighing less frequently than every three years T plated by this clause is a valuable one. I am not ready to-day to Mr. ROBESON. I have not offered any such amendment, as the move to strike it down; not because I think it would be absolutely gentleman will ~ee if he will listen to the reading of it. I ask the necessary, provided our laws were properly shaped to control and Clerk to read my amendment. ·direct, as we have a riO'ht to do, the carrying of the mails of the The Clerk read as follows: .country, but because I fear if we should strike it down to-day the Provided, That the Postmaster·GeneraJ shall deduet from the pay accruing to ,great masters of this country would follow the example of those who any railroad company under this appropriation the amount of increased pay accru· ing to such company from the appropriation " for transportation on railroad .control the lines from Richmond to Atlanta and stop the service of routes " by reason of the reweighing of the ma.ils agreed upon in October and De· the people; and thus· putting on the pressure would "crack the cember last, between the then ~ostmaster·General- and' the officers of such rail· whip" over their representatives here. The remedy at our command road company. cis not to strike jndiscriminately at an appropriation like this in an Mr. SPRINGER. Is that amendment now in order f .appropriation bill reported to fulfill the requirements of existing The CHAIRMAN. It is, by way of prGviso to the clause. The la.w, but to pass well-considered laws which shall assert the rights vote will first be taken on the amendment of the gentleman ft·om ·ef this great people and declare the duties of those to whom they California, [Mr. PAGE.] intrust a part of their great sovereign prerogatives. Mr. WHITE. I desire to offer an amendment. But the case here is not exactly thus. The real point shown by Mr. HISCOCK. I do not understand th;J.t debate is exhausted, or the letters to which the gent.lomait from Illinois .called attention was that any debate has been had on the amendment of the gentleman not this. Those letters-when read will reveal just this fact, that in from New Jersey, [Mr. -ROBESON.] October and December last the then Postmaster-General made an The CHAIRMAN. No debate has been had on that amendment. ;&!rreement with -certain great railroad companies, by which ·agree Mr. HISCOCK. I do not understand· that amendment to be offered ~ent he bought certain special facilities, not with the appropriation now. made by the appropriation bill of last year for special facilities, but The CHAIRMAN. Does tbe gentleman from New Jersey propose with the other and different appropriation given for the ordinary his amendment for action now f ·carrying of the mails, and gave them increased compensation out of Mr. ROBESON. I propose it now, but not for debate. I send it 'this last appropriation for the purpose of buying therefor certain up as a notice that I will offer it at the proper time. special facilities. The CHAIRMAN. Then the amendment is not now before the We have two appropriations in this bill. The one is to be found co:mnllitee, but will be rega;rded as ha-ving been read for informa tOn page 3. It is a large appropriation of $10,655,000 for the trans tion. -portation of the mails on railway routes. The payment for that Mr. BREWER. I desire to take the floor and yield my time to m~ transp01'tation is made by wei~ht, and the law requires-and I hold colleague. it in my hand here-that thougn those mails shall be weighed as often The CHAIRMAN. Is the pro forma amendment withdrawn f .as the Postmaster-General directs, yet that they need not be weighed Mr. CANNON. I withdraw it. ·oftener than once every four years. Now it is obvious to every man Mr. BREWER. I xenew it, and yield my time to my colleague. that with an increasing service it is to the advantageofthe Gove-:rn Mr. ROBESON. My amendment provides that every railroad com- ment that the mails should not be weighed oftener than required by ing in under this special-facility clause shall be paid just what the law, uamely, every four years, or certainly not oftener than every two Post-Office Department thinks it right to pay them and will agree years: in order to get a ,lust ascertainment of the average-w:eightand to pay them. But it also provides that those particular roads that to hold fast by the officers of the Government to the r1ghts and obtained special and particular money out of the ~eneralappropria. advantages which are guaranteed to the Government by its laws. tion fund, by reason of the extraordinary reweighing last fall, shall [Here the lumrmer fell.] have deducted from their compensation under this clause exactly the Mr. IDSCOCK obtained the floor and yielded his five minutes to amount which they were paid out of that appropriation in conse Mr. ROBESON. quence of the extraordinary reweighing. That is all. MJ.". ROBESON. And the contracting railroads, when they inake It is only putting these railroads back where they were last Octo their contracts to carry the mails, do it with the knowledge and, of ber, and where they would be to-day if the then Postmaster-General course, under the understanding that the Postmaster-General will not had adhered to the custom of his Department and given to the coun weigh oftener than once in two years at least. Three years, I believe, try the benefit for three