1888. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 609 

By Mr. ROGERS: Of citizens of Brazils, Saline County, .Arkansas. 

By l\Ir. ROWLAND: ·Of citizens of Whitley, Stanly County; and of 

Hornet, 1\Iecklenburgh County, North Carolina.. 

By Mr. SCULL: Of citizens of Pocahontas, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. . By Mr. WHEELER: Of William F. Ford and 36 others, of Ford ton; 

of William B. Gross and 30 others, of Alabama, and of A. A. Simpson, 

of Simpson, Ala. 

By Mr. WHITTHORNE: Of W. S. Cotham and others, of Hickman 

County, Tennessee. , 'Also, of J. F. Black and others, of Giles County1 Tennessee, and 

of A. J. McClarer, of Williamson County, Tennessee. 

By IHr. YARDLEY: Of D. C. Leaw and others, of Brownsburgh, 

Bucks County, Pennsylvania. 

By Mr. YOST: OfcitizensofMount Sidney; of :Letcher, B-ath County, 

Virginia. 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.· 

SATURDAY, January 21, 1888. 

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

n. MiLBuRN, D. D. 

The Journal of yes~erday's proceedings was read and approved. 

TRUST AND POOL COli! BIN ATIONS. 

1\Ir. BACON. I submit a report from the Committee on Manufh,ctures, and ask its present consideration. 

The Clerk read as follows: 

The Committee on Manufactures, to which was referred House resolution 69, 

relating to an investigation of certain trusts, respectfully report back said reso- lution with the accompanying resolution as a substitute therefor, and with the 

recommendation that the original resolution lie Oil the table, and that the substitute be adopted in lieu thereof. 

Mr. PAYSON. Let the substitute be reported. 

The Clerk read the substitute, as follows: 

Whereas it is alleged that certain individuals and corporations in the United 

States engaged in manufacturing, miniRg, or dealing in some of the necessaries 

of life have combined for the purpose of controlling or curtailing the production or supply of the same, and thereby increasing their price to the people of the 

country, which combinations are known us associations, trusts, pools, and like names, but are not incorporated uuder the laws of any State; and ~ 

·whereas such combinations not only injuriously affect commerce between 

the St-ates but impair the revenues of the United States as derived from its 

duties on imports: Therefore, Bcso!vecl. That the Committee on Manufactures be, and the same is hereby, di- rected to inquire into the names and numbers and extent of such alleged com- binations, under whatever name known, their methods of combination or doing 

busiuess, their effect upon the prices of any of the necessaries of life to the people 

of the country, upon its internal or foreign commerce, and its revenues from import dnties, together with any and all other matters relating to the same which may call for or suggest legislation by Congress, and report the same to the House with such recommendations as the said committee may agree upon. And for these purposes the Committee on :Manufactures is authorized to sit 

during the sessions of the House, to employ a stenographer, to 3;dministeroaths, 

examine witnesses, to compel the attendance of persons and the production of papers. 

And the expense of such investigation shall be paid out of the contingent fund 

of the House. . 

1\Ir. RANDALL. What is proposed to be done with it? 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman asks unanimous consent 

that it be considered now.· 

:M:r. HANDALL. I object. I do not object to its reference. 

l\Ir. BRECKINRIDG E, of .Arkansas. The gentleman concedes what 

he can not withhold. Everybody knows-that be can not object to the 

reference of the resolution. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The resolution will be referred to the 

House Calendar. 

f::URVEY AND ALLOTll.fENT OF INDIAN RESERVATIONS. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House a letter from the 

Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary 

of the Interior of an appropriation for surveying and allotting the Indian reservations for the current fiscal year, for pay of special agents 

and necessary expenses; which was referred to the Committee on .Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. -

PRESSMEN, TREASURER'S OFFICE. 

The SPEAKER pro tempo're also laid. before the House a letter from 

the Treasurer of the United States, submitting an amended estimate 

for salaries of pressmen in his office for the next fiscal year; which was 

referred t<> the Committee on Appropriations, andordered_to be printed. 

ARICKAREE, GROS VENTRE, AND MANDAN INDIANS. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore also laid before the House a letter from 

the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate for carrying 

into effect the agreement between tbe comm~ioners of the United 

States and the .Aricka:t:ee, Gras Ventre, and 1\landan tribes of Indians; 

which was referred to the Committee on Indian .Affairs, and ordered to 

be printed. · 

TREATIES WITH KICKAPOO INDIANS. _ 

The SPEAKER pro tempore also laid.before the House a letter from 

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the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secre· 

tary of the Interior of appropriation for fulfilling treaties with Kicka· 

poo Indians; which was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, 

and ordered to be printed. 

PRESSES, TREASURER'S OFFICE. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore also laid before, the House a ·letter from 

the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Treas- urer of the United States of an appropriation for the purchase of additional presses for the use of his office; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. 

SHIP JOANN A. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore also laid before the House a letter from 

the assistant clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a copy of findings of fact and conclusions of law in the matter of the ship Joanna; 

which was referred to the Committee on War Claims. 

PETER TARGONE. 

The SPEAKER pro t~mpore also laid before the House a letter from 

the assistant clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a copy of findings of fact in the case of Peter Targone; which was referred to the 

Committee on War Claims. 

RED CLOUD AND RED LEAF INDIANS. 

The SPEAKER po tempore also laid before the House a. letter frorh 

the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an ~timate from the Secretary of the Interi01· of appropriations for the payment to the Red 

Cloud and Red Leaf baads of Sioux Indians for ponies taken by the. military; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and 

ordered to be printed. THOMAS C. DICKEY. 

Mr. JOHNSTON, of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous 

consent to take from the Committee of the Whole the bill (H. R. 484) 

for the relief of Thomas C. Dickey, and put it upon its passage. 

The SPEAKER p1·o tempore. The bill will be read, after which the 

Chair will ask for objections. 

The bill was read, as follows: 

Be it enacted, etc., That the. Secretary 'or the Treasury be, aud he hereby is, au- thorized and directed to pay to Thomas C. Dickey, late postmaster at Murphy, N. C., the sum of $275, out of any moneys in the Treasury no~ otherwise appro- priated. 

Mr. BREWER. Has that bill been considered bv a committee? ~ 

Mr. JOHNSTON, of North Carolina. It has been considered and 

has received a favorable report. 

