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depends not on favor, bnton his own tested and carefullywatched come of this session be seen in the extension of the bounds of free· record of service. dom and in the increase of prosperity and peace. Much of course still remains to be accomplished before the sys­ Wilt Thou hear us when we specially commend to Thy care and tem can be made reasonably perfect for our needs. There are keeping the Pl'esident of this great Republic. Do Thou sustain places now in the classified service which ought to be exempted, hini amid the private and family sorrows which have afflicted him, and others not classified may properly be included. I shall not and give him strength for all the duties which await his fulfillment. hesitate to exempt cases which I think have been improperly And grant. we beseech Thee, that the blessings enjoyed by this included in the classified service or include those which in my nation may be shared by all nations to the furtherance and hasten­ judgment will best promote the public service. The system has ing of the Kingdom of God, through Jesus Christ our Lord. the approval of the people, and it will be my endeavor to uphold Amen. and extend it. CALL OF THE ROLL. I am forced by the length of this message to omit many impor­ The roll was then called by States; and the following-named tant references to affairs of the Government with which Congress members answered: will have to deal at the present session. They are fully discussed ALAJJAMA. in the departmental reports, to all of which I invite your earnest Henry D . Clayton. Milford W. Howard. attention. Thomas S. Plowman. Joseph Wheeler. The estimates of the expenses of the Government by the several Willis Brewer. 0. W. Underwood. John H. Bankhead. Departments will, I am sure, have your careful scrutiny. While ARKANSAS. the Congress may not find it an easy task to reduce the expenses Philip D. McCulloch. William L . Terry. of the Government, it should not encourage their increase. These JohnS. Little. Hugh A. Dinsmore. expenses will, in my judgment, admit of a decrease in many Thomas. C . .fifcRae. S. Brundidge, jr. branches of the GDvernment without injury to the public service. . It is a commanding duty to keep the appropriations within the John A. Barham. C. A. Barlow. receipts of the Government, and thus avoid a deficit. Marion De Vries. C. H. Castle. WILLIAM McKINLEY. Eugene F. Loud. EXECUTIVE MANSION, COLORADO. Decembe1· 6,1897. John F. Shafroth. John C. BelL The VICE-PRESIDENT. In the absence of objection, themes­ CON1\"'ECTICUT. Nehemiah D. Sperry. Ebenezer J. HilL sage will be laid upon the table and printed for the use of the Charles A. Russell. Senate. DELAWARE. DEATH OF SENATOR GEORGE. Levin Irving Handy. :Mr. WALTHALL. Mr. President, the painful duty devolves on FLORIDA. me to announce the death of Han. JAMES Z. GEORGE, late a Sen­ Stephen M- ,Sparkman. Robert W. Davis. ator from the State of Mississippi. After a lingering illness, from GEORGIA. which he was a constant and patient sufferer for months, he died Rufus E. Lester. John W. Maddox. on the 14th day of August last at Mississippi City, in the State of E. B. Lewis. Farish Carter Tate. W. C. Adamson. William H. Fleming. Mississippi. Leonidas F. Livingston. W. G. Brantley. In his death that State has lost her most useful and distinguished Charles L. Bartlett. public servant, the Senate one of its ablest and most conspicuous IDAHO. members, and the masses of the people throughout the land aTI JamesGunn. earnest and powerful champion and defender. This is no fitting time for extended comment upon the character . James R. Mann. Joseph G. Cannon. and achievements of my late colleague. Later in the session l William Lorimer. Vespasian.Warner. shall ask the Senate, in pursuance of its custom, to set apart a day Hugh R. Belknap. Joseph V. Graff. when tributes may be paid to his memory. Daniel W. Mills. Benjamin F. Marsh. I ask the present consideration of the resolutions I send to the George E. White. William H. Hinrichsen. George E. Foss. James A. Connolly. . desk. Albert J. Hopkins. Thomas M. Jett. The VICE-PRESIDENT. The resolutions submitted by the Robert R. H1tt. James R. Campbell. Sen a tor from Mississippi will be read. George W. Prince. . The Secretary read the resolutions, as follows: . George W. Smith. Resolved, That the Senate has heard with deep regret and profound sor· . row of the death of Hon. JAMES Z. GEORGE, late a Senator from the State of James A. Hemenway. CharlesL. Henry. Mississippi. Robert W. Miers. Charles B. Landis. Resolved, That the Secretary communicate a copy of these resolutions to William T. Zenor. Edgar D. Crumpacker. the House of Representatives. George W. Faris. George W. Steele. Resolved, That as a further mark of to the memory of the deceased Henry U. Johnson. James ~:1. Robinson. the Senate do now adjourn.. Jesse Overstreet. Lemuel W. Royse. The resolutions were considered by unanimous consent and IOWA. unanimously agreed to; and (at 2 o'clock and 53 minutes p. m.) John A. T. Hull. the Senate adjourned until to-monow, Tuesday, December 7, g:~~B~H~:J!~on. William P. Hepburn. 189·7, at 12 o'clock meridian. Thomas Updegraff. Alva L. Hager. Robert G. Cousins. Jonathan P. Dolliver. John F. Lacey. Ge01·ge D. Perkins. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. . D. Botkin (at large). . . W. D. Vincent. 1\foNDAY, December 6, 1897. Mason S. P at.ers. N. B. McCor mick. This being the day fixed by the Constitution of the United States E. R. Ridgely. Jerry Simpson. for the annual meeting of the Congress of the United States, the KENTUCKY. House of Representative.s of the Fifty-fifth Congress (having Charles K. Wheeler. Evan E. Settle. .John D. Ulardy. Georga M. Davison. been duly organized at the extra session beginning March 15 last) John S. Rhea. Samuel J. Pugh. met in its Hall at 12 o'clock m. for the fu·st regular session, and D. H. Smith. Thomas Y. Fitzpatrick. was called to order by the Speaker, Hon. THOMAS B. REED, a Rep­ Walter Evans. David G. Colson. resentative from the State of Maine. . Albert S. Berry. Prayer was offere-d as follows by Rev. CHARLES A.BERRY, D. D., LOUISTANA. of Wolverhampton, England: Samuel T. Baird. Almighty God! who dost raise up nations and men for the fur­ MAINE. therance of Thy kingdom, we give Thee thanks for the creation of Thomas B. Reed. Edwin C. Burleigh. this Republic and for the continuance and growth of its strength Nelson Dingley, jr. Charles A. Boutelle. . and its wisdom and its influence. And we beseech Thee to meet MARYLAND. with this eecond session of the Fifty-fifth Co;ngress and to guide Isaac A. Barber. William W. Mcint-ire. all Thy servants according to 'fhy will. Endow them with wisdom William B. Baker. John llt:cDon~~.ld. and grace for the rightful study and performance of the duties WilliamS. Booze. imposed upon them; and may they and the people they represent . advance in wisdom and in power the geneTal counsels of mankind Joseph H. Walker. Samuel W. McCall. and the particular interests of this Republic. George W. Weymouth. John F. Fitzgerald. William S. Knox. Samuel J. Barrows. Let Thy Holy Spirit guide and bless him who is to preside over William C. Lovering, , the discussions and delibe1·ations of this House. May the out- ;llif:: ~: r~rt. John Simpkins. 10 CONGRESSIONAL. RECORD-HOUSE. DECEMBER 6,