years of the great increase of the service is the o(l)rdinary time for wei~hin 0'. instead of cutting off that benefit at the end of eight months. Now these mails were weighed last March, less than a year ago. I desire to say further that I do not wish to be understood as say Eight months afterward, in October, for the purposeofobtaining cer ing that there was n.nything intentionally wrong about this ; I do tain special facilities, the Postmaster-General a~eed to wei~h them not wish to say thart the great railroad managers should have done again; not agreeing to pay for these special facilities out of the ap anything else. If I had been at the head of one of those great cor jpropriation applicable to it, for that was exhausted, but to pay for porations perhaps I would have accepted it at once. them out of the great fund for carrying the mails, which was appro But I think the Postmaster-General himself got into the difficulty priated for another purpose ; and by these means, because he did not without knowing the effect of it; that he agreed for a special pur nave money enough in the special facilities fund, he reweighed the pose to reweigh the mails on one line, and, that having been done, mails OE. the great trunk lines of this country, thus creating a new he was obliged, in the exeention of his duty and for the purpose of a •eontraet with the companies and a new charge on the Treasury; and due ascertainment of the amount of mail on allthe lines, to reweigh I am wii.thln. the limit when I say that that order cost this country them all. But I say, further, that that mistake of his cost this Gov more than $200,000. ernment not less than $230,000 or $240,000 a year, and that now is the ML SPRINGER. Annually f time to remedy it, and put these roads back where they were last 11r.. ROBESON. That reweighing in eight months instead of at October, and to do so in a manner which nobody can complain of, the end of three years cost this country more than$200,000 annually and which will not interfere with the facilities at all. ex~lusive of the $30,000 that it takes to-weigh. the mails. Now that Mr. BUTTERWORTH. I desire to ask the gentleman a question. is -the position of this question. I. 'W'()uld rnot, I say again, strike Mr. ROBESON. Certainly. 1882. CONGRESSIONAL REOORD=-HOUSE~ 1457 Mr. BUTTERWORT,H. I understand that the Postmaster-General The CHAIRMAN. Debate is exhausted. Does the gentleman from desired to get certain maril facilities of these companies to which he New Jersey [:?t!r. BREWER] withdraw the pro jm·m.a amendment 1 was not entitled without extra compensation. Am I not right about Mr. BREWER. I do. thatY Mr. IDSCOCK. I move that the committee now rise, my object Mr. ROBESON. Ye. being to a k the Honse to limit debate. M:r. SPRINGER. That was the claim. The motion was agreed to; there being-ayes 79, noes 11. Mr. BUTTERWORTH. .And instead of pa.ying so much extra The committee accordingly rose; and the Speaker havin~ resumed money for the service he agreed that the mails should be reweighed, the chair, :Mr. CALKINS reported that the Committee of tne Whole and i-n that way they could get the extra compensation¥ House on the state of the Union having had under consideration the Ur. ROBESON. Yes, sir. bill (H. R. No. 3G48) making appropriation for the service of the :Mr. BUTTERWORTH. Now is it apparent that the extra com Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1883, and pensation which they received in this way is more than commensu for other purposes, had come to no resolution thereon. rat-e wit.h the increased mail facilities secured Y Mr. CASWELL. I move that the House resolve itself into Com Mr. ROBESON. I will answer the gentleman in 6ne word. mittee of the Whole on the state of the Union for the further consid 1\Ir. BUTTERWORTH. Answer my question categorically. eration of the Post-Office appropriation bill ; and pending that motion )lr. ROBESON. It is just this: desiring to have one of the special I move that all debate upon the -pending paragraph and amendments f:tdlities for whick we are now asked to appropriate $500,000 under the1·eto Le limited to twentv minutes. the special-facility clause, the Postmaste:r-General, not then having Mr. ROBESON. I ask the gentleman from Wisconsin to make it the money to pay for it, agreed to reweigh the mails, and in conse thirty minutes. .Many gentlemen may want to ask me questions; quence of that reweighing the railroads became entitled to receive and I am ready to answer them all. additional compensation from the other appropriation, thereby not Mr. CASWELL. I think that twenty minutes would be sufficient; taking it out of the special appropriation fund but out of the general but I accept the gentleman's suggestion, and modify my motion by appropriation fund. striking out ''twenty" and insertmg "thirty." l\Ir. BUTTERWORTH. That does not answer my question. The motion of Mr. GASWELL s modified was agreed to. Mr. ROBESON. I will say this: if you will read carefully these The question recurring on the motion of :?t!r. CASWELL that the letters from the Department you will see that Mr. James wrote Mr. House again resolve itself into Committee of the Whole on the Post Vanderbi.lt that the reweighing of the mails would increase the com Office appropriation bill, it was aO'reed to. pensation he received, which was then over 1,100,000, to the amount The House accordingly resolved itself into the Committee of the nf $60.000 or 70,000 more. The other facility was simply a train Whole (~!r. CALKINS in the chair) and resumed the consideration of from Philauelphia to Harrisburgh, in the State of Pennsylvania. the bill (H. R. No. 354R) making appropriations forthesenrice of the Mr. BINGHAl'\1:. That is not correct. Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1883, an(l Mr. ROBESON. Yes, 'from Philadelphia to Harrisburgh. for other purposes. Mr. BINGHAM. Oh, no. The CHAIRMAN. By order of the Honse debate on the pending :Mr. ROBE ON. The lettershowsitto be so. clause and amendmEC~nts thereto is limited to thirty minutes. The CHAIRMAN. The time of the gentleman has expired. Mr. HISCOCK. I have only a word to say in reference to tbe ~11-. BUTTERWORTH. I desire-- amendment proposed by the gentleman from New Jersey, and in ~p_p• •• Mr. SPRINGER. Will the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. BUTTER sition to that amendment. It will be conceded that cliscretiomu·y WORTH] allow me to answer the question which he put to the gen power is vested in the Postmaster-General to authorize the weighing tleman ii·om New Jersey, [.Mr. RoBESONY] which is complained of; and I suppose it can hardly be argued that )lr. llUTTEHWORTH. It can be answered in two words. With he has done a wrong until it is established that these railroad com a view to satisfy the House and the country of all the facts of the panies under the order for reweighing will receive more compensa cn.se, I desire to say that I understand that the Post-Office Depart tion than they are entitled to. I understand how difficult it is here ment demanded certain mail facilities which they were not author or elsewhere te stand up against the eloquence of gentlemen directed izeu to demand as a matter of right under the law. The Depart to exciting prejudice against railroad companies; but I beg this Com ment came to an arrangement and understanding with the railroads, mittee of the Whole to scrutinize carefully the amendment which and aclopted this means to provide for increased facilities. Now bas been offered, and say whether if adopted its effect will not be wlJ '-- XIII-92 1458 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. FEBRUAHY 25, with reference to the New York Central Railroad Company was true Mr. DAVIS, of Illinois. I called upon the Postmaster-General and with reference to all of them. In order to determine the sum to be the superintendent of rail way mail service, and they said this money p aid to them nnder the clause appropriating for special facilities, it was to be confined to the East and the short lines south, and that uot was necessary they should know the amount they were to r eceive as one dollar was to be appropriate Sir, I only rose for the purpose of emphasizing the conclusions and expos"o/e in a~ weathers durin~ the Ion~; holl!S, providing at their own expense a deductions which logically flow from the speech of the gentleman presct·a bed tmiform, that are paul any thing like the low wages they receive. Fair from New Jersey. wages to the men who do the work is both simple justice and wise legislation. And now a word in regard to the complaints of the gentleman who I desire also upon this point to repeat those expressions and to say last addressed the House. He has complained of the Committee on that I believe the policy therein indicated would be sanctioned by the Appropriations. Allow me to say to him that that committee has voice of the people at large in this cotmtry. nothing whatever to do with the administration of this fund. It is I hould tlesire also, l\fr. Chairman, to offer an amendment to the the Post-Office Department of which you should complain, and not clan e of this bill which relates to free deli very, so as to effect a mod the Committee on Appropriations. That committee does not Ray ification of the rnle by which free delivery is now established. what roatl shall have the money or what road shall not have it. The As I nnde1·stand it, tbe ystem as extended te cities is based upon Department has it to say, and that Department alone controls the and regulated. olely by the arbitrary rule of population, without disposition of the money. regard to any other incident or surrounding of the locality. I take Mr. DAVIS, of illinois. The Department ought not to have the issue with tllat system. 1 say that there are other elements that control of it; it should be with Congress. should enter into the question of the extension of the free-delivery [Here the hammer fell.] syste.m besides the item of population alone. I take the ground lr. BLOUNT. Mr. Chairman, the difficulty in my mind iu refer that It ought. to be regulated by the geographical and topographical ence to the amendment su~gested by the gentleman from New Jersey con .Aft-er the word •• spooial '' insert the word '' mail," and strikeout the words ''on The question was taken; and upon a division there were-ayes 6D1 trunk lines;" so that the clause will read "for necessary and special mail facili· noes 91. ties, $500,000." Before the result of the vote was announced, Mr. ROBESON. I now offer my amendment, and aak that it be 1t1r. HOLMAN called for tellers. pendin The committee again divided; and the tellers reported that there The amendment was agreed to. were-ayes 57, noes 87. The next