1874. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. 5309 

read the bill that it goes the full figure; nothing is left undone to set 

it up. I merely wish to say now as to this bill that I leave it for one in charge of the Senators who wish to pass it with all the provisions 

it contains without taking any personnJ. responsibility about it my- self. 

The bill was ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and 

passed. 

.Mr. SARGENT. I move that the Senate do now adjourn. 

The motion was agreed to; and (at three o'clock and thirty minutes a.m. on Sunday, June 21,) the Senate adjourned. 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 

S.A.'l'URD.A.Y, June 20, 1874. 

The House met at eleven o'clock a.m. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. J. G. BUTLER, D. D. 

The Journal of yeaterday was read in part, when the reading was suspended to receive a 

:MESSAGE FRO:\f THE SENATE. 

.A. message from the Senate, by Mr. SYMPSO:N, one of its clerks, informed the House that the Senate ha-d passed a resolution for the 

suspension of the sixteenth and seventeenth joint rules of the two 

Ho"Q.ses for the residue of the present session; in which the concur- rence of the House was requested. 

SUSP~'{SION OF JOINT RULES 16 il"'D 17. 

Mr. GARFIELD. I move that the House concur in the resolution 

just received from the Senate for the suspension of the sixteenth and 

seventeenth joint rules of the two Houses for the remainder of the 

present session. I may say that I do not know that there is any 

other reason for the existence of those rules than that they may be 

suspended. 

The SPEAKER. That is all the use tho Chair has ever known for 

them. 

Mr. :JI,IAYNARD. I would suggest to the gentleman that there 

might be a time when the rules might become important. They were put there like a sword in a sheath to be used in an emergency. 

Mr. GARFIELD. They were designed to be a brake on the business; but there is no need of a brake now. The SPEAKER. The sixteenth and seventeenth joint rules of the 

two Houses will be read. 

The Clerk read as follows : 

16. No bill that shall have passed one House shall be sent for concurrenC& to the 

other on either of the three last days of the session. 

17. No !Jill or resolution that shall have passed the House of Representatives and 

the Senate shall be _presented to the President of the United States, for his appro- bation, on the last day of the session. 

The SPEAKER. The Chair believes that there never has been a session since the rules were adopted that they have not been declared 

inoperative. 

Mr. NIBLACK. I have no objection to concurring in the resolution of the Senate; but I would ask, why should those rules be maintained if they are always to be suspemled f 

:Mr. GARFIELD. There is a case in which these rules might be 

made operative. Suppose we were in this situation, that the Senate 

wanted to force the House to a final adjournment without passing 

certain bills, or that the House wanted to force an adjournment with- out the passage of certain bills. This is a complete check which one House has upon the business of the other if it chooses to exercise it. 

In some instances it might be of great value. Mr. G. F. HOAR. If I may be permitted to say a word, I believe 

these rules were intended to save the country from the pa sage of 

those ill-considered and ill-understood bills which get through during 

the hurry and confusion of the last three days of a session of Congress. They are most wise and salutary rules, although undoubtedly 

there may be a necessity to uspend them for certain bills essential 

to the public business. But if instead of consenting to suspenu them 

generally every year as we do, the suspension was limited to appropriation bills and bills of like character, I think it would be one of 

the greatest safeguards the country would have against ill-considered 

le"is1ation. 

Mr. KELLOGG. I would suggest to the gentleman from Massachusetts that if the rules were enforced as he suggests it would cut 

off every pension bill that passes in the latter portion of the session. 

Mr. WILLARD, of Vermont. Well, then, the pension bills ought 

to be passed earlier in the session. 

Mr. MAYNARD. These are rules which everybody who has studied 

the matter for a moment will s~e look to the greater independence 

of the two. Houses of Congress. I may say that owing to the universal corruty between the two Houses they have never yet been 

en!orced. They have been suspended, I think, every year by general 

consent. The rules, however, are right enough, and their suspension 

is also right enough. 

Mr. NT...BLACK. I think these rules are right and that they should 

be enforced ; but I do not propose to put myself in the position of objecting to this motion. 

Mr. SENER. If this discussion is proceeding by unanimous con- sent, I object t.o it. 

The SPEAKER. It is not proceeding by unanimous consent ; the 

motion is debatable. 

Mr. RANDALL. The fact is that these rules ought to be retained, 

but an exception should be made in favor of appropriation bills. 

They should be the only bills allowed to pass between the two 

Houses on the la>St three days of the session. The enforcement of 

this rule would prevent action by the two Houses on bills which are crowded through in the closing hours of the session and which should 

not pa s at all. 

The SPEAKER. As this question is before the House, the Chair 

will make the remark that it is the appropriation bills above all 

other bills to which the rule should apply. 

Mr. ~TD.A.LL. They are always delayed until the last days of the 

session. 

The SPEAKER. That is the very evil that these rules were originally designed to correct. 

Mr. RANDALL. But they have failed in their purpose. 

The SPEAKER. Entirely so ; and the Chair believes that every 

year since 182-2 these rules have been suspended at the end of the 

session, and the proposition to suspend them has uniformly come from the Senate as it does now. It takes a maJority vote only to 

suspend these rules . Mr. GARFIELD. I now call for a vote on my motion to concur with the Senate in suspending these rules. 

The question was taken; and the resolution of the Senate was concurred in. 

READIXG OF THE JOURSAL. 

Mr. WILLARD, 9f Vermont. I now call for the continuation of 

the reading of the Journal; I believe it waa not completed. 

The SPEAKER. It was not. 

The Clerk resumed the reading of the Journal. 

Mr. DA. WES. I move that the rules be suspended so as to dispense 

with the further reading of the Journal. 

The question was taken; and (two-thirds voting in favor thereof) 

the rules were suspended and the further rea-ding of the Journal was dispensed with. 

MANAGERS OF NATIONAL H0:\1E FOR DISABLED SOLDIERS. 

Mr. ALBRIGHT, by unanimous consent, introduced a joint re olution (H. R. No. 114) to fill a vacancy in the board of managers of the 

National Home for Disabled Soldiers; which was read a first and 

second time. 

The joint resolution appoints JAMEs S. NEGLEY, of Pennsylvania, a manager of the National Home for Disabled Soldiers in the place 

of J ay Cooke, of Pennsylvania, resigned. 

The joint resolution was ordered to be engros ed and read a third 

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

and passed. OWNERS OF SCHOO:NER ADA A. ANDREWS. 

On motion of :Mr. EAMES, by unanimous consent, the Committee 

of the Whole on the Private Calendar was discharged from the further consideration of the bill (S. No. 688) referring the claim of the owners of the schooner Ada A. Andrews to the Court of Claims, and 

the s:une was brought before the House for consideration. 

The biU provides that the claim of the legal owner or owners of 

the schooner Ada .A.. Andrews, her cargo, freight, and personal effects, 

alleged to have been sunk by collision with the United States ve el 

of war Ticonderoga on or about the 1st day of May, 1871, be referred 

to the Court of Chtims to hear and determine the same to judgment, 

with right of appeal aa in other oases. No suit is to be brought under 

the provisions of the act after six months from the date of the passage thereof. 

Mr. HOLMAN. Is this a report from a committee f 

Mr. EAMES. The pa sage of the bill is recommended by the Com- mittee on Claims of the House. 

The bill was ordered to a third reading; and it was accordingly 

read the third time, and passed. · 

CHANGE OF NAMES OF VESSELS. 

Mr. CONGER, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Commerce, reported back, with the recommendation that it do pass, the 

bill (H. R. No. 1767) to change the name of the steamboat Kitty _Strong. • • The bill authorizes the owners of the steamboat Kitty Strong to 

change the name of sa,id boat to Fanny Ellis, and provides that from 

and after the passage of the act it shall be entitled to a. register by 

that name. The bill wru; ordered to be engrossed and read a third time ; and 

being engros ed, it was accordingly read the third time, and pa ed. · Mr. CONGER also, by unanimous consent, from the same committee, 

reported back, with the recommendation that it do pass, the bill (H. 

R. No 3211) to change the name of the schooner Delmar. 

The bill authorizes the owners of the schooner Delmar to change 

its name to Addie Henry, and provides that a register be granted rn the new name. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time ; and 

being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. 
5310 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. 

KE.NTUCifY AGRICULTURAL A..·•w MECH.A1 ICAL ASSOCIATION. 

:Mr. WILSON, of Iowa. I ask consent to report from the CoDllllittee on War Claims, for action at this time, Senate bill No. 375, for tho 

benefit of the Kentucky Agricultmal and Mechanical Association. 

The SPEAKER. The bill will be rea-d; after which the Chair will 

ask for objections. 

The bill appropriates $25,000 to the Kentucky Agricultural and 

:Mechn.nical Association to pay for dama~es to their fair grounds resulting from their occupancy by United >:;tates troops during the late 

rebellion, said sum having been recommended to be paid by the boa,rd 

of claims and by the Secretary of War. 

Mr. HOLMAN. I give notice that after this bill shall have been 

disposed of I will insist upon the regular order. 

The bill was received, read the third time, and passed. 

Mr. WILSON, of Iowa, moved to reconsider the vote by which the 

bill was passed; and a,lso movecl that the mo1:ion to reconsider be la,itl 

on the table. 

Tho h~tter motion wa agreed to. 

ORDER OF BOSTh'ESS. 

Mr. DAWES. I rise t.o a privileged report. 

