1890. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 4641 ployes engaged i.Q the same busi_ness in the same city relative to the Also, petition of the Butchers' National Protective Association of same subject-to the Committee on Ways and Means. America, favoring Conger pure-lard bill-to the Committee on Agri­ Also, petition of F. A. Cobleigh and 34 others, employers and em­ culture. ployes engaged in the same business at Ca~ton, Ill., relating to the Also, petition of Harriet Dixon, administratrix of the estate of Ebe· same subject-to the Committee on Ways and Means. nezer Dixon, Jackson County, Missouri, relative to claim for commissarr Also, petition of J. C. Dickey and 13 others, employers and employes supplies ($1,120), and to send the same to the Court of Claims under of the Cain & Dickey cigar factory of Canton, Ill., relating to the same the act of the 3d of March, 1883-to the Committee on War Claims. subject-to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. TOWNSEND, of Pennsylvania: Petition against increasing Also, petition of G. M. Armstrong and 83 others, employers andem­ the duty on imported marble-=-to the Committee on Ways and Means. ployes of the Armstrong & Bros. cigar fact.ory of Canton, Ill., relative Also, mllmorial of Patrons of Husbandry of the Twenty-fifth dis­ to the same subject-to the Committee on Ways and Means. trict of Pennsylvania, asking import duties on agricultural products­ Also, petition of John S. Conklin and 15 others, employers and em: to the Committee on Ways and Means. ployes of the Conklin & Bean cigar factory, of Canton, Ill., relative to Also, memorial from citizens of the Twenty-fifth district of Penn­ the same subject-to the Committee on Ways and Means. sylvania, asking for free coinage of silver-to the Committe on Coinage, Also, petition of Savill & Rafferty and 35 others, employers and em­ Wei~hts, and Measures. ployes of Savill & Rafferty's cigar factory, of Canton, Ill., relative to the Also, petitions for passage of laws for perpetuation of nation!ll-bank­ same subject-to the Committee on Ways and Means. ing system, from the same Congressional districtr-to the Committee on Also, petition of W. 0. Dean and 118 others, employers and em­ Banking and Currency. ployes of W. O. Dean cigar factory, of Canton, Ill, relative to the same Also, protest of citizens of the same Congressional district, against subject-to the Committee on Ways and Means. the tobaeco provision in the tariff bill-to the Committee on Ways and Also, petition of Charles H. Labree and 9 others, employers and em­ Means. ployes, engaged in the manufacture of cigars and tobacco at Canton, Ill., By Mr. TUCKER: Petition of voters of Amherst County, State of relative to the same subject-to the Committee on Ways and Means. Virginia, in favor of deep harbor at Galveston, Tex.-to the Commit­ Also, petition of W. H. Eyesly and 39 others, employers, and em­ tee on Rivers and Harbors. ployes, engaged in the manufacture of cigars in Canton, Ill., relative to Also, petition of Joseph Click, of Augusta County, Virginia, for ref· the same subject-to the Committee on Ways aud Means. erence of claim to Court of Claims under the Bowman act-to the Com­ Also, resolutions of the State Grange of Illinois Patrons of Hus­ mittee on War Claims. bandry, favoring the construction by the General Government of a deep­ By Mr.VANSCHAICK: Resolutions of the Wisconsin Commandery, water ship-canal connecting the lakes and Mississippi River by way of Military Order of the Loyal Legion, urging the prompt completion the Illinois and Michigan Canal and the Illinois River-to the Com­ and publication of the Rebellion Records-to the Committee on Print­ mittee on Rivers and Harbors. ing. Also, resolutions of the same body, favoring the election of Senators By Mr. WILKINSON: Petition of Eliza A. Phillips, and others, for by a direct vote of the people-to the Committee on Elections. relief-to the Committee on Watr Claims. Also, petition of Wilson Eloquiat, of Peoria, Ill., relating to the duty By Mr. YARDLEY: Petition of officers and representatives of a on photographic albumen paper-to the Committee on Ways and Means. grange in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, asking for free coinage-to the By Mr. RICHARDSON: Petition on claim of Malone, of Giles County, Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. Tennessee-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, petition of officers and representatives of Grange No. 451, of Also, petition on claim of Terrell T. Crowder, of same county and same county and State, for the same law-to the Committee on Coin­ State-to the Committee on War Claims. age, Weights, and J'i{easures. Also, petition on claim of Jerre B. Cobb, of same county and State­ By Mr. YODER: Petition