1888. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 801 

tenant, junior grade, .iil the Navy from June 30, 1887, vice Lieut. E. J. 

Dorn, junior grade, promoted. . Ensign Benjamin W. Hodges, a resident of Mississippi, to be a lieutenant, junior grade, in the-Navy from J nne 30, 1887, vice Lieu t: R. H. 

Townley, junior grade, retired. _ _ . Lieut. William G. Gilpatrick, a resident of Kansas, to be a heutenant-commander in the Navy from July 1, 1887, '!Jice Lieut. Commander 

J. E. Noel, resigned (subject to the examinations required by law). 

Lieut. Bernard 0. Scott, junior grade, a resident of Alabama,.to be a lieutenant in the Navy from July 1, 1887, vice Lieut. William W. Gilpatrick, promote9-. . Ensign Herbert 0. Dunn, a r~ident of Rhode Island, to be lieutenant, junior grade, in the Navy from July 1, 1887, vice Lieut. B. 0. Scott, 

junior grade, promoted. · Commodore Bancroft Gherardi, a resident of Massachusetts, to be a rear-admiral in the Navy from August 25, 1887, vice Rea1·-Admiral S. 

R. Franklin, retired. .- Capt. William E. Fitzhugh, a resident of Ohio~ to be a <'Ommodore m 

· the Navy from August 25, 1887, vice Commodore B. Gherardi, promoted. 

Commander Henry B. Robeson, a resident of Connecticut, to be a 

captain in the Navy from August 25, 1887, vice Capt. W. E. Fitzhugh, 

promoted. · . . - . . . Lieut. Commander Joshua Bishop, a resident of the D1strict of Co-

~umbia, to be a commander in the Navy from August '25, 1887, vice 

Commander Henry B. Robeson, promoted. 

Lieut. Benjamin S. Richards, a resident of Pennsylvania, to be a lieutenant-commander in the Navy from August 25,1887, vice Lieut. Commander Joshua Bishop, promoted. 

Lieut. David Peacock, junior grade, a resident of New Jersey, to be a lieutenant in the Navy from August 25, 1887, vice Lieut. B. S. Ri-chards, promoted. 

Ensign Arthur W. Dodd, a resident of Indiana, to be a lieutenant, 

JUnior grade, in the Navy from August 25, 1887, vice Lieut. D. Peacock, junior grade, promoted. . . Commodore DanielL. Braine, a resident of New Yor.k, to be a rear- admiral in the Navy from September A, 1887, vice Rear-Admiral J. L. 

Davis, retired. 

Capt. George Brown, a resident of Indiana, to be a commodore in the 

Navy from September 4, 1887, vice Commodore D. L. Braine, promoted. 

Commander William Whitehead, a resident of Pennsylvania, to be a 

capt-ain in the Navy from September 4, 1887, vice Capt. George Brown, 

promot-ed. . Lieut. Commander Charles A. Schetky, a resident of New Jersey, to be 

a commander in the Navy from September 4, 1887, vice Commander 

William Whitehead, promoted. - · 

Lieut. Benjamin F. Tilley, a resident of Rhode Island, to be a lieutenant-commander in the Navy from September 4, 1887, vice Lieut. 

Commander C. A. Schetky, promoted. · Lieut. John 0. Nicolson, junior grade, a resident of Alabama, ,to be 

a lieutenant in the Navy from September 4, 1887, vice Lieut. B. F. Tilley, promoted. . . Ensign George W. Den:field, a resident of Massachusetts, to be a lieutenant, junior grade, in the Navy from September 4, 1887, vice Lieut. 

J. 0. Nicolson, junior grade, promoted. . Lieut. George T. Emmons, junior grade, a resident of New Jersey, 

to be a lieutenant in the Navy from November 1, 1887, vice Lieut.W. 

H. Jaques, resigned. 

Ensign Albert W. Grant, a resident ofWisconsin, to be a lieutenant, 

junior grade, in the Navy from November 1: 1887, '!Jice Lieut. G. T. 

Emmons, junior grade, pronfoted. 

Naval Cadets John G. Tauresey, a. resident of Delaware; Albert C. 

Diffenbach, a resident of Pennsylvania; Theodore C. Fenton, a resident 

of Pennsylvania; Volney 0. Chase, a resident of Louisiana; George R. 

Slocum, a. resident oflllinois; William G. Miller, a resident of Virginia; 

George W. Kline, a resident of New Jersey; John P. McGuinness, a 

resident of Idaho Territory; Joseph Strauss, a resident of Virginia; 

Charles S. Stamvorth, a resident of Virginia; Robert L. Russell, aresiden~ of Georgia; Harrison A. Bispbam~ a- resident of Pennsylvania; 

Armistead Rust, a resident of Virginia; George R. Evans, a resident of 

Massachusetts; Edward W. Eberle, a resident of Arkansas; James E. 

Shin del, a resident of Pennsylvania; David S. N es, a resident of Pennsylvania; Charles M. McCormick! a resident of Virginia; Glennie Tarbox, a resident-of South Carolina; William W. Gilmer, a resident_of 

Virginia.; Robert E. Coontz, a resident of Missouri, and Benjamin 

Wright, a resident of Tennessee, all graduates of the Naval Academy, 

to be ensigns in the Navyfr~mJuly1, 1887, to fill vacancies in that grade. 

FIRST LIEUTENANT, MARINE CORPS. 

Second Lieut. Samuel L. Jackson, United States Marine Corps, a res- ident of Massachusetts, to be a first lieutenant in that corps, from Jannary 7, 1888; vice First Lieut. Samuel H. Gibson, retired. 

CONFIRMATIONS. 

Executive nominations confirmed by tlte Senate January 30, 1888. 

UNITED STATES CONSUL. 

Lebbeus G. Bennington, of Ritchie Court-House, W.Va., to be consul 

of the United States at Rio Grande do Sui. 

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POSTMASTERS. 

John W. Ross, to be postmaster at Washington, in the county ofW ash· 

ington and District of Columbia. · John H. CUf~eY, to be postmaster at Nash ville, in the conilty of David- son and State-of Tennessee. · 

Will J. Furlong, to be postmaster at Ho¥belle, in the_ county of Ogle 

and State of Illinois. 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 

J\fONDAY, ·Jam.wry 30, 1888. 

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

H. MILBURN, D. D. . The Journal of the proceedings of Friday was read and approved. 

ENROLLED BILL SIGNED. 

Mr. FISHER, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that 

they had examined and found dulyenrolleda bill of thefollowingtitle; 

when the Speaker pro tempore signed the same, namely: . A bill (H. R. 2131) for the relief of Joseph Cox, administrator of 

Charles Pasters, dece-ased. 

BRIDGE ACROSS THE MISSOURI RIVER NEAR ST. CHARLES, MO. 

1\fr. HATCH. I ask una~imous consent to discharge the Privat~ Calendar and ta]fe up for present consideration the billS. 274, which is , 

a bridge bill, and the consideration of which I am sure will take buta 

moment. It is important that action should be taken upon it promptly. 

Mr. ANDERSON, of Kansas. Let the title of the bill be read. 

The Clerk read as follQws: 

A bill (S. 274) authorizipgthe construction of a bridge across the Missouri Rive.r at some accessible point in the county of St. Charles, in the State of 1\li<>souri, 

below the city of St. Charles. 

Mr. McADOO. I would like, before objection is waived, to have this 

bill read. 

Mr. HATCH. I will state -to the gentleman from New Jersey, and 

the gentleman from Kansas also, that this bill has been unanimousl_y 

reported from the Committee on Commerce. The report shows that1t 

is in full accord with the report of the Chief of Engineers, and is no obstruction to Ravigation. This is a Senate bill. 

Mr. McADOO. I withdraw my objection. 

M.r. ANDERSON,-of Kansas. Let the b-ill be read. 

The Clerk proceeded_ to read the bill. 

Mr. HATCH. Mr. Speaker, a':! this bill is the exact counterpart of 

other bills of a similar character reported from the Committee on Commerce and passed here, unless some member desires to have the bill 

read at length, I ask that the further reading be waived. . There was no objection, and the reading of the bill was dispensed 

with. 

Mr. HATCH. I now ask the Clerk to read the first few lines of the 

report, which I think will afford all the information necessary in support of this bill. 

The Clerk read as follows: 

The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (S. 274) authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at some accessible 

point in the county of St. Charles, in the State of Missouri, below the city of St. 

Charles, have had the same under consideration, and upon clo;;e examination 

find the bill in-accordance with the recommendations of the Ch:- f of Engineers, 

whose communications are appended to and made part of this report. 

As will be seen from these letters, the bridge as proposed will not be an obstruction t-o navigation, and will subserve the interests of commerce, which demand its speedy construction. 

1\Ir. HATCH. I ask the previous question upon the third reading of 

the bill. . 

The previous question was ordered, under the operation of which the 

bill was ordered to a third reading; · and being read the third time, was passed. · 

1\ir. HATCH moved to reconside~ the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the 

table. 

The latter motion was agreed to. 

ORDER OF BUS.INESS. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. This being Monday, the regular order 

is the callofthe States and Territories for bills and resolutions. Upon 

this call joint and concurrent resolutions and memorials from State and 

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

LAND OFFICE AT DIRMINGHAM, ALA. 

Mr. BANKHEAD introduced a bill (H. R. 6092) to establish a land 

office at Birmingham, in the Stat~ of Alabama; which was read a first 

and second time, referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and 

ordered to be printed. 

PUBLIC LANDS IN ALABAMA. 

Mr. OATES introduced a bill (H. R. 6093) to further provide for the 

disposal of the public lands in the State of Alabama, and to devote t~e 

proceeds of sale to education in said State; which was read a ~rst. arid 
802 OONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. J .ANU.ARY 30, 

'Second time, referred to the Commiiiee on the Public Lands, and or- dered to be printed. 

MONEY-ORDERS FOR SMAJ .. L SilliS. I 

Mr. BAKER, of Illinois, also offered the following resolution; which 

.ALIEN LAND-HOLDING. was read, and referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and PostUr. OATES also introduced a bill (H. R 6004) top nt aliens from Roads: 

pre-empting or entering homesteads, and to limit the cqnisition of the Reso!ced, That the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads be instructed 

public domain in the Unit~d States, and to provide fo!" leasing grazing to inquire into the expediency of providing by Jaw for the issue of money-orders lands for periods not exceeding ten years; which was read a first and for an amount of $5 or less for a fee of 3" cents, and to report by bill or otherwise. 

seco@ time, referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and or- FRACTIO~AL ClillREKCY. 

dered to be printed. 

C~ERKS TO. SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES. 

• Mr. OATES also introduced a bill (H. R. 6095) to authorize the appointment and prescribe the compensation of clerks to Senators and 

Representatives who are not chairmen of committees; which was read 

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

the Laws, and ordered to be printed. 

NATIONAL CEMETERY, LITTLE ROCK, ARK. 

Mr. ROGERS introduced a bill (H. R. 6096) to construct a road from 

Little Rock, Ark., to the national cemetery adjacent thereto; which 

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

Aftairs, and ordered to be printed. 

SUBPORTS OF ENTRY. 

Mr. MORROW introduced a bill (H. R. 6097) to authorize the SecretaTy of the Treasury to designate subp()fts of entry in customs districts; which was read a first and second time, reterred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. 

PRESIDIO RESERVATION. 

Mr. MORROW also introduced ~ bill (H. R. 6098) authorizing the 

construction and repair of roads from the enti·ance of the resen'ation of 

the Presidio, at San Francisco, Cal., to the national cemetery on the 

same, and the fencing and protection of the said reservation and the cemetery thereon; which was read a first ·and second time, referred to the 

Committee on 1.1ilitary Affairs, and ordered to be printed. 

CONSULAR SERVICE. 

Mr. MORROW n,lso introduced a bill _(H. R. 6099) to improve the 

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

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

PUBLIC BUILDING AT NEW LONDON, CON~ 

1\fr. RUSSELL, of Connecticut, introduced a bill (H. R. 6100) for the 

erection of a public building at New London, Conn. ;. w hieh was read a first 

and second time, referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and 

Grounds, and ordered to be printed . . 

EDUCATION OF THE BLIND. 

Mr. CANDLER (by request) introduced a bill (H. R. 6101) to promote the education of the blind in the several States and Territories; 

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

Education, and ordered t.o l?e printed. 

WORK OF GENERAL E::'tlORY UPTON. 

Mr. TOWNSHEND submitted the following resolution; which was 

read, and referred to the Committee on Printing: 

Whereas it is alleged that the late Maj. Gen. Emory Upton, of the United States 

Army, bad prepared with great care and ability the manuscript of a valuable 

work on the "Military Policy of the United States," which embodies a profound study of the military records of the United States down to the year 1863, but 

which was not fully completed because of the death of that distinguished and 

accomplished officer and writer on military subjects; and 

Whereas it is believed that it is a work of great vn.lue to the country and that 

the same Ahould be completed and a sufficient numbe-r of copies thereof should be published by the United States for the use of the Army and distributed for 

general information: Therefore, be it 

Resolved, That the Committee on Printing be, and it is hereby, directed to as- ce•·l aiu on what tei'!Ils said manuscript can be obtained, and whether it is of suf- ficient value and importance for publication by order of Congress for distribution, and that said committee report upon. this subject as soon as practicable. 

DUTY ON SALT. 

Mr. TOWNSHEND also introduced a bill (H. R. 6102) to abolish the 

tax on salt and place the same on the free-list; which was read a first 

and second time. 

The bill was read at length; 

l\Ir. BURROWS. Ur. Speaker, should not the preamble of that 

bill go to the petition-box? 

The SPEAKER pro tempo1·e. The preamble is a part of the bill. 

Ur. TOWNSHEND. If the gentleman from Michigan had been 

sufficiently interested in the subject to listen attentively he would 

have seen that. 

Mr. BURROWS. I simply wanted to know the practiee. That 

was all. 

The bill was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. . 

POSTAGE ON SEEDS, ETC. 

1\J r. BAKER, of Illinois, offen~d the following r~olution; which was read, and referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads: 

Resolved, That the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads be instructed 

to inquire into the expediency of providing by law for reduced postage on seeds, bulbs, plants, scions, etc., awl to report by bill or othenvise. 

Mr. BAKER, of Illinois, also offered the following resolution; which 

was read, and referred to the Committee on nanking and Currency: 

Resolud, That the Committee on Bunking and Cun-ency be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing by law for the reissue of fractional cur- rency to meet the demand for its use in the mails, and to report by a bill or otherwise. 

RELIEF OF . UNION SOLD I EllS .AKD SAILORS. 

1\Ir. LAWLER introduced a bill (H. R. 6103) for the relief of enlisted men who served in the Federal Army aml Navy during the war of 

the rebellion; which was read a firt and second time, referred to the 

Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. 

TAX 0~ OLEO:\IARGARINE. 

Mr. LAWLER also introduced a bill (H. R 6104) to reduce taxation; 

which ·was read a first and second time. 

The bill was read at length, as. follow:"' : 

Whereas the Presidt>nt in his mess::oge to Congress directed attention to the 

paramount necessity for fl. reduction of the surplus accumulating and to accu- mulate in the Treasury; and 

'Vhereas in th"l said message he dwelt at great length up~n the burdens imposed by exces,ive tnxatjon upon the laboring clu. se:;; and 

'\Vuereas it would see1n eminently proper to set the example of tax reduction 

by first relieving the poorer classes of taxation imposed by the internal-revenue 

laws deriving re.-enue for the support aud maintenance of t-he Government: 

Therefore, Be it enacted, etc., That the tax of2 cents per pound now imposed by existing law 

upnn the food product known as oleomargarine be, and the same is hereby, ab- rogated and repealed. 

l'lir. HENDERSON, of Iowa. :Mr. Speaker, I move that that bill be 

referred to the Committee on Agriculture. 

Mr. LA WLEH.. Mr. Speaker, I ask the reference of the bill to the 

Committee on Ways and Means. 

.Mr. HATCH. I move to strike out '' Ways and 1\Iea,ns '' and insert 1 'Agriculture.'' 

The SPEAKER p11o tempo1·e. The gentleman from Iowa [Mr. HENDERSO~] has already moved that the bill be referred to the Committee 

on Agriculture. 

Mr. LAWLER. It is a bill to redqce taxation, and Ways and 'Means 

is the proper committee for it to go to. 

The SPEAKEH. pro temp01·e. The gentleman from Iowa. [Mr. HENDERSON] moves that this bill be referred to the Committee on Agricttlture. The e:entleman from Illinois [Mr. LAWLER] moves, a. an amendment, that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. The 

vote will first be takP-n on the amendment. 

The question was t aken on the amendment moved by Mr. LAWLER 

to the motion of 1r. HESDERSON, of Iowa., and the Chair declared that 

it was rejected. Mr. LA. WLER. I ask for a division. 

The House divided, and there were-ayes 25, noes 123. 

So the motion was not agreed to. 

M:r. LAWLER. I rai e the point of no quorum. 

The SPEAKER pro tempDre. The point is made that no quomm has 

voted. The Chair wi1l appoint to act as tellers the gentleman from 

Illinois [1\Ir. LAWLER] and the gentleman from Iowa [Mr. HE ~DER

soN]. 

:Mr. WILKINS. Let us have the yeas and nays. 

The yeas and nays were ordered. 

Mr. LAWLER. 1\ir. Spe..1.ker, owing to the confusion, some geutle-

;nen may not yet understand the purport of this bill, and I ask that it 

may be read once more. The SPEAKER pro tempore. It .has been read twice already. It 

can not be read again except by unanimous consent. 'l'he Chair, in response to the suggestion of the gentleman from Alabama [.Mr. OATES], 

will again state the proposition. Tl}e question is on the motion of the 

gentleman from Illinois [l\Ir. LA TI'LER] in the nature of an amendment, to refer the bill to the Committee on Ways and Means. 

l'tlr. OATES. To whicli committee does the Chair rule the bill 

should properly go? 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair hafl not ruled upon that 

point. A motion to refer the bill to the Committee on Agriculture was 

made by the gentleman from IowR. [Mr. HENDERSON], to which the 

gentleman from Illinois has moved an amendment that it be referred 

to the Committee on Ways and .l\Ieans. On the latter motion the House 

is about to vote. 

Mr. OATES. Would not the bill go to the Committee on Ways and 

1\feans but for a vote oftheHonse sending it to some other committee? 

:r.Ir. HATCH. Regular order ! 

'l'be SPEAKER p1·o tempore. The regular order is the call of the roll. 

The Clerk will call the roll. 
1888. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 803 

/ The question was taken; a~d there were-yeas 62, nays 190, not voting 71; as follows: 

Anderson, G . A. Blanchard, 

Blount, 

Brumm, 

Campbell, T.J. Candler, 

Catc-hings, 

Chipman, 

Clements, 

Cobb, 

Cockran, 

Cothran, 

Cowles, 

Crain, 

Crisp, 

Cummings, 

YEAS----§.2. 

Dargan, Kilg01·e, 

Davidson, R. H.l\i. Laffoon, 

Davis, Lane, 

Dibble, Lanham, 

Dougherty, Lawler, Dunh::~.m, Lynch, 

Dunn, McAdoo, 

Elliott, 1\IcRae, 

Gay, 1'11erriman, 

Greenman, Newton, 

Hall, Norwood, 

Hemphill, Oates, 

Henderson, J. S. Ou~hwaite, 

Hutton, Penington, 

Joh1;1ston, T. D. Perry, Jones, Rowland, 

NAY8-190. 

Abbott, . Darlington, Kean, 

Adams, Davenport, Kennedy, 

.Allen. C. H. Davidson, A. C. Kerr, 

Allen, E . P . Dingley, Ketcbam, 

Allen, J. M. Dockery, La Follette, Anderson, A . R. Dorsey, • L agan, Anderson, C. L . Enloe, Laidlaw, 

Anderson, J. A.. Farquh::~.r, Landes, Ar-nold, Felton, Latham, 

Atkinson, Findlay, Lee, 

Baker, C. S. Fisher, Lind, 

Baker, Jehu Ford, Lodge, 

Bankhead, Forney, Long, Bayne Fuller, :Macdonald, 

Belden, Funston, Maish, 

Bingham, Gaines, J\Iansm·, 

Bliss, Gallinger, Martin, 

Boothman, Gear, :Matson, 

Bound. Gest, 1\IcOlnmmy, 

Boutelle, Gibson, McCormick, 

Bowden, Glass, 1\IcCreary, 

Bowen, Granger, McCullogh, 

Breckinridge, C. R. Grimes, McKenna, 

Breckinridge, vVCP Grosvenor, 1\IcKinley, 

Browne, T . JU. Grout, _ • McKinney, 

Brcwn, C . .E. Guenther, I\Ic:\Iillin, • Brown, J. R. Hare, Milliken, 

Bryce, Hat-c!J, Mills, 

Buchanan, Haugen, 1\Iontgomery, 

Bunnell, Hayden, :Morgan, Burnett, Heard, Morrill, 

Butler, Henders.on, D. B. :Morrow, 

Butterworth, Henderson, T. J. -eal, 

Bynum, Hiestand, Nichols, 

Campbell, J . E.· Hires, Nutting, 

Cannon, Hitt, O'Donnell, 

Caruth, Hogg, O'Fenall, 

Caswell, Holman, O'Neill, Charles 

Cheadle, Holmes, Osborne, 

Clardy, Hooker, Owen, 

Cogswell, Hopkins, A. J. Parke1· Compton, Hopkins, S. T. Patton: Conger, Hovey, Payson, 

Coo!Jer, Howard, Peel, 

Crouse, lluud, Pet·kins, 

Culberson, Hunter, Peters, 

Cutcheon,• Jacl.;:son, Pidcock, 

Dalzell, Johnston,J. T. Randall, 

NOT VOTIKG-71. 

Bacon, Ermentrout, Mahoney, 

Barnes, Fitch, 1\Jason, 

Barry, Flood, McComas, 

Belmont, Foran, 1\IcShane, 

Biggs, French, 1\Ioflitt, 

Bland, Glover, :l\1oore, 

Brewer, Goff, :1\Icrse, 

Brower, Iftlrmer, NPlson. 

Browne, T. H. B. Hayes, O'Neall, J. H. Buckalew, Herbert, O'Neill, J . J. Burnes, Hermann, Pbe!an, 

Tim-rows, Hopkins, S. I. Phelps, 

Campbell, Felix Honk, Plumb, Carlton, Kelley, Post, 

Clark, Laird, Pugsley, 

Collins, Lehlbach, Reed, 

Cox, Lyman, Rowell, 

DeLano, :Maft'ctt, Rusk, 

Russell, J. E. Seney, 

Spooner, 

Stewart, Charles 

Stewart, J. D. Tarsney, 

Taulbee, 

Tillwan, 

Turner, H. G. Walker, 

Wheeler, 

Whitthorne, 'Wilson , W. L. Yoder. 

Rayner, 

Rice, 

Richardson, 

Robertson, 

Rockwell, 

Rogers, 

Romeis, 

Russell, C. A. Ryan, 

Sawyer, 

Sayers, 

Scott, · Scull, 

Sherman, 

Shively, 

Simmons, 

Smith, 

Snyder, 

Springer, 

Stahlvecker, 

Steele, 

Stephenson, 

Stewart, J. W. Stone of Ky. Stone of ~Io. 

Struble, 

Taylor, E. B. T aylor, J.D. Thomas, G. 1\I. 

Thomas, 0. B. Townshend, 

Turner, E . J. Vance, 

Vandever, 

\Vade, 

Wat·ner 

\Vashington, 

' VeaYer, 

\Vest, 

Whiting, William 

\Vickha.m. 

Wilkins,-

\Vilkinson, 

Wilson, Thomas Wise, 

Yardley. 

, Shaw, 

Sowden, 

Spinola; 

Stockdale, 

Symes, 

'I'homas, J. R. Thompson, A. C. '£hompson, T . L. Tracey, 

Weber, 

White,J.B. Wbite,S.V. 

'Vhiting, J. R. \Vilber, 

Williams,-

Woodburn, Yost. 

So the amendment of 1\1r. L AWLER to refer the bill to the Committee 

on 'Vays and Means was not agreerl to. The following-named members were announced as paired on all political questions until further notice: \ 

Mr. SPIN0LA with l\Ir. THO:\IAS, of Illinois. 

l\1r. TRACEY with Ir. DE LA-KO. 

1\'Ir. STOCKDALE with .Mr. THOJ\IPSON, of Ohio. 

l\Ir. BACON with l\Ir. WOODBURN. 

l\'l:r. FORAN with Mr. KEI.LEY. 

l\Ir. GLOVER with Mr. BROWER. 

l\lr. CmniiNGS with Mr. MOFFITT until February 7. , The following-named members were announced as paired for this day: 

Mr. HOPKINS, of Virginia, with M:r. HARl\IER. -

Mr. FRENCH with 1\ir. FITCH. • 

Mr. CARLTOX with 1\Ir. :McCmiAS. 

Mr. ER:llE:NTllOUT with Mr. GoFF. On this vote: 

Mr. BARNES with l\Ir. T. H .. B. BROWNE. 

The result of the vote was announced as above stated. 

The question recurring on the motion of :M:r. HENDERSON, of Iowa, 

to refer the bill to the Committee on Agriculture, it was agreed to. 

The bill was referred accordingly, and was ordered to be printed. 

DONATION OF CANNON FOR SOLDIERS' HOME. 

Mr. ANDERSON, of Illinois, introduced a bill (H. R. 6105) donating a six-pound brass cannon to the illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Home; 

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

Military Aftairs, and ordered to be printed. 

VOLUNTEERS IN LATE WAR. 

M:r. STEELE introduced a bill (H. R. 6106) for the relief of certain 

volunteer soldiers of the late war; which was read a first and second 

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

printed. 

FORT LEAVENWORTH RESERVATION, KANSAS. 

Mr. MORRILL introduced a bill (H. R. 6107) to authorize the sale 

of a tract of land in the military 1·eservation at Fort Leavenworth, in 

the State of Kansas; which was read a first and second time, referred 

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

ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEYS. 

Mr. RYAN introduced a bill (H. R. 6108) making an appropriation 

to pay the regular assistants to United States district attorneys the same 

rate of compensation for the fiscal year 1888 that was. paid to them during the fiscal year 1887; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. 

Ir. RYAN also submitted the following resolution; which was Teferred to the Committee on Appropriations: 

Resolved, That the Attorney-General be, and he hereby is, requested to com- municate to the House of Representatives the names of nll assistants to United States district attorneys who have been or are being paid out of the appropria- tion of 100,000 made by the sundry civil appropriation act approYed March 3, 1887, "for payment of assistants to United States district attorneys;" also the places of employment anrl the present rate of compensation to each of said as- sistants, and how much greater or less is the rate of compensation to each of said. assistants for the fiscal year 1888 than for the fiscal year 1887, and the reasons for any such increase or reduction; and such other information in relation thereto as in his judgment may contribute to just and intelligent legislation upon the subject. 

EXPORTS OF WHEAT, CORN, AND FLOUR. 

1r. TURNER, of Kansas, introduced a bill (H. R. 6109) providing for 

a bounty on wheat, corn, and flour, exported from the United State ; 

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

.Agriculture, and ordered to be printed. 

RAILROAD LAND. GRANTS IN KANSAS. 

l\Ir. TURNER, of Kansas, also submitted the following resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on the Public Lands: ' 

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, directed to in- form the House the reason, if any, why the raih·oad land g-rants, made by Con- gress to aid in the construction of railroads within the State of Kansas, hv.ve not been adju:1ted in accordance with chapter 37G of the laws of the Forty-ninth ongress, second session, being "An act to provide for the adjustment of land grants made by Congress to a id in the construction of railroads and for the for- feitui·e of unearned lands, and for other purposes." 

WASHINGTON AND WESTER-.Y l\IARYLAND RAILROAD. 

l\fr. CARUTH (by request) introduced a bill (H. R. 6110) to incorporate the 'V ashington and Western Railroad Company; which was rea.d 

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

Columbia, and ordered to be printed. 

• SETTLEl\IENT AND ADJUSTl\IE~T OF STATE WAR CLAniS. 

1\Ir. 1\IONTGO~IERY introduced a bill (H. R. 6111) to settle and 

adjust the claims of any State for expenses in~urred by it in defense of 

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

the Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. 

TEAMSTERS IN _MEXICAN W .AR. 

l\.fr. STONE, of Kentucky, introduced a bill (H. R. 6112) granting a 

pension to all persons who served as teamsters in the military service of 

the United States during the Mexican war; which was read a first and 

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

printed. 

REGULATION OF THE PRICE OF PRODUCE, ETC. 

l\1r. STONE, of Kentucky, also introduced a bill (H. R. 6113) to prevent persons or corporations from combining to raise, depress, or regulate the price of produce, manufactured articles, stocks, bonds, or labor; 

which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on .l'!lanufactures, and ordered to be printed. 

ESTABLISH:'!IENT OF UNITED STATES LAND COURT. 

M:r . .1\IcCREA RY introduced a bill (H. R. 6114) to establish a United 

States land court and to provide for a judicial investigation and settlement of private land claims in the Territories of Arizona, New Mexico, 

Wyoming, Utah, and in the States of Colorado and Nevada; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Private Land 

Claims, and ordered to be printed. 

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REPORT ON IRON ORES OF NORTHERN LOUISIANA, ETC. 

Mr. BLANCHARD submitted the following resolution: 

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, requested to inform this House of the cause of the delay in the preparation and publication 

of the report of Professor Lawrence J ohuson, of the United States Geological SurYey, on the iron ores of Northern Louisiana and Eastern Texas~ which work was ordered more than two years ago. . 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. . It will be referred to the Committee on Printing. / · 

Mr. BLANCHARD. It does not belong to the Committee on Printing. It belongs to the Committee on Mines and Mining. 

Mr. SPlUNGER. Let the resolution be again read. 

The resolution was again read. 

Mr. SPRINGER. I do not object to its going to the Committee on Mines and Mining. · 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair hears no objection, and it 

will be so referred. 

RESTORING FUBLIC LANDS TO FLORIDA PARISHES, LOUISIANA. 

Mr. ROBERTSON introduced a bill (H. R. 6115) restoring to' the 

Florida parishes of the State of Louisiana certain public lands as compensation to the people thereof for lands disposed of by th~ United . :States Gi>vernment at the Montpelier and Greens burgh land offices in 

said State; which was read a :first and second time, referred totl).eCommittee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. 