MICIDGAN, TEXAS. John B. C-orliss. Horace G. Snover. Thomas H. Ball. S. W. T. Lanham. George Spalding. Ferdinand Brucker. Sam Bronson Cooper. Joseph D. Sayers. Albert M. Todd. Roswell P. Bishop. R. C. De Graffenreid. R . B. Hawley. Edward L. Hamilton. Rosseau 0. Crump. John W. Cranford. Rudolph Kleberg. William Alden Smith. Carlos D. Shelden. Joseph W. Bailey. J. L. Slayden. Samuel W. Smith. R. E. Burke. John H. Stephens. . R. L. Henry. UTAH. James A. Tawney. . James T. McCleary. . William H. King. Joel P. Heatwole. Frank M. Eddy. VERMONT. F. C. Stevens. MISSISSIPPI. H. Henry Powers. William W. Grout. John M. Allen. William F. Love. . Andrew F. Fox. P atrick Henry. William .A.. Jones. Peter J. Otey. JohnS. Williams. W. A. Young. James Hay. MISSOURI. John Lamb. John F. RIXey. James Alexander Walker. James T. Lloyd. Champ Clark. ~ia~J[f.·lJ:~on. J. Yost. Robert N. Bodine. Richard Bartholdt. Alexander M. Dockery. Charles F . Joy. WASIDNGTON. CharlesF. Cochran. Charles E. Pearce. William C. Jones. WilliamS. Cowherd. EdwardRobb. David A. De Armond. Willard D. Vandiver. WEST VIRGINI.A. Maecenas E. Benton. Blackburn B. Dovener. Warren Miller. ~iche:r~'iZnBland. C. P. Dorr. MONTANA. WISCONSIN. Charles S. Hartman. Henry A. Cooper. Michael Griffin. Theobold Otjen. Edward S. Minor. NEBRASKA. SamuelS. Barney. Alexander Stewart. Jesse B. Strode. Samuel Maxwell. James H. Davidson. John J. Jenkins. David H. Mercer. William L. Stark. WYOMING. NEVADA. John E. Osborne. Francis G. Newlands. The following-named delegates from Territories also responded as present: NEW HAMPSHIRE. .ARIZONA• . Cyrus A. Sulloway. Frank G. Clarke. Marcus A. Smith. NEW JERSEY. OKLAHOMA.. Henry C. Loudenslager. Richard 'Vayne Parker. James Yancy Callahan. John .J. Gardner. Thomas McEwan, jr. Benjamin F. Howell. Charles N. Fowler. The SPEAKER. The Clerk reports the presence of 301 mem­ Ma.hlon Pitney. bers, more than a quorum. NEW YORK. Jose;Ph M. Belford. John H. Ketcham. MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. Derus M. Hurley. Aaron.V. S. Cochrane. Israel F. Fischer. George N. Southwick. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Cox, its Secretary, announced Charles G. Bennett. Lucius N. Littauer. that the Senate had passed the following resolution: James R. Howe. James S. Sherman. Resolved, That a committee consisting of two Senators be appointed to John H. G. Vehslage. George W. Ray. join such committee as may be appointed by the House of Representatives John Murray Mitchell. James J. Belden. to wait upon the President of the United States and inform him that a quo· Amos J . Cummings. Sereno E. Payne. rum of each House is assembled and that Congress is ready to receive any George B. McClellan. Charles W. Gillet. communication he may be pleased to make. Richard C. Shannon. James W. Wadsworth. Lemuel E. Quigg. Henry C. Brewster. The message further announced that the Vice-President had Philip B. Low. appointed as the committee under the foregoing resolution Mr. William L. Wru:d. ~~1ta:: ~lf:~::Iar. Benjamin B. Odell, jr. Warren B. Hooker. ALLISON and Mr. GORMAN. NORTH CAROLINA. The mesflage also announced that the Senate had passed the fol- Harry Skinner. Alonzo C. Shuford. lowing resolution: · Romulus Z. Linney. Resolved, That the Secretary inform the House of Re:presentatives that ~~~.Jo~~~· Richmond Pearson. a quorum of the Senate is assembled and that the Senate lB ready to proceed Willlim W. Kitchin. to business. NORTH DAKOTA. QUALIFICATION OF NEW MEMBERS. Martin N. Johnson. The SPEAKER. The Chair understands that some memhers­ OHIO. William B. Shattuc. John J. Lentz. elect are present and desire to have the oath of office adminis­ Jacob H. Bromwell. James A. Norton. tered to them. John L.Brenner. Winfield S.Kerr. Mr. CANNON. The Representative-elect from the Sixth dis­ David Meekison. Lorenzo Danford. Seth W. Brown. John A. McDowell. trict of illinois is present, and desires to be qualified by taking Walter L. Weaver. Robert W. Tayler. the official oath. Archibald Lybrand. Stephen A. Northway. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will read the credentials. Lucien J. Fenton. Theodore E. Burton. The credentials of Hon. , member-elect Charles H. Grosvenor. OREGON. from the Sixth Congressional district of illinois, were read. Thomas H. Tongue. William R. Ellis. Mr. WALKER of Massachusetts. Mr. Lawrence, elected from PENNSYLV .A1UA. the First district of Massachusetts to fi.U .a vacancy, is present Galusha A. Grow (at large). Charles N. Brumm. and ready to take the oath of office. Samutl A. Davenport (at large). Marlin E. Olmsted. The credentials of Hon. George P. Lawrence, member-elect Henry H. Bingham. James H. Codding. from the First Congressional district of Massachusetts, were read. Robert Adams, jr. Horace B. Packer. William McAleer. Thaddeus M. Mahon. Mr. TALBERT. Mr. Norton, chosen to fill a vacancy in the James Rankin Young. George J. Benner. Sixth Congressional district of South Carolina, is present and Alfred C. Harmer. Josiah D. Hicks. wishes to qualify. Thomas S. Butler. Edward E. Robbins. IrvingP. Wanger. .John Dalzell. The credentials of Hon. James Norton, member-elect from the William S. Kirkpatrick. William A. Stone. Sixth Congressional district of South Carolina, were read. Daniel Ermentront. Ernest F. Acheson. Mr. MIERS of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Griffith, elected as ~illi~~tc~~~~N~· ~~:.~~s \r~~~:;~er. a Representative from the Fom·th district of Indiana, is present Morgan B. Williams. William C. Arnold. and desires to take the oath of office. RHODE ISLAND. The credentials of Hon. Francis F. Griffith, member-elect from Melville Bnll. Adin B. Capron. the Fourth Congressional district of Indiana, were read. SOUTH . CAROLINA. The SPEAKER. The gentlemen whose credentials have been William Elliott. Stanyarne Wilson. read will please come forward, that the.oath-of office may be ad­ W. Jasper Talbert. John William Stokes. ministered to them. SOUTH DAKOTA. Mr. HURLEY. Mr. Speaker, I desire to ask unanimous con­ John E. Kelley. Freeman Knowles. sent that Mr. Edmund H. Driggs, who was elected at the last TENNESSEE. election in the Third Congressional district of New York to suc-­ W. P. Brownlow. N. N. Cox. ceed Mr. Wilson, resigned, be allowed to take the oath of office. T. W. Sims. The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman from New York [Mr. Jloh~~~M~~n. Rice A. Pierce. J. D. Richardson. E. W. Carmaek. HuRLEY] state upon what grounds this request is made? John W. Gaine<>. Mr. HURLEY. The canvass of the other officers chosen at the 1897. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. II election in the city of Brooklyn is not yet completed, so that DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTION CASES. none of the certificates have yet been forwarded to the secretary The SPEAKER. The Chair desires to say that in referring to of state. the committees the election cases he has caused the first seven to The SPEAKER. There is no doubt about the election of Mr. be 1·eferred to the Committee on Elections No.1, and the six fol­ Driggs? lowing, which, however, include seven cases, to Committee No.2, Mr. HURLEY. None whatever. I have a letter of congratu­ while the remainder have been referred to Committee No.3, as lation here [laughter] from the principal opponent of Mr. Driggs follows: at the election. To Elections Committee No.1: Mr. BAILEY. Mr. Driggs is a Democrat; and as a Republican moves his admission, I am perfectly sure the proposition must be No. Contestant. Contestee. District. right. [Laughter.] The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gen­ tleman from New York [Mr. HURLEY]? The Chair hears none. 1 Thomas H. Clark ..... Second Alabama. 2 G.L.Comer ______Third Alabama. Mr. Driggs will please come forward, that the oath of office may 3 W. F. Aldrich.·------li'ourth Alabama. be administered to him. 4 Albert; Goodwyn ____ _ Fifth Alabama. 1\Ir. Boutell, Mr. LawTence, :M:r. Norton, Mr. Griffith, and Mr. 5 Grattan B. Crowe ___ _ Ninth Alabama. 6 Jonathan S. Willis ___ _ Delaware. Driggs were then duly qualified by taking the oath prescribed 7 W. Godfrey Hunter . . Third Kentucky. bylaw. NOTIFICATION TO THE SENATE. To Elections Committee No.2: Mr. HOPKINS. Mr. Speaker, I ask for the adoption of the resolution I send to the desk. No. Contestant. Contestee. District. The SPEAKER. The resolution will be read. The Clerk read as follows: 8 Armand Romain ..... Adolph Meyer ______First Louisiana. Resolved That the Clerk of the House inform the Senate that a quorum of 9 Joseph Gazin ------_____ rlo ------____ ------Do. the House bf Representatives has appeared, and that the House is ready to 10 Cornelius J. Jones .... Thomas C. Catchings .. proceed to business. 11 Ben L. Fairchild ______William L. Ward ______~fx~~e~~s~~~~~rk. 12 WilliamE.Ryan ______Henry C. Brewster .... Thirty-first New York. The resolution was agreed to. 13 W. S. Vanderburg ____ Thomas H. Tongue ___ _ First; Oregon. NOTIFICATION TO THE PRESIDENT. 14 Samuel E. Hudson ____ William McAleer ______Third Pennsylvania. Mr. DINGLEY. Mr. Speaker, I present for immediate consid- eration the rEsolution I send to the desk. To Elections Committee No.3: The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the resolution. The Clerk read as follows: No. Contestant. Contestee. District. R esolved, That a committee of three members be appointed on the part of the House. to join the commiptee already app_ointed b~ the Senate, to wait upon the President of the Uruted States and inform him that a quorum of 15 George W. Murray ... William Elliott ____ ... . First South Carolina. the two Houses has assembled and that Congress is ready to receive any 16 B. P. Chatfield ______W.Jasper Talbert .... . Second South Carolina. communication he mav have to make. 17 Thomas B. Johnston .. J. William St~kes .... . Seventh South Carolina. 