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By Mr. HOFFECKER: A bill (H. R.12507) granting an increase By Mr. ROBINSON of Indiana: Petition of Advance Grange, of pension to Ezekiel Dawson-to the Committee on Invalid Pen No. 2100, Patrons of Husbandry, of Fremont, Ind., favoring pure sions. food legislation-to the Committee on Agriculture. By Mr. RANSDELL: A bill (H. R. 12508) for the relief of John By Mr. RYAN of New York: Petition of Rev. George B. New McDonnell-to the Committee on Military Affairs. comb and others, of Buffalo, N. Y., in favor of the anti-polygamy By Mr. KLEBERG: A bill (H. R. 12509) for the relief of Maria. amendment to the Constitution-to the Committee on the Judi Thornton, residuary legatee of Richard Miller, deceased-to the ciary. Committee on War Claims. By Mr. SHACKLEFORD: Petition of the estate of John W. Livesay, deceased, of Missouri, for reference of war claim to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. PETITIONS, ETC. By Mr. SIBL.EY: Petitions of druggists of Warren County, Pa., Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, the following petitions and papers for the repeal of the special tax on proprietary medicines-to the were laid on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows: Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. ACHESON: Petition of J. D. Moffat and other citizens Also, petition of citizens of Warren, Pa., in favor of the anti of Washington County, Pa., in favor of an amendment to the polygamy amendment to the Constitution-to the Committee on Constitution against polygamy-to the Committee on the Judi the Judiciary. ciary. By Mr. VREELAND: Petition of the First Methodist Episco By Mr. ADA.....'1SON: Petition of 0. Wyrm and other citizens of pal Church of Falconer, N. Y., in relation to the exclusion of all Coweta County, Ga., to accompany House bill granting an in spirituous liquors from our insular possessions-to the Commit crease of pension to Mrs. N. T. Hardy-to the Committee on tee on Insular Affairs. Invalid Pensions. By Mr. YOUNG: Petition of Barker & Co., of Philadelphia, Also, petition of Temple Drug Company, of Temple, Ga., for Pa., urging a reduction of the war..revenue tax of June 13, 1898- the repeal of the special tax on proprietary medicines, etc.-to the to the Committee on Ways and Means. Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. BURKETT: Papers to accompany House bill to remove the charge of desertion from the military record of James Ply- mate-to the Committee on Military Affairs. · Also, paper to accompany House bill for the relief of John T. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ~ Bretz-to the Committee on Claims. SATURDAY, Decembe1· 8, 1900. Also, papers to a-ccompany House bill for the relief of Henry G. Wheeler-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. The House met at 12 o'clock m. By Mr. CORLISS: Petition of E. T. Carrington, commander The following prayer was offered by the Chaplain, Rev. HENRY Loyal Legion of Michigan, praying for the passage of House bill N. COUDEN, D. D.: No. 5499, for the relit::f of the officers of the Revenue-Cutter Serv 0 thou great Spirit, in whom we live and move and have our ice-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. being, through whose influence all progress is due, make us more By Mr. COUSINS: Resolutions of citizens of Shellburg, Iowa, susceptible, that we may go forward to greater manhood; that in favor of provision to prohibit the importation of intoxicating when the time comes that we shall depart this life we shall have liquors info countries chiefly inhabited by native races-to the left behind us a record worthy of Christian manhood. Hear us, Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic. and answer us in the name of Christ, the Lord. Amen. By Mr. CROWLEY: Paper to accompany House bill No. 3759, The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read, corrected, and to correct the military record of David Horner, of Olney, Ill.-to approved. the Committee on Military Affairs. CHAIRMANSHIP OF COMMITTEE ON NAVAL A.FF AIRS. By Mr. GAMBLE: Petition of Garrett Droppers, president; and other members of the faculty of the University of South Da The SPEAKER.· The Chair lays the following communication kota, favoring the passage of House bill No. 11350, to establish before the House for its information: COIDII'l'TEE ON NAVAL AFF4IRS, the national standardizing bureau-to the Committee on Coinage, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, UNITED 'ST.ATES, Weights, and Measures. Washington, Decembt1• 7, 1900. By Mr. GASTON: Petition of Anna C. McDonald and others, Sm: I am instructed by the Committee on Naval Affairs of the House to for forestry reserve and national park in Minnesota-to the Com inform you that by the unanimous vote of the committee at its session this morning, a quorum being present, Hon. GEORGE EDMUND Foss was unani mittee on the Public Lands. mously chosen as chairman of the said committee, to fill the vacancy caused by By Mr. HAMILTON: Resolutions of the Kalamazoo Presby the resignation of the Hon. CHARL~ A. BOUTELLE. tery, Michigan, favoring anti-polygamy amendment to the Con I have the honor to be, very respectfully, yours, J.E. HALL, stitution-to the Committee on the Judiciary. Clerk Committee on Naval Affafrs. Also, resolution of the First Presbyterian Church of Plainwell, Hon. D. B. HENDERSON, Mich., against the sale of intoxicating liquors in our new posses Speaker House of Representatives. . sions-to the Committee on Insular Affairs. DISTILLATION OF BRANDY FROM CHERRIES. By Mr. JOHNSTON: Petition of C. F. Cook, heir of John Cook, deceased, late of West Virgin.fa, for reference of war claim to the Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to call up and have Court of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. unanimous consent for the consideration of a bill which belongs By Mr. KETCHAM: Petition of 37 citizens of Carmel, N. Y., to the Committee of the Whole. It is a bill to amend section 3255 · favoring anti-polygamy amendment to the Constitution-to the of the Revised Statutes, and would piace brandy made from cher Committee on the Judiciary. ries on the same basis as brandy made from berries, apples, and By Mr. LACEY: Petition of Post No. 72, Grand Army of the other fruits. 'l'hat is the only change made by the proposed bill, Republic, of Eldon, Iowa, favoring the passage of a service-pension and it comes from the Committee on Ways and Means. I ask bill-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. unanimous consent to consider the bill in the House as in Com By Mr. LYBRAND: Resolutions of Stoker Post, Grand Army mittee of the Whole. of the Republic, Department of Ohio, indoring House bill No. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from New York asks unani 5779, relating to appointments in the Government service-to the mous consent to consider this bill in the House as in Committee Committee on Reform in the Civil Service. of the Whole. Is there objection? [After a pause.] The Chair By l\fr. MAHON: Papers to accompany 8.ouse bill for the relief bears none. of Henry C. Wolfe-to the Committee on Military Affairs. The bill was read, ae follows: A bill (H. R. ~1) to amend section 3:?55 of the Revised Statutes of the United By Mr. MANN: Papers to accompany House bill No. 3568, for States, concerning the distilling of brandy from fruits. the relief of Sarah Maley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Be it enacted, etc., That section 32.55 of the Revised Statutes of the United By Mr. MOODY of Massachusetts: Petition of 24 veterans of States be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: the civil war, of Essex County, Mass., in favor of pensioning "SEC. 3255. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may exempt distillers of brandy made exclu Union soldiers who wern confined in Confederate prisons during sively from apples, peaches, grapes, pears, pineapples, oranges, apricots, ber the civil war, and for compensating such soldiers for the period ries, prunes, or cherries from any provision of this title relating to the manu . confined-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. facture of spirits, except as to the tax thereon, when, in his judgment, it may By l\Ir. RAY of New York: Petition of the Woman's Christian seem expedient to do so." Temperance Union of Kiester, Minn., for the passage of the Bow The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present considera· ersock bill-to the Committee on Military Affairs. tion of the bill? rAfter a pause.] The Chair hears none. Also, petition of AmandaNortbJ.·op of Binghamton,N. Y., wid Mr. PAYNE. As I stated, Mr. Speaker, the only change made ow of William T. Northrop, for a pension-to the Committee on in the existing law would apply the same rule to brandy dfatilled Invalid Pensions. from cherries as already applies under this statute to brandies Also, petition of Ada. L. McFarland, of Binghamton, N. Y., distilled from other fruits. Cherries seem to have been omitted widow of Solomon F. McFarland, for a penison-to the Committee in the original statute. on Invalid Pensions. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading; and 190 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECEl\IBER 8,
being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and While Mr. HARMER was recognized as a Representative of posi passed. - tive force and acc.epted ability in the House, he rarely entered On motion of Mr. PAYNE, a motion to reconsider the vote by upon general debate or word contests upon the floor. He was which the bill was passed was laid on the table. . one-and there are many of like character in every Congress RECESS. whose work and results aimed for were reached in the committee room, a contribution as valuable to good legislation as oratory or Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, I move that a recess be taken until prepared argument. His committee associates regarded him as a 1 o'clock. colleague always punctual, full of industry, watchful of the inter The motion was agreed to; and accordingly (at 12 o'clock and ests of his great State and industrial city, sound in judgment, 8 minutes) the House was declared in recess. clear in the expression of his convictions, fearless and aggressive, DEATH OF HON. ALFRED C. HARMER, though most patient, and distinguished for his integrity, good After the recess, purposes, zeal, and fidelity. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report to the House the special The records of the many Congresses in which he served as a order for this hour. Representative will show _by his votes that at all times he exhibited The Clerk read as follows: good judgment, that he was true to his party convictions, and that On motion of Mr. BINGHAM, by unaniD..tous consent, it was ordered that he was always a patriot. To no division or part of his constitu Saturday, at l p. m., the 8th day of December, be set apart for the purpose of ency did he show more faithful solicitude and devote more per paying tribute to the memory of Hon. ALFRED C. HARMER, late a member of sonal labor than to the soldiers and widows of our wars since 1861. the House of Representatives from the State of Pennsylvania. He made their claims and privileges immediate and special. In Mr. BINGHAM. Mr. Speaker, I have sent to the Clerk's desk every case he wrote an autograph letter to the claimant, with words the resolutions which I desire to submit to the House. of interest, sympathy: and hope. He pressed those cases person The SPE.AKER. The Clerk will report the resolutions. ally and never rested until a fair and just judgment was rendered. The Clerk read as follows: Every soldier and soldier's widow among his people mourned for Resolved, Tha tthe business of the House be now suspended that opportunity him when he died. They felt that they had lost their best friend. may be given for tribute to the memory of Hon. ALFRED C. HARMER, late a member of the House of Representatives from the State of Pennsylvania. I trust his honorable successor will feel that in the obligations that Resolved, That as a particular mark of respect to the memory of the de will press upon him his richest legacy will be to take up and con ceased, and in recognition of his eminent abilities as a distinguished public tinue ALFRED C. HARMER:s work for the old soldiers, their widows servant the House, at the conclusion of these memorial proceedings, shall stand adjourned. and orphans. Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate. He was one of a group of four men in the House, all born in the Resolt•ed, That the Clerk be instructed to send a copy of these resolutions city of Philadelphia, whose combined service reached the aggre to the family of the deceased. gate of one hundred and twelve years, commencing in 1861 and The resolutions were unanimously agreed to. ending in 1900, two of whom served twenty-nine years, and two of whom served twenty-~even years, with but one Congress wherein Mr. BINGHAM. Mr. Speaker, in this great Hall, where our late there was defeat: William D. Kelley, who served twenty-nine colleague and associate, ALFRED C. HARMER, with rare fidelity to years continuously; Samuel J. Randall, who served twenty-seven his public trusts, did good work, we have assembled to-day to ex- years continuously; CharlesO'Neill,whoserved twenty-nine years, press a loving and affectionate farewell and to pay tribute to a dis- and our lamented colleague of this Congress, Mr. HARMER, who tinguished citizen of Pennsylvania, late a member of this body, served twenty-seven years, each of the1 two latter with one Con who for years-more than a quarter ol a century-held the confi- gress of defeat. All were exceptionally strong men, influential in dence of his immediate constituency, the high esteem of associate the House, and possessing the confidence, approval, and affection Representatives in fourteen Congresses, and who, on the 6th day of their constituents. Let their names go into the history of this of l\Iarch, 1900, after a long and painful illness, passed away to House as exceptional in work well done, as well as exceptional in join the unreturning caravan ''to where,'' beyond these voices, the great confidence of their respective constituencies. "there is rest." When, with trembling hand and voice filled with serious sadness He was born August 8, 1825, in Germantown, Pa., a township and emotion, Mr. HARMER had administered the oath of office to in the county of Philadelphia which in later years became a part the Speaker of this House, on returning to his seat near the ros of the city of Philadelphia. At an exceptionally early age-before trum, with tears in bis eyes and in faltering tones he said to me, he was 20-he began his active business career in independent "This closes my public life-so near the end of my life physical. enterprise, which developed in a short time into a large wholesale My work is done, and the curtain falls." establishment. We send greetings to-day, dear colleague and friend. The work In his young years-in fact, we all know, even to the days near- you did for so many years was work well done. Your people ing his fin al departure-he was marked by handsome face, com- loved you, and they remember you with affectionate devotion. mantling form, and genial comradeship, always conspicuous in the The record of your active, earnest life will ever remain a part of gatherings of his friends and public assemblages. your country's history. At the age of 21 he was elected a director of the public schools In words eloquent and impressive the pastor of his church, con- of Germantown and a few years later a member of the city coun- eluding the funeral services at the home of our colleague, in the cils of Philadelphia-most distinguished honors for a very young hearing of thousands of his friends, thus spoke: .. man. Alt~ough of the youngest, i~ not the yo~ngest, of tb~t Lastly, I would speak of him as a believer. In youth he owned his faith body, by his watchful care over the mterests of hlS people, by hIB in Christ, and in old age he shrank not when he came to the valley of death's sound J·udgment and by his patient energy he soon associated shade;. and after all, as he believed, death is but a shad.ow. He adopted . . ' d f h · Whittier's words- b~mself .with and became one of the leaders an strong men o t e "On easy terms with law and fate, city legislature. . For what must be I calmly wait, About that time Philadelphia held stock in the North Pennsyl- And ti:ust_the path I .can not s~,e- vania Railroad to the amount of $1,400,000. So great was the con- That God is good sufficeth me. fidence in his integrity that he was elected three times by the conn- And so he passed away as one long absent from his home who hears his · te t father's summons in a foreign land and gladly hastens to ober, in sorrow cils of the city as a d irec tor t oprote c t and wat c h over the lll res s only for the friends he leaves behind. We dry our tears and give him joy. of the city in the great corporation. With honor's chaplet long upon his brow, he went away to change it for a In 18GO, as a candidate of the People's Party, successor to the crown of immortality. old Whig party, he was elected recorder of deeds for the city of The curtain falls. Farewell! Philadelphia. He filled this important trust with his usual fidelity and untiring- industry, while during all the years of the civil war Mr. CUMMINGS. Mr. Speaker, far more than endearing he devoted much of his time and active energy to the cause of the was our departed friend to his associates. He had