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Also, petition of Maple Grove Christian Endeavor Society of labor, etc.; which, with the accompanying paper, was ordered to ~~grange, Ind., ur~ing t~e passage of House bill No. 5457, prohib- lie on the table and be printed. 1tmg the sale of hquor m Army cantieens-to the Committee on ::Military Affairs. S-CHOONER POLLY. By ~.r. SHAFROTH: Petition of representative stockmen, at The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a commu• a meeting held at Yampa, Colo., and Cigar Makers' Union No. 129, nication f.rom the asaistant clerk of the Court of Claims trans· of Denver, Colo., relating to the leasing of public lands, etc.-to mitting the conclusions of fact and of law filed under th~ act of the Committee on the Public Lands. January 20, 1885, in the Fi·ench spoliation claims set out in the Also, petition of citizens of Wild County, Colo., in favor of the annexed fi~~gs br the court relating to the vessel schooner Grout bill taxing oleomargarine-to the Committee on Ways and folly, Ben3amm Shillabar, master; which, with the accompany Means. mg papers, was referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered Also, petition of Local Union No. 264, Carpenters and Joiners of to be printed. Boulder, Colo., favoring the passage of House bill No. 6882 ~e CUSHINGS ISLAND, MAINE. lating to hours of labor on public works, and House bill No. M50 for the protection of free labor against prison labor-to the Com: The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a commu mittee on Labor. nication from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the By Mr. SIBLEY: Petition of the Young People's Society of Quartermaster-General relative to a proposed amendment to the Christian Etideavor of Pleasantville, Pa., to prohibit the sale of Army appropriation bill providing for the purchase of land on liquor in canteens, etc.-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Cushings Island, Portland Harbor, Maine, to be used to erect ad By Mr. SPRAGUE: Petition of R. A. Pierce Post,No.190,and di~onal batteries an~ for buildings for the troops thereon; which, C. L. Chandler Post, No.143, Department of Massachusetts, Grand with the accompanymg papers, was ordered to be printed, and re Army of the Republic, in favor of a bill locating a Branch Sol ferred to the Committee on Military Affairs. diers' Home near Johnson City, 1'enn.-to the Committee on Mili MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE, tary Affairs. Also, protest of citizens of Walnut Hill, Mass., against the A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. W. J. pasRage of the Loud bill-to the Committee on the Post-Office and BROWNING, its Chief Clerk, announced that the Honse had passed Post-Roads. the concurrent resolution of the Senate to print 14,000 copies of Also, resolutions of a mass meeting of citizens of Charlestown, the general summary entitled Review of the World's Commerce Mass., for the construction of gun boats and cruisers in the Charles for the year 18~9. town Navy-Yard-to the Committee on Naval Affairs. . :rhe me~ also announced that the House had passed the By Mr. STARK: Petition of Post No. 17, Department of Ne JOmt resolution (S. R. 77) authorizing the printing of a special braska, Grand Army of the Republic, in support of House bill edition of the Yearbook of the United States Department of Ag· No. 4742, to provide for the detail of active and retired officers of riculture for 1899. the Army and Navy to assist in military education in public The message further announced that the Honse had passed a. schools-to the Committee on Military Affairs. bill (H. R. 6959) to extend the provisions of an act entitled "An Ahm, petition of William Mills and 21 citizens of Beatrice, act granting increase of pension t-0 soldiers of the Mexican war in Nebr., and affidavit of Dr. G. L. Rowe, to accompany House bill certain cases," approved January 5, 1893; in which it requested · for the relief of the said William Mills-to the Committee on the concurrence of the Senate. Invalid Pensions. ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED. By Mr. STEWART of New Jersey: Resolution" of G. R. Paul Post, No. 101, of Westwood, N. J., Grand Army of the Republic, The message also announced that the Speaker of the House had -·- in favor of House bill No. 7094, for the establishment of a Branch signed the following enrolled bills; and they were thereupon Soldiers' Home at Johnson City, Tenn.-to the Committee on signed by the President pro tempore: Military Affairs. A bill (S. 2679) declaring certain trestles of the Washington By Mr. SULZER: Resolutions of the Transvaal Committ-ee of· County Railroad Company to be lawful structures; California, signed by L. K. P. Van Baggen and others, requesting A bill (H. R. 60) to create the northwestern division of the north Congress to take steps for immediate intervention between Great ern district of Georgia for judicial purposes and to fix the time Britain and the South African Republic-to the Committee on and place for holding court therein; Foreign Affairs. A bill (H. R. 8063) to legalize and maintain the iron bridge By Mr. TAWNEY: Petition of citizens of Steele and Dodge across Pearl River, at Rockport, Miss.; counties, Minn., in favor of the Grout bill taxing oleomargarine A bill (H. R. 9284) to attach the county of Foard, in the State to the Committee on Agriculture. of Texas, to the Fort Worth division of the northern district of By M.r. TERRY: Paper to accompany Honse bill for the relief Texas and providing that all process issued against defendants re· of Joseph B. McGahan-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. siding in said county shall be returned to Fort Worth; By Mr. VREELAND: Petitions of the Woman's Christian Tem A bill (H. R. 9713) permitting the building of a dam between perance union, Methodist Episcopal Church, and Baptist Church Coon Rapids and the north limits of the city of Minneapolis, of Busti, N. Y., and Union Grange, of Kennedy, N. Y., to pro Minn .. across the Mississippi River; and hibit the sale of intoxicating liquors in Army canteens and at A bill (H. R. 10311) to authorize the Shreveport and Red River military posts-to the Committee on .Military Affairs. Valley RailW!lY Company to build and maintain a railway bridge By Mr. WILSON of New York: Resolutions of the Columbus across Red River at or near the town of Alexandria, in the parish (Ohio) Trades and Labor Assembly, against increase of taxation of Rapides, State of Louisiana. on oleomargarine-to the Committee on Ways and Means. PETITIONS AND MEMORI.A.LS. By Mr. WRIGHT: Petition of 55 citizens of Forest City, Pa., favoring the enactment of a clause in the Hawaiian constitution Mr. PLATT of New York presented a memorial of the Central forbidding the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors and Trades and Labor Council of Rochester, N. Y., remonstrating a prohibition of gambling and the opium trade-to the Committee against the enactment of legislation regulating electrical wiring on the Territories. in the Distiict of Columbia; which was referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. He also presented a petition of the Woman's Christian Tem perance Union of Groton, N. Y., praying for the enactment of SENATE. legislation requiring the labeling of oleomargarine and all kin TUESDAY, .April 10, 1900. dred dairy products; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. W. H. MILBURN, D. D. He also presented a petition of Sydney Post, No. .(1, Depart The Secretary proceeded to read the J onrnal of yesterday's pro ment of NewYork, GrandArmyoftheRepublic, of Ithaca,N. Y., ceeding~, when, on motion of Mr. GALLINGER, and by unanimous praying for the adoption of a certain amendment to Senate bill consent, the further reading was dispensed with. No. 1477, granting pensions to soldiers and sailors who are inca The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, the Jour pacitated for the performance of manual labor, etc.; which was nal-will stand approved. referred to the Committee on Pensions. He also presented a petition of the Real Estate Board of Brokers AGES OF EMPLOYEES IN EXECUTIVE DEP.ARTMENTS. of New York City, praying for the enactment of legislation pro The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a commu viding for the reduction of stamp-tax duties imposed on morfi.. nication from the Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting, in re gages, leases, rent receipts, etc.; which was referred to the Com sponse to a. resolution of the 16th ultimo, a statement showing the mittee on Finance. ages and number of clerks, messengers, etc., in the Department, He also presented petitions of the Woman's Christian Temper and also the number of those who ai·e incapacitated for manual ance Union of Cuba, of the Woman's Christian Temperance 1900. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE.1 3961
Union of Perry, of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of portation of live stock from one State to another; which was re· Syracuse, and of the congregation of the First Presbyterian ferred to the Committee on Interstate Commerce. Church of Wolcott, all in the State of New York, praying for the Mr. TELLER presented the memorial of C. W. Boynton,of Long enactm1:mt of legislation to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors mont, Colo., remonstrating against the passage of the so-called upon any premises used for military purposes by the United Loud bill, relating to second-class mail matter; which was referred States; which were referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. Mr. PETTIGREW. I present a petition of sundry citizens of He also presented petitions of sundry citizens of Fort Lupton, of Vale Summit, Md., praying for the passage of Senate bill No. 1770, the congregation of the First Baptist Church of Grand Junction, to provide for the acquisition, purchase, construction, and con and of the congregation of the Congregational Church of Grand demnation by the United States of America of all railroads lying in Junction, all in the State of Colorado, praying for the enactment the Territories of the United States, the respective States, and the of legislation to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors on prem District of Columbia engaged in interstate commerce in carrying ises used for military purposes; which were referred to the Com· the mails and to provide for the said roads of the United State3, mittee on Military Affairs. and amending the act of Congress of February 4, 1887, entitled Mr. PENROSE presented a petition of sundry citizen~ of Penn· "An act to regulate interstate commerce, and for other purposes." sylvania, praying for the enactment of legislation to provide for I ask that the petition be printed in the RECORD and referred to the reclassification of clerks in the Railway Mail Service; which the Committee on Interstate Commerce. was referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. There being no objection, the petition was referred to the Com He also presented petitions of the Woman's Christian Temper mittee on Interstate Commerce, and ordered to be printed in the ance unions of Millville, Oxford, Allentown, and Reading; of the RECORD, as follows: congregation of the Baptist Church of Oxford; of the Nottingham Petition for public ownership or railways, telegraphs, and telephones and Meeting of Friends, of Chester County, and of the congregations for passage of bill No. S. 1770 and against bill No. S. U39. of the United Presbyterian and Methodist Episcopal churches of To the Congress of the United States: Oxford, all in the State of Pennsylvania, praying for the enact Whereas the Comititu tion has reposed in Congress power to regulate inter ment of legislation to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors in state commerce and provide for the carriage of the mails, both of which are any post exchange, canteen, or transport, or upon any premises long likely to be carried by railroads, which are public highways, and their used for military purposes by the United States; which were re administration of function of g-overnment; and Whereas it is the constitutional right of your petitioners that the fore ferred to the Committee on Military Affairs. going function of government be administered equally and justly to all citi Mr. FORAKER presented a petition of Mountville Grange, No. zens that they be not denied the equal protection of the laws; and Whereas experience has demonstrated the futility of mere regulation to 1403, Patrons of Husbandry, of Mountville, Ohio, praying for the obtain such just and equal treatment from private corporations while they election of United States Senators by a popular vote of the people; possess the active powers of government inherent in the ownership of such which was referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections. rail ways. now, in fact, irresponsible monopolies; but, on the contrary,. unjust He also presented a petition of Mountville Grange, No. 1403, tolls have long been exacted from many persons and localities, ana secret and unjust preferences granted to favored persons and corporations whereby Patrons of Husbandry, of Mountville, Ohio, praying for the en trusts and monopolies have been created and are still sustained to the great actment of legislation to secure more adequate anti-trust laws; in.jury of innocent persons and the demoralization of the business commu which was refeued to the Committee on the Judiciary. nity, and all thhl in open defiance of law and the equal principles of our Gov ernment, and in the very teeth of both State and Federal regulation, which He also presented a petition of the Fire and Marine Under· are powerless to protect the people; and wnter:i of Cincinnati, Ohio, praying for the adoption of