18 Josiah Patterson .... . E. W. Carmack ...... Tenth Tennessee. The resolution was agreed to. 19 Richard A . Wise ...... W. A. Young ...... -.. .. Second Virginia. The SPEAKER appointed Mr. DINGLEY, Mr. GROSVENOR, and 20 R. T. Thorp ...... Fourth Virginia. Mr. B.A.ILEY as members of said committee. 21 John R. Brown .•..... ~ra.~:lI ~~:~son~~~~ Fifth Virginia. D.A.ILY HOUR OF MEETING. DEATH OF REPRESENTATIVE WRIGHT AND SENATOR GEORGE. Mr. HENDERSON. Mr. Speaker, I present the following priv- ileged report, and move its adoption. Mr. LAWRENCE. Mr. Speaker, the House has already heard, The SPEAKER. The report will be read. by public report, of the death, at his home in North Adams, on The Clerk read as follows: August 14, of the late AsHLEY B. WRIGHT, Representative in this The Committee on Rules, to whom was referred the following privileged body of the First Massachusetts district. In accordance with an resolution- honored custom of this House, I will at a later time ask that an " Resolved, From and after this date the House shall meet at 12 o'clock hour be set aside for paying heartfelt and well-deserved tributes to daily"- Ask leave to report; that they have had the same under consideration, and his memory. recommend that 1t do pa.ss. At this time, as the Representative of the people whom he has The report was adopted. so long served upon this floor, and as an expression of the feeling RECESS. of us all, I will ask the adoption of the resolutions to be offered by the gentleman from Mississippi [Mr. ALLEN] . Mr. HENDERSON. I move that the House take a recess until Mr. ALLEN. Mr. Speaker, it becomes my painful duty to an­ twenty minutes past 1 o'clock to-day. nounce to the House the death of Hon. JAMES Z. GEORGE, a Sena­ The motion was agreed to; and accordingly (at 12 o'clock and tor of the United States from the State of Mississippi, who died 45 minutes p.m.) the House took a recess until twenty minutes at .1\Iississippi City, in that State, on August 14last. past 1 o'clock. Senator GEORGE was not only a great Senator, but a great citi­ On reassembling, aft-er the recess, on motion of Mr.HENDERSON, zen of our State, and was much honored and loved by all of our a further recess was taken untill o'clock and 40 minutes p.m. people. At some later date in the session the delegation from The recess having expired, the House (at 1 o'clock and 40 min­ Mississippi will request that a day be set apart by this House that utes p.m.) was called to order by the Speaker. tributes to his memory maybe paid by the Representatives on this REPORT OF COMMITTEE TO WAIT UPON THE PRESIDENT, floor. Mr. DINGLEY. Mr. Speaker, the committee -appointed, in con­ At the present time I will ask the adoption of the resolutions nection with a similar committee from the Senate, to wait upon which I now send to the desk. the President and inform him that the two Houses of Congress are The Clerk read as follows: in session and ready to receive any communication that he may Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of the death of the Hon. AsHLEY B. WRIOHT, a member of this House from the State of be pleased to make, have attended to the duty assigned them, and :Massachusetts, and of the death of the Hon. JAMES Z. GEORGE, a Senator the President was pleased to send to the two Houses his respectful of the United States from the State of Mississippi. salutation, and further to say that he would immediately com­ Resolved, That as a further mark of respect to the memory of the late Representative WRIGHT and the late Senator GEORGE the House do now municate to Congress in writing. adjourn. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT, 01'dered, That the Clerk communicate the resolutions to the Senate. A message in writing from the President of the United States The resolutiont~ were unanimously agreed to; and accordingly was communicated to the House, by Mr. PRUDEN, one of his (at 3 o'clock and 5 minutes p.m.) the House adjourned. secretaries. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will read the message of the Presi- dent of the United States. EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS. The message was read at length. Under clause 2 of Rule XXIV, the following executive com­ rFor message see Senate proceedings of this date.] munications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as Mr. DINGLEY. M1·. Speaker, I ask the adoption of the reso­ follows: lution I send to the Clerk's desk. A letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the The resolution was read, as follows: report of the Government directors of the Union Pacific Railroad for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897-to the Committee on b;;~~~e:d ~t~e tg~~~:lee o~ft~~~~~~~!s:~~ r~o~~nrrnt1tcftfn1~~ Pacific Railroads. and printed. A letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a state­ l'he motion was agreed to, ment of the expenditures of the appropriation, "Contingent 12 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD--HOUSE. D ECEMBER 6; -

expenses, Department of the Interior," for the fiscal year ending ' United States; JohnBrooksvs. The United States; JamesM. Bark· June 30, 1897-to the Committee on Expenditures in the Interior ley and WilliamS. Barkley'l.'S. The United States; Laura C. New­ Department, and ordered to be printed. ton, administratrix of GreenberryWilliams, vs. The United Stat~ s· A letter from the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, trans- Elizabeth Stewart, administratrix of Levi A. Baker, deceased' mitting a statement of expenditures of all appropriations for prop- vs. The United States; John A. Smith, executor of R eb ecc~ agation of food fishes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897-to Casey, deceased, vs. The United States; Mrs. Margaret E. Crane the Co~mittee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries, and ordered administratrix of Joseph Crane, deceased, vs. The United States: to be prmted. Jane Williams vs. The United States; Benjamin F. Scro£rgins 'IJS. A letter from the Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting a The United States; N . D. Graham, administrator of James Sum­ detailed statement of the expenditure of all appropriations in the mers, deceased, vs. The United States; P. E. Matthews, adminis­ Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, trator of William C. Reeves, deceased, vs. The United l:::ltates; 1897-to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Mary Jane Middleton, formerly Mary Jane Wharton, vs. The Agriculture, and ordered to be printed. United States; James P. Fudge vs. The United States; John Pick- A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter ards vs. The United States; William B. Taylor vs. The United from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination and survey of Sliates; John W . Belcher,administrator of John Belcher, deceased, Cape Lookout har·bor of refuge, North Carolina-to the Commit- vs. The United States; James A. Barton, administrator of Henry tee on Rivers and Harb?rs, and orde~ed to be printed. . Ferguson, deceased, vs. The United States; John Gum, adminis- A Jetter from the assrstant clerk 01. the Court of Clarms, trans- tr·ator of Ann Thompson, deceased, vs. The United States; Charle3 mitting a copy of the findings filed by the court as to the loyalty Holmes, administrator of Thompson Jarrett, deceased. vs. The of Isaac Kilmer, said findings being affirmed after a rehearing- United States; George W. Howse vs. The United State8; Jasper to the Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. Gall vs. The United States; W. T. Wade, administrator of Allen A lett.er from the Clerk of the House, transmitting a list of the Wade, deceased, vs. The United States; Benjamin F. Greer. ad­ contested-election cases in the Fifty-fifth Congress-to the Com- ministrator of Hugh Flinn, deceased, vs. The United States; John mittee on Elections, and ordered to be printed. M. Kimbrough vs. The United States; Thomas Neilson vs. The A letter from the president of the Board of Managers of Na- United States; N. W. McCorkle, administrator of Spicey Huff, tional Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for the fiscal year widow of Pleasant 1vV. H uff, deceased, vs. The United States; So­ ending June 30, 1897-to the Committee on Military Affairs and born E. York, administrator of William York, deceased, vs. The t o the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. United States; Maria L . Pettit 'L'S . The United States; James Y. A letter from the superintendent of the Congressional Library Reed, vs. The United States; Rachael McCormick, administratrix building transmitting, his report of operations and proceedings of Duncan McCormick, deceased, vs. The Unitf'.d States; J. P. under his charge in connection with the new building for the Sloan, executor of Mahala J . Mayse, deceased, vs. The United Library of Congress-to the Committee on Appropriations, and States; Thomas J. Whit-son vs. The United States; Margaret Sin­ ordered to be printed. gleton, administratrix of Andrew J . Singleton, deceased, vs. The .A letter from the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Represent- United States; James Wampler vs. The United States-to the atives, transmitting a list of Government property in his posses- Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. sion and charge on December 6, 1897-to the Committee on Ac- counts, and ordered to be printed. A letter from the Clerk of the House, transmitting his report CHANGE OF REFERENCE. for the period from July 1, 1896, to June 30,1897, showing names Under clause 2 of Rule XXII, committees were discharged from of employees, times of employment, amounts paid, cost of sta­ the consideration of bills of t he following titles; which were there­ tionei·y, etc.