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Mr. BLAIR. I understand it to embrace them, and the Senator will 

find it so. With reference to the condition of Louisiana I find a. quotation from 

Governor McEnery, which I will read, in addition to that which has 

already been placed in the possession of the Senate relative to the con- dition of education in that State. He sa-ys in an address very lately: 

With an increasing population illiteracy increases in ratio greater than the i11c1·eased population. And this is particularly true of this State, for every year we are drawing from the illiteracy of South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama by the introduction of colored laborers. This illiteracy among the masses has not escaped my attention. In the address I delivered before the State Educational Society, at-Monroe, in August, 1885, I said: "We will have to go beyond the common school and the university, among the masses of the people and educate them, first, as to the necessity for the es- tablishment of public schools, the sacrifices to be made for this purpose, and show that it is the best ill vestment that the people can make-leading to econ- omy in governm~t, the lessening of crime, the creatiOn of new industries, the accumulation of wealth, and the decrease of taxation; and educate them, sec-- ondly, to the proper understanding of the rights and duties of citizenship, the functions of government, and the appreciation of free institutions. I am safe in saying that not one-half of the voting population of Louisiana have any knowl- edge whatever of these subjects, yet they are eligible to the-highest office ill the State, sit as jurors, and determine questions affecting property, liberty, and life." 

And further, to the same effect, I wish now to read from the report 

of the Commissioner of Education for the year last pre-ceding, on the 

·illiteracy of the .SOuth and the necessity of national aid. I will send 

this to the desk to be read. 

The Chief Clerk read as follows: 

TEACHERS FOR COLORED SCHOOLS. 

The South also suffers particularly from the want of qualified teachers in the elementary schools. In his report to the trustees of the Slater fund, "Dr. Hay- good, the general agent, writes as follows: "1\Iany of the teachers in t~e colored public schools are pitiably incompetent- the statement need not be qualified by the word 'colored,' if we were consid- ering the whole case of the public schools in the Southern States. Many of them lack not only scholarship and training, but moral character. As a rule, there is good reason to believe that they do the best they can ; not a few of them do admirably well; some do their work so efficiently and usefully as to justify the belief that the colored people are capable of furnishing fit material for mak- lDg teachers of the most approved quality. The defects of these colored teachers are so great as to create an urgent necessity for training bett~r ones; their ex- cellences and their successes are sufficient to justify the best hopes of success in the effort, and to vindicate the judgment of those who make large investments of money and service to give to colored students opportunity for thoroughly 

preparing themselves for the work of teaching the children of their people.'' 

As I have before stated, the provision for training teachers continually in- creases, but it is far below the requirement, and only a small proportion of the well-trained teachers go into the rural districts, which, with their short terms, miserable school-houses, and utter lack of appliances, offer no inducement to competent teachers. While both races are affected by these drawbacks, it is the c~lored people whose welfare is most seriously threatened. In my judg- ment there is no graver problem before us than the adequate and appropriate 

training of these people, who, after years of servitude, were suddenly invested with the rights and duties of citizenship. They require a training specially 

adapted to their wants, a training in which the moral and industrious aptitudes shall receive equal attention with the illtellectual. These conditions are well understood; the methods, the subjects of instruction, the material appliances 

required for the development of the colored population of the South have been fully considered, and I am satisfied that if the means were forthcoming the work would go rapidly forward to satisfactory results. · 

ILLITERACY IN THE SOUTH. 

The fact of steady progress in the educational system of the South has given rise to the belief in many quarters that the deficiency in the means of public edu- cation which existed in that section at the close of the civil war has been very nearly overcome, and that the States in question are amply able to rid them-· selves of the evils of illiteracy, which made such an alarmillg showing in the census of 1880. _ 

On account of this erroneous impression, which some find it for their interest to foster, it is to be regretted that we have not from all of the Southern States more recent statistics than those of 1880, setting forth the various conditions by which literacy and' illiteraey are determined. In accordance with the law of Virginia, during the months of.June and July, 1885, a census was taken in that State of all persons residing within the school districts between the ages. of five and twenty-one years. This census enables us to form the following compari- sons with the showings of the United Sta.tes census of1880: Census of 1880.-Populat.ion 10 to 20, both inclusive: White, 205,360; unable to write, 43,688; percentage, 21. Colored, 160,338; unable to write, 101,320; per- centage, 63. 

' Oensus of 1885.-Population 10 to 20, both inclusive: White, 212,524; unable to read, 26,374; percentage, 13. Colored, 136,975; unable to read, 55,368; percent- age, 40. Census of 1885.-Population 7 to 15 years of age: White, 189,382; unable to write, 

72,492; percentage, 38. Colored, 145,663; unable to write, 98,132; percentage, 67. Of the white population between 7 and 15 years of age who <:ail not write, 

29,846, or 15.7 per cent., are between 10 and 15 years of age, and of the colored population, 50,705, or 34.8 per cent. The State census of 1885 does not give pre- cisely the same data as the United States cens'.lS, inability to write having been made in the former the test for persons between 7 and 15 years, and ill the latter for those between 10 and 20. _It can not, however, escape notice that the pro- portion of illiterates between 7 and 15 years of age in 1885 is greater than the proportion between 10 and 20 in 1880 ; alsd that the number of colored illiterates between 10 and 15 years in 1885 bears to the colored population between 7 and 15 a larger ratio than that of the colored illiterates between 10 and 20 years of age to the colored population between those years in 1880. The corresponding 

comparison for the whites illdicates a slightly more favorable condition illl885. With respect to this census Hon. R. R. Farr, the State superintendent says: "The percentage of illiteracy of each class and sex is given, and afford; a curious study, and admonishes us that it will take a steady and persistent fight to meet and overcome the army of illiterates which is embraced within the school pe- riod, to say nothing about those who are under the prescribed age, and who will soon require school facilities. We know of no way to generally remove the illiteracy of our adult population; as a rule that will stand as a canker in the bodypolitic, a source of much danger and of inestimable losstotheState. But there is every reason why the State and nation shoud remove the illiteracy from our young generation by furnishing ample school facilities for all the different classes and conditions of the present and future school population and then by some practicable metl10d compel them to acquire at le:l.St the rudiments of a common education. The safety and progress of the State and nation demand 

this, to say nothing of humanity and religion. It is not remarkable that the percentage of illiteracy of the colored school population is so much greater than that of the white. The one is the offspring of an ancestry of illiteracy, and con- sequently without an.y opportunity of home training; the other, the descend- ants of an intelligent and refined people, surrounded by all those home influ- ences which are snch potent factors in the education and elevation of a people. It may be safely assumed, as a rule, that all the education, be it ever so little, that is possessed by the colored school population has been derived from one class or another of public education; and when we remember that in this Stat~ 

they have only had the advantage of some fifteen years' school facilities, their progress is wonderful, deserving of the highest praise, and shows con4:)lusively that they have the capacity to acquire an education, and that all they need is fair school facilities to enable them soon to remove the burden of their illiter- acy from the body-politic." 

It should be remembered in this connection that Virginia is one of the most favored of the States included ill the table before us. In density of population it is surpassed by two of those St-ates only,.ill the amount of taxable property 

by four, and in the amount of school income by two. The school system has been administered by superintendents of great energy, and the teaching force includes an unusually large proportion of qualified teachers, from all of which it may: be inferred that Virginia is making a,s rapid progress in the struggle 

against illiteraey as any one of the Southern States. 

:M:r. BLAIR. I am now willing to give way to a motion to proceed 

to the consideration of executive business, as I understand that is desired by many Senat-ors. 

EXECUTIVE SESSION. 

Mr. EDMUNDS. With the permission of my friend from New Hampshire, I move that the Senate proceed to the consideration of executive 

business. 

The motion was agreed to; and the Senate proceeded to the consideration of executive business. After twenty-two minutes spent in ex- ecutive session the doors were reopened, and (at 4 o'clock and 12 minutes p.m.) the Senate adjourned until to-morrow, Tuesday, January 

24,18881 at 12 o'clock m. 

NOMINATIONS. 

Executive nominations received by the Senate the 23d day of January, 1888. 

DISTRICT ATTORNEY. 

John Blair Hoge, of the District of Columbia,, to be attorney of the 

United States for the District of Columbia, in the place of Augustus S. 

Worthington, whose commission expires January 23, 1888. 

FISH cmrniSSIONER. 

Marshall McDonald, of the District of Columbia, to be Commissioner 

of Fish and Fisheries, as authorized by an act of Congress approved 

January 20, 1888. POSTMASTERS. 

John W. Ross, to be postmaster at Washington, in the county of 

Washington and District of Columbia, in the place of Frank B. Conger, 

whose commission expired :i)ecember 20, 1887. 

John H. Currey, to be postmaster at Nashville, in the county of Davidson and State of Tennessee, in the place of Anna B. Cheatham, deceased. 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 

1\foNDAY, January 23, 1888. 

The House met at 12 o'clock m. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. W. 

H. MILBURN, D. D. • 

The Journal of the proceedings of Saturday was read. 

Mr.· CRISP. Jl,fr. Speaker, it appears from the Journal as read by the 

Clerk that the gentleman from West Virginia [Mr. HOGG] entered a motion to reconsider the vote by which the previous question was 

ordered. I want to say, sir, I think there is some mistake about that. 

The gentleman from West Virginia, as the Journal states, moved to reconsider the vote by which the substitute offered by the gentleman from 

Iowa [Mr. LYMAN] was rejected. The Chairatthemoment permitted 

him to do so, but subsequently, upon reflection, stated that the motion 

would not then be in order. Watching, as I think vigilantly, the proceedings, I failed to hear any motion upon the part of the gentleman 

from West Virginia that the vote ordering the previous question should 

be reconsidered. 

The only purpose I have in making this statement is that I should 

have objected to such a motion if made. Gentlemen here around me did not hear the motion, and the first knowledge I had that such a motion was submitted, or was admitted, was on reading the RECORD 

of yesterday morning, and gentlemen will see upon an examination 

what it contains. I say the only object I have in calling attention to 

it is, that I can not be deprived of tbe privilege of objecting to the 

motion to reconsider that vote on the ground that the execution of 

the order of the House, in ordering the previous question, had been 

partly carried out, and that therefore, under well-established ·rules, it 

could not be reconsidered.· 

I will not make a question on the Journal if the Chair understands 

the rule as I do, that the mere entering of the motion to reconsider 

would not preclude any point of order being made upon .it whenever it 

is sought to be acted upon. I do not want, of course, to get up any 

issue about the Journal, and I merely call attention to the point. 
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Ifit'\s true that the point of order may be made upon the motion to 

reconsider whenever it is proposed to call it up, I have no objection tothe Journal standing as it is, although, according to my recollection 

and the recollection of gentlemen sitting around me, it is not correct. 

Mr. REED. Either the motion was entered or it was not. 

Mr. CRISP. In my opinion, and in that I think I am sustained by 

brother members and the clerks at the desk, it was not entered. 

Mr. REED. How did it get into the Journal? 

Mr. CRISP. That I can not answer. :Mr. REED. Is il; on account of our having a new Journal Clerk? 

Mr. CRISP. I do not know. 

The SPEAKER pro tempo1·e. The Chair will state its recollection 

to be in conformity with the Journal. The gentleman from West Virginia can state whether he made the motion or not. 

1\Ir. HOGG. I wish to say that when the House convened on Saturday · morning I asked the question which the RECORD discloses, 

whether it would be in order, pending the call of the yeas and nays, to move to reconsider the vote whereby the substitute of the gentleman from Iowa was rejected. The Chair answered that it would be in 

order to submit the motion, but that the consideration of it would be 

deferred until the yeas and nays had been disposed of. That motion 

was enteTed as a matter of record, not for consideration at the time the 

motion was ma{}e, but for future consideration and to reserve the rights 

of those who desired action upon that motion. 

Now, the yeas and nays were called, and upon the announcement of - the vote it was disclosed that there was not a quorum voting upon the 

question of adopting the resolution reported by the Committee on Elections. Then I m•ade a motion to reconsider the vote by which the yeas 

and nays were ordered upon the question of agreeing to the resolutions, 

and the gentleman from Georgia hearing the motion said: 

Pending that motionRecognizing the one I had just ma.deI move that the House do now adjourn. 

And pending the consideration of the motion which I had made the 

House did adjourn. That is in conformity with the REcORD. The 

RECORD discloses the true course of the procedure in that matter. 

Mr. CRISP. It is apparent from the statement now made by tbe 

gentleman from West Virginia [Mr. HoGG] that the Journal is wmng. 

That gentleman now states that he made a motion to reconsider the 

, vote by which the yeas and nays were ordered. The J ournul stn.tes that 

he made a motion to reconsider the vote by which the previou~ question was ordered. Therefore it is n.pparent the Journal is not correct. 

Now as to the st.1.tement of the RECORD, I know that to be inconect' 

where it states that the gentleman from Georgia said: 

Pending that motion I move that the House do now adjourn. 

I had intended to call attention to that, and have sought the notes of 

the reporter for that purpose. I did not say "pending the motion," 

because I had no knowledge of any such motion; nor had the genLlemen around me, or the clerks at the desk. 

But what I wanted to emphasize is that the statement of the gentle- man from West Virginia shows that the Journal is wrong. It !>bows 

that he entered the motion to reconsider the vote by which the previous 

question was ordered; whereas he now states he made a motion toreconsider the vote by which the yeas n.ncl nays were ordered. 

And further, I insist thn.t no motion that is rqade or entered by any 

member of this House ca.n be considered as a pending motion unless it 

is acknowledged and stated by the Chn.ir. The mere fact that a gentleman rises and Sl'.ys ''I move so and so," without the Chair entertaining ·and stating it to the House, amounts to nothing; such a motion is a nullity. The only way whereby a motion can be considered as pending is where the Chair states, iu accordance with the rules, that the gentleman from so and so makes such a motion; and in the absence of such 

.a statement the mere remark of a gentleman on the floor that he makes 

such a motion is not, in the contemplation ofparliamentary law, making a motion. It is not accepted; it is not received; it is not before the 

House. How often do we see a gentleman rise here o.nd there and 

make a motion, which the Chair does not at the time entertain; and 

iu such a case it can in no sense be construed as a motion pending before the House. According to the rule the Chair must state the motions 

that are made before they can be accepted by the House. 

Therefore, Mr. Speaker, I suggest that the Journal is incorrect in the 

particular that I have referred to. 

Mr. HOGG. I have before me in the RECORD the exact language of 

the Chair, after the motion I made to reconsider the vote by which the 

substitute llad been reject-ed had been entered on the Journal. And 

there seems to be some misapprehension as to the motive which actuated.that ~oJion .. It seemed to be thought it was made forimmediate cons1d~r:'lt10n, whiC~ I knew -was not in order pending the vote upon 

the ongmal resolutions reported from the committee under the call of 

the y~as and nn.ys. Therefore the Chair, realizing that fact, understandrng what I proposed by my original motion, used this bnguage: 

The SPEAKERp1·o tempore. The gentleman from 'Vest Virginia. [Mr. HOGG] 

made. the motion, as the Chair understood, to reconsider the vote by which the 

subshtute was rejected. That motion will not be in order until the vote on or- dering the previous question has been reconsidered. · 

In order, .therefore, to make myself distinctly understood I replied, 

"Then I make that motion; " not repeating the language, but follow- ing up the language used by the Chair. Both those expressions must 

be taken together in order to convey the intention of the mover. lVIr. CRISP. Is that tho way in which the gen lleman stated the 

motion a few moments ago? -Mr. HOGG. It is precisely the way in which I intended to do it. 

IVIr. CRISP. Perhaps the gentleman had his intention on Saturday, 

but did not carry it out. Certainly I never heard it .. 

The SPEAKER p1·o tempore. The Chair does not unde1'Stand the 

gentleman from Georgia to make a motion to correct the RECORD? 

Mr. CRISP. I merely call the attention of the Chair to what. I 

think is an incorrect statement in the Journal. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will state for the guidance 

of the House hereafter that a motion to reconsider is of the highest 

privilege and C.."tn be entered at any time even pending· a motion to adjourn. It has been ordered to be entered pending the consideration of 

a conference report. It has been so ruled every time from Speaker 

Stevenson down, and by various Spea.kers since. It has been ruled that 

a motion to reconsider having only two da.ys in which to be entered 

shall be entered whenever the member can obtain the floor for that purpose. But all rights as to points of order and as to the consideration of 

the motion, whethe1· it is a valid motion or not, are of <Y.lursc reserved; 

and when the motion comes up in its order all point<; of order are reserved for the action of the Chair. 

The RECORD is accurate accordjog to the recollection of the Chair. 

The gentleman from West Virginia first made a motion to 1·econsider 

tho vote by which t}fe substitute was rejected. Afterward, upon a suggestion of the Chair, he modified his orjginal proposition so as to make 

it a motion to reconsider the vote by which ~he previous question was ordered, the previous question operating on both the substitute and the 

original resolution, and being pa1·tly executed. So that the RECOTID is 

absolutely correct in recording both these motions, the motion toreconsider the order for the previous question having been substituted by 

the gentleman from West Virginia for his prior motion. When these motious come up, if they should ever come up in order, the gentleman 

from Georgia or any other gentleman will be recognized to make the 

point of order as to the propriety or validity of the motions. If there 

be no objection, the Journal of Saturday last will be approved. The 

Chair hen.rs no objection. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

Mr. CRISP. I call for the regular order. 

QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE. 

Mr. BRUMM. I rise to a question of privilege. I have read in the 

'Vashington Post of yesterday what purports to be an interview between a reporter of that paper and the honorable cllairman of tlle Committee on Elections [Mr. CRISP]. I presume that gentleman has read 

this interview, and I take it for gmnted that what purports to have 

been said by him was actually said. I also find in that paper au editorial making certain charges. I shall ask the Clerk to read the interview and the editorial, and then I wish to say something upon this 

subject. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will read. 

Mr. TOWNSHEND. I submit that the gentleman from Pennsylvania [M1·. BRUl\IM] has not stated any question of privilege, and before 

any extract from a ne'f\'Spaper has been read he ought to make such a 

~~m~ • The SPEAKER pro tem,po?·e. The Chair can not yet determine 

whet}:ier this is a question of privilege or not, under the rules. 

Mr. TOWNSHEND. But I submit that the Chair ought to be able 

to determine that from the statement of the gentleman fi·om Pennsylvania, not from any extract which may be read from any newspaper. 

l\Ir. BRUMM. If I did not so state before, I state now that both articles I wish to haYe read reflect upon the personal character of a very 

large min01·ity in this House in their reprcscntatiYe capacity. 

Mr. TOWNSHEND. I submit to the Chair whether the e-entlema.n 

has stated a question of privilege. ~ 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will have read the rule as to questions of privilege. 

Th.c Clerk 1·ead as follo'i\s: 

RULE IX. 

QUESTIONS OF PRIVILEGE. 

Questions of privilege shall be, first, those affecting tpe rights of the House collectively, its safety, dignity, and the integrity of its proceedings; second, the 

rights, Teputation, and conduct of members ind ividually in their representative 

capacity only; and shall have precedence of all other questions, except mo~i.ons 

to fix the day to which the House shall adjomn, to adjourn, n.nd for u recess. 

TheSPEAKERp1·otempore. The gentleman from Pennsylvania states. that he rises to a question of privilege affecting the rights of the House 

collectively, or affecting the rights, reputation, or conduct of members 

individually in their representative capacity. The Chair understood 

the gentleman to make that statement. 

Mr. BRUMM. Yes, sir. 

1\Ir. TOWNSHEND. I did not understand the gentleman at fh'St as I do now. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will proceed with the reading. 
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The Clerk read as follows: 

THE REPUBLICAN TACTICS-WHAT JUDGE CRISP THINKS OF THE OPPOSITION IN 

THE HOUSE-A DENIAL FROM ?dB, CARLISLE OF THE PUBLISHED REPORT THAT HE WOULD ASK TO HAVE THE CONTEST REOPENED. 

" How do you account for the opposition of the Republicans to voting on the 

Thobe-Carlisle case?" asked a Post reporter last night of Judge CRISP, chair- man of the House Elections Committee. 

"Their action in that regard is inexplicable to me," 1·esponded Judge CRISP, 

"unless it is based wholly upon a desire to ma.ke some political capital among people who do not or will not consider the facts in the case. Mr. Thobe bas 

been afforded two opportunities to submit his proofs,- first, in Kentucky last 

February, and second, before the Committee on Elections on the 6th of this 

month. The evidence presented to the committee consists of certain affidavits, 

all that he asked to file. After t.hey were filed Mr. CARLISLE was allowed one week in which to file affidavits in denial of Mr. Thobe's. He was not per- mitted to make any new countercharges, and filed affidavits directly in re- buttal of those.filed by Mr.l!'hobe. After the affidavits of 1\ir. CARLISLE were filed, Mr. Sypher, the counsel of Mr. Thobe, was permitted to argue the case before the committee. He asked no further time. The cRse was then closed by consent of both Mr. Thobe and J.\IIr. CARLISLE. The committee considered and 

passed upon it. Nine Democrats and two Republicans, Messrs. RoWELL and 

CooPER, united in the majority report. The other members of the committee, 

although filing a minority report, concede that the case made by the affidavits 

of Mr. Thobe was completely rebutted by the affidavits filed by 1\ir. CARLISLE. 

They so state in their report. The House is asked to reopen the case when the 

whole committee agree that there is no evidence before them or fn the record 

which would in any degree impeach the fairness of the election." 

"Is there any precedent for opening this case?" asked the reporter. 

"No; there is no precedent for such action. The speech of Mr. Thobe in the House fails to show any new matter of complaint·. The charges he makes are vague and general, and the names of no witnesses by whom he proposes to prove anything are cited. I believe, in the language of Mr. CooPER, 'there 

ought to be a period in the term of a member of the Honse when he can be re- lieved from the menace of a proposed contest-when he may be conscious t.ha.t 

the time has elapsed for the challenging of his right to-be here.' I do not believe that the House has any right to reopen a contest that has begun under 

the statute unless the whole evidence presented to it is such as-to make it at least reasonably probable that the contestant can establish his right to the seat. The very able arguments of Mr. CooPER and Mr. RoWELL, leading Republi- cans, members of the Committee on Elections, gentlemen who are thoroughly familiar with the whole evidence in the case, ought to satisfy any reasonable man that there is absolutely no merit in the contest of Mr. Thobe. If there is any doubt of this in the mind of any member of the Honse, it must arise from 

the fact that he has not carefully considered the evidence in the case." 