Mr. POL.Al\TD. I ask the gentleman to yield to me for a moment. 

The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Indiana [Mr. HOLl\1AN] ha 

given notice that he will in ist upon the 1·egular order. 

Mr. HOLMAN. I do not desire so much to go to business on the 

Speaker's table as to prevent this indiscriminate legislation that is 

going on here. CONDmO~ OF ARKANSAS. 

Mr. POLAND. On yesterday I reported as I supposed all tho testimony taken by the committee in relation to affairs in Arkansas. It 

turns out, however, that I re-ported only about one-half of it. I desire no-;v to report the rest of it, and also tf) ask a, vote upf)n the resolution which I reported yesterday. 

The SPEAKER. The Chair had forgotten for the moment that the 

resolution to which the'gentlemanreferswa taken out 9f its regular 

place by· a privileged report. That resolution really is now pending. 

The resolution was as follows : 

Resolved, That the select committee of the Honse appointed under a resolution 

adopted May 27, 1874, to inquire into the disturbed condition of government.<tl 

affairs in the Stat.e of .A.rk<t-nsas be continued during the .recess of Congress, with 

the samo powers conferrell by the resolution unller which said committee was appointed. 

Mr. POLAND. I desire to say simply this : the committee have· 

already taken the testimony of a considerable number of persons 

from .A.rkansns-- • Mr. ELDREDGE. I object to any debate on this resolution; it is 

something like the South Carolina ca e, and I do not want my friencl 

to get into any embarrassed condition. Mr. POLAND. I have no purpose to. Mr. ELDREDGE. It takes a great deal more money out of the 

Treasury than the South Carolina case did. I object to debate. 

Mr. HOLMAN. I have no objection to the report being made, but 

I believe the resolution is not a part of the report. 

The SPEAKER. It is; it was reported on yesterday. 

Mr. POLAND. The committee have examined a considerable num- ber of witnesses n·om Arkansas, and have got a general idea of the 

condition of thing in that State. The committee were unanimously 

of the opinion, the democratic as well as the republican members of 

it, that it was necessary for the peace and good order of the State of 

Arkansas that this investigation should be continued during the vaca- tion. So far a-s I and the other members of the committee are con- cerned, we have no special desire to go to Arkansas; but we are of 

the opinion that it is highly important that the committee should be 

continued during the vacation. I therefore a-sk a vote. 

Mr. COX. I think1\Ir. POLAND. I call for the previous question. 

1\Ir. ELDREDGE. Is this a privileged resolution' 

The SPEAKER. It is; and was reported on yesterday and entertained without objection. 

The previous question was seconded; upon a division there were a, yes 80, noes not counted; and the main question was ordered. 

The question was upon adopting the resolution. 

1\fT. ELDREDGE. We may as well have the yeas and nays on that 

question. 

The yeas and nays were ordered, there being 27 in the affirm~t.tive, 

(more than one-jifth of the last vote.) 

The question was taken; and there were-yeas 139, nays 74, not 

voting 76; a,s follows: · 

YEAS-Messrs. Albert, Albright, Barrera, Biery, Bradley, Bnflinton, Bundy, Bur· chard, Burleigh, Burrows, RoderickR. Butler,Cain,Cannon,Cessna, Freeman Clarke 

Clements, Stephen .A.. Cobb, Coburn, Conger, Corwin, Cotton, Crooke, Crounse' 

Crutchfield, Curtis, Darrall, Dawes, Dobbi:as, Donnan, Dunnell, Eames, Fos: 

ter, Frye, Garfield, Gooch, Gunckel, Gunter, Hagans, Eugene Hale, Benjamin 

W. Harris, Hathorn, Havens, John B. Hawley, Joseph R. Hawley, Hays, John W. 

Hazelton, Hendee, E. Rock-wood HoM, George F. Hoar, Hod~, Hooper, Hoskins, 

Hongp.ton, Howe, Hubbell Hunter, Hurlbut, Hyde, Hynes, .tlo..aSson, Kelley, Kel-

!o_gg, Lamport, Lawrence, Lawson, Lofland, l:.oughrid_s:e, Lowe, Lowndes Lynch, .M.artin, Maynard., McCrary, James W. McDill, J'd:a.c.uougall, Merriam, 'Monroe Moore, Morey, Negley, O'Neill, Orth, Packard, Packer, Page, Isaa.c C. PMker Pel: 

ham, Phillips, Pierce, James H. Platt, jr., Thomas C. Platt, Poland, Pratt, ~ey 

Rapier, Ray, Richmond Ellis H. Roberts, Ross, Rusk, Sawyer, Henry B. Sayler' 

Scofield, Henry J. Scudder, Isaac W. Scullder, Sessions, Shanks, Sheats, Sher~ 

wood, Sloan, Sloss, Small, Smart, .A.. Hen· Smith, George L. Smith, John Q. Smith, 

Snyder, Stanard, Starkweather, St. John, Strawbridge, Sypher, Christopher Y . Thomas, Todd, Townsend, Tremain, Tyner, Jasper D. Ward, Marous L. Wnxd, 

Wheeler, Whitelev, Wilber, George Wilia.rd. ChaJ:les G. Williams, John M. S. Wil· 

liams, Willirun W.iniams, William B. Williams, James Wilson, and Woodworth-139. 

