2948 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. APRIL 30, Mr. EDEN. I move that the gent,lemau be excused. Blair County, Pennsylvania, for the extension of the credit of the Mr. WRIGHT. Is that motion debatable? Government to aid in the completion of the Texas Pacific Railroad­ The SPEAKER pro tmnpore. It is not. to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad. The mot-ion of Mr. EDEN was agreed to. By Mr. COX, of Ohio: The petition of citizens of Toledo, Ohio, Mr. WRIGHT. I rise to a parliamentary inquiry. and vicinity, against the pa-ssage of the bill (H. R. No. 3689) on the The SPEAKER pro temp<Yre. The gentleman will state it. subject of lake and river fisheries-to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. WRIGHT. I desire to make the inquiry in advance of what­ By Mr. CUMMINGS: The petition of pensioners of Iowa, against ever sentence may be imposed upon the next delinquent. I want to abolishing pension agencies-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. know why, when a motion is made to excuse a culprit, it cannot be By Mr. CULBERSON: -The memorial of the Grayson County (Texas) debated by members of this HoU3e. Council of the Patrons of Husbandry, for the protection of the prop­ Mr. CONGER. There are some other gentlemen at the door wait­ erty of citizens of Texaa from depredations of Indians upon reserves­ ing to come in ; I hope business will proceed. to the Committee on Indian Affairs. The SPEAKER pro tempm·e. Mr. TURNEY, you have been absent By Mr. FELTON: Papers relating to the war claim of James M. from the session of the Honse this evening without its leave. What Lee-to the Committee on War Claims. excuse have you to offer f - By Mr. GIDDINGS: Ten petitions from citizens of Panola, Upshur, Mr. TURNEY. Without designing any contempt of the Honse, I Smith, Polk, Trinity, Ellis, Hardin, Falls, Newton, and Angelina will say that having been reasonably regular in my attendance here, Counties, Texas, for the division of said State into two judicial dis­ and having some business to transact at home, I left the city on tricts-to the Committee on the Judiciary. Friday night. I returned to-night about half an hour before I met By Mr. JOYCE: The petition of Helen M. Stickney, for a pension­ -the officer of this Honse. As soon as I came here I noti~ed the light to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. in the Dome of the Capitol, and I inquired what particular business By Mr. KIMMEL: The petition of Anton Hoflich, for a pension­ was engaging the attention of the Honse to-night. I was told by a to the same committee. man, whom I supposed entirely posted, th:it the session to-ni~ht was By Mr. LOCKWOOD: Papers relating to the claim of Gustavus A. merely for the purpose of receiving reports from the Comnnttee on Scroggs, late provost-ma.rshn.l of the thirteenth district of New York-· Public Lands. Being tired, I did not think it necessary to come; to the Committee of Claims. 1 but I fell into the clutches of the Sergeant-at-Arms and was brought By Mr. MANNING: Papers relating to the war claims of Mrs. Sarah here. West and Patrick :McDermott-to the Committee on War Cla.ims. Mr. CONGER. I think the gentleman is entirely too credulous. By Mr. MONROE: .A paper relating to the establishment of a. post­ Mr. WRIGHT. I move that the gentleman be excused. route from Medina., by Abbeyville, to Liverpool, Ohio-to the Com­ Mr. BANNING. You do not propose to make him pay costs f mittee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Mr. WRIGHT. Oh, no. By Mr. PATTERSON, of Colorado: Papers rela.ting to the claim of The motion of Mr. WRIGHT was agreed to. John R. Holland-to the Committee of Claims. The deputy sergeant-at-arms again appeared at the bar and re­ By Mr. PHILLIPS: The petition of John J. Tallman, for an increase ported that in accordance with the order of the House he had arrested of the compensation of mail messengers and other postal officials-to and now had at the bar of the Honse Mr. HENDERSON, of illinois. the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. The SPEAKER pro ternpore. It is my duty to inquire of yon, Mr. By Mr. PRICE: The petition of Barnard McNally, for compensa­ HENDERSON, what excuse yon have to offer for being absent from the tion for services rendered the Government in 1848 and 1849-to the session of the Honse this evening without its leave f Committee of Claims. Mr. HENDERSON. The only excuse I have to offer is that I was By Mr. RICE, of Massachusetts: The petitions of Philip L. Moen not present when this evening session wa-s ordered, and did not un­ and others and