a certain Whereas such railway monopolies and other consequent trusts tend to amendment to the war-revenue law; which was referred to the corrupt the public conscience, forestall commerce between the States, de stroy competition, and confiscate the property of innocent persons by their Committee on Finance. discriminations and favol'll; which conditions render it necessary that the He also presented memorials of the Soldiers and Sailors' Depart· Government should acquire the said hi~hways and operate the same as one of its own functions, to secure for its citizens the equal protection of the ment of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Dayton, laws and those equal opportunities to insure which government is ordained, Ohio, remonstrating against the sale of intoxicating liquors in the some forty out of fifty nations of the world now operating directly their re newly acquired possessions and in the Army; which were ordered spective railways free from the great evils of our private system: and to lie on the table. Whereas it is certain that the unification of the railways of this country under Government ownership and operation would secure for the people: He also presented the pet.ition of Rev. Edwin Sherwood, pastor First. The stability of the capital now invested in rail ways at its just worth. of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and A. L. Ellis, trustee, of Second. Its ultimate payment and retirement, and the elimination, thus of one-third of the burdens of commerce, etc. Kingston, Ohio, praying for the enactment of legislation to pro Third. Absolutely equal treatment to the patrons of the railways. hibit the sale of intoxicating liquors in canteens at Army and Fourth. An eight-hour work day for railway employees. Naval Soldiers' Homes, immigrant stations, and Government Fifth. A cent a mile pnssenger fare for the entire country, and penny postage. buildings, and on all grounds and premises used by the United Sixth. A better development of the resources of the country, and a just States; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. distribution of railway mileage. He also presented a petition of the congregation of St. Paurs Seventh. The establishment of postal express at one-half of present cost. Methodist Episcopal Church, of Delaware, Ohio, praying for the Eighth. A system of accident insurance for passengers, employees, and shiripers. enactment of legislation to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liq· Ninth. The prevention of strikes and many monopolies, trusts, etc. uors in canteens and on all Government property; which was Tenth. The emancipation of public men, primaries, and elections from the referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. growing evils of railway politics, and the security of railway employees by a rigid system of merit, tenure, etc.• He also presented a petition of Mountville Grange, No. 1403, Therefore, the undersigned, cit:l.zens of Vale Summit, Maryland State, re Patrons of Husbandry, of l\Iountville, Ohio, praying for the en· spectfully remonstrate against the passage of Senate bill No. 1439, as a fur actment of lfgislation to secure protection in the use of adulter ther experiment of •·regulation," but in fact an a .. t to legalize railway trusts, and do petition Congress to at once enact legislation for Government owner ated food products; which was referred to the Committee on r ship and operation of railways, as well as telegraphs and telephones, and to Manufactures. acquiro the same at a fair valuation by purchase or condemnation, to the Mr. SEWELL presented a petition of the Young People's Soci end that equality of opportunity in the use of transportation may be guar anteed to all citizens of the Republic; and we recommend for immediate ety of Christian Endeavor of the First Presbyterian Church of consideration the pending bill S. 1770, introduced in the Senate by the Hon. Metuchen, N. J., praying for the enactment of legislation to pro Senator RICHARD F. PETTIGREW. hibit the sale of intoxicating liquors in the A1·my and also in our Mr. PETTIGREW presented a petition of sundry citizens of new island possessions; which was ordered to lie on the table. Hoffman, Md., praying for the enactmentof legislation topronde He also presented a petition of the Woman ·s CbJ.·istian Temper for the Government ownership and operation of railwaysi as well ance Union of Daretown, N. J., and a petitiun of the Christian as telegraphs and telephones, and to acquire the same at a fair Endeavor Society of Daretown, N. J., praying for the enactment valuation by purchase or condemnation, etc.; which was referred of legislation to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors in all to the Committee on Interstate Commerce. Government buildings and premises; which were referred to the Mr. GALLINGER presented a petition of the Woman's Chris Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. tian Temp~rance Union of Lempster, N. H., praying for theena~t Mr. HOAR presented the memorial of Rev. Joseph H ..Johnson, ment of legislation to prohibit the selling of or dealing in beer, of Los Angeles, Cal., bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church wine, or any intoxicating drinks in any post exchange, or can of the United States, remonstrating against the extension of sov teens, or transports, or upon any premises used for military pur ereignty over foreign territory; which was referred to the Com· poses by the United States; which was referred to the Committee mittee on the Philippines. on Military Affairs. He also presentecl the memorial of Rev. Euward Everett Hale Mr. BARD presented a petition of the bar association of Fresno and sundry other citizens of Massachusetts, remonstrating against County, Cal., praying for the enactment of legislation to divide the enactment of legislation extending the time for transportation the southern judicial district of California into two divisions; of live stock from one State to another; which was i·eferred to which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. the Committee on Interstate Commerce. Mr. BATE presented a memorial of the American Society for He also presented a memorial of the Woman's Christian Tern· the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of New York, remonstrating perance Union of Natick, Mass., and a. memorial of the Woman's against the enactment of legislation extending the time for trans- Suffrage League of Natick, Mass., remonstrating against the sale 3962 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. APRIL 10, of intoxicating liquors in A..r'my canteens; which were referred to r~f erred the following bills, reported them severally without the Committee on Military Affafrs. amendment, and submitted reports thereon: He a1so pres~nted resolutions of the legis1ature of Massachusetts, A bill (S. 1569)'granting a pension to Mrs. Phebe E. C. Priestly; favoring the enactment of legislation for the establishment of a A bill (H. R. 3941) granting a pension to Samuel B. Weeks; and harbor of refuge upon the eastern shore of Cape Cod; which were A bill (H. R. 8390) gr~nting an increase of pension to Joshua. referred to the Committee on Commerce. Mitchell. He also presented a memorial of the Woman's Suffrage League .M:r. BAKER, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was of Natick, Mass., and a memorial of the Woman's Christian Tem referred the bill (S. 3137) granting an increase of pension to Luns perance Union of Na tick, Mass., remonstrating against the impor ford Ellis, reported itwith an amendment, and submitted a report tation, manufacture, and sale of intoxicating liquors in Hawaii; thereon. which were ordered to lie on the table. He also, from the same committee, to whom were referred the He also presented the petition of Joseph J. Corbett, chairman, following bills. reported them severally with amendments, and and James J. Mellen, secretary, of a mass meeting of sundry citi submitted reports thereon: zens of Charlestown, .Mass., praying for the enactment of legisla A bill (S. 3436) granting a pension to Caroline Wienbimer; and tion providing for the construction of one or more Government A bill (S. 825) granting an increase of pension to J. B. Coons. vessels at the Charlestown navy-yard; which was reft:rred to the Mr. BARD, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was Committee on Na val Affairs. referred the bill (H. R. 8585) to amend an act entitled "An act to prevent forest fires on the public domain," approved February 24, REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. 1897, reported it without amendment, and submitted a report Mr. LINDSAY, from the Committee on the· Judiciary, to whom thereon. was referred the bill (S. 3250) to protect the fresh-water mussels Mr. SHOUP, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was in the rivers of the United States, reported adversely thereon; and referred the b~ll (S. 78) granting a pension to Samuel W. Childs, the bill was postponed indefinitely. reported it w~th an amendment, and submitted a report thereon. He also, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom were i·e Mr. VEST, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was f erred the following bills, reported them severally without amend- referred the bill (S. 3924) to authorize the construction of a bridge ment, and submitted reports thereon: · across Tallahatchie River, in 'Tallahatchie County, Miss., reported A bill (S. 3119) granting an increase of pension to Lewis Terry; it with amendments. A bill (S. 2729) granting a pension to Eliza L. Reese; . A bill (S. 3082) granting a pension to Elizabeth F. Wolfley; and REPORT OF COMMISSION TO FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES; A bill (S. 1126) for the relief of .Mrs. Narcissa G. Short. Mr. PLATT of New York, from the Committee on Printing, Mr. Lh~DSAY, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was reported the following concurrent resolution; which was consid referred the bill (S. 1901) granting a pension to Elvira Hunter, ered by unanimous consent, and agreed t~: reported it with an amendment, and submitted a report thereon. Resolved by the Se11 ate (the House of Representatives con curring), That there He also, from the same committee, to whom was referred the be printed 2.500 additional copies of the Annual Report of the Oommission to bill (8. 3790) to increase the pension of Anna M. Collier, reported the Five Civilized Tribes for the fiscal year endin;:? June 30, 1899, of which it with amendments, and submitted a report thereon. 250 copies shall be for the use of the Senate, 500 copies for the use of the Mr. GALLINGER, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom ffi~uF'fvO: ~~fil:~n~~i~~~· and 1,750 copies for the use of the Commission to were referred the following bills, reported them each with an BILLS INTRODUCED. amendment, and submitted reports thereon: A bill (S. 4.006) granting an increase of pension to Edward nl. Mr. PENROSE introduced a bill (S. 4098) gnnting a pension to Tucker: and Rebecca L. Price; which was read twice by its title, and, with the A bill (S. 24-00) granting an increase of pension to Edith Lock accompanying papers, referred to the Committee on Pensions. wood.S!urdy. He also introduced a bill (S. 4099) for the relief of Thomas J. Mr. GALLINGER. from the Committee on Pensions, to whom McGinnis; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the were referred the following bil~s, reported. them severally with Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. amendments, and submitted reports thereon: Mr. NELSON introduced a bill (S. 4100) granting an increase A bill (S. 1975) granting a pension to Annie D. l\f. Wood; and of pension to Samuel J. Brown; which was read twice by its title, A bill (S. 4030) granting a pension to Helen M. Glenny. and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Mr. GALLINGER, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom Mr. TELLER introduced a bill (S. 4101) for the relief of Everett were referred the following bills, reported them severally without B. Curtis, administrator of John J. Curtis, deceased; which was amendment, and submitted reports thereon: . read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Claims. A bill (H. R. 6731) granting an increase of pension to William He also introduced a bill (S. 4102) for the relief of Robert Logan F. Tait; May; which ~as read twice by its title, and, with the accompany A bill (H. R. 6486) granting an increase of pension to Orange ing paper, referred to the Committee on Naval Affafrs. . F. Berdan; He also introduced a bill (S. 4103) granting a pension to George A. bill (H. R. 4795) granting an increase of pension to John R. Warner; which was read twice by its title, and, with the ac O'Conor; companying papers, refelTed to the Committee on Pensions. A bill (H. R. 8397) granting an inerease of pension to John Mr. DEBOE introduced a bill ,s. 4104) granting a pension to White; Annie B. Sharrard; which was read twice by its title, anu referred A bill (H. R. 3758) granting an increase of pension to Joshua to the Committee on Pensions. Ricketts; and He also introduced a bill (8. 4105) granting an increai;e of pen A bill (H. R. 3821) granting an increase of pension to Frances sion to John Coombs; which was read twice by its title, and re D. Best. ferred to the Committee on Pensions. Mr. WARREN, from the Committee on Claims, to whom was He also introduced a bill (S. 4106) to correct the military record referred the bill (H. R. 1992) for the relief of Mathias Pederson, of Nathan Frolick; which was read twice by its title, and referred reported it without amendment, and submitted a report thereon. to the Committee on .Military Affairs. Mr. McMILLAN. I am directed by the Committee on the Dis He also introduced a bill (~. 4107) to correct the military record trict of Columbia, to whom was referred the bill (S. 1929) to pro of Squire St.inson; which was read twice by its title, and. with vide for e1iminatin~ certain grade crcssings on the line of the the accompanying papers, referred to the Committee on l\1ilitary Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company, in the city of Wash Affairs. ington. D. C .. and reriniring said company to depress and elevate He also introduced a bill (S. 4108) to correct the military record its tracks. and to enab~e it to relocate parts of its railroad therein, of William Wallace; which was read twice by its title, and re- and for other purposes, to report it with amendments, and to sub ferred to the Committee on Military Affairs. · mit 2 report thereon. Mr. BAKER introduced a bill (S. 4109) granting anJncrease of I desire to call the attention of the Senate to this bill and to the pension to Robert R. Moore; which was read twice by its title, report accompanying it. It is a very important bill, and I expect and referred to the Committ6e on Pensions. · to call it np soon. He also introduced a bill (S. 4110) for the relief of Annie Cath The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The bill will be placed on the arine Mettier; which was read twice by its title, and referred to Calendar. the Committee on Claims. Mr. QUARLES, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom Mr. BACON (by request) introduced the following bills; which were referred the following bills, report.ed them severally without were severally read twice by their titles, and referred to the Com amendment, and submittf'd reports thereon: mittee on Claims: A bill (S. 4007) granting an increase of pension to Bernard A bill (S. 4111) for the relief of Thomas G. Verdine; Dunn; and A bill (S. 4112) for the relief of Pinkney Persons; and A biil (H. R. 8599) granting a pensiou to Ellen J. Williams. A bill (S. 4113) for the relief of the estate of Charles Coulter, Mr. BAKER, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom we1·e deceased. 1900. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SE.NATE. 39-63
Mr. McMILLAN introduced a bill (S. 4114) to prevent the plac nished by the Subsistence Department to the troops in the field durin~ the recent op~rations in Cuba and Porto Rico:" :i.nu that when the same is prmted ing of certain signs upon private propertyin the District of Colum that the original record shall be returned to the War Department for file. bia; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Com mittee on the District of Columbia. EXP~NDITURES FOR PARIS EXPOSITION, Mr. MORGAN introduced a bill {S. 4115) for the relief of the Mr. JONES of Arkansas. I submit a resolution for which I estate of Samuel Noble; which was read twice by its title, and re ask immediate consideration. ferred to the Committee on Claims. The resolution was read, as follows: Mr. DANIEL introduced a bill (S. 4116) for the relief of George '!'he Senate, by unanimous consent, proceeded to consider the S. Ayre; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the resolution. Committee on Claims. Resolued, That the President be, and he is hereby, requested to transmit .Mr. HOAR introduced a bill (S. 4117) granting a pension to to the Senate for it3 information the "detailed statement of e>xpl?'nditures of Margaret J. Carpenter; which was read twice by its title, and re the Commissioner-General of the United States to the Paris Exposition of 1900," RS provided for under the act of 1898, creating the office of " Commis ferred to the Committee on Pensions. sioner-General to the Paris Exposition, and for other purposes." He a1so introduced a bill (S. 4118) granting a pension to Peter Resolved further. That said detailed statement should, in the opinion of McDonald; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the the 8enate, state the number and names, places of residenct>, and salary pa.id to experts, clerks, officers. and employeeR, and should in like manner set out Committee on Pensions. the details of other expenditures. He also introduced a bHl (S. 4119) granting an increase of pen .Mr. JONES of Arkansas. Mr. President, the law requires that sion to Andrew Morse, jr.; which was read twice by its title, and there shall be a detailed statement made by the Commissioner referred to the Committee on Pensions.. General of the United States to the Paris Exposition. A day or MEDALS FOR NORTH ATLA.NTIG SQUADRON, two ago the President sent the following message to the Senate: I transmit herewith a copy of a letter from Mr. FPrdinand W. Peck, Com Mr. McMILLAN submitted an amendment intended to be pro mi.ssioner·General of the Unlted States to the Pam Exposition of 1900, dated posed by him to the joint resolution (S. R. 9S) authorizing the November 17, 1899, submitting a detailed statement of the expenditures in- Secretary of the Navy to cause to be struck bronze medals com curred under authority of law. J memorating the naval engagements on the Cuban coast and to The letter accompanying the message of the President bas no distribute such medals to the officers and men of the ships of the statement whatever in the body of the letter about expendituree. North Atlantic Squadron of the United States; which was ordered There is appended to it, however, a" statement of expenditures to be printed, and, with the acr-ompanying paper, refen-ed to the made from appropriation for Paris Exposition of lOOJ from No Committee on Naval Affairs. vember 15, 1898, to November 1, 1809. as subm:tted by Frederick Brackett, secretary and disbursing officer," which is as follows: AMENDMENTS TO APPROPRIATION BILLS. Mr. PENROSE submitted an amendment providing for the fill ~~;~::. ~il~¥t_~~ ~ =.=.=-== ~~=-=.:=~~=-=.~=~=-=-~== :~~-::: ::==~~=.=.===~~:: ~~~~~ $~: ~: u ing of vacancies in the staff of the Regular Army, intended to be f'a!arie'l of employees---··_··------·-----·------·------·---- 2, 732.27 proposed by him to the Army appropriation bill; wl11ch was re ~~r1al!!~-~~~~~~-~~=-·----.~=:-.-.-.~: ::::-_:-_·_-_:-_-_-_-_:::::: :-_-_-_:: :::: :::: :==~ ~: ~~: ~1 • ferred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be Hent, Chicago, Paris, and New York------·-----·------·------·-____ 13,436. 95 printed. Furniture----.--· - --·-- -·. --- .. ------·----· ... --... ·-·-- 7, 252. G9 l\'Ir. DAVIS (by request) submitt.ed an amendment providing that memhers of the District militia and nota1·ies public in and for the District of Columbia, not otherwise in Government em ~~~i~1i!~~~~!t~:~:::=::==::::::::::::::::::::::=~::::-:::~:::=: 1A:~:~ ploy, shall not be debarred from practicing before the Executive Total..-· ------·-. - ---·- --.... ------·------· .. ---·-- ·----·-- 2!0,633. 51 Departments or the Court of Claims. intended to be proposed by Here is a total expenditure of $240,633.51, summed up in less him to the District of Columbia appropriation bill; which was than a dozen items, such as" salaries of experts, 8i'2,000." It seems ordered to lie on the table and be printed. to me that this statement submitted by Mr. Frederick Brackett Mr. GEA.R submitted an amendment relative to the hours of does not comply with the law, which requires that Mr. Peck shall labor of clerks and employees in post-offices of the first and second make a detailed statement of his expenditures to Congress, which class below the grade of chief clerk, intended to be proposed by shall be transmitted through the President to Congress. him to the Post-Office appropriation bill; which was referred to The resolution which I have presented asks the President to the Committee on.Post-Offices and Post-Roads, and ordered to be have snch a detailed statement presented. If Mr. Peck has made printed. such a report to the President and it bas been overlooked, of CAROLINE L. GUILD, course it will be forwarded by the Executive. If he has not made such a detailed statement, then, in my opinion, it is his duty to do On motion of Mr. PERKINS, it was so, and when his attention is called to it by the President he will Order,,cl, That the papers in the case of Senate bill No. 4612. second session, doubtless make it. Fifty-fifth Congress, granting a pension to Caroline L. Guild, be withdrawn The resolution was agreed to. from the files of the Senate, there being no adverse report thereon. READJUSTED SA.LARIE:S OF POSTMASTERS IN GEORGIA. GOVERNMENT OWNERSillP OF RAILRO.ADS. . . . . Mr. BACON submitted the following resolution; which was re- Mr. PETTIGREW submitted the fo11owrng resolution; wh1ch ferred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads: was considered by unanimous consent, and agreed to: l R esolved, That the Postmaster General be. and he hereby is, directed to re- Resolved, That there be printed for the use of the Senate 3,l"'OJ copies each I p~rt upon a s_chedule to the Senat7}he re6djusted salarie~ of all postmaste!s of Senate Lill No. 1770 and Senate Document No. 53 this Congress. wno served 1ll the ~tate of Geoi.,.i~ between July l, lf!O!, a_ud July 1. 1814-, ' ~ whose names as claimants appear 1n the Court of Claims m the case en· titled" John T. Paxson and others 1's. The ~:-ited States," N o.1819!. Each such DEM.ANDS UPON CHINA. st!-\ted account to conform in all respects to the order of thePostmaster-Gen- Mr. PETTIGREW. I submit a resolution, and ask for its i'm- eral T>nblished by circular undor date of June 9, 1883, and to the requirement of the act of J\farch 3, 1883, as said requirenwnt was published by the Post- mediate consideration. master-General in the newspapers of the country under date of February 17 The resolution was read, as follows: rn:;4, and with such report tran•mit to the Senate a full cony of the text of the construct!on by the Postma-"ter-General of the act of Marl'h 3, 18&3. em Resolved, That the President be. and is hereby, requested to inform the bo::lied in the said circular and publications in the newspapers and in circular Senate, if not incompatible with the public intere!'lt. whether the United form N ?· 12Z3, the text of each of whlch, under date of November 8, 1897, was States has through its representatives joined with any other nation in mak tI·ansm1tted hy tho Postmaster-General to the Attorney-General for use in the inir demands upon IJhina; and, jf &o, wlmt is tbe naturo of the demands. case of Jane Yarrington and others vs. The United States, No. 1634.5. The P1·esideut is also requested to inform the Senate whether any threat accompany tho demands as a penalty for noncompliance. HOUSE BILL REFERRED. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection to the pres- The bill (H. R. 6959) to extend the provisions of an act entitled ent consicleration of the resolution? "An act granting increase of 11ension to soldiers of the .Mexican Mr. ALDRICH. Let that go over. war in certain cases," approved January 5, 18!)3, was read twice Mr. HALE. Let it go over. by its title, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. It will go over under the rule. SENATOR FROM PENNSYLVANIA. INVESTIGATION OF FOOD SUPPLIES FOR THE ARMY. 1\Ir. ALLEN. I ask unanimous consent to call up Order of Busi ness 679, Honse bill 445. 1\fr. JONES of Arkansas submitted the following resolution; The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The morning business is closed. which was referred to the Committee on Printing: The Senator from Nebraska will allow the Chair to lay before the Re.~o1ver1. That there shall be printed for the nse of Cong-ress the nsual Senate, under the unanimous agreement, the following resolution. number of copies of the" record of the court of mqniry, con,·ened February Mr. ALLEN. Certainly. 20, 18!.l!l, in accordance with the instructions of the President of :February 3, 1899, to invo<>tigate certain allegations of the Major-General Commanding the The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair lays before tbeSen Army in respect to the unfitness for issue of certain articles of food fur- ate a resolution which will be read. 3964 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SEN.A.TE. APRIL 10,