N .A. YS-Messrs. Adams, Archer, Arthur, Ashe, Barnum, Beck, Bell, Berry, Bland, 

Blofint, Bowen, Bri[ht, Bromberg, Brown, Buckner, Caldwell, Amos CL<trk, jr., John B. Clark, jr., dymer, Comingo, Cook, Cox, Crittenden, Durham, Eldredae, 

Field, Giddin~s, Glover, Hancock, Henry R. Harris, John T. Ham~·s Hatcher, 

Hereford. Hounan, H'lllton1 Jewett, Kendall, Knapp, Lamison, Leach, aee, Mar- shall, Milliken, Mills, Momson, N cal, Nesmith, Nibla{)k, O'Brien, Hosea . PaJ:ker, 

Perry, Potter, Randall, Read, Robbins, James C. Robinson, Sener, Sout.hard, Spear, 

Spra!ro.e, Stone, Storm, Strait, Swann, Vance, Wells, Whitehead, Whitehouse1 Whitthorne, Charles W. Willa.rd, Willie, Ephraim K. Wilson, John D. Young, anu PiercetM. B. Young-74. 

NOT VOTING-Messrs. Atldns, Averill, Banning, Thtrber, Barry, Bass, Begole, Benjamin F. Butler, Ca on, CL'tyton, Clinton L. Cobfi, Creamer, Crocker, Cros limd, 

Danford, Davis, DeWitt, Duell, Eden, Elliott, Farwell, Fort, Freeman, RobertS. 

Hale, Hamilton, .Harmer, Ha.rri on, Gerry W. Hazelton, Herndon, Hersey, Killinger, Lamar, Lansing, Lewis, Luttrell, Alexander S. McDill, McJunkin, .McKee, 

McLean, McNulta, Mitchell, Myers Nile , Nunn, Orr, Parsons, Pendleton, Ph lps, 

Pike, Pnrman, R:m ier, Rice, William R. Roberts, James W. Robinson, Milton 

Sayler, John G. Schumaker, Sheldon, Lazarus D. Shoemaker, H. Boardman Smith, 

J. Ambler Smith, William .A.. Smitn, Standiford, Stephens, St-owell, Taylor, Ch3.rlelil 

R. Thomas, Thornburgh, Waddell, Waldron, Wallace, Walls, White, Jeremiah M. 

Wil on, Wolfe, Wood, and Woodford-76. 

So the re olntion was adopted. 

lli: POLA...l\fD moved to recon ider the vote by which the resolution wa. adopted; and also moved to lay the motion to reconsider on the 

table. 

The latter motion ·;-.~ns agreed to. 

PAY OF HOUSE EMPLOYES. 

Mr. HOSKINS. I ask unanimous consent to offer the following 

resolution : 

ll.!solved, That the Clerk of the House of Repro entatives be, and is hereby, 

authorized and directed to pay, out of tho contingent fund, committee clerks, folu- ers, pages, and other employes of the House for the full month of June, 1874. 

1\fr. RANDALL. I raise the point of order that the action here propo ed requires a law to accomplish. it. 

FOLKES & WINSTO:Y. 

1\Ir. WHITEHEAD, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 

No. 3763) for the relief of Folkes & Winston and others, citizens of 

Lynchburgb, Virginia; which was read a. first and second time, referred 

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

CAPTAIN HUGH HUGHES. 

Mr. 1\-fAcDOUG.A.LL, by unanimous con ent, introduced a bill (H. R. 

No. 3764) granting a pension to Capta,in Hugh Hughes; which wa reaCI. a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid 

Pensions, a.nd ordered to be printed. 

MRS. SUSAN ELWAL~. 

1\Ir. 1\-fAcDOUG.A.LL also, by unanimous conse1:t, introduced a, uill 

(H. R. No. 3765) granting a pension to 1\Irs. Susan McElwain; which was read a first a,nd second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. 

M. S. & W. G. l\1EPHA.M AND.&.. H. SHAW. 

Ur. STANARD, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. No. 

3766) for the relief of M.S. & W. G. Mepham and A. H. Shaw, of Saint 

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

TUNNEL THROUGH WHITE-PINE MOUNTAIN. 