amendment reported from the Committee of the Whole Mr. HOLMAN. No quorum. House on the state of the Union was read, as follows: The CHAIRMAN. The point is made that no quorum has voted. Strike out lines 4-5 to 53, inclusive, and insert in lieu thereof the following : The tellers will resume their places and continue the count. "For inland mail transportation. namely, for transportation on railroad routes, $10,655,000. And hereafter when any railroad company fails or refuses to trans The tellers resumed the count, ann reported-ayes 59, noes 90. port t!:te mails when x:equired by the Post-Office Depar!Jnent upon the fastest train So the amendment. was not agreed to. or trams run upon satd road sa1d company shall have 1ts pay reduced 50 per cent. Mr. DAVIS, of Illinois. I move to amend by striking out lines 60 of the amount now provided by law. And the Postmaster-General is authorized to and 61 and inserting the following: pay out of the appropriation for transportation on railroad routes for special rall road service between the union depot m East Saint Lonis, lllinois, and the union For necessary and special facilities on trunk lines, $500,000, $100,000 of which depot in Saint Lonis, Missouri, a sum not exceeding the lowest rate which private shill be expended for special facilities on trunk lines leading from Chicago, Saint individuals, express companies, or others may pay for transport.'ttion between said Louis, and Cincinnati. points, but not to exceed for the fiscal year $25,000, including allowance for depot Mr. CASWELL. I make the point of order that this amendment room and transfer service at each termmal. And the act passed June 9, 1RSO. en titled ' An act providinjr for the transportation of the mails between Ea..'lt Sa.int changes existing law and does not retrench expenditures. Louis, in the State ot lllinois, and Bamt Louis, in the State of Missouri,' be, and Tile CHAIRMAN. In the opinion of the Chair the amendment is the same is hereby, repealed." cl13arly obnoxions to the prohibition of the rule. Does the gentle lllan from Illinois wish to be heard on the point of order 'I The amendment was agreed to. Mr. DAVIS,-of Illinois. Is there any rule that prevents Congress The question recurred on the next amendment, as follows: from directing where the money which it appropriates .shall be ex In line 57 add the following : "Provided, how~mer, That whenever any contractor or sub-contractor shall Rub· l)ended 1 let his contract for the transportation of the mail on any route for a less sum than The CHAIRMAN. On a measure of legislation coming from the t·hat at which he contracted to perform the service, the Postmaster-General may appropriate committee such a provision would be in order, but on declare the original contract at an end and enter into a contract with the last sub contractor, without advertising, to perform the service on the terms at which the appropriation bills legislation of this kind is obnoxious to the inhi last sub-contractor agreed with the original contractor or former sub-contractor to lJition of the rule. perform the same, provided that such last sub-contractor shall enter into a good Mr. DAVIS, of Illinois. Then I change the amendment so as to and sufficient bond, and the original contractor shall not be released from his con sa.y ''$499,000, $99,000 of which shall be expended," &c. tract until a good and sufficient bond has been made by such last su.b-contractor and accepted by the Post-Office Department: Provided furth.Pr, That when a con The CHAIRMAN. That would not avoid the point of order. tract hereafter made is declared void on account of its having been sublet, the Mr. CASWELL. I make the point of order on the provision. contractor shall not be entitled to one month's extra pay as provided for by law." The CHAIRMAN. The amendment is not in order. Mr. SPRINGER. One word on ·the point of order. As I under The House divided; and tlu~re were-ayes 71, noes 67. stand, the amenument of my colleague [Mr. DAVIS, of illinois] pro :Mr. CASWELL called for the yeas and nays. vides simply that a portion of this fund shall be devoted to special The yeas and nays were ordered. mail facilities on lines leading from Chicago. The question wa-s taken; and there were-yea-s 112, nays 79, not voting 101; as follows: Mr. DAVIS, of lllinois. Chicago, Saint Louis, and Cincinnati. YEAS-112. Mr. SPRINGER. Now the point of order is made that the amend .Aiken, Cravens, Hutchins, Singleton, Jas. W . ment changes existing law. But, as I understand, this branch of the Anderson, Curtin, Jones, George W. Singleton, Otho R. service is maintained entirely under the provisions of appropriation Armfield, Dawes, Jones, James K. Sparks, bills; is not provided for by any general statute; is kept in exist Atkins, Deuster, Jorgensen, Speer, Bayne, Dibrell, Kelley, Springer, ence only by whatever appropriations may be made from year to year Bea{lh, Dingley, King, Stockslager, for this service. Under this view of the law, which I understand to Belmont, Dowd, Klotz, Stone, be correct, it is competent for each Congress to determine what shall Black Dunnell, Ladd, Strait, be done with the money appropriated for special mail facilities, with Bla{lkimrn, Dwight, Latham, Thompson, P. B. Blanchard, Ellis, Leedom, Tillman, out coming within the prohibition of the rule in regard to new legis Bland, Evins, Martin Tucker, lation