"What is the position of the Republican members who are acting with the 

majority?" asked the reporter. "I can not answer you better," replied Judge CRISP, "than by quoting from Mr. RoWELL's speech: 

'''The only question to be met in the affidavit-s of the contestant or the per- sonal knowledge of any witness is the question of the forgQries of the returns of the precincts of Carroll County. Everything else is so much bosh. Every 

other allegation of personal knowledge is the allegation of immaterial fact; and we, by opening this case, shall be establishing as a-precedent that anybody who 

has been a candidate for Congress may neglect to proceed according to the stat- utes, and when Congress assembles come in and file his affidavit that he believes 

certain things may be proven, and then that we must send out committees to investigate that question. Then there is an end of contest under the statutes, 

and an end_ of security for any member who 1·eceived n. certificate and comes here.' And that gives the position of the whole Democratic party in the House. Even if the case should be opened so as to give 1\'Ir. Thobe a third opp01·tunity to be heard, and the committees should find against him, what assurance have we that he would not again ask for a hearing on the plea that justice had not been done him? Most men who have a case in court or before a legislative 

bo?y have to be satisfied with an opportunity once to present their case. 1\Ir. 

Thobe bas twice been :1ccorded this privilege, and neither he nor his friends. have any cause for complaint at the House refusing him a third hearing. 

"If the House should reopen the case it would, I think, establish a dangerous precedent which would return to torment us. No member would feel secure in his seat. Every defeated candidate would be encouraged to contest the seat of his successful opponent, and much useless expense would be entailed upon the people." 

Speaker CARLISLE last night authorized a Post reporter to publish an absolute 

denial of the rumor that he intended to ask the House to do what Mr. Thobe 

desires. His own words were, "I have not contemplated such a step. The House must take its own course in the case without dictation or attempted dictation from me." 

Mr. DIBBLE. I rise to a point of order. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state it. 

Mr. DIBBLE. Without going into the question whether the article 

just read affects the rights of individual members or their reputation or conduct in their representative capacity, I submit that this is not a question of privilege of the order which affects the rights of the House 

collectively; that at most it affects only the rights, reputation, and con- · 

duct of members individually-as stated by the gentleman from Pennsylvania, a large minority of members, but still not the House as a whole. 

Now, Mr. Speaker, my point of order is, that there is now pending 

before this House n. question of high privilege, affecting the right of a member to his seat, and that until this question is settled the House can not take up and settle, contrary to objection, a question of no higher privilege than the one pending. The regular order has been 

demanded, and the question of privilege to the decision of which the 

House is now about to proceed is certainly of as high dignity as that 

)Vhich the gentleman from Pennsylvania proposes to submit, and must 

be decided before the other can be in order. 

Mr. BRUMM. Mr. Speaker--

The SPEAKER pro tempm·e. The Chair is ready to decide the point 

of order. 

Mr. DIBBLE. The rule covering this point is Rule IX. 

The SPEAKER pro tempm·e. The Clerk will re.'ld Rule IX. Th~ C~erk read as follows: 

Questions of privilege shall be, first, those affecting the rights of the House C?llectively, its safety, dignity, and the integrity of its proceedings; second, the 

r1ghts, reputation, and conduct of members individually in their representative capacity only. 

Mr. BURROWS. Mb.y I call the attention of the Chair to a passage 

in the Digest commenting upon the rule just read? It is on page 457, 

and I ask that it be read. 

The Clerk read as follows: 

H bas, however, become the well-settled practice, when a member rises to a. "question of privilege" based upon a newspaper publication, for the Chair to hold that such publication must assail or reflect upon the member in hi~ repre- sentative or official capacity; t.hat is, connecting him with alleged corrupt or improper influences as to pending or proposed legislation. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair was about to have that portion of the rule or of the Digest read, when the gentleman from Michigan rose. Now, the Chair does not see from the reaillng of the extract 

from a newspaper-- _ 

Mr. BRUMM. Mr. Spea.ker, I was simply going to state before the 

Chair ruled--

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair suggested to the gentleman 

from Pennsylvania, if he had anything to say, the Chair would hear 

him. 

Mr. BRUMM. Mr. Speaker, I simply wish to say whether the point 

of order would have been well taken or not is not material. At that 

time I assumed probably the point of order may have been in order at 

the proper time, but not at this time. The Chair having permitted me to make my statement and having allowed to be read the article I com- plain of, the matter is now before .the House. This privileged question, therefore, being in order, having been recognized by the Chair, it 

is now too late to raise the point of order. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will state that he listened 

to the gentleman from Pennsylvania to hear his statement and to hear 

the extract read, but did not allow the gentleman tQ raise the question 

of privilege. The Chair was about to have read that extract which the 

gentleman from Michigan had read, which, if it means anything, means the connection of a member with improper things pending proposed 

legislation. The Chair does not see that this does connect members in 

that way-in that gross way suggested by the rule. 

Beside, the Chair is ready to rule that when a question of privilege 

of this kind is raised in the presence of another question of privilege 

of the highest order, going to the organization of this. body in an effective way, it will not receive any other question of privilege until the 

pending one is disposed of. The Chair therefore overrules the point of 

order of the gentleman from Pennsylvania .. 

Mr. BRUMM. Only one of the articles was read. [Cries of" Regular order ! "] 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will hear what the gentle- man from Pennsylvania has to say. 

M,&. BRUMM. The Chair will hear me. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will proceed. 

Mr. BRUMM:. One article was read, but the other article has not 

been read. The Chair has made up his mind on one article only. I 

call the Chair's attention to the point where it is stated we voted for 

political purposes, impugning the motives that we had- that we had 

not exam4ted the question-which1 in my judgment, is a direct charge . ' 

of -corruption against those who voted to investigate this case. Mr. TOWNSHEND. Is thi<~ debatable_? 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair sees no reason to change his 

ruling. The regular order is demanded. 

Mr. BRUMM. I appeal from the decision of the Chair. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will stat-e it. 

Mr. BRUMM. I will withdraw the appeal. 

The SPEAKER pro tempm·e. The pending question is on the adoption of the resolution of the majority of the committee, a quorum not 

having appeared on the last vote, and the roll will be again called. 

The question was taken; and it was decided in the affirmativeyeas 164, nays 7, not voting 152; as follows: 

YEAS-164. 

Abbott, Cobb, 

Allen, J. M. Collins, 

Anderson, C. L. Compton, 

Anderson, G. A. Cooper, 

Bacon, Cothran, 

Bankhead, Cox, 

Barnes, Crain, 

Barry, Crisp, Biggs, Culberson, 

Blanchard, Dargan, 

:Bland, Davenport, 

Bliss, Davidson, A. C. 

Blount, Davidson,R.H.M. 

Breckinridge, C.R. Dibble, 

Breckinridge,WCP Dockery, 

Bryce, Dougherty, 

Buckalew, J;)unn, 

Bnrnes, Elliott, 

Burnett, Enloe, 

Bynum, Ermentrout, 

Campbell, Felix Fisher, 

Campbell, J. E. Ford, 

Campbell, T . J. Forney, 

Candler, French, 

Cannon, Ga.y, Carleton, Gibson, 

Caruth, Glass, 

Catchings, G-lover, 

Chipman, Granger, 

Clardy, Greenman, 

Clements, Grimes, 

Hail, 

Hare, 

Hat<Jh, 

Hayes, 

Heard, 

Hemphill, 

Henderson, J. S. 

Herbert, 

Hogg, 

Holman, 

Hooker, 

Howard, 

Hudd, 

Hutton, 

Johnston, T. D. 

Jones, 

Kilgore, 

Laffoon, 

Lagan, 

Lande~, 

Lane, 

Lanham, 

Latham, 

Lawler, 

Lee, 

Lynch, 

Macdonald, 

Mahoney, 

Maish, 

Mansur, 

Martin, 

Matson, 

McAdoo, 

McCreru·y, 

McKenna., 

McKinney, 

TI:IcMillin, 

McRae, 

McShane, 

~lerriman, 

Mills, 

Montgomery, 

Moore, 

Morgan, 

Morse, 

Neal, • Newton, 

Norwood, 

Oates, 

O'Ferrall, 

O·Neall, J. H. O'Neill, J. J. Outhwaite, 

Peel, 

Perry, 

Phelan, 

Pidcock, 

Post, 

Randall, 

Rayner, 

Rice, 

Richardson, 
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Robertson, 

Rogers, 

Rowell, 

Rowland, 

Russell, J. E. 

Rusk, 

Sayers, 

Scott, 

Shively, Simmons, 

Snyder, 

Springer, Stahlnecker, 

Steele, 

Stone, of Mo. W asb.ington, 

Ta.rsney, 

Taulbee, 

Thompson, T. L. 

Tillman, 

Townshend, 

Tracey, 

Seney, 

Shaw, 

Baker, Jehu 

Brewer, 

Stewart, Charles 

Stewart, J.D. 

Stockdale, 

Stone, of Ky. 

Turner, H. G. 

Vance, 

Walker, 

NAYs-7. 

Buchanan, Hovey, Cheadle, Kerr, 

NOT VOTING-152. 

Adams, Davis, Kean, 

Allen, C. H. De La.no, Kelley; Allen,E.P. Dingley, Kennedy, Anderson, A. R. Do1·sey, Ketcham, 

Anderson, J. A. Dunham, La Follette, 

Arnold, Farquhar, Laird, 

Atkinson, Felton, Lehlbach, 

Baker, C. S. Finley, Lind, 

Bayne, Fitch, Lodge, 

Belden, Flood, Long, 

Belmont, Foran, Lyman, Bingham, Fuller, · Maffett, 

Boothman, Funston, Mason, 

Bound, Gaines, McClammy, 

Boutelle, Gallinger, McComas, 

Bowden, Gear, 1\Ic_Cormick, 

Bowen, Gest, McCullogh, 

Brower, Goff, _ McKinley, Browne, T. H.B. Grosvenor, Milliken, 

Browne, T. M. Grout, Moffitt, 

Brown, 0. E. Guenther, Morrill, 

Brown,J. R. Harmer, Morrow, 

Brumm, Haugen, Nelson, 

Bunnell, Hayden, Nichols, 

Burrows, Henderson, D. B. Nutting, But.Jer, Henderson, T. J. O'Donnell, 

Butterworth, Hermann, O'Neill, Charles 

Caswell, Hiestand, Osborne, 

Clark, Hires, Owen, 

Cockran, Hitt Parker, 

Cogswell, Hohnes, Patton, 

Conger, Hopkins, A. J. Payson, Cowles, Hopkins, S. I. Penington, 

Crouse, Hop~ns, S. T. Perkins, 

Cummings, Houk, Peters, 

Cutcheon, Hunter, Phelps, 

Dalzell, Jackson, Plumb, 

Darlington, Johnson, J. T. Pugsley, 

So the resolutions were adopted. 

Wheeler, 

Whiting, J. R. 

Whitthome, 

Wilkins, 

Wilkinson, 

Wilson, Thomas, 

Wilson,W.L. 

Wise, 

Yoder. 

Laidlaw. 

Reed, 

Rockwell, 

Rome is, 

Russell, C. A. 

Ryan, 

Sawyer, 

Scull, 

Sherman, 

Smith, 

Sowden, 

Spinola, 

Spooner, 

Stephenson, 

Stewart, J. W. 

Struble, 

Symes, 

Taylor, E. B. 

Taylor, J.D. 

Thomas, G.l\1:, 

Thomas, .J. R. 

Thomas, 0. B. , Thompson, A. C. 

Turner, E. J. 

Vandever, 

Wade, 

Warner, 

Weaver, 

Weber, 

West, 

White,.J.B. 

White,S.V. 

Whiting, William 

Wickham, 

Wilber, 

Williams, 

Woodbnrn, 

Yardley, 

Yost. 

Mr. CUUMINGS. I am paired with my colleague (Mr. FITCH], with 

the quorum proviso. As my vote is not necessary to make a quorum 

I withdraw it. 

Mr. SOWDEN. I am paired with Mr. DARLINGTON. !voted "aye" 

upon this question, our pair containing a reservation that it should not 

break a quorum. I understand there is a quorum without my vote. 

Hence I withdraw it, and I want this statement to go on record. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. It will go on record. 

1\fr. STOCKDALE. I would ask if there is a quorum without my 

vote? 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. A·quorum has voted, and the Clerk 

will announce the pairs! if any. 

The following -pairs were announced: 

Mr. SPINOLA with Mr. THOMAS, of lllinois, until further notice. 

Mr. McCORMICK ·with Mr. PENINGTON, on all political questions 

until the 28th instant. 

Mr. McCLAMMY with 1\fr. NICHOLS, on the contested-election case. 

The result of the vote was then announced, as above recorded. 

1\fr. CRISP moved to reconsider the vote by which. the resolutions were adopted; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the 

table. 

The latter motion was agreed to. 

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT. 

A message from the President of the United States, in writing, was communicated to the House, by Mr. PRUDEN, one of his secretaries. 

The message also announced the approval of the following bill: 

An act (H. R. 3318) relating to permissible marks, printing or writing, upon second, third, and fourth class mail matter, and to amend the 

twenty-second and twenty-third sections of the act entitled ''An a.ct 

making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for 

the fiscal year ending June 30, 1880, and for other purposes.'' 

CORRECTION OF THE RECORD. 

Mr. ENLOE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to make a correction of the REcORD. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state it. 

Mr. ENLOE. In the RECORD of the 21st of J anuary, in the report 

of the speech of Mr. Thobe, the contestant for a seat on this floor, I 

find there is a reflection upon the character of the Committee on Elections and upon the action of the committee, which reflection was not . uttered by hlm in his speech on this floor, but was incorporated afterwards in the revision of his speech. And I wish to state that it was not only no part of his remarks upon the floor, but it goes to the discredit of this publication, which ought to be a correct record of the 

proceedings of Congress, that such an insertion should be permitted to 

I 

st.and. It is an abuse of the privileges of this body, and I call the at· 

tention of the House to it. 

I ask the Clerk to read that portion of his speech from t)le RECORD 

to which I have referred. It is the part immediately following the 

reading of the memorial to which he alludes. 

The Clerk read as follows : Mr. Speaker, I submitted that sworn statement, which has just been read, to 

the Committee on Elections, and it was rejected, disregarded, and rHurned to me by the chairman, with the following letter: 

"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U, 8., 

"Washington, D. 0., January IS, 1888. 

" Sm: The chairman of the committee received inclosed affidavit yesterday. To-day he submitted it to the committee, and was directed to return it to you with statement that so far as this committee is concerned the case referred to therein is closed. 

"Very respectfully, 

"CHARLES F. CRISP. 

"J. H. SYPHER, Esq." 

Here, then, is a flat and indignn.nh refusal of the committee to even hear me; and they indecently rushed the report through the committee and submitted it to the House before I could reach the Capitol. If I was a criminal charged with a heinous crime I could not have been treated with less respect to my rights as a citizen by this partisan committee. 

Mr. ENLOE. Now, I simply desire to say that :1\Ir. Thobe did not use any such language; and the language he did use contained no such 

reflection upon a committee of this House. The Official Reporter, I 

understand, says the same thing; that it was incorporated in therevision. 

This alleged letter of Mr. CRISP was not read in the hearing of the 

House; and I want to say further: I am informed that, not being a member of the House, Mr. Thobe had no right to revise his remarks in · that manner, by interpolating language that was not uttered on the 

floor. And furthermore, I wish to say that it is an abuse that mem- bers of the House should incorporate in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD 

language that has not been uttered upon the floor; and I shall protest 

against it as often as it occurs, for this RECORD has gone to the country 

time and again, not as a faithful and accurate record of the proceedings 

and business of this House, but has been a living lie upon those proceedings. [Cries of '' Regular order ! ''] 

Mr. HOGG. I would like to ask the chairman of the Committee on Elections a question. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The regular order has been demanded, 

which is the call of States and Territories fur the introduction of bills. 

ACCEPTANcE OF PORTRAITS OF EX-SPEAKERS. 

Mr. GIBSON. Mr. Speaker, I wish to submit a resolution and ask 

its reference to the Committee on Printing. I understand it to be a 

privileged resolution. . Mr. ENLOE. Mr. Speaker, I object to that part of the RECORD 

which I have caused to be read, and desire to supplement that objection with the motion to strike it out and substitute what actually took 

place. 

The SPEAKER pro temp01·e. The r(\,<Ylllar order has been deiiL-'IDded. 

Mr. ENLOE. But this is aquestionofprivilegeto have the RECORD 

corrected. 

Mr. JONES. I wish to submit a privileged report. 

The SP~AKER p-ro te1npo1·e. There is a ·privileged matter now pending, which the Clerk will read. 

The Clerk read as follows: 

Resolved by the HOuse of Representatives (the Senate concur-ring), That there be 

printed_lO,OOO copies of the addressesd.elivered in the House of Representatives, on January 19,1888, upon the presentation of the portraits of Speakers Sedgwick, 

Varnum, and Banks, for the use of the House. 

The SPEAKER pro te?npore. This resolution will be referred ' to the 

Committee on Printing. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

M:r. ENLOE. Mr. Speaker, I think I am entitled as a matter of 

privilege to have the motion submitted. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Another matter of privilege is pending, however. The gentleman from Alabama states that he rises for 

that purpose. 

OBSTRUCTIONS rN THE WILL.Al\IETTE. 

:?tfr. JONES. I am instructed by the Committee on Rivers and 

Harbors to report back the resolution I send to the desk. 

The Clerk read as follows: 

Whereas the Willamette River, in Oregon, one of the largest navigable and 

shipping rivers of the Pacific coast, by repeated freshets has so far become de· 

flected..from its original channel near the city of Corvallis and by its destruction· of the banks as now seriously to threaten the near prevention of navigation at this point and the abandonment of Corvallis as a shipping mart unless timely 

aid be rendered; and 

Wbm·eas five sand-bars have formed in said river between Corvallis and Oregon City and o.re now formidable impediments to navigation, and urgent neces- sity exists for immediate improvement: Therefore, Resoh;ed, That the Secretary of War be requested to inform this House what 

special action, if any, has been undertaken by the Government, or what is 

d eemed speciallynece,.sary, to remedytbe imminent dangers to said navigation 

and commerce on the 'iVillamette River in Oregon . The Committee on Rivers and Ha1·bcrrs, to whom was referred the foregoing resolution of inquiry, introduced by Mr. HERMANN, having bad the same under 

considerations, beg leave to report it favorably to the House, and recommend 

its adoption. 

The resolution was agreed to. • 
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore.· The gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. 

ENLOE] rises to a question of privilege. 

Mr. ENLOE. I make the motion to strike from the RECORD that 

portion of it which has been read, and to direct the Official Reporter 

of the House to insert in place of it theexactlanguagewhich was used 

by Mr. Thobe in his speech. 

I have no objection to Ur. Thobe's coming into the center of tbe 

Democratic side of the House and posing there as a re~resentative of 

workingmen, while he was receiving notes and suggestions from gentlemen on the other side; but I object to their revising his speech and 

putting into it what was not submitted in,;f;hls House. 

Mr. BUCHANAN. What is the proposition? 

The SPEAKER pro tempo1·e. The gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. 

ENLOE] asks that certain remarks attributed in the RECORD to Ur. 

Thobe be stricken out. 

:Mr. BUCHANAN. I ask that those remarks may be read. 

The SPEAKER pro tempqre, They have been read already. But if 

there be no objection, they may be read again. 

Mr. GROSVENOR. I rise to a question of order. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state it. 

Mr. GROSVENOR. The only question to consider is whether the 

gentleman, Mr. Thobe, said what is alleged in the RECORD to have been 

said. If it is the fact that he did not use those words, that fact ought 

to appear. As I understand the motion of the gentleman from Tennessee, it merely undertakes to strike out certain words that appear in 

the RECORD. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The motion is to strike out the words 

alleged to have been uttered by Mr. Thobe, and to insert the words 

which the reporter states were actually spoken. The Clerk will now 

read what appear in the REcoRD as the remarks of Mr. Thobe and 

which the gentleman from Tennessee proposes to strike out. 

The remarks attributed to Mr. Thobe were again read. 

Mr. ENLOE. I desire to make a parliamentaryinquiry. Is it necessary to have a motion to correct the RECORD? Is it not the right 

and privilege of a member to have the REcoRD corrected in accordance 

with the notes of the reporter? 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair understands the reporter 

could only make a correction by the order of the House. 

Mr. _ENLOE. Then I demand the previous question on the motion 

I have submitted. 

Mr. REED. I think we might have the poor privilege of having 

this matter properly understood. 

Mr. JOHNSTON, of Indiana. J desire tomakea parliamentary inquiry. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore.· The gentleman will state it. 

Mr. JOHNSTON, of Indiana. If Mr. Thobe did not say what appears in the REcoRD and the reporter states he did not use those words, 

I wish to know how the language attributed to him got into the RECORD? ..--

The SPEAKER pro te-mpore. The Chair can not answer that question. 

Mr. ENLOE. It got into the RECORD as many other things get into 

it. I can answer the gentleman's question, because I asked the Official 

Reporter how it got there, and he informed me that it was because the 

remarks were wit~eld for revision, and after he turned them over to 

the Government Printer these remarks were inserted. 

A MEMBER.. That is customary. 

Mr. ENLOE. It i"l a bad custom. 

Mr. BOUTELLE. If it is a.bad custom, it would be better to abolish 

the custom, and not make this an exception to the rnle. 

Mr. JACKSON. I desire to ask the gentleman from Tennessee a 

question. Is not the letter which is published in the REcoRD7 purporting to be from the chairman of the Committee on Elections, a correct 

copy of one which was addressed by the chairman of the Committee on 

Elections to Mr. Thobe's counsel? 

Mr. ENLOE. It may be; but Mr. Thobe did not read that letter in 

his remarks upon the floor. 

Mr. JACKSON. Did he not refer to it in his remarks? 

