1901. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. Ill ~ By Mr. RUSSELL: Petition of Central Labor Union of Nor- SENATE. wich, Conn., concerning the Chinese-exclusion act-to the Com- mittee on the Judiciary. WEDNESDAY, Decembm· 4, 1901. Also, petition of Brass Molders' Union No. 153, of Hartford, Pr b th Ch la' R w H ,u-~ ~ D D · h T hical U · N 10 d B · kl ayer Y e ap rn, ev. · · .l.I.U.lillUR.t.~, · · Co nn.; N ormc ypograp mon, o. ' an nc ayers CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW, a ·Senator from the State of New York, and Masons' Union No. 21, of Danielson, Conn., favoring the con- ed · his t to-da struction of war ships in the navy-yards-to the Committee on appear m sea Y· Naval .Affairs. DEPARTMENTAL EMPLOYEES. By Mr. SALMON: Petition of citizens of Lambertville ~ Dover, The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a com- Hanover, and Clinton, N.Y., against polygamous marriages-to munication from the Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting,in re­ the Committee on the Judiciary. sponsetoaresolutionofFebruary25, 1901 asnmmaryofemployees By Mr. SHERMAN: Petition of Trades and Labor Assembly showing present age, years of service, and salary in the Depart­ of Little Falls, N. Y., urging the reenactment of the Chinese- ment of Agriculture; which, with the accompanying papers, was exclusion law-to the Commmittee on Foreign Affairs. ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Also, petition of citizens of the Twenty-fifth Congressional dis- He also laid before the Senate a communication from the Com- trict of New York, for legislation to punish polygamy-to the missioner of Labor, transmitting, in response to a resolution of Committee on the Judiciary. February 25, 1901,a summary of employees, showing present age, By Mr. SPERRY: Petition of Central Labor Union, of Hart- years of service, and salary in the Department of Labor; which, ford, Conn., favoring the enactment of an eight-hour law-to the with the accompanying papers, was ordered to lie on the table and Committee on Labor. be printed. Also, petition of citizens of the Second Congressional district of He also laid before the Senate a communication from the act- Connecticut, favoring an amendment to the national Constitution ing president of the Civil Service Commission, transmitting, in defining legal marriage to be monogamic and making polygamy response to a resolution of February 25, 1901, a summary of em­ a crime-to the Committee on the Judiciary. ployees, showing present age, years of service, and salary in the By Mr. STEWART of New York: Petition of Plumbers and Civil Service Commission; which, with the accompanyingpapers, Steam Fitters' Union No. 105, of Schenectady, N.Y., and Typo- was ordered to lie on the table and be printed. graphical Union No. 44, of Rome, N.Y., requesting the enact- He also laid before the Senate a communication from the Pub­ ment of a law directing the construction of a naval vessel at each lie Printer, transmitting, in response to a resolution of February of the Government navy-yards-to the Committee on Naval 25, 1901, a summary of employees, showing present age, years of Affairs. service, and salary in the Government Printing Office; which, Also, petition of citizens of the Twenty-first Congressional dis- with the accompanying papers, was ordered to lie on the table tl'ict of New York in regard to the constitutional amendment de- and be printed. fining marriage-to the Committee on the Judiciary. He also laid before the Senate a communication from the chair- By Mr. TAWNEY: Papers to accompany Honse bill for the man of the Interstate Commerce Commission, transmitting, in 1·elief of Ormon W. Walsh, of Dodge County, Minn.-to the Com- response to a resolution of February 25; 1901, a summary of em­ mittee on Invalid Pensions. ployees, showing present age, years of service and salary in the Also, papers to accompany House bill granting an honorable Interstate Commerce Commission; which, with the accompany- discharge to H. A. White-to the Committee on Military Affairs. ing papers, was ordered to lie on the table and be printed. By Mr. THOMAS of Iowa: Petition of citizens of the Eleventh REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRE...~CY. Congressional district of Iowa, praying for the enactment of a The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate the annual law against polygamy-to the Committee on the Judiciary. reportoftheComptrolleroftheCurrencyforthe:fiscalyearending Also, paper to accompany House bill to correct an act entitled June 30~ 1901; which was referred to the Committee on Finance, "An act granting an increase of pension to Francis M. Thomp- and ordered to be printed. son"-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. REPORTS OF SECRETARY OF SENATE. Also, papers to accompany House bill granting an increase of The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a com.mu- pension to Harvey D. Barr-to the Committee on Invalid Pen- nication from the Secretary of the Senate, transmitting, pursuant sions. to law, a full and complete statement of the receipts and expendi­ Also, papers to accompany House bill granting an increase of tures of the Senate; which, with the accompanying papers, was pension to Sanders R. Seamond-to the Committee on Invalid ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Pensions. He also laid before the Senate a communication from the Secre- Also, papers to accompany House bill granting an increase of tary of the Senate, transmitting a full and complete account of pension to Thomas Findley-to the Committee on Invalid Pen- all property, including stationery, belonging to the United States sions. · in his possession on the 2d day of December, 1901; which, with By Mr. WADSWORTH: Petitions of United Brotherhood of the accompanying papers, was ordered to lie on the table and be Caypanters and Joiners' unions of Niagara Falls and North printed. Tonawanda, Machinists Union and Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers' REPORTS OF SERGEANT-AT-ARMS. Union, of Lock"J>>rt N. Y., praying for an amendment to the The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a commu- naval appropriation bill providing that some of the new war ships nication from the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, transmitting shall be constructed in the navy-yards of our country- to the a statement of the receipts from the sale of condemned property Committee on Naval Affairs. in his possession since December 3, 1900; which, with the accom- Also, petition of citizens of Lockport, N. Y., and· Niagara panying papers, was ordered to lie on the table and be printed. County, N.Y., favoring an amendment to the Constitution relat- He also laid before the Senate a communication from the ing to polygamy-to the Committee on the Judiciary. Sergeant-at-Arms of the &nate, giving a full and complete ac- By Mr. WANGER: Petition of Henry C. Moyer (W. M.) and count of all property belonging to the United States in hisposses- 24 citizens of Blooming Glenn, and resolutions of Court Chelten- sion December 2, 1901; which, with the accompanying papers, was ham, No. 153, Foresters of America, relating to the doctrines and ordered to lie on the table and be printed. proclamations of anarchists-to the Committee on the Judiciary. COFFEE ~USTRY OF HAWAn. Also, petitions of Andrew Ervin and 39 others of Montgomery · The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a commu­ County, Pa.; Hem·y S., Earle, George R., Henry S. jr., and nication from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a copy of Charles A. Ambler; Rev. N. Thomas Brown and 49 citizens of a concurrent resolution of the senate and house of representatives Ambler, Pa.; Mrs. H. S. Ambler and 74 citizens of Abington, Pa.; of the Territory of Hawaii, relative to the imposition of a duty on J. Hart Jamison and 39 citizens of Ivyland; W. H. Berger and 19 all coffee imported from other countries, with a view to the pro­ citizens of Wyncote; N. C. Fetter and 631 citizens of Bucks tection of the coffee industry of Hawaii and other parts of the County; Isabel G. Ralston and 384 citizens of Montgomery United States; which, with the accompanying papers, was referred County, Pa., favoring amendment to the Constitution making to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. polygamy a crime-to the Committee on the Judiciary. STATUTES OF ARIZO~A TERRITORY. Also, petition of F. K. Reeder and other citizens of Penns Park; The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a commu- J. G. WeinbergerofSteinsburg, and Eden Council No. 988~Junior nication from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a copy of Order United American Mechanics, of Bucks County, Pa., con- a letter from the secretary of the Territory of Arizona, stating cerning the Chinese-exclusion act-to the Committee on the Judi- that, pursuant to the requirements of section 1844, Revised ciary. Statutes, he had. forwarded copies of the revised statutes of Ari- By Mr. YOUNG: Petition of citizens of the Fourth Congres- zona, including the session laws of the Twenty-first legislative sional district of Pennsylvania for amendment to the national assembly of that Territory; which, with the accompanying papers, Coustitution relating to polygamy-to the Committee on the Judi- was referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be ciary. printed. 112 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. DECEMBER 4, HOT SPRINGS, ARK. Mr. COCKREL.L. I think there are bound volumes. The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a com­ The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair will simply refer munication from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, pur­ the report to the committee without any order touching the suant to law, a statement touching upon the value of condemned printing.