\ ~ ... .._ ' ..... 2 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECEMBER 5, . The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Senator-elect will please come l!OUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. forward and take the oath of office. Mr. PROCTOR was escorted to the Vice-President's desk by 1\foNDAY, Decem,ber 5, 1892. ·Mr. MORRILL, and the oath-prescribed by law having been ad­ This being the day desilmated by the Constitution for the an­ ministered to him he took his seat in the Senate. nual meeting of Congress,-the members of the House of Repre­ Mr. MORRILL presented the credentials of REDFIELD PROC­ sentatives assembled in their Hall for the second session of the TOR, elected by: the Legislature of the State of Vermont a Sena­ Fifty-second Congress. tor from that State for the term beginning March4, 1893; which At 12 o'clock noon, the Speaker, Hon. CHARLES F. CRISP, a were read and ordered to be filed. Representative from the State of Georgia, called the House to NOTIFICATION TO THE HOUSE. order. Mr. SHERMAN submitted the following resolution; which PRAYER. was considered by unanimous consent, and agreed to: The Chaplain, Rev. W. H. MILBURN, D. D., offered the fol­ Resolved, That the Secretary inforn). the House o:f Representatives that a lowing prayer: quorum o! the Senate is assembled, and that the Senate is ready to proceed to business. Almighty God, we devoutly bless Thee that through Thy good NOTIFICATION TO THE PRESIDENT. providence so many of the members of this .House are brought Mr. HALE submitted the following resolution; which was con­ back to their places in safety and in health. Let Thy peace be sidered by unanimous consent, and agreed to: theirs, the peace of God which passeth understanding, control­ Resolved, That a committee consisting of two members be appointed, to ling their tempers and their tongues, keeping their minds and join such committee as may be appointed by the Hotise o:f Representatives, hearts in Thy knowledge and Thy love. Lift their thoughts to wait upon the President o:f the United States and inform him that a and wills to a level with the high dignity of the position to which quorum of each House is assembled, and that Congress is ready to receive they have been called, and grant that they may be enabled to any communication he may be pleased to make. act wisely as they are summoned to enact laws and to adopt By unanimous consent, the Vic.e-President was authorized to measures for the safety, honor, and welfare of this great nation. appoint the committee on the part of the Senate; and Mr. HALE Protect them and their families from all perils to person, prop­ and Mr. GORMAN were appointed. erty, and reputation, and prosper them in all their ways: We HOUR OF MEETING. humbly beg. through Jesus Christ, our Saviour. Amen. Mr. MORRILL submitted the following resolution; which was CALL OF THE ROLL. considered by unanimous consent, and agreed to: Resolved, That the hour of the daily meeting of the Senate be 12 o'clock The SPEAKER directed that the roll be called, when thefol­ meridian until otherwise ordered. lowing-named Members and Delegates responded: RECESS. ALABAMA. The VICE-PRESIDENT .. Wbatisthepleasureof theSenate? Hilary A. Herbert. William H. Forney. Mr. SHERMAN. I think, under the circumstances, in view William 0. Oates. Joseph Wheeler. of the probability that the President's message will not come in John H. Bankhead. J. E. Cobb. to-day, that the Senate had better adjourn until to-morrow. I ARKANSAS.· make that motion. William H. Cate. William L. Terry. Clifton R. Breckinridge. Samuel W. Peel. Mr. HARRIS. Does the SenatorfromOhiothink it i.s proper Thomas C. M:eRae. to adjourn until the committee has waited upon the Pt'esident and we have received his answer? CALIFORNIA. Mr. SHERMAN. As we are practically assured, by informa­ Eugene F. Loud. William W. Bowers. tion in the public prints, that no message will come in to-day, I CONNECTICUT. thought it hardly worth while to go through the form of re­ Lewis Sperry. Robert E. De Forest. maining in session . Charles A. Russell. Mr. HARRIS. I do not know that we can rely upon the in­ FLORIDA.. formation derived from the public prints. I suggest that we Stephen R. Mallory. Robert Bullock. take a recess and allow the committee to wait upon the Presi­ GEORGIA. dent and make its report. Rufus E. Lester. R. William Everett. Henry G. Turner. Thomas G. Lawson. Mr. SHERMAN. Very well; I will substitute that motion for Charles F. Crisp. Thomas E. Winn. the other. I move that the Senate take a recess until1 o'clock. Leonidas F. Livingston. Thomas E. Watson. The VICE-PRESIDENT (at 12 o'clock and 10 minutes p. James H. mount. m. ). · The Senator from Ohio moves that the Senate take a recess IDAHO. untill o'clock. Willis Sweet. The motion was agreed to; and at the expiration of the recess ILLINOIS. (at 1 o'clock-p.m.) the Senate resumed its session. Abner Taylor. Scott Wike. _ MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. Lawrence E. McGann. William M. Springer. Allan C. Durborow, jr. OWen Scott. At 1 o'clock and 2 minutes p. m., Mr. JAMES KERR, the Clerk A. J. Hopkins. · Samuel T. Busey. of the House of Representatives, appeared below the bar of the Robert R. Hitt. George W. Fithian. .