'1718 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. MARCH 20, By Mr. HILL: The petitions of W. Wrede and 100 others, of F. CHANGES OF REFERENCES. Duok and 100 others, of John Mason and others, of J. W. Berry and Changes of references of petitions were made, under the rule, as 100 others, citizens of Defiance and Williams Counties, and of Cas­ follows: per Kahl and 100 others, citizens of the sixth district of Ohio, soldiers The petition of W. B. Wellgwood, vice-chancellor of the National of the United States Army, engaged in the late war, for the early University-from the Committee on Appropriations to the Commit­ passage of a law providing for the payment of the difference between tee on Education and Labor. the value of the greenbacks, in which they were paid for their serv­ The petitions of Eban B. Grant and others; of Bernard McCormick ices, and the value of gold at the time of payment-to the Commit­ and 6 other~ of C. J. Poore and 122 others, citizens of Michigan; of tee on Military Affairs. citizens of l.Jolville, Washington Territory, and of citizens of Wash­ 1 By Mr. JOSEPH J. MARTIN: The petition of the publisher of the ington Territory-from the Committee on Appropriations to the Com­ Falcon, Elizabeth City, North Carolina, that materials used in mak­ mittee on ~tary Affairs. ing paper be placed on the free µst, and for the reduction of the duty on printing-paper-to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. McKENZIE: The petitions of J.M. Nicholls and Charles W. Fischer, for the removal of the stamp-tax on perfumery, cosmetics, HOUSE -OF REPRESENTATIVES. and proprietary medicines-to the same committee. By Mr. McKINLEY: The petitions of A. M. McGregor, of the pub­ SATURDAY, March 20, 1880. lishers of the Ohio Volks Zeitung, of the Shreve Journal, of T. E. The Honse met at twelve o'clock m., Mr. BLACKBURN in the chair Peckinpaugh, of W. S. Potts, and of R. E. Watson, of Ohio, for the as Speaker pro tempore. abolition of the duty on type-to the same committee. Prayer by the Chapl~in, Rev. W. P . IlA.RRISoN, D. D. Also, the petition of A. McGregor, that materials used in making The SPEAKER pro tempore, (Mr. BLACKBURN in the chair.) The paper be placed on the free list, and for a reduction of the duty on Clerk will read a letter received from Mr. Speaker RANDALL. printing-paper-to the same committee. The Clerk read as follows : Also, the petition of citizens of Stark County, Ohio, that Congress HOUSE OF RRPRESENT.A.TIVES, enact such laws aa will alleviate the oppreBBions imposed upon the Washington, D. 0., March 19, 1880. people by the transportation monopolies that now control the inter­ Sm : I expect to be absent from the House of Representatives during to-mor­ state commerce of the country-to the Committee on Commerce. row's (Saturday's) session, and in consequence herewith name and appoint you. under power given me by the rules of the House, to act as Speaker in my stead for Also, the petition of citizens of Stark County, Ohio, that the patent that day. laws be so amended as to make the manufacturer or vendor of pat­ Your obedient servant, SAM. J. RANDALL. ented articles alone resp~nsible for infringement-to the Committee Hon. J. c. s. BLACKBURN, on Patents. Member of House of Representatives. By Mr. MORSE: The petition of Benjamin Burgess & Sons and ORDER OF BUSINESS. others, for a change in the tariff on sugar-to the Committee on Ways The SPEAKE.R pro tempore. The Journal will not be read thls and Means. morning, the session of to-day having been assigned for debate only By Mr. OVERTON : The petition of H. B. Kilborn and 34 other on the refunding bill. The Journal will be read on Monday next. Union soldiers, of Bradford County, Pennsylvania, against the pas­ REFUNDING BILL. sage of the sixty-surgeon bill-to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ sions. Mr. FERNANDO WOOD. I move that the House resolve itself By Mr. PHILIPS : Two petitions of citizens of Missouri, of simi­ into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for lar import-to the same committee. the purpose of resuming the consideration of the bill (H. R. No. 4592) By Mr. PIERCE: The petition of citizens of Erie County, New to facilitate the refunding of the national debt. York, for the removal of the stamp-tax on perfumery, cosmetics, and The motion was agreed to. proprietary medicines-to the Committee on Ways and Means. The Honse accordingly resolved itself into Committee of the Whole By Mr. THOMAS RYAN: The petition of Union soldiers of Kan­ on the state of the Union, Mr. COVERT in the chair. sas, against the passage of the sixty-surgeon bill-to the Committee The CHAIRMAN. The House is in Committee of the Whole on the on Invalid Pensions. state of the Union for the purpose of considering the bill (H. R. No. By Mr. SCALES: The petition of John H. Ferree and others, that 4592) to facilitate the refunding of the national debt. The gentle­ prohibitory duties now levied upon chrome iron ore and bichro­ man from Georgia [Mr. FELTON] is entitled to the floor. mate of potash may be removed-to the Committee on Ways and Mr. FERNANDO WOOD. I ask the gentleman from Georgia to · Means. yield to me for a moment. By Mr. STEELE: The petition of A. M. Powell and othera, of sim­ Mr. FELTON. I yield to the gentleman. ilar import-to the same committee. Mr. FERNANDO WOOD. I desire to make some corrections of the By Mr. THOMAS: The petition of R. A. Edmondston and others, CONGRESSIONAL RECORD in the remarks I made in Committee of the citizens of Alexander County, Illinois, for the passage of the bill in­ Whole on this bill when it was formerly under consideration. troduced by Mr. DAVIS, of Missouri, for the improvement of the Mis­ On page 19 of the RECORD of March 5, line 25, first column, what sissippi River near Cape Girardeau, Missouri-to the Committee Qn is printed $5,000,000, should he $500,000. Commerce. On line 27, what shonld read $250,000, is printed $2,500,000. Also, the petition of 0. J. Smith, of Chicago, Illinois, publisher of On line 29, what shonld read $:3,500,000, is printed $30,000,000. the Chicago Express, for the abolition of the duty on type-to the On line 37, what is printed $10,000,000, should read $1,000,000. Committee on Ways and Means. I desire that these corrections should be made. I further state that By Mr. P. B. THOMPSON, JR.: The petition of citizens of Mercer on page 9 or the pamphlet edition of the speech the same errors in the County, Kentucky, that Congress enact such laws as will alleviate the original issue of that edition were 1Ilade, which I desire also to be oppressions imposed upon the people by the transportation monopolies considered as corrected. that now control the interstate commerce of the country-to the Com­ [The speech to which these corrections refer is printed on page 1313.) mittee on Commerce. Mr. FELTON. At the proper time I shall introduce a substitute · By Mr. WASHBURN: The petition of J. S. Pillsbnry, governor of for the pending bill. I send it to the Clerk that it may be read. Minnesota, and 200 others, citizens of Minneapolis, Minnesota, against The Clerk read as follows : the repeal of the duty on paper-to the Committee on Ways and Be it enacted by the Senate. and House of RePresentativea of the United States of .America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized Means. and required to redeem any bonds of the United States whioh may become redeem­ By Mr. FERNANDO WOOD : The petition of distillers and import­ able during the years 1880 and 1881, to the amount of the $Old and silver coin now ers of New York, for the passage of Honse bill No. 4812-to the same in t,he Treasury which may be in excess of 25 per cent. or the outstanding United States nores, using said excess of gold and silver coin for the redemption of said . committee. bonds. Also, the petitions of druggists of Oswego and Rochester, New SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby required, six months after the York, for the removal of the stamp-tax on perfumery, cosmetics, and above.mentioned amount of bonds is redeemed, and semi-annually thereafter, to re­ proprietary medicines-to the same committee. deem said remaining bonds to the a.mount of the gold and silver coin which may be in the Treasury at the time in excess of 25 per cent. of the outstanding United Also, th~ petition of printers and publishers of New York, against Sta.res notes. reducing the duty on type-to the same committee. SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby required to purchase silver By Mr. WRIGHT: The petition of George A. Lord and 103 others, bullion to the a.mount of $4,000,000 per month with lawful money of the United citizens of Cambridge, Massachusetts, for the passage of the bill (H. St.ates: Prouided, Said bullion can be purchased at par with said lawful money ~ and the Secretary of the Treasury is required to have the bullion so purchasea R. No. 269) known as the Wright supplement to the homestead act­ coined into standard dollars as now provided by law.