1891. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 2369 striction of immigration-to the Committee on Immigration and Nat­ A bill (H. R. 12402) for the benefit of General W. J. Landram; uralization. A bill (H. R. 12803) granting a pension to Alice 0. Leighton, widow By Mr. STRUBLE: Petition of C. H. Strickland and 25 others, citi­ of Everett W. Leighton, deceased, Company C, Thirteenth New Hamp­ zens of Woodbury County, Iowa, favoring speedy consideration of the shire Volunteers; bill creating a commission to inquire into the liquor traffic-to the A bill (H. R.12145) granting an increase of pension to Edwin ·IL Select Committee on the Alcoholic Liquor Traffic. Dill; By Mr. TOWNSEND, of Pennsylvania: Petition of Union Alliance, .A. bill (H. R.12278) granting a pension to Marion McKibben; No. 76, of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania; also, petition of 25 citi­ A bill (H. R.12457) granting an increase of pension to Thomas J. zensof the same county and State, favorable to the antioption bill-to Polly; the Committee on Agriculture. .A. bill (H. R. 12)25) granting a pension to Caroline J. Craft; By Mr. TURNER, of Kansas: Petition of J. R. Burnett and others, A bill (H. R.12531) granting a pension to Walter Scott; ' for the passage of the pure-food bill-to the Committee on Agriculture. A hill (H. R. 12550) to grant a pension to Robert Moore, of Kirk· By Mr. WHEELER, of Alabama: Petition on claim of Henry Pat­ wood, Ill.; ton (colored), of Lauderdale County, Alabama; also, of Thom~ White, .A. bill (H. R.12565) granting a pension to .M:rs. Nancy Springer; of same county and State; also, of George Jones; also, of Lewis Jones; A bill (H. R. 12581) to increase the pension of Joseph Mason, of Dal­ also, ofCaleb Jones, ofl\fadison County, Alabama, for property taken by las City, Ill.; the United States Army during the late war-to the Committee on War A bill (H. R. 12585) increasing pension of Lafayette Soper, of Mor­ Claims. rissville, Vt.; By Mr. WIKE: Petition of citizens of Jersey County, Illinois, in A bill (H. R. 12608) granting an increase of pension to Thomas T. favor of option bill-to the Committee on Agriculture. Hickey; A bill (H. R. 12628) granting a pension to Mrs. Edelyn Spalding, widow of Charles Spalding; A bill (H. R.12645) to place upon the pension rolls the name of Eliz- SEN.ATE. abeth Wolcott; A bill (H. R. 12722) granting a pension to Elizabeth R. Lowry; MONDAY, February 9, 1891. A bill (H. R. 12741) to increase the pension of Allen J. Maker; The Senate met at 11 o'clock a. m. A bill (H. R.12757) granting a pension to Mary S. Day; Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. J. G. BUTLER, D. D. ' A bill (H. R. 12806) granting a pension to William D. Calkins, Com- The Journal of the proceedings of Saturday last was read and ap­ pany A, One hundred and eleventh Pennsylvania Volunteers; proved. A bill (H. R.12826) granting a pension to Sarah A. Joiner; HOUSE BILLS REFERRED. A bill (H. R.12864) granting a pension to Joseph Smith; A bill (H. R.12900) to increase the pension of Mrs. Elizabeth R. The following bills, received from the House of Representatives on Gordon, widow of Maj. George A. Gordon, Fifth Cavalry; Saturday last, were severally read twice by their titles, and referred to A bill (H. R.12902) to increase the pension of George W. Whitacre, the Committee on Pensions: of Huntington, Ind.; A bill (H. R.1870) granting an increase of pension to Maria L. Ham- A bill (H. R. 12973) granting a pension to S:irah Steedman; mer· A bill (H. R. 13030) granting a pension to Jennie May Cain; A'bill (H. R. 2996) granting a pension to Martha J. Spencer; A bill (H. R.13038) to increase the pension of John E. A. Stephens; A bill (H. R. 3258) granting a pension to Hannah Cummins; A bill (H. R. 13041) increaaing the pension of John Britton; A bill (H. R. 4033) for the relief of Mrs. Agnes Findley Halsey, who A bill (H. R. 13061) increasing the pension of Meridy Smith, a Rev- served as nurse in the late war under the name of Miss Agnes Findley; olutionary pensioner; A bill (H. R. 4483) granting an increase of pension to Mrs. S. J. Ray- A bill (H. R. 13074) grantingapension to Emma Southwick Brinton; ner; A bill (H. R. 13082) granting a pension to Mary J. Allen; A bill (H. ~· 4906) granting a pension to William C. Youn~; A bill (H. R. 13095) granting a pension to