Mr. ENLOE. That is what I want to know. I want that the re- porter shall furnish the language that· he actually did use. I insist on 

the previous question. 

M.r. CUTCHEON. What i'3 it that is proposed to be stricken out? 

Mt·. BOUTELLE. I wish to ask whether the motion of the gentleman from Tennessee is intended to abolish the custom of ~rmitting remarks made upon the floor to be revised for publication in the RECORD, 

·or does he propose merely to deprive the contestant in this instance of 

a right which bas been conceded to all the members of this House? 

Mr. ENLOE. Does the gentleman insist that Mr. Thobe is a mem- ber of this House? • 

Mr. ;BOUTELLE. Oh, no. 

Mr. RYAN. He has the same rights in this respect as a member of 

the Honse. 

1\fr. BOUTELLE. He was granted the privilege of the floor to make 

certain remarks. 

Mr: RYAN . . And ought to be treated with the same consideration 

and to have the same privileges in that respect as are accorded to members on the floor. 

Mr. TOWNSHEND. Is debate in order? 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. It is not, the previous question having 

been called. 

Mr. TOWNSHE1\TD. Then I demand the reguL.1>r order. 

Mr. ENLOE. I wish to say--

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The regular order has been demanded. 

Mr. BUCHANAN. I desire to make a parliamentary inquiry. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state it.. 

Mr. BUCHANAN. On what is the previous question demanded? 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The previous question is oeman.ded on 

the motion of the gentleman from Tennessee [.Mr. ENLoE]. 

Ur. RYAN. Let us have the yeas and nays. 

Mr. CUTCHEON. I suggest· that the notes of the reporter be produced. 

Mr. BUCHANAN. I desire to make a pa,rliamentary inquiry. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state it. 

Mr. BUCHANAN. Is it in order pending the demand for the pre-

·dous question to have the reporter's notes read r 

Mr. SOWDEN. I rise to a. question of order. In the confusion 

which prevails in the Hall it is impossible to hear what is going on. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The House will be in order. 

Mr. ENLOE. I want to state that the object of my motion has 

been accomplished by calling atte.ption to this matter and I do not insist 

on the motion for the previous question. [Cries of ''Regular ord~! ''] 

Mr. BRUI\HL I rise to a parliamentary inqnii·y. 

JYir. ENLOE. I withdraw my motion, and ~ doing so desire to 

emphasize my remarks against the practice I have criticised. 

Mr. SPRINGER. I call for the regular order. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

The SPEAKER po temp(}re. This being Monday, the regular order 

is the call of the States and Territories for bills and resolutions. Upon 

this call joint and concurrent resolutions and memorials from State and 

Territorial Legislatures are in order; also resolutions of inquiry addressed to heads of Departments. 

UNITED 3:!'.A.TES BONDED DEBT. 

Mr. OATES introduced a bill (H. R. 5G03} to refund the bonded 

debt of the United States at 2t per cent .. interest, to reduce taxation 

upon circulating bau.k.:Uote cniTency, and to secure such currency 

against unnecessary disturbance and fluctuation by applying the national revenues economically to payment of the national debt; which 

was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Ways 

and Means, and ordered to be printed. · 

MIEND::UENT OF RULE ym. 

Mr. OA.TES also submitted the following resolution; which was referred t<> the Commitee on Rules: 

Resolved, That subdivision 2 of Rule VIII be, and the same is hereby, amended, 

by adding thereto the following, to wit '' Providedjurthe-1-, That no pairs shall be announced or printed in the REcoRD unless the members paired have pre- viously been excused by the unanimous consent of tb.e House for the time cov- ered by the pair." 

EFFICIENCY OF SIGNAL SERVICE. 

Mr. WHEELER introduced a bill (H. R. 5604) to promote the efficiency oftheSignalService; which__wasreada:fi.rst and second time, referred to the Committee on l\1ilitary Affairs, and ordered to be printed. 

BALANCES IN THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 

:1\Ir. BRECKlNRIDGE, of Arkansas (by request), introduced a bill 

(H. R 5605) to determine and settle final balances in the Treasury Department; w hicb was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department, and ordered to be 

printed. 

PUBLIC BUILDING .A.T STOCKTON, C.AL. 

Mr. BIGGS introduced a bill (H. R. 5600) to provide for the construction of a public building, etc., in the city of Stoekton, Cal. ; which 

was read a first and second time, referred to .the Committee·on Public 

Buildings and Grounds, and ordered to be printed. 

THE 1'l.IILITIA. 

Mr. MORROW introduced a bill (H. R. 5607) for the relief of the 

militia; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the 1\filitL.'lt, and ordered to be printed. 

ACT FOR BE..~EFIT OF VARIOUS STATES, ETC. 

:1\Ir. THOMPSON, of California, introduced a bill (H. R. 5608) amendatory to the act for the benefit of the States of Texas, Colorado, Oregon, 

Nebraska, California, Kansas, and Nevada, and the Territories of Washington and Idaho, and Nevada when a Territory; which was read a first 

and second time, referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to 

be printed. 

RODl\IAN GUNS FOR COLORADO. 

Mr. SY.MES introduced a bill (H. R. 5609) to authorize the Secretary 

of War to issue two Rodman guns to the State of Colorado; which was 

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read a first and ·second time, referred to the Committee on Military 

Affairs, and ordered to be printed. 

SECTIONS 2275 AND 22761 REVISED STATUTES. 

.Mr. SY.MES also introduced a bill (H. R. 5610) to amend sections 

2275 and 2276 of the Revised Statutes; which was read a first and 

second time, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered 

to be printed. 

PENSIONS. 

Mr. RUSSELL, of Connecticut, introduced a bill (H. R. 5611) granting pensions to the soldiers and sailors in the service of the United 

States in the war of the rebellion; which wa,s read a first and second 

time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be 

printed. FEES AND EXPENSES OF EXAMINING SURGEONS. 

Mr. RUSSELL, of Connecticut, also introduced a bill (H. R. 5612) 

establishing the fees and expenses of examining surgeons; which was read a :first and second time, referred to the Com::nittee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. 

GOODS SEIZED UNDER INTERNAL-REVENUE LAWS. 

Mr. GRANGER introduced a bill (H. R. 5613) authorizing theredelivery of goods seized in certain cases of violation of the internal- revenue laws, upon giving bonds; which was read a first and second 

time, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and ordered to 

be printed. PROTECTION OF SUB~IARINE CABLES. 

1\Ir. NORWOOD introduced a bill (H. R. 5614) to carry into effect the 

international convention of the 14th of March, 1884, for the -protection 

of submarine cables; which was. read a :first and second time, referred 

to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed. 

MARITIME CANAL COl\'IPANY,. NICARAGUA. 

Mr. NORWOOD also introduced a bill (H. R. 5615) to incorporate the 

Maritime Canal Company, of Nicaragua; which was read a first and 

second time, referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered 

to be printed. . LETTER-SHEET ENVEI .. OPES. 

Mr. BLOUNT introduced a bill (H. R. 5616) in relation to letter-sheet 

envelopes; which was re!1d a :first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads, and ordered to be printed. 

WASHINGTON CITY POST-OFFICE. 

Mr. BLOUNT also int·roduced a bill (II. R. 5617) to provide for the 

leasing of premises for the Washington City post-office; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Postf)ili.ce and Post-Roads, and ordered to be printed. 

REFUNDTNG ACT OF 1870. • 

~Ir. PLUMB submitted the following resolution; which was read: 

Whereas the last annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury made to this body shows that, acting in accord with the views of the P1·esident, he has paid out of the revenues collected from imposts the sum of $2,852,015.88 in premiums to holders of Government bonds, assuming that in no other way under existing laws can the req uiremen ls of the sinking fund be met; and 

Whereas by the terms of the refunding act passed July 14, 1870, as shown by 

the record of the fina.l vote thereon, all of the bonds called 4 per cents, of which 

there is now outstanding the sum of $735,561,950, are payable at the pleasure of 

the United States for thirty years from the date oftheir issue-a provision which, if understood and acted upon in accordance wil·h the manifest wording and in- tention, mal;:es possible not only the payment of the said bonds as fast as any surplus available for such purpose may accumulate in the Treasury, but also the r efunding of the same at a. rate of interest that would save to the tax-payers more than $200,000,000; and 

Whereas the said refunding act has as it appears without due authority been so alt~red and published in the Statutes at Large, as to read" payable at the 

pleasure of the United States after thirty y ears" instead of" for thirty years," as voted, thus entirely subverting the manifest meaning of the provision of said 

act, which providesjor the redemption of the bonds named: Therefore, Be it 1·esolved by the House of Representatives of the Unite<f, States in Cong1·ess assembled, That a committee of five members of this House be appointed by the 

Speaker whose duty it shall be to make a careful examination of all thefact.s re- lating to the passage, engrossment, and enrollment of the funding act, so called, 

and all acts in force-bearing upon the question of the right of the Government to redeem its outstanding obligations, with a view to taking such steps as may be required to ascertain the true state of the law on that subject, and for that purpose the committee have power to send for person's and papers, examine all 

records and o riginal documents, and to obtain true copies of the same, as well as to ndmimster oaths; the committee to report to this House with such recom- mendations as may be deemed advisable in the premises. 

1\:Ir. PLUMB. I ask unanimous consent to occupy five minut.es in 

J:Uaking an explanation of the circumstances which have led to the introduction of this resol n tion. 

The SPEAKER pro te-mpore. That request can not be entertained 

pending the call of the States. 

Mr. PLUMB. Not by }lnanimons consent? T~1e SPEAKER pro tempore. It has never been customary to entertain any such request during this call. The Chair, after the call is 

over, will recognize the gentleman to make the request. 

Mr. BYNUM. I ask that the resolution just reported be 1·eferred to 

the Committee on Wa.ys and Means. 

Mr. PLUMB. I ask the reference of the resolution to the Committee on the Judiciary. There are some very weighty and important 

reasons why it should go to that committee, as it involves question!'! of 

law. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Inasmuch as the resolution provides 

for the raising of a committee, the Chair is inclined to think it should 

go ~o the Committee on Rules. 

Mr. KELLEY. It seems to me, Mr. Speaker, to be a question for 

the Committee on the Judiciary. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. If the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. 

PLU:l\.ffi] moves the reference to the Committee on the Judiciary, the 

Chair will submit that motion. 

Mr. PLUMB. That is my motion. 

The motion was agreed to; and the resolution was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary. · 

ILLINOIS AND MISSISSIPPI RIVER CANAL. 

Mr. HENDERSON, of Illinois, introduced a bill (H. R. 5618) to provide for the construction of the illinois and Mississippi River Canal; 

which was read a :first and second time, referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals, and ordered to be printed. 

AMENDMENT OF RULES. 

Mr. TOWNSHEND submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules: 

Resolved, That tbe fust clause of Rule XV be, and is hereby, so amended that 

immediately after reading the Journal each day the Clerk shall call the roll of 

members, and the names of the absentees shall be published in the RECORD 

with the other proceedings of this House. 

TAX ON SALT. 

l\ir. TOWNSHEND also introduced a bill (H. R. 5619) to amend 

section 3022 of the Revised Statutes so as to place the tax on salt used 

in curing pork, beef, and other provisions on t.he Eame basis with salt 

used in curing :fish; which was read a :first and second time, referred to 

the Committee on Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. 

PENSIONS. 

Mr. TOWNSHEND also introduced a bill (H. R. 5620) granting pensions to teamsters employed in the Quartermaster's Department during 

the Mexican war; which was read a first and second tinie, referred to 

the Committee on Pensions, and ordered to be printed. 

PILOTS EMPLOYED L."'f LATE W .AR. 

Mr. TOWNSHEND also introduced a bill (H. R. 5621) for the relief 

of pilots who served in the war of the late rebellion; which was read a. :first and second time, referred to the Committee on War Claims, and 

ordered to be printed. · 

JUDICIAL DISTRICTS IN ILLINOIS. 

Ur. TOWNSHEND also introduced a bill (H. R. 5622) to amend sec- tion 536 of the Revised Statutes of the United States', relating to the 

division of the State of Illinois into judicial districts, and to provide 

for holding terms of court of the southern district at Mount Vernon; 

which was read a fin>t and second time, referred to the Committee on 

the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. 

STATUES TO GENERALS SHIELDS AND LOGAN. 

Mr. LAWLER introduced the following joint resolution (H. Res. 85) 

making appropriation for statues of Generals Shiel<lf; and Logan; which 

was read a first and second time: 

Resolved by the Senate m1d H ottse of Representatives of the United Stales in Congress 

assembled, That the swn of $100,000, or as much thereof as may be necessary to properly carry out the ·proposed object of this resolution, be, and the &'l.me is 

h ereby, appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appro- priated, for the purpose of erecting in the city of Washington, in the District of 

Columbia, under direction of the Secretary of War, statues of the late Ge~e~al 

James Shields and the late Genera l John A. Logan, two of the most distinguished citizens, soldiers, and statesmen of the American Republic, whose un- blemished careers on the battle-fields of the country and in the forum of the 

legislative branch of the Government are illustrative of patriotism and devotion 

alike of an adopted and a native-born citizen. 

The SPEAKER pro e~npou. This joint resolution will be referred 

to the Committee on the Library. 

Ir. LA. WLER. I move its reference to the Committee on Military 

A:ifairs. 

The motion was agreed to. 

So the joint resolution was referred to the Committee on Military 

Affairs, and ordered to be printed. 

, DEPENDENT P .A.RENTS. 

Mr. MASON introduced a bill (H. R. 5623) to amend the pension 

law in relation to dependent parents; which was read a :first and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered 

to be printed. ADDITIONAL LAND OFFICES. 

Mr. ANDERSON, of Iilinois, introduced a bill (H. R. 5624) to es- tablish two additional land offices in the State of Colorado; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Public 

Lands, and ordered to be printed. 

B. C. KUEHLING. 

Mr. MATSON introduced a resolution to pay B. C. Kuehling, 'out of 

the contingent fund of the House, a balance due him as locksmith to 
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the House of Representatives; which was referred to the Committee on Accounts. 

PACIFIC RAILROAD COMP ANJES. 

:Mr. ANDERSON, of Iowa, introduced a. bill (H. R. 5625) to direct 

the Attorney-General of the United States to commence judicial proceedings against the various Pacific railroad and railway companies and 

other parties; which was read a first and second time, referred to the 

Committee 'On the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. 

SECTION 967, REVISED STATUTES. 

Mr. LY111AN (by request) introduced a bill (H. R. 5626) to repeal 

section 967 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and to enact a substitute therefor; which was read a ' first and second time, referred to 

the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. 

INVALID PENSIONS. 

Mr. LYMAN also introduced a bill (H. R. 5627)to amend the act of 

June 17, 1878, relating to in valid pensions; which wa.s read a first and 

second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered 

to be printed. · 

PENSION i.A WS. 

Mr. PETERS introduced a joint resolution (H. Res. 86) proposing an amendment to the Constitution to prohibit the repeal of general pension laws affecting soldiers, sailors, or ma,rine~ who served during the war of the rebellion; which was read a :first and second time, referred 

to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. 

HOMESTEAD ENTRYMEN, ETC. 

Mr. PETERS also introduced a bill (H. R. 5628) for the relief of homestead entrymen and 'pre-emption claimants upon the public domain; 

which was read a first and second time, refeiTed to the Committee on 

the Public Lands, and ordered to be_printed. 

PUBLIC BUILDING AT GARDEN CITY, KANS. 

Mr. PETERS also introduced a bill (H. R. 5629) for the erection of a public building at Garden City, in the State of Kansas; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, and ordered to be printed. 

RESURVEY OF CERTAIN TOWNSHIPS. 

Mr. TURNER, of Kansas, introduced a bill (H. R. 5630) to resurvey 

townships 9 south, of ranges 31 and 32 west of the sixth principal me- ridian in Kansas; which was read a first and second time, referred to 

the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. 

HOMESTEADING. 

Mr. TURNER, of Kansas, also introduced a bill (H. R. 5631) to 

shorten the period required in homesteading public lands to three 

years; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. 

UNSATISFACTORY MAIL SERVICE. 

Mr. PERKINS submitted the following resolution; which wa.s referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post Roads: 

R esolved, That the Postmaster-General be directed to inquire into and inform 

the House of Representatives of the cause and foundation of the grievances complained of in the subjoined editorial taken from the Capital, a daily news- paper published at Topeka, Kans., under date of January 11, 1888, and also to inform the House whether the almost universal complaint prevailing in the West agn.inst the present unsa tisfactory mail service results from the appoint- ment of inexperienced and incapable employes or from inadequate and insufficient appropriations to meet the w ants of the Post-Office Department and the 

needs of the pe_?ple, or whether it results from other causes, and if so, what. 

[From the Capilal, official Sta te paper.] 

THE MAIL SE RVICE OF KANSAS. 

Never at any time in the history of Kansas has there been in the United States 

mail service such an utter disregard of the rights of the people as at this time. 

Notwithstanding the great increase in population, the stupid attempt on the part 

of the Administration to mR.ke a record for economy has cut down the clerical 

force necessary to P.roperly distribute the mails at large offices and in_ the m a il 

trains, and it is consequently too small to do the work. Tons of mail matter pass through Ka.nsas on the trains westward that can not be disposed of by the force allowed byt.be Post-Office Department. The result is th.at it is carried 

past the towns whe:t;.e it belongs, and brought back after two or three days' ab- sence in Colorado or New 1\Iexico. It is not the fault of the railway clerks, be- cause the Department asks of them a task that it is not possible for them to per- form. The people of Kansas have been p atient, and the press bas been lenient over this Democratic folly, 1\!a ils going west are so heavy that men working to the extent of their strength, doing more than double duty, can not handle 

them. . Appeals to the Department at Washington for adequate help to take care of 

this important public service are unheeded. The railway mail service through Kansas has become criminally neglected, and it is time this attempt of the 

Democratic party to make capitR.l by a show of false econs:>mv should be brought to the attention of Congr ess. In r eply to continued appeals.for the Department to send a man to examine the ntilway m ail service in Kansa~. a man came aml 

overlooking the tons of mail that d'ould not be distributed in time to be th1:own 

off at the towns where it belonged, he succeeded in having two or three clerks fine~ for not having ~he 1·egulntion gold-lace band on their caps, and thus civil-

:r;;~~~ reform was mdorsed and the record of the party for economy mainSALARIES OF HOUSE MESSENGERS. 

ELIGIBILITY 'I'O APPOINTMENT OF CONFEDERATES. 

Mr. NEWTON introdur.ed a bill (H. R. 5633) to repeal section 1218 

of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and rendering eligible to 

any position in the Army of the United States any person who has 

served in any capacity in the military, m·.val, or civil service of the 

Confederate States; which was read a first and second time, referred to 

the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. 

LIGHT-HOUSE, SWAN POINT BA,R; CHESAPEAKE BAY. 

Mr. GIBSON introduced a bill_(H. R. 5634) appropriating $50,000 

for the erection of a light-house on Swan Point Bar, in the Che&'lpeake 

Bay; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. 

UNITED STATES CUSTOM-HOUSE1 BALTIMORE. 

Mr. RUSK introduced a bill (H. R. 5635) to provide for the purchase 

of additional property for the 'USe of and the alteration and improve~ 

ment of the United States custom-house at Baltimore, Md., and making appropriation therefor; which was read a first and second time, re- ferred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, and ordered 

to be printed. 

MONUMENT TO MEMORY OF FRANCIS SCOTT KEY. 

Mr. RUSK introduced a joint resolution (H. ~es. 87) providing for the 

erection of a monument at Patterson Park, Baltimore, Md., in memory 

of Francis Scott Key, the author of "The Star-Spangled Banner;" 

which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Library, and ordered to be printed. 

TIN PLATES, TERNE PLATES, AND IRON PLATES. 

Mr. RUSK also introduced a bill (H. R. 5636) to place tin plates, 

teme plates, and iron plates coated with tin or terne on the free-list; 

which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on 

Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. 

LIST OF CLAIM&. 

Mr. LONG submitted the following resolution; which was referred 

to the Committee on Appropriations: 

Resolve<l, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and be hereby is, requested to transmit to the House of Repre.'!entatives a tabulated list of all claims enu- merated in House Executive Document'! Nos. 5.5 and 153, Forty-eighth Con- gress, second session, for which appropriations have not been made. 

INCREASE OF PENSIONS. 

Ur. COLLINS (by request) introduced a bill (H. R. 5637) granting 

an increase of pension to soldiers, sailors, and marines who have lost 

both hands or the use of both hands; which was read a first and second 

time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be 

printed. 

RIGHT OF WAY, TELEGRAPH LINES. 

Mr. MORSE introduced a bill (H. R. 5638) to amend section 5263 of 

the Revised Statutes of the United States; which was read a first and 

second time, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered 

to be printed. 

FIRE-PROOF WORKSHOP AT NATIONAL ARMORY. 

1\fr. ROCKWELL introduced a bill (H. R. 5639) for the erection of 

a fire-proof workshop at the National Armory; which was read a first 

and second time; referred to the Committee on Publir. Buildings; and 

Grounds, and ordered to be printed. 

INSPECTION, HULLS AND BOILERS. 

Mr. TARSNEY introduced a bill (H. R. 5640) to amend section 

4414 of the Revised Statutes; which was read a first and second time, 

referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. 

RELIEF OF OFFICERS OF STEAM-VESSELS. 

Mr. TARSNEY also introduced a bill (H. R. 5641) for the relief of 

captains, pilots, engineers, and mates of steam-vessels; which wasread 

a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Coonmerce, and 

ordered to be printed. · · 

EVIDENCE IN PENSION CASES. 

Mr. TAHSNEY also introduced a bill (H. R. 5642) to regulate evidence in certain cases in the Pension Office of the United States; which was 1·ead a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid 

Pensions, and ordered to be printed. 

ALIEN AND CONJ"ICT L.ABOR. 

Mr. TARSNEY also introduced a bill (H. R. 5643) to prevent the 

employment of alien and convict labor upon public buildings and other 

public works, and convict labor in the preparation and manufacture of 

materiaLs for public buildings or other public works, and to regulate the 

manner of letting contracts therefor; which was read a first and second 

time, referred to the Committee on Labor, an~ ordered to be print.ed. 