I\fr. HOLMAN. I wish to inquire of the gentleman from North Carolina whether this case is not covered by existing law. 

1\IIr. JOHNSTON, of North Carolina. No, sir; it is not. The bill 

passed the last House, and it is a proper bill. · The SPEaKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the present con- sideration of this bill? · There was no objection. 

The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read .the third time, and passed. 

Mr. JOHNSTON, of North Carolina, moved to reconsider the vote 

by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to recon- sider be laid on the table. 

The latter motion was agreed to. 

UNSATISFACTORY J\:i:AIL SERVICE. 

Mr. PERKINS. Mr. Speaker, I ask mianimous consent to offer for 

reference the resolution which I send to the desk. 

The resolution was read, as follows: 

Resolved, That the Postmaster-General be dil·ected 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 against the present unsatisfactory mail service results from the appoint- ment of inexperienced and incapable employes or from inadequate and insufficient appropriations to meet the wants of the Post-Office Department and the 

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

[From the Capital, official State paper.] 

THE MAIL SERVICE OF KANSAS. 

Never at any time in the history of Kansas has t.here been in the United States 

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

Notwithstanding the great iucrease iV population, the stupJd attempt on the part 

of the Administration to make a record for economy has cut down the clerical - force necessary to properly distribute t.he mails at large offices and in the mail 

tra.ins, and it is consequently too small to do the work. Tons of mail matter pass through Kansas on the trains westward that can not be disposed of by the 

force allowed by the Post-Office Department. The result is that it is carried 

past the towns where it belongs, and brought back after two or three days' ab- sence in Colorado or New Mexico. 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 patient, and the press has been lenient over this Democratic folly. l\Iails 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.Departmentat Washington for adequate help to take care of this 

importantpublicserviceare unheeded. The railway mail service through Kansas has become criminally neglected, lihd it is time this att.empt of the Democratic 

party to make capital by a show of false economy should be brought to the at- tention of Congress. In reply to continued appea.Js for the Department to send a ma.n to examine the railway mail service in Kansas, a man came, and over· looking the tons of mail that could not be distributed in time to be thrown off at the towns where it belonged, he su,.cceededin having two or three clerks fined 
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for not having the regulaMon gold-lace band on their caps, and thus civil-service 

reform was indorsed and the record of the party for economy maintained. 

Objection was made. 

ELECTIO~ CONTEST-THOBE VS. CARLISLE. 

Mr. LANHAM. I call for the regular order. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The regular order is the call of committees for reports of a private nature. 

1\Ir. DOCKERY. What disposition was made of the resolution just 

read? 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Objection was made to its consideration. 

Mr. CRISP. I submit that under the rules of the House the regular order to-day, immediately after the reading of the Journal, is the 

execution of the ordeT of the House made yesterday under the operation of the previous question. The pending question is upon the resolutions reported by the Committee on Elections in the contested-election case of Thobe i:s. Carlisle. · 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. If the gentleman from Georgia calls up 

that question, it t.."'lkes precedence. ·1\fr. CRISP. I ask that the consideration of that question be resumed, 

and the vofe be taken upon the pending motion. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will state the position of the 

question. At the adjournment last evening the House had voted by 

yeas and nays upon tb& resolutions reported by the majority of the 

Committee on Elections, and no quorum had voted. 

1\fr. HOGG. I desire to make a. parliamentary inquiry. Can a motion be now made to reconsider th~ vote by which the substitute of the 

gentleman from Iowa, [Mr. LYMAN] was rejected? Can that motion . be made pending the can of the yeas and nays? 

The SPEAKER pro ternpore. Did the gentleman vote · on the prevailing side? 

Mr. HOGG. I voted in the n~ative. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman can enter that motion. . Mr. HOGG. I now move that the voteThe SPEAKER pro tempore. · It is not in order to ilebate it. The 

House in the execution of its order is taking a v.ote by yeas and nays. 

Mr. HOGG. I simply wish to make the motion-not to offer any 

remarks in support of it. I move that the vote by which the substitute offered by the gentleman from Iowa was rejected be reconsidered. ~ 

1\lr. CRISP. I submit that nothing is in order now except the 

vote by yeas and nays. 

1\Ir. HOGG. I am not debating my proposition. 

Mr. CRISP. No motion is in order; the only business in order is to 

take the vote. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman can enter the motion 

to reconsider. A motion to reconsider is in order at any time on the 

day when the original proposition is voted upon, or on the succeeding 

day. The question is now on the resolutions reported by the gentleman from Georgia [Mr. CRISP] on behalfofthe majority of the Committee on Elections. On that question the yeas and nays were yester- day ordered and_ taken; but no quorum appeared. The · Clerk will now call the roll. That is the only m~~tter now in order .. The Clerk, proceeding to call the roll, called the name of Mr. ABBOTT. 

Mr. ANDERSON, of Kansas. I can for the reading of the pending 

resolutions. ' · 

The Clerk read as follows: 

Resolved, That George H. Thobe was not elected a Representa-tive to the Fiftieth Congress of the United States from the Sixth district of Kentucky. Resolved, That John G. Carlisle was duly elected a Representative to th.e Fiftieth Congress of the United States from the Sixth district of Kentucky, and is 

entitled to his seat. 

Mr. CHIPMAN. I rise to a parliamentary inquiry. Mr. Speaker, 

would it be in order for me now to ask unanimous consent tO offer a resolution which I will send to the Chair? • [Cries of "Regular order!"] · The SPEAKER pro tempm·e. It would pot be in order at this time. 

The roll-call has begun; and the order of the House for the yeas and 

nays must be executed. 

M.r. CHIPMAN. I wish to offer a"motion- - Mr. CRISP. I object. 

Several MEMBERS. Regular order! 

Mr. CHIPMAN. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the sub-

. stitute of the gentleman from Iowa [Mr: LYMAN] was defeated. 

The call of the yeas and nays was resumed. 

Mr. BYNUM {when his name was called) said: I ask co.ooent to ex- plain my vote. 

Mr. STEELE. Regular order! 

The SPEAKER pro ternpore. No debate is in order during a roll-can. 

1\Ir. STEELE. I call for the regular order. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The regular order is to proceed with 

the can of the roll. . 