George W. Jenkins; A bill (H. R. 5199) granting a pension to Elizabeth Johnson; A bill (H. R. 13111) to increase the pension of .A.brose B. C1rlton; A bill (H. R. 7233) granting a pension to Margaret JiI. Copeland; A bill (H. R.13117) granting a pension to Mary J. Best; A bill (H. R. 7813) to place the name of JamesH. Walt-On on the pen­ A bill (H. R.13138) to pension Uary B. Peck, widow of Maj. James sion rolls; S. Peck; A bill (H. R. 7832) granting a pension to 1.Irs. Isabella Ray McGun- A bill (H. R.13140) granting a pension to Hetty A. Hasson; nigle; A bill (H. R.13153) granting a pension to Mary Brooks, army nurse; A bill tH. R. 8913) increasing the pension of l\ITS. Ruth M. Allen; A bill (H. R.13154) granting a pension to Mary Jane Fox, army nurse; A bill (H. R. 9429) for the relief of Elizabeth Truax; A bill (H. R. 13159) restoring the pension of Caroline Dawson; A bill (H. R. 9576) to increase the pension of Mrs. Mary Jane Mal- A bill (H. R.13173) granting an increase of pension to John D. lory; Terrv; A bill (H. R. 9876) granting a pension to Mrs. Agnes B. Collins; A bill (H. R.13174) to grant a pension to Absalom M. Wolf, of Mier, A bill (H. R. 9921) granting a pension to William P. Holl; Ind.; A bill (H. R.10323) to pension Frances E. Bidwell; A. bill (H. R.13200) to increase the pension of William M. Boggs; A bill (H. R.10324) to increase the pension of Edward Jardine; A bill (H. R.13205) to grant a pension to Mary E. Dubridge; A bill (H. R.10432) granting a pension to Nancy Shotwell; A bill (H. R.13212) granting a pension to George James; A bill (H. R. 10483) granting q, pension to Marcellus A. Stovall; A bill (H. R.13213) to pension Mrs. Adeline S. Wilbur; A bill (H. R.10611) granting a pension to Mary Ellis; A bill (H. R.13242) granting a pension to Malinda Porter; A bill (H. R. 10683) granting a :vension to Millie A. Ritenour; A bill (H. R. 13271) granting an increase of pension to Alonzo R. Hyatt; A bill (H. R.10865) granting a pension to Mary Swift; A bill (H. R.13295) granting a pension to Caroline A. Burghardt, A bill (H. R.10874) to pen~ion .Mrs. Phcebe S. Curtis; an army nuTSe; A bill (H. R.11077) granting a pension to Sarah Hutchins; A bill (H. R. 13297) granting a pension to Martha A. Wood Furge­ A bill (H. R.11118) to place the name of Ruth McAnnally on the son, an army nurse; pension roll; A bill (H. R. 13298) granting a pension to Florence Petigrew Lith­ A bill (H. R.11215) granting a pension to Joel A. Holdren; grow, an army nurse; A bill (H. R.11349) to grant a pension to Nancy F. Glenn; A bill (H. R.13299) granting a pension to Georgiana Smith, an army A bill (H. R. 11454) increasing the pension of Ernstus D. Butler, of nurse· Togas, Me.; A bill (H. R.13300) grantinganincreaseofpension to John F. Whip- A bill (H. R. 11461) granting an increase of pension to Washington ple· M. Rice; • Abill (H. R. 13307) to pension Morgan D. Lane; A bill (H. R. 11926) granting a pension to Ira A. Stout; A bill (H. R. 13329) granting a pension to Solomon Mayberry; A bill ( H. R. 12009) to grant a pension to Martha Tennery, widow of A bill (H. R. 13442) granting a pension to Mary C. Broughton; James H. Tennery, of Captain Griffin's company, First Illinois, Black A bill (H. R. 13337) granting a pension to Henry .A.llhorn; Hawk war; A bill (H. R. 13459) granting a pension to Eveline Britton, mother A bill (H. R.12071) grantin~ a pension to Catherine McRoberts; of John Britton; and A. bill (H. R. 12051) for the relief of Margaret Hitt, of Lincoln County, A bill (H. R. 13471) granting a pension to Mrs. Elizabeth Jiiounts. Missouri; The following bills were severally read twice by their titles, and re- A bill (H. R. 12120) to increase the pension of Mary Condy Ringgold, ferred to the Committee on Military Affairs: . widow of George H. Ringgold, lieutenant colonel and deputy paymaster A bill {H. R. 1882) directing the Secretary of War to amend the general of the United States Army; record of Prentice Holmes and grant him an honorable discharge; A bill (H. R.12316) granting an increase of pension to Horace B. A bill (H. R. 6340) for the relief of John Zedeker; Seeley, captain Company K, Eighty-sixth Regiment New York Infan­ A bill (H. R. 7466) to remove the charge of desertion against Alfred try Volunteers; Rebsamen; XXIJ-149 .1 • 2370 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE.