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Congressional Record-House. Deoe:Mber - 12 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DEOE:MBER . 6, his duty to the people, testifies to the value of this reform. Its staunch­ keeping of valuable books and papers, are entirely insufficient. I rec­ est friends are found among those who understand it best, and it'3 warm­ ommend that this condition of affairs be remedied by the Congress, est supporters arethosewho are restrained and protected by its require- and that suitable quarters be furnished for the needs of the District ments. · governmen~ · '.rhe meaning of such· restraint and protection is not appreciated by In conclusion: I earnestly invoke such wise action on the part qf the those who want places under the Government, regardless of merit and people's legislators, as will subserve the public good and demonstrate efficiency, nor by those who insist that the selection for such places during the remaining days of the Congress as at present organized, its should rest upon a proper credential showing active partisan work. ability and inclination to so meet the people's needs that it shall be They mean to public officers, if not their lives, the only opportunity gratefully remembered by an expectant constituency. afforded them to attend to public business, and they mean to the good GROVER CLEVELAND. people ofthe country the better performance of the work of their Gov- W ASHINGTON1 December 6, 1886. ernment. · The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The message will be printed, with It is exceedingly strange that the scope and nature of this reform are the accompanying documents, ancllaid upon the table unless otherwise so little understood, and that so many things not included within its ordered. plan are called by its name. T"Yhen cavil yields more fully to ex­ amination the system will have large additions to the number of its TWELFm MICHIGAN VOLUNTEERS, friends. Mr. CONGER. I move to proceed to the consideration of House bill Our CivH-Service refonn may be imperfect in some of its details; it 6983, that I may withdraw a motion to reconsider the vote by which may be misunderstood and opposed; it may not always be faithfully it was passed. applied; its designs may sometimes miscarry through mistake or will­ The PRESIDENT pro tempo1'e. The Senator from Michigan moves ful intent; it may sometimes tremble under the assaults of its enemies that the Senate proceed to the consideration of Order of,Business 1613, or languish under the misguided zeal of impracticable friends; but if being House bill 6983, the title of which will be read. the people of this country ever submit to the banishment of its under­ The CHIEF CLERK. A bill (H. R. 6983) for the relief of certain sol­ lying principle from the operation of their Government, they will diers of the Twelfth :Michigan Volunteer Infantry dishonorably dis­ abandon the surest guarantee of .the safety and success of American charged under special orders 92, War Department, Adjutant-General's institutions. Office, dated Mal'ch 1, 1866. I invoke for this reform the cheerful and ungrudging support of the The motion was agreed to. Congress. I renew my recommendation made last year that the sala­ The PRESIDENT pro tem.po,-e. The bill is now before the Senate. ries of the Commissioners be made equal to other officers of the Gov­ 1\Ir. CONGER. Just before the close of the last session I entered a. , ernment having like duties and responsibilities, and I hope that such motion to l'econsider the vote by which that bill passed the Senate. I reasonable appropriations may be made as will enable them to increase now wish to withdraw that motion. · the usefulness of the cause they have in charge. The PRESIDENT pro tempm·e. If there be_no o~iection, the motion I desire to call the attention of the Congress to a plain duty which to reconsider is withdrawn. The Chair hears no objection, and the bill the Government owes to the depositors in the Freedman's Savings and stands passed. Trust Company. · INDEBTEDNESS OF PACIFIC RAILROADS. This company was chartered by the Congress for the benefit of the Mr. BLAIR obtained the floor. most illiterate and humble of our people, and with th~ intention of Mr. HOAR. I should like leave to give a notice, which I think it encouraging in them industry and thrift. Most of its branches were will be convenient to the Senate to have given at this time. presided over by officers holding the commissions and clothed in the The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Does the Senator from New Hamp­ uniform of the United States. These and other circumstances reason­ shire yield to the Senator from Massachusetts? abJy, I think, led these simple people to suppose that the invitation to Mr. BLAIR. I do. deposit their hard-earned savings in this institution implied an under­ Mr. HOAR. At the last session the Pacific railroads funding bill, taking on the part of their Government that their· money E~hould be so called, was put down as a special order for to-morrow. I shall ask safely kept for them. that the consideration of that bill be deferred for a week or two from When this company failed it was liable in the sum of $2,939,925.22 to-morrow, and not ask the Senate to take it up at that time, the rea­ to 61,131 depositors. Dividends amounting in the aggregate to sixty­ son being that it is hoped the other House may in the mean time have two per cent. have been declared, and the sum calletl for and paid of taken some action which will relieve the Senate of a good deal of·trouble such dividends seems to be $1,6481 181.72. This sum deducted from in regard to the bill. the entire amount of deposits leaves $1,291,744.50 still unpaid. Past DEATH OF SENATOR PIKE. experience has shown that quite a large part of this sum will not be 1\Ir. BLAIR. 1\Ir. President, although it is already a well-known called for. There are assets still on hand amounting to the estimated fact, I feel that it will touch the Senate with a sense of deep grief when sum of $16,000. in the discharge of a painful duty I announce the death of Hon. Aus­ I think the remaining thirty-eight per cent. of such of these deposits TIN F. PIKE, late a member of this body from New Hampshire. as have claimant8 should be paid by the Government, upon principles It will be 1·emembered tbat shortly before the close of the last session, of equity and fairness. worn out by the struggle with what :finally proved to be a fatal disease, The report of.the Commissioner, soon to be laid befOl'e Congress, will he sought health and strength among the hills of his nativity. He give more satisfactory details on this subject. thought and his friends thought that he had qnite1·ecoveredhis health, The control of the affairs of the District of Columbia having been and he and they were looking forward with hope to the prolongation placed in the hands of purely executive officers, while the Congress of his useful life, when, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, he still retains all legislative authority relating to its government, it be­ was and he was not, for God took him. · comes my duty to make known the most pressing needs of the District At an appropriate time I shall ask of the Senate that a fitting tribute and recommend their consideration. be paid to the life, the character, and the public services of our deceased The laws of the District appear to be in an uncertain and unsatis­ associate and friend. factory condition, and their codification or revision is much needed. As a mark of respect to h.i.s memory, I now move that the Senate ad­ During the past year one of the bridges leading from the District to journ. the State of Virginia became unfit for use, and travel upon it was for­ The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from New Hampshire bidden. This leads me to suggest that the improvement of all the moves that the Senate do now adjourn. bridges crossing the Potomac and its branches, from the city of Wash­ The motion was agreed to; and (at 3 o'clock and 30 minutes p. m.) ington, is worthy of the attention of Congress. the Senate adjourned until to-morrow, Tuesday, December 7, at 12 The Commissioners of the District • represent that the laws regulat­ o'clock m. ing the sale of liq nor and granting licenses therefor should be at once amended, and that legislation is needed to consolidate, define and en­ large the scope and powers of charitable and penal institutions within the District. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. I suggest that the Commissioners be clothed with the power to.make, l\10NDAY, within :fixed limitations, police regulations. I believe this power JJecembm· 6, 188G. granted and carefully guarded, would tend to subserve the good order This being the day designated by the Constitution, the members of of the municipality. the House of Representatives of the Forty-ninth Congress assemble~ in It seems that trouble still exists growing out of the occupation of their hall for their second session. the streets and avenues by certain railroads having their termini in the At 12 o'clock noon the Speaker, Ron. JoHN G. CARLISLE, a Repre­ city. It is very important that such laws should be 'enacted upon this sentative of the State of Kentucky, called the Honse to order.
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