CONGRESSIO-NAL RECORD. PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. F 'IRST SESSION. SEN.ATE. with somber drapery except Thou do restrain. Bid him, oh bid him for a time, withdraw his withering gaze from our chief citizens, that MONDAY, December 7, 1885. they may recover strength before they go hence to be no more. Onr petition is before the God of Nations. Answer it, we pray Thee, The first Monday of December being the day prescribed by the Con­ according to Thy riches in glory, by Christ Jesus, our Redeemer. Amen. stitution of the United States for the annual meeting of Congress, the first session of the Forty-ninth Congress commenced this day. ELECTION OF PRESIDENT PRO TEl\lPORE. The Senators assembled in the Senate Chamber in the Capitol at The SECRETARY (ANsoN G. McCooK). The Senate will please be Washington city. in order. PRAYER. Mr. EDMUNDS. Mr. Secretary, I offer the resolution which I send Rev. E. D. HUNTLEY, D. D., Chaplain to the Senate, offered the fol­ to the desk. lowing prayer : The SECRETARY. The Senator from Ve:rmont offers a resolution, Let us pray. Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, it behooveth which will be read. those who would have audience with Thee to come into Thy presence The Chief Clerk (CHARLES W. JoHNSON read the resolution, as with reverence and godly fear. So would we come this morning. follows: It is remembered by Thy servants here convened that they represent Ruolved, That JoHN SHERMAN, a. Senator from. the Slia.te of Ohio, be, and he the interests of a Christian people; and it is fitting that before engaging hereby is, chosen President pro tem.po1-e of the Senate. · in the legislative business of the hourweshould make glad recognition Mr. VOORHEES. Mr. Secretary, I am requested and instructed by of the high claims of Him with whom we have to do. my associates on this side of the Chamber to move to strike out "JoHN In Thy hands are ·the issues of national as of individual life, and it SHERMAN, a Senator from the State of Ohio, " and insert "IsHAM G. is because of Thy favor tlul.t we have been spared and are yet numbered HARRIS, a Senator from the State of Tennessee,'' in the resolution just among the nations of the earth. Thou hast given us peace at home and offered. made usatpeacewith all tbeworld. Thonhastprotected us from "the The SECRETARY. The question will be first upon the amendment pestilence that walketh in darkness, and the destruction that wasteth offered by the Senator from Indiana [Mr. VOORHEES] to the resol.ution at noonday.'' Thou hast maintained the high court of this nation in its ofthe Senator from Vermont [Mr. EDMUNDs]. judicial and its numerical integrity. For these and all Thy providen­ Mr. VOORHEES. On which I ask for the yeas and nays. tial preservations be pleased, 0 God, this morning to accept our thanks. The yeas and nays were ordered. Especially grateful are we for that kind providence that hath pre­ Mr. EDMUNDS. Let the amendment be read. served the life and health of our Chief Executive. Be pleased to con­ The SECRETARY. The amendment will be read. tinue Thy defenses round about him. May he be shielded from all The CHIEF CLERK. It is proposed tostrikeoutofthe resolution the danger; may he be proof against all evil influences; and may be be words 11 JOHN SHERMAN, a Senator from the State of Ohio,'' and insert spared to administer the will of the people in the fear of God. in lieu thereof the words "IsHAM G. HARRIS, a Senator from the State It is ofTbymercytbat so goodly a number of these Senators are per­ of Tennessee.'' mitted to occupy their places here this morning and address themselves The Secretary proceeded to call the roll. to the high work for which they have been set apart. Be with them Mr. BECK (when his name was called). I am paired on this ques­ as by Thy grace they engage again in the exacting duties of a legislative tion with the Senator from Maine [Mr. HALE], who is detained from session. the Chamber by sickness. I should vote "yea" if be were present. We. grieve that since we last assembled in this room death has been Mr. CiliDEN (when his name was called). I am paired with the so specially busy in the ranks of men and has recruited his grim armies Senator from Colorado [Mr. BOWEN]. If he were present, I should from among the very chiefest of our people. He has knocked at the vote "yea." House of Representatives, and in recognition of his unwelcome visit the Mr. CULLOM. The Senator will allow me to state that in view of flags upon the Capitol have fluttered downward, signaling the earth to the fact that the Senator from Florida [Mr. JONES] is not present, I open and receive the nation's dead. Once and again bas he demanded have taken the liberty of transferring the pair of the Senator from the unconditional surrender