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correct the 1·ecordof TheronR. Powell, of Orange County, N.Y.­ to organize a board of not less than three competent persons wb..ose to the Committee on Military Affairs. duty it shall be to inquire into and determine how much the hull, By Mr. OTJEN: Petition of M. Zolsman and 20 other citizens of machinery, and appurtenances of the U.S. revenue cutter Daniel Milwaukee, Wis., in opposition to the so-called anti-scalping bill or Manning, contracted for by the Department, cost the contractors any similar measure-to the Committee on Interstat9 and Foreign over and above the contract price, but stating the necessity of an Commerce. appropriation of $1,000 by Congress for the purpose; which was By Mr. PARKER of New. Jersey (by request): Petition of Bene­ ordered to lie on the table and to be printed. dictPrieth and 125othercitizens of Newark, N. J.,members of the Turner Bnnd, in opposition to the ''educational test" in tho Lodge S.A.LES OF INDIA.N L.A.:f\TDS. immigration bill-to the Committee on Immigration and N aturali­ The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communica­ zation. tion from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter By Mr. RICHARDSON: Petition of William H. Huggins, of from the Auditor for the Interior Department upon the subject Dekalb County, Tenn., asking for a pension-to the Committee of liabilities of registers and receivers on their bondi for the pro­ on Invalid Pensions. ceeds arising from the sales of Indian lands, t>.nd recommending Also, petition of R. D. Warren and 110 other citizens of Lincoln immediate legislation for the security and protection of the inter­ County, Tenn., asking for a survey of Elk River and opening the ests of the United States and the Indians; which, with the accom­ same for navigation from Fayetteville to its mouth-to the Com­ panying paper, was referred to the Committee on Public Lands, mittee on Rivers and Harbors. and ordered to be printed. By Mr. ROBINSON of Indiana: Resolutions adopted at a meet-· ing of citizens of Fort Wayne, Ind., remonstrating against any PETITIO:NS .A.ND MEMORIALS. treaty of alliance with England-to the Committee on Foreign Mr. :MILLS presented a memorial of sundry business firms of Affairs. Bonham, Tex., remonstrating against any change being made in By Mr. SPERRY (by request): Petition of railway postal clerks the present system of ticket brokerage; which was referred to the detailed as transfer clerks, for leave of absence, with pay, in each Committee on Interstate Commerce. year-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Mr. ALLEN presented memorials of Gustav Belitz and sundry By Mr. STEELE: Petition of W. I. Leffel and other citizens of other citizens of Bancroft; of Rev. M. Winters, of Leigh; of D. Deedsville, Ind., asking a pension for Thomas Stevenson, father Kuhlman and sundry other citizens of Graft; of J. Anderson and of .James G. Stevenson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. sundry other citizens of Hay Springs, and of Otto Siemers and sun­ dry other citizens of Dunbar, all in the State of Nebraska, remon­ strating against the enactment of legislation restricting immigra­ tion; which were ordered to lie on the table. SENATE. He also presented a petition of sundry labor unions and organi­ zations of San Francisco, Cal., praying that relief be granted from :MoNDAY, January 10, 1898. the competition of prison labor in that State; which was referred Prayer by Rev. STEPHEN M. MERRILL, D. D., of Chicago, Ill. to the Committee on Education and Labor. · The Journal of the proceedings of Friday last was read and He also pre3ented the affidavit of G. R. Turner, of Blue Springs, approved. Gage County, Nebr., in support of the bill (S. 2304) granting a THE CIVIL SERVICE. pension to G. R. Turner, of Blue Springs, Nebr.; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions. The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communica­ Mr. McMILLAN presented memorials of Longshoremen's Union tion from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in response to No. 30, of Port Huron; of Detroit River Lodge, No. 2, Association the resolutions of the 18th ultimo, certain information as to the of Amalgamated Iron and Steel Workers, of Detroit; of Cigar appointive positions in his Depa1·tment which should, in his Makers' Union No. 184, of Bay City; of Retail Clerks' Union No. opinion, be excepted from the operation of the rules governing the 165, of Saginaw, and of Local Union No. 26, of Grand Rapids, all civil service or the rules established by the Civil ~en-ice Com­ in the Sta.te of Michigan, remonstrating against any change be­ mission, and stating that in the opinion of the Department the ing made in the present system of ticket brokerage; which were only amendment which its experienee suggests in the laws gov­ referred to the Committee on Interstate Commerce. erning the civil service or the rules established by th~ Civil Service Mr. FAIRBANKS presented the petitions of W. H. Martin and Commission relates to the rules; which was referred to the Com­ 27 other citizens of Dayton, Ohio; of Thomas Baldwin and 47 other mittee on Civil Service and Retrenchment, and ordered to be citizens of Colfax, lll.; of George L. Spinning and 40 other citi­ printed. zens of South Orange and Clarksburg, N.J.; of William Duffey He also laid before the Senate a communication from the Post­ and 48 other citizens of Hilton, Irvington, Newark, and Maple­ master-General, transmitting, in response to the resolutions of wood, all in the State of New J~rsey; of Charles Wiseand20other the 18th ultimo, certain information relative to what appointive citizens of North Industry, Howenstine, and Canton, in the State positions in his Department should, in his opinion, be excepted of Ohio; of Emery Yoder and 24 other citizens of North Industry from the operation of the laws governing the civil service or the and Battlesburg. in the State of Ohio, and of A. B. Gauze and 75 rules established by the Civil Service Commission, and recommend­ other citizens of Howenstine, North Industry, Bancroft, and Otter­ ing that certain positions should be excepted from the rules gov­ bein, in the State of Ohio, praying for the enactment of legislation erning the classified civil service in addition to those of private which will more effectually restrict immigration and prevent the secretary and confidential clerk to the Postmaster-General and admission of illiterate~ pauper, and criminal classes to the United unskilled laborers, which are now exempt; which was referred to States; which were ordered to lie on the table. the Committee on Civil Service and Reti·enchment, and ordered .M:r. McBRIDE presented the memorial of W. S. Cutler aJnd 20 to be printed. other citizens of Portland, Oreg., remonstrating against any He also laid before the Senate a communication from the Secre­ change being made in the present system of ticket brokerage; tary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to the resolutions of which was referred to the Committee on Interstate Commerce. the 18th ultimo relative to appointive positions in his Department l\.fr. ALLISON presented a petition of sundry clergymen of to be excepted from the operation of the laws governing the civil Dubuque, Iowa, praying for the creation of a commission to in­ service, or the rules established by the Civil Service Commission, a vestigate the labor problem; which was referred to t#le Committee list of certain positions in his Department which should, in his on Education and Labor. opinion, be excepted; which was referred to the Committee on He also presented a petition of sundry letter carriers of Des Civil Service and Retrenchment, and ordered to be printed. Moines, Iowa, praying for the retention upon the statute books of PROTECTION OF FUR SEALS. the present law relating-to the civil service; which was referred The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communica­ to the Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment. tion from the Secretary of State, transmitting, in response to a He also presented a petition of sundry clergymen of Dubuque, resolution of May25, 1897, a complete and accurate copy of a note Iowa, praying for the enactment of legislation to limit absolute of instruction of April 21, 1897, from Lord Salisbury to Sir Julian divorces in the District of Columbia and the Territories; which Pauncefote in relation to the protection of fur seals in Bering Sea, was referred t-o the Committee on the District of Columbia. an important typewritten page of the copy heretofore submitted He also presented a petition of sundry clergymen of Dubuque, having been omitted; which, with the accompanying papers, was Iowa, praying for the enactment of a Sunday-rest law for the Dis­ referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be trict of Columbia; which was referred to the Committee on the printed. District of Columbia. He also presented a petition of sundry clergymen of Dubuque, REVENUE CUTTER DANIEL J1I.A.NNING. Iowa, praying for the enactment of legislation prohibiting the The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communica­ interstate ti·ansmission of lottery or other gambling messages by tion from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to a resolution telegraph; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. of the 5th instant, expressing the willingness of the Department He also presented a petition of sundry clergymen of Dubuque, 472 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. JANUARY lOt

Iowa, praying for the enactment of legislation prohibiting the sale Crawford and 51 other citizens ·of Philadelphia, and of W. H. o:f mto.A'icating liquors in all Government buildings; which was Hendershot and 72 other citizens of Royalton, West Londonderry, referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Middletown, and Harrisburg, all in the State of Pennsylvania, He also presented a petition of sundry clergymen of Dubuque, praying for the enactment of legislation which will more effectu­ Iowa, praying for the enactment of legislation raising the age of ally restrict immigration and prevent the admission of illiterate, protection for girls to 18 years in the District of Columbia and the pauper, and criminal cla-sses to the United States; which were Territories; which was referred to the Committee on the District ordered to lie on the table. of Columbia. Mr. TILLMAN presented the affidavit of Dr. F. W: P. Butler, He also presented_a memorial of the Iowa Mutual Protective of Edgefield, S. C., in support of the bill (S. 2098) for the relief of Association of Stacyville, Iowa, remonstrating against the passage J. E. Davis.; which was referred to the Committee on Claims. of the so-called Lodge immigration bill; which was ordered to lie on the table. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. He also p1·esented a petition of sundry cleTgymen of Dubuque, Mr. NE.LSON, from the Committee on Public LRnds, to whom Iowa, praying for the enactment of legislation excluding illiterate was referred the bill (S. 2755) to authorize the President of the immigrants; which was ordered to lie on the table. United Stutes to cause certain lands heretofore withdrawn from He also presented a petition of sundry clergymen of Dubuque, market for reservoir purposes to be restored to the public domain, Iowa, praying for the enactment of legislation substituting vol­ subject to entry under the homestead law with· certain restric­ untary arbitration for railway strikes; which was referred to the tions, reported it with amendments, and submitted a report Committee on Education and Labor. thereon. He also presented a petition of sundry citizens of Dubuque, He also, from the same committee, to whom was referred the Iowa, praying for the enactment of legislation to prohibit the bill (S. 886) for the relief of applicants to purchase public lands transmission by mail or interstate commerce of newspaper descrip­ under the timber and stone act, reported it with amendments# tions of prize fights; which was referred to the Committee on the Mr. ALLEN, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom Judiciary. was referred the bill (S.1247) to prohibit railroad companies from He also presented a petition of sundry clergymen of Dubuque, charging more than 3 cents per mile for canying passengers Iowa, pra:yin.g for the enactment of legislation to prohibit kineto­ through the Indian Territory, reported it without amendment, scope reproductions of pugilistic t\ncounters in the District of and submitted a report thereon. Columbia and the Territories, and the interstate transmission of :Mr. BERRY. I am directed by the Committea on Public Lands, mateTials for the same; which was ordered to lie on the table. to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 4.221) to confirm cert::Lin cash He also presented a memorial of the Board of Trade of Water­ entries of publiclands, to report it back favorably, without amend-. loo, Iowa, remonstrating against the enactment of legislation ment, and submit a 1·eport thereon. I should like to state that establishing a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the this is a very short bill, which has been reported on favorably by United States; which was .referred to the Committee on the Judi­ the Secretary of the Interior and passed by the House; and as it is ciary. important, on account of certain suspended entries, that it should He also presented a petition of sundry labor unions and organi­ become a law, I ask unanimous consent to have it considered now. zations of San Francisco, Cal. praying that relief be g:ranted from It will take but a very few moments, and I think there will be no the competition of prison labor in that State; which waa refen·od objection to it. to the Committee on Education and Labor. The VICE-PRESIDENT. Is there objection to the present con· Mr. COCKRELL presented petitions of the Woman's Christian sideration of the bill? Temperance unions of Rushville, Monroe City, Warrensburg, and Mr. ALLISON. Let it be read. Lancaster, all in the State of Missouri! and a petition of the congre­ Mr. HALE. It ·seems to me we had better have the regular gation of the Methodist Episcopal Chmch t>f Freeman, Mo., pray­ order. Otherwise all the time will be taken up by requests for the ing for the enactment of legislation to protect State anticigarette immediate consideration of bills that we do not know anything laws bypro-viding that cigarettes imported in original packages on about. I do not know anything about this bill; I do not know entering any S'tate shall become subject to its laws; which were that I have anything against it at all; but we can certainly get refened to the Committee on Interstate Commerce. along better if we proceed in regular order and let the reports and IU:r. DANIEL presented a memorial of Staunton Council, No. the other routine business come :in in due course. 113. Order of United Commercial Tra:velers of America, of Staun­ Mr. BERRY. l hope the Senator from Maine will enforce that ton·, Va._, remonstrating against any change being made in the rule on all occa-sions. It has b9en very customary recently to pass present system of ticket brokerage; which was referred to the Com­ bills of this characte1· upon being reported. I regret to have the mittee on Interstate Commerce. Senator draw the line on this particular bill at this time. I should 1\ofr. W~

