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to run a restaurant for a year of which he was the proprietor, and 

the account and execution of that will has just been rendered in the 

court: 

[Daily Alta Californian, February 23, 1882.] 

A. CHINESE EXECUTORSHIP. 

Yesterday Maurice C. Blake, who was appointed referee la-st November to exam· ine the annUal account of Ohong Que, execut.or of the will of Choy Poi, submitted 

his report, which was approved. The order approvingtheaccountsshowsthatthe amount of money in the hands of the executor November 1, 1881, was $500. The amount received by him as such executor in twelve months was $31,953.60, making the total receipts $32,453.60. The full amount expended was $31.105.70, leaving a 

balance in his hands of $1,347.90. The estate consista of a Chinese restaurant con- ducted on Asiatic principles, and is insured for $10,000. The classification of ex- penditures shows, among other items, for the twelve months from November 1, 1!!80, to0ctober31, 1881: rent, $4,832, or$236amonth; gas, $1,241.50; water, $192.45; 

wood, $1,436; wine, $3,571.85. 

Who says they are not civilized 7 

Coffee, $58.85; tea, $498.20: sugar, $1,125.50; rock-su~ar, $1,193.60; riufl, $1,875 ; :flour, $516.80; meat, $3,759.15; poultry, $5,848. 15 ; sundries, $1,785.40; wages, $3,828. The wages amount to $319 a month throughout the year, showing that the fifteen employes receive each about $21 a month. A letter from F. A. Bee, Chinese con- sul, approving the management of the estate, accompanied the report of the referee. 

Mr. President, I will not detain the Senate by reading the abundant testimony, of which this is but the sample, of the possession by 

the people of this race of the possibility of a development of every 

quality of intellect, art, character, which fits them for citizenship, 

for republicanism, for Christianity. 

Humanity, capable of infinite depths of degradation, is capable 

also of infinite hei~hts of excellence. The Chinese, like all other 

races, has given us Its examples of both. To rescue- humanity from 

this degradation is, we are taught to believe, the great object of God's moral government on earth. It is not by injustiCe, exclusion, caste, 

but by reverence for the individual sonl t.hat we can aid in this con- summation. It is not by Chinese policies that China is to be civilized. I believe that the immortal truths of the Declaration of Inde- pendence came from the same source with the Golden Rule and the ~ermon on the Mount. We can trust Him who promulgated these 

laws to keep the country safe that obeys them. The laws of the uni- verse have their own sanction. They will not fail. The power that causes the compa-ss to point to the north, that dislnisses the star on its pathway through the skies, promising that in a thousand years it 

shall return a~ain true to its hour, and keeps His word, will vindicate 

His own moral law. As surely aa the path on which our fathers en- tered a hundred years ago led to safety, to strength, to glory, so surely 

will the path on which we now propose to enter bring us to shame, 

to weakness, and _to peril. 

HOUSE BILLS REFERRED. 

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair will take this occasion 

to lay before the Senate some House bills for reference. 

The joint resolution (H. R. No. 112) authorizing the appointment 

of Humphrey H. Lemon upon the Capitol police force was read twice 

by its title, and referred to the Committee to Audit and Control the 

Contingent Expenses of the Senate. 

The bill (H. R. No. 2192) to establish a port of delivery at Denver, 

in the State of Colora.do, was read twice by its title. 

Mr. TELLER. I ask that the bill be laid on the table instead of 

referring it to the Committee on Commerce, inasmuch aa the Senate 

committee has reported a bill identical with it. . The PRESIDENT p1·o tempore. The bill will be laid on the table. 

EXECUTIVE C0Ml\1UNICATIONS. 

Th~ PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate the following 

message from the President of the United States; which was referred 

to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed: 

To ~he Senate and HOU8e of Representatives: 

I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of the Interior with 

accompanying papers, in relation to the request of the Cherokee Indians in Indian 

Territory for payment for lands belonging to them in said Territory ceded to the 

United States by the sixteenth article of their treaty of July 19, 1866, for the set- tlement of friendly Indians. 

CHESTER A. .ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, March 1, 1882. 

He also laid before the Senate the following message from the 

President of the United States; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed: 

To the Senate of the United States: 

I transmit herewith, in response to a resolution of the Senate of May 19, 1881, a. communication, with accompanying papers, from the Secretary of State, respecting the collection by consular officers of certa.in official fees in connection with the 

authentication of invoices, and the compensation of such officers. 

CHESTER A . .AB.THUR. 

W A.SHIXGTON, March 1, 1882. 

AMENDMENT TO APPROPRIATION BILL. 

Mr. MAXEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 

Lim to the bill (H. R. No. 3548) making appropriations for the service 

of the Post-0 ffice Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1883, 

and for other purposes; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. 

PROPOSED AMERICA...~ CONGRESS. 

Mr. CALL. I wish to give notice that on Monday next I shall ask 

to take np the resolution submitted by me on the subject of Chili and 

Peru, for the purpose of submitting some remarks upon it. 

JOSEPH R. SH.AJ.~ON. 

On metion ofl\.fr. TELLER, it was 

Ordered, That the bill (S. No. 74) to-provide for the payment of the claim of 

Joseph R. Shannon, of Louisiana, be recommitted to the Committee on Claims. 

Mr. JONES, of Florida. I move that the Senate a-djourn. 

The motion waa agreed to; and (at four o'clock and fifty minute:, 

p. ru.) the Senate adjourned. 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 

WEDNESDAY, March 1, 1882. 

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

F. D. POWER. 

The Journal of yesterday was read and approved. 

PUBLIC BUILDL."'\GS AT .ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA. 

l\Ir. MUTCHLER, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R: 

No. 4690) to authorize the purchase of a site and erection of a suitable 

building for a post-office and other Government offices at the city of 

.Allentown, Pennsylvania; which was read a first and second time, 

referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, and 

ordered to be printed. 

DEPARTME.!I."'T OF AGRICULTURE. 

:Mr. ANDERSON. I ask unanimous consent that the bill (H. R. 

No. 4429) to enlarge the powers and duties of the Department of 

Agriculture be made the special order for Saturday, March 25, immediately after the morning hour, and from day to day until the same is disposed of1 not to interfere with the general appropriation bills. 

This request 1s concurred in, I believe, byeverymember ofthe Committee on Agriculture. The bill affects the whole farming interest, 

and I hope there will be no objection to the request. 

l\lr. SPRINGER. If the gentleman will include the pleuro-pneumonia bill I shall not object. 

The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Kansas asks unanimous con ent that Saturday. March 25, be fixed for the consideration of 

House bill No. 4429, to enlarge the powers and duties of the Depart- ment of Agriculture. 

Mr. MANNING. Not to interfere with general appropriation bills. 

:Mr • .ANDERSON. Not to interfere with appropriation bills, but to 

be a continuou order. 

The SPEAKER. To continue from day to day. What hour of the 

day does the gentleman propose to fix t 

Mr . .ANDERSON. After the morning hour. 

Mr. SPRINGER. I understand this order is to include the bill in 

reference to pleuro-pneumonia. 

Mr. ANDERSON. There is in this bill a provision in respect to 

animal industry, which will naturally bring up the subject of the bill 

referred to; but I am perfectlywillingtoincludethatbillinthe order. 

The SPEAKER. Is there objection T 

Mr. KASSON. I ask that this order be made subject to the priority 

of revenue and appropriation bills. 

The SPEAKER. As the Chair understands, that is included in the 

req nest. Is there objection 7 The Chair hears none. 

OXFORD, MARYLAND, A PORT OF ENTRY. 

Mr. COVINGTON, by unanimous consent, i.Rtroduced a bill (H. R. 

No. 4691) making Oxford, in the State of Maryland, a port of entry; 

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

CHARLES H. CONARD. 

l\.Ir. COVINGTON also, by unanimous consent, (by request,) introduceda bill (H. R. No. 4692) granting a pension to Charles H. Conard; 

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

DENVER, COLORADO, A PORT OF DELIVERY. 

Mr. BELFORD. I ask unanimous consenttotakefrom the Public 

Calendar, and to Fut upon its pa-ssage now, House bill No. 2192, to 

establish a port o delivery at Denver, in the State of Colorado. I 

would like to make one statement in reference to this uill before any 

gentleman makes objection. 

The Clerk read the title of the bill. 

The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Colorado asks 1manimous 

consent to take from the Calendar for present consideration the bill 

the title of which has just been read. 

Mr. COX, of New York. I object. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

Mr. BRIGGS. I demand the regular order. 

The SPE.AKER. The Chair desires to submit a report from the 

Committee on Enrolled Bills, and also some executive communications and reso]utions of the Senate in referenee to printing at this 

time. 

ENROLLED BILL SIGNED. 

l\.Ir. ALDRICH, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills1 reported 

that they had examined and found truly enrolled the bill (S. No. 
 

1524 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-R-OUSE. MARCH lJ 

1211) makincr an appropriation for continuing the improvements of 

Galveston Harbor, State of Texas; when the Speaker signed the 

same. REPORT OF COAST Al\'D GEODETIC SURVEY. 

The SPEAKER laid before the House the following concurrent 

resolution of the Senate; which was read and referred to the Committee on Printing : 

Resolved by t:he Senate, (t:he House of .Repr~entative~ concurring,~ That there be 

11rinted 3,000 extra copies of the r~port of Julius E. Hil~d, s~penntenden~ of the 

Coast and Geodetic Survey, showmg the progress made m srud survey durmg the 

year ending June 30, 1881, for distribution by said superintendent. 

LIST OF 1\IERCHANT VESSELS. 

The SPEAKER also laid before the House the following concur- rent resolution of the Senate; which was read and referred to the Committee on Printing: 

Resolved lnJ t:he Senate, (the Home of R~presentati!Jes cencurring,) T~at 11000 additional copies of the list of merchant vessels (published under the direction of the 

Secretary of the Treasury) for 1881 be printed for the use of the Department of State. 

LEAVE OF ABSENCE. 

By unanimous consent leave of absence was granted to Mr. JADWIN 

for one week, on account of sickness in hi.s family. 

CIVIL-SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS. 

The SPEAKER laid before the House the following letter from the 

President of the United States; which was read, and, with the accom- panyin" :papers, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and 

ordered to be printed. 

To the House of Representatives: 

In reply to the 1·esolution of the House of Representatives of the 24th ultimo, I transmit herewith copies of letters from the ecretary of the TJ:ea.'lw·y and the 

chairman of the Civil Service Commission, dated the 3d and 13th mstantJ respec- tively from which it will be seen that the appropriation of $15,000, maae at the lasts~ . ion of Congre s for Ute promotion of efli_ciency in the different branc!J~s of 

the civil service is still unexpended, and that m order to execute the prOVlSlons 

of section 1753 of the Revised Statutes an annual appropriation of $25,000 would 

be neces. ary. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MA.'\SIO.N, February 28, 1882. 

SUPERINTE.t\"'DENT OF YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. 

The SPEAKER also laid before the Hou e the following letter 

from the President of the United States· which was read, and, with 

the accompanyin(T papers, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordertld to be printed : -

1'o t:he Senate and House of RepresenttLtives: 

I submit herewith for the consideration of ConoTess a letter from the Secretary 

of the Interior, inclosing a petit~on of Mr. P: W. Norris, for compensation for ~erv­ ices and expenses incurred by him as supenntendent of the Yellowstone National 

Park from the 18th of April, 1877, to the 1st of July, 1878. 

\ CHESTER A . .ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MA.NSIO.N, February 28, 1882. 

TRANSIT OF VE~"'US. 

The SPEAKER also laid before the House the following letter from 

the President of the United States; which was rea~, and, with the 

accompanying papers, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, 

and ordered to be printed: 

To t:he Senate and House of Rep1·esentatitJes: 

I tran!!Dlit herewith a communication.from tbe Secretary of the Navy, with a copy 

of the letter from the Superintendent of the United States Naval ObRervatory, ac- companied by a draft of a bill, with estimates for an observation of the transit of 

Venus on the 6th of December, 1882. 

The matter is commended to the consideration of Congress. 

CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, February, 1882. 

S~"'ECA NATIO~ OF NEW YORK INDIANS. 

The SPE lliER also laid before the House the following letter from 

the President of the United States; which was read, and, with the 

accompanying paper_ , referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, 

and ordered to be prrnted: 

To t:he Senate and House of Representatives: 

I transmit herewith a letter from the Secretary of the Intelior, inclosing a me- morial aml papers from the S~neca Nation of N e.w York ~rlians, em bodyi n& a res- olution and remonstrance agrunst the p sage of Senate bill No. 19, to proVlde for an allotment of lands in severalty to Indians upon various reser>ations, &c., to- gether with a report thereon of the Commi sioner of Indian .A.ffairs recommending an amendment t.o the seventh section thereof excluding the lands of said Indians. 

'£he accompanying pap&l> are transmitted with thc~s~~io .f~~1::uR. 

EXECUTIVE !IANSIO.N, FebruaT'IJ 28, 1882. 

DE..~ER, COLOUAD01 A PORT OF DELIVERY. 

Mr. BELFORD. Mr. Speaker; the gentleman from New York [l\Ir. 

Cox] having withdrawn his objection, I now ask unanimous consent 

that the bill (H. R. No. 2192) to establish a port of delivery at Denver, in the State of Colorado, whjch has been favorably reported by 

the Committee on Commerce, be taken from the Calendar and put 

upon its passa<Te. 

The SPEAKER. The title will be read, after which the Chair will 

ask for objection to its present consideration. 

Mr. HOLMAN. Mr. Speaker, it is impossible to hear what is going ~n in consequence of the confusion in the Hall. · The SPEAKER. The Chair will cause the bill to be read. 

The Clerk read as follows: 

Be it enacted, d!c., That Denver, in the St.ate of Colorado, be, and the same is 

hereby, corurtitu~ed a port of de~>ery; and that the privileges of immediate tJ:nn!:lportafion of dutiable merchandl8e conferred by the act of J"une 101 1880, entitled 

"An act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable 

jl;Oods and for other purpo~esJ" be, and the same are hereby, extended to said port. An<l there shall be appointea a surveyor of customs to reside at said port, who 

shall receive a salary, t{) be determined by the Secretary of the Teraaury, not exceeding $1,500 per annum. 

There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be engrossed and 

read a third time; and being engrossed, it was a-ccordingly read the 

third time, and passed. 

Mr. BELFORD moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was pa ed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the 

table. 

The latter motion was agreed to. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

Mr. BLI S. I ask leave to introduce a bill for reference. 

Mr. BRIGGS. I call for the regular order. I have not withdrawn 

the demand, and I insist upon it. 

The SPEAKER. Other business having intervened, the Chair did 

not under tand the gentleman as in isting upon the demand. The 

Chair will now recognize the demand. 

The regular order is the morning hour for the call of committees 

for reports. 

1\h·. RYAN. I move to dispense with the morning hour. 

1\Ir. HAZELTON. I hope that motion will not be adopted. We 

have gone by two or three days already without a call. 

The motion was not agreed to, (two-thirds not voting in favor 

thereof.) 

The SPEAKER. The regular order is the call of committees. 

ELLA CARROLL. 

Mr. BRIGGS, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported a bill 

(H. R. No. 4693) for the relief of Ella Carroll, formerly Ella. Long; 

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

of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accom- panying repor_t, ordered to be printed. 

TRADE-DOLLARS. 

1\Ir. McCLURE, from the Committee on Coinao-e, 'Veights, and 

Measures, reported, as a ubstitute for House bill No. 1202, a. bill (H. 

R. No. 4694) to provide for the exchange of the trade-dollars for legaltender silver dollars and to stop the coinage of the trade-dollars, 

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

refen-ed to the Hous Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, 

ordered to be printed. 

Mr. McCLURE also, from the same committee, reported back with an adverse recommendation the bill (H. R. No. 1056) concerning the 

tmde-dollar; which wa-s laid on the table, and the accompanying 

report orde1·ed to be printed. 

Mr. McCLURE also, from the same committee, reported back with an adverse recommendation the bill (H. R. No. 618) to provide for 

retiring the trade-dollar, for its recoinage into the standard silver 

dollar, and for the redemption of fractional silver coins; which was laid on the table, and the accompanying report ordered to be printed. 

COL~ AGE. 

l\Ir. PAYSON, from the Committee on Coinage, Weights, andl\feas- nre , reported, as a substitute for House bill No. 2456, a bill (H. R. 

No. 4695) in reference to the coinage, &c.; which was read a-first and 

second time, referred to the House Calendar, and, with the accom- panying report, ordered to be printed. 

LIGHT·HO SE AT LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY, IICIDGA.l""f. 

· Mr. WARD, from the Committee on Commerce, reported back with a favorable recommendation the bill (H. R. No. 2424) appropriating 

money for the erection of a lizht-house at Little Traverse Bay, Michigan; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and 

the accompanying report ordered to be printed. 

L"\SPECTORS OF llULLS AND BOILERS. 

1\fr. GEORGE,fromtheCommittee on Commerce, reported, a asnbstitute for Honse bills No . 1933 and 4223, a bill (H. R. No. 4696) 

amending section 4414 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, 

fixing the compensation of inspectors of hulls and boilers in the sev- eral districts ofthe United States; which was read a first and second 

time. 

1\!r. GEORGE. Iaskthatthe bill be referred to the House Calenclar. 

The SPEAKER. The bill makes an appropriation necessary if it 

increases 1.!he compensation of these officers. In that ca e, on a, point 

of order being made, the Chair must hold it should go to the Committee of the \Vhole House on the state of the Union. 

Mr. GEORGE. I do not understand that the bill makes an appro- priation necessary. 

The SPEAKER. The Chair has not had time to read the bill. 

1\lr. GEORGE. It makes no appropriation necessary. 

The bill was refened to the House C::tlendar, and, with tho accom- panying report, ordered to be printed. 

TO~ OF BRASHEAR, LOUISIANA. 

1\fr. MONEY, from t.he Committee on the Post-Office and PostRoads1 reported bac~ with an ad verse recommendation the joint res-
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olution (H. R. No. 18) directing all the Departments of the Government to call the town of Bra-shear, Louisiana, by the name given to 

it by the General Assembly of Louisiana., namely, Morgan City; 

which wa.s laid on the table, and the accompanying report ordereu 

to be printed. 

SALE OF LANDS IN MINJ~\.ESOTA AND WISCONSIN. 

Mr. POUND, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported 

back with amendments the bill (H. R. No. 3491) to restore to market 

and sale certain lands in the States of Minnesota and ·wisconsin and 

to authorize their sale subject to the right of flowage; which was referred to the House Calendar, and the amendments and report 

ordered to be printed. 

COl\IMISSIONER OF GENERAL LAND OFFICE, ETC. 

Mr. POUJ\TD. I am instructed by the Committee on Public Lands 

to report by bill in response to a message of the President of the 

United States, of date January 24, 188'2, which was referred to that 

committee. 

The bill (H. R. No. 4697) to increase the salary of the Commissioner 

of the General Land.Office and to create the offices of inspectors of 

offices of surveyors-general and district land offices was read a first 

and second time, referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and, with the accompanying report, mdered 

to be printed. JOHN A. POST Al\TD OTHERS. 

Mr. POUND also, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported 

back with an amendment the bill (H. R. No. 4655) granting to John 

A. Post, R. W. Berry, D.P. B. Pride, James H. Hawley, and John 

1\I. Ballou the right of way and other privileges to aid in the con- struction of a bed-rock flume in Moore's Creek, Elk Creek, Grimes's 

Creek, and Granite Creek, in Boise County, Idaho Territory; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of 

the Union, and the amendment and report ordered to be printeu. 

ADDITIONAL LAND DISTRICTS L.""i DAKOTA. 

Mr. STRAIT, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported, as a substitute for House bill No. 1893, a bill (H. R. No. 4698) to 

create two additional land districts and to change the boundaries of 

the Watertown land district in the Tenitory of Dakota; which was read a first and second time. 

Mr. STRAIT. I ask that the bill be referred to the House Calendar. 

The SPEAKER. The Chair thinks the proper reference of this 

bill is to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. 

It authorizes the appointment of officers who will have to be paid, 

and there will necessarily be an appropriation. 

Mr. STRAIT. The bill does not provide for the appointment of 

officers, but simply for the creation of the land districts. 

The SPEAKER. But the fourth section in the original bill ex- pressly provides for the appointment of a register and a receiver. 

Mr. STRAIT. The substitute provides the metes and bounds of 

the district. 

The SPEAKER. Does not the substitute :proviue for appointing a register and a receiverY 

Mr. STRAIT. If it does their compensation is fixed by law. 

The SPEAKER. They are additional officers, however. The bill 

will be referred to the Committee of the ·whole House on the state 

of the Union, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to IJe 

printed. 

L<\NDS APPROPRIATED FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES. 

1\Ir. DWIGHT, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported 

back with an amendment the bill (H. R. No. 1634) to amend an act 

passed February 15,1843, chapter 33, toauthorizetheLegislatures of 

certain States to sell certain lands appropriated for school purpo es; 

which was refened to theCommittec of the Whole IIouse on the state 

of the Union, and the amendment and report ordered to be printed. 

AMENDl\IENT OF STATUTES. 

1\Ir. DWIGHT also, from the same committee, reported back with 

amendments the bill (H. R. No. 1888) to amend chapter 248 of the 

acts of the second session of the Forty-sixth Congress, approved 

June 16, 1880; which wa.s placed on the Honse Calendar, nnd, with 

the accompanying report, ordered to l1e printed. 

SAGI.J."'l"AW AND MOUNT PLEASANT RAILROAD, 1\IICIDGAN. 

1\Ir. HEPBURN, from the Committee on the PublicLancls, reported, a a substitute for House bill No. 776, a bill (H. R. No. 4699) granting 

right of way to the Sa~inaw and Mount Plea ant Railroad Company, 

in the State of Michigan; which wa.s read a fu·st and second time, 

referred to the Committee of the Whole House ou the state of the 

Union, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

DELAWARE Th"'DIANS. 

!-Ir. SPAULDING, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported 

back with a favorable recommendation the bHl (H. R. No. 4593) to 

authorize the payment to the Delaware Indians of the amount 

awarded to them under the provisions of the treaty of July 4, 1866. 

The SPEAKER. The Chair is inclined to think that that bill should 

be referred to the Committee of the Whole Honse on the state of the 

Union. 

1\fr. SPAULDING. I think it should be rcferreu to the Committen on the Private Calendar. 

The SPEAKER. It provides for the payment of a class of persons. 

Mr. SPAULDING. It is for the relief of certain individuals whose names are specified in the report of the Commissioner of Indian 

.A:ffaus, and the list is refeued to in the repo1·t of the Committee on Indian Affairs. 

The bill was accordingly referred to the Committee of the \Vho]e on the Private Calendar, and the accompanying report oruered to be 

printed. SIOUX IXDIA-""i RESERVATION, DAK01'A. 

1\lr. DEERING, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported 

back with a favorable recommendation the bill (H. R. No. 2748) to 

authorize the survey of that portion of the Sioux Indian reservation 

in the Territory of Dakota !yin~ west of Big Stone Lake, and making an appropriation therefor; which was referred to the Committee of 

the Whole House on the state of the Union, and the accompanying 

report oruered to be printed. 

CROW Th"'DIANS, MO~TANA. 

Mr. AINSLIE, from the Committee on Indian Affair, reported a bill (H. R. No. 4i00) to accept and ratify an agreement with the Crow 

Indians for the sale of a portion of their reservation in the Territory 

of Montana required for the use of the Northern P.acific Railroad, and 

to make the necessary appropriations for carrying out the same ; 

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

the Whole Honse on the state of the Union, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be pdnted. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

1\f.r. SPAULDING. I was out when the Committee on Military 

Affairs was called, and I desire to submit a report from that committee. 

The SPEAKER. The report will be received. 

MILITARY BARRACKS. 

Mr. SPAULDING. I am instructed bythecommitteetoreportback 

Executive Document No. 95, to accompany plans and estimates for barracksand quarters in the military division ofthePacific and at Fortress 

Monroe, Vir!rinia, and to move that the committee be discharged 

from its furlher consideration, and that the same bP referreu to the 

Committee on Appropriations. 

The motion was agreed to. 

PUBLIC BUILDING AT DETROIT, MICHl ~ :s-. 

1\Ir. HERBERT, from the Committee on Public Buildings and 

Grounds, reported, as a substitute for House bill No. 745, a bill (H. R. 

No. 4701) to provide for the erection of a public building at Detroit, 

l\fichigan; which was read a first and second time, referred to· the 

Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and, with 

the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

PUBLIC BUILDING AT LANCASTER, PENNSYLV.U.TJA. 

1\-Ir. SMITH, of New York, from the Committee on Public Buildings 

and Grounds, reported, as a substitute for House bill No. 1396, a bill 

(H. R. No. 4702) for the erection of a public building at Lancaster, 

Pennsylvania; which was read a first and second time referred to 

the Committee of the ·whole Hoose on the state of the Union, and, 

with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

BUILDL."'iGS TO BE RENTED FOR INTERIOR DEPARTl\IENT. 

1\fr. SHALLENBERGER, from the Committee on Public Buildings 

and Grounds, reported a bill (H. R. No. 4703) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to rent, from year to year, the building at the 

southwest corner of Pennsylvania avenue and Thirteenth sti·eet 

northwest, or other suitable building or buildings, in the city of 

Washington, District of Columbia; which was read a first and second 

time, referred to the Cgmmittee on Appropriations, and, with the 

accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

1\Ir. BEACH. I a-sk leave, on behalf of the minority of the com- mittee, to submit a minority report hereafter. 

The SPEAKER. If there is no objection permission will be granted. 

There was no objection, and leave was granted accordingly. 

STATE DEPARTMENT BUILDING. 

Mr. SHALLENBERGER also, from the same committ.ee, reported 

back with a favorable recommendation the bill (H. R. No. 3040) in 

reference to the State Department building; which was refened to 

the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and 

the accompanyjng report ordered to be printed. 

ORDER OF BUSTh""ESS. 

1\Ir. DUNNELL. I was in the committee-room when the Committee on Ways anu l\feans was called this morning. I desire to 

submit some reports from that committee. 

The SPEAKER. The reports will be received. 

P. F, LONERGAN. 

1\Ir. DUNNELL, from the Committee on Ways n.nil Means, reported, as a substitute for House bill No. 2984, a bill (H. R. No. 4704) for the 

relief of P. F. Lonergan; which was referred to the Committee of 

the Whole on the PriYate Calendar, and the accompa-uying report 

ordered to be printed. 
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METER FOR DISTILLERIES. 

Mr. DUNNELL aL~o, from the same committee, reported, as a substitute for H~mse joint resolution No. 40, a joint resolution (II. R. No. 

146) to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to cause to be con- structed and tested an automatic meter tomeasnre the quantity and 

test the specific ~avity of distilled spirits and malt liquors, and to 

make an appropnation therefor; which was read a first and second 

time, referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of 

the Union, and, with the accompanying report, ordere(l to be printed. 

TAX O:N NATIVE WINES. 

Mr. DUNNELL also, from the same committee, reported back with a favorable recommendation the bill (H. R. No. 9"20) to amend sec- tion 328 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, in relation to 

the tax on native wines; which was referred to the Committee of 

the Whole House on the state of the Union, and the accompanying 

report ordered to be printed. • :MILITIA. 

Mr. STRAIT, from the Committee on-the Militia, reported, as a substitute for House bill No. 2143, a bill (H. R. No. 4705) to amend titlo 

16 of the Revised Statutes relative to the militia; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and, with the accompa.nying report, ordered 

to be printed. 

PATENTS. 

ltlr. RITCHIE, from the Committee on Patents, reported back the 

bill (H. R. No. 4256) to regulate the jurisdiction of the Court of 

Claims relating to patents; which was placed on the House Calendar, and ~e accompanying report ordered to lJe printed. 

WILLIAM R. MILLER. 

Mr. DAWES, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported 

back the bill (H. R. No. 34) for the relief of William R. Miller; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private 

Calendar, and the accompanying report ordered to be printed. 

ELIZABETH DAVIS. 

Mr. PARKER, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported 

back the bill (B. R. No. 315) granting a pension to Elizabeth Davis; 

which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and the accompanying report ordered to be printed. 

BERNARD BRADY. 

l\Ir. PARKER also, from the same committee, reported back the 

bill(H. R. No.1048)granting an increaseofpension to Bernard Brady; 

which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and the accompanying report ordered to be printed. 

1\IARY C. ML"RRAY. 

Mr. PARKER also, from the same committee, reported back with 

amendments t.he bill (H. R. No. 3549) granting a pension to Mary C. 

Murray; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House uu the Private Calendar, and the accompanying report ordered to he 

printed. 

CITIZENS OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. 

Mr. TAYLOR, from the Committee on Claims, reported a bill (H. 

R. No. 4706) for the relief of certain citizens of Allegheny County, 

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

the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, 

with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

0. E. GLEASON. 

lHr. TAYLOR also, from the same committee, reported back the 

bill (H. R. No. 2593) forthereliefofO. E. Gleason; which was referred 

to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and 

the accompanying report ordered to be printed. -

FRANCIS M. BELL. 

On motion of Mr. MILLS, the Committee on Claims was discharged 

from the further consideration of the bill (H. R. No. 4236) for tho re- lief of Francis M. Bell; and the same was referred to the Committeo on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. 

WILLIAM MADEN. 

On motion of ltlr. MILLS, the Committee on Claims was also discharged from the further com.ideration of the bill (H. R. No. 2570) 

for the relief of William Maden; and the same was referred to the 

Committee on Indian Affairs. 

MILTON B. DUFFIELD. 

Mr. PEELLE, from the Committee on Claims, reported ba.ck adversely the petition of Milton B. Duffield, late marshal of the Uniterl. 

States for the Territory of Arizona; which was laid on tho table, and 

the accompanying report ordered to be printed. 

J. P. WRIGHT. 

1tlr. PEELLE also, from the same committee, reported back adversely the petition ofJ. P. Wright for relief; which was laid on the 

table, and the accompanying report ordered to be printed. 

JA.l.'IES B. WHITE. 

ltlr. PEEJ.JLE. I am also directed by the Committee on Claims to 

report llack adversely House bill No. 289, for the relief of James B. 

White. At the request of my colleague, [Mr. COLERICK,) I ask that 

this bill be placed on the Private Calendar. 

The bill was referred to the Committee of the Whole Honse on th~ 

Private Calendar, and the accompanying report ordered to be printeu. 

THEODORE DEHON. 

Mr. TURNER, of Georgia, from the Committee on Claims, reported a bill (H. R. No. 4707) for the relief of Theodore Dehon; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the Private Calenuar, and, with the accompanying report, 

ordered to be printed. 

ROBERT PEYSERT. 

On motion oflli. OATES, the Committee on Claims was discharged 

from the further consideration of the bill (H. R. No. 3083) for therelief of Robert Peysert; and the same was referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. 

J. H. AD.UIS. 

Mr. OATES, from the Committee on Claims, I'eported a bill (H. R. 

No. 4708) for the relief of J. H. Adams; which was read a first and 

second time, referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be 

printed. WILLIAM K. CARVER. 

Mr. MASON, from the Committee on Claims, reported, as a substitute for House bill No. 1461, a. bill (H. R. No. 4709) for the relief of 

William K, Carver; which was read a first and second time, referred 

to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, 

with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

ESTATE OF HENRY K. SANGER. 

Mr. MASON also, from the same committee, reported back adversely 

the petition of the estate of Henry K. Sanger; which was laid upon 

the table, and the accompanying report ordered to be printed. 

SID),"'EY P. GAMBIER. 

Mr. MASO~. I am also directed by the committee to report back 

the petition of Sidney P. Gambier, late postmaster, San Antonio, 

Texas, and to move that it be referred to the Committee on. the PostOffice and Post-Roads. 

The SPEAKER. That will be done through the petition box. 

ROCK STREET, GEORGETOWN. 

!llr. DEZENDORF, from the Committee on the District of Colum- bia, reported a bill (H. R. No. 4710) to vacate a certain part of Rock 

street in Georgetown, in the District of Columbia; which was read a first and second time, referred to the House Calendar, and, with the 

accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

JOHN G. TAYLOR. 

:Mr. MORRISON, from the Committee on Ways and Means, reported 

back the bill (H. R. No. 3680) for the relief of John G. Taylor; which was refeiTed to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private 

Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

DISTRIBUTION OF PURE VACCINE VIRUS. 

!llr. V .A.N .A.ERN.A.M, from the Committee on the Public Health, re- ported back the bill (S. No. 1004) for the distribution of pure vaccine 

virus to the people; which was referred to the Committee of the 

Whole House on the state of the Union, and, with the accompanying 

report ordered to be printed. 

EDUCATION OF COLORED RACE. 

Mr. MONEY, from the Committee on Education and Labor, re- ported back adversely the bills (H. R. No. 87ti) and (H. R. No. 2677) 

to encoura~ and aid the education of the colored race in the several 

States and Territories; which were laid upon the table, and the ac- companyina report ordered to be printed. 

The SPEAKER. The morning hour has now expired. 

PENSION AND BOUNTY LAND REVIEW. 

Mr. POUND, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. No. 

4711) to establish a board of review of pension and bounty-land war- rant claims rejected under existing laws, and to prevent fraud or injustice in the granting of pensions and bounty-land warrants; 

which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Payment of Pensions, Bounty, and Back Pay, and ordered to be 

printed. 

CREEK AND SEMINOLE L."U>IANS. 

ltlr. HOOKER, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported a bill (H. R. No. 4712) for the relief of the 

Creek and Seminole Indians; which wa.a read a first and second time. 

Mr. HOOKER. The Pres1dent has forwarded, through the Secre- tary of the Interior, an estimate showina that there is due the Creek 

Indians 175,000 for 175 000 acres of Ian~ purchased of them for the use of the Seminoles under act of March 3, 1873, and the Secretary bas 

recommended an appropriation therefor. I am directed by that com- mittee to move the reference of the bill te the Committee on Appropriations in order that the item may be included in the deficiency or sundry civil appropriation bill. 

The bill was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and 

ordered to be printed. 
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LIEUTENA.l'I""TS OF THE NAVY. 

Mr. DEZENDORF, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. 

R. No. 4713) toregulatethepayof certaino:fficersofthe Navy; which was rean a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Naval 

Atl'airs, and ordered to be printed. 

1\IOV ABLE TORPEDOES. 

Mr. DEZENDORF aJ..so, by unanimous consent, introduced a Lill 

(H. R. No. 4714) appropriating a Gertain sum of money for the purchase of movable torpedoes by the Secretary of the Navy; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Naval 

Affairs, and ordered to be printed. 

LOUISIANA CONTESTED-ELECTION CASE. 

Mr. WAIT. I rise to make a privileged report from the Committee on Elections. The Clerk will read the resolution accompanying the 

report. 

The Clerk read as follows: 

Resolved, That the contest of B. H. Lanier vs. J. F. King, of the fifth Congressional district of Louisiana, be dismissed for the first reason assigned in the motion 

of contestee to dismiss, to wit: " That the said case has not been duly prosecuted according to law, and that no testimony whatever therein has been taken by the contestant, nor has any notice been served upon the contestee that any testimony was proposed to be taken. 11 

The report was ordered to be printed. 

Mr. WAlT. If in order, I ask that the resolution be put upon its 

passage. 

The SPEAKER. That is in order. 

Mr. WAIT. It is the unanimous action of the committee. 

The resolution was adopted. 

Mr. \V AIT moved to reconsider the vote by which the resolution was adopted; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. 

The latter motion was agreed to. 

SWAMP A...."'ID OVERFLOWED LANDS. 

Mr. MOULTON, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 

No. 4715) to extend the provisions of an act approved :March 2, 1855, 

entitled ''An act for the relief of purchasers and locators of swamp 

and overflowed lands, and for other purposes ;" which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, 

anll ordered to be printed. 

HUMPHREY H. LEMOX. 

1\fr. IIOGE, from the Committee on Accounts, reported back joint 

resolution (H. R. No. 112) authoruing the appointment of Humphrey 

H. Lemon upon the Capitol police force. 

The resolution was read, as follows: 

Resoloed, ll:c., That the board of Capitol police be authorized and directed to place upon the roll of the Capitol police, as an additional member thereof, Hum- phrey H. Lemon, formerlv belon~g to said force, who was maimed for life while in 

tbe discharge of his duties, and mat when appointed under the authority of this 

resolution tbe said Humphrey- H. Lemon be assigned to the fluty now performed 

by him as a watchman in the Dome of the Capitol. 

The joint resolution was ordered toLe engrossed a.nd read a third 

time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, 

and passed. • Mr. HOGE moved to reconsider the vote by which the resolution was adopted; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on tho table. 

The latter motion was agt·eed to. 

SIOUX CITY AND PACIFIC RAILROAD CO:\rPA.J.'{Y. 

Mr. HAZELTON. I desire at this time to submit a privileged 

report from the Committee on Pacific Railroads, and ask for its present consideration. This is a resolution from the committee in refer- ence to the bill (H. R. No. 4155)to create a sinking fund fort he Sioux: 

City and Pacific Railroad Company. 

The SPEAKER. The resolution will be read. 

The Clerk read as follows: 

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Interior be requested to examine the bill 

(H. R. No. 4155) entitled "An act to create a sinking fund for the Sioux City and 

Pacific Railroad Companr,, and for other purposes," and report to this Honse: 

First. Whether srud bill conflicts with any laws enacted by any Congress of the 

United States now in force applying to any other railroad or railroad corporation and germane to the purpose of said bill. 

Second. Whether in his opinion said bill covers the legal points necessary to fully accomplish the purpose of creating a sinking fund for said railroad company to be applied in the manner therein stated. 

'Ihird. That he also be 1·eq.uested t~ make such suggestions of alterations or amendments as may in his opmiou be required to perfect sald bill to the end that 

it may fulfill the purpose intended. 

The resolution was agreed to. 

Mr. HAZELTON moved to reconsider the vote by which the reso- lution was adopted; andalsomoved thatthemotion to reconsider be 

laid on the table. 

The latter motion was agreed to. 

HARBOR OF ANNAPOLIS, MA.RYLAl'."'D. 

Mr. CHAPMAN, by unanimous consent, submitted joint resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of .Maryland in relation to 

the harbor of Annapolis; which were 1·eferred to the Committee on Commerce. HENRY l\1. HANNON'S HEIRS. 

Mr. CHAPMAN also, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. 

R. No. 4716) for the relief of Henry :M. Hannon's heirs; which was read a first and second time, refened to the Committee on 'Var Claims, 

and ordered to be printed. 

EDWARD F. TUCKER. 

Mr. CHAPMAN also, by unanimous conRent, introduced a bill (H. 

R. No. 4717) granting arreru·s of pension to Ed ward F. Tucker; which was read a fir t and seconcl time, referred to the Committee on Invalid 

Pensions, and ordered to be printed. 

ELIZABETH HAl\IILTON. 

:Mr. CHAPMAN also, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. 

R. No. 4718) granting a pension to Elizabeth Hamilton; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid 

Pensions, and ordered to be printed. 

C. W. COOMBS. 

Mr. Cil"'DLER. Mr. Speaker, 1 desire to submit at this time a privile~ d report from the Committee on Acconnts, and a kit con- sideratiOn. 

The Clerk read as follows : 

Resolved, That the Doorkeeper of this House is hereby directed to place on his 

roll the name of C. \V. Coombs, as Depa.rtmflnt messenger for the members of this Honse, at a salary of $1 ,200 per annum, to be paid out of the contingent fund of 

tbe House, and that be be furnished desk-room in the folding department for bis nse, said Coombs to be in addition to the present force of the Doorkeeper. 

1\Ir. CANDLER. That was the original resolution referred to the 

committee. ~.fhe committee have reported a substitute for this, which 

I ask may be read. 

The SPEAKER. The substitute will be read. 

The Clerk read as follows: 

Resolved, That the Clerk of this Honse is hereby directed to place on his roll 

thenameofC. W. Coombs, asDepartmentmessengerforthemembersofthis Honse, at a. salary of $1,200 .Per annum, to be paid out of the contingent fund of the Honse, 

and that he be furmshed desk-room in the seal-room of the Honse, and be entitled to be upon the floor of the House during its sessions. 

The SPEAKER. The question is on the adoption of the resolution 

reported by the Committee on Accounts. 

l\fr. ROBINSON, of Massachusetts. I would like to hear the last 

clause of the resolution read a~ain. As I understand from the reading of it it is proposed to admit some other person to the privileges 

of the floor. 

The SPEAKER. The resolution will be again reported. 

The resolution was again read. 

1\Ir. ROBINSON, of Massachusetts. I think it is unnecessary to 

bring another gentleman upon the floor of the House--

1\Ir. COX, of New York. I hope that will be omitted from the res- olution. 

Mr. ROBINSON, of Massachusetts. I think it unsafe for us to open our doors to the admission of others not now included in the terms 

of the rule. :Mr. COX, of New York. That also changes the rule of the House 

and is subject to the point of order. 

Mr. ROBINSON, of Massachusetts. Unless there is some ~ubstantial reason for it I think it should not be allowed. 

Mr. CANDLER. I think it better that the report of the committee 

should be read. If that is done the Honse will be able to und&stand more clearly the necessity for this part of the resolution. 

The SPEAKER. The gentleman from New York makes the point 

of order that the resolution changes the existing rule, and that being 

so, it would have to go over for one day. 

l\fr. COX, of New York. I move to amend the resolution by striking 

out that portion of it. I hope the gentleman presenting the resolution will accept that amendment, and if he does I f,hink we can pass 

the resolution without delay. 

Mr. CANDLER. It is decidedly a matter of convenience to the 

members of the House to have this messenger within easy reach of the 

members. If, however, the House desires to strike it out, the com- mittee will have no objection. This man is well known to the mem- bers of the Honse as a messenger to the Departments, and in the 

opinion of the committee it seemed to be for the convenience of all 

to have him upon the floor. 

l\fr. WILSON. All the old members know the value of this man. The SPEAKER. The question is on the adoption of the resolution. 

l\lr. ROBINSON, of Massachusetts. I move to amend the resolution so that this gentleman's place shall be in the folding-room. The 

resolution as it now stands provides for bringing him rnto the seal- room. • 

Mr. O'NEILL. And that is where you want him, that members 

may reach him easily. 

Mr. ROBINSON, of MassachusettS". This same gentleman ha9 

been in the employment of the House ever since I have been here. 

I have had no occasion for his services, and if members have used 

him they have had no difficulty in :finding him in his pla~e at the 

folding-room. I offer the amendment which I send to the desk. 

The Clerk read as follows : 

Strike out the word "seal-room 11 and insert " folding-room," and strikeout the 

words " and be entitled to be on the floor of the Honse tfuring 1ts session. " 

The SPEAKER. The question is on the amendment offered by the 

gentleman from Massachusetts. 

The amendment was adopted. 
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The SPEAKER. The question is now on the a..doption of the reso- lution as amended. 

Mr. DINGLEY. I desire to ask the gentleman who reports this 

resolution from the Committee on Accounts if this is a new officer T 

Mr. CANDLER. He is a new officer in this sense, that we propose 

to change his position from the roll of the Doorkeeper to the roll of 

the Clerk. Had the report been read the whole matter would have 

been thoroughly understood. I will state the reason now why we propose this change. We found him on the Doorkeeper's list. He 

seemed to be a messenger directly for the use of the members of the 

House; there wa.s not room in the Doorkeeper's department for him 

and there was objection on the part of the Doorkeeper to have him 

attached to his roll. But it seemed there was no objection on the 

part of the Clerk and that the purpose of the original re olution 

could be better obtained by the substitute we offer. Had it not been 

for these reasons we should have allowed the resolution referred to us by the House to stand, retaining him in the Doorkeeper's department. 

Mr. BURROWS, of Michigan. I desire to ask the gentleman from 

Massachusetts a question. Does the Clerk recommend thisT 

Mr. CAl"\TDLER. The Committee on Accounts recommend it. 

Mr. BURROWS, of Michigan. My question related to the Clerk. 

Does the Clerk recommend it f 

Mr. CANDLER. The Clerk did not recommend it. The House 

sent to the Committee on Accounts a resolution, which the House had 

adopted, appointing this man as a messenger to the Departments, 

and placing him on the Doorkeeper's list. When the Committee on Accounts considered that resolution which expressed the wish of the 

House they thou~ht it advisable that this man should be appointed, 

but that his pos1tion should be changed from the roll of the Doorkeeper to that of the Clerk. I do not know that the Clerk either 

requested or objected to this. It was the House that sent the reso- lution to the committee and desired the man should be appointed. 

We believed it was better in giving the House the messenger they 

desired to simply change his location. That is the opinion of the 

Committee on Accounts a.s expressed by the substituteithas reported. 

Mr. BURROWS, of Michigan. Is it the fact that the Doorkeeper 

did not want this man and discharged him, and that this is making a place for him f 

Mr. CANDLER. It is not the factthattheDoorkeeperdischarged 

him. 

Mr. BURROWS, of Michigan. Did the Doorkeeper express a deRire not to have him f Did he state that he wa.s about to discharge 

him, and is this a resolution to take care of him f 

Mr. CANDLER. The Committee on Accounts are greatly obliged 

to gentlemen who put words into their mouths and state what they 

desire. I wish to have it distinctly understood that it was voted by 

the House this man should be appointed a messenger in the Doorkeeper's depa,rtment. For good and sufficient reasons the House believed him to be undoubtedly one ef the most useful meu on the roll. 

That resolution adopted by the House wa.s sent to the Committee on Af!counts. The Committee on Accounts revised it and considered it as it wa::! their duty to do, and they indorsed unanimously the opinion 

originally expressed by the House, that this man is a useful officer 

and that his services aid effectually the members of the House in the 

work of legislation. 

1\Ir. BURROWS, of Michigan. I ask the gentleman from Massachu etts if this officer was recommended by the Clerk of the House or if he was asked for by the Clerk of the House. 

Mr. CANDLER. I answer he wa.s not, so far as I know. 

Mr. BURROWS, of Michigan. A.s lam advised atthismomenthis 

services are not needed by the Clerk of the House; he does not want 

him. 

Mr. CANDLER. It is for this House to decide whether they want 

this man or not. They passed a resolution placing him on the roll 

of the Doorkeeper. They sent that resolution to the Committee on Accounts. The Committee on Accounts report here unanimously that 

they believe this man to be a useful officer and that he will do good 

service. If the Honse in its wisdom decides it does not want him 

then it is its duty and privilege to vote down the resolution. 

Mr. MOORE. I am informed by the Doorkeeper that the ervices 

of nobody aTe wanted for the place indicated. If the services of anybody aTe wanted I desire that they shall be rendered in the person of a Republican. This Republican House has already voted a special 

office for a special Democrat. I am for one inclined to be honest with 

my friends on the other side, and I say I am opposed to a Republican 

House making a special place for a special Democrat that is not 

specially needed or wanted. 

Mr. CANDLER. It is not the purpose of the Committee on Accounts to argue for this man or to urge his being placed on the rolls 

of the Rouse against the wish of the House. [Cries of " Vote! " 

''Vote ! "] But we have to say that we believe he is of service and 

will prbve an efficient messenger. Bnt all the members of the House 

know whether he is of service or not and if they do not desire to have 

him appointed the Committee on Accounts have no other de ire than 

to have their opinion emphasized as presented in their report, leaving the decision to the House. 

L Cries of" Vote!" "Vote!"] 

Mr. WILSON. The Democrats during the last Congress permitted 

the Republicans to have two or three employe of their own faith for 

their convenience in the selection of documents and keeping up their 

oraanization, and I hope the courtesy thus heretofore extended by 

D;mocrats will now be reciprocated. 

[Cries from all parts of the Hall of '' Vot.e l" ''Vote!"] 

1\Ir. DINGLEY. I move to lay the resolution upon the table. 

The question was taken; and upon adivision there were-ayes 67, 

noes 80. 

Before there ult of the vote was announced, 

?!Ir. DINGLEY called for the yeas and nays. 

Mr. illSCOCK. I wish this ·House would lay aside this order of 

business, so that we might go on with the regular business of the 

House. 

Many MEl\IBERS. Regular order! 

The SPEAKER. The regular order is upon ordering the yeas and 

nays upon the motion to lay the pending reso~ution upon the table. 

The question was taken upon ordering the yeas and nays, and there were 39 in the affirmative. 

So (the affirmative being _more than one-fifth of the last vote) the 

yeas and nays were ordered. 

The question was taken; and there were-yeas, 74, nays, 133, not 

voting, .85 ; as follows : Y.EAS-74. 

.Aldrich, 

Bayne, 

Briggs, 

Burrows, Julius C. 

Burrows, .r os. H. 

Camp, 

Cannon, 

Ch:too, 

Clements, 

Cook 

Cox, William R. 

Cullen, 

Davis, George R. 

Dawes, 

Dezendorf, 

Dingley, 

Dunnell, 

Dwight, 

George, 

.Aiken, 

Anderson, 

.Armfield, 

Atherton, 

Atkillg, 

Barr, 

Beach, 

Belford, 

Belmont, 

Beltzhoover, 

Berry, 

Bingham, 

Black, 

Blackburn, 

Blanchard, 

Bland, 

Bliss, 

Blount, 

Bragg, 

Brewer, 

Browne, 

Buchanan, 

Buck, 

Buckner, 

Cabell, 

Caldwell, 

Candler, 

Carpenter, 

Cassidy, 

Chalmers, 

Chapman, 

Clardy, 

Clark, 

Cobb, 

Grout, 

Harris, Benj. W. 

Haseltine, 

Hawk, 

Heilman, 

Hill, 

Holman, 

Hubbs, 

.Tones, Phineas 

.r orgensen, 

Joyce, 

Kelley, 

Lewis, 

Lindsey, 

Marsh, 

McCoid, 

McCook, 

McKinley, 

:Miles, 

Miller, 

Moore, 

Morey, 

Neal, 

Parker, 

Peelle, 

Pierce, 

Pettibone, 

Pound, 

Prescott, 

Reagan, 

Reed, 

Rice, William W. 

Richardson, D.P. 

Ritchie, 

R{)binson, Geo. D. 

R{)binson, .Tames S. 

Ryan, 

Sherwin, 

NAYS-133. 

Colerick, Hewitt, G. W • Converse, Hooker, 

Cox, Samuel S. House, 

Covmgton, Humphrey, 

Cravens, Hutchin.t!, 

Culberson, .Ta,cobs, 

Curtin, .Tones, George W. 

Cutts, .r ones, .r ames K. 

Davidson, Kenna, 

Davis, Lowndes H. King, 

De Motte, Klotz, 

Deu ter, Ladd, 

Dibrell, Le Favre, 

Dowd, Manning, · Dugro, M.ason, 

Errett, Matson, 

Evins, McLane, 

Farwell, Sewell S. McMillin, 

Finley, Mills, 

Ford, Money, 

Forney, Morse, 

l<'ulkerson, Mosgrove, 

Garrison, Moulton, 

Geddes, Muldrow, 

Gibson, Mutchler, 

Gunter, Nolan, 

Hammond, N . .r. Oates, 

Hardenbergh, O'Neill, 

Hardy, Orth, 

Hanner, Phister, 

Haskell, Ranney, Hatch, Rice, John B. 

Herbert, Rich, 

Hewitt, AbramS. Richardson, Jno. S. 

NOT VOTING-85. 

Allen, Godshalk, Lord, 

Barbour, Guenther, Martin 

Bowman, Hall, McClw!e, 

Brumm, Hammond, John McKenzie, 

Butterworth, Harris, Henry S. Morrison, 

Calkins, Hazelton, Murch, 

Camp bell, Henderson, Norcross, 

Carlisle, Hepburn, Pacheco, 

Caswell, Herndon, Page, Cornell, Hiscock, PaUl, 

Crapo, Hoblitzell, Payson, 

Crowley, Hoge, Phelps, Darrell, Horr, Rand:ill, 

Deering, Honk, Ray, Dibble, Hubbell, Rice, Theron M. 

Dunn, Jadwin, Robertson, 

Ellis, Kasson, Robeson, 

Ermentrout, Ketcham, Robinson, Wm. E. 

Farwell, Cha15. B. Knott, Ross, 

~~. t!~~. :~~~n, Frost, Leedom, Shallenberger, 

Skinner, 

Smith, A. Herr 

Smith, Dietrich C. 

Spooner, 

Steele, 

Strait, 

Taylor, 

Thomas, 

Thompson, Wm. G . 

Turner, Oscar 

Tyler, 

Updegraff, .r. T. 

Valentine, 

VanAernam, 

Wadsworth, 

Washburn, 

Williams, Chas. G. 

Rosecrans, 

Scales, 

Scoville, 

Shackelford, 

Shelley, 

Simonton, 

Singleton, Otho R. 

Sparks, 

Speer, 

Springer, 

Stockslager, 

Stone, 

Talbott, 

Tillman, 

Townsend, Amos 

Turner, Henry G. 

Updegraff, Thomas 

Up on, Vance, 

Wait, 

Ward, 

Warner, 

Wellborn, 

West, 

Wheeler, 

Williams, Thomas 

Willis, 

Willits 

Wilson' 

Wise, George D. 

Wise, Morgan R. 

Shultz, 

Sin~leton, Jas. W. l:im1th~,-!"· Hyatt Spaol~g, 

Stephens, 

Thompson, P. B. 

Townshend, R. W. 

Tucker, 

Urner 

Van itorn, 

Van Voorhis, 

Walker, 

Watson, 

Webber, 

White 

Whitt horne, 

Wood, Ben.jamin Wood, ·walter A. 

Young. 

So the motion to lay on the table was not agreed to. 

The following pairs were announced: 

Mr. McKENZIE with Mr. BUTTERWORTH. 

Mr. DARRELL with ?!Ir. ROBERTSO~. 

lli. ATHERTO~ with 1\Ir. MOREJ'. 
.1882. CONGRESSiONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 1529 

Mr. HooKER with :Mr. RICE of Massachusetts. 

M.:. BOWMAN with Mr. ALLEN. 

Mr. GODSHALK with Mr. DUNN. 

Mr. LEEDOM with Mr. SHULTZ. 

Mr. HEILl\l.L~ with Mr. ERl\IE~TROUT. 

:Mr. PAYSON with 1\ir. TOWNSHEND of lilinois. 

Mr. KNOTT with Mr. HALL. 

1\Ir. MARTIN with Mr. JADWIN. 

Mr. HOBLITZELL viith Mr. U&..~R. 

Mr. PAGE with Mr. DIBBLE. 

Mr. WHI'ITHORNE with Mr. HoUK. 

Mr. CRAPO with Mr. ROBINSON of New York. 

1\Ir, THOMPSON, of Kentucky, with Mr. VAN VOORHIS. 

Mr. CALKlNS. I desire to inquire how I am recOl'ded on this 

votef 

The SPEAKER. The Chair is informed by the Clerk that the gentleman is not recorded as voting. 

Mr. CALKINS. I desire the RECORD to show that I am here, and 

if I had heard my name called I would have voted "ay." 

The SPEAKER. The question recurs upon the l'esolution as amended. 

Mr. CANDLER. I call for the reading of the report. 

Mr. WILSON. Why not call the previous question f 

Mr. :MILLER. I desire to offe1· an stme-ndment. 

Mr. CANDLER. I do not yield the floor. 

The SPEAKER. The Clerk will read the re:port. 

The Clerk read the report, as follows : 

The Committee on Accounts, to whom was referred the resolution of Mr. BROWNE, 

of January 11, 1882, providing-

" That the Doorkeeper of the Honse is hereby directed to place on his roll the name of C. ,V. Coombs, 118 Department messenger for the members of this House at a salary of $1,200 per annum, to be paid out of the con,tingent fund of the House, 

and that he be furllished desk room m the folding-room for his use; said Coombs to be in addition to the present force of the Doorkeeper," 

respectfully report that, in the consideration of sa1d resolution, they have con- sulted with the Doorkeeper and inquired of him as to the necessity for additional 

force in the folding-room, and have been informed that be does not require an increase of force there at this time. But the committee are advised that the object of the resolution W38 not to furnish assistance to the Doorkeeper in the discharge of his duties under the rules of the House, but to provide a "Dep:\rtment messenger for the members of this H01;tse." The committee are 38snred that Mr. Coombs posse.~se a familiarity with the various publications of the Government, the reports of departmental a.ntf other officers, &o., acquired by years of special application such 118 few, if any, persons have ever heretofore acquired. The knowledge thus 

po sessed by Mr. Coombs makes his services peculiarly valuable and his appoint- ment has been urged by many members. 

Since the office of the Doorkeeper has been moved to the folding-room that room will not conveniently accommodate an additional desk. And inasmuch as lli. Coombs's ervices are required for the personal convenience and assist.'l.nce of mem- bers, it is desirable that he be furnished with desk-room nearer to the floor of the 

House than the folding department. The committee therefore present the follow· 

ing resolution as a substitute for the one referred to them, and recommend its adop- tion. 

The substitute had been amended by the House to read as follows: 

Resolved, That the Clerk of the House is hereby directed to pL'l.Ce on his roll the name of C. W. Coombs, as Department messenger for the members of this Hon. e, at a alary of $1,200 per a unum, to be paid out of the contingent fund of the House, 

antl that be be furnished desk-room in the folding-room of the House. 

Mr. CANDLER. I should have called for the reading of that re- port when the t·esolution was first reported had it not b en the clear 

impl'e ion of the Committee on Accounts that it wa-s the desire of 

this House on both sides that this man should be continued in the 

service of the House. 

I have to say, as one member of the Committee on Accounts, t.hat a large number of the most prominent members of the Republic: n side of the House came to that committee and requested that this man hould have this appointment, because he had peculiar fitness 

for the services he had to perform. It was said that there were very 

few if any men they had evel' met who had the capacity to sel'Ve mem- bers of this House so efficiently in seeking old books, in looking up 

old r ports, in doing various things for the assistance of members of 

the House, overtaxed as they are by their duties here. As a member 

of the committee I reported this resolution as the unanimous action 

of the committee, believing from the representations made to us that 

it would be accepted by the House. But it is not my desire, and I 

do not think it is the wish of the committee, that the valuable time 

of the House should be taken up in discussing such matters as this; 

:wd in the present condition and situation of the report it is advisable that it. should be recommitted, to be presented at a future time 

if it should seem best to the committee to do so. I therefore move that t.he report be recommitted to the Committee on Accounts. (Cries 

of"Oh, no!"] 

The question being taken, there were-ayes 86, noes 69. 

Mr. McKEKZIE called for tellers. 

Tellers were ordered; and Mr. MCKENZIE and Mr. CAl\TJ>LER wel'e 

appointed. 

The House divided; and the tellers l'eported-ayes 96, noes 90. 

So the motion of Mr. CA..~DLER to recommit the report was agreed 

to. 

Mr. DINGLEY moved to reconsider the vote by whicll the report was recommitted; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be 

laid on the table. 

The latter motion was agreed to. 

ORDER OF BUSDlESS. 

Mr. RYAN obtained the floor. 

Mr. BROWNE. I ask una,nimous consent to introduce a bill. 

Mr. RYAN. I mu t object. We must stop somewhere. Mr. BRO\VNE. I am sorry the gentleman from Kansas stops on me, after having let in everybody else. 

Mr. RYAN. I regret very much that I cannot yield. I move that 

t.ho House resolve itself into Committee ofthe Whole en the state of 

the Union for the purpose of considering the Indian appropl'iation bill. 

