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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. subject as will secure t-o the railroads all the facilities they require for The Chaplain, Rev. W. H. MILBURN, offered the following: the transaction of their business, and at the same time protect citizens 0 Lord God of Hosts, receive our hearty thanksgiving that so many from injury to their persons or property. of the officers and members of this House have been preserved d ming The Commissioners again complain that the accommodations afforded the recess, and are permitted once more to come to their places for the them for the necessary offices for District business, and for the safe verformance of their duties; nor would we forget those families that 1886~ CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 13 have been made desolate by the vacant seats in this hall. Remember l\IICHIGAN. the widows and orphans. Comfortthe!_D. in their distress, and be unto William C. Maybury. Ezra C. Carleton. Nathaniel B. Eldredge. Timothy E. Tarsney., them a husband and father. .Julius C. Burrows. Byron M. Cutcheon • Grant Thy blessing upon Thy servant, the President of the United Charles C. Comstock. Seth C. 1\Ioffatt. ~tates, and all the members of the Senate and of the Honse of Repre Edwin B. Winans. sentatives. May Thy servant, the Speaker, be comforted and cheered 1\IINNESOTA. Milo White. Knute Nelson. in the performance of his duty, and all the officers of the House be H. B. Strait.• • guided and sustained; and may the members of the body remember that MISSISSIPPI. God holds them to a solemn account, as well as the nation, for the .John M. Allen. 0. R. Singleton . faithful performance of their duties. And may peace. and quietness, T. C. Catchings. H. S. Van Eaton. good temper, urbanity, courtesy, and long suffering characterize the de F. G. Barry. E. Barksdale. liberations of the session. lllSSOURI. Preserve us in health, we beseech Thee, 0 God, and prosper the de William H. Hatch. .John E. Hutton. Alexander 1\1. Dockery. .John .T. O'Neill. liberations of the House, so that the nation shall1ind prosperity and .Tames N. Burnes. · Richard P. Bland • peace; and that God's glory be promoted in the happiness of the land 'Villiam Warner• William H. Wade. we ask reverently and humbly, in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. .John T.Heard. Amen. NEBRASKA. Archibald .T. Weaver. George W. E. Dorsey, The roll was called, and the following -members answered to their .Tames Laird. names: NEVADA. ALABAMA.. William Woodburn. Hilary A. Herbert. .John 1\L Martin. William C. Oates. William H. Forney. NEW HA...."\IPSHIRE. Alexander C. Davidson. Martin A. Haynes. .Jacob H. Gallinger. ARKANSAS. NEW .JERSEY. Poindexter Dunn. .John H. Rogers. George Hh·es. 'Villiam Walter Phelps C. R. Breckinridge. Samuel W. Peel. .Tames Buchanan. Herman Lehlbach. Thomas C. McRa~. Robert S. Green. William McAdoo. CALIFORNIA. .T. A. Louttit. Charles N. Felton. NEW YORK• .Joseph McKenna. H. H. Markham. Perry Belmont. .John Swinburne. W. ·w. Morrow. Felix Campbell. George West. COLORADO. Darwin R. .Tames. Frederick A . .Johnson Peter P. Mahoney. Abrahnm X. Parker. George G. Symes. Archibald M. Bliss. .JohnS. Pindar. CONNECTICUT. Nicholas Muller. Frank Hiscock. .John .T. Adams• Sereno E. Payne• .John R. Buck. Edward W. Seymour, Timothy .T. Campbell. Ira Davenport. .John T. Wait. Abram 8. Hewitt. Charles S. Baker. II :., • ~· DELAWARE. Abraham Dowdney. .John