The Secretary read the resolution reported from the Committee resolution, if no other Senator desires to speak at this time; I will on Privileges and Elections January 23, 1900, as follows: ask that the resolution may go over until after the routine busi.. Resolved, That the Hon. Matthew S. Quay is not entitled to take his seat in ness to-morrow. this body as a Senator from the State of Pennsylvania. Mr. HOAR. Mr. President, I understand the unanimous-con Mr. CHANDLER. Mr. President-- sent agreement has been announced by the Chair as a~reed to. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Nebraska The PRESIDENT pro tempore. It has. was recognized. I\fr. HOAR. I should like to inquire whether any motion to Mr. CHANDLER. Will the Senator allow me to make a re amend the resolution has yet been made? quest for unanimous consent? The PRESIDENT pro tempore. A motion to amend has been Mr. ALLEN. Certainly. made and is pending. M.r. CHANDLER. I ask that the resolution be disposed of Mr. HOAR. To strike out the word" not?" without further debate two weeks from to-day at 4 o'clock. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The motion is to ~trike out the Mr. BURROWS. Mr. President, I trust there will be no objec word '' not." tion to the request, and that the Senate will agree to vote upon Mr. CULLOl\I. With the consent of the Senator from Nebraska, the resolution at that time. I wm call up the bill that is on the table. Mr. ALLEN. The Senator from New Hampshire asks that it Mr. HOAR. I wish to debate the Quay resolution at this mo may be disposed of in two weeks without further debate? ment for about three minutes. Mr. CHANDLER. Without debate after that time. 1\1r. CULLOM. Let me have a conference commi ttQe appointed, Mr. ALLEN. But it will be debatable up to that time? and then I will get out of the way. Mr. CHANDLER. The resolution will be debatable up to that Mr. HOAR. All right. time. The PRESIDENT pro temporn. The Senator from New Hamp GOVERNMENT FOR HA.WA.II. shire will state exactly his request. Mr. CULLOM. I ask the Chair to lay before the Senate the • .Mr. CHANDLER. 1 avoided any question as to what motions amendment of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 222) to will be in order by asking that there shall be unanimous consent provide a government for the Territory of Hawaii. I that two weeks from to-day, at 4 o'clock, the resolution shall be The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair lays before the cen disposed of without debate after that time. ate the amendment of the House of Representatives to the bill. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from New Hamp Mr. CULL0.\1. I move that the Senate nonconcur in the shfre asks unanimous consent that the pending resolution shall amendment of the House and request a conference on the disa be disposed of without debate at 4 o'clock two weeks from to-day. greeing votes of the two Houses. :M:r. HALE. That does not cut off subsidiary motions. Mr. PETTIGREW. Mr. President, I see that the House have Mr. PETTUS. Without debate after 4 o'clock? passed a substitute for the Senate Hawaiian bill and that on The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without debate after 4 o'clock. page 8 of the House bill, section 10, they provide '•that all obli Mr. HALE. That does not cut off subsidiary motions? gations, contracts, rights of action, snits at law and in equity," Mr. CHANDLER. I have made the request in inttlligible lan etc., ''shall continue to be as effectual as if this act had not been guage, and 1 am willing to modify it to suit any one who can sug passed." This would allow the enforcement of all existing civil con gest better. The object was not to exclude any kind of motion- tracts. Contract or s1ave labor is held by the courts of Hawaii to Mr. HALE. That is right. be a civil contract, and under the Hawaiian law they enforce all 1\Ir. CHANDLER. Any Senator chooses to make at that time. contracts by imprisonment and can go to the extent of imprison but that debate shall cease and the resolution shall then be voted ment for life. I tTust the conferees will see that this provision is so on and disposed of. amended as to prevent the enforcement of the existing slave-la.uor The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Ia there objection to the re contracts of that island. quest of the Senator from New Hampshire? The House have adopted the provision that all contracts made Mr. PENROSE. I understood the Senator from Alabama to since August 12, 18D8. are declared null and void and shall ter make some suggestion as to the phrase "without debate after 4 minate, but section 10 also provides: o'clock." The PRESIDENT pro tempore. No·, he merely SU!?gested that That no suit or proceedings shall be maintained for the specific perform- ~ ance or any contract hereto.tore or hereafter entered into for personal labor the agreement would not prevent debate up to 4 o'clock. The or service, nor shall any remedy exist or be enforced for breach of any such Chair hears no objection. . contract, except in a civil suit or proceeding instituted solely to recover Mr. JONES of Arkansas. I do not think there will be any diffi- damages for such breach. culty in this case, but where a day is fixed for the disposition of a Inasmuch as the courts have held that these contracts are civil subject of this kind any Senator who chooses to debate it prior to contracts, I do not know but that there aro laws existing in the time of voting ought to have the right to do so, and he ought Hawaii that we perpetuate (for we perpetuate a large body of to have the right to the exclusion of everything else between now their laws) which provide that damages for a breach of one of and the time fixed for the vote. I suppose there will be no diffi- these contracts may be collected, and that prior to their collection culty about that. the person against whom the recovery was secured could be im- :M:r. CHANDLER. I suppose the continuous-consideration prisoned. Perhaps their laws so provide. If they do, then until agreement still continues, so that any Senator who wants to speak we repeal tho2e contract-labor laws and provide that a suit for before that time would have preference over all other matters. damages for the breach of these contracts may be haJ, these men Mr. HALE. A Senator can speak at any time between now and might still be held for service and compelled to work out the then. damages upon the plantations under the whip and lash of the 'l'he PRESIDENT pro t empo1·e. The resolution is continuously slave master. I hope the conferees will carefully guard that pro in order. The exceptions made in the unanimous-consent request vision and see that there is no queslion about it. were appropriation bills, the. Porto Rican bill, conference reports, The Bouse blll also provides that the provisions of tMs section and the bill reported from the Committee on the Philippines by 10 shall not apply to merchant seamen. In other words, it indi the Senator from Massachusetts fMr. LODGE]. rectly provides that the existing la'\"ifs with regard to merchant Mr. JONES of Arkansas. I ta'lrn it for granted that an oppor- seamen may be enforced. The existing law of Hawaii makes a tunitv will be given to debate this question and that even an ap- seaman a slave during the term of his contract. If he is engaged propr1ation bill sbould giye way when a Senator wishes to make a in foreign service, that is the law of the United States. But in speech on this resolution after the time for taking the vote has lb9S we passed a law by which a seaman engaged in the domestic been agreed upon. trade of the United States could not be compellec.1 to carry out the .Mr. CHANDLER. Undoubtedly; there will be no difficulty provisions of his contract or be imprisoned if he failed to do so. &bout that. I hope the conferees will see that this provfaion is modified so that Mr. JONES of Arkansas. I do not think there will be, but still at least the laws of the United States with regard to seamen, so it is better to have these things unde1·stood and to have the matter far as they apply to our domestic trade, shall apply to seamen en- made plain. gagf.d in the trade with Hawaii. Mr. CHANDLER. We are expecting to hear from the Senator I a!!'.l particularly anxious about this for the reason that on from Michigan immediately. page 50 of the bill the House have provided- Mr. JONES of Arkansas. I do not expect to say anything about At the expiration of one year after the passage and approval •f this act it, and I only submit that those Senators who desire to do so the ccasting trade between the jslands afore&'l.id and any other portion of should have the right to be heard as against anything that comes the Unit~d States shall be regulat~d in accurd~nc.) with. t~e _pro.visions of up between now and the time agreed upon to take the vote. law apphcable to such trade between any two gi:eat coastm 0 clistr1cts. Mr. CULLOM. Mr. President-- We put off the time when the coasting laws of the United The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Nebraska I States shall apply for one year, and I hope this provision will be [Mr. ALLENl was recognized. stricken out entirely. It seems to rue that the provision in rda- Mr. CHANDLER. The Senator from Michigan [Mr. BuR- tion to our coasting trade should apply at once, and I can see no nows] having given notice that he will speak to-morrow on this good reason why this provision should be continued. 1900. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 3965
I find also, on page 26 of the House bill, that there is the fol Mr. TELLER. I do not know whom it is a criticism of, and I lowing provision: do not care. What I want to insist upon is that when a bill goes Prior to each regular election during the time prescribed by law for reg to the House from this body and is acted upon there, and a sub· istration, have caused his name to be entered on the register of voters for stitute bill has been passed by the House, the Senate text and the representatives for his district. House text shall come here together as one bill. I do not know what the Hawaiian law is with regard to regis Mr. ALLISON. And be printed. tration. but if a law should be so constituted, or if the last legis Mr. TELLER. And be printed. That has been the custom. lature should have enacted a law by which no persons could vote Mr. CULLO~f. I do not think it came in that way. at the next election unless they were rPgistered previous to the Mr. TELLER. Lines should be drawn through the Senate bill passage of this bill, which would shut out all the people except showing that the House had stricken it out, and then let the the sugar planters of that country, upon whom especially the right House bill be printed following it. That is the way the bill should of suffrage is conferred. this provision ought to be modified so come, so that we may compare the bill of the Senate with the that any person who js registered previous t-0 the next election, or substitute passed by the Bouse. if not registered can qualify by affidavit, shall be allowed to vote, Mr. ALLEN. Mr. President-- and that there may be no question upon that Ecore. Mr. HOAR. I should like to ask the Senator from Nebraska if Wecontinuetheelection laws, generally, of Hawaii. I have not he rose with reference to the pending election case? examined them, but I think, with the modifications made in this Mr. ALLEN. No, sir; I have been upon the floor for some time bill, they are reasonably fair, with the correction with regard to on another matter. i·egistration. Mr. HOAR. I wish to address the Senate on the Quay election I see the House has also provided that the Federal court ap case, which I understand is now up, and I think I shall occupy pointment shall be for life. It seems to me that provision ought not more than two minutes. not to be agreed to on the part of the Senate. After a long Mr. ALLEN. I have had recognition here for nearly half an debate, I believe we changed that provision in the Senate, and hour, but have yielded to other matters. insisted that it should be a term, and that the judge could be Mr. HOAR. Perhaps the Senator will allow me a few mv· removed by the President. ments. I simply wish to call the attention of the conferees to these Mr. ALLEN. I yield to the Senator from Massachusetts. points in the record, as I think the Senate ought to insist upon them. SENATOR FROM PENNSYLVANIA. Mr. CULLOM. I do not care to say anything now. I ask for The Senate resumed the consideration of the following resolu- , a vote on my motion. tion, reported by Mr. TURLEY, from the Committee on Privileges ~ The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Illinois and Elections, January 23, 1900: moves that the Senate nonconcur in the ame.-idment of the House Resolved, That the Hon. Matthew S. Quay is not entitled to take his seat of Representatives and request a conference on the disagreeing in this body as a Senator from the State of Pennsylvania. votes of the two Houses. Mr. HOAR. Mr. President, among the arguments which have ·...., The motion was agreed to. been presented to the Senate with a good deal of earnestness in By unanimous consent, the President pro tempore was author opposition to the construction of the Constitution which makes ized to appoint the conferees on the part of the Senate; and Mr. it the duty of the governor of a State to appoint a Senator when· CULLOM, Mr. LODGE, and Mr. MORGAN were appointed. ever there is a vacancy and the legislature is not in session has Mr. ALLISON. I wish to call attention to the form in which been the argument that there is likely to be intrigue on the part this bill is printed. The original bill is not printed. of the executive of the State to prevent a choice in order that he Mr. TELLER. It is omitted. himself may exercise this power, which is supposed to be a desir ...... Mr. ALLISON. It is omitted. I think on the record this copy able one. ---- is attached to the original bill. It never has seemed to me that there was very great practical Mr. CULLOM. The bill as it passed the Senate is in print, and force in that argument, or that it was a contingency which the there will be no difficulty in the matter on the part of the con framers of the Constitution would ever have dreamed of; but it ferees. has made an impression on so many able and intelligent Senators Mr. ALLISON. Is that the original bill on the Senator's desk? that I have no doubt I am wrong in underestimating its force. I Mr. CULLOM. This is the original bill, and here is the print wish to point out to the Senate that the force of the motive to which I got from the House before it was printed here. prevent an election, in order that it may go over to another year, Mr. PETTIGREW. I should like to ask the Senator from Illi when it is hoped that there may be a change of political parties, nois if the bill is in print exactly as it passed the Senate? is a much stronger one than the one which may operate upon the Mr. CULLOM. lt is, exactly as it passed the Senate. governor, and it is a motive which would be likely to affect mem Mr. PETTIGREW. Then there should be a reprint of it, to bers of the legislature itself. gether with the Honse print. I wish to introduce into this discussion a chapter of the history Mr. ALLISON. That should be done. There should be a re of the State of Indiana, where the election of a Senator was put print of the original bill with the amendment of tJie House. over three times in the expectation that by defeating an election Mr. PETTIGREW. I ask that we may have a reprint of the by a majority the other party would get a majority twelve months bill as it passed the