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CONFIRMATIONS. the Union Calendar, be referred back to that committee. Is there Executive nomination con.firmed by the Senate Decembe1· 20, 1.900. objection? [After a pause.] The Chair hears none. APPOINTMENT IN THE MARINE-HOSPITAL SERVICE. ACCOUNTS OF MARSHALS AND CLERKS OF DISTRICT COURTS IN THE TERRITORY OF UTAH. Benjamin S. Warren, of Alabama, to be an assis.tant surgeon in the Marine-Hospital Service of the United States. Mr. KING. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent for the present consideration of the bill (S. 5231) relating to the accounts Executive nominations con.firmed by the Senate Janua1'y 11, 1901. of United States marshals and clerks of the district courts of the UNITED STA.TES ATTORNEY. Territory of Utah. William G. Wheeler, of Wisconsin, to be attorney of the United _The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Utah asks unanimous States for the western district of Wisconsin. consent for the present consideration of the bill S. 5231, which is on the Speaker's table. POSTMASTER, The Clerk read as follows: David B. Rigdon, to be postmaster at Statesboro, Bu11och Be it enacted, etc., That the United States marshals and the clerks of the County, Ga. district courtg of the Territory of Utah prior to its admission to the Union as a State shall be held accountable only for fees earned in United States cases, in accordance with a decision of the Attorney-General dated Decem· · ber 2, 1891, and all unclosed accounts of such officers shall be settled and HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. closed accordingly. Mr. DALZELL. Reserving the right to object, Mr. Speaker, FRIDAY, January 11, 1901. I would like to hear some explanation from the gentleman. The House met at 12 o'clock m. The Chaplain, Rev. HENRY Mr. KING. Mr. Speaker, during the first session of this Con­ N. COUDEN, D. D., offered the following prayer: · gress this bill, under a different number, was introduced both in 0 Lord, we approach Thee in the sacred attitude of prayer the House and Senate. lt was unanimouslyreported by the Judi­ because we believe in Thee, that Thou art a God hearing and Gou ciary Committee in the Senate and came to the House. In the answering prayer. Hear us, we beseech Thee, when we cgmmend House Judiciary Committee the Senate bill took the place of the to TheeforThycarea11 the members of this House who are sick and House bill and was unanimously reported by that committee, the affi.icted with the prevalent disease of the season; and especially, uistinguishea member from New Jersey [Mr. PARKER] submit­ Heavenly Father, we pray Thee to let Thy blessing rest upon ting the report. It went to the Presiclent of the United States the member from Nebraska who for days has been near death's for his approval. Fearing that it might not receive Executive ap­ door. We thank Thee for the hope of his recovery and we pray proval, because the Attorney-General thought the language of Thee, if it be Thy will, that he may be restored to health; that he the bill was somewhat too comprehensive, a resolution was passed may go in and out with us as before. Watch over us this day recalling it from the President. It was returned to the Senate by that we make no mistakes, and Thine be the praise through Jesus the President and referred to the Judiciary Committee. That Christ our Lord. Amen. committee then reported the bill in its present form, which, as I The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. understand. is approved by the proper department of the Govern­ ment. It eliminates the objectionable words. In its present form, MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. with a slight amendment, it was prepared in the Department of A mes age from the Senate, by Mr. CUNNINGHAM, one of its Justice. clerks announced that the Senate had passed bill of the following In brief, the facts are these: The clerks and marshals of the title; in which the concurrence of the House was requested: Territory of Utah made their reports to the Government accord­ S. 5337. An act providing for the construction of a steam r eve­ ing to the law as interpreted by the Department of Justice. In nue cutter for service in the harbor of Boston, Mass. the decisions of this Department the clerks and marshals were not The message also announced that the Senate had passed the fol­ required to make returns of fees earned in civil cases. These ac· lowing resolutions: counts so submitted were settled and approved~ and were, as Resolved, That the Senate has heard with deep sensibility the announce­ stated, conformable to the dec~ions of Attorney-General Miller ment of the death of Hon. FRANK G. CLARKE, late a Representative from the and Attorney-General Garland. State of New Hampshire. Since this the Solicitor of the Treasury has construed the law Resol-ced That a collI!littee of six Senators be appointed by the presiding officer to join the committee appointed on the part of the House of Repre­ differently, and held that the law required them to include in the sentatives to take order for superintending the funeral of the deceased. emoluments returned fees earned in civil cases. This decision is Resolved, That the Secretary communicate these resolutions to the House contrary to the rulings of the past and the construction of the of Representatives. Department; but, in accordance with this ruling, it is impossible . And that, in compliance with the foregoing, the Presinent pro for the Treasury officials to approve and settle certain of the ac­ tempore had appointed as said committee Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. counts of the clerks and marshals of Utah. For the purpose of GALLIN GER. Mr. DEBOE, Mr. SCOTT, Mr. McLA.URIN, and Mr. permitting the Department to close up these accounts the passage HEITFELD . . of this bill is desired. The message also announced that the Senate had passed with­ The SPEAKER. Is there objection? [After a pause.] The out amendment bills of the following titles: Chair hears none. H. R. 12393. An act to provide for the holding of the circuit and The biJl was ordered to be read a third time, was read the third district courts of the United States for the eastern district of time, and passed. Arkansas; and On motion of Mr. KING, a motion to reconsider the vote whereby · H. R. 3047. An act to remove charge of desertion from military the bill was passed was laid on. the table. record of John Faulds, Company G, Thirty-first Wisconsin In­ USE OF RESERV ATIO~S IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. fantry. EULOGIES ON THE LATE REPRESENTATIVE W. D. DALY. Mr. BABCOCK. Mr. Speaker, I desire to call np Senate joint resolution 145, now on the Speaker's table authorizing the Secre­ Mr. SALMON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that tary of War to grant permits to the executive committee on in­ February 9, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, be set aside for tributes augural ceremonies for use of reservations or public spaces in the of respect to the memory of the late W. D. DALY, a Representa­ city of Washington on the occasion of the inauguration of the tive from New Jersey. President-elect on March 4, 1901, etc. I ask unanimous consent The SPEAKER. The gentleman from New Jersey asks unani­ for its present consideration. mous consent that February 9, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, be set The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Wisconsin calls up Sen­ apart for eulogies on the late Representative DALY, from New ate joint resolution 145 and asks unanimous consent for its pres­ Jersey. Is there objection? [After a pause.] The Chair hears ent consideration, and the Clerk will report the resolution. none, and it is so ordered. The Clerk read as follows: LOUISIANA PURCHASE CENTENNIAL. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Uongre~s assembled, That the Secretary of War is hereby author· Mr. TAWNEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that ized to grant permits to the committee on inaugural ceremonies for the use the bill (H. R. 982~) to provide for celebrating the one hundredth of any reservations or other public spaces in the city of Washington on the occasion of the inauguration of the President-elect, on the 4th dar of March, anniversary of the purchase of the Louisiana territory by the 1901, which, in his opinion, will inflict no serious or permanent in3uries upon United States by holding an internat:onal exhibition of the arts, such r eservations or public spaces or statuary thereon; and the Commission­ industries, manufactures, and the products of the soil, mine, for­ ers of the District of Columbia may designate, for uch and other purposes on the occasion aforesaid, such streets, avenues, and sidewalks in said city of est, and sea, in the city of St. Louis. in the State of Missouri, on Washington as they may deAm proper and neces ary: Provided, however, the Union Calendar be referred back to the Special Committee on That all stands or platforms that may be erected on the public spaces afore­ the Centennial of the Louisiana Purchase. said shall be under the supervision of the said inaugural committee and in The SPEAKER. The gentieman from Minnesota, the chair­ accordance with plans and designs to be approved by the Architect of the Capitol, the commissioner of public buildings and grounds, and the building man of the Special Committee on the Celebration of the Louisiana inspector of the District of Columbia. Purcha~~ asks unanimous consent that House bill No. 9829, on SEC. 2. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby 1901. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE. 887 authorized to permit the committee on illumination of the citizens' inaugu­ Mr. BOUTELL of Illinois. It occurs to me that in the clause ral committee for the inaugural ceremonies, March, 1901, to stretch suitable overhead conductors, with sufficient supports, wherever necessary and in with reference to indemnities for injuries which may happen to the nearest practicable connection with the present supply of light. for the :flags or banners of which the Departments have custody and purpose of effecting the said illumination: Provided, That the said conductors which it is proposed that they loan for this occasion, the six: words shall not be used for the conveying of electrical currents after March 6, 1901, and shall, with their supports, be folly and entirely removed from the streets "not necessarily incident t-0 such use" should be stricken out. It and avenues of the said city of Washington on or before March 15, 1901: seems to me that whatever injury may happen to these :flags and Provided f urther, That the stretching and r emoving of the said wires shall banners would undoubtedly happen in their necessary use, and the be under the supervision of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, who shall see that the provisions of this resolution are enforced, that all Departments should be indemnified for allinjw-ies that might result, needful precautions are taken for the protection of the public, and that the for instance, from inclemency of the weather or similar causes. pavement of any street, avenue, or alley disturbed is replaced in as good con­ Mr. BABCOCK. In answer to the gentleman from Illinois, I dition as before entering upon the work herein authorized: Provided further, That no expense or damage on account of or due to the stretching, operation, will say that the committee of 60 representative citizens of Wash· or removing of the said temporary overhead conductors shall be incurred ington represent simply the Government in this celebration; they by the United States or the District of Columbia: Provided further, That for will simply act for the Government. I see no point or object the purposes of this act the construction of additional underground conduits which would be obtained by making them specifically responsible is specifically prohibited. SEC. 3. That $10,000, or as much thereof as may be necessary, payable from for something that they could not replace. Ifanoldflag-arelic in any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated and from the reve­ the possession of the Government-should be lost, this committee nues of the District of Columbia in equal parts, is hereby appropriated to en­ would be powerless to replace it. I repeat, that this resolution is able the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. to maintain public order and protect life and property in said District from the 28th of Februa.ry to the an exact duplicate of the resolutions under which the committees 9th of March, 1901, both inclusive. Said Commissioners are hereby authorized have heretofore worked. and directed to make all reasonable regulations necessary to secure such pres­ Mr. BELL addressed the Chair. ervation of public order and protection of life and property and fixing fares bypublic conveyance.during said period. Any person violating any of su~h The SPEAKER. Does the gentleman from Wisconsin yield to regulations shall be liable for each such offense to a fine not to exceed $100 m the gentleman from Colorado? the police court of said district_, an~ in.defaultof payment the1:eof to impris­ Mr. BABCOCK. Yes; I yield to the gentleman for ten minutes. onment in the workhouse of said DIStr1ct for not longer than su:ty days. SEC. 4. That the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy be, and Mr. BELL. Mr. Speaker, I remember very distinctly that four they are hereJ;> y, authorized to loan to the committee on inaugural c~remo­ years ago we made a similar appropriation and adopted similar nies such ensigns, flags, etc. (except bat tle flags), that are not now m use provisions to those which it is proposed to make to-day. Four and may be suitable a;id proJ?er for decoration and may be sp_ared wit~out detriment to the public service, such flags to be used by said comnuttee years ago-I might say also eight years ago, and probably for a under such regulations and restrictions as may be prescribed by the said quarter of a century-the people of Washington have made the Secr etaries, or either of them, in decorating the fronts of public buildings and inauguration of Presidents great business enterprises for the peo­ other places on t he line of march between the Capitol and the Executive Mansion and the interior of the reception hall: Provided, That the said com­ ple of the District of Columbia. I do not object to tha.t. I am mittee shall indemnify the said Departments, or either of them, for any loss glad to see the people of the District of Columbia making this a or damage to such fl ags not necessarily incident to such use. great occasion. But it seems to me that they ought to pay the ex­ SEC. 5. That the Commissioner s of the District of Columbia be, and they penses connected with it, outside of the necessary expenses of pro­ are hereby, authorized to permit the Western Union Telegraph Company to extend overhead wires into the Pension building and to such points along the viding the place, etc. line of parade as shall be deemed by th~ chief marshal convenien~ for _use in I notice that among the different governors who are being in­ connection with the parade and other maugnral purposes, the said wires to augw-ated in the different States many of them are glorying in bo taken down within ten days after the conclusion of the ceremonies on the 4th day of March, A. D. 1901. the fact that they are having simple ceremonies, that are costing SEC. 6. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. are hereby the people nothing. One governor of a Western State a few years authorized to issue to steam railroad companies in said District permits to ago-a rich man-boasted that it had only cost the people 85 for temporarily occupy additional parts of streets for the purpose .'f accommo­ dating the traveling public attending the inaugural ceremonies in March, 1901: his inauguration. On the occasion of the inauguration of the gov­ Provided, That such temporary occupation shall not exceed the period of fif­ ernor of New Hampshire the other day the papers of that State teen days, and shall be subject to conditions prescribed by said Commissioners. boasted that the people had gone back to the time-honored custom The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present consideration of a simple ceremony in connection with the induction of the of this bill? highest officer of the State into his official position. Mr. RICHARDSON of Tennessee. I would like to ask the gen­ In Washington four years ago we had a grand ball in connec­ tleman from Wisconsin [Mr. BABCOCK] whether this resolution tion with the inauguration. People came here from all parts of follows the form of those usually adopted for inaugural occasions, the country. Many of them paid from 81 to $2.50 for seats in our or whether there is anything else whatever in it? parks in order to witness the parade, and $5 to walk through their Mr. BABCOCK. In answer to the gentleman from Tennessee, Pension Office, ca11ed an inauguration ball; and, according to my I will say that this is an exact duplicate of several resolutions remembrance, when the inauguration ceremonies were over the adopted in January and February four years ago, with this differ­ committee of citizens of the District of Columbia had a large ence: Four years ago the appropriation was $8,200; this year it is surplus ai·isingfrom the different m_eans they had adopted to meet $10,000. Four years ago the resolutions permitted the Western the expenses, and largely through the free use of Government Union Telegraph Company only to carry its lines into the Pen­ property. sion building; this year the Postal Telegraph is permitted en­ The citizens contributed $50,000. They got it all back. They trance there as well as the Western Union. There is further pro­ had gotten a splendid fund in addition; the hotels, the business vision that no temporary tracks shall be laid upon or over any of men, and everybody else bad been greatly benefited, and the Gov­ the parks of the city. With these differences, this resolution is ernment contributed a large portion of the expense that it never an exact duplicate of those passed four years ago. expect.ed to get back. Now, I want to say that four years ago the · Mr. BELL. Is the Government of the United States to pay this inauguration of a President of the United States cost us probably entire appropriation of $10,000? from 8150,000 to $200,000, including use of public property, clean­ Mr. BABCOCK. No, sir; one half is to be paid by the District ing up, repairs, stopping work, etc. and the other half by the General Government. Mr. BABCOCK. Does the gentleman .from Colorado under­ Mr. BELL. I do not want to object to this bill, but I would stand what this appropriation is for? like about ten minutes in which to make a few observations on it. Mr. BELL. Yes; I understand it thoroughly. I know what it Mr. BABCOCK. Thematterof time,Ipresume, will be entirely is for; I can not afford to have my time taken up now. I am in the bands of the Speaker. going to talk upon it generally, and am not going to oppose your Mr. BELL. Will the gentleman object to my request? bill in particular. But what I want to state is that after the l\Ir. BABCOCK. No, sir; I will not. inauguration were over four years ago even the Republican papers Mr. BELL. With the understanding that we can have a little of this District were astounded at the way in which the Govern­ discussion, I will not object. ment submitted its interests to the interests of the speculators The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present considera­ around the city of Washington. My remembrance is that it was tion of the bill? The Chair hears none. in the Evening Star. Its representative went over to the Pension Mr. DALZELL. Will the gentleman from Wisconsin yield for Office and said to the Commissioner of Pensions, ''I want to know a question? what it costs the Government of the United States for you to give Mr. BABCOCK. Certainly. up the Pension Office for ten days for decoration for the inaugural Mr. DALZELL. As I understand, this resolution provides for ball. What did it cost the Government of the United States to no other committees than those committees of citizens specially have the inaugural ball?" Mr. .Murphy said: "I can notgiveyon created in connection with the inauguration ceremonies. It has the exact figures," but over his own signature the Commissioner no reference to any committee of either House? of Pensions said: "I can give you the statement that the salaries Mr. BABCOCK. Not at all. As I have stated, it is a duplicate of the employees of the Pension Office alone, while they were of resolutions passed four years ago, with the exception that this thrown out of employment and in idleness to allow the committee resolution appropriates $1,800 more than the resolution which was to decorate the Pension Office, cost this Government $70,000." then adopted. You can find that by looking back in the columns of one of the l\fr. BOUTELL of Illinois. Will the gentleman from Wisconsin papers here, I think the Star, over the signature of the Commis­ allow me a suggestion? sioner of Pensions. It cost the Government $70,000 for the sala­ Mr. BABCOCK. Certainly, ries of these men kept in idleness while the great Pension Office 888 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. J.A.NU .ARY 11 was being decorated. Probably the other expenses were a quarter Mr. GAINES. Mr. Speaker, I am not quite through. more for cleaning, repairs, and getting reorganized. The same The SPEAKER. Does the gentleman from Wisconsin yield? thing may be repeated at this inauguration. I am in favor of Mr. GAINES. The gentleman has yielded, and I was asking giving the Executive a decent, a moderate, a becoming inaugura­ him a question for information. tion; but I am not in favor of giving up these parks, giving up Mr. BABCOCK. I yielded to the gentleman from Tennessee for the Pension Office, putting these employees out of the office and a question. leaving them in idleness for nine or ten days while the Pension Mr. GAINES. Ihaveasked the gentleman a question and now Office is being decorated, and then allow the citizens here to charge I will ask another. [Cries of "Louderl"J the people who come here to see this inauguration from a dollar I want to ask the gentleman from Wisconsin if he thinks it right to two dollars and a half each for a seat on these public parks and for Congress to appropriate money for these ceremonies and mem­ S5 to walk through our Pension Office, called the grand ball, and bers of Congress not have any legal right to the floor where those create a great surplus fund, and help the people of this District ceremonies are had? Now, that is the substance of my question. make untold dollars out of the visitors here and the Government I want to get information; this is not so much for myself as some pay the expenses-I am opposed to it. of my people, and several who are not, and ham written me. Mr. GAINES. How much did it cost to inaugurate Thomas :Mr. BABCOCK. What floor does the gentleman speak of? Jefferson? Mr. GAINES. I want to get in on the ground floor as yon do. Mr. BELL. It cost the price of a boy to hold his horso, etc. [Laughter.] I want to get in on the ground floor on the ground, Mr. M.ADDOX. He hitched his horse to a tree. and I want to face the gentleman on that happy occasion. Mr. BELL. The cost was very little. I want to say that the Mr. BABCOCK. I do not know where the ground floor is on inducting of Governor Adams, a rich man, into the gubernatorial this occasion. chair of Colorado a few years ago was announced to have cost the Mr. GAINES. Then I have entirely misread the history of the people just $5. Every newspaper in the State and throughout the gentleman from Wisconsin. I had an idea that he got in on the West commended that. They would commend such an act her~, ground floor on everything. if they had a chance. Now, I am not in favor of cutting down Mr. BABCOCK. The Government is making no appropriation any necessary expenses, but I want to say I was here in Wash­ whatever 1for any ceremonies. The appropriation, $10,000) car­ ington at an inauguration before I was elected to Congress. I ried in this bill is for additional police protection and the neces­ had been here for a week or two at a leading hotel. sary expenses incident thereto for the ten days of the celebration. I remember well that they made every guest in that hotel move Mr. GAINES. We turn it over to the District. out of his room for three days or pay double price. Four of us The SPEAKER. The question is on the third reading of the were put in one room, paying the same price that we had paid for Senate joint resolution. a week or more before when we each had a separate room. It is The joint resolution was ordered to a third reading; and it was made a business proposition in this city from beginning to end. I accordingly read the third time, and passed. am willing that that should be, but I say if they want this royal, On motion of Mr. BABCOCK, a motion to reconsider the vote this regal display for the purpose of collecting people from the bv which the joint resolution was passed was laid on the table. 0 outside in order that it may benefit the hotels and merchants, the Mr. BABCOCK. l\Ir. Speaker, I ask that House joint resolu­ people of the District of Columbia, the merchants and this asso­ tion 287, a duplicate of the Senate joint resolution, al!d now on. ciation ought to pay the expenses. And I warn you now that the the Calendar, be laid on the table. Pension Office this year will probably be dismantled, will prob­ The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Wisconsin asks that the ably have its employees idle for ten days, as it did four years ago, House resolution of similar purport be laid on the table. With­ and will cost this Government $70,000 for their salaries, as Mr. out objection, this order will be made. Murphy says it did four years ago; and other like expenses will be There was no objection. made, not connected with a direct appropriation. Mr. FITZGERALD of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker- CHANGES OF REFERENCE. The SPEAKER. Does the gent.leman from Wisconsin yield to The SPEAKER. The Chair announces the change of reference the gentleman from Massachusetts? of two bills, the bill S. R. 138 and the bill H. R. 13107, from the Mr. BABCOCK. For what purpose? District of Columbia to the Committee on Appropriations, on Mr. FITZGERALD of Massachusetts. I should like to make the request of the chairman of the Committee on the District of some remarks at this time. I am to go away to-day with a com­ Columbia. The Clerk will report the bills by their titles. mittee of the House, and I would like time now to correct some The Clerk read as follows: misstatements that have been made about Boston's commerce A bill (H. R. 13107) providing for improvements in the office of the as during the debate on the river and harbor bill. sessor of the District of Columbia. Joint resolution (S. R.138) providing for the paving of certain str eets in the Mr. BABCOCK. I yield to the gentleman from Massachusetts. city of Washington. [Mr. FITZGERALD of Massachusetts addressed the House. The SPEAKER. Without objection, these changes will be made. See Appendix.] . There was no objection. Mr. GAINES. Will the gentleman from Wisconsin yield to me PRIVATE CALENDAR. for a question? Mr. GIBSON. Mr. Speaker, I nowmovethattheHouseresolve Mr. BABCOCK. Yes. Mr. GAINES. The tickets to this reception or ball at the Pen­ itself into Committee of the Whole for the consideration of private bills under the special order. sion Office-how are they obtained, and who has the legal right to The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Tennessee moves that them, if there are any legal rights about it? the House resolve itself into Committee of the Whole for the con­ Mr. BABCOCK. As I understand, Mr. Speaker, the issuing of sideration of private bills under the speciaj. order for that purpose. tickets is entirely in the hands of the citizens' committee. What The question was taken, and the Speaker announced that the their regulations are or whether they have been adopted at this ayes appeared to have it. time I do not know. Mr. TALBERT. Mr. Speaker, I demand a division. Mr. GAINES. Have not the members of Congress any legal The House divided; and there were-ayes 138, noes 9. right at all to tickets? Mr. TALBERT. I make the point of order that there is no Mr. BABCOCK. They have tickets to the Capitol. quorum present. Mr. GAINES. Is not this money that we are appropriating to The SPEAKER. The Chair will count. help pay the expenses of this thing? Pending the count, Mr. BABCOCK. It is simply for police protection. Mr. TALBERT. Mr. Speaker, I withdraw the point of no Mr. GAINES. And we have no legal right at all and no ad­ quorum. mission to the floor because we are members of Congress, nor our The SPEAKER. The gentleman withdraws the point of order. families or friends? Mr. BABCOUK. It is usual for each Member and Senator to The ayes have it, and accordingly the House resolves itself into Committee of the Whole. · have tickets to the exercises at the Capitol, but we have no ex- The House accordingly resolved itself into Committee of the clusive right. · Whole, Mr. LACEY in the chair. Mr. GAlNES. Iam trying to get a little information, and I am The CHAIBMAN. The Clerk will report the rule. getting it, as to how the people are to get into this "magnificent ball" that is to be held. The Clerk read as follows: Resolved, That during the remainder of. this Congress the. second and Mr. BERRY. Anybody can get in by paying $5. fourth Friday in each month. after the dL<>posal of such business on t"!ie The SPEAKER. Does the gentle:man from Wisconsin yield Speaker 's table as requires re fer~nce only, shall be set apa~t. for t:iie C?!l>'?Jd­ further? er ation of private pension bills, bills !or the remov~l .of poli~ca.l disabilitrns, and bills r emoving charges of desertion. The provision herem made sha.11 be Mr. BABCOCK. I yielded for a question. in lieu of the evening session provided for by section 2 of Rule XXVI, and The SPEAKER. The question is on the third reading of the sect ion 6 or Rule XXVI and section 1 of Rule XX VI a.re hereby modified to joint resolution. conform herewith. J901. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE. 889