of those who had led our armies and who West Virginia [Mr. CAMDEN] to the Senator from Florida, so that the had ridden in safety through the wild sto:rm of many a battle. Bnt his Senator from West Virginia is at liberty to vote if he chooses. summons was not to pass unheeded, and our heroic chieftains, laden Mr. CAMDEN. Very well; I vote ''yea," then. with death's icy chains, are at last also numbered among his captives. Mr. HARRIS (when his name was called). I agreed to pair with the He has crowded his way into this Chamber, and at his stem behest Senaterfrom California [Mr. MILLER], who is detained at home by sick­ the chief seat in the higher legislative body of the Republic has been ness. The Senator from South Carolina [Mr. HAl\lPTON] is also absent declared vacant, and its occupant has been transported to "that undis­ just now. I transfer the pair and withhold my vote. covered country from whose bourne no traveler returns." Encurtained Mr. CULLOM (when the name of Mr. JoNES, of Nevada, was called). -by the shadows of this recent sad bereavement~ enable us rightly to The Senator from Nevada [Mr. JONES] is paired with his colleague estimate the character and religiously to emulate the many virtues of [Mr. FAIR], both of whom are absent. the distinguished dead. The roll-call was concluded. 0 God, death is Thy servant, yet while we pray he is pressing his Mr. CALL. I desire to announce that my colleague [Mr. JoNES, of relentless way toward other of these seats, which must alBo soon be hung Florida] is absent from the city, detained by-illness. · 104 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. DECE~IBER 7' The result :was announced-yeas 29, nays 34; as follows: Mississippi-James Z. Georgeand E. C. Walthall. Missou1-i-Francis M. Cockrell and George G. Vest. YEA.s-29. Nebraska-charles F. Manderson and Charles H. VanWyck. Berry, Colquitt, Kenna, Vance, Ne:tO Hampsld1·e-Henry W. Blair and Austin F. Pike. Blackburn, Eustis, McPherson, Vest, Brown, George, Maxey, Voorhees, Ne:tOJersey-John R. McPherson and Willi.'tm J. Sewell. Butler, Gibson, 1\Iorgan, Walthall, New York-William M. Evartsand Warner Miller. Call, Gorman, P ayne, WilsonofMd. Camden, Gray, Pugh, North Carolina-Matt W. Ransom and Zebulon B. Vance. Cockrell, Jackson, Ransom, Ohio-Henry B. Payne and John Sherman. Coke, Jones of .Arkansas, Saulsbury, Oregon-Joseph N. Dolph. NA.YS-34. Pennsylvania-James Donald Cameron and John I. Mitchell. W. Aldrich and Jonathan Chace. Aldrich, Evarts, Miller of N. Y., Sawyer, • Rhode Island-Nelson Allison, Frye, Mitchell, Sewell, South Carolina-M. C. Butler and Wade Hampton. Cameron, Harrison, Morrill, Spooner, Tennessee-Isham G. Harris and Howell E. Jackson. Chace, Hawley, Palmer, Stanford, Texas-Richard Coke and Sam. Bell Maxey. Conger, Hoar, Pike, Teller, Cullom, Ingalls, Platt, VanWyck, Vermont-George F. Edmunds and Justin S. Morrill. Dawes, l\lci\Iillan, Plumb, "Wilson of Iowa. Vi·rginia-William Mahone and Harrison H. Riddleberger. Dolph, ?.!ahone, Riddle berger, Edmunds, 1\Ianderson, West Virginia-Johnson N. Camden and John E. Kenna. Sabin, Wisconsin-Philetus Sawyer and .John C. Spooner. A.BSENT-10. Beck, Hale, Jones of Florida, Sherman.· HOUR OF :llEETING. Bowen, Hampton, Jones of Nevada, Mr. INGALLS submitted the following resolution; which was con­ Fair, Harris, Miller of Cal., sidered by unanimous consent, and agreed to: So the amendment was rejected. Resol·ved, That the hour of the daily meeting of the Senate be 12 o'clock m·l Mr. VOORHEES. That vote exhausts my call for the yeas and until otherwise ordered. nays, and, of course, I do not renew it on the adoption of the main NOTIFICATIO:N TO THE HOUSE. resolution. 1\fr. ALLISON submitted the following resolution; which was con­ The SECRETARY. The question recurs on the main resolution of­ sidered by unanimous consent, and agreed to: fered by the Senator from Vermont [Mr. EDMPNDS]. Resolved, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives that the The resolution was agreed to. Senate has chosen Hon. JoHN SHERMAN, a Senator from the State of Ohio, Presi­ The SECRETARY. The Secretary requests the Senator from Vermont dent of the Senate p1·o tempore, theofficeofVice-Presidenthaving become vacant by the death of the late Thomas A.. Hendricks. [Mr. EmiUNDS] and the Senator from Indiana [Mr. VooRHEES] toes­ cort the President pro tanpore to the chair. Mr. ALLISON submitted the following resolution; which was con­ Mr. SHERMAN was escorted from his seat by Mr. EDMUNDS and Mr. sidered by unanimous consent, and agreed to: VooRHEES, and, the oath prescribed by law having been administered Resolved, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives that a quo­ rum of the Senate is assembled, and that t.he Senate is Teady to proceed to busi· to him by Ur.