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1901. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 1543 , Also, petition of the American Powder Associ~tion, of New join, for though willing to accept sovereignty of United States, prospect of indefinite continuance of military government makes them distrust pur;;oses i York. favoring Honse bill No. 12973, for pure-food legislation-to of the United States and delays their submission. Adjournment or present the Committee on Interstaie and Foreign Commerce. Congress without giving President authority to establish purely civil gov Also, petition of Simon Lake, of New York, in relation to the ernment, with usual powers, and postponement for at least year of such government, until new Congress, will certainly confirm this distrust. Direc purchase of additional submarine boa.ts for the Navy-to the Com tory Federal party believes conferring such authoritx on President would mittee on Naval Affairs. inspire confidence, hasten acceptance sovereignty of Union and coming of By Mr. ZENOR: Sundry affidavits to accompany House bill peace. Directory therefore prays both Hou es of Congress to authorize President McKinley to establish civil government whenever he believes it No. 2478, for the relief of Aaron M. Applegate-to the Committee opportune.· on Claime. FRANK H. BOURNS, DR. PARDO DE T.AVERO, FLORENTINO TORRES, .AMBROSIO FL.ARES, JOSE NER, SENATE. TOM.AS DEL ROS.ARIO, 0. S . .ARELLANO, MONDAY, January 28, 1901. Directory of Fedeml Party. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. W. H. MILBURN, D. D. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The communication will be The Secretary pro ~eeded to read the Journal of the proceedings printed and referred to the Committee on the Philippines. of Saturday last, when, on request of Mr. BUTLER, and by unani PETITIONS A.ND MEMORIALS, mous consent, the further reading was dispensed with. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, the Jour Mr. KYLE presented a petition of the Commercial Club of nal will stand approved. Sturgis, S. Dak., praying for the adoption of certain amendments to the interstate-commerce law; which was referred to the Com TRANSFER OF OBSOLETE ORDNANCE. mittee on Interstate Commerce. The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a com He also presented a petition of theCommercial Club of Sturgis, munication from the Secretary of War, transmitting a le.tterfrom S. Dak., praying that an appropriation be made for the construc the Secretary of the Interior, together with copies of correspond tion of reservoirs to aidjn reclaiming arid iands; which was re ence recommending legislation permitting the transfer from the ferred to the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid War Department to the Interior Department for use in Indian Lands. training schools all such rifles or guns of obsolete pattern as may Mr. DEBOE presented a petition of sundry citizens of Prestons no longer be neP.ded for Army purposes, etc.; which, with the ac burg, Ky., praying that one of the Federal courts proposed in the companying papers, was referred to the Committee on Military bill t-0 divide the State of Kentucky into two judicial districts be Affairs, and ordered to be printed. established at Catlettsburg, in that State; which was referred to BALTllIORE HARBOR IMPROVEMENT. the Committee on the Judiciary. The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senateacommu He also presented a petition of sundry gaugers, storekeepers, .nication from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to a and storekeeper-gaugers of the Fifth collection district of Ken concurrent resolution of the 21st instant, a letter from the Chief tucky, praying for the enactment of legislation to amend the pro of Engineers, United States Army, together with the copy of a re visions of the statute, as recommended in the annual report of port from the local engineer officer, Lieut. Col. 0. H. Ernst, Corps the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for the year 1900 to pro of Engineers, relative to the estimate of the cost of deepening the vide such additional appropriation for payment of officers of this channel of Curtis Bay, Baltimore Harbor, Maryland; which, with class as will admit of granting a leave of absence with pay for the accompanying papers: was referred to the Committee on Com two and one-half days for each month of thirty days that they are merce, and ordered to be printed, actually assigned to duty, and that they be allowed to claim in their pay accounts the maximum rate of pay allowed them under EDUC.A. TION IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. their assignment for snch days as they may be granted leave, etc.; The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a commu which was referred to the Committee on Finance. nication from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to a Mr. TELLER presented a petition of