OLIVIA DONATHY. modify his request and move to amend by striking out the word The first business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. ''seventeen" and inserting "fifty;" so as to let the balance of the 8106) granting a pension to Olivia Donathy. amendment, which goes to the form of the biD, prevail. The bill was read, as follows: Mr. CALDERHEAD. I thank the gentleman from Tennesse-e, Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, and will comply with his suggestion. The other amendments authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll the name of Olivia suggested by the committee are proper, and I therefore move to Donathy, the helpless child of James A. Donathy, deceased. late of Company amend the amendment by striking out the word "seventeen "and K, Fifty-ninth Illinois Infantry, and pay her a pension of 12 per month. _ inserting the word " fifty." The amendment recommended by the Committ.ee was read, as Mr. GIBSON. Mr. Chairman, I desire to say to the committee follows: that at the time this bill was before the Invalid Pensions Com- In line 4 strike out all after the word "place" and all of lines 5, 6, and 7 . mittee important proof was not on file, and, as a consequence, and insert in lieu thereof the following: "On the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Olivia Dona­ the committee has inadvertently done an injustice to this man. thy, the helpless and dependent daughter of James A. Donathy, late of Com­ l am of the opinion that the amendment to the amendment should pany K, Fifty-ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pen­ prevail. This man was totally helpless. He was in the city last sion at the rate of 12 per month." summer and I had a chance to see him, and I know of my own The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment. personal knowledge that the man is absolutely helpless. In fact, Mr. TALBERT. Mr. Chairman, I would like to have the re­ be was reported dead while he was here, but aft.erwards the re­ port read. port was found to be untrue, and, as I say, the committee has Mr. GIBSON. I hope the gentleman will not call for the read­ done the man an injustice on account of the proof not being on ing of the report, but will permit a short statement to be made. file when the committee bad the case before it for action. Mr. TALBERT. I will be satiSfied with a statement. The CHAIR.MAN. The Chair would suggest that the better Mr. GIBSON. This is a helpless child of an old soldier, and way would be to first take a vote upon all the amendments ex­ this gives her $12 a month. cept the one referred to by the gentleman from Kansas. Mr. TALBERT. All r.ight. I thinkastatementshould be made The question was taken, and the amendments were agreed to. or the report read. · . The CHAIRMAN. The question now is on agreeing to the The amendment recommended by the committee was agreed to. committee amendment striking out the word "fifty" and insert­ The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ ing "seventeen." able recommendation. The question was taken, and the amendinent was not agreed to. HORA.CE L. STILES. The oill as amended was then laid aside to be reported to the The next business on the Private Ualendar was the bill (H. R. House with a favorable recommendation. 9165) to increase the pension of Horace L. Stiles. RICHARD MYERS. The bill was read, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., 'fhat the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H: R. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions 11680) granting a pension to Richard Myers. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Horace L. Stiles, late of the The bill was read, as follows: Third Independent Battery of New York Light Artillery Vol~teers , and pay him a pension at the rate of fifty dollars a month in lieu of that he is now Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, receiving. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll. subject to the provi­ Rions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Richard Myers, son of The amendments recommended by the Committee were read, as George W. Myers. late of the Second Connecticut Light Battery, and pay follows: him a pension at the rate of S30 a month. In line 6, after the word "Battery," strike out the word "of." The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as In line 7 strike out the word "Volunteers;" and in the same line, after the words "New York," insert the word "Volunteer." follows: In line 8 strike out the word•· fifty" and insert in lieu thereof the word Strike out all of lines 6, 7, and 8, and insert in lieu thereof t.he following: "seventeen;" in the same line strike out . the word "a" and insert in lieu "of lsa.tela Myers, widow of George W. Myers, late of the Second Battery, thereof of the word "per." Connecticut Volunteer Light ArtillPry. and pay her a pension at the rate of Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to ~per n:onth in Eeu of that she is now r eceiving: Proi;ided, however, That in Horace L. Stiles." case of the death of the helple3S child, Richard E. Myers, on whose account the nension ot lsabela Myers is increased, the pension of said Isabela Myers Mr. CALDERHEAD. Mr. Chairman, I want to my a word in 8ball continue only at th!:\ rate of 12 per month from and after the date of reference to the amendments recommended by tbe committee. death of said helpless child." The bill was reported by the committee without the consideration A mend the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to of some testimony tiled in the case at the time. If that testi­ Isabela Myers." monv had been under consideration at the time, the bill would The committee amendments were agreed to. have been reported at $50 a month. My colleague upon the com­ The bill was laid asi.de to be reported to the House with a favor­ mittee [Mr. MIERS] reported the bill in my absence, and I have able recommendation. been giving special attention to tbe examfoation of the case. JOHN R. ROBiliSO::-i. Since the time the bill was reported the soldier has become en­ The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. tirely helpless from paralysis, so that he requires the constant care 10021) granting an increase.of pension to John R. Robinson. and attention of another person, and he will during the remainder The Clerk read the bill, as follows : of his dav8. I want" to say that at the time the bill was under consideration Be it enacted, etc., That the Secret.a.ry of the Interior be. and he is hereby, authorized and direeted to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions he was then suffering a disability, which I believed from the evi­ and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John R. Robinson. late of dence on file in the Pension Bureau to be the result of his service. Company D, One hundred and Tbjrty-:fi.fth Regimeut Pennsylvania Volunteer · Two doctors are operating upon him once every week or two Intantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of~ per month in lieu of that weeks for dropsy, and at the time tbe bill was under consideration he is now receiving. 54 ounces of water within one week were taken from him by an The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor· operation upon his chest. Now, this soldier has a remarkable able recommendation. record as a soldier. He had four years of excellent service; served JOEL H. HALLOWELL. until the close of the war; was injured in the chest in time of ac­ The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. tion, and that injury I believe to be the cause of the disability 1604) for the benefit of Joel H. Hallowell, of Covington, Kv. which he suffers and for which he ~sks pension. The Pension The Clerk read the bill, as follows: w Bureau itself was not clearly satisfied that the disease of heart was the result of that injury, and yet I think upon a fair exami­ Be it enacted, etc., That the 8ecretary of tho Interior be, and he is hereby, his authorized and directed to place upon tlle pension roll the name of Joel H. nation of the testimony it shows it to be the result of service. Hallowell, a private in Company D. Sixth Pennsylvania (;avalry Volunt~ers, If that testimony had been accepted the Department would have in the war of the rebellion, now residing at Covingt-on, Ky., at the rate of $25 given him $50 a month without question. per month. I have now here the evidence showing, since the time the bill was The amendments recommended by the committ.ee were as fol­ reported, that he has been stricken with paralysis, which appears iows: to be the result of disease of the heart, so that he requires and will In line 4: strike out all after the word "place," and all of lines 5, 6, 7, and 8, require during the remainder of his days the constant care and and insert in lieu thereof the following: "on the pension roll, subject to the attendance of another person. I therefore oppose the amendment provisions and limitations of the pension laws. the name 0f Joel H. Hallowell. late of Company D, Sixth R~giment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, and of the committee, and I think I have the support of all the mem­ pay him a pension at the rate of S30 per month in lieu of that he is now re· · bers of the committee who have learned of the case since the re­ ceiving." port was made. I ask that the amendment be voted down. Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to Mr. CRUMPACKER. Will the gentleman from Kansas insert Joel H. Hallowell." the evidence in the RECORD as a part of his remarks? The amendments recommended by the committee were agreed to. Mr. CALDERHEAD. I am perfectly willing. The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ Mr. GIBSON. I suggest to the gentleman from Kansas that he able recommendation. 890 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. JANUARY 11,

ELAM KIRK. Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and brigadier-general, United States Volunteers. ------, The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 2954) General Rice, at the first call for volunteers in April, 1861, enlisted in the granting an increase of pension to Elam Kirk. three months' service. He was mustered in as captain Company E, Twenty­ first Ohio Volunteers, April 27, 1861, and was discharged August 12, 1861. He The Clerk read the bill, as follows: then began recruiting for the service, which be reentered September 2, 1861, Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, as captain Company A, Fifty-seventh Ohio Volunteers. He was promoted authorized and dirf'cted to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions lieutenant-colonel, same regiment, February 3, 1862, and was mustered in as· and limitations of uie pension laws, the name Elam Kirk, late of Company G, colonel February 19, 1861. to date May 24:, 1863. He was appointed brigadier· One hundred and twPnty-second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, general, United States Volunteers, May 31, 1865, which appointment he ac­ and PH:Y him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now cepted June 18, 1865, and was honorably mustered out of service January 15, rece1vmg. 1866. The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ A complete statement of his military service, furnished by the War Depart­ able recommendation. ment, is as follows: RECORD AND PENSION OFFICE, WAR DEPARTMENT, JOHN COOMBS. · Washington City, May 7, 1900. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 4105) Sm: In response to your request for the military and medical record of granting an increase of pension to John Coombs. Amer-icus.V. Rice, late brigadier-general of volunteers, for use in connection with Senate bill 3890, I have the honor to inform you as follows: The bill was read, as follows: It is shown bl. the records that Americus V. Rice was mustered into serv­ Beit enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, ice April 27, 186 , as captain of Company E, Twenty-first Regiment Ohio Vol­ authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provi­ unteer Infantry (three months' organization), and that he was mustered out sions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John Coombs, late of with his company, as captain, August 12 1861. Company H, Second Regiment Illinois Volunteer Heavy Artillery, and pay He was again mustered into service September 2, 1861, as captain of Com· him a pension at the rate of $-10 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. pany A, Fifty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, to serve three years; was promoted to lieutenant-colonel, same regiment, abont February 8, 1862, and The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ was mustered in as colonel, same regiment, February 19, 1864, to date May 24, able recommendation. 1863; was appointed brigadier-general of volunteers May 31, 1865, which ap­ JOHN R. M'COY. pointment he accepted June 18, 1865, and was honorably mustered out of service as brigadier-general of volunteers, in General Orders, No. 168, War The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 2110) Department, Adjutant-Generals Office, dated December 28, 1865, to take restoring the pension of John R. McCoy. effect January 15, 1866. From the date of his muster in as captain in the Fifty-seventh Ohio to The Clerk read the bill, as follows: May 22, 1863, when disabled at Vicksburg, Miss., he is shown to have been con­ Be it enacted,,_ etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, tinuously on duty with his regiment, which formed a part of Gen. W. T. authorized and directed to restore to the pension roll, subjP.ct to the provi­ Sherman's command and participated in the western campaign, including the sions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John R. McCoy, late of battle of Shiloh, thFI siege of Corinth, the battles of Chickasaw Bayou and Ar­ Company H, Seventeenth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a kansas Post, and the siege of Vicksburg. pension at the rate of 12 per month. At Vicksburg be led his regiment in the assault on the enemy's works on May 22, 1863, when he was severely wounded below the knee and in thethigh The CHAIRMAN. The question is on laying the bill aside of the right leg. On account of this wound he was absent thereafter until with a favorable recommendation. the spring of 1864, when he resumed command of his regiment. He led his Mr. TONGUE. Mr. Chairman, what is the vote asked upon? regiment in an assault on the enemy's works at Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 27, 1864, where he was again badly disabled, sustaining a wound of the The CHAIRMAN. On laying the bill aside with a favorable left ankle and frnctures of the shin bone and the thigh of the right leg, neces­ recommendation. sitating the amputation of the ri~ht leg above the knee. On account of this Mr. TONGUE. Is not a vote to be taken on the amendment wound he was again absent until about April, 186.5. Meanwhile, on Decem· ber 14. 1864:. by reason of physical disability from wounds received in action, recommended by the committee? a special order was issued from the War Department honorably discharging The CHAIRMAN. There is no amendment. him from the service as colonel of the Fifty-seventh Ohio, but on the request Mr. GIBSON. The committee simply recommends the passage of Colonel Rice and the governor of Ohio, supported by the earnest recom­ of the bill as it came from the Senate. mendation of General Sherman, this order was revoked and he was restored to his command by a special order from the Department, dated March 29, 1865, The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ whereupon he rejoined his regiment. able recommendation. Upon his promotion to brigadier-general of volunteers, he was, on June 17, 1865, assigned to the command of the Third Brigade, Second Division, Fif­ DAVID H. MOREY. teenth Corps, on which duty he continued until August 19, 1865, after which The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 2753) date, his services being no longer required, he was at his home in Ohio on waiting orders to the date of his discharge. granting an increase of pension to David H. Morey. This officer is informally mentioned in the reports of his superiors for skill The bill was read, as follows: and gallantry in the differ~nt actions in which he took part, and he was sev­ Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, eral times recommended for promotion to brigadier-general. In repeating authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions the recommendation under date of May28, 1865, General Sherman said: and limitations of the pension laws. the name of David H. Morey, late of Com­ "I have herEitofore recommended for promotion to brigadier-general of pany F, Seventeenth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a volunteers Col. A. V. Rice, Fifty-seventh Ohio Infantry, for special gallantry pension at the rate of Sfil per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. at Vicksburg and Kenesaw, at which latter place he was wounded terribly. "I again renew my recommendation and state that Colonel Rice is one of The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ those young officers who have served with me all through the time since able recommendation. Shiloh and enabled me to do the service I did. I know his capacity and fit­ ness, and know that the promotion is more than deserved. It is fairly due HE:NRY VAN GELDER. to put him on a par with his fellows who have already been properly pro- The next business was the bill (S. 2819) granting an increase of moted." - Very respectfully, F. C. AINSWORTH, pension to Henry Van Gelder. Chief Record and Pension Office. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: The CHATRMA.N OF THE COMMITTEE ON PENSIONS, Be it enacte.d, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, United States Senate. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions General Rice was severely wounded below the knee and in the thigh of the and limitations of the pension laws. the name of Henry Van Gelder, late of right leg in the assault on the enemy's works at Vicksburg, Miss., May 22, Company G, Sixty-fifth Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay 1863. and still carries in his body the bullet with which he was then wounded. him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. At Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 27, 1864, he was badly disabled, sustain­ The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ ing a ·wound of the left ankle and fractures of the shin bone and thigh of the right leg, necessitating the amputation of the right leg above the knee. The able recommendation. leg was taken off in the field hospital, and many pieces of bone came out of AMERICUS V. RICE. the left foot. He was supplied with an artificial leg, and after a time returned to the front and joined General Sherman in his march to the sea, serving The next business was the bill (S. 3890) granting an increase of with the wooden leg until his discharge in January, 1866, having served pension to Americus V. Rice. nearly five years. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: General Rice was pensioned for the loss of his right leg, and is now receiv­ ing $36 per month. For a time after the war he was able to wear an artificial Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, leg, but the loss of the right le~ brought an additional burden on the left foot, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions which was wounded and crippled, and caused great pain and suffering in ad­ and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Americus V. Rice, late colo­ dition to that caused by the condition of the stump and the pressure of the nel Fifty-seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and brigadier-general, artificial leg. The condition of the leg and toot grew worse, and the suffer­ United States Volunteers, and pay him a pension at the rate of S60 per mont.h ing increased from these injuries, and also the wound made by the encysted in lieu of that he is now receiving. bullPt, until it became unendurable. Mr. NORTON of Ohio. Mr. Chairman, I desire to call the at­ In December, 1893, he was oxierated on in Chicago, and the sciatic nerve was found to be in such condition that it was necessary to lay it bare for tention of the House to this biil and earnestly request that mem­ about a foot, and to dissect and cut off several inches of it. During this op· bers give it close attention. It is my purpose to offer an amend­ eration the bullet in his thigh was located, but it was found near a.n artery, ment. I requested permission to do so from the committee, and and the surgeons considered its removal dangerous. Since 1893 he has been unable to use an artificial limb of any kind, and has been obliged to use two it was readily granted. At the time this bill was before the Sen­ crutches. Extra work is thus put upon the left foot, which is weak and con­ ate committee the full facts were not in the possession of that tinually painful, especially in the latter part of the day. committee. I call for the reading of the Senate report, which I Many nights the suffering from this foot and the leg is such that he is un­ able to sleep, and often he requires treatment and attendance three or four hope will rnceive the close attention of every member of the nights each week. He has been obliged to spend frequently, since 1866, large House; and then I propose to offer an amendment to the bill strik­ sums of money for physicians, surgeons, nurses, and attendants in doctoring ing out $60 as the amount of the proposed pension and inserting and carin"' for the disabilities received in the service. $100. - Generai Rice is unable to receive an increase of pension under the general law, and there is no relief for him except by special act of Congress. Though The Clerk read as follows: several times wounded, he has been pensioned only for the one which neces­ This bill as amended proposes to increase from $36 to eoo per month the sitated the amputation of the leg, the general pension laws not allowing the pension of Americus V. Rice, of Washington, D. C., late colonel Fifty-seventh compounding of rates. For the wounds of foot and thigh,. the bullet remain• 1901. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE. 891

ing therein, he would undoubtedly be entitled to a pension of $30 per month and that would warrant the House in passing this amendment. (total of his rank as colonel), and because of his inability to wear an artificial limb, owing to the condition of the stump, he is in all fairness and equity The widow of General Grant receives a pension of 85,000 a year, entitled to $45 per month. The circumstances of his case are exceptional and the widow of General Hancock a pension of $2,000 a year, the peculiar and merit recognition by Congress. widow of General Logan a pension of $2,000, the widow-of Gen­ General Rice's military services were distinguished and honorable, and eral Blair 82,000, the widow of Rear-Admiral Nicholson $1,200, he was no less distinguished in civil life. He Wa.E a member of the House of Representatives in the Forty-fourth and F'orty-fifth Congresses, and was the widow of General Crook $2,QOO, the widow of Gen. John C. chairman of the Committee on Invalid Pensions. He was a brave and gal­ Fremont $2,000, showing ample precedent for the action of this lant soldier, and your committee are of the opinion that his pension should House for granting, in this apparently meritorious case, the relief be increased. The bill is therefore reported back favorably with a recommendation that that is proposed by this amendment. it pass. Mr. SIMS. I do not rise to controvert one word that has been Mr. NORTON of Ohio. I now offer the amendment I have said by either of the distinguished gentlemen as to the merits of already indicated-to strike out "$60" and insert "$100." this case, but I want to call attention to the course that is being The CHAIRMAN: The question is upon the amendment of the pursued, which I think is worthy of some consideration. I have gentleman from Ohio. done so in other cases. I think that when we have a Committee Mr. STEELE. Let us hear the reasons why this should ce on Pensions as liberal as the present Committee on Invalid Pen­ done. sions, all evidence bearing on the merits of a case ought to be sub­ Mr. GROSVENOR. The reasons have been very fully stated mitted to the committee, and let them, as they will, take into con­ in the report just read. sideration the facts and circumstances connected with it and give Mr. STEELE. I will not ask that it be read again. it the weight that is due it. Now, I have seen cases of the same Mr. NORTON of Ohio. Mr. Chairman, I believe that an ex­ sort before come in that I thought less meritorious. It is natural planation is due to this House. I desire to say that no soldier of to suppose that the friend who introduces a bill puts it up to the the ci vii war-I care not from whence he came-ever made a bet­ full amount that he thinks the party is entitled to, and usually a ter record than did General Rice. Entering the service in 1861 at great deal more. Evidence is submitted to the committee and an the first call for the three months' service, he remained in service argument is made in favor of a liberal pension. until the close of the war and bayond-till 1866. Five consecu­ But some e'vidence is withheld or not presented before the com­ tive times he was shot and severely wounded. After losing a leg mittee, and afterwards the member comes into the House and sub­ at Kennesaw, he came home, obtained a wooden leg, and returned mits the further evidence, with a speech in the nature of an ap­ to the service. But the loss of that leg, with the accompanying peal, and then we go above the figure limited by the committee. shock, was not the only or principal injury. At Vicksburg he It rather encourages this way of amending these bills and increas­ was again severely wounded, the ball never having been ex­ ing the amount above that allowed by the committee. It seems tracted. The foot of his remaining leg was crushed, and from it to me bills of this character oue-ht to be recommitted to the com­ some 30 or 40 pieces of bone ha·rn been extracted. mittee, to let them hear this additional evidence upon which the We have now the additional evidence that he was not able to increase is asked. To that extent I protest-against this manner of procure-when this matter was before the Senate committee-the amending these bills and getting, upon evidence brought in since, affidavit of the surgeon who treated him and of the surgeon who an amount over and above what the very generous and liberal made the amputation in Chicago. committee have allowed, which amount was supported by the evi­ General Rice was a man of means; he was comfortably situated dence before them. Now, if the evidence did not exist when the and took no thought of the morrow. While earning a comforta­ committee considered the bill, then it would be very proper for us ble living, he asked nothing from the Government, although he to consider it here; but if the evidence was within the knowledge had given it almost his life. But later, adversity overtook him, of the member, or within the knowledge of the party seeking the for which he was in no way responsible, and to-day he is depend­ increase, I think it ought to have been submitted to the commit­ ent, with a family upon his hands. In absolute justice he tee and considered by them. deserves this pension of $100 per month. l\f y colleague from Mr. GROSVENOR. l\Ir. Chairman, the criticism of the gen­ Ohio [Mr. GROSVENOR] , who knows General Rice intim::iteJv, will tleman from Tennessee may be right, or it may be wrong. I do confirm every word that I utter in honor and praise of General not know very much about it, but I am sure the House bas not Rice's services. I hope there will be no objection to my amend­ of ten heard me make appeals for special pensions in special cases. ment. If it is desired that the affidavits which I have mentioned I am sure that here is the strongest case upon its own merits, and be read, I will send them to the Clerk's desk. whol1y independent of the rank of the gentleman who is the Mr. SIMS. Were not those affidavits before the Committee on claimant, that I have ever heard presented in the House of Rep­ Invalid Pensions of the House? resentatives, and I have been here a long time. I do not believe Mr. NORTON of Ohio. No; they were not received in time; that any man who would acquire, bypersonalcontactwithGeneral and on my request to be permitted to make this statement, they Rice, one-half the knowledge of his case that I have, would hesi­ came into my hands. tate to give him this pension. Now, he could not, if he should Mr. SIMS. Why was not the committee allowed to have the come before the committee himself, communicate all that is true benefit of that evidence? of a case like that. Considering his capacity in the discharge of Mr. NORTON of Ohio. Simply because it could not be secured his duty, considering the fact that he has suffered the loss of all that in time for the committee's action; the parties could not be found. was worth anything, from a physical point of view, in life, and that Mr. GROSVENOR. Mr. Chairman, I know General Rice, and he carries constantly the burden of suffering that he does, it have known him e-rnr since the war. At that time he was a seems to me this case ought to be acted upon promptly, so that it young, bright, capable, and accomplished man, full of patriotism can go back to the Senate and be acted upon there. and ambition. He received wounds more than equivalent, so far Mr. SIMS. I want to ask a question. as suffering was concerned, to the loss of both his legs. One leg Mr. GROSVENOR. Certainly. was shot off entirely. After the loss of that leg, in the early days Mr. SIMS. I want to ask why you did not go before the com­ of the war, the characteristics of the man were shown in the fact mittee and give the committee the benefit of the evidence which that after obtaining a wooden leg he returned to the service and has been presented here in the House? was one of those who rode with Sherman to the sea. Mr. NORTON of Ohio. I will answer that question. General He is a man of modest characteristics-never complains; but I A. V. Rice never sought an increase of his pension as long as he happen to know from the very best of evidence-far better than had a dollar on earth to expend in his own maintenance. He was anybody else can give-I speak of the witness who has given me compelled to go to Chicago and have this stump reamputated. He her statement on this subject-that the suffering which has been only got 830 a month, because the stump measured a fraction endured by General Rice has been something beyond human de­ longer than the length required to give him $50. He went to Chi­ scription. And it is all the time-causing scores of sleepless nights cago and the reamputation was performed. Afterwards he sought and agonizing days. I think that if it was ever just that the Gov­ to get the certificate of the surgeon who made the amputation, and ernment should pay this sort of a pension, Americus V. Rice got his affidavit. He got the affidavit of the assistant surgecm and ought to receive it. I do not know what his financial condition of the whole office. These papers were intended to be presented is, but I know that he has sought and obtained some small mat­ to the Senate committee, but were mislaid and couid not be found, ters of public employment, in which he has been faithful, upright, and so the Senate committee did not get the benerit of them. Aft. and honorable. He was twice elected to the House of Representa­ erwards they were discovered in Ottawa, Ohio, his former home, tives as a Democratic member from Ohio, and I take great pleas­ and forwarded to me, but I did not receive them in time to present ure in testifying to his high character; and especially to the great them to the committee when the bill was considered by the com­ sacrifice t.hat he bas made on behalf of his country. mittee. Mr. ROBINSON of Indiana. Mr. Chairman, I share in the gen­ The amendment was agreed to. · eral belief of this House that there are but few cases where pen­ The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported sions should be increased to a large extent, but it seems to me to the House with a favorable recommendation. t!1at this is one of the c~ses whe1:e there should be a generous pen­ SUSAN DANIELS. s10n granted to the soldier. I rise now more particularly to call The next business was the bill (S. 2486) granting an increase of the attention of the House to some precedents for the-action here, pension to Susan Daniels. 892 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. JANUARY 11,