G. Sawyer. Charles B. Lore. Egbert L. Viele. .John M. lt'arquha.r. William G. Stahlnecker. .John B. Weber. FLORIDA. .John H. Ketcham. Walter L. Sessions• Robert H. M. Davidson. Charles Dougherty. .Tames G. Lindsley. NORTH CAROLINA. GEORGIA.. Thomas G. Skinner. .JohnS. Henderson. Henry G. Turner. .Judson C. Clements, Wharton .T. Green • William H. H. Cowles, Charles F. Crisp. Allen D. Candler. William R. Cox:. Thomas D . .Johnston. Henry R. Harris. George T. Barnes. I · omo. .Tames H. Blount. Benjamin Butterworth. Albert C. Thompson. ILLlliOIS. Charles E. Brown. .Joseph H. Outhwaite. Ransom W. Dunham. William H. Neece. .Tames E. Campbell. Beriah Wilkins. Frank Lawler. .Tames M. Riggs. Charles M. Anderson • George W. Geddes. George E. Adams. William M. Springer. Benjamin Le Fevre. A . .T.Warner. A . .T. Hopkins. .T onathan H. Rowell. William D. Hill. Isaac H. Taylor. Robert R. Bitt. .Joseph G. Cannon. George E. Seney• Ezra B. Taylor. Thomas .T. Henderson. .John R. Eden. .Jacob Romeis. William Mc.Kinley,jr, Ralph Plumb. William R. Morrison. W. W. Ellsberry. Martin A. Foran. Lewis E. Payson. Richard W. Townshend, Nicholas E. Worthington. .John R. Thomas. OREGON. Binger Hermann. INDIANA. PENNSYLVANIA.. .John .T. Kleiner. .TamesT. .Johnston • Edwin S. Osborne (at large). Franklin Bound. Thomas R. Cobb. Thomas B. Ward. Henry H. Bingham. Frank C. BunnelL William S. Holman. 'Villiam. D. Owen. Charles O'Neill. 'Villiam W.Brown. Courtland C. Matson. George W. Steele. Samuel .T. Randall. .Tacob 1\I. Campbell. William D. Bynum. George Ford. Alfred C. Harmer. .John A. Swope• .Tames B. Everhart. Andrew G. Curtin. IOWA. I. Newton Evans. Cha~les E. Boyle. B . .T.Hall. .T. B. W ea.>er. Daniel Ermentrout. Thomas 1\I. Bayne• .T. H. Murphy. Edwin H. Conger. .John A. Hiestand. Oscar L . .Jackson. David B. Henderson. 'Villiam P. Hepburn. William H. Sowden. Alexander C. White. William E. Fuller. .Joseph Lyman. .Joseph A. Scranton. George W. Fleeger. Ben. T. Frederick. Adoniram J. Holmes. 9hru:les N. Brumm. William L. Scott.

KA.J.~SAS. SOUTH CAROLINA. E. N. Morrill. Lewis Hanback. Samuel Dibble. George W. Dargau, Thomas Ryan. Samuel R. Peters. George D. Tillman. .John A. Anderson. TENNESSEE. KENTUCKY. .John B. Neal. P. T. Glass• .Tames D. Richardson Zach. Taylor. William .T. Stone. Wm. C. P. Breckinridgc. Polk Laffoon . .Tames B. McCreary. TEXAS. .T ohn E. Halsell. "\V. H. Wadsworth. .T. H. Reagan. .T. F. Miller• Thomas A. Robertson. W. P. Taulbee. .T. H . .Tones. R. Q. Mills. AlbertS. Willis.. Ft-ank L. Wolford. .T. W. Throckmorton • .T. D. Sayers. .John G. Carlisle. Olin Wellborn. S. W. T. Lanham. LOUISIANA.. ,V. H. Crain. Edwa1·d .T. Gay. Alfred B. Irion." VE!h"UONT. Newton C. Blanchard. .John W. Stewart. William W. Grout. · MAINE. VIRGINIA.• Thomas B. Reed. Seth L. Milliken. Thomas Croxton. .John W. Daniel. Nelson Dingley,jr. Charles A. Boutelle. Harry Libbey. Charles T. O'FerraU, George D. Wise. JohnS. Barbour. MARYLAND. .Tames D. Brady. .John R. Tucker• Charles H. Gibson. Barnes Compton. George C. Cabell. Frank T. Shaw. Louis E. McComas. WEST VIRGINIA.• .John V. L. Findlay. Nathan Goff, jr. Charles P. Snyder. :MASSACHUSETTS. William L. Wilson. Eustace Gibson. Robert T. Davis. Charles H. Allen• WISCONSIN. .John D. Long. Frederick D. Ely. Lucien B. Caswell. Richard Guenther. Edward D. Hayden. William Whiting. Edward S. Bragg. Ormsby B. Thomas. Henry B. Lovering. Francis W. Rockwell, Robert M. La Follette. Isaac Stephenson. Eben F. Stone. Thomas R. Hudd.