sundry citizens of Pueblo, resolution of the 19th instant, copies of the report of General Colo., praying for the adoption of an amendment to the Constitu MacArthur and accompanying report of military officers perform tion to prohibit polygamy; which was referred to the Committee ing educational work on the subject of education in the Philippine on the Judiciary. Islands; which, with the accompanying papers, was referred to Mr. QUARLES. I present a joint resolution of the legisla the Committee on the Philippines, and ordered to be printed. ture of Wisconsin, relative to the indemnity swamp land claim of CREDENTIALS. the State of Wisconsin against the United 8tates. I ask that the Mr. JONES of Arkansas presented the credentials of JAMES H. joint resolution lie on the table and that it be printed in the BERRY, chosen by the legisl8.ture of the State of Arkansas a Sen RECORD. ator from that State for the term beginning March 4, 1901; which The joint resolution was ordered to lie on the table and to be were i·ead and ordered to be filed. printed in the RECORD, as follows: Mr. CULBERSON presented the credentials of JOSEPH W. WISCO~SL~ LEGISLATURE, SENATE Cll.AMBER, BAILEY, chosen by the legislature of the State of Texas a Senator Madison. Joint resolution in the matter of the indemn!~Y swamp-land claim of the from that State for the term beginning March 4, 1901; which were State of Wisconsin against the United States. read and ordered to be filed. Whereas a bill known as 793, Senate, was heretofore introduced by the Hon. MESS.A.GE FROM TEE HOUSE. JOHN C. SPOONER in the Senate of the United States and duly passed bv that body; and - A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. W. J. Whereas said bill is now pending and undetermined before the House of BROWNING, its Chief Clerk, announced that the Speaker of the Representatives; and Whereas said bill should be immediately enacted into law, and by its.pro House had appointed Mr. DALZELL, Mr. GROSVE~OR, and Mr. visions the State of Wisconsin would receive indemnity for swamp lands RICHARDSON of Tennessee members of the committee on the part heretofore granted to the State from the United States for a large amount: of the House to make the necessary preparations for the celebra Now, therefore, be it Resolred by the senate, the assembly concurring, That the members of the tion of the one hundredth anniversary of the day when John House of Representatives from the State of Wisconsin be, and they hereby Marshall became Chief Justice of theSupremeConrtof the United are, requested to use all honorable means to procure the immediate and States. final pas'age of said bill, and that a copy of this resolution be transmitted to The message also transmitted to the Senate the resolutions of each of said members. the House commemorative of the life and public services of Hon. Mr. FORAKER submitted sundry papers to accompany the JOHN HENRY GEAR, late a Senator from the State of Iowa. bill (S. 5534) for the relief of Col. Azor Nickerson; which were .A.FF AIRS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. referred to the Committee on Military Affairs . The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair calls the attention BREAKWATER AT SANDY BAY, l\IA.SSACHUSETTS. of the Senate to the following cable message from Manila. The Mr. HOAR. I move that sundry letters now in the possession Secretary will read it to the Senate. of the Committee on Commerce from certain naval officers of the The Secretary read as follows: ·united States relative to the breakwater at Sandy Bay, Massa MANILA, January 27, 1901. chusetts, be printed as a document for the use of the Senate. PRESIDENT OF SE~.A.TE and SPEAKER OF HOUSE, Washington: The motion was agreed to. .Accessions to Federal party by thousands in all parts of the archipelago. REPORTS OF CQ):IMITTEES. Attitude of hitherto irreconcilable press and general public opinion show that labors of party to bring peace will soon be crowned with success. Until Mr. GALLINGER, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom now political parties have attempted formation on plans more or less ques was referred the bill (S. 56':!3) granting an increase of pension to tioning .American sovereignty. Our platform makes main plank sovereignty Joseph McGuckian, submitted au adverse report thereon, which United States, with liberty to each citizen to pursue peacefully his political ideals. Hour of peace has sounded, for on our platform are grouped many was ag-reed to; and the bill was post.poned indefinitely. Filipinos of hitherto irreconcilable ideas, but some more obstinate decline to Mr. HOAR, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was 1544 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENA1.'E. JANUARY 28, referred the bill (S. 5715) granting a charter to the General Fed- $2,00() to $2,500, intended to be proposed by him to the diplomatic eration of Women's Clubs, reported it with amendments.