Al\IE~;\IENT OF RULES. 

:Mr. REED. I ask the gentleman from Kansas to permit me to 

present from the Committee on Rules some proposed amendments to 

the rule , to be printed, so that membel's may have opportunity to 

com;ider them before they are called up for action. We desire to 

bring them up on Fl'iday or Saturday next. 

1\h. RYAN. As this is a report of•the Committee on Rules, I suppose I must yield; but I cannot yield further. 

Mr. BLACKBURN. I desire to a k the gentleman from Maine [Mr. 

REED] whether the report of the Committee on Rules which he now pl'oposes to submit is based upon any.resolutiou referred to the com- mittee by the House, or whether this report is ubmitted upon an ori(J'inal sug-gestion of the committee itself f 

~h. REED. I am unable to state positively, but! think there are resolutions before the committee on which this l'eport could be based. 

Mr. BLACKBURN. lfthis report is not predicated upon any res- olution sent to the Committee on Rules by the House, then I re erve the point as to the right of the committee to present its report in the 

nature of gratuitous suggestions to the Honse. 

The SPEAKER. The Chair is of the opinion that resolutions re- lating to the subject-matter of the report have been referred to the 

committee. The Chair is also of the opinion that under a resolution 

adopted by the House the committee wa-s expressly authorized to 

l'eport at any time on any subject relating to the rules. On the latter 

point, however, the Chair might withhold its opinion for the present. 

Ml'. BLACKBURN. I am perfectly willing to have that done. I 

merely wish to reserve my right, as this is a majority report and 

there is a minority opposition in the committee. 

The SPEAKER. The ge.ntlemau from Maine submits a report 

from the Committee on Rules, to be printed and to lie over unuel' the 

rules. 

Mr. REED. I desire that the report may be printed in the RECORD 

of to-morrow. 

The-SPEAKER. Is there objection to the printing of the report 

in the RECORD f The Chair hears none. Mr. ·wiLSON. I object to this report coming in, becau e the gentleman from Kansas [.Mr. RYAN] has been appealed to by other gentlemen to yield but has refused. 

The SPEAKER. This is a privileged report, and the gentleman 

from Kansas having yielded, an objection cannot prevent its pre-. 

sentation. The Chair hears no o ujection to printing the report in 

the RECORD. 

The report is as follows: 

The Committee on Rules report that they recommend the following changes in 

Rule XXIV: 

That clanse 2 of Rule XXIV be amended so as to read a.q follows: 

"2. On all days other than .Monday, as soon as the Journal is read and approved, 

and on all Mondays (except the first and thir(l in each month) afterthecallof States 

and Territories, there shall be 3. morning hour for the disposal of reports of commit- teee whic.;h sh'lll be appropriately referred and printed and a copy thtweof mailed 

by the Public Printer to each Member and Delegate: Provided, That during uch mornin~ honr it shall be in order to consider such bills as would otherwise go to 

or are aJre:tdy on the House Calendar, if the committee in charge when called shall so request. The Speaker shall call each standing committee in regular order and 

then. el.ect committees, aud if the Speaker shall not get through the call of commit· tees before the llouse pa.<;ses to other business he shall re nme the next calJ where 

he left ott', givin~ preference to the report last under consideration, but whenever 

llllY committee ,ua.ll have occupit>.d the mm·ninp: hour on on day it Rball not I.Je in 

order for such committee to repo1·t further until the other committees shall have been ca.lled in their tln·n." 

Thn,t clan e 4 be so amended as to read a.q follows: 

"4. After oue hour shall tmve been devoted t~reports from committee!! it shall be 

in order to proceed to busiue s on the Speakers table, to t11e Committee of the 

'Vhole House on the state of the Union~.-.or to the House Calemlru:, motions therefor 

hating priority in the order named. The morning hour shall continue until the 

House determines to go to other business." 

That clause 5 be so amended 118 to read as follows: 

"5. When t.hc House proceeds to the Spell.ker's table the business shall be disposed of in the following order: 

"l!'irst. Mes ages fTom the President and other executive communications. 

" Second . .Messages from the Senate and aniendments propo ed by the Senate to bills of the House. 

"Third. Bills and resolutions from the Senate on their first and second reading. That they be referred to committees or put on theirpassa:;~; and themotions so to refer shall ha>e precedence of all motions touching tl1eir £lis~osition. 

~{~~~~.,!~~~=~~ :-~ b~~!dm a:~-~ll~~:~e on therr third reading." 

'' 6. When amotion is madetbatthe House resolve itselfintotheCommitteeofthe 

Whole House on the state of the Union it shall be in ordet·, pending that motion, to make one motion to d~ignate 11. bill to befirstconsiderecl, to whlch latter motion 

only one amendment shall be in order. If no bill be designated, the committee shall 

b~~~~e~ :s;t~~~~~~~~· revenue and general appropriation bills and then other 

That t.here be added to Rule XXIV the following clause: · '' 7. Before the morning hour it shall be in order to proceed to the consicl eration of 

unfinished business other than that in the morning hour or on the Speaker's table, 

and the consideration of all other unfinished business shall be resumed whenever 

the cla of business to which it belongs shall be in order under the rules." 
1530 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-ROUSE. MARcH 1, 

:MESSAGE FRO!'II THE SENATE. 

A messaO'e from the Senate, by l\Ir. SYMPSO:Y, one of its clerks, 

infmmefl the House that the Senate had passed without amendment a uill of the House of the following title: 

A bill (H. R. No. 4679) to auth~riz~ th.e Secretary of the Treasu;Y 

to furnish impressions of cards of mYitatwn to the Garfield memorial 

service. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

The SPEAKER. The Chair desires to state to the gentleman from 

Kansas [Mr. RYAN] that the gentleman from New York [Mr HEWITT] 

desires to introduce a bill, which will take but a moment. 

Mr. BROWNE. I have appealed to the gentleman from Kan~as 

for similar permission. I object unless I can have the same pnvile~e. . The SPEAKER. Objection is made. 

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT. 

A messa<Te in writinO' from the President of the United States was communic~ted to the House by Mr. PRUDEN, one of his secretaries. 

E...."'IROLLED BILL SIGNED. 

Mr. ALDRICH, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, rep~rted 

that the committee bad examined and found truly enTOlled a u1ll of 

the followinO' title; when the Speaker signed the same: A bill (S. No. 1046) for the relief of the Eastern Shawnee Indians 

at the Quapaw agency, Indian Territory. 

INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL. 

l\Ir. RYAN. I now insist on my motion that the House resolve 

itselfinto Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union fur the 

consideration of the Indian appropriation bill. 

The motion was agreed to. 

The House accordingly re olved itself into Committee of the Whole 

(Mr. PAGE in the chair) and proceeded to the consideration of the 

bill (H. R. No. 4185) making appropriations for the current and con- tin <Tent expenses of the Indian Department and for fulfilling treaty 

stipulations with various Indian tribes for the year ending June 30, 

188:3, and for other purposes. 

l\Ir. RYAN. I ask that the first reading of the bill be dispensed 

with. 

Mr. HOOKER. I think the gentleman should let the bill be read. 

It is an important bill; and many members have not had time to 

examine it. 

l\1.r. RYAN. It seems to me the first 1·eading of the bill would be an unnecessary consumption of time. 

The CHAIRMAN. Does the gentleman from Mississippi object to 

dispensing with the first reading Y 

1\lr. HOOKER. I desire that the bill be read. 

The CHAIRMAN. One objection is sufficient. 

Mr. ATKINS. This a very long bill; its reading will occupy a • great deal of time, and I am sure will do no g.oo~, _as l!lem ~ers will 

not hear it. I appeal to the gentleman froml\1isslSSlppl tow1tbdraw 

his objection. 

Mr. HOOKER. I understand the gentleman from Kansas [Mr. 

RYAN] in charge of the bill proposes to give no time for general discussion. 

Mr. HOLMAN. I think the bill should be read. 

Mr. ATKINS. It will take tip half an hour. 

Mr. RYAN. It will take two hours. I appeal to the gentlem:tn 

from Indiana to withdraw his objection. The bill has been printed, 

I think for about three weeks, and every member has had full opportunity to exami~e ~t. It will take~herestoft~e aftern.oon.and I?ractically consume 1t if we proceed W1th the reading, which 18entuely 

unnecessary. I do not think it will snbserve any good purpose. 

:Mr. HOLMAN. I objected upon the ground there might be some gentlemen who wished to hear the bill, not having had opportunity 

to examine it; but as I am informed it has been printed for some time I withdraw my objection. 

The CHAIRMAN. The Chair hears no further objection, and the 

readinO' of the bill for information is dispensed with. The bill will now bg read by paragraphs for amendment. 

The Clerk read as follows : 

.At the Uintah agency, a.t $J,OOO. 

1\lr. HASKELL. I move to strike out 1,000, and insert in lieu 

thereof $1,500; and in support of that amendment I ask to call the 

attention of the committee to the fact that this present rate of com- pensation of $1,000 for the Uintah agency in Utah is the old price, 

before tbe consolidation of the Uintah Indians with the White River 

Utes. There are now three separate sets of accounts kept at that 

a<Tency, and au increase in the number of Indians gathered there. O~y $1,000 for compensation of an agency over in the western part 

of the Territory of Utah is so clearly insufficient I hope the Honse 

will agree with me in inserting 1,500 instead. 

Mr. RYAN. l\!r. Chairman, the salary of this agent it is true is not 

very large, but when it is borne in mind that agents who get $1,500 

and upward have charge of a large number of Indians, from 3,000 to 

16,000, that they have charge of a vast amount of property, and the 

distribution of rations, clothing, &c., where large appropriations are made, it will appear that the compensation here is not altogether inadequate, because the number of Indians at this agency is only 1~139 

and the aggregate amotmt of appropriation only ~35,406. This agent 

in addition is allowed a clerk. Other agents, havmg an equally illrge 

number of Indians in charge, having an equally large amount of 

appropriation to distribute and take charge of, have no greater com- pensation and have no clerk whatever. Mr. HASKELL. The question, Mr. Chairman, of the duty of an agent does not depend on the number of Indians, but rather on the 

amount of work he has to do in keeping accounts and in disbur ing 

funds of various tribes. Here is a consolidated agency. An agent can handle 5,000 Indians of one tribe easier than 3,000 of three or four 

tribes. 

:Mr. FLOWER. Let me ask the gentleman from Kansas whether 

he knows of a case of that kind, where the agent re igned and gave 

up his salary to anybody else Y 

1\Ir. HASKELL. Plenty of them. [Laughter.] 

The amendment was rejected. 

l\!r. HAZELTON. In line 49Imovetostrike out a one thousand" 

and insert" fifteen hundred;" so it will read" at the Fort Belknap 

agencv, $1,500." 

Mr. ·RYAN. I object to goin<T back. 

1\fr. HAZELTON. This 18 all one section, as I understand, cover- ing the compensation of sixty Indian agents, and I hope the gentle- man will not insist upon his sharp and technical points of order. 

1\fr. RYAN. I will reserve my point of order so as to give the gentleman an opportunity to make any remarks he may desire. 

1\fr. HAZELTON. 1\lr. Chairman, of course, however able and 

cogent an argument I may make, however stronO' the reasons I may 

present, I do not expect to change the action oF the Committee on Appropriations in its determinatiOn concerning the salaries of these 

Indian a<Tents. But if there is one matter of legislation the merits 

of which 0ha ve been disregarded by this House, I will not say by this 

committee, it is the adjustment of some proper and just system of 

compensation for our Indian agents. I have been here two Congresses, and I have often asked members of committees why they 

could not adjust and make equal and put upon a fair basis of equity 

these salaries covering the employment of Indian agents throughout 

this s-reat nation. There is no system of salaries so outrageously 

unfarr, so wantonly unjust, as the one to which I now address myself. The question of comparative services, the question of comparative responsibility, has not been considered or reported or acted on by this Honse. Not only the present Indian Commissioner, but 

every Indian Commissioner for the last ten years--

Mr. SCALES. I ask the gentleman if the estimates on which these 

appropriations are based are not made and these salaries fixed bytbe 

Indian Bureau of the Interior Department 'r 

1\fr. HAZELTON. Suppose they are. That does not change the 

position I am taking, that they are unjust and unfair, and ought to 

be made more equitable. I return to my position that every Indian 

Commissioner of this Government for the last ten years has called on this committee and called ou this House to place the sala~·ies of these 

Indian agents on a fair and just basis, but every one of those reports, 

every one of the demands of the Indian Bureau, has been disregarded 

and irrnored by this committee and this House. Such has been the case 'for the time I have been here, and, as I learn, so it has been for 

the last fifteen or twenty years. 

You put a man up on the forty-ninth parallel where Sitting Bull 

was, you give him ch:uge of two or three thousand Indians, most of 

them hostile, yon surround him with dangers and privations of every 

character, you increase his responsibility and impose additional duties on him, and yet you pay him only $1,000. You then come down to the 

State of 'Visconsin, where the Indians are under the shadow of civilization, where the agent can live in comfort in a city of ten or twelve 

thousand inhabitants, where he is relieved from additional responsibilities, where he is perfectly safe in his life, his family, and his property, and you pay him $1,500. Indeed, you pay the latter $500 m.ore than the other, although he does not do one-half as much. serVJ ce. And so it is in New York; so it is in Kansas, and so it is all over this 

Union. The rule has been established that where there is the greatest 

responsibility, where there is the greatest hardship and hardest work, 

there yon pay your Indian agent the least salary. 

I come to see these gentlemen, the members of the Indian Co~­

mittee-I have done so for four years-and beg them that they will 

brin<T in something from that committee that would correct this out- ra<Te~ and check this wrong. And whitt is their replyf "Well, we do~'t know, hardly. 'Ve think the Committee on Appropriations 

ought to do it." I go to the Committee on Appropriations. They 

say it is none of therr business; it is an Indian question. "Let the 

Committee on Indian Affairs first handle that great question, and 

then you come to us and we will fix it." And so, Mr. Cha~man, it 

goes and so it has gone, back and forth, repeatedly, and will be re- peat~ as long as this Indian service remains under the control of 

the civil power of the Government. There will be repeated, year after year, the same outrageous adjustment of these salari 3S and you 

cannot correct it. 

One question I want to ask before I conclude, and that is, whether 

the present Indian Commlssioner has not called upon Congress to 

correct this evil f 

[Here the hammer fell.] 

Mr. WHITE. I yield my time to the gentleman from 'Visconsin. 

The CHAIRMAN. There is no time to yield. 
1882. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 1531 

Mr. RYAN. I make the point of order that we hav-e long since 

passed that part of the bill. 

Mr. HAZELTON. Oh, I know you never will correct it; you can.- m>t correct it. The American Congre sis not strong enough or sen- sible ~nough to correct that one outrage. It has been there for 

twenty-five years; it will be there for twenty-five years longer. 

The CHAIRMAN. 'l'he gentleman's time has expired. 

Mr. RYAN. I make the point of order that we have Ion&: since 

passed that. 

Mr. HAZELTON. Yes, you passed ittwentyyear ago. [Laughter 1 

The CHAIRMAN. The Chair thinks the point of order is well 

taken, and rules the amendment out of order. 

The Clerk read as follows: 

For the payment of necessary interpreters, to be disbibuted in the dism·etion of 

the Secretary of the Interior, $20,000; but in no ca e shall the annual compensation of an interpreter exceed $400; and section 2070 of the Revi ed Statutes be, and 

the same is hereby, repealed. . 

Mr. HASKELL. I move to strike out all that follows down to the 

end of the paragraph, after the word ''dollars" in line 121. 

The Clerk read as follows : 

Strike out, after tho word "dollars" in line 121, the following words: "but in no case shall the annual compensation of an interpreter exceed $400; and section 

2070 of the Revised Statutes be, and the same is hereby, repealed." 

Mr. HASKELL. Now I move that amendment for two reasons: one is that on the Pacific coast it is impossible to ecure an interpreter for less than $500 a year, and this limits the service to $400. 

Again, I move it for the reason that at those agencies where they 

have to employ temporary services, or where they may need the serv- ice of an interpreter for only a few days, and where they can save money by such employment for a limited time, you cannot get a competent interpreter if compensation is fixed arbitrarily at $400 a year. Under the ruling of the Treasury Department they will not 

audit the account for this temporary service at a rate to exceed the 

one-three-hundred-and-sixty-fifth part of $400 for each day. That 

is the rule, and of course it is not reasonable to suppose that temporacy service can be obtained for such an amount. And by leaving 

these words in, you make it practically impossible to secure the 

temporary services of an interpreter when such service may save a great deal, because this Treasury ruling is well understood. The 

Indian Commissioner has asked that these lines l>e left out, for the reason that he cannot secure such services on the coast for 400, and 

also because he cannot secure temporary services for three or four 

da.ys at a time, and get a person qualified for the place, at the sum allowed by the Department. It is too small pay. Not a particle of 

harm can result from striking out the words, and I therefore move to strike out that part of the paragraph. This is an important matter, important to the service, and costs nothing. 

The question was taken, and the Chairman announced that the 

amendment was lost. 

Mr. HASKELL. I ask a division. This service is too important 

to be passed over in that way. 

Mr. STOCKSLAGER. Will the gentleman permit me to ask him a question 1 . 

Mr. RYAN. My colleague exaggerates the importance of the 

amendment. It is not very important. The present law-the appropriation bill for the cmTent fiscal year-fixes the salary at 300. 

The CHAIRl\IAN. Debate is out of order. The committee is di viding. 

The committee divided; and there were-ayes 18, noes 43. 

So the amendment was not agreed to. 

The Clerk read as follows : 

For pay of five Indian inspectors, at $3,000 per annum each, $15,000. 

Mr. HOOKER. I would like to inquire of the gentleman hn.ving 

the !>ill in charge if this is not a change of existing 1 a w ! 

Mr. RYAN. 1t is not. These inspectors are provided for by the 

general law and their salary is :fixed by law. 

Mr. HOOKER. I thought there were but two of t.hem. 

Mr. RYAN. No; :five 9J.'e provided, and their salaries :fixed by the 

general law. 

The Clerk read as follows: 

For contingencies of the Indian service, including traveling and incidental ex- penses of Indian agents and of their offices, and for pay of employes not otherwise provided f01·, and for pay of two special agents at $2,000 per annum each, $32,500. 

Mr. BERRY. I move to strike out in line 134 the word" two," 

where it occurs the :first timu, and insert "five;" and also to strike 

out in line 135 tho word '' two" and insert "eight;" so that it 'viii 

read if adopted : 

For pay of five special agents at $2,000 per annum each, $38,500. 

Mr. HOLMAN. I suppose the number of agents is fixed by law. 

Mr. RYAN. I reserve the point of order. 

Mr. BERRY. This provides what I regard as a necessary increase 

in the number of these special agents. 

Mr. RYAN. In ordor that thero may be no misunderstanding, before the gentleman from California proceeds, I repeat that I reserve the point of order. 

Mr. BERRY. 1\Iyobjectis this: I have been informed by the Commissioner of India:a A:ftairs that instead of twd special agents only 

the service demands five. I came to this knowledge simply by a case that arose in our State. The bo:adsmen of an agent felt dissatisfied 

and inclined to believe things were not going as they onght to go 

and they de ired an examination should be made. I called in p erson on the Commissioner and asked a specin.l agent should be sent there tmtil the books of the agent could l>e examined and it should be as- certained whether all matters were moving in the line in. which they 

should move. He informed me he had but two special agents at 

his comm~md and they were at the present time in charge of agen- cies. lienee there is no opportunity for the Commi sioner to make an examination in the event of charges being formulated against the 

agent. He said it would redound to the interest of the service if he 

had at least three more special agents. If he had he would immediately send one to take charge of that reservation till the matter 

could be examined. 

It is true if the bondsmen were able to formulate charges and send 

them on to the Department, the Department would then supersede 

the action of the Commissioner; but in the absence of that it is 

unable to do so, and the bomlsmen perhaps are unable to formulate 

charges when they h::we well-grounded su.spicions that things are not as they should be. 

Therefore, it is my judgment, as it is the judgment of the Commissioner, that if agents knewtheCommis ioner had the sufficient num- ber of special agents to send and take charge of an agency at any 

time, it would be a check on the agents at these reservations. And 

I think it would be in the interest of good government, and of the 

proper management of the Indian affairs of our count~~ if three more agents were given to the Commissioner of Indian Attairs. :Mr. RYAN. I make the point of order that the amendment provides for three additional officers who are not provided for by law 

at all. 

The CHAIRMAN. If the gentleman from Kansas is right in say- in~ that the law only provides for two special agents, the Chair must 

hold the amendment changes existing law; and he therefore sustains 

the point of order. 

The Clerk read the following paragraph: 

For the expenses of the commission of citi:oons serving without compensation, appointed by the Presitlent under the provision of the fourth section of the act of 

AprillO, 1869, $5,000, to be distributed as follows, namel.v: For secretary, $2,000; 

for clerk, $1,200; for messenger, $600; for rent of office, $1,000, anti for co;ntingent 

expenses of office, $200. 

Mr. HUTCHINS. I move to strike out that clause. I make this motion for the purpose of obtaining some information 

from the gentleman who has this bill in charge. The act 1mder which 

ten eminent citizens were appointed by the President to see to the 

distribution of 2,000,000 amon~ the Indians provided the sum of 

25,000 to pay the expenses specified in this paragraph. I wish to 

ask the gentleman who has reported the bill whether that amount of 

$25,000 has been used, and whether this sum of $25,000 is an addition 

to the snm appropriated by the original act Y 

Mr. RYAN. I will answer the gentleman by saying that the sum of $25,000 he speaks of was appropriated to defray the expen es of 

the board at the time the board was created. That wa thirteeu 

years ago. It was to pay their expenl:les for the current year for 

which the appropriation was made ; and in every succeeding year 

since that time an appropriation has been made by Congress to defray the expenses of this board until the last Congre s. The last 

Congress at its lastsessionrefused to appropriate anything whatever 

for the expenses of this bo:trd. And I want to state, so far as the 

history of that is concerned, that the action of this Honse was intended at the time to al>olish the l>oard entirely, lmt the Senate 

di sentecl. 

Mr. HUTCHINS. Will tho gentleman allow me to ask him whether, 

then, a point of order does not lie agrunst this appropriation f 

Mr. HISCOCK. The last Congress diu not repeal the law. 

Mr. RYAN. They only failed to appropriate. 

Mr. HUTCHINS. But, as I understand it, there is no law for it. 

Mr. RYAN. There is a law for the existence of the board. And I 

want to say in addition to that, for the benefit of my friend from New 

York, that if you are not going to appropriate anything to pay the 

expenses of the board, then the board should be abolished, because it 

is clothed by law with certain powers and duties, and of course those 

duties have a relation to the service, and a very important one, and 

the existence of tho board should not be permitted unless we propose 

to pay their expenses, as was the original design. 

Mr. HUTCHINS. lias there been any appropriation other than 

the $2,000,000 which this board had to do with 

Mr. RYAN. Oh, yes; certainly. 

Jltlr. ROBESON. If the gentleman from Kansas will permit me I 

will read the act: 

There shall be a board of Indian commi ionera, composed of not" more than ten persons, appointed by the President, from men eminent for intelligence and philan- thropy, and who shall serve without pecuniary compensation. 

The board of commissioners mentioned in the preceding section shall have power to appoint one of their own number a.s secretary, who shall be entitled to such rea.- sonab1e compensation as the board may designate, payable from any moneys appro- priated for the expenses of the board. · 

Now, there is authority to appropriate money for the expenses of 

the board. This clause appropriates no money except for the secre- tary, a clerk, a messenger, and office rent. 

Mr. HUTCIDNS. What is the date of that actf 
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Mr. ROBESON. I have read sections 2039 and2040 of the Revised 

Statutes. 

:Mr. HUTCHINS. The original law was passed in 1869. 

Mr. HOOKER. I move to strike out the last word. 

The gentleman from New York [Mr. HUTCHINS] has anticipated me in makin~ the motion to strike out the clause of the bill to which 

he refers. Tne eriginal act was passed in 1869 and I have had occa- sion in speeches heretofore made in Congress to demonstrate that the 

purpose and objectoftho actof1869 was to createatemporaryboard 

acting in conJunction with the General of the Army. A specific appropnation of a very large amount of money was inade, an appropriation of $2,000,000, and the President was authorized to appoint a boarc.l of commissioners, commonly called pea-ce commissioners, of 

eminent citizens who were t.o serve without compensation. It was evidently the purpose and object of the act to create this board for a specific purpose, and when that purpose was a-ccomplished the board was thenjuncttt8 officio, had no duties to perform, possessed no powers, 

and ought not to have continued beyond the time when the first 

appropriation was expended. 

I send to the Clerk's desk to be read section 4 of the law originally 

passed by Congre s, so that the committee will ee from that section 

precisely what is the character of the boa,rd as origina.lly created. 

The Clerk read as follows : 

And be it further enacted, That there be appropriated the further Rum of$2,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to enable the Pre. ident to maintain peace 

among and with the various tribes, bands, and parties of Indians, and to promote civilization among said Indians, and bring them where pra.cticable on reservations, to relieve their necessities and encourage their efforts at St'lf-snpport, a report of all 

expenditures under this appropriation to be made in detail to Congress m December next. .And for the :purpose of enabling_ the President to execute the power con:fe1Ted by this act he 1s hereby authorizea in his discretion to organize a bo:rrd 

of commissioners, to consist of not more than ten persons, to be selected by hini 

from men eminent for their intelligence and philanthropy, to serve without pecuniary compensation, who may under his direction exercise joint control with the 

'ecretary of the Interior o~er the disbursement of the appropriation made by this act, or any part thereof that the President may designate. .And to pay the neces. ary expenses, transportation, subsistence, and clerk-hire of said commission 

while actively engaged in said . ervice there is hereby appropriated, out of any 

:noney in the Treasury not otherwise appropriate<l, the sum o.f $25,0UO, or 110 muull 

thereof as may be necessary. 

Mr. HOOKER. It will be seen that this wa.s an act creatin rr a com- mission to act in conjunction with the Secretary of the Interior for a specific purpose, and it appropriated '25,000 to carry out that pmpoo~ • Now, yon might as well say that the power would have been con- tinued in the Secretary of the Interior and in this board if no appropriation was made as to say that this board was authorized by 

law to continue from year to year. A specific amount of 25,000 was appropriated ::tt the time to pay the expenses of the commission, 

which amount has long since ueen exhausted. 

Now, though the purposes for which the act was pas ed have long 

since passed away, though the Indians have become pea-ceable anc.l 

civilized, comparatively speaking, yet for thirteen years there has be~n an annual appropriation of 10,000 for the support of this peace 

commission, a commission acting without bonds, and without any 

other authority than simply the nomination of the President. It 

was clothed with authority to act in conjunction with the Secretary 

of the Interior in simply expending the 2,000,000 which was ~riginally appropriated for the purpose of securing peace among the 

Indiaus; and also clothed with authority to expend the Q5,000, and no more, which wa-s appropriated for their expenses. Yet for thirteen years successively this appropriation of 10,000 ha been made 

for the support of this commission. 

I say that if we have officers of the Government to expend the 

money appropriated by us, they should be bonded officers, and they 

should expend it under the sanction of law and the responsibility of 

their bonds. They were appointed to serve without compensation. 

The 25,000 was simply to pay their expenses ; and yet for thirteen 

years we appropriated $10,000 annually to pay the expenses of this 

commission. That annual appropriation was made without question 

until two years ago, when we in this House made the first a ault ou this commissiOn and showed what an irresponsible body of men it 

was, unknown to the law, created for a specific pm·pose, antl that 

purpose having been performed no longer in office. 

The CHAIR.M..A.1~. The time of the gentleman has expired. 

Mr. SPRINGER. I will take the :floor and yield my time to the 

gentleman from Mississippi. 

Mr. HOOKER. I have but few words more to say. As I have 

said, it will be ob erved that the law which I have caused to be read 

by the Clerk crea.ted this commission for a specific purpose, and that 

purpose having been accomplished this commission or board has had no existence except what it obtained by virtue of its recognition for 

thirteen y~ars by the Committees on Appropriation of Congress. It 

therefore has l.Jeen kept alive simply by the appropriations which we have macle. 

Two years ago, when the a-ssault wa-s first made upon it in this 

House, at which time the Democratic party was in the majority, an appropriation for the purpo e was retained in the appropriation bill. 

At the last session of Congress, when the same reasons were urged 

for its continuance: the appropriation was not reported in the bill. 

I think it was the gentleman from New York, the present chairmau 

of the Committee on Appropriations, [:Mr. HiscocK,] who moved to 

reinsert it in the bill as it had been in former approprL.1.tion bills. 

And if it was not inserted here it was in erted by the Senate. At all 

events the bill came back here from the Senate with the same appropriation of 10,000, and finally pa ed in that shape. Only one Committee on Appropriations, and that the Committea on Appropriations of this House of the last se sion, failed to include 

this appropriation in the bill. It was afterward in erted in the 

Senate, or it was inserted here on motion and went to the Senate, 

and remained a clan e in the appropriation bill alone. 

Now, I say this commission should not be clothed with any authority or power to act on tills important question. The members of the 

commission ought to be bonded officers res11onsible to the Government. 

It will be seen by the very ection which I have caused to be read 

that this commission was directed to make a special report of their 

action to CongTe sin the next December; showing clearly that it was the purpose and intent of the legi lative mind when that appropriation was pas ed to make it a temporary board created for a specific purpose. And when that purpose was accomplished the board 

could no longer have existence without further action of Congress. 

And for thrrteen years and more it ha.s been kept in exiotence by 

this appropriation. The very clause reported by this appropriation 

committee demonstrates that if 5,000 will pa.y their expen es, then 

for thirteen years we have given them 10,000 a year, when we shonhl 

have given th m but 5,000. The very same arguments which how 

the propriety of cutting down the extrav-agant appropriation heretofore made for traveling expenses, clerks, office rent, &c., of this 

irre ponsible board apply still more strongly in favor of nbsolutely 

sweeping the board out of existence. 

The CHAIRl\IAN. Debate is exhausted upon the pro forma amendment. 

Mr. HOOKER. I withdmw it. 

Mr. 'VILLITS. I move pro jO'rrna to amend by striking out the last 

word. The gentleman fromMississippi [Mr. HOOKER] has stated the 

law as it was passed originally in 186Y, and has, of course, cited it cor- rectly. In 1870 this commi sion was con tinned "so long as the appropriation heretofore made for their expenses shall last," that appropriation being ·25,000. The appropriation act of ltl71 appropriated 

$15,000 for the expen es of this commission, and provided as follows: 

.And said commission is hereby contiJJ.ued with the powers and duties heretofore 

provided by law. 

The commission wa thus continued without any limitation of time. 

Now, we como next to the Revised Statutes, and I suppose t.he gentleman will concede that in the enactment of the Revised Statutes 

this commission was recognized by a provision of permanent law in 

the terms cited by the gentleman from New Jer y, [Mr. ROBESO .. ,] o that this boardis now recognized in the statutes as a permanent board, 

without a.ny limitation of t-ime, though no p1·ovision, of com· e, is 

made in the statutes for their expenses, except in the one ca e cited 

by the gentleman from New Jersey. Now, the simple question is, as to the payment of the e expenses, which it is no more than right we should provide for, if the commis ion is a proper commis ion ; 

upon which the gentleman c.loes not .make any point, and therefore 

I do not propo e to make any remarks upon it. llut there is uo question that the existing law provides for this commission as a permanent board. 

Mr. SCALES. 1\Ir. Chairman, I believe this is the third time I 

have occupied the :floor in opposition to this provision, which, a my 

friend from Mis issippi [Mr. HOOKER] has said, has been in every 

appropriation bill for tho last thirteen year . It ~rew out of the 

frauds which occurred in connection with Indian affa.i.rs dming the 

administration of President Grant. The executive department attempted to correctthosefraudsbymeansof a commis ionofthi kiud. 

This commission was appointed, consisting of men who were thought 

to be patriotic, wise, of good judgment, interested deeply in the welfare of the Indians, and anxious to assist the administration in cor- recting frauds by supervising the Indian Bureau. 

Now, it will be remembered, Mr. Chairman, that we havea.lready 

five inspectors to do this work. We have a Secretary of the Interior 

a.nc.l a Commissioner of Indian Affairs to supervise their work. We 

have the Inilian agents, whose business it is to see that the laws of 

this Government in regard to the Indians are executed properly aull 

honestly. With all these I submit that we do not need a. commissiou 

of citizens with no responsibility, who give no bonds and serve only 

to divide responsibility with the officers and make them le s diligent, even if frauds exist now as when it was created. Now, it is said (and I hope it is true) that the time has come when 

these frauds have been corrected. It is said in the report of the Indian Commis ioner that these agents are discha.rging their dutie~:~ 

faithfully, that they are honest men, and that the frauds of former 

years no longer appea.r. If so, where is the necessity fo1'-this board f 

I do not believe, Mr. Chairman, that this commi sion onght ev r to 

have been appointed. I do not believe that it lJas ever answe1·ed the 

purpo es of it.s creation; and I do not believe the1·e i. now any neces- sity for it, and in support of this I have only to refer gentlemen to 

the whole past history of the board. 

But, Mr. Chairman, as my friend from :Mi issippi has said, 25,000 wa originally appropriated for the expenses of this high-toned 

commission, whose members serve without salary or compensation. It was afterward reduced to 15,000. How was this money ex- pended f Let me reac.l for a moment. I refer to the report of the 
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commission giving an account of the disbursement of the appropriation of $15,000 : 

During the period above named, we have rusbursell as follows: 

Oftice expenses, including reut, printing, binding, stationery, fuel , $1,251.84; salaries of secretary, clerk, ~<l messenger, $6,~2.30; p~chasing committee, !-Deluding emplovment of special clerk to exanune agenCies, $3,190.85; traveling ex- pense~ of the members of the board in visiting agencies, $3,522.18. 

Now, I would not cemmre unnece sarily these high-toned men; but men who come forward under the pretext that they ar acting without salary in the intere ts of the colllitry, from motives of patriotism 

and nothing else, have been running up expenses of this kind for 

thirleen years, which the Committee on Appropriations now admit 

to be altogether unneces ary. This board, they say, can continue if 

we give them a secretary at $2,000, a clerk at 1,000, and allow for 

rent of office 1,000, and for contingent expenses of office :!00. Mr. 

Chairman, this of itself, were there no other reason, ought to be 

sufficient to satisfy the House that this commission ought to be 

aboli!ihed. 

[Here the hammer fell.] 

l\Ir. ATKINS. I move to strike out the last word. and I yield to 

the g ntleman from North Carolina [l\Ir. ScALE ] so much of my time 

as he may desire. 

l\Ir. SCALES. I thank the gentleman for his courtesy. I want to 

give a little history of this matter for the benefit of the Rouse. 'Ve 

attacked this commission about three years ago, and the e~penses 

have been coming down by degrees ever since. From 15,000 we have reduced the appropriation to $5,000. They die hard. Fir t, 

this House-took action abolishing the board, but when the bill went 

to the Senate a provision for the continuance of the commissjon waR 

put on, which came back here and was pa eel, without the knowledge, without notice, so far as I am informed, of the change, of this 

House. At the la t ses ion we again voted to abolish this commission. 

The bill went to the Senate, and in conference it was agreed that 

the commission should be continued wit.houtany appropriation what- ever. Now, I ask members of this Honse, without di tinction of 

party, whether it is necessary to throw away this sum of . 5,000, for 

I grant that if t.he commiRl':iion were at all necessary $5,000 would not 

be too large. But I contend that there is no necessity for the exist- ence of tills board, as the experience of thirteen years has demonstrated. The Committee on Indian Affairs~ after investigation, 

determined, in the Forty-sixth Congress, that this commission was unnecessary a.nd wrong, and should be aboli hed, ann this Honse 

bas affirmed the action of the committee, and for tluee consecutive 

years past voted to aboli h the whole thing. 

I hope, therefore, the House will complete the work which it has 

been doing for t.he la t three years, that it will trike down the com- mission bv cutting off the appropriation. Do not put these men as a watch over your officers, as honorable it may be as they, and 

much more responsible. To be consistent, the House should appoint a similar commi sion with similar powers to watch over your PostOffice Department. Are there not frauds there! Are there not 

"straw" bids and straw bonds there Y Are there not "ring" men there who cheat and defraud the Government f If this commi8sion 

has done a good work let another be appointe(l to a sist in ferreting 

out the frau tis and rob berie practiced on the Post-Office Deparlment. 

But they will do no such thing for this Department, nor for the ·war or Navy Depa.rtment; they know it will accomplish nothing. Bnt 

the e wealthy citizens are in; they like the position; t.hey have influence, and an effort is made in every Indian appropriation bill to 

retain them. But I defy them, as I have heretofore, tO}Joint to any 

work, yea, even one act, which they have don~ to justify the continu- ance of the appointment and appropriation. 

Mr. ATKINS. I \Till finish my time byoppo ing the remarks made 

by my friend from North Carolina. I believe I have voted with my 

friend heretofore to abolish this commission. I am not sure, but I 

rather think I have. 

Mr. SCALES. Always. :Mr. ATKINS. Then we made a much larger· appropriation than 

now, but I am not sure I did not do wrong when I voted "\\-i.th the 

gentleman heretofore. 

As I understand it, Mr. Chairman, the object of this commission is 

simply to act ~ts a check on the persons making purchases of Indian 

supphes. If I am incorrect in that, will the gentleman from New 

Jersey correct me f 

:Mr. ROBESON. The gentleman is exactly right. 

:Mr. ATKINS. I state then that the purpose of this appropriation 

is to keep alive this commission which acts as a guardian of the Indian interest in the purchase of Indian supplies. Persons go on to 

New York and lay in large supplies, and sometimes they are imperfect, faulty, and great frauds are sometimes perpetrated. The object 

of this commission is to ~:~ee good articles are purchased and that the 

Government does not pay for them more then it ought to. 

Mr. HUTCHINS. I would like to ask the gentleman a question. 

The CHAIR.MAL"f. The time of the gentleman has expired. 

Mr. HUTCHINS . . I will make a pro forma amendment so he may 

go on. I wish to ask him whose·dutyit is to make these purchases Y 

Mr. A-TKINS. They are made by sworn officers of the Government, 

it is trne. Mr. HUTCHINS. If they are not honest men why the necessity of this commission to watch them Y 

Mr. ATKINS. It is a violent presumption on the part of my friend 

from New York to suppose all officers of the Government are honest. 

The gentleman is wrong at the start. I am not attacking the Repub- lican party. 

Mr. HUTCHINS. Yon are a erting that they need watching. 

Mr. ATKINS. Yes, I think they do; that is my honest opinion, 

but I believe there is no administration which ever exi ted in this 

country which did not need watchin~, so far as that is concerned. 

The CHAIRMAl~. The gentleman s time has expired. 

Mr. ATKINS. I regret it, as I did not get to the point which I 

wished to make 

Mr. HASKELL. Mr. Chairman, I hope this motion to strike out 

this compensation and to kill tills board will not prevail. For, sir, 

if there is one feature about the Indian service to-day that ought to 

be commended and continued it is the jnflnences which are used by 

the Department and by this board and by the various officers of the 

Government, in whatever capacity; influences which are used to educate, Christianize, elevate, ennoble and make better these red wards 

of the nation. 

Of all the influence , Mr. Chairman, that have enlisted the sympathy of philanthropy of all the influences u ·ed to stand guard over the intere ts of the Indians, of all Lhe influences that ha.ve gone out 

upon the frontier to examine into the condition of the Indians and 

to ask contribution to supplement the scanty, pitiful appropriations 

made on this floor, of all the agencies which have been employed to see snit able goods purchased for the Indians, and that all things done 

for the Indians were I'ightfully and honestly done, and in their interest, this board stands pre-eminent. It is largely due to these 

gentlemen, who for thirteen years have labored in this eau e without 

l)a,y and honestly, that we have enli ted the efforts of philanthropic men and women of America until two grand successful chools have 

been the result of their soli i.tations. I refer to the Carlisle school and 

the Hampton school. Evory member of this board back of him has some or~anization or some religious ociety which has in its special care ana interest the welfar of the e Indians. 

I tell you, Mr. Chairman, in the la tthirteenyenrs, notwithstand- ing your imsufficient appropriation, notwithstanding yonr lame and 

impotent le.gi.~lation upon the Indi~bll question, notwithstanding all 

this, by rea on of the power and fore of good citizenship and philanthropy in this country of which the e men are the repre entatives, there has been more done to lift up, to ennoble and advance the 

Indian race than there has been accomplished before in fifty years. 

It is not true that all they do is to go to New York and snperviso the buying of good for the Indian . Tbey do that, but they do mor . This larger appropriation you speak of ought to be in the bill now. You ought to pay their expenses and let them go to the e Indian res- ervations, let them examine into the habits and condition of the 

Inilians, and let them see what they can suggest that will train them 

to take upon them elves the habit~ of civilized life. They ought to 

be put into the bill. It is a shame they are not in the bill. The 

Indian service is unlike ~hat of any other. There is no other department of the Government which so hinges upon mankind's finer sen- timents, mankind's higher hopes of the future for 'ln ignorant and 

lowly race that appeals t.o the sympathy of good citizen hip everywhere, than the Inilian service, which has been cdppled and hampered and trodden upon and defied and contemned until-you can hardly 

get an honorable man to go at the head of Indian affairs in this coun- try. We have a good man there now, we have a good service, and 

part and parcel of that good service is this board. Strike it down if 

you will, but when you do give out the true reason for it, and say 

you want to turn the Indian back into barbarism. [Here the hammer fell. ] 

Ml'. ATKINS. I withdraw the pro forma amendment. 

l\lr. ROBESON. Then I renew it. It is admitted, I believe now, 

that this commission is authorized bylaw, andre ts for its existence 

upon the firm foundation of the statute-book. It is now moved that we strike out this appropriation, which is only $5,000, and is appropriated in detail, as follows : For secretary, $2,000; for clerk,, 1,200; 

for messenger,· 600; for rent of office, $1,000, and for contingent 

expense , . 200. So long as that commi sion exists it cannot be car- ried on with a less appropriation for the doing of its business. There 

is not one dollar appropriated for the payment of any salary to auJ 

ofthese commissioners nor one penny appropriated for any of their 

expenses. The Committee on Appropriations have accepted their 

services in this legislation in the spirit in which they ofiererl it, in 

the spirit of wise philanthropy, looking not only to the safety and 

justice of our Indian tribes, but to the good honor and good govern- ment of that service so far as we transact it. Their duty is to inspect the supplies and contracts for supplies at 

two places; first where they are purchased- and I may be permitted 

from thA stand-point of my somewhat long experience to say that 

the real qu estion in the purchase of supplies for this Government 

lies not wholly in the men who contract for them or the men who pay 

the money for them, but the question of good returns for money expended in this manner depends largely upon the inspector. 

All over this country we find large sums of money subjected in its 

result to the honest or dishonest inspection of men who receive $2.50 

per day for their services. Millions of money, in all the departments 

of Government, in its expenditure, depends to-day upon the arbitrary power of inspection nnd rejection of men who are employed at 
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a rate of compensation rarely exceeding 3 per day. I do not mean to say that they are di honest; but I do mean to say that t.hey are so situated, so surrounded by a t.hous::md influences of friendship, of good 

fellowship, of as ociation and other influences, as may tend to make 

tht'm too lenient, or even at times somewhat neglectful of their duties. 

[Her e t be hammer fell. ) 

Mr. SCALES. May I ask the gentlem~tn a question 'f 

The CHAIRMAN. The time of the gentleman from New Jersey h:ts 

expired. 

Mr. HISCOCK. I will yield my time to the gentleman from New 

Jersey. 

Mr. SCALES. May I now ask the gentleman from New Jersey n 

question t 

Mr. ROBESON. I ha-ve but a few moments, and wish to get through 

with this line ofthought. 

Now, here are a set of people selected for eminence in intelligence 

and philanthropy who make this inspection not only of these goods 

when bought, but, what is far more important, they inspect the goods 

when delivered. 

Every Department of the Government except this has a chance of 

protection, which this Indian Department has not. When goods are delivered after purchase by any other Department of the Government they are received at their great centers, inspected by their own officers, and accepted or rejected as the case may be. 

Mr. HUTCHINS. \Vill the gentleman permit me to ask him a 

question f 

Mr. ROBESON. I have but two or three minutes. 

Mr. HUTCHINS. I would like to ask the gentleman in this con- nection whether we have not already adopted a provision in this bill 

for the pay of five Indian inspectors-at $3,000 a year, making $15,000 

in all, and for their necessary traveling expenses 6,000. I wish to 

ask the gentlemn.n if these inspectors have any connection with the 

duty to which he now referst 

Mr. RYAN. None whatever. 

Mr. ROBESON. The inspectors to which the gentleman from New 

York refers are provided for another purpose. Their duty is to go 

around a.nd inspect the agencies of the various tribes and see how 

their business is carried on. Now, I wa-s going on to say, that when these goods reach the Indians, 

who inspects themf What responsible man is there to see whether 

the Indians are cheated or not t Who shall sa.y t.bat the goods sent 

tllere in answer to treaty obligations or in response to the bounty and 

philanthropy of this Government are goocls that ought to be sent to 

these people Y No officer is charged with that duty, and it is for that 

express pw·pose that the services of these eminent phihmthropists are accepted; aRd to the end that justice may be done to the Indians 

in that regard, their knowledge, their industry, and their energie~:~ 

are directed. 

Now, Mr. Chairman, there is exactly where this question stands. 

No complaint ha-s ever been made of these gentlemen. The Interior 

Department and the Indian superintendency all say that their serv- ices are most valuable; and, as a part of my remarks in this connec- tion, I send to the Clerk's desk a letter from the Secretary of the 

Interior, dated January 11, 1881, and ask that it be read. 

The Clerk read as follows : DEPARTMENT OF THE !NTERJOR, 

Washington, D . 0., January 11, 1881. 

DEAR SIR: In answer to your inquiry I beg leave to say that the Board of Indian 

Commissioners bas proved of great usefulness in the management of Indian Affairs. 

They have been rendering very great service in superintending, together with the 

Cemmissioner of Indian Affairs, the aunuallettings of contracts for supplying the 

Indians with provisions and annuities, in the examination of annuity goods as to their quality, in the examination of accounts, and in making inspections of agencies and inquiries into the diflerent branches of the Indian service. In all these things I have found the board very useful, and believe that the sum that bas been appropriated for many years to defray it.s expenses has been money expended to the great 

ad vant'l.ge of the service. I should be glad to have the board kept in existence and 

the appropriation for defraying its expenses renewed. 

Very trnly yours, 

Ron. FRAlli'K HISCOCK, House of Representatives. 

1\Ir. ROOKER rose. 

C. SCHURZ. 

The CH.A.IRM.A.N. The time of the gentleman from New Jersey 

[1\Ir. ROBESON] has not quite expired. 

1\Ir. ROBESON. I yield the floor to the gentleman from Mississippi [1\lr. HOOKER] andaskhim to give meoneminuteafterheshall 

have spoken, if I de ire it. 

lli. ROOKER. I desire to say in answer to what has fallen from 

the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. ROBESON] and the gentleman 

from Kansas [Mr. HASKELL] that the statute referred to bythe gentleman from New Jersey merely continued this board as it was originall created. .And while this very act professes to have them serve 

without compensation it is a very remarkable fact that the second 

clause ~f the statute ~o which he refers clothes them with the power 

to a.ppomt one of their own m~mbers as a secretary, who shaJl receive 

compensation. I read from the statute: 

SEc. 2039. There shall be .a board of Indi~ commissioners, composed of not ~ore .than t~n pers<?ns, appomted by the PreSident oolely, from men eminent for 

~~l!~~ence and philanthropy, and who shall serve without pecuniary compenSEc. 2040. The board of commissioners mentioned in the precedino- section shall 

have power to a.ppoint one oftJ,teir own number aa secret..1.ry, who sli'rul be entitled to such reasona~le co~pensation as the board may designate, payable from any moneys appropnated for tlte expenses of the board. 

Section 2041 defines the duties of these commissioners. It says~ 

The board of commissioners mentioned in section 2039 shall supervise all expend- i~es of money appropriated for the benefit of Indians within the limits of the 

U!llted States ; . a~d shall. ins~ect all goods purchased for Indians, in connection ~th.theComm~sSioner of Indian Affarrs, whose duty it shaJ.l be to consnlt the com- miSSion m making purcha.ses of such goods. 

Now, sir, it is evident th..'lt the econd of these section whieh I 

have reacl violates the very principle upon which this board was created. They were to be selected from men of great philanthropy 

and I doubt not many of them Qave been men of great philanthrop/ 

I don bt not a great majority of that board have been such men. But 

they .are but human being~, subject to aU the influences, passions, and e~otions that .sway mankind at large. And would it not b a good 

thing to appomt anothe~ board t? wn.teh tha~ board 7 You might 

get them better, more philanthrop1cal; you nnght have a superior race of men to select from. 

If the ~rinciple is a c?rrect one, then you ought to have a board - of sup~rv1sors to supe~vtse the purchase of Navy supplies, a board of super~ors to superVIse the purchase of Army supplies, a board of 

superVISors over every Department of the Government without bond 

without sala:Y, .without p~y, and with~ut any other' responsibility ~ave that whiCh IS to be denved from therr high character and standmg. 

I sa:y, sir, that government is not conducted on any such principle as .th1s. Gov~rnment. means that you shall have an officer, if appornted, requrred to give boml for the performance of his dnty · if 

elecfie:d, then elected by the sovereign power of the people possessing 

the ~ght to elect; and in no case, in my judgment, ought you to 

reqwre an officer to have control and direction of the expenditure of 

money nnltlSs he is a bonded officer of the Government. 

This very board now has a right to inspect the supplies. The gentlema!l from N~w Jersey [lli: RoBESON] askecl who inspected the SUPI,>~es when given to the Indians. Why, sir, he ought to have been 

familiar enough with the law and with Indian affairs to have nnder- stoo~ that whenever supplies are delivered to an agency there iR 

reqmred to be an officer of the Army of the United States to receive 

them, to inspect them, and see that they correspond with the con- tr~cts. That is the protection which the Indians possess. And I 

think they would find still greater protection if you would confide all 

theU: ~tere_sts, all their ail'airs, to the heaq of the War Department, 

and 1f m rune cases out of ten you selected your agents from the intelligent Indians themselves. \Vhere you cannot select your a.n-ents 

fi·om the intelligent Indians themselves, then Sfllect them from officers 

of the .Army who have given the nece sary guarantees that they will 

perform with fidelity the duty imposed upon them. 

\Vhy, sir, I visited in 1878 the bands of some of the avage tribes 

that have just been moved to the Territory. I visited the camp of 

Joseph. I visited the l\fodoc camp, and I saw there amonrr those 

Indians men who were capable of filling the office of agent f~r them as well as any white man that could be selected. Experience has 

demonstrated that as the five sew-civilized tribes llave advanced 

in civilization they understand far better their real interests than do 

their ostensible protectors and guardians, consisting of the Secretarv 

of the Interior, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and the board 

of peace commissioners. 

[Here the hammer fell. Cries of ''Vote! " "Vote ! "] 

lli. ROBESON. I withdraw my pro jm·ma amendment. 

The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment of the gentleman from New York, [Mr. HUTCHINS.] 

Mr. HAsKELL rose. · 

:Mr. RYAN. Let us have a vote. 

Mr. HASKELL. Very well. 

lli. SCALES. I move to strike out the last word. I desire to ad- mess a question to the gentleman from New Jersey, [Mr. ROBESON,] 

who was not inclined to yield to me. He said one of the objects these 

commissioners had in view was to inspect the goods delivered at the 

agency. Does the gentleman stand by th..'tt t 

Mr. ROBESON. I refer to the letter which was read from the 

Clerk's desk. 

Mr. SCALES. The gentleman does not stand by it. There is no means provided in this bill for auy such purpose. The comJnissioners themselves cannot do it. They have got no clerk, no agent 

to do it. It is done by tha Government. It was done when you appointed them, as it is done now, by ofticers of the Army. It bas 

always been so done, and it is guaranteed just as strongly as it could 

be by the e gentlemen who never go there for any such purpose. 

I withdraw the pro forma amendment. 

'.rhe question being taken on the motion of Mr. HUTCIDNS to strike 

out the paragraph, there were-ayes 33, noes 54. 

So the amendment was not agreed to. 

The Clerk read the following paragraph: 

Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi : 

N;::mlb~~~:!, ~~~·in goods or otherwise, per third article of treaty o1 

For interest on $200,000, at 5 per cent., per second article of treaty of October 

21, 1837, $10,000. For interest on $800,000, at 5 per cent., per second article of treaty of October 

11, 1842, $40,000: Provided, That the sum of$1~f?OO of this amount shafi be usedfoi the pay of a physician and for purchase ofmeuioine; in all, $51,1100. 

1\ir. RYAN. I am instructed by the ComJnittee on Appropriations 

to offer the amendment which I send to the desk. , 
• 

1882. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 1535 

The Clerk read as follows : After line 556 insert the followi ng : "And prmrided further, That hereafter the Sacs and Foxes of Iowa shall ha\e 

apportioned to them fr·om appropriations for fulfilling the stipulations of said 

treaties no greater sum thereof than that heretofore setap::ut for them." 

The amendment was adopted. 

The Clerk resumctl the reading of the bill and read the follo-wing: 

Telegrapldng and making purchases of Indian supplies, to contract for the Indian service, ad,ertising at rates not exceeding re~ar commercial rates, inspec- tion, and all other expenses connected therewith, mcluding telegraphing, $40,000. 

Mr. STOCKSLAGER. I move to amend the paragraph just read 

by striking out "$40,000," and inserting in lieu thereof '' $30,000." 

I make this motion for the purpose of inquiring of the gentleman 

having charge of this bill [Mr. RY.A...L~] what is the necessity for this 

large increase in expenditures over the appropriation for this item 

made last year. The amount appropriated last year for this purpose was 30,000, I believe; this year it is proposed to increase the amount 

to $40,000. 

Mr. RYAN. I will state to the gentleman that the amount. appropriated last year was inadequate, and the House in the urgent deficiency appropriation bill, which has just been passed, put in an item 

of 10,000 to supply that deficiency. The aggregate expenditure for 

thisitemforthecurrentfiscal year will therefore be $40,000, the same as is provided by this bill. 

l\lr. STOCKSLAGJ<~R. I wilJ withdraw my amendment. 

Mr. RYAN. I am instructed by the Committee on Approprbtions 

to move to amend the clause just read by adding to it that whieh I 

send to the Clerk's desk. 

The Clerk read as follows: Provided, That when it becomes necessary to detail clerks and other emploves 

of the Indian service outside of Washington to assist in the opening of bids, making contrads, and shipping goods, they may be allowed a per diem of not exceeding $4 

per day for hotel and other expenses, wbLch per diem shall be in lieu of all expenses 

11ow authorized by law, exclusive of rail way transportation. 

Mr. SCALES. Is that to be paid out of the $40,000 appropriated 

in this item t 

l\Ir. RYAN. Certainly. 

The amendment was atlopted. 

The Clerk read the following: 

Transportation of Indian supplieR : For this amount, for necessary expense of transportation of such goods, provisions, and other articles, for the various tribes 

of Indians provided for by this act, $275,000. 

~lr. STOCKSLAGER. I move to amend the para?,raph just read 

by striking out "$275,000" and inserting" 250,000.' This bill proposes to make the appropriation for this purpose $50,000 more than was appropriated last year. I desire to inquire the reason for this 

large increase. 

Mr. RYAN. I have the same explanation to make in regard to thjs 

item that. I made in regard to the other item. The amount provided 

for in this bill is exactly the amount appropriated for the current 

fit!cal year. The deficiency for this item in the urgent deficiency bill 

which passed the House a few days ago makes the difference which 

I suppose the gentleman has in mind. 

Mr. BLOUNT. I would like to ask the gentlelllan from Kansas 

how the amount contained in this item of the bill compares with the 

expenditures for this purpose made last year. Of course we cannot now tell what the total expendit.ures will be for this fiscal year. 

Mr. RYAN. I will state that the appropriation here conta.ined is 

la,rger than the amount appropriated for the last year; but there was a deficiency last year. 

Mr .. BLOUNT .. I thi:t;tk the gentleman does not apprehend my 

quest.wn. The blll which wa.s pa sed at the last session. and for 

which a few days ago we passed a deficiency under this item, is for 

the current fiscal year. Now, of course, it is ali conjecture, bnt it 

may be correct. What I a.sk the gentleman is, how .the amount in 

this bill compares with the expenditures under this item for the last 

fiscal year t 

Mr. RYAN. That is precisely what I wa.s going to state. 

l\lr. BLOUNT. I could not tell what the gentleman was going to 

state. 

Mr. RYAN. I was interrupted hy the gentleman, or I would have 

completed the statement. I was about st::1.tin(J' that the amount 

herein provided for is larger than the amount whid was appropTiated 

for the last fiscal year. But there was a deficiency for that year 

of over $30,000, which Congress has failed to provide for and the 

indebtedness subsists against the Government to-day. ' 

The question was taken upon the amendment ofl\lr. STOCKSLAGER· 

and upon a division there were-ayes 16, noes 59. ' 

No further count being called for, the amendment was not agreed to. 

l\Ir. RYAN. I am instructed by the Committee on Appropriations 

to offer as an a-dditional paragraph, to come in after the one just read 

that which I send to the Clerk's desk. ' 

The Clerk read as follows: 

To defray the expenses of the removal of the Indians at Mescalero agency to the 

Jicarilla reservation, $9,000. 

The amendment was agreed to. 

The Clerk read the following : 

INTEREST ON TRUST-FUND STOCKS. 

SRC. 2. For payment of interest on certain abstracted and non-payin"' State 

!ltocks belonging to the various Indian tribes and held in trust by the Se~reta.i-y of the Interior, for the year ending Jtme 30, 1882 namely: - For trust-fund interest due Cherokee nationai fund, $26,060. 

l\lr. McCOOK. I would like to ask the ~entleman in charge of this 

bill what is meant by these words in the Item jnst rea-d : 

For parment of interest on certain abstracted and non-paying State stocks 

belonging to the various Indian tribes, &c. ' 

Mr. RYAN. There were certain State bonds held by the Government in trust for the Indians which have been abstracted, and we are continuing to pay the interest on them. "\Ve are holding also 

other State bonds which have been repudiated, and which are not now interest-paying bonds. · 

Mr. McCOOK. The purpose of my inquiry is, what is meant by 

the use of the word "abstracted" in that clause T 

Mr. RYAN. It meant; that the bonds were stolen. ~lr. McCOOK. Ah! [Laughter.] 

The Clerk resumed and concluded the reading of the bill. 

l\1r. RYAN. I move that the committtee now rise and report the 

bill and amendments to the Hou e. l\lr. HOLMAN. I desire to move an amendment. 

The CHAIRM:.AN. That is in order. 

Mr. HOL~IAN. I move to strike out the last section of the bill, ns follows: 

SEc. 5. That when not required for the purpose for which appropriated the 

funds herein provided for the pay of specified employes a,t any aaency may be ~ed by the ~retary of the Interior for the pay of other employes at such agency, but no fim nc~ shall be thereby. created, and, wh8?- necest:~ary, specified employes 

may be detailed for other serviCe when not regrured for the duty for which they w~e engag~d; and that the several. appropriations herein made for millers, blacksmJths, e.ngmeers, carpenters, physicians, and other persons, and for various articles proVIded for by treaty stipulation for the several Indian tribes, may be diverted to other ns~s for the benefit of the said tribes respectively, within the discretion 

of the President, and with the consent of said tribes, expressed in the usual man- ner ; and that be cause report to be made to Congress at its next session thereafter 

of his action under this provision. ' ' 

It seems to me that section is vcry objectionable. I have not ex- amined sufficiently to ascertain to what extent the practice batt been 

followed heretofore; but it seems to me t.hat the power conferred 

upon the Department to expend moneys appropriat-ed for purposes 

?ther th~ those.specified i~ the appropriation is always au exc~.dmgly unw1 e policy, for by It yon would defeat the whole purpose of 

limitation upon appropriations. 

'The general rule has been re~arded as the safe one, to appropriate 

money to be expended for a specific and detinite purpose, and to permit 

the money to be expended for no other purpose. Some of the most int~resting debates that have occurred in Congress have been those 

which have grown out of the attempt to restrict the expenditures of 

pu.bli.c money to the specific and definite objects for which the appropnations were made. Under the general provision of this last Rection it is possible for public officers having charge of the expenditure of large sums of money- many hundreds of thousands of dol- lar~-to apJ!lY this .money to other purposes than those specifically 

designated rn the bill. It does seem to me unwise to authorize such n, proceeding. 

This b~ll appr<?pri~tes $363,000 more than has been appropriated 

by any bill of this kind for a number of years; and if I had not risen 

for the purpose of moving to strike out this last section, which con- fers unlimited power upon the Commissioner of Indian Affairs as to 

the expenditure of very larcre sums-which, in fact. allows him to 

expend them as he may think proper-I t;hould still have sou<Tht t.he 

opportunity to ask the gentleman in charge of the bill, whg seems t.o be exceedingly familiar with its details, to explain in some de~ree 

h~w it .occ~s that in spite of the diminishing numbers of the Indtans :-rn spite of the fact that they seem to be gradually dying out-how 

1t occurs that after the heavy expenses incurred in former yea.rs for 

the purpose of esta.blishing the Indians on reservations there is this 

increase of expenditures a.] most unexampled in late years. 

Mr. RYAN. In the first place, the gentleman is mistaken when he s~ys .that the amount of mon~y proposed to be appropriated by this 

bill IS greater than that which has been appropriated by Congress 

for the current yea,r. It is less. 

~lr. HOL~IAN. The gentleman includes the deficiency appropri- ationsT 

Mr. RYAN. Certainly. I will say in addition that this difference 

grows ont of several causes. First, the Department has been com- pelled to pay from 30 to 40 per cent. more for beef during the ourreut :fi~c~l year than d.nriug any preceding year oflate, making a very large 

difference, reaching nearly a quarter of a million dollars. For tbe 

Sioux alone, under our treaties with them, we have been obli<Ted to 

:pay ·110,000 more for beef during the current year th:1n we did durmg the last year. In addition to that, we are appropriating larcrer sums for school ptu'poses than heretofore, for the reason that heretofore schools have been very largely supported out of a trust fund 

which is now becoming exhausted, so that we have now to make ap~ propriations to supply the deficiency . . Mr. SPARKS. How can the gentleman state t.hat the appropria- tion for beef to supply the Sioux agency is l arger for the year ending 

June 30, 1883, than for the current year' 

Mr. RYAN. If the gentleman will pardon me, I made no such statement. 

.Mr. SPARKS. I so understood. 

Mr. RYAN. I stated that for the current fiscal year this expense 

at those agencies was greater than for the precedin(J' year by the 

amount I mentioned, berng 170,000 for the Sioux alon~. :Mr. ROBESON. I desire to make one answer to the gentlemall 
1536 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. MARCH 1, 

from Indiana. This bill appropriates 351,600 more than the corre- Bponding bill of last year; but the urgent deficiency bill, which we paS.sed here the other day, appropriates for deficiencies which ought 

to have been in the bill of last year more than $500,000. So that in 

this l1ill we are 150,000belowtheexpenditures for the current year. 

Mr. BLOUNT. I must dissent from the statement made by the 

gentlemanfi·omNewJersey1 [1\Ir. ROBESON.] Several millionsofdolla.rs appropriated in this bill and in previous Indian bills are not dependent upon treaty stipulation at all. 'Ve are expending large sums of money for the Indians without any obligation on the part of the 

Government; and when we have sou~ht to reduce the amount ex- pended in thl w ay, when we have believed we were doing what was right in this direction, the Department has gone on andspentmoney 

without reference to the limitations provided by Congress, and then 

ha come back here with claims for deficiencies. It has stood in defiance of the will of this House for years. It has gone on expending 

money until the Indians were without supplies, and then a pressure 

has been brought to bear upon this House in the matter of Indian 

supplies, a-s in other deficiencies. 

Now, in regard to the Sioux the gentleman from Kansas claims 

that there is a deficiency growing out of the treaties. That depends 

upon construction. We debated the question in the last Congress, 

and I must dissent from the conclusion of the gentleman. I think we voted every dollar that the Indians were entitled to under the 

treaties. So far as deficiencies are concerned, there are many matters just as illegitimate as the e, for which from year to year this 

pre sure has been brought upon us. We have in our appropriation 

bills measured the expenses as we thought they should be; but an impr9per administration has done away with all tha,t we might do. 

The CHAIRMAN. Debate is exhausted. The question is on the 

amendment of the gentleman from Indiana, [Mr. HOLl\IAN.] 

Mr. HOLJ\-IAN. On reflection I withdraw that amendment, and I now move to strike out the last clan e of the section. I wish to inquire of the gentleman in charge of this bill whether he assumes that 

la t year and in former years Congress did not appropriate the whole 

amount required to be appropriated for these tribes according to the 

treaties with them. Does he say that the sum appropriated last year, 

which was certainly almost without example, was less th ln the 

trea,ty stipulations requil'ed Y 

:Mr. RYAN. I have just stated-at least I think I have-that the 

appropriations for the present fi cal year exceeded the appropriations for the year ending June30, 1881; and I have stated the reason. Mr. HOLMAN. My point hi this: how can the gentleman talk 

about a deficiency, if Congress appropriated all that the treaty stipulations required Y If Congress failed to appropriate the amount of 

money required by treaties to be appropriated for t.he Indians, then 

a deficiency might have occurred; but if the appropriations were fully 

up to the treaty stipulations, then there could be no such thing as a deficiency. · Mr. RYAN. Let me tell the gentleman how Congre s failed to make 

the nece sary appropriation. The treaty requires you shall ~ive so many pounds of beef, so many pounds of coffee, so many articles of 

clothing, and it cost more dollars to buy them in 1882 than in 1881. 

Mr. HOUIAN. That is true, but does the gentleman say there are enough of treaties containing suuh stipulatioill:l to make the difference 

half a million dollars Y 

Mr. RYAN. I say in regard to the Sioux alone it costs 170,000 more for beef for the current year than for the preceding year. Mr. HOLMAN. I can see where payment is made in kind there 

might be such a thing as a deficiency, but when the gentleman speaks 

of a. deficiency gi'owing out of unlawful expenditure of the money of 

the appropriation then I cannot agree with him. 

I will call the gentleman's attention to the average. This bill 

averages 350,000 above the same bill during the lastfiveyear, taking them together, and with the exception of once or twice there was no material deficiency to be provided for. 

Mr. RYAN. I wish to state oneotherthingincounection with the 

Sioux. The tribes to which I have made allusion have been increasing in numbers. In addition, I will state that on the 20th of last 

July something like 2,800 Sioux were added to the number to be provided, and that was not contemplated by the appropriation when it was made. 

l\fr. FLOWER. In the ur~ent deficiency bill the other day 1,000 was appropriated for procurmg vaccine virus, while in this bill for 

the whole fiscal year the appropriation for the same purpo e is only 

00. Why is this Y ~1]:. ~YAN. The small-pox, as the gentleman is aware, has been 

pr valent of late. 

:M.r. FLOWER. The reason the country ascribes for the ru.fference is 

that the virus which was purchased by the Indian Bureau was virus 

taken from "hooking cows," and that most of it was used by the 

ludian agents on them elves, which will account for orne of their 

"hooking" peculiarities of which we have heard so muuh complaint of late. LLauO'hter.] 

Mr. SPARKS. 1\Ir. Chairman, I understand the gentleman from 

Indiana withdraws his motion to strike out. Now, I remember incorporating in the Indian appropriation bill some years ago a section 

similar to this. And if the officials managing Indian affairs will 

attend to it ri9htly it is a good provi ion. The point simply is to 

allow where tnere is a surplus in one item that surplus t.o be used 

for a deficiency in another item. If the officials will act correctly 

it is a good provision. 

The gentleman speaks of increased cost at these Sioux agencies. 

He ought to remember in the Forty-fifth Congress we removed the 

Sioux tribe from where they had been to their present location. We 

provided for that costly removal and for settling them where they now are, and yet the appropriations were not in excess of what is 

proposed to-day. Everybody will see at once that involved the 

expenditure of a great deal of money. 

But I wi h to come to the subject of deficiency. I do not see how 

that could occur. It is said there is so much beef to be provided 

for. That is not your appropriation, it is the appropriation of so much money to furnish the e supplies. 

Mr. RYAN. No, the Sioux treaty is in kind. 

1\Ir. SPARKS. Your appropriation is for money for the Sioux 

tribe, and not in kind. 

Mr. HASKELL. But the treaty is "in kind." 

Mr. SPARKS. You speak of the treaty. What is a treaty t 

1\lr. HASKELL. It is a law. 

1\Ir. SPARKS. But you do not live up to it in anything. 

Mr. HASKELL. You have not for the last six years. 

1\Ir. SPARKS. If you stand by Indian treaties you would not havt>. to appropriate the money you do in this bill; but we have taken 

this view uf it, that it is better to take care of the Indians by feed· 

ing them than fighting them, and you go beyond your treaties. These 

appropriations are far beyond the treaties. In some particular instances they may not be, but there is hardly a case where there 

is a treaty with a tribe that the appropriation by Congress is not 

largely in excess of what it would be under any proper constructio11 

of the treaty. That is my experience. 

Mr. RYAN moved the committee rise. 

The motion was agreed to. 

The committee accordingly rose; and the Speaker having resumet\ 

the chair, Mr. PAGE reported that the Committee of the Whole Houst. on the st.ate of the Union had, accordin~ to order, had onder con- sideration the bill (H. R. No. 4185) makmg appropriations for the 

current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for 

fulfilling treaty stipulations \vith various Indian tribes for the year 

ending June 30, 1883, and for other purposes, and had directed him 

to report the same back to the House with amendments. 

Mr. RYAN demanded the previous question. 

The previous question was ordered. 

The amendments were agreed to; and the bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, 

it wa.s accordingly read the third time. 

The SPEAKEH.. Under the rules the yeas and nays will be taken on the passage of the bill. 

The question wa.s taken; and it was decided in the affirmativeyeas 162, nays 5, not voting 125; as follows : 

.Aldrich, 

.Anderson, 

.Armfield, 

.Atkins, 

Barr, 

Beach, Berry, Bingham, 

BlacK. 

Blanchard, 

Blount, 

Briggs, 

Burrow , Julius C. 

Burrows, Jos. H. 

Calkins, 

Camp, 

Campbell, 

Candler, 

Cannon, 

Carpenter, 

Cassidy, 

Chace, 

Chalmers, 

Chapman, 

Clark, Clements, 

Cobb, 

Converse, 

Cook, 

Cox, William R. 

Covington, 

Crnvens, 

Cullen, 

Curtin 

Cutts,' 

Davis, George R. 

Dawes, 

Deering, 

Deuster, 

Dibrell, Dingley, 

Hooker, .r ones, .r ames K. 

.A.iken, 

.Allen, 

.Atherton, 

Barbour, 

YEAS--162. 

Dowd, Klotz, 

Dup-o, Lacey, Ellis, Ladd, 

Errett, Le Fevre, 

Evins, Lewis, 

Farwell, Sewell S. Lord, 

Fisher, Manning, Flower, Marsh, 

Ford, Mason, 

Forney, McClure, 

G:uTison, McCoid, 

Geddes, McCook, 

George, McKenzie, 

Gibson, McKinley, Guenther, McMillin, 

Gunter, Miles, 

Hammond, N . .r. Miller, 

Hardenbergh, Moore, 

Hardy, Morse, 

Haseltine, MosgroYe, Haskell, Muldrow, 

Hatch, Mnt<Jhler, 

Hawk, Neal, 

Henderson, Norcross, 

~:¥~~~· 8~'ili. Hewitt, .A.bra.m S. Parker, 

Hewitt, G. W. Peelle, 

Hill, Pierce, 

Hiscock, Pettibone, 

Hoge, Phlster, 

Holl:na.n, .Pound, 

Horr, Ranney, Honse, Reagan, Hubbell, Rice, Willirun W. 

Hubbs, Rich, 

Humphrey, Ritchie, 

Hutchins, RobinMn, Goo. D. 

Jacobs, Robinson, .Tames S. 

.Tones, George W. Robin on, Wm. E. 

.r ones, Phincaa RosecraD8, 

NAYS--5. 

Ryan, 

Scranton, Shallenberger, 

Sherwin, 

Simonton, 

Singleton, Otho R. Skinner, • Smith, .A.. H err Smith, Dietrich C. 

Smith, .r. Hyatt Sparks, 

Spanlding, 

Speer, 

Spooner, Steele, 

st.one, Strait, 

Taylor, 

Tillman, 

Townsend, .Amos 

Turner, Henry G. 

Turner, Oscar 

Updegraff, J'. T. 

Updegraff, Thomas 

Upc>on, 

Valentine, 

Vance, 

VIUl.A.emam, 

Wadsworth, 

Wait, 

Warner, 

Watson, 

White, 

Whitthorne, 

Williams, Thomas 

Willis 

Willit~, 

Wilson, 

Wise, George D. 

Scales, Singleton, J'as. W. Stockslager. 

NOT VOTING-125. 

Bayne, 

Belford, 

Belmont, 

Beltzhoover, 

Blackburn, 

Bland, 

Bliss, 

BoWlnan. 

Bragg, 

Brewer, 

Browne, 

Bl11lDlD. 
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Buchanan, Fulkerson. Mills, Shultz, 

Buck, Godshalk, · Money, Springer, Buckner, , Grout, Morey, Stephens, :Butterworth, Hall, Mornson, Talbott, Cabell, Hammond, John Moulton, Thomas, · Caldwell, Harmer Murch, Thompson, P. B. 

Carlisle, Harris, Benj. W. Nolan, Thompson. Wm.G. 

Caswell, Harris, Henry·s. Orth, Townshend, R. W. 

Clardy, Hazelton, Pacheco, Tucker, Colerick, Heilman, Page, Tyler~ 

Cornell, Herndon Paill, Urner, 

Cox, SamuelS. Hoblitzell, • Payson, Van Horn, 

Crapo, Houk, Phelp , Van Voorhis, Crowley, Jadwin, Prescott, ,Walker, Culb Torge~oen Randall, Ward 

Darr:u:on, Joyce:= ' Ray, Washburn, Davidson, Kasson, Rooa., Webber, Davis, LowndesH. Kelley, Rice, John B. Wellborn, De Motte, Kenna, Rice, Theron M. West, Dezendorf, Ketcham, Richardson, D.P. Wheeler, Dibble, King, Richardson, Jno. S. Williams, Chas. G. 

Dunn, Knott, Robertson, Wise, Mor~n R. 

Dunnell, Latham, Robeson, Wood, BeDJa.min Dwight, Leedom, Ross, Wood, Walter A. 

Ermentrout, Lindsey, Rnssell, Young. 

Farwell, Martin, Scoville, 

Finley, Matson, Shackelford, 

Frost, McLane, Shelley, 

So the bill was passed. 

The following pairs were announced: 

Mr. W .AIT with Mr. KE!'\TNA. 

:Mr. THOMPSOY, of Iowa, with Mr. MILLS. 

Mr. I!ARrus, of Massachusetts, with Mr. HARRIS, of New Jersey. 

Mr. COLERICK with Mr. DE MOTTE. 

Mr. DAVIDSON with Mr. THOMAS. 

Mr. PRESCOTT with Mr. SHELLEY. 

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Mr. BAYNE with Mr. HARRIS of New Jersey. · Mr. FARWELL, of illinois, with Mr. CALDWELL. 

Mr. RoB'ESON with Mr. CARLISLE. 

Mr. WEBBER with Mr. BRAGG. 

Mr . .AIKEN with Mr. WARD. 

Mr. JOYCE with Mr. MATSON. . Mr. MOREY. I was paired with ·Mr. ATHERTON; and though the 

pair has expired, I will ·not vote upon this bill. 

1\Ir. HARRIS, of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I am a'DD.ounced. as being paired with two different gen~le~en. I have no recollec?on 

of having any arrangement for a pall' With Mr. BAYNE. · I ampall'ed 

wit h Mr. HARRIS, ofMassachusetts. 

On motion of Mr. ffiSCOCK, by 'wianimous consent, the reading 

of the names was dispensed with. 

Mr. ROBINSON, of New York. In this c:tse, although paired with 

Mr. CRAPo, I voted, for the reason that I supposed he would have 

voted the same way' if present. . The result of the vote was then announced as reC()rded. 'Mr. RYAN moved 'to reconsider tlie 'vote by'which the bill was passed; 'and· also 'moved 'that the motion to recm1.sider be laid on the 

table. 

The latter motion was agreed to. 

ENROLLED BILL SIG..."'m. 

Mr. 'SHALLENBERGER, from the Coinmittee on Enrolled Bills, 

reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled a bill 

of the following title; when the Speaker signed the same: A bill (H. R. No. 4679) to. authorize the Secretary of the Treasury 

to furnish impressions of the cards of invitation to the Garfield me- morial service. RIDL.~G PAGE. 

Mr. HISCOCK. I ask consent at this time to offer, for reference 

to the Committee on Accounts, the resolution which I send to the 

dMk · The SPEAKER. 'fhe resolution will be read. 

The Clerk read as follows: 

lluol'Ved, That the Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to appoint a page to do duty as riding page at a salary J)f $2.50 per diem, to be paid out of the contingent fund of the House. 

The resolution was referred to the Committee on Acconnts. 

BETTY TAYLOR DANDRIDGE. 

Mr. HEWITT, of New York, by nhanimons consent, introduced a bill (H. R. No. 4719) granting a pension to Betty Taylor Dandridge; 

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

ANNA MARIA YOUNG. 

lli. WATSON, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. No. 

4720) granting a pension to Anna Maria Young; which was read a :first and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, 

and ordered to be printed. 

HARBOR OF 'ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA. 

Mr. WATSON 'also, byv:nan.iinou.s con:.sent, introduced a bill (H. R. 

No. 4721) to erect alight on the mainland at theharborofErie, Pennsylvania f . which :Was. rend a first' and second time, referred to the 

Committee on Co:niinerce; l:tnd orderei to be :Printed. 

ARCHIBALD HUNLEY. 

Mr.'.sPARKS, by unanimous consent, from ·the Committee on MilXIII-97 

itary Affairs, reported back the bill (H. R. No. 4657) granting relief 

to Archibald Hunley; which was referred to the Committee of the 

Whole House on the Private Calendar, and the accompanying report 

ordered to be printed. 

STARLIN TUR"YER. 

Mr. PEELLE, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R.;No. 

4722) for the relief of Mrs. Starlin Turner; which rns read a first 

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

to be printed. 

SiliUEL ALADICE. 

Mr. PEELLE also, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 

No. 4723) granting an increase of pension to Samuel Aladice; which was read a :first and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. 

ENCAMPMENT lli'DIANA STATE TROOPS. 

Mr. PEELLE also, by unanimous consent introduced a joint reso- lution (H. R. No. 147) granting to the State of Indiana the use of 

tents, on the occasion of the encampment of State troops during the 

year 1882; which was read a :first and second time, referred to the 

Committee on :Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. 

R. R. ROBINSON. 

"Mr. PETTIBONE, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 

No. 4724) for the relief of R. R. Robinson; which was read a first 

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

ordered to be printed. CYRUS K. OSGOOD. 

Mr. BLACK, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. No. 

4725) for the relief of the legal representatives and sureties of Cyrus 

K. Osgood, deceased ; which was read a first and second time, re- ferred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. 

TESTS OF STRUCTURAL MATERIALS. 

Mr. CAMPBELL, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 

No. 4726) autliorizing-the President to appoint a commission of experts, 

skilled in the investigation, production, and use of metallic substances 

and other structural materials, to execute tests and experiments on iron, steel, and other materials used in the constrnction of bridges, 

buildings, and mechanical structures, and deduct useful rules therefrom; which was read a :first and second time, referred to the Committee on Manufactures, and ordered to be printed. 

RELIEF OF ARMY CONTRACTORS. 

Mr. UPSON, by unanimous cori.sent, introduced a joint resolution 

(H. R. No. 148) for the relief of contractors failing to comply With 

their contracts to supply ·military posts with corn, hay, or oats, by 

reason<>fdrought in the State of Texas in the year 1881; which was read a first and··second time. 

Mr. UPSON. I ask that the joint resolution be referred to the 

Committee on Military Affairs. 

The SPEAKER. Should it not rather go to the Committee on War 

Claims f The Chair does not understand how the resolution can be 

intended for the relief of contractors unless it be to pay them some money, 

~rr: SPRINGER. Or else to relieve them from paying money which 

they owe, which is the 'same thing. 

Mr. UPSON. The object ofthejoint resolution is to relieve these 

contmotors from liability. 

The SPEAKER. Then it must go to the Committee on the .Judiciary. 

The joint resolution was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. 

TERRITORIAL COURTS. 

Mr. BRENTS, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. No. 

4727) amending section 1874 of the Revised Statutes. relatin~ to cer- tain Territorial courts ; which was read a :first and second tune, re- ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. 

NATIONAL BA!'\TJUNG ASSOCIATIONS. 

Mr. HARDENBERGH, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill 

(H. R. No. 4728) to extend the corporate existence of national banking associations; which was read a first and second time, referred to 

the Committee on Banking and Currency, and ordered to be printed. 

JACOB PASSAGE. 

'Mr. SPAULDING, (by request,) by unanimous consent, introduced ·a bill (H. R. No. 4729) to rerate the pension of Jacob Passage; 

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

SAMUEL G. M'LAUGHLIN. 

Mr. SPAULDING (by request) also, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. No. 4730) for the relief of Samuel G. McLa.ughlin; which was read a first and second time, and referred to the 

Committee on Military Affairs. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT AT RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA. 

Mr. COX, ofNorth Carolina. by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. No. 4731) to establish a district court of the United States 

at Raleigh, in the eastern district ofNorth Carolina; which. was t·~a~ 
1538 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. MARon 1, 

a first and econd time, 1·eferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 

and orderecl tQ be printed. 

TR~~SPORTATIO~ OF CERT~ ARTICLES O:Y VESSELS. 

Mr. WARD, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. No. 

4732) to alter and amend section 4472 ·of the Revised Statutes of the 

United States, reln,ting to the transportation of certain articles on vessels; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. 

JA.,:IES O'BRIEN. 

Mr. HARDY, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. No. 

4733) to remove the charge of desertion from the military record of 

James O'Brien ; which was read a first and second time1 referred to 

the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be prmted 

JOSEPH M. CUM:\!DIG AND OTHERS. 

Mr. HARDY also, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 

No. 4734) for the relief of Joseph M. Cumming, Hamilton J. Miller, 

aml William McRoberts; which was read a first and second time, 

referred to the C<>mmittee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. 

SETTLERS O:Y RAILROAD La"DS. 

Mr. STRAIT, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. No. 

4735) for the relief of settlers on railroad lands; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, 

and ordered to be printed. 

EDWARD CORNING. 

}:lr. STR.A.IT also, by unanimous consent, introduced a hill (H. R. 

No. 4736) for the relief of Edward Corning; which was read a first 

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

ordered to be printed. 

VIRGL."ilUS Th"'>EliNITY Fillffi. 

Mr. SPRINGER, by unanimous consent, introduced a joint resolution (H. R. No. 149) authorizing the payment of a portion of the Virginius indemnity fund to the mother of General W. A. C. Ryan; 

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

MARY J. TRThffiLE. 

Mr. JONES, of New Jersey, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. No. 4737) for the relief of Mary J. Trimble; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Claims, 

and ordered to be printed. 

BOUNTIES TO FARRAGUT'S COMM~~. 

Mr. JONES, ofNewJersey, also, byunanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. No. 4738) to provide for the payment of bounties due to 

the officers and sailors of the United States vessels under the com- mand of flag-officer D. G. Farra~ut; which was read a first and 

second time, referred to the CoiDIDlttee on Naval Affairs, and ordered 

to be printed. 

BRIDGE ACROSS YOUNG'S RIVER, ETC., OREGON. 

Mr. GEORGE, by unanimous c<msent, introduced a bill (H. R. 

No. 4739) givi.I:~ the consent of the United States to the erection of 

bridges across roung's River and across the Lewis and Clark Rivers, 

in Ore~on; which wa-s read a first and second time, referred to the 

CoiD.IDlttee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. 

:MUSTER-ROLLS OF OREGO)f VOLUNTEERS. 

Mr. GEORGE also, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. 

R. No. 4740) relating to the muster-rolls of the Oregon volunteers; 

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

JO~ B. MOl-."'TEETH. 

Mr. GEORGE also, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. 

R. No. 4741) to adjust the accounts of John B. Monteith, deceased; 

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

MARTHA F. WOODRUM. 

Mr. GEORGE also, by unanimous consent, inhoduced a bill (H. R. 

No. 4742) to grant a pension to Mrs. Martha P. Woodrum; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid 

Pensions, and ordered to be printed. 

ELIZABETH BATES. 

· Mr. GEORGE also, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 

No.4743)forthereliefofElizabeth Bates; which wasreadafirstand 

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

print.ed. 

DR. JOHN A. TONNER. 

Mr. GEORGE also, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 

No. 4744) for the relief of Dr. John A. Tonner; which was read a first 

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

to be printed. SOLDIERS' CEMETERY, HAMILTO:N, OIDO. 

Mr. MOREY, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. No. 

4745) to authorize the Secretary of War to furnish condemned can- non for the soldiers' cemetery at Hamilton: Ohio; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, 

and ordered to be printed. 

ORRIN J. STRAUSBRO. 

l:lr. WIL.LITS, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. No. 

4746) to remove the charge of desertion against Orrin J. Strausbro; 

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

MARINE HOSPITAL AT MEMPIDS, TENNESSEE. 

l:lr. MOORE, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. No. 

4747) to amend an act entitled" An act to provide for the construction of a marine hospital in the city of Memphis, Tennessee;" which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the 

Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. 

PATENT LAWS. 

Mr. CARPENTER, by unanimous consent, presented a joint reso- lution of the General Assembly of tho State of Iowa, in favor of sG 

amending the patent laws of the United States as to protect the people; which was referred to the Committee on Patents. 

CAPTAIN HORACE GAMBLE. 

Mr. RICE, of Ohio, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. 

R. No. 4748) to correct the muster of Captain Horace Gamble; whlch was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Mill-= 

tary Affairs, and ordered to be printed. 

COUPLL~G OF RAILROAD CARS. 

Mr. CALKINS, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 

No. 4749) to regulate the coupling of cars on the various railroads m 

the United States and providing penalties for the violation of the 

provisions of this act; which was read a first and second time, re- ferred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. 

MARIE J. FURLO:YG Al-."1> JENNIE M:. PARKS. 

Mr. CALKINS also, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. 

R. No. 4750) for the relief ofMarie J. Furlong andJennieM. Parks; 

which was read a first and second time, l'eferred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to b~ printed. 

LEWIS DEEMS. 

Mr. CALKINS also, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. 

R. No. 4751)for thereliefofLewis Deems; which was read a firs-i and 

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

to be printed. 

R. ]'(, BRUSH. 

Mr. CALKINS also, by unanimous consent1 introduced a bill (H. 

R. No. 4752) for .the relief of R. K. Brush; which was read a first and 

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

printed. 

ISABEL M'DOWELL. 

Mr. RICE, of Ohio, by unanimous consent, reported back from the 

Committee on Invalid Pensions with a favorable recommendation the 

bill (H. R. No. 1329) grantin~ arrears of pension to Isa.bel McDowell; 

which was referred to the vommittee of the Whole on. the Private 

Calendar, and the accompanying report ordered to be printed. 

CO:YSULAR .Al\"1> DIPLO~fATIC APPROPRIATION BILL. 

Mr. BURROWS, of Michigan. I desire to give notice that I IJropose to call up to-morrow the consular and diplomatic appropriation 

bill, and shall ask the House to proceed to its consideration. 

LEAVE OF ABSENCE. 

By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted, as follows: 

To Mr. ScRANTON, for ten days, on a-ccount of important business. 

To Mr. ROBINSON, of New York, for ten days, from and including 

to-morrow, on account of important business. 

"WITHDRAWAL OF PAPERS. 

Mr. GEORGE asked consent to withdraw from the files of the 

House the papers in the followiu~ cases: The claim of Bowers & Richar<J.s; 

The claim of E. M. Fish & Co. ; 

The claim of William B. Hughes; a.nd 

The claim of William B. Hooper & Co. 

Mr. HOLMAN. Is it stated that there have been no adverse reports 

in those cases 'f 

The SPEAKER. Under the present rule that is not required. 

Mr. HOLMAN. It should be required. 

The SPEAKE.R. The rule requires that copies shall be left in all cases. The Chair is informed that there have been no adverso reporte 

in these cases. There being no objection, leave was granted accordingly. 

Mr. BURROWS, of Michigan. I move that the House now adjourn. 

The motion was agreed to; and accordingly (at five o'clock and 

twenty minutes p. m.) the House adjourned. 

PETITIONS. 

The following memorials, petitions, and other papers were laid on the Clerk's desk, under the rule, and referred as follows : By Mr. ALDRICH: The petition of theN orth Chicago Rolling-Mill 

CompaD.y, relative to dredging Calumet Harbor-to the Committee on Commerce. 

By Mr. ATKINS: Papersrelatingtotheclaimof JamesN. Hunterto the Committee on War Claims. 
1882. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 1539 

Also, the petition of Isaac N. Johnson, for a pension-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . By Mr. BRENTS: The petition of citizens ofWashington Territory, 

praying the forfeiture of ceryain lands cl~ed by ~he Northern Pacific Railroad-to the Comnnttee on the Pacific Railroad. · By Mr. BUCHANAN: 'l'he petition of 260 citizens of Columbus, 

Georgia, for the repeal of the tax on bank deposits and the two-cent 

stamp on bank checks and drafts-to the Committee on Ways and 

Means. 

Bv Mr. CAMP: The petition of John L. Ransom and others, citizens of New York, for legislation granting a pension to Union soldiers 

who were confined in rebel prisons-to the Committee on Invalid 

Pensions. 

By Mr. CARPENTER: The petitions of 126 citizens of Sac County, 

and of 172 citizens of Cherokee County, asking that the same privileges and encouragement be given to bllilding bridges across the 

Missouri River above Omaha as below said city-severally to the 

Committee on Commerce. 

By Mr. CHAPMAN: The petition of Joseph Price and 105 others, 

citizens of Maryland, praying for an appropriationfordeepeningthe 

channel of Chickamuxon Creek, a tributary of the Potomac Riverto the same committee . .Also, the petition of H. Clay Waid and 132 others, citizens of Maryland and Virginia., for an appropriation of $5,000 for removing obstructions to the navigation of Piscataway Creek, a tributary of the 

Potomac River-to the same committee. 

By Mr. CURTIN: The petition of Allan .A. Craig, for relief-to the 

Committee on Military Affairs. 

By Mr. DEERING: The joint resolution of the General .Assembly 

of the State of Iowa, asking Congress to amend the patent laws so as .to protect innocent purchasers of patented articles-to the Committee on Patents. 

By 1\li'. DUNN: Papers relating to the claim of Pleasant H. Thomp- son and of Benjamin :1! .... Wallace-severally to the Committee on 

War Claims. 

By Mr. DUNNELL: Papers relating to the claim of William S. 

Grant-to the same committee. 

By 1\.fr. ERRETT: Two petitions, embracing the names of 57 workingmen of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in favor of the passage of the 

McKinley bill :fixing the rates of duty on manufactures of iron, steel, 

&c.-severally to the Committee on Ways and Means. 

By Mr. S. S. FARWELL: The petition of Harvey Baker and 91 

others, citizens of Iowa, praying that Congress enact a law conkolling railroad and other corporations, and to prevent extortion and 

discrimination in their charges-to the Committee on Railways and 

Canals. 

By Mr. HEPBURN: The petition of Reuben Newton and many 

others, citizens of Iowa, asking that authority be given for the con- struction of bridges across the Missouri River above Omaha on as favorable terms as have been granted to persons erecting bridges below Omaha and at points on tne Mississippi River-to the Committee on Commerce. 

By Mr . .A. S. HE...WITT: The petition of the Board of Trade and 

citizens of Paterson, New Jersey, for an appropriation for the erec- tion of a public puilding at that place-to the Committee on Public 

Buildings and Grounds. 

By Mr. HILL: The petition of citizens of Paterson, for an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of Passaic River between Passaic and Paterson-to the Committee on CQ.IOIIlerce. 

By :Mr. HISCOCK: The petition of Samuel Keator and others, 

citizens of Courtland, New York, for the repeal of the tax on bank 

deposits and the two-cent stamp on bank checks and drafts-to the 

Committee on Banking and Currency. 

By Mr. KASSON: Papers relating to the pension claim of Benjamin J e:ffdes-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By M.T'. LINDSEY: The petition of Mary E. Ketcham, widow of 

James Ketcham, asking for pay for the destruction of currency-to 

the Committee on Claims. 

By Mr. MANNING: Papers relating to the claim of Jordan Broadway, of Nancy P. Garrison, of William P. !vie, and of D~vid T. 

Saunders-severally to the Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. McKINLEY: The petition of L . .A. Mason and others, citi- zens of Columbiana County, Ohio, for legislation to regulate international and interstate commerce and against unjust discrimination 

in rates by railroad corporations-to the Committee on Commerce. 

By Mr. McLANE : Papers relating to the claim of Mrs. Priscilla 

Decatur Twiggs, for an increase of pension-to the Committee on 

Pensions. 

By Mr. MONEY: The petition of Elijah Vandever, for relief-to 

the Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. MOORE: Papers relating to the claim of .Ann D. Connell, 

"xecutrix of the estate of Hiram D. Connell, deceased; of Lucy E. 

Dowdy, executrix of James 1\f. Priddyz of Sarah Waters, administratrix of William R. \Vebberand Henrue E. Revell, executorsofthe 

estate of M. W. \Vebber, deceased; of William H. Wood, administrator of David H. Hildebrand; of Abner W. Lanier; 'of Fannie T. 

Hunt, and of William .A. Williamson-severally to the same com- mittee. 

Also, papers relating to the claim of John McDowell-to the same committee. · . 

By 1\Ir.l\illLDRO\V: The petition of Theodoric C. Lyon, for reliefto the Committee on Claims. 

By Mr. NEAL: The petition of Benjamin Martin and 50 others, 

citizens of Gallia County, Ohio, for legislation to regulate charges 

for railway transportation-to the Committee on Commerce. 

.Also, the resolutions of the Dick Lambert lodge of the Grand .Army 

of the Republic at Ironton, Ohio, in favor of paying increased pensions to di a bled soldiers, their widows and orphans, and against the 

reduction of taxation on spirits and tobacco-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . By Mr. O'NEILL: .Additional papers relating to the claim of John 

.A. WaO'ner-to the Committee on Military .Affairs. 

By Mr. SIMONTON: Papers relating to the claim of James .A. Bowling, of S. Peyton, of John T. Warren, of Robert Talley, of James E. 

Wood, and of Gideon B. Wray-severally to the Committee on War 

Claims. 

By Mr. WILLI.A...."\1 G. THOMPSON: The petition of over 200 citi- zens of Iowa and Nebraska, praying that the Sioux City and Pacific 

Railroad Company be authorized to build a bridge over the Missouri 

River on terms and conditions as favorable as have been granted to 

other railroad companies-to the Committee on Commerce. 

By Mr . .AMOS TOWNSE~: The petition of George W. Rice, William Hill, and 50 others; of George Paul, }\ S. Heath, J. G. Reed, 

and 50 others; and of D. M. Slocum, R. R. Morrison, and 100 others, 

asking for the passage of the bill relating to the duties on hoop-ironseverally to the Comw.ittee on Ways and Means. 

By 1\-Ir. TYLER: The petition of Hon. Charles M. Lamb and 50 

others, citizens of Royalton and Tunbridge; and the resolutions 

adopted by the citizens of Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, in mass meeting assemllled, asking the passage of the Edm1mds bill or some other 

law for the efiectnal suppression of polygamy-severally to the Committee on the Judiciary. 

By Mr. THOMAS UPDEGRAFF: The joint resolutions of the General.Assembly of Iowa, praying for the amendment of the patent laws, so as to protect innocent purchasers of patented articles-to the Committee on Patents . .Also, the petition of William Mott, F. H. Welzel, H. P. Dawes; 

and 86 others, citizens of Postville; and of Rev. C. C. Cragin, J. F. 

Liebhardt, WilliamJ. Gilchrist, and 1,627 others, citizens of Clayton 

County, Iowa, for immediate and effective measures for the suppression of polygamy-severally to the Committee on the Judic.iary. 

By 1\fr. UPSON: The petition of Joseph Magoffin, .A. Blocker, J. 

P. Hague, and others, citizens of El Paso, Texas, praying for an appropriation to construct an .approach to Fort Bliss-to the Committee on Military .Affairs. 

By Mr. V .ANCE : The petition of N. J. Smith, principal chief of 

the Eastern Cherokees, praying that exclusive jurisdiction be given 

the United States courts over all civil matters pertaining to them 

in their tribal or individual capacity-to the Committee on Indian 

.Affairs. 

.Also, papers relating to the claim of Polly Tatham, administratrix 

of the estate of James C. Tatham, for compensation for surveying 

Indian lands-to the same committee. . By Mr. V .AN VOORHIS: The petition of the members of the Rochester (New York) .Academy of Science, asking for a reduction in the 

duties on books of a scientific character and scientific apparatusto the Committee on Ways and Means. 

By lli. WADSWORTH: The petition of 40 citizens of Peun Yan, 

New York, for the repeal of the tax on bank deposits and the twocent stamp on bank checks and drafts-to the same committee. 

.Also, the petition of soldiers of .Albany, New York, praying that 

pensions be granted to Federal soldiers who were confined in rebel 

prisons during the la,te rebellion-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. W .ASHBURN : Memorial of H. C. Wait and others, citizens 

of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, asking for legislation that will allow the 

construction of a dam in the Mississippi River at that point-to the 

Committee on Commerce. 

By Mr. M. R. WISE : Papers relating to the pension claim ofWalter 

J. Plowden-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

SENATE. 

THURSDAY, March 2, 1882. 

Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. J. J. :BuLLOCK, D. D. 

The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. 

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. 

The PRESIDENT pro tentpore. The Chair presents resolutions of 

the directors of the Union League of Philadelphia, recommending 

the plan of Mr. Oliver Evans Woods for better securing the delivery 

of foreign letters through the United States ma:ils. 

Mr. FERRY. Judging from what has been stated, I imagine that 

that communication concerns the delivery of dead letters, both foreign and domestic, and I ask that the resolutions be read. 

Mr. EDMUNDS. I do not think we ought to encumber the REcORD, which is an enormous expense, by :reading the resolutions. If