The question was taken; and there were-yeas 140, nays 6, not voting 177; as follows: · 

Abbott, Dibble, 

Allen, J. 1\I. Dockery, 

Anderson, C. L. Dougherty, 

Anderson, G. A. Dunn, 

Bacon, . Elliott, 

Bankhead, Enloe, 

Barnes, Ermentrout, 

Barry, Forney, 

Biggs, French, 

Blanchard, Gay, 

Bland, Gibson, 

Blount, Glass, · Breckinridge, C. R. Granger, 

Bryce, Greenman, 

Buckalew, Grimes, 

Burnes, Ha.ll, 

Bynum. Hare, 

Campbell, T. J. Hatch, 

Candler, Hayes, 

Cannon, Heard, 

Caruth, Hemphill, 

YEAS-140. 

Lane, 

Lanham, 

Lynch, 

Macdonald, 

:Mahoney, 

Mnish, :Mansur, Martin, 

Matson, 

1\icCreary, 

McKenna, 

1\IcK.inney, 

McMillin, 

McRae, 

McShane, 

Merrimn.n, 

1\!oore, 

Morgan, 

Neal, 

Newton, 

Catchings, Henderson, J. S. 

Oates, 

O'Ferrall, 

Clardy, Her):>ert, O'Neall,J.H. 

Clements, Hogg, 

Cobb, Holman, 

Cockran, Hooker, 

Collins, Howard, 

Cooper, Hudd. 

Cothran, Hutton, 

Outhwaite, 

Peel, 

Perry, 

Phelan, 

Post, 

Crain, Johnston, T. D. Randall, 

Rice, 

Crisp, Jones, Richardson, 

Culberson, Kilgore, 

Dargan, Laffoon, 

Davenport, . Lagan, 

Davidson, A. C. · Landes, 

Baker, Jehu 

Brewer, 

Browne, T. l\I. 

Cheadle, 

Robertson, 

Rogers, 

Rowell, 

llowland, 

NAY&-6. 

llove!! 

NOT VOTING-177. 

Adams, · Darlington, 

Allen, C. H. Davidson,R.H.M. 

Allen, E. P. Davis, 

Anderson, A. R. Delano, 

Anderson, J. A. Dingley, 

Arnold, Dorsey,\ 

Atkinsem, . Dunham, 

Baker, C. S. Farquhar, Bayne, Felton. 

Belden, Finley, 

Belmont, Fisher, 

Bingham, Fitch, 

Bliss, Flood, 

Boothman, Foran, 

Bound, Ford, 

Boutelle, Fuller, 

Bowden, Funston, 

Bowen, Gaines, 

Breckinridge, W C PGa.llinger, 

Brower, Gear, 

Browne, T. H. B. Gest., Brown, C. E . Glover, 

Brown, J. R. Goff, 

Brumm, Grosvenor, 

Buchanan, Grout, 

Bunnell, Guenther, 

Burnett, Harmer, 

Burrows, Haugen, Butler, Hayden, Butterworth, Henderson, D. B. Campbell, Felix Henderson, T. J. Campbell, J. E. Hermann, 

Carlton, Hiestand, 

Caswell, Hires, 

Chipman, Bitt, 

Clark, Holmes, 

Cogswell, Hopkins, A. J. Compton, Hopkins, S. I. 

Conger, Hopkins, S. T. Cowles, Houk, 

Cox, Hunter, 

Crouse, Jackson, 

Cummings, Johnston, J. T. Cutcheon, Kean, 

Dalzell, Kelley, 

Kennedy, 

Kerr, 

Ketcham, 

La Follette, 

Laird, 

Latham, 

Lawler, 

Lee, 

Lehlbii.Ch, 

Lind, · Lodge, 

Long, 

Lyman, 

:Maffett, 

:Mason, 

:McAdoo, 

1\IcClammy, 

1\fcCom.a.s, 

McCormick, 

McCullogh, 

McKinley, 

Milliken, 

Mills, 

Moffitt, 

Montgomery, 

Morrill, 

1\lorrow, 

Morse, 

Nelson, 

Nichols, 

Norwood, 

Nutting, 

O'Donnell, 

O'Neill, Charles 

O'Neill,J.J. 

Osborne, 

Owen, 

Parker, 

Patton, 

Payson, 

Penington, 

Perkins, 

Peters, 

Phelps, 

Pidcock, 

Russell, J. E. Rusk, 

Sayres, 

Scott, 

Seney, 

Shaw, 

Shively, 

Simmons, 

Snyder, 

Sowden, 

Sp-r1nger, 

Stahlnecker, 

Steele, 

Stewart, Charles 

Stewart, J. D. Stockdale, 

Stone of Ky. 

Tarsney, 

Taulbee, 

Thompson, T. L. Tillman, 

Tracey, 

Townshend, 

Turner, H. G. 

Vance, 

Walker, 

Washington, 

Wheeler, 

Whitthorne, 

Wilkins, 

Wilkinson, 

'Vilson, Thomas 

Wilson, W. L . Wise, 

Yoder . 

Laidlaw. 

Plumb, 

Pugsley, 

Rayner, 

Reed, 

Rockwell, 

Romeis, 

Russell, C. A. 

Ryan, 

Sawyer, 

Scull, 

Sherman, 

Smith, 

Spinola, 

Spooner, 

Stephenson, 

Stewart,J. W. Stone'ofMo. 

Struble, 

Symes, 

Taylor, E. B. Taylor, J.D. 

Thomas, G.l\I, '.rhomas, J. R. Thomas, 0. B. 

Thompson, A. 0 . Turner, E. J, 

Vandever, 

Wade, 

Warner, 

Weaver, 

Weber, 

West, 

White J.B. White,S.V. 

Whiting, J. R. 

Whiting, William 

Wickham, 

Wilber, 

Williams, 

Woodburn. 

Yardley, 

Yost. 

No quorum voted. 

During the roll-callMr. CRISP. I move to dispense with the reading of the names. 

Mr. WILLIA11:1S. I object. 

The Clerk announced the following pairs, for t.his day: 

Mr. BELMONT with Mr. SHERMAN. 

Mr. PIDCOCK with Mr. BELDEN. 

:Mr. MILLS with Mr. DE LANO . 