on appropriation bills. We have no general law providing Bliss, Finley, :Matson', Turner, Henry G. that a certain amount shall be appropriated annually for special Bragg, Flower, McMillin, Tm'Der, Oscar mail facilities on railroads; this service is kept in existence entirely Bu.rrows, Juliu.s C. Ford, Miller, Updegraff, J. T. Cabell, Forney, Morrison, Upson, by annual appropriations; it has no place in the general statutes of Caldwell, Fulkerson, Muldrow, Vance, the United States. Therefore, I submit that the amendment of my Camp, Garrison, Mlttcbler, Van Horn, colleague is entirely in order. It is competent for this House to de Campbell, Geddes, Oates, Walker, termine whether it will authorize special mail facilities and where Carlisle, Guenther, Page Warner, Cassidy, Hardenbergh, Pettibone, Washburn, those special facilities shall be placed. Not only is the amendment Chalmers, Harris Henry S. Reagan, Watson, perfectly germane and in order but (if I may go beyond the merits Chapman, HaselLme,1 Rice, Theron M. Wellborn, of the poiut of order) it is just to the country. Clardy, Hatch, Richardson, Jno. S. Wheeler, The CHAIRMAN. With the last statement of the gentleman the Clark, Hepburn, Robinson, Wm. E. Whitthorne, Clements, Herbert, Ross, Willis, Chair entirely agrees; but he thinks the point of order well taken. Cobb, Hewitt, G. W. Scoville, Wilson, The Chair feels bound to adhere very strictly to the terms of the Colerick, Holman, Shackelford, Wise, George D. rule, to exclude which excludes upon an appropriation bill anything Cox, William R. Home, Simonton, Young. iu the nature of new legislation that does not retrench expenditures. NAYS-79. With great deference to the opinion of the gentleman from lllinois, Aldrich, Deering, Lewis, Scrant.Qn, the Chair must sustain the point of order. Barbour, DeMotte, Marsh, Shallenberger, 1\.fr. BLAND. I move to amend this clause by striking out $500,000 Bingham, :Farwell, Chas. B. McCoid, Sherwin, Blount, Farwell, Sewell S. McKinley, Shultz, and inserting 425,000, the amount we appropriated last year. We Brewer, Grout, Miles, Skinner, began with au appropriation of $150,000, which has now run up to Briggs, Gunter, Moore, Smith, A. Herr . $500,000. I think it is time to stop. Browne, Hammond, N. J. Norcross, Smith, Dietrich C. The amendment of Mr. BLAND was not agreed to. Brumm, Hawk, Parker, Taylor, Buck, Heilman, Peelle, Thompson, Wm. G. l\lr. CASWELL. I now move that the committee rise and report Buckner, Henderson, Pierce, Townsend, Amos the bill with the amendments to the House. Calkins, Hill Pound, Tyler, Mr. ATKINS. Before the gentleman makes that motion, I wish to Candler, • His~ck, Prescott, Valentine, ask him whether he will not allow a yea-and-nay vote on this last Cannon, Horr, Ray, Van Aernam, Carpenter, Houk, Reed, Wait~ clause. Caswell, Hubbell, Rich, Warn: :Mr. CASWELL. We do not want any yea-and-nay vote. Converse, Jacobs, Richardson, D.P. West, il'he motion of l\Ir. CASWELL waa agreed to. Cook, Jadwin, Ritchie, White, Crapo, Jones, Phineas Robinson, Geo. D. Williams, Chas. G. The committee accordinglty rose ; and the Speaker having re,mmed Cullen, Joyce, Robinson, James S. Willits. the chair, Mr. CALKINS reported that the Committee of the Whole Davis, George R. Lacey, Russell, House on the state of the Union having had under consideration the bill (H. R. No. 3548) making appropriations for the service of the NOT VOTING-101. Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending J nne 30, 1883, and Allen, Davidson, Haskell, McClure, Atherton, Davis, Lowndes H. Hazelton. McCook, for other purposes, .had directed him to report back the same with Barr, Dezendorf, Het'Ddon, McKenzie, sundry amendments. Belford, Dibble, Hewitt, Abram S. McLane, Mr. CASWELL. I demand the previous question on the bill and Beltzhoover, Dugrow, Hoblitzell, Mills, amendments. Berry, Dunn, Hoge, Money, Bowman, Ermentrout, Hooker, Morey, The previous question was ordered. Buchanan, Errett, Hubbs, Morse, The SPEAKER. The Clerk will read the first amendment reported Burrows, J os. H. Fisher, Humphrey, Mosgrove, from the Committee of the Whole House. Butterworth, Frost, Kasson, Moulton, Chace, George, Kenna, Murch, The Clerk read as follows: Cornell, Gibson, Ketcham, Neal, In lines 33 and 34- strike out "$2,900,000" and insert "$3,000,000," and strike out Cox, Samuel S. Godshalk, Knott, Nolan, "50" and insert "100; " so that the clause will read : Covington, Hall, LeFevre, O'Neill, "For payment to letter-carriers and the incidental expenses of the free-delivery Crowley, Hammond, John Lindsey, Orth, system $3,000,000; $100,000 of whlch may be used, in the discretion of the Postmas Culberson, Hardy, Lord, Pacheco, ter-General, for the establishment of the fre~elivery system in cities where it is Cutts, Harmer, Manning, Paul, ,..Jlot now established." DaiTell, HaiTis, Benj. W. Masop, Payson, 1462" CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE. FEBRUARY 25, Phelps, Rosecrans, Stephens, Webber, Hatch, Latham, Rea~an, Strait, Plti.::;ter, Ryan, TaJbott, Willllims, Thomas Hawk, Leedom, Reea, Taylor, Randall, Scales, Thomas, Wise Mor~an R. Heilman, Lewis, Rice, Theron M. Thompson, P. B. Ranney, Shelley, Townshend, R. W. Wood, Ben.Jamin Henderson, Lindsey, Rice, William W. Thompson, Wm. G. Rice, John n. Smith, J. Hyatt Updegraff, Thomas Wood, Walter A. Hepburn, Manning, Rich, 