PUBLIC BUILDING, BATO:N ROUGE, LA. 

Mr. ROBERTSON also introduce<J a bill (H. R. 6116) to authorize 

the construction of a public building for a post-office in the city of Baton 

Rouge, La.; which was read a :first and second time, referred to the 

Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, and ordered to be 

printed. PROHIBITION OF TRUSTS. 

1\Ir. RAYNER introduced a bill (H. R. 6117) to prevent the creation 

of trusts; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Manufactures, and ordered to be printed. 

POSTAGE ON STATE DOCUMENTS. 

Mr. DAVIS introducerl a bill (H. R. 6118) establishing rates of postage on public documents of the respective States; which was read a first 

and second time, referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and PostRoads, and ordered to be printed. 

ARMY NURSES. 

Mr. LODGE (by request) in1.~oduced a bill (H. R. 6119) for· the relief of women enrolled as army nurses, etc.; which was read a first and 

second time, referred to the Committee on In-valid Pensions, and ordered 

to be printed. GRANT OF CONDEMNED CANNON. 

Mr. LODGE also introduced a bill (H. R. 6120) granting cannon to 

General Lander Post, of Lynn, Mass. ; which was read a first and second 

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

printed. A~IENDl\IENT OF THE RULES. 

Mr. LONG submitted the following amendment to the rules; which was referred to the Committee on Rules: 

Thirty minutes shall be allowed each day immediately prior to the first morn- ing hour, in which members who have filed their names with the Speaker shall 

be allowed in such order as he shall arrange, to ask unanimous consent for pres- ent consideration of any bill favorably reported by a committee, and shall have 

three minutes for that purpose after it has been read. If the request is granted, 

three minutes shall be allowed in opposition to the bilL The question shall 

then be at once upon its amendment,engrossmen~. and passage. If thereupon 

the yeas and nays are ordered, they shall not be taken; but the order shall be equivalent to a restoration of the bill to its former status on the Calendar. 

CLAIMS FOR REl\IUSTER. 

Mr. CUTCHEON submitted the following resolution; which was re- ferred to the Committee on Military Affairs: 

Resolved, That the Secretary of War be requested to advise this House what progress has been made in the examination and adjudication of claims for re- muster of officers of the volunteer forces under the act of June 3,1884, or under 

said act as amended by the act of February 3, 1887; what is the whole number 

of claims filed under the said acts respectively; what number remain to be 

examined and adjudicated, and how long it will be before the consideration of 

said claims can be completed with the present clerical force of the AdjutantGeneral's Office. 

PROTECTION TO AMERICAN INDUSTRIES. 

Mr. CUTCHEON also submitted the following resolutions; which were referred to the Committee on Ways and Means: 

Resolved. That it is the delibemte judgment of this House that in any proposed 

revision of the duties upon imports the principle of protection to American industries a.nd the maintenance of the wages of Amerfcan workingmen at the 

American standard ought to be distinctly recognized and firmly adhered to. Resolved, That duties upon imports ought not to be imposed "for revenue only," but the production of those articles which we have abundant raw mate- rials and labor t<> produce in this country ought to be protected by dut~es sufficient to enable American producers to maintain free competition in such pro- ductions in the American markets. · Resolved, That at·ticles for the free or non-dutiable list should be selected from among such necessaries of living as we are unable to produce in adequate 

quantity for our needs within the United States, and not from among such pro- ductions as would come into direct competition with our own industries and 

would tend to throw American workingmen out of employment and to depress 

their wages, and ultimately to inorease the cost of such productions by destroy- ing competition. · 

E. G. BENTON, .JR. 

Mr. TARSNEY introduced the following resolution; which was read, 

and referred to the Committee on Accounts: 

Resolved, That E. G. Benton, jr., be, {l-nd is hereby, appointed an additional page on the floor of the House of Represen tati >es, and to rccei ve the same rate of compensation as those now acting in that capacity, to be paid out of the con- tingent fund of the House of Representatives. 

EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF GENE.RAL CUSTER. 

Mr. FORD introduced a joint reqolution (H. Res. 96) authorizing the 

erection of an equestrian statue in the city of Washington, D. C., of the 

late Bvt. Maj. Gen. George A. Custer; which was read a first and second 

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

printed. 

PROHilliTION OF ALIENS ENGAGING IN CERTAIN BUSI' ESS. 

1\Ir. CHIPMAN introduced a bill (H. R. 6121) to prevent aliens from 

engaging in certain business in the United States; which was read a 

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

ordered to be printed. 

STOCKBRIDGE AND l\IUliSEE TRIBE OF INDIANS. 

:Mr. CHIPMAN also (by request) introduced a bill (H. R. 6122) to 

amend an act entitled "An act for the relief of the Stockbrjdgc and 

Mnnsee tribe of Indians in the State of Wisconsin," approved February 

6, 1871; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. 

NATIO~AL CE:llETERY, CORINTH, MISS. 

Mr. ALLEN, ·of Mississippi, introduced a bill (H. R. 6123) to construct a road to the national cemetery an Corinth: Miss.; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on 1\iilitary 

Affairs, and ordered to be printed. 

UNITED STATES COURTS, VICKSBURGH. 

Mr. MORGAN introduced a bill (H. R. 6124) to repeal an act entitled · 

".An act to provide fo~ holding terms of the United States circuit court 

at Vicksburgh, Miss., 'approved February 28, 1887; which was read a first and second time, re1erred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and 

ordued to be printed. 

SALARIES OF WATCHMEN IN THE DEPARTMENTS. 

Mr. HOOKER introduced a bill (H. R. 6125) to regulate the salaries 

of watchmeD in the Departments of the Government; which was read 

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

and ordered to be printed. 

• l\IEXICAN WAR PEXSIONS. 

Mr. MANSUR introduced a bill (H. R. 6126) granting pensions for 

services in the war with Mexico, and to regulate an act entitled "An 

act granting pensions to soldiers and sailors of the Mexican war, and 

1or other purposes," approved January 29, 1887; which was read a first 

and second time, referred to the Committee on Pensions, and orde:red 

to be p1·inted. '" 

INCREASE OF PAY OF WATCHl\1EN, TREASURY DEPARTl\IEKT. 

Mr. MANSUR also introduced a bill (H. R. 6127) to determine and 

increase the pay of watchmen in the Treasury Department; which was read a first and second t-ime, referred to the Committee on Expenditures 

in the 'rreasury Department, and ordered to be printed. 

INDIAN SCHOOL, NIOBRARA, NEBR. 

Mr. DORSEY introduced a bill (H. R. 6128) to provide for an Indian 

school at Niobrara, State of Nebraska; which was read a first and sec- ond time, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to 

be printed. 

CONSULAR REPORTS ON CATTLE AND DAIRY FARMING, EUROPE. 

Mr. LAIRD introduced a joint resolution (H. Res. 97) to provide for 

printing additional copies of the United States consular reports on cattle 

and dairy farming in Europe; which was read a first and second time, 

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

GEORGETOWN BARGE, DOCK, ELEVATOR, AND RAILWAY CmiPA -y, 

Mr. KEAN introduced a bill (H. R. 6129) to incorporate the Georgetown Barge, Dock, Elevator, and Railway Company; which was read a 

first and second time, referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. 

KEEPERS AND CREWS1 LIFE-SAVING STATIONS. 

Ur. BUCHANAN introduced a bill (H. R. 6130) making provision 

for the comfort of keepers and crews of life-saving stations; which was read a :first and second time, referred to t.he Committee on Commerce, 

and or1.,ered to be printed. _ 

• l\IONU111ENT, SACKETT'S HARBOR, N. Y. 

Mr. PARKER introduced a bill (H. R. 6131) to provide for the erection of a monument at Sackett's Harbor, in the State of New York; 

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

the Library, and t•rdcretl to be printed. 
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CO:\fPENSATION SUPRE!IIE COURT JUDGES AND CABINET OFFICERS. 

Mr. TIMOTHY J. CAMPBELL introduced a bill (H. R. 6132) fixing the annual compensation of judges of the Supreme Court, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War, 

the Attorney-Gem:ral, the Postmaster-General, the Secretary of the 

Navy, and the Secretary of the Interior; .which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to 

be prinred. 

CLAIMS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT. 

Mr. TIMOTHY J. CAMPBELL also introduced a bill (JI. R. 6133) in 

relation to certain claims; which was read a first and second time, re-

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

UNITED STATES !lfERCHANT MARINE. 

Mr. CUMMINGS introduced a bill (H. R. 6134) to regulate the employment of certain officers of the United Sta.tes merchant marine; 

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

SAFETY OF HU:l-IAN LIFE ON STEAM-VESSELS. 

Mr. CUMMINGS also introduced a bill (H. R. 6135) for the better 

protection of human life on merchant steam-vessels of the United States; 

which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be ptinted. · 

:MAPS OF SUBURBAN REGTONS1 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 

Mr. B:OTTERWORTH submitted the following resolution; , which was read, and referred to the Committee on Appropriations: , 

Whereas several publishers have is:med maps of the suburban regions about 

'Vashington, purporting to have been compiled from official maps and data, 

which represent many of the streets and avenues of the city projecting through 

private property and through many private residences, without regard to the 

present authorized and legal lines of subdivision and in general disregard of 

private rights: Therefore, 

Resolved, That the Committee on Appropriations be, and it is hereby, instructed to make inquiry into this matter and report the essential facts of the case to the House in connection with its presentation of the bill making appro- priations for the improvement of streets and avenues and other thoroughfares 

of the District of Columbia.. 

OFFICERS OF STEAM-VESSELS. 

Mr. BUTTERWORTH also introduced a bill (H. R. 6136) for the 

relief of captains, pilots, engineers, and mates of stea Yessels; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. 

PENSIONS. 

:M:r. BUTTERWORTH also introduced a bill {H. R. 6137) to amend an act entitled "An act to provide that all pe~sions on account of 

death, or wounds received, or disease contracted in the service of the 

United States during the late war of the rebellion, etc.," approved 

March 3, 1879; which was read a first and .second time, referred to the 

Committee on Invalid Pe!J.sions, and ordered to be printed. 

COUNTERFEIT OR COMPOUNDED LARD. 

Mr. BUTTERWORTH also introduced a bill (H. R. 6138) to regulate the manufacture and sale of counterfeit or compounded lard; which 

was read a first and second tim~, referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed, 

PUBLIC BUILDING AT YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. 

.Mr. McKINLEY introduced a bill (H. R. 6139) to provide for the 

erection of a public building at Youngst-own, Ohio; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Commit~ee on Public Buildings 

and Grounds, and ordered to be printed. 

FRACTIONAL SILVER CERTIFICATES. 

:M:r. WILKINS introduced a bill (H. R. 6140) authorizing the issue 

of fmctional silver certificates; which was read a first and second time, 

referred to the Committee on· Banking and Currency, and ordered to be 

prinred. 

STATE OF VERMONT. 

JI.Ir. EZRA B. TAYLOR introduced a bill (H. R. 6141) to authorize 

the settlement and adjustment of all claims and demands between the 

United States and the Stare of Vermont; which was read a first and sec- ond time, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to 

be printed. 

PUBLIC BUILDING AT I.IMA1 OHIO. 

Mr. YODER introduced a bill (H. R. 6142) to erect a public building 

at Lima, Ohio; which was read a first and second time, referred to the 

Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, and ordered to be printed. 

EVIDENCE OF SOUNDNESS. 

Mr. BROWN, of Ohio, introduced a bill (H. R. 6143) allowing evidence of soundness at the time of entering the military or naval service 

and defining its effect; which was read a first and second time, ref erred 

to the Commitree on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. · 

RELIEF OF VOLUNTEER OFFICERS, ETC. 

Mr. BROWN, of Ohio, also introduced a bill (H. 'R. 6144) for therelief of cerl:ain volunteer officers and soldiP-rs of the late civil war, and 

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

the Commitree on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. 

SALE OF PROPERTY IN PITTSBURGH, PA. 

Mr. DALZELL introduced a bill {H. R. 6145) authorizing and directing the sale of certain property belonging to the Unired States situare in Pittsburgh, Pa.; which was rea.d a first and second time, re- ferred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be prinred. 

M~IORIAL ASSOCIATION OF VALLEY FORGE. 

Mr. YARDLEY introduced a bill (H. R. 6146) in aid of the Cen- . tennial and Memorial Association of Valley Forge, and to secure the 

Washington headquarters, mansion, and grounds occupied by the Continental Army of 1777; which was read a first and second time, referred 

to the Commitree on the Library, and ordered to be printed. 

NATIONAL-BANK CIRCULATION. 

Mr. DARLINGTON introduced a bill (H. R. 6147)'to provide for the 

issue of circulating notes of national banking associations, and to prevent the contraction of the currency; which was read a first and second 

time, referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency, and ordered 

to be prinred. 

INCOME TAX. 

Mr. OSBORNE introduced a bill (H. R. 6148) to prohibit the retention of income tax from pay of volunteer officers between date of issue 

and date of muster, aml directing the Secretary of the Treasmy to re- fund to officers whose claims have been paid any sums retained by the 

United States on account of such tax; which was read a first and second 

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

EQUALIZATION OF BOUNTY. 

Mr. OSBORNE also introduced a bill (H .. R. 6149) to equalize bounty 

in certain cases of soldiers of the late war; which was read a first and 

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

be printed. 

CHARGE OF DESERTION. 

Mr. OSBORNE also introduced a bill (H. R. 6150) to remove the 

charge of desertion from the rolls and records in the office of the Adjutant-General of the Army against soldiers who enlisted in the Navy 

of the Unired States; which was read a first and second time, referred 

to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered t<T be printea. 

LANDS TO SOLDIERS. 

Mr. BAYNE introduced a bill (H. R. 6151) granting lands to honorably discharged soldiers of the Union Army in the war of the rebellion; 

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

SOUTH PASS, l)HSSISSIPPI RIVER. 

Mr. MAISH introduced a bill (H. R. 6152) to authorize the Secretary 

of War to make rules and regulations for the navigation of the South 

Pass of the Mississippi River, and providing a penalty for the violation 

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

Committee on Rivers and Harbors, and ordered to be prinred. 

PRICE OF CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. 

Mr. McCULLOGH submitted a resolution fixing the price of tho 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD; which was referred to the Committee on Printing. · 

SITES OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 

Mr. DIBBLE introduced a bill (H. R. 6153) to authorize the condemnation ofland for sites of public buildings; which was read a first and 

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

and ordered to be printed. 

SCIENTIFIC APPARATUS. 

Mr. DIBBLE aJso introduced a bill (H. R. 6154) to exempt scientific 

apparatus imporred specially for the use of institutions of learning from 

the payment of duties; which was read a first and second time, referred 

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

WASHINGTON PARISH, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

Mr. DIBBLE (by request) also introduced a bill (H. R. 6155} granting parts of certain streets in Washington to the vestry of Washington 

parish for the use of the Congressional Cemetery; which was read a first 

and second time, referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and 

Grounds, and ordered to be printed. 

SUITS IN EJECTMENT, DISTRICT OF COLUM13IA. 

- Mr. HEMPHILL (by request) introduced a bill (H. R. 6156) relating 

to suits in ejectment in the District of Columbia; which was read a first 

and second time, referred to the Commitree on the District of Columbia, 

and ordered to be printed. 

ACKNOWLEDG!IIE.t.~TS OF DEEDS, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 

Mr. HEMPHILL (by request) also introduced a bill (H. R. 6157) 

relating to acknowledgments of deeds of land in the District of Columbia; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be prinred. 
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LAND TITLES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 

Mr. HEMPHILL (by request) also introduced a bill (H. R. 6158) t{) 

amend the laws relating t{) land titles in the District of Columbia, and 

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

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

PUBLIC BUILDING, CHATTANOOGA, TENN. 

Mr. NEAL introduced a bill (H. R. 6159) to amend an act entitled 

"An act for the erection of a public building at Chattanooga, Tenn.," 

approved February 25, 1885, and the act amendatory thereof, approved 

February 21, 1887; which was read a tirst and second time, referred to 

the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, and ordered to be 

printed. PENSIONS. 

Mr. WHITTHORNE introduced a bill (H. R. 6160) gmnting pensions to the surviving officers and enlisted men engaged in any of the 

Indbn wars of the United States prior to the war with Mexico; which 

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

STATISTICAL ABSTRACT. 

Mr. RICHARDSON offered a resolution to print.15,000 copies of 

the Statistical Abstract of the United States for 1887; which was read 

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

!vir. WASHINGTON inh·oduced a joint resolution (H. Res. 98) re- questing the President to open negotiations with certain foreign governments relative to the importation of tobacco into their dominions; 

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

SUITS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES. 

Mr. CULBERSON introduced a bill (H. R. 6161) to amend thesecond 

section of an act entitled ''An act to provide for bringing suits against 

the Government of the United States," approved the 3d day of March, 

1887; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. 

LAND LEASES BY INDIANS. 

Mr. CULBERSON also introduced a bill (H. R. 6162) to authorize 

the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole Nations of Indians, respectively, to lease lands wit~in their respective boundaries 

for mining purposes, subject· to the approval of the Secretary of the 

Interior, and to validate the leases heretofore made for such purposes 

by the proper authorities of any of said nations; which was read a first 

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

FUGITIVES ~ROl\I JUSTICE IN INDIAN TERRITORY. 

Mr. ABBOTT introduced a bill (H. R. 6163) to authorize United States 

marshals whose districts border on the Indian Territory to pursue and 

arrest offenders and fugitives from justice in said Territory; which was 

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

TAXATION. 

I\fr. 1\iARTIN offered a resolution instructing the Committee on Ways and Means to report a bill to repeal all internal taxes, and so 

reform the tariff as to make all articles bear ad valorem duties; which was read a. first and second time, referred to the Committee on Ways 

and Means, and ordered to be printed. 

MONUMENT AT POINT PLEASANT, W. VA. 

M:r. HOGG introduced a bill (H. R. 6164) providing for the erec-tion 

of a monument at Point Pleasant, in the State of West Virginia, com- memorative of the valor of those who fell in the ba,ttle of Point Pleasant, fought on the lOth day of October, 1774; which was read a first 

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

MARINE HOSPITAL, GALLIPOLIS, OHIO. 

:M:r. HOGG also introduced a bill (H. R. 6165) transferring the marine-hospital station at Gallipolis, Ohio, to Point Pleasant, in the State 

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

the _Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. 

. . WATER RESOURCES OF .ARIZONA. 

Mr. SMITH, of Arizona~ introduced a bill (H. R. 6166) to develop 

the water resources of Arizona, to provide for reclamation of the desert 

lands therein, and for otherpurposes; which wasreadafirstand second 

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

printed. 

WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE RESERVATION. 

Ur. SMITH, of Arizona, also introduced a bill (H. R. 6167) to change 

the west boundary line of the White Mountain Apache Indian reser- vation, in Arizona; which was read a first and second time, referred to 

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

ANNEXATION TO NEW MEXICO. 

Mr. JOSEPH introduced a bill (H. R. 6168) to annex a strip of land 

therein named to the Territory of New Mexico; which was read a fu·st 

and second time1 referred to the Committee on the Territories, and or- ~ered to be printed. 

TI.IPE.OVEMENTS ON JICARILLA APACHE RESERVATIONS. 

:Mr. JOS.EPH also introdnced a bill (H. R. 6169) to authorize the 

Secretary of the Interior to make compensation for improvements made 

by bona fide settlers upon the reservations set ap~rt by Executive order 

of Februa-ry 11, 1887, for the Jicarilla Apache Indians; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Indian Aff..1.irs 

and ordered to be printed. ' 

EXTENSION OF WASHINGTON STREETS. 

Mr. ROWELL introduced a bill (H. R. 6170) to extend the streets 

and avenues of the city of Washington, D. C.; which was i·ead a first 

and second time, referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. 

GERMAN CEl\IETERY, PROSPECT HILL, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA." 

Ur." GUENTHER submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia: 

'Vhereas tho commissioners of the District of Columbia, in apparent violation of the act of Congress chart.ering the German Cemetery of Prospect Ilill in the said District, are attempting to extend certain streets of Washington through this cemetery: Therefore, 

Resolved, That the .Committee on the District of Columbia are hereby instructed to inquire into .this mat~cr a.T_Id report the result of their inquiries to this House; and that the said committee ts hereby empowered to summon such witnesses as may be necessary to aid this inquiry, to examine them under oath; and that the expenses of such investigation be paid out of the contingent fund of the House. 

POLICE l'l'IATRONS, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 

Mr. ROCKWELL introduced a bill (H. R. 6171) to provide for the 

appointment of police matrons in the District of Columbia; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the District 

of Columbia., and ordered to be printed. 

LEAVE OF ABSENCE, ENGRAVING AND PRINTING BUREAU. 

Mr. CLARDY introduced a bill (H. R. 6172) providing for additional 

leave of absence for employes of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee 

on Printing, d ordered to be printed. 

PENSIONS. 

Mr. CLARDY also introduced a bill (H. R. 6173) to so amend sections 4693 and 4695 of the Revised Statutes of the United States as to 

extend the right of pensions to steam-boat men and others acting under 

orders from United,i)tates officers; which was read a first and second 

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

printed. ATLANTIC .AND PACIFIC SHIP-RAILWAY. 

Mr. CLARDY also introduced a bill {H. R. 6174) to incorporate the 

Atlantic and Pacific Ship-Railway Company, and for other purposes; 

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

Commerce, and ordered to be printed. 

INTERNAL-REVENUE TAXATION. 

1\Ir. WILKINSON introduced a bill (H. R. 6175) to repeal the internal- revenue taxes upon fruit brandies, and for other purposes; which was 

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

1\Ieans, and ordered to be printed. 

1\Ir. WILKINSON alsointroduced a bill (H. R. 6176)torepeal tbeinternal-revenue taxes on tobacco and upon all manufactures thereof, and 

for other purposes; which was read a first and second time, r~fcrred to 

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

Mr. WILKINSON also introduced a bill (H. R. 6177} to repeal all licenses and special taxes on dealers in tobacco and spirituous and malt 

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

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

be printed. 

Mr. WILKINSON also introduced a bill (H. R. 6178) to repeal the 

entire internal-revenue system of ·taxation, arid -for other purposes; 

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

Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. 

SEIZURES UNDER INTERNAL-REVENUE LAWS. 

1\Ir. STEWART, of Georgia, introduced a bill (H. R. 6179) to provide how property may be claimed and title of same tried when seized 

under the internal-revenue laws; which was read a fust and second 

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

printed. DESTY'S DIGEST FOR JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. 

1\fr. STEW ART, of Georgia, also submitted the following resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on Accounts: 

Resolved, That the Committee on Accounts recommend the purchase of 12 copies of Desty's Federal Digest for tho use of the Committee on the Judiciary. 

DUTIES ERRONEOUSLY .ASSESSED. 

Mr. COLLINS introduced a bill (H. R. 6180) to provide for there-
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covery of duties erroneously assessed and paid in certain cases; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on _the 

Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. 

COINAGE OF SITJJER, ETC. 

Ur. BLAND introduced a bill (H. _R. 6181) for the further coinage 

of silver, and for the redemption of national-bank notes, and for other 

purposes; which was read a first and second time, referred..,totheCommitt ee on Coinage,· Weights, and Measures, and ordered tff be printed. 

WATER-WAY FROJII LAKE MICHIGAN TO MISSISSIPPI RIVER. 

Mr. 0\YEN introduced a bill (H. R. 6182) authorizing a survey for 

the pmpose of making and maintaining a continuous water-way from 

Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River; which was read a first and 

second time, referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, and 

ordered to be printed. 

DECISIO:NS OF INTERIOR DEPARTMENT. 

Mr. BURROWS introduced a joint resolution (H. Res. 101) providing for the printing of decisions of the Department of the Interior .re- gardi ng public lands and pensions, for sale; which was read a. first a.nd 

second time, referred to. the Committee on Printing, and ordered to be 

printed. 

NAVAL MILITIA. 

Jl,fr. DIN.fl LEY, by unanimous consenli, submitted the following proposed amendment to the bill (H. R. 1847) to provide for the enrollment 

of ana v!W militia and the organization of naval reserve forces; which was 

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

in the RECORD: 

SEc. 5. That, in view of the recognized value of the sea fisheries as the nursery of seamen, and to encourage t-he training of citizens in such sea service as will make them promptly available for the manning ofGove1·nmentvessels in time of war, from and after the passage of this act there shall be paid from the Treas- ury to every fisherman employed on a vessel of the United l:>tates licensed for and engaged in the fisheries the sum of $-per mont-h for each calendar month actually engaged in a · fishing voyage: Provided, That this payment shall be made only to citizens of the United States or to aliens who have declared their intention to become citizens. SEC . 6. That the master of every vessel licensed for the fisheries shall, before proce eding on a fishing voyage, file with the cust.oms officer of the port where . his fishing license is issued a list of the officers and men who have been en- gaged for su<'h voyage; and on returning from said voyage shall also file with such customs officer a list of officers and men who have served on said vessel, and t.he time served by each. Said lists shall be verified and payment made by the collector of the district from which such license was issued to each person entitled to receive the same by this act, undersu.ch regulationsasthe Secretary of the 'l'reasury may prescribe. 

CAPT. W. J. KOUNTZ. 

Mr. BAYNE. 1\Ir. Speaker, the bill (H. R. 2865) for the 'relief of 

Capt. W. J. Kountz was erroneously referred to the Committee on War 

Claims. It should have been referred to the Committee on Claims. I 

ask that the reference may be changed accordingly. 

The SPEAKER. If there be no objection, that order will be made. 

There was no objection. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The call of the States has been com- pleted. 

INDIANA CONTESTED-ELECTION CASE-LOWRY VS. WRITE. 

Mr. BARRY. 1\Ir. Speaker, I am directed by the Committee on Elections to submit a report in the contested-election case ofLowry against 

White, from the Twelfth Congressionaldistrictoflndiana. In that con- nection I wish to give notice that the committee will call this case up 

for consideration on next Thursday, immediately after the morning 

hour. 

. I a,m also requested, M~. Speaker, by my colleague on the committee, 

the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. O'NEALL], to file on his part his individual views in this pal'ticular cp:se. 

1\Ir. ROWELL. I ask, by unanimous consent, to present the views 

of the minority of the Committee on Elections. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. These reports will be laid upon the 

table and ordered to be printed. ~ 

There was no ob}ection, and it was Oidered accordingly. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

Mr. DUNN. I aSk, by unanimous consent, to report back for present consideration a private bill for which there is considerable urgency, 

and to which there can be no kind of objection. 

Mr. McCREARY. Allow the call for bills and resolutions to be 

concluded. 

UJ.:. DUNN. I thought it had been concluded. 

COURT OF CLAIMS REPORTS. 

Mr. 1.fcCREARY. I present, on the part of my colleague [.M:r. 

TAULBEE], the following resolution, which I ask to be referred to the · Committee on Rules. 

The Clerk read as follows: 

Resolved, That the Speaker of the House be authorized to refer to the appro- priate committees of the House the bills now upon the House Private Calendar reported by the Court of Claims in the Forty-ninth Congress and brought for- ward. 

The resolution was referred to the Committee on Rules. 

EXPLA.l.~.ATION. 

1\ir. ENLOE. I rise for the purpose of making an explanation. ' I 

find in the list of private bills filed under the rule and transmitted by 

the petition clerk for publication in the CoxGRESSIO -.AL RECORD that 

one introduced by me on last Friday fails to state that it was introduced ''by request." I desire that fact to be noticed, but I have been 

told that such an entry can not be made upon the Journal. 

The SPEAKER pro ternpm·e. · It is not usual to make such entry 

upon the .Journal. 

GOVEllNME...~T PRINTING OFFICE. 

The SPE.AKER pro tempore laid before the House the following letter from the Public Printer. 

The Clerk read as follows: GOVERNJIIE]oo"'T PRINTING 0FFTCE, 

Washington, D. C., Janua1-y 30, 188$. 

Sm: I herewith transmit to Congress my report in reply to the directions con- tained in resolutions of the House adopted January 24. 

Hon. S. S. Cox, 

Spooker 1)TO tempore, House of Representatit:es. 

TH. E. BENEDICT, 

Public Printer. 

Mr. RICHARDSON. I ask that the letter of the Public Printer be 

read. 

The Clerk proceeded with the reading of the lett.er. • Mr. BROWNE, of Indiana. I ask, by unanimous consent, that the 

reading of this letter be dispensed with, as nobody seems to be paying 

attention to it.. 

Mr. BLOUNT. I think it should be re.-'td. There has been a good 

deal of criticism of the Public Printer, and it ought to be read in justice to him. 

Mr. BROWNE, of Indiana. Will the gentleman tell me who is listening to it? 

Mr. BLOUNT. I am listening to it. 

Mr. SPRINGER. And so am I. 

Mr. BROWNE, of Indiana. Then let it be read for the benefit of the 

gentleman from Georgia~ 

Mr. BLOUNT. If the gentleman thinks that is a witticism he can do so. I was listening to. it, and it is not my business to see what other 

gentlemen are doing. ' 

The reading of the letter was then concluded, and it is as follows: 

Hon. S. S. Cox, 

GoVERZ..TMENT PRINTING OFFICE, 

Washington, D. C., January 30, 1838. 

Speaker pro tempore, House of Representati-ves: 

' Sill: I beg to acknowledg·e the receipt, on the 2Gt,h instant, of the followin-g preamble and resolution, adopted in the House of Representatives on January 

24,1888, to wit: "Whereas it is reported tha~ a considerable number of employes have been recently discharged from the force of the Public Pt·inter, and that others have been granted in voluntary furloughs, thereby reducing the force employed in the office of the Public Printer: Therefore, 

'' Resoll!ed, That the Pub tic Printer be directed to report to this House whether he has recently discharged or furloughed any of his force, and if so, how many, and for what reasons such discharges aud furloughs have been made at a time when the printing ordered by this House is largely in arrears. "Also, whether in making such discharges and furloughs regard ha-s beeu had to section 1754 of the Revised Statutes, by giving the preference to honorably 

discharged soldiers and sailors." In reply, as directed, I have the honor to st-ate that on the 21st of the present month I discharged from this office 39 employes, men and women. Said dis- charged employes in eluded 16 book-binders, H book-sewers, and !laborer from the bindery division, and 8 others from other di visi<ms of the office, comprising 1 proof-reltder, 1 copy-holder, 1 carpenter, 1 laborer, and 4 women from the fold- ing-room, I also on that date furloughed 24 book-binders and 16 book-sewers for a pet"iod of twel""e working days, at the end of which they are at liberty to report for d11ty and resume·work. 'l' hese persons were discharged and furloughed under authority of law conferred upon me to employ the necessary hands in this office for the execution of the pub- lic printing and binding, under which authority of law my powexs are expressly limited as follows: "He [the Congressional Printer] shall not at any time employ in the office more hands than the absolute necessities of the public work may require." 