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The following is the list of Delegates from the Territories: Mr. SAMUEL S: Cox then appeared nt the bar of the House, escort-ed ARIZONA. by his colleague (Mr. HEWITT], and was greeted with general applause Curtis C. Bean. on the fioor and in t.he galleries. He was duJy q ualifi.ed by taking the DAKOTA. oath prescribed by law. M:r. COMPTON. I rise to a question of privilege. Oscar S. Gifford. The SPEAKER. The gentleman will state it. • MONTANA . Mr. COMPTON. I present at this time the certificate of the election Joseph K. Toole. of l\1r. Rusk to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Hon. Mr. ~"EW MEXICO. CoLE, ofthe Stateofl\Iaryland, and I ask that the credentials be read, Anthony Joseph,· and that he be sworn in. . . UTAH• The credentials were read, as follows : John T. Caine. TilE STATE OF l\!ARYLA~i'D 1 ExEct:TIY.E D.EP.A.&Tlllli~. WASHINGTON. I, Henry Lloyd, governor of Maryland, do hereby certify thatjt appears from Charles S. Vom·hecs. the official returns now on tile in this department, of an election held inthis State on Tuesday, the 2d day of November, instant, for a Representative from the The SPEAKER. It appears from the call of the roll at two hun third Congressional district of l\Iaryland in the Forty-ninth Congress of the United States for the unexpired term of Dr. WILLIAM H. CoLE, deceased, that dred and fifty-seven members are present, being more than a quorum, Hon. Harry Welles Rusk was regularly and duly elected in accordance with and the House will come- to order. the laws of this State as the Representative from the third Congressional dis trict of :b1arylo.nd in the Forty-ninth Congress of the United Stnte for the unex MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. pired term of Dr. WILLIAM H. COLE, late the Representative from the said district A message from the Senate, by Mr. M:cCooK, its Secretary, informed to the said Congress, but who is now deceased. Witness my hand and the great seal of 1\Iaryland, at the city of Annapolis, on the House that a quorum of that body was assembled and ready to the 13th day of November, in the year of . our Lord one thousand eight hundred proceed to business ; also, that a committee, consisting of two mem and eighty-six. bers, had been appointed ·to join such committee as should be ap [sEAL.] HENRY LLOYD. By the goyernor: pointed by the House of Representatives, to wait upon the President E. W. LE COMPTE, of the United States, and inform him that a quorum of each House Secrcta1·y of SLate. was assembled, and that Congress was ready to recei•e any communi 1\Ir. RusK appeared at the bar of the House, and was dilly qualified cation he may desire to mn.ke. by taking the oath prescribed by law. NOTIFICATIO..,... TO THE SENATE. .Mr. HEWITT. Mr. Speaker, I desire to present Mr. Henry Bacon Mr. MORRISON submitted the following resolution; which was to be sworn in as a Representative-elect from the fifteenth Congres read, considered, and agreed to: · sional district of the State of New York, to fill the vacancy caused by Resolved, That the Clerk of the House inform the Senate that a quorum of the death of Ron. LEWIS BEACH. The circumstances in Mr. Bacon's the House of R~presentatives has appeared, and that the House is 1·eady to pro· case are precisely the same as those in the case of Mr. Cox. The letter ceed to business. of the secretary of state is in my hands, but the official certificate has COliMITTEE TO WAIT UPON THE PRESIDENT. not yet been-recei\ed. I ask, if there be no objection, that ]!r. Bacon JHr. REAGAN submitted the following resolution; which was read, be now sworn in. considered, and agreed to: · There was no objection; and Jl,fr. BACON appen.red at the bar of the Resolr:ed, That a. committee of three members be appointed on the part of the House and was duly qualified by taking the oath prescribed by law. House to join such committee as may be appointed by the Senate to wait upon the President of the United States and inform him that a quorum of thd'two LEAVE OF ABSENCE. Houses has assembled, mid that Congress is ready to receive any communica By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted as follows: tion he may hal'e to make. To Mr. HAIDIOND, until Wednesday next. The SPEAKER appointed as such committee, on the parb of the •.ro Mr. HouK, indefinitely. House, Mr. REAGAN, Mr. BRECKINRIDGE of KentuckY., and Ur. To Mr. BENNETT, for one week, on account of sickness in his fumily. REED of Maine. To Mr. O'DO!I.TNELL, for four dar, on account of sickness in his SWEARING IN OF 1\IEMnERS-ELECT. family. Mr. HEWITT. l'lfr. Speaker, I rise to a question of priruege. I To Mr. KELLEY, for three days, on account of important business. desire to present to the House, to be sworn in, Mr. Samuel S. Cox, To Mr. HENLEY, indefinitely, on account of business. elected a representative from the ninth Congressional district of the To Mr. W .A.RD, of Illinois, for the balance of this week, on account of State of New York, to fill the \acancy caused by the resignation of sickness in his family. Ron. Joseph Pulitzer. · To Mr. REESE, for ten days, on account of sickness in his fumily. I wish to say in this connection that the formal certificate of the DAILY IIOUR OF MEET!XG. secretary of state has not .been received, but a letter has been received Mr. HOLMA.N. I submit for present consideration the