all the lovable Union, raising funds and equipping large numbers of soldiers in qualities so characteristic of his Quaker ancestry. Indeed, the the field. spirit of William Penn was the light of his existence. It seemed In the summer of 1870 he received the nomination of the Rep~b to permeate him, body and soul. His temperament was as even lican party for Congress for t}le Fifth Pennsylvania district and as the temperature of tropical seas and his disposition as genial wa elected a member of the Forty-third Congress. This was the as the breezes of summer. He gleaned his friendships silently beginning of his lo~g and useful Cougressional c~reer,. excee~ed and unconsciously. They were a part of his being, and as lasting in the history of this body by bnt few men, and identified with as his soul itself. His sympathies were easily awakened and legislation as important as any quarter of a century's work in the his generosity almost proverbial. With him life was a quiet historv of the nation. stream, winding its way between the hills of adversity, rippling From 1871 until the date of his death, twenty-seven years of through the meadows of peaceful industry and strict integrity, service, there was but one Congress for which he met defeat, and until it reached the boundless ocean of eternity. It had no rapids, that occurred by r~ason of two Republicans antagonizing each no cataracts, no great freshets. Its banks were fringed with other in the district. The Democratic candidate polled a larger flowers, and shaded with elms aud maples. He had the spirit of vote than either in a district whose normal Republican majority a philanthropist and the serenity of a philosopher. Forty-four was 7,000. years had he trodden the highways of public life in the sunlight 1900. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 191
of popular favor without encountering storms and cyclones. Iin the matter of mastering the details of legislation. At least that Showers there were, but only enough to produce flowers and add was true of him until the very close of his career. zest to life. Twenty-seven of these forty-four years were spent In this connection I wish to deflect a moment from discussing in this House. The service was arduous and faithful, but silently the character of the deceased to speak of the wonderful effect that and conscientiously performed. the policy of the people of Philadelphia has had upon their own Mr. HARMER was par excellence the silent man of the House. interests and upon the interests of the country. The policy of He never ventured into the paths of oratory, but paid the stl·ictest sending men to Congress for long successive terms of service has attention to the wants of his constituents. His life work was been adhered to with greater tenacity in the city and county of performed in the privacy of the committee room rather than on Philadelphia than in any other locality in the United States. the floor of the House. He was a true representative of the City I do not suppose that it will be claimed that all of the men who of Brotherly Love. He witnessed many an exciting scene in our have represented Philadelphia here during the period covering the legislative annals, and remained a quiet spectator, guided by service of many of us were originally men of the greatest ability, common sense and unruflied with anger. In his Congressional although some of them were men of distinguished character when career he sat under the rulings of nine Speakers and saw. e ~ ght they came here, and all of them have become men of distinguished Presidents inaugurated. It was probably the proudest moment ability and character while here, so that it has come to be a fact of his life when, as Father of the House, he administered the that there is no city in the United States that has impressed its oath to the present occupant of the chair. It was his last public own views and interests one-half so much upon the legislation of duty, performed while standing on the brink of the grave; It Congress as has the city of Philadelphia. I do not know what is was a striking exhibition of Philadelphia's appreciation of the the occult method by which the people there ascertain in the first services of her Congressional delegation. Three times in succes- place the possible capacity of the men they select. But within sion had she supplied Congress with a Father of the Honse. my knowledge none of those men have failed, and it is a remark Talented William D. Kelley had been succeeded by cheery and able history,given bythegentlemanfromNewYork, thatin these lovable Charles O'Neill, who iu his turn had given place to his successive Representatives Philadelphiahashad the honor to have estimable colleague, ALFRED C. HARMER, and now HARMER in upon the floor of this House that personage distinguished by the his turn has departed, leaving the mantle with another colleague, I friendly but important and conspicuous name of "Fathsr of the who has served twenty-two years without a brnak. House." But, Mr. Speaker, there was one trait about our friend, now At the time I came here Judge Kelley was a member of the in the unknown world, that peculiarly endeared him to every Hom:e, rapidly go:ng into a physical decline. He la..c;;ted, I be American heart. It was his unswerving devotion to his country. lieve, for but two Congresses after I came. Judge Kelley was a Placid and undisturbed he heard the fierce discussions attending man of remarkable character and ability. I did not know him the consideration of the ''force bills" under the rulings of thm;e before I came to Congress, but I have doubted whether it was great Speakers from Maine, Thomas B. Reed_andJamesG. Blaine. absolutely inferable from his characteristics that he would be He listened to many almost interminable tariff debates without. come the great leader of a great idea here; but he did. showing the least impatience. When the very foundations of the j And while "Charlie O'Neill," as we so fondly called him (for Republic were shaken by the uproar attending the seating of everybody loved him), was not a man of strikingly brilliant attain Rutherford B. Hayes he remained as tranquil as an Indian sum- I' ments. yet he became a man of wonderful influence here, and no mer. But his emotions were stirred to their inmost depths whe::i. . man was more influential in matters pertaining to the interests of war with Spain was declared and Liberty rescued Cuba from the I Philadelphia and of his own State than was he. talons of Despotism. It was a war for humanity. He recognized And then came General HARMER to this position. Influential the spirit of the age. By vote and action he supported the war, be certainly was; kindand loving we always recognized him to be: straining every nerve toward a successful result. There was no distinguished by the confidence that his people had in him; and alloy in his patriotism. Love o~ coun~y filled his heart more while it is not exactly the proper and necessary corollary of the completely than any other emotion. few remarks which I am making, we are still satisfied that the In one respect our dear friend was unique. Unlike the rest of star of ascendency in these matters of influence and good-fellow us, he never made a speech, and, unlike many of us, he impressed ship has not set in the sky of Philadelphia s relations to the House hjmself upon the legislation of the country. His services were of Representatives. It comes in large part from the character of varied and wide in scope. Twelve years was he a member of foe the men that they select; it comes also from the persistent and Committee on Naval Affairs; twelve years was he a valued worker cordial support that the people at home give to their Representa in the Committee on the District of Columbia; four years did he tives here. serve on the Committee on Foreign Affairs; two years on Coin- I, too, witnessed the affecting scene at the opening of this House age, Weights, and Measures; four years on Pacific Railroads; two of Representatives. I did not know that General HARMER had years on Indian Affairs, and six years was chairman of the Com- said to others wbat he said to me; but after he had taken his seat mittee on the Library. Aside from these, he served for a score of at the close of the organization of the House, when he adminis years on numerous select and m inor committees vitally affecting tered the oath to the Speaker, he said in just a word or two, the interests of the country. It was while I was associated with "Good-bye, GROSVENOR; you will never see me do the like of that him in the Committee on the Library that I first appreciated the again." It touched me as I have never been affected by the words extent and variety of his services to the nation. l!'ew men have of any member of the House; for while I had not witnessed his had more