The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Company C, One hundred and twenty-ninth Regiment lliinois Volunteer In­ fantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month in lieu of the pen· Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, sion he is now receiving. . authorized and directed to plac.e on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Susan Daniels widow of The bill was ordered to be laid aside to be reported to the House William Daniels, late of Company A, Eleventh Regiment Kansas Volunteer with a favorable recommendation. Cavalry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12permonthinlieu of thatshe is now receiving. ELIZA D. PENNYPA.CKER. The bill was ordered to be laid aside to be reported to the House The next business was the bill (S. 2305) granting a pension to with a favorable recommendation. Eliza D. Pennypacker. CHARLES A. PERKINS. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The next business was the bill (S.1246) granting an increase of authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions pension to Charles A. Perkins. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Eliza D. Pennypacker, widow of Nathan A. Pennypacker, late captain Company K, Fourth Regiment Penn­ The Clerk read the bill, as fo1lows: sylvania Reserve Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, $12 per month. an thorized and directed to place on the pension roll, snbject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Charles A. Perkins, late of The bill was ordered to be laid aside to be reported to the House U.S. S. Antona and Carrabassett, United States L avy, and pay him a pension with a favorable recommendation. at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. JASPER PITTS. The bill was ordered to be laid aside to be reported to the House The next business was the bill (S.1463) granting an increase of with a favorable recommendation. pension to Jasper Pitts. SAMUEL DORNON. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, The next business was the bill (S. 3342) granting a pension to authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions Samuel Dornon. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Jasper Pitts, late a private The Clerk read the bill, as follows: in Company K, Twelfth Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry, at the rate of Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, $30 per month in lieu of the pension now received by him. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The bill was ordered to be laid aside to be reported to the House and limitations of the pemuon laws, thename of Samuel Dornon, late of Com­ with a favorable recommendation. pany I, Fifty.fourth Regiment Pennsylvania Emergency Militia, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month in lieu of that he is now receiVIBg. FRANCIS M. PORTER. The following amendment, recommended by the Committee on The next business was the bHl (S. 952) granting an 1ncrease of Invalid Pensions, was read: nension to Francis M. Porter. In lines 8 and 9 strike out the words "in lien of that he is now receiving." • The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The committee amendment was agreed to. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Francis M. Porter, late of to the House with a favorable recommendation. Company L, Seventeenth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pensio:i at the rate of $.50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. HEXRY K. DA. VIS, The bill was ordered to be laid aside to be reported to the House The next business was the bill (S. 3624) granting a pension to with a favorable recommendation. Henry K. Davis. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: CORNELIUS SHRODER. The next business was the bill (S. 2827) granting an increase of Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provi· pension to Cornelius Shroder. sions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Henry K. Davis, late The Clerk r(lad the bill, as follows:. of Capt. Edward Fitzki's battery, Pennsylvania Emergency Militia, and pay Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, him a pension at the rate of &24 per month. authorized and dh·ected. to place on the pension roll. subject to tbe provisions The bill was ordered to be laid aside to be reported to the House and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Cornelius Shroder, late of Company H First Regiment California Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a. - with a favorable recommendation. pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. LUNSFORD ELLIS. The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ The next business was the bill (S. 3137) granting an increase of mendation. pension to Lunsford Ellis. SAMUEL NICHOLS. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: The next business was the bill (S. 1240) granting a pension to Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, Samuel Nichols. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provi· sions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Lunsford Ellis, late of _The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Companies C and L, Eighth Regiment Provisional Enrolled Missouri l\lilitia Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that authorized and directed to place on the peusion roll, subject to thfl provisions he is now receiving. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Samuel Nichols, late of Com­ pany E, One hundred and fifty-third Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, The bill was ordered to be laid aside to b~ reported to the House and pay him a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that he is now with a favorable recommendation. receiving. ALFRED HERING. The bill was orde1·ed to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ The next business was the bHl (S. 1280) granting an increase of mendation. pension to Alfred Hering. EBEN E. PUSHOR. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: The next business was the bill (S. 3522) granting an increase of Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is .hereby, pension to Eben E. Pushor. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The Clerk read the bill, as follows: and limitations of the pens10n laws, the name of Alfred Herfag, late of Com­ Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, aud he is hereby, po.ny C, Fourth Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay him apen­ authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions bion at the rate of :,20 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Eben E. Pushor, late of Com­ The bill was ordered to be laid aside to be reported to the Hou.se pany D,Fourth Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry,and Ninth Unassigned Company Maine Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $20 with a favorable recommendation. per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. THOMAS G. HUFF. The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ The next business was the bill (S. 1282) granting an increase of mendation. pension to Thomas G. Huff. AUGUSTUS R. ROLLINS. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: The next business was the bill (S. 3642) restoring the pension of Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Augustus R. Rollins, alias Rhenault A. Rollins. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The Clerk read the bill, as follows: and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Thomas G. Huff, late. of Com· Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, pany H, One hundred and fifteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions Company I, One hundred and eighty-eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteer In­ and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Augustus R. Rollius, alias fantl·y, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he Rhenault A. Rollins, late of Company K, eventeenth Regiment Iowa Volun· is now receiving. teer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $14per month. The bill was ordered to be laid aside to be reported to the House The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ with a favorable recommendation. mendation, STEPHE~ JOHKSON. SUSAN SIDENBENDER. The next business was the bill (S. 946) granting a pension to The next business was the bill (H. R. 9745) granting a pension Stephen Johnson. to Susan Sidenbender, of Medix Run, Pa. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior :ie, and he is hereby, Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the riension roll. subject to the provisions authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provi­ and limitations of the pension laws, the name 9f Stephen Johnson, late of sions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Susan Sidenbende\", 1901. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 893

widow of .J. F. Hamaker, late of Company F, Two hundred and fifth Regi­ The Clerk read the bill, as follows: ment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of S20 per month. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to :(>lace on the pension roll, subject to the provfaions The following amendment recommended by the Committee on and limitations of the pens10n laws, the name of Brice Daris, late of Com­ Invalid Pensions was read: pany I, Twenty-third Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a. pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. In line 6 strike out all after the word "Sidenbender '' and all of lines 7, 8, and 9, and insert in lieu thereof the words, "formerly the widow of Jacob F. The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ Ramaker, late captain Company F, Two hundred and fifth Regiment Penn­ mendation. sylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of S20 per month." .TAMES OSBORN. The committee amendment was agreed to. The next business was the bill (S. 2333) granting an increase of The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported pension to James Osborn. to the House with a favorable recommendation. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, GEORGE T. BOULDL.'W. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The next business was the bill (H. R. 11508) granting a pension and limitations of the pens1on laws, the name of James Osborn, late of Com­ pany E, Thirty-fifth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a. to George T. Boulding. pension at the r ate of ~ per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ Be it enacted, etc., J'hat the Secretary of tbe Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions mendation. and limitation of the pt!nsion laws, the name of George T. Boulding, late of NELLIE L. P.!.RSONS. Company F, Eleventh Regiment United States Colored Volunteer Heavy Ar­ tillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month. The next business was the bill (S. 2767) granting a pension to The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ Nellie L. Parsons. mendation. The Clerk read the bill, a.s follows: CHARLES A. D. WISWELL. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secrt'tary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The next business was the bill (S. 2166) granting a pension to and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Nellie L. Parsons, widow of Charles A. D. Wiswell. H. Chester Parsons. late captain Company L, First Regiment Vermont Vol­ The Clerk read the bill, as follows: unteer Cavalry, and pay her a pension at the rate of S:.~ per month. Be it enacted, etc., Tbat the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom· authorized !\nd directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the proviRions mendation. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Charles A. D. Wiswell, of CAROLINE Z. REPETTI. Ainsworth, Nebr., and to pay the said Charles A. D. Wiswell a pension of $72 per month from the date of the passage of this act in lieu of the pension he The next business was the bill (S. 3954) granting an increase of is now receiving. pension to Caroline Z. Repetti. The following amendment recommended by the committee was The Clerk read the bill, as follows: read: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, In line 6 strike out all after the word "Wiswell," and all of lines 7, 8, and authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions 9, and insert in lieu thereof the following: "late of Company F, Twenty-fifth and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Caroline Z. Repetti, widow Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $36 of Alexander Repetti, late lieutenant-colonel Thirty-ninth Regiment New per month in lieu of that he is now receiving." York Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of >5 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. The committee amendment was agreed to. The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom· The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported mendati.on. to the House with a favorable recommendation. SYLVESTER SOLOMON, GEORGE B. HAYDEN. The next busine£s on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 3991) The next business was the bill (S. 1627) granting an increase of granting an increase of pension to Sylvester Solomon. pension to George B. Eayden. The bill was read, as follows: The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enaded, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Be it enacted, etc., That the Eecretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provi­ authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions sions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Sylve ter Solomon, late and limitations of the pension laws, the name of George B. Hayden, late of of Company D, Fourth Regiment Delaware Volunteer Infantry, and pay him Uompany E, Seventh Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pen­ a pension ~t the rate of $25 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. sion at t.he rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor· The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ able recommendation. mendation. .TAMES ffiVINE. .TOHN WALKER. The next business was the bill (S. 4420) granting an increase of The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. pension to James Irvine. 11768) granting an increase of pension to John Walker. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: The bill was read, as follows: Beit enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Be it enacted, etc., That the Secr etary of the kiterior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provi­ authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions sions and limitations of the pension laws. the name of John Walker, late of and limitations of the pension laws, the name of James Irvine, late of Com­ Company B, Twenty-sixth Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay pany G, Forty-eighth Regiment New York Volunteer infantry, and pay him him a. pension at the rate of per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. a pension at the rate of $.IQ per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor. The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ able recommendation. mendation. ELIZABETH BROOKS. NETTIE L. BLISS. The next business was the bill (S.. 4288) granting an increase of The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (If. R. pension to Elizabeth Brooks. 11452) to restore the name of Nettie L. Bliss to the pension roll. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: The bill was read, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Be it enacted, etc., That the Secret.ary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions authorized and directed to restore to the pension roll the name of Nettie L. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Elizabeth Brooks, widow of Bliss, widow of Edwin H. Bliss, late of Company C, Fifty-first Massachusetts Samuel S. Brooks, late second aesistant engineer United States gunboat Ca­ Infantry. rondelet, United States Navy, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per The amendments reported by the committee were as follows: month in lieu of that she is now receiving. Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lien thereof the fol­ The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ lowing: mendation. "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll. subject to the provisions and limitations WILLIAM OLIVER. of the pension laws, the name of Nettie L. Bliss, formerly the widow of The next business was the bill (S: 3079) granting an increase of Edwin H. Bliss, late of Company C, Fifty-first Regimer.t l\Iassachusetts Vol­ unteer Infantry, and pay her a. pension at the rate of 12 pe1· month." pension to William Oliver. Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting a pension to Nettie L. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Bliss." Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The amendments were agreed to, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William Oliver, late of Com­ The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor· pany G, First Regiment illinois Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at able recommendation. the rate of $2! per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. JAMES E. BATES. The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill ( H. R. mendation. 4962) granting a pension to James E. Bates, BRICE DAVIS. The bill was read, as follows: . The next business was the bill (S. 823) granting an increase of Be it enacted, etc., Thn.t the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, pension to Brice Davis. authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll the name of James E. 894 OONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. JANUARY 11,

Bates, of Company C, Thirty-eighth Massachusetts Infantry Volunteers, at The bill was laid asid.e to be reported to the House with a favor­ the rat_e of $12 per month, subject to the limitations of the pension laws. able recommendation. The amendment reported by the committee was read, as follows: JAMES G. M'CLURE. Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ lowing: The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and 2405) granting an increase of pension to James G. l\IcClure. directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of James E. Bates, late of Company C, Thirty­ The bill was read at length. eighth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension Mr. GIBSON. Mr. Chairman, I move that the bill be laid aside at the rate of 512 per month." · to be reported to the House with the recommendation that it lie on The committee amendment was agreed to. the table, the claimant having died since the bill was reported. The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ The motion was agreed to. able recommendation. ELIZABETH DINNON. SAMUEL N. HASKINS. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. 4018) granting a pension to Mrs. Elizabeth Dinnon, widow of the 7580) granting a pension to Samuel N. Haskins, of Providence, late John Din non. · R. I. The bill was read, as follows: The bill was read, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll of the United States the authorized and directed to place the name of Samuel N. Haskins, of Provi­ name of Mrs. Elizabeth Dinnon, widow of the late John Din non Company H, dence, R. I., late a member of Company D, Twenty-ninth Regiment Massa­ Fourth Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, at the rate of $IB per month. chusetts Infantry, on the pension roll and pay him a pension of 12 per month, The committee recommended the following amendments; which subject to the provisions ::ind limitations of the pension laws. were read: The amendments reported by the committee were read, as fol­ In line 4 strike out all after the word "roll" and all of lines 5, 6,and 7 and lows: insert in lieu thereof the following: "sub,iect to the provisions and limita­ In line 4: strike out aJl after the word "place," and all of lines 5, 6, 7, and 8, tions of the pension laws, the name of Elizabeth Dinnon, widow of John and insert in lieu thereof the followin~: "on the pension roll, subject to the Dinnon, late of Company H, Fourth Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, provisions and limitations of the· pension laws, the name of Samuel N. Ha,s­ and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month." kins,late of Comp3-ny D, Twenty-ninth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Amend the title so as to read: ''A bill granting a pension to Elizabeth Infantry. and pay him a pension at. the rate of $12 per month." Dinnon.'' Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting a pension to Samuel N. Has­ The amendments were agreed to. kins." The bill as amended was laid aside to be reported to the House The amendments were agreed to. with a favorable recommendation. The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ able recommendation. PATTIE D. M'COWN. REBECCA. G. IRWIN. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. 10482) granting a pension to Pattie D. Mccown. The next business on the Private Calendar was ·the bill (H. R. The bill was read, as follows: 3512) to pension Rebecca G. Irwin. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The bill was read, as follows: authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subect to the provisions Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereb~, and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Pattie D. Mccown, widow authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Rebecca G. of John Buford, late brigadier-general, United States Army, and pay her a Irwin, widow of JamesG. Irwin, late sergeant,_Company A, One hundred and pension at the rate of $30 per month. twenty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension of The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as $12 a month. follows: Theamendments recommended by the committee were read, a.s In line 6, before the word" widow," insert the words "formerly the;" in follows: the same line strike out the word "brigadier-general" and insert in lieu In line 4 strike out all after the word " roll," and all of lines 5, 6, 7, and 8, thereof the word "major-general." and insert in liAu thereof the following: "subject to the provisions and limi­ In line 1 strike out the word" Army" and insert in lieu thereof the word tations of the pension laws, the name of Rebecca G. Irwin, widow of James "Volunteers." G. Irwin, late of Company A, One hundred and twenty-first Regiment Ohio The amendments were agreed to. Volunteer Infantry, and pay her ::i. pension at the rate of S8 per month." Amend the title so as to read: "A bill !?ranting a pension to Rebecca G. The bill as amended was laid aside to be reported to the House Irwin." with a favorable recommendation. The amendments were agreed to. CHARLES E. CHURCHILL. The bill was laid aside to be reported to the Honse with a favor­ The next business was the bill (H. R. 4963) granting an increase able recommendation. of pension to Capt. Charles E. Churchill. EMILY .A.LDER. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, 4651) granting a pension to Mrs. Emily Alder. authorized and directed to increase the pension of Capt. Charles E. Churchill, late a captain in the Fifty-ninth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, from The bill was read, as follows: S20, the amount now received by said Churchill under pension certificate Be it enacted, etc. , That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, No. 584B3, to ~12 per month. authorized and directed to put upon the pension roll the name of Mrs. Emily Alder, of Clarion, Iowa late a nurse with the Thirteenth Regiment Wiscon­ The following amendments, recommended by the Committee on sin Veteran Volunteer Infantry, at the rate of 812 per month. Invalid Pensions, were read: The committee recommended the following amendments; which Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof as follows: "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and were read: directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ of the pension laws, the name of Charles E. Churchill, la.to captain Company lowing: D, Fifty-eighth Regiment .Massacpusetts Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and pension at the rate of S30 per mouth in lieu of that he is now receiving." directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations Amend the title so as to read: ''A bill granting an increase of pension to of the pension laws, the name of Emily Alder, late a nurse in the medical Charles E. Churchill." department, United St:..tes Volunteers, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month." The committee amendments were agreed to. Amend the title so as to read:. "A bill grantin.2' a pension to Emily Alder." The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported The committee amendments were agreed to. to the House with a favorable recommendation. The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ PRUDENCE REAMER. able recommendation. The next business was the bill (S. 3729) granting a pension to LYMAN A. SAYLES. Pruilence Reamer. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, 8771) granting an increase of pension to Lyman A. Sayles. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to tbe provi­ The bill was read, as follows: sions and limitations of the pension laws, the na.me of Prudence Reamer, Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, former widow of John D. 'l'inney, late of Battery E West Virginia Volunteer authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, at the rate of $30 per Artillery, and pay her a pension at the rate of 512 per month. month, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ name of Lyman A. Sayles, late of Company H, Third Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry, the pension hereby granted to be in lieu of that which able recommendation. he i'> now receiving. JOHN ROOP, The committee amendment was read, as follows: The next business was the bill (S. 415) granting an increase of In line 4 strike out-all after the word "roll" and all of lines 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 and insert in lieu thereof the following: ••subject to the provisions and limi­ pension to J obn Roop. tations of the pension Jaws, the name of Lyman A. Sayles, late <•f Company The Clerk read the bill, as follows: H, Third R~giment Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, the rat., of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving." authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provi­ The commHtee amendment was agreed to. sions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John Roop, late first 1901. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE. 895 assistant enJ?ineer, United States Navy, and pay him a pension at the rate of The Clerk read the bill, as follows: $20 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving.· Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, ·The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Henry Miller, able recommendation. late of detachment general service recruit, United States Army,andpay him a pension at the rate of $15 per month. GEORGE W, HARRISON, The following amendments, recommended by the Committee on The next business was the bill (S. 3440) granting an increase of Invalid Pensions, were read: pension to George W. Harrison. In line 4, after the word ' roll," insert "subject to the provisions and lim­ The Clerk read the bill, as follows: itations of the pension laws." In line 5 strike out "of detachment" and substitute "private;" and in Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, same line strike out the word" recruit." authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provi­ sions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of George W. Harrison, In line 7 strike out" fifteen" and substitute therefor the word "twelve." late captain and assistant quartermaster and brevet lieutenant-colonel, The committee amendments were agreed to. United States Volunteers, and payhlm a pension at the rate of ~per month The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported in lieu of that he is now receiving. to the House with a favorable recommendation. The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ able recommendation. AMBROSE BRISETT. .ADAM VELTEN. The next business was the bill (H. R. 11091) granting a pension The next business was the bill (S. 3517) granting an .increase to Am brose Brisett. of pension to Adam Velten. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The Clerk read the bill, as follows: authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Ambrose Brisett, late of the authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provi­ United States Marine Corps in the war with Mexico, and allow him a pension sions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Adam Velten, late of at the rate of SS per month. CompanyB,~'ifty-second Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and Com­ pany A, Seventh Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ pemdon at the rate of $40 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. able recommendation. The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ REBECCA TOLSON, able recommendation. The next business was the bill (H. R. 7617) granting an increase STEPHEN LONGFELLOW, of pension to Rebecca Tolson, of Clifton, Va. The next business was the bill (S. 4555) granting an increase of The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, pension to Stephen Longfellow. in tructed and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Rebecca The Clerk read the bill; as follows: Tolson, widow of Douglas Tolson, deceased, of District of Columbia and Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Maryland Volunteers in Mexican war, at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions any pension she may now be receiving. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of S~phen Longfello.w, late of The following amendments, recommended by the Committee on Company H, Twentieth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of S30 per month in lieu of that he is now Invalid Pensions, were read: receiving. Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to Rebecca Tolson." The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ In lines 3 and 4 strike out "instructed" and insert "authcrized." able recommendation. In line 4, after the word "roll," insert "subject to the provisions and limi­ tations of the pension laws." EDYTH M. MUCK. Strike out all in the bill after the words "Douglas Tolson," in line 5, and sub­ The next business was the bill (S. 4212) granting an increase of stitute therefor the words: "late of a battalion of District of Columbia and pension to Edyth M. Muck. Marvland Yolunt~ers in the war with Mexico, and pay her a pension at the The Clerk read the bill, as follows: rate'of $12 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving." The committee amendments were agreed to. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to :place on the pension roll, snbject to the provisions The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported and limitations of the pens10n laws, the name of Edyth M. Muck, widow of to the House with a favorable recommendation. Anthony Muck, late captain Company I, Forty-fourth Regiment Missouri Volunt eer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu EDITH LOCKWOOD STURDY. of that she is now receiving: Provided, That in the event of the death of The next business was the bill (S. 2400) granting an increase of James M. Muck, the blind and dependent son of said Anthony Muck, the additional pension herein granted shall cease and determine. pension to Edith Lockwood Sturdy. The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ The Clerk read the bill, as follows : Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, able recommendation. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions J. J , GROFF. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Edith Lockwood Sturdy, widow of Edward William Sturdy, late lieutenant-commander, United States The next business was the bill (S. 91) granting a pension to J. J . Navy, and pay her a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that she Groff. is now receiving. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: The following amendment, recommended by the Committee on Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Invalid Pensions, was read: authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, 1mbject to the provisions and Umitations of the pension laws, the name of J. J. Groff, late scout and In line 8 strike out "fifty" and insert "twenty-five:" guide in the United States Army, and pay him a pension at the rate of $20 The committee amendment was agreed to. per month. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported The following amendment, recommended by the Committee on to the House with a favorable recommendation. Pensions, was read: JOHN T, KNOX. Strike out of lines 7 and 8 the words "at the rate of $20 per month" and insert in lieu thereof the words "at such rate as his disability from wound of The next business was the bill (H. R. 10792) to increase the pen­ neck and head may entitle him to." sion of J obn T. Knox. The committee amendment was agreed to. The Clerk read the bill, as follows : The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, to the House with a favorable recommendation. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John 'r. ~uox, late private ERIE E. FARMER. in Capt. W. J. Stephenson's company, Col. John Ewing's regiment, Black The next business was the bill (S. 1413) granting a pension to Hawk war, and pay hlm a pension of $20 per month in lieu of that he now Erie E. Farmer. receives. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: The following amendments, recommended by the Committee on Invalid Pensions, were read: Be i t enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions Change the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Erie E. Farmer, widow of John T. Knox." Henry Farmer, late of Captain Chile's company, Second Regiment Tennessee In line 8 strike out "of twenty" and insert in lieu thereof "at the rate of Volunteer Mounted Infantry, Cherokee Indian war, and pay her a pension at twelve." the rate of $12 per month. In line 9 strike out" now receives" and insert" is now receiving." The following amendment, recommended by the Committee on The committee amendments were agreed to. Invalid Pensions, was read: The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported In line 9 strike out "twelve" and insert "eight." to the House with a favorable recommendation. The committee amendment was agreed to. W. C, GRIFFL'r. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported The next business was the bill (H. R. 2595) granting a pension to the House with a favorable recommendation. to W. C. Griffin. HE~RY MILLER. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the.Interior be, and he isherehy, The next business was the bill (H. R. 8190) granting a pension authorized and directed to place the name of W. 0. Griffin, a soldier in the to Henry Miller. Creek Indian war, from 1836to1837, on the pension roll at the ::ate of ~per 896 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. JANUARY 11,