M:r. CoMPTON with Mr. THoMPSON, of Ohio. 

1\!r. BRECKINRIDGE, of Kentucky, with Mr. liAYDEN. 

Mr. RAYNER with Mr. McCoMAS. 

Until further notice: 

Mr. CAMPBELL, of Ohio, with Mr. BUTTERWORTH. 

Mr. CUMMINGS with Mr. FITCH. 

Mr. BURNETT with Mr. GROSVENOR. 

Mr. SPINOLA with Mr. THOMAS, of Illinois. 

Mr. GLOVER with Mr. GAINES. 

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1888. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE. 611 

Mr. McCLAMMY with 111r. NICHOLS, on the contested election of 

Thobe ,;s. Carlisle. . 

1lfr. DARLIKGTON with Ur. SOWDEN, on all political- questions and 

banking bill from Monday until Wednesday next. 

Mr. BURNES with 1llr~ STO ~E, of 1lii~ouri, on the banh"ing bill. 

Mr. LAWLER with Mr. STAHLNECKER1 on the banking bill. 

Mr. DAVIDSON, of Florida, with Mr. O'NEILL, of Pennsylvania, 

until January 23, at 2 o'clock p. m. 

Mr. MCCoRMICK with Mr. PENINGTON, on all political questions, 

until the 28th instant. 

The vote was then announced as above recorded. 

The SPEAKER pro temp01·e. The gentleman from West Virginia 

(Mr. HOGG] made the motion, as the Chair understood, to reconsider 

the vote by which the substitute was rejected. That motion will not 

be in order until the vote on ordering the previous question has been 

reconsidered. 

Mr. HOGG. 

Mr. CRISP. 

adjourn. 

Then I make that motion. 

And pending that motion I move the House do now 

Mr. JACKSON. I call for the regular order of business. Nothing 

is in order but the call of the roll, as a quorum did not V{)te on the 

last roll-call. 

The SPEAKER pl'O tempore. To adjourn or order a call, thernles say. 

The House divided; and there were-ayes 106, noes 96. 

The SPEAKER pt·o temp01·e. The House agrees to adjourn. 

Mr. BRUMM. I demand the yeas and nays on that motion. 

The yeas and nays were ordered. 

The question was taken; and it was decided iii the affirmative- yeas 

140, nays 122, not voting 61; as follows: 

YE.AS-14.0. 

Abbott., Enloe, 

.Allen,J.M. Ermentrout, 

Bacon, Fisher, 

Bankhead, Foran, 

Barnes, Forney, 

Barry, French, 

Biggs, Gay, 

Blanchard, 'Gibson, 

Bland, Glass, 

Blount, Granger, 

Breckinridge, C. R. Gree.t;llllan, 

Bryce, Grimes, 

Bynum, Hall, 

Campbell, T. J . Hare, 

Candler, Hatch, 

Caruth, Hayes, 

Catchings, Heard, 

Chipman, Hemphill, 

Clardy, Henderson, J.S. 

Clements, Herbert, 

Cobb, Hogg, 

Cockran, Holman, 

Collins, Hooker, 

Cothran, Howard, 

Cowles, Hudd. 

Crain, Hutton, 

Crisp, Johnston, T. D. Culberson, Jones, · Dargan, Kilgore, 

Davidson, A. C. Laffoon, 

Dibble, : Lagan, 

Dockery, Laird, . Dougherty, Landes, 

Dunn, Lane, · Elliott, Lanham, 

Latham, 

Lee, 

Lynch, 

Mahoney, 

1\laish, 

Mansur, 

Martin, 

Mason, 

Matson, 

McAdoo, · McCreary, · McKinney, McMillin, 

MeRae, 

McShane, 

Merriman, 

Montgomery, Moore, 

Morgan, 

Neal, 

Newton, 

Norwood, 

Oates, 

O'Fermll, 

O'Neall, J. H . Outhwaite, 

Peel, 

Perry, 

Phelan, 

Randall, 

Rice, 

Richardson, 

Robertson, 

Rogers, 

Rowland. 

Russell, J. E . Rusk, 

Sayers, 

Scott, 

Seney, 

Shaw, 

Shively, 

Snyder, 

So'vden, 

Springer, 

Stahlnecker, 

Stewart, Charles 

Stewart, J.D. Stockdale, 

Stone, of Ky. 

Stone, of Mo. Tarsney, 

Tanlbee, 

Thompson, T .L. '£illman, 

Tracy, 

Townshend. 

Turper, H. G. Vance, 

Walker, 

Washington, 

Weaver, 

Wheeler, 

Whiting, J. R. 

Wilkins, 

Wilkinson, 

Wilson, Thomas Wilson, W.L. Wise, 

Yoder. 

NAYB-122. 

Adams, 

.Allen, C. H. .Allen, E . P. Anderson, A. R. Anderson, C. L. Anderson, J . A . Baker, C. S. Baker, Jehu Bayne, 

Bootham, 

Boutelle, 

Bowen, 

Brewer, 

Brower, 

Browne, T. M. 

Brown, C. E. Brown,J.R. 

Brumm, 

Buchanan, 

Buckalew, 

Bunnell, 

Burnes, 

Burrows, 

Butler, 

Cannon, 

Caswell, 

Cheadle, 

Clark, 

Conger, 

Cooper, 

Crouse, 

Anderson, G. A. Arnold, 

Atkinson, 

Belden, 

Cutcheon, 

Dalzell, 

Darlington, 

Davenport, 

Davis, 

Dingley, 

Dorsey, 

Dunham, 

Farquhar, 

Finley,· 

Flood, 

Fuller, 

Funston, 

Gaines, 

Gallinger,· 

Gear, 

Gest, 

Goff, 

Grout, 

Guenther, 

Haugen, 

Henderson, D. B. Henderson, T. J . Hiestand, 

Holmes, 

Hopkins,~ :r. 

Hopkins, S. I. 

Hopkins, S. T. Houk, 

Hovey, 

Hunter, 

Jackson, 

.Johnston, J. T. Kelley, 

Kennedy, 

Kerr, 

Ketcham, 

La Follette, 

Laidlaw, 

Lehibach, 

Lind, 

Lodge, 

Long, 

Lyman, 

McCullogh, 

McKenna, 

McKinley, 

Milliken, 

1\'Ioffitt, 

1\forrill, 

:M:orrow, 

Nelson, 

Nutting, 

O'Donnell, 

O'Neill, J.J. Osborne, 

Owen, 

Parker, 

Patton, 

Payson, 

Perkins, 

Peters, 

Phelps, 

Plumb, 

Post, 

Pugsley, 

Reed, 

Rockwell, 

Rowell, 

Russell, C. A. 