of the Board of Tra-de of Worcester, Massachusetts, derstand the terms of the order. I understood it was simply for against an income tax-to the Committee ofWays and Means. debate, and I have not been in the habit of attending any such ses­ By Mr. ROBERTSON, of Louisiana: The petitions of the publishers sions. of the Amite City (Louisiana) Independent, and of the Washington Mr. WILSON. I move that the gentleman be discharged. (Louisiana) Enterprise, for the abolition of the duty on type-to the The motion was agreed to. same committee. _· Mr. BANNING.. I move that the House no_w adjoutn. By Mr. TOWNSHEND, of Illinois: The p(\tition of 76 citizens of The motion was agreed to; and accordingly (at eleven o'clock and Coles County, Illinois, for the passage of the bill to repeal the law ten minutes p.m.) tbe House adjourned until to-morrow at eleven authorizing the removal of cases from State to Federal courts-to o'clock a. m. the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. WATSON: The petition of the passed assistant engineers of the United States Navy for a change in the method of grading PETITIONS, ETC. their pay-to the Committee on Naval Affairs. The following petitions, &c., were presented at the Clerk's desk, B'y Mr. WILLIS, of Kentucky: Papers relating to the pension claim under the rule, and referred as stated: of RobertS. Goodall-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. ALDRICH: The petition of Charles J. Hardy and 45 others, By Mr. WILLIS, of New York; The petitions of Major-General H. bankers and business men of Chicago, Illinois, for the establishment A. Barnum and others; of J. C. Pinckney, late colonel Sixty-sixth of a branch mint at Chicago-to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, New York Volunteers and brevet brigadier-general United States and Measures. Volunteers and oth('>rs, and of M. A. Reed and others, soldiers in the By Mr. BELL : The petition of Green S. Duke, to have refunded late war, for the compilation of data relating to the battle of Gettys­ taxes illegally collected from him as a licensed distiller-to the Com­ bnrgh-to the Committee on Military Affairs. mittee of C~aims. By Mr. WRIGHT: The petition of officers of the Union Army in the By Mr. BREWER: A paper relating to the pension claim of Joseph late war, of similar import-to the same committee. Burt-to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. By Mr. BUCKNER: The petition of Nancy Fleanor, for a pension­ to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. BUTLER: The separate petitions of Samuel M. Freeman and James Dolon, for the correction of their military record-to the Committee on Military A:ffa.irs. IN SENATE. Also, the petition of Joanna Judge, for the correction of the mili­ tary record of her late husband, Peter .Judge-to the same commit­ TuESDAY, April30, 1878. tee. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. BYRON SUNDERLAND, D. D. Also, the. petition of 1,760 inmates of the central branch of the Na­ The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. tional Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at Dayton, Ohio, for the HOUSE BILLS REFERRED. reappointment of Hon. L. B. Gunckel as manager-to the same com­ mittee. The bill (H. R. No. 4574) to remove the political disabilities of Also, the petition of Mrs. Louisa C. Lowe, for a pension-to the GeorgeS. Shyrock, was read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on the Judiciary. Also, the petition of William Craig, for compensation for losses sus­ The bill (H. R. No. 1757) relating to vessels not propelled by steam tained while transporting Government property-to the Committ-ee or sail, was read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on of Claims. Commerce. Also, the petition of George W. Di~ett and Samuel Barlow, that MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE, greenbacks be received in payment ot duties-to the Committee of A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. GEORGE M. Ways and Means. ADAMs, its Clerk, announced that the Honse had concurred in the Also, the petition of James Freeman and 23 others, that six hours report of the committee of conference on the clisagreeing votes of be made a legal day's work-to the Committee on Education and the two Houses on the bill (H. R. No. 3822) making appropriations Labor. for the naval service for the year ending June 30, um~, and for other Also, the petition of William Wickersham, that letters-patent of purposes. the United States numbered 47135 and 4786 may be ('>Xtended-to the The message also announced that the House had passed a bill (H.