CIVIL SERVICE. 

Mr. TAULBEE introduced a bill (H. R. 5632) to eq ualize salaries :Mr. CHIPMAN introduced a. bill (H. R. 5644) to amend an act en- of messengers of the House of Representatives, and for other purposes; titled ''An act to regt1late and improve the civil service of the United 

which was rea d a first and second time, referred to the Committee on States;" which was read a. first and second time, referred to the Select 

Accounts, and ordered to be printed. Committee on Reform in the Civil Service, and ordered to be printed. 
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EXTENSION OF LAND LAWS TO ALASKA. 

~fr. CUTCHEON introduced a bill (H. R. 5645) to extend the general land laws of the United States over the Territory of .Alaska, and 

for other purposes; which was read a first and second time, referred to 

the Committee on the Territories, and ordered to be printed. 

NORTHERN JUDICIAL DISTRICT, MINNESOTA. 

Mr. NELSON introduced a bill (H. R. 5646) to establish the northern 

judicial district of Minnesota; which was read a first and second time, 

referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. 

IMPROVEMENT, DULUTH HARBOR. 

Mr. NELSON also introduced a bill (H. R. 5647) to reimburse the 

city of Duluth, Minn., for money expended in the improvement of its 

harbor; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Ri•ers and Harbors, and ordered to be printed. 

INSPECTORS OF HULLS AND BOILERS. 

Mr. RICE introduced"a bill (H. R. 5648) to amend section 4414ofthe 

Revised Statutes, relating to inspectors of hulls and boilers, as amended 

by section 12 of the act approved January 3, 1887; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and 

ordered to be printed. 

DETAIL OF AR~IY OFFICERS FOR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. 

1tfr. RICE also introduced a bill (H. R. 5649) to amend section 1225 

of the Revised Statutes, concerning the detail of .Army officers to educational institutions, ek.; which was read a first and second time, re- ferred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. 

PUBLIC BUILDING, STILLWATER, MINN. 

M.r. RICE also introdnced a bill (H. R. 5650) for the erection of a 

public building at Stillwater, l'lfinn.; which was read a fin:!t and second 

time, referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, aud 

ordered to be printed. 

PIER LIGHTS, GREAT LAKES. 

Mr. RICE also introduced a bill (H. R. 5651) for the construction of 

pier lights on the Great Lakes; which was read a first and second time, 

referred to the Committee on Com:nerce, and · ordered to be printed. 

PURCHASE OF UNITED STATES BONDS. 

Mr. DOCKERY introduced a bill (H. R. 5652) authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to apply the surplus money in the Treasury 

that may accumulate prior to June 30, 1888, to the purchase of United 

States bonds; which was read a first and second time, referred to the 

Committee on Ways and Means, and ordered to be t>rinted. 

INDEX SOUTHERN CLAIMS, ETC. 

Mr. \VARNER introduced a concurrent resolution authorizing the 

printing of 4, 000 copies of the index of Southern claims referred to the 

Court of Claims under the Bowman act; which wM referred to the Committee on Printing. 

GOVERNMENT OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 

~fr. HATCH introduced a bill (H. R. 5653) to amend section 2 of an act approved June 11, 1878, entitled ''An act providing a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia;'' which was read 

a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the District of 

Columbia, and ordered to be printed. 

OFFICERS' QUARTERS, ETC., FORTS ROBINSON AND NIOBRARA. 

Mr. DORSEY introduced a bill (H. R. 5654) to provide for the com- pletion ~f quarters and barracks 'and stables at Fort Robinson and 

Fort Niobrara, in the State of Nebraska; which was read a first and 

second time, referred to the Committee on Military A:ffairs, and ordered 

to be printed. 

AL.ASKA COl\11\IERCIAL COMPANY. 

Mr. WOODBURN. Mr. Speaker, believing it to relate to a matter 

of great national importance, I ask that the resolution I now send to 

the desk be read. 

The Clerk proceeded to read the resolution. 

Mr. EZRA B. TAYLOR. I move that the further reading of that 

paper be dispensed with, and that it be printed in the RECORD. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair can not entertain that re- quest at this time. The gentleman from Nevada before presenting the 

resolution demanded the reading. 

l\fr. WOODBURN. I will accept that suggestion. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The motion is not in order at this 

time. The Chair will enter.tain the motion if the gentleman will call 

it up hereafter when the call of the States is concluded. 

Mr. EZRA. B. TAYLOR. I am obliged to the Chair. 

:Mr. WOODBURN. If the House allows it to go into the RECORD, I 

shall not object to the motion. . The SPEAKERp1·o tempore. The Chair will state to the gentleman 

from Nevada tba.t the only motion in order under this call is the motion 

for reference. The gentleman has a right to demand the reading, but 

it will not the!eby go into the RECORD. The mere reading of the res- olution does not carry it into the RECORD. The Clerk will proceed 

with the reading. 

Mr. BAKER, of New York. I understand the gentleman does not 

demand the further reading. 

~fr. WOODBURN. With the understanding that it is to be printed 

in the RECORD, I shall not demand it. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair bas stated to the gentleman 

that that request could not be entertained at this time. 

:Mr. BRUMM. May he not ask unanimous consent at any time? 

The SPEAKER pro tempm·e. He can not, according to the rule of the 

House. The Clerk will proceed with the reading. 

The Clerk continued the reading of the resolution. · 

Mr. WOODBURN (interrupting). I am willing that the further 

reading be dispensed with. I have marked the resolutionfor reference 

to the Committee on Ways and 1\Ieans, but am in doubt whether that 

is the proper committee to which to refer it, because it asks for the appointment of a committee to investigate the truth of alleged charges. ~fr. HERMANN. I ask for the further reading of the resolution. 

The SPEAKER pro tmnpm·e. The Clerk will read the title. 

The Clerk read as follows: 

Resolution authorizing tlle Speaker of the House to appoint a committee of 

five to investigate the nature of the charges made by the governor of Alaska 

against the Alaska Commercial Company in his r eport to the Secretary of the In- terior, and if said company has not forfeited all rights and privileges acquired 

under its lease from the U nit.ed States, and if such lease should not be terminated. 

The SPEAKER pro tempm·e. The Chair thinks, under the rules, the 

resolution should be referred to the Committee on Rules, being for the 

appointment of a special committee. Did the Chair understand the 

gentleman fmm Oregon to insist on the further reading of the resolution? · 

l\Ir. HERMANN. Yes, sir. _ 

Mr. TOWNSHEND. The resolution has been read, I understand. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. It has only been read in part. 

The Clerk resumed and concluded the reading of the resolution, and 

it was referred to the Committee on Rules. 

PENSIONS. 

Mr. GALLINGER introduced a bill (H. R. 5655) in amendment of an act entitled ''An act to5ncrease the pensions of widows and dependent relatives of deceased soldiers and sailors,'' approved M:arch 19, 

1886; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. 

BREVET RANK. 

Mr. GALLINGER also introduced a bill (H. R. 5656) to authorize 

the Presid~nt to confer brevet rank upon officers of the Army for wounds 

or for gallant services in Indian compaigns; which was read a fust _and 

second time, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered 

to be printed. 

HOUSE ELEVA TORS. 

Mr.BUCHANANsubmittedthefollowingresolution;whichwasreau, 

and referred to the Committee on Rules: 

Resolved, That one of the elevators in the south end of the Capitol building be 

reserved for the exclusive use of the members and officers of the House and 

clerks of the committees and the regular correspondents of the press during the 

time the House shall be in actual session, and for a period of ten minutes prior 

u.nd ten minutes subsequent thereto, and that the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds designate the elevator to be so reserved and make such rules as will make effective this resolution. 

SPOLIATION OF PUBLIC LANDS. 

Mr. BUCHANAN also submitted a resolution regarding the spoliation of public lands; which was referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. 

PORT OF NEW YORK. 

Mr. BRYCE introduced a bill (H. R. 5657) relating to the anchorage 

of vessels in the port of New York; which was read a first and second 

time, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. 

Mr. CUMMINGS introduced a bill (H. R. 5658) to prevent obstructions and injurious deposits within the harbor and adjacent waters of 

New York City, and to protect all fishing and oyster beds in such wa- ters; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. 

CHINESE IMMIGRATION. 

Mr. CUMMINGS also introduced a (bill H. R. · 5659) abrogating all 

treaties heretofore made and now operative between the United States 

Government and the Chinese Empire, in so far as they or any of them 

provide for, recognize, or permit the coming of Chinese to the United 

States, and in so far as they or any of them inhibit the Unitoo States 

from absolutelypro~biting the coming of Chinese to the United States; 

and repealing all acts of Congress iu so far as they or any of them 

recognize or permit the coming of Chinese to the United States; and 

absolutely prohibiting the coming of Chinese to the United States, ex- cepting only diplomatic, consular, and other officers, and prohibiting 

the landing of any Chinese therein, excepting only snch diplomatic and 

other officers; which was read a first and second time, referred to the 

Committee oil Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed. 

PHOTOGRAPHIC PAPER. 

lli. BAKER, of New York, introduced a bill (H. R. 5660) to regulate the admission of photographic paper; which was read a first and 
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second time, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and or- and providing for pensions to dependent relatives of deceased soldiers 

dered to be printed. and sailOis; which was read a :first and second time, referred to the 

SHEEI>-DIPPING POWDERS. Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. 

:Mr. BAKER, of New York, also introduced a bill (H. R. 5661) to PUBLIC BUILDING, PIQUA, OHIO. 

exempt sheep-dipping powders from customs duties; which was read a Mr. WILLIAMS introduced a bill (H. R. 5675) to provide for the 

first and second time, referred to the Committee on Ways and MeanS:; erection of a public building at Piqua, Ohio; which was read a first 

and ordered to be :printed. and second time, referred to the Committee on Public Buildings, and 

PENSIONS. Grounds, and ordered to be printed. 

Mr. BAKER, of New York, also introduced a bill (H. R. 5662) to R.A.ILW.A.Y M.A.IL SERVICE. 

grant pensions for service in the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps of the Mr. CAMPBELL, of Ohio, introduced a bill (H. R. 5676) to amend 

United States; which was read a first and seco11d time, referred to the ''An act to designate, classify, and fix the salaries of persons in the railCommittee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. way mail service,,, approved July 31, 1882; which was read a first and 

TWENTY-FIRST NEW YORK CAVALRY. second time, referred to the Committee on thePost-Office and Post-

:M:r. BAKER, of New York, also introduced a bill (H. R. 5663) for Roads, and ordered to be printed. 

the relief of the surviving members of the Twenty-first Regiment New ISLAND IN THE GREAT :ru:r.urr. 

York Cavalry Volunteers; which was read a. first and second time, re- 1\ir. CAMPBELL, of Oli"io, also introduced a bill (H. R. 5677) toreferred to the Committee on Military Affairs, ::tnd ordered to be printed. linquish the title of the United States to an island in the Great :Miami 

POST-oFFICE CLERKS. River; which was read a first and second time, referred to the ComMr. COX introduced a bill (H. R. 5664) for the classification of mittee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. 

clerks in first-class post-offices, and for fixing salaries of the same; PENSIO~ LEGISLATION. 

which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on 1\fr. CA..J\!PBELL, of Ohio, also introduced a bill (H. R. 5678) amendthe Post-Office and Post-Roads, and ordered to be printed. a tory of and supplementary to.' 'An act granting pensions to soldiers and 

INSPECTION OF FOREIGN STEAM-VESSELS. sailors ofthe Mexican war, and forotherpu.rposes," approved January 

1tfr. COX also introduced a bill (H. R. 5665) to amend section 4400 29, 1887; which was read a. first and second time, referred to the Comofthe Revised Statutes of the United States, as to the inspection of for- mittee on Pensions, and ordered~ be printed. 

eign steam-vessels; which was read a fust and second time, referred to CHINESE IMMIGRATION. 

the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. • Mr. HERMANN introduced a bill (H. R. 5679) abrogating all treaties 

SECTION 905, REVISED STATUTES. heretofore made and now operative between the United States GovernMr. SAWYER introduced a bill (H. R. 5666) ~mending section 905 ment and the Chinese Empire in so far as they, or any of them, proof the Revised Statutes; which was read a first and second time, re- vide for, recognize, or permit the coming of Chinese to the~nited 

ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. States, and in so far as they or any of them inhibit the Uniteu~tates 

OBSTRUCTIONS IN THE HUDSON. 

.Mr. MAHONEY introduced a bill (H. R. 5667) authorizing the re- moval of certain obstr~ctions in the Hudson River opposite Poughkeepsie, in the State of New York; which was read a first and second time, 

referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. 

INCLOSING FORT JOHNSON, NORTH CAROLINA. 

Mr. ROWLAND introduced a bill (H. R. 5668) to provide for indosing the Government reservation at Fort Johnson, at Southport., N. 

C. ; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. 

PUBLIC BUILDING, CHARLOTTE, N. C. 

Mr. ROWLAND also introduced a bill (H. R. 5669) to provide for 

the erection of a public building at Charlotte, N. C.; which was read a first and second.time, referred to t.he Committee on Public Buildings 

and Grounds, and ordered to be printed. 

REVENUE-CUTTER, NEW BERNE, N. C. 

Mr. SIMMONS introduced a bill (H. R. 5670) for the construction of 

a revenue-cutter for New Berne, N. C., to replace the revenue-cutter 

Stevens; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. 

FREEDMAN'S S.A. VINGS B.A.NK. 

Mr. SIMMONS also introduced a bill (H. R. 5671) to reimburse the 

depositors of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company for losses 

incurred by the failure of said company; which was read a first and 

second time, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered 

to be printed. 

SILVER COINS OF THE UNITED STATES. 

Mr. SIMMONS also introduced. a bill (H. R. 5672) to prescribe the 

weight of standard silver for certain coins of the United States, to en- large the legal-tender character of the half-dollar, and to 'permit the 

issue of silver certificates upon deposits of the same; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights 

and Measures, and ordered to be printed. ' 

VALIDATION OF P.A.TE...~TS. 

Mr. E. B. TAYLOR introduced a bill (H. R. 5673) to give validity 

to certain patents for inventions which were irregularly executed· 

which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee o~ the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. . 

THE FISHERIES CONTROVER-SY, 

1\fr. BUTTERWORTH offered a resolution ex.pressi~e of the sense of 

the House in regard to the adjustment of the differences between the 

United States and Great Britain and the Dominion of Canada in the 

matter of the fisheries; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed. · · 

PENSIONS. 

Mr. GROSVENOR introduced a bill (H. R. 5674) granting pensions 

to ex-soldiers who are incapacitated for_ the performance ofmanuallabor, 

from absolutely prohibiting the coming of Chinese to the United States; 

and repealing all acts of Congress in so far as they, or any of them, 

recognize or permit the coming of Chinese to the United States; and 

absolutely prohibiting the coming of Chinese to the United States, ex- cepting only diplomatic, consular, and other officers, and prohibiting 

the landing of any Chinese therein, excepting only such diplomatic or 

other officers; which was read a. first and second time, referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed. 

LIFE-S.A. VING STATION AT C.A.PE PERPETUA. 

Mr. HERMANN also introduced a bill (H. R. 5680) making an appropriation for the establishment of a life-saving station and providing for a life-saving crew at Cape Perpetna, in the State of Oregon; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Commerce, 

and ordered to be printed. 

HERDING ON THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. 

Mr. HERM.A.NN also presented a memorial of the Legislature of 

Oregon, for legislation prohibiting aliens from using the public domain 

for herding purposes; which was referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. SURVEY OF BAY OF TILLAMOOK. • 

Mr. HERMANN also presented a memorial of the Legislature of 

Oregon for the survey of the bay and bar of Tillamook, in the State of Oreg~n; which was referred to the-Commi~e on Commerce. 

MONONG.A.HELA N .A VIGATIO~ CO.l\IP .ANY. 

Mr. DALZELL introduced a bill (H. R. 5681) to provide for the purchase or condemnation of the entire property and appurtenances of the 

Monongahela Navigation Company, a corporation of Pennsylvania.; 

which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, and ordered to be printed. 

OFFICERS OF uNITED STATES COURTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. 

Mr. PERRY introduced a bill (H. R. 5682) to provide distinct. district attorneys, marshals, and clerks for the eastern and western judicial districts of the State of South Carolina, and to regulate the terms 

of the circuit and district courts of the UnitedStates for said districts; 

which was read a first and"second time, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. 

REAL ESTATE IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 

Mr. HEMPHILL (by request) introduced a bill (H. R. 5683) to authorize the commissioners of the District of Columbia to complete a con- tract for the sale of certain real estate to .Job Barnard; which was read a fust and second time, referred to the Committee on the District of 

Columbia, and ordered to be printed. 

WASHINGTON .AND GEORGETOWN RAILROAD COMPANY. 

Mr. HEMPHILL (by request) also introduced a bill (H. R. 5684) to 

amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Washington and 

Georgetown Railroad Company," approved May 17, 1862, and a-cta 

amendatory thereto; which was read a first and second time, referred 

to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be 

printed. 
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UNITED STATES COURTS IN TENNESSEE. 

Mr. BUTLER introduced a bill (H. R. 5685) to establish a circuit and 

district court at Johnson City, Tenn.; which was read a :first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be 

printed. · 

POST-OFFICE BUILDING, BRISTOL, TENN. 

J'tir. BUTLER also introduced a bill {H. R. 5686) to erect a post-office 

building in the city of Bristol, State of Tennessee; which was read a ' :first and second time, referred to the Committee on Public Buildings 

and Grounds, and ordered to be printed. 

POST-OFFICE BUILDING, MORRISTOWN, · TENN. 

Mr. BUTLER also introduced a bill (H. R. 5687) to erect a post-office building in the city of Morristown, Tenn.; which was read a :first 

and ~econd time, referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and 

Grounds, and ordered to be printed. 

CONGRESSIONAL COYCD'RRENT LEGISLATION. 

Mr. BUTLER (by request) also introduced a bill (H. R. 5688) to disseminate Congressional concurrent legislation among the people; which 

was read a :first and second time, referred to the Committee on Printing, and ordered to be printed. 1

' FUTURES" IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. 

Mr. ENLOE introduced a bill (H. R. 5689) to punish dealing in 

"futures" in agricultural products; which was read a :first and second 

time, referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be 

printed. 

SALE OF LAND, HOUSTON, TEX. 

Mr. STEWART, of Texas, introduced a bill (H. R. 5690) authoriZ; 

ing the Secretary of the Treasury to sell block of land 108 in the city 

of Houston, Tex. ; which was read a :first and second time, referred to 

the Co mittee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. 

ROAD TO NATIONAL CEMETERY. 

Mr. LEE introduced a bill (H. R. 5691) making an appropriation to 

construct a road and approaches from the city of Alexandria, Va., to 

the national military cemetery near that city; which was read a first 

and second time, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. 

PENSIONS. 

Mr. HOPKINS, of Virginia, introduced a bill (H. R. 5692) to grant an increase of pension to survivors of the war of 1812; which was read 

a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Pensions, and ordered to be printed. 

PAY OF ENSIGNS, UNITED STATES NAVY. 

Mr. WISE introduced a bill (H. R. 5693) to regulate the pay of en- signs in the United States Navy; which was read a :first and seoond 

time, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be 

printed. 

ASSISTANTS TO CHIEFS OF BUREAUS, NAVY DEPARTMENT. 

:Mr. WISEa.lsointroducedabill(H. R. 5694)toprovidefortheappointment of assistants to the chiefs of Bureaus of the Navy Department; 

which was read a :first and second time, referred to the Committee on 

Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. 

PURCHASE OF LAND, NORFOLK NAVY-YARD. 

Mr. WISE also introduced a bill (H. R. 5695) for the purchase, for 

naval purposes, of79 acresofland belonging to William Schmoele, jr:, 

southoftheNorfolk navy-yard; whichwa,s read a :first and second time, 

referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. 

BEACON LIGHT, CAPE CHARLES CITY, VA. 

Mr. THOlt'lAS H. B. BROWNE introduced a bill (H. R. 5696) to 

establish beacon light-s at the entrance to the harbor of Cape Charles 

City, in Virginia; which was Tead a first and secQnd time, referred to 1 the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. · 

ICE BOAT, POTOMAC RIVER. 

Mr. THOMAS H. B. BROWNE also introduced a bill (H. R. 5697) 

to provide an ice boat or boats to facilitate the navigation of the 

Potomac River; which was read a :first and second time, referred to the 

Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. 

PUBLIC BUILDING, ONANCOCK, VA. 

Mr. THO:J'\:IAS H. B. BROWNE also introduced a bill (H. R. 5698) 

, to purchase.a site and erect a public building in the town of Onancock, Va.; which was read. a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Public Buildings ~md Grounds, and ordered to be printed. 

OYSTER- STATIONS, GWYNN'S AND TANGIER ISLANDS. 

~lr. THOMAS H. B. BROWNE also introduced a bill (H. R. 5699) 

to establish stations at Gwynn's and Tangier Islands, in Virginia, for the 

culture of the oyster and other shell-fish; which was read a first and 

second time, referred to the Committee on ltfercha.nt 1tfarine and Fisheries, and ordered to be printed. 

HOG I SLAND. 

Mr. THOU AS H. B. BROWNE a~o introduced a bill (H. R. 5_700) to 

facilitate the transportation oHi.t:e-saving and light-house supplies at Hog 

Island;Virginia; which was read a first and second time, referred to 

the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. 

NARROWS ISLAND BAR, CHESAPEAKE BAY. 

Mr. THOMAS H. B. BROWNE (by request) also introduced a bill 

(H. R. 5701) for the establishment of a light-house on Narrows Island 

Bar, in Chesapeake Bay; which was read a :first and second time, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. 

ASSISTANT ASTRONOMERS, UNITED STATES NAVAL OBSERVATORY. 

Mr. GOFF introduced a bill (H. R. 5702) defining the positions and 

salaries ofassistantastronomers at the United States Naval Observatory, 

aud for other purposes; which was read a first and second time, re- ferred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. 

PACIFIC RAU~ROADS. 

