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420 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. JANUARY 13, 

IN SENATE. 

1\Iol\--nAY, Jan'lta1·y 13, 1879. 

Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. BYRON SL'NDERL.um, D. D. 

The Journal of the proceedings of Friday last wa read and approved. ' 

JoliN P. JoNEs, a Senator from the State of Kevada, appeared in 

his seat to-day. . 

DEATH OF REPRESESTA.TIVE SCHLEICHER. 

GEohGE M. ADAMS, Clerk of the Honse of Representatives, appeared 

at the bar of the Senate and said: 

Mr. President; I am directed by the House of Represen'tatives to 

transmit to the Senate a copy of resolutions passed by the Honse 

upon the announcement in that body of the death of Ron. GvSTA VE 

SCHLEICHER, late a Representative from the State of Texas. The 

House of Representatives have passed a concurrent resolution providing for the appointment of a special joint committee of eight 

members of the House and three members of the Senate to take 

order for superintending the' funeral and to escort the remains of the 

deceased to San Antonio, Texas, and• .the Speaker has appointed as such committee on the part of the Honse Mr. D. C. GIDDINGS, of 

Texas; Mr. C. M. SHELLEY, of Alabama; Mr. J. A. McKENziE, of 

Kentucky; Mr. NICHOLAS MULLER, of New York; Mr. G. B. LORING, 

of Massachusetts; Mr. LORENZO BRENTA.."O, of Illinois; Mr. M. I. 

ToWNSEND, of New York, and Mr. L. POWERS, of 1\Iaine. 

1\Ir: COKE. Mr. President, I ask that the re olntious of the Honse 

of Representatives be read. 

The VICE-PRESIDE~""T. The Chair will lay the re olutions of the 

House of Representatives before the Senate. They will he reported. 

The resolutions were read by the Secretary, a follows: 

. L'\ THE Hot;SE OF REPRESEXTATIYES, 

Ja11uary 11, 1879. 

Resolt•ed, 'l'hat the Hou e has hear£1 with sincere regret the announcement of the 

death of Hon. GUSTAVE SCHLEicHEn, late aReprc~entati>efrom the State of Texas. 

Rc,;olocd by the House of Representatives, (the Sellate concurring,) That a special joint committee of eight members of the House and three members·of the Senate be 

appointed to take oroer for superintending the funeral and to escort the remains of tho deceased to San Antonio, Texas; and tho necessary e:xpen es att-ending the 

execution of this order shall be paid out of the contingent fund of tho House. Il4!solved, That the Clerk communicate thefore)!;oing r e,olutions to the Senate. Resol1:ed, Tha.t as a mark of respect to the memory of the deceased this Honse 

do now adjourn. 

l\1r. COKE. l!Ii. President, I offer the following resolutions: 

Resolved, That the Senate has received with deep sensibility the announcement Qf th~ death of Hon. GusTAVE ScHLEICHEll, late a member of the House of Representatives from the State of Texas. 

Resolved, That the Senate agree to t-he resolution of the House of Rflpresenta. tives providing for th6 appointment of a. joint committee to tak6 order for super. intending the funeral and to escort th6 relhains of the deceased to San Ant.onio, 

Texas. 

The VICE-PRESIDE~"'T. Will the Senate agree to these resolutions. 

The resolutions wore a@;reed· to unanimously. 

The VICE-PRESIDENT being by unanimous consent authorized to 

appoint the committee on the part of Senate, Mr. COKE, Mr. BAYARD, 

and Mr. HAl\ILIN were appointed. 

1\IESSAGE FROM THE HOtiSE. 

A mes~agefrom the. Honse of Representatives; by Mr. GEORGE M. 

AnAl\IS, 1ts Clerk, announced that the House had passed the following hills; in which it requested the concurrence of the Senate: 

A bill (H. R. No. 1827) for the relief of D. w·. McClung, of Woodsdale, Butler County, Ohio ; 

A bill (H. R. No. 4186) confirming and vesting the title to a certain 

tract of land in Burlington, Iowa, "in the independent school district" of said city; A bill (H. R. No. 5798) for the relief of· Balaam A. Bridges, of Bartow County, Georgia; 

A bill (H. R. No. 5799). for the relief of Sophia B. 1\Ioore, of New 

Berne, North Caroliqa; 

A bill (H. R. No. 5800) for the relief of Mrs. Julia Elliott, widow 

aud administratrix of Newell·D. Elliott, deceased; and 

A bill (H. R. No. 5803) for the relief of William Johnson and John 

R. Francis, of Edgar County, Illinois. 

The message also announced that the Hou e had passed the followin~ bills : . A bill (S. No. 605) for the relief of William M. Kendall; and 

A bill (S. No. 893) to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to 

examine the evidence of paymen~ made by the State of Missouri 

since April17, 1866, to the officers and privates of the militia forces 

of said State, for Wilitary services actually performed in the suppression of the rebellion, in full concert and co-operation ·with the authorities of the United States, and subject to their orders, and to make 

report thereof to Congress. 

