1900. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-·HOUSE. 189 By Mr. HOFFECKER: A bill (H. R.12507) granting an increase By Mr. ROBINSON of Indiana: Petition of Advance Grange, of pension to Ezekiel Dawson-to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ No. 2100, Patrons of Husbandry, of Fremont, Ind., favoring pure­ sions. food legislation-to the Committee on Agriculture. By Mr. RANSDELL: A bill (H. R. 12508) for the relief of John By Mr. RYAN of New York: Petition of Rev. George B. New­ McDonnell-to the Committee on Military Affairs. comb and others, of Buffalo, N. Y., in favor of the anti-polygamy By Mr. KLEBERG: A bill (H. R. 12509) for the relief of Maria. amendment to the Constitution-to the Committee on the Judi­ Thornton, residuary legatee of Richard Miller, deceased-to the ciary. Committee on War Claims. By Mr. SHACKLEFORD: Petition of the estate of John W. Livesay, deceased, of Missouri, for reference of war claim to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. PETITIONS, ETC. By Mr. SIBL.EY: Petitions of druggists of Warren County, Pa., Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, the following petitions and papers for the repeal of the special tax on proprietary medicines-to the were laid on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows: Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. ACHESON: Petition of J. D. Moffat and other citizens Also, petition of citizens of Warren, Pa., in favor of the anti­ of Washington County, Pa., in favor of an amendment to the polygamy amendment to the Constitution-to the Committee on Constitution against polygamy-to the Committee on the Judi­ the Judiciary. ciary. By Mr. VREELAND: Petition of the First Methodist Episco­ By Mr. ADA.....'1SON: Petition of 0. Wyrm and other citizens of pal Church of Falconer, N. Y., in relation to the exclusion of all Coweta County, Ga., to accompany House bill granting an in­ spirituous liquors from our insular possessions-to the Commit­ crease of pension to Mrs. N. T. Hardy-to the Committee on tee on Insular Affairs. Invalid Pensions. By Mr. YOUNG: Petition of Barker & Co., of Philadelphia, Also, petition of Temple Drug Company, of Temple, Ga., for Pa., urging a reduction of the war..revenue tax of June 13, 1898- the repeal of the special tax on proprietary medicines, etc.-to the to the Committee on Ways and Means. Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. BURKETT: Papers to accompany House bill to remove the charge of desertion from the military record of James Ply- mate-to the Committee on Military Affairs. · Also, paper to accompany House bill for the relief of John T. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ~ Bretz-to the Committee on Claims. SATURDAY, Decembe1· 8, 1900. Also, papers to a-ccompany House bill for the relief of Henry G. Wheeler-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. The House met at 12 o'clock m. By Mr. CORLISS: Petition of E. T. Carrington, commander The following prayer was offered by the Chaplain, Rev. HENRY Loyal Legion of Michigan, praying for the passage of House bill N. COUDEN, D. D.: No. 5499, for the relit::f of the officers of the Revenue-Cutter Serv­ 0 thou great Spirit, in whom we live and move and have our ice-to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. being, through whose influence all progress is due, make us more By Mr. COUSINS: Resolutions of citizens of Shellburg, Iowa, susceptible, that we may go forward to greater manhood; that in favor of provision to prohibit the importation of intoxicating when the time comes that we shall depart this life we shall have liquors info countries chiefly inhabited by native races-to the left behind us a record worthy of Christian manhood. Hear us, Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic. and answer us in the name of Christ, the Lord. Amen. By Mr. CROWLEY: Paper to accompany House bill No. 3759, The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read, corrected, and to correct the military record of David Horner, of Olney, Ill.-to approved. the Committee on Military Affairs. CHAIRMANSHIP OF COMMITTEE ON NAVAL A.FF AIRS. By Mr. GAMBLE: Petition of Garrett Droppers, president; and other members of the faculty of the University of South Da­ The SPEAKER.