1900. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 4525 proof of the necessity for a constitutional amendment. This case most two Ol' three speeches to be made in favor of the minority before the Senate is only one of the many which, to my mind, report of the committee. How many are to be made on the other show the need of a change in the method of electing United side I do not know; but thel'e can be little doubt that if Monday States Senators. The present method places the choice too far and Tuesday are devoted to the consideration of this question all from the people, and in consequence the rights of the people are the debate can be indulged in that is required by the nature of the in danger of being disregarded. case or by the wishes of any Senator. I hope that will be the It is year by year becoming more obvious that the election of understanding of the Senate. Senators must be placed in the hands of the people themselves in Mr. PETTUS. I move that the Senate adjourn. stead of in the legislatures. We must get back to the fundamental The motion was agreed to; and (at 4 o'clock and 5 minutes p. m.) · idea of equality; we must remove all chances for scandals; we the Senate adjourned until Monday, April 23, 1900, at 12 o'clock must come nearer the people; we must be in touch and in sym meridian. pathy with their aspirations and wishes; we must by constitu tional amendment give the voters of the United Sta.tee the power to elect by their own votes the men who are to represent them in HOUSE OF R.EPR.ESENTATIVES. this Chamber. Mr. CHANDL.ER. Mr. President, on two previous occasions I SATURDAY, April 21, 1900. have spoken at length upon this constitutional question, and I have very little to say except in repetition of what I then said. The House met at 12 o'clock m. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. I have some desire to make allusion to the eloquent and lengthy HENRY N. COUDEN' D. D. dis0ourse a few days ago of the Senator from Michigan [Mr. BUR The Journal of the proceedings of yesterday was read and ap ROWS]. Few as my words shall be, I am aware that it is getting proved. late in the afternoon. Satw·day afternoon is one of the times when NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL. Senators are unwilling to stay, and I think perhaps I had better Mr. FOSS. Mr. Speaker, I demand the regular order. refrain from speaking now and proceed on Monday forenoon. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Illinois demands the The Senator from Connecticut (Mr. PLATT] intends to speak, and regular order, which is for the fu;ther consideration of the naval at least for this afternoon I yield to him. appropriation bill. The Clerk will read the first amendment. Mr. PLATT of Connecticut. I do not know, Mr. President. I The Clerk read as follows: think, after the suggestion of the Senator from New Hampshire In line 9, page 1, of the bill, after the word "pay," insert "and allowances that he preferred not to speak in a thin Senate on Saturday after prescribed by law." noon, when Senators make a s01·t of half holiday of the occasion, The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the amend· l would scarcely be expected to go on at present. ment. There is another suggestion which I should like to make. That Mr. UNDERWOOD rose. . other observation is this: I had desired to hear what the Senator The SPEAKER. For what purpose does the gentleman rise? from New Hampshire, who is chairman of the Committee on Mr. UNDERWOOD. Irisefor the purposeof withdrawing my Privileges and Elections and heads the minority report in this demand for a separate vote on each amendment; and in making case, would say upon it; not that I felt that I should be able to that request, I wish to say a few words to define my position. I answer him, but I should like to know from his own lips before ask unanimous consent that I may have three minutes for that I speak what his position is or is to be. I think a better arrange purpose. ment is that the Senator, immediately after the routine business The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Alabama withdraws bis on Monday morning, shall go forward with his speech, and I will demand for a separate vote on each of the amendments, and asks endeavor to follow him with some short remarks. unanimous consent of the House to be heard for three minutes• .Mr. CHANDLER. I was in hopes that I would entice the Sen Is there objection? [After a pause.] The Chair hears none. ator from Connecticut to go on and speak before I did. Under 1\Ir. UNDERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I merely wish to say that the circumstances I will not speak this afternoon, but will move in demanding a separate vote on each amendment last night, I an executive session. did so because I felt that on this side of the House we had not Mr. PETTUS and Mr. DANIEL addressed the Chair. had an opportunity for a fair and l'easonable discussion of the Mr. CHANDLER. I yield to the Senator from Alabama. proposition before the House. It was intimated when the ques Mr. PETTUS. I was not desiring to avail myself of the floor, tion came up that we were to have two hours' debate on the except merely to move an adjournment. armor-plate question. When the point was reached we were de· Mr. CHANDLER. Then I yield to the Senator from Virginia. nied that privilege. In discussing the point of order, when I was strictly in order-and any gentleman who examines the RECORD PUBLIC BUILDING AT NEWPORT NEWS, VA, will see that every word I stated was directly on the point of order Mr. DANIEL. I ask leave of the Senate to call up for present and not outside of it-the House refused to allow me to proceed. consideration the bill (S. 2572) to amend an act entitled "An act Under such circumstances there is but one remedy that the mi for the erection of a public building for the use of the custom nority can resort to, and that is to let the majority know that it house and post-office at Newport News, in the district of Newport will not expedite the bill or make time if it undertakes to throttle News, Va.," approved February 21, 1899. a fair and reasonable hearing on the part of the minority. For There being no objection, the Senate, as in Committee of the tha.t reason I demanded a separate vote on each amendment. Whole, proceeded to consider the bill whidh had been reported Having demonstrated, I think, to the satisfaction of the gentle from the Committee on Public Buildin~s and Grounds with an men on that side that they have not by their course expedited amendment, on page 2, line 4, before tne word "thousand," to their bill, there is no reason for us to continue these tactics, and I strike out ''fifty" and insert''twenty;" so as to make the bill 1·ead: the1·efore withdraw the demand for a separate vote. Be it enacted, etc., That the act aJ?proved February 21, 1800, entitled "All Mr. FOSS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that I may act for the erection of a public buildmg for the use of the custom-house and have three minutes. post-office at Newport News, in the district of Newport News, Va.," be, and the same is hereby, so amended as to direct the Secretary ot the Treasury, .Mr. WHEELER of Kentucky. In reply only to what the gen in acguiring the site and in erecting said building, in addition to tha uses tleman from Alabama has said? therem provided for, to provide suitable court rooms, clerks' offices, mar Mr. FOSS. In reply to what he has said. shals' offices, and all other necessary and convenient quarters for the Federal I courts and officers in all courts authorized now or hereafter to be held at said Mr. RIDGELY. would like unanim.ous consent, l\lr. Speaker, point; and an additional sum of $1.90,000 is hereby appropriated, out of any to ruake a request. money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay for such additions Mr. FOSS. Well, Mr. Speaker, I will withdraw my request. and changes. The SPEAKER. Does any other gentleman desire a separate The amendment was agreed to. vote on the amendments? The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend Mr. UNDERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent ment was concurred in. that the gentleman from lllinois may have the three minutes he The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read desires. the third time, and passed, The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Alabama asks unani mous consent that the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Foss] may SE:NATOR FROM PENNSYLVANIA, have three minutes. Is there objection? (After a pause.] The Mr. PETTUS. I move that the Senate adjourn. Chair bears none. Mr. PENROSE. I wish to ask the Senator to yield to me for Mr. FOSS. Mr. Speaker, I want to state, in reply to what the one moment to make a statement in reference to the Pennsylvania gentleman from Alabama has said, that I was perfectly willing case. thel'e should be general debate on some of the provisions of this Mr. PETTUS. I withdraw the motion. bill, and I so stated. But when the time came to arrange for gen· Mr. PENROSE. l\fr. President, I think it should be under eral debate, I was unable to get an agreement. Gentlemen upon stood by every member of the Senate that the Quay resolution the other side had repeatedly attempted to delay this measure shall be taken up immediately after the reading of the Journal and had insisted .upon attempting to overrule the decisions of and. the disposal of routine morning business upon Monday next. the Chair, so that I was p1aced tbeyond the pale of making an I understand from the information I can receive that there are at agreement with the gentlemen upon the other side, When I tried 4526 c' CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-H0USE. APRIL 21,