experience in Congressionai life. It was a pleasure to greatness in debate, I had recognized his influence upon the legis sit with him in committee. The spirit of brotherly kindness was lation of the country by his wisdom, by his faithfulness, and by always present, and foe burden of work was ever alleviated by his presence here when he was able to be here. the sunshine of his presence. I think there can be no higher testimonial given to any man Mr. Speaker, Mr. HARMER'S love of his country was only who is a member of the House of Representatives than that which equaled by his love for his family. A more devoted husband and was given to G'eneral HARMER by his constituency at home. I a more kind and indulgent father never blessed the earth. To never knew the details of his political conflicts, if he bad any; but them his loss is irreparable. But death has discharged him from I knew that for that long time he came here credentialed by the all earthly duties, and naught remains but his memory. We confidence, the loving confidence, of his constituents. He bas shall miss him; his constituents will miss him: the country will gone, and has left behind him a record that ought to be studied miss him. May we all meet him in the blest hereafter.with a by the people of the United States and understood by them. It is consciousness of duty as faithfully performed. a grand commentary upon the criticisms of public men that we hear so much about from the public press and in the public pulpit Mr. GROSVENOR. Mr. Speaker, when it was suggested to me and from the public forum that a great city, sometimes criticised that upon this occasion I should address a few words of eulogy bitterly in the heat of political contests, has sent to this House of to the House upon the memory of our departed colleague, I could Representatives a column of men, a galaxy of men, such as Ran not refuse to comply; and yet I come with no prepared words, dall and Kelley and HARMER and O'Neill, dead; and I might add but only to contribute a few sentences to this occasion. the names of those who are living. Yet, in all this period of scan When I came to the House of Representatives, in the Forty-ninth dal and detraction, the faithfulness, the honor, the integrity of Congress, I found General HARMER an old, experienced mem that cluster of men has never been criticised. It goes to show that ber, and I became acquainted with him through availing myself the attacks upon the public men of America-the sneers and criti of his kindness, his generosity, and his great knowledge of the cisms upon public men-havein ninety-ninecasesontof every hun details of the business and affairs of C-Jngress. I knew him inti dred, when applied to the Congress of the United States, been un mately until the time of his death. One of the pleasantest mem fair and unjust. I gladly testify my fond remembrance and great ories of my career here will be that I had in some degree at leaEt appreciation of the high character and loveliness of the deceased. his confidence and enjoyed in some degree his friendship. He had become noted for his silence before I came to Congress. Mr. ADAMS. Mr. Speaker, a man who for thirty Jong years If he ever made a speech in this House, he made it before I came. retained the confidence of the people of his district a.nil held the But he was recognized at all times as a man.. of thorough ability respect and affection of the members of this House. needs no 192 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECEMBER 8,
eulogy at the hands of any man, but so long as this honorable Nations, like individuals, can never properly appreciate the serv House deems it proper to set apart a day for memorial exercises ices of their great men until they have been called hence never to to its deceased members, I can not refrain from laying my tribute return. Man breathes freely the pure air with which he is sur on the bier of my late venerable colleague. ALFRED C. HARMER rounded, and never thinks of the blessings and life-giving quali was no ordinary man. He belonged to that class of citizens who ties it carries until the supply is shut off. We look as a matter entered public life with the strong determination to do what was of course for the cherished loved ones in our homes day after day right and to represent the interests intrusted to his care with as we return from our toil, but never realize how dear they are energy and fidelity. His career was not of accidental origin. He until there is a vacant chair at the fireside or at the table. So entered with a fixed purpose to succeed, and his untiring ener with nations. We are accustomed to receive the results of great gies, supported by a fine physique, so impressed the people of men's public lives and look upon them as matters of right, never Philadelphia that they not only retained his services, but re properly appreciating the true value of such individuals until we warded his conscientious performance of his duties by continued follow them for the last time to their final resting place. We have promotion. in the person of the late Hon. ALFRED C. HARMER an example in Mr. HARMER was first elected to the city council of Philadel question. For over twenty-seven years his valuable counsel was phia, next as recorder of deeds, a most responsible office, having unstintingly given the nation as a member of this House. No charge of all the titles to real estate of that city. He was elected man born and reared as was Mr. HARMER, in the immediate dis to the Forty-second Congress and continually reelected up to the trict which he so continuously and so faithfully represented, could Fifty-sixth. During all this long period he never failed in regu hold such a position for the length of time that he was here with lar attendance upon the sessions of the House, or of giving his out having in him the true qualities of honesty, purity of char strict attention to the questions under consideration. No con acter, faithfulness to friends, unalloying and unswerving fidelity stituent ever had to write him a second time to secure attention in the discharge of every public trust placed in his bands. to his request, and no interview was ever denied an applicant at One has said that a prophet is not without honor save in his own the Capitol or at his home. Mr. HARMER, so far as I know, never country. This adage has been reversed in the case of Mr. HARMER, addressed the House during his long incumbency, but as a com for nowhere on earth was he honored and respected more than in mittee man, where the real work of the session is done, he was the midst of those whom he knew longest and knew best. most regular in his attendance and took an active part in formu- I shall not attempt to deal with the inner circle of his life, ex lating legislation. ' cept to say, in passing, that he must have baen devoted to all who His record as a legislator bears no taint. During his service were near and dear to him, and loved by all who had the honor of Congress was besmirched with the Credit Mobilier and star-route his personal acquaintance. The nation loses perhaps one of its frauds; but no man dare associate the name of Penru;ylvania's oldest and wisest counselors and lawmakers. his native State one Representative with these corruptions. Daring his term of serv of its most devoted and trusted statesmen:his district its ideal ice he had as colleagues. Thaddeus Stevens, James K. Moorhead, Representative, and friends and acqu~intances a man of honor and Edward McPherson, and our still venerable member, GALUSHA.A. integrity, whose lif~ is worthy the emulation of the young. GROW; Representatives Morrill of Vermont, Dawes of Massachu With him wrong was a foe; with him right was a duty. He setts, Logan of Illinois, Windom of Minnesota, Conkling of New sought to know the right, and always had the courage to do the York, Garfield of Ohio, and Holman of Indiana. With these right; and at the close of a long, eventful, and u efnl life he was men he labored for all the great acts of legislation which recon doubtless prepared to receive the divine blessing, "Well done, structed our country after the rebellion and the great financial good and faithful servant," and, looking across the rivers to present questions that preserved the monetary integrity of our Republic. to the great and good On_e who rules us all the sheaves of a long and It was in his private life and actions that he gained so great a well-spent life, and to receive the benediction of a lov"ing Father hold on his constituents. He loved to see others prosperous and in heaven. happy. His generous heart had no place for enmity. He was a friend of the poor, their defender and protector, and to-day many Mr. McALEE.R. Mr. Speaker, we have assembled to-day to ex~ a happy household dates its prosperity from some kind act of