1\Ir. McCORMICK, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 

No. 3767) confirming the right to construct a tunnel through the 

White-Pine Mountrun, State of Nevada, and to purchase public lands 

contiguous thereto; which was read a first and second time, referred 

to the Committee on Mines and Mining, a,nd ordered to be printed. 

COLORADO RIVER, ARIZO"NA. 

Mr. McCORMICK also, by unanimous consent, introducetl a bill 

(H. R. No. 3768) for the protection of the banks of the Colorado River 

at Yuma military depot, Arizona; which was read a first and second 

time, referred to -the Committee on Military .A.:tfairs, and ordered to 

be printed. 

SAl\1TIEL H. CAl\"FIELD. 

· Mr. KELLOGG, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (II. R. No. 

3769) for the relief of SamuelA. Canfield, postmaster at Seymour, 

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

Committee on Claims, and ordered to 'be printed. . 

WILLIAM H. JOHNSTON. 

Mr. RUSK, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Invalid 

Pensions, reported back adversely the petition of William H. Johnston, 

praying for a pension ; which was laid on the table, and, with the 

accompanying report, ordered to be pripted. 

CURRE:YCY. 

Mr. DAWES submitted the following report: 

The second committee of conference on the disagreeing vot.es of tho two Houses on the bill (H. R. No. 1572) to amend the several acts providing a national cturency and to establish free banking, and for other purposes, having met, after full and b-ee 

conference have agreed to recommend, and do recommend, to their respective Houses as follows: 

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Scpat.e, 
1874. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. 5311 

and s greee to the same, with an amendment, as follows: Strike out all of the amend ment after" that" in the first line, and insert in lieu thereof the following: The act entitled "An act to provide a national currency secured' by a pledge of 

United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof," 

approved June 3, 1864, sball be hereafter known as" the national~bank act." 

SEc. 2. That section 31 of "the national-bank act" be so amended that the several 

associations ther ein provided for shall not hereafter be required to keel? on hand any amount of money whatever by reason of the amount of their respective circulations· but the moneys required by said section to be kept at all times on hand 

shall b~ det ermined by the amount of deposits in all respects, as provided for in the 

said section. 

SEc. 3. That every association organized, or to be organized, under the provisions 

of the said act, and of the several acts amendatory thereof, shall at all times keep a.nd have on deposit in the Treasury of the United States, in lawful money of the 

United States, a sum equal to 5 per cent. of its circulation, to be held and ustld for 

the redemption of such circulation; which sum shall be counted as a part of its 

lawful reserve, as provided in section 2 of this act; and when the circulating notes of any such associations, assorted or unassorted, shall be presented for redemption 

in sums of $1,000 or any multiple thereof to the Treasurer of the United States, the same shall be redeemed in United States notes. .All notes so redeemed shall 

be charged by the Treasurer of the United States to the respective associations 

issuing the same, and he shall notify them severally on the first day of each month, or o:ftener, at his discretion, of the amount of such redemptions; and whenever 

such redemptions for any association shall amount to the sum of $500, such association so notified shall forthwith deposit with the Treasurer of the United· States a sum in United States notes equal to the amount of its circulating notes so redeemed. 

And all notes of national banks, worn, defaced, mutilated, or otherwise unfit for 

circulation shall, when received by any assistant treasurer or at any designated 

depository of the United States, be forwarded to the Treasurer of the United States 

for redemption as provided herein. .And when such redemptions have been sore- imbursed, the circulating notes so redeemed shall be forwarded to the respective associations by which they were issued· but if any such notes are worn, mutilated, defaced, or rendered otherwise ~t for use, they shall be forwarded to the 

Comptroller of the Currency and destroyed, and replacOO. as now provided by law: 

Provided, That each of said a-ssociations shall reimburse to the Trea.surythe charges 

for transportation and the costs for assorting such notes ; and the associations 

h ereafter organized shall also severally reimburse to the Treasury the cost of engrav- ing such plate1:1 as shall be ordered by each association respectively 1

. and the amount asses ed upon each association shall be in proportion to the circu ation redeemed, 

and be charged to the fund on deposit with the Treasurer: And provided furtlwr, 

That so much of section 32 of said national-bank act requiring or permitting theredemption of its circulating notes elsewhere than at it:> own counter, except as pro- VIded for in this section, is hereby re_Pea.led. · · SEc. 4. That any association orgarn..zed under this act, or any of the acts of which 

this is an amendment. desiring to withdraw its circulating notes, in whole or in part, may, upon the deposit of lawful money with the Trea-surer of the United 

States in sums of not less than $9,000, take up the bonds which said association 

has on deposit with the Treasurer for the security of such circulating notes, which 

bonds shall be as.sirrned to the bank in the manner specified in the nineteenth sec- tion of the nation~-bank act; and the outstanding notes of said association, to an amount equal to the legal-tender notes deposited, sball be redeemed at the Treas- ury of the United St.\Ltes, and destroyed as now provided by law: Provided, That 

the amount of the bonds on deposit for circulation shall not be reduced below 

$50,000. 

SEc. 5. That the Comptroller of the Currency shall, under such rules and regulations as the Secret..'U'y of the Treasury mayprescribe, cause the charter numbers of 

the a.~sociation to be printed upon all national-bank notes which may be hereafter 

issued by him. . SEc. 6. That the amount of United States notes outstanding and to be used as a part of the circulating me<lium shall not exceed the sum of "382,000,000, which-said 

~lls~:l£.:/d,P;~:de:ha ~~~~~-statement of the public debt, and n? part thereof 

SEC. 7. That so much of the act entitled "An act to provide for the redemption 

of the 3 per cent. temporary-loan certifi.cateiis and for an increase of national-bank notes," as provides that no circulation sha be withdrawn, under the provisions 

of section 6 of said act, until after the fifty-four millions ~anted in section 1 of 

said act shall have been taken up, is hereby repealed ; and 1t shall be t.he duty of 

the Comptroller of the Currency, under the direction of the Secretary of t.he Treas- ury, to proceed forthwith, and he is hereby authorized and required, from time to time, as applications shall be duly made therefor, and until the full amount of 

$55,000,000 shall be withdrawn, to make requisitions upon each of the national 

banks described in said section, and in the manner therein provided, organized in 

States having an excess of circulation, to withdraw and r eturn so much of their 

circulation as by said act may be apportioned to be withdrawn from them, or, in 

lieu thereof, to deposit in the Treasury of the United States lawful money sufficient to redeem such circulation, and upon the return of the circulation r equired; 

b~~a: ~:fd~ ~:0~:1t:e ~~~!l~:~:~fe:_~~:~~f~tio~r~~o~~~ll~k:-~~~ ~!t!: or deposit shall be surrendered to it. 

SEc. 8. That upon the failure of the national banks upon which requisition for 

circulation shall be made, or-of any of them, to return the amount required, or to 

de.Posit in the Treasury lawful money to redeem the circulation r equired,. within 

thirty days, the Comptroller of the Currency shall at once sell, as provided in sec- tion 49 of the national-currency act, approved J nne 3, 1864, bonds held to secnre the r edemption of the circulation of the association or associations which shall so fail, to an amount sufficient to redeem the circulation required of such a-ssociation or associations, and with the proceeds, which shall be deposited in the Treasury of 

the United States, so much of the circulation of such association or associations 

shall be redeemed as will equal the amount required and not r eturned; and if there 

~:~~d.c:!~~ ~!~~cla~o~ :~ !~:o~M~! ~~~eto!'Jss:~!ln~~~~!~~~\~iJ~al_Ll;~ it shall be the duty of the Treasurer, assistant trea-surers, esi~ted depositaries

1 and national-bank depositaries of the United States, who shall be kept informeu 

by the Comptroller of the Currency of such associations as shall fail to r eturn cir- cula tion as required, to assort and r eturn to the Treasury for redemption the notes of such associations as shall come into their hands until the amount r equired shall 

be redeemed, and in like manner to assort and return to the Treasury, for redemp- tion, the notes of such national banks as have failed, or gone into voluntary liquidation for the purpose of winding up their affairs, and of such as shall h erea.fter so fail or go into liquidation. · SEc. 9. That from and after the passage of this ~t it shall be lawful for the 

Comptroller of the Currency, and he is hereby required, to issue circulating 

notes, wit hout delay, as applications therefor are made, not to exceed the sum of $55,000~000, to assocl.ations organized, or to be organized, in those States and Territories na.ving: less than their proportion of circulation, under an apportionment made on the oasis of population and of wealth, as shown by the returns of the census of 1870; and every association hereafter organized shall be subject to, and 

be governed by the rules, r estrictions, and limitations, and possess the rights, privileges, and franchises, now or hereafter to be prescribed by law as to n ational banking associations, with the samepowertoamend, alter, and.repeal provided by "the 

national-bank act:" Provided, 1'ha.t the whole amount of circulation withdrawn 

and redeemed from bankatransactingbusinesssha.Ilnot exceed 55,000,000, and that 

such circulation shall be withdrawn and redeemed as it shall be necessary to supply the circulation previously issued to the banks in those States h.'\ving less t.han 

their apportionment: Andprovidedjurther, That not more than $30,000,GOO shall be 

withdrawn and redeemed as contemplated during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875 • .And that the title be amended so as to read as follows: An act fixin$ the amount of the United States notes, providing fora redistribution 

of the national-bank curren cy, and for other purposes. 

H.L. D.A.WES, 

GEO. W. McCRARY, 

S. S. :MARSHALL, 

Managers on the part of the House. 

GEO. G. WRIGHT, T. W.FE:RRY J. w. STEVENSON, 

Managers on the part of the Se:nate. 

1\fr. KASSON. It occurs to me that in the first proviso of the ninth 

section the words "circulation previously issued to the bv.nks" should 

have been read " circulation provided to be issued to the banks." 

Mr. DAWES. "Previously issued" is correct. 

Mr. KASSON. Then .I ask some explanation of that provision, 

because I do not understand it. .Mr. NIBLACK. I trust the gentleman from Ma sachusetts [Mr. 

DAWES] will explain briefly the effect of the amendment proposed 

by the committee of conference. 

J\Ir. DAWES. I do not know how far the House will care_ to have 

its time consum~d in explanation or discussion upon this matter 

which has been so much before it during the session. But this is an important bill; and certainly, at least to the extent of enabling the 

House to understand the difference between this report and others 

that have preceded it, it is important that it should be explained. 

The committee of conference, in addition to that character which 

pertains to every committee of conference, was a second committee. 

The matter submitted to it was a bill which had been discussed for a long time in both branches of Congress; had undergone serious amendment as it passed from this branch to the other; bad come back to us and after discussion had been referred to a committee of confer- ence representing according to the rules of both branches their re- spective majorities, and yet commissioned to make such concessions 

of the views embodied in the two bills of those majorities as the com- mittee felt it within their power to make in a common bill. The 

report agreed upon, coming here from the other branch, had been submitted here and had failed. Under those circumstances the second 

committee of conference was appointed, representing, as the Speaker was bound to make it represent, the indicated majority in this House, 

to meet another committee representing a similar majority in the other 

branch, to see whether any further concessions or any departure, con- sistent with the rules, from the position taken by either branch was 

possible to bring the two branches to~ether. The result is embodied 

in the report that has been read at the Clerk's desk. This report, I 

regret to say, does not contain, as did the first committee's report, 

any provision either for an early resumption of specie payments on the part of the Government or for any retirement under any circumstances of any portion of its issues. Spealring for myself, I say that so far as I am concerned I regret exceedingly that it has been found 

impossible to bring the two Houses to any such agreement upon an early resumption of specie payments, a corresponding retirement of 

the United States notes, and a substitution of national-bank currency 

in their pl.:'l.ce. -

But, sir, a matter which seemed to some of us not only demanded 

by the public faith and the obligations of the Government, but also 

which seemed to some of us at least as easy of U{}Complishment, it has 

been found by the two Houses themselves as well as by two confer- ence committees to be utterly impossible to bring the two Houses 

together upon. Therefore, in the forefront of the consideration of this 

conference committee was the question whether it were impossible 

to bring them together upon any such question- upon that question 

which seemed to some of us to be the most vital of all of them, while 

to others it seemed as impracticable altogether. The question then arose whether the conference committee should be abandoned n.t that 

point, or whether it were worth while for a committee to see whether 

upon some other ground there might be a mutual agreement and concurrence of action in the two branches. .And the two main features 

of the r eport submitted to the House n.re the results of thn.t confer- ence. The other features of it are matters which have been passed 

upon by both branches, and about which up to yesterday no gentle- man in either branch, so far a.s I have observed, has raised any discussion whatever. Therefore, I do not dwell very much on them. 

The committee, 1\fr. Speaker, has addressed itself to the question of 

fixing the maximum of the United States notes. It is unnecessn.ry 

for me to call the attention of the House to the difficulties which havo 

existed for a yea.r or more past in reference to the uncertainty which 

there bas been in that regard in the administration of the Treasury 

Department, and to the evils which have resulted because of that un- certaint y in the business community as well as in the operation of our public affa irs. One portion of the people and a large portion of 

the Legislature held it already had been fixed at 356jOOO,OOO. The 

Treasury Department and the other Departments of the Government 

held the sum of $356,000,000 was the minimun amount, and that the 

maximum sum was $400,000,000. The $44,000,000 between these two sums was to remain a floating amount of currency to be held in the 

hands of one man in Washington, and to be by him put into the col- umn ef circulation at his own pleasure or to be by him withdrawn at 
5312 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. JuNE 20, 

his pleasure at any time and under any circumstances which seemed 

to justify him, whatever might be the distress to the business of the 

country, or whatever might be the other consequences attending 

either upon putting it out or taking it in. 