Ryan, 

Sawyer, 

Scull, 

Spooner, 

Steele, 

Stephenson, 

~tewart, J . W. Struble, 

·Taylor, E. B . "Taylor, J.D. Thomas, G. M . 

ThollUlS, 0. B. Thompson, A. C. Turner, E. J . Wade, 

Warner, 

West, 

Wickham, 

Williams, Yardley, 

Yost. 

NOT VOTING--61. 

Belmont, 

Bingham, Bliss, 

Bound, 

Bowden, Butterworth, 

Breck:inridge,WCP Campbell, Felix Browne, T . H. B. Campbell, J . E. Burnett, Carlton, 

Cogswell, Hayden, 

Compton, Hermann, 

Cox, Hires, 

Cummings, Hitt, 

Davidson, R. H . M. Kean,. 

DeLano, Lawler, 

Felton, 1\:lacdonald, 

Fitch, J'.faffett, 

Ford, McClammy, 

Glover, J\.IcComas, 

Grosvenor, McCormick, 

Harmer, Mills, 

So the motion was agreed to. 

1\lorse, 

Nichols, 

O' Neill, Charles 

Penington, 

P idcock, Rayner, 

Romeis, 

Sherman, 

Simmons, 

Smith, 

Spinola, 

Symes, 

Thomas, J. R . Vandever, 

Weber, 

White, J .B. White,~. V . Whiting, William 

Whltthorne, 

Wilber, . Woodburn. 

Mr. WISE. I ask unanimous consent to dispense with the reading of the names. _ 

1l:1r. WEST. I object. 

The Clerk then recapitulated the names of those voting. 

The following additional pair was annonne.ed: 

Mr. Il.A.RMER with Mr. WHTITHORNE_on this vote. 

LEAVE OF ABSENCE. .. Pending the announcement of the vote, leave of absence was granted 

as follows: 

To Mr. DARLINGTON, until Wednesday next, on account of important business. 

To :M:r. FoRD, for one day, on account of important business. 

To Mr. THD"!IPSON, of Ohio, indefinitely, on account of iniportant 

business. 

To Mr. COGSWELL, for this day, on account of important business. 

To Mr. HIRES for five days, on account of important business. 

To l\Ir. BAYNE, for Monday and Tuesday next. 

AMENDl\fENT TO THE BAh'X BILL. 

By unanimous consent, :Mr. DUNN was granted leave to print in the 

RECORD a proJ?osed amendment to the bill (H. R. 1733) relating to the 

issue of circulating notes to national banks. 

The proposed amendment is as follows: 

Add to the bill the following : "SEC. 2. T-hat hereafter any national banking association may deposit gold and silver bullion with the Treasurer or any assistant treasurer of the United States, in amounts not less in value than $10,000, and receive therefor certificates in de- nominations of $5,$10, ,.20, $50, :s10o, and $500, a-s the depositor may elect, pre- pared as now provided by law for the UniteU States notes, fractional parts of $10 on any deposit of bullion to be paidfo1· in coin. Such certificates shall be receivable in all parts of the United States for customs, taxes, and all other pub- lic dues, and shall be a legal tender in paymentofalldebts,public and private, 

except where payment in coin is expressly stipulated. They shall be redeem- _ able on presentation at the Treasury, or subtreasury in the city of Ne-v York, 'in coin. 

"SEC. 3. Tllat the value or ratio to gold at which certificates shall be issued on silver bullion deposited under this act shall be its actual ratio or market value at the time of deposit, to be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury for each calendar month by takjng the average selling price of silver bullion, as expressed in gold dollars, in the open market in New York city, during the preceding month, which price, so determined, shall bethevalueor ratio to gold at which eertificates shall be issued during the su.oceeding month: PrO'Vided, That certificates shall not be issued on silver bullion at a value above the ratio of silver to gold as now fixed bylaw for standard gold and silver coins. "SEc. 4. That sliver bullion deposited underthisactshall be received subject to all the provisions of law as to assaying, melting, and re.fi ning when below stand- ard, casting into ingots or bars, the_ same as if deposited for coinage: P1·ovi~ed, 

That coins struck at European mmts, and mgpts and bars made by melting 

down such coins, shall be excluded from the provisions of this act. "SEC. 5, That when o.ny of the certificates he1·ein authorized are redeellled in coin they shall be canceled and destroyed; but certificates which come -back into the Treasury by being received for customs, taxes, or other public dues, or in exchange for lawful money,shallnotbecanceled, but shall be held as cash, and may be reissued or paid out again, as current money, for all debts and de- mands owing by the United States, except where payment in coin is expressly 

stipulated. 

"SEC. 6. That on the taking effect of this act the monthly coinage of silver dol- lars under the act of February 28, 1878, shall be stopped, and in lieu of such monthly coinage the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and re- quired to cause the coinage, from time to time,of standard silver dollars and gold coins from the bullion deposited under this act in amounts sufficient to supply any demand that may arise for coin for circulation, or that may be re- quired to pay coin obligations of the Government: Provided, That concurrently 

with the coinage of any bullion for which certificates have been issne~ under this act the Secretary of the Treasm·y shall cause to be destroyed certificates equal in value to the bullion so coined at the time of its deposit. "SEC. 8. That this act shall ta.ke effect 188- ." 

The result of the vote was then announced as above recorded; and 

accordingly (at 1 o'clock and 25 minutes p. m.) the House a-djourned. 

PRIVATE BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED AND REFERRED. 

Under the rule private bills and joint resolutions of the following 

titles were introduced and referred as indicated below: 

By Mr. DUNH.il'[: A bill (H. R.. 5569) to authorize the President 

to restore Tenedore Ten Eyck to his former rank in the Army, and to 

place him upon the retired-list of Army officers-to the Committee on 

Military Affairs. 