M.r. press our appreciatfon of the life, service. and character of our late HARMER. His agreeable and genial manners drew around him distinguished colleague, Mr. ALFRED C. HARMER, of Pennsylvania. swarms of ardent friends and admirers, adding largely to his popu Mr. HARMER was born in Germantown, a suburb of Philadelphia, Jarity as a man of influence and as a politician. His lifelong wish his whole life having been spent in that section. The esteem in was gratified. He died in harness. His last official act was to ad which he was held was shown by the people among whom he cast minister asFatherof the House the oath of office to the new Speaker. his lot repeatedly electing him to positions of responsibility and After this he failed rapidly in health, and died leaving an example trust previous to his election to Congress. Time after time were to be added to that of those distinguished sons of Pennsylvania, his rnrvices recognized, and for a period of twenty-eight years he Kelley, Randall, and O'Neill, who, like him, had outlived all their worked with untiring zeal and an interest that ne"Ver flagged. gain colleagues, and left long records of usefulness and ability to their ing, as did his illustrious colleagues, Kelley, Randall, and O'Neill, city and State. through length of service, the proud title of Father .of the House. Though not an orator, his marked ability was shown in another [Mr. McCLEARY addressed the House. See Appendix.] direction-in the committee room. There his influence, through 1 knowledge of legislation, made itself felt and was quick to be Mr. WHITE. l\Ir. Speaker, there are two periods in the life of recognized. In fact, his ability was so well known I hardly think every public man which provoke attention. 1f he has enemies or it requires further mention, it being cunceded that Mr. H.ArurnR opponents. when he starts out in his public career, seeking high was one of the most faithful Representatives Pennsylvania ever office and public trust, the worst possible phase of his character is sent to Congress. He commanded the respect, love and confi. ventilated to the world. The tongues of his maligners will run dence of the people-a man of magnificent presence, of scrupulous at rapid pace. The defamer of character will know no limit. integrity, and of marked strength of mind and will, and, at the The other important period of a public man's life is when hiS sam~ time, of rare kindness and gentleness of manner. This same work is done, death claims its own, and he shuffles off this mortal gentleness always characterized him in all bis relations of life. coil and goes hence. It is then that the virtues of the man's life He loved his home and family with an undying love, and often in are portrayed. It is then that his morals are held up in a glitter- conversation has he told me of the great interest his beloved wife ing galaxy of beauty.. lt is pleasing to note, however, that neither took in his work and t~e ~sis~ce she had given ~im. In the one of these periods mil apply to the gentleman whom we are eulo- death of Mr. HAR~~ER his city, hlS State, and the nation have lost gizing here today. His ~haracter and life were so pure, his de~ort- a most ~ffic~ent and ~atriotic public servant ~ man whose goo.d ment was so upright, his deeds were.so h?nora:ble,_ that the vilest 1 dee~s will live long ~ the hearts of a _grate~ul_ people. To his enemy, if such be had, dared not raIBe his v01ce m. calumny or family we tender our smcere sympathy m therr rrreparable loss, slan
Mr. MEYER of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, I rise for the purpose Columbia. All these were very important committees. The last of joining in the tribute so well and fitly rendered by others to the two were those on which General HARMER last served, and of late memory'of the late ALFRED C. HARMER, of Pennsylvania. I have years their duties have become much more varied and difficult. known him well during ten years of mutual association as a mem Congress is, in fact, the government of this District. This com ber of this body, and to know Mr. HARMJi:R well was to hold him munity is entitled to fair and generous treatment, and the city of in esteem and respect. Washington has always received it at the hands of our deceased Mr. HARMER'S term of service began on the 4th of March, 1871, associate. long before I entered this body. With the exception of the Forty General HARMER never neglected his public work, but he was fourth Congress, Mr. HARMER steadily represented the great State of a marked social turn. He enjoyed the society of his family of Pennsylvania, and especially the city of Philadelphia, of which and his friends. In his later life he spent many of his summer he was a citizen. It is no common honor to be thus chosen to rep hour8 at Brigantine Beach, a place on the New Jersey coast that resent a city which in the infancy of our Republic was its national he was instrumental in developing and building up, and where capital, the city where the Continental Congress first met, where he enjoyed in a quiet, simple way the outdoor life and relaxation our Independence was proclaimed~ and where our Federal Consti in which he was to all a most agreeable, cheerful, and hospitable tution was framed by the patriots of 1789. This high honor was companion. enhanced by the growth of this city in population, wealth, educa In this brief and hasty sketch I have endeavored to portray the tional institutions, commerce, and the arts which have contributed public life of one who for many years pursued the path of steady so greatly to our national development. That in a city so impor and unostentatious duty in this Hall. His memory will abide with tant and so fertile in men of talent and force Mr. HARMER should us and will be remembel'0d by those of us who were his fellow be chosen and so long retained in the public service as he was is a members with the affection and respect due to his many virtues, fact that is more impressive than a costly monument would be or his unvarying courtesy and kindness, and the personal worth any word'3 of eulogy that I could utter. which characterized him both in private and public life. He bas Nothing less than high qualities of personal integrity, fidelity, left us forever, it is true, but he has left us nothing to forgive, and business efficiency could have gained for him such a steady nothing that we could wish to forget, nothing in which his State, and unwavering support from those who knew him best and were his con tituents and family may not take a just and honorable most competent to estimate his value. It is creditable to the city pride. He was fit to represent a great Uommonwealth such as of Philadelphia that, probably more than any other great center that which honored and trusted him to his latest hours on earth. of population, she has shown a marked disposition to retain in her service in this Hall Representatives of tried efficiency and fidelity. Mr. MORRELL. Mr. Speaker, I feel sure that the members It is a striking proof of what I say that two of her Representatives present who have come to honor the memory pf their departed . have been lately known successively as the ''Father of the House," brother and friend, the late Hon. ALFRED C. HARMER, will accord a term given to the oldest member in continuous service. I am to me some degree of indulgence, realizing as they must the ordeal free to say that in setting this honorable example this great city through which I have been compelled to pass; first, in presenting has sacrificed none of her important interests in our legislation, myself to the voters of the Fifth Pennsylvania Congressional dis but bas, on the contrary, promoted those interests and also the trict as a successor to a man held in the esteem in which they interests and influence of the who~e Commonwealth to which they held the late Hon. A. C. HARMER, and, having been elected, in belonged. presenting myself to be sworn in at the bar of this House as the The year 1871, when Mr. HARMER entered the House of Repre substitute in this honorable body of a man who had won so many sentatives, was an 1mportant period in our history. Among his friends through the love which be inspired during the many years associates on the State delegation was the Bon. William D. he was a member of this House by his sincerity of purpose and Kelley, a gentleman of uncommon industry, ability, and influ faithful discharge of duty. As they loved him, so, I trust, they ence; l\Ir. Leonard Myers, of Philadelphia, who also rendered will deal gently with my shortcomings. long and efficient service; and that grand patriot and statesman, The fate Hon. ALFRED C. HARMER belonged to a group of Samuel .J. Randall. All these have pa.ssed away except Mr. statesmen coming from the great Keystone State, Pennsylvania, Myers. Jn the same House we find the honored names of James whose record for length of service and services performed can not G. Blaine, Michael C. Kerr, George W . .M.cCrary, James B. Beck, be equaled by any State in the Union. I refer to the Hon. William WILLI AM P. FRYE, EUGENE HALE, HenryL. Dawes. Samuels. Cox, D. Kelley and the Hon. Charles O'Neill, who each served fifteen James A. Garfield, Charles Foster, Luke P. Poland, and Jeremiah terms in Congress; to the Hon. Samuel J. Randall and to our late M. Rusk-all active and forceful men in those stirring times. lamented friend, who each served fourteen terms in Congress, and Only two or three of these illustrious men survive, and to speak to the Hon. GALUSHA A. GROW and the Hon. H. H. BINGHAM, of them all now is to recall a past generation. Between that and who, thank God, are here with us, strong in health and strong in the present epoch Mr. HARMER was, up to the other day, a con their usefulness in the councils of thjs body. necting link. It has been well said that it is :µot greatness simply to have held Mr. HARMER was not a lawyer by profession, nor did he possess important trusts; greatness lies in the faithful performance of all special oratorical gifts. He was a merchant and a business man, duties committed to us. 