1879. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 1113 The vote being announced, Mr. GARFillLD said: I raise the point that no quorum is pre8ent. IN SENATE. This question is too important to be decided by less than a quorum. SATURDAY, February 8, 1879. The.SPEAKER. No quorum bas voted. Prayer by the Cha~lain, Rev. BYRON SUNDERLAND, D. D. Mr. P .A.TTERSON, of Colorado. I move that the House now ad- The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. journ. • The question being taken, there were-ayes 54, noes 44. CREDENTIALS. Mr. McKENZIE. I call for the yeas and nays. Mr. GARL~D presented the credentials of JAMEs D. WA.LKER., Mr. STEPHENS, of Georgia. I hope the gentleman will withdraw chosen by the Legislature of Arkansas a Senator from that State for the demand for the yeas and nays. There is no quorum present, and the term beginning March 4, 1879 ; which were read. and ordered to we may as well adjourn. be filed. The yeas and nays were not ordered. EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS. So the motion to adjourn was agreed to; and accordingly (at nine The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a. message from the o'clock and forty minutes p. m.) tlie House adjourned. President of the United States, submitting a report of the commis­ sion appointed under the provisions of theaot approvedMay 3,1878, entitled ''An act autborizin~ the President of the Un,ited States to PETITIONS, ETd. make certain negotiations With the Ute Indians in the State of Col· The following petitions, &c., were presented at the Clerk's desk, orado ; which was ordered to lie on the table and be printed. under the rule, and referred as stated: He also laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary By Mr. BLAIR: The petition of Mrs. Whitney Breed, Mrs. Marion of War, transmitting a letter from the Commissary-General of Sub­ Hatch, and 65 other ladies, af Alstead, New Hampshire, for the enforce­ sistence, in relation to the reduction in salary and number of clerks ment ef the laws against polygamy-to the Cammittee on the Judi­ in his office; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations. ciary. He also laid before the Senate a communication from the Secre­ By Mr. CIDTTENDEN: The petition of Henrietta Chase, for a pen­ tary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chlef of Engineers and a sion-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. report from Major C. B. Comstock, Corps of Engineers, on the cost ·By Mr. CRAPO: The petition of Jefferson Borden and others, of of different classes of work on lake surveys from June 30, 1871, to June Fall River, Massachusetts, for the establishment of a signal station 30, 1878, which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. on Block Island-to the Committee on Appropriations. He also laid before the Senate a communication from the Secre­ Also, the petition of William Lewis and others, of New Bedford, tary of War, transmitting the petition of Assistant Sur~eon Henry Me­ Massachusetts, of similar import-to the same committee. Elderry, United States Army, setting forth the injust1oo that will be By Mr. DAVIS, of California: Memorial of the Chamber of Com­ done him if the proposed rearrangement of assistant surgeons goes merce of San Francisco,. California., favoring an appropriation for the into effect; which was referred to the Committee on Military .A1fairs. construction of a revenue-marine steamer for service in Alaskan He also laid before the Senate a communication from the Secre­ waters, and for the adoption of some economical form of civil gov­ tary of War, transmitting a letter from Major-General Irvin McDow­ ernment in Alaska-to the Committee on Commerce. ell, commanding the military division of the Pacific, recommending an By Mr. ERRETT: The petition of manufacturers of Pittsburgh, appropriation of $23,000 to pay the city of San Francisco for improv­ Pennsylv-ania, that the duty on tin plate be fixed at two and one-half ing Bay street along the southern boundary of the military reservation cents per pound-to the Committee of Ways and Means. of Point San Jose, California; which was referred to the Committee By Mr. GARFIELD: The petition of 150 officers and members of on Appropriations. the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Andover, Ohio, for a He also laid before the Senate a communication from the Secre­ commission of inquiry concerning the alcoholic liquor traffic-to the tary of War, transmitting a report of the Quartermaster-General of Committee on the Judiciary. the measures taken to secure from railroad companies through tickets Also, papers relating to the pension claim of Sarah M. Birdsall-to and through rates of transportation on requests issued by the Quar-. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. master's Department; which was referred to the Committee on Ap­ By Mr. GOODE: The petition of citizens of Williamsburgh, Vir­ propriations. ginia, far an appropriation to improve Archer's Hope River-to the . He also laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary Committee on Commerce. of War, transmitting a letter from the Adjutant-General of tb,e Army, By Mr. HAZELTON : The petition of Mrs. Sturgis and 38 others, asking for twenty-five additional clerks for his office; which was of Richland Centre, Wisconsin, for legislation to make effective the referred to the Committee on Appropriations. anti-polygamy law of 1862---to the Committee ou the Judiciary. SMITHSONIAN REPORT. Also, the petition of Mrs. E. C. Rockwell and 16 others, of Forest, Wisconsin, of similar import--to the same committee. The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communication .Also, the petition of Mrs. S . .A.. Miner and 76 others, of Richland from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, transmitting his annual report of the operations, expenditures, and condition of that Centre, Wiscons~, of similar import-to the same committee. Also, the petition of Mrs. C. M. Henderson and 74 others, of Platte­ Institution for the year 1878; which was ordered to lie on the table. ville, Wisconsin, of similar import-to the same committee. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. By Mr. HOUSE: The petition of Appleton P. Clark and others, Mr. DAWES. I present the memorial of the Westfield Cigar Com­ for the extension of the Capitol grounds from First to Second streets pany, of Westfield, and several other citizens of that town, in the east and from B street north to B street south, in Washington, Dis­ State of Massachusetts, engaged in the manufacture of cigars, remon­ trict of Columbia-to the Committee on Public Buildings and strating against the passage of House bill No. 5430 and an amend­ Grounds. ment thereto pending in this body, providin~ for a coupon stamp By Mr. JONES, of Alabama: The petition of Olivia Godbold, that upon each and every cigar smoked by tke free citizens of these United her war claim be referred again to the southern claims commission­ States. I move its reference to the Cemmittee on Finance. w the Committee on War Claims. The motion was agreed to. By Mr. KIDDER: Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Dakota Mr.CAMERON, of Pennsylvania, presented the memorial of W. E. Territory, f4)r the creation of a new land district and the location Boyer, and others, citizens of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, en­ therein of a land office in said Terriwry-to the Committee on Public gaged in the manufacture of cigars, remonstrating against the pas­ Lantis. sage of the bill (H. R. No. 5430) to secure more efficient collection of By Mr. LANDERS : The petition of Mrs. Charles Fuller and 110 the revenue on cigars; which was referred to the Committee ou. others, of Ellington, Connecticut, for legislation to make effective Finance. the anti-polygamy laws-to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. SAUNDERS presented the petition of Susanna Bishop, Ma.rga.­ By Mr. LORING: The petition of Mrs. Julia R. Emery and 36 others, ret A. Clark, Caroline M. Closson, and 40 other ladies, of Nebraska, of Taunton, ~iassachusetts, of similar import-to the s.ame committee. praying for the passage of an act making effective the anti-polygamy Also, a paper relating to the petition of Reuben E. Fitts, for a pen­ law of 1862; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. sion-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mr. SARGENT presented the petition of Benjainin Flint and others, By Mr. RICE, of Ohio: The petition of Henry Barton, for a pen­ citizens of San Francisco, California, who suffered losses by the pay­ sion-to the same eommittee. ment of war premiums, praying for relief out of the fund RJ>propri­ By Mr. WAIT: The petition of Josie J. Clark and others, of Can­ ated for that purpose; which was referred to the Committee on the terbury, Conhecticut, for snob legislation as will make effective the Judici~. anti-polygamy law of 1862-to the Committee on the Judiciary. , Mr. CONKLING. I present a memorial, signed somewhat exten­ By Mr. WARD: The petition of women of Downingtown, Pennsyl­ sively by citizens of New York interested in the subject, remonstrat­ vania, of similar import-to the Committee on the Territories. ing against the proposed change of method in stamping cigars by Also, the petition of Kennett monthly meeting of Friends, of Ches­ attaching a so-called coupon stamp. I move its reference to the Com- ter County, Pennsylvania, for the passage of the Senate bill providing mittee on Finance. · for a. oommission of inquiry concerning the alcoholic liquor traffic­ The motion was agreed to. to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. FERRY presented the memorial of Kirby, Furlong & Co.