to make au arrangement, and when the gentleman from West or the House. This rule has been established to prevent,circuity Virginia [Mr. DAYTON] agreed to have a general debate of fifty of action. The Chair therefore sustains the point of ·order· and minute.;; . thirty minu tel:! of which was to be controlled by the other declares the motion of the gentleman from Missouri out of order. side and twenty minutes by this side. the gentleman from Ala Mr. VANDIVER. Will the Chair allow me·-· ' bama threw out a remark which raised the righteous indignation The SPEAKER. The Chair has decided the question; and de of the gentleman from West Virginia rMr. DAYTON], and then all bate is not in order. attempts for an agreement on gene-ral debate ended. Mr. VAN DIVER Then I rise to a parliamentary inquiry. As Mr. UNDERWOOD. The gentleman will recognize the fact the Chair has announced his decision on this question, I wish to · that we stated on this side that we desired an hour's debate. know whether he would now entertain a motion to recommit gen- [Cries of " Regular orderF'] erally, without instructions. · · Mr. RIDGELY. Mr. Speaker-- The SPEAKER. The gentleman has made one motion to re- The SPEAKER. For what purpose does the gentleman from commit; and only one such motion is in order. . Kansas address the Chair? · Mr. VANDIVER. That motion was ruled out of order. A Mr. RIDGELY. I will not at this time, Mr. Speaker, call for a motion which is ruled out of order can not be considered as a mo- separate vote; but I do ask, in view of the fact that we on this tion offered under the rule. . side have been denied the privilege of ·discussion, that I be allowed The SPEAKER. On that view of the c-ase the Chair is rather to print a letter and some remarks that I would have presented disposed to hold that a motion to recommit generally would be in upon the bill had I been permitted. · order. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Kansas asks permission Mr. VANDIVER. Then, Mr. Speaker, I move that the bill be to print some remarks upon the bill. Is there objection? [After recommitted. a pause.] The Chair hears none. The question being taken on the motion of Mr. VANDIVF..R, it The question is on agreeing to the amendments. was not agreed to; there being-ayes 55, noes 95. · The amendments were agreed to. The question being taken on the passage of the bill, it was The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; passed. and it was read the third time. .,. On motion of Mr. FOSS, a -motion to reconsider the last vote Mr. VANDIVER. Mr. SpeaKer-- was laid on the table. · The HPEAKER. For what purpose does the gentleman rise? :Mr. VANDIVER . . I rise for the purpose of offering a resolution COMPENSATION OF UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS. which I send to the Clerk's desk, a motion to recommit the bill Mr. LANHAM. I ask unanimous consent for the present con with the following instructions. sideration of the biU which I send to the desk. }Jr. FOSS. I reserve a uoint of order. The Clerk i·ead as follows: · The SPEAKER. The resolution will be read for the informa A bill (H. R. 1084.-0) providing compensation to United States commissioners in tion of the House and the Chair. · Chinese deportation cases. Mr. VANDIVER. Allow me to preface the motion by saying Whereas United States commis£aioners are by law required to take cogni that it is not exactly the same proposition that we offered yester zance of Chinese deportation cases, issue warrants for their arrest. hear the cases, enter final judgment therein, and issue orders of deportation in case day ancl which was ruled out of order. We offer this morning of final judgment that the Chinese person has no right to remain within the this motion on behalf of the minority members of the committee United States; and as a compromise, more particularly because some members of the Whereas there is no compensation provided by law. as held by the Attor ney-General and the Auditor, for the hearing of such cases; and minority thought it a better proposition and one not so likely to \Vhereas there is no compensation provided by law for such orders of de meet with disfavor, because it shows our intention to be reason portation: Therefore, able and even abundantly liberal, so far as providing armor for B e it enacted, etc., That hereafter there shall be allowed to the several commissioners of the United States for services in Chinese deportation cases the vessels now waiting for armor. I am directed by the minor tbe same fees and per diem as is now chargeable in criminal cases before ity to present this as a compromise or an alternative proposition. them, and for an order of deportation the sum of $2 in each case, to be taxed If you defeat it or strike it out on a point of order, you are re and collected in the same manner as other a.ccounts are now payable by law. sponsible for leaving the vessels without the armor. SEC. 2. That this act shall take effect from the date of passage. Mr. FOSS. I make the point that debate is not in order. The amendments reported by the Committee on the Judiciary The SPEAKER. The point of order is well taken. The Clerk were read, as follows: will report the proposition of the gentleman from Missouri [Mr. Strike out the preamble. VANDIVER] for the information of the House. Strike out, in lines 1 and 2, on page 2, the words "and fo1· an order of de The Clerk read as follows: portation the sum of S2 in each case." Strike out section 2. Armor and armament: Toward the armament and armor of domestic man ufacture for the vessels authorized by act of March 2. 1895: for those author Mr. PAYNE. I understand that this bill has been reported ized by tho act of June 10, 1896; for those authorized by the act of March 3, from the Committee on the Judiciary? 1897; for those authorized by the act of May 4, 1898; for those antb.orized by the act of March 3, 1899, and for those authorized by this act, $4,000,000: P1·0- Mr. LANHAM. It is a unanimous report. The reasons for the vided, That in contracts· for armor plate for any of the vessels above men passage of the bill are clearly stated in the preamble-to allow the tioned, the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to procure armor of the best United States commissioners compensation for services rendered quality at an average rate not to exceed $!45 per ton of 2,210 pounds, includ ing royalties. If, after due advertisement, the Secretary of the Navy should in connection with the deportation of Chinese found unlawfully be unable to contract for such armor designated above, then, and in that within the United States. The accounting officers of the Treas event, the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to procure armor of the best ury have decided that under the existing law, such cases being quality for the battle ships Maine, Ohio,and Missom'i, now awaiting armor, and to pay therefor not to exceed $545 per ton of 2,240 pounds: Provided further, held to be civil cases, they can not make any allowance of com Tha t if t he Secretar:v of the Navy finds, after due advertisement, that armor pensation for such services. p late of the best quality can not be purchased from private manufacturers There being no objection, the House proceeded to the consider of armor plate for $-145 per ton of 2,240 pound!:!, then, and in that event, he is hereby directed to procure or purchase a suitable site and erect thereon an ation of the bill. armor-plate factory, at a cost not to exceed $l,OOO,OOO; and to carry out the The amendments reported by the committee were agreed to. purposes of this p,rovision the sum of $2,000,000 is .hereby appropriated and The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed and read a made immediate1y available, out of any money in the Treasury not other wise appropriated. The following restriction, under the h eading, "Armor third time; and it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. and armament," in the act approved March 3, 1899, entitled "An act making On motion of Mr. LANHAM, a motion to reconsider the last appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1900, vote was laid on the table. and for other purposes," namely, ".And provided further, That no contract for the armor for any vessels authorized by this act shall be made at an average BRIDGES ACROSS OCMULGEE AND OCO!IBE RIVERS, GEORGIA. rate excee ding~ per ton of 2,240 pounds, including royalties," is hereby re moved, and the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to let the contracts for Mr. BARTLETT. Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent for the v essels therein referred to, subject to all other requirements relating to the same as contained in eaid act of March 3, 1899, except as to sheathing and the present consideration of the bill (H. R. 10097) to authorize the coppering, which is hereby made discretionary with the Secretary of the Atlantic and Gulf Short Line Railroad Company to build, con Navy. struct, and maintain railway bridges across the Ocmulgee and Mr. FOSS. I make the point of order that it is not in order to Oconee rivers within the boundary lines of Irwin, Wilcox, Telfair, move to recommit the bill with instructions to bring in a provfaion and Montgomery counties, in the State of Georgia. which is in violation of Rule XXL The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Georgia asks unanimous Mr. VANDIVER. I would like to be heard on the point of consent for the present consideration of a bill which the Clerk order. will report. The SPEAKER. The Chair does not wish to hear the question The bill was read. It provides that the Atlantic and Gulf Short discussed, as he is ready to decide it. Line Railroad Company, a corporation duly incorporated and This motion to recommit contains propositions which would not existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Georgia, be in order if offered as amendments upon this bill m the Com_mit be and is authorized to construct, build, and maintain across the tee of the Whole or in the House. It has been long and well set Ocmulgee River a railroad bridge for the passage of railroad en tled that there can not be referred to the committee, to be added gines and cars, at such point as may be selected by said company to a bill as an amendment, a ·proposition which would not be in and approved by the 8ecretary of War, within Irwin, Wilcox, and crder if offered as an amendment in the Committee of the Whole Telfair counties, in the State of Georgia. 1900, CONGRESSI0NAL RECORD-HOUSE. 4527
The SPE.A.KER. Is there objection to the present considera Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. I move that the House insist on its tion of the bill? amendment and agree to the conference requested by the ~enate . There was no objection. The motion was agreed to; and the Speah.er ap:;ointed as con The amendments recommended by the Committee on Interstate ferees on the part of the House Mr. LOUDENSLAGER, .Mr. BROM and Foreign Commerce were read, and agreed to. WELL, and Mr. STANLEY w. DAVENPORT. 'fhe bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed and read a LILLIAN CAPRON. third time; and it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. The SPEAKER laid before the House the bill (S. 1905) granting On motion of Mr. BARTLETT, a motion to reconsider the last an increase of pension to Lillian Capron, with a House amendment, ·vote was laid on the table. disagreed to by the Senate. LIGHT AND FOG SIGNAL, DELAWARE BAY, Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. I move that the Honse insist on its · Mr. WANGER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent for the amendment and agree to the conference requested by the Senate. present consideration of the bill (H. R. 9566) authorizing the- es The motion was agreed to: and the Speaker appointed as con tablishment of a light and fog signal on the new breakwater, ferees on the part of the Honse Mr. LO UDENSLAGER, Mr. BROM harbor of refuge, Delaware Bay. · . "WELL, and Mr. STANLEY w. DAVENPORT. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Pennsylvania asks unan SECTION 953, REVISED STATUTES. imous consent for the present consideration of a bill which the The SPEAKER laid before the House the bill (H. R. 8366) to Clerk will report. amend section 953 of the Revised Statutes, with a Senate amend The bill was read, as follows: ment thereto. Be it enacted, etc .• That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby author Mr. JENKINS. Mr. Speaker, I move that tbeHousenonconcur ized to establish a. light and fog signal on the new breakwater, harbor of ref"cge, Delaware Bay, at a cost not exceeding $30,000. in the Senate amendment, and agree to the conference asked for The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present consideration by the Senate. · of the bill? The motion was agreed to; and the Speaker appointed as con The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; ferees on the part of the House Mr. JENKINS, Mr. KAHN, and Mr. and it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. TERRY, On motion of l\lr. WANGER, a motion to reconsider the last EAST WASHINGTON HEIGHTS TRACTION RAILROAD COMPANY, vote was la.id on the table. The SPEAKER laid before the House the bHI ( H. R. 4604) to BRIDGE OVER BIG SANDY RIVER BETWEEN WEST VIRGINIA AND amend the charter of the East Washington Heights Traction Rail KEN'.PUCKY, road Company, with Senate amendments thereto. Mr. JOHNSON. Mr. Speaker, I ask for the present considera Mr. JENKINS. I move that the House agree to the Senate tion of the bill (S. 4051) to authorize the Ohio Valley Electric amendments. Railway Company to construct a bridge over the Big Sandy River The motion was agreed to. from Kenova, W. Va., to Catlettsburg, Ky. ENROLLED BILL SIGNED. The bill was read. It provides that it shall be lawful for the Mr. BAKER, from the Committee on Enro'led Bills, reported Ohio Valley Electric Railway Company, a corporation organized that they had examined and found truly enrolled bill of the fol under the laws of the State of West Virginia, to construct and lowing title; when the Speaker signed tte same: maintain a bridge, and approach6S thereto, over the Big Sandy H. R. 10449. An act making appropriations to supply additional River from a point in the town of Kenova, W. Va., to a point in urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending the town of Catlettsburg, Ky. ; that said bridge may be constructed June 30, 1900, and for other purposes. to provide for the passage of railroad cars, wagons, and vehicles LEAVE OF ABSENCE. of all kinds, for the transit of animals, foot passengers, and all kinds of commerce, travel, or communication; and said corpora By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted as follows: tion may charge and i·eceive reasonable tolls therefor, subject to To Mr. BISHOP, for ten days. on account of important business. the approval of the Secretary of War, and to such changes as he To Mr. CROMER, for ten days from April 213, on account of may think proper from time to time. important business. The SPEAKER. This bill is in order, being a Senate bill- AMERICAN REGISTER FOR STEAMSHIP GA.RONNE. Mr. DALZELL. One moment, Mr. Speaker. Mr. JONES of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous con Mr. PAYNE. Has the House committee reported a similar bill? sent for the present consideration of the bill (S. 3465) to provide The SPEAKER. It is a Senate bill, with a similar House bill an American register for the steamship Garonne. reported by the House committee, carrying no appropriation. The SPEAKER. The Chair would advise the gentleman from Mr. JOHNSTON. The committee have reported the House bill Washington that the Senate bill does not seem to be here. It has unanimously. not come over from the Senate, and it has not been reported from The SPEAKER. The question is on the third reading of the the committee. bil1. Mr. JONES of Washington. The committee of the Honse re . The bill was ordered to a third reading; and it was accordingly ported a similar bill. read the third time, and passed. The