My action was also influenced by the further provision of law which is found in the act appropriating funds for the public printing and binding for the cur- rent fiscal year, to wit: "No more than an allotment of one-half of the sum hereby appropriated shall be expended in the two first quarters of the fiscal year, and no more than one- fourth thereof may be expended in either of the two last quarters of the fiscal year, except that in S{}dition thereto, in either of said last quarters, the unex- pended balances of allotment for preceding quarters may be expended." A reduction of force at this time being a business necessity, as well as dictated by a due observance of the provisions of the two acts above quoted, I directed a discharge and furlough from that division of the office which, owing to the present nature of the demands upon the office, could bear the reduction with the least interruption of the current work. Such .a discharge of empl oyes in this office, even at this season of the year, was not an unusua l event, as the rec- ords of the office show,especially from the division referred to, which does not usually during t.he present allotment period r equire to be run to its fullest ca- pacity. It is probable that the motive of my a ction m ay be better shown by a comparison of the force in the bindery at the time of this discharge with that of the same period in January, 1S86, at the beginning of the first session of the Forty-ninth Congress: 

Total number ofbook-binders,January, 1886 .................................... ~ ............ 262 Total number of book-binders, January, 1888 .................................................. 274 

These figures from the rolls of the office show that prior to the recent discharge 

there were employed twelve more book-binders than at the s ame period two years ago. The demands of the current work of the office at this season of the year require less work in the bindery tha n during the p eriod when the r egular edi- tions of the document work ordered by Congress, the .Agricultural Report, tha bound edition of the REcoRD, and the reports of Departments are in hand for binding. Apart from the fact that this office was carrying a larger force in the bindery than had been the case at other periods under like conditions, I am . 

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_ pleased to sta te to Congress that &'l.id divi">ion of the office had been enabled 

during the preceding year not only to meet all current demands but to bring up to date much delayed work and to execute more of the reserve work than bad ever been the case in any single previous year. As a consequence, said division is now enabled to more than meet any current demand that is likely to be made upon it. This condition ·of affairs will continue until the office takes up the 

work of the Agricultural R eport for 1887, the copy of which has not yet been 

received. 

The following statement will exhibit the increase in the output of bound Congressional work for the periods named, being for equal portions of the first ses- sions of the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth C<>ngresses: 

C<>ngressional work, bound complete, from Jqly 1,1885, to January 25, 1885, inclusive: Number of volumes................. ..................................... 576,946 

Congressional work, bound complete, from July 1,1887, to January 25, 

1888,inclusive: Number of volumes ...................................................... 890,221 

A fair proportion of this great increase in the output of the office in bound 

Congressional work during a period of less than seven months (amounting to an actual gain of 313,275 volumes, or an increase of over 50 per cent.) was for 

work ordered by Congress from two to five years prior to my assuming charge 

of the office, and the statement does not include any work executed in the 

bindery upon Department requisitions, which during the same period was the 

largest ever known in the office. 

These statements as to the work accomplished and the present condition of 

the work of the bindery will, I trust, in the judgment of Congress, be deemed a sufficient justification of my action in pursuance of the provision of the law 

prohibiting the Public Printer from employing in the office "more hands than 

the absolute necessities of the public work may require.'' It may be further stated, however, that the condition of the appropriation 

governing this office for the present year was also a motive for my action. Of 

the total sum of$1,088,304.54 available, from all sources, for the public printing 

and binding, under the provisions of the one-half allotment, from July 1 to December 31, 1887, I expended for labor and material during said period $1,074,-

44.6.43,leaving but $13,858.11 unexpended and a"ailable in the Treasury; which sum would not have enabled me to continue the work of the office for more than two working days beyond the first allotment period. In addition to the sum available for publicprintingand binding for the one-half allotment period, 

there was available of the agricultural appropriation of 1886, from July 1, 1887, · to January 1, 1888, the sum of $169,696.98, all of which, excepting &!,953.96, was expended prior to January l,and all of the latter sum prior to the dat-e of the 

discharge referred to, the whole edition of 401,900 copies being bound and delivered within four and one-half months. I had, on January 1, available, under 

the provisions of the appropriation act, less than $.352,000 to conduct the office 

during the third quarter or present allotment period of three months, and the expenses of the office for labor and material at this time, in order to execute promptly the work demanded by Congress and the Departments, is necessarily 

about $8,500 per day, a snm equal to the highest average per diem expense for any period heretofore in the history of the office. 

'I'his statement would seem to furnish a sufficient answertocertaincriticisms 

directed to an assumed parsimony on the part of the present administration of 

this office. I have not failed to expend every dollar at my disposal that could 

be honestly and legally applied to executing the increased demand for public 

printing, nor can it be justly said that I received at the hands of C<>ngress at its 

last session all the appropriation which I deemed necessary for the conduct o( 

the work of the office. The original estimate transmitted to the Secretary of 

the Treasury to cover the expenses of this office for the current fiscal year was $2,427,047.41. In reply tQ a request of the Appropriations Committtee of the House, made 

December 1, 1886, as to "whether said estimate can not be prudently reduced to the sum which was appropriated f<;>r the current fiscal year, namely, $2,000,000," I said, "If the quer>tion was one simply of doing the Government printing with 

the present facilities and under present conditions, I would answer that $2,000,-

000 was amply sufficient, providing there was no increase in the amount of work 

ordered by Congress." I then called attention to the largely-increased demand 

being made upon the office, and to certain extraordinary expenditures imperatively demanded in the interest ofsafetyandeconomy,whichi estimated would 

need an appropriation of at least $159,000, and stated that if Congress would ap- propriate thatsum for t.he special purpose ofincrea">ing the facilities and working capacity of the office, I would feel Qonfidence in undertaking to conduct the 

office for the fiscal year of 1888 for the sum of $2;0JO,OOO, being the amount, ap- propriated for the fiscal year 1887. 

While C<>ngress, in the due and proper exercise of its po"!:ers, saw fit to con- fine this office to a sum upward of $150,000 below the lowest amount estimated 

by me to be necessary, and notwithstanding large expenditures have been re- quired t.o be made out of the regular app1·opriation for printing and binding to meet actual necessities in the direction of safety, health, and the prompt execu- tion of the increased demands made upon the office, I can state that I · have been 

enabled, by legitimate economies in the purchase o(material and the discharge 

of needless employes, to keep fully abreast of the work of the office, and I feel 

quite confident of my ability to meet the expectations of Congress within the 1 imits of expense it has set, unless the allotment restriction of the present quarter 

should result in embarrassment owing to my inability to use an amount of ap- propriation proportionate to the demands of the work t!J,at may be called for 

by C<>ngress. 

The statement in the resolution that the "printing ordered by this House is 

largely in arrears" is one that I beg respectfully but emphatically to dissent 

from. There is not at this time, nor was there at the time of the introduct.ion or pa,ssage of the resolution, any work ordered by this C<>ngress in arrears in 

this office, all work received up to that time having been printed and returned to Congress within the shortest period that it could possibly be done, or within 

which it ever has been done. It is in the power of Congress to order in a single .day printing that would occupy every resource of this office for a week or even a year. The Public 

Printer can not be expected to execute work not within the mechanical facilities or the working space at his command. For several days immediately succeeding 

the reassembling of Congress, after the holiday adjournment, more work was received than could be executed within a working day, owing to the fact that 

the mechanical facilities of the office in type, presses, and other machinery were not sufficient to meet so extraordinary a demand, although one of the largest 

and best selected bill and document forces ever known in the history of the office was employed. I can not refrain from stating at this time that in every case where complaint 

of delayed work has been made, either in Congress, the public press, or by com- munication to this office, the bills or documents so represented as delayed had, so far as my knowledge extends, already been printed and delivered to Con- gress for periods of a day or a week previous, or else the. copy of the same had not been received in this office when the request or complaint was made. I can further say, with the greatest confidence, that the office has, during the past month and year, exceeded all previous efforts in the rapid execution of printing and binding, and, had t here been less efficiency in the working force, or less improvements in the office service during the year past, it would not now be able to meet the daily demands made upon it. 

Upon the basis of these facts and statements I would respectfully deny all 

charges that this office is in arrears in printing the work ordered by the House. Apart from the fact that not one single complaint has reached me from the Sen- ate of any delay in printing documents or bills, I submlt the follo'Ying statement from the records of this office, on which I base the claim that the office 

has not only executed promptly all work of f'..ongress but has executed a largely 

increased amount of work for this Congress in comparison with work executed 

during the same period of the Forty-ninth Congress : 

Total number of Senate executive W.Ocmnents, Senate misceUaneous documents, and Senate reports received up to January 25, 1885, first session 

Forty-ninth Congress................................................................................. 158 

Total number of House executive documents, House miscellaneous documents, and House reports received uo to January 25, 1886, first session 

Forty-nintll Congress .......................... :...................................................... 240 

Total............ ...................................... ................................................. 398 

Total number of Senate executive documents, Senate miscellaneous docu- ments and Senate reports received up to January 25, 1888, first session 

Fiftieth Congress....................................................................................... 189 

Total number of House executive documents, House miscellaneous documents, and House reports received up to January 25,1888, first session 

Fiftieth Congress ................................. ....... : .................................... 1 ......... _ 391 

Total.................................................................................................... 580 

Total number of Senate bills introduced up to January 25,-1886,first ses- sion Forty-ninth Congress ..................... _ .................................................... 1, 235 Total number of House bills introduced up to January 25, 1886, first ses- sion Forty-ninth C<>ngress ......................................................................... 4, 420 

Total ..................................................................................................... 5, 655 

Total number of Senate bills introduced up to January 25, 1888, first ses- sion Fiftieth Congress ............................................................................... 1, 654 Total number of House bills introduced up to January 25. 1888, first ses- sion Fiftieth C<>ngress ............................................................................... 5, 995 

• Total. .................................................................................................. 7, 659 

These figures show conclusively an increase of nearly 46 per cent. in the Sen- ate and House documents and reports, and of nearly 36 p er cent in the Senate 

and House bills up to January 2-5 of the present ses3ion of Congress over a like 

period of the first session of the Forty-ninth Congress, all of which work, except a few documents held awaiting illustrations and a few others never taken up at this season of the year, was completed and delivered to Congress before the close 

of work on January 25,1888, to which period the figures are brought up. I am pleased to further present the following figures, showing the mct·eased amount of work in the office in another direction: 

Total number of concurrent resolutions, Senate resolutions, and House reso- · lutions received in this office during the first session of the Forty-ninth 

Congress, up to January 25, 1885, inclusive................................................. 51 

Total num~r of concurrent resolutions, Senate resolutions, and House reso- lutions received at this office during the first session of the Fifiieth Con- gress, up to January 25,1888, inclusive ................ ,....................................... 67 

This exhibit shows an increase of 16 in the number of said resolutions, or an average of over 30 per cent., and I can state that all of the same have been printed 

.and promptly delivered to Congress. 

The following exhibit of work printed on private orders of members of the 

Senate and House also has a bearing on the points previously presented : 

Totl\1. number of copies of messages and speeches ordered up to Janu- ary 25, 1886, first session Forty-ninth Congress .................................... 332,410 

Total number of copies of messages and speeches ordered up to January 

25, 1888, first session Fiftieth Congress ............................... .................... 749, 000 

AU of this work was printed and delivered at the date of this report, being a gain of over 100 per cent. The records of the office show a corresponding increase in work received from 

all of the Departments of the Government d11ring the present fiscal year, as com- pared with that of two years ago, as the following figures clearly indicate : 

Total number of requisitions for printing received from the several Ex- ecutive and Judicial Departments, the Secretary of the Senate, and the 

Clerk of the House from July 1, 1885, to January 25, 1886 ....................... 13,169 

Total number of requisitions for printing received from the several Ex- ecutive and Judicial Departments, the Secretacy of the Senate, and the 

Clerk of the House froc July 1,_1887, to January 25, 1888 ........................ 14,272 

Total increase.................. .. . .. ....... ... ..... . ........... ......... ................ ... 1, 103 

This increase of over 9 per cent. in the total number of requisitions, however, 

does not indicate the actual increase of work, as a large number of the requisitions cover nearly double the amount of work required by the requisitions of two years ago. This statement is ma-de clear by the following exhibit of the cost of work covered by said requisitions and chargeable a.ga.inst the total allot- ments of the Department.s for the current year: ' 

Total allotment-s to Departments for printing and binding for cur- - . rent fiscal year ............................................................................... $1, 103, 237, 46 

Total cost of work covered by 14,272 requisi~ions received and 

charged during current fiscal year................................................ 799,214.21 

Balance allotments available.................................................. 304,023.25 

This shows that less than one-third of the total sum allotted to Departments 

in the appropriation for printing and binding for the current fiscal year is now available for their use, while less than seven months of the fiscal year have 

elapsed. It is proper to add that it is customary for Departments to put in the 

major part of their requisitions during the first allotment period of the year, to allow of ample time to execute them; but the records show that their orders 

have been supplied more promptly and in larger quantities than usual, leading to the early exhaustion of their allotment, and calling for a. greatly reduced amount of work during the balance of the year. This fact alone is a sufficient cause for the reduction of force at this time in the division most affected by 

this reduction of the demand for departmental work, and can be stated as an additional reason for my action. . The several exhibits already given do not so clearly illustrate the increase in 

the amount of work executed at present over past periods in this office as the 

following statement of the press-room and paper warehouse, which furnish the 

items that may be considered the most correct gauge of the actual output of 

printed work: 

Printed Tokens. form.s. 

------------------------------------------------

Total output of press-room from December 1,1885, to Janu- ary 25,1886, inclusive........................................................... 10,599 

Total output of press-room from December 1, 1887, to Janu- ary 25,1888, inclusive ............................................ -............. . 11,532 

83,173 

frl, 931 
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This exhibits an increase in favor of the present period of 933 printed forms 

and4,758tokens of paper (equal to 2,379,000 printed sheets) in a period of only 

forty-five working days. Yet, while this is fairly representative of the increased 

output of work, it does not show the full increase, for the reason that some eight presses in the press-room now print 32-page forms, which count in tokens 

only equal to the 16-page forms formerly printed. The following is the paper warehouse exhibit: _ 

Total pounds of printing and writing papers used in press-room from 

December 1, 1885, to January 25, 1886, inclusive ...................................... 365,382 

Total pounds of printing and writing papers used in press-room from 

December 1,1887, to January 25,1888, inclusive ..................... .................. 451,122 

This shows an increase of over 23 per cent. in the use of one class of paper over the period of two years ago, this class of paper being that on which Congressional work is mostly printed. The statement does not include any paper used in the bindery, nor any material (such as paper, envelopes, and cardboard) furnished by Congress or the Departments, of which material there has 

been an increase estimated at nearly fourfold over the amounts of the same ma- terial received two years ago. _ I am further pleased to state that this large increase of work has been accom- plished with a force of about two hundred employes less than was required two years ago, which reduction, I would add, has not been made by the discharge 

of skilled and competent mechanics, the number of which in the office is now about equal to that of former years, but which has been made largely by the 

dismissal of clerks, laborers, and other supernumerary persons whose employment, in my judgment, did not contribute to the output of work in the office. In further reply to your resolution, as to" whether, in making discharges and 

furloughs, regard has been had to section 1754, Revised S~atutes, by giving the 

preference to honora.bly discharged soldiers and sailors," I have to state that I have fully observed the letter and spirit of said act, and that of all later acts which protect not only the limited number of _veteran soldiers referred to in 

section 1754 of t-he Revised Statutes, but all honorably discharged soldiers and 

sailors and their widows and orphan children. In corroboration of this state- ment I have the original lists on which the names of persons were presented to me from the working divisions of this office for discharge, on which appear my own memoranda as to whether they were entitled to exemption under the above 

referred to provisions oflaw, and upon which no honorably discharged soldier or sailor, or widow or orphan son or daughter of the same, appears as having been 

discharged except for cause. I can further state that the roll-book of this office, for the fir.st time in its history, now bears a record of every person entitled to protection under the act ac- cording preferment in appointment or exemption from discharge for reason of 

service in the Army of the United States. These data could only be obtained by a personal inquiry of nearly every person found entitled to such exemption, when I took charge of the office, as t-he original appointment papers on file in 

but few instances referred to their honorable service in the Army. I am pleased to state that there is a much larger percentage of honorably discharged soldiers and sailors and their widows and orphan children now em- ployed in this office than ever before, and iri such divisions as the watch force none but honorably discharged soldiers and sailors have been appointed by me. H Congl'ess should not find this reply sufficiently broad to cover the inquiry 

proposed by the resolution, I will be pleased to have any further inquiry or investigation made that may seem desirable in the matter, or that the purposes of 

the authors of the present inquiry may suggest. TH. E. BENEDICT. 

Mr. RICHARDSON. I ask that the report be referred to the Committee on Printing, and ordered to be printed. And, Mr. Speaker, on that motion I desire to say a few words. In my official relations as a member of the Committee on Printing of the House it has been my 

duty to look somewhat after the public printing, and I have been thrown 

into closest contact with the Public Printer; and I wish to emphasize 

for a few moments-and I will take as little time asican-someofthe 

facts and statistics as set forth in this report, which is so. explicit upon 

all points covered by it, or intended to be covered by it. 

In answer to the resolution which I bad the honor to transmit to him, 

it having been adopted by the House on the 24th of the present month, 

be admitted that he did discharge from the Government Printing Office on January 21, thirty-nine employes. Nearly all these employes so discharged had been employed in the bindery. It is further true on that day he had discharged, or rather furloughed for twelve days, forty 

employes. Now, Mr. Speaker, nearly all the employes so discharged 

and furloughed bad been employed, as I have said, in the bindery. 

This officer shows in his report that at this season of the year, or at 

this stage of the public business, there is less demand in the bindery for 

employes than-in the printing department of his bureau. He shows 

that he could dispense with the employes in the bindery, therefore, 

with a proper regard for the public interest, and that the bindery could 

bear the reduction, which he of necessity was forced to make, and with 

the least interruption of the current work; hence, in order to keep 

within the limits of his appropriation, discharges were made from those 

employes. It should be remembered that these were necessary in or- der to keep his expenses within the appropriation made him under ex- isting law. _ This report shows further, and I want toemphasizethatparticularly, 

because complaints have been made that the work is not being done 

promptly, that in the bindery a larger volume of work bas been done 

than was ever done before in the history of the Government in the sanie 

period of time, and I wish to refer to the statistics, taking the same period of time covered by the Forty-ninth Congress and comparing it 

with the work done in the present Congress up to the corresponding 

date. For the six months and twenty-five days from the beginning of 

the fiscal year preceding the opening of the Forty-ninth Congress this report shows that in this department there were bound 576,946 .volumes, 

w bile in the same length of time in the Fiftieth Congress there were bound 890,221 volumes, making a difference in favor of the amount of 

work done by this officer in the same length of time, that is to say, six 

months and twenty-five days of this :fiscal year, of 313,275 volumes, 

an increase of over 50 per cent. It is but fair to the present incumbent to state that very much of this work was work ordered by Congress from two to five years before he took charge of the office. 

While doing this, and I want also to call special attention to this 

fact, he has been enabled to reduce the public expenditures in the 

Printing Office without in any manner affecting the efficient working 

of that branch of the public service. Let us make a comparison of the 

number of employes of that department, the bindery, at the beginningofthe Forty-ninth Congress, when the 576,946 volumes were bound, as I have mentioned, and the beginning of this Congress, when in the same period of time 890,221 volumes were bound. 

In the closing period of 1886, when this work was done, there were employed 262 persons in the bindery, while in the closing days of 1887 

and in January, 1888, be bas employed 274; in ot-her words, he had 

only twelve more while doing so much more work. And yet it will be 

seen after m.aking all the discharges of which this complaint is made 

he has a larger force in the bindery than in January, 1886. 

Now, sir, the law is-that the Public Printer shall not employ more 

hands than the absolute necessities of the public service require; and 

this law is imperative upon him. It is well known that Congress in 

its wisdom sets apart all the money in appropriation bills that the Public Printer can lawfully use within specified periods of each fiscal year. 

This amount is, as yon are well aware, allotted to him, and provision 

is made that this allotment shall be one-half the total amount of the 

appropriation for the first six months of the fiscal year, and the remaining half is to be divided evenly, one quarter of the amount to be used 

in the third quarter of the year and the remainder in the fourth quarter 

of the fiscal year. 

Again I want to say that, taking the first half of the fiscal year ending December 31, 1887, this officer was enabled, by his efficient man- agement of that bureau and the efficient system of business adopt-ed in 

that office, to determine not only exactly the amount that be could 

profitably expend, but to know exactly what ·amount was being ex- pended daily, and to so graduate his expenditures as to consume just 

what was allotted-him by law to be.. expended within the given period, 

ending with the close of the year. This report shows that on December 31, at-the close of the firsthalf of the fiscal year, he bad expended 

every dollar which Congress had allotted to him to expend in the first 

half of the year except the sum of $13,858.11, which amount, I will 

state, would not be sufficient, as he says in his report, to pay the run- ning expenses of the Printing Office for two days. Evidently he must 

have made a very accurate and close calculation to have. been able to 

know so nearly what be was doing, and to have expended so nearly 

the whole amount he could by law expend down to that date. This is an evidence of the business methods which obtain in that office. 

But, Mr. Speaker, it may be argued that he had other appropriations. 

That is true. The agricultural appropriation in part was available in ·that portion of the fiscal year, the whole amount of this agricultunil 

appropriation so available being $169,696.98. But on the 31st rlay of 

December, at the close of that portion of the fiscal year, he had expended 

every dollar of that appropriation or allotment except $4,953.96, and 

that amount was brought over into the aJ!Propriation for the new fiscal 

year. But this balance itself was expended before the discharges in the 

bindery were made on the 21st of the present month. 

Now, thew bole allotment for the t.bird quarter of the fiscal year beginning January 1, 1888, under the law amounts ~ $552,000; and he 

shows, and I think the report in that respect is conclusive, that he could 

not in justice to the public servi~ have retained the employes discharged with any hope of keeping within the appropriation or quarterly 

allotment. This matter of employing persons and discharging or fur--

loughing them belongs, Mr. Speaker, to tile Public Printer. The law 

wisely lodges this discretion in him. And from the best light obtained I believe he has wisely and prudently exercised the discretion 

thus given him. 

Now, a word in regard to the work done by this officer. It is set- forth fully in the report, but I can briefly recapitulate it, and I ask particular attention to it since a great deal of complaint ba-s been made in 

some of the newspapers, but which the Public Pr~ter states bas not 

been made in the other branch of this Congress; we have heard some complaints of a similar character on this side of the Capitol. 

Take the Senate executive and miscellaneous documents and report;s, 

and the Honse executive and miscellaneous documents a.nd report-s 

which were submitted in the first forty-five days of the Forty-ninth 

Congress and compare them with the number submitted during the same length of time in this Congress. _ Thus, from the first Uonday in December, 1885, for forty-five days, 

there were introduced in the Senate 158 of these documents and re- ports; and in the House for the same period 240, making an aggreg1te 

of 398. Now, for the first forty-five days of the Fiftieth Congress, beginning first Monday in December, 1887, the Senate documen ts and 

reports amounted to 189 as against 158 two years ago, and in the House 

of Representatives 321 as against 240 for the same length of time last 

Congress, making in the aggregate an increase of these documents of 

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Take bills. There were introduced in the Forty-ninth Congress, first 

forty-five days, 1,235 bills in the Senate and in the House 4,420, making a total of 5,655. 

In the first forty-five dn.ys of the Fiftieth Congress there were introduced 1, 654 bills in the Senate, and 5, 995 in the House, a total of 7, 649, 

being an excess in forty-five dn.ys of 1,994 bills in the present Congress 

oveT the Forty-ninth. 

This shows an increase in this Congress of that class of work known 

as documents and reports to be done by the Public Printer of 46 per 

cent. in these forty-five days, while in the other class of work, bills, 

there is an increase of 36 per rent. Notwithstanding all this large increase of work, this officer has done it with a working force of at least 

two hundred employes less, on an average, thn.n were employed in that 

department in the corresponding time in the Forty-ninth Congress. 

Now let us look for a moment at the further work done during these 

forty-five days of the Forty-ninth and of the Fiftieth Congresses. Take 

the printing of messages and speeches of members of Congress upon 

the orders of members of the Senate and of the House. In these fortyfive days in 1885-'86 there were printed of these speeches and messages 

332,410. In the same time in forty-five dn.ys of the present Congress 

the Public Printer has printed 749,000, making a difference in favor of 

this work now of 416,590. This is an increase of over100 per cent. in 

the demands upon that office in this class of work. 

The Public Printer also calls attention, Mr. Speaker, and I may be 

pardoned for I'eferring to that briefly, to the printing for the various 

heads of Depart;:nents, etc., upon requisitions. The printing for the 

diffe1·ent Departments of the Government, and for the Secretary of the 

Senate and the Clerk of the House is made on requisition, as it is 

termed. I desire to show you the number of requisitions sent within 

the first forty-five days of the Forty-ninth Congress, and the number of 

requisitions sent in the first forty-five days in the Fiftieth Congress. In 

the Forty-ninth Congress of these requisitions there were 13,169; in 

theFiftieth therewere 14,272; that is to sayanincreaseof1,103 in the 

requisitions made upon the Public Printer for printing from the sources 

I have mentioned. But the requisitions themselvel;) do not show the 

volume or the amount of the work in the requisition. Let us get 'at 

that for a moment. 

The amount appropriated by Congress to these various Departments 

and set apart to be used as available by them for public printing is ascertained and fixed, and, as I have said, the Public Printer can only use n. certain portion of it in the first half of the year and so much in 

the remaining part of the year. He can only use half of the appropriation in the first half of the fiscal year. Under these requisitions 

they had allotted to them to be expended in printing their requisitions 

$1,103,237.46; that is for the whole year. During the first six months 

and twenty-five days of the year there was used for this purpose $799,-

214.21; which only leaves for the remaining half of the year, less 

twenty-five days, the sum cf $304,023.25; so that therequisitionswhich 

have been made upon the Public Printer for printing consumed more 

than two-thirds of the entire amountwhich the Departments, etc., are allowed for prin~ing during the entire fiscal year. That much was 

consumed in a little over one-half of the fiscal year. All of this increase 

in work has been done by the Public Printer in forty-five days, n.nd 

the work has been delivered. 

Now, Mr. Speaker, one point more in regard to the quantity of the 

stuff and material consumed and printed in that office. One of the 

best methods of getting at the actual output of the office is to take the 

result of the work of the press-room and paper warehouse. First, the 

press-room account shows that in the first forty-five days of the Fortyninth Congress there were put out 10,599 printed forms, as they are called; in the first forty-five days of the Fiftieth Congress there were 

put out 11,532 forms. I am not a practical printer, and if I mist..'l.ke 

wbat the form is I hope some gentleman who is a practical printer will 

correct me. Mr. HENDERSON, of Illinois. Will thegentlemanfrom Tennessee 

yield to me for a question? 

Mr. RICHARDSON. With plea~ure. 

Mr. HENDERSON, of Illinois. Has the Committee on Printing investigated the question as to the cause of delay in printing such matter as is needed for the use of the House in the performance ofits duty? 

If my friend will allow me, I say that I imagine this is not a question 

of what amount of printing has been done by one Public Printer or by 

another, or a question of what has been the expense of printing by one Congress or another, or one Public Printer or another; but it is a question whether the printing which ought to be done in the interest ofthe 

House has been performed in a proper manner. 

If the gentleman from Tennessee will allow me I will say as to the 

reports of the Engineering Department of the Government that almost 

two months of the session have now elapsed, and the Committee on 

Rivers and Harbors, one of the important committees of the House, 

has only to-day a single one of perhaps four volumes of the reports of 

the engineers, neither bound nor indexed. Two months of this session 

have gone and these reports, which are valuable and needed by an important committee of the House, have not yet been furnished. I have heard complaints also from other committees, and the question 

for the House tC' consider is whether the printing w~ich ought to be 

done and which must be done in the interest of good and speedy legis- lation has been done, not what this Public Printer has been enabled 

to save or what he has been en.abled to do more than previous Public 

Printers. 

Mr. RICHARDSON. I appreciate the gentleman's point and will 

endeavor to answer his inquiry. Upon the subject of the Engineer's 

Report (which is outside of what I intended to say), I understand that 

there was a delay in the previous Congress in furnishing that report, 

but the delay in tha,t case was in no way attributable to- the act of the 

Public Printer. He was not to blame for that delay, as I am quite well 

assured the chairman of the Committee on Rivers and Harbors ver;K 

well knows, and while attention is called to the fa-ct that that Engi- neer's Report was not bound, my information is that it was in the hands 

of the members of the committee in such shape and condition that they 

could very readily use it. It was not bound, and the reason why it 

was not bound can be ascertained, I believe, but it was not the fault of 

the Public Printer. However, that is totally outside of the present inquiry. 

Mr. GROSVENOR. Will the gentleman permit an interruption at 

this point? 

Mr. RICHARDSON. Yes, sir. 

MT. GROSVENOR. I wish to say to the gentleman that the report 

of the Chief of Engineers has not been received by the Committee on Rivers and Harbors in any form. One small portion of it and a fraction of a second part have been received, and that is all that has been received up to this morning. No part of the document is bound, and 

not more than one·third of it hlfS been received in any form. 

