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Also, the petition of citizens of South Carolina, that the Commissioner of Agriculture be made a member of the President's Cabinetto the Committee on Agriculture. 

Also, the petition of citizens of South Carolina, for the passage of a law to protect innocent users of patents-to the Committee on Patents. - By Mr. BUTTERWORTH: Resolutions of the Chamber of Com- merce of Cincinnati, urging the repeal of the law imposing a tax on l>ank deposits and checks-to the Committee on Ways and Means. 

By Mr. COWGILL: The petition of 300 citizens of Adams County, 

In diana, for the passage of a general railroad law in which disc:J:imination against any class or locality shall be prohibited in charges on freight-to the Committee on Commerce. 

By Mr. DIBRELL : The petition of Charles Cleveland, for a pension..l.....to t,be Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. HORR: The petitions of James Watts and others, of Hart; 

of J. M. Conkling and others, citizens of Manistee; and of Dr. J. W. 

Taylor and others, citizens of Imlay City, Michiga~, for a commission 

of inquiry concerning the alcoholic liquor traffic-to the Select Committee on the Alcoholic Liquor Traffic. 

By Mr. KLOTZ: The petition of soldiers of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, against the passage of Senate bill No. 496-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. LAPHAM: The petition of sugar importers and refiners of 

New York, in relation to the duty on sugar-to the Committee on \Vaya and Means. 1 By Mr. McGOWAN: The petitions of James Bathwells, Samuel 

Carpenter, and others, citizens of Carpenter Station; and of·F. Hicks, 

Francis Barry, and 224 others, citizens of Imlay City, Michigan, for a commission of inquiry concerning the alcoholic liquor traffic-to the 

Select Committee on the Alcoholic Liquor Traffic. 

By Mr. MORTON: The petition of James \V. Elwell & Co., E. D. 

Morga.n & Co., Brown Brothers & Co., and others, of the New York 

Maritime Association, for an appropriation for the improvement of 

Gowanus Bay, New York-to the Committee on Commerce. 

By 1\'Ir. NEAL: The petition of the Grand Lodge of Templars of 

Ohio, for a commission of inquiry concerning the alcoholic liquor 

traffic-to the Select Committee on the Alcoholic Liquor Traffic. 

By Mr. NEWBERRY: The petitions of A. M. Lennan and others, 

citizens of Lapeer, and of D. S. Dibble and others, citizens of Muskegon, Michigan, of similar import-to the same committee. 

By Mr. NORCROSS: The petition of W. H. Eaton and others, of 

New Salem, Massachusetts, against the passage of Senate bill No. 

496-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. OVERTON: The petition of W. P. Arnold and 34 others, 

members of Rome Grange, Pennsylvania, for the passage of an income-tax law-to the Committee on Ways and Means. 

Also, the petition of L. D.1Prince and 29 others, citizens of Rome, 

Pennsylvania, that the Commissioner of Agriculture be made a mem- ber of the President's Cabinet-to the Committee on Agriculture. 

By Mr. PRESCOTT : The petition of 9 soldiers of New York, against 

the passage of Senate bill No. 496-to the Committee on Invn.lid Pensions. 

By Mr. ROTHWELL : The petition of D. S. Terrill and 122 others, 

citizens of Missouri, for the passage of an income-tax law-to the 

Committee on Ways and Means. 

Also, the petition of George W. Wheeler and 122 others, citizens of 

Missouri, for the amendment of the patent laws~to the Committee on Patents. 

' By Mr. SPARKS: The petition of citizens of Farina., illinois, and 

vicinity, gainst the passage of the funding bill-to the Committee on Ways and Means. 

By Mr. WEAVER: The petitions of J. M. Kennedy and 50 others 

and of A. Faller and 20 others, citizens of Iowa, for the passage of 

the Keifer pleuro-pneumonia bill-to the Committee on Agriculture. 

By Mr. WISE : The petition of Peter Gary and 36 soldiers of Pennsylvania, against the passage of the sixty-surgeons bill-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. YOCUM: The petition of citizens of Union County, Pennsylvania, against the passage of Senate bill No. 496-to the same committee. 

By Mr. THOMAS L. YOUNG: Thepetitionof the Chamber of Com- merce of Cincinnati, Ohio, for the repeal of the law levying taxes on the capital and deposits of banks and bankers-to the Conmittee on Ways and Means. 

IN SENATE. 

FRIDAY, February 18, !881. 

The Senate met at eleven o'clock a. m. Prayer by the Chaplain, 

Rev.J.J.BULLOCK,D.D. 

The J onrnal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. 

CREDENTIALS. 