By Mr. G. A. ANDERSON: A bill (H. R. 5570) granting a peLSion 

to Samuel Harrop-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. TOWNSHEND: A bill (H. R. 5571) for the reliefofThomas 

J. Cover-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 5572) for the relief of .Albert McConnell-to the 

Committee on Military Affairs. · By l\Ir. GRIMES: A bill (H. R. 5573) fm the relief of James W. 

HJghtower- to the Committee on War Claims. 
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By ~1r. CHEADLE: .A bill (H. R. 5574) granting a pension to Ben- By Mr. BLISS (by request): Petition of James Roach, of District of 

jn.min F. Byers-to the Committe~ on Invalid Pensions. Columbia, for an increase of pension-to the Committee on Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5575) granting a pension to James J. Snyder-to By Mr. C. R. BRECKINRIDGE: Papers in the case of Henry M. 

the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Quattleburn, of Jefferson County; of William U. Crosby, of White 

.Also, a bill (H. R. 5576) granting a pension to Joan Richardson, widow County, and of Micajah Lamb, of .ATkansas County, Arkansas-,-to the 

of Jonathan H. Richardson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Committee on w~lr Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5577) to eorrect the military record of Second Also, petition of Robert Booth, jr., executor of Robert Booth, of 

Lieut. James M. Sinks-to the Committee on Military Affairs. WhiteCounty;andofJonathanElms, ofWashingtonCounty, Axkansas, 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5578) to correct the military record of Abraham for reference of claim to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on Smith, and to pay him all moneys due him-to the Committee on Mili- War Claims. 

tary Affairs. By 1t-1r. BIGGS: Papers in the case ·of Maurice G. Griffith-to the 

By Mr. LEE: A bill (H. R. 5579) for the 1·elief of James F. Robert- Committee on Claims. 

son-to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. T. H. B. BROWNE: Papers in the claim of Martha Cock,of 

By Mr. LAFFOON: A bill (H. R. 5580) for the relief of Thomas J. Prince George County, Virginia-to the Committee on War Claims. 

Fowler-to the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. DALZELL: Petition of the Standard Underground ·cable 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5581) for the relief of lsom Johnson-to the.Com- Company, for payment for underground c..'\bles connecting the Capitol 

mittee on War Claims. with the Executive, War, and Navy Departments-to the Committee on 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5582) for the relief of Isom Johnson, adminis- .Appropriations. 

trator-to the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. DAVENPORT: Petition of Hobaxt College for the passaae of 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5583) for the relief of Thomas Osburn-to the an international copyright law-to the Committee on Patents. o 

Committee on War Claims. By Mr. FARQUHAR: Papers in the case of Margaret A. Poland, of 

By Mr. STONE, of Kentucky: A bill (H. R. 5584) for the relief of Loudoun County, Virginia-to the Committee on War Claims. 

Turner C. Goodrum-to the Committee on War Claims. By Mr. FORNEY: Petition of J. L. Murphy, of Woodruff County, 

By Mr. GAY: A bill (H. R. 5585) for the relief of the estate of Dr. and of Martin Redden, of Cherokee County, Alabama, for reference of 

Joseph H. Pugh, deceased, late of Thibodeaux, La.-to the Committee their claims to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. on War Claims. Also, papers in the claims of Martin Redden; of CainLea:ch: of WillBy Mr. ROBERTSON: A bill (H. R. 5586) for the relief of W. R. iam H. Huff, and of James L. Campbell, of Alabama-to the' CommitWimbish-to the Committee on War Claims. tee on War Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5587) for the relief of Mrs. Mary M. Roberts, wife of By Mr. GREENMAN: Petition of citizens of Troy and Lansingburgh, 

John 1\f. Roberts, of East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana-to the Commit- N. Y., !or the repeal of that portion of the pension laws limiting time 

tee on War Claims. of application-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5588) for the relief of Mrs. Hermina Martel, wife of By Mr. D. B. HENDERSON· Paper and resolution from the CigarB. Martel, of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana-to the Committee on War makers' Union, No. 88, of Dubuque, Iowa, for the retention of taxes 

Claims. on cigars and tobacco-to the Committee on Ways and Means. 

By Mr. HOOKER: .A bill (H. R. 5589) for the relief of John A. By Mr. HIESTAND: Papers in the case of John Reynolds, of DayHeard-to the Committee on War Claims. ton, Ohio-to the Committee on War Claims. · 

By Mr. WARNER: A bill (H. R. 5590) for the relief of James D. By 1\Ir. HOGG: Papers in the case or D. M. Miller, to accompany ·Cook-to the Committee on War Claims. I House billl133-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · 

Also, a bill (H. R. 5591) for the relief of John McFall-to the Com- By Mr. HOOKER (by request): Petition of citizens of Tacoma, 

mittee on War Claims. Wash.-to the Committee on Ways and Means. 

By Mr. BLAND: A bill (H. R. 5592) granting a pension to Samuel By Mr. A. J. HOPKINS: Petition of 193 citizens of the Fifth disCody-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. trict of Illinois, for prohibition in the District of Columbia-to the 

By Mr. GALLINGER: A bill (H. R. 5593) granting an increase of Committee on the Dist,rict of Columbia. 

pension to Laura L. Wallen-to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. LAFFOON: Papers in the case of Francis M. Nisbet--to the 

By Mr. KETCHAM:: A bill (H. R. 5594) granting a pension to Eliza- Committee on War Claims. 

beth Snyder-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, petition of M. E. Carrico, widow of Pleasant B. White, of Christian 

By Mr. LAIDLAW: A bill (H. R. 5595) for the relief of Giles B. County, Kentucky, for reference of her claimtothe Court of ClaimsOverton, late captain of the Fourteenth Regiment of United States In- to the Committee on War Claims. 

:fimtry-to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. MACDONALD: Petition of P. Cudmore, of Fairbanks, Rice 

By Mr. WASHINGTON: A bill (H. R. 5596) for the relief of Mary County, Minnesota, and 243 others, in favor of an amendment of the 

Elizabeth Young-to the Committee on Claims. Constitution to protect the people from alien landownership and manopBy Mr. HARE: .A bill (H. R. 5597) granting a pension to Jacob oly-to the Committee on the Judiciary. 

