1888. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 9151 

PETITIONS, .ETC. 

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

under the rule, and referred as follows: 

By Mr. HARMER: Petition of citizens of the Fifth district of Pennsylvania, against the admission of Utah with polygamy-to the Committee on the Territories. · 

By 1\Ir. PERKINS: Evidence in support of the bill granting a pension to George D. I mel, of Kans~s-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By l'.Ir. R.OBERTSON: Petition of Levi Starn, East Feliciana Parish, 

Loui iana, for reference of his claim for stores and supplies used by 

the United States Army during late war to the Court of Claims-to the 

Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. WHEELER: Petition of Urs. Cassa Simpson, of Lauderdale 

County, Alabama, for xeference of her claim to the Court of Claimsto the Committee on War Claims. 

SENATE. 

THURSDAY, October 4, 1888. 

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

The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was xend and approved. 

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. 

Mr. CAI\IERO:N presented a petition of citizens of Apollo, Pa., praying for the repeal of that por:tion of the internal-revenue law which 

cia es druggists as wholesale liquor dealers; which was referred to 

the Committee on Finance. 

1\Ir. VANCE presented a memorial of W. L. Lassite and 57 others, 

citizens of Northampton County, North Carolina, praying for a certain 

amendmenttothe interstate commerce law; which was 1·eferred tothe 

Committee on Interstate Commerce. 

REPORTS OF co:~niiTTEES. 

Mr. CHANDLER, from the Select Committee on Indian Traders, to 

-whom were referred the following bills, reported them without amendment: 

A bill (S. 3582) to authorize the sale of timber on certain lands reserved for the use ofthe Chippewa. bands ofindians in the States of Wisconsin and ?!Iinnesota; and 

A bill (8. 3583) regulating the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians. Mr. SAWYER, from t}le Committee on Pensions, to whom was re- ferred the bill (S. 3529) granting a pension to Miss Elizabeth E. Tuttle, 

reported it with amendmen~, and submitted a report thereon. 

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

R. 6334) for the relief of Isaac Rosh on: reported it without amendment, 

and submitted a report thereon. 

l\Ir. WALTHALL, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom 

was referred the bill (H. R. 483) for the relief of Elizabeth Jones, 

widow of John Jones, dece:ased, and to place the name of said John 

Jones on the muster-rolls of Company B, Second Regiment North Carolina Mounted Infantry, reported it with an amendment, and submitted 

a report thereon. · . Mr. PADDOCK, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred the following bills, reported them severally without amendment, 

and submitted reports thereon: 

A bill (H. R. 9668) granting a pension to Joseph Rosier; 

A bill (H. R. 210) granting a pension to Ephraim Nye; 

A bill (H. R. 7) granting a pension to Thomas B. W~lsh; 

A bill {H. R. 308) granting a pension to John Lynn; 

A bill (H. R. 9178) granting ai)ension to Jane Jackson; 

A bill (H. R. 7683) granting increase of pension to Hugh Brady; and 

A bill (H. R. 9173) granting a pension to Mary J. Drake. 

Mr. JO:NES, of ArkanS3s, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, 

submitted a report to accompany the bill (S. 2407) to authorize the 

conveyance of ce12tain Absentee Shawnee Indian lands in Kansas, heretofore reported from that committee. 

CONDEMNED CANNON AND 8:\IALL-ARMS .. 

Mr. CA~fERON, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, xeported a 

bill (S. 3612) donating condemned cannon and small-arms to Naval 

Post No. 400, Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Pennsyl-

-vania, which was read twice by its title. 

Mr. CAUERO:N. I ask that the hill may be considered at this time. 

The PRESIDENT pro tempm·e. The bill will be read at length for 

mformation, subject to objection. . 

The Secretary read the bill. 

The PRESIDENT pt·o tempore. Is there objection to the present consideration of the bill? 

l\Ir. CULLOJ\f. I thought there were no cannon or anythin~ else 

of that kind to be given out. 

Ur. CAl\IERON. I have a letter from the Sec:retru:y of the Navy on the subject. I ask that the letter be read. 

Mr. CULLOM. I tried to get something of the kind through and 

failed. 

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The letter will be read. 

The Secretary read as follows: 

NAVY DEPARTMENT, Washington, September 29, 1888. 