-to the Committee on Accounts, and ordered to be upon referred as follows: printed. (H. R . 2181) to place on the pension roll the name of A letter from the Doorkeeper of the House, transmitting state­ Isaac Bloss-Committee on Pensions discharged, and referred to ment of sale of waste paper for the extra session of the Fifty­ the Committee on Invalid Pensions. fifth Congress-to the Committee on Accounts, and ordered to be The bill (H. R . 1846) for the relief of Charles A. Nazro-Com­ printed. mittee on Pensions discharged, and referred to the Committee on A letter from the Doorkeeper of the House, transmitting inven­ Invalid Pensions. tory of books, maps, and pamphlets in the Doorkeepers depart­ The bill (H. R. 2315) to grant a pension to Eliza Koons, mother ment, House of Representatives- to the Committee on Accounts, of Charles M. Koons-Committea on Pensions discharged, and and ordered to be printed. referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. A letter from the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representa­ The bill (H. R. 2293) granting a pension to Andrew J. Snow­ tives, transmitting a statement showing receipts and disburse­ dan-Committee on Pensions discharged, and referred to the Com· ments of his office to December 6, 1897-to the Committee on mittee on Invalid Pensions. Accounts, and ordered to be printed. The bill (H. R. 24-32) granting a pension to Grotius N. Udell­ A letter from the Doorkeeper of the House, transmitting an in­ Committee on Pensions discharged, and referred to the Committee ventory of property belonging to the United States in his charge on Invalid Pensions. December 6, 1897-to the Committee on Accounts, and ordered to The bill (H. R. 2425) for the relief of the legal representatives be printed. of John W . Branham, lateanassistantsurgeon in the United States A letter from the assistant clerk of the Court of Claims, trans­ Marine-Hospital Service-Committee on Pensions discharged, and mitting copies of the findings filed by the court in the following referred to the Committee on Claims. cases: Samuel P. Woods vs. The United States; William, Joshua, The bill (H. R. 2514) to increase the pension of Farnham J . Charles, and John Pearson, in their own right, and as heirs of Eastman-Committee on Pensions discharged, and referred to the Phillis Pearson, vs. The United States; Josiah H. Pilcher vs. The Committee on Invalid Pensions. Uni~d States; Thomas S. Boyd vs. The United States; John E. The bill (H. R . 2433) granting a pension to George W. Eveleth­ Fletcher vs. The United States; Jackson Fleetwood vs. The United Committee on Pensions discharged, and referred to the Committee States; Benjamin E . Moody vs. The United States; Thomas A. on Invalid Pensions. · Skeen, administrator of Wilson Skeen, vs. The United States; The bill (H. R. 310) to increase the pension of Alice De K . Shat­ Ruth Heywood, executrix of Humphrey B. Heywood, deceased, tuck-Committee on Pensions discharged, and referred to the vs. The United States; James M. Westfall vs. The United States; Committee on Invalid Pensions. Fanny White, administratrix of Moses C. White, deceased~ ·vs. The The bill (H. R. 2631) granting a pension to Hannah M. Cheney­ United States; Jacob V. L. Davis vs. The United States; J. l\L Committee on Pensions discharged, and referred to the Committee Fawcett, administrator of J . B. Fawcett and Joseph Watson, on Invalid Pensions. deceased, vs. The United States; R . E. Sanford, administrator of The bill (H. R. 273-1) to grant a pension to Levi C. Faught­ Jesse Martin, deceased, vs. The United States; Sarah S. Cox vs. Committee on Pensions discharged, and referred to the Commit­ The United States; MaryJ. Finleyvs. The United States; William tee on Invalid Pensions. A. Wood vs. The United States; Michael Kieff vs. The United The bill (H. R . 2651) granting a pension to Mary F . Wollard­ States; James W. Cole, administrator of Peter Cole, deceased, vs. Committee on Pensions discharged, and referred to the C-ommit­ The United States; L. W . Caraillne, administrator of Medora A. tee on Invalid Pensions. Butler, deceased (formerly Medora A. Scott), vs. The United The bill (H. R. 2770) for the relief of George Heishman-Com­ States; Samuel Patterson vs. The United States; James E . Hols­ mittee on Pensions discharged, and referred to the Committee on ton vs. The United States; Richmond G. 8heek vs. The United Invalid Pensions. States: Julia A. Mayer, executrix of John L. Mayer, deceased, vs. The bill (H. R . 2762) granting a pension to Mary C. Case­ The United States; William F . Stonebraker, administrator of Committee on Pensions discharged, and refened to the Commit­ Christian Stonebraker, deceased, vs. The United States; William tee on Invalid Pensions. A. Wiseman, administrator of Amos K. Wiseman, deceased, vs. The bill (H. R. 3450) granting a pension to ThoJllaS B. Roark­ The United States; John G. Ruckle, administrator of Samuel Committee on Pensions discharged, and referred tot'he Committee Buckle, deceased, vs. The United States; Edward R eed vs. The on Invalid Pensions. 1897. CONGRESSIONAL . RECORD-HOUSE. 13

The bill (H. R. 2892) granting a pension to George W. Vaughn­ By Mr. EVANS (by request): A bill (H. R. 4068) to relieve the Committee on Pensions discharged, andreferred to the Committee President of the United States from the appointment of third-class on Invalid Pensions. postmasters-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads·. The bill (H. R. 3688) for the relief of John R. Watson-Com­ By Mr. ADAMS: A bill (H. R. 4069) for equipping the League mittee on Pensions discharged, and referred to the Committee on Island Navy-Yard, Pa., for a repairing station-to the Committee Invalid Pensions. on Naval Affairs. The bill (H. R. 3483) granting a pension to John W. Smoot­ By Mr. QUIGG: A bill (H. R. 4070) to increase the pay of letter Committee on Pensions discharged, and referred to the Committee carriers-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. HENRY of Texas: A bill (H. R. 4071) to define trusts, The bill (H. R. 845) granting a pension to Patrick Bogan-Com­ provide for penalties and punishment of corporations, persons, mittee on Pensions discharged, and referred to the Committee on firms, and associations of persons connected with them, and to Invalid Pensions. . promote free competition in the United States of America, and The bill (H. R. 842) granting a pension to Mary Jane Debois­ to repeal all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act-to the Committee on Pensions discharged, and referred to the Committee Committ-ee on the Judiciary. on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. RICHARDSON: A bill (H. R. 4072) to amend the char­ The bill (H. R.1187) granting an increase of pension to Alvin F. ter of the Capital Traction Company. of the District of Columbia­ Kimball-Committee on Pensions discharged, and referred to the to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. GROSVENOR: A bill (H. R. 4073) authorizing the ap­ The bill (H. R. 866) to increase the pension of John Grimes­ pointment of a. nonpartisan commission to collate information and Committee on Pensions discharged, and referred to the Committee to consider and recommend legislation to meet the problems pre­ on Invalid Pensions. sented by labor, agriculture, and capital-to the Committee on The bill (H. R. 1368) to grant an increase of pension to MaryS. Labor. Callan-Committee on Pensions ·discharged, and referred to the By Mr. ADAMSON: A bill (H. R. 4074) to give stability to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. currency and prevent the appreciation of the dollar-to the Com­ The bill (H. R. 1255) to pension Col. James Lindsay-Commit­ mittee on Banking and Currency. tee on Pensions discharged, and referred to the Committee on In­ By Mr. DOCKERY: A bill (H. R. 4075) changing the name of valid Pensions. the Library of Congress to the National Library-to the Commit­ The bill (H. R.1729) granting a pension to Joseph W. Skelton­ tee on the Library. Committee on Pensions discharged, and referred to the Committee By Mr. CURTIS of Kansas: A bill (H. R. 4076) for enlarging on Invalid Pensions. · the public building at Topeka, Kans.