' 1892. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 3031 people-to the Committee on Election of President, Vice-Presi­ LISTS OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEs. dent, and Representatives in Congress. The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communica­ Also, two petitions of certain citizens of Idaho, in favor of tion from the Commissioner of Labor, transmitting, in response electing Unit-ed States Senators by the people-to the Select to ~resolution of the 24th ultimo, i.Jiformation in regard to em­ Committee on Election of President, Vice-President, and Repre­ ployes in that office notspecificallyappropriated for; which, with sentatives in Congress. the accompanying papers, was referred to theCmnmitteeon Civil Also, petition of the Woman s Christian Temperance Union Service and Retrenchment, and ordered to be printed. of Idaho, 180 signatures, against opening any exposition on Sun­ day where Government funds are used-to the Select Committee PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. on the Columbian Exposition. Mr. HARRIS. I present a petition of the members of the Also, petition of National Woman's Christian Temperance Nashville (Tenn.) Academy of Medicine and practicing physi­ Union of Idaho, against opening any exposition on Sunday where cians of Nashville, signed by Dr. Briggs and some 40 others, United States funds are used-to the Select Committee on the praying for the establishment of a department of health, with a . I Columbian Exposition. cabinet officer at its head. I move that the petition be relerred Also, petition of certain citizens of Idaho, in favor of a postal to the Committee on Epidemic Diseases. savings bank-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post­ The motion was agreed to. Roads. Mr. HARRIS. I present the petition of Mosby & Hunt, of Also, petition of citizens of Idaho, against speculation in fu­ Memphis, Tenn., praying compensation for the sinking of one of tures on certain farm products-to the Committee on Agricul­ their coal boats by collision with a Government vessel. I move ture. that the petition be referred to the Committee on Claims to ac­ company Senate bill 674, for the relief of the petitioners, now By Mr. TERRY: Petition of citizens of Paris, Logan Count.y, I . • Ark., in favor of the Butterworth bill against options and deal­ pending before that committee. ' ing in futures-to the Committee on Agriculture. The motion was agreed to. Also, memorial of council of the Choctaw Nation, against bill Mr.DAWES. I present a petition of 800citizensof the United to enlarge jurisdiction of United States courts in the Indian Ter­ States and of Massachusetts, praying Congress to provide by law ritory-to the Committee on the Territories. for the naturalization of such Chinamen as came into this coun­ Also, petition of A. Quesemberry and others, of Franklin try before the first exclusion act for the purpose of making this County, Ark., in favor of the Butterworth bill against options country their home and identifying themselves with its institu­ and dealing in futures-to the Committee on Agriculture. tions. I move that the petition be referred to the Committee on By Mr. TOWNSEND: Petition of citizens of Arapahoe County, the Judiciary. Colo., in favor of the Washburn-Hatch antioption bills-to the The motion was agreed to. Committee on Agriculture. Mr. DAWES presented two petitions of Dalton Grange, No. Also, petition of the Methodist and Presbyterian Churches of 23, Patrons of Husbandry, of Massachusetts, praying for the pas­ Fort Collins, Colo., constituting 400 citizens, against liquor sell­ sage of the bill to prevent gambling in farm products; which ing at the National Columbian Exposition, to close the Exposi­ was ordered to lie on the table. tion on Sunday, and for the management of the art gallery to He also presented a petition of Dalton Grange, No.23, Patrons accord with the American standard of purity in art-to theSe­ of Husbandry, of Massachusetts, praying for the passage of the lect Committee on the Columbian Exposition. bill to prevent the adulteration of food and drugs; which was By Mr. TB.ACEY: Petition of over 200 citizens of Albany ordered to lie on the table. County, N. Y.,asking that the lawforretirementof enlisted men He also presented a petition of Dalton Grange, No. 23, Patrons be amended-to the Committee on Military Affairs. of Husbandry, of Massachusetts, praying for the passage of the By Mr. TUCKER (by request): Petition of William D. Brooks bill making certain issues of money full legal tender in ;eayment and 16 other citizens, of Union Hall, Va., for pure-lard bill-to of all debts; which was referred to the Committtee on Finance. the Committee on Ways and Means. He also pr.: sented sundry petitions collected by the National Also, petition of W. D. Brooks and 16 others, of Union Hall, yY"oman'sChr~t~an Temperance Union, conta~ning 750 