SPEAKER. · That is a House bill; but the Senate bill is On motion of Mr. JOHNSTON, a motion to reconsider the last not here. vote was laid on the table. Mr. JONES of Washington. I supposed it was. It passed the On motion of Mr. JOHNSTON, the corresponding House bill Senate several days ago. was ordered to lie on the table. The SPEAKER. It has not been reported from the committee. MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. BROOKLYN FERRY COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, A message from the Senate, by Mr. PLATT, one of its clerks, an Mr. SHERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent for nounced that the Senate had disagreed to the report of the com the consideration of the bill S. 3535, which is on the Speaker's mittee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses ta.ble. A similar bill has been reported by the House committee. on the amendment of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. The Clerk read as follows: 222) to provide a government for the Territory of Hawaii, had A bill (S. 3535) for the relief of the Brooklyn Ferry Company, of New York. further insisted upon its diEagreement to the amendment of the Be it enacted, etc., That the claim against the United States of the Brook House of Representatives, had asked a further conference with lyn Ferry Company, of New York, a corporation organized and existing un the House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, der the laws of the State of New York, with its principal place of business in the borough of Brooklyn, city of New York, owner of the ferryboat New Y01·k, and had appointed Mr. CULLOM, Mr. CLARK of Wyoming, and for dama~es caused by collision between the sa.id ferryboat and the U.S. S. Mr. l\loRGAN as the conferees on the part of the Senate. Dolphin, m the East River, near Brooklyn. on the 1st day of August. 1899, may The message also announced that the Senate had passed the be sued for by the Said ferry company in the United States district court for the eastern district of New York sitting as a court of admiralty and acting following resolutions: under the rules governing such court, and sa.id court shall have jurisdiction Resolved, That the Senate has heard with deep and profound sorrow of the to hear and determine such !I. suit and to enter a judgment or decree for the death of Hon. LORENZO DANFORD, late a Representative from the State of amount of such damages, if any shall be found to be due, against the United Ohio. States in favor of the said ferry company, upon the same.principles and meas R esolved, That the business of the Senate be now suspended in order that ure of liability, with costs and interest, as in like cases in admiralty between fitting tribute may be paid to his eminent public services and high personal private parties, and with the same rights of a:gpeal. chaJ:acter. SEc.2. That such notice of the snit shall be given to the Attorney-General Resolved, That the Secretary communicate these resolutions to the House of the United States as ma:r be provided by order of the said court, and it of Representatives. shall be the duty of the Attorney-General to cause the United States attorney Resolved, As a further mark of respect to the memory of the deceased, the in such district to appear for and defend the United States. Senate do now adjourn. SEC. 3. That should damages be found to be due the said ferry company, the amount of a final decree therefor shall be ~aid out of any money in thtt AGNES K, CAPRON. United States Treasury not otherwise appropriated. The SPEAKER laid before the House the bill (S. 1906) granting Mr. GAINES. What is this lawsuit about? an increase of pensioµ to Agnes K. Capron, with a House amend The SPEAKER. Is there objection? ment, disagreed to by the Senate. Mr. CANNON. I would like to know what it is about? 4528 CONGRESSIONAL · RECORD-HOUSE.' APRIL 21,
Mr. SHERMAN. I will be glad to make an explanation. struction o~ a bridge across Tallahatchie River, in Tallahatchie Mr. TERRY. Reserving the right to object, I woulcl ask the County, Miss. gentleman to make an explanation. The Clerk read the bill at length. Mr. SHERMAN. In August, 1899, the Dolphin collided with The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the consideration of the the ferryboat New Yo1·7c in the harbor of New York. It is claimed bill? [~fter a pause.l The Chair hears none. by the ferry company that the accident was by the fault of the ~he °!Jill was ordered to be read a third time; and it was read the Dolphin. This bill permits the ferry company to prosecute their third bme, and passed. claim in the United States district court for the scuthern district On motion of Mr. SPIGHT, a motion to reconsider the last vote of ~ew York, a?d if the judgment is obtaiD:ed by that company was laid on the table. agamst the Umted States-and of course, m order to obtain a Mr. SPIGHT. I ask that House bill 9924 be laid on the table. judgment, it must be established that the fault was with the Dol· The SPEAKER. Without objection, this order will be made phin-tben it appropriates the money to pay the damage. There was no objection. • l\Ir. CANNON. 1 will ask the gentleman whether there was a STEA.MSiI.IP GARONNE. board that examined into this matter. In the Revised Statutes there is a provision that a board shall take this matter into con Mr. JONES of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I ask that the Com· sideration and report. mitt~e on ¥erchant Mari!le and Fisheries be discharged from the ~ons1derati0n o~ Senate bill 3465, to provide an American register Mr. SHERMAN. Not that! nm aware of. I am not sure about for the steamship Garonne, and I ask unanimous consent for its that. present consideration. Mr. CANNON. I have no doubt that there was. The Cle1·k read the bill, as follows: Mr. SHERMAN. I think it bas never been acted upon. That . Be it enDf=ted. etc., That the Commissioner of Navigation is hereby author is my recollection; but I am not sure. ized and
XXXIII-284 4530 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. APRIL 21, existence could not be the end of man. His whole life beamed The beginning of the war was the acme of that sectional bate which bad been growing and increasing in bitterness for thirty years. The ~forth bad forth "the wisdom that is from above.,_.. first pure, then peace no love for the South, and the South had no respect for the North. The con able, gentle and easy to be entreated, fuU of mercy and good flict was irrepressible. The world looked on at the magnificent display of fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy." courage and fortitude exhibited through four years of battle and strife, and while one rebel could not., as be thought at the beginning, wipe ont fi~e With his sorrowing widow and children I share and mourn his "Yankees," the sequel showed that he could put them to considerable exer ]oss, but with them I glory in the life that he lived, radiant and tion. [Laughter and applause.] teeming with truth, benevolence, and virtue, and rejoice unutter When valor and courage and endurance shall no longer command the praise of men, when tribute shall be denied to those who endured privation ably that he trod "the path of the just," which "is as a shining without complaint and suffered all manner of sacrifices without murmur, light that shineth more and more into the perfect day." then we might hesitate to unroll the curtain of that past and let its scenes Dear and honored friend, farewell, but not forever! Thy life pass in panorama. before us. But Heaven forbid in this day, when one touch thy of nature has made us all akin, that I should fear in this presence to bold up has only begun. Though star has faded from earhtly skies, it for admiration the prowess of the gallant boys in the trenches and the field, has already arisen to shine on a fairer shore. wearing the blue or wearing the gray, who gave to the cause of their country Bright be the place of thy soul; their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. [Applause.] No lovelier spirit than thine But the end came at last. These Southern knights went down to their Ere burst from its mortal control home, and many of them can not be reached by any provision of earthly In the realms of the blessed to shine. statute now. "Many of those good knights a.re dust May others like unto thee arise to teach and lead our people, Their good swords rust, glorify our Republic! and exalt our race. Their souls are with the saints, we trust.fl They went down to their desolated homes and despoiled fields, and with out complaint they set about the task, the herculean task, of rebuilding those Mr. ROBINSON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, EvANE. SETTLE was waste places and restoring their ancient splendor. Her sons laid down their my friend, and I approach the subject of his eulogy fully conscious arms in good faith. and in the same spirit they la.id their hearts upon the of one's weakness when he speaks of friend. I loved him, as all altar of their country and took their step to the music of the Union. I do not believe, gentlemen, that the American people were ever so united as did who knew him well. Were I to select my close and early asso they are to-day. The men who stayed at home were the last to forgive, but ciates in the Fifty-fifth Congress, he would be among the first. the men who fought have always been the first to forget. f Applause.] Our association and mutual friendship bound us together with And now we are hastened to this era of good times by the war in which we find ourselves involved. We shall free Cuba, but we snall do more than "hoops of steel" and enabled me to know him as he was and to that. We shall free ourselves. The greatest of English poets, in speaking of learn those qualities that made his life that success "which fate the divine quality of mercy, has said that- reserves for a bright manhood." His career will 1·emain an inspira "It is twice blest: tion to the young. Not blessed withthefavorsof fortune, he won It blesseth mm that gives and him that takes.,, his way to a good education, and before he was of age entered the If we Bhall confet"' a gracious boon upon the people of that unhappy island, we shall receive a blessing from Heaven, such perhaps as we may not be able profession of law and graced it with his eloquence and ability till to contain. Ont of this baptism of fire and blood wherewith we a.re now his death. being baptized we shall come forth, I doubt not, new men and new women, He was honored by his people in ways befitting his high charac clean every whit, with sectional hate and sectional bitterness clean gone for ter-as county attorney, as member of the State legislature, as ever. [Applause.1 That were a consummation devoutly to be wished; that were the sum.mum delegate to the Democratic national convention at St. Louis in bonum, the great desideratum; that were well worth all the treasure we 1888, and last was honored with a seat in Congress. may expend and all the blood that may be shed. In the language of the great From that time on I knew him. and in feelings shared the glory Kentuc~y editor, this war has already forever eliminated the sectional con test. There are thousands of old Confederates who are to-day happy in the of his triumphs and success, for I regarded him as a brother. thought that before they have been called to join the silent bivouac of the Mr. SETTLE was early able to make his mark in the House of dead they have seen the North and the South united in battle array beneath Representatives, and gain an influence not usually accorded to a the Stars and Stripes. first-term member. He justified the favors and confidence shown "Flag of the free heart's hope and home! By angel hands to valor given I him. Thy sta:rs have lit the wellin dome, . Though a partisan, and by his assignment on the Election Gom And all thy hues were born in heaven." mittee compelled to argue partisan questions on the floor in a par [Applause.] tisan way, yet he never uttered a word or sentiment-and I call The applause that gi·eeted these patriotic sentiments were alike every member here to witness-that stirred up party feelings in complimentary to the orator and to the members of the House. his discussions. Much of this was due to the personality of the This Southern flame that warmed the hearts of all patriots on man. that day should be embalmed and perpetuated in this form and Mr. SETTLE was an orator among the orators of Kentucky, in the hearts of bis countrymen as fitting gems of thought and which State has furnished so many of finished culture. patriotism, sparkling with the personal traits of the man and He was in demand at all manner of public speakings, and with sustaining his fame and eulogy. a special devotion to his church he raised his eloquent voice on In private life and in his public career his inspirations and as many occasions in Kentucky in her behalf. pirations were noble and manly and his record, thus molded, for On the 1st day of June, 1898, on occasion of the Congress sweep statesmanship, unsullied honor, ability as a debater, eloquence ing away the last vestige of political disabilities growing out of as an orator, geniality and lovable spirit as a man, may well be the war of the rebelli.on, Mr. SETTLE shed a luster on one of the pointed to with pride in years to come by his loved ones and by happiest incidents of legislation of the memorable Fifty-fifth Con his associates and friends. gress. He uttered these beautiful sentiments: Brilliant as were his talents, eloquent as an orator, able as a Mr. SETTLE. Mr. Speaker, I think when the :\)ermanent RECORD of this lawyer, yet he shone the brightest in his family circle and in the day's session is made up it would be incomplete mdeed if some Representa circle of his friends. Modest and unassuming in bis manners, tive from the South, some man who is supposed to be in sympathy with the Southern people in their present and their past relations to the General yet he never did things by halves. Ardent in his labors, able and Government, did not avail himself of the opportunity to respond to the gen well equipped, he yielded to the demands of his party in Ken erous sentiments that have been uttered on the floor of the Honse by the gen tucky with his usual fidelity, and labored beyond human power tleman from Ohio and the gentlemen from Iowa and Wisconsin in the conduct of this bill to-day, for notwithstanding we may all say this is a just bill and till the end of the campaign in November, 1899, then succumbed ought to have become a law years ago, yet we from the South must agree and died, a sacrifice to the cause of bis party. that it is none the less a generous bill; and Southern Representatives should not hesitate so to declare in their places here, for had we been the victors we might not have been so generous as they. l\Ir. COWHERD. Mr. Speaker, there is an old proverb, some This bill is but the culmination of the course of events that have been times misused, that bids us say naught but good of the dead. To gradually approaching this point for ten or fifteen years past. I have seen it me it seems that reverence for the dead, the affectionate regard in the present session. I have heard the great battle hymn of the South " Dixey "-receive as generous applause in Northern capitals as was accorded . which bids us to forget their faults and commemorate their vir to the "Star-Spangled Banner " and "Marching Through Georgia." And it tues; the kindly sympathies that go from all good men and women came not from Southern sympathizers. but from the generous people of the to those who stand beside a new-made grave, are among the re North, who took that occasion to say, in this way, to their brethren at the deeming traits of our all too human lives. I have sometimes South, "We embrace you and have learned to forget all pa.st differences." [Afplanse.] · thought that the crush of our daily work in this rough world was happened to be at a down-town theater the other evening. In the inter apt to obscure the finer sensibilities of men. We too frequently val between the acts it has become the custom not to go out, but to remain veil sympathy behind indifference. We too frequently are ac and hear the orchestra discourse patriotic anthems and airs. After the band had ceased playing some gentleman arose and proposed "Three cheers for customed to mask our love a; though it were a fault. But in the McKinley." The vast audience gave them with a will. Then three cheers presence of great sorrow tliese false growths are brushed aside were proposed for Dewey, the hero of Manila, which were also responded to. and eyes that look through tears see with a clearer vision, and And then some gentleman, whom I took to be a military officer of rank, arose in his place, and, waving his hand in the air, said, "Three cheers for a united hearts that have throbbed with sorrow beat in kindlier unison. country!" Gentlemen, that sentiment caught me, and it caught that vast It seems to me a fitting thing that, when the stern angel of the house. f Applause. l · bitter cup has pressed the sleeping potion to the lips of one who I thank God that I have lived toseethisday. We sometimes thought thatthe great war between the States was an unmitigated evil, bat in the providence so lately moved and wrought among us, we should take a few of God it, accompanied by other agencies, has proved to be a great blessing. brief hours from the press of business to embalm here in the rec That war was not of chance or of accident. It came as the winds come and ord of our dai1y work the memory of his deeds and the tribute of as the storms come and as all things else come-in r0§ponse to the eternal purposes and behests of Him ·who" holds the wind in"His fl.st and the hearts our respect. of men in t.b.e hollow of His hand." [Applause.] It was my good fortune in the lottery for seats in the Fifty-fifth 1900. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 4531
Congress to find that I was seated next to EvAN E. SETTLE, of ever live in the hearts of those who knew him, and that no charm Kentucky, and as by that enforced proximity a chance acquaint of rhetoric or melody of speech can brighten it, or even picture it, ance ripened into friendship I grew more and more to bless kind as it glows and lives within us. fortune that had given me such a neighbor. He bas "gone before to that unknown and ·silent shore," and I You all remember, who w~re here at that time, the extra ses mourn bis removal from among us, and because I mourn I seek sion. occupied as it was upon a single measure and with tedious now to add my own weak tribute to the eloquent words that have a ctonmments, gave but little opportunity to test the mettle of the already been so earnestly spoken concerning him. men that came then for the first time to the House; and yet I well When the wires a few short months ago ti.ashed across our land remember how, on the dull, dry question of how many days the the announcement of his death there came to all who knew him House could adjourn without the consent of the Senate, Mr. SET a sense of loss and pain akin to tbe shock of a personal bereave TLE made a speech of such interest and force that it attracted at ment. It was fitly so, for none knew him but to love him, and one' e the attention of the older and more observant members of none knew him but then and now mourn his untimely end. the House. And later-in the succeeding session-when his kindly When we left him at the close of the Fifty-fifth Congress he spirit found more congenial opportunity in the discussion on the was possessed of his full, manly vigor, and, as we supposed, with bill referred to by the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. RoBINSO:N'] long years of usefulness and of honor before him. He had been the bill providing for the removal oi political disabilities of those reelected to this Congress, and here we expected to find him upon who had taken part in the civil strife-he burst forth into such our return. eloquent words that his place was at once fixed both in the minds Little did we know that his days had then been numbered, and of those who heard him and in the hearts of all his countrymen. that the end was nearly reached, and that never more would he Mr. Speaker, I believe I do no injustice to the living when I say answer to the roll call of this House. that of all the men who came first to the House in the Fifty-fifth Our ignorance there but again confirms the oft-repeated lesson Congress no man at its close left it occupying a higher place in that mortal man is not in the confidence of the Giver of life and the minds of those who had met him on the floor and in the hearts death, and knoweth not what decrees He has entered or when they of the people of the country than the man whose untimely death will be enforced. We are again admonished to keep our houses we mourn to-day. in order and to be ready for the final summons to us. It is as true now as when the Roman said it, that orators are The graat ability and superb oratory of Mr. SETTLE were per born, not made. And there was something in this man-some mitted to illumine but one Congress, and yet in that brief space thing other than the pleasing presence he possessed; something of time he was aUowed to achieve as much of fa.me and renown other than the keen logic that saw through the subtleties of every as comes to some in many terms, and more than ever comes to proposition; something other than that grace of diction that many others. The compensating law of an all-wise Providence seemed to find always the fittest phrase and the most eloquent is here. as everywhere, disclosed, if we but seek to find it. expression-there was still that undefinable something which, I well remember his first appearance in an extended debate. reaching out to the minds and hearts of his audience, told them The occasion was a contested-election case that had been reported when he rose he was one of those who had a message to deliver. from the committee of which he was a member. When he arose I do not remember ever to have heard him take part in those to speak, his intellectual face and clear, clean-cut features and at rancorous and acrimonious political debates that sometimes occur tractive presence at once claimed tho attention of the House. His on the floor of this House. I never thought his was one of those opening sentences chained that attention to him, and there it re spirits that loved to" ride the storm;" while he did not shun, he mained until he had concluded. did not seek controversy. I always thought his genial soul found I can recall now the music of his sweetly modulated vofoe and its more fitting sphere in those occasions that not unfrequently the rhythm of his well-chosen words as he constructed sentence occur when men lay aside political partisanship and rise to that after sentence of masterful logic, of keenest satire, and of eloquent broad~r plane of a common and united citizen8hip. and polished periods. That speech established his reputation as Mr. Speaker, it occmred to me as I watched his career here in an orator and won for him a place in the front ranks of the great the House-knowing as I did his power of speech, and knowing debaters of the House-a place which heretained and from which also that he enjoyed the duller, but not less necessary work of the he would Lave gone to higher stations yet had not death's icy hand committee-that there lay before him a broad field of futme use laid claim upon him. fulness. And knowing also as I did the genial. social spirit of the We mourn that his eloquent tongue is forever silenced; we miss man thatloved so well that meeting here in friendly intercourse that the charm and the spell of his rare oratory, and we miss his wise forms, as we all know, the fairest portion of Congressional life, it counsel in our deliberations; b:it more than these things we miss seemed to me that in the atmosphere which smTounded him here and mourn him. he would meet the best fruition of his powers. Few men were better gifted than he in the art of making and But his experience has been, alas, that which too frequently holding friends. He was warm and generous in his nature and as meets us in this world. The hard-won prizes come too late. The gentle and sympathetic as a woman. Full of dignity, he was ever apple turns to ashes on the lip. The flower fades in the plucking. tender, yielding, an
Mr. COOPER of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Insular property in Leopold Luchs-to the Committee on the District of Affairs, to which was referred the joint resolution of the House Columbia. (H.J. Res. 241) to provide for the administration of civil affairs By Mr. HAMILTON: A bill (H. R. 10911) for the relief ot in Porto Rico pending the appointment and qualification of the Wesley C. Brant-to the Committee on MHitary Affairs. civil officers provided for in the act approved April 12, 1900, enti By Mr. HEDGE: A bill (H. R. 10912) granting an increase of tled "An act temporarily to provide revenues and a civil govern pension to John Whitmore-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ment for Porto Rico, and for· other pti.rposes," reported the same By Mr. LAWRENCE: A bill (H. R.10913) toamend the record with amendment, accompanied by a report (No.1105); whiehsaid of John E. Utley-to the Committee on Naval Affairs. joint resolution and report were referred to the House Calendar. By Mr. MONDELL: A bill (H. R. 10914) for the relief of John He also, from the same committee, to which was referred the Ranald-to the Committee on Patents. joint resolution of the Senate (S. R.116) to provide for the admin Also, a bill (H. R. 10915) for the relief of Hudson Maxim and istration of civil affairs in Porto Rico ·pending the appointment W. H. Graham in connection ·with variousinventions-tothe