-to the Committee on Pub­ The bill (H. R. 1513) to increase the pension of Capt. John H. lic Buildings and Grounds. Mullen-Committee on Pensions discharged, and referred to the By Mr. ADAMSON: A bill (H. R. 4077) to improve the postal Committee on Invalid Pensions. system of the United States-to the Committee on the Post-Office The bill (H. R. 1799) granting a pension to Frances E. Pease­ and Post-Roads. Committee on Pensions discharged, and referred to the Commit­ Also. a bill (H. R. 4078) to provide a; uniform and stable currency tee on Invalid Pensions. for the United States of America-to the Committee on Banking The bill (H. R. 2931) granting a pension to Joseph M. Waddell­ and Currency. Committee on Pensions discharged, and referred to the Commit­ By Mr. PEARSON: A bill (H.R.4079) to amend chapt-er 27 of tee on Invalid Pensions. the Statutes at Large, entitled ''An act to regulate and improve The bill (H. R. 567) granting a pension to John Eckland-Com­ the civil service of the United States "-to the Committee on Re- mittee on Pensions discharged, and referred to the Committee on form in the Civil Service. · Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 4080) to repeal chapter 27 of the Statutes at The bill (H. R. 3845) granting a pension to Ge<>rge D. Noble­ Large-to the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service. Committee on Pensions discharged, and referred to the Commit­ Also, a bill (H. R. 4081) to amend chapter 9 of the Statutes at tee on Invalid Pensions. Large-to the Committee on Banking and Currency. "The bill (H. R. 710) granting an increase of pension to Maj. By Mr. FARIS: A bill (H. R. 4082) to prevent discontinuanc·e John H. Gearkee-Committee on Pensions discharged, andre­ of pensions, to restore pensions discontinued, and for other pur­ ferred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. poses-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. The bill (H. R. 705) for the relief of Albert· F. Wakefield-Com­ Also, a bill (H. R. 4083) to repeal "An act to Tegulate and im­ mittee on Pensions discharged, and referred to the Committee on prove the civil service of the United States"-to the Committe9 on Invalid Pensions. Reform in the Civil Service. By Mr. HARMER: A bill (H. R. 4084) to authorize the extension ea£twardly of the Columbia Railway-to the Committee on the PUBLIC BILLS, RESOLUTIONS, AND MEMORIALS District of Columbia. INTRODUCED. By Mr. CAPRON: A bill (H. R. 4085) for the erection of a pub­ Under clause 3 of Rule XXII, bills, resolutions, and memorials lic building in the city of Woonsocket, R. I.-to the Committee on of the following titles were introduced and severally referred as Public Buildings and Grounds. follows: - Also, a bill (H. R. 4086) to provide a life-saving station at or near By Mr. KLEBERG: A bill (H. R. 4060) to amend an act en­ Green Hill, on the coast of South Kingston, in the State of Rhode titled "An act to regulate commerce," approved February 4,1887, Island-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. and all acts amendatory thereof-to the Committee on Interstate Also, a bill (H. R. 4087) making appropriation for site and ped­ and Foreign Commerce. estal of a statue of the late Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside in the By Mr. DALZELL: A bill (H. R. 4061) to incorporate the Lake city of Washington, D. C.-to the Committee on the Library. Erie and Ohio River Ship Canal Company and defining the powers By Mr. FITZGERALD: A bill (H. R. 4088) for the construction thereof, and to establish the canals and works herein authorized of a wooden dry dock at the -yard, , as military post roads-to the Committee on Railways and Canals. Mass.-to the Commit tee on Naval Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 4062) to change the names of certain streets By Mr. McRAE: A bill (H. R. 4089) to provide for the sale of in the city of Washington, D. C.-to the Committee on the Dis­ lands of the United States chlefiy valuable for building stone, trict of Columbia. limeston e, sandstone, granite, marble, slate, and lands containing Also, a bill (H. R. 4063) to authorize the construction of bridges gypsum, mica. asphaltum, borax, fire clay, kaolin, petroleum, across the Ohio, Monongahela, Mississippi, Great Kanawha, Ten­ salt, chalk, and other like mineral substances, and for other pur­ nessee, Cumberland, and Illinois rivers, and to prescribe the poses-to the Committee on the Public Lands. dimensions of the same-to the Committee on Interstate and Also, a bill (H. R. 4090) to prevent the free use of timber on the Foreign Commerce. public lands for commercial use, and for other purposes-to the By Mr. ADAMS (by request): A bill (H. R. 4064) to equalize Committee on the Public Lands. the hip-joint and shoulder-joint pensions on the pension laws-to By Mr. LORIMER: A bill (H. R. 4091) to establish a postal the Committee on Invalid Pensions. savings bank system, and to provide for the conduct and regula­ 13y Mr. FERGUSSON: A bill (H. R. 4065) to authorize the ex- tion of the same-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post­ loration and pm·chase of mines within the boundaries of private Roads. Eand claims-to the Committee on the Public Lands. By Mr. YOUNG of Virginia: A bill (H. R. 4092) for the erection Also, a bill (H. R. 4066) to permanently locate the capital of of a public building for the use of the cust om-house and post­ the Territory of -to the Committee on the Terri­ office at Newport News, in the district of Newport News, Va.-to tories. the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Also, a bill (H. R. 4067) to enable the people of New Mexico to Also, a bill (H. R. 4093) to provide for the erection of a public form a constitution and State government, and to be admitted to building in the city of Portsmouth, in the State of Virginia-to the Union on an equal footing with the original States-to the the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Committee on the Territories. · Aiso, a bill (H. R. 4094) to widen, deepen, and improve the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECEMBER 6, 14 - - channel of Elizabeth River, Virginia, from Hampton Roads to the ment and payment of the accounts of laborers and mechanics Norfolk Navy-Yard-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. arising under the eight-hour law-to the Committee on Claims. Bv Mr. BARTHOLDT: A bill (H. R. 4095) to establish a postal By Mr. COONEY: Joint resolution (H. Res. 88) proposing an savfngs bank system, and to provide for the conduct and regula­ amendment to the Constitution respecting the admission of new tion of the same-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post­ States-to the Committee on the Judiciary. Roads. By Mr. EVANS: Joint resolution (H. Res. 89) pledging the faith By Mr. BARRETT: A bill (H. R. 4096) for the construction of and credit of the United States to the payment in gold coin of a dry dock at the United States navy-yard, Boston, Mass.-to the certain of its outstanding obligations, to the maintenance of the Committee on Naval Affairs. par value in gold of all previously coined silver dollars, and pro­ Bv Mr. MITCHELL: A bill (H. R. 4097) to establish a currency hibiting the further coinage of any silver dollar unless it shall resei·ve fund-to the Committee on Banking and Currency. contain sufficient standard sliver to make the dollar when coined By Mr. FENTON: A bill (H. R. 4098) granting a service pen­ intrinsically worth par in gold-to the Committee on Ways and sion to honorably discharged officers and enlisted men who served Means. in the United StatesArmyorNavyduring the war of the rebellion, By Mr. BARRETT: Joint resolution (H. Res. 90) for the im­ and to restore the names of certain pe1·sons arbitrarily dropped provement of Mystic River, Massachusetts-to the Committee on from the pension roll-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Rivers and Harbors. By J'tfr. BINGHAM: A bill (H. R. 4099) to confer jurisdiction By Mr. DRIGGS: Joint resolution (H. Res. 91) making appro­ upon the circuit courts in certain cases-to the Committee on the priation for building monument at Fort Green, Brooklyn, N.Y.