'l'hat man is not truly great who does and as such amply qualified to represent a great commercial and not display homely, honest nobility in the small affairs of life in manufacturing center. He was here in a period of unusual party his daily interconrse with his fellow-man. and sectional bitterness; but, while a strong party man, he was In the Hon. ALFRED C. HARMER, the great State of Pennsylva personallydevoi.d of acrimony, and he aro~sed no a:nimosi?es. ~n nia, greatest in the Union in its history and resources, found a this way, followmg the natural bent of a kindly, fair, and JUSt clis son well adapted' to fill the measure of a representative of all the position, he was able to secure an appreciative consideration for varied elements of her greatness and power. the business interests which he undertook to champion. I think The djstinguished services of the late Hon. A. C. HARMER on that I may freely assert that he never made an enemy on either the important committees of this House, which numbers among side of this House, and that he enjoyed an uncommon measure of its members so many efficient men, is sufficient to stamp him as a its good will and confidence. There was no one whom he could man far above ordinary attainments and ability. He may not not freely approach in matters of public business, and no one to have possessed to the same degree as some others the ability to whom he in turn would have refused a fair hearing and just con dazzle the public with bursts of oratory, sallies of wit, or biting sideration. His industry, punctuality, and attention to his duties sarcasm. but in soundness of judgment, and in thorough grasp of were not confined to his own city and State. They embraced the the subjects of legislation, and in patient and conscientious dis Union, and every part of it. charge of duty, he stands, and deserves to stand, in the foremost In a period of party strife and undue acrimony in debate, and rank; while the number of time he was returned as a member of probably an over-tendency to personal conflicts and imputat:ons, this House is a monument to his integrity as a man and to his I consider it a fortunate thing for the House to possess a body of ability as a statesman. members, like Mr. HARMER, whose moderation, good sense, and The personality of the late Hon. ALFRED C. HARMER, not only modesty serve to compose strife and pave the road for jndicious in his own district, but wherever he chanced to go, won for him and patriotic determinations. The sensible and fair member of friends. His kindly bearing and nobility of character were speed this House, wherever he may sit, is as apt to wield a good and great ily recognized by all with whom he came into intimate contact. influence as the man who exceeds him in oratory. To say that he was beloved by all who knew him is but to feebly It is well known here that a very large part of the most effective express the feelings that were entertained toward him. and valuable work of a member consists in committee work, either In his la.st years of service he was known as the "Father of as a member of a committee or in presenting to other committees the House." He was indeed a father to his constituents in the matters specially affectin,g the representative's constituents. This best sense of the word, for it was his constant aim to care for the service is rarely ostentatious, but it is often laborious, and re fatherless children and widows and all who were desolate and quires industry, order, tact, and personal influence in order to ac oppressed. He was not a politician in the general acceptance of complish the best results. During the last ten years General the term; he never posed as such before either his constituents or HARMER has served upon the Committees upon Indian Affairs, this body, of which he was a member for so many years. Just as Naval Affairs, Foreign Affairs, the Library, and the District of his path was straight, so were his doings as bright as the noonday 1900. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 195 sun. Elected by the people, he was of the people and for the spections of disbursements by officers of the Army-to the Com people, and his name in his own district was a household word. To mittee on Expenditures in the War Department. one class above all others was he especially a friend. I refer to A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter the old soldier, his widow and orphan. None of those, or none from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination and survey of of tho~e that belonged to them, ever appealed to the late Hon. Arkansas River-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, and ALFRED c. HARMER in vain. ordered to be printed. Above all else on this earth, the Hon. ALFRED C. HARMER loved A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter his home. There it was he found his greatest happiness. Can it, from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination of damages by then, be wondered that the loss to his widow and children is what storm at Sabine Pass, Tex.-to the Committee on Rivers and it is? We can extend to them sympathy, but only time and that Harbors, and ordered to be printed. God who is the father of the widow and the fatherless can suc A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from ceed in his bountiful mercy in assuaging the irreparable loss. It the Chief of Engineers, in relation to land donated for the im was they who realized the sacrifices made, the truth of the doc provement of the harbor at Kenosha, Wis.-to the Committee on tiine, "No greater love hath man than this: that he lay down his Rivers and Harbors, and ordered to be printed. life for his friend." A letter of the Secretary of War, transmitting the annual report So it was that when the death of this statesman and friend be of the Board of Ordnance and Fortification-to the Committee on came known it was a sorrow that touched all classes and condi Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. tions of men; and not the men only, but the women and the chil A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter dren joined with their husbands and fathers in an expression of from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination and survey of the loss they had sustained, which lamentation was as sincere as Grasse River, New York-to the Committee on Rivers and Har it was outspoken, for "Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth bors, and ordered to be printed. speaketh." A letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, with a. As I said on a late occasion in Philadelphia, in visiting the dif copy of a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, ferent portions of the ·Fifth Pennsylvania district which my together with copies of agreements with the Klamath Indians for campajgn nec.essitated, I was often touched beyond measure and relinquishment of part of their reservation, a draft of a bill-to at the same time brought to realize most forcibly the largeness of the Commit tee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. the place which I was endeavoring to fill. While of course gen A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a draft eralities were always indulged in regarding the capabilities and of a bill relating to reciprocal recognition of boiler-inspection cer lrindliness of the late Hon. A. C. HARMER, yet here and there this tificates between maritime nations-to the Committee on Merchant man or that man. perhaps the humblest in the assemblage, would