1VJ.I. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, I am not prepared to make any 

statement in regard to that document in this Congress; but heretofore • when the Engineer's Report was delayed, it was delayed because it was necessary to get certain informn,tion from the Wm· Department which 

the Public Printer could not obtain. I have no doubt that I shaH be 

able to get an answer from the Public Printe1· why there is delay in 

this case, and I undertake to say that his answer will be as accurate 

and conclusive upon that point as it proves to be upon the questions 

that have been addressed to him. There was no inquiry made in re- gard to this Engineer's Report in the matter before us, and therefore 

this statement fi·om the Public Printer does not answer that inquiry; 

but I have no doubt that he can answex it in a perfectly satisfactory 

manner, as he has answered every question that the House has asked. 

Mr. HOPKINS, of Illinois. !tir. Speaker, while the gentleman is 

apologizing for the delays in furnishing these reports and giving excuses 

in advance for the Public Printer, I would like him to tell the-members 

of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries and the members of 

this House why it is that we have not the report of the Commissioner of 

Navigation? I am credibly informed that more than two months prior to 

the commencement of this Congress that report was placed in the hands 

of the Public Printer, and the members of the committee have been 

absolutely begging fOT copies of that document, :1 report which makes 

certain recommendations in reganl to the navigation laws, a report 

which it is necessary to have in the hands of the members of that com- mittee in order that they may act intelligently upon matters that are 

coming before them every week in the form of bills. The committee 

have been so inconvenienced by reason of this delay that they have actually been compelled to have a tmnscript of certain portions of the 

repol't made and btought to the committee-room, in order that they 

may be enabled to act upon the bills that have been referred to them. 

Mr. Mc:M:ILI,IN. Was not that transcript made before the committees of this House were appointed? 

Mr. HOPKINS, oflllinois. No, sir; notaslunderstand the matter. 

Mor. Mcl\IILLIN. I understand that it was. Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Spea.ker, I am not prepared to answer every question that may be propounded to Iile in regard to every particular document-! am not apologizing and making excuses for the 

Public Printer. He needs none. 

M:r. HOPKINS, of Illinois. Wliile I am upon the floor, Mr. Spea.ker, 

I desire to say this in addition-- Mr. RICHARDSON. I yielded to the gentleman for a question. I 

did not suppose he was going to make a speech. As I was about to say, Mr. Speaker, I can not answer now as to every particular piece of printing which gentlemen may make inquiry about, but I undertak e to say 

that the Public Printer, in the communication which we have before 

us, has answered satisfactorily and conclusively every inquiry adrlressed 

to"him; and if gentlemen have other inquiries which they desire to make, 

he challenges and invites the most comp1ete and scrutinizing in\estigation into his office and will be prepared to given. satisfactory answer to 

every inquiry that may be made by this House. 

Ur. JOSEPH D. TAYLOR. Will the gentleman permit an inquiry 

in regard to the matter in hn,nd? · 

hir. RICHARDSON. Yes, sir. 

Mr. JOSEPH D. TAYLOR. I wish to ask the gentleman if there is not a brge amount of printing which has been ordered by the Smithsonian 

Institution, and which is to be paid for, or paid for to :1 large extent, 

out of the Smithsonian fund, and I wish to ask him whether that 

printing is not more than two years behind. I understand that some 

of the publications have become almost valu~Iess on account of the de-

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lay, and I want to ask why it is that those publications have not been 

printed sooner, and why the printers and binders who have been discharged were not employed upon that Smithsonian work, payment for 

whicL is provided for. 

1\fr. RICHARDSON. .Mr. Speaker, in reJ!ly to the gentleman I can 

only repeat that I am not prepared to give specific answer at this 

time in regard to every job of work in the Government Printing Office, 

and I am not prepared to answer his question; but I have no doubt 

that the Public Printer will give him a satisfactory answer, and I can 

only add if this particular piece of work is over two years behind, as 

t he gentleman affirms, then it was in the hands of the late ·Public 

Printer, the immediate predecessor of the present·incumbent, and the 

work of printing i t should have been done by that officer. I know 

very many such jobs were brought over in this way. 

But that question is not involved in this inquiry and is not pertinent to it. I desire, however, to say that if the gentleman had paid 

attention to this report and to the remarks which I have submitted 

·Upon it he would have seen that the Public Printer on the 31st of Decem her last had exhausted every dollar given him by Congress, and 

therefore he could not have employed any more hands than were employed or have done any more work than he did up to that date. I 

desire to emphasize the fact that at that time this Congress had not 

given him the amount of money that he asked for. He asked of the 

Committee on Appropriations and of Congress $159,000 more than was· 

appropriated to do the public printing. When Congress in its wisdom 

declined to give him this amount he consumed a.ll the money that was 

available up to that time, and in doing so did all the work that he 

could do with the amount of money allowed him. I think this an-

.swers the gentleman's question. 

Mr. GROSVENOR. I would like to make a proposition. In view 

of the fact tha.t the gentleman from Tennessee, the chairman of the 

Committee on Printing, has manifestly bad access to this report before 

its presentation, while otheril here have had no opportunity to compare 

i ts statements of facts with their opinions and knowledge, would not 

the gentleman be willing that the consideration of this question be 

postponed until some other day- to-morrow, perhaps- so as to give us 

an opportunity for examination of the matter, t.ba,t we may be prepared to meet any statements which we think erroneous, and to submit any remarks in reln.tion thereto which we may deem proper. :My 

friend from Tennessee can hardly expect us to be rea-dy now to meet 

this array of figures and propositions which we h::we had no opportunity to examine. 

Mr. RICHARDSON. In answer to the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. 

GROSVENOR], I will say that I see no objection to his very respectful 

n~qucst; and, so far as I am concerned, I ani willing that this question 

may go over. 

I was almost through with what I desired to say; and after I have 

called attention to some facts in cormection with this report, I will 

make a request such as the gentleman from Ohio has indicated, in order to enable gentlemen on the other side of the House and on this 

side to examine the statements which the Public Printer presents and 

in order to have the case fully understood by the country. The ·Public 

Printer courts the fullest investigation. 

I undertake to say for this officer, upon the hasty examina.tion I 

have been able to make into the affairs of his department, that he has 

done from 20 to 40 per cent. more .work within a given period of time 

than any of ills predeeessors, and with less money and a smaller force of nearly three hundred. · . 

Mr. HOPKINS, of Illinois. Does the gentleman understand that 

this is a question as to whether this Public Printer has done more or 

less work than other Public Printers? 

Mr. RICHARDSON. No, sir; I do not understand any such thing. 

1\fr. HOPKINS, of illinois. The line of the gentleman's argument 

seem:;; to be based simply upon comparisons with the work done by 

other Public Printers. But such comparisons are no answer to the 

claim made !)y members of this House that this Public Printer is delaying the work of Congress and the country in reference to the printing of reports which Congress requires. The fact remains in spite of 

the comparisons which the gentleman makes. 

Ur. RICHARDSON. The report shows, as I have stated, that with 

less money this officer has done more work than has ever been done before by _any Public Printer. If it be neceSsary, let Congress give him more money, and then he will be able to do the increased volume of 

work which is piled upon him by both Houses of Congress.· 

Now, Mr. Speaker, to get back to this rep01t. I was showing when 

the interruptions began the output of the press-room. I had showu 

that of these jobs on printed forms there were 933more in the first forty-

:fh'e days of this Congress than in the first forty-five days of the -Fortyninth Congress. In addition to that there was an increase of 4, 758 

tokens, as they are called, this increase in tokens representing 2, 379,000 

more of printed sheets passing through the presses of that office in the 

first forty-five days of this Congress than in the same number of days 

in tho Forty-ninth Congress. _ 

Take one other matter. The amount of paper used will illustrate 

again the increase of work there. In paper alone there has been in the 

first ~ year of the incumbency of the present P rinter an increase in 

consumption of 270,420 pounds of printing paper and 88,877 pounds of 

writing paper. 

One other fact. This Public Printer came into office in the month of 

September, 1886, nearly two months after the adjournment of the long 

session of Congress in that year. He then found on tlie rolls of )lis 

department 2, 420 employes. What was the number at the end of sixty 

days after the adjournment of the la.st session of Congress? There 

were then on the roll only 2,000 men, a difference of 420 employes, illustrating the idea I am attempting to enforce, that with 2,000 men 

this Public Printer bas done more work than could possibly be done, 

as it seems, in former administmtions with over 2,400. 

As to some reforms be instituted here. it will not be out of order for me to take a moment. · 

1\fr. HOPKINS, of Illinois. Will the gentleman yield to me for a 

moment? 

Mr. RICHARDSON. Certainly. 

1t1r. HOPKlL'TS, of illinois. H the Public Printer is doing such an 

immense amount of work, and doing it so well, will the gentleman 

from Tennessee be kind enough to move a committee of five members. 

of the House be appointed by the Chair with power to examine employes, etc., and make this investigation? I for one would prefer to 

take the report of a committee appointed by this House than the ex 

pm·te statement of the Public Printer or his apologists on this floor. 

Mr. RICHARDSON. The gentleman's inquiry is not pertinent to 

this report. If, when we conclude the consideration of this report, 

that gentleman or any other gentleman on that side of the House or 

upon this side desires the appointment made of such a committee, I 

tl!tink I ca-n say he will have no objection on this side. We agree to 

that investigation. We only insist on one thing--

1r. HoPKINS, of illinois, rose. 

:Mr. RICHARDSON. Just wait one moment. The only thing we 

shaH insist on is that the investigation shall extend to former administrations of that office. • 

A ME1'1fBER. That is right. 

Mr. HbPKINS, of illinois. I hope the gentleman will remember 

this remark if be is speaking for his party. He desires to make this a 

party issue. 

Ur. RICHARDSON. I do not yield 'to the gentleman any longer. 

The other side have made this a party question from the beginning. 

Now, Mr. Speaker, the other day when this question was under <:onsiderntion, and the House declined to recommit the report of the Committee on Printing then pending before it on his motion, in order that 

we might have a-further investigation of other matten; representing the 

Committee on Printing, I did then say, and I was speaking for some 

members on this side, to the gentleman, if he would permit that report 

to be adopted without objection this side of the House would withdraw 

all opposition to any investigation demaucled by his resolution then 

pending; but he declined the offer I made. 

Mr. HOPKINS, of Illinois. One moment. Did not the gentleman 

know that his entire party voted against that, and that the members 

upon that side of the House claimed it was a party issue when J disclaimed it to be anything of the kind? Did not he know, further, that 

so far as any objection has been raised upon t.bis floor from the l~epublican side, it has bPen raised on account of the gross sin of neglect by 

the Public Printer to furnisl1 us with reports and papers necessary to 

carry on the public business? 1 

1\fr. RICHARDSON. I do not yield any further; but I deny this. 

Mr. HOPKINS, of illinois. Some members on that side sought to 

make it a party issue. They can not make H a party issue unless they 

father the shortcomings of the Public Printer. [Gries of ''Order!'' on the Democratic side.] 

Mr. RICHARDSON. The gentleman well understands this side of 

the House did not decline any investigation. I did not decline any the 

other day and do not decline any now. 

I now wish to put on record a denial of the charge that the Public 

Printing department is not furnishing reports and bills as rapidly as they were ever fhrnished before. I know one gentleman on that side 

of the House, who arose in his place in theHouseonJanuaryl6, I will 

not call any names, who gave the number of the bill which he said h e 

wanted for a week and had been unable to get it. I wish to say further, 

that gentleman when he is called upon to spea.k to the I:{ ou~e will say, and 

I intend to a.sk him to do so before I yield the floor, that the bill which 

he said could not be obtained from the Printing Office had been for 

nearly a week in the document-room of the House. · And most likely 

that is the case with a good many similar complaints that have been 

made. If gentlemen will inquire specifically in any ca.se at any time 

of the Public Printer where delay is alleged, in my judgment he will 

get a satisfactory answer in reference to it. 

Now, 1\Ir. Speaker, I wish to make one more contrast and then I am 

through. I wish to call attention to some facts indicating some reforms 

which this efficient o:fticm· has put into practice. It may not be known, 

and I mention this fact, that all contracts for the Government Print.ing 

Office are made by the members of the Joint Committee on Printing of 

the two House.q of Congress, but the Public Printer is authorized to pur- chase, in his discretion, in the open market, ink, roller composition, and 

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I wish to give some facts in reference to the purchase by the Public 

Printer of ink: and I ask your attention to it for a moment. 

During the fiscal year of 1885, 23,004 pounds of printing ink were purchased at an average price of 51.9 cents per pound. In 1886, under the 

old administration, there were purchased 26,501 pounds at an average 

cost of 66.17 cents per pound. .The price in one case was 51.9 and in the 

other 66.17 cents per pound. 

Mr. GALLINGER. Will the gentleman state the price at the different times? 

:M:r. RICHARDSON. Under the present administration this officer 

purchased 16,879 pounds of printing ink at an average cost of 24.85 

cents per pound. 

Mr. GALLINGER. Will the gentleman tell the price of that at the 

several times indicated by him? 

Mr. RICHARDSON. Now, I want to know how it is that under a former administration of that department printer's ink cost 51 cents a pound for one year, and the next year 66 cents a pound, and under the 

present incumbent only 24 cents and a fraction a pound. Gentlemen 

talk of an investigation. Now, if you want an investigation, I say that 

as far as I am concerned, and so far as this side of the House is concerned, it can be had, and I would like to see these facts explained. 

Mr. GALLINGER. Will the gentleman permit me to ask him a question now? 

1t1r. RICHARDSON. Yes, sir. 

M:r. GALLINGER. The gentleman has stated that under a former 

administration the Public Printer paid in one year for ink 66 cents a pound, and 51 cents another year, while at present they are getting it 

at about 24 cents a pound. Does the gentleman not know that butter 

may be worth 25 cents a pound one year and only 20 cents the next? 

• That being the case, should the gentleman not, in justice, give us the 

benefit of the market price of printer's ink prevailing at the time to 

which he alludes? 

Mr. RICHARDSON. I beg the gentleman's pardon; I have stated 

distinctly that in 1885 the Public Printer paid 51 cents a pound for 

ink, and in 1886 he paid 66 cents a pound. I am calling attention to 

the fact that the present incumbent has purchased ink at only about 

24 cents per pound. • Mr. GALLINGER. For the same quality of ink? 

Mr. RICHARDSON. Yes, sir; I presume so. Mr. GALLINGER. Does the gentleman know the fact? 

Mr. RICHARDSON. It may not be the same quality, but in an- swer to the gentleman I can say that it is represented here to be just as good, and by some persons thought to be better. The Public Printer 

Eays it is better, as I will show later on. But that is not all. Take the article of roller composition, for the 

purchase of which the Public Printer has discretiOn in buying. 

1t'lr. GALLINGER. Let me interrupt the gentleman further. 

l\Ir. RICHARDSON. Very well. 

Mr. GALLINGER.~ The gentleman admits that he is not a practical 

printer. That was scarcely necessary, for it is evident to those who are practical printers -that he is not. 

Next he a-dmits that this ink which was purchased at different prices 

may be of different q uali tj es; that fact he does not know. Now I want 

to ask the gentleman this question. He says the Public Printer is performing the same amount of work, or more work, than a former q,dministration, which was considered an admirable one, under Mr. Rounds, 

with 400 men less than Mr. Rounds had. That being the case, I want 

to ask the gentleman if, in his opinion, at the end of this session 01 

Congress there will be 400 men less on the rolls of the Printing Office 

than there were at the close of the long session of the Forty-ninth 

Congress? 

Mr. RICHARDSON. I can only say in answer to the gentleman 

that I do not propose to enter into the :field of prophecy. I do not 

know. But I do say to him that forty or sixty days after the adjournment of the last short session of Congress-and that is a fair comparison-there were "then nearly four hundred less. persons employed t-han 

when Mr. Rounds turned this office over to the present incumbent 

forty to sixty days after the adjournment of Congress in 1886. Not 

only that, but the record shows-and I did not want to go into that, 

but if gentlemen desire it we are ready-the record shows that of 

that 2,420 persons employed there, nearly 200, or to be as nearly exact as I can, about 145 of them were put there in the thirty or forty days 

immediately preceding the time that the Printing Office was turned over to the present incumbent. A man need not be a practical printer 

to see these things. _ 

Mr. GALLINGER. Does the gentleman from Tennessee believe honestly that the places of the men discharged will be filled within the 

present session or before it expires? . Mr. RICHARDSON. I can not answer the gentleman. I have said 

I can not go into the question of speculation or prophecy. I hope so, 

I will answer him, if the public necessity requires it and if there is 

money to pay them and work to be done, and· I trll.l)t the new appointees will all be good Democrats. 

Mr. GALLINGER. In other words, a good many good Republicans were dismissed to make room for just that many good Democrats. 

Mr. RICHARDSON. Now, Mr. Speaker, upon the question of roller 

composition} for I do not want to get away from that. In 1886 the 

former incumbent of this place used 13,900 pounds of roller composition, for which he paid 45cents a pound. The present incumbent during the year 1887 paid but 26 cents per pound for roller composition, or a difference of price as ~etween 45 and 26 cents, saving in that period 

$3, 427 in that one item. 

l\fr. CANNON. Will the gentleman yield a moment? 

Mr. RICHARDSON. I will. 

Mr. CANNON. I did not intend to ask permission to say anything 

touching this question at this time. Mr. RICHARDSON. I can not h'earwhat the gentleman is saying. 

The SPEAKER pt·o tempore. The Chair will suspend the public 

business until order is restored upon the floor. 

Mr. · CANNON. I did not intend to open my mouth in this discussion, but I think it is just and proper to ask the gentleman from 

Tennessee to allow me to state that I was acquainted, and well ac- quainted, with the late Public Printer, Ur. Rounds. I believe him 

to have been an honest man. He had the reputation of being a very 

competent Public Printer. He was a citizen of the State which I 

have the honor in part to represent. But when the gentleman states 

that he paid for ink 50 or 60 cents a pound d'oring the term of his - office, and the present Public Printer pays but 20 to 30 cents a pound, 

in view of the fact as I am told by practical printers that this ink 

varies in value from :;>32 a pound down to l 0 cents, and in view of the 

further fact that roller composition varies in price greatly according to 

its quality, I do feel called upon to ask the gentleman whether he 

thinks it quite fair to make this statement unless he is able to state 

that the'material which the present Public Printer is purchasing in 

tbe markets of the country is of the same value and quality as that 

used by the former Public Printer, or if a similar material of equal 

value, and no greater, was pmchased at a higher price by the late 

Public Printer. 

Mr. RICHARDSON. I want to be perfectly fair to the gentleman 

who held this office formerly, and I have not attempted to refer to him 

by name. It is far .trom my purpose to reflect on him in any way. 

What I have referred to is simply a part of the public records of this 

office. · 

I call the attention of the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. CANNON] to 

whatile will find in regard to the purchase of ink in the report of the 

Public Printer on page 9. The f.1.cts I have stated are there set forth 

substantially; and the gentleman will find that after the Public Printer 

has given the result of his purchases he uses these words: 

I will add that under my administration all the ink has been purcbasedfrom 

first-class makers only, under positive guaranties as to quality, and that it has 

done more work and better work than the ink previously used and with a great 

saving of time and labor in usc. 

And he saved in the year 1887, as.compared with the year 1885, taking 

the two short sessions of Congress for comparison, in this one item of 

p_rinting-ink $12,306.52. 

I repeat that I do not reflect on anybody, but simply give these figures for what they show. 

Mr. CANNON. But the gentleman will bear with me when I say 

that the Public Printer, assiduously blowing his own horn in that re- port, as he always does--

Mr. RICHARDSON. I do not yield to the gentleman from Illinois 

for a speech. 

Mr. CANNON. I merely wanted to vindicate a dead public officer 

against the assaults and innuendoes which have been thrown outagains~ 

him. 

Mr. RICHARDSON. I will yield to the gentleman when I have 

completed what I have to say, but I deny that I make any assault or use any innuendoes. I give the facts and the figures. 

I will close by referring to the only other article which the Public 

Printer can buy in the public market-the article of oil. The purchase of this article was made at 50 per cent. less than in the former 

administration, as shown in the Public Printer's report. 

Mr. CANNON. Of the same quality? ~'lr. RICHARDSON. The Public Printer says ''that it has done more work and better work than the oil previously used, a.nd at a 

great saving of time and labor in its use." 

:Mr: REED. Not as fast. 

Mr. RICHARDSON. And when this amount of money . is saved 

there should be no complaint about ib, as it occurs to me. 

Mr. CANNON. I wish to say--

Mr. RICHARDSON. I have only a few minutes more, and I can 

not yield to the gentleman at this time. 

A portion of the inquiry addressed to the Public Printer is in reference to the discharge of ex-soldiers and sailors. Upon this point his 

answer is equally explicit. 

A.s regards soldiers who have ser\ed the country and been honorably 

discharged, the Public Printer shows that for the first time in the his- tory of his office the roll-book bears a rec"ord of every person entitled to 

protection under the law which gives preference in appointment or exemption from discharge for reason of service in the United States 

Army. He shows that the records of the office have never shown the 

list of widows and orphans of those honorably discharged soldiers who 
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are there employed, and who are entitled to some exemption under the 

law, but that record is to-day on file and is open to inspection. 

Mr. WARNER. Will the gentleman permit me one question? 

Mr. RICHARDSON. I have not time to yield. 

Mr. WARNER. I merely wish to ask whether any other executive 

officer of the Government can truthfully ay that he has complied with 

section 1754_ of the Revised Statutes? 

1r. lUCHARDSON. That record is there and this Public Printer 

challenges an investigation into the facts; and i.t will be found, so-the 

Public Printer claims, that there are more soldiers and widows and 

orphans of discharged soldiers there than ever before. In this connec- tion I desire to have read an article, a very -brief one, from Mrs. Elizabeth C. Montis, chairman of the employment committee of the relief 

boanl of the Grand Army of the Republic, which was printed in the 

Capital ofyestenfay, a newspaper of this city .. I send it to the Clerk's 

desk and ask him to read it. 

first -place, that the Public Printer should have selected for making 

this discharge the dead of winter, when be must have known, as we all know, that it is exceedingly difficult for a workingman or a working-woman to get a new situn,tion. 

It seemed to me singular, in the second place, that it should be done 

at a time when I knew, when every gentleman upon this floor knew, 

that the printing ordered by this Honse was largely in arrears, because, 

Mr. Speaker, I kne~ and we all knew, that more than a thousand bills 

that bad been in trod need in this House a week before had not yet come 

to the :file-roo~; we knew that we bad not yet received the first com- plete copy of the Congressional Directory for this session, although 

nearly sixty days bad e~apsed from the time of our n.ssembling; we also 

knew that the rules of the House, w bich we bad amended weeks before, 

hail not been returned to us, and have not yet been returned, so that 

we are not even now able to inspect the amended:cules under which we are acting; we knew also that of all the pending bills we had not areThe Clerk read as follows: - port upon a single one printed in time for inspection before acting upon 

To the Editor: "TIIE CAMPAIGN SCREW." 

SIR: I do not wish to make any defense of the Government Printer, as that is not necessary. A reporter in .1\Ionday's R-epublican, January IG, published under the above title an article about the conduct of the Government Printing 

Office that was so entirely "off'' as to facts that the writer of this feels sure no journal of any 1·eputation would have published it unless laboring under an entire misapprehension. The contents of that article have been already aired sufficiently by the press of this city and satisfactorily replie~ to also, both in the debates of the House R.nd other quarters, so as to make 1t unnecessary to say more here than that your correspondent knows and can prove that the state- ment as to the assess~ent of women is entirely false. The object of this article is to inform the pnblic of certain other malters that have not as yet been made known to them, namely, imp rovements carried out there, that h ave elevated the office to the same standard of other Government institutions. The place is now kept dean at least, 1\Ir. Benedict having employed charwomen for that purpose, something that was never done befrn:e. These women are paid at the rate of $30 per month by this so-called "Screw," while those in the Treasury 

Department receive only $"20. In short, the whole place, as far as the means at the disposal of the Public Printer would permit, bas been put on a par with other offices, the aim of l'.ir. Benedict being to elevate his subordinates morally and esthetically. I am chairman of the employment committee of t-he women's relief corps of the Grand Army of the Republic, and by direction of that organization it bas been my business to seek employment for those connected with them-widows and orphans 0f soldiers. He has responded in the most emphatic and satisfac- tory manner, not with promises but. by immediat-e and actual appointments of more than a score up to the present time, with more r eadiness and kindness, too, than any other Go>ernment official whom I have yet approached. The ques- tion of politics was never raised by him either. Once or twice when I said "the applicant was a Democrat," he replied that "it was of no consequence;" he did what be "could for the soldiers, not for them as Democrats or otherwise." In- stead of oppressing the women in his office, he has always tried to protect them in every way be can. Of course there is hard work to be done and be can only pay according to the money allowed, but he can secure them from impertinence and abuse, which he is _always ready to do when informed of anything wrong. I have often gone to him for women whom I have secured appointments for, 

when they complained of injustice from his subordinate officers, and he always 

immediately instituted inquiry and remedied the evil. .Injustice to this friend of the soldier and this good and just man I respectfully ask space in your paper for these statements, for which I make myself re- sponsible by my own observation u.s positive facts. - ELIZABETH <;J. MONTIS. 

:M:r. RICHARDSON. As suggested by the gentleman from Michigan, 

I am perfectly willing, instead of insisting on the previous question on the motion to refer this report to the Committee on Printing and have it 

printed, to allow it to go over as long as the gentleman desires; antl 

when it is a-gain rolled up I am willing be should have· the floor to 

submit any remarks he may deem necessary, or that any other gentle- man may do so. We shrink from no investigation of this office and its 

management under the present incumbent. I now yield the floor. 

Mr. JOSEPH D. TAYLOR. I desire to ask the gentleman from Ten- nessee a question; whether he will yield the floor at the proper time for a motion to appoint a committee to investigate the condition of the Government Printing Office? .. 

Mr. CUTCHEON. As the introducer of this resolution, I desire to 

say a few words in regard to tp.e circumstances of its introduction, and 

also in regard to the reply which the Public Printer has made to the 

request of the Honse. A week ago last night a man called-at my rooms saying that be ba-d known me in the Army; that he bad served in the same brigade with me in several campaigns, although I did not know 

him; that the night before be bad been discharged from the Public 

Printing establishment with some sixty-eight or sixty-nine others, discharged or furloughed, turned into the street in the dead of winter 

without anything to do. 

Mr. SPRINGER. Will the gentleman from Michigan please give the name of this gentleman who called on him? 

Mr. CUTCHEON. I have the name, and will produce it if necessary. 

Mr. SPRINGER. I should-like the gentleman to give the name. 

Mr. CUTCHEON. I do not careto give it a.t the present time. He 

requested me, in behalf of himself and of these sixty and odd other em- ployes who had just been discharged, to introduce a resolution in the 

House asking the Public Printer to state why be had discharged these 

employes at this season of the year without assigning to them any reason 

wba.tsoever. They bad been J?imply notified, this gentleman informed 

me, that their services were no longer required, and they had been 

turned out of doors without any reason being assigned for their discharge. 

It seemed to me, Mr. Speaker, a singular procedure; singular, in the 

the bill to which it related. 

Mr. REED. But the Printer has spent much less for ink than his 

pre.decessor spent. [Laughter.] 

Mr. CUTCHEON. Yes, the Printer has paid much less for ink. 

When the contested-election ca~e of Thobe against Carlisle came up in 

this HoUS0, although we were informed by the chairman of the Committee on Elections that the report bad been mailed the evening previous, yet we had bad no opportunity to examine the report of the 

committee upon that important case when we were required to go into 

the deba.te and to vote upon t.be question. Nor was that all, :M:r. 

Speaker. Other important printing ordered for some of the leading 

committees of this Hou.o;e-the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, for 

instance-and the report oft he Commissioner of Navigation, as has been 

stated by a member of the House to-day, had not been furnished, and 

have not yet been furnished to this House;- so as to enable those committees to go on with the public business that has been referred to 

them. For these reason~ I introduced this resolution, asking thr~e 

pointed questions. The first was, whether the Public Printer had discharged these sixty and odd employes at this season of the year. The 

second was why he bad done it, if he had done it; and, in the third 

place, I asked whether he had duly regarded section 1754 of theRevised Statutes, which requires a. preference in the public service to be 

given to honorably discha.rged soldiers and sailors of the Union. 

I have listened with deep interest and profound attention to this last 

dying speech and confession of the Public Printer which bas been J,"ead 

here to-day, in ·whicb he tells us everything under heaven except what we want to know. He tells us, however, that be bas discharged these 

employes, more than sixty iu number, in the middle of this month of 

January; that be bas sent these workingmen and working-women out 

into the world at this trying season to shift for themselves, when we all know how difficult it is for any one to get a new situation, particularly if he bas been discharged from a public office, and more espeCiaHy 

bard for the old soldiers. The Public Printer tells us that he bas duly 

regarded the statute which requires a preference to be given to di<Jcharged soldiers and sailors of the Hepublic, and yet I have no reason to doubt that the gentleman to whom I have referred, who came to me and stated that he bad served in the same brigade with me in the war, 

told the truth when he sa,id that be bad bee11 dismissed without any 

reason assigned. Since this debate commenced, I have received a copy _ of a notice which I am assnred 1 on the authority of an eye-witness, was posted in the Public -Printing Office, in the room from which these 

employes were discharged, on the 1.'Londay following their discharge. 

This is the notice: - NOTICE. • The persons discharged on Sat-urday were removed for loud and boisterous talking during working hours. An observer is on the floor. Those discharged hereafter will know the reason of their dismissal. 

I can not vouch for the correctness of this, but I am as~ured on the 

authority of one who claims to have seen it that it is an exact copy of a notice which was posted in the Public Printing Office. 

Now, Mr. Speaker, this is not a political question. I protest against 

its being made a political question. It is a question of the privileges 

of the members of this Honse and of the rights of the honorably discharged soldiers and sailors of this country. It is a question of the 

rig;1 ts and privileges of this House, because when ""e order public printing to be done it is our right that it sball .be done with such rea-sonable 

promptness and expedition that the business of the House and of the 

countrymaybetransacted indnecourse. Itseemsto.me, Mr. Speaker, 

that of all times when the Public Printer should have exercised his 

discretion (if he had any discretion) in regard to the discharge of employes, it was the most unfortunate time for him t~ have exercised it 

in this way when the House of Representatives wa.s waiting for him to 

print important public documents in order that it might proceed with 

the public business. The time was unfortunate for another reason. It 

was most unfortunate that this discharge of employes should have been 

made in the very week when this House refused to open the case of Mr. 