­ Judiciary. to the Committee on the Library. By Mr. BROWNLOW: A bill (H. R. 4100) to make Knoxville By Mr. HANDY: Joint resolution (H. Res. 92) for the relief and Bristol, Tenn., ports of delivery, and to create the offices of of ex-Cadet Engineer J. E. Palmer-to the Committee on Naval surveyors of customs-to the Committee on Ways and Means. Affairs. By Mr. SETTLE: A bill (H. R. 4101) granting the right to sell By Mr. GROSVENOR: Resolution (House Res. No. 88) author­ burial sites in parts of certain streets in Washington City to the izing the Doorkeeper of the House to appoint fifteen additional fold­ vestry of Washington parish for the benefit of the Congressional ers in the folding room-to the Committee on Accounts. Cemetery-to the Committee on the District of Columbia. By Mr. HEPBURN: Resolution (House Res. No. 89) authoriz~ By Mr. RIXEY: A bill (H. R. 4102) to set apart a portion of ing the chairman of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign the Arlington estate for experimental agricultural purposes, and Commerce to appoint an assistant clerk-to the Committee· on to place said portion under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Accounts. A~iculture and his successors in office-to the Committee on Mili­ By Mr. HENDERSON: Resolution (House Res. No. 90) fixing tary Affairs. · the hour of daily meeting of the House-to the Committee on By Mr. HENDERSON: A bill (H. R. 4103) to establish a uni­ Rules. form law on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United By Mr. BARRETT: Resolution (House Res. No. 91) proposing States-to the Committee on the Judiciary. an amendment to Rule XIV-to the Committee on Rules. · Also, a bill (H. R. 4104:) regulating the jurisdiction of the United Also. resolution (House Res. No. 92) proposing an amendment to States courts, and for other purposes-to the Committee on the Rule XXI-to the Committee on Rules. Judiciary. By Mr. CUMMINGS: Resolution (House Res. No. 93) for the By Mr. BAKER of illinois: A bill (H. R. 4105) for the :purchase appointment of Thomas A. Coakley as special messenger of the of a site for and the erection of a public building at Centralia, House-to the Committee on Accounts. lli.-to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Also, resolution {House Res. No. 94) calling on the Secretary of By Mr. HULL: A bill (H. R . 4106) to reorganize the line of the War for information relative to the proceedings in the case of Capt. Army, etc.-to the Committee on Military Affairs. 0. M. Carter, Corps of Engineers, United States Army-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 4107) to amend the law establishing a port of Committee on Military Affairs·. · . delivery at Des Moines, Iowa-to the Committee on Ways and By Mr. MANN: Resolution (House Res. No. 95) regarding the Means. appointment of a typewriter in the journal room of the House­ By Mr. BUTLER: A bill (H. R. 4108) to erect a monument on to the Committee on Accounts. Brandywine battlefield, Chester County, Pa.-to the Committee By Mr. CALLAHAN: Resolution (House Res. No. 96) for the on the Library. consideration of Senate bill No. 372, to provide for free homes on By Mr. BARHAM: A bill (H. R. 4109) to amAnd an act entitled public lands for actual and bona fide settlers and reserve the "An act to incorporate the Maritime Canal Company of Nicara­ public lands for that purpose-to the Committee on Rules. gua "-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. COCHRANE of New York: Resolution (House Res. No. By Mr. EVANS: A bill (H. R. 4110) to modify an act entitled 97) appointing George Jennison, of New York, as special messen­ "An act to regulate and improve the civil serYice of the United ger of the House-to the Committee on Accounts. States," approved January 16, 1883-to the Committee on Reform By Mr. MAXWELL: Resolution (House Res. No. 98) to modify in the Civil Service. Rule XIV of the House of Representatives-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 4111) reducing the internal-revenue tax on Rules. . distilled spirits to 70 cents on each proof gallon-to the Commit­ By Mr. BOUTELLE of Maine: Resolution (Honse Res. No. 99) tee on Ways and Means. for printing by the Committee on Naval Affairs-to the Committee By Mr:EDDY: A bill (H. R. 4112) for the erection of a public on Printing. building at Fergus Falls, Minn.-to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. By Mr. MORRIS: A bill (H. R. 4113) for the erection of a pub­ PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED. lic building at St. Cloud, Minn.-to the Committee on Public Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, private bills and resolutions of the Buildings and Grounds. following titles were introduced and severally referred as follows: By Mr. JOHNSON of Indiana: A bill (H. R. 4114) to increa-se By Mr. ADAMSON: A bill (H. R. 4115) granting a pension to the circulation of national banks-to the Committee on Banking Mrs. Roberts-to the Committee on Pensions. and Currency. By Mr. ALEXANDER: A bill (H. R. 4116) to increase the pen­ By Mr. HULL: A bill (H. R. 4208) granting condemned can­ sion of Charles C. Short, a soldier in the late war, Company D, non to the State of Iowa-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Twenty-first Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, who is By Mr. DOVENER: A bill (H. R. 4209) to segregate and totally helpless from diseases contracted while in the United return to the unreserved public domain mineral lands upon a res­ States service-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ervation for the use of the Metlakahtla Indians in Alaska-to the By Mr. BAKER of lllinois: A bill (H. R. 4117) to remove the Committee on Indian Affairs. finding of a court-martial by which Charles Held was discharged By Mr. ADAMSON: A bill (H. R. 4210) to amend an "Act to from the military service of the United States-to the Committee provide for the representation of the United States by commis­ on Military Affairs. sioners at any international monetary conference," etc.-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 4118) for the relief of Mary McCulloch, Committee on Ways and Means. widow of J. J. McCulloch, decea-sed-to the Committee on Mili­ By Mr. STOKES: A bill (H. R. 4211) to abolish gambling in tary Affairs. cotton and other agricultural products-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 4119) to remove the charge of desertion from Agriculture. the military record of John Henry Miller-to the Committee on By Mr. DALZELL: A bill (H. R. 4212) to indemnify the State Military Affairs. of Pennsylvania for money expended in 1874 for militia called By M.r. BARTHOLDT: A bill (H. R. 4120) granting a pension into the military service by the governor under the proclamation to Peter J. Osterhaus, a major-general in the Union Army in the of the President of June 15, 1863-to the Committee on War late rebellion-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Claims. By Mr. BINGHAM: A bill (H. R. 4121) for the correction of By Mr. PRINCE: A bill (H. R. 4213) providing for the adjust- muster of Adolph von Haake, late major Sixty-eighth Regiment 1897. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. , 15

