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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. March 5 1604 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. MARcH 5, . my feelings. But when he intimated that I was responsible for an pany and Stephen W. Wood, inventor and patentee--to the Committee amendment, I wanted to set him right. on Patents. .Mi. RANDALL. The criticism was general. By Mr. HENLEY: Petition of wool-growers of the State of Califor­ Mr. COX, of New York. But the amendment did come from the nia, for the restoration of the tariff of 1867-to the Committee on Ways gentleman from Indiana. andMeans. • Mr. DORSHEIMER. Will it be in order for me, Mr. Chairman, to By 1t1r. HITT : Memorial of George S. Fisher, late consul at Bei­ offer an amendment? rut-to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. The CHAIRMAN. It will not be in order now. By Mr. HOLMES: Petition of citizens of Lehigh, Webster County, Mr. DORSHEIMER. I will reserve what! have to say until another and of Angus, Boone County, Iowa, relative to the Chinese restriction opportunity. aet--to the same committee. Mr. KASSON. I withdraw the formal amendment. By Mr. HUNT : Papers relating to the claim of Cora A. Slocumb, Mr. WHITE, of Kentucky. I rise to renew the amendment. Ida A. Richardson, and Caroline A. Urquhart-to the Committee on The CHAIRMAN. The Chair has recognized the gentleman from War Claims. New York [Mr. HUTCHINS] who is in charge ofthe bill. By Mr. KASSON : Petition of citizens of Marion County, Iowa, rela­ Mr. BLOUNT. Will the gentleman from New York yield to me for tive to the Chinese restriction act-to the Committee on Foreign A.ffairs. a single moment to give a statement as to the excess of revenues over By Mr. LIBBEY: PapersrelatingtotheclaimofBenjaminP. Loyall­ expenditures for a single year? to the Committee on Claims. Mr. HUTCHINS. I yield to the gentleman for that purpose. By Mr. CHARLES O'NEILL: Remonstranceofcitizensandmercan­ Mr. BLOUNT. I quote from adocumentfurnished by the Treasury tile associations, relative to bridging the Ohio River and the Great Ka­ Department showing the amounts of estimated revenues and expend­ nawha-to the Committee on Commerce. itures of the United States in eooh year from 1863 to 1884 inclusive. Also, memorial of the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania, The gentleman from Illinois stated that the Forty-sixth Congress found for the appointment of a commission of experts for testing iron, steel, a large surplUs of money out of which they might have enlarged the &c.-to the Committee on Appropriations. Navy. I find that during the year 1879 the excess of revenue over the By Mr. PETERS: Resolution of the Kansas Cane-Growers' Associa­ expenditures was $6,879,000; and not until several months had elapsed tion, against the reduction of the tariff on sugar-to the Committee on after the expiration of that Congress did there appear to be any great Ways and Means. excess. After that Congress expired there appeared in 1880 to be sixty­ Also, petition for the passage of the bill (H. R. 2125) equalizing home­ five millions of excess for the first time and no one had any guarantee steads-to the Committee on the Public Lands. of the permanency of that large excess. Also, petition of citizens of Barton County, Kansas, relative to the Mr. WHITE, of Kentucky. I ask the gentleman from New York Chinese restriction act-to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. [Mr. HUTCHINS] to yield to me. By llfr. POLAND: Petition of Dr. J. W. Copeland, asking for a Mr. HUTCHINS. I do not yield further. I move that the commit­ pension for Mrs. Elizabeth A. Randall-to the Committee on Invalid tee do now rise for the purpose of obtaining an order from the House to Pensions. limit debate. By Mr. PUSEY: Resolutions of Fuller Post, Grand Army of the The motion that the committee rise was agreed to. Republic, Logan, Iowa, asking for a pension for all Union soldiers-to The committee accordingly rose; and the Speaker having resumed the Select Committee on Payment of Pensions, Bounty, and Baek Pay. the chair, l\fr. CoNVERSE reported that the Committee of the Whole By Mr. RIGGS: Papers relating to the claim of Capt. J. H. Estes­ House on the state of the Union had had under consideration the bill to the Committee on Claims. (H. R. 4716) making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal By l'lfr. ROBERTSON: Papers relating to the claim of Mary A. Hoi­ year ending June 30,, 1885, and for other purposes, and had come to no mead-to the Committee on War Claims. resolution thereon. By 1lfr. CHARLES STEWART: Memorial of citizens of Harrisburg, Mr. HUTCHINS. I move that when the House shall again resolve Tex., and of citizens of Houston, Tex., relative to the Chinese restric­ itself into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for tion