Mr. THOMAS, of Wisconsin, submitted the following joint resolution (H. Res. 88); which was read a first and second time: 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 

Whereas the President in his message transmitting the report of the United 

States Pacific Railroad Commission to Congress January 17,1888, after referring to a statement furnished t{) him showing how some of the operations of the di- rectors of the Central Pacific road strongly condemned by the commissioners are defended by the directors themselves, Eays, "In view of this statement and 

the facts developed in the commissioners' reports it seems proper to recall the 

grants and benefits derived from the General Government by both the Union 

and Central Pacific Com panics for the purpose of aiding the construction of their 

roads," and while clearly stating that "executive power must be exercised according to existing laws," c.1.1ls attention to the fact that executive discretion is - probably not broad enough to reach such difficulties, and inv'okes Congress in 

this language, to wit: "If donated lands are not yet granted to these compa- nies, and if their violations of contract and of duty are such as in justice and 

morals forfeit their rights to such lands, Congressional action should intervene to prevent further consummation:" T herefore, Be it resolved by the 8C'Ilate and House of Representatives of the United States of Amer- ica in Congress assembled, That all further patents or approvals of lands heretofore granted to the Union Pacific Railroad Company and tbe Central Pacific 

Railroad Company to aid in the construction of their several lines of railway 

be withheld until a final accounting and settlement be bad in pw·suance oflaw 

by and between the United States and said railroad companies, and complete and ample indemnification be given by said railroad ·companies or their beneficiaries to secur-e the Government of the United States against ultimate loss. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. HATCH in the chair). The resolution will be referred to the Committee on Pacific Railroads. 

Mr. ANDERSON, of Kansas. I make the point of order that the 

resolution should go to the Committee on the Public Lands, as it concerns the public lands. 

Mr. OUTHWAITE. But it is a reference to public la-nds granted 

or intended to be granted to the Pacific railroads, and is properly referable to the Committee on Pacific Railroads. 

The SPEAKER pro tempoTe. The Chair thinks the resolution should 

be sent to the Committee on Pacific Railroads. 

Mr. THOMAS, of-Wisconsin. I make the motion, Mr. Speaker, that 

it be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. 

The question was put to the House. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The ayes seem to have it. 

Mr. OUTHWAITE. I demand a division. 

Mr. THOMAS, of Wisconsin. Let the title be read. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The resolution has been read. 

Mr. DUNHAM. We do not know what it is we are voting on, and 

I ask that the resolution be again read. . The SPEAKER pro te1npo1·e. The resolution has been read in its 

entirety. 

The House divided; and there were-ayes 32, noes 50. 

Mr. HOLMAN. I make the point of order of no quorum and demand tellers. . :Mr. SPRINGER. Have the title again read. 

The SPEAKER pro te;npo1·e. There is no title. The entire resolution ha8 been read. The gentleman from Indiana makes the point of 

no quorum. 

Mr. HOLMAN. To enable us to understand the resolution, I ask it 

be again read. 

The joint re,solution was again read. 

Mr. OUTHWAITE. I would like unanimous consent to make a brief 

statement of my objections to its reference to the other committee. 

The SPEAKER pro temp01·e. Under the rule the reference must b~ 

made without debate, 

Mr. OUTHW .AITE. I understand that, but I simply ask unanimous 

consent to make a. very brief statement to the effect that this bill ha~ 

already, by the action of this House, been referre~ to th~ Commi~tee on 

Pacific Railroads, and they have had it under consideration. Th1s resolution is simply taking away from the committee that which has already 

been referred to it by the House. . Mr. HOLUAN. It is manifest that this does not belong to that committee, bnt to the Committee on the P~blic Lands. . Mr. WEAVER. I would like unammous consent to make a bnef 

statement. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will state that under tD:e 

former action of the House referring the President's message on thiS 

subject to the Committee on Pacific Railroads the Chair deci.ded that 

this resolution should be appropri{ltely referred to that committee. 
1888. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 637 

The gentleman from Wisconsin moved that it be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and upon that the Honse is now dividing. 

The point that no quorum has voted being made the Chair will order 

tellers. 

Mr. HOLMAN and Mr. OUTHWAITE were appointed tellers. 

The Honse again divided; and the tellers,reported-ayes 90, noes 83. 

So the joint..resolution was referred to the Committee on the Public 

Lands. 

];IESS.AGE FROM THE SENATE. 

A message from the Senate, by Mr. McCooK, its Secretary, announced 

that the Senate had passed, without amendment, the joint resolution 

{H. Res. 72) relating to the invitation of the British Government to 

the Government of the United States to participate-in the international 

eXhibition at Melbourne, to celebrate the founding of New South Wales. 

REPAY11IE.J.~TTONN.AGE TAX. 

Mr. GUENTHER introduced a bill (H. R. 5703) to amend &ection 

2931 of the Revised Statutes; which was read a :first and second time. 

Mr. GUENTHER. I ask the reference of that bill to the Committee on Claims, as I think it properly belongs there. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. '.rhe Chair will state that this is in the 

nature of an act to amend an existing law, and 1·elates to the subject-' 

matter referred under the rules of the Honse to the Committee on 

Merchant Marine and Fisheries. While it may embody a claim, it 

must go, under the rules of the House, to that committee. 

The bill was referred to the Committee on Merchant Marine and 

Fisheries, and ordered to be printed. 

PORT OF ENTRY AT SUPERIOR, WIS. 

Mr. HAUGEN introduced a bill (H. R. 5704) providing for the establishment of a port of entry at Superior, in the county of Douglas, 

State of Wisconsin; which was rea-d a first and second time, referred to 

the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. 

FEES OF EX.Ali!INING SURGEONS. 

Mr. CLARK introduced a bill (H. R. 5705) establishing the fees 

and expenses of examining surgeons; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to 

be printed. · 

MEDALS TO SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE LATE WAR. 

Mr. CLARK also introduced a bill (H. R. 5706) authorizing the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy t.o issue bronze, silver, and 

gold medals to the honorably discharged soldiers and sailors of the 

United States of the late war; which was read a fi':'St and second time, 

referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. 

RATIFICATION OF .AGREEMENT WITH CERTAIN INDIANS. 

Mr. GIFFORD introduced a bill (H. R. 5707) to ratify and confil'm 

the agreement with the Indians of Fort Berthold agency, in Dakota; 

which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on 

Indian Affairs, and ordered to ?e printed. 

LE<HSL.ATIVE ASSEMBLIES, ETC., TERRITORIES. 

Mr. DUBOIS introduced a bill (H. R. 5708) to amend sections 1847, 

1852, 1857, 1862, and 1885 of the Revised Statutes of the United States; 

which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on 

the Territories, and ordered tO be printed. . 

DIVISION OF IDAHO TERRITORY. 

Mr. DUBOIS also submitted a memorial of the Legislature of Idaho 

Territory against a;ny division of Idaho Territory; which was referred 

to the Committee on the Territories. 

Mr. DUBOIS. Inasmuch as this is a matter of great importance to 

the people of that Territory, I ask unanimous consent that it be printed 

in the RECORD. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will recognize the gentleman, after the call is over, to make that request. · 

Some time subsequentlyMr. DUBOIS. I now renew my request to have the memorial printed 

in the RECORD. 

There was no objection, and it was so ordered. 

It is as follows: DEPARTMENT 01\" THE INTERIOR, 

Sec1·etary's Office, Idaho. UNITED STATES OF AliiERICA, 

Territo1-y of Idaho, ss: 

I, Edward J. Curtis, secretary of the Territory of Idaho, do hereby certify that the annexed is a full, true, and complete transcript of the original council 

joint memorial No. 1, passed at the fourteenth session of the~daho Legislature, 1886-'87, approved by the governor January 12, 1887, as the same appears on the 

files of this office. Jn testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the great seal 

of the Territory. Done at Boise City, the capital of Idaho, this 9th day of Januaiy,A. D. 1888. 

[SEAL.) 

Council joint memorial No.1. 

E. J. CURTIS, 

Secretary of Idaho. 

To the honm-able the Senate and House of Representati·ves of the 

United States of America in Congress assembled: 

Your memorialists, the council and house of representatives of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Idaho, respectfully represent that 

Wnereas during the thirteenth session of the ~gislative..issembly of said Territory of Idaho a joint memorial was passed by sa.id Legislature, praying and asking that when the Territory of Washington is admitted into the Union a.s a State, 

that that portion of the Territory of Idaho known as" North Idaho," comprising the counties of Idaho, Nez Perce, Shoshone, and Kootenai, should be annexed to said Washington Territory and accepted as a portion of the State of Wa.shington when admitted into the Union as such ; and 

Whereas your memorialists, comprising the fourteenth session of th~ Legisla- tive Assembly of the said Territory of Idaho, would further repres~t that the 

grievances, burthens,and insurmountable barriers then complained of in the 

joint memorial to Congress, passed by the thirteenth session of the Legislature, since then have been almost entirely obviated by the construction of railroads 

and the opening and building of public thoroughfares through that portion of 

Idaho which was then sought to be annexed and made part of the Territory or State of Washington, thus making the capital of Idaho as accessible·aseither 

the capital of Montana or Washington; and 

Whe1·eas your memorialists would further represent that another effort was also made duri:Jg the session of Congress to attach that portion of our Territory known as "North Idaho" to the Territory of Montana, and when admittedas a State to become part and parcel of the SLate of Montana; and · ·whereas the original area of Idaho Territory embraced 326,373 square miles, 

which has since been reduced to about 86,000 square milea by the formation of 

the Ten-itories of Montana and \Vyoming out of her domain; and 

Whereas we would further represent that by the further slicing proposit-ions which are being agitated another scheme is being inaugurated, that when the 

disintegration should be consummated in favor of either Washington or Montana, the balance of what may be left of the Territory of Idaho is proposed to be 

annexed to and form part of the Sta~e of Nevada; and 

\Vhereas your memorialists would further represent that our citizens, during the lapse of twenty-four years and upwards, have endured all the privations incidental to a pioneer life; theh· homes, whether in the valleys or in the mining 

camps of the mountains, have been secured and beautified under most trying disadvantages. Our mining and agricultural resources, with the aid of railroad 

facilities, are at present beginning to dawn with prosperity. Our population is greatly multiplying year by year, and all the material elements which make up to place us as one among the States of the Union are gradually and surely increasing. That the idea of segregating nearly one-third of the area of our fair 

TerritQry and one-third of our population was conceived and nurtured more especially for political rather than social, commercial, and substantial objects. 

Your memorialists furt.her represent that since the passage of the joint memo- rial, paEsed at the thil"teenth session of the Legislature, the debt of Idaho Territory has been materially increased by the erection of n. capitol building and 

iusane asylum; that this debt was increased with the aid and consent of the 

members from" North Idaho," and that under the bill now pending before Con· 

gress it is proposed to segregate the Territory, but no portion of the debt or care of convicts in the penitentiary or patients in the insane asylum is tQ follow; 

that by !Segregating this portion of Idaho it would leave the balance of this 

Territory at the mercy of the Mormon element in Southeastern Idaho: There- fu~ . Be it resolved by the council and house of 1·epresentatives of the TerritoJ<y of Idaho now assembled, That we most earnestly protest against any proposition to sever any portion of Idaho with a view of attaching or annexing to any other State or Territory, believing that any such move would prove disadvantageous to any hopes for statehood in the future. and further recognizing the fact that, af~er the 

enjoyment and occupancy of the domain for nearly a quarter of a century which 

Congress had once ceded to us through an organic act, now, at this late day, it 

would be unjust and impolitic to disintegrate the Territory in any manner or form. 

Resolved, That the secretary of the Territory be, and hereby is, instructed to transmitcertifiedcopiesofthisjointmemorialandresolution,immediatelyupon 

its approval by the governor, to our Delegate in Congress, one copy to be trans- mitted to the President of the United States and one copy each to the President 

of the United States Senate and the Speaker of the Hoase of Representatives in 

Congress, with the request that the same may be presented to their respective 

bodies. 

Passed" the council January 5,1887. 

.ALEXANDER E. MAYHEW, · President of the Council, 

Passed the house of representatives January 8,1887. 

WM. B. THEWS, 

Speaker of the House of Represenla!·ives. Approved January 1~, 1887. 

EDWARD A. STEVENSON, 

llnd~rsed.] Goventor. 

I hereby certify that the within council joint memorial K o.l originated in the 

council of the Legislative .Assembly of Idaho Territory during the fourteenth 

session. 

JiliES H. WIOKERSH.AM, 

Chief Clerk of the Council. 

RIGHT OF W .A Y THROUGH FLATHEAD INDIAN RESERVATION. 

Mr. TOOLE introduced a bill (H. R. 5709) to grant the right of way 

through the Flathead Indian reservation to the Missqula and NorLhern 

Railroad Company; which was read a first and second time, referred to 

the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. 

FORT SELDEN MILITARY POST. 

Mr. JOSEPH introduced a joint resolution (H. Res. 89) authorizing 

and directing the Secretary of War to enlarge the miJitary post at Fort 

Selden, N. Mex., and appropriating $100,000 for the purpose; which 

· was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Mil,itary 

Affairs, and ordered to be printed. 

BOARD OF INDIAN CO HfiSSIONERS. 

:Mr. JOSEPH also introduced a bill {H. R. 5710) to establish a board 

of commissioners to examine, adjust, and report on all clajrns arising 

out of Indian treaties and depredations committed by Indians, and for 

other purposes; which was read afirsL and second time, referred to the 

Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. 

BOUNDARY LINE OF DO:&A .AN.A' COUNTY, NEW 1\IEXICO. 

:Mr. JOSEPH also introduced a bill (H. R. 5711) to repeal an act entitled ''Au act to establish the boundary line of Dona .Aiia County," in 

the Territory of New Mexico; which was· read a first and second time, 

referred to the Committee on the Territories, and ordered to be printed. 

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ADDITIONAL ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, UTAH. 

Mr. CAINE introduced a bill (H. R. 5712) providing for an additional associate justice of the supreme court of the Territory of Utah, 

and for other purposes; which was read a :first and second time, referred to the Committee on the .Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. 

TARIFF ON LEAD. -

Mr. CAINE aLso submitted resolutions of the council and house of 

representatives of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory ofUtah in 

opposition to any reduction in the tariff on lead; which were referred 

to the Committee on Jrays and Means. 

RIGHT OF WAY THROUGH FORT RUSSELL MILITARY RESERVATION. 

Mr. CAREY introduced a bill (It R. 5713) to authorize the Chey- enne Street Railroad Company to build its road on and across the Fort 

D. A. Russell military reservation; which was read a. :first and second 

time, referred to t~e Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be 

printed. 

LEASING SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY LANDS, WYOMING. 

_Mr. CAREY also introduced a bill (H. R. 5714) authorizing the 

leasing ofthe school and university lands in the TerritoryofWyoming, 

and for other purposes; which was read a :first and second ti'Qle, referred 

to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. 

ORDER OF-BUSINESS. 

The SPEAK:tR pro tempore (M:r. Cox having resumed t4e chair). 

The call of States and Territories is completed. The Chair will now 

recognize the gentlemen who were not in their seats when their States were called. 

BOOKS FOR CONGRESSMEN. 

Mr. TAULBEE submitted the following resolution; which was read, 

and referred to the Committee on Printing: 

Resolved, That the Committee on Printing inquire into and report the reason why members of Congress can not procure books standing to their credit on the books of the Doorkeeper, if such fact exists. 

RECORDS OF WAR OF REBELLION. 

Mr. FARQUHAR introduced a bill (H. R. 5715) for the reissue of 

the :first :five volumes of the Records of theW ar of the Rebellion; which was read a :first and second time, referred to the Committee on Printing, and ordered to be printed. 

OTTER CREEK, LAKE CHAMPLAIN. 

Mr. STEW ART, of Vermont, introduced a bill (H. R. 5716) for es- tablishing a light-house at the mouth of Otter Creek, Lake Champlain; 

which was read a :first and second time, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. 

DISCHARGES, ETC., IN PUBLIC PRINTL.'qG OFFICE. 

:Mr. CUTCHEON. I send to the desk a privileged resolution, and 

ask that it be read. 

The Clerk read as follows: 

Whereas it is reported that a considerable number of employes have been recently discharged from the force of the Public Printer, and that others have been granted involuntary furloughs, thereby 1·educing the force employed in the office of the Public Printer: Therefore, · Resolved, That the Public Printer be directed to report to this House whether he has recently discharged or furloughed any of his force, and if ~o, how many, and for what reasons such discharges aqd furloughs have been made at a time when the printing ordered by this House is largely in arrears. Also, whether in making such discharges a.nd furloughs regard has been had to section 1754 of the Revised Statutes, by giving the preference to honors.bly 

discharged soldiers and sailors. 

J\Ir. CUTCHEON. I ask the present consideration of the resolution. 

Mr. RANDALL. I submit that that resolution does not present a privHeged question. _ 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. It is not in order at this time for consideration under the call for bills and resolutions. 

:Mr. RANDALL. I have no objection to its going to the Committee on Printing. 

J\Ir. CUTCHEON. I will withdraw it for the present. 

AIR SHIP. 

Mr. DUNHAM introduced (by reques~) a bill (H. R. 5717) making an appropriation of $150,000 to enable A. de Bausset to build an air ship 

to conveypassengersandfre1ghtthrough the air, andforotherpurposes; 

which was read a. first and second time. · Mr. BURROWS. Let the bill be read. 

The bill was read at length. 

:Mr. J\fiLLIKEN. I move that the bill be referred to the Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics. 

The SPEAKER pro tempoTe. If there be no objection, that reference 

will be ma.de. 

The bill was referred to the Select Committee on Ventilation and 

Acoustics, and ordered to be printed. 

DONATION OF CONDEl\INED MUSKETS, ETC. 

~Ir. ·REED iD.troduced a. bill (H. R. 5718) to donate condemned mus- kets to the Nahum Mitchell Post, Grand Army of the Republic, Uaine; 

which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. 

RETIREMENT OF NAVAL OFFICERS. 

:Mr. KEAN introduced a bill (H. R. 5719) authorizing the voluntary 

retirement of certain officers of the United States Navy who have ren- dered conspicuous services in battle or who have served thirty years in 

the Navy; which was read a :first and second time, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. 

DONATION OF CONDEMNF..D CANNON. 

Mr. HOLMES introduced a bill (H. R. 5720) granting a condemned cannon and carriage to Opedyke Post, No. 322, Department of Iowa, 

Grand Army of the Republic; which was read a. first and second time, 

referred to the Com,mittee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. 

POST-OFFICE APPROPRIATIONS. 

Mr. OWEN introduced a bill (H. R. 5721) amending section 10 of an act approved March 3, 1879, making appropriations for the service 

of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending .June 30, 1886, -

and for other purposes; which \T"as read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads, and ordered 

to be printed. · 

CLERKS FOR . CDr!DfiTTEE ON INVALID PENSIONS. 

Mr. 'V ALKER submitted the following resolution; which was read, 

and referred to the Committee on Accounts: 

Whereas it apperu·s from the RECORD that about four-tenths of all the bills in.: troduced into this House are referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions for its action : Therefore, 

Eewlved, That each subcommitt.ee of the Committee on Invalid Pensions be authorized to employ a clerk during the session of Congress, to be paid for from the contingent fund of the House at the rate of $6 per day. 

COOSA RIVER. 

Mr. ~RBERT introduced a joint resolution (H. Res. 90) to authorize sites for necessary locks and dams on the Coosa River to be purchased; which was read a. first and second time, referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, and ordered to be printed. 

BUSINESS OF COilliTTTEE ON PACIFIC ..RAILROADS. 

Mr. OUTHWAITE submitted a resolution setting apart certain days 

for the consideration of measures reported from the Committee on Pacific Railroads~ which was referred to the Committee on Rules. 

AMENDMENT OF NATIONAL-BANK BILL. 

Mr. BLAND. I ask unanimous consent to ha.ve printed in the REcORD a substitute for the bill (H. R. 1733) relating to thecirculationof 

national banks. 

There was no objection. 

The proposed substitute is as follows: 

SECTION 1. It shall be lawful for any national banking association to deposit 

gold or silver; bullion of standard weight and I fineness in any amonnt not less than 8100 with the Treasurer of the United States, and to receive therefor coin notes in such denominations as the depositor shall prefer, the same to be of any denominations now authorized for gold or silver certificates: p,.ovided, No such coin note shall be of a larger denomination than ~oo;; such coin notes to be issued in amount equal to the value of the bullion so deposited, the value of said bullion to be the market value of the same in the city of New York, to be as- certained and det-ermined from month to month by the Secretary of the Treas- ury under such rules and regulations as he may establish for that purpose; that said coin notes shall be a. legal tender for all purposes for which gold or silver certificates are now a legal tender, and when held !Jy any national banking as- sociations shQU be counted as part of their reserve. Said coin notes shall be re- deemed by the Government in gold or silver coin at the option of the Govern- ment when presented at the office of the Treasurer or any assistant _treasurer of the United States for that purpose. SEc. 2. The bullion, when deposited under the provisions of this act, shall be- come the property of the Government, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause the same to be coined, from time to time, in sufficient quantities to redeem coin notes and to meet other obligations of the Government. SEc. 3. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and requil·ed to establish such rules and regulations as may be necessary to ca.rry into effect the provisions of this act. 

PUBLIC LANDS FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES. 

Mr. :M:cRAE introduced a bill (H. R. 5722) to grant the thirty-sixth 

section of land to certain States for public schools and other purposes; 

which was read a :first and second timel referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. 

SECTION 461, REVISED STATUTES. 

Mr. MoRAE (by request) also introduced a bill (H. R. 5723) to 

amend section 461 of the Revised Statutes, regulating the fees for the 

exemplification of land patents, and for other purposes; which was read 

a :first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, 

and ordered to be printed. 

EXTRADITION OF CRil\IIN ALS. 

J\fr. CHIPMAN introduced a joint resolution (H. Ties. 91) in !·elation to the extradition of criminals; which was read a first and second 

time, referred to the Committee on tbe Judiciary, and ordered to be 

printed. NEWBURGH CENTENNIAL.· 

Mr. BACON introduced a joint resolution (H. Res. 92) for the printingofthereportoftheNewburgh, N.Y., centennialcelebration; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Printing, and ordered to be printed . 

