1874. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. 743 cially where so much can be done for so small a service. To a greater He also presented a letter of the Surgeon-General of the Urrlted or lesser degree the press is the medium through which information States Navy, suggesting larger appropriations in support of the Medi­ and knowledge pass to the people. cal Depnrtment of the Navy; which was referred to the Committee Say what we wlll, and denounce newspapers as we may and some- on Naval Affairs. times do, yet we all go to t.hem for information. The people of all l\Ir. CAMERON presented the petition of J . B. Pierce and other clas es and conditions and stations in life consult them habitually, citizens of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; the petition of the Pres­ and cannot do without them, and their teachings are a part of the bytery of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, M. H . Gill, moderator; the peti­ family education. tion of the congregation of the Providence Presbyterian church, Some matters that are mischievous find their way into the press, Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, Rev. William 1\I. Robinson, pastor; the yet much that is good, instructive, and elevating therein abounds; petition of the North Presbyterian church, of Allegheny City, Penn­ hence the circulation, and especially the local or domestic press, sylvania, representing over 200 communicants, Rev. A. A. Hodge, pa.s­ should have every avenue opened for its easy, cheap, and convenient tor; the petition of the Sandusky Street Baptist church, repre enting distribution among the people. over 400 communicants, Rev. n. F. Woodburn, pastor; and the peti­ I will not now further consume the time of the House by stating tion of the First United Presbyterian congregation, representing a other reasons that occur to me why this bill ought to pass. I tTust membership of 450 persons, praying for the appointment of a commis­ that the justice of its provisions will alone be sufficient to secure it sion of inqniry concerning the alcoholic liquor traffic, its relations to sufficient supporl. Let us impartially weigh out the national privi­ pauperism, crime, a.nd general welfare; which were referred to the leges with an even balance to all the people. Committee on Finance. Mr. BUJ\TDY. At this late hour I do not ..know whether it is proper Mr. BOREl\lAN presented the memorial of Charles S. Bell, late of for me to go on now. I have no written speech, and no preparation Gales-burgh, illinois, asking compensa.tion for valuable and extmordi­ for a speech, and I would willingly yield for a motion to adjourn, if nary services rendered by him to the Unitecl State~:~ during the late I could be sme of obtaining the floor next Saturday. • war for the suppression of the rebellion; which was referred to tho Mr. DAWES. If the gentleman will yield I will move that the Committee on l\lilitary Affairs. · House adjourn. He also presented the petition of D. T. Wright and others, praying Mr. KELLEY. If we adjourn with the gentleman from Ohio on the the establishment of a post-route in the counties of Tyler, Wetzel, and floor, he will be entitled to the floor the next time we meet for the Marion, West Virginia; which was referred to the Committee on Post­ purpose of debate. Offices and Post-Roads. 1\lr. BUNDY. I will yield, then, as it is now ten minutes past four He also presented a petition of citizens of itfarshall County, West o'clock. Virginia, praying that a pension may be allowed to William C. Parker, 1\fr. DAWES. I move that the House do now adjourn. of that place; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions. The motion was agreed to; and (at four o'clock and ten minutes Mr. THURUAN. I present the petition of certain Winnebago In­ p. m.) the House adjourned. diaps of the State of Wisconsin and other persons, setting forth what they allege to have been violations of thelawandgreat injuryto these Winnebagoes. The petition goes back a long way in the history of the Winnebagoes in Wisconsin. I will not trouble the Senate by asking it to listen to the early grievances recited in this paper, but I IN SENATE. ask leave to read a passage which will show what are their immediate grievances : :t\!ONDAY, J anuary 19, 1874. And your p etitioners further represent that certain parties whose names are un­ known -to your petitioners have, by falsely representing that the Winnebagoes of Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. BYRoN· SUNDERLA.l\TD, D. D. Wisconsin were vagabonds, and that the people of Wisconsin were dissatisfied The Journal of the proceedings of Friday last was read and approved. with their presence m Wisconsin, obtained appropriations from Congress for their removal, and bv falsely r epresenting th&t the Winneba.goes would be murdered by Hon. JOHN