month from the passage of this act, subject to the provisions and limitations James T. Reese, late of Capt. William Butt's company, Creek Indian wn.r of of the pension laws, and to continue said pension so long as said Griffin shall 1836, and pay her a pension at the rate of $2() per month. live. The following amendment, recommended by the Committee on The following amendments, recommended by the Committee on Pensions, was read: Pensions, were read: In line Dstrike out the word" twenty" and insert in lieu thereof the word Change the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to "eight." William C. Griffin." In line 4-, after the word "place," insert "on the pension roll, subject to l\Ir. GLYNN. I have a petition and some resolutions which I the provisions and limitations of the pen ion laws;" and in the same line desire to have put in the RECORD. If the gentlemen of the House change the initial' W" in claimant's Christian name to "William;" also in will consent to that I will refrain from making ft speech on this the same line strike out "a" after the word "Griffin," and also strike out "soldier in the Creek," in line 5, and insert in lieu thereof the words "late of bill. Capt. Thomas M. Likin's company, Alabama Volunteers, Cherokee." Mr. UNDERWOOD. I ask unanimous con ent that the gentle­ In lines 5, 6, and 7 strike out "from 1836to1837, on the pension 1·011," and man be allowed to print the statement in the RECORD. lt will substitute therefor "and pay him a pension." save that much time. In line 7 strike out " thirty " and insert ' 'twenty. ' trike out all in the bill after the word "month," in line 7, and substitute The CHAIRMAN. Unanimous consent is asked that the papers therefor the words "in lieu of that he is now receiving." referred to by the gentleman be printed as a part of his remarks. The committee amendments were agreed to. Is there objection? The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported There was no objection. to the Honse with a favorable recommendation. The papers referred to are as follows; THOMAS CLAIBORNE. A PETITION. The next business was the bill (H. R. 10548) for the relief of SALT LAKE CITY, December 28 1[)00. To the honorable Committee on Public Buildings an.a Thomas Claiborne. Grounds, House of Representatives, Wa.shington, D. C. 1\lr. LOUDENSLA.. GER. Mr. Chairman, in that case I ask GENTLE){E~: Your petitioners-merchants, bankers. and business mon of unanimous consent to substitute the Senate bill, which has been Salt Lake City, Utah-respectfully represent that in compliance with .. An favorably reported by the House committee. act to provide for the purchase of a site and for the erection of a public build­ ing thereon at alt Lake City, the capital of the State of Utah." approved The CHAIRMAN. Unanimous consent is asked to substitute March 2, 1899, advertisements were inserted in the Salt Lake Tribune for the Senate bill. Is there objection? such site, requiring, among other things, that the Government building be There was no objection. located on" a corner lot, approximating 180 feet front by 180 feet in di men­ sions is preferred. If not a corner lot, the property must approximate 180 The Senate bill waR read, as follows: feet by 220 feet in dimensions, the 220 feet to be street frontage." T he act B e it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, referred to requires. among other things, after the said advertisement is authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions made, "that thereafter the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause examina­ and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Thomas Claiborne, late first tion to be made of the said bids and the said proposed sites. and shal! cause lieutenant of Company D, United tates Mounted Rifles, war with Mexico, statements, maps, and plats thereof to be taken and submitted to him." and pay him a pension at the rate of ~ per month in lieu of that he is now Your petitioners therefore allege: receiving. First. That no examination, such as is required by the act referred to, has ever been ma.de. The following amendment, recommended by the Committee on Second. That they are informed and believe that the site was selected by Pensions, was read: one H. A. Taylor, who had visited Salt Lake City but three times and at t qualified at the date said site was selected In line 10 strike out" twenty" and insert" twelve. ' to make a proper or suitable selection without personal examination. The amendment was agreed to. Third. That it is south of all the business portion of the city and not in the The bill as amended was ordered to be laid a~ide to be reported direction of the city's growth. Fourth. That it is on low ground, only It blocks above the line of the to the House with a favorable recommendation. gravity sewer. It is on ground similar to that on which the city and county On motion of Mr. LOUDENSLAGER, the bill H. R. 10548 was building is located, the foundation of which is estimated to have cost from ordered to be reported to the House with the recommendation that $10,000 to $50,000 more than if located on solid ground in the center or upper portion of the city. it lie on the table. Fifth. The advertisement fixed the size of the site 180 feet square if located B. H. R.L~D.ALL. at a street intersection. Streets in the busine s portion of Salt Lake City are 13:~ feet wide. The site selected is located on the corner of East Temple The next business was the bill (S. 667) granting a pension to and Market streets. Market street is a private street, one block in length, B. H. Randall. · half the width of the regular streets, he~ce it does not comply with the terms or intention of said advertisement. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Sixth. Your petitioners believe that the capital of the State of ptab should Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, receive more consideration in the selection of a site for a public building. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions That no proper consideration was given to the other numerous site offered. and limitatione of the pen ion laws, the name of B. H. Randall, late sutler at That if proper examination had been made the site which was situate on Fort Ridgely, Minnesota, during the Sioux Indian outbreak, and pay him a lowest ground and which would require the greatest expenditure for founda­ pension at the rate of Sl2 per month. tion would not have been selected. Seventh. Your petitioners request thata committee be appointed to make The following amendment, recommended by the Committee on a proner examination and select a site in the business district of the city, Pensions, was read: where it will be cen t rally located as regards J?Opulation, in the direction of In line 8 strike out ''twelve" and insert "eight." the city s growth, and where it will be converuent to all r e ident , and at the same time present an imposing and dignified appearance. 1'hey also r equest The amendment was agreed to. that all persons may be awarded an impartial hearing to present the merits The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported of their respective locations. And your petitioners will ever pray. to the House wjth•a favorable recommendation. - Lewis S. Mills, president Deseret National Bank; Heber J. Grant, SARAH T. BREWER. president State Bank of Utah; John E . Dooly, banker; The Brigham Young Trust Company, by N. W. Clayton, chairman The next business was the bill (H. R.10069) granting a pension executive committee; Cooperative Wagon and Machine Com­ to Sarah T. Brewer. - pany, Geo. T. Odell, general manager; Spencer Clawson & Co., wholesale dry goods; McCormick & Co., bankers: lienry The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Dinwoody, Dinwoody Furniture Company ; Wm. R. Wallace, Be i t enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, property owner; Hooper Building, 1.Jy Jos. E. Caine, agent; authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll Mrs. Sarah T. Brewer, Continental :i.\1arket Com_JJany, J. E. Caine, president; W. F. of Hoyle County, Ky., who is the grandmother and only heir of John C. Armstrong, president of Utah Commercial and Savings Bank; Brewer, Company M, Sixth United States Cavalry, who was recently killed 'rhomas W. J ennings; Mary H. Jennine-s. by Thos. W. Jen­ in the Philippine Islands. and who was the support of said grandmother, and nings; P. W . .Madsen; Utah Stove and Hardware Company, to pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month. P. W . Madsen. president; Western Loan and Savings Com­ pany; J. B. Toronto, vice-president Western Loan and Sav­ The following amendments, recommended by the Committee ings Co.; Thomas G. Webber, merchant; Home Fire In ur· on Pensions, were read: ance Company of Utah, by Heber J. Grant, president; 'alt In line 4 strike out "Mrs." and insert in lieu thereof" subject to the pro- Lake Theater Company; Con olidated Implement Comp:my, visions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of." • by Geo. A. Snow, president and general manager; The Du3eret In lines 5 and 6 strike out'· of Boyle County, Ky., who is the grandmother News, H. G. Whitney, business manager. and only heir" and substi tu te therefor the words "foster mother." RESOLUTIONS ON THE .AllOVE PETITION. Jn line 6, after the word" Brewer," insert "late of." Whereas merchant.s, bankers, and business men of Salt Lake City have Strike out of lines 7, 8, and 9 the words "who was recently killed in the filed with the Committee on Public Buildinirs and Grounds a petition m pro­ Philippine Islands, and who was the support of said grandmother" and sub­ test against the proposed site for the Federal building to be erected in that stitute therefor the words" war with 8pain." municipality in conformity with an act entitled "An act to provide for the In line 9 strike out" to." purchase of a sito and for the erection of a public building thereon at Salt The committee amendments were agreed to. Lake City, the capital of tbe State of Utah," approved March 2, 1899; an:i The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported \Vhereas these merchants, bankers, and business men a sert that the pro­ poEed site is the most unde irable one offered aJ?d guarantee to ~urni h the to the House with a favorable recommendation. United States Government, free of charge, any Slte to be selected m the most ELIZA L. REESE. desirable business section of the city; and \"V'llereas these merchants, bankers, and businessmen contend that the As­ The next business was the bill (S. 2729) granting a pension to sistant Secretary of the Treasury, having this matter in charge, made these­ lection of the proposed site in violation of the provisions of the bill approved Eliza L. Reese. March 2, 1899, and without having the customary examination made in the The Clerk read the bill, as follows: usual manner, and without giving the merits of the other offered sites due Be it enacted, etc., That the Sei::retary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, hearing and consideration; and authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions Whereas these merchants, bankers, and business men in their petition and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Eliza. L. Reese, widow of practically charge the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, having the matter 1901. GONGRESSIONAL REOORD-HOUSE. 897 in char~e, with dereliction of duty in the selection of a proposed site in Salt The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported Lake City: Therefore, be it to the House with a favorable recommendation. Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed. authorized, and in­ structed to investigate the methods followed and the procedure adopted by MARTHA G. D. LYSTER. this Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the selection of this proposed site, to investigate fully, by hearings and otherwise, into the merits of the The next business was the bill (S. 292) granting an increase of different sites available at Salt Lake City, and to report back to this House pension to Martha G.D. Lyster. the one found to be most desirable and most feasible; The Clerk read the bill, as follows: And be it further resolved, That the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, having this matter in charge, be directed to fnrnish the House of Repre­ Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, sentatives with all the papers, maps, communications, and documents relat­ authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions ing to the selection of a site for the Federal building to be erected at Salt and limitations of the pension laws, the naine of Martha G. D. Lyster, widow Lake City. of the late W. G. Lyster, colonel Ninth Regiment United States Infantry, and MARY BLACK. pay her a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that she is now re· ceiving. The next business was the bill (H. R. 5853) granting a pension The bill was ordered to be laid aside to be reported to the House to Mary Black, widow of Samuel C. Black. with a favorable recommendation. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: JAMES A, THOMAS. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll, subject otherwise to The next business was the bill (S. 2432) granting an increase of the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mary Black, pension to James A. Thomas. widow of Samuel C. Black, late soldier in Creek Indian war, 1836and1837, and The Clerk read the bill, as follows: that he pay her a pension of SS per month. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and heis hereby, The following amendments, recommended by the Committee on authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the pro­ Pensions, were read: visions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of James A. Thomas, late of Company B, Palmetto Regiment South Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Strike out of the title the words "widow of Samuel C. Black." and p~y him a pension at the rate of $45 per month in lieu of that he is now In line 5 strike out the word "otherwise." rece1vmg. In line 7 strike out the words" soldier in" and insert in lieu thereof the words "of Captain Allen's company of Georgia Volunteers." The following amendment, recommended by the Committee on Strike out of lines 7 and 8 the words "eighteen hundred and thirty-six and Pensions, was read: eighteen hundred and thirty-seven." Strike out of line 8the words "that he." In line 8, after the words "rate of," strike out "forty-five" and insert in In line 9, after the word."pension," insert the words "at the rate." lieu thereof " thirty-five." The committee amendments were agreed to. The committee amendment was agreed to. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported to the House with a favorable recommendation. to the House with a.favorable recommendation. WILLIAM L YYAN CHITTENDEN. AGNES RYDER. The next business was the bill (S. 1400) granting a pension to The next business was the bill (H. R. 7757) for the relief of William Lyman Chittenden. Agnes Ryder, minor child of the late Thomas P. Ryder, brigade The Clerk read the bill, as follows: quartermaster's clerk of the Third Brigade, Third Division, First Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretar,- of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Army Corps, Spanish-American war. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subkct to the pro­ visions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of \'villiam Lyman The C1erk read the bill, as follows: Chittenden, late of Capt. L. J. Powell's company Minute M~n Oregon Volun­ Be it enacte.d, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, teers of 1856, and pay him a pension at the rate of $12 per month. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of A~esRyder, of Wilkesbarre, Pa., minor child of the late ThomasP. Ryder, brigade quar­ The bill was ordered to be laid aside to be reported to the House termaster's clerk of the 'l'hird Brigade, Third Division, First Army Corps, with a favorable recommendation. Spanish-American war, and pay her a. pension at the rate of $16 per month. LAURA ANN SMITH. The following amendments, recommended by the Committee on The next business was the bill (S. 3457) granting an increase of Pensions, were read: pension to Laura Ann Smith. In line 4, after the word" roll," insert" subject to the provisions and limi· tations of the J?Elnsion laws." The Clerk read the bill, as follows: In line 5 strike out "of Wilkesbarre, Pa." Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, In lines 7 and 8 strike out" Spanfah-American war" and substitute there­ authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions for "war with Spain." and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Laura Ann Smith, widow of In 1ine 8 strike out the word "sixteen" and substitute therefor the word Abram R. Smith, late of Company G, First Regiment Georgia. Volunteer In­ "twelve." fantry, war with Mexico, and pay her a pension at the rate of S:.>o per month Add to the bill, after the word "month," in line 9, the words "until she in lieu of that she is now receiving. shall have reached the age of 16 years." The following amendment, recommended by the Committee on Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting a pension to Agnes Ryder.,, Pensions, was read: The committee amendments were agreed to. In line 8 strike out "twenty" and insert "sixteen." The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported The committee amendment was agreed to. to the House with a favorable recommendation. The bill as amended was ordered to be latd aside to be reported ELLEN HARDIN WALWORTH. to the House with a favorable recommendation. The next business was the bill (H. R. 3545) granting a pension JAMES H. COVENTON. to Mrs. Ellen Hardin Wal worth. The next business was the bill (S. 349) granting an increase of The Clerk read the bill, as follows: pension to James H. Coventon. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The Clerk read the bill, as follows: authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Ellen Hardin· Wal worth, dependent mother of Reubena H. Walworth, deceased, a volunteer Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, nurse in the war with Spain, and pay her a pension at the rate of $30 a month. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of James H. Coventon, late of The following amendments, recommended by the Committee on Company F, Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, and pay him a. pen­ Pensions, were read: sion at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. In lines 4 and 5, after the words ''place on the pension roll," insert the fol­ The bill was ordered to be laid aside to be reported to the House lowin~ words: ''subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws." with a favorable recommendation. In hne 8, after the words "at the rate of," strike out the word "thirty" and insert the word "twenty-five." J A.NE WOMACK, Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting a pension to Ellen Hardin The next business was the bill (H. R. 2085) for the relief of Jane Walworth." Womack. The committee amendments were agreed to. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be i·eported Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, to the Honse with a favorable recommendation. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Jane Womack, of Richmond, JOHN M'DONALD. Va., a daughter of Herbert Womack, a. soldier of the war of 1812, and pay her a pension of $12 per month. The next business was the bill (H. R. 6323) for the relief of John The following amendments, recommended by the Committee on McDonald, alias John Shannon. Pensions, were read: The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, author­ Change the title so as to read: "A bill granting a pension to Jane A. E. ized and directed to remove the charge of desertion from the military record Womack." . of John McDonald, alias John Shannon D')W of Plum City, Wis., late a mem­ In line 6 insert the initials "A. E." in claimant's Christian name, after the ber of Company B, Ninetieth Regiment of Illinois Infantry, and grant him an word "Jane," and in same line strike out" of Richmond, Virginia, a" and sub­ stitu te therefor "totally blind and helpless." honorable discharge from the 20th day of August, 1865. In lina 7 strike out "Herbert" and insert "Hubbard,11 and in same line The following amendment, recommended by the Committee on strike out "a soldier of the" and insert "late of the Sixty-second ·Regiment Military Affairs, was read: of Vir¢rua Volunteers." Add to the bill the words: In line 8, after the word "pension," insert "at the rate." "Provided, That no pay, bounty, or other emoluments shall Lecome due or The committee amendments were agreed to. payable by virtue of the passage of this act."

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Mr. TALBERT. Mr. Chairman, I ask that the report in that On the roll dated December 31, 1864, he is reported absent sick, and on the case be read. roll d~ted February 28, 1865, bis name is ;not porne. The roll of Company F, t4, as follows: . terville, Pa., but does not know his name. Instead of returning to his regi­ Morris Mulhorn testified: ment, he went to an uncle of his in Ohio, but was unable to do any work un­ •·I first saw John McDonald about the 1st of June, 1865, at Eau Galle, Dunn til about May, 1865, when be went to work on a farm, and in the fall of 1865 he County, Wis.; he was doing chores for Mr. Carson, of said place; know that married. That from the time he escaped from the rebels until Lee's surren­ be was wounded; saw his wound several times; known him ever since." der he was, on account of the disease in his legs, unfit for military duty. He The claimant, August24: 1889, testified: re~rets the mistake he made in not reporting to his regiment. He bas 12 "After I left the hospital I reported to First Lieut. Thomas Grady every children, and on this account, he says, he desires his military record corrected. twenty days. I believe four times Dr. Fowler gave me the extension for fur­ The above affidavit was, on the 30th day of September, 1899, supplemented lough. My mother took care of me during that time. After my mother's by another affidavit of the soldier and filed in the War Department. The death I moved to Eau Galle, Wis., and was cared for by Mrs.Maria Rayburn, facts set forth in this latter affidavit are similar to those set out in the former of said place. Dr. Crocker attended me, knowing t.hat I could not do any with the additional declarations that he was not cured of his disease until duty nor even could help myself. I afterwards failed to call for any further long after the war was ended; that he was never a deserter, and is entitled extensions for furloughs." · to his discharge for faithful services he rendered his country until he was W. S. Smith, of Eau Galla, Wis., testified- taken sick and captured. " That he has been well acquainted with John McDonald, alias John Shan­ W. H. Sanner, of Somerset County, Pa., in an affidavit filed in the War De­ non, since June, 1864, up to the present time, and that from said acquaintance partment testified., September U., 1899, that in 1862 he was on recruiting serv­ he knows of his own knowledge that from November, 1864:, to June, 1865, ice and eillls~ed Silas :N"ich_olson: He met him frequently while in the service., claimant was suffering from gunshot wounds received while he was in said and knows him to be the identical person he represents himself to be; that United States service, and to such an extent as torenderhimentirelyunfitto at the battle of New Market, Va., the 15th of May, 1864-, Nicholson was re­ travel away from his re idence; andfurthersaythatsincesaidlast-mentioned ported among the casualties by his officers as "missing." period said claimant has been unable to do more than one-quarter of the The affidavits of Fredrick Krebs, Francis May, Peter Nicholson, and Jacob labor of a sound man on account of effects of said disability." Nicholson, all on file in the War Department, corroborate the statement of George Delong, of Eau Galla, Wis., testified- the soldier, that be returned to his home in Pennsylvania with erysipelas in " That claimant was suffering from a gunshot wound in left hip to such an his legs in the fall of 1864, and on account of the disease was unfit for labor extent as to entirely incapacitate and unfit him to travel the least distance until after the war was ended. from home." From the time of his enlistment in the spring of 1862 to his return home in Wallace J. Smith, of Rock Elm, Wis., testified- the fall of 186! this soldier did faithful service to his country, and your com­ " That claimant's wound was so bad that he could not move himself only mittee, in consideration thereof, his youth, and the circumstances under which as he was assisted by others to move him, and this entire helplessness con­ he was separated from the Army, recommend the passage of the bill with the tinued during all the time as above stated; saw the wound; claimant had not amendment aforesaj.d. been home more than ten or twenty days before said wound broke out and became a running sore, discharging pus and a number of small pieces of bone." Mr. TALBERT. .Mr. Chairman, it appears from the reading of From the above evidence the committee is of the opinion that claima.nt this report that this man enlisted several different times in sev­ was wholly incapacitated for further military service after receiving his sec­ eral different commands. It is easy to assume that he must have ond wound, and that he used rea...c:onable diligence in trying to secure exten­ sions of his furlough until the time when actual hostilities ceased. That received a bounty every time he enlisted; and it does seem to me claimant had no inten.iion of deserting, but hi<> entire record shows him to from the reading of the report that there is very little merit in the have been a brave and faithful soldier. case. I therefore move that this bill be laid aside with an unfa­ Therefore the committee recommends that the bill do pass with the follow- vorable report. ing amendment: . "Provided, That no pay, bounty, or other emoluments shall become due or Mr. GROSVENOR. Mr. Chairman, the gentleman who intro­ payable by virtue of the passage of this act." duced the bill is not present, and I suggest to the gentleman if it Mr. TALBERT. .Mr. Chairman, I want to say that I do not would not be fair to him to allow it to be passed over for the pres­ think these cases for the removal of the charges of desertion ought ent without prejudice. to be considered here in preference to other bills, but as that is an Mr. TALBERT. I have no objection to that. extraordinary ca.se I have no objection to it. Subsequently, The amendment recommended by the committee was agreed to. Mr. ROBB. Mr. Chairman, I desire to ask that we go back to The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported the bill H. R. 7243, which was passed over without prejudice. to the Honse with a favorable recommendation. I ask that the bill be laid aside with a favorable recommendation, The CHAIRMAN. The question will first be upon the amend- SILAS NICHOLSON. ment. The Clerk will report the bill by its title. The next business was the bill (H. R. 7243) to remove the charge The Clerk read as follows: of desertion from the military record of Silas Nicholson. A bill (H. R. 7243) to remove the charge of desertion from the military The Clerk read the bill, as follows: record of Silas Nicholson. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of War be, a.nd he hereby is, author­ The amendment was agreed to. ized a.nd directed to cause the records of the War Department to be so amended as to remove from the military record of Silas Nicholson, late a pri­ The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor­ vate in Company F, Fifty-fourth Regiment Pennsylvania. Volunteers, the able recommendation. charge of desertion, and to grant the said Silas Nicholson an honorable dis­ charge. MRS. ADDIE L, POTTER. The amendment set forth in the report and recommended by the The next business was the bill (H. R. 7053) for the relief of Mrs. Committee on Military Affairs was read. Addie L. Potter. M1·. TALBERT. I ask for the reading of the report in that The Clerk read the bill, as follows: case. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is b,ereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll subject, to the provi­ The report (by .Mr. STEVENS of Minnesota) was read, as follows: sions and limitations of the pension laws. the name of Addie L. Potter, widow The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. of the late John Wesley Pottel', late of Company B, Twenty-ninth New Jer­ 7243) to remove the charge of desertion from the military record of Silas sey Volunteers, at the rate of $8 a month. Nicholson, report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass with the following amendment: "Provided, That no pay, bounty, or The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom- . other emoluments shn.11 become due or payable by virtue of the passage of mendation. this act." BENJAMIN E . STYLES. It is shown by the records of the War Department that Sylas Nichelson, also borne on the rolls as Silas Nicholson, was enrolled March 3, 1862, as a. The next business wa.s the bill (H. R. 8091) granting a pension private in Company H, Eighty-fifth Pennsylvania Infantry Volunteers, to to Benjamin E. Styles. serve three years. He was transferred to Company H, Fifty-fourth Penn­ syl v11.nia Infantry Volunteers, in July or August, 1862. He reenlisted as a The Clerk read the bill, as fo!lows: veterau volunteer March 12, 1864, and is reported on the company muster Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby roll, dated June SO, 1864, absent, sick in hospital, at Newmarket, Va. authorized and directed to place the name of Benjamin E. Styles, late first ,_

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sergeant Company I, Fiftieth Regiment Ohio Infantry Volunteers, on the was discharged on surgeon's certificate of disability, by reason of a gunshot pension roll at the rate of 12 per month. wound of right arm, received in battle at Chickamauga\ September 19, 1863, making amputation necessary 3 inches below the shoulaer; and the files of The following amendment, recommended by the committee, was the Pension Bureau show that he was pensioned at $8 per month from dis­ read: charge; $15 from June 6, 1866; at $18 from August.5, 1872; at $24 from June 4, . In line 4 strike all after the word .. place" and all of lines 5, 6, and 7 and 1874; at $a(l from March 3 1883, and at $45 from August 4, 1886. Claims for increase of pension, filed May 2, 1895, and August 30, 1897, in insert in lieu thereof the followin~: " on the pension roll, subject to the pro­ visions and limitations of the penSion laws, the name of Benjamin E. Styles, which rheumatism and blood poisoning were alleged as results of the ampu­ late of Company I, Fiftieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him tation, were rejected September 7, 1895, and December 14, 1898, respectively, a pension at the rate of $12 per month." upon the ground that the beneficiary was receiving the specific rating allowed by law for the amputation of an arm so near the shoulder joint as to The committee amendment was agreed to. ·' prevent the use of an artificial arm~ that blood poisoning was not shown, The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported and that the rheumatism could not c;e accepted as a result of the wound. Medical and other testimony filed by the beneficiary in his claim for in­ to the House with a favorable recommendation. crease of pension shows that the beneficiary has almost completely lost the power of motion; that he i c; unable to get up or sit down, stand or walk, get ELLE....~ H. PHILLIPS. into bed or out of it by himself, and that he requires aid and attendance all the time; that this condition is due to arthritis rheumatica deformans. The next busin.ess was the bill (H. H. 8794) to place on the pen­ The last certificate of examination, made November 19, 1898, describes his sion roll the name of Ellen H. Phillips. condition as follows: The Clerk read the ·om, as follows: "General emaciation of the whole body; loss of right arm in close prox­ imity to shoulder joint; tenderness along the entire course of the spinal Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, column; anchylosis of hips, knee, and ankle joints; motion in such joints authorized and directed to :place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions entirely lost; knee joints enlarged and tendons contracted; anchylosis of and limitations of the pens10n laws, the name of Ellen H. Phillips, widow of left shoulder, elbow, and wrist joints; forearm flexed at angle of 45°; con­ the late Capt. Morton L. Phillips, and pay her a pension at the rate of $50 a traction of tendons of fingers and thumb of left hand, with usefulness of month. this hand and arm entirely lost. He requires the constant aid and attend­ The following amendments, recommended by the committee, ance of another person, and on retiring or rising the assistance of two or more persons; and the surgeon who examined him stated that in his opinion were read: the condition of the applicant was due to blood poisoning and gangrene from In line 6 strike out the words "the late captain." the wound.'.' In line 7,after the word "Phillips," insert the words "late captain, United Whileitisnotshownasafactthattherheumatism whichcausesthehelpless­ States Revenue-Cutter Service; " in the same line strike out the word "fifty" ness of this soldier is due to his military service, your committee, in view of and insert in lieu thereof the word "twenty;" in the same line strike out the the fact that the soldier lost an arm in the service, for which he is receiving word "a " and insert in lieu thereof the word "per." the rate provided by law, namely, $45 per month, and that he is now in a In line 8, after the word "month," insert the following: "in lieu of that helpless condition and requires the aid and attendance of another person, she is now receiving." and that the rheumatism may probably be of service origin, believes that the increase sought for in the bill-an increase of $5 per month-is warranted The committee amendments were agreed to. under the circumstances, and reports the bill back with the recommendation The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported that it pass. to the House with a favorable recommendation. ELIZABETH DICKERSON. Mr. WEAVER. Mr. Chairman, the reading of this report shows that this soldier is perfectly and absolutely helpless. That The next business was the bill (H. R. 11927) granting a pension he was a gallant soldier is evidenced by the fact that he lost his to Elizabeth Dickerson, formerly widow of James Bohler. arm in battle. He served his country for nearly three years. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: There is a dispute between the medical authorities as to whether Be i t enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, or not his present helpless condition is due entirely to the gunshot authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provifilons and limitations of the rrension laws, the name of Elizabeth Dickerson. for­ wound or not; at all events, it appears he is entirely helpless. merly widow of James Bohler, late of Company L, Second Regiment Iowa His right a.rm was amputated so close to the shoulder that an Cavalry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 a month. artificial arm could not be used. His left shoulder, elbow, wrist, The following amendments, recommended by the committee, and even his fingers are wholly paralyzed, and he can not walk, were read: · stand, or sit without aid or assistance of another person putting In line 6, after the word "formerly," insert the word "the;'' in the same him in position. Every jojnt of his body is helpless, and he needs line strike out the word "Bohler" and insert in lieu thereof the word the care and attention to-day of at least one, and frequently of ••Boller." In line 7, before the word" Cavalry," insert the word "Volunteer." two, persons to assist him. In line 8, before the word "month," strike out the worn "a" and insert in Mr. GAINES. How much does your bill provide? lieu thereof the word "per." Mr. WEAVER. The bill calls for $50 a month. He is drawing The committee amendments were agreed to. 845 now. The bill calls for $50, the amount that was fixed in the The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported bill as introduced; and in connection with that I desire to state, to the House with a favorable recommendation. Mr. Chairman, that through a mistake in drawing the bill fifty was written instead of seventv. JOHN ABEL. Mr. MIERS of Indiana. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman al­ The next business was the bill (H. R. 3436) for the relief of low me a suggestion? John Abel. Mr. WEAVER. Certainly. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Mr. MIERS of Indiana. I desire to say that the committee Be i t enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, realized the difficulty and thought the man was entitled to more authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of John Abel, than $50 at the time, but as the bill only called for $50 the com­ late of Company K, Eighteenth Missouri Infantry Volunteers, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of the pension he is now receiving. mittee accepted the amount in the bill. Mr. WEAVER. That is true. The following amendment: recommended by the committee, was Mr. MIERS of Indiana. I think the gentleman's motion ought read: to prevail. The gentleman does not overstate the facts. In line 4 strike out all after the word "-roll" and all of lines 5, 6, 7, and 8 and insert in lieu thereof the following: "subject to the provisions and lim­ Mr. GAINES. Is there any difference now in the judgment of itations of tue pension Jaws, the name of John Abel, late of Company K, the physicians as to this man's present condition? ~ Eighteenth Regunent Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at Mr. WEAVER. Mr. Chairman, I will answer the gentleman the rate of $24 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving." from Tennessee that the pension office refused to increase the The committee amendment was agreed to. pension because the medical authorities there were not satisfied The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported that this present condition was owing to the gunshot wound. The to the House with a favorable recommendation. rating that he is receiving now is in accordance with the provi­ JEROME W, ROWLEY. sion for amputation of the arm. But the examiningsurgeons ex­ The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. amining hini at the time he made the application for the increase 11583) granting an increase of pension to Jerome R. Rowley. have reported, as was read by the Clerk in the report, that they The Ulerk read the bill, as follows: believed that the condition arose from a gunshot wound. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Mr. GAINES. Who was the examining physician? authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions Mr. WEAVER. A local board of examining surgeons. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Jerome R. Rowley, late of Mr. GAINES. Where? Company F, Sixty-fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a Mr. WEAVER. At 8pringfield, Ohio. I am personally ac­ pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. quainted with the ca.se, and I know the man well. I know abso­ Mr. WEAVER. Mr. Chairman, I move to amend the bill by lutely of bis perfectly helpless condition and his dire distress and striking out "fifty," in line 8, and inserting "seventy;" and in poverty. connection with that motion I ask for the reading of the report. Mr. TALBERT. I would like to ask the gentleman a question. The Clerk read the amendment, as follows: Mr. WEAVER. I will yield to the gentleman from South In line 8 strike out "fifty" and insert "seventy." Carolina. The report by Mr. GASTON was read, as follows: Mr. TALBERT. I have no doubt the statements of the gentle­ The Committee on Invalid Pensions, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. man from Ohio are correct and true; but I wonld like to ask him 11583) granting an increase of pension to Jerome W. Rowley, subihit the fol­ lowing report: if these facts were stated to the Pension Department; and if so, This beneficia._!'.Y, now 57 years of uge, served as a cori>oral in Company F, why couldn't they make the increase? Sixty-fifth Ohio Volunteers, from November 22, 1861, to June 6, 1864, when he Mr. WEAVER. Because the medical officers of the Pension 900 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE~ J.ANU.A.R~ 11,