1'ill.man, Rice, \Villiam W. Spaulding, Urner Herbert, Marsh, Richardson, D.P. Townsend, Amos Robertson, Spooner, Van Voorhis, Hewitt, G . W. Martin, Richardson, Jno. S. Turner, Henry G. Robeson, Steele, Wadsworth, Hill Mason. Ritchie, Tyler, Hiscock, Matson, Robinson, Geo. D. Updegraff, J . T. So the n.mendment was agreed to. Horr, McClure, R{)binson, Jame S. Valentine, The following additional pairs were announced from the Clerk's Honk, McCook., Robinson, Wm. E. Vance, desk: House, McKinley, Ross, Van Aernam, Mr. LEFEVRE with Mr. BARR. Hubbell, Miles, Russell, Van Horn, Hubbs, Miller, Scoville, Wait, Mr. CORNELL with Mr. HERNDO:N. Humphrey, Morrison. Sha Mr. VALENTINE. I hope the gentleman will withdraw that mo ORDER OF BUSINESS. tion for the present. Mr. YOUNG. I ask unanimous consent to introduce a bill for ref Mr. KLOTZ. Very well, I withdraw the motion. erence. JACOB BOGERT. Mr. ROBESON. We desire to know what it is that is said to have been ordered by the House. We have not heard it. Mr. VALENTINE, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. The SPEAKER. The Chair will state to the gentleman that the No. 467~) for the relief of Jacob Bogert; which was read a first and two Houses made an order in reference to the memorial services on second time, referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be the 27th of this month, and each member is as able to learn the effect printed. of that order as the Chair is. The nhair has simply made an announce EULOGIES O.N PRF.SIDENT GARFIELD. ment that in order to execute the order the Sergeant-at-Arms has The SPEAKER. The Chair is requested to announce to members intimated it would be necessary to remoYe three rows of seats in that the Sergeant-at-Arms, in order to execute the order of the Senate front. The Chair has no ot.her information about it. and House of Representatives in connection with the procee~gs on Mr. BRAGG. I move that the House do now adjourn. Monday, will be required to remove the t~ree rows of seats rn fr~mt Mr. ROBESON. I would like to have a vote of the House, to see for that day, which will be restored to therr places by the followrng if they agree with the Sergeant-at-Arms or not. Tue day. Mr. ROBINSON, of New York. I hope there will be a vote of the ORDER OF BUSTh"'ESS. House on that subject. The SPEAKER. The que tion is on the motion of the gentleman Mr. Ju~OTT. I move that the House do now adjourn. Mr. McCOOK. Before the gentleman presses that motion~ I wish from Wisconsin, that the House do now adjourn. to ask if we are to understand that members who have seats rn those The question being- taken on a division by sound the Speaker stated rows will have their seats reserved. that in the opinion of the Chair the "noes" had it. The SPEAKER. The Chair is unable to answer the gentleman. Mr. BRAGG. I call for a division. l1r. BRAGG. I desire to know whether the request for there The House again divided; and there were-ayes 44, noes 39. mova.l of three rows of seats includes the entire circle of seats. Mr. McCOOK. I call for tellers. The SPEAKER. The Chair is informed that it includes the entire Mr . .ATKINS. I hope gentlemen will allow us to adjourn. It bas circle. always been usual on such occasions to make arrangements of this The Chair will al o submit to the House that for the purpose of character about the seats. carrying out the order of :proceedings on MoJ?-day it will be n~ces On the question of ordering tellers, there were ayes 36, more than one-fifth of a quorum. Rary to omit the readinO' of the J_ournal of th1s. ~ay's proceed~ngs. The Chair desires, therefore, unarumous consent, if1t can be obtarned, The SPEAKER. Tellers are ordered; and the Chair appoints the of the Honse that the reading of the Journal of this day's proceed gentleman from New York, l\1r. McCooK, and the gentleman from incrs be dispensed with on Monday, and that it be allowed to be read ·wisconsin, Mr. BRAGG, to act as tellers. ou0Tnesd~ty instead. The Hou e again divided; and the tellers reported-ayes 52, noes 24. There ''as no objection, and it was ordered accordingly. So the motion was agreed to; and accordingly (at five o'clock and Mr. McCOOK. I do not wish to appear to attach any importance twenty minutes p. m.) the House adjourned. to what may seem to be a very tmimportant matter; but inasmt~ch as it is personal to myself, and I speak only for myself, I would like to know if the Sergeant-at-Arms is permitted to remove the three PETITIONS, ETC. rows of ~eats specified by the Speaker, what provision is to be made The following memorials, petitions, and otherpapers were laid on for seatinO' those members who will be thereby displaced. I wish to the Clerk's desk, nuder the ntle, and referred as follows: know if b~ will give me another ~eat, so that I will be placed upon By .Mr. ALDRICH: Memoria.! andre olntions ofthe Illinois State an equality with other members in that respect. board of hea.lth-to the Committee on the Public Health. The SPEAKER. The Chair is very frank to state that he is not By Mr. BAYNE: The petitions of 0 citizens of Hummelstown and fnlly a'lvised as to the arrangements. The Chair understands, how of -360 citizens of HaiTisburgh, Pennsylvania, for the repeal of the tax ever that all persons admitted to the Hall by tickets, whether mem on bank deposit.