resolution from him stating the formal canvass wil1 be concluded to-day. But, I send to the desk. in the meantime, the official canvass of the city of New York has The Clerk read as follows : been concluded; and, if there is no objection, I desiro to present, at this Resolt·ed, That until the furthe1· order of the House the daily hour or meeting stage of the proceedings, my colleague to be sworn in. of the House be 12 o'clock noon. The letter referred to is as follows : . ' The resolution was agreed to. STATE OJl' NEW YORK, 0Jl'Jl'ICE OF TilE SECRETARY OF STATE, Mr. HOLMAN moved to reconsider the vote by which the 1·esolution Not•tnnber 29, 1885. was adopted; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be lai(l on DEAR Sm: Your I.ett~r of the 27th instant is received. In reference to the meeting of the board of State canvassers and the issue of the table. certificates of election lio the two Representatives-elect from this State to the The latter motion was agreed to. Forty-ninth Congress to fill vacancies, I ha,·e to say: ' That at. a recent meeting of another board, of which most of the members of RECESS. the board of State canvassers are also members and were in attendance, I pre Mr. MORRISON. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House now take a sented the question of time for meeting of canvassers, and the engagements of members f••rming the board of State canvassers were such that it was deter recess for thirty minutes to enable the committee appointed to wait up· mined that no quorum could be secured until Monday, December 6, at 4, p. m., on the President to perform that duty and make its report. when I expect to call such meeting. . . The motion was agreed to; and accordingly (at 12 o'clock and 40 In this connection I may add that the election code fixes the time for meeting of State canva sers before December 15 in each year. . minutes p. m.) the House took a recess for thirty minute . The same code, however, gives no authority for securing the election state The recess having expired, the 'House (at 1 o'clock and 10 minutes ments prior tQ December 1. p. m.) resumed its session. One of the county clerks in a. northern county of this State has failed to send such returns, and the secretary of state is not authorized to send for the same Mr. MORRISON. 1\Ir. Speaker, I move that the House take a fur until December 1. ther recess until 2 o'clock. I understand the Senate has taken a recess I will without delay mail your certtiicate of election to Washington city or to that hour, and that the committee to wait upon the President will ' elsewhere, as you may direct, as soon as the State canvassers meet and canvass the votes cast in your Congressional district. not earlier be ready to report. I understand that it has been usual in former years on the part of the House The motion was agreed to. of Representatives to admit new Representatives chosen to fill vacancies to The House accordingly (at 1 o'clock and 11 minutes p.m.) took a. their seats upon motion, without production of certificate of election. I may a.ad1 here, in case you should desire to show this letter to the Clerk of fnrther recess until2 o'clock p. m. the House of Representatives, that the official returns show your election as a AFTER THE RECESS. Representative in Forty-ninth Congress from the ninth Congressional district of thi>1 State, in place of Ron. J osepb Pulitzer, resigned, and that the certificate The recess ha\ing expired, the House (at 2 o'clock p. m.) resumed of election will issue as soon as the State canvassers meet to formally declare its session. the result. Yours, truly, REPORT OF COllll\IITTEE TO WAIT OY THE PRESIDEYT. FREDERICK COOK, Mr. REAGAN. Mr. Speaker, the committee appointed under reso- Secretary of Slaw. Hon. S.A.IDJEL S. Cox., 1uti on of the House to wait upon the President and inform him a quorum New York Oi/v. was present and ready to receive any communications he may be pre. There was no objection. pared to make, have performed that duty; and the President has re- 1886. GONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 15

quested us to extend his congratulations to the House on account of the The SPEAKER. In order tha~ the Chair may haTe the opportunity safe return of its members, and to say that Ife will shortly communi to announce the committee the question will be put, first, on the cate to the House in writing. adoption of the first three resolutions. · The first three resolutions were unanimously agreed to. PRESIDENT'S .ANXUAL DrESSAGE. The SPEAKER. The Chair announces the following as the com· I• A message in writingfrom the President, by Mr. P&UDEN, one of his mittee on the part of the House: Mr. GuENTHER, of Wisconsin; Mr. secretaries, was received; which waslaid before the House and read in MORRILL, of Kansas; 1\Ir. FREDERICK, of Iowa; 1\Ir. TAULBEE, of full. Kentucky; Mr. OsBORl\~, ofPennsylvania; Mr. Hunn, ofWisconsin; [It will be found in Senate proceedings.] Mr. LA FOLLETTE, of Wisconsin. Mr. MORRISON submitted the following resolution; which was The final resolution of each series was then agreed to; and, inaccord read, considered, and adopted: nnce therewith, the House (at 4 o'clock and 10 minutes p. m.) ad Resolved. That the message of the President be committed to the Committee journed. of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and, with the accompanying documents, printed.