thereon; which was agreed to, and the bill was postponed in­ title, and, with the accompanying paper, referred to the Commit­ definitely. tee on Military Affairs. M1·. HANSBROUGH, from the Committee on the District of He also introduced a bill (S. 3086) granting a pension to John Columbia, to whom was referred the joint resolution (S. R. 4) Can·, of Arkansas City, Kans.; which was read twice by its title, providing for the appointment of a commission to report upon and referred to the Committee on Pensions. the practicability of establishing near Washington, D. C., a ground He also introduced a bill (S. 3087) to refund internal-revenue map of the United Stat-es , asked to be discharged from its further taxes paid by owners of pri-vate dies; which was read twice by its consideration and that it be referred to the Committee on Public title, and referred to the Committee on Claims. Buildings and Grounds; which was agreed to. :Mr. HEITFELD introduced a bill (S. 3088) to amend "An act Mr. BACON, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, to provide the times and places for holding terms of the United to whom was referred the bill (S. 915) to incorporate the Wash­ States courts in the States of Idaho and Wyoming," approved ington Cooling Company and grant thereto the right to lay pipes July 5, 1892, as amended by the amendatory act approved No­ for distribution of materials for refrigerating purposes, submitted vember 3, 1893; which was read twice by its title, and referred an adverse report thereon; which was agreed to, and the bill was to the Committee on the Judiciary. postponed indefinitely. Mr. WALTHALL introduced the following bills; which were He also, from the same committee, to whom was referred the severally read twice by their titles, and referred to the Committee bill (S. 2323) supplemental to the act of February 9, 1821, incor­ on Claims: porating the Columbian College in the District of Columbia, and A bill (S. 3089) for the relief of the estate of Ann Sum, deceased, the acts amendator y thereof, reported it without amendment, and late of Warren Conn ty, Miss.; and submitted a rep01"t thereon. A bill (S.3090) for the relief of Archilles M. H araway,of DeSoto BILLS INTRODUCED. County, Miss. Mr. JONES of Arkansas introduced a bill (S. 3091) to author­ Mr. LODGE introduced a bill (S. 3066) granting an increase of ize the Chickasaw Nation to appeal certain cases from the district pension to Henry Chapman; which was read twice by its title, and court to the Supreme Court of the United States; which was read referred to the Committee on Pensions. twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. 1\Ir. KYLE (by request) introduced a bill (S. 3067) for the relief Mr. McMILLAN introduced a bill (S. 3092) to amend the mili­ of Sarah M. Dove, widow of the late Benjamin M. Dove, com­ tary rec9rd of James H. Gould; which was read twice lJy its title, mander, United States Navy; which was read twice by its title, and, with the accompanying papers, referred to the Committee and, with the accompanying paper, referred to the Committee on on Military Affairs. Pensions. He also introduced a bill (S. 3093) to change the names of cer­ Mr. DANIEL (by request) introduced a bill (S.3068) for there­ tain thoroughfares in the county of Washington, D. C.; which lief of George W. Rosen berger, of Newmarket, Va.; which was was read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on the read twice by its title, and refeTred to the Committee on Claims. He also (by request) introduced a bill (S. 3069) for the relief of District of Columbia. Phillip W. Engs, of New York City, N.Y., and Enoch M. Mar­ Mr. SPOONER introduced a bill (S. 3094) to indemnify the shall, of Fauquier County, Va.; which was read twice by its title, State of Wisconsin for swamp and overflowed lands therein, and referred to the Committee on Claims. granted by Congress to said State, but disposed of by the Gove.rn­ Mr. ALLISON introduced a bill (S. 3070) for the construction ment, for cash and otherwise, and to quiet the title of settlers and of a public building at Clinton, Iowa; which was read twice by other purchasers of lands within said State from the United States, and for other purposes; which was read twice by its title, its title, ~-nd referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. He also introduced the following bills; which were severally He also introduced a bill (S. 3095) increasing the pension of read twice by their titles, and referred to the Committee on Pen­ Katherine L. Cushing, widow of William B. Cushing, late com­ sions: mander in United States Navy; which was read twice by its title, A bill (S. 3071) granting an increase of pension to Adam Craw­ and referred to the Committee on Pensions. 1\lr. FAIRBANKS introduced the following bills; which were I shaw; J A bill (S. 3072) granting an increase of pe:r;tsion to Maj. John H. severally read twice by their titles, and referred to the Committee Gearkee; on Pensions: A bill (S. 3073) granting a pension to Anna.M. Tate; A bill (S. 3096) granting pensions to Levina Pendock and Me­ A bill (S. 3074) granting an increase of pension ·to George F. lisa Pendock, daughters of Samnel Pendock, deceased, who was a White; and soldier in the Revolutionary war and the war of 1812 (with ac­ A bill (S. 3075) granting an increase of pension to Col Benja­ companying papers); min Beach. A bill (S. 3097) increasing the pension of Alexander Hughes, of Mr. ALLISON introduced a bill (S. 3076) granting an honorable Petersburg, Pike County, Ind. (with accompanying papers); and discharge to Prentice Holmes; which was read twice by its title, A bill (S. 3098) increasing the pension of Lorinda N. Smith, of and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Collins, Ind. (with accompanying papers). Mr. CHILTON introduced a bill (S. 3077) to grant the right of Mr. HOAR introduced a bill (S. 3099) to amend the act provid­ way through the Indian Territory to the Denison, Bonham and ing for the holding of terms of the district court at Pawhuska, in New Orleans Railway Company for the purpose of constructing a the Osage .Reservation, in Oklahoma Territory, and for other railway, and for other purposes; which was read twice by its title, purposes; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. CAFFERY (by request) introduced the following bills; He also (by request) introduced a bill (S. 3100) to prevent the which were severally read twice by their titles, and referred to desecration of the national flag; which was read twice by its title, the Committee on Claims: and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. A bill (S. 3078) for the relief of Mollie S. Wossman, of East Car­ Mr. HALE introduced a bill (S. 3101) to increase the number of roll Parish, La. · assistant paymasters in the Navy; which was read twice by its A bill (S. 3079) for the relief of Toussaint Ecby, of Lafayette, title, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. La.; Mr. PETTIGREW introduced a bill (S. 3102) granting an in­ A bill (S. 3080) for the relief of Augustin Lastrappes, of Lafay­ crease of pension to William H. Clark; which was read twice by ette, La.; its title, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. A bill (S. 3081) for the relief of J. M. Charpentier, of St. Mary Mr. MORGAN introduced a bill (S. 3103) for the relief of Jona­ Parish, La.; and than Paulk, of Lauderdale County, Ala.; which was read twice A bill (S. 3082) for the relief of Joe CaiToll, of Monroe, La. by its title, and referred to the Committee on Claims. Mr. RAWLINS introduced a bill (S. 3083) to provide for the Mr. THURSTON introduced a bill (S. 3104) for the relief of refunding of certain moneys illegally assessed and collect-ed in Maj. W. W. Lowe; which was read twice by its title, and referred the district of Utah; which was read twice by its title, and re­ to the Committee on Military Affairs. ferred to the Committee on Claims. Mr. HAWLEY introduced a bill (S. 3105) to correct the mili­ Mr, ALLEN introduced a bm (S. 3084) to repeal the charter tary record of Pet-er Buckley; which was read twice by its title, and all acts of Congress incorporating the Capitol, North OStreet and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. and South Washington Railway Company, now the Belt Railway Mr. HANSBROUGH introduced a bill (S. 3106) to prevent the Company, in the city of Washington and District of Columbia, desecration of the national flag; which was read twice by its title, and all acts and parts of acts amendatory thereof, and for other and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. purposes; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the 1\fr. LODGE introduced a joint resolution (S. R. 80) authorizing Committee on the District of Columbia. the Secretary of War to prepare and submit estimates for the Mr. BAKER introduced a bill (S. 3085) for the relief of John improvement of the harbor at Lynn, :Mass.; which was read twice Courtney, of Tl.·adingpost, Kans.; which wa.s read twice by its by its title, and referred to the Committee on Colillllerce. 474 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE. JANUARY 10,

Mr. ELKINS introduced a joint resolution (S. R. 81) authoriz· FINANCIAL POLICY, ing the Director of the Geological Survey to prepare a map of Alaska; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Mr. ALLEN. On the 7th of this month I introduced a rasolu· tion, which is to be found on page 418 of the R ECORD. The reso. Committee on Printing. lution under the rules, at the conclusion of the debate, passed AMENDMENT TO INDIAN APPROPRIATIO~ BILL. to the Calendar. In view of the fact that more remarks are Mr. THURSTON submitted an amendment intended to be pro­ to be submitted in support of the views there expressed, I ask posed by him to the Indian appropriation bill; which was referred that the order be changed and that the resolution lie on the table to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. subject to call. The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Chair understands that the reso. FOURTH OF JULY CLAIMS. lution is now on the Calendar and that it can be called up on mo­ Mr. COCKRELL. I desire to have a statement printed for the tion at any time. use of the Senate, containing letters of the Quartermaster-General Mr. ALLEN. The resolution I think has gone to the Calendar and the Commissary-General, showing the number of claims pre­ by the operation of the rule, and to avoid the necessity of reintro· sented under the law of July 4,1864, for stores and supplies fur­ ducing it for further discussion I ask that the order be changed nished or taken during the late war, the action had thereon, their and that the resolution may lie on the table subject to call. present status: the law of July 4, 1864, and amendatory acts, and The VICE-PRESIDENT. There being no objection, that will the rules and regulations of the War Department regarding them. be the order. The Chair hears none. The resolution lies on the There are a great many of those claims in various States, and the table. applicants are asking for information about them. This state­ REVENUE CUTTER DANIEL MANNING. ment will give the desired information regarding nearly all of them, and it will be useful to the Committee on Claims and to the Mr. HOAR. I submit a resolution for which I ask immediate Senate. consideration. The VICE-PRESIDENT. Is there any objection to the request The resolution was read, as follows: of the Senator from Missouri? The Chair hears none; and it is Resolved, Tha.t the Secretary of the Treasury be requested to organize a board of not less than three competent persons, who shall inquire into and ordered as requested. determine how much the hull, machinery, and appurtenances of the U. S. DISTRICT WATER SUPPLY. revenue cutter Daniel Manning, contracted for by the Department, cost the cont ractors over and above the contract price, if anything, and report the Mr. McMILLAN. I submit a resolution and ask for 'its pres­ same to the Senate, the cost of said proceeding to be secured and defrayed by ent consideration. lihe parties in interest. The resolution was read, as follows: The VICE-PRESIDENT. Is thereobjection to the present con· Resolved, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, requested to sideration of the resolution? report to the Senate any infor mation that inay be in possession of the War Mr. ALLEN. I do not want to object to the consideration of Department in r elation to the fi1 tration of the water supply of the District of Columbia, together with any suggestions that may be made by the Snrgeon­ the resolution, but I think we are entitled to an explanation from Gi3neral of the .A.rmy and the officer in charge of the Washington Aqueduct the Senator from Massachusetts respecting it. relative to such subject. . Mr. HOAR. I do not hear the Senator. The Senate, by unanimous consent, proceeded to consider the Mr. ALLEN. I do not understand the propriety of the Gov· resolution. ernment paying out $1,000 for a board to make the examination Mr. HALE. Mr. President, I hope the Committee on the Dis­ called for in the resolution when there is evidently competent trict of Columbia, to whom this resolution goes, will ba able to authority in the Navy Department to make the investigation devise and bring about some method by which the suffering peo­ without charge to the Government. ple of this District can be furnished with a supply of good, pure, Mr. HOAR. If the Senator will allow me to make a brief ex­ clean, sweet water. planation, I think he will see that his objection has been encoun­ I venture to say that· in no part of the United States is a com­ tered by the rt:Jsolution. munity of the size of that represented by the population of this There are several precedents where, when these matters were District so imposed upon and abused in this most important re­ somewhat complicated and important, the parties have requested spect as the people of the District of Columbia. It is not alone the Secretary of the Treasury to organize a board of this kind. A we who suffer who come here, but all the denizens of the District resolution to this effect passed the Senate th~ other day, making are confronted with the everyday use of bad, foul water, which is no suggestion about defraying the cost~ whereupon the Secretary dangerous to drink and which makes it irksome even to take a of the Treasury reports that it would give him pleasure