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Congressional Record-Senate. January 17 710 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. JANUARY 17, By Mr. SAWYER: Of 80 citizens of the thirty~:fi.rst district of New Itition of Sibley, Lindsay & Carr and 28 other firms, importers ~t Roeh· York. · · ester, N. Y., praying for the passage of the bill to amend the immediate. By Mr. SKL..~NER: Of 240 citizens of the :first district of North transportation act; which were referred totheCommitteeonCommerce. Carolina. Mr. TELLER presented the petition of Mrs. Anne Lucas, praying By Mr. STRAIT: Of 325 citizens of the fifth district of .Minnesota. to be reimbursed for a draft payable to her improperly paid by the By Mr. J. T. WHITE: Of 239 citizens of the third district of C<>n· Treasury to another person; which w~ referred to the Committee on necticut. · Finance. By Mr. MILO WHITE: Petition of the Women's Christian Temper- He also presented the petition ofWollf & Brown, praying payment ance Union, of Caledonia and of Eyota, Minn., favoring the educational for horses pressed into the service of the United States by CoL Thomas bill. .Moonlight in 1885 at Denver, Colo.; which was referred to the Com· mittee on Military Affairs. He also presented the petition of Mrs. l\{. A. Kretchmar, praying SENATE. compensation for board furnished to certain Cherokee Indians; which was referred to the Committee on Indians Affairs. l\IONDAY, Jan'ttary 17, 1887. He also presented the petition of John B. Wolff, attorney for the heirs of Capt. A. W. Hicks, praying that allowance be made to Captain Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. J. G. BUTLER, D. D. Hicks as messenger to tb.e l\filitary Committee of the House of Repre· The Journal of theproceedingsof Friday last was read and appro\ed. sentatives, Forty-fifth Congress, extra session; which was refeued to EXECUTIVE CO~UNICATIONS. the Committee on Claims. He also presented the petition of John B. Wolff, praying that a pen­ The PRESIDENT pro tempOTe laid before the Senate a communica- sion be granted to the heh:s of Capt A. W. Hicks; which was referred . tion from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the to the Committee on Pensions. Secretary of the Interior, submitting an estimate of an appropriation Mr. MORRILL presented the petition of James Cava.nagh, late of of $1,000 to pay Shirley C. Ward, special counsel of the mission In­ Company B, First Regiment of Vermont Cavalry, praying to be granted dians in California; which, with the accompanying papers, was, on arrears of pension; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions. motion of l\Ir. DAWES, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, l\Ir. PALMER presented the petition of W.l\I. Holton and 37 other and ordered to be printed. residcmts of Dearborn, Mich., praying for legislation at the present ses­ Ho :1.lso laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary sion of Congress to increase the rate of pension of those who have lost es- of War; transmitting, in reply to a resolution of January 11, 1887, both arms in the military or ~al service of the United States; which - timates of chiefs of bureaus of that Department for the contingent ex­ was referred to the Committee on Pensions. penses of the bureaus for the :fiscal year ending June 30, 1888, which, He also presented the memorial of the Michigan Annual Conference with tbeaccompanyingpapers, was, on motion of Mr. l\IoRGAN, referred of the l\Iethodist Episcopal Church, remon_strating against needless to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Sunday work in Government service and the running of railroad trains He also laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary on the Sabbath; which was· referred to the Committee on Post-Offices of the Navy, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of January 11, and Post-Roads. 1887, estima.tes for the contingent fund of each bureau in that Depart­ He also presented a petition of the 1\Iichigan Annual Conference of ment; which, with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Com­ the M:ethodist Episcopal Church, praying for the enactment of a law mittee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. for the protection of the Chinese and for the passage of the Chinese in· 1IO'G'SE DILLS REFERRED. demnity bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Rela­ The following bills, received on Friday last from the House of Rep­ tions. resentatives, were severally read twice by their titles, and referred to Mr. FRYE. I present resolutions of the Legislature of the State of the Committee on the Judiciary: l\Iaine. I ask that they be read and then referred to the Committee A bill (H. R. 2441) to amend sections 1, 2, 3, and 10 of "An act to on Commerce. determine the jurisdiction of the circuit courts of the United States The resolutions were read, and referred to the Committee on Com· and to regulate the removal of causes from State courts, and for other merce, as follows: purposes," approved March 3, 1875; and [State of Maine. Resolves in opposition to the Dunn free-ship bill.] Whereas the bill now pending before Congress providing for the admission of A bill (H. R. 6974) to provide for the bringing of suits against the foreign-built ships to an American register is iuimical to one of the leading in­ Governmentofthe United Statee. dustries of our State, and threatens to destroy a. constant and lucrative source of employment for our labor: Therefore, _ · CONSULAR REPORTS ON TRADE GUILDS OF EUROPE. Eesol'!Jed by Ule senate ana house of representati.'t!U of the Bta.te of Maine in Legis· lature assembled, That the enactment of the Dunn free-ship bill, so-called, would The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate the following be a cruel and fatal blow to the prosperity of our American merchant marine. concurrent resolution from the House of Representatives; which was Resol11ed, That as ship-building is a. national interest, affecting the material read, and referred to the Committee on Printing: prosperity of our whole country, as we have the capital, materials, brains, and skill to build our own vessels, that il!l a. suicidal policy that would now drive Resolved by the House of Repruen.tativu (the Senate concurring), That there be skilled labor into other and untried avenues of employment, discouraging the printed, with pamphlet covers, 7,000 copies of the volumes of reports from the investment of American capital in American enterprises, aud make this great consuls of the United Stat-es on the trade guilds of Europe and the laws and nation a. weak dependant upon foreign labor and capital, liable at any moment regulations by which they are governed, published by the Department of State to assume a hostile attitude. in the year 1885; 5,000 copies of which shall be for the use of the House of Rep­ Eesoltved, That this effort to legislate a great American fntere.qt out of exist­ resentativ~, and 2,000 copies for the use of the Senate. ence, this abandonment of the wise policy of our fathers, is as unpatriotic as it is unnecessary. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. Eesol11ed, That the secretary of state be, and is hereby, directed to forward an authenticated copy of the foregoing resolutions to the President of the Senate The PRESIDENT pro tempore presented a petition of the Legislative and the Speaker of the House of Representatives in Congress assembled, with o. Assembly of Arizona Territory praying for an increase of clerical force request that the same be laid before their respective bodies. for the Assembly; which was referred to the Committee on Appropria- l::f HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, January 13,1887. tions. · Read and passed finally. He also presented the petition of Kauffman, Lattimer & Co., of C. E. LITTLEFIELD, Speaker. Columbus, Ohio, praying for the repeal of in~-revenue taxes; Dr SIDTATE, January li, 1887. which was referred to the Committee on Finance. Read and passed finally. Mr. CULLOM presentedresolutionsadopted bytheSangamonCounty SEBASTIAN S. 1\!A.RBLE, President. Fine Stock Breeders' Association, at Springfield, Ill., urging the neces­ JANUARY 15,1887. Approved. sity of legislation for the suppression of contagious diseases among cat­ .JOSEPH R. BODWELL, Go1:emor. tle; which were referred to the CommitteeonAgricultureandForestry. A true copy. Attest: He :1.lso J?resented the petition of William F. Parker and 219 other ORA.MANDAL SMITH citizens of Streator, Til., praying for a change in the present system of Secretary of State. • collecting the revenues of the Government by means of import duties Mr. COKE. I present a petition signed by many citizens, merchants, and the internal revenue system, and that the burden of taxation be and importeJ"S of the city of Galveston, stating that from the mouth of placed upon property; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. the Mississippi on the east to the mouth of the Rio Grande on the west, He also presented the petition of Chamberlin, Johnson & Co. and 12 including the coast line of Texas and Louisiana, within which is com­ other firms, importers at Atlanta, Ga.; the petition of the Shepard & prised nearly 20 per cent. of the whole coastoftheUnitedStates, there Morse Lumber Company and 9 other firms, importers at Burlington, is not a single ship, vessel, or cutter in commission or flying the flag of V t. ; the petition of A. C. Hutchinson, general manager of the Southern the United States; that the revenue-cutter McLane, which has hitherto Pacific Company, and 8 other firms, importers at New Orleans, La.; been in service in those waters, was in August last inspected and con­ the petition ofT.
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