Marjne and Fisheries, and ordered to be printed. take me aside and say," Do for us as AL. HARMER did and you A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a will be all right; do not forget us people." In fact, it reminded me copy of a communication from the Secretary of State submitting of being called home on the occasion of the sudden death of a near an estimate of appropriation for the United States and Chilean friend or relative. Upon opening the front door one perhaps sees Claims Commission-to the Committee on Appropriations, and the familiar hat or coat still hanging on the rack, and turning ordered to be printed. aside into room after room fir.st one familiar object and then A letter from the assistant clerk of the Court of Claims, trans another greets one. In this room perhaps a book open at some mitting a copy of the findings filed by the court in the case of favorite passage; in another a bunch of flowers of the variety Marie Eliza ·Payne against the United States-to the Committee especially loved, or some pictures on the wall representing the on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. favorite sport or pastime, and so on until is reached the room A letter from the assistant clerk of the Court of Claims, trans familiarly called "the study." There is the writing table, there mitting a copy of the findings filed by the court in the case of the books and papers spread out and arranged, the letter half Buchanan Schley and William P. Miller, administrators of estate written, the ink scarcely dry on the pen, and there the easy chair of David R. .Miller, against the United States-to the Committee in front of the fire, in which at times a few minutes would be on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. snatched from labor. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a compilation And so it was as I journeyed through the Fifth Pennsylvania dis of the records of the War Department pertinent in connection trict. Everywhere there was something to remind me of the late therewith-to the Committee on Insular Affairs, and ordered to Hon. ALFRED C. HAmIER. And just as I likened the club bearing be printed. his name to the easy chair before the fire, so I might liken his life here to the writing table heaped up on the one side with documents CHANGE OF REFERENCE. framed for the benefit of the people of the country and his district, on the othe:r; side with documents acknowledging services rendered. Under clause 2 of Rule XXII, committees were discharged trom His last official act in this House was to administer the oath of the consideration of bills of the following titles; which were there office to the present Speaker, the Hon. DAVID B. HENDERSO:N, a upon referred as follows: duty which he performed when scarcely able to make his way to A bill ( H. R. 12481) granting an increase of pension to John J. the desk and raise his arm. Performing this duty, as he did, con Martin-Committee on Invalid Pensions discharged, and referred trary to the advice of his physician, it might l>e said that he was to the Committee on Pensions. "faithful untodeath." Whatagloriouscareer, what an ending to a long life-one to be envied by the rich or the poor. For as we PUBLIC BILLS, RESOLUTIONS, AND MEMORIALS brought nothing into this world so can we take nothing out. At INTRODUCED. the last moment we find himJ having completed his threescore Under clause 3 of Rule XXII, bills, resolutions, and memorials years, full of honors, mourned by all who knew him. Can we not, of the following titles were introduced and severally referred as therefore, feel confident that the same voice which brought him follows: the last summons went on to say, ''Well done, thou good and faith By Mr. .McLAIN: A bill (H. R. 12510) for a survey of the Pearl ful servant; enter thou into the joy of thy Lord?." River, in the State of Mississippi, from, and including, its moath to Monticello, l\fiss.-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Mr. BINGHAM. Mr. Speaker, there are a number of l\Ir. Also. a bill (H. R. 12511) for a survey for a channel through HARMER'S friends who had desired to make remarks upon this Horn Island Pass, :Mississippi, leading from the Gulf of Mexico occasion, but who have beep. for one reason or anothoc compelled into the Horn Island Harbor, Mississippi-to the Committee on to be absent. I therefore ask unanimous consent that all who de Rivers and Harbors. sire to print their remarks in the RECORD may be permitted to Also, a bill (H. R. 12512) for a survey of the present channel do so. leading from the wharf at Biloxi, Miss., to Horn Island Harbor, The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LOVERING). The gentleman .Mississippi-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. asks that permission be granted for all who desire to do so to print By Mr. FORDNEY: A bill (H. R. 12513) to provide for the es remarks in the RECORD. Without objection, it is so ordered. As tablishment of a port of delivery at Saginaw, Mich.-to the Com a further mark of respect, and in accordance with the resolution mittee on Ways and Means. previously adopted, the House now stands adjourned until 12 By Mr. RICHARDSON of Alabama: A bill (H. R. 12514) to o'clock on Monday next. donate certain lands in Alabama for educational purposes-to the And accordingly (at 2 o'clock and 25 minutes p. m.) the House Committee on the Public Lands. adjourned. By Mr. GRAHAM: A bill (H. R. 12515) granting per diem pen sionservice to honorably discharged officers:and enlisted men of the EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS. Union Army in the civil war-totheCommitteeonlnvalidPensions. By Mr. HEMENWAY: A joint resolution (H.J. Res. 280) in Under clause 2 of Rule XXIV, the following executive commu relation to the navigation of Green and Barren rivers, Kentucky nications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred by the to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Speaker as follows: By Mr. MONDELL: A resolution (H. Res. 312) relative to the A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of in- consideration of S. 3982-to the Committee on Rules. 196 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECEMBER 8,
PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED. By Mr. RUCKER: A bill (H. R. 12544) granting a pension to Taylor Jones-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, private bills and resolutions of By Mr. SHERMAN: A bill (H, R. 12545) granting an increase the following titles were introduced and severally referred as of J>6nsion to William M. Strope-to the Committee on Invalid follows: Pensions. By Mr. BULL: A bill (H. R.12516) gr~nting an mer.ease of pension to Edward Warner-to the Comm.Ittee on Invalid Pen sions. PETITIONS, ETC. By Mr. CLAYTON of Alabama: A bill (H. R.12517) granting a Under clause 1 of Rule:XXII, the following petitions and papers pension to Susan Kennedy-to the Committee on Pensions. were laid on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows: Bv Mr~ COONEY: A bill (H. R.12518) granting a pension to J, By Mr. BELLAMY: Petition of Stokes & Shannonhouse and W. Pelts-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. sundry other brokers of Charlotte, N. C., asking for the repeal of Also, a bill (H. R.12519) granting a pension to John Ethridge- pa1·agraph 4, section 2, of the war-revenue act-to the Committee to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. on Ways and Means. Also, a bill ( H. R. 12520) granting a pension to Ozias Haw kins- Also, resolutions of Hartranft Post. No. 40, Grand Army of the to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Republic, Department of North Carolina, favoring the passage of Also, a bill (H. R.12591)granting a pension toJohnChapman- House bill No.5779,givingveteransprefermentinpublic service- to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service. Also, a bill (H. R.12522) granting a pension to N ercena Wyatt- By Mr. BRO~lWELL: Petition of certain brokers of Cincinnati, to the Committee on Pensions. Ohio, in regard to reduction of war tax-to the Committes on By Mr. COOPER of Wisconsin: A bill (H. R. 12523) to correct Ways and Means. the military record of the late First Lieut. S. Spencer Carr, Com- By Mr. BULL: Petition of TbomasH. Herndon, president of the pany E, Eighth Illinois Cavalry-to the Committee on Military America.n Legion of Honor, relating to the aim and scope of the Affairs. · society-to the Committee on the Library. By Mr. HAY: A bill (H~R.125.24} for the·relief of Henry Neff- Also, papers to accompany House bill granting an increase of to the Committea on War Claims. pension to Edward Warner, late a private of the United States By M1~. MADDOX: A bill (H. R. 12525). for the relief of the Signal Corps-to the Committee on Innlid Pensions. trustees, or their successors in office, of the Cherokee Ba.pti'3t Col- By :Mr. BURLEIGH: Petition of the monthly meeting of the lege, located in Ca sville_, Ga.