A bill (S. -No. 347) to remove the political disabilities o.f Ma.nnin.,. 

M. Kimmell, of Cape Girardeau County, Missouri; ~ A bill (8. No. 882) to authorize the proper accounting officers of the 

Treasury to pay the claim of the State of Tennessee for keeping 

United States military prisoners; 

A bill (S. No. 986) for the relief of William S. Morris, William S. 

Mann, Charles A. Oakman, George 'W. Hillman, the Union Transfer ·Company, all of Philadelphia; the Union Transfer Company of Baltimore, Maryland, and John R. Graham, late of Philadelphia, now of 

Washington, District of Columbia.; 

A bill (S. No. 992) for the relief of Columbus F. Perry and Elizab th 

H. Gilmer, of Chambers County, Alabama; and 

A bill (S. No. 1244) for the relief of the legal representative of 

George Williams, deceased. 

EXECUTIVE COMMU:NICATIOXS. 

The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communication 

from the Secretary of War, transmittin@; a letter from the Chief of 

Engineers respecting the surveys of the Territories west of the Mississippi River and the changes recently recommended to Congress by 

the National Academy of Sciences concerning the methods and character of those surveys and the manner of carrying on the work · which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations. ' 

He also laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary 

of War, transmitting, for the information of the Committee on Com- m~rce, a letter from the Chief of Engineers co~ taining a report of 

Lwutenant-Colonel C. S. Stewart, Corps of Engmeers, upon the improvement of the harbor of San Diego, California; which w;tS referred 

to the Committee on Commerce. 

He also laid ?e~ore the Senate a. com~unication from the Secretary 

of War, tmnsrmttrng, for the cons1derat10n of the Committee on Commerce, n. letter from the Chief of Engineers, inclosin(Y a communication ~o~ Major C. B. Comstock, Corps of Engineers, in regard to the 

duplicatiOn of the War Department survey of the Missis ippi River 

by the Coast Survey; which was referred to the Committee on Com- merce. He also laid beforo the Senate a communication from the Secretary 

of War, transmitting, for the consideration of the Committee on Appropriations, a letter from the Chief of Engineers, inclosing a commu- nication ~o~ 1\Iajor C. B. Comstock, Corps of Engineers, in regard to t~e duphcation of the War D~partment survey of the Mississippi 

R1ver l)y the Coast Survey; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations. 

He also laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretarv 

of War, transmitting, for the consideration of the joint committee oi1 

the reorganization of the Army, a letter from Colonel Geor~e W. Getty 

Third Artillery, commanding the artillery school, sul.onntting a ub: 

stitute for sections 253, 254, and 255 of Senat~ill No. 1491, to redoce 

and reorganize the Army of the United States and to make roles for 

its government and regulation; which was orderecl to lie on the table 

and he printed. 

He also laid before the Senate a communication from the Commissioner of Fisheries, transmitting his annual report for the years 1877 

and 1 7. ; which was ordered to lie on the table and be printed. 

PETITIOXS Al\""D 1\rEl'tiORIALS. 

Mr. CHRISTIANCYpresented the petition of Sampson Ovenden and 

others, citizens of Bridgeville, Michigan, pr tVing for the passa<Ye of 

the bill (H. R. No. 4.234) granting arrears of pensions; which0 wa ordered to lie on the table. 

Mr. FERRY pre ented the petition of Mrs. Rev. A. R. Hazen and 

other women, residents of South Attica, Metamora, Dryclen, and 

Whigville, Michigan, and the petition of Mrs. Rev. A. E. Ketchum 

and other women, of Saint Joseph County, Michigan, prayi.nO' for the 

passage of an act making effective the anti-polygamy law ~f 1. 62; 

which were referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 

Mr. EDMUJii"DS. I pres~nt the petition of a large number of citi- zens of the State of Vermont, (I should think several hundred from 

the size of the roll,) at the head of which stands the usual printed 

form of petition about the arrears of pension bill. :I ask that this 

paper lie on the ·table. As a kind of commentary upon the value of 

the sacred right of petition of this sort, I may mention tbut some of 

the gentlemen who have sent in petitions havo inclosed me the au- thority under which they got them up. Here is one of these commu- nications to get up petitions, signed by a claim agent who s~ys that 

he gives special attention to rejected claims, in which he says: 

DEAR Srn : I inclose a petition to the Senate of the United States to which I 

wish you to get a few names and send them to Hon. GEORGE F. mn::~n , Unitecl 

State Senator. Please get twelve to twenty names, with the residence, igned, and send to the above addres as quick as possible. 

The value of petitions got up in tha.t way, .l\fr. Pr~ident, I do not 

know is of the very highest. 

The VICE-PRESIDENT. The petition will lie on the tahle. 

Mr. EATON presented the petition of Hoyt Dibble and others, citi- ENRO~D BILLS SIG~~· • • zens of Danbury, ~onnecticut, praying for the passage of the bill (H. 

The VI.CE-PRES~ENT s1~ed the followm~ enrolled bills, which R. No. 4234) granting arrears of pensions; which was ordered to lie 

had prevwnsly rece1ved the s1gnatnre of the ;:;peaker of the House I on the table. of Representatives: He also presented the petition of James Eveleth, praying compenA bill (S. No. 88) for t.he relief of James W. Richard and J. S. sation·for his ervices dnring the late war as disbursin.,. agent for the 

Brown & Brother, of Denver, Colorado; . defense of Washington City, nml for his services as d~bnrsing agent 

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of the engineer department since the termination of that service; 

which was referred'·to the Committee on Military .Affairs. 

:Mr. KERNAN. I present twenty-six memorials, signed by persons 

residing in different counties in the Stat'6 of New Y.ork, and some in 

Massachusetts, some in Pennsylvania, and some in New Jersey, re- monstrating against the renewal of the patent issued to L. J. Mabie, 

A. J. Manly and R. H. Morris, as assi~nees of Nathaniel Jones, the 

inventor of an improvement in shoe-Jasts. I mo~e the reference of 

these memorials to the Committee on Patents. 

The motion was agreed to. 

}!r. RANDOLPH presented the petition of Andrew R. Amold, of 

Newark, New Jersey, praying for the extension of bis patent for a ma.chine for making twist drills; which was referred to the Committee on Patents. · Mr. WITHERS presented the proceedings of a public meeting of 

citizens of Charlotte County, Virginia, praying for the repeal of the 

tobacco tax; which were referred to the Committee on Finance. 

Mr. THURMAN. I present the petition of numerous citizens of 

Q.hio praying for the passage of House bill No. 4234, granting arrears of pensions. 

The VICE-PRESIDENT. The petition will lie on the table. 

Mr. THURMAN. I beg leave to say in one word that, after a care- ful study of this subject, I am satisfied the bill ought to pass, and I 

hope the Senate will take it up at an early day. 

Mr. HARRIS presented the petition of Mary Byrd Dallas, of Tennessee, praying for an increase of pension; which was referred to the 

Committee on Pensions. 

He also presented the petition of Parmelia A. Bartholmew, of Henderson County, Tennessee, praying to be allowed arrears of pension; 

which was referred to the Committtee on Pensiolli!. 

Mr. McCREERY presented tbe petition of Isaae F. Moore, late a private in Company H, Twenty-fourth Regiment Kentucky Volunteers, praying indemnity for a horse lost in the military service of 

the United States; which was referred to the Committee on Military 

.Affairs. . · He also presented the petition of l\IiUou \V. Triplett, late corporal 

Company F, Fifth Kentucky Cavalry Volunteers, praying indemnity 

for a horse lost in the military service of the United States: which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. · ~Ir. KERNAN. I present the petition of R. R. Crowley, of Randolph, Cattaraugus County, New York, and a large number of other 

persons, some of whom I know. The petition prays for the passage of a law to provide for the payment of arrears of pensions. I wish to say 

that while some of the petitions I 1·eceive are very likely gotten up 

and.sent around to be signed in the manner stated, yet a large num- ber of petitions come from people who take an interest in this subject, 

supplemel?-ted by letters from women, and from men \,Vho say they are lame soldiers, from all over my State, which make me feel that there 

is an honest desire on the part of the people interested to have early 

action on this bill. I am frank to say that I believe where there are pensions granted they should run from the time when the pensioners were disabled. I move that this petition lie upon the table. 

The motion was agreed to. 

l!r. SPENCER presented the petition of A. B. Mullett, of Washington, District of Columbia, praying compensation for certain services 

rendered by him while acting as Supervising Architoot of the Treasury; which was ~eferred to the Committee on Claims. 

He also presented the petition of Anne P. Newlin, of New York, 

praying to be allowed a pension on account of services rendered by 

her son, Alfred S. Newlin, late first lieutenant Twenty-first Regiment 

United States Infantry; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions. 

Mr. ROLLINS presented the petition of William S.l\.Iackay, late 

econd lieutenant Twenty-ninth ·Regiment of Infantry, praying for 

the pas age of an act granting him the pay •f his rank from the 18th 

of July, 1868, to the 20th of December, 1 '69, during which time he wa unavoidably absent from his regiment; which was referred to 

1the Committee on Military Affairs. 

He also presen1ed the petition of E. D. Boyd, first a.::;sistant exam- iner United States Patent Office, and Thomas L. Tullock, assistant 

paymaster, praying the passage of. a bill to restore Commander Robert Boyd, United States Navy, to his original position on the Navy Re~ister; which was referred to the Committee on Naval .Affairs. 

Mr. MATTHEWS presented the petition of H. D. 'Valbridge, of 

Toledo, Ohie~, a property-holder in the District of Columbia, prayina 

for the revision and correction of assessments for public improv:: 

ment in the District; which was referred to the Committee on the 

District of Columbia. • :Mr. SAUNDERS presented the petition of 0. 0. Abbott, W. H. 