Mr. SAUNDERS presented the credentials of Charles H. Van 

Wyck, chosen by the Legislature of Nebraska. a Senator from that 

State for the term beginning March 4, 1881 ; which were read and 

ordered to be filed. 

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Mr. BOOTH presented the credentials of John F. Miller, chosen 

by the Legislature of California a Senator from that State for the 

term beginning March 4, 1881 ; w l,rlch were read and ordered to be 

filed. EXECUTIVE COIDIUNICATIOX. 

The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before · the Senate a letter from the 

Secretary of War, transmitting copies of papers showing the maintenance of the channel at the South Pass, Mississippi River, for the 

quarter ending February 9,1881; which waa ordered to lie on the 

table and be printed. · 

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. 

The VICE-PRESIDENT presented a resolutio~ of the Legislature 

of Kansas, favoring the passage of a law directing the AttorneyGeneral of the United States in behalf of settlers thereon to institute a. suit in the circuit court of the United States for the district 

of Kansas, relative to lands in Allen County, claimed by certain railroad companies and by settlers upon such lands; which waa referred 

to the Committee on Public Lands. 1 

Mr. BALDWIN presented the memorial of Zady Butler and 60 

others, of Williamston, Michigan, soldiers of the late war, remonstrating against the passage of the bill (S. No. 496) providing for the ex- amination and adjudication of pension claims and the amendments. 

thereto; which was ordered to lie on the table. 

Mr. KERNAN presented the petition of David Dows and others, of 

the city of New York, praying for an appropriation for deepening and 

widening the channel of Gowanus Bay, in the harbor of New York; 

which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. 

Mr. THURMAN presented the petition of William T. Mathews, of 

the city of New York, praying for the purchase ·by the Government 

of a certain picture painted by him of the late President Abraham 

Lincoln; which was referred to the Committee on the Library. 

Mr. BUTLER presented the petition of William W. Burns, of 'Vashington City, praying the payment of a. balance claimed to be due him 

for royalty on 3,195 Sibley tents used by the United States Government; which wa-s referred to the Committee on Claims. 

Mr. Mcl\1ILLAN presented a joint resolution of the Legislature of 

Minnesota, favoring an appropriation of $75,000 for the improvement 

of the harbor of Duluth, and an appropriation of $40,000 for the improvement of the harbor of Grand Marais; which was referred to the 

Committee on Commerce. 

He also presented a. joint resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the enactment of a law extending the time for actual 

settlement until the 15th day of May, 1881, in all caaes where homestead filings have been made between the 1st September and the 1st 

November, 1880, inclusive; which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands. 

Mr. HARRIS presented the petition of Mrs. Louise Pollock, principal of the Kindergarten NormaJ. Institute, of Washin~t?n, District 

of Columbia, praying for the establishment of a free kindergartep.. 

school in the District, and asking an appropriation to defray the 

expenses of the same; which was referred to the Committee on the 

District of Columbia. ,· Mr. HAMLIN presented the petition of J. C. Smith and others, citi- zens of Bridgewater Corner, Aroostook County, Maine, praying for 

the establishment of a post-route from Bridgewater Corner, Aroostook 

County, Maine, to Baird's Mills, on the line between the State of 

Maine and the province of New Brunswick; which was referred to 

the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. 

REPORTS OF COIDITTTEES. 

Mr. WITHERS, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was re- ferred the bill (H. R. No. 2773) granting a pension toJamesP.Hunter, 

reported it without amendment, and submitted a. report thereon; 

which was ordered to be printed. · Mr. BLAffi, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred 

the bill (H. R. No. 14.t:;2) for the relief of James B. Furman, reported 

it without amendment, and submitted a. report thereon; which was ordered to be printed. 

Mr. GROOME, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was re- ferred the bill (S. No. 634) granting a pension to Thomas H. Saunders, 

submitted an adverse report thereon; which was ordered to be printed, 

and the bill was postponed indefinitely. 

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

(S. No. 1939) granting a pension to Jonathan G. Bigelow, submitted an adverse report thereon; which was ordered to be printed, and the 

bill was postponed indefinitely. 1 

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

(H. R. No. 802) granting a pension to Wyatt Botts, reported it without amendment, and submitted a report thereon; which'Was ordered 

to be printed. 

:Mr. McPHERSON, from tbe Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. No. 2637) granting a pension and arrears of 

pension to Johanna Meehan and minor children, reported it with an amendment, and submitted a report thereon; which was ordered to 

be printecl. 

Mr. KffiKWOOD, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary A. Mitchell and Jesse Mitc~ell, pa.renta 

of Eugene W. Mitchell, praying for a pension, submitted a report; . thereon, accompanied by a bill (S. No. 2192) granting a pension_ to