Senate, together with the House amendment. later, and would then elect its own Senator; and I think in the The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from South Da third instance the object was accomplished. kota asks that there be a reprint of the Senate bill with the House Mr. President, the history of this transaction is very well stated amendment attached. in the Tribune Almanac of 1859, occupying a little more than two Mr. CULLOM. I have no objection to that. pages; and if I may be permitted to have that history printed as The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair hears no objection, part of my relparks in the RECORD, I can save the time of the and it is so ordered. Senate and nof"read it. I therefore ask that this may be printed Mr. CULLOM. I wish to say in justification-- as part of my remarks as if I bad read it. Mr. TELLER. It has always been the custom, so far as I recol The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection to the re lect, to have bills printed in that way. I do not understand this quest of the Senator from Massachusetts? The Chair hears none, new arrangement. We have not the Senate bill here at all now. and it is so ordered. The amendment should have been printed with a copy of the bill The matter refen·ed to is as follows: showing what was stricken out and what was substituted by the HOW THEY ELECT BOGUS UNITED ST.ATES SEN.ATORS IN INDIAN.A.. House. That is the proper way to keep the record. I want to In 1845, fourteen years ago, it became the duty of the Indiana legislature to protest against this method of sending bills to us. I do not know elect a United States Sena.tor. The house was Whig by 10 majority, the senate a.tie, and Jesse D. Bright, as lieutenant-governor, presided over it. whose fault it is. Although the house repeatedly invited the senate to meet them in joint con Mr. CULLOM. I wish to say that the proper officer of the Sen vention to elect a Senator, every one of their resolutions was lost in the ate came to me with the bill as it passed the House and asked me senate by the ca.sting vote of Mr. Bright, its president. The election was whether both bills should be printed, and it occurred to me at the thus staved off for the session; the next legislature was "Democratic," and Mr. Br~ht received the vacant Senatorship as his reward. time that as we had plenty of copies of the original bill as it passed In 18ro another Senator was to be elected. In the senate, in consequence the Senate it might not be necessary to reprint it, and I told him of half of its members being hold-overs, there was 2 Democratic maJority; I thought that would not be necessary. So if there was any fault bnt fn the house there were 16 anti-Nebraska majority, making H Republican majority on joint ballot. The house sent resolution after resolution to the about it on the part of the Senate it was mine. I want to justify senate for joint convention to elect a Senator and the numerous State officers the action of the clerk. which the constitution and the laws required to be filled by that session of Mr. TELLER. It is not a very serious fault, but I do not want the legislature. But. the senate, by a party vote, steadily refused to join the housei leaving the Senatorial seat vacant and the entire patronage of the to depart from the usual custom of sending bills here that has been State m the hands of the Democratic governor. in vogue ever since I have been in the Senate, because that is the Two years passed by and in 1856 Indiana elected her next legislature-a convenient way. majority on joint ballot, under the issue of "Buchanan and fair play for Kan sas," bemB" Democratic. But, as it happened, while the house bad a Demo Mr. CULLOM. I presume the Senator means to criticise what cratic maJority, the senate now, by the change in the former hold·overs, had was done by the House, and not what was done by the Senate. an opposition majority of 4. In giving a narrative of what subsequently 3966 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. APRIL 10,
occurred it i>bould be bnrnein mind that the Republicans were willing, from The Republicans, however, gave notice, and proved by Governor Willard the first to the last, that both Senators (to fill the vacancy and for Mr. Bright's himself, by William Sheets, ex-secretary of state, and 0. H. Smith. ex-United full term) should be chosen by a concurrent vote of each house, acting sep States Senator, that no .joint convention to count gubernatorial votes bad arately, and they demanded as their right only the Senator for the vacancy ever even attempted to adjourn over for the transaction of other busineE:s; which they bad fairly won by the 12,UOUanti-Nebraska majority of the people and the two latter witnesses. who had known the usage in Indiana for elect •l and J.i majority in the legislature at the previous election, and which they ing United States Senators for thirty years past, testified that there never had teen deliberately cheated out of by their opponents. had been a precedent or a parallel for this. AB ono reason for retaining The co11stitntion of Indiana requires that the votes for go'\'ernor and lieu these Senatora in their seats was that there were no contestants claiming tenant-governor shall be counted in the presence of both houses of the legis them, the Indiana legislature now in session and fresh from the people, hav lature, and the Democracy determined to use this to trap their opponents ing passed in each branch, by decisive majorities, a resolution denouncing into a joint convention, which, a.c; no law for electing Senators exists in Indi the pretended election as fraudulent, unconstitutional, and void, propose to ana, should immediately after the counting elect two gentlemen to that elect two others, legally and regularly, and to instruct them to demand the office. The Republicans insisted that, in the absence of law, the Constitution two seats in the United States Senate, which belong to the sovereign State of the United States was the only guide in the matter. That. instrument de of Indiana. but to which that body, in spite of the above protests, saw fit to clares thn.t Senators shall be elected by "the legislature;" and the constitu elect and install these fraudulent claimants. tion of Indiana defines the legislature to be the senate and the house, and re quires all acts of legislation by them to be assented to by a majority of the Mr. STEWART. I should like to suggest to the Senator that entire membership or each, acting separately. be might add to that the record of the contest in California, last From the official report and the official copies of the journals of both ing for about eight years, when, on each occasion, the effort was branches of the legislature appended to Senate Report No. 275 (volume 2, R& ports U. S. SenatE', 1857-58), we find the following facts: made to defeat an election for the purpose of postponing, as was On the L?th of January, lS.57, the house sent to the senate a resolution in· the case in the contest between the Broderick and the Gwin fac viting them to be present in their ball at half past 2 p. m. "to open and pub tions, which lasted for a number of years. That was the issue lish the returns of the election." The Republican &ena.tors offered to concur, with a proviso that as soon before the legjslature. as the counting an.d swearing in was over the joint meeting should be ad Mr. HOAR. Of course that was in the old times when the journed sine die. But while this was pending, and before any vote was taken Senator was elected by concurrent vote of the two houses, and not on the invitation of the house, and thirty-fivo minutes before the time desig by a m;:ijority on joint ballot. nated in the resolution, Lieutenant-Governor Willard. who was presiding and who was also the governor-elect, vacated his SE:at, and. followed by a · Mr. STEWART. That was the case. minority of the senate, rApaired to the representative hall, leaving the sen Mr. PLATT of Connecticut. For the purpose of l1aving the ate still in session. Arrived there, this sham joint convention opened, the record complete, I should like the Senator from Massachusetts and speaker of the house in the chair. After counting the votes, one of the Dem ocratic senators was. without any motion or any vote, called upon to preside. the Senator from Nevada to state whether in any of those cases pie took his seat and, without any proposition from any member whatever the governor assumed to appoint a Senator. • or any vote being taken, adjourned the joiut convention till Monday, tho 2d Mr. HOAR. I do not understand that he did. I do not remem of February, without stating any reason or pretext for its reas.<;embling. It becoming evident that a fraudulent election of Senators was about to be ber about that; I have not looked it up. attempted (all persuasions to seduce the majority of the senate into a joint Mr. STEWART. I was residing in California at the time, and convention having failed), the senate, on the 29th of January, four days be was perfectly familiar with the transaction. fore the time at which the unauthorized convention was to meet, adopted a solemn protest against it by a vote, by ayes and noes, of Z'l to 20, declaring Mr. PLATT of Connecticut. The governor did not att.empt to that they had given no n.ssent to any joint convention for any purpose what appoint. ever; that any pretended assemblage of that sort would be illegal and fraudu Mr. STEWART. No; he did not attempt to appoint. lent, and branding in advance any attempt to thus elect Sena.tors as insult ing to the senate and disgraceful to the State. Mr. HOAR. I do not think, Mr. President, that the opinion of This formal and solemn protest, thus adopted by Z'l out of the 50 State sen the then governor of California or the then governor of Indiana at01·s, staggered the conspirators; and when the 2d of February arrived, as to thi!'I constitutional question is of much importance in a case although the new lieutenant-governor, with a minority of the senate, again repaired to the representative hall, leaving the senate still in ses."1on and going where so great a constitutional authority as the Senator from on with th~ir business, nothing whatever was done or attempted; but the Connecticut has expres~ed his opinion. presiding officer, without any motion or any vote, and without stating any Mr. CHANDLER. Mr. President, if no other Senator wishes object whatever, declared the joint convention again adjow·ned till the fol- . iowing Wednesday. to speak on this resolution, I ask that it may go over until to On Wednesday, the 4th of February, the pretended joint convention again morrow after the routine morning business. as!'embled-and 1t should be borne in mind that the affidavits of the secre The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so taries of the senate set forth the fact that the senate was never even invited ordered. by the Bouse to meet them in joint convention for the purpose of electing Senators from the first day of the session to the last-when, without any LIGHT AND FOG SIGNAL, DELAWARE BAY. motion or resolution by any memoor of this illegal assemblaj?e, the lieuten ant-governor instructed them" to proceed to choose United States Senators Mr. PENROSE. I ask unanimous consent for the present con by a vini. voce vote." Whereupon 23 senators (out of 50) voted for Bright sideration of Senate bill 3639. It is only a few lines in length, and and Fit.ch, one senator, who was present looking on, refused to vote; 60 out will take but a moment. of the 100 representatives (it requires by the State constitution two-thirds of the whole number of members to make a quorum for transacting business There being no objection, the Senate, as in Committee of the in either branch) voted for the same candidates, and two other representa Whole, proceeded to consider the bill (S. 3639) authorizing the tives voted tor George G. Dunn and R. Vi. Thompson. establishment of a light and fog signal on the new breakwater, The lieutenant-governor declared Bright and Fitch eledPd, and again, harbor of refuge, Delaware Bay. It euthorizes the Secretary of without any motion or vote, adjourned the joint convention till February 11. The intention was at that time to go on and choose the State officers whose the Treasury to establish a light and fog signal on t.he new break election theyhad prevented two years before, but finding that the incum water, harbor of refuge, Delaware Bay, at a cost not exceeding bents, though of their own party, would not consent, without a legal con $30,000. test, to be ousted by any such bog~s election, the joint convention, when the llth of February arrived, was adjourned sine die and the patronage again The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered left in the hands of the governor for tho ensuing two years. to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The senate having protested against this fraud on the 29th of January in advance of its commission, again repudiated it the day after its alleged con ALLOTMENTS OF LANDS IN SEVERALTY, summation. On the 5th of February 27 senators out of the 50 signed a.nd Mr. QUARLES. I ask unanimous consent for the present con f!laced on their journals a protest, a copy of which they sent to the United States Senate, declaring that their body had not participated in the election, sideration of Order of Business 890, being Senate bill 3901. It is was in session when it pretended to have occurred, and most solemnly pro a measure, against which there is no objection, to prOVide for the testing against the recognition of this fraud. allotments of lands in severalty to the Indians in one of the Wis With these papers came up also a petition to the United States Senate, It signed by 27 senators and 36 representatives, remonstrating against this consin reservations. has been recommended by the Indian fraudulent election, which was not participated in by a quorum of either Bureau and unanimously recommended by the Committee on In- branch, declaring this alleged joint convention unauthorized by any law of dian Affau,-s. · the State, by any resolution adopted by the legislature, or by any provision There being no objection, the Senate, as in Committee of the of the State or National Constitution, and that to affirm it would destroy the existence of the senate of Indiana as an independent branch of the legislative Whole, proceeded to consider the bill (S. 3!:01) providing for al department of the State. And to make their argument unanswerable, the lotments of lands in severalty to the Indians of the La. Pointe or sworn affidavit of 26 senators accompanied these protests, each of them Bad River Reservation in the State of Wisconsin. solemnly declaring that they did not partic.ipate in this so-called joint con vention, but were. at the very hour of its alleged assembling, sitting in their The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment. ordered seats in the senate, in open ses<;ion. to be engrossedfor a third reading, read the third time, and passed. Thus it will be seen that this case differs from the Harlan or Iowa case most materially. In that election both branches had agreed to the joint con· CLARE :M. ASHBY. vention, and had voted repeatedly but ineffectually for Senator; but finding at la.