Bureau could not trace the connection between the rheumatism The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor· and stiffening of these joints to the result of the gunshot wound. able recommendation. M1-. TALBERT. It was not traceable to service origin? DAVID K. REYNOLDS. Mr. WEAVER. They could not trace it to service origin. Mr. TALBERT. In view of the fact that the Pension Depart­ The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. ment refused it, you come here as a court of appeal to get justice? 425) for the relief of D:.i. vid K. Reynolds. Mr. WEAVER. The gentleman from South Carolina could not The bi11 was read, as follows: have heard what I said at the opening. The local board of exam­ Be it enacted, etc., That the charge of desertion standing against David K. Reynolds, late a member of Company K, Sixty-first Ohio, be, and the same ining surgeons, to whom was referred the claim, thought it was is hereby, removed. due to the gunshot wound, but when it came to the board of review in the Pension Office they did not approve the report. The The committee amendment was read, as fgllows: Add at the end of the bill the following: "Provided, That no pay, bounty, committee find that it is probably due to service origin. I am or other emoluments shall become due or payable b:y virtue of the passage of willing to give the claimant the benefit of the doubt to the extent this act." - which the amendment provides. The committee amendment was agreed to. Mr. TALBERT. Now, if the gentleman from Ohio will allow The bill as amended was laid aside to be reported to the House me, I want to submit a remark or two. with a favorable recommendation. Mr. WEAVER. I will yield to the gentleman. Mr. TALBERT. Mr. Chairman, it is a fact that this House is HENRY COOK. willing to take the report of the Committee on Invalid Pensions. The next busine~s on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. It seems like they have been going along voting for these bills 417) for the relief of Henry Cook. without having the reports read! or anything of the kind. Here The bill was read at length. is a bill that the committee brings in and recommends 850 a. 1\1.r. TALBERT. I should like to have the report read in this month. The gentleman from Ohio [Mr. WEAVER] rises on the case. tloor and moves to amend by making it $70; and a member of the The Clerk proceeded to read the report, but before the reading committee gets up and says," We thought he ought to have more, was concluded but we did not give it to him. I think the motion ought to pre­ Mr. TALBERT said: I ask that this bill be passed over without vail." It seems to me that puts the committee in rather a strange prejudice. predicament here. We are going a.long, or being led along, sup­ The CHAIRMAN. In the absence of objection that order will porting these measures because the committee has recommended be made. them. Well, now, if that is the case, they may be above and they There was no objection. may be below the high-water mark• .A. member of the committee GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS THOMPSON, gets up and i:ays he thought the claimant ought to have more, but they brought in a bill for $50 a month. If the committee thought The next business was the bill (H. R. 8474) to remove the charge he ought to have $70 a month, it seems to me they ought to have of desertion from the military record of Gustavus Adolphus so reported. We are left in the dark without the help of the com­ Thompson. mittee, and that is the way they propose to deal with these ques­ The bill was read, as follows: tions. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, author­ Mr. ROBINSON of Indiana. If the gentleman from South ized and directed to remove the charge of desertion from the military record of Gustavus Adolphus Thompson, late private in Companv B, Ninth Regi­ Carolina will allow me, ''to err is human, to forgive divine." ment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and to issue to said Thompson an honor­ [Laughter. l able discharge from said service to be dated July 12, 18£5. Mr. TALBERT. Oh, I have forgiven them long ago. [Laugh­ The amendment reported by the Committee on Military Affairs ter.] was read, as follows: Mr. GIBSON. Let me say to the gentleman from South Caro­ At the end of the bill add the following: lina that the committee did not feel justified in allowing more than ·• Provi.ded, That no pay, bounty, or other emoluments shall become due or the bill called for. If the bill had called for870 a month the com­ payable by virtue of the passage of this act." mittee would have allowed, probably, the $70; but the rule of the Mr. TALBERT. I ask that this bill be passed over without committee is not to exceed what the bill calls for. It appears in prejudice. this case that the draftsman made a mistake. This is manifestly Mr. CRUMPACKER. I desire that the bill be considered. I a $72 case. am familiar with the facts of the case; and I think that after I The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment proposed ·have made an explanation the gentleman from South Carolina by the gentleman from Ohio LMr. WEAVER]. will not object. The question was taken; and on a division (called for by Mr. Mr. TALBERT. Very well; I withdraw the motion. TALBERT) there were-52 ayes and 2 noes. Mr. CRUMPACKER. Does the gentleman desire to hear an So the amendment was agreed to. explanation? The bill, as amended, was laid aside to be reported to the House l\Ir. TALBERT. Yes, sir. with a favorable recommendation. Mr. CRUMPACKER. The history of this case is about as fol­ HESTER A. PHILLIPS. lows: On the 14th of August, 1861, Gustavus Adolphus Thompson The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 4128) enlisted as a private in Company D, Ninth Regimentlndiana Infan­ granting a pension to Hester A. Phillips. try Volunteers. When his first term of service had expired he re­ The bill was read, as follows: enlisted and continued in the service until the 12th of July, 1865. in Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, He participated all the engagements in which that regiment authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provi­ took part during the entire civil war. At the time of his original sions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Hester A. Phillips, enlistment no bounties were being offered. In 1862 he was seri­ widow of Benjamin B. Phillips, late of Company K. Sixth Regiment Dela­ ously wounded and was in the hospital several weeks. ware Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $8 per month. Early in July, 1865, while his regiment was stationed at Nash­ The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ ville, Tenn., he had some difficulty with his captain. In conse­ able recommendation. quence, as I believe, of a'' spree" that several members of the EDWIN S. ANDERSON. company got on, he was put under arrest. Shortly afterwards the The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 993) regiment was ordered to Texas for duty in connection with certain granting an increase of pension to Edwin S. Anderson. complications down in Mexico. When the regiment reached New The bill was read, as follows: Orleans, he heard from home that his wife was sick. Being un­ Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, der arrest, he conferred with the lientenant-co1one1 of his regi­ authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provi­ ment in regard to going home. That officer told him .to go home. sions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Edwin S. Anderson, late of Company A, Eighty seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and This man says-and I think the evidence shows it and the report pay him a pension at the rate of S15 per month in lieu of that he is now re- recites it-that the lieutenant-colonel furnished him with money ceiving. ' · with which to go home. Accordingly, he went to his home in The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ Indiana. When he had been there about three weeks, his re.i?i­ able recommendation. ment returned to Indianapolis and was mustered out. He was WILLIAM R. M'MASTEB. not there. He was reported as a deserter. Under the general law, The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 3223) if a soldier was not under charges at the time he abandoned the granting an increase of pension to William R. McMaster. service, bis record can be readily corrected. The bill was read, as follows: General Shuman, the brigade commander, and also the lieuten­ Be it e1

charges against him were trivial, and that he intended to relieve ANNIE C. COLLIER. him from arrest when the regiment reached Texas. The next business was the bill (H. R. 2816) granting a pension This man has suffered for thirty-five years the stigma and hu­ to Annie C. Collier. miliation of the charge of desertion. On this account he bas been The Clerk read·the bill, as follows: kept out of Grand Army posts. It occurs to me that he has been Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, sufficiently punished. He asks now that the Government in its authorized and directed to place on the pension i·oll, subject to the provisions generosity forgive this one mistake and grant him an honorable and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Annie C.Collier,as widow of discharge. Thomas S. Collier, late of the United States Navy. The question bein~ taken, the amendment reported by the com­ The following amendments, recommended by the Committee on mittee was agreed to. Invalid Pensions, were read: The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported In line 6 strike out" as." In lines 6 and 7 strike out "of the" and insert "boatswain." to the House with a favorable recommendation. Add to the end of the bill the words "and pay her a pension at the rate of GEORGE F. WffiTE. $12 per month." The next business was the bill (H. R. 5898) granting an increase The committee amendments were agreed to. of pension to George F. White. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported The Clerk read the bill, as follows: to the House with a favorable recommendation. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, LUKE P. ALLPH~. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of George F. White, late of Company I Third Wisconsm Volunteer Ca>alry, at the rate of The next business was the bill (H. R. 9177) to grant an increase $2-1 per month, said pension to be in lieu of the one he now receives. of pension to Luke P. Allphin. The following amendment, recommended by the Committee on The Clerk read the bill, as-fo~lows: Invalid Pensions, was read: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, trike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll, subject to the provi­ lowing: sions and limitations of the pension laws. the name of Luke P. Allphin, late ' Tbat the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and first sergeant Company E, First Illinois Volunteers, in the Mexican war, at directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations the rat.a of ..,2! per month in lieu of the rate he is now receiving. of the pens10n laws, the name of George F. White, late of Company I~ Third The following amendments, recommended by the Committee on Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at tne rate Pensions, were read: of ·17 per month in lieu of that he is now receivfog." Change the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to The committee amendment was agreed to. Luke P. Allphin." The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported After the word" war," in line 7, insert "andJ'ay him a pension." In lines 7 and 8 strike out "twenty-four" an insert "twelve." to the House with a favorable recommendation. In line 9 strike out "the rate" and insert "that." GERTRUDE B. WILKINSON, The committee amendments were agreed to. The next business was the hill (S. 4441) granting an increa e of The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported pension to Gertrude B. Wilkinson. to the House with a favorable recommendation. The. Clerk read the bill, as follows: ANNE. CLUKE, Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, autliorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The next busi:µe s was the bill (S. 2834) granting an increase of and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Gertrude B. Wilkinson, pension to Ann E. Cluke. widow of Melville C. Wilkinson, late captain, Third Regiment United States The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of S!O per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The following amendment, recommended by the Committee on and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Ann E. Cluke, widow of Invalid Pensions, was read: Jame W. Cluke, late of Company I, Second Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, wa1· with Mexico, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per In line 8 sb·ike out "forty. and insert " thirty." month in lieu of that she is now receiving. ' The committee amendment was agreed to. The bill was ordered to be laid aside to be reported to the House The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported with a favorable recommendation. to the Honse with a favorable recommendation. HE~RY B. SHELL. SARAH HERRIMAN. The next busine~s was the bill (H. R. 9903) granting an increase The next business was the bill (H. R. 702-!) grantir:g a pension of pension to Henry Shell. to Sarah Herriman. · The Clerk read the bill, as follows: The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Be it enacted, e-tc. , That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to p1ace upon the pension roll. subject to the pro­ authorized and directed to place u-pon the pension roll, subject to the provi­ visions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Henry Shell, late of sions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Sarah Herriman, company-in the war with Mexico, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 widow of Hezekiah Herriman, late sergeant of Company E, First United per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. States Dragoons, war with Mexico, and pay her a pension of $12 per month, The following amendments, recommended by the Committee on the same to be in lieu of that she now receives. Pensions, were read: The following amendments, recommended the Committee on by In line 6, before the word "company," insert" Captain James F.Preston·s, ' Pensions, were read: and fill the blank space in that line with the words "First Virginia Volun­ In line 6, after the words "Hezekiah Herriman," insert "alias Charles teers." Clifford." In line 7 strike out "thirty" and insert "sixteen." In line 8, after the word "pension," insert "at the rate." Change the claimant's name where it appears in the title and the body of In line 9 strike out "the same to be," and in the same line strike out "now the bill to "Henry B. Shell." . receives" and insert" is now receivin~." Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of peI!Sion to The committee amendments were agreed to. Sarah Herriman." The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported The committee amendments were agreed to. to the House with a favorable recommendation. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported ADE.LLA M. ANTHONY. to the House with a favorable recommendation. The next business was the bill (H. R. 9382) granting a pension JESSE F . G.ATES. to Adella M. Anthony. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: The next business was the bill (H. R. 8415) granting an increase Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby of pension to Jesse F. Gates. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, sn bject to the provisions Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. I ask unanimous consent that Senate and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Adella M. Anthony,pidow bill 4742. which is similar.in its nature, be substituted for this bill. of William Anthony, late sergeant-major, Unit.ed States Marine Col"ps, for­ merly attached to the United ~tates steamship Maine, and pay her pension The CHAIRMAN. Unanimous consent is asked that Senate bill at the rate of SlO per month. 4742 be substituted for the House bill. Is there objection? There was no objection. The bill was ordered to be laid aside to be reported to the House The bill S. 4742 was read, as follows: with a favorable recommendation. Be it e11acted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, MARY C. WILLIAMS. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The next business was the bill (S. 2430) granting a pension to and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Jesse F . Gates, late of Bat­ tery A, Second Regiment United tates Artillery, and pay him a pension at Mary C. Williams. the rate of~ per month in lieu of that he is now r eceiving. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: The bill was ordered to be laid aside to be reported to the House Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions with a favorable recommendation. . and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mary C. Williams, \vidow of Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. I move that the bill H. R. 8415 be Thomas G. Williams, late first lieutenant, First Regiment United States In­ ordered to be laid aside to be reported to the House with a rec­ fantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of Sl2 per month. ommendation that it lie on the table. The bill was ordered to -be laid aside to be reported to the Rouse The motion was agreed to, with a favorable recommendation, . 902 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD--HOUSE. JANUARY 11,

.A.NNA F. JOHNSON. The Senate amendment was read, as follows: The next business was the bill (H. R. 9874) granting an in­ In line 8, strike out" forty" and insert" twenty-five." crease of pension to Anna F. Johnson. The question was taken; and on a division (demanded by l\Ir. The Clerk react the bill, as follows: HAWLEY) there were-ayes 19, noes 7. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Accordingly, the amendment was agreed to. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Anna F. Johnson, widow of the late Col. Amory K. Johnson. formerly lieutenant-colonel of the Four­ to the House with a favorable recommendation. teenth Illinois Infantry Volunteers and colonel of the Twenty-eighth Illinois HENRY COOK. VolURteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $.JO per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. Mr. CORLISS. Mr. Chairman, House bill 417, Calendar No. The following amendment, recommended by the Committee on 1269., was laid aside at the request of a member. I ask now to re­ Pensions, was read: turn to that number and take np that bill. Strike out all after th1:1 words" widow of," in line 6, and insert "Amory The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will report the bill. K. Johnson, private of Company F, Fourth Illinois Volunteers, war with The Clerk read as follows: Mexico, and lieutenant-colonel Fourteenth Ulinois Infantry Volunteers. and . Be it enq.cted, etc., That the Secretary of War pa. and he is hereby, author­ colonel Twenty-eighth Illinois Infantry Volunteers. in the civil war, and pay ized and directed to r emove the charge of desertion from the military record her a pension at the rate of 12 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving." of Henry Cook, late of Company G. Thirty-fifth Regiment of New York Vol­ The committee amendment was agreed to. unteer Infantry, and of Company C, Twentieth Regiment of Volunteer New The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported York Cavalry, and to grant him an honorable discharge from the service first to the House with a favorable recommendation. above named. The following amendment recommended by the committee -was CHARLOTTE W. DREW. read: The next business was the bill (H. R. 10521) granting a pension Add at the end of the bill the following: to Charlotte W. Drew. "Provided, That no pay, bounty, or other emoluments shall become due or Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Mr. Chairman, l ask unanimous con­ payable by virtue of the passage of this act." sent that the corresponding Senate bill (S. 5093) be substituted for The committee amendment was agreed to. the House bill. The bill as amended was ordere.d to be laid aside to be reported The CHAIRMAN. Unanimous consent is asked that the cor­ to the House with a favorable recommendation. responding Senate bill (S. 509~) be substituted for the House bill. ELIZABETH W, ELDRIDGE. Is there objection? The next business was the bill (S. 4054) granting an increase of There was no objection~ pension to Elizabeth W. Eldridge. The bill S. 5093 was read, as follows: The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions Be it enacted, etc., That tho Secretary of the Ink>rior be, and he is hereby, and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Charlotte W. Drew, widow authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provi­ of Alfred W. Drew, late first lieutenant Company I, Twelfth Regiment United sions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Elizabeth W. El

In line 12 strike out" her present pension" and insert" in lieu of that she Mr. TALBERT. Mr. Chairman, I move that that bill be passed is now receiving." over without prejudice. The committee amendments were agreed to. The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from North Carolina asks The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported unanimous consent that the bill be passed over without prejudice. to the House with a favorable recommendation. Is there objection? [After a pause.] The Chair hears none. LA.URA. P. LEE, WILUA.M BURKE. The next business was the bill (H. R. 191) granting a pension The next business was the bill (H. R. 4020) for the relief of Wil· to Laura P. Lee. liam Burke. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: The Clerk read the .bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, lJe it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, author­ authorized and directed to place the name of Laura P. Lee, widow of George ized and directed to remove the charge of desertion now standing against the Lee, law major and assistant ~jutant-general of vol~nteers and brevet name of William Burke, late of Company K, Ninety-sixth Regiment Pennsyl­ lieutenant-colonel, upon the pension roll at the rate of S25 per month. vania Volunteer Infantry, and issue to him an honorable discharge. The following amendments, recommended by the Committee, The amendment recommended by the committee was read, as were read: follows: In line 4, after the word "place," insert "on the pension roll, subject to the Add the following at the end of the bill: "Prov'ided, That no pay, bounty, provisions and limitatio~s of the pension laws." . . . . . or other emoluments shall become due or payable by virtue of the passage of Strike out all in the bill after the word "Lee," m line 5, and msert m lieu this act." thereof "late first lieutenant of Company K, Twenty-first Regiment United States Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $25 per month in lieu of The amendment recommended by the.committee was agreed to. that she is now receiving." The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favor· The committee amendments were agreed to. able recommendation. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported JA.MES DONAHUE. to the House with a favorable recommendation. The next business was the bill (H. R. 6492) to correct the mili· EDWA.RD M'DUFFEY. tary record of James Donahue. The next business was the bill (H. R. 2399) granting an increase The Clerk read the bill, as follows: of pension to Ed ward Mc Duffey. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, author­ The Clerk read the bill, as follows: ized and directed to remove the charge of desertio:q against James Donahue, late a private in Company G, First Nebraska Volunteer Regiment, who also Be it e-1iacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he iH hereby, served under the name of James Cullen in Company A, Ninety-ninth Illinois authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Ed ward Volunteer Infantry, and received an honorable discharge. McDuffoy, late a coppersmith in the United States Navy, on the steamer Marion, and pay him a pension of 50 per month in lieu of that he now Mr. TALBERT. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent that receives. that bill be passed over without prejudice. The following amendments, recommended by the committee, There was no objection, and it was so ordered. were read: · NICHOLAS SWINGLE. In line 4, after the word "roll," insert "subject to the provisions and lim- itations of the pension laws." . . . The next business was the bill (H. R. 2464) to remove the charge In line 6, after the word "pension," msert "at the rate," and In the same of desertion from the military record of Nicholas Swingle. line strike out "fifty" and insert" thirty." - The Clerk read the bill, as follows: In line 1 strike out "now receives" and insert "is now receiving." Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of War be, and heis hereby, author­ The committee amendments were agreed to. ized and directed to remove the charge of desertion from the military record The bill as amended wa.s ordered to be laid aside to be reported of Nicholas Swingle, late of Company E, Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer In­ fantry, and that an honorable discharge be issued in lieu thereof, to date Sep­ to the Honse with a favorable recommendation. tember 15, 186!. MARY EMILY WILCOX. The amendment recommended by the committee was read, as The next business was the bill (S. 4574) granting a.n increase of follows: pension to Mary Emily Wilcox. Add at th~ end of the bill the following: "Provided, That no pay, bounty, or other emoluments shall become due or payable by virtue of the passage of The Clerk read the bill, as follows: this act." Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provi­ Mr. TALBERT. Mr. Chairman, I ask if the gentleman who sions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mary Emily Wilcox, introduced that bill is present? If not, I ask unanimous consent widow of John A. Wilcox, late lieutenant-colonel Second Re;P-ment Mis is­ that the bill be passed over without prejudice. sippi Volunteers, war with Mexico, and pay her a pension at the rate of 15 Mr. VAN VOORHIS. I ask the gentleman to withdraw his per month in lieu of that she is now receivmg. reciuest and let the report be read. This is a meritorious case. The following amendment, recommended by the committee, was The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment. read: Mr. TALBERT. I did not hear that statement. I gave way In line 8 strike out "fifteen" and insert "twelve." · for the gentleman to make a statement. . The committee amendment was agreed to. Mr. VAN VOORHIS. I have asked that the report be read, Mr. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported Chairman. to the Honse with a favorable recommendation. The report (by l\fr. EscH) was read, as follows: CHARLES E. HOFMANN. The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 2464) to remove the charge of desertion from the military record of Nicholas The next business was the bill (H. R. 10423) granting an honor· Swingle, report the same back to the Hou e with the recommendation that able discharge to Charles E. Hofmann, late first lieutenant in it do pass with the following amendment: By adding, after line 8, a proviso as follows: "Provided, That no pay, bounty, or other emoluments shall be­ Company B, Sixtieth Regiment of United States Colored Infantry. come due or payable by virtue of the passage of this act." The Clerk read the bill, as follows: A bill for the same purpose as the one under consideration was reported Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, author­ favorably in the first session of the Fifty-fourth Congress by Mr. BISHOP, ized and directed to revoke and set aside the provision in Special Orders, No. from the Committee on Military Affairs, and said· report sets forth fully the 110, Headquarters Department of Arkansas, dated Little Rock, Ark.t May 8, record and evidence in this case, which is hereto appended and made a part 1865, dishonorably discharging from the military service of the Unitea States of this report. Charles E. Hofmann, first lieutenant of Company H, Sixtieth Regiment of United States Colored Infantry, and to order and cause to be issued to him Mr. TALBERT (during the reading of the report). Mr. Chair· an honorabledischargeasof date May8, 1865: Provided, That no pay, bounty, man, I ask that the further reading be dispensed with. I have or other allowance shall become due or payable by reason of the passage of examined that report at the suggestion of the gentleman, and this act. have no further objection. Mr. TALBERT. Mr. Chairman, I make the point of order that The amendment recommended by the committee was agreed to. that does not properly come before this committee. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside with a favora· The CHAIRMAN. The point of order is sustained. ble recommendation. CHARLES SCHA.UPP. WILLIA.M LAPOINT. The next business was the bill (H. R. 92il) to remove the charge of desertion against Charles Schaupp, alias Phillip Schaupp, and The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 3148) authorizing his honorable discharge. to correct the military record of William Lapoint. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: . The Clerk read the bill. Mr. TALBERT. Chairman, I ask that that be passed over Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of War be, and heis hereby, author­ Mr. ized to remove the charge of desertion against Charles Schaupp, alias Phillip without prejudice. Schaupp late a private soldier in Company E. of the First New York Cavalry, The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from South Carolina asks and to issue to said soldier an honorable discharge. that the bill be passed without prejudice. Is there objection? The amendment recommended by the committee was read, as [After a pause.] The Chair hears none. foJlows: HENRY S. TOPPING • ..d..dd thefollowingattheendof the bill: "Provided, That no pay, bounty, or other emoluments shall become due or payable by virtue of the passage of The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. this act." 12061) granting an increase of pension to Henry S. Topping. 904 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. J ANUARY 11,