act-severally to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. the further consideration of the naval appropriation bill all debate on By Mr. STOCKSLAGER: Papers relating to the claim of JesseDur­ the first paragraph of the bill, concluding with line 38, and all amend­ nell-to the Committee on Claims. ments thereto, be limited to fifteen minutes. By Mr. WEMPLE: Petition of citizens of New York, relative to the The motion was agreed to. importation of aliens under contract-to the Committee on Labor. Mr. HUTCHINS moved to reconsider the vote just taken; and also By Mr. MILO WHITE: Petition of ?tlrs. Susie L. Strong and 133 · moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. others, of Rev. C. F. Blume and 135 others, and of Sarah R. Crawford The latter motion was agreed to. and 102 others, citizens of Minnesota, for a sixteenth amendment to Mr. HUTCHINS. I move that the House donowadjourn. the.Constitution-to the Committee on the Judiciary. The motion was agreed to. By Mr. JAMES WILSON: Petition of citizens of Iowa City, Iowa, And accordingly (at 4o'clock and 50 minutes p.m.) the House ad­ relative to rebate on tobacco tax-to the Committee on Ways and journed. Means. By Mr. W. L. WILSON: Petition for the reliefof ZadockWilliams­ to the Committee on the District of Columbia. PETITIONS, ETC. By Mr. WOOD: Resolution of HenryS. Lane Post, No. 76, Grand . The following petitions and papers were laid on the Clerk's desk, Army of the Republic, relative to pensions, bounty, &c.-to the Select under the rule, and referred as follows: Committee on Payment of Pensions, Bounty, and Back Pay. By l\fr. ALEXANDER: Petition of citizens of Mooresville, Mo., rel­ Also, resolutions of Bennett Post, No. 183, Grand Army of the Repub­ ative to the Chinese restriction act-to the Committee on Foreign lic, Department of Indiana, on the same subject-to the same commit­ Affairs. tee. By Mr. BROADHEAD: Resolutions of Farragut Post, No.3, relative By Mr. WORTHINGTON: Petition for the amendment of the Chinese to a pension for Mrs. Nina M. Gwynn-to the Committee on Invalid restriction act-to the Committee on Foreign A.ffairs. Pensions. By Mr. YAPLE: Petition of W. A. Fuller and others, of J. Wood­ By Mr. FELIX CAMPBELL: Petition of John Lundy and others, hans and others, and of E. U. Irish and others, all citizens of Kalama­ for the improvement of Sheepshead Bay, New York-to the Committee zoo, Mich., relative to the establishment of a branch of the National on Rivers and Harbors. Soldiers' Home in Michigan-severally to the Committee on Military By Mr. CONVERSE: Petitions ofF. E. Stalezand18 others, of H. E. Affairs. Ashley and 24 others, of S. H. Dill and 65 others, of S. L. Scott and 28 By Mr. YOUNG: Papers relating to the claim of Louis Morat--to the others, of J. G. Russell and 217 others, citizens and wool-growers of Committee on War Claims. Ohio; of C. D. Luce and 36 others, of E. J. Ames and 34 others, of H. Colister and 11 others, of C. J. Colby and 24 others, of E. J. Foster and 40 others, ofW. M. Fair and 53 others, ofHon. J. M. Neasmith and 72 SENATE. others, citizens and wool-growers of Michigan; of A. Symes and 15 . others, wool-growers of Texas, and of J. T. Monroe and 34 others, wool­ WEDNESDAY, March 5, 1884• growers of California, praying for the restoration of the tariff of 1867 on Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. E. D. HUNTLEY, D. imported wool-severally to the Committee on Ways and Means. n:' By Mr. S. S. COX: Memorial of James M. Brady, administrator, The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. &c.-to the Committee on the Judiciary. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. By 111r. DIBRELL: Papers relating to the claim of Martha M. Bird­ Mr. HARRISON. I present the petition of Will H. Johnson and a sail-to the Committee on Pensions. large number of other citizens of Montgomery County, Indiana., pray­ By M:r. FIEDLER: Petition of Anthony G. Kroehl and others, em­ ing that Congress take favorable action upon various relief measures ployes of W. V. Headly, of Newark, N.J., relative to the Chinese re­ in behalf of soldiers of the late war. I move that the petition be re­ striction act-to the Committee on Foreign. Affairs. ferred to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. GREENLEAF: Memorial of the Pneumatic Elevator Com- The motion was agreed to. .1884. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. , 1605 Mr. HOAR. I present the petition of W. P. R. Estes, late private Mr. CONGER introduced a bill {S. 1738) to provide for the construc­ Company D, Nineteenth Massachusetts Volunteers, and 18 other per­ tion of a public building at the city of Jackson, in the State of Michigan, sons, who were prisoners of war in the rebellion, praying for the pas­ for a post-office and other Federal.
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