Thobe, of Kentucky; refused him the investigation which he asked. He 

claimed to have been elected a member of this House by the workingmen of his dist~ict; and it was most unfortunate, I say, that iri the same -
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week when the I(ousedeclined to investigate that claim of a representative workingman these sixty workingmen and working-women should 

have been discharged from the great Government Printing Office of 

this country and turned out into the streets of Washlllgton, many of 

them without any means of subsistence. 

Mr. Speaker, I trust the gentleman from Tennessee [:Mr. RICHARD-

, SON] will, as he has promised to do, come forward and tender to us a 

full, free, and complete investigation of the conduct of the Public Printing Office, so that we may know why it is that at this Congress we 

have waitetl., as we llave never waited before since I have been a member of this House, for documents that we need, ior the Congressional 

Directory, for the Rules and M:n,nual, for the reports upon our bills, 

for the documents that go to various committees, documents npon 

. which they must act if they act at all. Let us know why the Public 

Printer has told us almost everything else in tho world about the past 

and the present-has gone into ancient history, so that we have had 

ancient history to a surfeit-but we have not yet learned why he selected the middle of January-the coldest month almost ever known in 

the city of Washington-to turn these seventy working men and women 

into the streets. For my part, I would like to know some better reason for this than has yet been stated. I do not care how much inore 

paper has been used than the last Public Printer used in a given time. 

I do not care just now about the comparative prices of ink or of roller 

composition. Just now I would like to know why Public Printer Benedict selected the middle of January to turn these seventy working men 

and women into the streets, thus putting a fitting climax to thereffisal of this House to investign,te the election of the first man in this 

country who ever claimed t.o be elected as the Labor candidate upon a 

Labor ticket. · 

Mr. Bpeaker, I would like to have this question lie over, so that we 

may have the same opportunity for investigation that the gentleman 

from Tennessee has had, for it is evident that he has had the benefit of 

this report. He comes here with his mouth full of figures and his 

-hands full of documents. We have not had any such advantages. 

Therefore I \\"Ould be glad to have this answer of the Public Printer 

lie over until we can make the necessary examinations and comparisons, so that we may be able to comment on it understandingly. 

. Mr. H.ICHARDSON. Will the gentleman yield for a question? 

Mr. CfTTCHEON. Certainly. 

Mr. RICHARDSON. I want to ask the gentleman whether, when 

he stated some three weeks ago that he had called for a bill-· -

Jllr. CUTCHEON. I intended to make that statement. 

Mr. RICHARDSON. I hope the gentleman will make it in justice 

to the Public P1·inter. _ 

Mr. CUTCHEON. As a matter of personal explanation, I will say 

that when the question of the administration of the Public Printer was 

before this.,_House a week or two ago, I made a sbtement that bill No. 

1559, introduced by me, had been sought by me in vain in the document-room and in the Clerk's file-room; that I was assured it had not 

come from the Public Printer, and the reason was that other bills of 

faT later number had been made special and bad been printed. The 

following day a copy of the bill was brought to me. I will say, however, Mr. Speaker, that when I went to the Clerk's file-room, the clerk 

in charge referred to his register and found that he had no record of 

the return of that bill from the Public Printer, and assured me as an 

. official of this House that it had not been returned from the ~ublic 

Printer. It was upon his information to me that I made my statement. 

It turned out, however, that the bill had come from the Public Printer, 

and I was assured by the messenger who brought it to me that it was 

tied up with mpe with another bill, not separated from it, and therefore in the search, repeated no less than half a dozen times, my bill had 

been overlooked each time, so that the fault lay not with the Public 

Printer, but with some-official of this House. To that extent I desire, 

not to correct my statement, because I stated correctly the information given to me at the time, but to give what appear to have been the 

actual :tact'> of the case. ~ 

l'lir. Speaker, other gentlemen have asked me to yield a portion of 

my time. I now yield ten minutes to the gentleman from Iowa [Mr. 

HENDERSON]. 

l\Ir. HENDERSON, of Iowa. I have notbeeninvestigatingthismatter, but some facts have come to my knowledge which I think may 

properly be added to what .has been said here on both sides. 

In the first place, I want to say that I do not believe the statement 

which bas just been made on this floor, and .which was made during 

the campaign last fall, that there are now more soldiers in the Government Printing Office than there were under Republican administrations. 

A M-EID3ER. You mean Union soldiers. 

Mr. HENDERSON, oflowa. Union soldiers. I deny the statement; 

and I amnotgoingto beconte.Q.twitha generalavermentcoming from the 

Government Printer. I do not want to have that statement go to the 

countrywithouta flat denial. Now give us the proof. The Government 

Printer is wonderfully silent when it comes to giving the facts, the 

names, the data. to establish his general declaration. 

Jnr. RICHARDSON. Will the gentleman yield for a moment? I can not give him the names--

~· HENDERSON, of Iowa. No, of course you can not. 

Mr. RICHARDSON. Because the Public Printer states that the 

records of the Printing Office do not show entered upon them the names 

of the soldiers under former administrations. 

:Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. Then if those facts are not shown, 

how do gentlemen know w bat they s·> glibly tell us? It is false. [Applause on the Republican side.] Now let me tell the gentleman--

1\fr. RICHARDSON rose. 

Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. Wait a minute. You would not hear 

the gentleman from illinois [Mr. CANNON] for a single moment when 

we offered to extend your time and when you were hammering and 

blackening the name of a dead and efficient public officer. 

Mr. RICHARDSON. I deny it. 

Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. Let me have a word to say. I will 

not yield a moment to you. 

Now, Mr. Speaker, a word as to what I know. Only a short time 

ago a lady came to my hotel in Washington with a card of introduction-[laughter on the Democratic side]-oh, yes, sneer if you will 

because the widow of a dead comrade visits me! [Applause on the 

Republican side.] Sneer away ! · [Laughter and applause on the 

Democratic side.] It is a fine thing to applaud over, is it not? [Applause on the Republican side.] A Jady came to me-you may not he 

able to make that statement, all of yon. [Laughter.] She came to 

me and told me that she was the widow of a dead soldier who entered 

the Army from my own city of Dubuque; that she was in this city with 

two children, one a young man and the other a young lady. The 

young lady came with her mother to my hotel. Here, gentlemen, if 

you want to, you can applaud again. [Ln,ughter.] She told me this 

little boy-a young man who had been in the Government Printer's 

employ-had been suddenly dropped from the roll and his place filled 

from that great fountain of .Qemocratic officials, Baltimore-[laughter 

and applause]-by one of the nimble fingers of the Democratic leader 

of that city; that this child of the dead Union soldier had been kicked 

out of office and his place filled from the city of Baltimore. 

Mr. COUPTON and many others. What was his name? 

Mr. HENDERSONl oflow:1. Whowantstoknowhis name? [Applause.] 

Mr. COMPTON. I do . 

Several J\IE:!)1BERS. We all do. 

Mr. HENDERt:lON, of Iowa. Oh, yes, you all want to know it very 

baqly, do you not? [Laughter and applause.] Well, give us the investigation we as.k and we will give you the names. [Laughter and 

applause.] As gentlemen we promise you to do that. [Laughter.] 

1\Iy word is as good as .Mr. Benedict's, or any other gentleman on that 

side; if not, I will make it good. • llh. CO~IPTON. Allow me to interrupt the gentleman for a moment. 

Mr. RENDER ON, of Iowa. I can not do so. The -SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Iowa declines to 

yield. 

Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. When I get through my own sermon 

I will let the gentleman have his say, if he is uneasy about Baltimore. 

[Laughter.] 

Mr. CO.UPTON. .The gentleman need not worry about Baltimore; 

she can take care of herselfhere and everywhere else and turn up Democratic every time. [Laughter and applause on the Democratic side.] 

Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. This lady told me the young lady, 

her daughter, bad been in the employ of the Treasury Department, 

and that these two, on very petty salaries, bad enabled this litt.le fatherless family to Jive; but that both bad been discharged almost at the 

same time. The young lady appealed to be retained for the sake of 

her poor mother aud her family The gentleman who discharged herr will not give the name now, but I can give it-told her she had no 

recommendation but her efficiency, whioh was not disputed, but that 

they wanted men in there who could serve the Democratic party and 

use money in its interestl if need be. fcan give the gentleman's name, 

if it is necessary. 

Mr. WISE. Give it. 

Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa.. Not now. But, l\Ir. Speaker, both 

of these children were dropped from the roll, and in the depth of winter they are left without means of support. And I stand here and 

proclaim that it is not in the power of myself or any Repn blican representative of the people to secure the pettiest place in Washington, 

-even in the Government Printing Office, to save the widow of a dead 

Union soldier from starvation. So help me God, I spea.k the truth! 

Mr. PERKINS. And they say that is good on that side of the 

House. [Laughter and applause.] · 

Mr. DAVIDSON, of Florida. Ask to make up a contribution, and 

they will not starve. 

ll'rr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. I am nob surprised that sneers should 

follow this declaration. It might be a trifling matter to the gentle- man from Florida, but they are facts that are sinking deep into the 

hearts of the people of the country. -

Mr. ,;DAVIDSON, of Florida. It is a matter of importance when he 

states a young Iacly di'lcharged from public office is a~ont to starve. I 

desire merely to say th;.tt before she should starve, 1f the case were 

known, contributions would be made to prevent it. 
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nlr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. I do not yield. I have no doubt that 

the genet;ous gentleman might be induced to save her from starvation, 

but your party stand like a mailed citadel against this class so that no 

Union Repu l>lic..'l.n representative C..'ln get the pettiest office for ~he widow 

or children of a Union soldier who are in danger of starvation. 

That is your !'eform, gentlemen. Covedt over with printer's ink if 

you will, but you can no~ wipe out the current facts of history. 

1\Ir. CUTCHEON. I now yield five minutes to the gentleman from 

Illinois [Mr. CANNON]. 

Mr. CANPON. I will sn.y again, as I did a little while ago, not then 

in my own time, that I did not intend to say a word touching this resolution, nor would I now were it not that the Public Printer, in the 

report as read from by the gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. RICHARDsoN], and apparently quoted with the approval of that gentleman, does 

seek, as it occurred io me, to cast reflections upon the character of a 

former Public Printer as to his integrity. 

1\Ir. RICR.A.RD.SON. I hope the gentleman from lllinois will not' 

understand me as assenting to that statement. I did not intend to do 

anything of the kind. 

1\Ir. CANNON. Then I may say I have nothing more to add. 

Mr. PERKINS. What was the object of the statement, then? 

Mr. CANNON. That is a very pertinent question. 

Mr. RICHARDSON. Whn.t does the gentleman ask? 

Mr. CANNON. The gentleman from Kansas asks, if that was not 

your intention what was the object of the statement? 

l\Ir. IUCIIARD.SO.~.. . l\Iy object, 1\Ir. Speaker, was to give to the 

House and to the country the facts as they are presented, but to 

make no reflection upon anybody. I am willing to be governed by 

the facts. 

l\Ir. CANNON. Well, then, if the Public Printer, by innuendo, seeks 

to make that impre~si on upon the House and the country, I want to 

make this statement: That with the craft in the United States, with all 

printers and experts, the reputation of the late S. P. Rounds as an 

honest man, a man of integrity, and a competent man in his business, 

is well known, and by that reputation Mr. Rounds's family and friends 

can well affor<l to stand. I want to say, further, not being a printer or 

an expert, that in so far as the present Public Printer seeks by an uncandid statement to convey the impression that he bought the same 

ink, and as valuable ink, at 26 cents a pound as his predecessor, Ur. 

Rounds, bougbt,'and for which be paid 50 or 60 cents a pound-that in 

so Htr as he seeks to convey that imp.ession, I will assume the responsibility of giving my opinion, at least, that he undertakes to cast a suspicion on the integrity of tlie deceased. 

Mr. BQPTELLE. He not only undertakes to do it, but actually 

does it. 

:Mr. CANNON. I understanil. that the impression soughtto be conveyed in the report, the impression made upon me at least from the 

report, was clear in that regard; and for that reason I asked the gentleman from 1\:Iichigan to yield a moment to me for the purpose of making this statement. 

I do not l>elie\·e 1\Ir. Roun<ls paid for ink at the time he purchased 

it 25 or 30 cents a pound, or any other sum more than the market 

price. AJ3 to the exercise of a sound discretion in the quality of ink 

and other material used in the public printing, I am quite willing for one that the work done under the supervision of the late Public Printer, 

Mr. Rounds, should be compared with that done under the supervis- ion of the present Public Printer. · 

Mr. CUTCHEON. I now yield three minutes to the gentleman 

from Ohio (Mr. GROSVENOR]. 

Mr. GROSVENOR. 1\:Ir. Speaker, there w~s read here a letter, sent 

up to the Clerk's desk by the gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. RICHARDSON], pul'porting to be a communication from the chairman or 

chairwoman of some committee of the Grand Army of the Republic, in 

general terms stating that she, the writer, had received kind treatment 

at the hands of the Public Printer. It was sent to the Clerk's desk 

and read, I imagine, for some purpose, and I want to say that if it is intended to convey the impression that this lady has secured the appointment of any considerable number of the orphans or widows of Union 

soldiers in the Public Printing department of this Government, the 

facts do not by any means justify the statement. 

She bas been, as I am fully informed, connected with the employment bureau of the Grand Army of the Republic only during the current year, 1888. She bas come into the business therefore as a novice, 

and she has not been driven out. of the Public Printing Office; the recital 

of w bich fact is the sum total of her utterance. But she herself has come 

to members upon this floor, and to myself among the rest, and asked 

us to appeal. in the name of the Grand Army of the Republic to the 

Public Printer to have. reinstated soldiers' and sailors' widows who 

ha >e been turned out of that same office. For some reason best known to 

herEelf she publishes there, as a part of the speech of the gentleman 

from Tennessee, this letter containing a general statement that she bas 

been more kindly treated by the present Government Printer than by any 

other person occupying that position, when I know, and state here on 

my credit, as a matter of fact, that she has had nothing to do with th# 

organization with which she is now connected until during the preseJt 

year. 

Mr. ~ULLIKEN. .May I ask the gentleman a question? 

~Ir. GROSVENOR. Certainly. 

Mr. MILLIKEN. Is she employed now in the office? 

Mr. GROSVENOR. She is not, as I understand. , 

:Mr. RICHARDSON. She never was. 

Mr. GROSVENOR. And never was. Her husband was an employe 

of the Treasury Department. I knew him for many years. He died 

some two years ago. \ His widow, the lady in question, has not been 

udely treated at the office, and writes a letter which contains no other 

statement of fact worthy of consideration as bearing upon the question 

here p1·esented. 

Mr. CUTCHEON. I now yield five minutes to the gentleman from 

Ohio [Mr. JOSEPH D. TAYLOR]. 

Mr. JOSEPH D. TAYLOR. Mr. Speaker, I understood from the reading ofthe communication of the Public Printer which was read awhile 

ago, that these employes were turned out of the Go vern men t Printing Office because there were no longer any funds at the command of the Public 

Printer with which to pay them and no longer any work for them to 

do. Only a few clays ago I went to the Smithsonian Institution to make 

inquiry in regard to certain publications which some of my constituents greatly desired, and I was informed by the Secretary of that Institution that wme of their publications, which had been in the bands of 

the Public Printer for more than two years, were not yet printed and 

probably would not be tor some time to come. The publications of the 

Smithsonian Institution are valuable works and are greatly sought after 

by certain classes of people. They look forward with great anxiety to 

the time when they are ready for distribution, and it is certainly a mis~ 

fortune to have their publication so long delayed. 

I also understand, if I have been correctly informed, that the money 

1vith which these books are to be published comes from the Smithsonian 

fund, not from the ordinary appropriation of this House, and if this be 

true I am unable to unde1·stand why men and women should be tui·ned 

out in midwinter when there is abundance of work for them to do in 

the Government Printing Office, for which there is ronde ample provision so far as the money is concerned. · 

Mr. RICHARDSON. Will the gentleman yield? 

l'\1r. JOSEPH D. TAYLOR. No, sir; I only have a few moment.<~. I 

understand that some of these publications have been in the hands of the 

Public Printerfor more than two years andarenot yet published. And 

I further understand Lhat the character of some of them is such that 

the works when printed will be substantially worthless, simply because 

they were not published at the time they were prepared.. These books, 

furnished to the Government Printing Office in 1885, will probably be 

distributed in 1888, and the object of their publication will be defeated 

and their usefulness will amount to very little on account of this long ~~ . . 

If that be true, as I said before, I can not see why it is that sixty 

men and women should be discharged in midwinter when there was 

abundance of work in the office to be done, and when the money to 

pay for doing the work was to come from the funds of the Smithsonian 

Institution. If I am correctly infoz:_med in regard to this matter, I can 

see no reason for the course of the Public Printer. I have understood 

all the while that the Government Printing Office -is about two years 

behind, and if there is not money enough appropriated to do the work 

it certainly ought to be appropriated, and the work ought to be done. 

llir. CUTCHEON. I yield five minutes to the gentleman from New 

York [Mr. LAIDLAW]. 

Mr. LAIDLAW. I desire to state a fact in connection with this 

matter that came to my knowledge the other day. A lady out in the 

lobby sent to my seat a card, which I now hold in my hand. I went 

out, following the messenger until I found the lady. She told me she 

was from my district; that she had been in the employ of the Public 

Printing Office for four or five years; that the small salary she there 

received gave he~ her living; that her mother was dependent on her; 

that they were residing here in a small house; and she asked me if I 

could do anything, with a view to getting her back into the situation 

where she had been trying to support herself as best she could. It appears she has been put out of the office at this inclement season of the 

year with a house on her hands which she rents at some $20 a month. 

It appears she is tumed out by this great Government without rhyme or reason, except that the money is all gone. I say that is no excuse 

at all. Every reasonable, sensible man knows that the places of these 

people now discharged will be filled in the near future by other people. 

All I have to say is that we ought to live up to our professions and 

our promises. I remember to have read years ago what Col'poral Trim 

said about a man's honoring his parents. His idea about honoring his 

father and mother was to give them 3 pence a day out of his pay when 

they were old. Better than by resolutions we can honor the dead soldier by giving employment, with some substantial pay for it, to his 

widow. That is the best kind of honor we can give to the soldier. 

~ am a new member, and I think I have now said about enough. 

[Applause.] 

Mr. O'NEILL, of Missouri. Yonhavedonefirstrate. 1Laughter.] 

Mr. CUTCHEON. The Public Printer has given us a somewhat 

lengthy document here containing something that is pertinent to the 

inquiry, and a very great deal that is very impertinent to the inquiry. 
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We have his reply. For my part, Mr. Speaker, I would like to have 

a report of a committee of this House upon cartain definite propositions. 

We know certain things, -and we know them somewhat sadly, too. We 

know, for instance, that the eulogies delivered in this Hall almost a year ago upon General John A. Logan have not yet come to the document-room or the folding-room of this House; and on inquiry we are informed they can not even give us a surmise when they will be delivered. The same is the case with the eulogies on Senator Miller, delivered even before that. 

We know we have not yet got our revision of the rules; we know we have not got the reports of the engineers; we have not got various other 

documents which we ought to have ~nd which are necessary for the 

procedure of this House. 

Now, Mr. Speaker, I desire to offer as a substitute for the motion of 

the gentleman from Tennessee [11-lr. RICHARDSON], the chairman of 

the Committee on Printing, the resolution w h icb I now send to the desk. 

The Clerk read the proposed substitute, as follows: 

Resolved, That a committee of five members of this House be appointed by the Speaker pro tempore to investigate and report upon the management of the 

Public Printing Office, and to report upon the causes of the delay in furnishing necessary documents ordered by the House; also whether section 1754 of the 

Revised Statutes has been duly observed in making appointments to and dismissals from said office. 

Mr. SPRINGER.. I desire to offer a substitute for what has just 

been read. 

111r. CANNON. Before that is done let me suggest an amendment 

to the gentleman from Michigan. His resolution uses the expression 

"documents ordered by the House." I suggest that after those words 

be inserted "provided by law." 

Mr. CITTCHEON. I accept that as a modification of my resolution. _ Mr. SPRINGER. I desire to offer an amendment to the amendment. 

Mr. CUTCHEON. I offered mine as a substitute for the original 

motion of the gentleman from Tennessee. • 

Mr. SPRINGER. I move to strike out of the resolution the following words: 

That a committee of five members of the House be appointed by the Speaker pro tempore to investigate and report upon the management of the Public Printing Office. 

And to insert in lieu thereof the following: 

That the letter of the PubHc Printer in answer to the resolution of the House be referred to the Committee on Printing and printed, and that the Committee on Printing be Instructed to make a thorough investigation of the administration of the Government Pl"inting Office during the incumbency of the present 

occupant and that of his predecessor, and to report to the House at the earliest 

time p ssible. 

Mr. REED. Why are you putting in the predecessor of the Government Printer? There is no complaint about him. How will investigating a person who is dead help us to get the dor.uments we are waiting for? 

llfr. SPRINGER. The proposition is to investigate the administration of the office under the present Public Printer and his predecessor. 

Mr. REED. But we are not interested in his predecessor. What 

we want is to get our-documents quicker. Now, do not make a parti- san matter of this. [Laughter.] _ 

Mr. SPRINGER. There is no partisanship in it at all. I am always delighted to hear the gentleman from Maine on that subject. 

He never can understand the right of anybody else to be a partisan; 

but when he wants to act the partisan it is all right. 

:Ur. REED. Ob, well; my partisanship is of such a mild character 

that it is hardly to be called by that name. [Renewed laughter.] 

Mr. SPRINGER. If you are going to investigate that office--

Yr. REED. What we want is to get our documents quicker. 

Mr. SPRINGER. And I want to show the gentleman, by way of 

comparison, that _he is getting them now faster than he got them under 

any previous Public Printer. [Cries of "Oh!" "Oh! "] I want to 

show further bow much more work is being done under this administration of the office than was done under the former administration, · 

and how much less money it costs to run the Printing Office now than 

it cost when the former Printer was in office. I want to show also 

how many more honor::tbly discharged Union soldiers are in the em- ploy of the Printing Office to-day than there were when it was managed 

by a Republican. All the8e are important facts. 

:Mr. SOWDEN. And soldiers' widows and orpba,ns. 

Mr. SPRINGER. Yes, I want to show also, as my friend from 

Pennsylvania [Mr. SOWDEN] suggests, how many widows and orphans 

of soldiers of the late war there are in the office now compared with the 

number en;tployed there formerly. These facts are all valuable by way 

of companson. It is stated, and I understand it to be a tact-this proposed investigation will show the truth about the matter-that the 

commander of the Grand Army of the Republic in this city has authorized the statement since this discussion arose that there are more Union soldiers employed now in the Government Printing Office than 

the.re ever. have been at any previous time, and that he is thoroughly 

satisfied with the present management of the office so far as the soldiers were concerned. Now I move -the previous question upon the amendInent. · 

• 

Mr. STRUBLE. I hope we shall find out also how many soldiers 

from the other side there are in the office. 

The previous question was ordered-ayes 137, noes 130. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question now is on th'e amendment 

proposed by the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. SPRINGER] as a substitutefortheresolutionofthegentlemanfrom Michigan [Mr. CUTCHEON]. 

A MEMBER. Let the amendment be read. 

The amendment was again read. 

Mr. CUTCHEON. I wish to submit a proposition to the gentleman 

from Illinois [Mr. SPRINGER] which will perhaps save some time. I 

suggest that if he will modify his amendment so as to provide for a special committee of five instead of the regular Committee on Printing--

Several MEMBERS. Regular order_! 

1\Ir. SPRINGER. We have a standing Committee on Printing fully 

competent for this work. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Debate is not in order. 

Mr. CANNON. Will my colleague [Mr. SPRINGER] allow me-- Mr. SPRINGER. Certainly. 

Mr. CANNON. The Committee on Printing consists oi only three 

members, the gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. RICHARDSON], the gentleman from Maryland [Mr. GIBSON], and the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. HIESTAND]. Now, if this subject is to be referred to 

the Committee on Printing for a searching investigation, I suggest that 

two members be added to that committee, one from each side of the 

House. 

Several MEMBERS.· Regular order ! _ Mr. CUTCHEON. Will not the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. 

SPRINGER] consent to modify his amendment by simply providing that 

for this investigation two members be added to the standing Committee 

ou Printing? [Cries of" Regular order!"] 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The regular order is called for, and the 

Chair must enforce it. ' 

Mr. SPRINGER. The gentleman from Michigan [Mr. CUTCHEON] 

asks me whether I have any objection to a-dding, for the purpose of this 

investigation, two members to the Committee on Printing. I have not; 

and if unanimous consent can be given, I am willing to modify my 

proposition-in that way. [Renewed cries of" Regular order!"] 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The regular order ~ demanded, and 

unanimous consent can not be given. 

Mr. CANNON. Then I move to reconsider the vote by which the 

previous question was ordered. This will give my colleague [Mr. 

SPRINGER] an opportunity to make the modification. 

Mr. SPRINGEH. After this question is taken, I will tq to accom- plish the object of my coUea,gue. 

The SPEAKER pro temp01·e. A motion to reconsider is in order. 

Mr. CANNON. I am ·willing to take the word of my colleague that 

he will accomplish the object we have in view. .Ur. SPRINGER. I will try to do so. 

Mr. RICHARDSON. The Committee onPrintingwill not object to 

the proposition which has just been mtl-de. 

Mr. SPRINGER. I think the House had better agree now to the 

proposition that for the purpose of this investigation two members be 

added to the Committee on Printing. 

Mr. CUTCHEON. There ought to be no objection to that. 

Mr. SPRINGER. I ask unanimous consent to make that modification of my proposition. 

l\Ir. WISE objected, but withdrew his objection. 

'rhe SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Illinois [Mr. 

SPRINGER] asks unanimous consent to modifY his proposition so as to 

provide that two members be added to the Committee on Printing for 

the purpose of this investigation. Is there objection to this modification ? The Chair hears none. 

The question being taken on the amendment of lt~r. SPRINGER, as 

modified, it was agreed to; and the substitute as thus amended was 

adopted. 

Mr. SPRINGER. I move to reconsider the votes just taken; and 

also move that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. 

The latter motion was agreed to. 

MESSAGE FROM THE SEN ATE. 

A messag~ from the Senate, by l\fr. McCooK, its Sec etary, informed 

the Hmise that the Senate had passed the bill (H. R. 4881) making an appropriation to carry into effect the provisions of an act approved Marqh 

2, 1877, entitled "An act to establish agricultural experimental stations 

in connection with the colleges established in the several States under 

the provisions of an act approved July 2, 1862, and of acts supplemen-

-tary thereto," with an amendment, in which the concurrence of the 

House was requested. 

The message also announced that the Senate had passed bills of the - following titles;· in which the concurrence of the House was requested: 

A bill {S. 191) to make an additional appropriation for printing the 

eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late John A. Logan; and 

A bill (S. 455) for the relief of AndJ:ew J. Lindsay. 

The messa.ge furtherannounced that the Senate had passed a concur- rent resolution providing for the printing of 20,000 copies of the first 

annual report of the Interstate Commerce C~mmission, with the ap-
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·pen dices thereto, 5, 000 for the use of the Senate, 10,000 for the use of 

the House, and 5,000 for the use of the Commission; in which the con- currenCe of the Honse was requested. 

AGRICULTURAL-EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 

Mr. HATCH. I ask unanimous consent that the House now take 

up the agricultural-experiment-station bill, with a view to concurring 

in the amendment of the Senate. 

There being no objection, the House proceeded to the consideration 

of the bill (H. R. 4881) making an appropriation to carry into effect 

the provisions of an act approved March 2, 1887,. entitled "An act to 

esliablishagricultural experimenlial stations in connection with the colleges established in the several States under the provisions of an act 

approved July 2, 1862, and ofacls supplementary thereto." 

The amendment of the Senate was read, as follows: 

Strike out all after the word" the," in line 9, down to the"end of the bill and 

insert" sum of$')85,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby ap- propriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

fiscal year ending June 30, 1888." 

The amendment was concurred in. 

Mr. HATCH moved to reconsider the vote by which the amendment was concurred in; and also moved that the motion tQ reconsider be laid on the table. 

The latter motion was agreed to. 

D1PORTS. 

Mr. BRECKINRIDGE, of Arkansas. I desire unanimous consent to 

introduce a bill for reference to the Committee on Ways and Means. 

There being no objection, 

Mr. BRECKINRIDGE, of Arkansas, introduced a bill (H. R. 6183) 

to amend existing laws relating to imports. 

Mr. McKINLEY. I demand the reading of the bill. 

The Clerk proceeded to read the bill, but before the reading was con- cluded, 

Mr. BRECKINRIDGE, of Arkansas, said: I ask unanimous consent 

that the further reading of this bill be dispensed with, and that it be 

printed in the RECORD. 

There being no objection, it was ordered accordingly. 

The bill, which was read a first and second time, reierred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed, is as follows: 

A bill (H. R. 6183) to amend existing laws t•elating to imports. 

Be it enacted by the Stmale and House of Representa~ives of the United Slates of America in Co'llgress assembled, That the following amendments to and provisions for existing laws shall take effect on and after the passage and approval of 

this act. Section 6 of the act of March 3, 188-3, entitled "An act to reduce internal-reve- - nue taxation, and for other purposes" providing a. substitute for Title x::xxiii of the Revised Statutes of the United States, is hereby amended as to certain 

of the sections and parts of sections or schedules in such substituted title so that 

they shall be as follows, 1·espectively : "SEC. 2499. Each and every imported article not enumerated or provided· for 

in any scheduJe in this title, which is similar eith'ilr in material, quality, texture, or the use to which it may be applied, to any article enumerated in this title as chargeable with duty, shall pay the same rate of duty which is levied on the 

enumerated article which it most resembles in any of the particulars before 

mentioned; and if any non-enumerated article equally resembles two or more enumerated articles on which different rates of duty are chargeable, there shall 

be levied on such non-enumerated article the same rate of duty as is chargeable on the article which it resembles paying the highest rate of duty; and on ar- ticles, not otherwise provided for, manufactured from two or more materials, 

the duty shall be assessed at the rate at which the (dutiable) component mate- rial of chief value may be chargeable; and the words 'component material of 

chief value,' whenever used in this title, shall be held to mean that (dutiable) , component material which shall exceed in value any other single component 

material found in the article; and t~e value of each component material shall 

be determired by the ascertained value of such material in its last form and 

condition before it became a component mat-erial of such article. If two or more rates of duty shall be applicable to any imported article, it shall pay duty at the highest of such rates: Prov-ided, That any non-enumerated article similar 

in material, and quality, and texture, and the use to which it may be applied to any article on the free-list, and in the manufacture of which no dut.iable ma- terials are used, shall be free of duty." 