· The Chair lays the following communication kota, favoring the passage of House bill No. 11350, to establish before the House for its information: COIDII'l'TEE ON NAVAL AFF4IRS, the national standardizing bureau-to the Committee on Coinage, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, UNITED 'ST.ATES, Weights, and Measures. Washington, Decembt1• 7, 1900. By Mr. GASTON: Petition of Anna C. McDonald and others, Sm: I am instructed by the Committee on Naval Affairs of the House to for forestry reserve and national park in Minnesota-to the Com­ inform you that by the unanimous vote of the committee at its session this morning, a quorum being present, Hon. GEORGE EDMUND Foss was unani­ mittee on the Public Lands. mously chosen as chairman of the said committee, to fill the vacancy caused by By Mr. HAMILTON: Resolutions of the Kalamazoo Presby­ the resignation of the Hon. CHARL~ A. BOUTELLE. tery, Michigan, favoring anti-polygamy amendment to the Con­ I have the honor to be, very respectfully, yours, J.E. HALL, stitution-to the Committee on the Judiciary. Clerk Committee on Naval Affafrs. Also, resolution of the First Presbyterian Church of Plainwell, Hon. D. B. HENDERSON, Mich., against the sale of intoxicating liquors in our new posses­ Speaker House of Representatives. sions-to the Committee on Insular Affairs. DISTILLATION OF BRANDY FROM CHERRIES. By Mr. JOHNSTON: Petition of C. F. Cook, heir of John Cook, deceased, late of West Virgin.fa, for reference of war claim to the Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to call up and have Court of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. unanimous consent for the consideration of a bill which belongs By Mr. KETCHAM: Petition of 37 citizens of Carmel, N. Y., to the Committee of the Whole. It is a bill to amend section 3255 · favoring anti-polygamy amendment to the Constitution-to the of the Revised Statutes, and would piace brandy made from cher­ Committee on the Judiciary. ries on the same basis as brandy made from berries, apples, and By Mr. LACEY: Petition of Post No. 72, Grand Army of the other fruits. 'l'hat is the only change made by the proposed bill, Republic, of Eldon, Iowa, favoring the passage of a service-pension and it comes from the Committee on Ways and Means. I ask bill-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. unanimous consent to consider the bill in the House as in Com­ By Mr. LYBRAND: Resolutions of Stoker Post, Grand Army mittee of the Whole. of the Republic, Department of Ohio, indoring House bill No. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from New York asks unani­ 5779, relating to appointments in the Government service-to the mous consent to consider this bill in the House as in Committee Committee on Reform in the Civil Service. of the Whole. Is there objection? [After a pause.] The Chair By l\fr. MAHON: Papers to accompany 8.ouse bill for the relief bears none. of Henry C. Wolfe-to the Committee on Military Affairs. The bill was read, ae follows: A bill (H. R. ~1) to amend section 3:?55 of the Revised Statutes of the United By Mr. MANN: Papers to accompany House bill No. 3568, for States, concerning the distilling of brandy from fruits. the relief of Sarah Maley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Be it enacted, etc., That section 32.55 of the Revised Statutes of the United By Mr. MOODY of Massachusetts: Petition of 24 veterans of States be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: the civil war, of Essex County, Mass., in favor of pensioning "SEC. 3255. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may exempt distillers of brandy made exclu­ Union soldiers who wern confined in Confederate prisons during sively from apples, peaches, grapes, pears, pineapples, oranges, apricots, ber­ the civil war, and for compensating such soldiers for the period ries, prunes, or cherries from any provision of this title relating to the manu­ . confined-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. facture of spirits, except as to the tax thereon, when, in his judgment, it may By l\Ir. RAY of New York: Petition of the Woman's Christian seem expedient to do so." Temperance Union of Kiester, Minn., for the passage of the Bow­ The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present considera· ersock bill-to the Committee on Military Affairs. tion of the bill? rAfter a pause.] The Chair hears none. Also, petition of AmandaNortbJ.·op of Binghamton,N. Y., wid­ Mr. PAYNE. As I stated, Mr. Speaker, the only change made ow of William T. Northrop, for a pension-to the Committee on in the existing law would apply the same rule to brandy dfatilled Invalid Pensions. from cherries as already applies under this statute to brandies Also, petition of Ada. L. McFarland, of Binghamton, N. Y., distilled from other fruits. Cherries seem to have been omitted widow of Solomon F. McFarland, for a penison-to the Committee in the original statute. on Invalid Pensions. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading; and 190 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECEl\IBER 8, being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and While Mr. HARMER was recognized as a Representative of posi­ passed. - tive force and acc.epted ability in the House, he rarely entered On motion of Mr.