~ and the two-cent stamp on bank checks and drafts bers'or others, will be provided with seats. to the Committee on Ways and Means. Mr . .ATKINS. But members will not be required to have tickets. By Mr. BELMO~: The petitiou of CaptainJ. B. Young and others, The SPEAKER. The Chair is informed that every person a.dmit citizens of Stoney Brook, Brook Haven, and Smithtown, New York, tetl. with or without tickets, will be provided with a seat. The Chair for the improvement of Stoney Brook Harbor-to the Committee on wishes to sta.te that he has very little to do in this matter. It is Commerce. done under tlae order of the two Houses. By Mr. BLISS: The petition of Lewis M. Van Kirk and others, Mr. YOUNG. I ask leave to introduce a bill for reference. glass-workers, residents of Williamsbnrgh, New York, relative to the [Cries of '' Re By Mr. DIBREL~: The petiti?n of 1\~s. E. F. Carter, for a pen cienoy of the United States Signal Corps-to the Committee on Mili sion-to the Comnnttee on Invalid Pensions. tary Affairs. By Mr. S. S. FARWELL: The petition of 48 citizens of Davenport, By Mr. ORTH: The petition of citizens of Noblesville, Indiann., Iowa, for the repeal of the tax on bank deposits and the two-cent for the repeal ef the tax on bank deposits and the two-cent stamp on stamp on bank checks and drafts-to the Committee on Ways and bank checks and drafts-to the Committee on Ways and Mean&. Means. By Mr. PETTIBONE: Papers relating to the claim of Samuel Bol By Mr. C. B. FARWELL: The petition of the Chicago His1orical ton-to the Committee on War Claims. Society, urging the purchase of the manuscripts of Franklin now By Mr. RANNEY: The petitions of 40 citizens of Roxbury and of offered for sale-to the Committee on the Library. 30 citizens of Malden, Massachusetts, for the repeal of the tax on By Mr. FORD: The petition of 80 citizens of Bethany, Missouri, bank deposits and the two-cent stamp on bank checks and drafts for the repeal of the tax on bank deposits and the two-cent stamp to the Committee on Ways and Mean . on bank checks and drafts-to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. REED: The petition of citizens of Freeport, Maine, fo.:- au Also, the resolutions adopted by Custer Post, Grand Army of the appropriation for the improvement of Hawesseeket River-t~r the Republic, of Missouri, protesting against the repeal of the arrears of Committee on Commerce. pensions act-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. J. S. BOBINSON: Papers relating to the claim of E D. By Mr. HARDENBERGH: The petition of 40 citizens of Orange, Wheeler-to the Committee on Military .Affairs. ancl of 40 citizens of Frenchtown, New Jersey, for the repeal of the By Mr. SCRANTON: The petition of citizens of Pittston, and of tax on bank deposits and the two-cent stamp on bank checks and citizens of Carbondale, Pennsylvania, for the repeal of the taxets on drafts-to the Committee on Ways and Means. banks, bankers, and banking institutions-severally to the ComhJit By Mr. B. W. HARRIS : Memorial of the officers and crew of the tee on Ways and Means. United States steamer Alliance, praying for remuneration for extra By Mr. SHALLENBERGER: The petition of Henry C. Cooper ~nd clothing, mess-stoTes, &c., pnrchased during the cruise of that vessel others, citizens of Eldersville, Pennsylvania, in favor of the Mc.Kir..~ey in the Arctic Ocean-to the Committee on Naval Affairs. tal'iff-to the same committee. By Mr. HAWK: The petition of 26 cjtiz.ens of J o Daviess County, By Mr. SPOONER : The petition of 167 citizens of Providence, illinois, for legislation regulating charges for railway transporta Rhode Island, for the repeal of the tax on bank deposits and the two tion-to the Committee on Commerce. cent stamp on bank checks and drafts-to the same ·committee. By Mr. HOGE: The petition of 55 citizens of Mprgantown, \Vest By Mr. ,V. G. THO)fPSON: The petition of 80 citizens of Tama Vir()'inia, for the repeal of the ta,x on bank deposits and the two-cent City, Iowa, for the repeal of the tax on bank deposits and the tr.o sta~p tax on bank checks and drafts-to the Committee on Ways cent stamp on bank checks and drafts-to the same committee. and Means. By Mr. AMOS TOWNSEND: The petition of citizens of Tolee.o, By Mr. HOLMAN: The resolutions of a public meeting of citizens Ohio, protesting against the constructing a bridge acl'oss the naviga of Liberty, Union County, Indiana, for the enactment of laws to sup ble chaunel of the Niagara River above the mouth of Tonawanfia press polygamy-to the Committee on the Judicia:Ly. Creek-to the Committee on Commerce. Also, the petition of Edgar R. Quick, Amos W. Hutler and others, By Mr. THO~IAS {JPDEGRil'F: The petitions of 74 citizeni of citizens of Franklin County, Indiana, in favor of the repeal of duties Lansing, of 111 citizens of Dubuque, of 40 citizens of Independence, on books, &c., relating to natural history-to the Committee on of 80 citizens of West Union, and of 80 citizens of McGregor, Iowa, Ways and Means. for the repeal of the tax on bank deposits and the two-cent stamp Also, the petition of James A. Jones and others, citizens ofl<'ra.nk on bank checks and drafts-severally to the Committee on Ways and lin County, Indiana, in favor of repealing the law re~uiring the Means. stamping of bank checks-to the same committee. By 1\ir. WASHBURN: The petition of Jacob Frankfield anu others, By 1\Ir. HORR: The petition of 40 citizens of East Saginaw and of Henderson, and of Charles Friend and others, of Saint Paul, Min of 40 citizens of Bay City, Michigan, for the repeal of the tax on bank nesota, for the repeal of the tax on bank deposits and the two-cent deposits and the two-cent stamp on bank checks and drafts-to the stamp on bank checks and drafts-to the same committee. same committee. By Mr. WATSON: The petition of 240 citizens of Erie, P ennsyl By Mr. HOUK: Papers relating to the claimofvVilliamH. Young~ vania, for the repeal of the tax on bank deposits and the two-cent to the Committee on War Claims. stamp on bank checks and drafts-to the same committee. By Mr. HOUSE : The petition of 248 citizens of Clarksville, Tennes By Mr. C. G. WILLIAMS: Memorial of Dr. H. A. Hazen, profes see, for the repeal of the tax on banks and the two-cent stamp on sor of Harvard College, and others, recommending the purehase !Jy bank checks and drafts-to the Committee on W avs and Means. the Government of certain engraved plates by Professor Townend By Mr. LACEY: Papers relating to the claim of Howell H. Trask Glover-to the Committee on A~riculture. to the same committee. By Mr. WILSON: The petitwn of 120 citizens of Parkersburgh Also, the petition of George A. Starkweather and 40 others, citizens and of 160 citizens of Wheeling, West Virginia, .for the repeal of the of Michigan, for such legislation as will permit the use of alcohol in tax on bank deposits and the two-cent stamp on bank checks and manufacturing vinegar-to the Committ-ee on \Vays and Means. drafts-to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. LATHAM: The petition of citizens of North Car~lina, for By Mr. G. D. WISE: The petition of the heirs of Peter B. Bruin, an appropriation for the improvement of the Tar River-to the Com and of the heirs of other Revolutionary soldiers-to the Committee mittee on Commerce. on Pensions. Also, the petition of citizens of Bertie County, North Carolina, for the establishment of a post route-to the Committee on the Post Office and Post-Roads. Also, the petition of citizens of North Carolina, for the improvement SENATE. of the Tar River-to the Committee on Commerce. MONDAY, Februatt·y 27, 1882. Also, the petition of citizens of North Carolina, for increased pay for employes of the life-savin~ service-to the same committee. The Chaplain, Rev. J. J. BULLO(:K, D. D., offered the following By Mr. LINDSEY: The petition of J. S. Tucker and other surviv prayer: ing soldiers of the Aroostook war, praying a pension may Le granted Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, we desire to look up to Thee them for their services-to the Committee on the Payment of Pen for Thy blessing to rest upon the services of this day. Sanctify to us sions, Bounty, and Back Pay. the memorial services upon which we are abou·t to attend. Deeply Also, the petition of Almer M. Ward, guardian, praying for a pen impress upon our minds a sense of our mortality and the importance sion for Willie F. Ward, minorchildofNehemiah Ward, late private of being ever ready for our departure, fol' we 1..---now not the day nor Seventeenth Regiment Maine Volunteers-to the Committee on·In the hour when we may be called hence. valid Pensions. Bless, we pray Thee, our rulers, the President of the United Stutes, By Mr. MARTIN: The petition of citizens of Wilmington, and of the President of the Senate, the Senators and Representatives in Con Joel Thompson and 144 others, citizens of Delaware, for the repeal of gres , and all others in authority. Give them grace ancl wisdom for the tax on bank deposits and the two-cent stamp on bank checks the right discharge of their important duties. and d.Tafts-to the Committee on 'Vays and Means. God, be merciful unto us and bless us. Cause His face to shine upon By Mr. MATSON: The petition of Charles C. Crabb and310 others, us, and give us peace in our day and generation, and finally save us ex-soldiers living in Brown and Bartholomew Counties, Indiana, all in Heaven. We ask for Christ our Redeemer's sake. Amen. asking that the arrears of pensions act be not repealed-to the Com .Mr. SHERMAN. Mr. President, I move that the Senate now a · a mittee on Invalid Pensions. body proceed to the Hall of the llonse of Representatives in ptusu By Mr. NE.AL: The petitions of 40 citizens of Portsmouth and of ance of the programme of arrangemen.ts for the memorial services 40 citizens of Bridgeport, Iowa, for the repeal of the ta.x on banks in honor of the lat.e President. and the two-cent stamp on bank checks and drafts-severally to The PRESIDENT p?·o tempore. There being no objection, that order the Committee on Ways and Mea,ns. will be executed now. By :Mr. NOLAN: The petition of Angus :McD. Shoemaker and The Senate, preceded by their Sergeant-at-Arms, proceeded to the others, in relation to the passage of a bill granting pensions to cer Hall of the House of Representatives. . tain Union soldiers and sailors of the late war-to the Committee on At one o'clock and fifty-eight minutes p.m. the Senate retnrned the Payment of Pensions, Bounty, and Back Pay. to its Chamber, and was called to order by the Presidentp1·o tempo1·e. By Mr. O'NEILL: The resolutions of the Philadelphia Board of Mr. SHERMAN. I move that the Senate do now adjourn. 'frn,de, urging the passage of House bill No. 2"253, to increase the effi- The motion was agreed to; and the Senate adjourned.