of citizens against the passage of House to the Committee on War Claims. bill 8278, to regulate commerce-to the Committee on Commerce. Also, petition on claim of John C. P. Reed, •of same county and State-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, petition on claim of Richard P. Thweatt, of same county and State-to the Committee on War Claims. SENATE. Also, petition on claim of Murdock M. Malone, of same county and WEDNESDAY, May 14, 1890. State-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, petition on claim of James A. Butler, of same county and State­ Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. J. G. BUTLER, D. D. to the Committee on War Claims. The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was rea-0 and approved. Also, petition on claim of Jaekson J. Ashford, of same county and EXECUTIVE OOl'lll\IUNICATIONS: State-to the Committee on War Claims. Also, petition of Jackson J. Ashford, of same county and State-to The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary of the TreMury, transmitting a letter from the Sec­ the Committee on War Claims. Also, petition on claim of James C. Ferry, of Davidson County, retary of the Interior, submitting a supplemental estimate of appro­ Tennessee-to the Committee on War Claims. priations required for the office of the surveyor-general of Sooth Da­ Also, petition on claim of William F. Cole, of Giles County, Tennes­ kota for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891; which, with the accom­ see-to the Committee on War Claims. panying papers, was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and By Mr. RUSK: Petition of certain citizens of Maryland, in favor of ordered to be printed. pure lard-to the Committee on Agriculture. He also laid before t}J.e Senate a communication from the Secretary Also, papers in the matter of the application for pension of Rachel of the Treasury, transmitting additional information relative to eva­ Wright-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. sions and violations of the laws for the exclusion of Chinese laborers, Also, deposition in the matter of the same application-to the Com­ embodied in a report of D. A. Coon, special inspector at San Diego, Cal.; which, with the accompanying papera, was referred to the Com­ mittee on Invalid Pensions. mittee on Immigration, and ordered to be printed. By Mr. RUSSELL: Protest of A. Troland & Co., of Norwich, Conn., against increase of duty on tin-plate-to the Committee on Ways He also laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary and Means. of the Interior, transmitting the draught of a bill (with copy of an ac­ By Mr. SANFORD: Petition of M. C. Wright and lOOothers, for in­ companying letter from the Acting Superintendent of the Census) pro­ crease of duty on hops-to the Committee on Ways and Means. viding for the free registration of official mail matter by census officers; By Mr. STAHLNECKER: Petition of Knights of Labor Assembly, which, with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Committee on No. 4, St. Lonis, Mo., against impure food, and favoring the Conger the Census, and ordered to be printed. bill-to the Committee on Agriculture. He also laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary Also, protest of the National Vinegar-Makers' Association, against of the Navy, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of March 24, 1890, reports of the tests made at Newport and Annapolis ofa new section 32 of the McKinley tariff bill-to the Committee on Ways and method of firing shells charged with nitro-glycerine from ordinary guns, Means. Also, petition of the Anti-Lottery League of Louisiana, against grant­ together with a report of Professor Charles C. Munroe of the results of ing a new charter and a renewal of the same to the Lottery Company­ an examination of americanite. to the Committee on Ways and Means. The VICE-PRESIDENT. Does the Senator from Mi!Jsouri [Mr. Also, petition and statement, with circular of information for the COCKRELL] desire to have the accompanying papers printed? Mr. COCKRELL. Oh, yes; I want them printed. I understand the importers and dealers af flax and jute goods, protesting against an in­ crease of duty and praying for a decrease of the same, with arguments subject-matter is now before the Appropriations Committee. For the attached-to the Committee on Ways and Means. present, I think the papers had better be referred to that committee. By Mr. TARSNEY: Remonstrance of citizens of Kansas City, Mo., The VICE-PRESIDENT. The communication and accompanying against House bill 8278-to the Committee on Commerce. papers will be referred to the Committee on .Appropriations and printed. Also, resolutions of Commercial Club of Kansas City, Mo., favoring PETITIONS .AND MEMORIALS.