Platte, George H. Thnmlll, and 200 others, citizens of Grand Island, 

Nebraska, praying for the passage of the bill (H. R. No. 4234) granting arrears of pensions; which was ordered to lie on the table. 

Mr. DAWES presented the petition of Warren J. Davis, a soldier 

in the lii-te war, praying for a pension and for the repeal of the statute 

of limitation in pension cases; whlch was referred to the Committee on Pensions. 

Mr. DAVIS, o:i Illinois, presented the petition of Marie M. Diener 

and other women, of Secor, Woolford County, lllinois, praying for the 

passage of an act making effective the anti-polygamy l&w of 1862; 

which was referred to th~Committee on the Judiciary. 

.1\Ir. PLIDIB. I present the petition on E. A. Barber ·and others, 

citizens of Allen County, Kansas; the petition of W. H. Broadwell 

and others, citizens of Kansas; the petition of William Taylor and 

others, cjtizens of Kansas; and the petition of Frank Evans and 

others, citizens of Kansas, praying for the passage of t1ie bill (H. R: 

No. 42:34) granting arrears of pensions. I take this occa.sion to sal 

that I indorse the prayer of these petitioners fully, and hope that the 

bill will be acted upon and passed at an early day. I move that the 

petitions lie upon the table. 

The motion was agreed to. 

Mr. INGALLS presented the petition of the Soldiers and Sailors' 

Association of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, praying for .the passage of 

the bill (H. R. No. 4234) granting arrears of pensions; which was ordered to lie on the table. 

Mr. GROVER presented a memorial of the Legislature of the State 

of Oregon, in favor of the removal of the Indians from the Umatilla 

reservation in that State, and the extinguishment of the Indian title 

thereto; which was referred to the Committee on Indian .Affairs. 

He also presented the petition of William Chambers and others, 

soldiers and sailors of the Army and Navy of the United States during the late war, praying for an amendment of the pension laws; 

which was referred to the Comfnittee on Pensions. 

He also presented a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Oregon, in favor of an appropriation for the permanent improvement of 

ihe ;Lower Willamette and Lower Columbia Rivers; which was re- ferred to the Committee on Commerce. . He also presented a memori,al of the Legislature of the State of 

Oregon, in favor of a modification of the treaty between the United 

States and China, so as to prohibit the importation or immigration 

of Chinese and other Asiatic laborers to the Pacific coast; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 

He also presented a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 

Oregon, in fa.vor of an appropriation for the improvement of the 

channel aml harbor of the Coquille River in that State; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce . He also presented a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 

Oregon, in favor of an appropriation· for the improvement of the 

harbor at Coos Bay in that State; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. 

Mr. WALLACE presented the petition of C. H. :Mitchell and others, 

citizens of Manchester, Pennsylvania, and the petition of Jolm Dwyer 

and others, citizens of New Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, praying for 

tbe pa sage of the bill (H. R. No. 4.234) granting arrears of pensions; 

which were ordered to lie on the table. 

He also presented a memorial of the auditor-general of Pennsylvania, praying the payment of moneys advanced to the United States 

by the State of Pennsylvania during the war of 1812 with Groat Britain; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations. 

Mr. MITCHELL presented the petition of William Gallick, of Portland, Oregon, praying co~pensation for cattle alleged to have been 

killed at Neab Bay Indian agency.? Washington Territory, and used 

by the Government in feeding Inoians; which was referred to the 

Committee on Claims. 

Mr. ALLISON presented the petition of Allied P. Alexander and 

49 others, formerly soldiers, of Linn County, Iowa, and the petition 

of John D. Jones and 113 others, citizens of Iowa, praying for tho 

passage of the bill (H. R. No. 4234) gran 'tin g arrears of pem~ions ; which were ordered to lie on the table. 

He also presented the memorial of G. Westinghouse & Co. and 

others, citizens of the United States, remonstrating a~ainst the extension of letters-patent granted to J. C. Birdsell for clOver-machines; 

which was referred to the Committee on Patents. ~Ir. HOAR presented the petition of C. L. Taylor & Co. and others, 

citizens of Boston, ~Iassachnsetts, prayin_g for the passage of the bill 

(H. R. No. 3547) to regulate interstate comme:t"ce and to prohibit un- just discriminations b.y common carriers; which"was referred to the· Committee on Commerce. . He also presented the petition of William Chambers and others, 

soldiers of the late war who lost their limbs below the knee and 

elbow, praying for an amendment of the pension laws recognizing 

them a-s totally disabled; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions. 

Mr. HOWE presented the petition of George S. Kaime and others, 

citizens of Omro, Wisconsin, praying for the passage of the bill (H. R. 

No. 4234) granting arrears of pensions; which was ordered to lie on the table. liiSSOURI JUDICIAL DISTRICTS. 