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CHANGE OF REFERENCE. 

On motion of Mr. SllfM:ONS the bill introduced by him to-day (H. R. 5670) for the construction of a revenue-cutter for New Berne, N.C., 

was withdrawn from the Committee on Appropriations and referred to 

the Co~ittee on Commerce. 

TARIFF ON WOOL. 

M:r. CAINE presented resolutions of the Chamber of Commerce of 

Salt Lake City, protesting against any re.duction in the tariff on wool 

and woolens; which, by unanimous consent, were ordered to be printed 

in the RECORD. 

The resolutions are n.s follows: 

To the honm·able the Senate and House of Representa!;ives of the 

United States in Congress assembled: 

The wool-growers of Utah Territory, representing a capital of $8,000,000, beg to submit to you, through their Chamber of Commerce, the following preamble and resolutions b,y them adopted at their com·ention, held this 9th day of Januar#£::as the ~ool-growers of Utah Territory, being duly assembled in con- vention, in the city of Salt Lake, this 9th day of .January, 1888, representing 

2,500,000 sheep and a capital of S8,000,000 in vested, and an annual yield of 12,000,000 

pounds of wool; and Whereas any reduction in the present tariff on wool would seriously cripple, 

if not destroy, the wool interests of the Territory, thereby throwing out of em- ployment thousands of men, and causing hardship throughout the Territory: 

'.rherefore, Be it resolve.;, That we, the wool-growers in convention aSsembled, protest 

against any reduction in the tariff as relates to wool and woolens. Resolved, That we pledge ou reel Yes to work for the maintenance of the present tariff on wool and woolen goods and to stand by all committees and associations in giving full and complete protection to all the American industries in need of the same, and cordially invite their co-operation in this matter. • Resolved, That we call upon our Delegate to Congress to do all in his power to aid in protecting interests of such vital importance to us. We ask a careful consideration of our claims, and your memorialists will ever pray. 

M . .J. FORHAN, 

Secretary. 

W. S. McCORNICK, 

President Salt Lake (Jhamber of C<rmmerce. 

At a mass meeting of the wool-growers of Utah, held in the city of Salt Lake, 

.January 9,1888, the foregoing resolut.ions were heartily indorsed, and were- spectfully request our Delegat-e to Congress to use his in.fiuence in preventing any repeal of the tariff on wool. · CHARLES CRANE, 

.J. H. l!ThlliAN 1 

Secretm-y. 

President Terr-itoria£ Wool-GTowers' Association . 

CLOSING ALLEYS IN W .ASHINGTON, ETC. 

:Mr. PHELAN introduced a bill (H. R. 5724) to provide for the 

clo!:"'ing of parts of two alleys in square 132 in the city of Washington, 

D. C., and for the relief of Cha.rles Early and C. Warwick; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the District 

of Columbia., and ordered to be printed. 

CLOCK FOR CUSTOM-HOUSE AT MEMPHIS. 

Mr. PHELAN also introduced a bill (H. R. 5725) to authorize the 

purchase of a clock for the custom-house at Memphis, Tenn.; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Public Build- ings and Grounds, and ordered ~ be printed. 

DEFINING AND REGULATING M.ANUFACTURE, ETC., OF LARD. 

Mr. PHELAN also introduced a bill (H. R. 5726) to define lard and 

to regulate the manufacture, sale, importation, and e%portation thereof; whic:h was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. 

DISCHARGES, ETC., IN PUBLIC PRINTING OFFICE. 

Mr. CUTCHEON. 1\!r. Speaker, I withdraw the request which I 

made for the immediate consideration of the resolution introduced by me a while ago in relation to discharges of employes by the Public 

Printer, and consent that it be referred to the Committee on Printing. 

The resolution was so referred. 

CHARGES AGAINST THE ALASKA COl\illERCIAL COMPANY. 

Mr. WOODBURN. M.r. Speaker, I ask unanimous consentthatthe 

resolution introduced by me for the appointment of a. committee to 

investigate the truth of charges made by the governor of Alaska against 

the Alaska Fur Company be printed in the REcoRD. 

'l'here was no objection, and it was so ordered. The resolution is as follows: 

Whereas A. P. Swineford, the governor of Alaska Territory, in his report to the Secretary of the Interior for the fiscal year 1887, arraigns the Alaska Com- mercial Company for a flagrant and outrageous abuse of the powers and privileges conferred upon it by the Government of the United States, in the manner following, to wit: "The fur trade of Alaska is practically monopolized' by the Alaska Commer- cial Company, a non-resident corporation, which does not confine its operations to the seal islands leased t{) it by the Government, but holds and ppssesses most of the Aleutian chain and the greater part of the mainland as a principality of its own, over which it exercises undisputed sway and control. Clothed by the Government with a monopoly of the seal-fur trade, by which it has profited to t he extent of many millions, it has, octopus-like, thrown out its great tentacles and gathered t{) itself about all there is of value in the fur trade of the whole Territory. It has, by the power of its great wealth, driven away all competi- tion and reduced the native population~ :wherever its operations are not super- vised by Government officials, to a conaition of helpless dependence, if not one o f absolute and abject slavery. U nham.pered by a healthy competition, it offers and compels acceptance by the natives, on pain of starvation , su ch beggarly 

prices for their peltry that it manages invariably to keep them in its debt and at Us mercy. In order to more effectually monopolize the trade in furs, it a t one time marked and mutilated the coin of the United States and ref\lsed tore- ceive any other from the natives in payment for goods necessary to their com- fort and well-being. It!:~ insatiable greed is such that it is not content with robbing the poor native in the price it sets upon the product of his danger- ous. toil, but it robs him also in the exorbita.r.t prices it exacts for the goods given in exchange. .And there is noappeal; no alternative. There are no other trad- ing stations in all that vast section, and the natives must pay the price asked and accept that which is offered-the first a hundred per cent. advance on the amount at which the same goods are sold to the whites, and the last low enough to add still another hundred per cent. to the company's profit. .As, for instance, there is no timber on the A.leutian Islands, and the native who goes out to hunt the sea-ctter has no time to provide himself with fuel by gathering drift-wood from the shores, as many are able tl) do. He must have fuel for the willter, and the company generously takes his sea-otter skins at half their real cash value and pays him in coal at $!0 per ton-coal of the same quality as that which it sells to the few w bite residents for $20. The native who dares to sell his furs for cash to others than the agents of the eompany finds that his money has no pur- chasing power at perhaps the only trading station within a distance of seveml hundred miles, and is thus starved into submission. "While all this and much more is true concerning its treatment of the native people, instances are not lacking where it has b oycotted and driven away from the islands Government officials who, intent upon the honest, faithful discharge of their duties, have incurred the displeasure or refused t o do the bidding of its agents. In fact it possesses the power to compel compliance with its every ex- action, and wherever it has obtained a. foothold neither white man n or native can do more than eke out a miserable existence, save by its sufferance. W ith- out mail communication other than that supplied by the corporation, which is their master, the native people o f the sections thus d ominated are effectually walled in by the great waters which lie between them and the m ost advanced outskirts oftrade and civilization, and in the absence of all competition are forced to sell their furs at w batever rates the agents of the company may be pleased to offer, and accept payment in goods at prices which no community of people not entirely helpless could or would tolerat-e. Its paidagentsand lobbyists are kept at the national capital to oppose any and every effort that may be made to pro- mot-e the welfare of Alaska through such legislation as will encourage immigra- tion and the enlistment of capital in the development of the natural wealth hidden away in her forests, streams, and mountains; its every aim and effort is in the direction of prolonging its existence and strengthening its tyrannical hold by a. blocking of the wheels of progress; and to its pernicious influence is due the fact that Alaska is not to-day largely populated with an industrious, enter- prising, prosperous people; that millions where there are now only hundreds have not long ere this been invested in the development of her many varied, 

and, as I honestly believe, incomparably great natural r esources. I have posi- tive information of flagrant violations of the law and executive orders in relation to the importation and sale of breech-loading .fire--arms by its agents; its oppres- sion and robbery of the natives is notorious; the partial responsibility at least of the Government for the wrongs to which the inoffensive native people of the Aleutian Islands and the whole of Northwestern Alaska have been and are still being subjected can not be ignored or denied. "If it can not legally be rescinded, the lease to and contract with this company ought not to be renewed. n is not, in my opinion, necessary to the preserva- tion of seal life or the seal-fur industry that the islands on which the rookeries are located should be leased to any corporation or individual, but if it be held that I am wrong in that regard, then I do not hesitate to aver that it would he better for Alaska, better for the Government, and, above all, far better for the enslaved Aleuts that every fur seal in Alaskan waters should be exterminated at one fell swoop than that such a blighting monopoly should be perpetuated. It is manifestly the duty of Government to protect the weak againstthestrong, to shield the poor and helpless from wrong and oppression; yet here we have thousands of the latter class, who by solemn treaty stipulation were guarantied 

enjoyment of "all the rights, advantages, and immunities of citizens of the United States," practically enslaved, and a professedly free and liberal Govern- ment not only creating but actually protect.ing their oppressions, and that, too, 

against a restless spirit of enterprise which, unhindered, would people the best portions of Alaska with a thrifty population and add untold millions to the · wealth of the nation. ''I have said that the leasing of the seal islands is not necessary to the preser- vation of the industry; neither is it, as so persistently claimed, and as I was at first inclined to believe, essential that a fur-seal monopoly should be maintained in order to secure the largest revenue to the Government. Manifestly, the na- tives of the seal and adjoining islands have the first and best right to profit by an industry which may truly be said to have come to them by inheritance. They are not Indians, but a peaceful, honest people of much natural intelli- gence, and capable of transacting business for themselves. They ca.n nearly all read and write in their own or the Russian language, and if most of the younger men and women on St. Paul and St. George are not fairly well educated in En- glish, the fact can only be accounted for on the theory that the Alaska Commer- cial Company has not complied faithfully with that provision of its contract which requires it to maintain schools on _those islands for at least eight months in each year. "Instead of practically enslaving them by farming out to others that which is theirs by right of inheritance, it seems to me that the Government should se- cure to them at least a fair share of the profits, and that it.sdutyis to protect and, if possible, perpetuate the seal fisheries for their benefit, and not in the almost exclusive interest of organized greed and corporate monopoly. To accomplish this it is only necessaTy that regulations be promulgated by the proper de- partment prohibiting the killing of seals on the islands of St. Paul and St. George by any but Dfltives, prescribing the number that may be killed in each year, the mode of killing, and imposing all the other restrictions now in force . It would require no greater number of agents to supervise the killing by natives than are now employed to watch and guard the interests of the Government, if as many. The skins could then be sold in open market by the natives them- selves, in the presence·of or by a Government agent acting in their behalf, and whose duty it should be made to collect from purchasers a Government tax of not less than S5 on each skin sold.. By such a plan a much larger permanent revenue would be assured to the Government, the natives secured in the free enjoyment of their rights, and a monopoly wholly inimical to the best interests of the Territory shorn of a large part of its tyrannical power. Conceived (as there is abundant evidence to show) in corruption, born in iniquity, and nurt- ured and grown strong and insolent on ill-gotten gains wrung from a hapless and helpless people, this giant monopoly, which rests like a blighting curse upon the progress and welfare of this great Territory, should be shorn of its corruptly-secured, much-abused franchise with no more delay than may be ab- solutely necessary. "The mortality rate as compared to the number of births furnished me by the authorities of the Greco-Russian Church indicates the gradual extin-ction of the native people, particularly the Aleuts on Ounalask:a Island, the population of which was 1,065 in 1882; 326 deaths have since been recorded, while there have been only 158 births. During the past summer an epidemic carried off a large number of the people at Belkofsky and on the Shumagin Islands; a very heavy rate of mortality is also reported from Kenai and Bristol Bay, occasioned by pulmonary diseases, to which the natives, owing to exposure and want of proper 
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precaution, are generally subject. In my opinion, if some effective measures are not taken to ameliorate their condition the complete extinction of the native 

inhabitants of the Aleutian Islands and on some parts of the mainland will be o. question of comparatively short time only. A removal of the disabilities imposed by t.be grinding monopoly which has destroyed their every ar,nbition, and 

made them reckless of lives scarcely worth the living, would give them new hope, and tend to an indefinite prolongation of their existence as a people. 

The civil government is powerless in the premises, having as yet been unable 

by reason of the absence of mail communication or means of transportation, to extend to them the poor protection of its qualified, limited, and altogether doubtful authority. To a hig-her governmental power, one they do not know in 

their present deplorable condition of a hjed dependence how to reach, and if 

they did would not dare appeal to, must they look for a redress of wron~ which 

would not for so long a time have been quietly endured bY., any people a!l'Ywhere 

in the slightest degree less p3tient and helpless; " and 

Whereas the foregoing· sta.tements are substantially corroborated by other 

officers and citizens of the Government having knowledge thereof; and 

Whereas the charges therein contained involve the rights, liberties, and property of American citizens, the devt>lopment and prosperity of one of the most important Territories of the Union, and the character and honor of the nation 

itself, the obligations of duty resting upon the Administration now in power as well as upon Congress to the .American people demand that Congress invest.igate at once the trut.h of the statements hereinbefore recited from the report of 

Governor Swineford, to the end that if found true the extraordinary powers and 

privileges heretofore granted by Congress to said company be promptly re- scinded and such provisions made as will protect the property of the Govern- ment and the rights of .American citizens in the TerritQry of .Alaska: Now, 

therefore, Be it resolved, That the Speaker of the House of Representatives be, and is 

hereby, authorized and instructed to appoint a committee of five members of 

the House, whose duty it shall be to inquire into the truth of the statements hereinbefore recited, and whether the lease under which said company is now operating is conducive to the best interests of the Government of the United 

States, and whether it would be just and expedient for the Government toter- minate the same and to take charge of the said islands and tQ take upon itself 

the c:tl'e and custody of the seal life on said islands and of the waters of the 

Alaska Territory, and that said committee shall, when so constituted, be au- thorized to employ a stenographer, with full power to send for persons aud 

papers, books, and vouchers, and report t.hereon with all convenient speed to this Horue. 

SPOLIATION OF PUBLIC LANDS. 

Mr. BUCHANAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask that the resolution introduced by me in relation to fraudulent practices in connection with the 

public lands be also printed iu the RECORD. 

There was uo objection, audit was so ordered. 

The resolution is as follows: 

Wherea,s the Irish World of January 21, instant, asserts the following: 

"A SAMPLE OF LAND STEALING. 

'' The story of the way the California Red wood Company came in to the possession of 64,000 acres of most valuable timber land,estimated to be worth $22,000,000, 

shows the kind of barefaced fraud that has been practiced upon the Government 

by foreign land thieves. What is known as the California Redwood Company consists of an English president and a Scotch board of directors. Some time 

ago these land thieves determined to steal from the .American people the lands we have spoken of. It was true that bribery and perjury of the most startling kind would have tQ be resorted to before they could carry out their designs. They, however, cared very little for that. They had made up their minds to cheat the United States of $22,000,000 worth of land, and they were not going to be deterred by the prospect of having to go into the bribery and perjury busi- ness by the wholesale. 

"They began by hiring an a.gent whose duty it was to get persons to make 

fraudulent entries, which were immediately transferred to the syndicate of,.foreign thieves. The consideration in each C..'l.Se was $50 for the 160 acres thus trans- ferred. Four hundred men were each bl'ibed with this sum ·to make entries 

under the homestead act, which were immediately deeded to the Redwood Company. In e'\·ery case the entry included a part of the timber land tha~ the foreign syndicate wanted to steal. Whenever there was difficulty about obtaining American citizens o perjure themselYes in the interest of the land thieves, or- ders were given to have sham naturalization papers made out for foreigners who never intended to become bona fide citizens of the United States. '· In the county where the stolen lands are situated 309 aliens filed with the 

clerk ot the county court their sworn declaration of intention of becoming citi- z.:;ns of the United States, a preliminary indispensable in order to make a land 

entry. Although four years have elapsed since these declarations were made, 

only 37 of those making them have up to date taken out their final papers. The following testimony of the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house shows the 

way in which the business of making false entries was conducted: 

" ' !arks and Beach (the agents of the Scotch syndicate) came to me and pro- p"osed that I should have some seamen boarding at. my house, awaiting tQ be 

sllipped, file land entries. He agreed to pay me the entry fees of twelve. I 

agTeed, and we fixed up the busineEs. After the twelve men, all I had in the 

house, had filed at the land office on numbers given by Marks. I had them go before the notary public, and they signed twelve deeds in blank. Most of these men werenotcitizensofthe United States. Isawthemen sign. Then I shipped the men off to sea as quickly as possible.' •' In this case it was not necessary to go through the formality of gelting out first 

papers, as the alien sailors who made the entl'ies could be 'easily shipped out of 

the way and no further inquiries would be made about them. As each of the 

twelve men snpplied by the boarding-house keeper entered a claim for 160 acres, the Scotch syndicate obtained 1,920 acres of rich timber land for the insignificant sum of $500, their agent having gh-en each of the sailors $50 for deeding his claim to the syndicate. "By fmuds of this kind a band of English and Scotch thieves have stolen from 

the Government land whose value exceeds by seven millions the amount that 

Englaud was compelled to pay to the United States for the damages done by the 

Alabama. Judged by the standard of the Geneva award, the California Redwood Company, composedexclusivelyof Englishmen and s.,otchmen, has done once and a. half as much injury to the United States as was done by the priva- teer that England sent forth to drive the Stars and Stripcsfrom the seas. When we consider that the syndic..'l.te we have been speaking of is only one of many similar English corporations that are engaged in the business of stealing our public lands, we can form an estimate of the amount of plunder gathered in by these foreign land thieves. There is enough of evidence to prove the frauds by which larg-e slices of the public domain have been stolen by fOl'eign syndicates. Under these circmnl;tances the duty of Congress is plain. It should compel the 

foreign land thieves to restore to the people of the United States every foot of 

land they have stolen; " and 

Whereas it is matter of common knowledge that similar frauds have been 

practiced upon other parts of the public domain: Therefore, . Resolved, That the Committee on the Public Lands are hereby directed to ex- amine what further legislation, if any, is needed to prot-ect the Government 

from such fraudulent practices, and what further legislation, if any, is necessary to secure to the Government a. reclamation of lands thus fraudulently obtained,. with leave to report at any time by bill or otherwise. 

PRINTING. 

Mr. WILKINS offered a resolution authorizing the printing of cer~ 

ta.in documents; which was refened to the Committee on Printing. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

The SPEAKER pro tempor~. The Chair will now call the committees for reports. 

Mr. HERBERT. I move that the House adjourn. 

The motion was not agreed to. 

SECTION 52091 REVISED STATUTES. ' 

• Mr. ADA111S, from the Cemmittec on the Judiciary, reported back 

with a favorable recommendation the bill (H. R. 1215) to amend aud 

re-enact section 5209 of the Revised Statutes of the United States; which 

was referred to the House Calendar, and, with the accompanying re~ 

port, ordered to be printed. 

NAVIGATION LAWS. 

Mr. DINGLEY, from the Committee on the Merchant ~farine and 

Fisheries, reported as a substitute tor House bill 1486 a bill (H. R. 

5728) to amend the laws relating to the navigation, and for other purposes; which was read a :first and second time, referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

The original bill, H. R. 1486, was laid on the table. 

L.A! D S.ALES IN CALIFORNIA. 

Mr. McKENNA, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported 

back with a favorable recommendation the bill (H. ~. 1235) granting 

to the State of California 5 per cent. of the net proceeds of the cash 

sales of public lands in said State; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

SPANISH AND MEXICAN L.AND GRANTS. 

Mr. HAYES, from the Commit.tee on the Territories, reported back 

with a favorable recommendation the bill (H. R.l968) to provide for the 

judicial investigation and determination of the validity of Spanish and 

Mexican land grants in New Mexico, Arizona, and the territory acquired of Mexico, and for other purposes; which was referred to the 

· House Calendar, and, with the accompanying :report, ordered to be 

printed. 

CLAIMS OF .ACCOUNTING OFFICERS. 

Mr. STONE, of Kentucky, introduced a bill (H. R. 5727) for the 

allowance of certain claims reported by the accounting officers of the 

United States Treasury; which was referred to the Committee on War 

Claims, and ordered to be printed. 

PUBLIC BUILDING, GREENVILLE, S. C. 

Mr. DIBBLE, from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, 

reported back favorably the bill (H. R. 1805) for a public building at 

Greenville, .S. C.; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the state of the Union, and the accompanying report ordered 

to be printed. 

PUBLIC BUILDING, ASHEVILLE, N. C. 

Mr. JOHNSTON, of North Carolina, from the Committee on Public 

Buildings and Grounds, reported back with amendment the bill (II. R. 

1697) for the erection of a public building in the city of Asheville, N. 

C.; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole Honse on the 

state of the Union, and the accompanying report ordered to be printed. 

PUBLIC BUILDING, SPRINGFIELD, MO. 

Mr. WADE, from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, 

reported back favorably the bill (H. R. 1611) for the erection of a public building at Springfield, Mo.; which was referred to the Committee 

of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and the accompanying 

report ordered to be printed. 

PUBLIC BUILDING, MONROE, LA. 

Mr. NEWTON,from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, 

:reported back favorably the bill (H. R. 1483) for the erection of a public building at Monroe, La.; which was referred to the Committee of the 

Whole House on the state of the Union, and the accompanying report 

ordered to be printed. • · 

PUBLIC BUILDIN9", PORTSMOUTH, OHIO. 

Mr. KENNEDY, :from the Committee on Public Buildings and 

Grounds, reported back favorably the bill (H. R.1712) for the erection 

of a public building at Portsmouth, Ohio; which was referred to the 

Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and the accnmpanying report ordered to be printed. 

FORT 01\IAH.A, NEBR . . 

On motion of Mr. NEAL, by unanimous consent, the Committee on 

Public Buildings and Grounds was discharged from the further consideration of the bill (H. R. 1618) to provide for the sale of the site of 

Fort Omaha, Nebr., the sale or removal of the improvements thereof, 
1888. CONG:RESSIONAL RECORD~HOUSE. 641 

and for a new site and the construction of suitable buildings thereon; 

and the same was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. 