to organ· bath. This is what ought not to be the case. We have suffered ize the board, but that there is no provision for paying the expense. for years, on the principle, I suppose, that what is everybody's This resolution repeats the other one with the addition, provided business is nobody's business. I have great faith in the efficiency that the expense shall be defrayed and secured by the parties in of the Committee on the District of Columbia and the chairman interest, so that the party gets the finding of the facts by an offi· of that committee in doing something to free us from the misera­ cer appointed by.the Government, but pays the charge himself ble condition we are in now. under the resolution. Mr. GALLINGER. Mr. President, before the resolution passes, Mr. ALLEN. I recollect the passage of the resolution a few I desire, as a member of the Committee on the District of Colum­ days ago, and I thought then that it would be a wise thing to in· bia , to make a single observation in answer to the very proper quire into this method of proceeding. I doubt the propriety of criticisms in certain directions of the Senator from Maine. the Government or anybody else paying the judge who passes upon I wish to say in behalf of the Committee on the District of Co­ this case. lumbia., of which I chance to be a member, that that committee 1\fr. HOAR. It is to be paid bythe petitioner entirely. All the has not been unmindful of the fact that the water supply of the cost is to be paid by him. District of Columbia is not only in an unfiltered state, but that we Mr. ALLEN. But what I most desire to suggest is, that if the likewise have an inadequate supply of water for the people of this Government has power to enter into contract, as it has, for the District. The committee, in inquiring into this matter, has felt constl·uction of machinery, or for the construction of anything that the fu·st requisite is in some way to get an adequate supply of else that maybe necessary, it has the incidental power to pass upon water and then to adopt some system of filtl·ation that would the question of the fulfillment of the contl·act. The power to con· purify the water. tract without the power to determine the fulfillment of the con· My impression is that the water which is furnished to the citi­ tract can hardly be supposed. If it be true that we have made a zens of this District is not impure in quality. I think that chem­ contract with these parties, whoever they may be, and there has ical analyses have shown from time to time that the water is not not been a fulfillment of the terms of that contl·act, is there not hurtful to the health of the people. That it ought to be filtered expert authority somewhere in the Depat·tment that can be detailed goes without the saying; but a system of filtration will be an ex­ to pass on the question without the payment of extra money out pensive matter, and under the condition of the Treasury it is very of the Treasury? natural that the committee has moved slowly with a view to hav­ Mr. HOAR. Unquestionably. Will the Senator allow me to ing its recommendations adopted when it got around to the mak­ read the resolution again carefully? Perhaps I do not fully under­ ing of those recommendations. I believe it was the late Senator stand his question. Ingalls who said that the water of a certain river in this country Mr. ALLEN. I shall not object to the resolution, however. is too thick to drink and a little too thin for agricultural pur­ Mr. HOAR. I think the Senator will find it is a claim under poses. That applies very well to the water of the Potomac River. peculiar circumstances of equity by the contl·actors to be reim­ But I will say to the Senator from 1\Iaine and to the Senate that bursed a certain sum above the contract price on the ground that the Committee on the District of Columbia is struggling with this the article cost more than the contract price. It is not proposed matter, and that in due time the members hope to be able to solve to deal with that matter now, but the contractor desires that the the problem, asking the cooperation of·the Senate in their very Treasury officials shall ascertain whether it has actually cost him laudable undertaking. more than he is entitled to receive, with a view of submitting to The resolution was agreed to. Congress his equities. This resolve p1·ovides that the Secretary of 1898. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 475

the Treasury may do that, the contractor paying all the costs of the compensation they are receiving to organize a board of indi­ proceeding, so that it will not cost the Government a dollar. viduals outside to pass upon the question whether the contract Mr. ALLEN. Suppose the board, or the commissioners, what­ has been complied with and whether in equity the contractor evei· they may be called, shall report to the Secretary_ <;>f the should receive greater compensation than he has agreed to take? Treasury that the material cost much m01·e than was anticipated What I want to emphasize is the fact that on every conceivable at the time the contract was made, that of course is· to furnish occasion opportunities ar.a sought to bring into the public servjce the basis for a claim against the Government. useless persons or useless boards and organizations to expend the 1\Ir. HOAR. For an application to Congress. public money. We have, in round numbers, over 120,000 people in Mr. ALLEN. For an application to Congress. While I do not the civil service of the Government to-day. There are 25,000 object to the Senator havjng the resolution passed, because it is a people in the city of Washington occupying positions under the mere bagatelle so far as the amount expended is concerned, I do Government and drawing salaries from the Government who are want to register my protest against any man entering into a con­ absolutely useless and render no efficient service, and yet we are tract with the Government of the United States and pleading the pushing the number higher and higher, and every conceivable pre­ baby act. · text is seized on to furnish some place seeker either temporary or Whenever a man enters into a contract to furnish material or permanent employment at the expense of the Government. to furnish labor, let him stand by that contract. Let him be bound The VICE-PRESIDENT. Is there objection to the present con­ by its terms. If the Senator from Massachutfetts should enter into sideration of the resolution? The Chair hears none. a contract with a builder to furnish m~terials for the construction Mr. ALLISON. Let the resolution be again read. of a house he would not release that builder from the terms of his The VICE-PRESIDENT. The resolution will be again read at contract because the material might cost him more when he came the request of the Senator from Iowa. to build the house than he anticipated at the time he made the The Secretary again read the resolution. contract. If we are to pursue the course this firm, or this gentle­ Mr. RAWLINS. I should like to ask the Senator from Massa­ man (I do not remember whether it is a firm or an indivjdual), chusetts, if he will permit me to do so, if he does not think that wants us to pursue, then every time a man makes a contract with the resolution ought to authorize the commission, if it shall find the United States he will do so in anticipation of getting the Gov­ that the cost exceeded the contract price under circumstances ernment to allow him more than he originally contracted to do the which would make it proper that the Government should pay the work or to furnish the material for, and the time would never increased cost, also to find whether such claim has been settled or come, under such circumstances, when the Government, like an released? There are numerous claims of this description pending individual, could be said to be rid of tbe terms or obligations of before the Committee on Claims based upon just such reports as its contract. this commission is req"!-lired to make, but they do not furnish suf­ Then I submit another point. Upon every simple pretext the ficient information to enable that committee intelligently to pass Treasury Department and other Departments are running to Con­ upon the claims. gress for small appropriations to create a board or a commission Mr. HOAR. I have no objection to adding, at the suggestion to do this and to do that. Here is the Treasury Department, with of the Senator from Utah and also at the suggestion of the Senator hundreds and thousands of employees in the service who are paid from Iowa [Mr. ALLISON], made to me in private, the words "and by the Government and who are doing all kinds of work. the facts and circumstances which led to such increased cost." Mr. HOAR. May I ask the Senator whether he understands The VICE-PRESIDENT. The resolution will be modified as that this particular expense is to be paid wholly by the contract­ suggested by the Senator from Massachusetts. The question is ors and that the United States are to pay nothing whatever? on the adoption of the resolution as modified. Mr. ALLEN. I infer if the board reports that the material fur­ The resolution as modified was agreed to. nished by the contractor was more valuable than he agreed to MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. furnish, we will be besought to allow him more than his contract calls for, and that in the end the Government will pay it. A message fTom the House of Representatives, by M.r. W. J. Mr. HOAR. If the Senator will allow me, he has stated very BROWNING, its Chief Clerk, transmitted to the Senate the resolu­ strongly and very clearly and persuasively a proposition in which tions of the House as a tribute to the memory of Hon. AsHLEY B. I am fully in accord with him. But there is one exception. There WRIGHT, deceased, late a member of the House of Representatives is one thing which takes this class of cases out of that general from the State of Massachusetts. consideration. and that is that the contracts for naval machinery EXECUTIVE SESSION. and the· newly invented naval vessels are made in regard to a :Mr. DAVIS. I move that the Senate proceed to the considera­ matter where there are processes of invention and improvement tion of executive business. going on all over the world. A naval vessel is very often com­ The motion was agreed to; and the Senate proceeded to the con­ pleted at the request of the Government and for the benefit ofthe sideration of executive business. After three hours spent in Government in a way not contemplated in the original contract, executive session the doors were reopened, and (at 3 o'clock and and the changes which are made in the contract by the direction 50 minutes p. m.) the Senate adjourned until to-morrow, Tues­ of the Government causes a delay which makes a change in the day, January 11, 1898, at 12 o'clock meridian. cost of materials even in carrying out the plans which are not changed. As I put the illustration some time ago, it is as if I should agree with a contractor to build me a cottage at Newport, NOMINATIONS. with the understanding that I might, as we went on, make such Executit•e nominations received by the Senate January 10, 1898. changes in the plans as I should see fit, and before he got through RECEIVER OF PUBLIC MONEYS. I required him to build a Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York City. So far as the additions are concerned, that matter is probably Cyrus Anderson, of Blakeman, Kans., \o be receiver of public covered by the provjsion that the contractor shall be paid reasona­ moneys at Colby, Kans., vice Thomas J. McCue, whose term will bly for the extras; but in making these changes he is obliged to expire January 15, 1898. wait and delay, and to make the part of the boat which is not REGISTERS OF 'J.'HE LAND OFFICE. changed at all at a time when the cost of labor and materials has Thomas A. Scates, of Liberal, Kans., to be register of the land risen. In such cases we have, although there has been great re­ office at Dodge City, Kans., vice John I. Lee, whose term will ex­ sistance, always paid the contractor without a dissenting vote in pire January 15, 1898. the Senate. But in this case we are not concluded about that Kleber E. Willcockson, of Oakley, Kans., to be register of the matter at all The resolution only says that when the question of land office at Colby, Kans., vice James N. Fike, whose term will how much the extra cost is shall be determined, instead of the expire January 15, 1898. contracto1· bringing in his own witnesses to prove it, it shall be ascertained by persons selected by the Government, but whose PROMOTIONS IN THE ARMY. costs. charges, expenses, and compensation are to be entirely de- Cavalry a1"Tl1. . frayed by him. Second Lieut. John William Furlong, First Cavalry, to be first That is the way the resolution reads. If the Senator can sug- lieutenant, December 11, 1897, vice Harman, Sixth Cavalry, ap­ gest any way of guarding it more thoroughly than it is now pointed regimental quartermaster. guarded, I shall consent to it, of course. Mr. ALLEN. I understand the case to be exactly as the Sena- Injant1-y a1"11'!.. tor from Massachusetts has stated; but what I say is that theGov- First Lieut. JonasAdenEmery,Eleventhinfantry, to be captain, ernment retains in its contract the right to modify its specifica- December 16, 18!