Veteran Volunteer Infantry-to the Committee on Military the military record of Owen Sullivan-to the Committee on Mili­ Affairs. tary Affairs. By Mr. BULL: A bill (H. R. 4122) to correct the naval record Also, a bill (H. R. 4156) for the relief of S. N. Young and wife­ of John Hurley-to the Committee on Naval Affairs. to the Committee on Claims. Also a bill (H. R. 4123) to remove the charge of desertion stand­ Also, a bill (H. R . 4157) for the relief of the heirs of certain ing against the military record of John Edwards, alias John seamen lost in the foundering of light vessel No. 37-to the Com­ Gardner-to the Committee on Military Affairs. mittee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 4124) for the relief of Joshua Sayer, of New­ Also, a bill (H. R. 4158) granting a pension to DavidS. Taylor­ port, R. I.-to the Committee on Claims. to the Committee on Invabd Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 4125) granting a pension to John Vars, the Also, a bill (H. R. 4159) for the relief of David A. McKnight­ totally blind son of Frank Vars, late master's mate on the United to the Committee on Indian Affairs. States steamer Reliance-to the Committ€e on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 4160) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. BURKE: A bill (H. R. 4126) granting a pension to George W. Garrison-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Henry P. Howard, of DaUas, Tex., for service rendered in Mexi­ Also, a bill (H. R. 4161) granting an increase of pension to can War-to the Committee on Pensions. Thomas E. Wilson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. BUTLER: A bill (H. R. 4127) to authorize the Secre­ Also, a bill (H. R. 4162) for the relief of J. D. Golden-to the tary of the Interior to place Clara A. Stott on the pension roll-to Committee on Military Affairs. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 4163) for the relief of William L. Jones, of Also, a bill (H. R. 4128) to pay the Standard Steel Casting Com­ Pittsburg, Pa.. and others-to the Committee on Appropriations. pany for one 6-inch gun casting-to the Committee on Naval Also, a bill (H. R. 4164) for the relief of William McAdams, who Affairs. survived William Marks, now deceased-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 4129) to authorize the Secretary of the Inte­ War Claims. I'ior tol)lace Mary G. Reed, widow of Thomas B. Reed, on the pen­ By Mr. DAYTON: A bill (H. R. 4165) for the relief of Catha­ sion roll-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. rine L. Chaney-to.the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. CAPRON: A bill (H. R. 4130) for the relief of D. J. By Mr. ERMENTROUT: A bill (H. R. 4166) to reimburse the Connolly, Guy Avallone, and George Richards-to the Committee Mellert Foundry and Machine Company for money retained by the on Claims. United States for failure to complete a contract within a specified By Mr. CONNELL: A bill (H. R. 4131) for the relief of William time-to the Committee on Claims. H. Thomas-to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. FARIS: A bill (H. R. 4167) to increase the pension of Also, a bill (H. R. 4132) granting a pension to Patrick Duffy, John Q. Washburn-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Company K, Ninth Pennsylvania Cavalry-to the Committee on By Mr. FISCHER: A bill (H. R. 4168) to remove charge of Invalid Pensions. · desertion against Michael Fox-to the Committee on Military By Mr. COONEY (by request): A bill (H. R. 4133) granting a Affairs. · pension to Nelson W. Ward-to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ A.lso, a bill (H. R. 4169) to increase the pension of David Parker­ sions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. CURTIS of Kansas: A bill (H. R. 4134) granting an By Mr. GROSVENOR: A bill (H. R. 4170) granting a pension increase of pension to Michael Lane-to the Committee on Inva- to Henry H. Alcorn-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. lid Pensions. • Also, a bill (H. R. 4171) granting a pension w John J. Shockey­ Also, a bill (H. R. 4135) for the relief of Peter, alias Louis, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Heck-to the Committee on Military Affairs. . By Mr. HENDERSON: A bill (H. R. 4172) granting a pension Also, a bill (H. R. 4136) granting a pension to Salva Vance-to to Simon VanDer Vaart-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the C-ommittee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 4173) granting an increase of pension to Re­ Also, a bill (H. R. 4137) granting a pension to Maria Tripp-to becca Otis-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. HULL: A bill (H. R. 4174) granting an increase of pen­ Also, a bill (H. R. 4138) granting a pension toLetetia Fowler­ sion to William W. Wright, Company E, Eighth Iowa Cavalry­ to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 4139) granting a pension to Adam King-to Also, a bill (H. R. 4175) granting pension to Barbara Dulan-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 4140) granting a pension to Belle Allen-to Also, a bill (H. R. 4176) for the relief of Josiah M. Davisson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 4141) granting a pension to Reuben Burton­ Also, a bill (H. R. 4177) to grant $30 per month pension to Mary to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. R. Miller, widow of William E. Miller, late eolonel Twenty-eighth Also, a bill (H. R. 4142) for the relief of John H. Tullis-to the Iowa Infantry-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 4178) granting pension to Selanah R. Pat­ Also, a bill (H. R. 4143) to pension Mrs. John W. Holt-to the terson, widow of G. W. Patterson, Company C, First Iowa Cav­ Committee on Invalid Pensions. alry-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. DALZELL: A bill (H. R. 4144) to remove the charge of Also, a bill (H. R. 4179) to pay for certain paving in the city of desertion from the military record of Daniel Gallagher-to the Des Moines, Iowa-to the Committee on Claims. Committee on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 4180) for the relief Capt. J1 A. Olmstead-to Also, a bill (H. R. 4145) to remove the charge of desertion from the Committee on Claims. the military record of William H. Corless-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 4181) for the relief of Edmund E. Schreiner.-:. Military Affairs. to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also (by request), a bill (H. R. 4146) for the relief of telegraph Also. a bill (H. R. 4182) to place the name of Jonathan Ulum operators during the civil war-to the Committee on Invalid upon the pension roll-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Pensions. By Mr. JOHNSON of India:na: A bill (H. R. 4183) granting a Also, a bill (H. R. 4147) for the relief of Nicholas J. Bigley-to pension to Nicholas Gardner-to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ the Committee on War Claims. sions. Also, a bill (H. R. 4148) to remove the charge of desertion from By Mr. JOY: A bill (H. R. 4184) to correct the military record the military record of William J. Blain-to the Committee on of George A. Rowley-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 4185) granting increase of pension to Will~ Also, a bill (H. R. 4149) to remove the charge of desertion from iam Eicks-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the military record of Alexander Arthur-to the Committee on Also, a bill (H. R. 4186) for the relief of Catharine Barry Military Affairs. . Meeha-to the Committee on Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 4150) for the relief of Warren Hall-to the Also, a bill (H. R. 4187) for the relief of the heirs of Joseph Committee on War Claims. Kulage, deceased-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 4151) granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Also, a bill (H. R. 4188) granting an increase of pension to Sarah B. Leet-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Anna B. S. Phillips, widow of Col. William A. Phillips, late Also, a bill (H. R. 4152) to remove the sentence of court-martial colonel Third Regiment Indian Home Guards-to the Committee from the milita,ry record of John A. Swartzwelder, etc.-to the on Pensions. Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. LLOYD: A bill (H. R. 4189) granting a pension to New­ Also, a bill (H. R. 4153) to remove the sentence of court-martial ton W. Cooper-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. from the military record of A. D. J. Heastings, etc.-to the Com­ Also, a bill (H. R. 4190) granting relief to Henry J. Hewitt-to mittee on Military Affairs. the Committee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 4154-) to refer the claims of Armstrong and By Mr. MOODY: A bill (H. R. 4191) granting a pension to others to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. William H. Aikens-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Also, a bill (H. R. 4155) to remove the charge of desertion from By Mr. MORRIS: A bill (H. R. 4192) granting a pension to 16 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. DECEMBER 7,

Martha. Hammons, daughter of .fohn O'Brian, a soldier of the the charge of desertion agaillBt Michael Fox_:_to the Committee Revolutionary war-to the Committee on Pensions. on Military Affairs. Also, a bill (H. R. 4:193) granting a pension to Eliza Houghton, By Mr. FITZGERALD: Resolution of the Boston Fish Bureau, daughter of N. E. Houghton, a soldier of the Indian war, 1862-to asking for the appointment of a joint commission by the United the Committee on Pensions. States and Dominion of Canada to investigate the fisheries and all By Mr. OTJEN: A bill (H. R. 4:194) granting a pension to Samuel the trade relations between th9 two countries-to the Committee F. Fowler, late private Company A, First United States Infantry- on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. to the Committee on Pensions. By :Mr. HENDERSON: Petition and affidavit of citizens of Hop- Also, a bill (H. R. 4:195) granting a pension t.o WL.liam Nelson, kinton, Iowa, in support -of House bill No. 1306, for the relief of formerly private Company H, Twenty-second Regiment Wiscon- William Warner-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. sin Volunteer Infantry-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, papers in support of a bill for increasing the pension of .Also, a bill (H. R. 4196) for the relief of Elias and Peter Olsen- Mrs. Rebecca Otis-to the Committee -on Invalid Pensions. to the Gommittee on Claims. Also, papers in support of a bill granting a pension to Simon By Mr. SETTLE: A bill (H. R. 4197) for the relief of Capt. A. VanDer Vaart-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. H. Goodloe-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Also, papers of R. M. Marvin, of Manchester, Iowa, making sug- By Mr. SAMUEL W. SMITH: A bill (H. R. 4198) to correct the gestions as to pension legislation-to the Committee on Invalid military record of William Cooper-to the Committee on Military Pensions. Affairs. ALc;o, petition of Caroline Otis and other ladies of Cedar Falls, Also, a bill (H. R. 41~9) for the relief of Josephus Johnson-to Iowa, asking for legislation against Sunday traffic in the District the Committee on War Claims. of Columbia and for other legislation-to the Committee on the By Mr. VEHSLAGE: A bill (H. R. -4200) granting a pension to District of Columbia. • Ellen Stack-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. HULL: Paper to accompany House bill granting a pen- Also, a biU {H. R. 4201) granting an honorable discharge to sion to .Tonathan IDmer-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. William H. Garvey-to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. JOY: Papers to accompany House bill for the relief of By Mr. WEYMOUTH~ A bill (H. R . 4202) to pension Mary D. Catharine Barry llleeha-to the Committee on Claims. Jackson and Rebecca F. Dinsmore-tothe Committee on Pensions. Also, papers to accompany House bill to increase the pension of By Mr. YOUNG of Pennsylvania: A bill (H. R. 4203) for the William Eicks-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. relief of.Oliver C. Bosbyshell, late superintendent United States By Mr. RlXEY; Petition of numerous citizens of Alexandria, mint at Philadelphia, Pa.-to the Committee on Claims. Va., favoring the passage'Of a bill to prohibit the interstate trans- By Mr. YOUNG of Virginia: A bill {H. R. 420-!) for the relief mission of lottery tickets and other gambling matter-to the of Edw.ard William Bailey, of Portsmouth, Va.-to the Commit- Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. tee on Claims. Also, petition of about 400 citizens of Alexandria, Va., urging Also, a bill (H. R. 4205) for the relief of Jane Elizabeth Owen, the passage of a bill to prohibit the transmission by mail or inter­ legal representative of John Young, sr., late ·of Elizabeth City state commerce-of newspaper descriptions of prize fights-to the County, Va., deceased-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Committee on the Post-Office and Pest-Roads. By Mr. BRUMM: A bill (H. R. 4200) grantingap:ensiontoJacob · Also, petition of citizens of Alexandria, Va., adopted at a meet- G. l!..,rick-to the Committee on Invalid Pen-sions. ing held in the Fit·st Baptist Church, asking for the passage of a By Mr. WM. ALDEN SMITH: A bill (H. R. 4207) for the relief bill to raise the age.Df protection for girls to 18 years in the Di~- of William Leech-to the Committee on Claims. trict of Columbia and the Territories-to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Also, petition of citizens of Alexandria, Va., for the passage of a bill prohibiting the sale of itltoxicatingbeverages in all Govern­ PETITIONS, ETC. ment buildings-to the Committee on Public Buildings and Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, the following petitions and papers Grounds. were laid on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows: Also, petition of numerous citizens of Alexandria, Va., asking By Mr. ADA.MS: Petition of the Board of Trade of Philadelphia, for the passage of a bill prohibiting kinetoscope reproductions of Pa., favoring an appr-opriation to increase the efficiency of our pugilistic encm.mters in the District of Columbia and the Terri­ seaboard defenses-to the Committee on Appropriations. tories, and the interstate transmission of materials of the same­ Also, resolutions passed by the city councils of Philadelphia, to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Pa., asking for the grant of the ola mint property to the city of Also, petition of citizens of Alexandria, indorsed at a union l'hiladelphia at a nominal price for a free lib-rary-to the Com­ Thanksgiving service in the First Baptist Church, urging the pas­ mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds. sage of a bill for a Sabbath law for the national capital-to the Also, petition of the Alumnre Association of the Girls'High and Committee-on the District of Columbia. N orm11l schools of Philadelphia, Pa., asking for the transfer by By Mr. SETTLE: Papers to accompany House bill for the relief the Government of the old mint property to the city of Philadel­ of Capt. A. H. Goodloe, United States Army-to the Committee phia for use as fl. public library-to the Committee on Public on :Mill tary Affairs. Buildings and Grounds. By Mr. SMITH of Michigan: Papers relating to the claim of Also, resolution of the Commercial Exchange of Philadelphia, Josephus Johnson-to the Committee on War Claims. Pa., asking for the improvement of the navy-yard at League By Mr. STEELE: Petition of the Howard County (Ind.) Medi­ Island-to the Committee on Naval Affairs. cal Society, Dr. G. C. Maughmer,secretary, disapproving of House By Mr. ALEXANDER: Petition of Charles C. Shor~, asking bill No. 1063, known as the antivivisection bill-to the Commit­ for the passage of a bill for his relief-to the Committee on Invalid tee on the Judiciary. Pensions. By Mr. TALBERT: Resolutions of the Chamber of Commerce By Mr. BINGHAM: Petition -of theAlumnre Association of the of Chru:leston, S.C., approving the action of the committee of Girls' High and Normal schools, Philadelphia, Pa., praying for public health of Philadelphia, Pa., regarding the appointment of a the transfer by the G-overnment of the old mint property in Phila­ commission of expert bacteriologists to make a careful study of delphia to the city for use as a public library-to the Committee the cause and prevention of yellow fever-to the Committee on on Public Buildings and Grounds. Appropriations. Also, resolutions of the city councils of Philadelphia, Pa., favor­ By Mr. WEYMOUTH: Petition of Edward A. Holyoke and 49 ing the grant of the old mint property at a nominal figure for the other citizens of Hudson, Mass., urging a more rigid restriction uses of a free lib1·ary-to the Committee on Public Buildings and of immigration-to the Committee on Immigration and Natu­ Grounds. ralization. By Mr. BURKE: Petition 'Of Henry P. Howard, of Dallas, Tex., foy a pension for military service in the Mexican war-to the Com­ mittee on Pensions. SENATE. By :M:r. ERMENTROUT: Petition of the Yeager Furniture ·company, of Alientown, Pa., favoring the pa-ssage of the so-called TUESDAY, December 7, 1897. Loud postage bill-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post­ Rev. CHARLES A. BERRY, D. D., of Wolverhampton, England, Roads. offered the following prayer: Also, protest of Typographical Union No. 101, against the pas­ Almighty God, whose blessing maketh rich and saveth from sage of Senate bill No. 1575 and House bill No. 30, prohibiting sorrow, we thank Thee for Thy continued protection to this nation railroad ticket brokerage-to the Committee on Interstate and and for that favo1· which is its life. We commend to Thy wise Foreign Commerce. guardianshjp and instruction and leadership all who are charged Also, memorial of William T. Welcker, 'Of California, asking to with the conduct of its affairs, beseeching Thee so to direct and be reinstated as an officer of the United States Army-to the Com­ guide them that all their decisions may be in accordance with the mittee on Militarv Affairs. eteTnal will and issuing fruit for the blessing of men. By Mr. FISCHER: Papers to accompany House bill to remove We commend to Thee the President and the Vice-President of