Sm: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of 

the 12th ~nstant, inclosing a letter and other papers from Mr. John F . .Mackie, 

Secretary of Naval Post No. 400, Grand Army of the Republic, c.f Philadelphia, 

in relation to obtaining condemned cannon and small-arms, for the purpose of 

decorating their hall, and requesting information npon the subject, and, if the 

object de ired can be accomplished by an act of Congress, that a bill to that effect 

be drn.ughted by the Department .. In reply I have t-o state that, from time to time, nnserviceable cannon and 

small-arms are deposited at the severo.lnaval stations for inspection, and, when 

condemned as useless for naval purposes, they are, under the provisions of ex- isting law, sold at public auction and the proceeds deposited in the Treasury. 

The sums so realized are small, and it would seem that the principal advantage to the Government by so disposing of the same is in preventing- an accumula--

tion and consequent care of such old material as has been found to be no longer 

of use in the naval service. I am, therefore, of opinion that the donation of the 

articles in question, for the purpose stated by Mr. Mackie, might very properly be authorized by Congress. · I transmit herewith, as requested by you, n draught of a bill providing for the 

donation of the arms mentioned by 1\Ir. Mackie, and retuYn his letter with its 

inclosures. 

Very respectfully, 

lion. j. D. CAliiEROY, 

United States Senate. 

D. B. HARMONY, 

Acting SeCJ·etary of the. Navy. 

The PRESIDENT pro umpo1'e. Is there objection to the present 

consideration of the bill? 

Mr. CULLOM. I think I must object to its pTesent consideration. 

Mr. CAMERON. Why does the Senator object? 

Mr. CULLOM. I want to see whether there can not be a general 

distribution of such cannon. 

The PRESIDENT pro tempo1·e. The bill will be placed on the Cal~ 

en dar. 

BILLS L.~TRODUCED. 

Mr. CAMERON introduced a bill (S. 3613) for the relief of the Standard Under-ground Cable Company of Pittsburgh, Pa..; which was read 

twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. 

Mr. :MANDERSON introduced a bill (S. 3614) granting an increase 

of pension to William H. Webster; which Wa."! read twice by its title, 

and referred to the Committee on Pensions. 

DR. jOHN B. READ. 

Ur. EDMUNDS submitted the following order; which was considered by unanimous consent, and agreed to: 

Ordered, That the Secretary return to the Honse of Representatives House enrolled bill To. 10633, entitled "An act for the relief of Dr. John B:Read," with 

the message that before the delivery of said enrolled bill to the Senat-e a motion 

bad been made in the Senate, pursuant to its rules, to reconsider the vote of the 

Senate passing said original bill, and the Senate had ordered that the House of 

Representatives be requested to return said original bill to the Senate. 

Jl.1r. EDMUNDS. I offer a resolution, and ask for its present con- sideration. 

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The resolution will be xead. 

The Secretary read as follows: 

Resol1:ed, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to transmit to the Senate, as soon as possible, a copy of his letter and the report of the board 

provided fo? by a joint resolution of this present Congress, and transmitted bv 

him to the House of Representatives on the 4th day of june, 1888, on the subject 

of Dr. john B. Read's claim, together with all orders, correspondence, and papers occurring, made or had on the subject of the said Read's claim after the passage of said joint resolution. · 

By unanimous consent, the Senate proceeded to consider the resolution. 

?!Ir. IIA WLEY. I wish to say with regard to this matter wha.~ I 

think the Senator from Vermont knows pretty well, tkat the papers in 

the case have been several times called for, and all that we kno·w of 

can be found, I think, in the files of the Committee on .Military Affairs. 

1\Ir. EDMUNDS. I will state that under the joint resolution of 

June, I think it was, the Secretary of War was directed to report to 

Congress the findings of the military board that he should organize 

under that joint resolution, and all the evidence on that subject, to 

Congress. It appears that a communication of that 1..'ind was sent to 

Congress in the other branch on a date named in a report of a committee; and that communication was never printed. In endeavoring yesterday to find the papers to see what the communication of the Secretary of War was, I was informed that the letter of the Secretary ofWar 

f"e nt in pursuant to the joint resolution was in the hands of one of two 

gentlemen who \>ere named, members of the other House, and that 

they were both out of town. So what the Secretary of War said upon 

the subject it was impossible for me to ascertain. 

I did find in ihe committee of my friend from Connecticut what ap-

:r;ears to be ihe 1·eport of the board of officers organized by the Secretary • 

of \Var pursuant t'> the joint resolution; bnt I could not find any of the 

evidence which had been submitted. I thought, therefore, it was better, consitlering the i.q1portance of the principle of this case when we 

come to consider it-although the amount, I believe, is only $17,000-

that we should once for all get into the possession of this body the whole 

of the proceedings. 
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Mr. HAWLEY. The report of the board in full is in the files of the 

Senate Committee on Military Affairs, but undoubtedly there are papers 

that were submitted in evidence ro the Army board which are still in 

the War Department. . Mr. HAMPTON. The bill was referred to me as a subcommittee of 

the Committee on Military Affairs. I offered the joint resolution 

which was passed requesting the Secretary of War ro appoint a board 

of officers to pass upon the claim. The board was appointed and the 

Military Committee acted upon the report of that board. 