>7, vice Heistand, Eleventh Infantry, appointed tions and to change the plans from time to time. The Government assistant adjutant-gene1·al. who resigns his line commission. has in its employ a vast army of experts, competent men, who can Second Lieut. Melville Shinn Jarvis. Fourth Infantry, tCI be first go and examine this vessel and determine whether the contract lieutenant, December 1G, 1897, vice Baxter, Fifth Infantry, ap­ has been complied with or not. Under those circumstances why pointed assistant quartermaster, who resigns his line commission. expend any money in addition to the salaries of the experts and I Second Lieut. John William Heavey, Fifth Infantry, to be first 476 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. JANUARY10, lieutenant, December 16, 1897, vice Emery, Eleventh Infantry, William W. Arnold, to be postmaster at Fulton, in the county promoted. of Callaway and State of Missouri~ in the place of William V. Berry, POSTMASTERS. whose commission expired December 21, 1897. McCord L. Coleman, to be postmaster at Aurora, in the county Herman Jacoby, to be postmaster at San Pedro, in the county of Lawrence and State of Missouri, in the place of Luther C. of Los Angeles and State of California, ~n the place of James H. Adams, 1·esigned. Dodson, whose commission exph·ed September 28, 1897. William E. Crow, to be postmaster at Desoto, in the county of T. A. Nelson, to be postmaster at Stockton, in the county of Jefferson and State of Missouri, in the place of William G. Goff, San Joaquin and State of California, in the place of Eli E. Thrift, resigned. • removed. Samuel H. Elkins, to be postmaster at Columbia, in the county E. E. Eversole, to be postmaster at :Monte Vista, in the county of Boone and State of Missouri, in the place of R. J. Bouchelle, of Rio Grande and State of Colorado, in the place of James W. whose commission expired December 20, 1897. Nelson, whose commission expired September 28, 1897. William H. Garanfio, to be postmaster at New Madrid, in the Mary B. G. Bullard, to be postmaster at Guilford, in the county county of New Madrid and State of Missouri, in the place of W es­ of New Ha-v.en and State of Connecticut, in the place of Mary B. ton Dawson, removed. Griswold, who changed her name by marriage. John W. Smith, to be postmaster a.t Thayer, in the county of L. C. Brown, to be postmaster at Wheaton, in the county of Oregon and State of• Missouri, in the place of Harris N. Powell, Dupage and State of Illinois, in the place of L. L. Stark, removed. resigned. ALson H. Keeler, to be postmaster at Belvidere, in the county of Charles Strobach, to be postmaster at Rolla, in the county of Boone and State of illinois, in the place of C. N. Smith, whose Phelps and State of Missouri, in the place of Ewing Y. Mitchell, commission expired January 3, 1898. whose commission expired October 4, 1897. T. W. Price, to be postmaster at Astoria, in the county of Fulton Andrew J. Anderson, to be postmaster at Neligh, in the county and State of Illinois, in the place of S. R. D. Palmer, removed. of Antelope and State of Nebraska, in the place of George W. Samuel B. Brillhart, to be postmaster at Kendallville, in the Mye:rs, whose commission expired October 20, 1897. · county of Noble and State of Indiana, in the place of Jeremiah Henry C. Booker, to be postmaster at Gothenburg, in the county Foley, whose commission expires February 7, 1898. of Dawson and State of Nebraska, in the place of J. R. Holcombe, LuciusP.Chapin, tobepostmasteratGreencastle,in thecountyof remov-ed. Putnam and State of Indiana, in the place of Willis G. Neff, whose Percy A. Brundage, to be postmaster at Tecumseh, in the county commission expjres February 7, 1898. of Johnson and StateofNebraska,in the place of HughL.Cooper, Enoch D. Moffett, to be postmaster at Hartford City, in Ute county whose commission expired December 12, 1897. of Blackford and State of Indiana, in the place of James B. Chap­ Alexander Graham, to be postmaster at Beatrice, in the county man, whose commission expired December 19,1897. of Gage and State of Nebraska, in the place of George P. Marvin, Frank I. Safrit, to be postmaster at Washington, in the county whose commission expired December 11, 1.897. of Daviess and State of Indiana, in the place of John W. McCarty, Charles V. Hay, to be postmaster at Weeping Water, in the whose commission expires February 5, 1898. county of Cass and State of Nebraska, in the place of Isaac F. William E. Ward, to be postmaster at Ridgeville, in the county Travis, whose commission expired December 12, 1897. of Randolph and State of Indiana, in the place of Joseph E. Car­ Leander Jewett, to be postmaster at Brokenbow, in the county rier, removed. of Custer and State of Nebraska, in the place of James G. Leming, William H. Letts, to be postmaster at Columbus Junction, in removed. the county of Louisa and State of Iowa, in the place of 0. I. WmiamA. McCool, tobepostmaster atindianola, in the county Jamison, whose commission expired December 19, 1897. of Redwillow and State of Nebraska, in the place of Joseph V. Melville Sheridan, to be postmaster at Osceola, in the county of Harrison, removed. Clarke and State of Iowa, in the place of John H. Sherman, whose Richard C. Perkins, to be postmaster at St. Paul, in the county commission exuired December 14, 1897. of Howard and State of Nebraska, in the place of Rogers Scribner, A. B. Powell-, to be postmaster at Coffeyville, in the county of whose commission expired September 7, 1897. Montgomery and State of Kansas, in the place of Charles A. Wells, Jasper L. Rewey, to be postmaster at Wisner, in the county of removed. Cuming and State of Nebraska, iu the place of Charles Richard­ John F. Jones; to be postmaster at Catletteburg, in the county son, removed. of Boyd and State of Kentucky, in the place of J. J. Montague, Griffith J. Thomas, to be postmaster at Harvard, in the county whose commission exph·ed September 19,1897. of Clay and State of Nebraska, in the place of George A. Herzog, Thomas Mason, to be postmaster at Ludlow, in the county of whose commission expired December 21, 1897. Kenton and State of Kentucky, in the place of Abner V. C. Grant, Leopold Steiner, to be postmaster at Austin, in the county of removed. Lander and State of Nevada, the appointment of a postmaster for Alexander Smith, to be postmaster at Baton Rouge, in the par­ the said office having, by law, become vested in the President on ish of East Baton Rouge and State of Louisiana, in the place of and after October 1, 1896. Joseph E. Blouin, whose commission exph·ed September 23, 1897. Thomas A. Adams, to be postmaster at Gorham, in the county Walter E. Clark, to be postmaster at Waldoboro, in the county of Coos and State of New Hampshire, in the place of Frederick of Lincoln and State of Maine, in the place of Jesse K. Willett, Ingalls, resigned. whose commission expires January 30, 1898. James S. Butler, to be postmaster at Hillsboro Bridge, in the John A. Horner, to be postmaster at Emmitsbm·g, in the county county of Hillsboro and State of New Hampshire, in the place of of Frederick and State of Maryland, in the place of James B. Frank M. Parker, whose commission expired January 8, 1898. Elder, whose commission exph·ed December 12, 1897. Eri Oakes, to be postmaster at Lisbon, in the county of Grafton Ja.mes A. Eldridge, to be postmaster at Williamstown, in the and State of New Hampshire, in the pla.ce of Jenifer Moulton, county of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts, in the place of whose commission eXpires January 17, 1898. Bushnell Danforth, resigned. ]forrest W. Peavey, to be postmaster atWolfboro, in the county Myron H. French, to be postmaster at West Branch, in the of Carroll and State of New Hampshire, in the place of Frank P. county of Ogemaw and State of Michigan, in the place of Reuel Hobbs, whose commission expired January 8, 1898. H. Cooper, whose commission expired December 12, 1897. David M. Anderson, to be postmaster at Gloucester City, in the Edwin D. Holmes, to be postmaster at DetroitCity, in the county county of Camden and State of New Jersey, in the place of Charles of Becker and State of Minnesota, in the place of Casper Wack­ C. Collings, whose commission exph·ed December 14, 1897. man, resigned. William V. Burhans, to be postmaster at Saugerties, in the Eugene M. Harkins, to be postmaster at Sherburne, in the county of Ulster and Stato of New York, in the place of Edmund county of ·Martin and State of Minnesota, the appointment of a M. Wilbur, whose commission expired October 20, 1897. postmaster for the said office having, by law, become vested in Clark E. Churchill, to be postmaster at Arcade, in the county the President on and after January 1, 1898. of Wyoming and State of New York, in the place of Hiram Steele, Laurence O'Brien, to be postmaster at Preston, in the county of removed. Fillmore and State of Minnesota, in the place of Myers C. Shook, Clara Doughty, to be postmaster at Garden City, in the county whose commission expired December 19, 1897. of Queens and State of New York, the appointment of a post­ Wilbur W. Washburn, to be postmaster at Spring Valley, in the master for the said office having, by law, become vested in the county of Fillmore and State of Minnesota, in the pla.ce of Stephen President on and after January 1, 1898. 1\I. Wilder, whose commission expired December 1!), 1897. Henry A. France, to be postmaster at Far Rockaway, in the W. A. Jewell, to be postmaster at Greenville, in the county of county of Queens and State of New York, in the place of Andrew Washington and State of Mississippi, in the place of Lizzie G. McTigue, whose commission expires January 29, 1898. Hunt, whose commission expired December 11, 1897. Albert Humm, to be postmaster at College Point, in the county Aaron M. Storer, to be postmaster at Kosciusko, in the county of Queens and State of New York, in the pla.ce of Nicholas Couzet, of Attala and State of Mississippi, in the place of Hettie J. Foose, jr., whose commis..oion expires January 29, 1898. whose commission expires January 12, 1898. Albert H. Lapham, to be postmaste1· at East Aurora, in the 1898. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. ·477 county of Erie and State of New York, in the place of H. C. Sar­ county of Cumberland and State of Pennsylvania., in the place of gent, removed. Calvin Clendenin, whose commission expired December 20, 1897. Charles H. Putnam, to be postmaster at Deposit, in the county Frank J. Cory, to ba postmaster at Watertown, in the county of of Broome and State of New York, in the place of Charles T. Al­ Codington and State of South Dakota, in the place of E. H. Ulrich, verson, whose commission expires January 29, 1898. resigned. James Ross, to be postmaster at New Rochelle, in the county of Jerome T. Smith, to be postmaster at Scotland, in the county Westchester and State of New York, in the place of W. V.Mol­ of Bonhom.me and State of South Dakota, in the place of Albertis loy, resigned. E. Parment-er, whose commission expired January 9, 1898. Melvin J. Stearns, to be postmaster at Massena, in the county John A. Stanley, to be postmaster at Hot Springs, in the county of St. Lawrence and St.ate of New York, the appointment of a of Fall River and Stab of South Dakota, in the place of Edwin S. postmaster for the said office having, bylaw, become vested in the Ames, removed. President on and after January 1, 1898. W . S. McCauley, to be postmaster at Sweetwater, in the county George R. Vail, to be postmaster at Chester, in the county of of Monroe and State of Tennessee, in the place of D. L. Smith, Orange and State of New York, in the place of John J. Hallahan, whose commission ex-pired December 19, 1897. whose commission expires January 31, 1898. Giles Rives, to be postmaster at Brownsville, in the county of Frank C. Wilcox, to be postmaster at Painted Post, in the county Haywood and State of Tennessee, in the place of E. H. Taylor, of Steuben and State of New York, the appointment of a postmas­ whose commission expired January 3, 1898. ter for the said office having, by law, become vested in the Presi­ James P. Madsen, to be postmaster at Manti, in the county of dent on and after January 1, 1898. Sanpete and State of Utah, the appointment of a postmaster for M.P. Brewer, to be postmaster at Bowling Green, in the county the said office having, by law, become vested in the President on of Wood and State of Ohio, in the place of John H. Crane, whose and after January 1, 1898. commission expired December 12, 1897. T. Hull Page, to be postmaster at Hydepark, in the county of George E. Cam1ing, to be postmaster- at Mount Vernon, in the Lamoille and State of Vermont, in the place of Henry :M:. Noyes, county of Knox and State of Ohio, in the place of Charles E. whose commission expired December 19, 1897. Critchfield, whose commission expired January 9, 1898. Ervin H. Thorp, to be postmaster at Middlebury, in the county Oliver M. Greenbank, to ba postmaster at Woodsfield, in the of .Addison and State of Vermont, in place of Joseph M. Burke, county of Monroe and State of Ohio, the appointment of a post­ whose commission expired December 21, 1897. master for the said office having, by law, become vested in the John B. Kimberly, to be postmaster at Fortress Monroe, in the President on and after January 1, 1898. county of Elizabeth City and State of Virginia, in the place of Philip H. Lybrook, to be postmaster at Winston, in the county George Booker, removed. of Forsyth and State of North Carolina, in the place of Edgar H. George W. Parker, to be postmaster at Smithfield, in the county Wilson, whose commission expired December 21, 1897. of Isle of Wight and State of Virginia, in the place of Emmett M. Joseph D. Martin, to ba postmaster at Tarboro, in the county of Morrison, whose commission expires January 12, 1898. Edgecombe and State of North Carolina, in the place of Elijah W. A. E. Montgomery, to be postmaster at Montgomery, in the Rawls, whose commission expires January 12, 1898. county of Fayette and State of West Virginia, in the place of William P. Ormsby, to be postmaster at Salem, in the county Willis M. Dent, removed. of Forsyth and State of North Carolina, in the place of Robert W. Albert E. Fontaine, to be postmaster at Grand Rapids, in the Belo, whose commission expired December 21, 1897. county of Wood and State of Wisconsin, in the place of E. B. Onesimus P. Shaffer, to be postmaster at Youngstown, in the Brundage, whose commission expired December 21, 1897. county of Mahoning and State of Ohio, in the place of George B. Frank M. Givens, to be postmaster at Fond du Lac, in the Snyder, whose commission expired December 19, 1897. county of Fond du Lac and State of Wisconsin, in the place of John W. Steele, to be postmaster at Oberlin, in the county of Samuel M. Smead, whose commission expires January 12, 1898. Lorain and State ~f Ohio, in the place of Flavius A. Hart, whose George Graham, to be postmaster at Tomah, in the county of commission expired January 9, 1898. Monroe and State of Wisconsin, in the place of Gustav A. Atteu­ JohnS. Badger, to be postmaster at Pawnee, in the county of berg, whose commission expired December 12, 1897. Pawnee and "Territory of Oklahoma, in the place of Mary J. George J. Kispert, to be postmaster at Jefferson, in the county Jacobs, removed. of Jefferson and State of Wisconsin, in the place of John 0. Per­ Richard E. Jenness, to be postmaster at Chandler, in the county kins, whose commission expired December 20, 1897. of Lincoln and Territory of Oklahoma, the appointment of a post­ Stephen Manning, to be postmaster at Columbus, in the county master for the said office having, by law, become vest-ed in the of Columbia nnd State of Wisconsin, in the place of John Toppe, President on and after January 1, 1898. whose commission expires January 12, 1898. George Engle, to be postmaster at Ashla.nd, in the county of Joseph J. Schultz, to be postmaster at Kewaunee, in the county Jackson and State of Oregon, in the place of William H. Brunk, of Kewaunee and State of Wi"iconsin, in the place of John H. whose commission expired December :d1.1897. Rooney, whose commission expired December 12, 1897. George W. Best, to be postmaster at East Brady, in the cmmty E. R. Stillman, to be postmaster at Milwaukee, in the county of of Clarion and State of Pennsylvania, in the place of James W. Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, in the place of George W. Bennett, removed. Porth, whose commission expired December 12, 1897. Louis Biltz, to be postmaster at Girardville, in the county of Albert S. Dickinson, to b3 postmaster at Waitsburg, in the Schuylkill and State of Pennsylvania, in the place of P. J. Bir­ county of Wallawalla and State of Washington, the appointment mingham, whose commission expired December 12, 1897. of a postmaster for the said office having, by law, become vested Clark Collins, to be postmaster at Connellsville, in the county in the President on and after January 1, 1898. of Fayette and State of Pennsylvania, in the place of Harry George W. Temple, to be postmaster at Spokane, in the county Marietta, removed. of Spokane and State of Washing'"IJOn, in the place of Howard T. Henry Davis, to ba postmaster at Catasauqua, in the county of Mallon: removed. Lehigh and State of Pennsylvani..1:, in the place of Jonas F. Moyer, whose commission expires January 12, 1898. CONFIRMATIONS. Jonathan C. Gallup, to be postmaster at Smethport, in the county of :McKean and St.o:tte of Pennsylvania, in the place of Executive nmninations confirmed b-y the Senate January 10, 1898, W. P. Walsh, whose commission expires January 12, 1898. SECRETARY OF LEGATION. Daniel S. Knox, to be postmaster at Tionesta, in the county of Herbert G. Squiers, of New York, to be secretary of the lega­ Forest and State of Pennsylvania, the appointment of a postmast-er tion of the United States at Peking, China. for thE' said office having, by law, become vested in the President 001\""SUL-GENERAL. on and after January 1, 1898. James G. Stowe, of Missouri. to be consul-general of the United B. R. Linder~ to be postmaster at Orwigsburg, in the county of Schuylkill and State of Pennsylvania, in the place of George A. States at Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope. Rehr, whose commission e.A--pired September 0, 1897. CO:NSULS. Christian J. Reiff, to be -postmaster at Manheim, in the county William H. H. Graham, of Indiana, to be consul of the United of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, in the place of Benjamin States at Winnipeg, Manitoba. K. Donovan, whose commission expired December 14, 1897. Charles W. Erdman, of Kentucky, now consul at Fiirth, Bava· John R. Roberts, to be postmaster at Slatington, in the county ria, to be consul of the United States at Breslau, Germany. of Lehigh and State of Pennsylvania, in place of Sarah A. Bach- John H. Grout, jr., of Mas.::acbusetts, to ba consul of the United man, removed. . States at Malta. Henry Thorpe, to be postmaster at Greenville, in the county of Edmond Z. Brodowski, of illinois, now consul at Breslau, Ger­ Mercer and State of Pennsylvania, in the place of Orson A. Carlin, many, to be consul of the United States at FUrth, Bavaria. whose commission expired December 14, 1897. Neal McMillan, of Michigan, to be consul of the United States .Tohn S. Weaver, to be postmaster at Mechanicsburg, in the at Port Sarnia, Ontario. 478 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. JANUARY 10,

E. Theophilus Liefeld, of Connecticut, to be consul of the United George A. Smith, of Utah, to be receiver of public moneys at States at Freiburg, Baden. S.3.lt Lake City, Utah. CIDEF JUSTICE COURT PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS. George W. Warner, of Fort Morgan, Colo., to be receiver of public moneys at Akron, Colo. Joseph R. Reed, of Iowa, to be chief justice of the Court of Pri­ Henry G. McCrossen, of Wausau, Wis., to be receiver of publio vate Land Claims. moneys at Wausau, Wis. ASSOCIATE JUSTICES COURT PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS. Edward F. Hobart, of Hobart, N.Mex., to 1Je receiver of publio William W. Murray, of Tennessee, to be associate justice of the moneys at Santa Fe, N. Mex. Court of Private L and Claims. George B. Rogers, of Blackfoot, Idaho, to be receiver of publio Thomas C. Fuller, of North Carolina, to be associate justice of moneys at Blackfoot, Idaho. the Court of Private Land Claims. Rudolph B. Welch, of Topeka, Kans., to be receiver of publio Henry C. Sluss, of Kansas, to be associate justice of the Court moneys at Topeka, Kans. of Private Land Claims. Albert W. Thompson, of Clayton, N.Mex., to be receiver of Wilbur F. Stone, of Colorado, to be associate justice of the public moneys at Clayton, N.Mex. Court of Private Land Claims. Stephen J. Loughran, of Des Moines, Iowa, to be receiver of public moneys at Des Moines, Iowa. REGISTERS OF LAND OFFICE. George M. Laing, of Windom, Minn., to be receiver of publio James Hill, of Jackson, Miss., to be register of the iand office at moneys at Marshall, ::1\Iinn. Jackson , Miss. Alvah Eastman, of St. Cloud, Minn., to be receiver of public John I. Worthington, of Green Forest, Ark., to be register of moneys at St. Cloud, Minn. · the land office at Harrison, Ark. Nels Auley, of Phillips, Wis., to be receiver of public moneys Robert Barber, of Birmingham, Ala., to be register of the land at Ashland, Wis. office at Montgomery, Ala. John E. Bush, of Litt1'e Rock, Ark., to be receiver of publio Joseph Donahue, of Fort Pierre, S.Dak., to be register of the moneys at Little Rock, Ark. land office at Pierre, S. Dak. Frank A. Brown, of Aberdeen, S.Dak., to be receiver of publio James A. Layton, of Grand Junction, Colo., to be register of the moneys at Aberdeen, S. Dak. land office at Montrose, Colo. Thomas C. Burns, of Mitchell, S.Dak., to be receiver of publio Charle:.; D. Ford, of Monument, Colo., to be register of the land moneys at Mitchell, S.Dak. office at Denver, Colo. J. H. Battenfield, of Russellville, Ark., to be register of the COLLECTORS OF CUSTOMS. land office at Dardanelle, Ark. Thomas 0. Thompson, of Connecticut, to be collector of cus­ John W. Dudley, of Washington, D. C., to be register of the toms for the district of New London, in the State of Connecticut. land office at Sitka, Alaska. Frank J. Naramore, of Connecticut, to be collector of customs Edward W. Bartlet~, of Lagrande, Oreg., to be register of the for the district of Fairfield, in the State of Connecticut. land office at Lagrande, Oreg. Olin Merrill, of Vermont, to be collector of customs for the dis­ Charles B. Moores, of Salem, Oreg., to be register of the land trict of Vermont. office at Oregon City, Oreg. Zophar M. Mansur, of Vermont, to be collector of customs for Isaac T. Purcell, of Grainfield, Kans., to be register of the land the district of Memphremagog, in the State of Vermont. office at Wakeeney, Kans. Charles H. Maris, of Texas, to be collector of customs for the dis­ Lorenzo R. Thomas, of Rexburg, Idaho, to be register of the trict of Brazos de Santiago, in the State of Texas. land office at Blackfoot, Idaho. MARSHALS. David H. Budlong, of Coour d'Alene, Idaho, to be register of the land office at Coour d'Alene. Idaho. William Edgar Sterne. of Kansas, to be marshal of the United Manuel R. Otero, of Albuquerque, N.Mex., to be register of the States for the district of Kansas. • land office at Santa Fe, N.Mex. Leo E. Bennett, of Indian Territory, to be marshal of the United Howard Leland, of Albuquerque, N. ::1\Iex., to be register of the States for the northern district of the Indian Territory. land office at Roswell, N.Mex. · John Cannon Short, of Delaware, to be marshal of the United Thomas Scadden, of Crystal Falls, Mich., to be register of the States for the district of Delaware. land office at Marquette, Mich. Henry C. Dockery, of North Carolina, to be marshal of the United Seymore S. Price, of Oklahoma, Okla., to be register of the land States for the eastern district of North Carolina. office at Oklahoma, Okla. George Louis Siebricht, of Texas, to be marshal of the United Emory D. Brownlee, of Enid, Okla., to be register of the land States for the western district of Texas. office at Kingfisher, Okla. Frederick C. Leonard, of Pennsylvania, to be marshal of the Thoma-s E. Olsgard, of Minot, N. Dak., to be register of the land United States for the western district of Pennsylvania. office at Minot, N.Dak. UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS. August Doenitz. of Ashland, Wis., to be register of the land office at Ashland, Wis. Isaac W. Dyer, of Maine, to be attorney of the United States Edgar T. Wheelock, of Wausau, Wis., to be register of the land for the district of Maine. office at Wausau, Wis. James L. Martin, of Vermont, to be attorney of the United J ame3 B. Cullison, of Enid, Okla., to be register of the land States for the distlict of Vermont. office at Enid, Okla. ASSISTANT SOLICITOR OF THE TREASURY. George E. F oster, of Alexandria, S. Dak., to be register of the Felix A. Reeve, of Tennessee, to be Assistant Solicitor of the land office at Mitchell, S.Dak. Treasury. Charles A. Blake, of Vl essington, S. Dak., to be register of the SURVEYOR-GENERAL OF FLORIDA. land office at Huron, S.Dak. Edward W. Fox, of mayton, N.Mex., to be register of the land Richard L. Scarlett, of Orange Hill, Fla., to be surveyor-general office at Clayton. N.Mex. of Florida. Jacob B. Friedheim, of Camden, Ark., to be register of the land JUDGE OF POLICE COURT. office at Camden, Ark. Charles F. Scott, of the District of Columbia, to be judge of the William G. Whipple, of Little Rock, Ark., to be register of the police court of the District of Columbia. land office a.t Little Rock, Ark. J ohnS. Vetter, of Aberdeen, S.Dak., to be register of the land DISTRICT JUDGE. office at Aberdeen, S. Dak. Hosea Townsend, of Colorado, to be judge of tJie United States court of southern district of the Indian Territory. RECEIVERS OF PUBLIC MONEYS. TERRITORIAL ASSOCIATE JUSTICES, William R. Akers, of Gering, Nebr., to be receiver of public moneys at Alliance, Nebr. Frank W. Parker, of the Territory of New Mexico, to be asso­ Robley D. Harris, of Arlington, Nebr., to be receiver of public ciate justice of the supreme court of the Territory of New Mexico. moneys at Sidney, Nebr. Jonathan W. Crumpacker, of Indiana, to be associate justice John G. Chitwood, of Prairie View, Ark., to be receiver of pub- of the supreme court of the Territory of New Mexico. lic moneys at Dardanelle, Ark. · SURVEYOR-GENERAL. George E. :Matthews, of Eva, Miss., to be receiver of public Frank A. Morris, of Tripp, S. Dak., to be surveyor-general of moneys at Jackson, Miss. South Dakota. John C. Leftwich, of Montgomery, Ala., to be receiver of public moneys at Montgomery, Ala. DISTRICT JUDGE, Roswell Shelley, of Portland, Oreg., to be receiver of public Francis C. Lowell, of Massachusetts, to be United States district moneys at Sitka, Alaska. judge for the district of Massachusetts. . 1898. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 479

ASSIS!I'ANT APPRAISER OF MERCHANDISE. Benjamin M. Chiswell, of .Maryland, to be a second lieutenant. Thomas C. Wordin, of Connecticut, to be assistant appraiser of Harry G. Hamlet, of Massachusetts, to be a second lieutenant. merchandise in the district of New York, in the State of New George H. Mann, of Michigan, to be a thil·d lieutenant. York. Albert H. Buhner, of California, to be a third lieutenant. COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS. MARSHALS. John Quincy Adams, of Michigan, to be collector of customs for Canada H. Thompson, of Oklahoma Territory, to be marshal of the district of Superior, in the State of Michigan. the United States for the Territory of Oklahoma. SURVEYORS-GENERAL. Glen Miller, of Utah, to be marshal of the United States for the district of Utah. Joseph Perrault, of Boise, Idaho, to be surveyor-general of Ed ward G. Kennedy, of South Dakota, to be marshal of the Idaho. · United States for the district of South Dakota. Jacob B. Blair, of Salt Lake City, Utah, to be surveyor.:general Zoeth Houser, of Oregon, to be marshal of the United States for of Utah. the district of Oregon. _ William L. Distin, of Quincy, lll., to be surveyor-general of John S. Hammer, of Indian Territory, to be marshal of the Alaska. United States for the southern district of the Indian Territory. SURVEYORS OF CUSTOMS. Frederick W. Collins, of Mississippi, to be marshalof the United Charles H. Morrill, of Nebraska, to be surveyor of customs for States for the southern district of Mississippi. the port of Lincoln, in the State of Nebraska. Silas C. Croft, of New York. to be surveyor of customs in the POSTMASTERS. district of New York, in the State of New York. Eugene Stark, to be postmaster at Virginia City, in the county of Madison and State of Montana. APPRAISER OF MERCHANDISE. Onesimus P. Shaffer, to be postmaster at Youngstown, in the Owen Summers, of Oregon, to be appraiser of merchandise in county of Mahoning and State of Ohio. the district of Willamette, in the State of Oregon. Thomas J. 'Pollard, to be postmaster at Glendive, in the county REGISTER OF THE TREASURY. of Dawson and State of Mont.ana. Blanche K. Bruce, of the District of Columbia, to be Register Wynne H. Roberts, to be postmaster at Hamilton, in the county of the Treasury. · ' of Ravalli and State of 1\Ionta.na. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. Alfred J. Stephens, to be postmaster at Lewistown, in the county of Fergus and State of Montana. . Oliver P. Johnson, of the District of Columbia, to be a justice Carlos G. Wilson, to be postmaster at Milledgeville, in the of the peace in the District of Columbia (assigned to the city of county of Baldwin and State of Georgia. Wash~ton). Maurice Deering, jr., to be postmaster at Marysville, in the ASSAYER OF THE MINT. county of Lewis and Clarke and State of Montana. James L. Hodges, of Colorado, to be assayer in charge of the Perley N. Bernard, to be postmaster at Kalispell, in the county mint of the United States at Denver, Colo. of Flathead and State of Montana. APPRAISERS OF MERCHANDISE. Walter Akerman, to be postmaster at Cartersville, in the county James H. &:One, of Michigan, to be appraiser of merchandise in of Bartow and State of Georgia. the district of Detroit, in the State of .l\[ichigan. William H . Smyth, to be postmaster at Atlanta, in the county of John T. Dare, of California, to be appraiser of merchandise in Fulton and State of Georgia. the district of San Francisco, in the State of California. William B. Burket, to be postmaster at Bozeman, in the county of Gallatin ~md State of Montana. COLLEdTOR OF CUSTOMS. Harry A. Marsh, to be postmaster at Upper Alton, in the county Anlli·ew W. Francisco, of California, to be collector of customs of Madison and State of Illinois. for the district of Los Angeles, in the State of California. Harry D. Hemmens, to be postmaster at Elgin, in the county of UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS. Kane and State of lllinois. Mack A. Montgomery, of Mississippi, to be attorney of the L. D. Hartwell, to be postmaster at Marion, in the county of United States for the northern district of Mississippi. Williamson and State of Illinois. Albert M. Lea, of Mississippi, to be attorney of the United States Andrew E. Sheldon. to ba postmaster at Pa:fton, in the county for the southern district of Mississippi. of Ford and State of Illinois. Alfred E. Holton, of North Carolina, to be attorney of the H. P. Nichols, to be postmaster at Maywood, in the county of United States for the western district of North Carolina. Cook and State of Illinois. Daniel B. Heiner, of Pennsylvania, to be att01ney of the United Robert W. McKnight, to be postmaster at Girard, in the county States for the western district of Pennsylvania. of :llacoupin and State of Illinois. John H. Hall, of Oregon, to be attorney of the United States for Horace L . Cushing, to be postmaster at Assumption, in the the district of Oregon. county of Christian and State of Illinois. Joseph N. Stripling, of Florida, to be attorney of the United Walter Colyer, to be postmaster at Albion, in the county of States for the southern district of Florida. Edwards and State of lllinois. Lewis Miles, of Iowa, to be attorney of the United States for John Culbertson, to be postmaster at Sumner, in the county of the southern district of Iowa. Lawrence and State of lllinois. Robert V. Cozier, of Idaho, to be attorney of the United States Francis A. Freer, to ba postmaster at Galesburg, in the county for the district of Idaho. of Knox and State of Illinois. Charles A. Wilson, of Rhode Island, to be attorney of the United Russell W . Folts, to be postmaster at Atlanta, in the county of States for the district of Rhode Island. Logan and State of Illinois. John H. Wilkins, of Indian Territory, to be attorney of the Milton A. Ewing, to be postmaster at Neoga, in the county of United States for the central distl:ict of the Indian Territory. Cnmberland and State of lllinois. Sardis Summerfield, of Nevada, to be attorney of the United Andrew Challman, to be postmaster at Batavia, in the county States for the district of Nevada. of Kane and State of Illinois. Peleg A. Coal, to be postmaster at Gibson City, in the county of PROMOTIONS IN THE NAVY. Ford and State of Illinois. Assistant Naval Constructors Robert Stocker, Frank W. Hibbs, William T. Gossett, to be postmaster at Roseville, in the county and E tliot Snow, to be naval constructors. of Warren and State of Illinois. Passed Asst. Surg. Franc~s W. F. Wieber, to be a surgeon. William. F . Calhoun , to be postmaster atDecatm·, in the county Paymaster George H. Griffing, to b e a pay inspector. of J.\Iacon and State of Illinois. John H. Creager, to ba postmaster at West Chicago, in the PROliOTIONR IN THE MARINE-HOSPITAL SERVICE. county of Dupa.ge and State of Illinois. Passed Asst. Surg. Parker C. Kalloch, of Pennsylvania, to be a James F. Crawford, to be postmaster at Warsaw, in the county surgeon in the Marine-Hospital Service of the United States. of Hancock and State of Illinois. Ra.lph F. Bradford, to be postmaster at Pontiac, in the county APPOINTMENTS L"l" THE REVENUE-CUTTER SERVICE. of Livingston and State of Illinois. William C. Myers, of Tennessee, to be a first assistant engineer. Allen '.r. Barnes, to be po3tmaster at Bloomington, in the county H:1ny L. Taylor, of Maryland, to be a first assistant engineer. of McLean and State of Illinois. Frederick C. Billard, of Maryland, to be a second lieutenant. Starr H . Beatty, to be postmaster at Delavan, in the county of Eben Barker, of Massachusetts, to be a third lieutenant. Tazewell and State of Illinois. Ernest E. Mead, of Massachusetts, to be a third lieutenant. Hugh Bennett, to be postmaster at Coal City, in the county of Charles Satterlee, of Connecticut, to be a third lieutenant. Grundy and State of Illinois. Bernard H. Camden, of \Vest Virginia, to be a second lieutenant. S[\muel L. Bennett, to be postmaster at Robinson, in the county Cllarles W. Cairnes, of :Maryland, to be a third lieutenant. of Crawford and State of Illinois. 480 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE. J.ANU.ARY 10,

Sylvester A. Ballou, to bepostmasteratNaperville, in the county Henry B. Hildreth, to be postmaster at Townsend, in the county of Dupage and State of illinois. of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts. . James E. Gregory, to be postmaster at Moweaqua, in the county William I. Marble, to be postmaster at Webster, in the county of Shelby and State of illinois. · of Worcester and State of Massachusetts. · Cad Allard, to be postmaster at Beardstown, in the county of William Harvey Merrill, to be postmaster at Salem, in the Cass and State of illinois. county of Essex and State of Massachusetts. ' Lucian Bullard, to be postmaster at Forrest, in the county of William E. Dunbar, to be postmaster at Taunton; in the county Livingston and State of Illinois. of Bristol and State of Massachusetts. Harrison P. Huntsinger, to be postmaster at Pinckneyville, in John F. Freese, to be postmaster at East Walpole, in the county the county of Perry and State of illinois. of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts. Clarence E. Holt, to be postmaster at Hospital, in the county of Henry A. Hutchinson, to be postmaster at Walnut Hill, in the­ Kankakee and State of illinois. county of Norfolk and State of :Ma.ssachusetts. William Graue, to be postmaster at Elmhurst, in the county of Arthur Bliss, to be postmaster at Andover, in the county of Dupage and State of illinois. Essex and State of Massachusetts. Freeman A. High, to be postmaster at Havana, in the county of Robert A. Beckwith, to be postmaster at Southbridge, in the Mason and State of Illinois. county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts. William W. Hogue, to be postmaster at Marshall, in the county Frank P . Clark, to be postmaster at Ware, in the county of of Clark and State of illinois. Hampshire and State of Massachusetts. William H. Hainline, to be postmaster at Macomb, in the county ·Nelson H. Norman, to be postmaster at Wynne Wood, Chicka­ of McDonough and State of illinois. saw Nation, Ind T. William H. Lathrop, to be postmaster at Newton, in the county Walter N. Beal, to be postmaster at Rockland, in the county of of Jasper and Sta te of Illinois. :Plymouth and State of Massachusetts. Christian A. Kuhl, to be postmaster at Pekin, in the county of George F . Bourne, to be postmaster at Lenox, in the county of Tazewell and State of illinois. Berkshire and State of Ma'3sachusetts. Fred C. Kile, to be postmaster at Blue !Bland, in the county of William H . McNeal. to be postmaster at Wayne, in the county Cook and State of illinois. of Wayne and State of Nebraska. . George Riddle, to be postmaster at Le Roy, in the county of Joseph S. Paradis, to be postmaster at Alliance, in the county McLean and State of illinois. of Boxbutte and State of Nebraska. William L. Ranton, to be postmaster at Sheldon, in the county James L . Stewart, to be poatmaster at Randolph, in the county of Iroquois and Stat-e of illinois. of Cedar and State of Nebraska. George J. Price, to be postmaster at Flora, in the county of Clay George W. Jackson, to be postmaster at Fairmount, in the and State of illinois. county of Fillmore and State of Nabraska. Charles W. Ta}'lor, to be postmaster at Carthage, in the county Martin V. King, to be postmaster at Geneva, in the county of of Hancock and State of Illinois. Fillmore and State of Nebraska. GeorgeS. Roush, to be postmaster at Lena, in the county of Arthur A. Logan, to be postmaster at Creighton, in the county Stephenson an

Levi M. Copeland, to be postmaster at :Minden, in the county Aaron R. Wheeler, to be postmast-er at St. Louis, in the county of Kearney and State of Nebra.ska. of Gratiot and State of Michigan. Hugh Cramer, to be postmaster at Hailey, in the county of Melvin A. Bates, to be postmaster at Grayling, in the county of Blaine and State of Idaho. Crawford and State of Miclrigan. . Non-is L. Yarnall, to be -postmaster at Thurlow, in the county Abram Babcock, to be postmaster at Morenci, in the county of of Delaware and State of Pennsylvania. Lenawee and State of Michigan. Jacob R. Zuck, to be postmaster at Mount Pleasant, in the Thaddeus B. Bailey, to be postmaster at Manchester~ in the county of Westmoreland and State of Pennsylvania. county of Washtenaw and State of Michigan. George L. Minott, to be postmaster at West Gardner, in the Milo B. Halliwill, to be postmaster at Flushing, in the county county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts. of Genesee and State of Michigan. Samuel M. Turk, to be postmaster at Parkers Landing, in the Aaron W. Cooper, to be postmaster at Fowleryille, in the county county of Armstrong and State of Pennsylvania. of Livingston and State of Michigan. Samuel Wallace, to be postmaster at Bennett, in the county of James C. Wooster, to be postmaster at Cheboygan, in the county Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania. of Cheboygan and State of Michigan. William Day Wilson, to be postmaater at Clarion, in the county Frank P. \"Vare, to be postmaster at Brightwood, in the county of Clarion and State of Pennsylvania. of Hampden a.nd State of Massachusetts. Clayton 0. Slater·, to be postmaster at Latrobe, in the county of William H. Hutton, to he postmaster at Northville, in the county Westmoreland and State of Pennsylvania. of Wayne and State of Michigan. · George Sowa.sh, to be postmaster at Irwin, in the county of · Henry Loss, to be postmaster at Wayne, in the county of Wayne Westmoreland and State of Pennsylvania. and State of Michigan. Charles Seger, to be postmaster at Emporium, in the county George E. Work, to be postmaster at Sistersville, in the county of Cameron and State of Pennsylvania. of Tyler and State of West Virginia. James I. McKenna, to be postmaster at California, in the county George Wise, to be postmaster at Wheeling, in the county of of Washington and State of Pennsylvania. Ohio and State of West Virginia. John D. Scott, to be postmaster at Coraopolis, in the county of George K. Stratton, to be postmaster at Gardner, in the county Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania. of Worcester and State of :Massachusetts. John W. Stuart, to be postmaster at State College, in the John 0. Huey, to be postmaster at Mannington, in the county county of Center and State of Pennsylvania. of Marion and Stat-e of West Virginia. Thomas L. Hicks, to bepostmasteratPhiladelphia,in the county Alonzo E. Linch, to be postmaster at MoundsYille, in the county of Philade1phia and State of Pennsylvania. of Marshall and State of West Virginia. John C. Koch, to be postmaster at St. Marys, in the county of Stuart F. Reed, to be postmaster at Clarksburg in the county Elk and State of Pennsylvania. of Harrison and State of West Virginia. George H. 1.1:oore, to be postmaster at Verona, in the county of William A. Chapline, to be postmaster at Shepherdstown, in the Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania. county of Jefferson and State of West Virginia. George W. Heinbacll, to be postmaster at St. Clair, in the county Jacob R. GroYe, to be postmaster at Harpers Ferry, in the of Schuylkill and State of Pennsylvania. county of Jefferson and State of West Virginia. FrankE. Hollar, to bepostmasteratShippensburg, in the county James Forsyth Han'ison, to be pmtmaster at Piedmont, in the of Cumberland and State of Pennsylvania. county of Mineral and Stat-e of West Virginia. Henry T. Hall, to be postmaster at Lock Haven, in the county Joseph E. Roach, to bs postmaster at Atlanta, in the county of of Clinton and State of Pennsylvania. Cass and State of Texas. Benjamin F. Davis, to be postmaster at Freeland, in the county Edmund F. Seydler, to be postmaster at Weimar, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania. of Colorado and State of Texas. Joseph E. Euwer, to be postmaster at Natrona, in the county of Marshall Smith, to be postmaster at Brownwood, in the county Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania. of Brown and State of Texas. Daniel D. Groves, to be postmaster at Brockwayville, in the John M. Parish, to· be postmaster at Huntsville, in the county county of Jefferson and State of Pennsylvania. of Walker and State of Texas. Samuel 0. Comly, to be postmaster at Watsontown, in the Theodore Ray, to be postmaster at Midland, in the county of county of N01·thumberland and State of Pennsylvania. Midland and State of Texas. Robert B. Clayton, to be postmaster at Ashland, in the county Harry W. Rankin, to be postmaster at Hempstead, in the county of Schuylkill and State of PennsylYania. of Waller and State of Texas. Henry J. Van Dusen, to be po3tlnaster at Hastings, in the Jacob Mayfield, to be postmaster at Whitesboro, in the county county of Cambria and State of Pennsylvania. of Gravson and State of Texas. James Bickerton, to be postmaster at Duquesne, in the county James R. Neece, to be postmaster at Mexia, in the county of of Allegheny and State of PennsylYania. Limestone and State of Texas. Frank R. Cyphers, to be postmaster at East Pittsburg, in the Henry Palm, to be postmaster at Albany, in the county of county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania. Shackelford and State of Texas. Daniel R. C01·bus, to ba postmaster at New Brighton, in the Columbus Emanuel, to be postmaster at Jacksonville, in the county of Beaver and State o: Pennsylvania. cot_mty of Cherokee and State of Texas. Jabez A. Fe1t, to b3 postmaster at Hennessey, in the county of \'V'Hliam H. Harvey, to be postmaster at Belton, in the county Kingfisher and Territmy of Oklahoma. of Bell and State of Texas. MerYain L. Thomas, to be postmast~r at Pondcraek, in the county At.Btin 0. Spoor, to be postmaster at Winooski, in the county of of Grant and Territory of Oklahoma. Chitt~mden and State of Vermont. George W. Brown, to be postmaster at Wayne, in the county General B. Clark, t1 be postmaster at Itasca, in the county of of Delaware ap.d State of Pennsylvania. Hm and State of Texas. Louis 0. Fullen, to be postmaster at Eddy, in the county of John T.Cunningham, tobepostmasteratGraham, in the county Eddy and Territory of New Mexico. of Y om1g and State of Texas. John A. Buckles, to be postmaster at Enid, in .the county of William E. Dwyer, to be postmaster at Brenham, in the county Garfield and Territory of Oklahoma. of \Vashington and State of Texas. William C. Doug1ass, to be postmaster at Alva, in the county Jesse M . Robertson, to be postmaster at Laurens, in the county of Woods and Territory of Oklahoma. of Laul'ens and State of South Carolina. John D. Stephens, to be postmaster at Negaunee, in the county Presto:1 Rion. t0 be po:stmaster at Winnsboro, in the county of of Marquette and State of Michigan. Fairfield and Sta.te of South Carolina.. Richard M. Sampson, jr., to be postmaster at Norway, in the Harry H. Cooper, to be postmaster at Nacogdoches, in the county of Dickinson and State of :Michigan. county of Naco~d cches and State of Texas. Ma1·y J. Cun Iffe, to be postmaster at Las Cruces, in the county Henry F. HPisler, to be postmaster at St. Marys, in the county of of Donna Ana and Territory of New Mexico. Pottawatomie and Sta~e of Kau_sas. George W. Raff, to be postmaster at Traverse City, in the John W. Cass, to be postmaster at Woonso ~ket, in the county county of Grand Traverse anc1 State of Michigan. of Providence and St..

Elwin A. Howe, to be postmaster at Ludlow, in the county of Wallace K. Deem, to be postmaster at Knightstown, in the Windsor and State of Vermont. - county of Henry and State of Indiana. Joseph B. Eldredge, to be postmaster at Randolph, in the county Il:a H. Butterfield, to be postmaster at Agricultural College, in of Orange and State of Vermont. the county of Ingham and State of Michigan. Trescott A. Chase, to be postmaster at Bradford, in the county Frederick J. 1\Ieech, to be postmaster at Charlevoix, in the of Orange and State of Vermont. county of Charlevoix and State of Michigan. John P. Webster, to be postmaster at Lyndonville, in the county Samuel H. Young, to be postmaster at Rocky Ford, in the of Caledonia and State of Vermont. county of Otero and State of Colorado. Paul G. Ross, to be postmaster at Poultney, in the county of Arthur S. Coutant, to be postmaster at Mount Pleasant, in the Rutland and State of Vermont. county of Isabella and State of Michigan. Burt Merritt, to be postmaster at Brandon, in the county of Charles Brown, to be postmaster at Vicksburg, in the county of Rutland and State of Vermont. Kalamazoo and State of Michigan. Arthur T. Moor, to be postmaster at Farmington, in the county James A. Button, to be postmaster at Flint, in the county of of Franklin and State of Maine. Genesee and State of Michigan. George T. Hodgman, to be postmaster at Camden, in the county Alfred W. Smith, to be postmaste1· at AdTian, in the county of of Knox and State of Maine. Lenawee and State of Michigan. . Ellery H. Webster, to be postmaster at Barton, in the county of Francis E. Marsh, jr., to be postmaster at Quincy, in the county Orleans and State of Vermont. of Branch and State of Michigan. Frank A. Knight, to be postmaster at North Berwick, in the Freeman B. Dickerson, to be postmaster at Detroit, in the county county of York and State of Maine. of Wayne and State of Michigan. . Fred E. Littlefield, to be postmaster at Vinal Haven, in the William Webster, to be postmaster at Sault de Ste. Made, in the county of Knox and State of Maine. county of Chippewa and State of Michigan. Isaac A. Macur<1a, to be postmaster at Wiscasset, in the county Cary W. Vining, to be postmaster at Lakeview, in the county of Lincoln and State of Maine. of Montcalm and State of Michigan. Elisha E. Clark, to be postmaster at Biddeford, in the county of Faustina M. Towle, to be postmaster at Gaylord, in the county York and State of Maine. of Otsego and State of Michigan. J. Wesley Gilman, to be postmaster at Oakland, in the county Jnlius 0. Becraft, to be postmaster at Dowagiac, in the county of Kennebec and State of Maine. of Cass and State of Michigan. Edward Harding, to be postma~ter at Gorham, in the county of Orrin G. Youngquist, to be postmaster at Marquette, in the Cumberland and State of Maine. county of Marquette and State of Michigan. Ole Howard, to be postmaster at Hillsboro, in the county of Fred A. Woodruff, to be postmaster at St. Joseph, in the county Traill and State of North Dakota. of Berrion and State of Michigan. Frank M. Hume, to be postmaster at Houlton, in the county of William G. Hudson, to be postmaster at Ludington, in the Aroostook and State of Maine. county of Mason and State of Michigan. Walter D. Stinson, to be postmaster at Augusta, in the county Henry Clark, to be postmaster at South Grand Rapids, in the of Kennebec and State of Maine. county of Kent and State of Michigan. FrankS. Goddard, to be postmaster at Ellendale, in the county Charles F. Brown, to be postmaster at Alma, in the county of of Dickey and State of N mth Dakota. Gratiot and State of Michigan. Patrick McHugh, to be postmaster at Langdon, in the county of Fred E. Moffatt, to be postmaster at Stanton, in the county of Cavalier and State of North Dakota. Montcalm and State of Michigan. Clarence E. Nichols, to be postmaster at Mandan, in the county Frank L. Irwin, to be postmaster at Albion, in the county of of Morton and State of North Dakota. Calhoun and State of Michigan. George W. Anthony, to be postmaster at New Milford, in the Alfred Milnes, to be postmaster at Coldwater, in the county of county of Litchfield and State of Connecticut. Branch and State of Michigan. John F. Callahan, to be postmaster at Casselton, in the county Thomas J. Wilson, to be postmaster at Corydon, in the county of Cass and State of North Dakota. of Harrison and State of Indiana. Martin N. Chamberlin, to be postmaster at Oakes, in the county Philipp Wilhelm, to be postmaster at Seymour, in the county of of Dickey and State of North Dakota. Jackson and State of Indiana. Tudor Gowdy, to be postmaster at Thompsonville, in the county Calvin A. Palmer, to be postmaster at Manistee, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut. of Manistee and State of Michigan. Marshall Emmons, to be postmaster at East Haddam, in the Albert C. Bearss, to be postmaster at Peru, in the county of county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut. Miami and State of Indiana. Roswell S. Edgcomb, to be postmaster at Groton, in the county Wallace W. Williamson, to be postmaster at Columbia City, in of New London and State of Connecticut. the county of Whitley and State of Indiana. J. Henry Roraback, to be postmaster at Canaan, in the county DavidS. Wilber, to be postmaster at Rising Sun, in the county of Litchfield and State of Connecticut. of Ohio and State of Indiana. William H. Marigold, to be postmaster at Bridgeport, in the James M. Hundley, to be postmaster at Summitville, in the county of ]'airfield and State of Connecticut. county of Madison and State of Indiana. Almon E. Fuller, to be postmaster at Litchfield, in the county Perry J. Freeman to be postmaster at Richmond, in the county of Litchfield and State of Connecticut. of Wayne and State of Indiana. Hubert Williams, to be postmaster at Lakeville, in the county George E. Burbank, to be postmaster at Oakland City, in the of Litchfield and State of Connecticut. county of Gibson and State of Indiana. WilliamS. Judd, to be postmaster at New Britain, in the county Coursen J. Stright, to be postmaster at Albany, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut. of Delaware and State of Indiana. . Joseph W. Chandler, to be postmaster at Staff01·d Springs, in the Andrew Morrissey, to be postmaster at Notre Dame, in the c.0unty of Tolland and State of Connecticut. county of St. Joseph and State of Indiana. Ed win Price, to be postmaster at Grand Junction, in the county Walter S. Montgomery, to be postmaster at Greenfield, in the of Mesa and State of Colorado. county of Hancock and State of Indiana. Homer H . Grafton, to be postma ter at Manitou, in the county J. B. Woods, to be postmaster at Hammond, in the county of of El Paso and State of Colorado. Lake and State of Indiana. Mary E. Bostwick, to be postmaster at Blackhawk, in the county William C. Vance, to be postmaster at Noblesville, in the county of Gilpin and State of Colorado. of Hamilton and State of Indiana. Francis M. Tague, to be postmaster at Las Animas, in the county Charles Sullivan, to be postmaster at Garrett, in the county of of Bent and State of Colorado. Dekalb and State of Indiana. James 1\1. Simms, to be postmaster at Fort Collins, in the county WilliamS. Chase, to be postmaster at Sturgis, in the county of of Larimer and State of Colorado. Meade and State of South Dakota. Henry J. Sears, to be postmaster at Central City, in the cotmty DuncanMcA. Williams, to be postmaster at Fowler, in the county of Gilpin and State of Colorado. of Benton and State of Indiana. Frank M. Reardon, to be postmaster at Victor, in the county of Vinson V. "'\Villiams, to be postmaster at Bedford, in the county El Paso and State of Colorado. of Lawrence and State of Indiana. Roberb J. McCartney, to be postmaster at Silverton, in the FrankL. Mease, to be postmaster at Madison, in the county of county of San Juan and State of Colorado. Lake and State of South Dakota. Daniel E. Cooper, to be postmaster at Lamar, in the county of Marcellus B. Kent, to be postmaster at Elk Point, in the county Prowers and State of Colol'ado. of Union and State of South Dakota. Charles D. Parks, to be postmaster at La Junta, in the county David B. Jeffris, to be postmaster at Huron, in the county of of Otero and State of Colorado. Beadle and State of South Dakota. Anna G. Derry, to be postmaster at Ouray, in the county of Ach·jan Reynolds, to be postmaster at Sedan, in the county of Ouray and State of Colorado. Chautauqua and State of Kansas. 1898. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 483

Frank H. Roberts, to be postmaster at Oskaloosa, in the county Thomas N. Edwards, to be postmaster at Lawrenceburg, in the of J efferson and State of Kansas. county of Anderson and State of Kentucky. John Bell, to be postmaster at Spearfish, in the county of Law­ James C. Florence, to be postmaster at Stanford, in the county rence and State of South Dakota. of Lincoln and State of Kentucky. John Guthrie, to be postmast-er at Topeka, in the county of James M. Cole, to be postmaster at Murray, in the county of Shawnee and State of Kansas. Calloway and State of Kentucky. Frank Harlow, to be postmaster at Kingman, in the county of James William Thomason, to be postmaster at Uniontown, in Kingman and State of Kansas. the county-of Union and State of Kentucky. J. E. Humphrey, to be postmaster at Nickerson, in the county B. F. Ginn, to be postmaster at August.a, in the county of of Reno and State of Kansas. Bracken and State of Kentucky. Horace K. Bechtel, to be postmaster at Augusta, in the county Thomas Sympson, to be postmaster at Franklin, in the county of Butler and State of Kansas. of Simpson and State of Kentucky. Russell W. Branson, to be postmaster at Cherokee, in the county William A. Banks, to be postmaster at Laporte, in the county of Crawford and State of Kansas. of Laporte and State of Indiana. John Collins, to be postmaster at Horton, in the county of Brown William J. Baird, to be postmaster at Vevay, in the county of and State of Kansas. Switzerland and State of Indiana. John H. Madden, to be postmaster at Mound City, in the county J. F. Taylor, to be postmaster at Glasgow, in the county of Bar­ of Linn and State of Kansas. ren and State of Kentucky. John Q. Royce, to be postmaster at Phillipsburg, in the county William H. Bonner, to be postmaster at Clinton, in the county of Phillios and State of Kansas. of Vermilion and State of Indiana. Henry-B. Van Nest, to be postmaster at Peabody, in the county Elliott E. Barnard, to be postmaster at Delphi, in the county of of Marion and State of Kansas. "" Carroll and State of Indiana. Frank R. Lanter, to be postmaster at Olathe, in the county of William L. Boyce, to be postmaster at Mount Vernon, in the Johnson and State of Kansas. county of Posey and State of-Indiana. Charles E. McNall, to be poEttmaster at Lebanon, in the county James F. Branaman, to be postmaster at Alexandria, in the of Smith and State of Kansas. county of Madison and Stataof Indiana. William F. McGill, to be postmaster at Oswego, in the county John R. Bonnell, to be postmast9r at Crawfordsville, in the of Labette and State of Kansas. county of Montgomery and State of Indiana. Harry D. Falls, to be postmaster at Brazil, in the county of Clay Charles B. Bentley, to be postmaster at Warsaw, in the county and State of Indiana. of Kosciusko and State of Indiana. • Matthew Erwin, to be postmaster at Bourbon, in the county of James L. Caldwell, to be postmaster at Lafayette, in the county Marshall and State of Indiana. of Tippecanoe and State of Indiana. David L. Elliott, to be postmaster at Warren, in the county of Milton A. Cornell, to be postmaster at Goshen, in the county of Huntington and State of Indiana. Elkhart and State of Indiana. J ames B. Johns, to be postmaster at Tipton, in the county of Scott Cole, to be postmaster at Huntington, in the county of Tipton and State of Indiana. Huntington and State of Indiana. John H. Hoffman, t;o be postmaster at Ligonier, in the county of Henry B. Whitney, to be postmaster at Phelps, in the county of Noble and State of Indiana. Ontario and State of New York. Granville H. Forkner, to be postmaster at Auburn, in the county Francis H. ·wilson, to be postmaster at Brooklyn, in the county of Dekalb and State of Indiana. of Kings and State of New York. John W. Lewis, to be postmaster at Huntingburg, in the county George F. Pyles, to be postmaster at Anacostia, in the county Of Dubois and State of Indiana. of Washington and District of Columbia. Donald McCallum, to be postmaster at Batesville, in the county John T. Robinson, to be postmaster at Elmhurst, in the county of Ripley and State of Indiana. of Queens and State of New York. Joseph 0. Lambert, to be postmaster at Middletown, in the Prine Riggs, to be postmaster at Sodus, in the county of Wayne county of Henry and State of Indiana. and State of New York. Mahlon W. Marshall, to be postmaster at Rockville, in the Samuel D. Willard, to be postmaster at Geneva, in the county county of Parke and State of Indiana. of Ontario and State of New York. William W. McColloch, to be postmaster at Monticello, in the John J. Inman, to be postmaster at Salamanca, in the county of county of White and State of Indiana. Cattaraugus and State of New York. William H. Mallory, to be postmaster at Veedersburg, in the James C. McCarty, to be postmaster at Rhinebeck, in the county county of Fountain and State of Indiana. of Dutchess and State of New York. Ernest H. Niebaum, to be postmaster at Aurora, in the county John D. Nicholson, to be postmaster at Elizabethtown, in the of Dearborn and State of Indiana. county of Essex and State of New York. Fred H. Nauer, to be postmaster at North Vernon, in the county Hollis G. De Baun, to be postmaster at Haverstraw, in the of Jennings and State of Indiana. county of Rockland and State of New York. Maurice Morris, to be postmaster at New Albany, in the county Edward C. Fisk, to be postmaster at Mayville, in the county of of Floyd and State of Indiana. Chautauqua and State of New York. Clarkson D. Overman, to be postmaster at Fairmount, in the Max Geldner, to be postmaster at New Dorp, in the county of county of Grant and State of Indiana. Richmond and State of New York. Frank Oldham, to be postmaster at Sheridan, in the county of Frederick G. Shafer, to be postmaster at Cape Vincent, in the Hamilton and State of Indiana. cotmty of Jefferson and State of New York. Elam H. Neal, to be postmaster at Jonesboro, in the county of George Ripperger, to be postmast-er at Long Island City, in the Grant and State of Indiana. county of Queens and State of New York. RobertS. Potts, to be postmaster at Thorntown, in the county John F. Wilkin, to be postmaster at Montgomery, in the county of Boone and State of Indiana. of Orange and State of New York. James D. Parvin, to be postmaster at Evansville, in tlie county Charles Hapgood, to be postmaster at Marysville, in the county of Vanderburg and State of Indiana. of Yuba and State of California. Albert S. Peacock, to be postmaster at Attica, in the county of Francis I. Gardiner, to be postmaster at Soldiers Home, in the Fountain and State of Indiana. county of Los Angeles and State of California. Adolphus C. Stephenson, to be postmaster at Worthington, in Albert P. Seaton, to be postmaster at New Hartford, in the the county of Greene and State of Indiana. county of Oneida and State of New York. Joe E. Shryer, to be postmaster at Bloomfield, in the county of Sheldon Littlefield, to be postmaster at Anaheim, in the county Greene and State of Indiana. · of Orange and State of California. · George H. Service, to be postmaster at New Carlisle, in the Allen B. Lemmon, to be postmaster at Santa Rosa, in the county county of St. Joseph and State of Indiana. of Sonoma and State of California. John D. Martin, to be postmaster at Madisonville, in the county Frank Hickman, to be postmaster at Hanford, in the county of of Hopkins and State of Kentucky. Kings and State of California. Walter W. Wills, to be postmaster at Linton, in the county of Benjamin A. Osborn, to be postmaster at Watsonville, in the Greene and State of Indiana. countv of Santa Cruz and State of California. Thomas T. Whiteker, to be postmaster at Kokomo, in the county Lee·:McLaughlin, to be postmaster at Sanger, in the county of of Howard and State of Indiana. Fresno and State of California. George l\1. Crider, to be postmaster at Marion, in the county of Robert J. Nixon, to be postmaster at Yreka, in the county of Crittenden and State of Kentucky. Siskiyou ancl State of California. Thomas F. Beadles, to be postmaster at Fulton, in the county of George Stickles, to be postmaster at Angels Camp, in the county Fulton and State of Kentucky. of Calaveras and State of California. John 1\I. Jameson, jr., to be postmaster at Millersburg, in the Austin Wiley, to be postmaster at Arcata, in the county of county of Bourbon and State of Kentucky. Humboldt and State of California. 484 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. JANUARY 10,