Mr. MORRISON also submitted the following resolution; which was PETITIO:NS1 ETC. referred to the Committee on Printing: The following petitions and papers were laid on the Clerk's desk, llesolved, That. there be printed- thousand copies of the President's last under the rule, and referred as follows: annual message for the nse of the House. . By Mr. BARKSDALE: Petition of J. W. Farish and others, citizens REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF TRE ~SURY". of Jackson, Miss.-to the Committee on tho Public Lands. The SPEAKER laid before the House the annual report of the Sec By Mr. BLAND: Petition of H. C. Ewing, administrator of the estate retary of the Treasury on the state of the finances for the year ended of 1\I. L. and R. R. Jefferson, deceased, of Jefferson County; of Harvey June 30, 1886; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole Drennan, of Phelps County; and of E. W. Bishop, ofRolla, Mo., asking House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. that their claims be referred to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. REPORT OF THE ATTOR~'EY" -GENERAL. By Mr. BOUTELLE: Petition of the trustees and officers of the The SPEAKER also laid before the House the annual report of the Maine State College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, for the Attorney-General for the year ~nded June 30, 18B6; which was re enactment of House bill 2933, known as the Hatch experiment-station ferred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, bill-to the Committee on Agriculture. and ordered to be printed. By Mr. BUCHANAN: Petition of citizens of Moorestown, N. J., for :rnvENTORY OF PUBLIC PROPERTY, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI,VES. the passage of the Hatch experiment-station bill-to the &'UD.e commit· tee. The SPEAKER also laid before the House a letter from the Clerk of By Mr. BURROWS: Petition of Michigan Annual Conference, of 290 the House of Representatives, tmnsmittingan inventory of public prop ministers, representing a membership of 30,000, protesting against · erty in his possession on December 6, 18tl6; which was referred to the needless Go>ernment work on Sunday-to the Committee on Reform in Committee on Accounts, and ordered to be printed. the Civil Sen-ice. REPORT OF THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE. Also, petition of the ~Iichigan Methodist Conference,· composed of 290 The SPEAKER also laid before the House a. letter from the Clerk ministers, and representing 35,000 church members, asking the enact ~ of the House, transmitting his annual report for the fiscal year ended ment, without.delay, of such measures as will enable theofficers of the June 30, 1~6; which was referred to the Committee on Accounts, and law to suppress all efforts to persecute and drive out the Chinese, and to ordered_to•be printed. secure to them, wherevm: they may be in our domain. the same protec tion afforded to all persons in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; DEATH OF HON. LEWIS BEACH, AND HOS. JOHN ARNOT, JR. and especially that the indemnity bill be passed without delay-to the Mr. HEWITT. Mr. Speaker, it is my painful duty to announce to Committee on Foreign Affairs. the House that since its adjournment in August last, two members of By 1\lr. CATCIDNGS: Petition of Sarah Jane Saunders, asking that the New York delegation have died, Ron. LEWIS BEACH, who rep her claim be referred to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on War resented in this House the fifteenth Congressional district, and Ron. C1'limS. J~HN .ARNoT, Jr., who represented the twenty-eighth Congressional By .Mr. ERMENTROUT: Petition of Crippled Soldiers' Association district. · of the United States, of Allegan, Rice County, Kansas, for the passage I do not propose at thls time to do more than make this sad announce of bill to change grades of pensions for loss of one hand or foot, $35 per ment, knowing that the House will hereaft-er take such action as will month; above elbow or knee-joint, $40 per month; above shoulder-joint be appropriate under the circumstances. Bnt Lsend to the desk resolu or near hip-joint, $45 per month; for loss of one eye, $30 per month; and tions which I ask to have read by the Clerk; and then I respectfully to date all special acts back to discharge-to the Committee on Invalid request that the resolution for adjournment be deferred until the gen Pensions. tleman from Wisconsin, who has a similar announcement to make, can By Mr. FORNEY: Petition of D. D. Fleming, administrator of Will be heard. iam Fleming; of Joseph G. Da>en.port~ administrator of Joseph DaYen The Clerk read as follows : port, deceased; ofDaYis Agnew, administrator of JamesR. Dorsey, de .Resolved, That the House has heard with sincere regret the announcement of ceased, and of Joseph G. DaYenport, executer estate of Orville J. Da the death during the late recess of Hon. LEWIS BEACH