MALINDA VEST. 

:Mr. WALKER, from the Committee Gn Invalid Pensions, reported 

back favorably the bill (H. R. 863) granting a pension to Malinda 

Vest; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole Houseon the 

Private Calendar, and the accompanying report ordered to be printed. 

EMILY B. NEWELL. 

.. Mr. GALLINGER, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported back favorably the bill (H. R. 442) granting a pension to Emily 

B. Newell; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and the accompanying report ordered to be p~te~ • 

LAURA A. WRIGHT. 

Mr. GALLINGER also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, 

reported back favorably the bill (H. R. 445) granting a pension to 

Laura A. Wright; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the Private Calendar, and the accompanying report ordered 

to be printed. .ALBERT G. FIFIELD. 

Mr. GALLINGER also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, 

reported back favorably the bill (H. R. 443) granting an increase of 

pension to Albert G. Fifield; which was xeferred to the Committee of 

the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and the accompanying report ordered to be printed. 

MTIS. MARY JANE CASE. 

Mr. FRENCH, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported 

back favorably the bill (H. R. 85) granting a pension to Mrs. Mary 

Jane Case; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole Honse 

on the Private Calendar, and the accompanying report ordered to be 

printed. 

SQUIRE .ADMIN. 

_. Mr. MORRILL, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported 

back with amendment the bill (H. R. 4812) to grant a pension toSquire 

Admin; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and the accompanying report ordered to be 

printed. 

BRIDGE OVER 11:USSOVTII RIVER, LEXINGTON, MO.· 

Mr. :OUNHAM, from the Committee on Commerce, reported back 

favorably the bill (H. R. 2578) to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Missouri River, at or near the city of Lexington, Mo.; which 

· was referred to the Honse Calendar, and the accompanying report or- dered to be printed. 

The call of the committees having been completedMr. McCREARY. I move that the Honse adjourn. 

The motion was agreed to; and accordingly (at "3 o'clock and 45 

minutes p. m.) the House adjourned. 

PRIV .ATE BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED .AND REFERRED. 

Under the rule private bills and joint resolutions of the following 

titles were introduced and referrecl as indicated below: 

By Mr. HERBERT: A bill (H. R. 5729) for the relief of J. R. Stottto the Committee on Claims. 

By Mr. OATES: A bill (H. R. 5730) for the relief of Edward Byrneto the Committee on Claims. 

By Mr. WHEELER: A bill (H. R. 5731) for the relief of Amos L. 

Moody, administrator of the estate of Argy L. Garner, deceased, and. 

for the benefit of Miss Sallie Bettie Cameron-to the Committee on War 

Claims. , 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5732) for the relief of James Moore-to the Committee on War Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5733) for the relief of William Rodgers-to the 

Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5734) to reimhurse the trustees of the Methodist 

Episcopal Church of _Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama-to the 

Committee on War Claims. . 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5735) to xefer the claim against the United States 

of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Huntsville, Ala., to the Court 

of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. PEEL: A bill (H. R. 5736) for the relief of heirs of Samuel B. 

Derryherry-to the Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. MORROW: A bill (H. R. 5737) for the relief of Philip Loneyto the Committee on Claims. 

By Mr. VANDEVER: A bill (H. R. 5738) granting a pension to James 

A. Bolton-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. T. J. HENDERSON: A bill (H. R. 5739)grantingapension 

to Simon S. Smith-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions . . 

By Mr. HITT: A bill (H. R. 5740) granting a pension to Anson Wardto the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. MASON: A bill (H. R. 5741) to recognize Elias J. Beymer as an enrolling officer, and for the relief of his widow and minor children-to the Committee on Military Affairs. 

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Also, a bill (H. R. 5742) for the relief of Caroline Fuglestadt-to the 

Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a· bill (H. R. 5743) for the relief of Mrs. Emily Horton-to the 

Committee on Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5744) granting a pension to Arthur H. Howe-t-o 

the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

.Also, a bill (H. R. 5745) to relieve Thomas Dunne of the charge of 

desertion-to the Committee on Military Affairs. 

By Mr . .ADAMS: A bill (H. R. 5746) for the relief of Jacob J. Walser-to the Committee on Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5747) granting a pension to Emma Zimmermanto the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. TOWNSHEND: A bill (H. R . .5748) for the relief of A. D. 

Tomlinson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5749) for the relief of R. J. Hyde-to the Committee on Military Affairs. . , By Mr. GEST: A bill (H. R. 5750) forthereliefof Quincy McNt!ilto the Committee on Military Affairs. 

By Mr. LAWLER: A bill (H. R.. 5751) for the relief ofMargaret M. 

Hatch-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

.Also, a. bill (H. R. 5752) for the relief of Julia Triggs-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. HOWARD: A bill (H. R. 5753) for the relief of Solomon 

Davis-to the Committee on Claims. 

By Mr. J. T. JOHNSTON: A bill (H. R. 5754) granting a pension to 

Malinda Lemon-to the Committee on Pensions. 

By Mr. CAREY: A bill (H. R. 5755) granting a pension to Peter 

Kenney-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Ur. MATSON: A bill (H. R. 5756) granting a pension to David 

Gibbons-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. HAYES: A bill (H. R. 5757) granting a pension. to Ernest 

Mueller-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

AlsQ, a bill (H. R. 5758) granting a pension to Livinia Wxight--to 

the Committee on Invalid Pensions. / 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5759) granting a pension to John H. Rountree--

to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. GEAR: A bill (H. R. 57GO) granting a pension to Hiram 

Parker-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill {H. R. 5761) granting a pension to Orson Young-to tl1e 

Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5762) for the relief of Stephen A. Toop-to the 

Committee on Military Affairs. • By Mr. FUNSTON: A bill (H. R. 5763) for the relief of David C. 

Allen-to the Committee on War Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5764) granting a pension to PhilipS. Likes-to 

the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5765) granting a pension to B. F. Runkle-to the 

Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. MORRILL: A bill (H. R. 5766) granting a pension to Miss 

Cappie Harsh, daughter of Daniel Harsh-to the Committee on Invalid 

Pensions. · By Mr. CARUTH: A bill (H. R. 5767) for the relief of Henry S. 

Saunders-to the Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. McCREARY: A bill (H. R. 5768) for the relief of William 

T. Saunders, administrator of Susan Saunders-to the Committee on 

War Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5769) for the relief of H. S. Powell-to the Committee on Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5770) for the relief of William J. Landrum-to 

the Committee on Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5771) for the relief of Mary Elkins-to the Committee on War Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5772) for the relief of Dr. 0. P. Hill-to the 

Committee on War Claims. 

Also, a bill tH. R. 5773) for the relief of B. B. Young-to the Committee on War Claims. · Also, a bill (H. R. 5774) to place the name of Jane Pruitt on the 

pension-roll-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a hill (H. R. 5775) to place the name of Rebecca A. Vanarsdall, 

of Me:r.cer County, Kentucky, on the pension-roll-to the Committee on 

Invalid Pensions: • Also, a bill (H.· R. 5776) to place the name of William L. Burgess on the pension-roll-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. .Also, a bill (H. R. 5777) to place the name of Henry B. Gabbard on 

the pension-roll-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5778) to restore the name of Robert N. Doughty 

to the pension-roll-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 57i9) granting a pension to Mary C. Davis-to the 

Committee on Invalid Pensions. • ~ 

By Mr. LAGAN: A bill (H. R. 5780) forthereliefofCatharine Dougherty-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. REED: A bill(H. R. 5781) for the rel~f of Hannah H. Latham-to the Committee on invalid Pensions. 

Ry M:r. BOUTELLE: A bill (H. R. 5782) granting a pension to Hannah Fickett-to'the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 
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By 1\Ir. ROCKWELL: .A. bill (H. R. 5783) granting a pension to 

Elizabeth St.e.o'l.dman-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By :Mr. J. E. RUSSELL: A bill (H. R. 5784) for the relief of C. I. - Nom'Se-to the Committee on Claims. 

By 11Ir. TARSNEY: A bill (H. R. 5785) for the relief of Jane A. 

Lusk-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5786) granting a pension to Perry Dixon-to the 

Committee on Invalid Pensions. -

By Mr. O'DONNELL: A bill (H. R. 5787) granting a pension to Lottie E. Dilley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5788) granting a pension to Lucy Hale-to the 

Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5789) granting a pension to Ellen M. Thiers-to 

the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ' 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5790) granting a pension to Mary A. Whitney-to 

the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5791) granting a pension to 1\fary W. Smalleyto the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5792) granting a pension to Mary A. Wells-to 

the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5793) granting a pension to Eliza Campbell-to 

the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5794) for the relief of James W. Sears-to the 

Committee on War Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5795) for the relief of Francis M. Potter-to the 

Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. RICE: A bill (H. n. 5796) for the relief of Theodore B. 

Beaulieu-to the Committee on Indian Affairs. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5797) for the relief of the heirs of Joseph Anderson-to the Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. NELSON: A bill (H. R. 5798) for the relief of Andrew J. 

Boss-to the Committee on Military Affairs. 

By Mr. CLARDY: A bill. (H. R. 5799) for the relief of the legal representatives and suvivors of the late firm of Child, Pratt & Fox-to the 

Committee on Claims. · Also, a bill (H. R. 5800) to relieve Louis Knorr of the charge of desertion-to the Committee on Milit.ary Affairs. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5801) granting a pension to Jules La.ssource-to 

the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5802) granting a pension to Willis Sebastian-to 

the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. STONE, of Missouri: A bill (H. R. 5803) granting a pen· 

sion to Robert C. Wright-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. WADE: A bill (H. R. 5804) granting a pension · to Frnncis 

M. Goodman-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5805) granting a pension to A. Carney-to the 

Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. McSHANE: A bill (H. R. 5806) granting a pension to Will· 

iam Frakes-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. DORSEY: A bill (H. R. 5807) granting a pension to John 

McCool-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. MAHONEY: A bill (H. R. 5808) granting a pension to 1\Iark 

Costello-to the Committeo on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5809) granting a pension to Timothy Donoghoe-· 

to the Committee on Invalid Pensions_ 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5810) granting a pension to Herminie M. A. 

.Jaeger-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By 11Ir. BELDEN: A bill (H. R. 5811) granting a pension to Edward 

L. Smith-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. MOFFITT: A bill (H. R. 5812) granting a pension to Catha. 

rine Tierney-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. MAHONEY: Joint resolution (H. Res. 93) to incorporate 

the People's Real Estate Tontine in the District of Columbia-to the 

Committee on the District of Colu:rp.bia. 

By MI. COCKRAN: A bill (H. R. 5813) for the relief of 1\Iary Walshto the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By 11Ir. NUTTING: A bill (H. R. 5814) for the relief of Alonzo 

Koon-to the Committee on Military Affairs. 

By Mr . . S. V. WHITE: A bill (H. R. 5815) for the relief of Ann 

Coleman, widow of Granville Peck-to the Committee on Claim,s. 

By Mr. T. J. CAMPBELL: A bill (H. R. 5816) for the relief of 

Strauss, Bianchi & Co.-to the Committee on Claims. 

By Ur. A. J. HOPKINS: A bill (H. R. 5817) to place Maryl\L Biggs, an Army nurse, on the pension-roll-to the Committee on Invalid Pen· 

sions. · 

By Mr. FELIX CAMPBELL: A bill (H. R. 5818) to authorize the 

United States district court for the northern district of California to 

proceed in thecaseoftheexecutors and heirs of Augustin de Yturbide, 

deceased, appellants,. against the United States, appellees, and hear and 

determine the same on its merits-to the Committee on the Judiciary. 

By 11-Ir. KETCHAJ\I: A bill (H. R. 5819) to provide for the muster 

and pay of certain ofticers and enlisted men of the volunteer forcesto the Committee on Military Affairs. . By Mr. BROWER: A bill (H. R. 5820) for the relief of the Kerners· 

ville Manufacturing Company-to the Committee on Claims. 

By :Mr. KENNEDY: A bill (H. R. 5821) to pension Robert E. Ker· 

sey-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. J.-D. TAYLOR: A bill (H. ·R. 5822) to grant a pension to 

Squire R. Little-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5823) granting a pension to George S. Parks-to 

the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5824) granting a pension to John Lappert-to the 

Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5825) to remove certain disabilities in the case of 

R. S. Forbes-=-to the Committee on Military Affairs. . By Mr. BUTTERWORTH: A bill (H. R. 5826) granting a pension to 

W. W. Bradley--.-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. SENEY: A bill. (H. R. 5827) granting a pension to Elizabeth • A. Ingerson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. UcKINLEY: A bill (H. R. 5828) granting a pension to Andrew Shullenberger-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. J. E. CAMPBELL: A bill (H. R. 5829) for the relief of Jo· 

seph Driskill-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. HERMANN: A bill (H. R. 5830) granting to the Newport and 

King's Valley Railroad Company the right of way through the Siletz 

Indian reservation-to the Committee on Indian Affairs. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5831) granting a pension toM. T. Lindsey, of 

Oregon-to the Committee on Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5832) granting a pension to Thomas M. Seweardto the Committee on Invalid Pensions. -

Also, a bill (H. R. 5833) to pension to Christopher Lehman-to the 

Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5834) to provide compensation to Isaac Bailey, of 

Douglas ~ounty, Oregon, for Indian depredations committed by Piute 

and Modoc Indians on Pitt River, in California~-to the Select Com· 

mittee on Indian Depredation Claims. · Dy lt.Ir. ATKINSON: A bill (H. R. 5835) granting a pension 'to Sarah R. McCormick-to the Committee on Iavalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5836) granting a pension to Charles F. Hurtsto the Committee on Inva.lid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5837) granting a pension to William Sweger-to 

the Committee on Invali!} Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5838) for the relief of Hiram J. Steinberger-to 

the Committee on Military Affairs. 

Also, a· bill (H. R. 5839) for the relief of George Smith-to the Com· 

mittee on l\Iilitary Affairs. • By Mr. HARMER: A bill (H. R. 5840) granting a pension to Abraham 

Tyson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. BOUND: A bill (H. R. 5841.) granting a pension to Sarah. 

Seesholtz, widow of Reuben Seesholtz-to the Committee on Invalid 

Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5842) for the relief of Abram Heckendorn-to the 

Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. HALL: A bill (H. R. 5843) for the relief of Robert Dough· 

erty-to the Committee on Accounts. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5844) to increase the pension of William Clarkto the Committee on Pensions. 

By Mr. BINGHAM: A bill (H. R. 5845) granting a pension to 11Iary 

A. McKee-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5846) to restore Charles H. Campbell to the rank 

of captain in the A:rmy-to the Committee on Military Affairs. 

By Mr. SPOONEH: A bill (H. R. 5847) granting a pension to Eliz· 

abeth Twigg-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5848) granting a pension to Susan G. Wood-to 

the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By :Mr. BUTLER: A bill (H. R. 5849) granting a pension to Caswell 

N. Kirk-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5850) granting a pension to James Goff, .ofTei).· 

nessee-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Also, a bill (H. R. 5851) for the relief of Marshall J. Grubb, of Tennessee-to the Committee on Military Affairs. · 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5852) for the relief of Capt. Elias Beal, of Ten· 

nessee-to the Committee on Military Affairs. 

By M:r. GLASS: A bill (H. R. 5853) for the relief of Dani.el Bondto the Committee on Claims. 

By Mr. RICHARDSON~ A bill (H. R. 5854) for allowance of certain 

claims reported by the accounting officers of the United States Treas· 

ury-to the Committee on War Claims. 

By Ur. WHITTHORNE: A bill {H. R. 5855) to amend an act entitled 

"An act incorporating the Capitol, North 0 Street and South Washlng· 

ton Railway Company " - to the Committee on the District of Col.umbia. 

By Mr. CRAIN: A bill (H. R. 5856) for the relief of Robert Cm·· 

rick-to the Committee on J\lilitary Affairs. 

By Mr. WISE: A bill (H. R. 5857) for the relief of the heirs of Mark 

Davis, deceased-to the Committee on War Claims. - Also, a bill (H. R 5858) to provide for the final settlement of the 

transportation account with the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company-to the Committee on Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5859) to remove the political disabilities of Orris 

A. Browne, of Virginia-to the Committee on the Judiciary. 
1888. CONGRESSIONAL R;EJOORD-HOUSE. 643 

By Mr. T. H. B. BROWNE: A bill (H. R. 5860) to establish a breakwater at Chincoteague Inlet, Virginia-to the Committee on Commerce. 

By :Mr. LEE: A bill (H. R. 5861) providing for payment to F. H. 

Bates, late military instructor nt the Washington High School, District of Columbia., of certain moneys heretofore appropriated-to the 

Committee on the District of Columbia. 

By M:r. BOWDEN: A bill (H. R. 5862) for the relief of James F. 

Carr-to the Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. LEE: A bill (H. R. 5863) authorizing the Richmond and 

Danville Railroad Company to lay tracks, etc., in the District of Columbia-to the Committee on the District of Columbia. 

By l\fr. M. A. SMITH: A bill (H. _R. 5864) granting to the Colorado 

River Canal Company the privilege of constructing a dam across the 

Colorado Rive;- at Stevenson's Island, Arizona-to the Committee on Commerce. _ 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5865) for the relief of Michael llfcKenna, alias 

David Dutton-to the Committee o~ Military Affairs. 

By Mr. HOGG: ·-A bill (H. R. 5866) for the relief of Patrick V. Dolan-to the Committee on Claims. 

By Mr. JOSEPH: A bill (H. R. 5867) for the relief of Andrew Cameron-to the Committee on Claims. 

By Mr. VOORHEES: A bill (H. R. 5868) for the relief of Jacob 

Kuntz, alias John Walters-to the Committee on Military Affairs. 

By Mr. LIND: A bill (H. R. 5869) to remove the charge of desertion against Daniel W. Selleck-to the Committee on Military Affairs. 

Changes in the reference of bills improperly referred were made in 

the following cases, namely: . 

A bill (H. R. 149) granting a pensio::1 to Rachel Barnes-committee 

on Invalid Pensions discharged, and referred to the Committee on 

Pensions. , 

A bill (H. R. 456) for the relief of the .widow of Lieut. John F. 

Stewatli--Committee on Claims discharged, and referred to the Committee on ·war Claims. 

A bill (H. R. 664) for the relief of George Baggs-Committee on 

Clai!!ls discharged, and referred to the Select Committee on Indian Depredation Claims. • 

A bill (H. R. 732) for the relief of Fannie Pemberton, formerly Fannie Glass-Committee .on Claims discharged, and referred to the Com- . mittee on War Claims. 

A bill {H. R. 794) for the relief of Wilton F. Ward-Committee on 

Claims discharged, and referred to the Committee on War Claims. 

A bill (H. R. 795) for the relief of Ansyl Potter-Committee on 

Claims discharged, and referred to the Committee on War Claims. 

A bill {H. R. 886) for the relief of Felix McKetterick-Committee 

on Claims discharged, and referred to the Committee on War Claims. 

A bill (H. R. 953) for the relief of William Johnson-Committee on 

Invalid Pensjons discharged, and referred to the Committee on Claims. 

A bill {H. R. 380) granting a . pension to Winifred ·meoffin-Committee on Invalid Pensions discharged, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. 

A bill (H. R. 382). granting a. pension to Catherine G. Bodfish-Committee on Invalid Pensions discharged, and _referred to the Committee 

on Pensions. 

PETITIONS, ETC. 

The following petitions and papers were laid -on the Clerk's desk, 

under the rule, and referred as follows: 

By Mr. E. P. ALLEN: Petition of citizens of the Second Congressional district, State of Michigan, praying for prohibition in the District of Columbia-to the Committee on the District of Columbia. 

By Mr. J. M. ALLEN: PetitionofThoma,sW. Walker, of Jacob Walker, of Benjamin Powell, of John W. Stevens, and of Josiah Walker, 

of Alcorn County, Mississippi, for reference of their claims to th~Court 

of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. G. A. ANDERSON: PapersinthecaseofW. H. H. Hardinto the Committee on Military Affairs. 

By Mr. ATKINSON: Papers in the ca..c:;e of Samuel A. Sanderson, for 

relief-to the Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. BLAND: Petition of Gillam Rogers, foc reference of his claim 

to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. BOUND: Petition of Mrs. Sarah Sushottz, j'or a pension-to 

the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, petition of Abram Heckendorn, Washington, D. C., for pension-to the Committee on Pensions. 

Also, resolution telegraphed as passed by the town of Pocahontas, 

Va., and the citizens of east Tazewell County, Virginia, protesting 

against putting coal and iron on the free-list, and asking permission to 

be heard before the Committee of Ways and Means before a bill is re- ported-to the Committee on Ways and Means. 

By Mr. BOUTELLE: Petition ofMrs. Nancy Pomeroy, for a pensionto the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, petition of Mrs. Melvina Grunya, for relief-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · 

By :rt:lr. BOWEN: Petition and papers of Stephen Hancock, of Craig 

Couhty, Virginia, for payment of his war claim-to the Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. T. M. BROWNE: Petition of citizens of Wayne and Randolph Counties, Indiana, to prohibit the manufacture, sale, etc., of 

alcoholic liquor in the District of Columbia-to the Committee on the 

Alcoholic Liquor Traffic. 

By Mr. BUCHANAN: Petition ofBoardofTrade ofNewark, N.J., 

for a. public building in that city-to the Coml:nittee on Public Buildings and Grounds. 

By Mr. BUTLER: Papers in the claim of Jonathan Newman, of 

Pryor F. Yoe, of John Henry, and of Thomas Nelson; of Jefferson 

County; ofisaiah Standifer, of Claiborne County, and of W. H. Jolly, 

of Grainger County, Tennessee-to the Committee on War Claims. 

Also, petitio:g. of Russell Kite, for a pension-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, memorial of A. E. Redstone, chairman national executive co~­

mittee, relative to the purchase of bonds and bank-note circulation-to 

the Committee on Banking and Currency. 

By Mr. J. E. CAUPBELL: Petitionof Daniel Shock, for a specialact pension, to accompany bill-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. CANNON: Petition of Rev. Joseph Brown and others, Arcola, 

lll., against admission ofUtah-to the Committee on the Territories. 