My own recollection is that the Secretary of War sent no communication at all ro the committee or to Congress. If so, I did not see it. 

It may have gone to some member of the other House; but we acted 

upon the report of the board of ordnance appointed by the Secretary 

of War, and we simply adopted the findings or recommendations of 

that board. I think the Secretary of War made no communications to 

the committee or to Congress. 

The P .K&;lDENT pro tempore. The question is on agreeing to the resolution. 

The resolution was agreed to. 

VIOLATIONS OF CIVIL-SERVICE LAW. 

Mr. CHANDLER. I offer a resolution, and ask for its present con- sideration. 

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The resolution will pe read. 

The Secretary read as follows: 

Resolve-d, That the Attorney-General be directed to inform the Senate w hetbcr or not during the present year the re have come to the knowledge of the De- partment of Justice any violations by officers of the United States or other per- sons of sections 11 and 14 of the net of January 16. 1883, entitled "An act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United Stn.tes;" and if so, whether or not any prosecutions have been instituted to punish such violations under section lo of said act. 

Mr. BERRY. Let that resolution go over, Mr. President. 

The PRESIDENT pro tmnpore. Objection being made, the resolution will lie over and be printed. 

N.A V .AL .ASTIWNOMIC.AL O:BSERV .ATIONS. 

M"r. MANDERSON submitted the following concurrent resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on Printing: 

Resolved bytlte Senate (the House of Repr esentatives concnrring). That the annual volumes of the astronomical observations of the Naval Observat<Jryfor 18'\6, l&i7, 

and 1888 be printed, and that 1.800 additional copies of each r eport be printed, of which 300 copies shall be for the u se of the Senate, 700 copies for the u se of • thP House of Representatives, and 8W copies for the use of t.he Navy Depart- ment. 

ANIMAL INDUSTRY REPORT. 

1\Ir. MANDERSON submitted the following concurrent resolution; 

which was Teferred to the Committee on Printing: 

Resolved by the Senate {the House of .Rern·esentalives concurring the1·ein), That there be printed 50,000 copies of the fourth annual report of the Bureau of Animalln- dustry for the year 1~, of which 13,000 copies shall be for the use of the mem- bers of the Senate, 27,000 copies for the use o f membe1-s of the House of Representatives, and 10,000 copies for the use ot the Commissioner of .Agriculture; the illustrations to be executed under the supen·ision of the Public Printer, in o~.ccordance with the directions of t he Joint Committee on Printing, the work to be subject to the approval of the Commissioner of .Agriculture. 

MESSAGE FRO:M THE HOUSE. 

A message from the House ef Representatives, by Mr. CLARK, its 

Clerk, announced that the House had directed the Clerk to return to 

the Senate, in accordance with its request, the bill (H. R. 10633) for 

the relief of Dr. John B. Read, and also to inform the Senate that the 

Speaker had signed the above enrolled bill before receiving a message 

cf recall from the Senate. 

The message also annotmced that t.he House insisted upon its amendments to the bill (S. 3559) to amend section 2304 of the Revised Statutes of the United States to allow persons who have abandoned or re- linquished their homestead entries to make another entry, disagreed 

to by the Senate, agreed to the conference asked by the Senate on the 

disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and bad appointed Mr. McRAE, Mr. WHEELER, and Mr. HERMANN the managers at the confer- ence on the pn.rt of the House. 

The message further announced that the Honse had passed the bill 

(S. 3427) to amend section 4474 of the Revised Statutes of the United 

States. 

POLITICAL REMOV .ALS FROM ..ARMORIES AND ARSEN .ALS. 

The PRESIDENT pro te1npore. The Chair lays before the Senate a resolution coming over from yesterday in relation to political removals 

from armori-es anrl arsenals. The question is on agreeing to the reso- lution. · M:r: TELLER. Mr. President, the Senat{)r from Missouri [Mr. 

CocKRELL] yesterday in the course of his remarks read what appears 

to have been a newspaper article, although he does not say from whence • he obtained it, reciting the proceedings of a Cabinet meeting in 1882 

with regard to political assessments. I should like ro say ro the Senator from Missouri that while I do not pretend ro recollect everything w bicb may have occurred in a Cabinet meeting at which I was present 

(and it is asserted I was present, as all the members of the Cabinet were presept except .Mr. Lincoln), I have myself no recollection of any 

such meeting at any time. About one thing I am certain, that neither 

at any Cabinet meeting at wnic.ll I was present nor anywhere else was 

there ever a suggestion made by anybody that a failure to contribute 

to the political campaign should work any disaster or any danger to any 

inllnmbent of a public office. 

I do not say that there may not have been some discussion as to 

whether it was proper to allow these circulars to be sent to the Departments. I have an impression that there was something of that 

kind, but it must be borne in mind that that was beiore the passage of 

the present civil-service law . . I wish to say, further, that during the time I occupied an official position in one of the Departments of the Govemment I never heard a question raiseu that a failure to contribute was a matter to which the bead 

of the Department, or the Executive, or anybod.v else, would pay the 

slightest attention. I think all my associates in the Cabinet will bear me out in saying that from the way the collections were marle then, if 

made from public officials, it was utterly impossible, without great 

effort on the part of the head of a Department, to find out who had paid 

and who barl not. So far as I am concerned, I never knew who bad 

paid and who had not; neither do I believe any other member of the 

Cabinet did. 

I recog;1ize the necessity in every political campaign that there should 

be what is ordinarily called" the sinews of war." I know a campaign can not be properly conducted without some expense. There must be 

clerk-hire, there must be postage, there must be printing, and a great 

variety of things paid for. When a committee attempts to reach out 

and have its influence felt in every part of this great country, the expense must amount in the aggregate to considerable; but I will say for 

myself that I regard it as a very grave mjsfortnne that the people shall 

have come to believe that vast snm~; of money are collected or are nec- essary for the carrying on of political campaigns. 

I do not think it is promotive of good morals to have the people of 

the Unit-ed Sh.tes believe tbn.t the success of either party in these cam- p,.t,igns depends upon the amount of bank capital they are able to raise. 

lf that is true, in this campaign I think the Republican party might as well surrender now as at any other time. The ability of our Democratic friends to raise money, not only in this campaign, but in all otbe1· 

campaigns, bus always greatly exceeded that of the Republican party, 

unless it may have been immediately after the war, when they were in the demoralized condition they were, growing out of their connec· tion with the rebellion. To begin with, they haven. solid South, in which it is not necessary 

that ar dollar shall be expended for the publication of political documents, for the less of that their people ba vein that section of the <;onntry the more likely they are to succeed. The 153 votes that represent 

the Democratic solid South in the electoral college can he won, with 

the exception perhaps of West Virginia and Virginia, without a c;ontest. It does not take an effort. That is done in most of those States 

not by determining what is the will or what is the wish of the voters 

of that State, but it depends entirely upon the ability of the counting 

officers to transfer to the proper column a sufficient number of figures 

to indicate the election of the Democratic candidates. 

So they need no money in the solid South. That enables them to 

do as they did in 1884-ro call upon the solid .South for contributions 

to be used in the North. It was reported in 1884, and undoubtedly 

truthfully, that the State of Georgia and other Southern States furnished the Democratic national committee a large ainount of money to carry on the campaign. I have never heard it denied. They cer- tainly had no need of it in their own State, and undoubtedly they had 

the financial ability and the disposition to assist by furnishing means to the committee for use in the Northern States. 

Starting with 153 votes they ~o not need a great den.l of money, I 

repeat, to make a very great showing in the States that are doubtful. 

If they can cauy New York; Connecticut, and Indiana, or perhaps some other State of about the same electoral strength as Indiana or Connecticut, the contest is over. So this great contest, involving the political destiny of this people, involving our economical and industrial 

interests everywhere in the Union, is left to a few doubtful States, not 

to exceed four, and the contest is there carried on. I said a moment ago that the Democratic party bn.d the opportunity, 

had the means, had the power to r.tise vast sums of money for the 

purpose of carrying on this and other campaigns. I only need to name the fact that at the head of their committee they have put the 

most distinguished capitalist of this country, if not of the world; and 

that to-day it is an Ollen secret that all the men who control immense 

wealth in this country, all the men in this cotmtry of extraordinary 

wealth, no matter bow acquired, are in full sympa,thy with the effort 

to repeat this Democratic Administration. 

With m~arly $60,000,000 of the people's money in the banks thFonghout the United States that ought to have been in public circulation and not in the banks, which ought to have been paid upon the public 

debt of the United States, it is easy for the Democratic national com- mittee to call upon the people who are plundering the Government in 

this way for their contributions, and they will hardly say "nay" to 

them when the retention of this money, for which they pay no interest whatever, in the banks depends upon the good-will of a Demo-