SEc. 2502. ScHEDULE A-CHEMICAL PRoDUCTS.-By striking out from this 

schedule the words" distilled spirits containing 50 per cent. of anhydrous alcohol, $1 per gallon;" also by striking out the words "alcohol containing 94 per cent. anhydrous alcohol, $2 per gallon."-[Tariff, paragraphs 101, 102, 103.] 

SCHEDULE B-EARTHENWARE AND GLASSWARE.-'I'he tenth clause of this 

schedule, relating to" green and colored glass bottles," and so forth, is hereby 

amended so that it shall be as follows: 

"Green and colored glass bottles, vials, demijohns, and carboys (covered or uncovered), pick~ or preserve jars, and other plain, molded, or pressed green and colored bottle-glass, not cut, engTaved, or painted, and not specially enu- m erated oriJrovided for in this act, 1 cent per pound; if filled, and not otherwise in this act provided for, and the contents are subject to an ad valorem duty, or to a rate of duty based on their value, the value of such bott·les, vials, or other 

vessels shall be added to the value of the contents for the ascertainment of the 

dutiable value of the latter; but if filled and not otherwise provided for, and the contents are !lot subject to an ad valorem duty or toara.teof duty based on their 

value, they snail pay a duty of1 cent per pound in addition to the duty, if any, on their contents."-[Ta.ri.tf, paragraph 133.] 

The eleventh clause of this schedule, relating to "flint and lime glass bottles,'' 

and so forth, is hereby amended so that it shall be as follows :-[Tariff, para- graph 134..] • 

·• Flint and lime glass bottles and vials, and other plain, molded, or pressed 

flint or lime glassware, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, 40 per ceut. ad valorem ; if filled, and not otherwise in this act provided for, and 

the contents are subject to an ad valorem duty, or to a rate of duty based on their value, the value of such flint or lime glass botLles, or vials, or other vessels 

of like material above provided for, shall be added to the value of the contents for the ascertainment of the dutiable value of the latter; but if filled, and not otherwise provided for, and the contents are not subject to an ad valorem duty, 

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or to a rate of duty based on their value, they shall pay a duty of 40 per cent. ad 

valorem in addition to the duty, if any, on their contents." 

SCHEDULE 0-METALS.-By striking out the last clause of this schedule, relating to "manufactures, articles, or wares not specially .enumerated or provided 

for," and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 

"Manufactures, articles, or wares not specially enumerated or provided for 

in this act, composed wholly or in part of iron, steel, copper, lead, niekel, pew- ter, tin, zinc, gold, silver, platinum, or any other metal, and whether pru·Lly or wholly manufactured, 45 per cent. ad valorem: Provided, That nothing in this 

clause shall affect the rate of duty hereinbefore provided for the manufactures 

of copper, or of which copper shall be the component of chiet value."-[Tariff, · paragraphs 186, 216.] · By striking out in next to the last clause of this schedule the words "mineral 

substances in a crude state;" so that the clause shallt·ead as follows: 

"1\1etals, unwronght, not specially enumerated or provided for in this a.ct, 20 per cent. ad valorem."-[Tari.tf, paragraph 215.)_ 

ScHEDULE F-ToBAcco.-Bystriking out from this schedule the second clause, 

relating to "leaf-tobacco," and in lieu thereof inserting the following: 

"Leaf-tobacco, of the requisite size and of the necessary fineness of texture to be suitable for wrappers, and of which more than one hundred leaves are required to weigh a pound, if not stemmed, 75 cents per pound; if stemmed, $1 per pound."- [Tariff, paragraph 24.6.] · ScHEDULE G-PROVI.SIONS.-Amend the clause relating to "rice-flour,'' etc. (tariff, paragraph 272), by adding after the word" rice-meal" the words "and 

broken 1ice which will pass through a sieve knowu commercially as No. 10 

brass-wire sieve, ten meshes to the running inch or one hundred meshes to the square inch;" the space within the wires shall not exceed in length or width seven hundred and eighty-seven ten-thousandths of an inch;" so that the para- graph shall read as follows : "Rice-flour, rice-meal, and broken rice which will pass through a sieve known 

commercially as No. 10 brass-wire sieve, ted meshes to the running inch or one hundred meshes to the square inch; the space within the wires sha.Jl not exceed 

in length or width seven hundred and eighty-seven ten-thousandths of an inch." 

SCHEDULE N.-By striking out the seventh clause of this schedule, relating to "bonnetA, hats, and hoods,'' and so forth, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 

"Bonnets, hats, and hoods for men, women, and children, composed of hair, 

whalebone, or any vegetable materL'l.l, and not specially enumerated or pr~ 

vided for in this act, 30 per ceut. ad valorem."-[Tariff, pa ragraph 400.] 

By striking out the clause of this schedule commencing with the words "hats, 

and so forth, materials for,"' and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 

"Hats, materials for : Braids, plaits, flafs, willow sheets and squares, fit only 

for use in making or ornamenting hats, bonnets, and hoods, composed of straw, 

chip, grass, palm-leaf, willow, hair, whalebone, or any vegetable material, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, 20 per cent. ad valorem."- [Tarifl', paragraph 448.] 

By striking out the clause of this schedule commencing with the words "garden seeds," which clause is hereby repealed.-[Tariff, paragraph 465.] 

By striking out the last clause but one of this schedule, relating to "watcl1es," and so forth, and insert.ing in lieu tflereofthe following :-[Tariff, paragraph494.] 

"'Vatches, watch-cases, watch-movements, parts of watches, watch-glasses, and watch-keys, whether separately packed or otherwise, and watch materials not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, 25 per cent. ad >alorem." 

By striking out the last clause in this schedule, relating to "webbing," and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 

"'Vebbing composed of cotton or flax, or of a mixture of these materials, and not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, 35 per cent. ad valorem."-

[Tariff, paragraph 495.] THE FREE-LIST, 

SEC. 2503. [Substituted for Sec. 2505 Revised Statutes.] By striking out the 

clause in this section commencing with the words "articles the growth, prod- uce, and manufadure of the United States," and inserting in lieu thereof the 

following: 

"Articles the growth, produce, and manufacture of the United States, when 

returned after having been exported, without having been advanced in value by any process of manufacture or by labor thereon; casks, barrels, carboys, bags, 

and other vessels of American manufacture exported filled with American products, or exported empty and returned filled with foreign products, including 

shooks when returned as barrels or boxes; but proof of the identity, of such 

articles shall be made, under general regulations to be prescribed by the Secre- tary of the Treasury; and if any ofsuch articlesaresubjectto internal tax at the 

time of exportation, such t-ax shall be proved to ha.ve been paid before exportation and not refunded: Prov-ided, That this clause shall not include any article upon which an allowance of dra whack has been ·made, the reimportation of which 

is hereby P.rohibited except upon payment of duties equal to the drawbacks allowed."- LTn.riff, paragraphs 649a to 649d.] 

Add to the clause in this section relating to ''soap-stocks" so that the clause as amended will read as follows: 

"Soap-stocks, fit only for use as such."-[Tariff, paragraph 790.1 • - Amend the clause relating to "wearing-apparel," etc. (tariff, paragraph 815), so that it shall read as follows: 

"Wearing-apparel, implements, instruments, and tools of trade, occupation, or employment, professional books, and other personal eeffcts (not merchandise) 

of persons arriving in the United States, not exceeding in value S500, and not intended for the use of any other person or persons, not for sale; but this exemp- tion shall not be constructed to include machinery or other articles imported for use in any manufacturing establishment or for sale: Provid~d, howe-veT, That the 

limitation in value above specified shall not apply to wearing-apparel and other 

personal effects which may have been taken from the United States to foreign 

countries by the persons returning therefrom; and such last-named articles shall, upon production of evidence satisfactory to the collector and to the naval officer, 

if any, that they have been pre\•iously e.xporj;ed from the United States by such persons, and have not been advanced in value or improv.ed in condition by any process of manufacture or labor thereon since so exported, be exempt from the 

payment of duty: And provided furlheT, That all articles of foreign production or manufacture which may have been once imported into the United States and 

subjected to the payment of duty shall, upon reimportation, if not improved in 

condition except by repairs, by any means, since their exportation from the 

United States, be entitled to exemption from duty upon their identity being es- tablished, under such rules tJnd t·egulations as may be p1·escribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. 

"Theatrical scenery and actors' and actresses' wardrobes brought by theatrical managers and professional actors and actresses arriving from abroad, for 

their temporary use in the United States; works of art., drawings, engravings, 

photographic pictures, and philosophical and scientific apparatus brought by 

professional artists, lecturers, OJ.' scientists arriving from abroad, for use by them 

temporarily for exhibition and in illustration, promotion, and encouragement 

of art, science, or industry in the United States; and wearing-apparelnnd other 

personal effect-s of tourists from abroad visiting the United States, shall be admitted to free entry, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe; and bonds shall be given, whenever required by the Secretary of the Treas:ury, for the payment to the United States of such duties as may be 
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imposed by law upon any and all such articles as shall not be exported within six months after such importation: Provided, however, That the Secretary of the Treasury may, in his discretion, extend such period for a further term of six months in cases where application therefor shall be made." . Insert a new paragraph, as follows: ""\Vearing-apparel, old and worn, not exceeding $100 in value upon produc- tion of evidence satisfactory to the collector and naval officer (U any) that the same has been donated and imported in good faith for the relief or aid of indi- gent or needy persons residing in the United States, and not for sale." SEC. 2. '£hat section 7 of the act approved 1\larch 3, 1~, entitled ''An act tore- duce internal-revenue taxation, and for othet· purposes," is hereby amended so that it shall be as follows: "In all cases where imported merchandise is subject to an ad valorem rate of duty, or to a duty bA.sed upon or regulated in any manner by the value thereof, the duty shall be assessed upon the actual market value or wholesale price of such merchandise, at the time of exportation to the United States, in the principal markets of the country from whence imported, and in the finished condi- tion in which such merchandise is there bought and sold for exportation to the United States, and in which it is prepared o.nd put up for shipment when so bought and sold, or when consigned to the United States for sale, including all costs, charges, and expenses incident to placing the same in such condition: Pro- vided, however, That in determining the dutiable value of imported merchandise no e timate shall be made of the cost or value of such outside sacks, crates, cases, or other outer coverings as are used and as are designed to be used only in the bona fide transportation of such merchandise to the United Stn.tes, nor of the actual and necessary expenses incident to the transportation of the merchan- dise from the place ofpiuchase or consignment to the vessel or other vehicle in which exported to the United States, nor of commissions, marine insurance, ex- port duties, or fees for authentication by consular officers of the United States, in case the same shall be severally stated in the invoice, and if not so stated no deduction therefor from the invoice value shall be allowed: And provided further, That if there be used for cov.ering or holding imported merchandise which shall be free of duty any material or article designed for use other than in the bon,a. fide transportation of such merchandise to the United StatP.s, duty shall be assessed thereon at the rate to which such material or article would be subject 

if imported separately; and if there be used for covering or holding imported merchandise which shall be subject to duty any material or article designed for use other than in the bona fide transportation of such merchandise to the United States, and which, if imported separately. would be subject to a higher rate of duty than the merchandise confained therein, the whole invoice shall be subject t.o such higher rate of duty, unless the value of the merchandise, and of t11e arti- cle or material covering or holding the same, .shall be separately stated in the invoice, in which case the duties shall be assessed and collected on each sepa- rately, at the rates prescribed by law: A11d pl'Ot-icledful'ther, That, except as pro- vided in this section and in section 17 of this act, duties shall not be assessed upon an amount less than the invoice or entered value of the merchandise." SEC. 3. That section 8 of the act of March 3, l&!S3, entitled "An act to reduce in- ternal-revenue taxation, and for other purposes," amending section 284i of the Revised Statutes of the United Stutes, is hereby further amended so that said section of the Revised Statutes shall be as follows: "SEC. 2841.. Whenever merchandise imported into the United States is entered by invoice, one of thefollowingdecln,r:l.tions, according to the nature of the case ~hall be filed '':ith the collector oft;he port, at ~he time of entry, by the owner: Importer, consignee, or agent; wh1ch declaration so filed shall be duly signed 

by the owner, importer, consignee, or agent, before the collector, or before a notary public or other officer duly authorized by law to administer oatlls and take acknowledgments, who may be designated by the Secretary of the Treas- ury to receive such declarations and to certify to the identity of the persons _ making them; and every officer so designn,ted shall file with the collector of the port a copy of his official signature and seal: Provided, That if any of the in- voices or bills of lading of any merchandise imported in any one vessel, which should otherwise be embr!.Wed in said entry, have not been received at the date of the entry, the declaration may state the fact, and thereupon such merchan- dise of which the invoices or bills of lading are not produced shall not be in- cluded in such entry, but may be entered subsequently. 

"DECLA.RATIO.Y OF COSSIGNEE, IMPORTER, OR AGENT. , 

"I,-- --,do solemnly and truly declare that the invoice and bill oflading now presented by me to the collector of --are the true and only invoice and bill of lading by me received of all the goods, wares, and merchandise imported in the--, whereof----is master, from --, for account of any person whomsoever for whom I am authorized to enter the·same; that the said invoice and bill of lading are in the state in which they were actually received by me and that I do not know nor believe in the existence of any other invoice or bill of Jading of the said goods, wares, and merchandise ; that the entry now delivered to the collector contains a just and true account ofthe said goods, wares, and mer- chandise, according to the said invoice and bill of lading; that nothing has been, on my part, nor to my knowledge on the part of any other person, concealed or suppressed, whe1·eby the United Stn.tesmay be defrauded of any part of the duty lawf11lly due on the said goods, wares, and merchandise; that the said invoice • and the declaration therein are in all respec.ts true, and were made by the person by whom the same purports to have been made; and that if at anv time here- after I discover any error in the said invoice, or in the account now-rendered of the said goods, wares, and merchttndise, or receive any other invoice of the same. I will immediately make the same known to the collector of this district. And I do further solemnly and truly declare that to the best of my knowledge and belief [here insert the name and residence of the owner or owners] is [or are] the owner Lor owners] of the goods, wares, and merchandise mentioned in the annexed entry; that the invoice now produced by me exhibits the actual cost [if purchased) or fair market value [if otherwise obtained], at the time or times and place or places when or where procured [as the case may be], of the said goods, wares, and merchandise, including all cost for finishing said goods; wares, and merchandise to their present condition, and no other or different discount, 

bounty, or drawbacJt. but such as has been Mtually allowed on the s.'l.me. 

"DECLARATION OF OWNER IN CASES WHERE MERCHANDISE HAS BEEN A<n'UALL y 

PURCHASED. 

"I.----,do solemnly and truly declare that the entry now delivered by me to the collector of-- conhins a just and true account of all the goods, wares, and merchandise imported by or consigned to me, in the --,whereof -.--.--is ma;;t.er, from--; that the invoice which I now produce con- tams a Just and fa1thful account of the actual cost of the said goods wares and merchandise, including all cost of finishing said goods, wares, and ~ercha~dise to their present condition, and no other discount, drawback, or bount.y but such as has been actually allowed on the same; that I do not know nor believe in the existence of any invoice or bill of lading other than those now produced by me, and tha.t they are in the state in which I actually received them. And I further solemnly and truly declare that I ha.ve not in the said entry or invoice con- cealed or suppressed anything whereby the United States may be defrauded of any part of. th~ duo/ lawfully due on the said goods, wares, and merchandise; that- the said mvoice and the declaration thereon are in all respects true and were. made by ~e person by whom the same purports to have been made;' and that If at any hmc hereafter !discover any error in the said invoice or in the ac- count. _now. oroduced of the said goods, _wo.res, and merchandise, or receive any other mvoice of the same, 1 will immediately make the same known to the col- lector of thls district. · 

• 

"DECLARATION OF MANUFACTURER OR OWNER IN CASES WHERE MEECHA]i'DISPl 

HAS NOT BEEN ACTUALLY PURCHASED. 

"I,----, do solemnly and truly declare that the entry now delivered by me to the collector of-- contains a just and true account of all the goods wares, and merchandise imported by or consigned to me in the--, whereof ----is master, from --; that the said goods, wares, and merchandise were not actually bought by me, or by my agent, in the ordinary mode of bar- gain and sale, but that nevertheless the invoice which I now produce contains a just and faithful valuation of the same, at their fair market value, at the time or times and place or places when and where procured for my account [or for account of myself or partnersl; that the said invoice contains also a just and faithful account of all the cost for finishing said goods, wares, and merchandise to their present condition, and no other discount, drawback:., or bounty, but such as has been actually allowed on the said goods, wares, ana merchandjse; and the said invoice and the declaration thereon are in all respects true, and were made by the person by whom the same purports to have been made; that I do not know nor believe in the existence of any invoice or bill of lading other than those now produced by me, and that they are in the state in which I actually received them. And I do further solemnly and truly decl!\.l'C that I have not in the said entry or invoice concealed or suppressed anything whereby the United States may be defrauded of any pa1·t of the duty lawfully due on the said goods wares, and merchandise; and that if at any time hereafter I discover any erro~ in the said invoice, or in the account now produced of the said goods, wares, and merchandise, or receive any other invoice of the same. I will immediately make the same known to the collector of this district." S.Ec. 4. That any person who shall knowingly make any false or untrue state- ment in the declarations herein provided fo~, or sh~ll aid or procure the making of any such false statement as to any matter mater~al thereto, shaH, on convic- tion thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than $2,000, and by imprisonment at hard labor not more than five years : Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed to relieve imported merchandise from forfeiture for any cause elsewhere provided by law. SEc. 5. That sections 2970 and 2983 of the Revised Statutes of the United States are hereby amended so that the same shall be, respectively, as follows: "SEC. 2970. Any merchandise deposited in bond in any public or private bonded warehouse may be withdrawn for consumption within three years from the date of original importation, on payment of the duties and charges to which it may be subject by law at the time of such withdrawal: Provided, '£hat noth- ing herein shall affect or impair existing provisions of law in rega1·d to the dis- posal of p e rishable or explosi,·e articles." "SEc. 2983. In no case sball tllere be any abatement of the duties or allowance made for any injury, d:u.nage, or deterioration sustained by any merchandise while deposited in any public or private bonded warehouse: Provided, That the duty assessed on mel'Chandise withdrawn from any such warehouse shall be assessed on the quantity withdrawn therefrom at the time of such withdrawal; but no greater allowance for leakage or evaporation of wines, liquors, and dis- tilled spirits shall be made than is or may be allowed by law on domestic spirits or wines in bond: Andpl'Ovided further, That nothing in this section as amended shall restrict or in any way affect the li.'\bility of the proprietors of bonded ware- houses on their bonds: Andpro1Jidedfurlher, That nothing herein shall restrain or limit the exercise of the authority conferred on the Secretary of the Treasury 

by section 2!>84 of the Revised Statutes." SEc. 6. That sections 2803 and 3053 of the Revised Statutes be amended to read as follo~vs : "SEC. 2S03. A.ny baggage or per onnl effects arriving in.the United St.ates in transit to any foreign country may be delivered by the parties having it iu charge to the collector of the proper district-, to be by him retained, without the payment or exaction of any import duty, or to be forwarded by such collector to the collector of the port of departure, and to be delivered to such parties on theirdepa.rture for their foreign destination, under such rules, regulations, and fees as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe." ' "SEc. 3053. Allmei·chandise imported into the United States shall, for the pur- pose of this title, be deemed and held to be the property of the person to whom the merchandise may be consigned; but the holder of any bill of Jading con- signed to order and properly indorsed shall be deemed the consignee thereof; aud in case of the abandonment of any merchandise to the underwriters, t.he latter may be recognized as the consignee." SEc. 7. That authority is hereby given to the Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion, to dispense whenever expedient with the triplicate invoices aud con- sula,r certificr>.tes now required by sections 2853, 2854, and 2855 of the Revised St~utes of the United States; and triplicate invoices and consular certificates shall in no case ue. required when the value of the merchandise shipped by any one consignor, in any oi:J.e vessel, at one and the same time, does not exceed $100; and the Secretary of the Treasury, with the concurrence of U1e Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to make such general regulations in regard to invoices and consular certificates as in his judgment the public intere"t may require. Sii:C. 8. That all fees exacted and oathsadminbtered byofiicersofthecust{)ms, under or by virtue of existing laws of the United States, upon the entry of im- ported goods and the p::tSsing thereof through the customs, and also upon all entries of domestic goods, wares, and merchandise for exportation, be, and the same are hereby, abolished; aud in case of entry of merchandise for exportation, a declaration, in lieu of an oath, shall be filed, in such form and under such regu- lations as may be prt"!Scrihcd by the Secretary of the Treasury; and the penal~ies 

for false statements in such declaration provided in the fourth section of this act shall be applicable to declarations made under this section: Provided, That where such fees, under existing laws, constitute, in whole or in part, the compensation of any officer, such officer shall receive, f.rom and after the passage of this act, a. fixed sum for each year equal to the amount of such compensation received by him ior tho fiscal year ended June 30, 1885, or a proportionate amount for any part of a. ye:u. SEc. 9. That on all articles exported on and after the passage of this act, and entitled to drawback under sections 3019,3020, and 3021 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and under section 10 of the act of Febr~ry 8,1875, entitled "An act to amend existing customs and internal-revenue '!!l.ws, and for other purposes," there shall be allowed a. drawback:. equal to the dutyJ>aid on the materials named and described in said laws, without retention of any part thereof: Provided, however, That where the nmount of drawback is less than 100, the fees of the United States consuls for certifying the foreign landing cer- tificate shall not exceed 50 cents; and all provisions of law inconsistent here· with are hereby repealed. SEc. 10. That section 2900 of the Revised Statutes be, and hereby is, amended 

so as to read as follows: "SEC. 2900. The owner, consignee, or agent of any imported merchandise wllich has been actually purcha ed may, at the time, and not afterward, when he shall"make and verify his written entry of his merchandise, make such ad- dition in the entry to the cost or value given in the invoice, or pro /01"1"/la invoice, or statement in form of an invoice, which he shall produce with his entry, as in his opinion may raise the same to ' the actual market value or wholesale . price of such merchandise, at the pel'iod of exportation to the United States, in .the principal markets of the country from which the same has been imported; and the collector within whose district 11ny mercho.ndise1 whet.her the same has been actually purchased or procured otherwi ethan by purcha e, may be im- ported or entered shall cause such actual market value or whole ale price thereof to be appraised; and if such appraised value shaH exceed by 10 per 
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cent. or more the entered value, then, in addition to the dutie~ imposed by law on the same, there shall be levied and (.X)llected a duty of 20 per cent. ad valorem on such appraised value. The duty shall not, however, be assessed upon an amount less than the invoice or entered value, except as elsewhere especially provided in this act." SEc. 11. That section 2931 of the Revised Statutes be, and hereby is, amended so as to read as follow~: 

"S1w. 2931. The decision hereinafter described, of the collector of customs at the port of importation and entry, as to the rate and ~ount of duties to be paid on the tonnage of any vessel, or on any merchandise, and the dutiable costs and charges thereon, shall be final and conclusive against all per.sons in- terested in such vessel or merchandise, unless the owner, master, commander, or consignee of such vessel, in the case of duties levied on tonnage, or the owner, importer, consignee, or agent of the merchandise, in the case of duties levied on merchandise, or the costs and charges thereon, shall, within ten days after and not on any day before the ascertainment and liquidation of the duties by the proper officers of the customs, and a statement thereof, and of the date thereof, on the original entry, as well in cases of merchandise entered in bond as for consumption, give notice in writing to the collector, if dissatisfied with the aforesaid decision, setting forth therein, distinctly and specifically, and in respect to each entry, the reasons of his objection thereto, and shall also, within thirty 

days after the date of such ascertainment, liquidation, and statement, appeal therefrom to the Secretary of the Treasury, who, o.n receiving such appeal, shall forth with call upon the collector for a report thereon; and the collect{)r shall there- upon, if he adheres to his decision, set forth specifically and in detail t{) the Secre- tary, the reasons therefor; and the decision of the Secretary on such appeal shall be final and conclusive, and such vessel or merchandise, or costs and charges shall be liable to duty accordingly, unless suit shall be brought within ninety days after the decision of the Secretary ofthc Treasury on such appeal, for any duties which shall have been paid before thl:l date of such decision on such vessel or on such merchandise, or costs and charges, or within ninety days after the payment of duties paid after the decision of the Secretary. No suit shall be begun or main- tained for tbe recovery of any duties alleged to have been erroneously or ille- gally exacted nntil the decision· of the Secretary of the Treasury shall have been first had on such appeal,-unless the decision of the Secretary shall be de- layed more than ninety days from the date of such appeal. A notice of such ascertainment, liquidation, and statement shal.l be posted, o:n the day succeed- ing the date thereof, in a conspicuous place in the custom-house, accessible to the public, t.here to remain for ten days, when it shall be t·emo-.;-ed. The fact of its having been posted shall be noted lhereon, signed by the proper officer, and filed with the records of the collector's office; and posting of such notice shall be deemed and taken to be full noticte to all parties interested. Whenever there shall, subject always to section 21 of the act of June 22, 1874 (chapter 391), ·be an amended liquidation or reliquidntion, personal notice thereof, in addi- tion to the public notice herein prescribed, shall, in the form and manm!r to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, be given to the person pr persons who slL.'\ll have made the original entry; and any such amended liquidation or reliquidation shall be fi.n}ll and conclusive in the same manner as an ot·iginal 

liquidation herein referred to, unless the provisions of this section shall have been complied with as to protest, appeal, and suit. And when a suit shall be brought by the United States to recover the additional duties found due on any ascertainment and liquidation thereof, and not paid, the defendant or de:- fendantsshall not be permitted to set up any plea or matter in defense excepting such as shall have been set forth in a protest and appeal made as herein pre- scribed.'' 

SEc. 12. That the section of the Revised Statutes numbered 3012 shall be, and hereby is, amended by adding at the end of said section the following words: "And there shall be attnched to the said bill of particular8, when served as aforesaid, a copy of each and every such protest or notice of dissatisfaction , and of every appeal relied upon by the plaintiff or plaintiffs in said suit; and the said bill of particulars shall declare the date of liquidation." SEC. 13. That no suit which by this act, or by any law of the United States, is permitted to be begun against a collector of cl!stoms to recover money alleged to have been illegally exacted by him on imported merchandise, shall hereafter be begun or maintained in any court of any State of the United States, but each and every such suit shall be begun in the circuit court of the United Slates for the district in which such alleged illegal exaction shall have been made. SEC. 14. That section 3012k of the Revised Statutes shall be, and hereby is, amended so as to read as follows: "Whenever it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treas- ury (first) that, in any case of unascertained or e timated duties, more money has been paid to or deposited with a collector of customs than it bas been as- certained by final liquidations the.reof that the law required to be paid or de- posited ; and also (second) whenever the Secretary of the Treasury shall have decided, on an appeal to him as herein provided, that more money has been paid to or deposited with a collector of customs than the law required; and also (third) whenever any judgment shall have been recovered and entered, in any court of the United States, against a collector of customs, for duties ille- gally exacted by bim on imported merchandise, and a certificate of probable cause shall have been entered in said suit, in compliance with the provisions and requirements of section 989 of the Revised Statutes, from which judgment the Attorney-General shAll certify, in conformity with the act of March 3, 1875, 

(chapter 136), that no appeal or writ of error will be taken by the United States, and from which judg·mcnt the Secretary of the Treasury shall also be satisfied that no such appeal or writ of error ought to be taken; and also (fourth) when- ever any suit or suits have been begun against a collector of customs to recover money exacted by him and paid under protest, and an appeal, as required by law at the time of importation, and a bill of particulars has been served therein on the defendant or his attorney, as required by such law, and when by the legal effect of any judgment of a court of the United States, sati'lfactory to the Attorney-General and the Secretary of the Treasury as aforesaid, the said exac- tion of such duties shall have been declared illegal, and protests, appeals, and bills of particulars have been made a.ccording to the law in force at the time of importation, and tbe proper officers of the customs shall, under the instructions of the Secretary of the 'l'rea sury, have reliquid!l.ted the entries covered by said suit or suits and bill or bills of particulars, according to the principles and 1·ules of law prescribed by said judgment., and the district attorney appearing of record for the defendant shall c~rtify that such suits have been discontinued, the Secretary of the Treasury shall, in each and all of the before-mentioned cases, always ex- cepting judgments or 'judgment cases' in suits commonly known as 'charges and commission' suits, which last named shall only be paid in pursuance of a specific appropriation therefor, draw his warrant upon the Treasurer in favor of the person or persons entitled to the overpayment, or the sum expressed in said judgment, or the sum thus found due on reliquidation of the entries in dis· continued suits, including interest and costs payable by law, directing the Treasurer to refund and pay the same out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. The necessary moneys therefor are hereby appropriated, and this appropriation shall be deemed a permanent indefinite appropri- ation." 