-to ~he Commi~e on Wa: Clain;is. Friends' Church of Winthrop Me., in favor of provision to pro By Mr. MIERS of Indiana~ A bill (H. R. 12a26) granting an m- hibit the importation of intoxicating liquors into countries chiefly c.rease of pension to Alexander C. Scott-to the Committee on In- inhabited by native races-to the Committee on Alcoholic Liquor valid Pensions. Traffic. Also, a bill (H~ R. 12527) granting an increase of pension to Also, petition of the National Dorothea Dix Memorial Associa- Thomas F. Townsend-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. tion, praying for an appropriation for the erection of a monument. By Mr. O'GRADY: A bill (H. R. 125.:?8) granting a pension to at Hampden, Me., to mark the birthplace of Miss Dorothea Lynde Anna E. Reed-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Dix-to the Committee on the Library. By Mr. RAY of New York: A bill (H. R. 12529) granting an By Mr. CALDWELL: Papers ta accompany House bill No. increase of pension to. Charles Folsom-to the Committee on In- 12165, granting a pension to Ebenezer H. Wood-to the Committee valid Pensions. on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 12530) granting an increase of pension to By Mr. COONEY: Petition of citizens of Boone County, Mo., for Almon W. Gould-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. the improvement of the Missouri River between Wilton and Harts- .Also, a bill (H. R. 12531) granting a pension to Amelia M. N&w- burg, in said county-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. ton-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. COOPER of Wisconsin: Petition of citizens of Green Mr. RICHARDSON of Alabama: A bill (H. R. 12532) for the County, Wis., to accompany House bill granting a pension to relief of W. C. Tipton-to the Committee on War Claims. Joel Ri\}e-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 12533) for the relief of H. C. Armistead-to By Mr. DALZELL: Twenty-two petitions of sundry citizens of the Committee on War Claim.a. Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County, Pa.., in favor of the suppression Also, a bill (H. R. 1253-!) for the relief of Houston L. Bell-to .of the liquor traffic, and of several other measures-to the Com- the Committee on War Claims.. mittee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic. Also a bill (H. R. 12535) for the relief of the estate of A. L. Als_o, petition of sundry citizens of Pennsylvania, in favor of an LoO'an: deceased-to the Committee on War Claims. amendment to the Constitution against polygamy-to the Com- .Also, a bill (H. R. 12536) for the relief of William Moseley, jr., mittee on the Judiciary. administrator of the estate of Mrs. Temperance Moseley-to the Also. petitions of Otis Shepard & Co., George K. Stevenson & Committee on War Claims. Co., J:M. Houston & Co., and S. B. Charters, all of Pittsburg, Also a bill (H. R. 12537) to refer the claim against the United Pa., for the repeal of the duty on tea-to the Committee on Ways States ~f J.M. Huston to the Court of Claims-to the Committee and l\Ieans. on War Claims. Also, petition of American Association of Masters and Pilots of Also, a bill (H. R. 12538) to authorize the Secretary of War to Steam Vessels, for marine hospital at Pittsburg, Pa.-to the Com cause to be investigated, and to provide for the payment of, the mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds. claim of the North Alabama College, of Huntsville, Ala., for the By Mr. GILLETT of Massachusetts: Petitions of the board of destructionofsaidbuildingforGovernmentpurposesbytheUnited directors of the Massachusetts Total Abstinence Society and the States military authorities during the late war, and all claims for Methodist Episcopal Missionary Board for the protection of na damages resulting _from the app!opriatio~ t_? Govern.ment_us~ of ti'Ve races in our islands against intoxicants and opium-to the any of the furnishmgs or: ~a;terials pertam~g to said build!ng, Committee on Insular Affairs. audfoxdamagetosaid buildmg-totheComm1tteeon WarClauns. By Mr. GRAHAM: Petitions of William C. Lilley and citizens Also no bill (H. R. 12539) to authorize the Secretary of War to of Pittsburg and Allegheny, Pa., and D. M. Sloane, of Bellevue, cause to be investigated and to provide for the payment of the Pa., infavorof theanti-polygamyamendmenttotheConstitution cla.im of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Athens, Lime- to the Committee on the Judiciary. stone County, Ala., for the use and occupa~on of said ch~r~h build- By Mr. HA UGE..i..'i: Petition of the Central Lire· Assurance So ing for Government purposes by the U~nted States military ?iu- ciety and other insurance agencies of Des Moines, Iowa, fo1· the thorities during the late war, and all claims for damages resulting repeal or modification of the war-revenue la.w-to the Committee from the appropriation to Government use of any of the furnish- on Ways and .Means. ings or materials pertaining to said building, and for damage to By Mr. LACEY: Petition of L. H. Ross and other citizens of said building-to the Committee on War Claims. Martinsburg, Iowa, for increase of pension ratings-to the Com- Also a bill (H. R. 12540) to pay the claim agai.IL..~ the United mittee on Invalid Pensions. States ~f the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, of Athens, Lime- Also, resolutions of the Gennan Methodist Episcopal Church of stone County, A1a.-to the Committee on War Claims. Victor, Iowa, favoringthee:"rnlusionof theliquortrafficinAfrica- Also, a bill {H. R. 12541) to authorize the Secretary of War to to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. cause to be investigated and to provide for the payment of the By Mr. LITTLEFIELD: Petition of Jacob T. Crosby and 19 claim of the Walnut Grove Cnmberland Presbyterian Church, of other citizens of the Second Congressional district of 1\Iaine, in Madison County,. for destruction of said church by the United favor of an amendment to the Constitution against polygamy States military authorities during the war-to the Committee on to the Committee on the Judiciary. War Claims. By Mr. MIERS of Indiana: Papers to accompany Honse bill By Mr. RIXEY: A bill (H. R. 12542) for the relief of Jonas granting a pension to Thomas F. Townsend, of Vandalia, Ind.- Early-to the Committee on War ClaiIIl3. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 12543) granting an increase of pension to Also, papers to accompany House bill granting a pension to Capt. R. H. Atkinson-to the Committee on Pensions. ~ander C. Seott-to the Committee ou. Invalid Pensions. 1900. -~ CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 197
By Mr. O'GRADY: Papers to accompany Honse bill granting a ment of all their rights and interest in and to any part of their pension to Anna E. Reed-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. reservation in the State of Oregon, as provided by the Indian ap By Mr. RA.Y of New York: Petition of New York State Federa propriation act of July 1~ 1893, etc. tion of Women's Clubs, favoring forestry reserve and national The communication and accompanying papers will be printed park in Minnesota-to the Committee on the Public Lands. and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and the map of By Mr. RIXE Y: Petition of the heirs of Gib3on R. Whaley, de the survey of the reservation accompanying the same will be re ceased, late of Fairfax County, Va., for reference of war claim to ferred to that committee, without printmg. the Court of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. LA 'DS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Also, petition of the heirs of William Sullivan, deceased, late of Stafford County, Va., for reference of wai· claim to the Court of The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a commu Claims-to the Committee on War Cla1ms. nication from the Secretary cf War, transmitting, in response to Also, paper to accompany House bill granting an increase of a resol ution of January 27, 1893, a letter from the Chief of Engi pension to Capt. R.H. Atkinson, of Alexandria., Va.-to the Com neers, United States Army, together with a letter from Col. mittee on Pensions. Theodore A. Bingham, submitting a new list of lots in the city of By Mr. ROBINSON of Indiana: Petition of A. R. Otis, of Ken W a~hington, D. u., the title to which the records jn the office of dallville, Ind., for the repeal of the special tax on proprietary public buildin~s and grounds show to be in the United States, medicines-to the Committee on Ways and Means. etc.; which, with the accompanying papers~ was referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordere