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Capt. Richard S. Colllllll, Maline Corps, a resident of Indiana, to be 

captain and assistant qnarterma.ster in the Marine Corps, from the 4th 

May, 1885. . 

First Lieut. Francis H. Harrineuton~ Marine Corps, a resident of the 

Dist;rict of Columbia, to oo a captain in the ~.f.arine Corp , from. the 4th 

May,1885. . Second Lieut. James .A. Tm:ner, .Marine Corps, a resident ·of Texas, 

to be a :first lieutenant in that corps, from the 4th .May, 1885. 

Second Lieut. Littleton W. T. WaJ.ler, ~Iarine Corps, a resident of 

Virginia, to be a :first lieutenant in that corps, from the 26th Sej>tember, 1885. 

Eh\.OYS EXTRAOBDINA..RY .AND J.\.lll,"l:STERS PLENIPOTENTIABY. 

George V. N. Lothrop, of Michigan, to be en-voy extraordinary and 

minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Russia. 

J abez L. M. Curry, of.Richmond, Va., to be envoy extraordinary and 

minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Spain. 

John B. Stallo, of Ohio, to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary ()f the United States to Italy. 

Charles Denby, of Evansville, Ind., to be envoy extraordinary and 

minister plenipotentiary of the United States io China. 

l\IThTJ:STERS RESIDENT .ll\TD COKSULS-GENERAL. 

Frederick H. Wmston, of Chicago, ill., to be minister resiaent and 

consul-general of the United States to Persia. 

Charles L. Scott, of Monroe County, .Alabama, to be minister resident 

and consul-general of the United States to Venezuela. 

l\Ioses .A. Hopkins, of Franklinton, N. C., to be minister resident and 

consul-general of the United States to LiberL.'l>. 

John E. W. Thompson, of New York city, N.Y., to be ministerresident and consul-general ofthe United States to Hayti. 

Walker Fearn, of New Orleans, La.., to be minister resident and consul-general of the United States to Rounumia, Servia, and Greece. 

William A.. Seay, of Louisiana, to be minister resident and consul- · general of the United States to Bolivia. 

' CH.A..RGE D' AFFAffiES. 

John E. Bacon, of Columbia, S~ C., to be charge d'affaires of the 

United Sm.tes to Paraguay and Uruguay. 

SECRETARIES O.F LEGATION. 

D. Lynch Pringle, of South Carolina, to be secretary of the legation 

and con ul-general of the United States to Gttutem.ala. 

Joseph L. Morgan, of South Carolina, to be secretary of the legation 

of the United States to Mexico. 

.Agustus Jay, of New Yor]{J to be second secretary of the legation 

of the United States at Paris. · 

James Fenner Lee, of Maryland, to be secretary of the legatio~ of the 

United States to .Austria-Hungary. 

William W. Rockhill, of Baltimore, Md., formerly second secretary 

()f the legation of the United States to China, to be secretary of the legation at Peking. 

·Charles Denby, jr., of Indiana, to besecond secretary ofthe legation 

of the United States to China. 

CONSULS-GENERAL. 

Pierce M. B. Young, of Georgia, to be consul-general of the United 

States at St. Petersburg. 

Michael H. Phelan, of S:rint Louis, to beconsul·generalof the United 

Sta.tes at Halifax.. 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 

WEDNESDAY, January 13, 1886. 

The House met at 12 o'clock m. Prayer by the Chaplain, Re-v. W. H. 

1t1ILBURN, D. D. 

T.he Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and .approved. 

PERSOY.AL PRIVILEGE. 

J\Ir. REAGAN. Mr. Speaker, I desire to call the attention of the 

House for a moment to the remarKs made by the gentleman from illinois [Mr. MORRISON] on yesterday. It is reported here in the RECORD 

that the gentleman from Illinois on yesterday, in reference to my motion that the House proceed to the consideration, in Committee of the Whole~ of the President's message, said: 

I ask the gentleman from Texas to defer tbe discussion of the President's mes- sage until its recommendations come before the House in some legislative propo- sition. This is the usual course of proceeding, and I am not aware of any reason for departing from it, nor any justification for such departure. 

Mr. Speaker, I was acting, and the House was acting, in conformity 

to the rules of the House, and the gentleman has been long enough here 

to have known the fact. H:e knows that the President's message and 

the report of the Secretary of the Treasury are before the country and are being widely considered and discussed. He knows that the enemies 

of silver, at least I know it, .have organized and adopted a secret plan for 

the purpose of forming public sentiment against silver throughon.t the 

oountry. I did not think it was an assumption of anything improper, 

or merited a rebuke from that gentleman that I occupied the place I was permitted to occupy by the rules of the House in defense of the 

rights of the people; and I think he might haTe spared m.e this wrong 

.and this discourtesy. 

Mr. MORRISON. I not only had no rigbt to rebuk-e the gentleman 

from Texas, but I bad no such purpose. I said nothing which was intended for any rebuke or discourtesy, nor, as I belie e., which maybe so 

interpreted. I simply asked the gentleman to defer the discussion of 

the President's message until it as distributed to the appropriate committees, at the same time calling attention to the fact that this as the 

usual course of procedure. 

1\Ir. REAGAN. The gentleman said: "This is the usual course of 

proceeding, and I am not aware of any reason for departing from it, nor any j ustifi.cation for snch departure.'' 

Mr. MORRISON. The course I indicated was the Drdinary one, and 

I asked the gentleman that that course migltt be followed. I simply intended to say I knew of no reason why we should depart from the ordinary way.· Of course I knew the gentleman from Texas was within 

the rules. 

Ur. REAGAN. I did not wish to seem to acquiesce in any rebuke 

from the leader on this side of the House. 

PERSONAL EXPLAN ATIOS. • 

Mr. CURTIN. It was your pleasure, sir, to dome the honor to place 

me :first on the list of the Committee on Banking and Currency. I did 

intend to afford to this House my reason for declining that honor, but on the advice of many friends·andin viewofthesentimentofthepublic 

journals of the country, I ha-ve concluded to offer no reason of my own. .As to declining the po ition it was your pleasure to give me I did 

not need the advice of any man, for my disposition in that respectwas 

made up from the beginning. But for reasons of my own, which seem 

to be understood by my friends and members on this :floor, I do ask the 

Hou8e to ·excuse me from the important duties of that position. 

The SPEAKER. If there be no objection, thegentlemanfromPennsylvania will be excused from service as chairmanofthe Co.m.mitteeon 

Banking and Currency. 

Mr. BLAND. I move that the House do not excuse the gentleman 

from Pennsylvania. 

The SPEAKER. The gentlerri3.n. from Missouri objects to excusing 

the gentleman from Pennsylvania from service as chairman of that com .. 

mittee. The question is then, Will the House excuse the gentleman 

from Pennsylvania ? 

The motion was agreed to; and Mr. CURTIN was excused from further 

service as chairman of the Committee on Banking and Currency~ 

CENTRAL Al'.TD SOUTH Al\IERICA. 

The SPEAKER laid beforethe House the following message; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign .Affairs, and ()rdered to be 

printed: 

To tll.e Senate and IIou$e of Representatives: 

In continuation of the m ge of my predeees or of the 13th Febrwtry lnst, I now transmit herewith a lett.er from the Secretary of State, which is accompa- nied by the final report of the commissioners appointed onder the act of July 

7, lB&l, to visit the states of Central and South America.. 

PUNISHMEl\""T OF INDIANS. 

The SPEAKER also laid before the House the following message; w hi.ch was referred to the Oommitt;ee on Foreign .Affairs, and ordered to 

be printed: 

To the Senate and House (Jj Representatives: 

I transmit herewith a. com..municatiou of 2d instant from the Secretary of the In- terior,submitting, with accompany~g papers, a.~ught off_~- bill to amend.section 9 of the act of 1\Iarch 3, 1885, relatmg 1o the trull nnd ptmi.shment of Ind1ans 

com.Jnitting certain specified crimes. 

The subject is presented for the consideration and action of Congress. 

LEAVE OF .ABSENCE. 

By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted in the following 

cases: To 1\fr. LAl\"DES, for one week, on aceount of sickness in his family. 

To :Mr. Cmrl'ToN, indefinitely, ()n account of sickness. 

MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. 

.A messa(J'e was receh·ed from the Senate, by ~1r. McCooK, ita Secretary notif:Y'rng the House of the passage of the following bills; in which 

the ~oncurrence of the House is requested: 

A bill (S.l6) for the relief of·J . A. Wilson, administrator de bonis non of the estate of Gregory .Jarratt, deceased; 

A bill (S. 12 ) to authorize the Secretary of the.Treasury to issue a duplicate certificate of deposit to the People' National Bank of Lawrenceburg, Ind. · and 

.A bill (S. 671) making appropriation for the purchase of the old Produce Exchange building and site, bounded by Whitehall, Pearl, Moore, 

and Water treets, New. York, for .Anny purposes. 

TESTS OF IRON Al'.TD STEEL. 

Mr. FARQUHAR, from the Joint Committee on Printing, reported 

back: ith a favorable recommendation the following concu1.Tent resolution of the Senate; which was read: 

.Resolved by the &nate (the Hou.se of Repr~~ concl;trri11g), Tho.t the reports oftests of iron and tee I and other matermls forwdn trml purpo es, made at t.ba 
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Watertown arsenal, and transmitted to the Senate by the Secretary of War on the 3d of December, 1884, and the lith of December,l885, be printed; and that 3,500 additional copies of eaeh report be printed, of which 1,000 copies of each repor~ shall be for the u.«e of U1 e Senate, 2,'000 copies for the use of the House, and 500 copies for the use of the W.ar Department. 

1\lr. BARKSDALE. I s~ to the desk letter from the Chief of 

Ordnance explanatory of the resolution. I aSk that the letter be read. 

The Clerk read us follows: " . ORDNANCE OFFICE:, WAR DEPAR'DIENT, 

Washington, D. C., Januar'IJ 12,1886. 

Sm: I have the honor to invite your attention to a" concurrent resolution to print reports on iron and steel te t ,"which passed the Senate December 18, 

1885, and which I presume bas b.een referred to your committee. These are reports of valu ble te ts which are made and reported t-o Congr 

annually by authority of law. Tbe. Senat~ concurrent resolution lnst session t-o print the report of 1884 was not acted on by the House, but it has been included 1n the Senate concurrent resolution now before you. • The inform1ilion given in these reports is of the greatest value to the indus· trial intere ts of the wholeoountry, and they should be printed Mas early a day 

as possible, and I respectfully recommend your early and favorable .action ther'lon.. Respectfully, your obedient servant, 

s. v. BENET, 

Brig. Gen., Chief of Ordnance. Hon. E. BARKSDALE, 

Chairman Committee on Printing, House of Representatives, 

Washingtvn, D. C. 

The Senate resolution was concurred in. 

Mr. FARQUHAR moved to reconsider the vote by which the resolution was concurred in; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be 

laid on the table. 

The latter motion was agreed to. 

COM:\IITTEE CI..KRK. 

:Mr. GIBSON, of West Virginia, by unanimous consent, submitted the 

following resolution; which was read, and referred to the Committee on 

Accounts: 

.Reso!l:t'd.. That the Committee on Expenditure in the Department of Justice be allowed o. clerk.duringthe ession, .and that he be paid 6 o. day as compen· sation for his services. 

.CHAllLES T. REBER. 

Mr. ERMENTROUT, by unanimous consent, introdu.ceda bill (H. R. 

3831)gra.ntingapension ro Charles T. Reber; which was read a .first and 

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

to be printed. 

H. G. HUrTER. 

1\fr . .ER.MENTROUT, by unanimous consent, also introduced a bill 

(H. R. 3832) for the relief of H. G. Hunter; which was read a first and 

second time, referred to the Committee ou War Claims, and <>rdered to 

be printed. 

MAGGIE .TOHNSOK. 

Mr.. £URROWS, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 3833) 

granting a pension to :Maggie Johnson; which wasreadafustandsecond 

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

printed. 

.TAMES H. GRAHAM. 

Jtlr. BURROWS, by unanimous consent, also introduced a bill (H. 

R. 3834) for the relief of James H. Graham; which was read a first and 

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

to be printed. 

LE:\IUEL C. CANFIELD. 

Mr. BURROWS (byrequ~), by unanimous consent, alsointroduced a bill(H. R. 3835) for the relief of Lemuel C. Canfield; which was read 

a first and econd time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pen..<:i.ons. 

and ordered to be printed. · 

.TAl\IES DUNBAR. 

1\fr. LORE, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (R. R. 3836) 

granting a pension to James Dunbar; which was read a first and second 

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

printed. 

.TABEZ .BURCHARD. 

1\fr. LOWRY, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill {H. R. 3837) 

for the relief of Jabez Burchard, assistant engineer United States Navy; 

which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Naval .A.1fairs, and ordered to be printed. 

CHARLES A.. M 1D.A.li.-:IEL. 

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

3838) for the relief of Charles .A. McDaniel, paymaster United States 

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

ELIZABETH D. STONE. 

Mr. LOWRY, by unan:i:mo~ consent, also introduced a bill (H. R. 

3839) for the relief of Elizabeth D. Stone; w.hich was read a :first and 

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

printed. 

1\fr. CUTCHEON. Mr. Speaker, I desire to ask a change of"reference 

of House bill 1171, amending the act of June 3, 1884, to provide for 

the muster and pay of certain officers and enlisted men of the volunteer 

f-orces. I think it was inadvertently referred to the Committee 1>n 

War Claims. It has heretofore been considered by the Committee on 

1\fi.li.tary Affairs, and I think that is the committee to which it should 

now be referred. It is a general a~ amending the present act by a 

ch~nge of only a word or two. 

The SPEAKER. The Cha.u th.in.ks the bill should go to the Committee <>n Military Affairs, and it will be o referred. 

. CAROLINE L. 1\I.AURY. 

Mr. BLANCHARD, by imanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 

3840) for the relief of Caroline L. Maury; which was read a first and 

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

be :printed. 

CHARLES LESTER. • 

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

3841) :for the relief of Charles Lester; which was read a first and second 

time, referred to the Committee on War Claims, ~d ordered to be 

printed. A.DDmO~AL EMPLOYEs OF THE HOUSE. 

Mr. MAYBURY offered the following resolution; which was read, and 

referred to the Committee on Accounts: 

Resolved, That the following additional force is hereby authorized to be em- ployed in the service of the House of Representatives during the remainder of the present se ion of Congress, to be paid from the contingent fund of :the Honse, namely: Under the Doorkeeper, eight pages, including one riding page, at $2.50 each per day; two messengers, at the :rate of $800 each pe1· annum. 

P. L. W .A.RD1 EXECUTRIX. 

Mr. LIBBEY, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 3842) 

for the relief of P. L. Ward, widow and ex.ecu.trix of William Ward, 

deceased; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. 

JOHN ELLIS . 

Mr. LIBBEY also introduced .a bill (H. R. 3843) for the relief of John 

Ellis; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee ou Claims, and ordered to be printed. 

JOliN .TACK .Al>."'D OTHERS. 

Mr. LIBBEY also introduced a bill (H. R. 3844)~ortherelief of John 

.Tack and <1thers, mechanics at the Norfolk navy-yard, who lost tools at 

the fire at that yard in April, 1885; which was read a first and second 

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

MARY HDRN. 

Mr. STORM, by unanimous consent, introdaced a bill {H. R. 3845) 

granting a pension to :Mary Hom, mother of James Horn, deceased; 

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

Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

The SPEAKER. The Chair will now proceed, under the rule, to call 

the committees for reports . 

Mr. MORRISON. Mr. Speaker, the Committee on Ways and Means, 

to which was referred the petition or memorial for the relief of Charles 

Spencer, bas direct-ed me to report it back with the recommendation 

that it be referred to the Committee on War Claims. 

The SPEAKER. The rule provides thatwhena petition or memorial 

has been improperly referred to a committee through the petition-box 

the committee shall return it to the box with an indorsement showing 

the proper reference. The petition indicated by the gentleman from 

lllinois [Mr. MORRISON]. will be referred to the Committee on War 

Claims. . 

The call of the select and standing committees and of the commissions and committees authorized by statute to report to the House was 

continued and concluded, no further reports being presented. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

The SPEAKER. The Chair will now call the committees, under 

clause 5, Rule XXIV, for the consideration of such bills as may be indicated by them. The call will be for one hour, beginning at thirtythree minutes after 1~ o'clock p.m. 

PRTh~G .FOR THE CO:mu:ITTEE OX APPROPRIATIONS. 

Mr. RANDALL. Mr. Speaker, there is a resolution on the Calendar 

that I desire to call up at this time. It is in relation to printing for the 

Committee on Appropriations. 

The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Pennsylvania [.Mr. RANDALL] calls up for consideration the resolution indicated by him, and 

moves that the House do now resolve itself into Committee of the Whole 

on the state of the Union for its consideration. 

The motion was agreed to. 

The House accordingly resolved itself into Committee of the Whole 

on the state of the Uruon, Mr. HoLMAN in the chair. 

Mr. RANDALL. 1\Ir. Chairman, I Illi)Ve the committee proceed to 

consider the resolution I have indicated, and which is now on the 

Calendar. I ask to have it read. 

The Clerk read as follows: 

Resol-ced, That the Com.mittee on Appropriations be authorized to have printed and bound all documents for the UBe of the said committee that they may deem 

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necessary in connection with subjects in relation to appropriations being con- sidered or to be considered by the said committee durmg the present Congress. 

Mr. RANDALL. Mr. Chairman, this is the usual resolution adopted 

at the beginning of every session of Congress. It calls for a very moderate amount of money, and its adoption will aid greatly the intelligent discharge of the duties of the Committee on Appropriations. I 

move the resolution be reported to the House with the recommendation that it be adopted. 

The motion of Mr. RANDALL was agreed to. 

Mr. RANDALL. I move that the committee rise. 

The motion was agreed to. 

The committee accordingly rose; and the Speaker having resumed 

the chair, Mr. HoLMANreported thattheCommitteeoftheWholeHouse on the state of the Union, having had under consideration a resolution 

authorizing the Committee on Apprapriatums to have certain printing 

done, had directed him to report the same back with the recommen- dation that it be agreed to. 

The resolution was ngain read. . Mr. RANDALL. I hope this resolution will be adopted. 

The resolution was adopted. 

Mr. RANDALL moved to reconsider the vote by w~ich the resolution was adopted; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. 

The latter motion was agreed to. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

Mr. TUCKER (when the Committee on the Judiciary was called). 

On behalf of the Committee on the Judiciary I desire to call up a bill 

(H. R. 3827) reported from that committee to remove the political 

disabilities of Thomas L. Rosser. 

The SPEAKER. The Chair will cause to be read the fifth clause of 

Rule XXIV, by which members_ will see that during this hour private 

bills can not be called up for consideration-only bills on the House 

Calendar or on the Calendar of the Committee of the Whole House on the tate ofthe Union. 

The Clerk read as follows; 

After the morning hour shall have been devoted to reports from committees (or the call completed) the Speaker shall again call the committees in regular order for one hour, UJ>On which call each committee, on being named, shall have the right to call up for consideration any bill reported by it on a previous 

day on either the House or Union Calendar. 

Mr. TUCKER. Does the Chair rule that the bill I have mentioned can not be brought up during this call? 

The SPEAKER. It can not be, under the rule. It is a private bill 

and upon the Private Calendar, which is not one of the Calendars em- braced in the terms of the rule. 

Mr. TUCKER. Would it be in order for me to ask unanimous consent that the hill be taken up now? 

The SPEAKER. Not at this time. 

TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE OF WYOMING. 

Mr. HILL (when the Committee on the Territories was caJled). I 

call up for present consideration the bill (S. 602) to legalize the election 

of the Territorial Legislative Assembly of Wyoming. 

The Clerk read the bill, as follows:. 

Be it enacted, &c., That the election of the members oftheNintb Legislative As- sembly of the Territory of Wyoming, at the general election held on the 4th day of November, 1884, subject to the filling of any vacancies that may have arisen or may arise· and legal contests, is hereby declared valid; and that the Le!tislative As embly w elected is fully authorized to transact such business as belongs to the Legislative Assembly of said Territory, and that all their acts shall be held to be as legal as if the Territory bad been regularly apporqoned into council and :representative districts; and that it shall be the duty of the Legislature of said Territory to apportion the Territory into council and representative districts. 

:Mr. HILL. I ask that the amendments of the committee, embraced 

in the report which accompanies the bill, be read for adoption. 

1 The· Clerk read as follows: 

Amend the bill by striking outall after the word "and," in the tenth line, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: · "The governor, secretary of the Ten-itory, and president of the council shall act a.s a board of apportionment in said Territory for apportioning the members ofthe next LegisiR.tive Assembly thereof, and shall me~t at the capital of the said Territory on the first Monday in September, A. D.l886, and shall, or a majority of them, reapportion the member~! of the .cotmcil and bouse of representatives thereof upon the ba is of the voting population as shown by the number of votes cast for Delegate in Congress inN ovember,l884, allotting members of each bouse of the Legislative A sembly to the different sections of the Territory pro rata, as nearly as practica.ble according to such population, and to that end may appol'- tion when necessary in joint council districts. . "That cctions 2, 3, and 4 of an act providing for the reapportionment of the members of the Legislatures in theTerritoriesofMontana, Idaho, and 'Vyoming, approved June 3, 1880, be, and the same are hereby, continued in force so far as applicable to said Territory, and shall be in force as a part of this act, except as herein modified and provided." 

.Mr. RAND~LL. I have no wish to say anything on this subject, 

except to suggest that the month of October might be more convenient 

than September for the meeting of the board of apportionment. 

1\Ir. HILL. If the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. RANDALL] 

desires to offer that amendment I have no objection. So far as I am · concerned October would be as acceptable as September. 

Mr. STRUBLE. It may not be improper to say it was the judgment 

ofthe Delegate from the Territory of Wyoming that the date namedin 

the bill would be satisfactory to the Territory; at leasthemadenosuggestion that a later date would answer better. 

The amendments reported by the committee were agreed to. 

The bill~ amended was ordered to a third reading; and it -was ac- cordingly read the third time, and passed. 

Mr. HILL moved to reconsider thevotebywhichthe bill was passed; 

and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. 

The latter motion was agreed to. 

PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION. 

Mr. CALDWELL (when the Select Committee on the Election of President and Vice-President was called). Mr. Speaker, I call np for present consideration the bill (S. 471) to provide for the performance of the 

duties of the office of President in case of the removal, .death, resigna--

tion, or inability .botli Of the President and Vice-President. 

The Clerk was proceeding to read the bill, when, 

Mr. ADA1r1S, of illinois, said: Mr. Speaker, as a parliamentary inquiry, I ask whether it is in order to raise the question of consideration 

upon this bill--

The SPEAKER. It is. 

Mr. ADAMS, .oflllinois. And whether that question should be raised 

before the bill is read or afterward? 

The SPEAKER. After the bill is read any member will have the 

right to raise the question of consideration, vrovided it be done before 

the House actually enters upon the consideration of the bill. 

Mr. ADiliS, of Illinois. I desire at the proper time to raise that 

question, unless some other gentleman should be ready to do so. 

The SPEAKER. The right to raise the question is reserved until the 

reading of the bill is concluded. 

The bill was read, as follows; 

Be it enacted, &c., That in case of removal, death, resignation, or inability of both the President and Vice-President of the United States, the Secretary of State, or if there be none, or in case of his removal, death, resignation, or in- ability, then the Secretary of the Treasury, or if there be none, or in case of his removal, death, resignation, or inability, then the Secretary of War, or if there be none, or in case of his removal, death, resignation, or inability, then the Attorney-General, or if there be none, or in case of his removal, death, resigna.-

t.ion1 or inability, then the Postmaster-General, or if there be none, or in case of bts removal, death, resignation, or inability, then the Secretary of the Navy, or if there be none, or in case of his removal, death, resignation, or inability, then the Secretary of the Interior, shall act as President until the disability of the President or Vice-President is remo"ed or a President shall be elected: Pro-

-1'ided, That-whenever the powers and duties of the office of President of the United States shall deovolve upon any of the persons named herein, if Con@:ess be not then in session, or if it would not meet in accordance with law wttbin 

twenty days thereafter, it shall be the duty of the person upon whom said powers and duties shall devolve to issue a proclamation convening Congress in 

extraordinary session, giving twenty days' notice of the time of meeting. SEC. 2. That the preceding section shall only be held to describe and apply to such officers as shall have been appointed by the advice and consent of the Senate to the offices therein named, and such as are eligible to the office of President under the Constitution, and not under impeachment by t.he Honse of Representatives of the United States at the time the powers and duties of the office shall devolve upon them respectively. SEC. 3. That sections 146, 147, 148, 14.9, :md 150 of the Revi ed Statut-es are hereby 

repealed. 

Mr. COOPER. M:r. Speaker, while I have no desire whatever to interpose any delay to the action of the House on this bill, I would be 

glad ificould havethe opportunitytohavethe minorityreportprinted 

and laid before the Honse before any action is taken, and for that purpose I respectfully request the furtherconsiderationofthebill be post. 

poned. 

Mr. ADAMS, of lllinois. An order was made that the views of the 

minority should be printed with the maJority report, and in view of 

the fact that that has not been done I wish to make the further parliamentary inquiry whether the consideration of the bill is in order if the 

point be made against it. · The SPEAKER. The consideration of the bill is in order unless the 

question is raised and the House declines to consider it, because the 

views of the minority might . never be presented. It is a question for 

the House to determine whether the Honse will proceed before the 

views of the minority have been presented. · Mr. COOPER. As I understand it the gentleman raises the que tion 

of consideration. 

The SPEAKER. So the Chair understands. 

Mr. CALDWELL. The gentleman from Ohio, in charge of the minority views, <'an lh'llve those views read from the Clerk's desk without 

the delay incident to having them printed. I desire, and it is the desire of the committee, not to cut off the minority from any of its rights; 

but I do not believe it would be proper to delay the consideration of 

the bill if the House sees proper to take it up, and to de~y it merely 

for the purpose of printing the minority views, which have no parliamentary status in the House. At the same time I wish to carry out 

the views of the committee to treat the minority not only with courtesy. but with due regard for all its rights, and I think every such end would 

be attained by having the views of the minority read from the Clerk's 

desk. 

The SPEAKER. The Chair is informed that the views of the minority are at the Government Printing Office, and are not here. 

Mr. ADAMS, of Illinois. If it is in order I would like to ask the 

chairman of the committee whether the views of the majority have 

been printed and are accessible to members. 
1886. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 641 

Mr. CALDWELL. They have been. 

M.r. ADA1t1S, of Illinois. I have been informed by gentlemen who 

wish to get copies of the majority report that they found it impossible 

to secure them,_ Mr. CALDWELL. The majority report has been printed, but I un- derstand the number of copies on hand is not sufficient. I do not know 

but the failure has arisen because of the effort to supply the dem:md on the floor. I do not know whether there are copies enough to supply 

the Honse. 

l\Ir. COOPER. There are not enough copies to supply the demand on the floor of the House. I wished to get a copy myself and was un- able to do so. The SPEAKER. This question is not debatable, but the Chair has 

allowed it to go on in the hope it mightresultinsomeaccommodation. 

Mr. COOPER. If the consideration be postponed until to-morrow I 

shall make no forther objection. 

1\lr. CALDWELL. Having been called up--

The SPEAKER. The gentleman can withdraw the call which he 

mcnt of salaries of postmasters-to the Committee on the Post-Office 

and Post-R{)ads. 

By Mr. GROUT: Memorial of David Buchanan, asking change in system of post-office box rents, and that fourth-class postmasters may be 

elected by the people-to the same committee. · By Mr. JACKSON: Petition of cigar-makers, for abolition of tax on tobacco and cigars and for the repeal of law requiring manufactu.rers 

to give bond-to the Committee on Ways and 1\le..'UlS. 

By 1\lr. J AUES: Petition of Hattie D. UcKim, widow of William A. 

1\IcKim, who died while in the service of the United States on the gunboat Nyack, of disease in the service, March 26, 1865, for back pensionto the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. HALSELL: Papers relating to the case of J. W. Ewing, as- signee of 1\l. R. Garram, administrator of C. H. Mitchell, deceased-to 

the Committee on Patent.s. · Byl\lr. HEARD: Petition ofW. C. Windom, 1·eferring to the subject 

of the adjustment of the salru·ies of postmasters of certc'lin classes-to 

the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. 

bas made to take the bill up for consideration. 

Mr. CALDWELL. Very well; I will do so. lose any standing which the bill now has. 

By Mr. HILL: Papers relating to the claim of Andrew Gleason-to 

But I do not wish to the Committee on Claims. 

The SPEAKER. The gentleman loses no right whatever. 

Mr. CALDWELL. That being thecae, I will allow it to go over until to-morrow. 

The SPEAKER. That is to say, the gentleman will call it up when 

his committee is called to-morrow or the next day . . Mr. CALDWELL. I will withdraw the bill now and give notice I 

will call it up to-morrow. ! ·will submit another inquiry to the Chair: 

If we do not take our right to-day, and call the bill up to-morrow, and 

then ru-e not able to put it through in the hour allowed under the rules, 

would it come up the next day? ~ 

The SPEAKER. The committee has a right to two hours on two 

(lifferent days for the consideration of the bill. 

Mr. CALDWELL. At the request of several gentlemen, and as there 

does not seem to be copies enough of the bill and report on hand to supply the demand on the floor of the Honse, I would ask for an order to 

reprint the bill and report. 

The SPEAKER. The Chair hears no objection, and it is so ordered. 

LEAVE OF ABSENCE. 

By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted to 1\-'Ir. DuN~ 

indefinitely, on account of the recent de..1.th of a relative. 

By Mr. JACKSON: Petition ofR. U. Clark and ofThomas 1\I. Taylor, praying the passage of a resolution xeqniring arrears of s.-.1.Jary to 

be paid certain postmasters-to the Committee on the Post-Office and 

Post-Roads. 

By Mr. JOSEPH: Petition of Richard Hager and others-to the Committee on 1\Iilitary Affairs. 

By Mr. KLEINER: Petition of citizens of Pike County, Indiana, in 

favor of granting pensions to the soldiers of the late war-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By 1\Ir. LAWLER-: Petition of l\Irs. Mary A. Mitchell, for pensionto the same committee. 

By Ur. LIBBEY: Petitions of Samuel Harper, ofChattoogaConnty; 

of William Falin, of Scott County;- of l\Iisheak Seamons; of Harriet Y. 

Gordon, ofChattoogaConnty; of Ellis H. Dickson, ofCha,ttoogaCounty, 

Ga., and of Charles :M. Carter, of Charles City County, Va., asking refer- ence of their several claims to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on 

'Var Claims. 

Also, petition of George Minga, of Virginia, praying that his war claim be referred to the Court of Claims-to the same committee. 

Also, petition of Minnie L. Tunis, praying that war c~ini of John E. 

Tunis, of Virginia, be referred to the Court of Claims--;-:to the same committee. 

By :!\Ir. LYI\IAN: Papers relating to the claim of Jacob Bogert--to 

the s.-.1-me committee. 

Also, petition and papers in case ofUaj. G. W. Candee-to the s:une 

committee. 

Mr. MORRISON. :Mr. Speaker, as the committees ha.ve all been 

called, and there seems to be no business pn~pared, and in order to en- able the committees to consider measures before them ancl make report, so the Honse may have something to act on, I move the Honse do now adjourn. 

The motion was agreed to; and accordingly (at 1 o'clock p. m.) the 

llouse adjourned. 

Also, petition and papers for relief ofWillianl B. George, late private 

Company L, Fourth Iowa Cavalry-to the Committee on Military , Affairs. 

rETITIONS. 

The following petitions and papers were laid on the Clerk's de k, 

under the rule, and referred as follows: 

By 1\Ir. BARBOUR: Petition of Messrs Janney, Selectma.n Marshal, 

and others, asking an appropriation for the improvement of the Occoquan River-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. 

Also, petition of R. D. Beckley and Leon Howard, for difference of 

pay between laborer and messenger for services rendered by them in 

the Forty-eighth Congress-to the Committee on Claims. 

By Mr. BARRY: Petitionfrom certain citizens ofWest Point, Miss., 

recommending the sns_pensio.p. of the coinage of silver-to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. 

By Ur. T. 1tL BROWNE: Petition of the executive committee on Indian.concerns of the Western yearly meeting of Friends of Indiana, 

and resolutions of the East Cherokee council, asking an appropriation 

to cover expenses and the sale of certain lands-to the Committee on Indian Affairs. 

By Mr. BUTTERWORTH: Petition of Elon A. Marsh and Minard 

Lafever, asking that certain letters patent granted be made operativeto the Committee on Patents. 

By Mr. CASWELL: Petition of E. S. Williams, for increase of pension-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. COLLINS: Petition of Hugh Watt, of Boston, Mass., for re- lief-to the Committee on War Cla.ims. . 

By 1\Ir. COX: Petition of William H. Allen, of Franklin County, 

North Carolina, praying that his war claim be referred to the Court of 

Claims-to the same committee. 

By 1\{r. ELY: Papers relating to the case of W. H. Collins-to the 

Committee on Patents. 

By 1\Ir. FINDLAY: Petitions of John Dickinson, of New York; of 

G. D. Dunham, of illinois; ofE. Karnlson, ofNewYork, and of Philip 

Sinsz, of Maryland, to haveglaziers',diamonds'manufactured in foreign 

countries taken off the free-list and subjected to duty-to the Committee on Ways ru1d Means. 

By Mr. FULLER: Petition of Mrs. E. M. Ball, in relation to adjustXVII-41 

By Mr. UcCOMAS: Petitions of Terence and Joseph Byrne; of Jacob 

D. Eavy; of Abram Geim; of Mrs. Catharine Little, of Washington 

County, and of William W. Wenner, Michael Culler, and Charles W. 

Hoffman, of Frederick County, Maryland, asking reference of their sev- eral claims to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. 

Also, petitions of Robert W. Smoot; of Michael Brown; of Reuben 

Rowzee; of Henrietta Talbert and Susan Benson, heirs of estate of Jonathan B. Benson; of Margaret A. Hickman; of James F. Price, and of 

Mary E. 'Vest, administratrix of Richard F. West, asking reference of 

their several claims to the Coru·t of Claims-to the same committee. 

ByMr. MORRISO:N: PetitionofCharlesSpencer, of:Memphis, Tenn., 

for relief-to the same committee. 

By Mr. CHARLES O'NEILL: Communication of the United American Clay Tobacco-Pipe Manufacturing Association, asking that the duties on imported clay pipes be made 25 cents per gross, or, if not so made, 

that the ad valorem duty be increased-to the Committee on Ways and 

Means. 

By Mr. ROGERS: Petition of H. H. Haynie, for relief-to the Committee on Claims. 1 

By.Mr. E. F. STONE: Petition of George Knight and others, of Marblehead, Mass.; of 360 citizens of Rockport; and of 2,304 citizens of 

Gloucester, Mass., protesting against ajointcommissi.on on thefisheries-to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 

By Mr. W. J. STONE, of Missouri: Petition of Jonathan D. Young 

for a pension-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Air. TAULBEE: Petition of Mrs. Lurena Wages and others, of 

Clay County, Kentucky, for a pension-to the same committee. 

Also, petition of citizens of Clay County, Kentucky, asking that a pension be grant.ed Felix Hibbard-to the same committee. 

By Mr. TOOLE: Resolution of the Board of Trade of Helena, 1tiontana, favoring the continued coinage of silver-to the Committee on 

Coinage, Weights, and :Measures. 

By 1tlr. TUCKER: Petition of citizens of Staunton, Va., for the erec- tion of a public building for post-office and internal-revenue office . in 

the city of Staunton, Va.-to the Committee on Public Buildings and 

Grounds. · 
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Also, petitions of Jacob Warwick and of Joseph T. Mitchell, of Augusta County, Virginia,_praying that their claims be referred to the Court 

of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. 

By l'tir. WADSWORTH: Papers relating to the claim of Sarah T. 

Duke-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. WILLIAM W A.RNER: Petitions of A. J. Walker, administra.tor of estate of Polly Walker; of J. H. Sanders, of Jaekson County, 

Missouri, asking reference of their claims to Court of Claims-to the 

Committee on War Claims. 

The following petitions, praying Congress to place the coinage of silver 

upon an equality with gold; that there be issued coin certificates of one, 

two, and five dollars, the same being made legal tender; that one and 

two dollar legal-tender notes be issued, and that the public debt be paid as rapidly as possible by applying for this purpose the idle surplus now in the Treasury, were presented and severally referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures: 

By Mr. BARRY: Of citizens ofYalobusha County, Mississippi. 

By l'tir. DLAND: Of citizens of Rolla, Mo., and of Douglas County, 

Missouri. 

By Mr. M~LLA.RD: Of Mortimer Spring and others and of A. S. 

Hungerford and others, of New York. 

SEN .ATE. 

THURSDAY, January 14, 1886. 

Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. E. D. HUNTLEY, D. D. 

Mr. HA. WLEY re.Sumed the chair as presiding officer. 

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

PETmONS Al\T_D MEMORIALS. 

Mr. INGALLS presented the petition of Martha J. Coston, a resident 

of the District of Columbia, praying for the opening of Vermont ave- nu~, in the city of Washington; which was referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. 

l't1r. ALLISON. I present the petition of Rudolph us Knorr, of Stapleton, Staten Island, N.Y., in which he states his service in the Navy 

Department qf the United States for thirty-seven years, and'prays that 

he be placed upon the retired-list of the Navy. I move that the petition be referred to the Committee on Naval .Affairs. 

The motion was agreed to. 

l'tlr. DAWES. I present the memorial of Maj. Edward Ingersoll, 

and a large number of other officials and employ&; in the Spr.ingfi.eld 

armory, in behalf of one William Tegethoff, in which they represent 

that William ',l.'egethoff has spent his life in the armory and has devoted 

himself with great diligence to the service of the United States there 

by the making of some quite rare inventions which have saved the 

United St-ates a very large sum of money; that in his devotion to this 

work he has lost his eye-sight and become blind and in needy circumstances. Having spent all his life in the service of the United States, 

all these officers and officials, together with the late Secretary of War, 

commend his case to the United States for relief. 

I desire to have the memorial referred to the Committee on l'tfilitary 

A.ffa.irs, and ask them to consider it early. The committee will find 

reference to precedents that will aid in this pexson's behalf in the me- morial itself. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER (1\Ir. HAWLEY in the chair). The 

memorial will be referred to the Committee on Military .A.ffairn. 

l'tir. PLATT. On the lOth of December I introduced a bill (S. 347) 

to relieve commercial travelers from license taxes. I desire now to present a petition of the officers of the National Travelers' Protective Association of the United States and also of the presidents of State divisions of that association in support of the bill. I move that it be re- ferred to the Committee'on Commerce. 

Mr. EDMUNDS. I wish to say in connection with that, for the 

consideration of the committee, that it is represented to me by the mer- chants and artisans doing business and labor in this city that the present condition of things as to commercial travelers, as they call themselves, is altogether too favorabl~ to the traveler and altogether too 

hard against the merchant and the artisan who has to pay his rent and 

taxes in this town, and who is exposed to any surplus stock from any 

other city being brought here and sold in a room where only a nominal rent for two or three days is paid, to the p;reat injury of the laboring people who work in the shops, &c., in fabricating articles that are consumed here. I wish to call that view of the subject to the attention of the Committee on Commerce. 

Mr. PLATT. I h::Lve no doubt the Committee on Commerce will be 

exceedingly glad to have these gentlemen appear before them. If there 

is anybody in the District of Columbia or anywhere else who believes 

that restriction creating inequalities between citizens of States should 

still be retained in the District-of Columbia I think they ought to have a hearing. 

Mr. Mo1\1ILLAN. As the Committee on Commerce has been referred 

to, I will only take occasion to say th::Lt we are always ready to hear 

both sides of every question, and we shall be glad to hear any persons 

interested in this question if they will communicate with the committee. They can send a communication to me or any other member of 

the committee. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The petition will be referred to the 

Committee on Commerce. · l'tir. VOORHEES presented a petition of the executive committee on Indian concerns of theW estern Yearly Meeting of Friends, held at Plainfield, Hendricks County, Indiana, praying for certain legislation con- cerning the educational interests of the East Band of Cherokees inN orth 

Carolina; which was referr~d to the Committee on Indian Affairs. 

1\Ir. BECK. I present the petition of Albert W. Bow and other citi- zens of Cumberland County, Kentuc1..-y, praying for the passage of the bill 

granting national aid to education throughout the United States, com- monly known as the Blair bill. As the bill has been reported, I move that the petition lie on the table. 

The motion was agreed to. 

Mr. BECK. I have been requested by the Delegate from Montana, as well as by the Board of Trade of Helena, Montana, to present resolu- tions adopted by that organization remonstrating against the stoppage 

of the coinage of the silver dollar, and for other purpo es. I move that 

the resolutions be referred to the Committee on Finance. 

The motion was agreed to. 

Mr. BECK. I also present a memorial, pr.incipally signed, I believe, 

by citizens of Kansas and Illinois, remonstrating against the suspension of the coinage of silver, and for other purposes. I move that the 

memorial be referred to the Committee on Finance. 

The motion was agreed to. 

1\Ir. BECK. I have had a number of petitions sent to me, I hardly 

know why, from other States, with a request that I present them, 

praying for the stoppage ofthe silver coinage. I did not present them, 

and have returned them respective1y to those who sent them, because 

I am satisfied they were dictated by a letter which I received, I do not 

know how, marked "confidential circular," and reading thus: 

BOARD OF TRADE AND TRANSPORTATION, 

· New York, December 24., 1885. lCon.fidentia.l circular.] 

DEAR Sm: Thanking you for your letter of recent date, the committee on silver coinage desire to know if you will co-operate with them in the way of di tributing documents, and otherwise, for the purpose of influencing public sentiment in favor of the early suspension of the Bland law? To that end it is earnestly requested- :First·. That you write a personal letter at once to the Hon. JoHN G. CARLISLE, 

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Washington, D. 0., urging him tore- frain from placing extreme silver 1ueu on the Coinage Committee, and so give ''fair field and no favor" to all interests. This is very important, and to be of any value must reach Washington before January 5; if too late for letter to reach, 

please telegraph. Second. That you write separate personal letters to your own Representative in Congress and your United States Senators expre sing your views to them in the same manner as you did in your letter to this committee; also asking them if they will fa.vor the suspension of the Bland law. 

Third. After writing the above letters, please inquire quietly among your friends and neighbors to ascertain their views upon the question, and induce as many as possible to write Mr. CA.RLISLE and your Member of Congress and Senators iu like manner. Fourth. Please make note of all persons who promise so to write and send list of their names to undersigned, who will from time to time i ue confidential information on the situation. The committee asks in return, occasionally, such information or suggestions as you can give. If you will co-operate in the manner indicated you will assist very materially in a work which promises succe . Per onalletters are suggested in preference to formal petitions, as experience has shown them to be most effective. Will you fa.vor us with a reply? 

Very truly, yours, THE COl\IJ\IITTEE ON SILVER COINAGE. 

• A. B . .MILLER, Chairman. 

Believing that the papers were sent to me in accoruance with that 

secret circular, I have respectively returned 'them to those sending 

them. 

Mr. HARRIS presented the petition of Thomas M. English, administrator of the estate of Richard Fitzpatrick, deceased, praying for the 

payment of a judgment of the Court of Claims in favor oftha.t est.1.te; 

which was referred to the Committee on Claims. 

Mr. TELLER presented a concurrent resolution of the Legislature 

of Colorado, which was read, and referred to the Colllllii ttee on Finance, as follows: 

Hon. H. M. TELLER: 

STATE OF COLORADO, GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, 

Denver, Colo., December 28, ~883. 

In compliance with the request embodied therein, I have t.he honor to trans- mit herewith a certified copy of house concurrent resolution No. G, "expr ing the sense of the General Assem.llly of Colorado in regard to the coinage of sil- ver." 

Very respectfully, your obedient serB'~~JAMC II. EATON, GovernOJ', 

Substitute for house concurrent re o1ution No.6, expressing the sen e of the General Assembly of Colorado in regard to the coinage of silver. 

Whereas class legislation, under whatever guise, has always been condemned as being inimical t-o the best interests and subversive of the rights of the people; and 

'Vhereas the discriminationa~nst silver, which is one of the principal sources of wealth of this country, now being pract-iced by monometallists is ca.lcul::~cted 

to produce public discord and disaster: Therefore, Be it resolved by the General A.ssembly of the State of Colurado, First. That we are in favor of the free and unlimited coinage of silver (of the present standard value ~f 4121 grains to the dollar) the same as gold, and do earnestly recom.mend Con-