«t that a Republican was about to be elected, a majority of the senate, Mr. ALLEN. I ask unanimous consent for the present consid being Democratic absented themselves; and although Mr. Harlan had a clear eration of the bill (H. R. 445) for the relief of Clare M. Ashby, majority of the whole legislature, the Demccrats in the United Htates Senate widow of W.W. Ashby, late United States consul at Colon. turned him out of his seat. After this decision, the above high-handed and There being no objection, the Senate, as in Committee of the disgraceful outrage was carried through in Indiana in the very teeth of the Harlan decision. And the same United States Senate, after staving it off for Whole, proceeded to consider the bill. It directs the Secretary of over a year, with the usurpers meanwhile in their seats, voting Lecompton, the Treasury to pay to Clare JU. Ashby, the widow of W. W. appropriation bill!:i, etc., ratify it at last, in the expiring hours of the last Ashby, $2,866, being the balance of one year's salary. session, by 7 majority. The sitting members at the regular session of 1857-at the extra session and The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered again at the last regular session-insisted that they must have more testi to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. mony than the records afforded; and finally, on February 16, 1858, a resolution passed giving them ninety days to take it in, before any judge. by giving ISAAC R. DUNKELBERGER. notice thereof to the protestants. But, after this long delay on this pretext, Mr. SHOUP. I ask unanimous consent for the present consid they did not give a single notice under the resolution, and the only evidence they proffered was ex pa.rte affidavits of political friends, ta.ken when no cross eration of the bill (S. 328~) for the relief of Isaac R. Dunkel examination was allowed. berger. ,
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There being no objection, the Senate, as in Committee of the Daniel Webster and James G. Blaine, that gold and silver were Who'e, proceeded to consider the bill. It authorizes the Presi the money of the Constitution and that Congress had no right to XXXIII--249 3970 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. APRIL 10, widest attent'on with the American people, are tP1.llporal and ] the leader of a movemPnt rather than of a party. He was the ex transit0ry in their character, and in the face of the great unknown I ponent of a thought which foond support mall parties and in all si,nk into comparative insignifkance. It is a com~oling reflection sections of the country. To hnn the scattered elements looked as to the tamily and friends of :'\ r. BLAND that those who differed to a standard bearer. With the assistance of able men from the with him the most widely nevertheless regarded him with the · ranks of every party, Mr. BLAND kept the issue so prominently same high estimate in which he was held by his closest political before the country tbat for over sixteen years all parties felt con friends. str iined to promise fair terms to him and ttf his people. Defeat When he came to die, when the news :flashed across the conti did not discourage him. With constancy, courage, and tenacity nent that this great and good man was about to be lost to his.conn- unsurpasi:;ed, he braved sneers. jeers. and opposition of every sort. try forever. there was universal regret. National sorrow mani- Feeling consc :.ous of the worth of his cause and the rec~1tude of fested everywhere, and it was to no degree tf-mpered by any feeling his purposes. defeat 16ft him instructed hut not conquered. That of past polit1cal differences with this representative American. success did not crown his efforts is a fact not ret:orcled to his dis- ! never heard a man speak of Mr. BLAND except in terms of af- credit. With hhn the fight closed only when the Master's sum fectionate_ regard, and I know that in his nath"e State- all the mons came. people of every party and persuasion looked on his life and on ' Had he been more inclined to assert himself, he would doubt his career as ::in honor to the State that gave him birth, and they less have been the Presidential candulate of the Democrat1c pai·ty joined with tbe people of their sister State, thf\ home of his adop- in 1896, when for the first time the cause for which be had stood tion, in mourning his death as they to-day join in doing honor so long and so faithfully was approved by a convention of his and reverence to his memory. party associates. But the va!iant commander was not chosen to lead. His neighbors continued to reelect him to the House of Mr. CARTER. Mr. President, in the closing days of the Fiftieth Representatives, but failing health weighed heavily upon h im Con~re~s I formed the acquaintance of RICHARD PARKS BLAND. during his last term of service in that lody. I spent many even Durmg the Fifty-first Congress it was my privi ege to serve with ings with Mr. BLAND at his Washington residence during the last him on the Committee of Coinage. Weights. and Measures of the session of Congress he was permitted to attend. He was my House of Representatives. The acquaintance then formed ripened neighbor in th;s city, and in the light of a ne ghbor and a friend into a friendship which extended over a decade, grnwing warmer I knew him \Yell. To know hiw was to become bound to hill by as the years passed. Death claimed Mr. BLAND on the 15th day . ties of affectionate regard. ln him simplicity of lire and sincerity of June. 1899. On that day h is ioyal and gentle life went out, of h eart were umted with clearness of intellect, strength of pur leavingfriendships tocrystallize into sanctified memor ~ es. In con- pose, and dauntless courage. During onr last visit he seemed in formity with an ancient and beautiful custom we this day devote clined to talk seriously of the future of his family. At the time a session of the Senate to paying tributes of respect to the memory my attention was not spec· ally arrested. but on healing of h is un of our lamented friend and official associate. The life and char- expected death shortly thereafter I recalled what he had said as acter of RICHARD P. BLAND need not the charity always benevo- indicat?ng that he must have then realized that his end was near lently extended to the dead. His was a pure and praiseworthy and that his gnirlmg- hand would soon faiJ those he loved. life. · At tbe close of a long life spent in the public service he left his He was unusually modest and retiring. He was neither self- family in limited circumstances. Li e many other distinguished asserting nor self-seeking. He sought the back seat rather _than memLers of Congress who had gone be>fore him. Mr. BLAND had the front place in any meeting he happened to attend. His voice lool; ed so steadfastly to his country's interests that he had neg was low, his manner unobtrusive. Being of medium height and lected to give due attention to his own affairs. An honored name fair proportions, bis physical presence harmonized with his dispo- is the chief legacy left by him to his family. A celebrated Ro sition to avoid conspicuous notice. He was slow to enter into man orator defined true honor as the concurrent a-pprobation of conversation with strangers, and the glamour of the social life of good men. .Measured by this fa:r test the name of RICHARD P. the capital had no charm for him. An)'One acquainted with h ·s BLANDisapriceiesstreas\Jretobisfamily. Hewasamanof honor. record as a public servant would have been at a loss on first meet- Men differed with his views sharply, and his posit10ns on pub ing him to account fur the source of his strength and the basis of lie questions were often assailed with bitterness: but no man ever his just fame as a parliamentary leader. Although an able and bad reason to question his integrity or the purity of his motives. experienced jurist and a statesman of world-wide reputation, his Indirection was foreign to h s nature. The makeshifts of conceal was the manner and tbe dress- of the well-to-do. well-read, and rnent or evasion never found pla.~: e in his public service. He was ne ghl.orly 'farmer. His mildness of manner and gentleness of an open. frank, honest man. His charac,er was his capital, and it disposition in the home circle or in the committee room gave no never dimin.shed in value. He was not the slave of vulgar ambi forecast of the bold, fearless, and irrepressible representative, tion.. whose masterful advocacy of bis settled and unchangeab:e con- His was the ambition of the philanthropist seeking the triumph victions promptly secured and, without design, helcl for him an of a cause for the good of humanity. His repeat,.,d elections to exalted place m the American Congress for more than twenty Congress were accepted by him anti recognized by his opponents years. as the victory of his cause rather tha·1 the glorification of the ma.n. The dashing, self-confident young college man encountering He became the embodiment of an •dea to which his life was de him unawares would have yielded the ground, not before a tor- voted. Puu1ic station was accepted as an opportunity to advance rent of offens,ve declamation, but through self-confessed inability that idea. With the high office of Representative in Congress to answer the apparently simple interrogatories of a kind country came many duties. wh:ch ~1r. BLAND di,;charged with scrupu.ons gentieman in c, uest of knowledge. rE>gard for the public welfare, but the central and controlling ob- He was a patient student. His inquiries were directed toward ject of his personal and official efforts was the remonetization of a detlnite purpose and all his energies were concentrated for the si ver. His pronounced identity with that great question gained accomplishruent of that purpose. He explored the realms of lit- tor him the sobriquet of'' Silver D1ck" and" Silver Dollar" BLAND. erature that he might reduce the strength of all recorded thought His nawe has ueen indelibly set in our laws and parliamentary to the service of his cause. His knowledge of books was exten- history on the subject of coinage. Th.s is not a fitting occasion to sive, but of that knowledge his speeches only convey a partial indulge in the tasl<: of weighing the merits of bis contentions n0r view. To him the productions of imagination werP of little serv- in speculating on the future of the issue on which the force of his ice. ~is sympathies were moved by the matter-of-fact features life was expended. On th\3 contest ovar that issue, inspired and of the problems confronting men. The ceaseless struggle of hu- abty mamtained by him, hi.s fame rests secure, irrespective of the manity for better average conditions touched his heart, engrossed merits. Bis motive rested on the immuta.ble foundation of hon- his mind, and absorbed his life. esty. With earnestness amounting to intensity he devoted himself to The honest and able efforts of our departed friend will be re- the study and advocacy of such public measures as seemed to him mem l>ered alike by his adherents and by his opponents with the calculated to crystallize justice into law. He believed that agreat sense of pride and gratification always felt by patriotic men in wrong was intlicted on the world by the demonetization of silver, the presence of the demonstrated courage, fidelity, and virtue of and without variation or sign of change he addressed himself to a countryman. the task of reRtoring that metal to its former privileges_at the Seclusion waH his des'.re; unsolicited fame his reward. Detrac mints of the United States. The great contest for the restoration tion, that missile flung from httle minds by vicious tongues, can of silver has engaged tbe attention of the civilized world for a not impair his fair fame. lneveryrelation of life he was true and generation. Men of world-widereuown have given to the subject faithful. He endeavored. to the fuJl measure of his ability, to their best thought. With some it may have been a theme for leave the world better than he found it. Through example, he mere academic debate; with others a stimulus for spasmodic effort still lives among us. To him the mystny of death bas been dis and pyrotechnic display; but with RICHARD P. BLAND it was an closed, and with the aid of Christian faith we may, with consola- issue-living, vital, momentous. tion, perceive immortality beyond that mysterious line. To bis steady hand, unfailing constancy. and well-equipped The most eloqut> nt agnostic of this generation, standing by the mind, the honor and responsibility of leadership were given in uncovered grave of one he had tenderly loved, said in anguish of this country without solicitation, question, or dispute. He was spirit, ''We cry aloud, and the only answer ii the echo of our 1900. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 3971 wailing cry." The absence of faith made room for that pitiable mind, and no loss of hope for the future or of faith in the Republic despair. I would not call the figure despicable, as the offspring ever found Jodgmer.t in his heart. With an unfaltering trust 1n of fear or the child of dishonesty. It springs not alone from want an overruling :Providence. and an unshaken faith in the integrity of faith in the truths of divine revelation, but likewiee from a and intelligence of his countrymen. he had no doubt that the best failure to fairly .consider and justly estimate the necessary attri would result from agitation and discussion, and that whether he butes of the higher, the nobler, the pu.rer, the immortal elements ha.d his way or not, that the best results to the American people combined with human nature. That part of man returned by would at last be brought about. mourning friends to mother earth was weak, dependent, and in No one who had the honor and pleasure of knowing the man as peril from the moment of birth to the instant of death, and yet in I did could fail to love him. to admire and respect him. and I shall death it is indeatructible. During life it was the tenement of the cherish through all my future life the memory of his 1riendsbip invisible spirit which, vitalizing and illuminating, made of it the as one of the blessings which a kind Prov1dence has granted me. inspiration of our affections, the correspondent of our intellects. His name, his family, and his memory belong to the nation. and the companion of our souls. The separation of the spirit from its tenement of clay is what we call death. The body, through Mr. TELLER. Mr. President, it is but natural when we rise decay, changes form, but is not destroyed. to speak of our dead associates that words of praise come to our Knowing that the gross objects visible to our imperfect sight iips. I shall speak of tbe Hon. RICHARD P. BLAND, now dead, as can not be destroyed, how fool'sh seems the faithless one w ho I have frequently spoken of him living. I have uiscovered no would consign to a dark and boundless abyss of insensibillty and excellencies since his death that l did not recognize and appreciate nothingness the bright, vivifying, resplendent force which, eyen when he was living. w bile fettered to common clay, penetrates the mysteries of the The Hon. RccHARD P. BLAND for many years filled an important stars, solves the problems of the earth, measures the dt.-pths and position in American legislative affa1rs. and it is but fitting that .conquers the currents of the se:1 s, subjugates the passions of ani we should pay respect t o one who has discharged all the great mal life, and brings to the aid of existence here an ever-increas ng duties devolving upon him with so much ability and with so much measure of order, love, benevolence, and lofty aspiration. The credit not only to himc;elf but to his country. forceisprimary. Itcannotdie. Itisthesoulofman. Hiscon He was left an orphan when very young. and struggled with science. his emotions, his thoughts, bis yearnings for a highn and advers~ conditions. but did not fail. By his unmded energy he better life are bnt manifestations of its existence. A man of gigan Acquired an aca(} eillic education and fitted himself for the respon tic intellect and unfaltering faith has said that "to reason about sible duties that ultimately de' olved on him. faith is to doubt and deny." In his early manhood he went to Missouri; later to California, As to faith in the imworta'ity of the soul, I take issue with the where h~ remamed a number of years. I am not familil:lr with statement. The infidel mind must reason out of e..1.istence too the details of his life in the far West. but I know he was inter many thmgs of which every human being is more or less con· ested in the great mining industries of that country an together the lives and fortunes of men in social unity. The food adhesion to principle which were shown during his short career and clothing of the laborer are the products of many climes and in Nevada were fully exemplified and made known to the whole many hands, of many toils and many tears. A cotton handker country during his long service in the House of Representatives. chief, a tin cup, a pin, a nail, a match-who can make one of Mr. BLA.."'ID's views on all great national questions were known them by himself alone? Yet by the united toil of others how of all men. His position was never doubtful. His life in the cheap to everyone! West and in Congress fm·nishes an example which will not be for This thought is the germ of union and the bond of fraternity. gotten, but will be emulated by the strongest and best of those Throughout all human kind each must of necessity contribute who shall come after us. his just part to the common weal. Nothing is sadder than work ing for self, the fruit unshared by others. And well is this illus l\lr. COCKRELL. 1\fr. President, RICHARD PARKS BLAND, to trated in the story of Enoch Arden, who, deemed dead by his whose memory we pay tribute to-day, was born on August 19, wife, found her wedded to another, and who, concealing himself, 18B5, in the county of Ohlo, in the State of Kentucky. that she might not know he lived, was forced to work for himself His father, Stoughton Edward Bland, was a native Kentuckian alone. and a descendant of tho Blands of Revolutionary fame a.nd was Yet since he did but labor for himself, educated for a Presbyte1·ian minister. Owing to ill health, he Work without hope, there was not life in it engaged in farming and was so engaged at the time of his death Whereby the man could live. in the year 1842. The poorest man on earth is he who has piled up riches by selfish His mother was a Miss Kall, daughter of Richard Parks Nall, and sinister methods and who is constrained by his surplus and of Kentucky, and died in that State in the year 1849. · By the cumbrous wealth to look around for objects which may stir to death of the father the family was left largely dependent npon life his latent and long-suppressed regard for others and make their own labor. company for his lonely and discontented spirit. But rich indeed .Anxious to obtain an education, young BLAND worked during is he who spends as he goes his life and hls work and his means the summer for six and seven dollars per month to enable him to and whatever is bis for others with a free, unstinting hand and attend school dming the winter. He atrended Hartford, Ky., makes himself no bankrupt debtor to lost opportunity for doing Academy and took a teaeher's course one year. good. On leaving that institution at the age of 18, he began teaching; taught two terms in his native county, and then, going to Wayne The life of BLA.J.~D was altruistic, like that of many worthy rep resentatives, and it is the glory and safety of our race and of our County, Mo., taught one term, and went to California in 1855, country that it has many such of all shades of political opinions. where he taught school and studied law. He lived and worked for home, country, and friends. His democ From California be went to the then Territory of Utah, and racy was a religion. It possessed him heart and hand and soul was elected treasurer of Carson County and held that office from Offending none, he made no enemies. All gave him respect and 18GO until the organization of the State government of Nevada. all trusted him; a tribute rare and honorable and blessed to those He was admitted to the bar by the United States district court in who gave as well as to him who received; a tribute bespeaking in Utah. the giving the love of truth and justice that lies forever in the In 1865 he returned to Missouri and located at Rolla, in Phelps human heart. Clear in hjs great office as representative of the County, f01· the practice of law, in partnership with his brother, people, he died in peace, with their confidence and love about him. Chru·les C. Bland, now one of the judges of the court of appeals in and he leaves to them and to his country and to his family and the eastern district of Missouri. friends a memory of sweet savor and a name without a stain. In 1868 he removed to Lebanon, Mo., which was his home there after, continuing the practice of the law and conspicuously par .• They laid him to rest beneath a hickory tree in the churchyard ticipating in the discussion of the public questions then agitating at Lebanon, in the Ozark hills of Missouri, his home, and there he the country. In November, 1872, he was the nominee of the Dem sleeps well. The sti-ong, stout-fibered tree is a fitting emblem of ocratic party for Representative in Congress trom the Eighth Coll4 his life. The melodies of the birds which sing in its branches as gressional district, and was elected to the Forty-third Congress, the springtime renews its green leaves are his titting requiem. beginning March 4, 1873. In 1873 be married Miss Virginia Elizabeth Mitchell, daughter Mr. STEWART. Mr. President, RICHARD PARKS BLAND was of Gen. E. Y. l\Iitchell, of Rolla, Mo. of the highest type of American manho..>d. His life was devoted He was successively renominated and reelected a Representative to doing good, and his name is a household word. in the Forty-fourth, Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth. Forty-seventh, On the discovery of the Comstock, in 1859, Carson County, of Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, Fifty-first, Fifty-second, and Utah, included the country which now composes the State of Ne Fifty-third Congresses. · vada. Within a year after this great discovery more than 30,000 He was renominated for the Fifty-fourth Congress and defeated people were assembled in the mining region of which Virginia by the stay-at-home voters, caused by the discontent of the Dem City was the center. It was a genuine mining excitement. Un ocrat~ with the Administration, which resulted in the defeat of der such conditions, in protecting the rights of the weak and eight other Democratic nominees for Congress in .Missouri. maintaining law and order, individual character was rapidly de In 1896 Mr. BL.A.ND was renominated for Representative in the veloped. Fifty-fifth Congress and was elected. Mr. BLAND, although quite a young man, :immediately became In 1898 he was nominated for the fomteenth time and was a marked figure. Judge Cradlebangh, one of the judges of Utah elected, for the thirteenth time, a Representative in the Fifty Territory, was assigned to Carson County. Judge Childs, a Mor sixth Congress., beginning March 4, 1899, and died at 4.30 o'clock mon, was judge of the Utah probate court, which had very large in the morning of June 15, 1899, before the Fifty-sixth Congress jurisdiction under the Utah statutes. Genoa, about 30 miles from had convened, having served through eleven Congresses-Forty Virginia City, was the county seat. thlrdtoFifty-third, bothinclusive, twenty-twoconsecutiveyears In August, 1860, after some months' residence in the Territory and then through the Fifty-fifth Congress, two years more. and active participation in mining operations, Mr. BLAND was, During his illustiious career in the House his p1incipal committee on my motion, admitted to the bar, and at once engaged actively service was as a member of the Committee on Coinage, Weights, in the practice of the law. He was a strong character, courageous and Measures, of which he was the chairman in the Forty-eighth, and industrious, and enjoyed from the first confidence and respect F01·ty-ninth, Fiftieth, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third Congresses. in a community where weak men were ignored. In the fierce ex In the Forty-fourth Congress, on July 31, 1876, mm. Randall L. citement of conflicting interests which made others waver, falter, Gibson, of Louisiana, presented a joint resolution (No. 159) for and fail, he was firm and constant. The judges frequently re the appointment of a Congressional commission to inquire into marked in my hearing that Mr. BLAND's preparation of his cases the relative value of gold and silver and kindred questions, which was thorough, and that his clear and straightforward presentation was referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency. of them was most convincing. If the ;members of the bar who On August 5 Hon. S.S. Cox reported a resolution similaJ.· to Mr. were associated with him during his residence in Nevada were still Gibson's, which was passed on the same day and reported to the living, they would gladly bear testimony to the virtues and man Senate August 7 and referred to the Committee on Finance, and hood of Mr. BLAND. But so far as I am able to learn, I am his on August 8 Senator Sherman reported from the Finance Com only surviving associate at the bar while Nevada was a part of mittee S. 1037, in substantially the same language as the House Utah. resolution. It gives me great pleasure to say of him that he was kind, gen On August 15 Senator Morrill, after explaining the slight vari erous, intelligent, industrious, and good. He won the love of ance of S. 1037 and the House resolution and the lateness in the those who knew him ·well and the respect of all to an extent that Senate, asked the Senate to pass the Honse concurrent resolution, few, if any others, enjoyed. He did not remain in Nevada long and it was passed. In pursuance of this joint resolution the enough to take part in the events of bonanza times, but a future Senate appointed Senators JOHN P. Jo.NES, Lewis V. Bogy, and was open to him when he left, and his name is still cherished by the George S. Boutwell, and the House appointed Representatives surviving pioneers of Nevada wherever they may be found. The Randall L. Gibson, George Willard, and Richard P. Bland, and independence of character, the firmness of resolution, and the the experts were Hon. William S. Groesbeck, of Ohio, and Prof. 3974 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE.· APRIL 10, Francis Bowen, of Massachusetts, with George M. Weston, of Mr. BLAND's position was characteristic. He said: Maine, as secretary. If I am the !!an91date of this State for the Presidential nomination, it would This ·'United. States monetary commission" made a most· not be becomlllg m me to go as a member of the delegation from this State to thorough. critical. and exhaustive inquiry into the whole mone- the con>ention. tary question in all its relations, and through our foreign minis- He was consequently not chosen as a delegate, but was unani ters obtained reports upon the monetary systems of twenty-one of mously indorsed by the convention as the candidate of Missouri the leading nations of the world. written answers to written in- for the Presidency. terrogatories from many eminent persons in the United States He returned to his home, near Lebanon, Mo., and remained and foreign countries, and took the testimony of twenty-five emi- there until after the national convention had made its nomination nent persons; all of which they submitted to Congress on March refusing the importunities of his friends to attend meetings any~ 2, 1877, in the Senate by S~ Report 703, in two volumes-an in- where or to do aught that might be construed as electioneering valuable treasure of information and tacts. for himself or promotive of his candidacy for nomination. His Through this investigation Mr. BLAND became thoroughly con- cand_idacy was n_ot _of h~s own seeking. The good people of Mis versant with the monetary question and an intelligent, fearless, souri had seen distmgmshed gentlemen of acknowledged abilities and aggressive advocate of bimetallism by the restoration of the and high character, eminent a:nd influential in party councils and standard silver dollar to free, unlimited, and indepeudent coinage intrusted with high official positions, who for years bad been out eq ually with gold at the old ratio existing from 1837 to the coinage spoken advocates of bimetallism and professed friends of silver act of 1873 depriving it of any coinage right. He never wavered turn their ~acks upon their past records, and to the money powe: or faltered in bis position to the end of his life. On December 13, and executive power, freely exerted, ''crook the pregnant hinges 1876, in the Forty-fourth Congress. Mr. BLAND offered a substitute of the knee where thrift may follow fawning." for H. R. 36iJ5, favorably reported by him on July 19, for the free. Knowing .l\~r. ~r~ND':=; sinc_erity and honesty of purpose, his unlimited coinage of the standa1·d silv6r dollar equally with gold uncomprom1smg mtegr1ty, his moral courage, and unyleldinO' with full legal-tender power. This substitute was agreed to and fir~ness, a_nd his_ lifelong devotion to and advocacy of the resto~ passed and sent to the Senate, where no action was taken. rat10n of bimetallism, they naturally regarded him as the personi- In the Forty-fifth Congress, at the called session, on November fl.cation of that monetary principle. The Democratic national 5, 1877, Mr. BLAND moved to suspend the rules and pass "An act convention met in Chicago on July 7, H:l96. and ·completed its to authorize the free coinage of the standard silver dollar and to organization and adopted its platform on July 9. Most of the restore its legal-tender character," which was agreed to and passed, nominations for the Presidency were made on the night of J nly 9, and sent to the Senate and referred to the Committee on Finance. and the remaining ones on the morning of July 10, when the bal- On November 21, 1877, Senator ALLISON, from the Finance Com- loting began. mittee, reported the bill to the Senate, with amendments. striking Fourteen distinguished gentlemen received votes on the first out the free-coinage provision and inserting the purchasing clause ballot, the result of which for the seven receiving the highest of not less than $2,000,000 nor more than 84,000.000 of silver per number of votes was announced as follows: RICHARD P. BLAND, month and the provision for an international monetary conference. 233; William J. Bryan, 137; Robert E. Patti of the Chicago convention, gracefully accepted the result, and The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Minnesota, by the same entered most heartily into the campajgn for the success of the authority, asks unanimous consent for the present consideration nominees. Immediately after the convention an effort was made of a joint reso~ution which the Clerk will report. to induce him to become a candidate for the nomination for gov The joint resolution was read, as follows: ernor of Missouri. He positively declined, saying he would prefer Resol'!led by the Senate and House of Reprcsentatii:es of the United States of to continue in Congress. He was then again nominated for Con America in Co11qress assembled, 'Ihat there be printed of part 2 of the Annual Report of the Department of Agriculture for lb!1!1, is::med in acc,rdance with gress in the Eighth ~lissonri Congressional district-in which he section 73. para,,."'l'aph 2, chapter 23, Statutes at Large, 1805! issueJ under t!ie was defeated in 1894-and was triumphantly elected. title of" Yearbook of the UnitedStatosDepartmf'ntof Agr1culture,''ae.pec1al The most conspicuous efforts of Mr. BLAN'D in hjs long and his edition of 5,000 copies, on size4 and supercalendered paper, to be boulld ~ best quality of book cloth. subJect to the approval of the Secrl'tary of Agri toric career in public life were his earnest, able, and persistent culture, for dhltribution abroad, and especially during the Universal Expo advocacy of the restoration of bimeta!Hsm by the free coinage of sition at Paris, 1900, to agricultural. educational, nnd other public and scien the standard silver dollar equally with gold at the old ratio. his tific foreign institutions and libraries and to public men especially engaged in work beneficial to agriculture: Proi:ided, That in the distribution of this opposition to the recharter of the national banks, and his advocacy edition abroad. Jlaragraph 79 of said section 73, of chapter 23, volume 28, Stat of the right of the Government to issue the paper currency of the utes at Large, 1895, is hereby suspended. oountry, and. of the reduction of tariff taxation to a revenue basis. His public life was exceptionally upright, exemplary, and hon The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present consideration orable; free from any suspicion, even, of anything disreputable, of the joint resolution? corrupt, or dishonorable. There was no objection. His success in public life did not in the least affect him in his The joint resolution was ordered to a third reading; and it was manner or bearing. He continued through life the same plain accordingly read the thiru time. and passed. and unassum;ng gentleman. avoiding, rather than seeking, public On motion of Mr. HEATWOLE, a motion to reconsider the attention. notoriety, or ostentation. several votes was laid on the tabie. His habits were simple, abstemious, and exemplary. MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. He was a pleasant associate, a true friend, a faithful and de A message from the Senate, by Mr. PLATT, one of its clerks, voted hmband. a loving and kind father. announced that the Senate had passed, with amendments, bill of He ha.c;i bequeathed to his country, his friends, and his bereft the following title, in which the concurrence of the House of Rep- wife and children an honored name, ''a good name better than resentatives was requested: . J>recious omtment," "rather to be chosen than great ~iches," and H. R. 7433. An act making appropriations for the current and a private and public life worthy of all emulation. contingent expenses of the lndian Department and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year Mr. President. I ask for the adoption of the resolu¥ons. ending June 30, 1901, and for other purposes. . The resolutions were unanimously agreed to. The message also announced that the ~enate had passed with Mr. COCKRELL. Mr. President, as a further mark of respect out amendment bill of the following title: and love for Mr. BLAND, I move that the Senate do now adjourn. H. R. 88iG. An act granting the right of way to the Minnesota The motion was unanimously agreed to: and (at 3 o'cloci\: and and Manitoba Railroad Company across the ceded portion of the 18 minutes p. m.) the Senate adjourned until to-morrow, Wednes Chippewa (Red Lake) Indian Reservation, in Minnesota. day, April 11, 1900, at 12 o'clock me1·idian. E~ROLLED BILLS SIGNED. Mr. BAKER, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. that they had exammecl and found truly enrolled bills of the fol lowing titles; when the Speaker signed the same: TUESDAY, April 10, 1900. H. R. tl!t84-. An act to attach the county of Foard, in the State of Texas, to the Fort Worth division of the northern d istrict of The House met at 12 o'clock m.' and was called to order by the Texas, and provide that all process issued against defendants resid- Speaker. ing in said county shaU be returned to Fort \Vorth; and Prayer by the Chaplain, Rey. Hm~:RY N. COUDEN, D. D. d H. R. 60. An act to create the northwestern division of the The Journal of the proceedmgs of yesterday was read an ap- northern district of Georgia for judicial purposes and to fix the proved. PORTO RICO. I time and place for holding court therein .. Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on SENATE BILLS REFERRED. Ways and Means, I report back the bill (H. R. 8245) to provide Under clause 2 of Rule XXIV, Senate bills of the following titles revenues for the relief of the island of Porto Rico, and for other were taken from the Speaker·s table and referred to their appro purposes, with the recommendation that the Se-nate amendments priate committees, as indicated below: be concurred in. S. 2581. An act to incorporate the National White Cross of The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the title of the bill. America. and for oth~r purposes-to the Committee on the Dis- The title of the bill was read. _,. trict of Columbia. The SPEARER. Tha bill will be ordered to be printed and re- S. 2493. An act authorizing and directing the Secretary of the ferred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Interior to issue patents for land in certain cases-to the Commit- Union. tee on the Public Lands• . Mr. RICHARDSON. All points of order on the bill are re- S. 2883. An act to change the characteristic of Cape Cod light, served, Mr. Speaker. · Massachusetts-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com- The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. RICH- merce. ARDSON] reserves all points of order on the bill. S. 2921. An act to provide for the purchase of a site and the REVIEW OF THE WORLD'S COMMERCE FOR 1899, erection of a public building thereon at Colorado Springs, in the Mr. HEATWOLE. Mr. Speaker, I am directed by the Com- ~;'J~nifs.Colorado-to the Committee on Public Buildings and mittee on Printmg to ask unanimous consent for the present con- S. 34:30. An act to increase the efficiencv of the Subsistence sideration of Senate concurrent resolution No. 31. Department of the United States Army_:to the Committee on The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Minnesota, by direction .Military Affairs. of the Committee on Printing, asks unammous consent for the S. ~616. An act to authorize the pay1J1ent of traveling allow present cons1deration of a resolution which the Clerk will report. ances to enlisted men of the regular and v.olunteer forces when The resolntion·was read, as follows: discharged by order of the Secretary of War and stated by him as Resol,,;ed by theSena_te (the H01.LSPOf Representativesc01;curring),.Tbat~here entitled to travel pay-to the Committee on l\lihtary Affairs. be printed H,000 copies of the general summary entitled Review of the World's Commerce !or the year 1899. of which 1,000 shall_be for the use of NICARAGUA CANAL. the Senate, 3,0W for the use of the Rouse of Representatives. and 10.000 for the useof the Department of State; and8,CXX)cop1esof Commercial kelations Mr. HEPBURN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent for a of tho United States for the year lb'99, including the general summary, of reprint of House bill 2538 and the report. lt is the bill providing which 1,000 shall be for the use or the Senate. 2,UOO for tbe uso of the House of for the lsthmian Canal. Representatives, and 5,CX.,'() for the use of the Department of State. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present consideration The SPE~i\.KER. The gentleman from Iowa asks unanimons of the resolution? consent for a reprint of House bill 2538. and also of the report. Is The1110 was no objection. there objection? · • The resolution was agreed to. Mr. RICHARDSON. What il'I the title of the bill. Mr. Speaker? Mr. HEPBURN. A bill providing for the construction of a YEARBOOK OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR 1899. canal to connect the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Mr. HEATWOLE. I am further directed by the Committee on The present edition of the bill has been entirely exhausted. Printing to ask unanimous consent for the present consideration Mr. WHEELER of Kentucky. l\1r, Speaker. pending the re of Senate joint resolution No. 77. quest for unanimous consent, I should like to ask the gentleman