individual Franklin County, Va., favoring pure-food bill-to the Committee signatures of Clhzens of Massachus3tts, praymg that no exposi­ on Agriculture. · tion or exhibition for which appropriations are made by Congress By Mr. WATSON: Petition of Pine Grove Alliance of Har­ shall be opened on Sunday; which were referred to the Commit­ alson County, Ga., for passage of the subtreasury bill-to the Com­ tee on the Quadro-Centennial (Select). mittee on the Judicjary. Mr. CULLOM presented a memorial of the Congregational By Mr. WHEE:L.ER of Alabama: Petition of ex-soldiers and Church of Harvey, Ill., remonstrating against the opening of sailors, E. M. Stanton Post, No. 68, Grand Army of the Repub­ the World's Columbian Exposition on Sunday and the sale of in­ lic, Department of Arkansas, praying for preserving and prop­ toxicating liquors thereat; which was referred to the Committee erly marking the battle lines at Gettysburg, Pa.-to the Com­ on the Quadro-Centennial (Select). mittee on Milital'Y Affairs. He also presented the following petitions of Pina Grange, Pa­ ·. By Mr. WIKE: Protest of Farmers' Alliance and Industrial trons of Husbandry, of I¥-fnois: Union, No. 88, of Cass County, Ill., against the passaQ'e of the Petition praying for tb.e enactment of legislation for the en­ Brosius lard bill (H. R. 395 ), and praying for the pa:sao-e of a couragement of silk culture-referred to the Committee on Ag­ general pure-food law-to the Committee on Agriculture: riculture and Forestry. By Mr. WILLIAMS of North Carolina: Resolution for there­ Peti~ion. praying for the enactment of ~egislation to prevent lief of the heirs or representatives of Israel G. Lash-to the Com­ gamb~~g m fart;n products-to the Committee on the Judiciary. mittee on Accounts. PetitlOn praymg for the passage of House bill 395 defining By Mr. WILLIAMS of Massachusetts: Petition of Reno Post lard and imposing a tax thereon-ordered to lie on the' table. Petition praying for the passage of a bill to prevent the adul­ No.9, Grand Army of the Republic, of Massachusetts 1 prayin6. for the pa sage of the bill providing for preserving and properl~ teration of food and drugs-ordered to lie on the table. marking the battle lines of Gettysburg, Pa.-to the Committee Petition praying for the free delivery of mails in rural dis­ on·Militat:y Affairs. · tricts-referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. Mr. DOLPH presented a petition of citizens of Lane County, Oregon, praying for the enactment of a law that shall impose a tax upon all transactions whereby parties contract or a crree to sell SENATE. ~d deliver at a future time any of the articles, ana"' under the CITcumstan.ces men~ioned in the bills now pending in Congress, THURSDAY, A.pril7, 1892. a~d som~times designated as the W~shburn-Hatch antioption bills; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Prayer by the Chaplain, R _,v . J . G. BUTLER, D. D. Mr. FELTON presented a petition collected by the National The Journal of yesterday:s proce3dings was read and approved. yY"oman's Christian Temperance Union, signed by 1,021 individual signatures and 402 representative indorsements of citizens of EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATION. Cali!or:nia, and a petition collected by the National Woman's The VICE-PRESIDENT laid b 3fore the Senate a communica­ Christian Temperance Union, containing 44 individual signa­ tion from the. Secretary of the Treasury, calling the attention of tures and 3,567 representative indorsements of citizens of Cali­ Congress to the evil resulting from the present method of select­ fornia, praying that no exposition or exhibition for which ap­ ing candidates for vacancies in the offices of local inspectors of propriations are made by Congress shall be opened on Sunday; steam vessels under the existing law, etc.; which, with the ac­ which were referred to the Committee on the Quadro-Centen­ companying papers, was referred to the Committee on Commerce nial (Select). and ordered to be printed. ' Mr.PEFFERpresentedapetitionofcitizensofPawneeCounty, ·. \ 3032 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. APRIL 7, Kans., praying that the homestead right be restored to citizens H. Nave, reported adversely thereon, and the bill was postponed who have lost such rightunderthehomesteadlaws of the-United indefi.nitely. States; which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Mr. PROCTOR, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to He also presented sundry petitions collected by the National whom was referred the bill (S.l129) for the recognition of Henry Woman's Christian Tamperance Union, containing 216 individ­ 0. Kent as colonel of the Seventeenth New Hampshire Volun­ ual signatures, of Kansas, praying that no exposition or exhibi­ teer.:;, reported it with an amendment, and submitted a report tion for which appropriations are made by Congress shall be ther:eon.