The bill was read, as follows: WILLIAM J, WORTHINGTON, Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Henry S. Topping, late of 3871) granting a pension to W. J . Worthington. Company M, Twenty-first Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry, and pay The bill was read, as follows: him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lien of that he is now receivrng. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ authorized and directed to place the name of W. J. Worthington, of Greenup County, Ky., late lieutenant-colonel of Company B, Twenty-second Re~iment able recommendation. of Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, upon the pension roll of the United States, FREDERICK A. NOELLER. and pay to him a pension of 30 per month. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as 3825) to grant an honorable discharge to Frederick A. Noeller. follows: The bill was read, as follows: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ lowing: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of War lJe, and he is hereby, author­ ' That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and ized and directed to correct the military record of Frederick A. Noeller, late directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations a private in Company K, One hundredth New York Infantry Volunteers, and of the pension laws, the name of William J. Worthington. late lientenant­ grant him an honorable dirnharge to date as of the 31st day of October, 1863. colonel Twenty-second Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and payhi.m The amendment recommended by the Committee on Military a pension at the rate of 12 per month." Amend the title so as to read: 'A bill granting a pension to William J. Affairs was read, as follows: Worthington.'' Add the following at the end of the bill: "P>·o?:ided, That no pay, bounty, or other emoluments shall become due The committee amendments were agreed to. or payable by virtue of the passage of this act." The bill as amended was laid aside to be reported to the House Mr. TALBERT. Mr. Chairman, I ask that that bill be passed with a favorable recommendation. over without prejudice. WILLIAM T. GRATTON. The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from South Carolina asks that the bill be l?assed over without prejudice. Is there objection? The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 4241) [After a pause.J The Chair hears none. granting an increase of pension to William T. Gratton. The bill was read, as follows: COLUMBUS S. WHITAKER. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby ~ The next business on the P rivate Calendar wa.s the bill (H. R. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, sn bject to the provisions 11795) granting a pension to Columbus S. Whitaker. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William T. Gratton, late of The bill was read, as follows: Company L One hundred and twentieth R_~giment Indiana Volunteer In· fantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of~ per month in lieu of that he BP it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, is now receiving. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Columbus S. Whitaker, late The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ of Company A, First Arkansas Regiment Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a able recommendation. pension at the rate of - dollars per month. MATTHEW M'DON.A.LD. The amendments recommenc!ed by the Commi.ttee on Invalid Pensions were read, as follows: The next business on the P rivate Calendar was the bill (H. R. 2395) granting an increase of pension to Matthew McDonald. In lines 6 and 7 strike out the words "of Company A, First Arkansas Regi­ ment Volunteer Infantry" and insert in lieu thereof the words "acting assist­ The bill was read, as follows: ant surgeon, United States Army." Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, In line 8, before the word "dollars," insert the word "twelve." authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Mathew McDonald, late of Company L, Eighty-third Regiment New York Volunteer The amendments were agreed to. Infantry, and pay him a pension of $50 per month in lieu of that he now re­ 'lhe bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ ceives. able recommendation. The following amendments, recommended by the committee, LUCY E . DA.NILSON. were read: · The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 9557) Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ granting an increase of pension to Lucy E. Danilson. lowing: The bill was read, as follows: ''That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is he1·eby, authorized and dfrected to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, of the pension laws, the name of Matthew McDonald, late of Company L, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the p!"ovisions Eighty-third Regiment NewYorkVolunteerinfantry,and pay him a pension and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Lucy E. Danilson, widow of at the rate of $50 per month in lien of that he is now receiving." William H. Danilson, late major One hundred and twenty-eighth Regiment Amend the title so as to read: :.'A bill granting an increase of pension to United States Colored Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate Matthew McDonald." of $25 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving. Mr. TALBERT. I would like to have the report read in the The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ case unlesssomegentlemanis presenttomakeastatement aboutit. able recommendation. The Clerk read the report, as follows: PETER A....~DERSON. The Committee on Invalid Pensions, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. · The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. 2395) granting an increase of pension to Matthew McDonald, submit the fol· 6810) granting an increase of pension to Peter Anderson of Strong lowing report: This bill proposes to increase the pension of this soldier from $24 to $50 per City, Kans. month. The bill was read, as follows: The records of the War Department show t.hat this soldier served as a pri· Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, vate in Company L, Eighty-third New York Infantry, from September 4:, 1 L to November 17, 1802, when he was discharged on sur~eon·s certificate of authorized and directed to increase the pension of Peter Anderson, of Strong disability by reason of partial anchylosis of the left elbow Joint, with atrophy City, Kans., lat~ of Company C, Sixti~th pnited States C?lored Infant_ry, and pay him a pension of ' :per month ~n lien. of the pens10n_n_ow rece1v_ed. by of the muscles, existing, in some degree, before enlistment. His claim for him, said increase cf pension to be paid snbJect to the proVJSions and llIIllta­ pension under the general law, based on malarial poi oning and disease of tions of the pension laws. eyes, and filed August 19, 1882, was allowed in March. 1885, at the rate of 10 per month from Au~st 19, 1882, and SH: per month from April 3, 1 ' , on ac­ The amendments recommended by the committee were read, as count of malarial p01soning and disease of eyes, with total loss of sight of right and partial loss of sight of left eye, and this rnting was increased to $24: per follows: month from January 19, 1887. Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ His claim for increase of pension, in which nervous debility and disease lowing: of lungs were alleged as resulting causes, and filed September U, 1897, was re­ "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and jected October l!:I, 1898, upon the ground that the disability from the pen­ directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limi!-aqons sioned causes did not warrant a rating in excess of $24 per month, and that of the pension laws, the name of Peter Anderson, late of Company C, S1xt1eth nervous debility and disease of lungs could not be accepted as re nits. Regiment United States Colored Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension Subsequent to the rejection of this claim the beneficiary filed the testimony at the rate of $30 per month in lien of that he is now receiving." · of Dr. Ferguson, of Manchester, N. H., to the effect that from an extended Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to Pe­ personal and professional observation. covering a period of over twenty-five ter Anderson." years as a family physician of the soldier, he was satisfied and entirely safe The committee amendments were agreed to. in asserting that the nervous debility and disease of lungs from which the soldier was suffering was a direct result of malarial poisoning; that the pa· The bill as amended was laid aside to be reported to the House tient suffered from malarial toxremia of long duration and subject to oft with a favorable recommendation. recurring attacks, manifesting strong symptoms of poisoning; and where this condition extends over a long period of yea.rs there is unquestionably ANDREW J , ARNETT. produced as a result of the weakening and debilitating cause structural and The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 1775) organic changes taking place sooner or later and ending in incurable disease; granting an increase of pension to Andrew J, Arnett. that this i8 the soldier's case, and that he is now so affected that he is obliged to confine himself to the house and requires l>arti.al care and attendance; The Clerk read the bill, as follows: that deponent can assign no other cause for this condition than the malaria Be it e-nacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, permeating his system. authorized and directed to place on the vension roll, subject to the provisions This affidavit was considered by the Pension Bureau on January 2-1, 1899, and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Andrew J. Arnett, late of and the result of such consideration was that that Bureau held that the same Company B, Sixth Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry, and ~Y him a pen­ could not be taken to controvert the certificate of medical examination of the sion at the rate of S30 per month in lieu of t.hat he is now receiving. board of surgeons at Manchester on June 15, 1898; that thi certificate shows no disease of lungs whatever and but very little evidence of malarial poisoning; The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ and that the existing disease of the nervous system and paralysis agitans able recommendation. could not be accepted as a result of malarial poisoning, malaria never being 1901e CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 905 accepted as a causative factor in producing paralysis agitans; that it is the I The Clerk read the bill, as follows: province of the Pension Bureau to determine the pathological or non~atho- . . . logical relation between pensioned causes and alleged results; and that if such 1 Be i~ enacted, e_tc., That the Secretary of ~he Interior pe, and he IS he_r~by, r1:1lation was not accepted, the Bureau was not required to assign or suggest ant~c_>r~ed .and directed to place on the pension roll, s~bJect to the pr~v1s1ons the cause of such disabilities and llmltat1ons of the nenSion laws, the name of Mar10n M. Stone, widow of · . . Bartlett D. Runnells, late of Company F, One hundred and fifty-ninth Regi- 1\:Ir. GIBSON. I hope the gentleman from South Carolina will ment Pennsylvania Volunteers, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per not require the balance of the report read. The man is blind and month. paralyzed in both hands a~d has the consumption. This is a $72 The following amendments, recommended by the Committee on case. Invalid Pensions, were read: Mr. TALBERT. I will not ask for the furth0'r reading of the In line 6, before the word "widow," insert the words "formerly the." report. In lin~ 7 str!ke out the word "fifty-ninth" and insert in lieu thereof the word "six:ty-nmth.'' 'fhe b"ll1 was 1a1 "d . as1"d e t O b e repor tedto th e H ouse WI"th a f avor - In lines strike out the word" Volunteers" and insert in lieu thereof the able recommendation. words "Volunteer Infantry." FRANCES M. CELLAR. The committee amendments were agreed to. The next business was the bill (S. 4261) granting a pension to The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported Frances M. Cellar. to the House with a favorable recommendation. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: FORDYCE M. KEITH. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Th t b · e as the bill (8 1456) granting an increase of authorized and directed to place on the pen."lion roll, subject to the provisions e nex usin ss w · and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Frances M. Cellar, widow of pension to Fordyce M. Keith. James D. Cellar, late of Company C, Foru·tb Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infan- The Clerk read the bill, as follows: try, and pay her a pension at the rate of SS per month. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Fordyce M. Keitb, jr., late able recommendation. captain, First United States Heavy Artillery (colored), formerly First Ohio WILLIAM EVERETT. Artillery, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that The next business was the bill (H. R. 11936) granting a pension he is now receiving. to William Everett. The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor· Mr. GIBSON. I move that this bill be laid aside to bereported able recommendation. to the House with a recommendation that it lie on the table. Since LOUIS SNYDER. the bill was reported the claimant has died. The next business was the bill (H. R. 11196) granting an in· The motion of Mr. GrnsoN was agreed to. crease of pension to Louis Snyder. ISA.AC N. CISSNA. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The next business was the bill (S. 2755) granting an increase of authorized and directed to :tJlace on the pension roll, subject to the provisions pension to Isaac N. Cissna. and limitations of the pellSlon laws, the name of Louis Snyder, late of Com­ pany F, Seventy-first Regimeni; Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and pay The Clerk read the bill, as follows: him a pension at the rate of $10 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Be it enacted, etc.• That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen~ion roll, subject to the provisions The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Isaac N. Cissna, late of Com­ able recommendation. pany E, Twentieth Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that be is now receiving. JAMES BEISTLE. The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ The next business was the bill (H. R. 2178) granting a pension able recommendation. to James Beistle. JOSEPBL"ill H. WHITEHEAD, The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The next business was the bill (H. R. 6997) to increase the pen­ authorized and directed to cause the name of James Beistle, late member of sion of Mrs. Josephine H. Whitehead. Company H. One hundred and twenty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, to be placed on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitatiolli! of the The Clerk read the bill, as follows: pension laws, and pay him a pension of 12 a month. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be. and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Josephine H. Whitehead, widow The following amendments, recommended by the Committee on of Rev. H. L. Whitehead, late lieutenant, Company D, One hundred and thirty­ Invalid Pensions, were read: third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, on the pension roll. and pay her a pension of Strike out all after the enacting clause and inse.rt in lieu thereof the fol- $17 per month in lieu of the pension she is now receimg. lowing: · The following amendments, recommended by the Committee on •·J'hat the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and di­ rected to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations Invalid Pensions, were read: of the pension laws. the name of JamesBeistle, late of Company H, One hun­ Strike out alJ after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ dred and twenty-thfrd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a lowing: pension at the rate of 817 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving." "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limita­ James Beistle." tions of the pension laws, the namo of Josephine H. Whitehead, widow of Henry L. Whitehead, late first lieutenant Company D, One hundred and The committee amendments were agreed to. thirty-third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported the rate of 817 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving." to the House with a favorable recommendation. Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to Josephine H. Whitehead." BENJ.AMIN RIPPLEMAN. The committee amendments were agreed to. The next business was the bill (S. 4553) granting an increase of The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported pension to Benjamin Rippleman. to the House with a favorable recommendation. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: JAMES DONA.HUE. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provi­ Mr. 'FLETCHER. I desire to call up the bill (H. R. 6492) to sions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Benjamin Rippleman, correct the military record of James Donahue. This bill, I under­ late of Company F, Fifteenth Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and stand, was passed upon a few minutes ago. pay him a pen...c::ion at the rate of $17 per month in lieu of that he is now re­ The CHAIRMAN. The bill was laid aside without prejudice. ceiving. Mr. FLETCHER. ·I hope it will be acted on favorably. The bill was laid aside to be reported. to the House with a favor­ The bill was read, as follows: able recommendation. Beit enacted, etc., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, author­ ELIZA.BETH HENDRICKS. ized and directed to remove the charge of desertion against James Donahue, late a private in CompanyG, First Nebraska Volunteer Regiment, who also The next business was the bill (H. R. 9404) granting a pension served under the name of James Cullen in Company A, Ninety-ninth Illinois to Elizabeth Hendricks, of Dubois, Pa. Volunteer Infantry, and received an honorable discharge. · The Clerk read the bill, as follows: The amendment reported by the Committee on Military Affairs Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, was read, as follows: authorized and directed to place on the pension roll. subject to the provi­ At the end of the bill add the following: "Provided, That no pay, bounty, sions and limitations of the pension laws. the name of Elizabeth Hendricks, or other emoluments shall become due or payable by virtue of the passage widow of Isaac Hendricks, late of Company I, Sixty-second Pennsylvania. of this act." Volunteer lnfantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month. The amendment was agreed to, and the bill as amended was The following amendments, recommended by the Committee on laid aside to be reported to the House with a favorable recom­ Invalid Pensions, were read: mendation. In line 8 strike out the word "twelve" and insert in lieu thereof the word I eight." MARION M. STONE. Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting a pension to Elizabeth The next business was the bill (H. R. 9787) granting a pension Hendricks." to Marion M. Stone. The committee amendments were agreed to. 906 CONGRESSIONAL REOORD-HOUSEo JANUARY 111

The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported Company F, One hundred and forty-seventh Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of 524, per month in lieu of that to the House with a favorable recommendation. he is now receiving. JOSEPH SMITH, The bill was ordered to be laid aside to be reported to the House The next business was the bill (S. 4552) granting an increase of with a favorable recommendation. pension to.Joseph Smith. - EDWIN A. WILSON. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: The next business was the bill (H. R. 6787) to pension EQ.win Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provi­ A. Wilson. sions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Joseph Smith, late of The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Company C, Fifty-eighth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay him Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, a pension at the rate of Sl7 per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. authorized a.nd directed to place on the pension roll the name of Edwin A. The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ Wilson, late of Company C, First United Sta,tes Sharpshooters, and pay him able recommendation. a pension at the rate of $24 a month. KATE E. DUFFY. The fallowing amendments, recommended by the Committee on Invalid Pensions, were read: The next business was the bill (H. R. 10617) granting an in­ Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the crease of pension to Kate E. Duffy. following: The Clerk read the bill, as follows: "That the Secretary of the Interior be, ana he is hereby, authorized and Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place on the pension roll. subject to the provisions and limitations authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to. the provisions of the pem:fon laws, the name of Edwin A. Wilson, late of Company C, First and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Kate E. Duffy, widow of United States b"harpshooters, and pay him a pension at the rate of $16 per Thomas Duffy, late of Company I, Fourteenth Regiment Connecticut Volun­ month in lieu of that he is now receiving." teer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per month in lieu of Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to that she is now receiving: Provided, however, That in the case of death of Edwin A. Wilson." the blind daughter of said soldier, Susan I., on whose account the pension of The committee amendments were agreed to. Kate E. Duffy is increased, the pension of said Kate E. Duffy shall continue only at the rate of SS per month from and after the date of death of said The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported blind daughter. to the House with a favorable recommendation. The bill was ordered to be laid aside to be reported to the Honse FLORA MOORE. with a favorable recommendation. The next business was the bill (H. R. 10706) to pension Miss SAMUEL SCHUTZ. Flora Moore, of Williamsburg, Ky. The next business was the bill (S. 3512) granting an increase of The Clerk read the bill, as follows: pension to Samuel Schutz. - · Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll the name of Miss The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Flora Moore, dependent daughter of late Matteson A. Moore Company G, Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Forty-ninth Kentucky Regiment Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions of 525 per month. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Samuel Schutz, late of Com­ pany K, Fourth Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a The following amendments, recommended by the Committee on pension at the rate of 824 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. · Invalid Pensions, were read: The bill was ordered to be laid aside to be reported to the House Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ lowing: with a favorable recommendation. "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limita­ JULIA VAN WICKLEN. tions of the pension lawR, the name of Flora Moore, dependent and blind The next business was the bill (S. 3574) granting a pension to daughter of Materson A. Moore. late of Company G, Forty-ninth Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of 12 per Julia Van Wicklen. month." The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting a pension to Flora Moore." Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The committee amendments were agreed to. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provi­ sions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Julia Van Wicklen, The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported widow of Daniel Van Wicklen, late of Company K, Third Regiment Wis­ to the House with a favorable recommendation. consin Volunteer Cavalry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month. _ BENJAMIN T. THOMAS. The bill was ordered to be laid aside to be reported to the Hou.:;e The next business was the bill (H. R. 12079) granting an in­ with a favorable recommendation. crease of pension to Benjamin T. Thomas. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: PALlIER G. PERCY, Be it enacted, etc. , That the Secretary of the Interfor be, and be is hereby, The next business was the bill (H. R. 7602) to correct the mili­ authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provi­ tary record of Palmer G. Percy. sions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Benjamin T. Thomas, late of Company E, Fifteenth Regiment Iowa .Volunteer Infantry, and pay The Clerk read the bill, as follows: him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. Be it enacted, etc., That the charge of desertion now standing against Palmer G. Percy, late of Company H, Second New York Volunteer Cavalry, ·The bill was ordered to be laid aside to be reported to the House on the records of the War De\)artment be, and the same is, removed, and the with a favorable recommendation. Secretary of War is hereby directed to issue to said Palmer G. Percy an hon­ CAROLINE M. H. SEARING, orable discharge, the same to date from the muster out of the said Second New York Volunteer Cavalry: Provided, That no pay, bounty, or other emol­ The next business was the bill (H. R. 3546) granting a pension uments shall become due or payable by \irtue of the passage of this act. to Caroline M. H. Searing. The bill was ordered to be laid aside to be reported to the House The Clerk read the bill, as follows: with a favorable recommendation. Be it en~ted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provi­ MADISON M'OOLLISTER. sions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Caroline M. H. Sear­ The next business was the bill (H. R. 2092) granting an increase ing, widow of William M. Searing, late colonel Thirtieth Regiment New York of pension to Madison McCollister. Volunteers, and pay her a pension at the rate of $50 per month. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: . The following amendments, recommei:ided by the Committee on Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Invalid Pensions, were read: authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, su1'ject to the provisions In line 7 strike out the word" Volunteers" and insert in lieu thereof the and Umitations of the pension laws, the name of Madison McCollister, late words "Volunteer Infantry." private of Company K, Ninety-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, at the rate In line 8 strike out the word" fifty 'and inseft in lieu thereof the word of S36 per month in lieu of the pension he is now receiving. "twenty-four." The following amendment, recommended by the Committee on The committee amendments were-agreed to. Invalid Pensions, was read: The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported In line 6 strike out all after the word "late " and all of Unes 7 and 8 and to the House with a favorable recommendation. insert in lieu thereof the words "of Company K, Ninety-fourth Regiment ELIZABETH B. M'CLELLA..~. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of 830 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving." The next business was the bill (H. R. 5610) granting a pension The committee amendment was agreed to. to Mrs. Elizabeth B. McClellan. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported The Clerk read the bill, as follows: to the House with a favorable recommendation. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension· r oll, at tne1 rate of S20 per CHAUNCEY SHELDON. month, the name of Elizabeth B. McClellan, widow of James McClellan, late The next business was the bill (H. R. 8679) granting an increase of Company F, One hundred and ninety-fifth Regiment of Ohio Infantry of pension to Chauncey Sheldon. Volunteers. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: The following amendments, recommended by the Committee on Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Invalid Pensions, were read: authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions In line 4 strike out all after the word '' roll" and all of lines 5, 6, 7, and 8 and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Ohauncey Sheldon, late of and insert in lieu thereof the following: "subject to the provisions and lim- 1901. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 907

itations of the pension laws, the name of Elizabeth B. McClellan, the former The following amendments, recommended by the Committee on widow of James McClellan, late of Company F One hundred and ninety-fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 Invalid Pensions, were read: per month." In linl' 6 strike out the words "Dubuque, Iowa." .Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting a pension to Elizabeth B. In line 8 strike out the words "twenty-five" and insert in lieu thereof the McClellan." words" twenty-four." Amend title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to Henry The committee amendments were agreed to. A.Jordan." The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported The committee amendments were agreed to. to the Bouse with a favorable recommendation. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported BEN.JAMIN F. TRAPP. to the House with a favorable recommendation. The next business was the bill (S. 277·7) granting a pension to MA.TILDA. RAPP. Benjamin F. Trapp. - The Clerk read the bill, as follows: The next business was the bill (H. R. 8594) granting a pension to Matilda Rapp. Be it enacted, etc., That the SecrAtary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The Clerk read the bill, as follows: and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Benjamin F. Trapp, late of Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, Company K, Fourteenth Regiment Missouri Home Guards, and pay him a authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provi­ pens10n at the rate of S20 per month. sions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Matilda Rapp, of New· port, R. L, widow of William Rapp, late of Company C, Fifty-second Regi­ The bill was ordered to be laid aside to be reported to the House ment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension of $30 per month. with a favorable recommendation. The following amendments, recommended by the Committee on HENRY C. BROOKS. Invalid Pensions, were read: The next business was the bill (H. R. 11985) granting an in­ In line 6 strike out the words "of Newport, Rhode Island." crease of pension to Henry C. Brooks. In line 8, after the word "IJension," insert the words "at the rate." The Clerk read the bill, as follows: In line 9 strike out the word "thirty" and insert in lieu thereof the word "eight." Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provi­ The committee amendments were agreed to. sions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Henry C. Brooks, late The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported of Company C, Thirtieth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of S40 per month in lieu of that he is now to the House with a favorable recommendation. receiving. FREDERICK O. LATHROP. The following amendment, recommended-by the Committee on The next business was the bill (H. R. 1995) granting an increase Invalid Pensions, was read: of pension to Frederick 0. Lathrop. In line 8 strike out the word" forty" and insert in lieu thereof the word The Clerk read the bill, as follows: "thirty." Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, The committee amendment was agreed to. authorized and directed to increase to the sum of 16 per month the pension The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported of Frederick 0. Lathrop, late private in Sixth Connecticut Volunteers and to the House with a favorable recommendation. in Fourteenth United States Infantry. WILLIAM S. SWANEY. The following amendment, recommended by the Committee on Invalid Pensions, was read: The next business was the bill (H. R. 5336) granting an increase Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lien thereof the fol­ of pension to William S. Swaney. lowing: The Clerk read the bill, as follows: "Tnat the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, diroc.ted to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limita­ authorized and directed to increase the pension of William S. Swaney, late of tions of the pension laws the name of Frederick 0. Lathrop, late of Company Company C, One hundred and tenth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and G, First Battalion, Fourteenth Regiment United States Infantry. and pay pay him a pension of $50 per month in lieu of the pension now received by him a pension at the rate of $16 per month in lieu of that heisnowreceirin.g." him; said mcrease of pension to be paid subject to the provisions and limita­ The committee amendment was agreed to. tions of th~ pension laws. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported The following amendment, recommended by the Committee on to the House with a favorable recommendation. Invalid Pensions, was read: A.:t\"'NA. E. LITTLEFIELD. Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ lowing: The next business was the bill (S. 4191) granting a pension to "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and Anna E. Littlefield. directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William S. Swaney, late of Company C, One The Clerk read the bill, as follows: hundred and tenth Regiment Pennsylvania. Volunteer Infantry, and pay him Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving." authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Anna E. Littlefield, widow The committee amendment was agreed to. of Milton S. Littlefield. late colonel •.rwenty-first Regiment United States The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported Colored Volunteer Infantry, and brevet brigadier-general, United 8tates to the House with a favorable recommendation. Volunteers, and pay her a pension at the rate of S30 per month. WILLIAM H, PALMER. The bill was ordered to be laid aside to be reported to the House with a favorable recommendation. The next business was the bill (H. R.11574) granting a pension to William H. Palmer. THOMAS H, ROBERTS. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: The next business was the bill (H. R. 11910) granting an increase Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, of pension to Thomas H. Roberts. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The Clerk read the bill, as follows: and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William H. P:µmer, late of Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be. and he is hereby, Company I, Fifty-seventh and Fifty-ninth Regiments Massachusetts Volun­ authorized and directed to -place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions teer Infantry, and pay him. a pension at the rate of S2! per month. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Thomas H. Roberts, late of The bill was ordered to be laid aside to be reported to the House Company K, Seventy-sixth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and pay with a favorable recommendation. him a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lien of that be is now receivmg. The following amendment, recommended by the Committee on MARYL. TWEDDLE. Invalid Pensions, was read: · The next business was the bill (H. R.10567) granting a pension In line 8 strike out the word "fifty" and insert in lieu thereof the word to Marv L. Tweddle. "thirty." The Clerk read the bill, as follows: The committee amendment was agreed to. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mary L. Tweddle, widow of to the House with a favorable recommendation. William Tweddle, late captain Company K. Tenth Regiment Kentucky Vol­ NANCY L. DONALDSON, unteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $20 per mon!h. The next business was the bill (H. R. 7152) for the relief of The bill was ordered to be laid aside to be reported to the House Nancy L. Donaldson. with a favorable recommendation. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: HENRY A. JORDAN. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, The next business was the bill (H. R. 12245) granting a pension authorized and directed to place the name of Nancy L. Donaldson, an Army to Henry A. Jordan. · nurse during the civil war, ')n the pension roll at the rate of $30 per month. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: The following amendment, recommended by the committee, Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, was read: authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Henry A. .Jordan, of Du­ lowing: buque, Iowa, late of Company H, First Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and Cavalry, and :pay him a pension at the rate of ~.5 per month in lieu of that directed to place on the pension rolls, subject to the provisions and limita­ he is now receiving. tions of the pension laws, the name of Nancy L. Donaldson, late a nu!'Wl in 908 CONGRESSIONAL REOORD-HOUS:m. the Medical Department; United States Volunteers, and pay her a pension at rate of $00 per month from and after the passage of this act, in lieu of any and the rate of $20 per month in lieu of that she is now receiving." all other pensions. The committee amendment was agreed to. The following amendment, recommended by the committee; was The bill as amended was ordered to be Jaid aside to be reported read: to the House with a favorable recommendation. Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ lowing: MICHAEL DIG~ON. 'That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and The next business was the bill (H. R. 4217) granting an increase directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of George Mowry, late of CompanyD, Seventh of pension to Michael Diguon. Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavah-y, and pay him a pension at the rate of The Clerk read the bill, as follows: $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving." Be it enacted, etc., 'fhat the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and direct.ad to increase the p~nsion of Michael Diguon, late of The committee amendment was agreed to. Company K, Sixth Regiment Minnesota. Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported pension of S50 per month in lieu of the pension now raceived by him; said in­ to the House with a favorable recommendation. crease of pension to be paid subject to the provisions and limitations of the Mr. MIERS of Indiana. Mr. Chairman. I would like to call the pension laws. attention of this House to a bill while the Clerk is getting another The following amendment, recommended by the committee, was bill ready for action-Calender No. 1498. It is a bill that will evi­ read: dently not be reached in the regular order. It is in favor of Col. Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ J. P. C. Shanks, of Indiana. The bill was introduced by l\fr. lowi.Ilg: "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and CROMER, of Indiana. The Colonel is drawing 30 a month now, directed to place on the pension roll, sub~ect to the provisions and limitations and this is only an increase to $50. He is one of Indiana's honored of the pension laws, the name of Michae. Dignon, late of Company K, Sixth citizens, a former member of this Hou e. He served with -ability Regiment Minnesota. Volunteer Infantry, and pay hima pension at therate of $30 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving." in this House, and his country with di tinction as colonel of the The committee amendment was agreed to. Seventh Indiana. He has a long and honorable service; is now The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported old and dependent, paralyzed, confined to his room, and requires to the House with a favorable recommendation. constant attention. I ask as a special favor of the committee that this bill be considered at this time. It would be an act of justice ALBERT M, Bfil.~ETT. to an honored citizen and brave soldier. The next business was the bill (H. R. 236) granting an increase The CHAIRMAN. What is the number of the bill? of pension to Albert M. Bennett, of Providence, R. I. Mr. MIERS of Indiana. The number of the bill is H. R. 498. The Clerk read the bill, a follows: l\Ir. GIBSON. Mr. Chairman I will be obliged to object to Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, changing the order on the Calendar. Another gentleman has been authorized and directed to grant an increase of pension to Albert M. Bennett, to me for the same purpose, and I have had to decline to accede to late a member of Battery E, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery, at the rato of $30 per month in lieu of the pension he is now receiving. his request. Mr . .MIERS of Indiana. I will renew the r~quest a little later, The following amendment, recommended by the committee, was I very much desire it to pass at this meeting. read: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ EVA CLARK. lowing: ''That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and The next business was the bill (S. 1588) granting a pension to dfrected to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations Eva Clark. of the pension laws, the name of Albert M. Bennett, late of Comp:my E, First Regiment Rhode Island Volunteer Light Artillery, and pay him a The Clerk read the bill, as follows: pension at the rate of~ per month in lieu of that he is now receiving." BP i t enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions The committee amendment was agreed to. and limitations of the pen ion laws the name of Fi;va Clark. former widow of The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported Jo eph L. C. Hill, late of Company C, Thirtieth Regiment Indiana Volunteer to the House with a favorable recommendation. Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month. FRANCES E. CHILDS. The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ The next business was the bill (S. 4296) granting an increase of mendation. pension to Frances E. Childs. JOHN R. JOY. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: The next business was the bill (H. R. 429) to increase the pen· Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, sion of John R. Joy, Company H, Thirty-ninth Iowa Infantry. authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Frances E. Childs, widow of The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Jonathan W. Child , late colonel Fourth Regiment Michigan Volunteer In­ He it en.tcted, etc., That the Se<::retary of the Interior is hereby authorized fantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $30 per month in lieu of that she and directed to place the name of John R. Joy, late of Company H, Thirty­ is now receiving. ninth Iowa Infantry, on the pension roll of the United 8tates at the r~te of $;30 per month. subject to tho regulations of the Pension Office, said pension The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ to be in lieu of the pension he is now drawing. mendation. DA. VID BRIGGS, The following amendment, recommended by the committee, was read: The next business was the bill (H. R. 2527) granting an increase trike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ of pension to David Briggs. lowing: The Clerk read the bill, as follows: "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll subject to the provisions and limitations Be it enacted, etc.. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, of the pension laws, the name of John R. Joy, late ~f Comp~ny H, Thirty­ authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions ninth Regunent Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pen..

.ALBERT .A. ROBERTS. H. S. REED• The next business was the bill (S. 4548) granting an increase of The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. pension to Albert A. Roberts. 9928) granting an increase of pension to H. S. Reed, alias Daniel The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Hull. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The bill was read, as follows: authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Albert A. Roberts, late of authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the :provisions Company C, Twenty-third Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry, and pay and limitations of the pension laws, the name of H. S. Reed, alias Daniel him a pension at the rate of $12 per month in lieu of that he is now receivmg. Hull. now a pensioner by virtue of pension certificate No. 22817, issued June The bill was ordered to be laid aside with a favorable recom­ 19, 1895, and pay him a pension at the rate of 12 per month in lieu of the mendation. pension he is now receiving. DANIEL SMITH, The amendments r ecommended by the Committee on Invalid Pensions were read, as follows: The next business was the bill (H. R. 5224) for the relief of In line 6 strike out all after the word" Hull" and all of lines 7, 8, 9, 10. and Darnel Smith, of Fentress County, Tenn . . 11 and insert in lieu thereof the following: "late seaman, U. 8. steamships The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Cricket and .Mound Oity, and pay him a pension at the rate of $24: per month in lieu of that he is now receiving." Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Daniel Smith on pension roll as The amendments were agreed to. a member of Company C, Seventh Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ in the war of tho rebellion, subject to rules and limitation~ of pension laws, and to pay him at the rate of $25 per month from the 6th day of October, 1862, able recommend/).tion, to the 6th day of October, 1866, for loss of one eye, total, and serious defect in THO:MAS WHITE. the other eye, which was caused by measles contracted in prison in Rich­ The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 4178) mond, Va., and to pay him at the rate of ~o per month from the 6th day of October, 1866. to the 6th day of October, 1878. for total blindness in both eyes, granting a pension to Thomas White. and to pay him at the rate of $72 per month from the 6th day of October, The bill was read, as follows: 1878, to so long as he may live and remain totally blind and helpless. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The following amendment, recommended by the committee, was authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the pro>isions read: and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Thomas White, late of Com­ pany F, Ninetieth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and United States Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ :::iignal Corps, and pay him a pension at the rate of S20 per month. lowing: "That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and Mr. GIBSON. Mr. Chairman, I move that this bill be laid aside directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations and reported to the House with the recommendation that it lie on of the pension laws, the name of Daniel Smith, late of Company C. Seventh Regi_ment Tennessee Volunteer Infantry,and pay him a pension at therate the table. The Senate has passed the House bill on the same of SID per month in lieu of that he is now receiving." subject. The motio.n was agreed to. The committee amendment was agreed to. The bill as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported MARTL"'i SHERWOOD. to the House with a favorable recommendation. The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. 9985) granting an increase of pension to Martin Sherwood, late of SUS.AN A, MILLER. Company C, Thirty-sixth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. The next business was the bill (H. R.11361) granting a pension The bill was read, as follows: to Susan A. Miller. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The Clerk read the bill, as follows: authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject t-0 the provi­ sions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Martin Sherwood, late Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, of Company C, Thirty-sixth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and authorized and directed to place on the ~nsion roll the name of Susan A. pay him a pension at the rat-a of $35 per month in lieu of that he is now Miller, widow of Francis M. Miller,latepr1vate in CompanyC,Seventh Regi­ receiving. ment Rhode Island Infantry Volunteers, and pay her a pension of $12 per month. The amendments recommended by the Committee on Invalid The following amendment, recommended by the committee, was Pensions were read, as follows: read: In line 8 strike out the word "thirty-five" and insert in lieu thereof the word "twenty-four." Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the fol­ Amend the title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to lowing: Martin Sherwood." '"fhat the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limita­ The amendments were agreed to. tions of the pension laws, the name of Susan A. Miller, formerly the widow The bill as amended was laid aside to be reported to the House of Francis M. Miller, late of Company C, Seventh Regiment Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of $12 per month." with a favorable recommendation. The committee amendment was agreed to. SILAS HOW ARD, The biU as amended was ordered to be laid aside to be reported The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. to the House with a favorable recommendation. 11335) granting a pension to Silas Howard. The bill was read, as follows: GILBERT F. COLBY, Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (S. 4771) authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Silas Howard, late private in granting an increase of pension to Gilbert F. Colby. Company H, Eleventh Maine Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension of The bill was read, as follows: $25 per month in lieu of the pension he is now drawing. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The following amendments, recommended by the Committee on authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws. the name of Gilbert}'. Colby, late or Invalid Pensions, were read, as follows: Company L, First Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Heavy Artillery, In line 6 strike out all after the word "late" and all of lines 7 and 8 and and P9:Y him a pension at the rate of $24: per month in lieu of that he is now insert in lieu thereof the following: "of Company H, Eleventh Regiment receiving. .Maine Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $25 per month in lieu of that he is now receiving." The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ Amend title so as to read: "A bill granting an increase of pension to Silas able recommendation. Howard." N.ANCY MARSHALL. The amendments were agreed to. The bill as amended was laid aside to be reported to the House The next business on the Private Calendar was the bill (H. R. with a favorable recommendation. 9106) granting a pension to Nancy Marshall. Mr. GIBSON. Mr. Chairman, I move that the committee now The bill was read, as follows: rise and report the bills to the House-- Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll. subject to the provisions Mr. MIERS of Indiana. I wish the gentleman from Tennessee and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Nancy Marshall, widow of would withhold his motion. John Marshall, deceased, late of Company K, Twelfth Regiment Michigan Mr. GIBSON. I will do so, Mr. Chairman. Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of "17 per month. Mr. MIERS of Indiana. Iask that the bill (H. R. 12620) grant. The following amendments, recommended by the Committee on ing an increase of pension to John P. C. Shanks be taken up and Invalid Pensions, were read, as follows: considered. In line 6 strike out the word "deceased." The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Indiana asks unani­ In line 7 strike out the word" Twelfth" and insert in lieu thereof the word mous consent that House bill 12620, granting an increase of pen­ "Twentieth." In line 8 strike out the word "seventeen" and insert in lien thereof the sion to John P. C. Shanks, be considered by the committee. Is word "eight." there objection? [After a pause.] The Chair hears none. The amendments were agreed to. The bill was read, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, The bill was laid aside to be reported to the House with a favor­ authorized and directed to :{>lace on the pension roll. subject to the provisions able recommendation. and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John P. C. Shanks, colonel 910 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. JANUARY 11, of the S 0venth Indiana Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $50 per The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Tennessee month In lieu of that he is now receiving. moves the previous question on each and all the several bills and Mr. MIERS of Indiana. Mr. Chairman, I ask that the report amendments to their final passage. Is there objection? (After a. in the case be printed in the RECORD. I will not ask to have it pause.] The Chair hears none. read at this time. I desire to thank the Honse for this courtesy; it is an act of justice to an old and meritorious citizen who can BILLS PASSED. not live long to enjoy the bounty of a just Government. House bills of the following titles, favorably reported from the The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Indiana asks unani­ Committee of the Whole House, without amendment, were sever­ mous consent that the report be printed in the RECORD. Is there ally considered, ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, objection? [After a pause.] The Chair hears none. read the third time. and passed: The report is as follows: H. R. 10021. A bill granting an increase of pension to John R. The. Committee on Invalid Pensions, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. Robinson; 12620) granting an increase of ~pension to John P. C. Shanks, submit the fol­ lowing report: H. R. 11508. A bill granting a pension to George T. Boulding; This bill proposes to increase the pension of John P. C. Shanks, late colo­ H. R. 11768. A bill granting an increase of pension to John nel of the Seventh Indiana Cavalry, from $30 to $50 per month. Walker; This officer, now 75 years of age, is shown by the records of the War De­ partment to have served as colonel and additional aid-de-camp on the staff H. R. 11091. A bill granting a :pension to Ambrose Brisett; of General Fremont from March 31, 1862, to October, 1863. and to have been H. R. 9382. A bill granting a pension to Adella M. Anthon-y; mustered in as colonel of the Seventh Indiana Cavalry October 9, 1863; to H. R. 12061. A bill granting an increase of pension to Henry S. have been brevetted bri~dier-general of United States Volunteers, and to Topping; have been mustered out September 19, 1865. And these records further show that be was granted a leave of absence for twenty days in August, 1864, on H. R. 11196. A bill granting an· increase of pension to Louis surgeon's certificate, on account of remit tent fever and emphysema of the Snyder; lungs; that he was again granted leave of absence in June, 1865, on account H. R. 10617. A bill granting an increase of pension to Kate E. of enfeebled condition of the system, the result of an attack of bilious remit­ tent fever, and that this leave of absence was extended upon surgeon's cer­ Duffy; . tificate of disability dated July 13, 1865, which showed him to be suffering H. R. 8679. A bill granting an increase of pension to Chauncey from chronic torpidity of the liver and general debility. Sheldon; He first applied for pension on December 28, 1887, and was pe:tsioned in 1889 under the general law at $15 per month, commencing December 28, 1887, on H. R. 12079. A bill granting an increase of pension to Benjamin account of paralysis of the legs and disease of stomach; and this rating was T. Thomas; increased to $30 per month from May 22. 1889, and he is now in receipt of that H. R. 11574. A bill granting a pension to William H. Palmer; pension, claims for increase of pension filed in 1890, 1898, and 1900 having been rejected, the last one on October 12, 1900, upon the ground that a rating of S30 and per month was fully commensurate with the degree of disability arising from H. R. 10567. A bill granting a pension to Mary L. Tweddle. the pensioned causes. House bills of the following titles, reported from the Committee In his last application for increase of pension, filed May 31, 1900, he alleged that he is confined to his bed most of the time; that the paralysis of the legs of the Whole House, with amendments, were severally considered, bas extended to the hips, and that he requires the periodical aid and attend­ the amendments agreed to, the bills as amended ordered to be en· ance of another person; and in support of that claim filed the testimony of grossed and read the third time; and they were accordingly read Dr. George W. Shepard, of Red Key, Ind.• who testified as follows: 11 I have carefully examined John P. C. Shanks, and find him afflicted with the third time and passed: paralysis of both legs, which keeps him in bed nearly all of the time, and of H. R. 8106. A bill granting a pension to Olivia. Donathy; necessity requires some one almost all the time to attend him. Once in a H. R. 9165. A bill to increase the pension of Horace L. Stiles great while he attempts to get ont of bed without assistance, and frequently fa.Us as the result of his efforts. I also find limbs very much atrophied and (title amended); extremely weak. Find hearts action very feeble and sluggish. There IS H. R. 11680. A bill granting a pension to Richard Myers; . tenderness of spine and at base of brain, and I find the least excitement over­ H. R. 1604. A bill for the benefit of Joel H. Hallowell, of Cov­ comes him and affects him very much. I further find tenderness over region ington, Ky.; of stomach and transverse colon; also of right and left iliac regions, with marked tenderness over the region of liver and spine. I find claimant so H. R. 9745. A bill granting a pension to Susan Sidenbender, of severely afflicted that he requires some one to attend him almost all the Medix Run, Pa. (title amended); time.·• H. R. 11452. A bill to restore the name of Nellie L. Bliss to the Certificate of medical examination of November 30, 1898, rated him $25 for the paralysis of legs, $25 for disease of stomach; and the board of surgeons pension roll (title amended); then stated that by reason of such paralysis and disease of stomach the claim­ H. R. 4962. A bill granting a pension to James E. Bates; ant requires the frequent and periodical aid and attendance of another per­ H. R. 7580. A bill granting a pension to Samuel N. Haskins, of son. and was entitled to $50 per month. The last certificate of medical examination, made on July 6, 1900, rated him Providence, R. I. (title amended); $30 for paralysis of legs, $8 for disease of stomach, 6 for disease of rectum, and H. R. 3512. A bill to pension Rebecca G. Irwin (title amended); $8 for disease of urinary organs; and that certificate further states as follows: H. R. 4651. A bill granting a pension to Mrs. Emily Alder (title "Claimant is not confined to his bed or house at all times, but some of the time, from loss of energy. Needs assistance only i!:: the way of waiting on amended); him and keeping him in constant surveillance, to assist him if he get<> into H. R. 8771. A bill granting an increase of pension to Lyman A. trouble. He is entirely incapacitated for any kind of labor; is gradually and Sayles; steadily losing strength and weight, and these disabilities arepermanentand will probably grow worse, aa, in my opinion, he has locomotor ataxia." H. R. 4018. A bill granting a pension to Mrs. Elizabeth Dinnon, And the paralysis of the legs is described in said certificate as follows: widow of the late John Dinnon (title amended); "Slight anresthesia of the skin of both legs from disease of hips; limbs H. R. 10482. A bill granting a pension to Pattie D. McCown. symmetrical, but small; slight atrophy of muscles. Loss of coordination of 4963. muscles of legs in walking at all times; exa~gerated when walking with eyes H. R. A bill granting an increase of pension to Capt. closed. Halts, staggers, and wabbles, and mclines to the left, with the eyes Charles E. Churchill (title amended); closed. Has loss of memory. Has attacks of vertigo. Three times in the H. R. 8190. A bill granting a pension to Henry Miller; last year has lost consciousness for from thirty minutes to several hom·s. Muscular movements feeble. Becomes tired greatly. If he starts to fall, H. R. 7617. A bill gi·anting an increase of pension to Rebecca can not catch himself." · Tolson, of Clifton, Va. (title amended); It appears to your committee that this officer's disabilities of accepted H. R. 10792. A bill to increase the pension of John T. Knox service origin are such that periodical aid and attendance of another person must be essential, and hence adopts the recommendation made by the board (title amended); of examining surgeons at Portland, Ind, of November 30, 1898, which recom­ H. R. 2595. A bill granting a pension to W. C. Griffin (title mended a rating of $50 per month, and reports the bill back with the recom­ amended); mendation that it pass after the same shall have been amended as follows: H. R. 10069. A bill granting a pension to Sarah T. Brewer; In line 6, before the word "colonel," insert the word "late." In the same line strike out the words "of the." H. R. 5853. A bill granting a pension to Mary Black, widow of In the same line, before the word "Indiana," insert the word "Regiment." Samuel C. Black (title amended): In the same line, after the word "Indiana." insert the word "Volunteer." H. R. 2085. A bill for the relief of Jane Womack (title amended) : The amendments recommended by the Committee on Invalid H. R. 7757. A bill for the relief of Agnes Ryder, minor child of Pensions were agreed to. the late Thomas P. Ryder, brigade quartermaster's clerk of Third The bill as amended was then laid aside to be reported to the Brigade, Third Division, First Army Corps, Spanish-American House with a favorable recommendation. war (title amended); Mr. GIBSON. Mr. Chairman, I move that the committee do H. R. 3545. A bill granting a pension to Mrs. Ellen Hardin now rise and report the several bills to the House with a favorable Wawlorth (title amended); recommendation. H. R. 6323. A bill for the relief of John McDonald, alias John The motion was agreed to; and accordingly the committee rose, Shannon; · and the Speaker pro tempore [Mr. HEPBURN] having taken the H. R. 7243. A bill to remove the charge of desertion from the chair, Mr. LACEY, Chairman of the Commiteee of the Wbole military record of Silas Nicholson; · House on the Private Calendar, reported that that committee had H. R. 7053. A bill for the relief of Mrs. Addie L. Potter (titfo had under consideration sundry private bills and had directed amended); him to report the same back to the House, some with amendments H. R. 8091. A bill granting a pension to Benjamin E. Styles; and some without amendments, and with a favorable recommen­ H . R. 8794. A bill to place on the pension roll the name of Ellen dation. H. Phillips (title amended); Mr. GIBSON. Mr. Chairman, I move the previous question on H. R. 11927. A bill granting a pension to Elizabeth Dickerson, each and all of the several bills and amendments to their final formerly widow of James Bohler (title amended); passage. H. R . 3436. A bill for the relief of John Abel (title amended) ; 1901. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 911 '

H. R. 11583. A bill granting an increase of pensfon to Jerome H. R. 9985. A bill granting an increase of pension to Martin R. Rowley; Sherwood, late of Company C, Thirty-sixth Regiment Wisoousin H. R. 425. A bill for the relief of David K. Reynolds; Volunteer Infantry; H. R. 417. A bill for the relief of Henry Cook; H. R. 11335. A bill granting a pension to Silas Howard; H. R. 8474. A bill to remove the charge of desertion from the H. R. 12620. A bill granting an increase of pension to John P. military record of Gustavus Adolphus Thompson; C. Shanks; R R. 5898. A bill granting an increase of pension to George F. Senate bills of the following titles, favorably reported from the White; Committee of the Whole without amendment, were severally con­ H. R. 7024. A bill granting a pension to Sarah Herriman (title sidered, ordered to a third reading, read a third time, and passed: amended); S. 2954. An act granting an increase of pension to Elam Kirk; H. R. 2816. A bill granting a pension to Annie C. Collier; . S. 4105. An act granting an increase of pension to John Coombs; H. R. 9177. A bill granting an increase of pension to Luke P. S. 2110. An act restoring the pension of John R. McCoy; Allphin (title amended); S. 2753. An act granting an increase of pension to David H. H. R. 9903. A bill granting an increase of pension to Henry Morey; Shell (title amended); S. 2819. An act granting an increase of pension to Harry Van H. R. 9874. A bill granting an increase of pension to Anna F. Gelder; Johnson; . S. 2486. An act granting an increase of pension to Susan Daniels; H. R. 9672. A bill to increase the pension of Mrs. M. McGlensey, S. 1246. An act granting an increase of pension to Charles A. widow of Capt. John F. McGlensey, of the United States Navy Perkins; (title amended); S. 3624. An act granting a pension to Henry K. Davis; H. R. 296. A bill granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Mattie S. 3137. An act granting an increase of pension to Lunsford Otis Dickinson (title amended); Ellis; H. R. 191. A bill gr:mting a pension to Laura P. Lee (title S. 1280. An act granting an increase of pension to Alfred Hering; amended); S. 1282. An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas G. H. R. 2399. A bill granting an increase of pension to Edward Huff·1 McDuffey; S. 94.6. An act granting an increase of pension to Stephen H. R. 4020. A bill for the relief of William Burke; Johnson; · H. R. 2464. A bill to remove the charge of desertion from the S. 2305. An act granting a pension to Eliza Pennypacker; military record of Nicholas Swingle; S. 1463. An act granting an increase of pension to Jasper Pitts; H. R. 6492. A bill to correct the military record of James Don­ S. 952. An act granting an increase of pension to Francis M. ahue; Porter; H. R. 11795. A bill granting a pension to Columbus S. Whita­ S. 2827. An act granting an increase of pension to Cornelius ker (title amended); Shroder; - H. R. 6810. A bill granting an increase of pension to Peter An­ S. 1240. An act granting a pension to Samuel Nichols; derson, of Strong City, Kans. (title amended); S. 3522. An act granting an increase of pension to Eben E. Pushor; H. R. 3871. A bill granting a pension to W. J. Worthington S. 1627. An act gwnting an increase of pension to George B. (title amended); Hayden; · H. R. 2395. A bill granting an increase of pension to Mathew S. 4420. An act granting an increase of pension to James Irvine; McDonald (title amended); S. 4288. An act granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth H. R. 6997. A bill to increase pension of Mrs. Josephine H. Brooks; Whitehead; S. 3079. An act granting an increase of pension to William H. R. 9787. A bill granting a pension to Marion M. Stone; Oliver; H. R. 2178. A bill granting a pension to James Beistle (title S. 823. An act granting an increase of pension to Brice Davis; amended); S. 2333. An act granting an increase of pension to James H. R. 9404. A bill granting a pension to Elizabeth Hendricks, Osborn; of Dubois, Pa. (title amended); S. 2767. An act granting a pension to Nellie L. Parsons; H. R. 7602. A bill to correct the military record of Palmer G. S. 3954. An act granting an increase of pension to Caroline z. Percy; Repetti; H. R. 2092. A bill granting an increase of pension to Madison .S. 3991. An act granting an increase of pension to Sylvester McCollister; Solomon; H. R. 6787. A bill to pension Edwin A. Wilson (title amended); S. 3729. An act granting a pension to Prudence Reamer; H. R. 10706. A bill to pension Miss Flora Moore, of Williams­ S. 415. An act granting an increase of pension to John Roop; burg, Ky. (title amended); S. 3440. An act granting an increase of pension to George W. H. R. 3546. A bill granting a pension to Caroline M. H. Searing; Harrison; H. R. 5610. A bill granting a pension to Mrs. Elizabeth B. S. 3517. An act granting an increase of pension toAdam Velten; McClellan (title amended); S. 4555. An act granting an increase of pension to Stephen Long­ H. R. 11985. A bi11 granting an increase of pension to Henry C. fellow; Brooks; S. 4212. An act granting an increase of pension to Edyth M. Muck; H. R. 5336. A bill granting an increase of pension to William S. S. 4128. An act granting a pension to Hester A. Phillips; Swaney; S. 993. An act granting an increase of pension to Edwin S. An­ H. R. 12245. A bill granting a pension to Henry A. Jordan (title derson; amended); S. 3223. An act granting an increase of pension to William R. H. R. 8594. A bill granting a pension to Matilda Rapp; Mc:Master; H. R. 1995. A bill granting an increase of pemlion to Frederick S. 4742. An act granting an increase of pension to Jesse F. Gates; 0. Lathrop; S. 2834. An act granting an increase of pension to Ann E. Cluke; H. R. 11910. A bill granting an increase of pension to Thomas S. 4557. An act granting an increase of pension to Lucy E. Dan- H. Roberts; ilson; H. R. 7152. A bill for the relief of Nancy L. Donaldson (title S. 1775. An act granting an increase of pension to Andrew J. amended); Arnett; H. R. 4217. A bill granting an increase of pension to 1\.lichael S. 4241. An act granting an increase of pension to William T. Dignon (title amended); Gratton; H. R. 236. A bill granting an increase of pension to Albert M. S. 4261. An act granting a pension to Frances M. Cellar; Bennett, of Providence, R. I. (title amended); S. 2755. An act granting an increase of pension to Isaac N. H . R. 2527. A bill granting an increase of pension to David Cissna; Briggs; S. 1456. An act granting an increase of pension to Fordyce M. H. R. 3247. A bill for the relief of George Mowry; Keith; H. R. 429. A bill to increase the pension of John R. Joy, Com­ S. 4553. An act granting an increase of pension to Benjamin pany H, Thirty-ninth Iowa Infantry. Rippleman; H. R. 3784. A bill granting an increase of pension to Linsay C. S. 4552. An act granting an increase of pension to Joseph Smith; Jones; S. 3512. An act granting an increase of pension to Samuel Schutz; R. R. 5224. A bill for the relief of Daniel Smith, of Fentress S. 3574. An act granting a pension to Julia Van Wicklen; County, Tenn.; S. 2777. An act granting a pension to Benjttmin F . Trapp; H. R. 11361. A bill granting a pension to Susan A. Miller; S. 4191. An act granting a pension to Annie E. Littlefield; H. R. 9106. A bill granting a pension to Nancy Marshall; S. 4296. An act granting an increase of pension to Frances E. H. R. 9928. A bill granting an increase of pension to H. S. Reed, Childs; alias Daniel Hull; . S. 1588. An act granting a pension to Eva Clark; 912 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. JANUARY 11,

S. 4548. An act granting an increase of pension to Albert A. EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS. Roberts; and Under clause 2 of Rule XXIV, the following executive commu· S. 4771. An act granting an increase of pension to Gilbert F. nications were taken from the Speaker·s table and referred as Colby. follows: Senate bills of the following titles, reported from the Commit­ A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy tee of the Whole House with amendments, were severally con­ of a communication from the Chief of the Bureau of Engravjng sidered, the amendments agreed to, the bills as amended ordered and Printing submitting an estimate of appropriation for office to a. third reading, read a third time, and passed: rent-to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be S. 3 90. An act granting an increase of pension to Americus V. printed. Rice; A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy S. 3342. An act granting a pension to Samuel Dornon; of a communication from the Supervising Architect submitting S. 3642. An act restoring the pension of August R. Rollins, alias an estimate of appropriation for repairs to the Treasury building­ Rhenault A. Rollins; to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. S. 2166. An act granting a pension to Charles A. D. Wiswell; A letter from the assistant clerk of the Court of Claims trans­ S. 91. An act granting a pension to J. J. Groff; mitting a copy of the findings of fact in the case of James C. S. 1413. An act granting a pension to Erie E. Farmer; l\Iundlen, administrator of estate of Mahala. J. Parks, against the S. 2400. An act granting an increase of pension to Edith Lock­ United States-to the Committee on War Claims, and ordered to wood Sturdy; be printed. S. 4575. An act granting an increase of pension to Thomas Clai- A letter from tho assistant clerk of the Court of Claims, trans· borne. mitting a copy of the findings_of fact in the case of W. T. Small­ S. 667. An act granting a pension to B. H. Randall; man, administrator of estate of David Smallman, against the S. 2729. An act granting a pension to Eliza L. Reese; United States-to the Committee on War Claims, and ordered to S. 1400. An act granting a pension to William Lyman Chitten­ be printed. den· A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter s.' 3457. An act granting an increase of pens~on to Laura Ann from the Commissary-General of the Army, recommendation that Smith; section 285 of the Revised Statutes, relating to disbursements by S. 349. An act granting an increase of pension to James H. officers of the Navy, be so amended as to apply to the Army-to Coventon; the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. S. 292. An act granting an increase of pension to Mari:ha G. D. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, with Lyster; statements of the acconnting officers, statements of delinquencies S. 2432. An act granting an increase of pension to James A. in accounts-to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to Thomas; be printed. S. 4441. An act granting an increase of pension to Gertrude B. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a Wilkinson; copy of a communication from the Commissioners of the District S. 5093. An act granting an increase of pension to Charlotte W. of Columbia submitting an estimate of appropriations for repall's Drew; of school buildings-to the Committee. on Appropriations, and S. 4054. An act granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth W . ordered to be printed. Eldridge; and S. 4574. An act granting an increase of pension to Mary Emily REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND Wilcox. RESOLUTIONS. Bills of the following titles, reported from the Committee of the Whole House with the recommendation that they lie on the table, Under clause 2 of Rule XIII, bills and resolutions of the follow­ were severally considered, and ordered to lie on the table: ing titles were severally reported from committees, delivered to B. R. 10521. A bill granting a pension to Charlotte W. Drew; the Clerk, and referred to the several Ca1endars therein named, as H. R. 2405. A bill granting an increase of pension to James G. follows: McClure; Mr. LACEY, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which H. R. 10548. A bill for the relief of Thomas Claiborne; was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 8160) locating certain land H. R. 8415. A bill granting an increase of pension to Jesse F. scrip in the name of Antonie La Pierre and others, reported the Gates; same without amendment, accompanied by a i·eport (No. 2271); H. R. 11936. A bill granting an increase of pension to William which said bill and report were i·eferred to the Committee of the Everett; Whole House on the state of the Union. S. 4178. An act granting a pension to Thomas White; and Mr. LOUD, from the Committee on the Post-Office and Post. S. 2430. An act granting a pension to Mary C. Williams. Roads, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 13423) On motion of Mr. GIBSON, by unanimous consent, a motion to revise and codify the Jaws relating to the Post-Office Depart­ to reconsider the various votes by which bills reported from the ment and postal service, and for other purposes, reported the same without amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 2272); which Committee of the Whole House were passed was laid on the table. said bill and report were referred to the Committee of the Whole .ASHEL C. A.ULICK. House on the state of the Union. Mr. BERRY. I ask unanimous consent for the present con­ Mr. FLYNN, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which sideration of the bill (H. R. 12233) granting a pension to Ashel C. was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 12901) to supplement ex­ Aulick. This is the case of a soldier of the Spanish war who is isting laws relating to the disposition of lands, etc., reported the now lying very sick-paralyzed. The bill has been reported fa­ same with amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 2274); which vorably by the Committee on Pensions. The proposed pension is said bill and report were referred to the Committee of the Whole only $15 a month. I have seen this man lying sick at his home. House on the state of the Union. The bill was read, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PRIVATE BILLS AND and directed to place upon the United States pension roll the name of Ashel RESOLUTIONS. C. Aulick, Company H, Third Ohio Infantry, S:vanish war, at the rate of $20 per month, subject to the restrictions and limitations of the United States Under clause 2 of Rule XIII, private bills and resolutions of the gem1r al pension laws. following titles were severally reported from committees, deliv­ There being no objection, the House proceeded to the considera­ ered to the Clerk, and referred to the Committee of the Whole tion of the bill. House, as follows: The following amendments reported by the Committee on Pen­ Mr. GASTON, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to sions were read and agreed to: which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 12204:) granting In line 3, after the word" Interior," insert" be, and he." an increase of pension to Ma1·y A. Tunis, reported the same with In line 4, after the word "roll," insert " subject to the provisions and llin­ amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 2212) ; which said bill itations of the pension laws;" and in same line strike out · United States." and report were referred to the Private Calendar. Strike out all in the bill after line 5 and insert in lien t hereof the words "war with Spain, and pay him a pension at the r ate of a5 per month." 1i1r. GIBSON ,from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to which was referred the bill of the Senate (8. 5360) granting an increase The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed and read a of pension to Hiram I. Hoyt, reported the same without amend­ third time; and it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. ment, accompanied by a report (No. 2213 ); which said bill and re­ WITHDRAW.AL OF PAPERS. port were refe1Ted to the Private Calendar. Mr. GARDNER of Michigan, by unanimous consent, obtained Mr.GRAFF, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to which leave to withdraw from the :files of the House, without leaving was referred the bill of the House tH. R.13214) granting an in­ copies, the papers in the case of William H. Smith, Fifty-fifth crease of pension to Jacob C. Hansel, reported the same with Congress, no adverse report having been made. amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 221 4); which said bill And then, on motion of Mr. DALZELL (at 4 o'clock and 55 min­ and report were referred to the Private Calendar. uJ;es p. m.), the House adjourned. Mr. GIBSON, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to which 1901. : CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-1IOUSE. .913

. waB referred the bill of the House (H. R.12442) granting an in­ granting an increase of pension to Philip Volkner, Company C, crease of pension to Mary E. Starr, reported the same with amend­ Twenty-ninth Michigan Infantry, reported the same with amend­ ment, accompanied by a report (No. 2215); which said bill and ment, accompanied by a report (No. 2232); which said bill and report were referred to the Private Calendar. report were referred to the Private Calendar. Mr. MIERS of Indiana. from the Committee on Invalid Pen­ Mr. GASTON, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to sions, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 8973) which was referred the bill of the Senat.e (S. 3224) granting a pen­ granting an increase of pension to David I. Coon, reported the sion to Amos L. Hood, reported the same without amendment, samewithamendment,accompanied byareport (No. 2216); which accompanied by a report (No. 2233); which said bill and report said bill and report were referred to the Private Calendar. were referred to the Private Calendar. He also, from the same committee, to which was referred the 1\11'. SAMUEL W. SMITH, from the Committee on Invalid . bill of the Honse (H. R. 64-09) granting a pension to M. E. Hamill, Pensions, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 4357) .reported the same with amendment, accompanied by a report granting a pension to Jakobina Halbertsma, reported the same (No. 2217); which said bill and report were referred to the Pri­ with amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 2234); which said vate Calendar. bill and report were referred to the Private Calendar. . Mr. CONNER, from the Committee on Invalid PenBions, to l\Ir. CALDERHEAD, from the Committee on Invalid PensionB, which was referred the bill of the Senate (S! 33~5 ) granting an in­ to which was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 4-856) granting an crease of pension to Martha M. Bedell, reported the same without increase of pension to William F. Cloud, reported the same with­ amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 2218); which said bill out amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 2235); which said . and report were referred to the Private Calendar. bill and report were referred to the Private Calendar. · He also, from the same committee, to which was referred the Mr. SAMUEL W. SMITH, from the Committee on In-valid Pen­ bill of the House (H. R. 12778) granting a pension to Adoniram J. sim~s, to which WaB referred the bill of the House (H. R. 12-30-1) Holmes, reported the same with amendment, accompanied by a granting a pension to Mrs. Mary B. Whiteley, reported the same report (No. 2219); which said bill and report were referred to the with amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 2236) ;-which said Privat.e Calendar. bill and report. were referred to the Private Calendar. Mr. GIBSON, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to Mr. CONNER, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 12997) granting which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 10046) to pension an increase of pension to Thomas J. Young, reported the same Rosa; Cox, reported the same with amendment, accompanied by a _without amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 2220); which report (No. 2237); which said bill and report were referred to the said bill and report were referred to the Private Calendar. Private Calendar. I Mr. CONNER, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to Mr. GIBSON, from theCommitteeonlnvalidPensions, towhich which was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 3376) granting an in­ was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 4-836) granting an increase crease of pension to James McFry, reported the same without of pension to Phebe E. Babcock, reported the same without amend­ amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 2221); which said bill ment, accompanied by a report (No. 2-238); which said bill and and report were referred to the Private Calendar. report were referred to the Private Calendar. l\1r. GRAFF, from the CommHtee on Invalid Pensions, to Mr. MIERS of Indiana, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 7315) granting a to which was referred the bill of the HoUBe (RR. 9066) granting pension to William W. King, reported the same with amendment, an increase of pension to Joseph N. Loving, reported the same accompanied by a report·(No. 2222); which said bill and report with amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 2239); which said - were referred to the Private Calendar. bill and report were referred to the Private Calendar. l\Ir. NORTON of Ohio, from the Committee on Invalid Pen­ Mr. GIBSON,fromtheCommitteeon Invalid Pensions, towhich sions to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 9218) was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 11453) granting a pen­ granting an increase of pension to George W. Hissey, report.ad sion to Charles E. Binns, reported the same with amendment, the same with amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 2223); accompanied by a report (No. 224-0); which said bill and report which said bill and re,port were referred to the Private Calendar. were referred to the Private Calendar. He also, from the same committee, to which was referred the Mr. CALDERHEAD, from theComm.itteeon Invalid Pensions, bill of the House (H. R. 12180) granting a pension to Gilbert L. to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 11812) granting Pierce. reported the same with amendment, accompanied by a re­ an increase of pension to Daniel E. Turner, reported the same port (No. 2224-); which said bill and report were referred to the with amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 224-1); which Private Calendar. said bill and report were referred to the Private Calendar. Mr. CONNER, from the Committee on In-valid Pensions, to Mr. GASTON, from the Committee on Invalid PensionB, to which was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 1204) granting a pen­ which was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 3501) granting an · sion to William Gaddis, reported the same without amendment, increase of penBion to Kate Harbaugh, reported the same without accompanied by a report (No. 2225 ); which said bill and report amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 2242); which said bill were referred to the Private Calendar. and report were referred to the Private Calendar. Mr. GASTON, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to Mr. MIERS of Indiana, from the Committee on Invalid Pen­ which was referred the till of the HoUBe (H. R. 3078) granting sions, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 12250) a pension to Amanda W. Clancy, widow of Col. C. W. Clancy, granting an increase of pension to Patrick Brennan, reported the . late Fifty-second Ohio, reported the same with amendment, same with amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 2243); which accompanied by a report (No. 2226); which said bill and report said bill and report were referred to the Private Calendar. were referred to the Private Calendar. Mr. NORTON of Ohio, from the Committee on fnvalid Pensions, Mr. GRAFF, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to which to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 12184-) for the was referred the bill of the House (H, R. 4193) to pension Levi C~ relief of Thomas Jefferson Holmes, reported the same with amend­ :Mann, reported the same with amendment, accompanied by a ment, accompanied by a report (No. 2244); which said bill and report (No. 2227); which said bill and report were referred to the report Wet"e referred to the Private Calendar. ., Private Calendar. Mr. CONNER, from the Committee on Invalid PenBions, to Mr. SAMUEL W. SMITH, from the Committee on Invalid Pen­ which was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 2107) granting an in­ sions, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 5614) crease of pension to James Brown, reported the same without granting a pension to Virginia R. Friedeborn, reported the same amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 2245); which said bill with amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 2228); which said and report were referred to the Private Calendar. bill and report were referred to the Private Calendar. Mr. CALDERHEAD, f_rom the Committee on lnvalid Pensions, Mr. GASTON, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 12491) granting which was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 2624) granting a pen­ an increase of pension to Robert H. Metcalf, reported the same . sion to Mary M. Kean, reported the same without amendment, with amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 224:6) ; which said accompanied by a report (No. 2229); which said bill and report bill and report were referrea to the Private Calendar. were referred to the Private Calendar. Mr. CONNER, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to Mr. CONNER, from the Committee on Invalid PensioDB, to whiqh was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 2907) granting a which was referred the bill of the HoUBe (ff. R. 4813) granting a pension to Henrietta Parrott, reported the same without amend­ pension to Taylor Hux, reported the same with amendment, ac­ ment, accompanied by a report (No. 2247); which said bill and companied by a report (No. 2230); which said bill and report were report were referred to the Private Calendar. referred to the Private Calendar. Mr. NORTON of Ohio, from the Committee on Invalid Pen­ Mr. MIERS of Indiana, from the Committee on Invalid Pen­ sions, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 12775) sions, to which was referred t~e bill of the House (0:. R. 64-17) granting a pension to Sarah Miller, ieported the same without - granting a pension to Eliza C. Johnson, reported the same with amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 2248); which said bill amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 2231); which said bill and report were referred to the Private Calendar. · and report were referred to the Private Calendar. _ Mr. GASTON, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to . Mr. SAMUEL W. SMITH, from the Committee on Invalid which was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 3758) granting an in­ . Pensions, to which was referred the bill of the HoUBe (H. R, 4232) crease of pension to William I. Miller, reported the same without

XXXIV-~ 914 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD.-HOUSE. JANUARY 11, amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 2249); which said bill Thomas Claiborne, reported the same with amendment, accom­ and report were referred to the Private Calendar. panied by a i·epol't (No. 2266); which said bill and report were re­ Mr. CALDERHEAD, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, ferred to the Private Calendar. to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 3883) 'granting Mr. WEEKS, from the Committee on Pensions, to which was an increase of pension to W. H. Ransom, reported the same with referred the bill of the House (H. R. 8380) granting increase of amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 2250); which said bill pension to R. G. Morris, reported the same with amendment, ac­ and reoort were referred to the Private Calendar. companied by a report (No. 2267); which said bill and report were Mr. ~GASTON, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to refe1Ted to the Private Calendar. which was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 4277) granting a Mr. STANLEY W. DAVENPORT, from the Committee on pension to Albert Wetzel, reported the same without amendment, Pensions, to which was refel'red the bill of the House (H. R . 12441) accompanied by a report (No. 2251); which said bill and report granting an increase of pension to Aaron R. Rohrbach, reported were referred to the Private Calendar. the same with amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 2268); Mr. NORTON of Ohio, from the Committee on Invalid Pen­ which said bill and report were referred to the Private Calendar. sions, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R . 11723) Mr. LOUDENSLAGER, from the Committee on Pensions, to granting an increase of pension to William K. Grayson, reported which was refened the bill of the Senate (S. 1792) granting a pen­ the same with amendment, aucompanied by a report (No. 2252); sion to Martha C. l\I. Fisher, reported the same with amendment, which said bill and report were referred to the Private Calendar. accompanied by a report (No. 2269); which said bill and report Mr. CALDERHEAD from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, were referred to the Private Calendar. to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 9503) granting He also, from the same committee, to which was referred the an increase of pension to Samuel Baughman, reported the same bill of the Senate (S. 1872) granting an increase of pension to with amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 2253); which said Hiram J . Reamer, reported the same with amendment, accom­ bill and report were referred to the Private Calendar. panied by a report (No. 2270); which sai.d bill and report were Mr. SAMUEL W. SMITH, from the Committee on Invalid Pen­ referred to the Private Calendar. sions, to which was referred the bill of the Hquse (H. R. 12826) Mr. ESCH, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to which granting an increase of pension to Charles H. Knapp, reported the was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 11630) to remove charge same with amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 2254); of desertion from military record of George W. Moore, alias which said bill and report were referred to the Private Calendar. George W. More, reported the same with amendment, accompanied Mr. GASTON, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to by a report (No. 2273); which said bill and report were referred which was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 2319) granting an to the Private Calendar. increase of pension to Charles C. Bunty, reported the same with­ out amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 2255); which said CHANGE OF REFERENCE. bill and report were referred to the Private Calendar. Mr. GIBSON, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to Under clause 2 of Rule XXII, committees were discharged from which was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 4022) granting a the consideration of bills of the following titles; which were there­ pension to William B. Caldwell, reported the same without upon referred as follows: amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 2256); which said bill A bill (H. R . 4625) granting a pension to James M. Long-Com­ and report were referred to the Private Calendar. . mittee on Invalid Pensions discharged, and referred to the Com­ He also, from the same committee, to which was referred the mittee on Pensions. bill of the Senate (S. 1044) granting an increase of pension to A bill (H. R. 13091) granting a pension to Sarah A. Tubbs­ Committee on Invalid Pensions discharged, and referred to the Rachel M. Worley, reported the s:ime without amendment, ac­ Committee on Pensions. companied by a report (No. 2257); which said bill and report A bill (H. R. 5569) for the relief of certain Government em­ were referred to the Private Calendar. ployees at For t Leavenworth, Kans., and for other purposes­ He also, from the same committee, to which was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 3680) granting a pension to Mary Elizabeth Committee on War Claims discharged, and referred to the Com­ Moore, reported the same without amendment, accompanied by a mittee on Claims. report (No. 2258); which said bill and report were referred to the Private Calendar. PUBLIC BILLS, RESOLUTIONS, AND MEMORIALS He also, from the same committee, to which was referred the INTRODUCED. bill of the Senate (S. 5005) granting an increase of pension to Fred­ Under clause 3 of Rule XX.II, bills, resolutions, and memorials erick Vogel, reported the same without amendment, accompanied of the following titles were introduced and severally referred as by a report (No. 2259); which said bill and report were referred follows: ' to the Private Calendar. By Mr. FLYNN: A bill (H. R. 1345 ) to divide the Indian Ter­ He also, from the same committee, to which was referred the ritory into counties and to establish the county seats thereof, bill of the Senate (S. 5126) granting an increase of pension to and for other purposes-to the Committee on Indian Affairs. John D. Thompson, reported the same without amendment, ac­ By l\fr. FITZGERALD of Massachusetts: A bill (H. R. 13459) companied by a report (No. 2260); which said bill and report were grnnting additional pay to soldiers engaged in the Spanish­ referred to the Private Calendar. American war-to the Committee on War Claims. Mr. MINOR, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to which By Mr. GROSVENOR: A bill (H. R. 13460) to amend an act was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 160-1} granting an increase entitled "An act to adopt regulations for preventing collisions at of pension to Harvey Graham, reported the same without amend­ sea," approved August 19, 1890-to the Committee on the Merchant ment, accompanied by a report (No. 29 61); which said bill and Marine and Fisheries. report were 1 eferred to the Private Calendar. By Mr. PEARCE of Missouri: A bill (H. R. 13461) to punish Mr. SHA Vf, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, to which frauds at elections for Representatives and Delegates in Congress, was referred. the bill of the Senate (S. 5045) granting a pension to and for other purposes-to the Committee on Election of Presi­ Eliza N. Lord, repor~ed the same without amendment, accom­ dent, Vice-President, and Representatives in Congress. panied by a report (No. 2262); which said bill and report were By Mr. SHEPPARD: A bill (H. R. 13462) to regulate the issu­ referred to the Private Calendar. ance of writs from the district and circuit courts-to the Com­ Mr. MINOR, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, towhich mittee on the Judiciary. was referred the biH of the Senate (S. 2879) granting a pension to Also (by request), a bill (H. R. 13463) to prevent intruders, Mary E. Griffiths, reported the same without amendment, accom­ citizens by marriage, and reservators from sharing in the lands panied by a report (No. 2263); which said bill and report were and annuities of the Cherokee Nation-to the Committee on referred to the Private Calendar. Indian Affairs. Mr. GIBSON, from the Committee on War Claims, to which By Mr. BURLESON: A bill (H. R.13464) making an appropri­ was referred the bill of the House (H. R.13382) for the allowance ation for the improvement of the Brazos River, from its mouth to of certain claims for stores and supplies reported by the Court of Old Washington, Tex.-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Claims under the provisions of the act approved March 3, 18 3, By Mr. BULL: A bill (H. R. 13497) for the erection of an addi­ and commonly known as the Bowman Act, and for other purposes, tion to the po"t-office and custom-house in the city of Newport, reported the same with amendment, accompanied by a report (No. R . 1.- to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. 22li4); which said bill and report were referred to the Private Cal- By Mr. MONDELL: A resolution (H. Res. 351) to pay $379.09 endar. to John Iredale for services as folder in folding room-to the Com· Mr. LOUDENSLAGER, from the Committee on Pensions, t.o mittee on Accounts. which was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 5093) granting an By Mr. GREENE of Massachusetts: A 1·esolution (H. Res. 352) increase of pension to Charlotte W. Drew, reported the same with for the appointment of a messenger in the file room, Clerk's office­ amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 2265); which said bill to the Committee on Accounts. and report were referred to the Private Calendar. By Mr. HEMENWAY: A resolution (H. Res. 353) authorizing He also, from the same committee, to which was referred the the Clerk of the H ouse of Representatives to pay the widow of bill of the Sena1'.8 (S. 4575) granting an increase of pension t o J . R. Whitacre, late a messenger on the soldiers' r oll, a sum equal 1901. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 915

to six months' salary, and funeral expenses not to exceed $250-to By Mr. JONES of Virginia: A bill (H. R. 13495) for relief of the Committee on Accounts. Sarah Ann Collins and Lauretta Turlington-to the Committee By Mr. WEAVER: A resolution (H. Res. 354) to pay Guy on Pensions. Underwood for librarian services in the Hall Library-to the Com­ By Mr. SHAFROTH: A bill (H. R. 134:96) granting a pension mittee on Accounts. to S. H. Williamson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr: ESCH: A resolution (H. Res. 355) to increase salary of By Mr. CLARK: A bill (H. R. 13498) granting a pension to H. D. Norton-to the Committee on Accounts. James G. Head-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. HENDERSON: A resolution of the legislature of Cali­ Also, a bill (H. R. 13499) granting a pension to Mrs. Elizabeth fornia, favoring the passage of the Wadsworth bill (H. R. 96)­ Seifert-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Agriculture. PETITIONS, ETC. PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED. I Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, the following petitions and papers Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, private bills and resolutions of were laid on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows: the following titles were introduced and severally referred as By Mr. BARHAM: Petition of Theodore Conick, keeper, and follows: surfmen of Pains Reyes life-saving station, favoring bill to pro- By Mr. BENTON (by request): A bill (H. R. 13465) for relief mote efficiency of Life-Saving Service-to the Committee on In- of John Wadsworth-to the Committee on Claims. terstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. CONNER: A bill (H. R. 13466) granting a pension to By Mr. BURKETT: Papers to accompany House bm No. 9832, Ellen A. Plumley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to restore the status of the Nebraska Territorial militia-to the By Mr. CURTIS: A bill (H. R. 13467) granting an increase of Committee on Military Affairs. pension to Laura L. Hill-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. BURTON: Petition of banks and bankers of the State Also, a bill (H. R. 13468) granting an increase of pension to San- of Ohio for the enactment of laws allowing national banks to loan frJ'

By Mr. GARDNER of New Jersey: .Petitions of C. D. Thomp­ The Secretary (Mr. CHARLES G. BENNETT) read as follows: son and others, John J. Marshall and others, keepers and surfmen UNITED STA.TES SEN.A.TE of life-saving stations, favoring bill to promote efficiency of Life­ Washington, D. C., January 11, 1901. Saving Service-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign I hereby name Mr. PERKD'S, senior Senator from California., to perform the duties of the Chair during my absence Saturday, the 12th day of January Commerce. instant. By Mr. GRAHAM: Resolutions of the Sixth Annual Conven­ WILLIAM P. FRYE, tion of the Ohio Valley Improvement Association, for the improve­ President pro tempore. ment of the Ohio River and the construction of locks and dams Mr. PERKINS thereupon took the chair as Presiding Officer for at various points-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. to-day. Also, petition of the National Association of Railway Postal THE JOURNAL, Clerks, favoring the bill for the reclassification of the Railway The Secretary proceeded to read the Journal of yesterday's pro­ Mail Service-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. ceedings, when, on request of Mr. ALLEN, and by unanimous con­ Also. petition of the National Association of Chiefs of Police of sent, the further reading was d.ispensed with. the United States and Canada, for the establishment of a national bureau of identification in Washington-to the Committee on the INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT ACT. Judiciary. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. PERKINS) laid before the By Mr. JACK: Resolutions of Charles S. Whitworth Post, No. Senate a communication from the Commissioner of Labor, trans­ 89, Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Pennsylvania, mitting, in response to a resolution of January 23, 1900, a report favoring the passage of House bill No. 5779, giving veterans prefer­ on the effect of the international copyright law of the United ment in public service-to the Committee on Reform in the Civil States; which, with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Service. Committee on Patents, and ordered to be printed. By Mr. JONES of Virginia: Petition of the heirs of Christopher MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. Armat, of Spottsylvania County, Va., for reference of war claim A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. H. L. to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. OVERSTREET, on'e of its clerks, announced that the House had By Mr. MANN: Petition of Smith-Wallace Shoe Company and passed the following bills and joint resolution: other firms of Chicago, ill., praying for the removal of the duty A bill (S. 415) granting an increase of pension to John Roop; on hides-to the Committee on Ways and Means. A bill (S. 823) granting an increase of pen ion to Brice Davis; Also, petition of the Saloonkeepers' Association of Blue Island, A bill (8. 946) granting an increase of pension to Stephen John- Ill., for the repeal of the war tax of $1 per barrel on beer in the son; war-revenue act--to the Committee on Ways and Means. A bill (S. 952) granting an increg.se of pension to Francis M. By Mr. MORRELL: Petition of A. R. Barrett and other citizens Porter; of the Fifth Congressional district of Pennsylvania, in favor of A bill (S. 993) granting an increase of pension to Edwin S. the anti-polygamy amendment to the Constitution-to the Com­ Anderson: mittee on the Judiciary. A bill (8. 1240} granting a pension to Samuel Nichols; By Mr. RUSSELL: Petition of citizens of Preston, Conn., for A bill (S. 1246) granting an increase of vension to Chai·les A. legi lation to prohibit the sale of intoxicants in the Philippines Perkins; - and island possessions of the United States; for international treaty A bill (S. 1280) granting an increase of pension to Alfred Her­ to prohibit liquor sales in Africa and the islands of the Pacific, . ing; and to prohibit liquor sales at Army posts, etc.-to the Committee A bill (S. 1282) granting an increase of pension to Thomas G. on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic. Huff; Also, petition of American Federation of Labor, Union No. 8198; A bill (S. 1456) granting an increase of pension to Fordyce M. of Norwich, Conn., favoring the passage of House bill No. 7427, Keitle: known as the eight-hour bill-to the Committee on Labor. A bill (S. 1463) granting an increase of pension to Jasper Pitts; By Mr. SHATTUC: Petition of Sons of the American Revolu· A bill (S. 1588) granting a pension to Ev~t Clark; tion, for the purchase of Revolutionary battlefields and the estab­ A bill (S. 1627) granting an increase of pension to George B. lishment of same as national parks-to the Committee on Military Hayden; Affairs. A bill (S. 1715) granting an increase of pension to Andrew J. By Mr. STARK: Petitionr of Louis Heimrod and 11 others. Arw~tt: gaugers and storekeepers in the Internal-Revenue Service, in the A bill (8. 2110) restoring the pension of John R. McCoy; State of Nebraska, for sufficient appropriation to provide for them A bill (S. 2305) granting a pension to Eliza D. Pennypacker; vacations without loss of pay-to the Committee on Appropria­ A bill (S. 2333) granting an increase of pemiion to James Os­ tions. born: By Mr. STEVENS of Minnesota: Protest of the board of water A bill (S. 2486) granting an increase of pension to Susan Dan­ commissioners of St. Paul, Minn., against the passage of the bill iels; for the relief of the widow of Isaiah Smith Hyatt-to the Com­ A bill (S. 2753) granting an increase of pension to David H. mittee on Patents. Morey; By Mr. JAMES R. WILLIAMS: Papers to accompany House A bill (S. 2755) granting an increase of pen~ion to Isaac N. bill for the relief of Joseph Sullivan late private, Company F, Cissna; Fortieth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry-to the Committee A bill (S. 2767) granting a pension to Nellie L. Parsons; on Invalid Pensions. A bill (S. 2777) granting a pension to Benjamin F. Trapp; A bill (S. 2819) granting an increase of pension to Henry Van Gelder· A bill (S. 2827) granting an increase of pension to Cornelius SEN.ATE. Shroder; SATURDAY, Janum·y 12!1 1901. A bill (S. 2834) granting an increaRe of pension to Ann E. Cluke; A bill (S. 2954) granting an increase of pension to Elam Kirk; The Chaplain, Rev. W. H. MILBURN·, D. D., offered the follow- A bill (S. 3079) granting an increase of pension to William ing prayer: Oliver; We bless Thee, our Father, that through the growing influence A bill (S. 3137) granting an increase of pension to Lunsford of Thy Son and of Thy Holy Spirit the sentiment of brotherly ·Ellis; kindness among men has grown and is increasing, and finds itself A bill (S. 3223) granting an increase of pension to William R. with emphatic expression in this the highest political body of the McMaster; nation. And now, as we come about the lately open grave of the , A bill (S. 3440) granting an increase of pension to George W. late eminent senior Senator from Minne ota to pay the tribute of Harrison· re pect and affection to his memory, may all the best and noblest A bill (S. 3512) granting an increase of pension to Samuel traits of his character come out, and may we respond to them Schutz; with genuine and affectionate admiration and appreciation. A bill (S. 3517) granting an increase of pension to Adam Velten; Let Thy blessing rest upon all the Senators, those who are de- A bill (S. 3522) granting an increase of pension to Eben E. tained at home by infiTmity and indisposition, those who are here Pushor: and to be p1·esent and may this be a memorable day in the his- A bill (S. 3574) granting a pension to Julia Van Wicklen; tory of the ~enate as it engrave~ the name and recollection of our A bill (S. 3624) granting a pension to Hemy K. Davis; departed friend and brother high among the ~tat~smen of .the A bill (S. 3729) granting a pension to Prudence Reamer; nation. We humbly pray, through Jesus Christ, our Savior. A bill (S. 3954) granting an increase of pension to Caroline z. Amen. Repetti; NAMIXG A PRESIDING OFFICER. I A bill (8. 3991) granting an increase of pension to Sylvester Solo- Mr. PERKINS called the Senate to order and said: The Secre- mon; tary will read a communication from the President pro tempore of A bill (S. 4105) g1.·anting an increase of pension to John Coombs; the Senate. A bill (S. 4128) granting a pension to Hester A. Phillips;