SEc. 15. That section 2927 of the Revised Statutes is hereby amended by the addition of the following wm·ds thereto: "No allowances for damage to fruits or other perishable goods, wares, and merchandise imported int{) the United States shall hereafter be allowed in the estimation of duties thereon, except as to seeds and su.ch other commodities as in the judgment of the Secretary of the Treasury do not admit of convenient 

separation by package or piece; but the importer thereof may abandon to the Government all or any portion of goods, wares, and merchandise of the charac- ter last mentioned included in any invoice, and be relieved from the payment of the duties on the portion so abandoned: Provided, That the portion so aban- doned shall amount to 10 per cent. or over of the total value ofthe invoice.'' · SEC.16. That section 29 of the act entitled "An act to remove certain burden.s on the American merchant marine and encourage the American foreign carry- ing trade, and for other purposes," approved June 26,1884, is hereby amended by striking out in the first line thereof the word" seventy-six," and inserting in lieu thereof the word "seventy; " so that that part of said section preceding the word "provided" shall read: "Section 'Z770 of the Revised Statutes is hereby amended by adding thereto the following." SEC. 17. That any person who shall give, or offer to give, or promise to give any money or thing of value, directly or indirectly, to any customs officer, in consideration of or for any act or omission contrary to law in connection with or pertaining to the importation, appraisement, entry:'examination, or inspec- tion of goods, wares, or merchandise, including herein any ba.ggage, shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not less that $100 nor more than $5,000 or be impris- oned at hard labor not more than two years, or both. SEc. 18. That any officer of the customs who shall dellllUld, exact, or receive from any person, directly or indirectly, any money or thing of value, in con- sideration of or for any act or omission contrary to .law in connection with or pertaining to the importation, appraisement, entry, examination, or inspection of goods, wares, or merchandise, including herein any baggage, on conviction thereof shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $>,000, or be imprisoned at hard labor not more than two years, or both; and for the purpose of consti· tuting an offense under sections 15 and 16 of this act, the giving or offering to give, and the receiving, of any money or thing of value shall be regarded a-s prima 

facie evidence. SEC. 19. Thatsectionl2 of the act entitled "An act to amend the customs-rev- enue laws and to repeal moieties," approved June 22, 1874, be amended so that it shall read as follows: "SEC. 12. That any owner, importer, consignee, agent, or other perso.n who shall, with intent to defraucl the revenue, make or attempt to make any entry of imported merchandise by means of any f~:audulent or false invoice, affidavit, 

letter, or paper1 or by means of any false statement, written or verbal, or who shall be guilty of any willful act or omission by means whcreofthe United States shall be deprived of the lawful duties, or a ny portion thereof, accruing upon the m't:!rchandise, or any portion thereof, embraced or referred to in such invoice, 

3ofiidavit, letter, paper, or statement, or affected by such act or omission, shall for each offense be fined in any sum not exceeding $5,000 nor less than $50, or be imprisoned for any time not exceeding two years, or both; and, in addition to such fine, such merchandise, o;: the value thereof, shall be forfeited, which for- fe iture shall only apply to the whole of lhe merchandise in the case or package 

containing the particular arUclc or articles of merchandise to which such fraud or alleged fraud relates; and anything contained in any act which provides for the forfeiture or confiscation of an entire invoice in consequence of any item or items contained in the same being undervalued be, and the same is hereby, re- pealed." . SEC. 20. That all imported goods, wares, and merchandise which may be in the public stores or bonded warehouses or on shipboad within the liJ::hlts of any port of entry, or relll:a~ning in the custom~ offices, on the day and yea! when this act, or any prov1s10n thereof, shall go mto effect, except as otherwiSe pro- vided in this act, shall be subjected to no other duty, upon the entry thereoffpr 

consumption, than if the same were imported respectively after that day; and all goods, wares, and merchandise 1·emaining in bonded warehouses on the day and year this act, or any provision thereof, shall take effect, and upon which the duties shall have been paid, shall be entitled to a refund of the difference between the amount of duties paid and the amount of duties said goods, wares, and merchandise would be subject to if the same were imported respectively 

after that date. SEc. 2L That sections 3011 and 3013of the Revised Statutes be, and hereby are, repealed as to all importations made after the date of this act; and all laws-and parts of laws inconsistent with the other requirements and provisions of this act are also hereby repealed. 

CONTRACTS OF INDIANS WITH CITIZEN"S. 

Mr. O'NEILL, of :Missouri, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill 

(H. R. 6184) authorizing Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and 

Seminole Indians to enter into contracts with citizens of the United 

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

CIYIL E:.\IPLOYMENT OF ENLISTED 1\fEN. 

Mr. O'NEILL, of :Missouri, also introduced a joint resolution (H. 

Res. 99) in reference to he employment of enlisted men in competition 

with local civilians; which was read a first and second time; referred to 

the Committee on Labor, and ordered to be printed. 

W1THDR.A. W .A.L OF P ..A.PERS. 

Mr. GEAR, by unanimous consent, obtained leave t-o withdraw from 

the files of the House, upon leaving a copy, the memorial of George E. 

Ives a'3king that the pension allowed him may in part be continued to 

his ~tepmother, Lama J. I ves, after his death. 

LEAVE OF AB.'3ENCE. 

By unanillious consent, leave of absence was granted as follows: 

To Mr. KELLEY, for one week from the 28th instant. 

To Mr. FRENCH, for three days, on account of important busjness. 

To Mr. GLOVER, for one week, on account of important business. To Mr. BROWER, for seven days, on account of important business. 

To 1\Ir. FORAN, indefinitely, on account of sickness. 

And then, on motion of Mr; RANDALL (at4 o'clock and 20 minutes 

p. m. ), tl1e House adjourned. 

PRIY ATE BILLS AND JOIKT RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED AND RE- FERRED. 

Under the rule private bills and joint resolutions of the following 

titles were introduced and referred as indicated below: 

By Mr. WHEELER: A bill (H. R. 6185) for the relief ofT. C. Greenbill-to tbe Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. VANCE: A bill (H. R. 6186) for tbe relief of the towns of 

Windsor and South Windsor on account of damage done to Bissell's 

Ferry-to the Committee on Claims. 

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By Mr. PENINGTON: A bill (H. R. 6187) for the relief of Charles 

Ga1lagher-to the Committee on ·war Claims. 

By .Mr. NORWOOD: A bill (H. R. 6188) for the relief of James E. 

Walter-to the Committee on Claims. 

By Mr. CLEMENTS: A bi1l (H. R. 6189) for the relief of the trustees 

of the Vresbyterian Church in Marietta, Ga.-to the Committee on War 

Claims. 

Also, a bill (II. H. 6190) for the relief of the trustees of the Catholic 

Church at Dalton, Ga.-to the Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. J.D. STEWART: A bill (H. R. 6191) for the relief of Ambrose Chewning-to the Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. BLOUNT: A bill (H. R. 6192) for the relief of the widow 

and devisees of 0. W. l\Iassey. deceased-to the Committee on Patents. 

By Mr. G. A. ANDERSON: A bill (H. R. 6193) for the relief of 

Edson Saxberry-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6194) granting a pension to Amos W. Bagley-to 

the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By l\fr. MASON: A bill (H. R. 6195) for the relief of John C. Phillips-to the Committee on Military Affairs. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6196) for ~he relief of Sidney W. Sea-to the 

Committee on Military ..6ffairs. , Also, a bill (H. R. 6197) for the relief of Georgette E. Wilkinsonto the Committee on War Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6198) for the relief of Peter Casey-to the Committee on Military Affairs. · 

By Mr. HOWARD: A bill (H. R. 6199) for the relief of William C. 

Dodge-to the Committee on Patents. 

By :M:r. T. 1\I. BROWNE: A biJl (H. R. G200) for the relief of Joseph 

A. Darnell-to the Committee on Military Affairs. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6201) granting a pension to John Hobeson-to the 

Committee on Invalid Pensions. , By Mr. MASON: A bill (H. R. 6202) granting a pension to Darwin 

H. Hamilton-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions . .Also, a bill (H. R. 6203) to increase th~ pension of Alexander 

Weide-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions . ... t\..Iso, a bill (H. R. 6204) to increase the pension of Charles Atkinson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6205) granting to Stephen H. Losee an honorable 

discharge from military service, dating as from June 28) 1864-to the 

Committee on Militarv Affairs. 

Also, a bill (H. R. ~6206) for the relief of Wiiliam L. Orr-to the 

Committee on Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6207) for the relief of the owners and occupants 

of Camp Tyler, in Cook County, Illinois-to the Committee on :Military 

Aftairs. 

By 1\'lr. STEELE: A bill (II. R. 6208) for the relief of Arthur T. 

Osborn-to the Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. RYAN: A bill (H. R. 6209) for the relief of Abram Jonesto the Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. FUNSTON: A bill (H. R. 6210) for the relief of John A. 

Huff-to the Committee on War Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6211) to increase the pension of Henry C. Jayto the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By 1\Ir .. PERKINS: A bill (H. R. 6212) granting a pension to Mrs. Mary 

A. Hooper-to the Committee on Invn1id Pensions. 

By 1\Ir. E. J. TURN.BR: A bill (H. R. 6213) granting a pension to 

Robert M:. Fraker-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6214) granting a pension to Jane Boswell Moore 

Bristor-to .. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also, a bill (H. R. 6215) grantrng a pension to Mary J. Foster-to 

the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6216) granting a pension to John G. Banks-to 

the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6217) to relinquish the interest of the United 

States in certain lands in Kansas-to the Committee on the Public Lands. 

By Mr. CARUTH: A bill (H. R. 6218) granting a pension to Sophrouia Speed-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6219) granting a pension to Mary Griffiths-to the 

Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6220) granting a pension to John Taaffe-to the 

Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill {H. R. 6221) forthereliefof the estate of Lucy...\. Barkerto the Committee on War Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6222) for the reli-ef of Joseph Werner-to the 

Committee on War Claims. · 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6223) for the relief of Henry O'Neal-to the 

Committee on War Claims. . 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6224) for the relief of George W. Ewing-to the 

Committee on War Claims. • 

By Mr. HUNTER: A bill (H. R. 6225) granting a pension to Mrs. 

Nancy Ann Proffitt, Flippin, Monroe County, Kentucky-to the Com-. 

mittee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6226) granting a pension to John W. Newman -to 

the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6227) for the relief of William A. Walthall-to 

the Committee on War Claims. 

Also, a bill {H. R. 6228) for the relief of J. A. B. Huddleston-to 

the Committee on War Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6229) for the relief of William H. Wheelen-to 

the Committee on War Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6230) for the relief of James Fuqua-to the Committee on War Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6231) for the relief of B. F. Proctor-to the Committee on War Claims. , 

Also, a bill {H. R. 6232) for the relief of Nancy G. Alexander-to 

the Committee on War Claims. 

Also, a bill {H. R. 6233) for the relief of Jesse Coe-to the Committee on War Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. G234) for the relief of James T . .A.shinhurst-to the 

Committee on War Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6235) for the relief of Silas H. Clark-to the Committee on War Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6236) for the relief of W. A. McElwain-to the 

Committee on War Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6237) for the relief of Thomas B. Gossom, administrator-to the Committee on War Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. ·R. 6238) for the relief of James F. Ewing-to the 

Committee on War Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6239) for the relief of George W. Gray-to the 

Committee on War Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6240) for the relief of B. S. Bevier-to the Committee on War Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6241) fo1· the relief of John E. Reno-to the Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. FINLEY: A bill (H. R. 6242) for thereliefofC. T. Dillingham-to the Committee on War Claims. • 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6243) for thi relief of Conrad Claycomb-to the 

Committee on War Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 62!4) for the relief of Mrs. 1\fary F. Coffey-to the 

Committee on War Claims. 

· Also, a bill (H. R. 6245) for the relief of William Burk-tothe Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. STONE, ot Kentucky: A bill {H. R. 6246) for the relief of 

Samuel Fels-to the Committee on War Claims. . 

By Mr. HUNTER: A bill (H. R. 6247) for the relief of Robert D. 

Salmons-to the Committee on War Claims. 

Ey Mr. McCREARY: A bill(H. R. 6248) for thereliefofMrs. Louisa 

Jackman, and the legal representatives of 1\frs. Martha Vaughn-to the 

Committee on Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6249) for the relief of James l\L and Thomas H. 

Gray-to the Committee on War Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6250) for the relief of James M:. Bullock-to the 

Commit tee on War Claims. ' 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6251) for the relief of Sallie Ann Higgins-to the 

Committee on War Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6252) for the relief of Abij ah B. Gilbert-to the 

Committee on War Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6253) for the relief of J. D. McKenzie-to the 

Committee on War Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6254) granting a pension to Eugene Sullivan-to 

the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

.A::lso, a bill (H. R. 6255) granting a pension to Rachel Robbins-to 

the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6256) granting a pension to Adam Petry-to the 

Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6257) to place the name of George Lackey on the 

penson-rell-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. STONE, of Kentucky: A bill {H. R. 6258) for the relief of 

W. R. Hughey-to the Committee on War Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6259) making an appropriation for the improvement of rivers and harbors in the State of Kentucky and for other purposes-to the Committee on Rivers and H~rbors. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6260) for the relief of certain officers and enljsted men of the Army for services actually performed during the rebellionto the Committee on War Claims. 

By 1\Ir. G. M. THOMAS: A bill (H. R. 6261) for the relief of George 

W. Everman-to the Committee on War Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6262) for the relief of William Hyden-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. BLANCHARD: A bill (H. R. 6263) to increase the rank of 

Ma.j. Joseph B. Co1Hns, United States Army, retired-to the Committee on Military Affairs. 

By Mr. COMPTON: A bill {H. R.. 6264) to incorporate the Washington and Highlands Street Railway Company of the District of Columbia-to the Committee on the District of Columbia. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6265) for the relief of the Union Methodist Episcopal 

burch, of Washington, D. C.-to the Committee on the District of 

Columbia. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6266) for the relief of the heirs of J. W. J. Mooreto the Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. GIBSON: A bill (H. R. 6267) for the relief of John T. Simpson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 
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By Mr. LODGE: A bill (H. R. 6268) granting a. pension to Mabelle 

R. Bulkley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. FISHER: A bill (H: R. 6269) granting relief to William 

Emmert-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6270} granting a pension to William· R. Keef-to 

the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. BURROWS: A bill (H. R. 6271) for the relief of Daniel 

Smith-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6272) fgr the relief of Robert Park-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6273) for the relief of Hiram Chilson-to .the 

Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6274) for the relief of Alonzo F. Wescott-tothe 

Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. CHIPMAN: A bill (H. R. 6275) for the relief of John Ghiskie-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6276) for the relief of Moses Bell-to the Committee on Military Affairs. 

By Mr. O'DONNELL: A bill (H.--R.- 6277) granting a pension to 

Michael Grace-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill_(H. R. 6278) granting a pension to Ann Coffield-to the 

Committee on Invalid Pensions. · 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6279) granting a pension to Charlotte Cheney-to 

the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6280) gra:nting a pension to Seymour Fox-to the 

Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6281) for the relief of Elizabeth Davy-to the 

Committee on Military Affairs. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 62.82) for· the relief of Daniel A. Denison__:_ to the 

Committee on Military Affairs. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6283) for the relief of Joseph N. Turner-t.o the 

Committee on Military Affairs. • 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6284) affirming the action of the President of the 

United States in annulling and revoking an order dismissing Martin H. 

McChesney from service in the Army of the United States, and honorably discharging said McChesney from said service-to the Committee on Military Affairs. · 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6285) for the relief of Mary A. Lee-to the Committee on Military Affairs. 

By Mr. RICE: A bill (H. R. 6286) granting to the city of Minneapolis, Minn., certain described tracts of land bordering on Nicollet Island-to the- Committee on the Public Lands. · 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6287) for the relief of Nathan Butler-to the Committee on War Claims. 

Alf;o, a bill (H. R. 6288) granting a pension to Pierre Bottineau-to 

the Committee on Pensions. 

By Mr. VOORHEES: A bill (H. R. 6289) granting an increa.<!e of pension to Kate K. Whittlesey-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. STOCKDALE: A biH (H. R. 6290} for the relief of Mary M. 

St. John-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. J. M. ALLEN: A bill (H. R. 6291) for the relief of R. S. 

Stanley, postmaster at Booneville, Miss.-to the Committee on Claims. 

By Mr. CATCHINGS: A bill (H. R. 6292) for the relief of the heirs of 

Patrick A. Kearney-to the Committee on War Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6293) for the reltef of Harriet Miles-to the Committee on War Claims. • By Mr. WARNER: A bill (H. R. 6294) toplacethenameofWilliamH. 

Faulkner on the pension-rolls-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. BLAND: A bill (H. R. 6295) for the relief of Nancy M. Murphy-to the Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. BURNES: A bill (H. R. 6296) for the relief of Montgomery 

Patton -to the Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. MANSUR: A bill (H. R. 6297) for the relief of Hamilton 

Crews-to the Committee on War Claims. -

Also, a bill (H. R. 6298) for the relief of John T. Johnston-to the 

Committee on Claims. 

By Mr. J. J. O'NEILL: A bill (H. R. 6299) directing the Secretary of 

War to issue an honorable discharge to John Reilly-to the Committee on Military Affairs. 

By Mr. DOCKERY: A bill (H. R. 6300) granting a pension to Sam- son M. David-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. LAIRD: A bill (H. R. 6301) granting a pension to William 

A. Ba-con-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. DORSEY: A bill (H. R. 6302) granting a pension to Benjamin Contel-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. McSHANE: A bill (H. R. 6303) for the relief of Tobias Castor-to the Select Committee on Indian Depredation Claims. • By Mr. STONE, of Kentucky: A bill (H. R. 6304) for the relief of 

M. L. Scott-to the Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. McSHANE: A bill (H. R. 6305) to remove the charge of desertioQfrom the military record of George W. Madden-to the Committee on Military Affairs. 

By Mr. T. J. CA.MPBELL: A bill (H. R. 6306) to incorporate the 

People's Passenger Cable Rail-way Company ofthe'District of Columbia--to the Committee on the District of Columbia. · 

By Mr. HIRES: A bill (H. R. 6307) granting a pension to Sarah A. 

Corson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ' 

By Mr. PARKER: A bill (H. R. ~08) providing for the issuing of 

an American register to the Canadian-built sloop Home by the name 

of New Home-to the Committee on Commerce. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6309) for the relief of Mary A. Cove -to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6310) for the relief of Harvey Daniels-to the 

Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6311) for the relief of James D. Dardis-to the 

Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6312) granting a pension to Caroline Jewett-to 

the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6313) granting a pension to J. K. Parker-to the 

Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. DA YEN PORT: A bill (H. R. 6314) granting a pension to 

Lyman D. Green-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. C. S. BAKER: A bill (H. R. 6315) for the relief of certain 

members of Company I, Thirteenth Regiment New York Volunteersto the Committee on Military Affairs. . By Mr. BLISS: A bill (H. R. 6316) for the relief of John Wallaceto the Committee on Claims. - · By Mr. COCKRAN: A bill (H. R. 6317) for the relief of Mary H. 

Nicholson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6318) for the relief of the Provincial Monastery 

of the Good Shepherd, East Ninetieth street, New York City-to the 

Committee on Appropriations. 

By Mr. GREENJ,L\N: A bill (H. R. 6319) to increase pension of 

Mrs. Caroline M. Norton-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By :M:r. HERBERT: A bill (H. R. 6320) to authorize the retireJ;Uent 

of Pay Inspector Lut.her G. Billings, United States Navy-to the Committee on Naval Affairs. 

By M:r. WILLIAMS: A bill (H. R. 6321) granting a pension to H. J. 

Peter-to the Committee 011 Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6322) for the relief of John R. Reynolds-to the 

Committee on War Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6323) for the relief of Alexander M. Whitta:kerto the Committee on Military Affairs. 

Alsv, a bill (H. R. 6324) for the relief of Benjamin F. Shinn-to the 

Committee on Military Affairs. · Also, a bill (H. R. 6325) granting an honorable discharge to Charles 

Doenhardt-to the Committee on Military Affairs. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6326) to place the name of Antony Terwest on the pension-roll-to the Committee· on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6327 J to place the name of Thomas J. Scott on the 

pension-roll-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Also, a bill (H. R. 6328) to place the name of William Banner on the 

pension-roll-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. , Also, a bill (.l:f. R. 6329) to place the name of John G. Baxter on the 

pension-roll-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. ROMEIS: A bill (H. R. 6330) granting a pension to Henry 

Deselms-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6331) for the relief of Daniel H. Nye-to the Committee on Military Affairs. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6332) to remove the charge of desertion against 

Jacob Rahm-to the Committee on Military .Affairs. 

By Mr. BOOTHMAN: A bill (H. R. ~333) to relieve A. J. Point of 

the charge of desertion-to the Committee on Military Affairs. 

By Mr. CROUSE: A bill (H. R. 6334) tor the relief of Isaac Roshon- . 

to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. BUTTERWORTH: A bill (H. R. 6335) for the relief of the 

estate of Mrs. J. M. Messick-to the Committee on War Clai.Ihs. 

By Mr. RANDALL: A bill (H. R. 6336) for the 1·elief of the estate of 

Richard W. Meade, deceased-to the Committee on Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6337) referring the claims of J. F. Bailey & Co. 

and others to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on Claims. 

By Mr. BAYNE: A bill (H. R. 6338) granting a pensi-on to Fredolin 

Beck--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. SCOTT: A bill (H. R. 6339) for increase of pension to :Mrs. 

Sarah R. Bleecker-to the Committee on Pensions. 

By Mr. l\IAISH: A bill (H. R. 6340) enlarging the powers of the 

Columbia Title Insurance Company of the District of Columbia, and 

for other purposes-to the C9mmittee on t.he District of Columbia. 

By Mr. JACKSON: A bill (H. R. 6341) to correct the military record 

of George Haskin-to the Committee on Military Affairs. 

By Mr. BUTLER: A bill (H. R. 6342) for the relief of John M. Hartman, of Tennessee-to the Committee on Military Affairs. 

Also, a bill (H.-R. 6343) to increase the pension of Namy Roins, the 

oldest Revolutionary pensioner on the rolls, she being nearly ninety-six 

years of age-to tbe Committee on Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6344) granting a pension to William J. Toner.ay, of 

Tennessee-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6345) granting a pension to John W. Mink-to 

the Committee on Invalid Pensions . . Also, a bill (H. R. 6346) for the relief of Perez Dickinson, surviving 

partner of Coman & Dickinson-to the Committee on Claims. 
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By ~lr. RICHARDSON: A bill (H. R. 6347) for the relief of Alexander Moffitt-to t 1e Committee on War Claims. 

Also, a bjll (H. t{. 6348) for the relief of Mrs. Ellen-P. Malloy-to 

the Comm~ tee on War Claims. 

By Mr. GLA.SS: A bill (H. R. 6349) to remove the 'charge of desertion from W. A Jackson-to the Committee on Military Affairs. 

By M·. WHI l'THORNE: A bill (H. R. 6350) forthereliefofMargaret 

Kenned -tJ the Committee on War Claims. 

By ll' r. G.liNES: A. bill (H. R. 6351) for the relief of Reuben Ragland- o th ~Committee on Claims. 

Also, a oill (H. R. 6352) for the relief of William B. Fucks-to the 

Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. LEE: A bill (H. R. 6353) for the relief of the Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary and High School of Virginia-to the Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. GUENTHER: A bill (H. R. 6354) for the relief of Edwin 

De I~on-to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6355)forthereliefofEdwinDe _Leon-totheCom-

:inittee on Foreign .A.fiairs. 

By Mr. 0. B. THO~IAS: A bill (H. R. 6356} to appropriate to Catherine Sullivan, widow of Patrick Sullivan, deceased, a sum of money 

therein named in payment for services rendered by the said Patrick 

Sullivan in the war of the rebellion-to the Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. HOGG: A bill (H. R. 6a57) to aid the Temperance Home, in 

the District of Columbia, for soldiers, sailors, and civilians-to the Committee on the District of Columbia. 

By Mr. M. A. SMITH: A bill (H. R. G358) for the relief of Dr. J. 

H. Taggart-to the Committee on Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6359) for the relief of Dr. Warren E. Day-to the 

Committee on Claims. 

By :Mr. JOSEPH: A bill (H. R. 6360) for the relief of Augustin 

Lacome & Brother-to the Select Committee on Indian Depredation 

Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 6361) for the relief of Manuel Silva-to the Select 

Committee on Indian Depredation Claims. 

Also, a bill (Ii. R.. 6362) to confirm a certain private land claim in the 

Territory of New Mexico-to the Committee on Private Land Claims. 

By Mr. ERMENTRO ITT: A joint resolution (H. Res. 100) authorizing 

acceptance by Dr. W. J. Hoffman of certain decorations from foreign 

powers-to the Committee on Foreign .A.ffa.irs. 

PETITIONS, ETC. 

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

under the rule, and referred as follows: 

By Mr. ADAMS: Uem<?rial of manufacturers of baking powders of 

Chicago, for a reduction in the duty on cream of tartar, etc.-to the 

Committee on Ways and Means. 

By Mr. C. H. ALLEN: Petition of Hugh O'Brien, mayor of Boston, 

Mass., and 825 merchanU:!, lawyers, publishers, and other citizens of 

that city, for the classification of clerks in first-class post-offices-to the 

Committee on the P~t-Office and Post-Roads. 

Also, petition of Samuel Winslow, mayor of Worcester, Mass., and 

250·other citizens, for the same-to the Committee on the Post-Office 

and Post Roads. 

By Mr. E. P. ALLEN: Petition of the Society of Friends of the 

United States, in favor of international arbitration-to the Committee 

on Foreign Affairs. _ 

Also, petition of A. G. P. Brown and 5,300 others, deaf or partially 

deaf soldiers, for a law rating deafness as high as other disabilities no 

more severe-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. A. R. ANDERSON: Memorial for increase of pension in case 

of deafness, from William Simmons, secretary National Association 

Naval Veterans, ::tnd others-.to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. G. A. ANDERSON: Petition of the Grand Lodge of Good 

Templars of Illinois, representing 10,000 members, for a national commission of inquiry concerning the alcoholic liquor traffic-to the Select 

Committee on the Alcoholic Liquor Traffic. -

Also, petition of Edson Saxberry, late Company C, Ninety-ninth Illinojs Volunteers, for a p~nsion-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. ATKINSON: Petition of A. E. Bergstresser, for referenceof 

the claim of Foster M. Bergstresser to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. C. S. BAKER: Petition of the late members of Company I, 

Thirteenth Regiment of New York Volunteers, for the pa-ssage of au act 

placing said company on an equality with the original companies of said 

regiment as to bounty-money-to the Committee on Military Affairs. 

By Mr. BAYNE: Petition ofFreddin Beck, foror·~ginal pension-to 

the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. BLANCHARD: Papers in the claim of Margaret Fuhr-to 

the Committee on Claims. 

By Mr. BLAND: Petition of John W. Reid, for removal of charge of 

desertion-to the Committee on Military Affairs. · By Mr. BLISS: Petition ofThomas McDonald, of Brooklyn, N.Y., 

for a pension-to the Committee on Pensions. 

By Mr. BOOTHMAN: Petition of Phelps Command, No. 4, Union 

Veteran!:!' Union, of Defiance, Ohio, relating to pensions, etc.-to the 

Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. C. R. BRECKINRIDGE: Petition of Lucinda Berry, for a 

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

Also, petition of H. H. O'Neal, of Jefferson County, Arkansas, for 

reference of his claim to the Court of Cln.ims-to the Committee on 

War Claims. 

By Mr. BREWER: Petition of 70 membru-s of Gilluly Post, Grn.nd 

Army of the Republic, of Fowlerville, Mich., for certain pension legislation-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. BUCHANAN: Petition of citizens of Trenton, N. J., for incre<J.se of pay for postal clerks-to the Committee on the Post-Office 

and Post-Roads. 

By Mr. BUNNELL: Petition of citizens of Susquehanna County, 

Pennsylvania, protesting against the admission of Utah as a State with 

polygamy-to the Committee on the Territories. 

Also, memorial of the Society of Friends, of Richmond, Ind., for international arbitration-to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 

By Mr. BURROWS: Petition for the establishment of postal telegraphy-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. 

By Mr. BUTLER: Petition of James McClure, of Hawkins County, 

Tennessee, for reference of his claim to the Court of Claims-t~ the 

Committee on War Claims. 

Also, petition of George W. Pierce, jr., and of David P. Hume, of Jeffer8on County, Tennessee, for reference of their claims to the Court of 

Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. CAINE: Petition of the Woman's Christian Temperance 

Union of Utah, signed by the officers representing 150 members, for a 

national commission of inauiry concerning the alcoholic liquor trafficto the Select Committee on the Alcoholic Liquor Traffic. 

By Mr. CA.RUTH: Petition of John B. Bland, and of Archibald C. 

Hay, of Jefferson County, Kentucky, for reference oJ their claims to the 

Court of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. 

Also, papers in the claim of estate of Lucy A. Basher, of Joseph 

Werner, of Henry O'Neal, and of George W. Ewing-to the Committee 

on War Claims. 

Also, papersrelatingto the contested-election claim of Samuel McKeeto the Committee on Elections. 

Also, papers relating to the p~nsion claim of Priscilla Prince-to the 

Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, papers relating to the building of an annex to, and improving, 

the present puhlic building at Louisville, Ky.-to the Committee on 

Public Buildings and Grounds. 

Also, papers in the case of Sophronia Speed-to the Committee on 

Invalid Pensions. , By Mr. CASWELL: Petition of Edward D. Eaton, president, and H. 

M. Whiting and others, profes~rs of Beloit College, ·wisconsin, for an 

intemational copyright law-to the Committee on Patents . 

By Ur. CHIPMAN: Petition of Moses Bell, private Company B, 

Twenty-seventh Michigan InluntryVolunte.ers, for relief-to the Committee on Military Affairs. 

By Mr. CLARDY: Petition of the plate-glass workers of Crystal City, 

Mo., for the retention of the duty on plate-glass-to the Committee on 

Ways and Means. 

Also, prot~stof the Cigar-1\Iak~rs' Union of St. Louis, Mo., against the 

repeal of the revenue tax on cigars-to the Committee on Ways and 

1\:Ie:Us. 

By Mr. COBB: Petition of C. R. Wheat, administratrix of Moses K. 

Wheat, of Macon County, Alabama, for reference of his claim to the 

Court of Claims--to the Committee on War Claims. 

By }.fr. COMPTON: Petition of the attendants of the Hospital for 

the Insane, for relief-to the Committee on Labor. 

Also, petition for the enactment of an international copyright lawto the Committee on Patentc;. 

By M:r. CONGER: Memorial of the members of the Silent Army of 

Deaf Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, for increase of pension now allowed 

for deafhe s-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. CUTCHEON: Resolutions ofthe Board of Trade of Detroit, 

Mich., relative to the naval reserve-to the Committee on Naval Aftairs. 

By Mr. DALZELL: Petition of the Western University of Pennsylvania, in favor of international copyright-to the Committee on Patents. 

By Mr. DAVIS: Resolutions of the New Bedford (Mass.) Board of 

Trade, on the adulteration of lard-to t,he Committee on Agriculture. 