Robert Shaw, to be postmaster at Hollister, in the county of San Gideon M. Gifford, to be postmaster at Elkader, in the county Benito and State of California. of Clayton and State of Iowa. Samuel W. Metcalf, to be postmaste1· at Sisson, in the county of Samuel D. Henry, to be postmaster at Coon Rapids, in the county Siskiyou and State of California. of Carroll and State of Iowa. William N. Anderson, to be postmaster at San Rafael, in the James A. Henderson, to be postmaster at Cherokee, in the county county of Marin and State of California. of Cherokee and State of Iowa. George W. Lovie, to be postmaster at Redwood City, in the James J. Elliott, to be postmaster at Onawa, in the county of county of San Mateo and State of California. Monona and State of Iowa. Richard :M:. Ryan. to be postmaster at Gilroy, in the county of Thomas A. Ferguson, to be postmaster at Lenox, in the county Santa Clara and State of California. of Taylor and State of Iowa. Frank J. Payne, to be postmaster at Sutter Creek, in the county Thomas G. Gilson, to be postmaster at Knoxville, in the county of Amador and State of California. of Marion and State of Iowa. George B. Baer, to be postmaster at Cloverdale, in the county William G. Crow, to be postmaster of Eldon, in the county of of Sonoma and State of California. Wapello and State of Iowa. Thomas C. King, to be postmaster at Carrollton, in the county James P. Davis, to be postmaster at Bonaparte, in the county of Carroll and State of Kentucky. of Van Buren and State of Iowa. Benjamin W. Hall, to be postmaster at Mount Sterling, in the James T. Ellis, to be postmaster at Panora, in the county of county of J\{ontgomery and State of Kentucky. Guthrie and State of Iowa. Lafayette VanDusen, to be postmaster at Ukiah, in the county Phil A. Boland, to be postmaster at Lemars, in the county of of Mendocino and State of California. Plymouth and State of Iowa. William A. Waters, to be postmaster at Springfield, in the August F. Bergman, to be postmaster at Spirit Lake, in the county of Washington and State of Kentucky. county of Dickinson and State of Iowa. - Henry P. Waits, to be postmaster at Midway, in the county of John J. Clark, to be postmaster at Bedford, in the county of Woodford and State of Kentucky. Taylor and State of Iowa. Orrin A. Reynolds, to be postmaster at Covington, in the county I William F. Atkinson, to be postmaster at Laurens, in the county of Kenton and State of Kentucky. of Pocahontas and State of Iowa. Charles E. Fell, to be postmaster at-Pendleton, in the county of John Bird, to be postmaster at Parkersburg, in the county of Umatilla and State of Oregon. Butler and State of Iowa. John C. Ardrey, to be postmaster at La Grande, in the county David L. Boynton, to be postmaster at Denison, in the county' of Union and State of Oregon. of Crawford and State of Iowa. Byron 'i'. Potter, to be postmaster at Baker (,"ity, in the county Henry A. Perrin~ to be postmaster at Monroe, in the county of of Baker anrl State of Oregon. Jasper and Stat~ of Iowa. James H. Morrison, to be postmaster at Seymour, in the county Charles J. Adams, to be postmaster at Reinbeck, in the county of Wayne aud State of Iowa. of Grundy and State of Iowa. Thomas B. Megear~ to be postmaster at Smyrna, in the county Daniel M. Anderson, to be postmaster at Albia, in the county of of Kent and State of Delaware. Monroe and State of Iowa. Burtis W. Johnson, to be postmaster at Corvallis, in the county Francia M. Reeves, to be postmaster at Mena, in the county of of Benton and State of Oregon. Polk and State of Arkansas. John Ledgerwood, to be postmaster at Leon, in the county of Henry J. Muhs~ to be postmaster at Akron, in the county of Decatur .and State of Iowa. Plymouth and State of Iowa. Charles M.l\Iarshall, to be postmaster at Moulton, in the cotmty Hanno P. Newton, to be postmaster at Keota, in the county of of Appanoose and State of Iowa. Keokuk and State of Iowa. Frank H. 1\IcCabe, to be postmaster at Logan, in the county of Charles E. Slate, to be postmaster at Winchester, in the county Harrison and State of Iowa. of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire. Fred W. Browne, to be postmaster at Belle Plaine, in the county Albert Clement, to be postmaster at Antrim, in the county of of Benton and State of Iowa. · Hillsboro and State of New Hampshire. Edward P. Heizer, to be postmaster at Sioux City, in the county William L. Jefferies, to be postmaster at Clarendon, in the county of Woodbm·y and State of Iowa. of :Monroe and State of Arkansas. W. A. De Lashmutt, to be postmaster at Mount Ayr, in the Ira A. Ramsay, to be postmaster at Colebrook, in the county of county of Ringgold and State of Iowa. Coos and State of Nflw Hampshire. Horatio Ed. Smith, to be postmaster at Dows, in the county of William H. Small, to be postmaster at New Market, in the county Wright and State of Iowa. of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire. Frederick J. Will, to be postmaster at Eagle Grove, in the county Walter H. Stewart, to be postmaster at Franklin, in the county of Wright and State of Iowa. of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire. E. H. Allison, to be postmaster at Grundy Center, in the county Enoch H. Vance, jr., to be postmaster at Malvern, in the county of Grundy and State of Iowa. of Hot Spring and State of Arkansas. Gerald L. Whinery, to be postmaster at Iowa Falls, in the Allen N. Vanhooser, to be postmaster at Siloam Springs, in the eounty of Hardin and State of Iowa. county of Benton and State of Arkansas. Clinton L. Zollinger, to be postmaster at Ogden, in the county A. Elmer Bean, to be postmaster at Berlin, in the county of of Boone and State of Iowa, Coos and State of New Hampshire. Theodore H. Haecker, to be postmaster at Hampton, in the John W. Matthewson, to be postmaster at Mammoth Spring, in county of Franklin and State of Iowa. the county of Fulton and State of Arkansas. John Tooley, to be postmaster at New Hampton, in the county William A. Price, to be p<;>stmaster at Clarksville, in the county of Chickasaw and State of Iowa. of Johnson and State of Arkansas. Ebenezer A. Teeling, to be postmaster at Charles City, in the Jacob Shaul, to be postmaster at Marianna, in the county of county of Floyd and State of Iowa. Lee and State of Arkansas. James W. Wilson, to be postmaster at Sac City, in.the county Winfield S. Holt, to be postmaster at Litt.le Rock, in the county of Sac and State of Iowa. . of Pulaski and State of Arkansas. Isaac C. Munger, to be postmasteratWaterloo, in"thecountyof John W. Howell, to be postmaster at HotSprings,in the county Blackhawk and State of Iowa. of Garland and State of Arkansas. Albert Romey, to be postmaster at Sibley, in the county of William P. Jones, to be postmaster at Batesville, in the county Osceola and State of Iowa. of Independence and State of Arkansas. Willard W. Reynolds, to be postmaster at Sheldon, in the county Dora Clow, to be postmaster at Arkadelphia, in the county of · of O'Brien and State of Iowa. Clark and State of Arkansas. Innes Mackenzie, to be postmaster at Sioux Rapids, in the William B. Empie, to be postmaster at Newport, in the county county of Buena Vista and State of Iowa. of Jackson and State of Arkansas. Sherman F. Myers, to be postmaster at Anita, in the county of Leo K. Fesler, to be postmaster at Rogers, in the county of Cass and State of Iowa. Benton and State of Arkansas. Bernard Murphy to he postmaster at Vinton, in the county of John A. Brouse, to be postmaster at Lonoke, in the county of Bent-on and State of Iowa. Lonoke and State of Arkan::as. John B. Hungerford, to be postmaster at Carroll, in the county William K. Baker, to be postmaster at Wynne, in the county of of Carroll and State of Iowa. Gross and State of Arkansas. William F. Judiesch, to be postmaster at Holstein, in the county Samuel I. Clark, to be postmaster at Helena, in the county of of Ida and State of Iowa. Phillips and State of Arkansas. Thomas D. Long, to be postmaster at Manson, in the county of G. B. Russell, to be postmaster at Audubon, in the county oi Calhoun and State of Iowa. Audubon and State of Iowa. - 1898. .CONGRESSIONAL-- RECORD-·HOUS]1. 485"

E . G . Swift, to be postmaster at State Cent-31", in-the county of The CHAI RMAN. The H ouse is in Com mittee of the Whole Marshall and State of Iowa. H ouse on the state of the Union for t he further consideration of R. C. White, to be po3tmaster at Glenwood, in the county of the bill H . R . 4751. The gentleman from Missouri [Mr. DocKERY] Mills and State of Iowa. is recognized for fifteen minutes. JosephS. Garrett; to be postmaster at Columbus, in the county M1~. DOCK ERY. I yield that time to my colleague [Mr. of :Muscogee and State of Georgia. Coo~EY] . Daniel E. Pond, to be postmaster at Monticello, in the county of ~li·. COONEY. Mr. Chairman, in the eagerness with which Jones and State of Iowa. some gentlemen have rushed forward as defenders of the President Frank H . Robbins, to be postmaster at Waukon, in the county as a civil-service reformer they have rudely brushed up against of Allamakee and State of Iowa. the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury with rough and unsympar thetic shoulders. I have waited to see his defender issue forth from that side of the Chamber , but he has not come. All ar e preoccupied, either in HOUSE QF REPRESENTATIVES. pra~sing the President for what he has done as a civil-service re­ former in the past, or are encouraging and elaborately defending :MoNDAY, January 10, 1898. the President for what they hope and desire he may do as a spoils­ The House met at 12 o'clock m . Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. man in the future. HENRY N. COUDEN. Under these circumstances I may not be blamed with presump­ The Journal of Saturday's proceedings was read and approved. tion if a spirit of justice and fair play urges me to defend that honorable gentleman in some of the propositions set forth in his DIS'l'RICT BUSINESS. statement of December 15last, and to enter a protest against the Mr. CURTIS of Iowa. ]olr. Speaker, this being the second :Mon­ manner in which that valuable statement was received, first by day of January, the day under the rule, I believe, is set apart for an evasive deni:l.l and then forgotten, by his party friends on this consideration of District of Columbia business. In theabsenceof floor. That statement contains three simple prop.ositions of fact: the chairman on the Committee on the District of Columbia, I First, that the condition of affairs brought about in his Depart­ am requested to ask unanimous consent that Monday, one week men t by the operation of the civil-service law has become a menace from to-day, be substituted for to-day. to efficient labor in his Department. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Iowa, on behalf of the Second, that to relieve the Department from this menace it pro­ Committee on the District of Columbia, asks unanimous consent posed to reduce to a salary of 3900 those who are now receiving that Monday next be substituted for the present day for the con­ double that amount or more and who have grown old and ineffi­ sideration of business of that committee. Is there objection? cient in the service of the Government, exacting from them only [After a pause.] The Chair hears none. a moderate amount of labor and time, and advancing young and SENATE BILLS REFERRED. efficient men to their positions. Under clause 2 of Rule XXIV,Senate bills of the following titles Third, that this method is practically pensioning the old clerks were taken from the Speaker's table and referred to their appro­ at the rate of $75 a month, which, through the force of the civil­ priate committees, as indicated below: serv'ice law, may be put into immediate a.nd successful operation S. 1197. An act for the relief of Rinaldo P . Smith, of Baltimore, without the aid of any other legislation or act of Congress. 1\!d.-to the Committee on Claims. Not one of these pr opositions has yet been successfully refuted S. 103-4. An act for the relief of James Eganson, of Henderson, on this floor. Not one of them has yet been dignified with an Ky.-to the Committee on Pensions. opposition of strength greater than an evasive denial; ancl yet, S. 948. An act granting a pension to J osepb :M:. Waddell- to the taken together· and coming from such a source, they constitute Committee on Pensions. an indictment against the whole law which, in the judgment of the nation, has condemned it beyond redemption by any modification DEBATE ON THE CIVIL SERVICE. that has yet been proposed by its friends. Mr. 1\IOODY. .Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent of the The honorable and able member fTom Indiana [Mr. JoHNso~] House that upon the subject now under consideration in Com­ has been so frequently referred to in the course of this debate mittee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, members that any remarks would appear out of harmony with the occasion ha\e leave to print remarks for ten days. thatdo not continue that reference. He is the Michael of reform, The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Massachusetts asks who has received commission to go forward and boldly strike out unanimous consent that general leave to print on the civil-service with his mailed fist, and more firmly plant in the Departments of branch of the bill under consideration in Committee of the Whole the Government that shield that ha.s inscribed on it the strange House on the state of the Union be given for ten days from this device of the American mugwump. day. He has denounced this statement as being unfortunate at this Mr. PERKINS. Mr. Speaker, I do not know that I hall object. juncture in public affairs. He has characterized it as a badge of A great deal of time has been given to this matter, discussion has incompetency upon the part of the Assistant Secretary of the taken a very wide range, and it seems to me that it is hardly wise Treasury to administer the civil-service law, and has warned the to make this extension. Secretary of the Treasury to be more careful how he permits his Mr. MOODY. Mr. Speaker, I agree entirely with what the gen­ assistant to talk upon this subject in the future. And why? Sim­ tleman from Iowa has said. A great deal of time has been spent, ply because that statement discloses at an inopportune time for but there is a. desire on the part of a good many members on both the gentleman the existence of a pension attachment to the civil­ sides of the House to avail themselves of this leave to print; and, service law. It is useless for gentlemen to undertake now to blind after consu1tation with members, I think it would tend to hasten themselves or to blinu others by passionate denials of Mr. Vander­ tho appmach of the close of this debate. I do not propose at this lip's construction of the law, or to intimate that he is an enemy of time to ask the attention of the House to the latter subject, but if the law, or that he is a wolf from the camp of the spoils system this leave be given, I entertain the hope that at a later hour in the found in the fold of those whose fleeces are washed whiter than day it may be possible for us to make some agreement. I trust snow. gentlemen will not object. I do not ask leave to print for more He is as honest and sincere a friend of the law as any reformer on than ten days. this floor; he has fortified his judgment of the law by the opinion Mr. PERKINS. Mr. Speaker, I am decidedly in favor of any of the Civil Service Commission, and his statement before pub­ motion that will bring this debate to an early conclusion. My lished had the approval of members of this House who know the own judgment is that the whole business is unfortunate; and law and are in sympathy with it. Personally I do not believe that with the understanding that this lea.ve to print shall be confined the law in its scope is constitutional, only in the sense that disease to what members would say for themselves-original matte1·-and is said to bo constitutional and gathers its strength and develops what they would say upon the floor of this House, and with the its force and jurisdiction over the body by age. assurance-- But, admitting the law to be constitutional, we must then admit M.r. STEELE. Mr. Speaker, I think I shsJl object anyhow. that the construction placed on it by Mr. Vanderlip is not strained, Tile SPEAKER. Objection is made. but is inevitably necessary. That law provides for life tenure of .Mr. :MOODY. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House resolve itself office. Those who favor it hold that to be the cardinal principle into Committee of tho Who!e House on the state of the Union for anu vital point of the law. Is not, then, Mr. Vanderlip's propo­ tile further consideratton of the legislative appropriation bill. sition in the interest of economy under that law? Is not his prop­ The motion was agreed to. osition an honest effort to carrv out and ·nreserve the life-tenure The SPE...<\.KER. In the absence of the gentleman from Illinois features of the law, while at the same tiine he aims to preserve rl\!r. HOPKINS]' the Chair will appoint the gentleman from New the service of his Department from the incompetency and destruc­ York [Mr. PAYrm] as Chairman of the Committee of the Whole tion with which it is threatened by that law? But gentlemen say E:oase on the state of the Union. that he has the power and it is his duty to dismiss incompetent The House accordingly resolved itself into -Committee of the men. There is where the law is a dead letter. It only weakens Whole House on the state of the Union, Mr. PAYNE in the chair, and discourages in officers the exercise of that duty. Those upou