Com and qualification of the civil officers provided for in the act ap mittee on Patents. proved April 12, 1900, entitled "An act temporarily to provide By Mr. RIDGELY: A bill (H. R. 10916) granting a pension to revenues and a civil government for Porto Rico, and for other Samuel L. Keely-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. purposes," reported the same with amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 1106); which said joint resolution and report were referred to the House Calendar. · PETITIONS, ETC. Under clausal of RuleXXII, the followingpetitions and papers were laid on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows: CHANGE OF REFERENCE. By Mr. ALEXANDER: _Paper to accompany House bill grant Under clause 2 of Rule XXII, committees were discharged from ing a pension to James Irvine-to the Committee on Invalid Pen the consideration of bills of the following titles; which were there sions. upon referred as follows: By Mr. BABCOCK: Petition of farmers and citizens of Green A bill (H. R. 1625) for the relief of Mary B. Douglass, widow of field, Sank County, Wis., in favor of the Grout oleomargarine the late Col. Henry Douglass, TenthUnited States Infantry-Com bill-to the Committee on Agriculture. · mittee on Invalid Pensions discharged, and referred to the Com By Mr. BROMWELL: Papers to accompany House bill No. mittee on Pensions. 10743, for the relief of Augusta Ullman-to the Committee on A bill (H. R. 3986) granting a pension to Sarah Stoner-Com Pensions. mittee on Invalid Pensions discharged, and referred to the Com Also, petition of the Woman's Presbyterian Missionary Society mittee on War Claims. and Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Wyoming, Ohio, A bill (H. R. 3706) for the relief o~ Jerry s.-Fish, of Cameron, urging the passage of Bouse bill prohibiting the sale of liquor in Marshall County, W. Va.-Committee on Pensions discharged, Army canteens, etc.-to the Committee on Military Affairs. and referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, petitions of the Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church and Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Wyoming, Ohio, relative to opium and gambling in the new possessions-to PUBLIC BILLS, RESOLUTIONS, AND MEMORIALS the Committee on Insular Affairs. INTRODUCED. · Also, petitions of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and Under clause 3 of Rule XXII, bills, resolutions, and memorials the Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church of Wyoming, of the following titles were introduced and severally refe1Ted as Ohio, to prohibit a polygamist holding any office in the Federal follows: Government-to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. KLUTTZ: A bill (H. R. 10900) to repeal the stamp-tax By Mr. BURLEIGH: Resolutions of the Woman's Christian provisions of the war-revenue law of 1898-to the Committee on Temperance Union of South Deer Isle, Me., to prohibit the sale of Ways and Means. intoxicants in our new possessions-to the Committee on the Ter . Also, a bill (H. R. 10901) to repeal the United States bank ritories . ruptcy law, act approved July 1, 1898-to the Committee on the By Mr. CLARKE of New Hampshire: Remonstrance of the Judiciary. Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Wilton, N. H., against By Mr. KITCHIN: A bill (H. R. 10902) to c':mstitute Durham, the sale of liquor in Alaska-to the Committee on the Territories. N. C., a port of delivery in the customs collection district of Pam By Mr. CR UMP: Petitions of D.S. Kaylor and other farmers of lico, and to extend the privileges of the seventh section of the act Emmet County, Mich., and George Parry and others, of Standish, of Congress approved June 10, 1880, :to said port-to the Com Mich., in favor of the Grout bill increasing the tax on oleomarga mittee on Ways and Means. rine-to the Committee on Agriculture. By Mr. DRISCOLL: A bill (H. R. 10917) to provide for the Also, petitions of T. S. Glenn, of West Branch, and of retail rental of te:mporary quarters for collector of internal revenue of druggists of East Tawas, Bay City, and Grayling, Mich., for the the Twenty-first district-to the Committee on Appropriations. repeal of the tax on medicines, perfumery, and cosmetics-to the By Mr. CURTIS: A bill (H. R. 10918) to ratify and confirm an Committee on Ways and Means. agreement with the Cherokee tribe of Indians, and for other pur Also, petition of boiler makers and machinists of West Bay City, poses-to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Mich., for the building qf one or more new war ships in Govern Also, a bill (H. R. 10919) to ratify and confirm an agreement ment navy-yards-to the Committee on Naval Affairs. with the Muscogee or Creek tribe of Indians, and for other pur Hy l\Ir. CUMMINGS: Petition of General George B. McClellan poses-to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Post, No. 552, and John A. Andrew Post, No. 234, Department of By Mr. LIVINGSTON: A resolution (H. Res. 234) of inquiry New York, Grand Army of the Republic, in favor of House bill as to legal proceedings against Benjamin D. Greene and others No. 7094, to establish a Branch Soldiers' Home at Johnson City, to the Committee on the Judiciary. Tenn.-to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. DALZELL: Papers to accompany House bill No. 10010, increasing the pension of E. H. Brady-to the Committee on In valid Pensions. PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED. By Mr. EMERSON: Papers to accompany House bill to correct Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, private bills and resolutions of the military racord of William Brown-to the Committee on Mil the following titles were introduced and severally referred as itary Affairs. follows: Also, resolutions of William Collier Post and Charlie H. Bentley By Mr. ALEXANDER: A bill (H. R.10903) grantinga pension Post, Department of New York, Grand Army of the Republic, in to James Irvine-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . favor of the establishment of a Branch Soldiers' Home near John By Mr. CUMMINGS: A bill (H. R. 10904) for the relief of son City, Tenn.-to the Committee on Military Affairs. George W. Quintard, of the Morgan Iron Works-to the Com By Mr. ESCH: Petitions of citizens of La Crosse County, Wis., mittee on War Claims. urging the passage of the Grout bill to increase the tax on oleo By Mr. GILL: A bill (H. R. 10905) granting a pension to Su margarine, etc.-to the Committee on Agriculture. sannah Feist-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, petition of Brunswick Grange, No. 360, Patrons of Hus Also, a bill (H. R. 10906) granting an increase of pension to bandry, Eau Claire County, Wis., relating to an act to regulate Harvey Polen-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. commerce, and suggesting amendments to the same-to the Com Also, a bill (H. R. 10907) granting an increase of pension to mittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Charles P. Maxwell-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. FOSS: Petition of employees of the Chicago (Ill.) post Also, a bill (H. R. 10908) for the reliefof James Starkey-to the office, Lakeview Station, urging the passage of House bill No. Committee on Military Affairs. 9565, for the retirement of civil employees of the Government · Also, a bill (H. R. 10909) granting a pension to Theodore T. after long service and infirmity-to the Committee on Reform in Bruce-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Civil Service. By Mr. GRAFF: A bill (H. R. 10910) to vest title to certain By Mr. GREEN of Pennsylvania: Petition of Young Men's 4536 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. APRIL 23,