- Thom::~.s J. Henderson. Edward Lane. Senate and delivered the following message: Lewis Steward. William S. Forman. Mr. President, I am directed by the Rouse of Representatives Herman W . Snow. James R. Williams. to inform the Senate that a quorum of the House of Representa­ Philip S. Post. George W- Smith. tives has appeared and that the House is ready to proceed to INDIANA. business. JohnL. Bretz. Elija.h V. Brookshire. I am further directed to inform the Senate that the House has Jason B. Brown. David IL Pat\on. William S. Holman. Augustus N. Martin. passed the following resolution: George W. Cooper. c-narles A. 0. McClellan. Resolved, That a committee of three members be appointed on the part of Henry U . .Johnson. Benjamin F. Shively. the House, to join the committee appointed by the Senate, to wait on the William D. Bynum. President and inform him that a. quorum of the two Houses has assembled, and that Congress is ready to receive any communication he may have to IOWA. make. John .J. Seerley. Frederick E. White. Orde1•ed, That Mr. SPRINGER, Mr. FORNEY, and 1\!r. O'NEILL of Pennsylva­ Walter I. E;ayes. Thomas Bowman. nia be appointed such committee on the part Qf the House. David B. Henderson. .Jonathan P. Dolliver. Walt H. Butler. George D. Perkins. NOTIFICATION TO THE PRESIDENT. KANSAS. At 1 o'clock and 30 minutes p. m., Mr. HALE and Mr. GoR­ Case Broderick. John Davis. MAN, the committee appointed in conjunction with a similar Benjamin H. Clover. William Baker. committee of the House of Representatives to wait upon the .John G. Otis. Jerry Simpson. President of the United States, appeared below the bar, and KENTUCKY. Mr. HALE said: Mr. President, the committee appointed by William J. Ston.e~ Worth W. Dickerson. the Senate, in company with a similar committee of the House of William T. Ellis. William C. P. Breckinridge. Representatives, to wait upon the President of the United States Asher G. Caruth. Joseph M. Kendall. and inform him that a quorum of the two Houses of Congress has LOUISIANA. assembled, have attended to that duty, and the President was Matthew D. Lagan. Newton C. Blanchard. pleased to say that he would communicate to the two Houses by l\1AINE. a message in writing at the opening of to-morrow's seS:Sion. Thomas B. Reed. Charles A. Boutelle. Nelson Dingley, jr. Mr. SHERMP....N. I move that the Senate adjourn. MARYLAND. 31 The motion was agreed to; and (at 1 o'clock and minutesp. Herman Stump. Barnes Compton. m.) the Senate adjourned until to-morrow, Tuesday, December Harry Welles Rusk. William M. McKaig. 6, 1892, at 12 o'clock m. Isidor Rayner. -- '· .. , .:: 1892. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 3 MASSACHUSETTS. WASHINGTON. Charles S. Randall. Moses T. Stevens. John L. Wilson. John F. Andrew. George Fred. Williams. Joseph H. O'Neil. Joseph H. Walker. WEST VIRGINIA. Henry Ca. bot Lodge. Frederick S. Coolidge. John 0. Pendleton. John D. Alderson. William Cogswell. William L. Wilson. James Capehart. MICffiGAN. WISCONSIN. J. LoganChipman. Justin R. Whiting. Clinton Babbitt. Lucas M. Miller. James O'DonnelL Henry M. Youmans. Charles Earwig. Frank P. Coburn. Julius C. Burrows. Harrison H. Wheeler. JohnL. Mitc)lell Nils P.Haugen. Byron G. Stout. George H. Brickner. Thomas Lynch. MINNESOTA. William H. Harries. James N. Castle. WYOMING. John Lind. Kittel Halvorson. Clarence D. Clark. Osee 1\1. Hall. DELEGATES FROM TERRITORIES. MISSISSIPPI. John M.. Allen. Clarke Lewis. ARIZONA. John C. Kyle. Charles E. Hooker. Marcus A. Smith. Thomas-C. Catchings. 1fiSSOURL NEW MEXIC!:>. Charles H. Mansur. John J. O'Neill. Antonio Joseph. Alexander M. Dockery. Seth W. Cobb. UTAH. Robert P. C. Wilson. Richard P. Bland. John C. Tarsney. Robert W. Fyan. John T. Caine. John T. Heard. Marshall Arnold. The SPEAKER. Two hundred and forty-one members have MONTANA., answered to their names. A quorum is present. William W. Dixon. MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. NEBRASKA. A message from the Senate, by Mr. McCooK, its Secretary, OmerM.. Kem. announced that a quorum of the Senate was assembled. and that NEVADA. the Senate was ready to proceed to business. · Horace F. Bartine. The message also communicated the following resolution of NEW HAMPSHIRE. the Senate, with the information that the Vice-President had Luther F.