~Ir. THUR:\IAN. The Committee on the Judiciary have instructed me to call the attention of the Senate to an entry in the Journal of 

the Senate of the 14th of June, 1878, indefinitely postponing the bill 

(H. R. No. 5067) to diVIde the western district of Missouri into two 

divisions, and to _prescribe the times and places for holding courts 

therein, and for other purposes. The Journal shows that Mr. DAVIS, 

of Illinois, reported the bill from the Committee on the Judiciary adversely, and with the recommendation that it be indefinitely postponed, and that it was so postponed. That was an entire mistake. 

The committee never came to any such conclusion nor did that Senator ever make any snch report. The mistake, no doubt, occurred by a page taking to the Clerk's desk the wrong bill. I am instructed by the 

committee to a k the unanimous consent of the Senate that'that en-

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try in the J o'urnal be resci~ded. The committee at this ~ssion have 

unanimously reported the bill favorably, and recommended 1ts passage 

with an amendment ; but this entry stands in the way of the action 

ef the committee. The entry that it was reported against .and the 

consequent order that the bill be indefinitely postponed was an entire mist::tke. 

The VICE-PRESIDENT. The bill rem:tined in the possession of 

the committee durinp: the entire time '? · Mr. THURMAN. Yes, sir, during the entire time. I ask unanimous 

consent to have the entrv re cinded. 

The VICE-PRE !DENT. To this there can be no objection. The 

Chair hears noue. Mr. COCKRELL. The Senate will recolle8t that I tried to get that 

bill from the Judiciary Committee, and made a motion to have the 

committee discharged in order to bring the bill before the Senate. 

Mr. DAVIS, of illinois. There is no question about it. I refused 

to report it at the instance of the Senator from Missouri. 

Mr. COCKRELL. Yes, the Senator from illinois refused to report 

it. 

Mr. THURMAN: I should oe glad if the Senate would take the 

bill up, to w~ich I am sure there is no ?bje<:tion, a~d whic~ the com- mittee unammously reported, and pass 1t this mornmg, as It ought to 

be passed at once if it·is to pass at all. 

Mr. SPENCER. Let us get through with the morning business 

first. 

The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Chair will recognize the Senator 

from Ohio for the purpose indicated by him as soon as the business 

of the morning hour shall have be~n concluded. 

REPORTS OF CO:ID\HTTE.I!:S. 

Mr. McDONALD, from the Committee. on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (S. No. 823) for the relief of the assignee in 

bankruptcy of Robert Erwin and Erwin & Hardee, reported adversely thereon, and the bill was postponed indefinitely. 

He also, from the same committee to whom was referred the bill 

(S. No. 1215) to amend an act entitled "An act for .the relief of Rob- ~rt Erwin," reported adversely thereon, and the bill was postponed 

indefmitely. · MI·. THURMAN, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. No. 2301) fixing the compensation of ju- rors servino· in the district and circuit courts of the United States, 

·reported adversely thereon, and the bill was postponed indefinitely. 

Mr. INGALLS. I am directed by the Committee on the District of 

Columbia to whom was referred a letter from the managers and 

officers of theW omen's Christian Association of the District of Columbia submitting the eighth annual report of the association, and askina' further appropriations in aid of the work thereof, to report it ba~k, and to ask that it be referred to the Committee on Appropriations and they recommend tha.t the prayer be granted. Th~ VICE-PRESIDElli"T. The Committee on the District of Columbia will be discharaed from its further consideration and the paper 

referrefl to the Co~mittee on Appropriations. 

Mr. JNGALLS, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, 

to whom was referred the bill (S. No. 643) for the relief of Thomas 

Luca reported it without amendment. 

He ~lso from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred 

the bill ('H. R. No. 3625) relating to soldiers while in the civil service 

<>f the Unit-ed States, reported it without amendment. 

Mr. HOWE. I ask leave to make a report from the Joint Committee on the Library. The House of Representatives referred to that 

committee the report of the Secretary of the Interior touchin~ the 

price and cost of certain squares ne~r the Capitol. The co?Jlm1~e, 

having considered that, have anthonzed me to report the bill wh10h 

I hold in my hand. I am not authorized to say. that the committee 

fecommend the passage of this bill; I am authorized to say the com~ 

miitee recommend the Senate either to amend or to pass this bill. It 

is only one of the many propositions for the construction and location 

of a library building which have been con idered here-and elsewhere 

for several years. It was t~ought necessary- .to submi~ some propos~­

tion. There are several different propos1twns, which have then· 

friends on the committee, and we considered that one was about as uood as another for the purpose of amending ; and this is the one that f am authorized to report to the Senate. 

I want to say, furthermore, that as early as I think. the bll:sin~s of 

the Senate will justify, I shall ask the Senate to consider th1s bill. 

The bill (S. No. 159i) toprovid?addit~ona~ accommodations for the 

Library: of Congress was read twice by Its title. . Mr. DAWES, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred 

the petition of Henry C. De Abua, late collecto~ of customs for the 

district of Alaska, praying compensation for services rendered~ 1'eported a bill (S. No. 1592) for the relief of Henry C. De Ahna, late 

collector of customs at Sitka, Alaska; which was .read twice by its 

title. . Mr. DAWES. . I am unanimously instructed by the commtttee to 

sa.y to the Senate that there are sorue very pre sing_ re11;sons why the 

comruittco would ask tb:e Senate to pa upon this bill at once. I 

think it will take no time. 