P. JONEs, of Nevada, appeared in his seat to-day. the people of Wiscon in unless they were removed from the State the Government PETITIONS A.i..'ID 1\oiEMORIALS. has been induced to issue orders to r emove said Winneba~oes by force, if force should be found n ecessary; and a large portion Qf said Wmnebagoes have been Ir. BROWNLOW presented the petition of J . A. Anderson and kidnapped and forcibly r emoveu out of the State; and yourletitioners of Indian blood and some of their white friends lh·we been threatene , and a.re still threat. others, of Bristol, Tennessee, praying for the appointment of a com­ ened wit.b like treatment; and your yetitioners aver that such removal is contrary mission of inquiry concerning the alcoholic liquor traffic, its relations to the bill of rights and to the Constitution and laws of the United States and the to pauperism, crime, the public health, and general welfare; which State of Wisconsin, and contrary to the wishes of a great-er portion of the people of was referred to the Committee on Finance. Wi.~consin. And your petitioners, in behalf of the whole Winnebago people, rep­ resent on information and belief that the.moneys so appropriated have been squan­ 1\Ir. INGAL.LS. I received by mail this morning the petition of dered in employing worthless persons to threaten and persecute the ·winnebagoes~ John Grable and other citizens of Doniphan County, Kansas, repre­ and tha,t the moneys due to the said Winnebagoes under the treaties are not, ann senting that the greatest evil which afflicts the prosperity of the have not for years past, been distributed as provided ther ein, or as right and justice· country at the present time is the unjustly legalized monopoly of our demand, and that the said Winnebagoes have been, and are being, unlawfnllv, wrongfully, and cruelly deprived of their lives, liberty, and property, aJl of which fictitious system of public credit in banking and currency, and pray­ they are r eady to verUy; and they firmly believe that the present persecution of ing for the enactment of a law to provide for a currency to be based the Winnebagoes of Wisconsin arises solely from political corruption. upon real estate secured by mortgage, four dollars base for one in cir­ And your petitioners further aver that they have not presented the various will wrongs complained of in detail, or cases of individual in.justice, but stand ready to culation, which need no redemption but to pay the interest and do so when opportunity shall be allowed ; and your petitioners pray that a hw refund the money. I move that this petition be received and referred may be passed by which they may become citizens, that they may enjoy their lives, to the Committee on Finance. liberties, and property as other ciliizens. The motion was agreed to. Attached to this petition are divers affidavits; and if they state 1\lr. PRATT presented the petition of Thomas Day, of Ripley County what is the truth, a case is presented of flagrant violation of the law, Indiana, praying- compensation for injuries sustained in consequenc~ and flagrant wrong; and I cannot too strongly ask the attention of of the . ~e. of ~ nursery grounds by the United States military the Committee on Indian Aff;:tirs- to whom I propose tha.t this peti­ a_uthonti~sm 1863 and 1864 for bar!'acks and hospitals, and the destruc­ tion shall be referred- to this petition, and the proof that a-ccompa­ tion of hlB trees and plants; which was referred to the Committee on Claims. nies it. I beg leave to read briefly from one of these affidavits. The a:ffiants swear : Mr. BOG:Ypresented the ,petition of Thoma.s B. Wallace, praying com_p~nsation for property_ destroyed by the Army under orders from That O:Q. the 20th day of D ecember, 1873, at the town of Caledonia, m the county of Columbia and St[1te of \Visconsin, eighty-five of their r elatives and friends wero a military commander durmg the late war; which was referred to the sun-Otmdefl with men armed with bayonets and taken prisoners; that Big Hawkt Committee on Claims. one of 'their leading men, was hantlcutfetl, and they were forcibly driven off, ann l\f1:. 1\1ERRI1\10N _presented the petition of J . N. Bryson and others, were not allowed to take their bagga-ge ; aJld that a large portion of the ba.zrra<re uf praymg the establishment of a post-route from Cashier's Valley said persons was stolen and destroyed; and they beg that restitution of the liberties of their relatives and friends ancl their property be given; that they have sought Jacks~m Counpy, North Carolina, to Walhalla, Oconee County, South protection from the local authorities, but have been unable to obtain the same, or Carolina; which was referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and any promise for the future, for the r eason th..1.t the act complained of has b een and Post-Roads.