Christian Association of Allentown, Pa., for the passage of a bill transfer the tier of counties from Madison to Duval, inclusive, gidng prohibition to our new possessions, and favoring the anti from the southern to the northern district; which were referred canteen law-to the Committee on Military Affairs. to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. HAMILTON: Petition of David Oaks Post, No. 135, of Mr. CULLOM presented a petition of the Retail Merchants' Centerville, Mich., Grand Army of the Republic, in favor of a Association Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Illinois, praying bill locating a Branch Soldiers' Home near Johnson City, Tenn. for the enactment of legislation to secure protection in the use of to the Committee on Military Affairs. adulterated food products; which was referred to the Committee By Mr. MANN: Petition of citizens of Chicago, Ill., for the pas on Manufactures. sage of a bill to forbid liquor selling in canteens and in the Army, He also presented a petition of the Illinois Manufacturers' As Navy, and Soldiers' Homes-to the Committee on Military Affairs. sociation, of Chicago, Ill., praying for the enactment of legisla Also, petition of employees of the Chicago (Ill.) post-office, tion providing for a revision of the war-revenue tax; which was Hyde Park and Lawn stations, urging the passage of House bill referred to the Committee on Finance. No. 9565, for the retirement of civil employees of the Government He also presented the petition of W. M. Benton and 15 other after long service and infirmity-to the Committee on Reform in citizens of Peoria, Ill., praying for the repeal of the stamp tax the Civil Service. upon proprietary medicines, perfumeries, and cosmetics; which By Mr. MERCER: Resolution of North Platte Commercial was referred to the Committee on Finance. Club, urging adequate appropriation for hydrographic survey in He also presented a petition of the Cattle Association of Elke arid regions-to the Committee on Appropriations. County, Nev., praying for the adoption of certain amendments to By Mr. NEEDHAM: Resolutions of the San Francisco Cham the interstate-commerce law; which was referred to the Committee ber of Commerce, favoring the passage of House bill No. 4346, to on Interstate Commerce. place Lake Tahoe Forest Reservation under the control of the Mr. McBRIDE presented a memorial.of 12 citizens of Creswell, University of California-to the Committee on the Public Lands. Oreg., remonstrating against the passage of the so-called Loud Also, resolutions of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce~ bill, relating to second-class mail matter; which was referred to favoring the improvement of Oakland Harbor under direction of the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. board of United States engineers appointed by the Secretary of He also presented a petition of the congregation of the Meth War-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. odist Episcopal Church; of the Methodist Episcopal Working So ~y Mr. RIDGELY: Petition of New Albany Post, No. 119, De ciety; of the Epworth League of the Methodist Episcopal Church; partment of Kansas, Grand Army of the Republic, in favor of the of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union; of the J.B. :Mat establishment of a Branch Soldiers' Home near Johnson City, thews Woman's Relief Corps, No. 11; of the Congregational Tenn.-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Ladies' Working Society; of the congregation of the Christian By Mr. THOMAS of North Carolina: Petition of J. H. Ander Church;, of Holly Cixcle, No. 185, Women of Woodcraft; of the son and others, for the reestablishment of the United States Ar Ladies' Aid Society of the Christian Church, and of the Christian senal at Fayetteville, N. C.-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Endeavor Society of the Christian Church, all of Forest Grove, in the State of Oregon, praying for the enactment of legislation to prohibit the importation, manufacture, and sale of intoxicating liquors and opium in Hawaii; which was ordered to lie on the SEN.A.TEO table. MONDAY, April 23, 1900. He also presented a petition of the congregation of the Metho dist' Episcopal Church; of the J.B. Matthews Woman's Relief Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. W. H. MILBURN, D. D. Uorps,No.11; of the Epworth League of the Methodist Episcopal The Secretary proceeded to read the Journal of the proceedings Church; of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union; of the of Saturday last, when, on request of Mr. RAWLINS, and by unan Congregational Ladies' Working Society; of Holly Circle, No. imous consent, the further reading was dispensed with. 185, Women of Woodcraft; of the Ladies' Aid Society of the Chris The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, the Jour tian Church; of the Methodist Episcopal Church Working So nal stands approved. ciety, and of the Christian Endeavor Society of the Christian GROVES OF BIG TREES IN CALIFORNIA. Church, all of Forest Grove, in the State of Oregon, praying for The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair presents quite a the enactment of legislation to prohibit the sale of intoxicating lengthy communication from the Secretary of the Interior in rela liquors in the newly acquired possessions of the United States, tion to the proposed preservation of the Mammoth Tree Grove in etc.; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. California. The Chair iB unce11iain where it should go. Mr. McCOMAS presented a. petition of sundry citizens of Mid Mr. COCKRELL. To the Committee on Agriculture and For land, Md., praying for the Government ownership and operation estry. of railways, as well as telegraphs and telephones, etc.; which was The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair is informed that referred to the Committee on Interstate Commerce. the Committee on Public Lands has recently had charge of it. Mr.WARREN presented the petition of J. Jackson and sundry Mr. COCKRELL. That committee would have jurisdiction other stockmen of Laramie County, Wyo., praying for a continu of it.. ance of the free Clistribution by the Department of Agriculture of The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The communication and blackleg vaccine; which was referred to the Committee on Agri accompanying papers will be referred tothe Committee on Public culture and Forestry. Lands and printed. Mr. FRYE presented the petition of Samuel F. Haskell and 6 other citizens of Auburn, Me., praying for the enactment of leg :MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. islation granting an increase of pension to soldiers who have lost A message from the Honse of Representatives, by Mr. W. J. an arm or a leg; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions. BROWNING, its Chief Clerk. announced that the House had passed He also presented a petition of the American Philosophical So the following bills; in which it i·equested the concurrence of the ciety, praying for the establishment of a national standards bu Senate: reau, in connection with the United States Office of Standard A bill (H. R. 9566) authorizing the establishment of a light and Weights and Measures; which was referred to the Committee on fog signal on the new breakwater, harbor of refuge, Delaware Mines and Mining. Bay; . Mr. GEAR presented sundry papers to accompany the bill (S. A bill (H. R. 10450) making appropriations for the naval service 1220) for the relief of John A. Spielman; which were referred to for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1901, and for other purposes; the Committee on Militarv Affairs. A bill (H. R. 10840) providing compensation to United States He also presented sundry papers to accompany the bill (S. 3799Y commissioners in Chinese deportation cases; and to remove the charge of desertion from the military record of A bill (H. R. 10097) to authorize the Atlantic and Gulf Short Herman C. Colby; which were referred to the Committee on Mili Line Railroad Company to build, construct, and maintain rail tary Affairs. way bridges across the Ocmulgee and Oconee rivers within the OSAGE TRUST FUNDS. boundary lines of Irwin, Wilcox, Telfair, and Montgomery coun ties, in the State of Georgia. Mr. COCKRELL. I present a letter addressed to myself, in the The message also announced that the House had passed resolu nature of a memorial, signed by John F. Palmer, an Osage Indian, tions commemorative of the life, character, and public services remonstrating against the payment of any portion of the princi.. of the Hon. EVAN E. SETTLE, late a memberof the Honse of Rep pal of their trust funds. I move that the memorial be printed as resentatives from the State of Kentucky. a document and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. The motion was agreed to. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. Mr. TALIAFERRO presentedmemorial.B of sundry members of EA.STERN CHEROKEE FUND. the bar of Alachua County, Brevard County, Madison County, and Mr. COCKRELL. I present a supplemental paper, being ape Suwanee County, all in the State of Florida, remonstrating tition of the Eastern or Emigrant Cherokees, so called, praying f01r against the enactment of legislation proposing to change the boun the payment to them, per capita, oftheftmd appropriated to them daries of the United States judicial distncts oi Florida and to J nly 2, 1836, and pledged to them by the ninth article of the treaty