The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Chair will recognize the Senator 

from M:assa.chusetts upon the conclusion of the morning busine s. First he'will recognize. the Sena:to_r from Ohio, [Mr. THURMAN.] 

BILLS INTRODUCED. 

Mr. MATTHEWS asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leav8 

to introduce a bill (S. No. 1593) for the relief of H. D. Walbrid~e and 

H. S. Walbridge;"which was read twice by its title, and· referred to 

the Committee on the District of Columbia. 

Mr. FERRY asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to 

introduce a bill (S. No. 1594) to authorize the President to restore 

Edwin R. Parks to his former rank in the Army; which was read 

twice by its title. and referred to the Committee on .Military Affairs. 

1\Ir. Mc~IILLAN asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave 

to introduce a bill (S. No. 1595) to restore to the public domain th 

military reservation known a Fort Ripley, Minnesota, and for other 

purposes; which was read t¢ce by its title, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. 

Mr. McDONALD asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave 

to introduce a, bill (S. No. 1596) granting a pension to R. W. Loyd; 

which wa read twice by its title, and referreQ. to the Committee on Pensions. 

He also asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a, bill (S. No.1597) for the relief of William T. Pate & Co.; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Finance. 

Mr. SPENCER asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to 

introduce a bill (S. No. 1598) for the relief of A. B. Mnlletli; whicll was read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Claims. 

He also a,sked, and by unanimous consent obtained, ]eave to introduce a bill(S. No. 1599) granting a pension to Anne P. Newlin; which was read twice by it.s title, and referred to the C'ommittee on Pensions. 

1\Ir. McCREERY a ked, and by unanimon consent obtaiued, leave 

to intmduce a bill (S. No.l600) correcting the military record of James· G. Howard, late captain Company E, Forty-ninth Regiment Kontucky 

Volunteers; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. • Mr. EATON (by request) asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, 

leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 1601) for the relief of James Eveleth; 

which was read t'\\ice byi.ts title, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. 

Mr. ANTHONY asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave 

to introduce a bill (S. No. 1602) ~anting a pension to Lenisa Bainbridge Hoff; which was read twiCe by its title, and referred to the 

Committee on Pensions. 

He also asked, anti by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. N o .. 1603) regulating the rank and pay of fleet marine 

officer in the United States Navy; which was read twiee by its title, 

and referred to the Committee on N~val Affairs. 

Mr. PLUMB asked, and by unauimou consent obtained, leave tn 

introduce a bill (S. No. 1604) for the relief of John &. Friend· which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Indi...·ut 

Affairs. 

Mr. INGALLS asked, and by unanimous consent ohtained, leave to 

introduce a bill (S. No. 1605) granting a pension to Marshall D. Ellis; 

which was read twice by its title, and referred t<r the Committee on 

Pensions. 

Mr. 'VALLACE asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to 

introduce a bill (S. No.1606) granting nJ pension to 1\Iary E. Simmons; 

which was read twice by its title, and referred to· the Committee on 

Pensi6ns. 

He also asked, and by unanimous consent ebtained~ leave to intr()-

duce a bill (S. No. 1607) for the relief of Edward L. Wil'on; which was read twice by its title, and, with the accompanying papers re- ferred to the Committee on Patents. 

He also asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave t o introduce a bill (S. No. 1608) for the relief of James N. Garrett; which was read twice by its title, and referred to- the Committee on Post-Offices 

and Post-Roads. 

l\Ir. ROLLINS asked, and by unanimous consept obtained, leave to 

introduc& a bill (S. No. 1609) for tho relief of William S. Mackay; 

which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on 

Military Affairs. 

He aiso asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to i l'ltroduce a bill (S. No. 1610) for the relief of Commander Robert Bo-yd 

United States Navy; which was read twice by its title, and, with the 

accompanying papers, referred t() the Committee on Naval Affafrs. 

Al\IENDME~,-s TO POST-ROUTE BILL. 

Mr. 1\IITCHELL and Mr. PLUMB submitted amendments intended 

to be proposed by them, respectively, to t}le bill (H. R. No. 5218) to 

establish post-routes herein named; which were referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. 

REPORT 0~- FI H Al\'"D FISHERIE • 

l\Ir. AKTHOI\1 submitted t.he following concurrent resolution: 

which was referred to the Committee on Printing: 

Resolved by the Senate, (tht House of Reprr-esen.t.atiiJ.es .concurrin~,) That t!Iere _be 

printed 5 000 extra copies. of the report of the CommiSSIOner of Fish and FisltcruH for the yw 1877-'78, of which 1,500 shall ba for the _use of the Senate, k,500 for t?-e use of the House of Representati>es, and 1,000 coptes for the use of th&_ Co~nussioner oi Fish and Fi. herie ; the illustrations to be made by the Public Printer 

under the direction of the .Joint Committee on Pub!ic Printing. 

NATIOXAL lUU E'IJ~I BUILDING. 

Mr. MORRILL.- I move that the Senat~ proceed to the con idera-

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tion of the bill (S. No. 1574) for the ereetion of a fire-proof building 

'fol' the National Museum. It will not take five minutes when the 

bill is explained. . . . The motion was agreed ~o; and t~e Senate, as m ~omm1t!ee of the 

Whole, proceeded to consider the b1ll. It appropnates 250,000 for a fire-proof lmildin(J' for the use of the National Museum, three hun-

-dred feet square, t~ be erected under the direction and supervision 

of the Recrents of the Smithsonian Institution, in accordance witp. 

the plans ~ow on file with the Joint Committee of Public Buildings 

.and G.rounds, on the southeast corner of the grounds of the Sm~thsonian Institutiolil. The buildin(J' is to be pla{!ed east of the Snnthsonian Institution, leaving a roadway between it and the latter of not 

less than fifty feet, with its north front on a line with the sout~ face 

of the buildings of the Agricultural Department and of the Smithsonian Institution. 

Mr. MORRILL. Mr. President, it will be remembered that a bill 

similar to this passed the Senate unanimously two years ago. It was not reached in season in the Honse to be acted nppn regularly, and 

-could only be considered by that body under a suspension ?f the 

rulfls. The motion to suspend the rules for that purpose received a very large majority there, but not quite a two-third votA. The bill 

has been recommended by the committees of both House:s·, I believe, 

unanimously. . . It will also be remembered that we made an appropnatwn for the 

centennial celebration of a million and a half dollars, and that sum was repaid to the United States; but the contributions m,ade. ~y the 

United States cost the Government about $150,000. In oothtwn to 

these-contributions we have, of thirty_.four States and nationalities 

out of forty-one, their entire contributions made at tLe centennial 

celebration. These contributions are now stored in th8 armory, four 

.stories high, there being four thousand boxes packed as full as the 

.armory can hold. It was naturally supposed by the governments 

which· ma-de these very generous contributions to the United States 

that they would be placed where the public could see them. We 

have immense riches in this line. The results of over two hundred 

exploring expeditions are now garnered in this city in various localities, but 'without the possibility of their being properly exhibited. 

Mr. President, I suppose that the contributions of some of these 

States that were given to us, say of Siam, China, and Japan, will at 

the present moment, when properly displayed, occupy more space · than the largest ball in the Smithsonian Institution, and must have cost 

those governments a very large sum of money, perhaps over $100,000. 

The contributions that come to us from abroad and from our various 

'States and Territories, are specially rich and valuable in iron, silver, 

and gold ores, especially those of N-orwa'y, Sweden, Russia, Spain, 

Portugal, Brazil, Australia, and New Zealand, and our own contributions are exceedingly valuable in ores, metals, coals, building-stones, 

.earth and clays for the potters' art, including all the economical products of tbe animal kingdom, as furs, bides, skins, preparations of fish ~:ad marine products, aU the apparatus with which these animals were captured and utilized, generally whatever illustrates ~nimal and min- ·eml nature throughout the United States, and also a complete illustration of the Indian tribes, costing about $40,000. Thes~ are not 

merely curiosities, but they are specimens of objects that will be permanently interesting and useful to the whole country. 

I may say that the contributions from the extreme eastern states, 

.from Siam, Japan, and China, including bronzes of rare workmanship, could not have cost less, as I have said, than $100,000. At the 

present time, in the basement of the Smithsonian Institution, there 

is three times as much stored away as is on exhibition. I may say 

also that there are five pieces alone that were given to us from the 

centennial exposition upon which the actual cost or the estimate of 

the custom-house department upon their value was $4S,OOO. They nre now publishing a volume containing a !i5t of what tb~y have of 

animal products and pl'Oducts of the. fishenes, where the t1tle, occu- pying but a single line, will fill three hundred and fifty pages, and -this is only one branch of the extensive collection which is to find a .Place iu the new building proposed. . I suppose, Mr. President, that every Senator who has made any 

sort of investigation of this subject agrees as to the propriety of this 

building being erected for the purpose of accommodating these large 

results of our exploring expeditions and of the centennial exposition, 

.and the various collections belonging to the Government that are now gathered together in this city. The buiJdin~ will occupy a space on the east of the Smithsonian Institution, and will only cost$250,000, ·.and it is to be under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution. 

Mr. EDMUNDS. I should like to call the attention of my colleague to the seventh and eighth lines of the bill, where in speaking 

of the location of the building it reads that it is to be located "on 

the southeast corner of the grounds of the Smithsonian Institution." 

That taken literally might seem to require that it be located exactly 

in the southeast corner, which is not intended, aa can be seen further 

along. But to make it clear, I suggest to him to make it read, to be 

located " on the southeastern part of the grounds of the Smithsonian 

Institution," to save all possible question. 

:Mr. MORRILL. I have no objection to that amendment. 

The VICE-PRESIDENT. To this there can be no objection, and 

the amendment is agreed to. 

The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amendment was concurred in. 

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The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, reall the 

third time, and passed. 

FU~RAL OF REPRESEXTATITE SCHLEICHER. 

1\fr. G. M. Al>Al\IS, Clerk of the House of Representatives, appeared 

at the ba1· of the Senate and said : Mr. President, I am drrected by the House of Representatives to 

communicate to the Senate a resolution of the House inviting the Senate to attend the funeral ceremonies of Ron. GuSTAVE SCHLEICHER, 

late a Representative from the State of Texas, to be held in the Hall 

of the House of Representatives at three o'clock p. m. this day. 

Mr. THURMAN. I ask the Senate now to consider House bill Ko. 

5007. 

Mr. EDMUNDS. It seems to me that we ou'>ht to hear what this 

communication from the Hou e of Representatives is. 

The VICE-PRESIDENT. It will 1>e reported. 

The resolution of the House of Representatives was read by theSecretary, as follows: 

!.."' THE HOCSE OF REPRES~TATIVKS, 

Jam,uary I3, 1!37!). 

Resolved, That the funeral ceremonies of Ron. GusTAVE ScHLEICHER, late a Representative from the State of Texas, 1>e had in the Hall of the House at three o'clock 

p. m. this day, and that the Senate of the United. States be rettuestoo to attend. 

Mr. THURMAN. I do not know that accordipg to our usage we- ought to do any more business now. . 1\Ir. EDMUNDS. I do not think we ought, rn respect of decent 

appearance, to say nothing of the reality. 

Mr. THURMAN. In that case I will give notice simply that to- morrow morning I shall ask the Senate to take up this bill at the 

end of the morning ho-qr, or during the morning hour, and to pass it. 

Mr. ANTHONY. 1\lr. President, I offer the following resolution: 

R.esolved, That~ pursuant to the invitation of the House of ~epresentatives, the 

Senate will attena the funeral ceremony of Ron. GUSTAVE SCHLEICHER, late a mem- ber of the House of Representatives, to be held in the Hall of the House this day at three o'clock, and that the Senate now take a recess till five minutes to three. 

The resolution was agreed to unanimously. 

The Senate (at twelve o'clock and fifty minutes p.m.) took a rece until five minutes to three o'clock p.m.; and wa.s again called to order 

at two o'clock and :fifty-fi\e minutes p. m. The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Senate will now proceed in a body 

to the House of Representatives. · - The Senate proceeded .to the Hall of the House of Representatives, 

headed by the Vice-President and Secretary, and preceded by the 

Sergeant-at-Arms. 

The Senate returned to its Chamber at tlu·ee o'clock and fifty 

minutes p. m. The VICE-PRESIDENT resumed the chair. 

Mr. ANTHONY. Mr. President, I move that the Senate do now adjourn. 

The motion was agreed to; and (at three o'clock and fifty-one 

minutes p. m.) the Senate adjourned. 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 

J\foNDAY, Jan"'!ary 13, 1879. 

The House meta.t twelve o'clock m. "'>rayer by the Chaplain, Rev. 

w. P: l!ARRISOX, D. D. 

The J onrnal of Saturday was read and approved. 

TilE LATE HOX. GU'STA VE t)CHLEICHER. 

:Mr. SWANN. I am instructed by the Committee on Foreign .Affairs 

to present a report and resolution in reference to the death of our late 

colleague, 1\Ir. GUSTAVE SCHLEICHER. 

The Clerk read as follows : 

The Committee on Foreign Affairs desire to place upon its record its appreciation of the kindly qualities and analytic intellect of their late member, Ron. GusTAVE SCHLEICHER. 

Its members unanimously express their mature jnd~ent of his unexampled 

merits and honest statesmanship, and his devotion to his State and his constituents, 

evidenced by his assiduity and labors in the sessions of this committee and reported to this Congress . To show their unfeigned regret and sympathy to the country, to the State of 

Tex:aa, and to the bereaved family, and to do this in such a way as to make this tes- timonial worthy and substantial: Therefore, Be it resolved, That in cousequence of the large family of the deceased and of the 

condition of his estate, the Rouse be requested to make the customary appropriation 

of the balance of the salary which would be due to him, as a member of the Forty- fifth Congress, and that the next Congress, to which he was elected, be respectfully requested to make a similar appropriation of the salary which wonld have been due to him as a member of the Forty-sixth Congress. 

. The resolution reported by the Committee on Foreign Affairs w~ unanimously adopted. . :Mr. GIDDINGS. I offer the following resolution: 

Resolved, That the funeral ceremonies of Ron. GusTAVE ScHLJUCHER, late a Representati>e from the State of Texas, be had in the Hall of the House at tlm~e o'clock 

p.m. this day, and that the Senate of the United States be requested to attend. 

The resolution was adopted unanimously. 

:Mr. GIDDINGS. I move that the House take a recess until five 

minutes before three o'clock p. m. The motion was agreed to; and the House accordingly (at twelve