Also, memorial of Samuel Osborn, jr., ~nd 236 others, citizens of 

Edgartown, Mass., in favor of the improvement of th::~.t harbor-to the 

Committee on Rivers and Harbors. 

Also, petition ofthe Sons of Temperance of Massachusetts for anational commission of inquiry coucerning the alcoholic liq nor trafficto the Select Committee on the ·Alcoholic· Liquor Traffic. 

By Mr. DOCKERY: Petition of citizens of Gentry County, Missouri, 

for a pension for Samson M. David-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. DORSEY: Petition of citizens of Washington County, Nebraslm, for a servic:e pension to Capt. Benjamin Contel-to the Com· 

mittee on·Invalid Pensions. 
1888. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE. 823 

By Mr. ERMENTROUT: Memorial of clerks in the post-office at of William Hoye, of J. B. Covington, of :Mansfield Samuels, of ·w. L. 

K'lmburgh, Berks Conn,ty, Pennsylvania., for the passage of the bill to Kinbrough, and of P. B. Allensworth, of Todd County, Kentucky, for 

provide for the cln.ssification of clerks in first-class post-offices, and for reference of their claims to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on 

:fixing the .salaries of sa.me-to the €::ommittee on the Post-Office and War Claims 

P03t-Roads. . _ Also, papers in the claim of B. F. Proctor-to the Committee on 

By Mr. FELTON: Petition for the allowanee of drawbacks on the War Claims. 

re-exportation of imported bottles, corks, etc., by bottlers of domestic By :M:r. LAIRD: Petition of citizens of Chase County, Nebraska, for 

beer, wine, and br::mdy-to the Committee on Ways and Means. reduction of postage on seeds, plants.- etc.-to the Committee on the 

By 1\Ir. FINLEY: Petition of Coleman F. Brown, and of William Post-Office and Post-Roads. . 

:Barnett, of Green County; of executor of Amanda Goggin, and of Also, petition of William A. Bacon, for an original pension,-to the 

George W. Saunders, of Pulaski County; of Thomas J, Whitman, of Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Elizabeth 1\L Patterson, of James T. Brown, and of John T. S. Brown, Also, memorial of Farmers' .A.Jliauce of Nebraska, for the red-uction 

(}f Hart Countyr and of administrator of John.Wilson, of Creed C. Chit- of taxation on the necessaries of life-:-to the Committee on Ways and 

wood, of William Whitney, administrator of :William Fitzpatrh!k, of :M:eans. 

William F. Dodd, and of estate of Maria L. Proctor, of Barren County, Also, petition of citizens of Neoraslm, for the opening for allotment 

Kentucky, for reference of their claims to the Court of CJaims- to the of the Oklahoma lands and Cherokee land strip-to the Committee on 

Committee on War Claims. the Public Lands. , 

:By 1\Ir. FISHER: Petition of William Emmert, Company E, One By Mr. LIND: Resolutions oft he Board of Trade of ~Iankato, 1\finn., 

hundred and seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteers, for relief- to the for an international marine conference to formulate measures for lessCommittee on Invalid Pensions. ening the dangera of navigation-to the Committee on Foreign Affairs". 

Also, petition of Lem. Pembleton and 85 others, of 1\fichigan, op- .Alsor resolutions of the Dairymen's Associatio~ against the passage 

posing the admission of Utah as a State-to the Committee on the Ter- ·of any law impairing the efficiency of the oleomargarine Ia.w, and for 

ritories. further legislation- to the Committee on Agriculture. 

By Mr. FORNEY: Petition of Robe11t Pruitt, of Calhoun Countyr By:M:r.LONG: Petitionofthe SonsofTempemneeofMa$achusetts, 

Alabama1 for reference of his claim to the· Court of Claims-to the Com- for a national probibit0ry constitn.tional amendment-to the Select 

mittee on War Claim.&. Committee on the Alcoholic Liquor Traffic.. 

By 1\'b. FUNSTON: Petition of J. M. Sullivan and' others of Bald- By Mr. LYMAN: Petition asking for the relief of D~ M. Miller, of 

win, Kans., f<rr an increase of the pension of Henry C. Jay- to the Mills County, Iowa-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Committee on Invalid Pensions. Al o, memorial of the Society of Friends, in favor of international 

Also, petition of the facnltj of the State University, of Lawrence, arbitration-to the Comm!ttee on Forejgn Affairs. 

Kans., forin.ternavonai copyright law-to the Committee on Patents. Byl\Ir. McCLAilliY: Petition and papers in the claim of John Da-" 

By Mr. GAINES: Petition of D. Aiton & Co., S. J. Hurt, W. D. vis, jr., of Wayne County, North Carolina-to the Committee on War 

Barkley, and others, of Peters burgh, Va., asking that salt be placed on Claims. 

the free-list-to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. McCREARY: Petiti6n of Joseph Falconer and of .Tames 

By Mr. GEA.R: Protest of Cigar Makers' Union of Burlington, Iowar Penny, of Boyle County; of Benedict M. Swope, of qarrard County; 

against the. repeal of the internal-revenue law-to the Committee on of Charles R. Allen, of Anderson County, and of George W. Anderson, 

Ways and Means. of Spencer County, Kentucky, for reference of their claims to the Cou.rt 

By Mr. GLA.SS: Petition of JohnB:::.ynes, of Haywood County, Ten~ of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims~ 

nessee, for reference o£ his claim. to the Court of Claims-to the Com- By :MJ:. MAISR: Letter rebting to bill authorizing the Secretary of 

mittee on War Claims. War to make rules and regulatiQns for the navigation of the South Pass 

By ?!fr. GROUT: Petition of Mary Carr, widow of Jeremiah Carr; of the Mississippi River- to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. 

of Olive Wallace,. mother of ChaTles H . Burbank, and ofMolindaDex.- Also, ten petitions of citizens of the '1'wentieth district ofPennsylter, for pensi01l.S- to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · vania, against the admission of Ut.a;h as a State so Iong as it remains 

Also, affidavits in claim of Martha B. Perry;, affida-vit of,'[. R. Dar- under the control of the MoTmon priestho9d- to the Committee on ling, in claimef Olive Wallace; of Hiram E. Templeton, in claim ofW. ilie Territories. . 

H . H. Buck; of Chauncey N. Hunt, in claim of W. H . H . Buck; of By J\.fr. MORGAN: Petitionofl\f. W. Welbourn.e, ofPanolaCounty, 

Ch:U'les Ct Crown and Rachel Carruth, in claim of Olive Wallace, and and of Wilson Williams, of La Fayette County, Mississippi, for referof R. W. Lance, M. D., in claim of Jacob E. Wheelock- to the Com- ence of their claims to the Court of Claims- t o the Committee on Wax 

mittee on Invalid Pensions. Claims. 

By 1\Ir. GUENTHER~ Petition of the faculty of Ripon College,. of By Mr. NEA.L: Petition of citizens of Chattanooga, Tenn., for the 

Rillon, Wis~, in favor of an international copyright bw-to the Com- passage of a law classifying clerk.s in :fi.rst-dass post-offices, and for fixmittee on Patents. ing salaries of the same- to the Committee on the Post-Officeand PostB-y 1\fr~ HAUGEN: Resolution of the Cha.mberof Commerce of Mil- · Roads. 

waukee, WJS. 1 recommeniling. the crea.tion of' a. naval reserve- t o the Also, papers in the claim of John F. Davidson, of Giles County, and 

Committee on Naval Affairs. of Dev:mdo V. Cnlley, of Madison County1 Mi sissippi- to the Commit- By 1\Ir. HERBERT: Petition ofM:. C. Cheatham and others, of B:x:ew- tee on War Claims. . 

ton, Ala., iu fa.voo of the Blair bill- to the Committee on Education. By 1\Ir. NELS01t: Memorial of the. Duluth (Minn.) Chamber of ComBy Mr. HIESTAND:- Memorial of the faculty of F ranklin and :Uar- merce, in favor of certain bridge bills- to the Committee on Commerce. 

shall College, Pennsylvania, infavorofan interna.tionalcopyrightlaw- Also, memorial of citizens of Park Point, St. Louis C<mnty, Min- to the Committee on Patents. nesoh. for relief- b) the Committee on Commerce. -

By Mr. HITT: Memorial of the Boa:rcl of Trad.e of Chicago, favoring Also, resolution of the directors of the Board of Trade· of Dnlu.th, 

a naval reserve-to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Mhm., for legislation looking to the improvement of the navig-ation of 

Also, memorial of the clergymen of Freeport, ill., concerning the re- th.e lakeS-to the Committee on Commerce. 

duction of mation and revenue-to the Committee on Ways and Ueans. Also, resolutions of the Dairymen's .Association of Minneapolis, against 

By rYir. HOGG: Re olution for the relief of Maurice Ruddleston- an.Y repeal or modification of the oleomargarine law- to. the Committ o the Committee on Accounts. tee on Agriculture. 

By Mr. HOLMAN: Papers in the case of Mary E. Hil17 for relief-to Also, paper in the pension case of 'John Rowe, of Benjamin Frankthe Committee on War Claiml'!. lin7 of Joseph Millison, and of Nicholas Sehmitte, for relief- to the 

By 1\fr. S. I. HOPKINS: Petition: of J. G ... Bryant, son of J_ L. Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Bryant, deceased, of Bedford County, and of Elias Brubaker, of Roa- By Mr. NEWTON: Petition of Mary A. McFarland, of Madison noke County, Virginia, for reference of their claims to the Court of Parish, Louisiana, for reference of her claim to the Court of Claims- Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. to the Committee on War Claims. 

Also, pa:Qers in the claim of John B. Ferguson, of Roanoke County, · By Mr. O'DONNELL: Petition of Daniel A. Denison, of Elizabeth 

Vrrginia-to the Committee on \'Tar Claims. Davey, mother of Elias C. Davey, and of Joseph N_". Turner, for reBy l'lfr. HOUK: Petition of Pleasant Owens,. of Knox County, and of movai of charge of desertion-to the Committee on Military Affairs. 

Thomas Yearwood, of Monroe County, Tennessee, for reference of their Also, petition of members of the National Association of Soldiers, 

claims to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. Sailorsr and l'ilarines, for increase of pensi on for veterans suffering from 

By Mr. HUNTER: Petition of so-ldiers of the late war at Lewis burgh, dea.fuess-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Ky., for .the Tep~al o.£ the limitation-of-arrears act-to the Committee Also, resolution of the Detroit (Mich.) Board of Trade, in favor of 

on Invalid Pens10ns. the organization of a naval reserve corps-to the Committee on Naval 

Also, petition of J. E. Whitney, of Allen County; ofThomasB. Gossen, Affairs~ · 

administrator of W:il.liam Gossen, of James F . Ewing, administrator ot By Mr. O'FERRALL: Pap.er&in the claim of Andrew Cornwell and 

J ohn H . Ewing, and of Sanders 1\:Icilwain, of Butler County; of S. H. of Morgan &xen, of Clark County; of Samuel H. Wampler, of Md"rgan Clark, of B. D. Taylor, of heirs of B. D. Yarborou~ of George &. Jones, Layton, of Joseph Click, of Curtis Yates, of Benjamin Bowman, of of J . M. Moore, and of George W. Gray, of Logan County; of R. H . Bell, Emanuel M. Hoover, of Noah C. Wenger, and of Samuel Cline, of Rock- of D. B. Smith, and W. L. Kinbrough, of estate ofT. W. Kinbrough, ingbam Coun~ ; <rf John H. Fb:nkhanser, and of Samuel Rollen,. of 
824 CONGR.ESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. JANUARY 30, 

Shenandoah County; of' John W. Fletcher, of Fauquier County; of 

Elizabeth Richardson, ofWarren County; ofW. K . Abbott, of Broadway; of Solomon Berry, of Cross Keys; of John T. Hottel, of Samuel 

Fetzer, of Harrisonville; of Harrison Fauber, of Tom's Creek; of Noah 

M. Funkhauser, of Shenandoah County, and of Harriet J. Walter, of 

Rappahannock, County, Virginia. 

By .M:r. OSBORNE: Memorial of the Society ofFriends, in conference 

at Richmond, Ind., in favor of international arbitration-to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 

Also, memorial of American Forestry Congress and others, relative to 

public forest lands-to the Committee on the Public Lands. 

By .M:r. OUTHWAITE: Petition of Prof~or William H. Scott'and 

faculty, of Ohio State University, for passage of an internn.tional copyright law-to the Committee on Patents. 

By Mr. PARKER: Petition of Caroline Jewett and of James K. 

Parker, for n. pension-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · Also, petition of James D. Dardis, for an honorable discharge-to the 

Committee on Military Affairs. 

.Also, petition for the erection of a monument on ihe battle-field at 

Saqkett's Harbor, N. Y.-t9 the Committee on the Library. 

By Mr. PEEL: Petition of Michael C. Henderson, of Benton County, 

.Arkansas, for reference of his claim to the Court of Claims-to he 

Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. PERKINS: Petition of Frederick N. Perkins, for removal of 

charge of desertion-to the Committee on Military.Affairs. · Also, memorial of the Board of Trade of Wichita, Kans., for legislation extending the public laws of the United States over "No Man's 

Land,'' and 6pening the same and the unoccupied portions of the Indian Territory to white settlement-to the Committee on the Public 

Lands. 

Also, resolutions of the Board of Trade of ChicagQ, Ill., against the 

acts of the French and German Governments prohibiting the importation of American salt pork, and asking for relief-to the Committee on Ways and Means. 

By Mr. PETERS: Memorial of the Board of Trade of Caldwell, 

Kans., for establishment of Oklahoma Territory-to the Committee on 

the Territories. 

By Mr. PUGSLEY: Petition ofD. M. Beard and 20 others; citizens 

of Ross County, Ohio, for the passage of the Palmer Senate bill to ex- tirpate pleuro-pneumonia, and other cattle diseases-to the Committee 

on Agriculture. 

By Mr. RANDALL: Memolial of the asso~iation of the bar of New 

York, in relation to claims of judges of the Fede1·al courts in the State 

of New York-to the Committee on the Judiciary. 

By Mr. RICE: Petition of citizens of Minnesota, for the relief of Pierre 

Bottineau-to the Committee on Pensions. 

.Also, petition of Merriam Barrows & Co., and 200 other business 

firms and citizens, of Minneapolis, Minn., for an act regulating and increasing the salaries of post-office clerks-to the Comm1ttee on the PostOffice and Post-Roads. 

By Mr. RICHARDSON: Petition ofS. R. Hailey, of Bed1ord County, 

. Tenneasee, for reference of his claim to the Court of Claims-to the 

Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. RUSK: Paper from Deems Carter, to accompany House bill 

for relief of Joseph F. Carter-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. J. E. RUSSELL: Petition of Jerome Marble& Co. and others, 

for repeal of special-license t-ax on those selling pure alcohol-to the 

Committee on Ways and Means. 

By Mr. RYAN: Evidence and papers relating to bill for relief of 

.Abram Jones, late Company A, Sixt-h Regiment Kansas Cava1ry-to 

the Committee on ·war Claims. 

By Mr. SENEY: Memorial of the National Guard Association of 

Ohio, for an increased appropriation ior the militia of the United Statesto the Committee on Military Affairs. 

By Mr. HENRY SMITH: Memorial and resolution of the Chamber 

of Commerce of Milwaukee, in favor of a naval reserve-to the Committee on Naval Affairs. 

By Mr. SPRINGER: Petition of the Board ofTrade ofWichita,Kans., 

relati\e to public lands-to the Committee on the Public Lands. 

By Mr. STAHLNECKER: Petition of citizens of Peeksville, N.Y., 

for the improvement of their harbor-to the Committee oll Rivers and 

Harbors. . By Mr. STEELE: Memorial of the council ofl\fadison, Ind., by the 

ma.yor, J. T. Brashear, that an appropriation be made forslackwater in 

the Kentucky River, and that a dike be constructed at that place-to 

the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. 

By Mr. CHARLES STEW ART: Petition of sundry citizens of Keith, 

Grimes County, Texas, for certain changes in the postal laws-to the 

Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. 

By Mr. J. W. STEW ART: Petition of E. J. Broten, Hugh C. Flynn 

and others, Rutland, Vt., for increase of salary of letter-carriers-to 

the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. 

By Mr. STONE, of Kentucky: Petition of J. G. Robinson, of A. P. 

Rozzell, ofF. M:. French, of Philip Edmonston, of Delaware Dawly, of 

Patrick Greeley, of W. A. Pettit, of John Remington, of Benjamin 

O'Neal, of Martin Ford, ofP. Conway, of RansomPlunckett, of John 

C. Hamilton, of ~Ia1·tin Edwards, of Eliza Hunter, of S. B. Hunter, 

of James C. Kevi1, of David Hoffer, of Jefferson C. Asher, of J. M. 

Edmunds, of B. F. Cantrell, of W. H. Crow, of L. S. Fortives, of G. ·w. Denning, of F. M. Glenn, of Thomas J. Peck, of Groves Howard, . of L. M. Mitchell, of James Wood, of Robert Paine, ofWi1liam Cochran, of Lewis Carter, of W. C. Howard, of W. C. Martin, of S. L. Leech, 

of R. E. Finch, of Dav1d Story, of Moses E. Swangs, of Henry H. 

Lowery, of Wilson Tier, of W. F. Guissenbury, and of J. A. Fletcher, 

of Kentucky, and of heirs of Enos Ray, of District of Columbia, for 

reference of their claims to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on 

War Claims. 

By Mr. T.ARSNEY: Petition of deaf soldiem, sailors, and marines, 

for increase of pensions to dea.f pensioners-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, petition of citizens of Sagina.w County, Michigan, for revision 

of the patent laws-to the Committee on Patenm. 

By Mr. G. M. THOMAS: Petition of S. B. Patterson, of Bracken 

County, Kentucky, for reference of his claim to the Court of Claimsto the Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. VANDEVER: Petition for harbor improvement at Port Harford and Bay of San Luis Obispo, California-to the Committee on Riv- ers and Harbors. 

Also, a hill to authorize the construction of a harbor of refuge at San 

Bnenaventura, Cal.-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. 

By Mr. VOORHEES: Petition of Kate K. Whittlesey, for an increase 

of pension-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. WARNER: Petition of W. B. Grimes and other officers of 

Commercial Club, and directors Board of Trade of Kansas City, Mo., 

in favor of the bill for the classification of clerks in the first-class postoffices-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. 

By Mr. WASHINGTON: Petition of W. L. Kimbrough, executor of 

Meredith Kimbrough, and of Elijah J. Wickwaie, of Robertson County, 

and of Wilkins W. Waggoner, of Humphreys County, Tennessee, for 

reference of their claims to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on 

War Claims. 

By Mr. WEST: Petition of citizens of Fulton County, New York, 

for reduction of postage rates on seeds-to the Committee on the PostOffice and Post-Roads. 

Also, petition of Charles Sandfurett, for a pension-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . 

By Mr. WHEELER: Papers in the claim of the estate of Oscar Rolfe, 

of Morgan County, Alabama-to the Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. WHITTHORNE: Petition of John Glenn, of Manry County, 

and of James Baugh, of Williamson County, Tennessee, for reference 

of their claims to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on War 

Claims . .Also, papers· the case of John F. Huckaba-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. WILLIAMS: Petition of Benjamin F. Sheim and of Charles 

Doenhardt, for relief-to the Committee on Military Affairs. • 

Also, petition for amendment to the pension laws-to the Committee on Inva1id Pensions . By Mr. WISE: Petition of the Potomac Steam-boat Company, for reimbursement of certain moneys paid out, and payment for services performed-to the Committee on Claims. 

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

By Mr. ATKINSON: Of citizens of Neff's Mills, Pa . By Mr. BLANCHARD: Of Thomas R. Neale and others, of Louisiana. By Mr. C. R. BRECKINRIDGE: Of citizens of Van Buren County; 

of citizens of Scotland, of Caglesville, of Pearson, of Scottsville, of Mount 

Vernon, of Cooks, of Graywood, of Ella Rock, of Plumersville, of W a.lkers, of Moore, of Humphreys, of Alco, of Liberty Springs, of Lick 

Mountain, Ark. 

By Mr. J. R. BROWN: Of John C. Reynolds and others, of Jack 

Mill, and J. W. Martin and others, of Snake Creek, Carroll County, 

Virginia. 

By Mr. BURNES: Of citizens of Buchanan County, Missouri. 

By Mr. BUTLER: Of citizens of Locust Spring, Tenn. 

By Mr. GAINES: Of G. W. Winfield, and others, of Parham's 

Store, Va. 

By Mr. GRIMES: Of George W. Harper, and others, of Carroll County, 

Georgia. · 

By .Mr. GROSVENOR: Of J. H. Wayne, and others, of Brister, Ohio; 

of John T. Bell, and others, of Reno, Ohio. 

By Mr. HERBERT: Of J. P. Hudson and others, of Alabama. 

By Mr. HIESTAND: OfHancock, LancasterCounty, Pennsylvania. 

By Mr. HOUK: Of citizens of New Prospect, of Rhodelia, of Lucilla, 

of Grapeton, of Tevinville, of Bartheney, of Walden's Creek, of Meltabarger, Tenn. 

By Mr. HUNTER: Of citizens of Costellow, of Keysburgh, Ky. 

By Mr. T. D. JOHNSTON: Of citizens ofEllya.y, of Teague, of Jon4 

athan's Creek, of Leatherman, N.C. 
\ . 1888. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE: 825 

By Mr. 1\IcCORMICK: Of citizens of Sinnamahoning, Cameron 

Qounty, of Myrtle, of Potter County, Pennsylvania. 

By M:r. McCREAH.Y: Of citizens of Buck Creek, Ky. 

By Mr. NEWTON: Of citizens of Macedonia, of Clayton, of Marion, 

of Mount·Pleasant, La. 

By Mr. OSBORNE: Of citizens of Top, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. 

By Mr. PUGSLEY: Of Adam Reed and 23 others, citizens of Ross 

County, Ohio. 

By Mr. RICHARDSON: Of R. H. Odom and others, of Auburn, Can-

' non County, Tennessee. 

By 1\fr. ROWLAND: Of citizens of Goodman, Anson County, North 

Carolina. 

By Mr. STONE, of Kentucky: Of citizens of Melber, McCracken 

County, Kentucky. 

By Mr. E. B. TAYLOR: Of citizens of Giddings, Ohio. 

By 1\Ir. E. .T. TURNER: Of C. J. Lamb and others, of Dr. Z. F. 

Burt and others, of Crow, Phillips County, Kansas; of Harry Hodges 

and others, of Paul Ream and others, of Glenwood, Phillips County, 

Kansas; of D. L. Pratt and others, of Germantown, Smith County, 

Kansas. 

By 1\ir. WALKER: Of citizens of Bessville, Bollinger County, Missouri. 

. By Mr. WHITTHORNE: Of R. A. North and others, of Willia~on 

County, Tennessee. 

By Mr. WILKINS: OfWilliam White and others, of Jones' Corners, 

Holmes County, Ohio. 

By Mr. WISE: Of citizens of King William, Va.; of Licking, of 

Meadow Station, Va. 

The following petitions, asking for the passage of the bill prohibiting the manufacture, sale, and importation of all alcoholic beverages 

in the District of Columbia, were severally referred to the Select Committee on the Alcoholic Liquor Traffic: 

By Mr. DAVIS: Of 137 citizens of Massachusetts. 

By Mr. FELTON: Of 98 citizens of the Fitlih district of California. 

Also, of 125 citizens of the Fifth district of California. 

By Mr. FUNSTON: Of228 citizens of the Second district of Kansas. 

By Mr. GROUT: Of 103 citizens of the Second district of Vermont. 

By Mr. GUENTHER: Of 171 citizens of the Second district of' Wisconsin. 

By Mr. HOUK: Of205 citizens of the Second district of Tennes..~ee. 

By Mr. LAIRD: Of 52 citizens of the Second district of Nebraska. 

By Mr. SAWYER: Of 202 citizens of the Thirty-first district of New 

York. 

By Mr. SHIVELY: Of Selden Webber and 149 others, citizens of 

Kosciusko County, Indiana. 

By Mr. E. J. TURNER: Of 116 citizens of the Sixth district of Kan- sas. 

By Mr. V .A.NCE: Of 104 citizens of the First district of Connecticut. 

By Mr. WILLIAM WHITING: Of citizens of the Eleventh district of Massachusetts. 

SENATE. 

TUESDAY, January 31, 1888. 

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

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

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. 

The PRESIDENT pro tempore presented the petition of Joseph NeuIP.ann, of San Francisco, Cal., praying for the preservation of the flag 

made of American silk presented by him to the Government, and 

deposited in the Smithsonian Institution; which was referred t() the 

Committee on the Library. 

He also presented a petition of citizens of Nebraska, praying that 

the Indians of the Indian Territory be located on the eastern portion 

of the same, and that the western portion, including Oklahoma and 

the Cherokee Strip, be opened to settlers under a Territorial organization; which was referred to the Commi~tee on Indian Affairs. He also presented a petition of -the Board of Trade of Greeley, 

Colo., praying that an ·appropriation be made to construct a system of 

reservoirs in the State to irrigate Gover11ment lands, and that Govern- ment land be reserved for reservoirs, Kansas and Nebraska to be also 

benefited; which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands. 

He also presented resolutions adopted by the American Shipping and 

Industrial League, January 18, 1888, favoring the proposed celebration 

of the centennial of the Constitution of the United States, etc.; which 

were referred to the Select Committee on the Centennial of the Constitution and the Discovery of America. 

Mr. COCKRELL presented resolutions adopted by the Cigar-~akers' Union, No. 44, of St. Louis, Mo., remonstrating against the repeal of 

internal-revenuet..'lxes upon tobacco and cigars; which were referred to 

the Committee on Finance. 

He also presented resolutions adopted by the board of directors of 

the Merchants' Exchange, of St.·Louis, Mo., in favor oftheinter-A.merican antlinter-republiccelebration of the centennial of the United St.:1.tes, 

etc. ; which was referred to the Select Committee on the Centennial of 

t11e Constitution and the Discovery of America. 

Mr. SAWYER presented a petition of members of the faculty of 

Ripon College. in Wisconsin, praying for the enactment of an international copyright law; which was referred to the Committee on Patents. Mr. BECK presented the petition of W. J. Moberly, late first lieutenant Fourth United States Cavalry, praying for certain relief; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. 

M:r. HARRIS. I present the petition of Charles Murphy, stating that 

at a former session of Congress a bill for his relief was adversely reported, setting forth new evidence that has been discovered, and with 

it are filed the affidavits of the parties. 1 ask that the petition be re- ferred to the Committee 9n Claims, and that an order be made that the 

papers in respect to his claim, on file in the Secretary's office, be also 

referred to that committee. 

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

Mr. QUAY presented a petition of the faculty of the Western University of Pennsylvania, praying for the passage of an international 

copyright law; which was referred to the Committee on Patents. 

1\-Ir. TURPIE presented a petition of 124 citizens of the Fifth, Sixth, 

Eighth, and Tenth Congressional districts of Indiana, praying for prohibition in the District of Columbia; which was referred to the Committee on · the District of Col urn bia. 

Mr. VEST presented a petition of the faculty of Drury College, 

Rpringfield, Mo., praying for the enactmeflt of an international copyright law; which was re1erred to the Committee on Patents. 

He also presented the petition of E. L. Martin and other citizens of 

Kansas City, Mo., praying that the compen""Sation of post-office clerks 

be placed on the same basis with that of railway postal clerks and .letter-carriers; which was referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and 

Post-Roads. 

He also presented a petition of citizens of the First, Second, and Third 

Congressional districts of Missouri, praying for prohibition in the District of Columbia; which was referred to the Committee on the District 

of Columbia. 

Mr. BLAIR. I present a petition of the Lombard Street Yearly 

Meeting of the Society of Friends, held in the city of Baltimore, Md., 

composed of representatives from its various subordinate meetings in 

Maryland and the adjacentpartsofVirginiaand Pennsylvania, through 

its committee on philanthropic labor, praying for an amendment to 

the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified, will pro-. 

hibit henceforth the manufacture, importation, exportation, transportation, and sale of all alcoholic liquors as a beverage in the United 

States, and in every place subject to their jurisdiction. I move the ref- erence of the petition to the Committee on Education and Labor. 

Mr. BECK. The petition prays Congress. to prohibit imports and to 

regulate the revenue. I do not know what the Committee on Education and Labor has to do with that subject. 

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The indorsement of the petition will 

be read. 

The CHIEF CLERK. A. petition for a national prohibitory constitu-· tional amendment fmm the Lombard Street Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends, Baltimore. 

Mr. BECK. The object of it seems to be to prohibit imports of cer- tain sorts, and I supposed that to-be a financial matter. 

The PRESIDENT pro tempore, The body of the petition will be read. 

The Chief Clerk read as follows: 

The Lombard Street Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends, held in the city of Ba ltimore, Md., composed of r epresentatives from its various subordi- nate mee tings in 1\'laryland and the adjacent parts of Virginia and Pennsylvania, 

through its committee on philanthropic labor, most respectfully and e a rnestly ask you, by an appropriate j~t resolution, to adopt a n d p ropose to the several St.'t tes an a mendment to the Constitution of th e United States, which, when 

ratified, will prohibit hencefo.rth t-he manufacture, importation, exportation, 

transportation, and sale of all alcoholic liquors, as a beverage, in the United 

States, and in every place subject to their jurisdiction. JONATHAN K. TAYLOR, 

Chairman of Committee. 

1\fr. BECK. I think the petition ought to be referred to the Finance 

Committee. I move that reference. 

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. That reference will be ordered, if 

there be no objection. 

Mr. BLAIR. I will say that similar petitions in almost this exact 

phmseology have been sent for a long time to the Committee on Education and Labor. I should be glad to have one sent to the Committee on Finance, so as to see what they will do with it. 

The PRESIDENT pre tempore. In this connection the Chair will 

state that it would greatly facilitate the transaction of business if Senators presenting petitions will comply with the rule which requires 

that a brief statement of the contents shall be made by the Senators 

presenting them, or indorsed thereon, so that it can be read at the 

desk. 

·Mr. BLAIR. Ifthe Presiding Officer had·observed, he would have 

noticed that I did so when I presented the petitiou. 

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The petition will be referred to the 

Committee on Finance, if there be no objection.