Rue-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. McCOMAS: Papers in the case of Arthur W. Sweeney-to 

By Mr. CRAIN: A bill (H. R 5598) for the relief of Albert Wood- the Committee on Claims. · to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. MILLIKEN: Petition of Hosea Knowlton, for removal of 

lly Mr. GOFF: A bill (H. R. 5599) granting an increase of pension charge of desertion-to the Committee on Military Affairs. 

to Enoch Childers-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. MORGAN: Petition of James S. Woods, of Panola County, 

By Mr. CRAIN: A bill (H. R.. 5600) for the relief of Albert Wood- Mississippi, for reference of claim to the Court of Claims-to the Comto the Committee on Claims. mittee on War Claims. . By Mr. BACON: A bill (H. R. 5601) granting a pension to Susan R. By Mr. MORRILL: Petition of D. H. Mitchell, for payment of his 

Lusk-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. claim-to the Committee on Claims. 

By Mr. BOWEN: A bill (H. R. 5602) for the relief of Bernhard Raff- By 1\Ir. 0' FERRALL: Papers in the claim of Thornton 0. Wyndto the·Committee on Claims. ham, of .clark County, and of William C. Harrison, of Rockingham 

The Committee on Military Affairs was discharged from the further County, Virginia-to the Committee on W:tr Claims. 

consideration of the joint resolution of the J;[ouse (H. Res. 26) to pro- By Mr. PEEL: Papers in the case of J o4n N. Curtis and Thomas 

vide for the preparation and printing of an illustrated catalogue of the Austin; of John N. Curtis; of James F. Wilson, and of William BryArmy Medical :Museum, and the same was referred to the Committee ant, of Arkansas-to the Committee on War Claims. on Printing. · Also (by request), petition of J. W. Parish & Co., for relief-to tho 

Committee on War Claims. 

PETITIONS, ETC. 

The following petitions and papers were laid on the Clerk's desk, 

under the rule, and referred as follows: 

By l\1r. C. H. ALLEN: Petition of Letter-Carri~rs' Association•of 

Lowell, Mass., ior increased compensation-to the Committee on the 

Post-Office and Post-Roads. · 

By Mr. C. L. ANDERSON: Papers in the claim of Alfred G. Persen, 

of Alcorn County, and of R. H. Bustin, of Scott County, Mississippito the Committee on War Claims. 

By M:r. BA.CON: Petition of Susan R. Lusk, mother of Sidney Lusk, 

for a special-act pension-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

:By 1\Ir. BLAND: Petition of citizens of Kent County, Maryland, for 

increase of pension to Rebecca C. Bailey-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · 

By Mr. BLANCHARD: Petition of Narcisse Prudhomme, of Natchitoches PaTish, Louisiana. 

By 1\fr. PETERS: Petition of D. W. Steinmell and 42 others, citi- zens of Newton, Kans., for fractional paper currency-to the Committee on Banking and Currency. , Also, petition ofT. C. Cutlerand48others, citizensofNewton, Kans., 

for reduced postage on seeds, bulbs, etc.-to the Committee on the PostOffice and Post-Roads. , By Mr. ROBERTSON: Petition of Herinina Martel, wife of B. Martel, in relation to her war claim-to the Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. HENRY SMITH: Memorial ofthe school board of Milwaukee, for a nautical school on the Great Lakes-to the Committee on Na- . val Affairs. 

By 1\fr. STONE, of Kentucky: Papers in the case of Ch:trles Halleto the Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. T. L. THOMPSON: Petition of citizens and the Chamber of 

Commerce of Eureka, Cal., for an appropriation to improve their harbor-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. 

By Mr. VAN DEVER: Petition of lumbermen of the Pacific coast 

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against admitting free lumber from British Amerfca-to the Committee on W a.ys and Means. 

By Mr. WASHINGTON: Petition of executor of W. H. Cherry, of 

administrator of Phillip Brown, and of E. P. Bondurant, of Davidson 

County, Tennessee, for reference of their claims to the Court of Claimsto the .Committee on War Claims. e By Mr. WHEELER: Petition of J. H. Carter, of James M. Thanar 

son, one of l;leirs of W. K. Craig, of Colbert County; of John Lawler, 

of Robert H. Strong, and of William P. M:cBricle1 of Madison County; 

of James B. Davis, of James A. Meal, of Lovel B. Walker, of J. ·w. 

Todd, of James D. Coffman, and of Silas H. Scott, of Limestone County; 

of widow of Joseph A. Hardwick, of Daniel ·J. Ray, of John Kachelman, of George. W. Stutts, of administrator of John McKelvey, of 

Francis Wilkes, of John Jones, of Car.oline Holland, and of Caswell 

Gooch, of Lauderdale County; of aclministrator of Lindsey Allen, of 

Franklin County; ofW. R. Hill, administr or of C. B. Hill, of Jack- son County; of C. A. Staples, administrator of Ellis Toon, of Jackson 

County; of Daniel Thompson, of Tuscumbia, Ala.; and of Hiram W. 

Eberly, for reference of their several claims to the Court of Claimsto the Committee on War Claims. 

Also, papers in the claim of Stephen J. Matthews and of Thomas 

A. Wallace, of Lauderdale County, Alabama-to the Committee on War Claims, · By Mr. WHITl'HORNE: '.Petition of heirs of James E. Bryant., of 

Maury County, Tennessee, for reference of his claim to the_ Court of 

Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. 

The following petitions for an increase of compensation of fourthclass postmasters were severally referred to the Committee on the PostOffice and Post-Roads: 

By Mr. J. R. BROWN: Of citizens of Virginia, of Galveston, Pittsylvania County; of Ararat, of Bateman, Patrick County; of Duncan's, 

Floyd County, and of Horse Putnam, Hemy County, Virginia. 

By Mr. COWLES: Of citizens ofNorth Carolina. 

By Mr. ERMENTROUT:. Of William Wilhelm and others, of Berks 

County, Pennsylvania, and of M. Z. Gergee and others, of Berks 

County, Pennsylvania. 

By :Mr. GRIMES: Of S. G. Dude and others, of ~eard County, 

Georgia. 

By Mr. HOOKER: Of citizens of Rankin County, Mississippi. 

By Mr. McCLAMM:Y: Of citizens of Summerville, Harnett County, 

and of Sloan, Duplin County, North Carolina. 