and Hon. JoHN ARXOT, venport, deceased, of Alabama, asking that their war claims be referred Jr., late Representatives from the State of New York. Resol-ved, That the Clerk communicate the foregoing resolution to the Senate. to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. Resolved, That as a mark of respect to the memory of the deceased Represent By 1\Ir. GLASS: Petition ofGreen Bittick1 of Gibson County, and of atives the House do now adjonrn. Paul C. Crafton, a.dministrator of W. W. Crafton, deceased, of Gibson. The SPEAKER. The question will be first on agreeing to the first County, Tennessee, asking that their claims be referred to the Court and second resolutions. of Claims-to the same committee. The first and second resolutions were unanimously agreed to. By Mr. GROUT: Joint resolution of the Vermont Legislature relat DEATH OF HOY. WILLIAM T. PRICE. ing to the protection of American industries, the extension of Ameri can commerce in foreign markets, and the restoration of the American Mr. CASWELL. It is my melancholy duty to announce to this built merchant marine and our flag upon the ocean-to the Committee House the death of my friend and colleague, Hon. WILLIAM T. PRIC.E, on Ways and Means. late a Representative of the eighth district of the State of Wisconsin, By 1\Ir. D. B. HENDERSON: Petition of J. C. Adams and 82 others, which occurred this morning at 5 o'clock, at his residence in that State. citizens of Union, Harden County, Iowa, praying tha~ a pension be I shall, on some future da-y, ask the House to fix a time when fitting granted to Clementine Hartinger, formerly Clementine Bickford, and proper words may be spoken in reference to his life and character. mother of W. H. Peters, late Company C, Twenty-fourth Regiment For the pr~ent I offer the resolutions which I send to the desk. And Iowa, Infantry-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. if a. committee should be appointed to attend his funeral, I ask that I Also, paper from C. H. Eighmey, esq., cashier First National Bank, may be excused from sertice on the same, as it is quite impossible for Dubuque, Iowa., relating to the national banking system-to the Com me to attend. mittee on Banking and Currency. / The Clerk read as follows: By Mr. HOUK: Petition of E. R. Cole, legal representatiYe of l'r!ar~ .Resolvf'd, That the House has learned with deep regret the announcement of tin Cole, deceased, of Jefferson County, and of Chesley J. Burnett, of the death of Ron. WILLIAM T. PRICE, a. Representative of the State of Wiscon- sin. . Hamblen County, Tennessee, asking that their claims be referred to Resolved by the HO'USe of Represen.tatives (the Senate concurri1lg), That a special the Court of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. committee of seven members of the House of Representatives and three mem By Mr. CHARLES O'NEILL: Petition of James Peak, sergeant of bers of the Senate be appointed to take order for attending his funeral at his residence in the State of Wisconsin, and the necessary expenses attending the Company L, One hundred and twelfth Pennsylvania Regiment, ask execution of this order shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the House. ing for a pension-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Resolved, That the Clerk of the House communicate the foregoing resolutions to the Senate. By Mr. T. B. REED: Petition of Abraham Bray, for restoration to Resotvedt That as a mark of respect to the memory of the deceased the House pension list-to the Committee on Pensions. do now aajourn. By Mr. RICHARDSON: Petition of S. R. Oakley:md of G. R. Brooks, 16 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE~ DECEMBER 7,

heir of Mrs. Sarah A. Brooks, deceased, of Franklin County, Tennessee; removal of said obstructions and for the dredging. and deepening of the chan· nel of Bayou Lafourche between said point-s, so as to improve the navigation asking that their claims be referred to the Court of Claims-to the thereof, and give speedy, direct, and safe means of transportation and commu Committee on War Clail:ru;. nication to the inhabitants of said section of country. By Mr. W. J. STONE, of Kentucky: Petition ofM. V. B. Giffey, of Be it further resolved, That the governor be requested to forward a copy of Hickman County, Kentucky, asking that his claim be referred to the these resolutions to our Senators and Representatives in Congress. Court of Claims-to the same committee. Mr. MORRILL presented a joint resolution of the Legislature ot By Mr. WADE: Petition of N. F. Grier, administrator estate of Vermont; which was read, and referred to the Committee on Finance, Samuel Grier, deceased, of Greene County, Missouri, asking that his as follows: claim be referred to the Court of Claims-to the same committee. Joint resolution relating to the p1·otection of .American industries, the. extension · By M:r. WILLIAM W .A.RNER: Petition of Maria L. Thompson, of of the American commerce in foreign markets, and the restoratiOn of the Jackson County, Missouri, asking that her claim be referred to the .A.merican·built merchant m1u·ine and our flag upon the ocean. Resolved by the senate and house of representatives, That with the many thou Court of Claims-to the same committee. sands of skilled laborers in this country seeking and not finding employment; By Mr. WHEELER: Petition of Henry H. Coulson, of Jackson that with the enormous accumulation of our manufactured products piled up County, Alabama, asking that his claim be referred to the Court of in our warehouses, awaiting a mat:ket; t~at with the enge_r watchfulness ?f the great manufacturing and commercml natiOns for opportu m~y to cro:wd then sur Claims-to the same committee. plus products into our already overstoc!ted ma.rkets, while they Jeal.ously ex clude us from trade with the non-producmg natiOns, by reason of thell' control of the merchant fleets that bear the world's commerce, our present protective tariff remains of vital importance to the welfare and prosperity of the whole SENATE. people employer and employe, in equal degree, and the restoration ofour once proud ~upremacy on the high seas, carrying .American goods in .American-built shlps to all the markets of the world, is au immediate necessity. TUESDAY, December 7, 1886. Resolved, That the secretary of state be instructed to prepare and forward copies of these resolutions to our Senators and Representatives in Congress, and Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. J. G. BUTLER, D. D. they are respectfully requested to use their best efforts to promote the interests JoSEPH N. DOLPH, a Senator from the State of Oregon; RANDALL herein specified. L. GIBSOY, a Senator from the State of Louisiana; EUGENE HALE,·a JOSIAH GROUT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Senator from the State of Maine, and HARRISON H. RIDDLEBERGE.R, LEVI K. FULLER, a Senator from the State of Virginia, appeared in their seats to-day. President of the Senate. The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. STATE OF VERliONT, 0FFI~E OF TllE SECRETARY OF STATE. SEN A. TOR FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE. I hereby certify that the foregoing joint resolution, adopted by the General .Assembly of the State of Vermont, at its sessson ~f 1886, is a true copy of the Mr. BLAIR. Mr. President, I present the credentials of Hon. P .. C. original, as appears from the files and records of thts office. Cheney, appointed by the governor of the State of New Hampshire a Witness my signature and official seal at Montpelier, this 30th day of Novem· Senator from that State fill until the next meeting of the Legisla ber, .A. D. 1886. to CHARLES W. PORTER, ture thereof the vacancy in the Senate occasioned by the death of Sen Secretary of Btau. ator PIKE. I ask that the credentials be read, and placed on file, and REPORT OF .A COMMITTEE. that the oath of office be administered to the Senator appointed: Mr. MANDERSON. I am instructed by the Committee on Printing The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The credentials will be read. to report back the joint resolution (S. R. 72) toprint 10,000 copies of The credentials were read by the Chief Clerk. the Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture on the International The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator appo.inted from New Sneep and Wool Show held in Philadelphia in September, 1880; with Hampshire will please advance to the desk, and the oath of office will the recommendation that it be indefinitely postponed, the matter be administered to :q,im. having been acted upon. · • Mr. CHENEY, escorted by Mr. BLAIR, advanced to the desk of the The PRESIDENT pro te.mpore. The Senator from Nebraska moves President pro tempore, and the oath prescribed by law having been ad that the joint resolution be indefinitely postponed. ministered to him, he took his seat in the Senate. The motion was agreed to. PETITIONS .AND MEMORIALS. BILLS INTRODuCED. Mr. CULLOM presented the petition of A. M. Wright, president of Mr. HALE introduced a bill (S. 2901) to provide forthe erection of the Chicago Board of Trade, Swift & Co., Hon. C. B. Farwell, Fleming a public building at Eastport, Me.; which was read the first time by & Boyden, and 93 other members of the Chicago Board of Trade, pray its title. ing for legislation authorizing the Secretary of War to contract with Mr. HALE. I wish to say, in calling the attention of the Committee Charles Stoughton and associates for the improvement of Harlem River, on Public Buildings and Grounds to this bill, that it is a case where in New York; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. the custom-house was destroyed by a very destructive fire, one of the Mr. BUTLER presented an extract from the presentment of the grand worst that ever affi.icted the State, almost destroying the town. It is jury of the United States district court for the western district of South a very important custom-house, being upon the border of the British Carolina, recommending the erection of a public building at Greenville, possessions, and it is very important that action should be taken at S. C., for the accommodation of the United States court, post-office, and once. I should like to ask the indulgence of the Senate to consider other public offices; which was referred to the Committee on Public the bill now, if there is no objection. Buildin~ and Grounds. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Maine asks the Mr. DOLPH pl'esented a :petition of the Columbia (Oregon) Water unanimous consent of the Senate to proceed to the consideration of the Way Convention, praying for increased appropriations for the prosecu bill at this time. tion of works for the improvement of the Columbia River, already in Mr. PLATT. J.Jet it be read for information. progress, and for an appropriation for the further improvement of the The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The bill will be read at length. channels of Columbia and Snake Rivers, wherever it may be necessary The bill was read the second time at length, as follows: for their practical navigation; which was referred to the Committee on Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is h ereby, Commerce. authorized and directed to cause to be erected upon the site now vested in the Mr. HOAR presented the petition of C. W. :M:oore and other citizens United States a subst-antial and commodious building, with fire-pl'oof vaults, for the use and accommodation of the United States custom-house and post-office of Boylston, Mass., praying for the passage of what is known as the at Eastport in the State of Maine. The building when completed, upon plans Hatch experiment station bill; which was referred to the Committee on and speci.fida.tions to be previously made and approved by the Secretary of the Agriculture and Forestry. Treasury, shall not exceed in cost the sum of $100,000, Mr. GIBSON presented a concurrent resolution of the General As Mr. VEST. Has that bill been to the Committee on Public Build- sembly of Louisiana, in favor of improving Bayou Lafourche; which ings and Grounds? - was read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce, as follows: The PRESIDENT pro tempore. It has not been referred. Concurrent resolution asking for an appropriation by Congress for the purpose Mr. HALE. I have just stated, if the Senator from Missouri will of dredging and removing islands, sand-banks, and other obstructions, of is whatever nature they may be, from the mouth of Bayou Lafourche where it allow me, that this a · case where :fire destroyed almost the entire empties into the Gulf of Mexico, in the parish ofLafourche, to Raceland Sta town including the custom-house, and that it is a very important build tion on Bayou Lafourche, in Lafourche Parish, State of Louisiana. ing. 'It is not a question of purchasing any site. There is no question Whereas there are numerous islands, sand-banks, and other obstructions in that there should be a proper building erected, and the sooner the bill the Bayou Lafourche from its mouth up to Raceland Station ; Whereas the general navigation of said bayou is greatly impeded thereby; goes to the other House the better. That is why I ask the indulgence Whereas the removal of said islands, sand-banks, and other obstructions, the of the Senate to consider the bill at this time. dredging and deepening of the channel of said bayou would greatly facilitate Mr. VEST. I do not see the chairman of that committee present. the transportation of various and extensive products of said section of country, and give speedy and sure communication with the markets of the world: Mr. HALE. The chairman is not here, and I could not confer with Be a resolved by the house of representatives of the State of Loui8ia.na (the senate him. eoncurring}, ThatourSenators and Representatives in Congress be, and they are Mr. MORRILL. I will say to the Senator from Maine that I do not hereby, requested to urge upon Congress the passage of an ad making an ap propriation of a. sufficient sum of money for the dredging and deepening of the think its passage now will hasten the progress of the bill through the channel of said bayo~~~ also for the removal of the islands and otherob other House· and I do not think there will be any unreasonable delay structiona from said c el, from the mouth of said bayou where it empties by having it :eferred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. into the Gulf of Mexico, in the parish of Lafourche to Raceland Station on Bayon Lafourche, in Lafourche Parish, State of Lo:;;lsiana, and requiring the :Mr. HALE. If any Senator objects, under these circumstances, of Federal Government, through the proper department, to take measures for the course the bill must go to the committee.