By 1\fr. CASWELL-: Petition of W. C. Whitford, president of Mil~ 

ton College, and the faculty, and of citizens of Wisconsin, for an international copyright law-to the Committee on Patents. 

By Mr. COLLINS: Petition of Hugh Watt, of Boston, Mass., for re~ 

lief-to the Committee on War Claims. 

Also, petition of citizens and steamship owners of Boston, asking for a. 

better improvement of Boston Harbor-to the Committee on Rivers and 

Harbors. 

By Mr. COOPER: Petition of Capt. Frederick Ford, for relief-to the 

Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. CU:M:UINGS: Papers in the case of Semon, Bache & Co., for 

relief-to the Committee on Claims. 

Also, petition of Catherine McQuade, widow of 'Thomas McQuade, 

for a pension-to the Committee on Pensions. · 

By Mr. R. H. M. DAVIDSON: OfW. T. Kimble and others,of Bascom, Jackson County, Florida, fur increase of compensation of fourtlfclass postmasters. . _ 

By Mr. :DAVIS: Petition of Andrew Ingrahm and others, of New 

Bedford, Mass., in favor of international copyright-to the Committee 

on Patents. 

By Mr. DIBBLE: Petition ofM. B. Ryan, heir of JohnS. Ryan, of 

Charleston, S. C., for reference of his claim to the Court of Claims-to 

the Committee on War Claims. 

A1so, petition of the members of the faculty of South Carolina College, 

in favor of an international copyright law-to the Committee on Patents. 

By Mr. DUBOIS: Protest of the Board of Trade of Hailey, Idaho, 

against any division of said Territory-to the Committee on the Territories. 

Also, protest of 250 citizens of Idaho, against any division of said 

Territory-to the Committee on the Territories. 

Also, protest of the county commission~rs or Cassia County, Idaho, 

against any division of said Territory-to the Committee on the Territories. 

By 1\Ir. DUNHAM: Memorial of the National Board of Trade relative to the improvement of our rivers and harbors-to the Committee 

on Rivers and Harbors. 

By Mr. ERMENTROUr:- Memorial of ex-Union Prisoners' Assoclli.-

tion, for the passage of the pension bill presented by the National ex~ 

Union Prisoners of War Association-to the Committee on Invalid Pen-· 

sions. 

By 1tir. FISHER: Petition of D. Carter and others, asking for a harbor of refuge at False Presque Isle, 1t1ichigan-to the Committee on 

Rivers and Harbors. . 

By Mr. FRENCH (by request): Petition of78 citizens of the Second 

district of Connecticut, for prohibition in the District of Columbia-to 

the Committee on the District of Columbia. 

By Mr. FUNSTON: Papers in the case of D. C. Allen, for relief-to 

the Committee on War Claims. -

Also, petition of B. F. Runkle, for relief-to the Committee on Invalid 

Pensions. 

By Mr. GEAR: Petition of Stephen A. Toop, praying for telief from 

the charge of desertion-to the Committee on Military Affairs. 

By Mr. GIBSON: Petition of citizens, asking for an appropriation of 

$10,000 for improving Sassafras River, in Kent County, Maryland-to 

the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. 

By Mr. GRANGER: Petition of Eugene Ward and others, and of C. 

J. Seymour and others, for increase of pay of clerks in the post-office 

at Bridgeport, Conn.-to the Committee on the Post-Office and PostRoads. • 

· By Mr. GRIMES: Papers in the claim of C. U. Bethume, former}y 

postmaster at Talbottom, Ga..-to the Committee on Claims. 

By Mr. GROSVENOR: Uemorial of Dr. Charles W. Super, president of the Ohio University, at Athens, Ohio, and the faculty, for an international copyright law-to the Committee on Patents. 
644 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. JANUARY 23, . 

Also, papers of Robert C. Berry, to accompany House bill4592-to 

the Commi te e on 111Hitary .Affairs. 

By 1\Ir. GROUT: Petition of Hon. D. C. Dennison and otbers, of 

Royalton, praying that Congress grant a pension toReuben Spauldingto the Commit tee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. McADOO: Protest of steam-railroad conductors in the State 

of New Jersey, against House bill 4289-to ·the Committee on Labor. 

By Mr: HAYES: Petition of Ernest Mueller, for original pension; of 

John H. Rountree, for pension-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, petition of Lavina Wright, for pension-to the Committee on 

Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. HIESTAND: Petition of citizens of the Ninth Congressional 

district, Pennsylvania, against the admission of Utah as a State with 

polygamy-to the Committee on the Territories. 

By Mr. D. B. HENDERSON: Resolution of the ·waterways Convention held at Dubuque, Iowa, January 17 aud 18, 1888, relative to Senate 

bill 275·-to the Committee on Commerce. 

By Mr. HERl\1ANN: Protests from the wool-growers of Eastern Ore.._ 

gon, Nevada, and Idaho, against disturbance of the tariff on foreign 

wools-to the Committee on Ways and Means. 

Also, memorial of the Oregon Legislature, for survey of the bay and 

bar of Tillamook, in the St.ate of Oregon-to the Committee on Rivers 

and Harbors. 

Also, petition of citizens of the Pacific coast, asking that no change 

be made in the tariff on lumber; also, of citizens of Gray's Harbor, 

Washington Territory, for retaining the present duty on foreign lumber; 

also, of citizens of Seattle, in Washington Terri tory, for retention of present duty on foreign lumber-to the Committee on Ways and Means. 

By Mr. JACKSON: Petition of R. A. Moore, M. D., and 61 others, ·citizens of the Twenty-fourth district of Pennsylvania, against the admission of Utah-to the Committee on the Territories. 

By Mr. McKENNA: Petition of salt producers of California, protesting against the reduction of duty on salt-to the Committee on Ways 

and Means. 

Also, memorial of the California State HorticuU.ural Society, against 

the removal of duties from foreign fruits and fruit products-to the 

Committee on Ways and Means. 

By Mr. KETCHAM: Petition of Elizabeth J. Graham, for relief-to 

the Committee on Claims. 

By Mr. McCOMAS: Papers in the case of Valorens G. Austin-to 

the Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. McSHANE: Petition of citizens of Nebraska, asking that 

the Indian Territory be thrown open to settlement-to the Committee 

on Indian Affairs. 

By Mr. MATSON: Petition of ~a id Gibbons, of Joppa, Ind., for a1;1 invalid pension-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, petition of Rev. Dr. A. T. Slatt, president, and other mem- bers of the faculty of Franklin College, Franklin, Ind., in favor of an international copyright law-to the Committee on Patents. 

By Mr. MORGAN: Papers in the claim of Andrew Smith; of Willis 

Dean; of Eliza 1'11. Chappel; of 1\Iaria J. Cloud; of Eliza McKee, and of 

John Carruth, of Mississippi-to the C-ommittee on War Claims. 

Also, papers in the claim of estate of John C. Thompson, and of James 

F. Hogan~ to the Committee on Claims. 

Also, petition of William W. Clayton, of Mississippi, for reference of 

his claim to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. MORROW: Petition of mill owners, employes, loggers, merchants, citizens, etc., of Gray's Harbor, Shoal Water Bay, Port Ludlow, Port Gamble, ancl Seattle, Wash., in relation to removal of tariff 

. on lumber-to the Committee on Ways and Means. 

By Mr. l\fORSE: Petition of citizens, owners, and representatives of 

steam-ship companies, etc., of Bost-on, M:ass., asking for appropriation 

for the improvement of Boston Harbor-to the Committee on Rivers and 

Harbors. · . By Mr. NELSON: Petition of the St. Paul (Minn.) Jobbers' Union 

against the drummers' tax-t-o the_ Committee on Ways and Means. 

Also, petition of same relative to railroad transportation in certain 

cases-to the Committee on Commerce. 

By Mr. NEWTON: A bill appropriating $10,000 for the survey for the 

improvement of the Ouachita River from its mouth, in L>uisiana, to 

Camden, Ark., by means oflocks, dams, and other methods of improving said t:iver-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. 

By Mr. NUTTING: Petition of E. T. Frisbee, president of Wells 

College, New York, and 11 others orthe faculty, in favor of international copyright-to the Committee on Patents. 

By Mr. O'DONNELL: Petition of 17 citizens of Burlington, Mich., 

in favor of the 'Blair bill-to the Committee on Education. 

By Mr. OWEN: A bill authorizing the survey for a canal connecting 

the waters of Lake Michigan and the Calumet River-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. 

By Mr. PATTON: Petition of Howard Matley, and of Peter Schaddle, for pensions-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · 

By Mr. PENINGTON: Papers in the case of owners of private 

dies, for relief-to the Committee on Claims. 

·By Mr. PERKINS: Resolution of the Kansas Pharmaceutical Association, asking for the removal of the special-license tax on druggists 

who only sell liquor for mechanical, medicinal, and scientific purposes, 

and for the exemption from internal revenue, etc.-to the Committee on Ways and Means. 

By Mr. PHELAN: Papers in the claim of Robert H. Cleer, of Mrs. 

Sarah E. Norton, of Reuben B. Bass, of Mrs. J. D. Scott, of William 

L. Vance, and of Julia C. Bailey, administratrix of Sylvester Bailey, 

of Tennessee-to the Committee on War Claims. 

Also~ petition of William J. Bishop, of Fayette County, and of D. 

E. Durvitt., administrator of A. D. Neilson, of Hardeman County, 

Tennessee, for payment of their claimsLto the Committee on War 

Claims. 

By ~1r. PUGSLEY: Petition praying for the passage of the Palmer 

bill for the extirpation of cattle diseases, from L. G. Delano and others, 

of Ross County, Ohio-to the Committee on Agriculture. 

By Mr. RICE: A bill to authoriZe a survey to be made for a canal 

to connect Lake Superior with the St. Croix River-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. 

By Mr. ·ROCKWELL: Petition of Elizabeth Steadman, fora mother's 

pension-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, petition of clerks in the post-office at Springfield, Mass., for 

increase of compensation-to the Committee on the Post-Office and PostRoads. . By :(\fr. ROMEIS: Memorial of the Toledo Produce Exchange, asking 

Congress to provide additional light-houses, fog-signals, and life-saving 

stations on the chain of lakes-to the Committee on Commerce. 

Also, memoriai of the business men of Sandusky, Ohio, asking Congress to provide additional light-houses and fog-signal stations on the 

chain of lakes-to the Committee on Commerce. 

By Mr. RYAN: Petition of the State Normal School at Emporia, 

Kans., for an international copyright law-to the Committee on Patents. 

Also, petition of Johu Nicodemus, for special-act pension for increase 

pension-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By M:r. STAHLNECKER: Petition ofthe National Agricultural Convention to shade our water sources, etc., by planting of trees-to the 

Committee on Agriculture. • By Mr. SAWYER: Petition for an amendment to section 905 of the 

Revised Statutes-to the Committee en the Judiciary. 

By Mr. SEN.EY: Petition of Rev. Dr. George W. Willard, president . of Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio and others, in favor of an international copyright-to the Committee on Patents. ' 

Also, petition of citizens of Washington Territory, against reduction 

of the duty on lumber:.....to the Committee on Ways and Means. 

By Mr. SHAW: Petition of Francis H. Bankard, for relief-to the 

Committee on 'Claims. 

Also, petition of ArthurW. Sweeney, for relief-to the Committee on Claims. 

By Mr. SillVLEY: Petition of Elias E. Barnes, of W.ashington, D. 

C., for investigation as to the cause of delay in the construction of the 

foundations of the Government Libmry building-to the Committee on the Library. · 

By Mr. SOWDEN: Petition of Selden J. Coffin and others, of Northampton County, Pennsylvania, protesting against the admission of 

Utah, etc.; and of John F. Sheppard and others, protesting against the 

admission of U tab with polygamy-to the Committee on the Territories. 

By Mr. SPOONER: Petition of Nathaniel Blydenburg, for a pensionto the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, petition of Susan G. Wood, for spt:cial-act pension-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. " 

By Mr. J. D. STEWART: Papers in the claim of John Smith; of 

Henry G. Andrews; of Ausborn J. Casey; of Bartlett J. Walker; of 

John W. Hamrick; ofCharles. P. Coursey; of Nancy J. Lee; of William 

Sbadnik; of John W. Wood; of James P. Carlton, agent; of John N. 

Smit~; of Ezekiel P. Moore; of James~- Ford; of Thomas Mitchell; 

of W1lliam T. Conine; of 'Mahala Winn; of Lemuel M. Murphy; of 

William Shadrick, agent for Nancy Shadrick; of William J. Rivers.; of 

David B. Anderson; of Benjamin Cooper; of Isabella J. McMaster; of 

Margaret Garrison; of William Cagle; of Margaret Beavers; of James 

J. Cowan; of Jeremiah Wells; of Thomas Dye, and of Andrew J. Wells, 

of Georgia-to the Committee on War Claims. 

By 111r. STRUBLE: Petition of Henry D. Fuller, late private in 

Company F, Twenty-eighth Iowa Volunteers, for a pension-to the 

Committee on Isvalid Pensions. 

Also, petition of Charles C. Penniman, for removal of charge of desertion-to the Committee on Military Aff:11ll:s. 

Also, petition of John Boles, for special-act pension-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

· By Mr. SYMES (by requesb): Petition of John B. Wolff, for pay of 

pension due to Capt A. W. Hicks-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, petition of Mrs. M.A. Kretchmar (formerly Miles), for reliefto the Committee on Indian Affairs. 

Also, petition of Anne Lucas, for payment of allowance mispaid-to 

the Committee on Claims. 

By Mr. TAULBEE: Petition of Richard Anderson, for relief-to the 

Committee on Claims. 
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By Mr. WHEELER: Petition of heirs of Eliza J. Rudden, late of 

Jackson County, and of'John Hurst, of Colbert County, Alabama, for 

reference of their claims to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on W a.r Claims. 

By Mr. WILLIAM WHITING: Petition of Gilligan, commander 

Post 71, Grand Army of the Republic, of Holyoke, Mass., relating to 

pensions-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. WHITTHORNE: Papers in the case of Tolbert C. Ankeny, and of Mrs. Sarah Loftice, of Tennessee, for relief-to the Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. WILKINS: Petition. for an international copyright law-to 

the Committee on Patents. 

By Mr. WISE: Papers in the case of N. H. Van Zandt-to the Committee on Pensions. 

By Mr. YOST: Memorial of citizens of West Virginia; protesting 

against the reduction of the duty on coal and coke, and asking that representatives of their interest may be heard by the Committee on Ways 

and Means-to the Committee on Wa.ys and Means'. 

The following petitions for an increase of compensation of fourthclass postmasters were severally referred to the Committee on the PostOffice and Post-Roads: 

resolution of March 2, 1887, certain information concerning the rules 

and regulations in force at the custom-house in New York during the 

years 1876 and 1878, and at Baltimore during the years 1871, 1872, 

1873, 1874, and 1875; which, with the accompanying papers, was ordered to lie on the table and be printed. 

He also laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary 

of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to a resolution of January 

17, 1888, certain information concerning the amount of, revenue col- · 

lected by the Government under the provisions of the internal-revenue 

law, and the amendments thereto; which, with the accompanying 

papers, was ordered to lie on the table and be printed. 

He also laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary 

of the Interior, transmitting a report from the Commissioner of the 

General Land Office, with supplementary inclosures, in the .matter of 

the private land claim in New Mexico known as the Las Padillas or El 

Tajo tract, No. 146; which, with the accompanying documents, was, on motion of Mr. CuLLOM, referred to the Committee on Private Land 

Claims, and ordered to be printed. 

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 

The PRESIDENT pro ·tempore laid before the Senate a letter from 0. 

C. Marsh, president, transmitting a report of the operations of the National Academy of Sciences during the past year; which, with the ac- companying report, was referred to the Committee on Printing. By lYir. C. L. ANDERSON: Of John Smith and others, of Lake 

Como, Jasper County, and of S. D. Russell and others, of Uissionary, 

Jasper County, Mississippi. INDIAN MARRIAGES. 

By Mr. BARRY: Of H. W. McQuinn and others, of Mississippi, The PRESIDENT p ro empore laid before the Senate the following 

and of Thomas Williams and others, of Mississippi. messa~e from the House of Representatives: 

'By Mr. BUTLER: Of citizens of Clover Bottoms, Sullivan County; IN THE HousE oF REPRESENTATIVES, of citizens of Key Station, Johnson County; of citizens of Boring, Sul- Janua111 20, 1888. 

livan County; of citizens of Vance's Tank, Sullivan County, and of Ordered, That the Clerk be directed to return to the Senate, in compliance 

citizens of Bloomingdale, Sullivan County, Tennessee. fif~fa~s~~~::~· the bill (S. 928) in relation to marriage between white men and 

By Mr. CANDLER: Of W. W. Erwin, T. J. Haralson and others, Th PRES DENT Ch · ll h tte t· f th Union County, Georgia. e I pro tempore. The a1r ca s t ea n 1on o e 

Also, of M.A . .Painter, A.M. Brockman and others, of Georgia. Senator from South Carolina [Mr. BUTLER] to the message from the 

B M CRISP Of J M c 1 d th f M · c t House of Representatives. Y r. : · · oog e an ° ers, 0 arion onn y, Mr. BUTLER. I withdraw the motion to reconsider the vote by Georgia. By Mr. R. H. M. DAVIDSON: Of w. T. Dees and others, of Mayo~ La which the bill was passed, if I have the right to do so. I have exam- Fayette County, Florida, and of John Crowley and others, of Miakka, ined the bill as it passed the Senate and I see that it was amended to 

Fla. conform to my views. Therefore I have no objection to it. 

By Mr. ENLOE: Of R. w. Caffey and others, of Caffey, McNairy The PRESIDENT pro tempore. If the motion to reconsider is withCounty, Tennessee. drawn by unanimous consent, the bill stands passed. 

By Mr. GALLINGER: OfA. A. Gibson and others, of Walpole, N.H. . Mr. E:QMUNDS. I should like~ hear the bill read at length. I 

By Mr. HAYES: Of citizens in the Second Congressional district of did not happen to be present when .1t was passed. Iowa. · . M:. VEST. I do not see the semor Senator from. Te~ [Mr. C~H~E] 

By Mr. HERMANN: Of citizens of Parkers burgh in Coos County . m hlB sea:t; ~ut he sp~ke to _me yesterday abou~ this. b~, and he lB m- Oregon. ' ' terested m _Its reconsi~eratwn. I hope the bill will lie over for the 

Also, of citizens of Rock Point, Jackson County, and of citizens of present until he comes mto the Chamber. 

Hebo, Tillamook County, Oregon. The P_RESI~E~T pro tempore. The message of the House of RepB.y Mr. LANHAM: Of citizens of Comanche and Somerville Counties, resentatives will lie on the table for the present. 

Texas. HOUSE BILLS REFERRED. 

ByMr.LEE: OfcitizensofLaGrange,KingGeorgeCounty,Virginia. The bill (H. R. 484) for the relief of Thomas C. Dickey was read 

By Mr. McCLAMMY: Petition ofcitizensofNorval, Harnett County, twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and 

North Carolina, and of citizens of Gray's Creek, Cumberland County, Post-Roads. 

North Carolina. The bill (H. R. 1604) to change the time of the sessions of the cir- · By Mr. McKINLEY: Of citizens of North George, Columbiana cuit court of the western division of the western district of Missouri · 

County, Ohio. was rea-d twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on the JnBy Mr. RICHARDSON: Of J. A. -Reagon and others, of Bedford diciary. 

County, Tennessee. The bill (H. R. 5514) to amend section 4883 of the Revised Statutes 

By Mr. ROGERS: Of citizens of Arkansas, and of citizens of Crow, was read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Patents. 

Scott County, Arkansas. 

By Mr. SOWDEN: Of JohnSmithandothe'rs, ofLehigh County, and 

of Alfred W. Hendricks and others, of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. 

Also, of Francis Weiss and others, of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. 

By Mr. CHARLES STEW ART: Of citizens of Humble, Tex. 

SENATE. 

PRINTING OF P A.CIFIC RAIL W A. Y COMMISSION REPORT. 

The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate the following 

concurrent resolution of the House of Representatives; which, on mo- tion of Mr. CULLOM, was referred to the Committee on Printing: 

Resolved by the House of .Representatives (the Senate concurring), That there be 

printed for the use of the House 10,000. copies of the President's message and 

accompanying reports of the majority and minority of the Pacific Railroad 

Commission. 

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. 

TUESDAY, Januf!'ry 24, 1888. The PRESIDENT pro tempore presented resolutions adopted by the 

Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. J. G. BuTLER, D. D. Chamber of Commerce of Salt Lake City, Utah, and indorsed by a con- The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. vention of the wool-growers of the Territory of Utah, representing two 

INDUSTRIAL HOME IN UTAH. million five hundred thousand sheep and an invested capital of $8,000,-

000, remonstrating against any reduction in the tariff upon wool or The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate the following woolens; which were referred to the Committee on Finance. 

message from the President of the United States; which was read, and, He also presented a memorial of citizens of the District of Columbia, on motion of Mr. CULLOM, was, with the accompanying papers, referred remonstrating against the granting of a right of way to the Baltimore 

to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed. · and Ohio Railroad Company, or the building of a tunnel through or 

!l'o the Senate and House of Representatives: under Tenth or Eleventh streets east for the use of that road; which 

I transmit herewith the first report of the board of control created by the act was referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. . ?f Con~ress app:oved A.u~st 4, 1886 (24 Stat., ?f>~). for the management of an He also presented two petitions numerously signed by citizens of the mdustrtal home m the Terntory of Utah, containing a. statement of the action 

of the board in establishing the home, and an account of expenditures from District of Columbia, praying for prohibition in the District of Columthe appropriation made for that purpose in the act above mentioned. bia; which were referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. 

ExECUTIVE MANsioN, January 23, 1888• GROVER CLEVELAND. Mr. VOORHEES presented the petition of William Gallagher, of 

Elkhart, Ind., praying for an increase of pension; which was referred 

EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS. ~ to the Committee on Pensions. 

The PRESIDENT pro·ternpore laid before the Senate a comlllunica- He also presented the petition of Charlotte Frederick, of Evansville, 

tion from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to a Ind., praying for a pension as the widow of Louis Frederick, late of