By Mr. NEWTON: Of citizens of Simsboro, La.; of Harrison burgh, 

of Caldwell, of Ruston, and of Red wine, La. · By Mr. OUTHWAITE: Petition of Frank McDaniel and 71 o_thers, 

of Buckeye Cottage, Perry County, Ohio. 

By Mr. PETERS: Of 15 citizens of Okaw, Kans. · By Mr. RICHARDSON: Of L. L. Bobbs and others, of Moore 

County, Tennessee. · 

By Mr. ROWLAND: Of citizens of Poplar Hill, Anson County, North 

Carolina. 

SENATE. 

MONDAY, January 23, 1888. 

Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. J. G. BUTLER, D. D. 

The Journal of the proceedings of Thursday last was read and approved. 

EXECUTIVE COM.l\fUNICATIONS. 

The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report from the 

Commissioner of Indian Affairs on the subject of the agreements negotiated with the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota; which, with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, 

and ordered to be printed. · He also laid before the Senate a communication from the Attorn-eyGeneral, stating, in response to a resolution of-January 18, 1888, in re· lation to the employment of Charles R. WestbrQok as assistant attorney to the district attorney for the southern district of New York, that 

the Department has no official knowledge of such employment of 

Charles R. Westbrook, has no correspondence upon its files in relation 

thereto, nor any information as to compensation paid him for any such 

services; which was read. 

Mr. HALE. I have just come in from the Committee on Appropriations and did not bear the reading of the communication. I hope 

it will be printed and lie on the table for the present, so that I may 

examine it. 

· The communication was ordered to lie on the table and be printed. · The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting the findings 

of fact and conclusions of law of that court in a certain spoliation claim 

under the act approved January 28, 1885; which, with the accompanying papers, was referred to the CommittEfe on Claims, and ordered to be 

printed. · 

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. 

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair presents a petition, nu- merously signed by citizens of New Jersey and elsewhere, praying that 

W. S. Cogswell may be placed upon the retired-list of the Navy. The 

petition will be referred to the Committee on Naval Affau-s. ·The PRESIDENT pro te1npoTe presented resolutions adopted by the 

mayor and city council of Des Uoines, Iowa, in favor of the proposed 

world's exposition in honor of. the four hundredth anniversary of the 

discovery of America. by Columbus; which were referred to the Select 

Committee on the Centennial of the Constitu~ion and the Discoyery of 

America. · 

He also presented a petition of numerous citizens of Illinois and apetition of 103 citizens of Georgia, in favor of prohibition in the District 

of Columbia; which were referred to the Committee on the Dist,rict of 

Columbia. 

He also presented a petition of business men of the District of Columbia, praying that the stone-cutting for the new Library buil~ing 

be clone in the District of Columbia; which was referred to the Select 

Committee to Provide Additional Accommodations for the Library. 

Mr. BECK. I present the petition of the surveyor of customs at 

Louisville, Ky., and I believe all, certainly a large majority, of the importers of that city; praying for the passage of Senate bill 532, the bill 

introduced by the Senator from Missouri [Mr. CoCKRELL]; amending 

the statutes relative to the immediate tmnsportation of dutiable goods 

so as to allow them to pay at home when the goods come under a pro 

f1Yrma invoice as well as when there is a regular invoice, they being cut 

off now unless they produce the invoice in ten days, while the citizens 

at the port of landing have the privilege which is denied to them. I 

move the reference of this petition to the Committee on Finance. 

The PRESIDENT pro tempoTe. The petition will be so referred, jf 

there be no objection. 

Mr. BECK. I beg pardon; we have the subject before us in another 

form in the Committee on Finance; but I understand from the Senator 

from Missouri [Mr. CocKRELL] that the bill has gone to the Committee on Commerce. I ask that the petition be refeiTed to that committee. 

The PRESIDENT P'i'O tempore. It will be so referred. 

Mr. BECK. I have been requested by Dr. Norvin Green, president 

of the \"".Yestern Union Telegraph Company, to present the memorial of 

that company in the form of a remonstrance against the passage of what 

is known as the postal-telegraph bill. The memorial is a very full 

presentation of the case. I have consulted with the chairman of the 

Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, who, by the request of his 

committee, desires that the memorial should be printed and referred to · them, they having the subject under consideration. 

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The memorial will be referred to 

the Commit.tee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, and printed, if there be no objection. _ · · 

Mr. VOORHEES presented a petition signed by 138 citizens of the 

Fifth, Eighth, and Eleventh Congressional districts of Indiana, praying 

for the passage of the bill prohibiting the manufacture, sale, and importation of alcoholic liquors in the District of Columbia; which was . referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. 

Mr. Y ANCE presented the petition of Nathaniel Magruder, a citizeri 

of the District of Columbia., praying compensation for injury to his 

property in West Washington, caused by grading streets; which was referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. 

.Mr. HARRIS. I present a resolution adopted by the board of health 

of the county of San Diego, California, praying for the establishment 

of a quarantine station at the harbor of San Diego. I also present reso- lutions pas~ed by the Legislature of Virginia favoring the full equipment of the quarantine station at St. Charles. I move the reference of 

these resolutions, with the accompanying letter from the Surgeon-General of the Marine-Hospital Service, to the Committee on Epidemic 

Diseases. 

The motion was agreed to. 

Mr, DOLPH presented a petition of the Board of Trade of Portland, 

Oregon, praying for the passage of Senate bill 22, for the establishment of a Government assay office in that city; which was referred to 

the Committee on Finance. · · He also presented resolutions adopted by the Nevada, Eastern Oregon, and Idaho Wool Growers' Association, remonstrating against the 

repeal of the duty upon wool; which were refened to the Committee 

on Finance. 

He also presented a ·resolution of the National Board of Trade, favoring adequate appropriations for the improvement of rivers and harbors; 

which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. - Mr. STEW ART. I present resolutions adopted by theN evada, East- ern Oregon, and Idaho Wool Growers' Association, remonstrating against 

the repeal of the· dtity on wool. The resolutions are short and pointed, 

and I ask that they be printed and refeiTed to the Committee on Finance. 

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. It will be so ordered, if there be no 

objection. 

Mr. TELLER presented the petition of J. L. Harrison, J. B. Henderson, and other citizens of the District of Columbia, praying for an appropriation of $60,000 to improve certain streets in the Meridian Hill