This has been the condition of public affairs for the last year or more. This was the condition of public affairs dming the late panic 

which witnessed the spectacle of men already drunk with speculation and staggering about Wall street with the load of their liabilities turnins: to the Treasury Department of the United States and 

imploring It to float them over the breakers into some fairer sea by an indefinite issue of a new volume of the currency of the United 

States. Unless this committee of conference could agree upon some- thing that would put an end to that condition of affairs, it would con- tinue perhaps after the adjournment of Congress indefinitely. Fortyfour million dollars of currency were held in the hands, at the will, 

and at the caprice of one man. It was too great a power to intrust 

to the hands of one man, however great might be the confidence of 

the people in the integrity and wisdom of that officer. His whisper 

would touch the pulse of Wall street as if an electric wire connected 

his lips with the stock brokers on 'change. With every Bureau of the 

Treasury Department there was some mysterious communication 

almost of the unspoken tbou~hts of the Secretary of the Treasury, some interpretation of his daily walk, j.f not of his daily utterances, 

to the exchange of Wall street. There was undue inflation or col:. 

lapse. Gigantic fortunes were built up or blowp. down daily in Wall 

street, affecting throu~hout the whole country every branch of industry and every enterpnse and investment. The committee therefore 

could not but see they were doing something if they could but put an end to that condition of things. They have in this report apeed to 

:fix a maximum of United States notes at $382,000,000, which nappens 

to be the sum out, and to fix it in such way that it shall not express an opinion to Congress as to the legality of the issue above $356,000,000. 

At the same time we give to the circulation whatever there may be 

above· ~56,000,000which shall be now out, whether legally out or not. 

We fix the maximum and give it such character while it is out that 

it shall not be in the power of any one man hereafter to affect the 

volume of the currency by putting out or withdrawing any portion of 

what may be called the reserve. We have fixed the maximum in this re- port at $382,000,000, and provided what there is out above $356,00~,000 

shall be a part of the circulating medium and shall appear monthly 

in the statement of the public debt. We have provided that it shall 

not be considered in the technical language of the TI·easury Department as any portion of tho Treasury reserve, which means, in the language of that Department, a volume of currency which can be put 

out or drawn in at the pleasure of the head of the Department. 

Mr. MAYNARD. Will the gentleman allow me to address a question to him at this point of his statement Y 

l\Ir. DAWES. I would a little rather go through with it without 

interruption. . That is the first of the two main features of this conference report. 

The second is of a different character. The repeated discussions and 

votes in this House and the other branch have determined several 

things, so faa.· as this Congress is concerned, past all question. One is, 

after able and exhaustive debate, in the struggle between conflicting 

opinions, that there shall be no increase of the volume of United 

States notes-there shall be no addition to them. Equally clear has 

it been made to appear by the discussions and votes of both branches 

that they are equa,lly decided that t.here shall be no further increase 

of the national-bank currency. Therefore the country knows, so far as this Congress is concerned, that the whole volume of this currency, 

national and bank-note, is capable of being ascertained in figures, 

and is a fixed sum for the present. They have also decided by the 

results of the vote upon the lat~t conference report, if nothing else, 

that in the present condition of affairs at least free banking is an impossibility. However much many .of us or most of us might desire 

free banking, however I would myself desire it, as I have advocated 

it here upon this floor, no gentleman, so far a~ I have heard, has 

been willing to advocate free banking without certain safeguards 

tlu·own around it that shall give it safety and character and worth. 

Of course there bas been a difference of opinion as to what amount of 

safeguarcl is absolutely necessary. But no gentleman that I have 

heard of has advocated the unlimited right of banking in the present condition of affairs without either a redemption of United States 

notes by the Treasury Ol! a redemption of the bank-notes. 

But the House has voted down a conference report that coupled 

with early resumption the principle of free banking. Therefore the 

committee found themselves in this position, that the amount of United 

States notes fixed the amount of national currency. And they found 

also staring them in the face two other questions. One large section 

of this country, according to the universal testimony from all quarters 

of it, is in need of and demands more currency. · The other portion of 

the country has more th;1n its just and equitable share of this bank 

currency. The question, then, for us to consider is t.his : You deny to the coun- try any more national circulation; you deny them free banking. Shall that portion of the country that has got more than its share hold on to that also, and say that the other portion shall not have an equitable distribution of it 7 

Sir; it was my misfortune in that committee of conference to "Qe the 

only representative in it of that portion of the co.untry that has more 

than its share of the bank-note circulation of the country, while all. 

the other members of that committee of conference represented that 

portion that had not its share, and was demanding, for what seemed 

to them the necessities of their portion of the country, more of that 

currency. I did not deem it to be exactly fair on my pa1·t, if I had 

the power in a committee of six-I did not think that it should come from me, representing those who had more than their share--to say to 

those who had less than their share, I will neither give you more nor will I let you have that portion which belongs to you and which the 

section of the country which I represent has. 

Mr. HAWLEY, of Connecticut. Will the gentleman allow a question there, or does he propose to allow any debate after he has made 

his statement! 

.Mr. DAWES. I will, pretty soon. I n.m giving the Honse the views which led the committee to a unanimous report. I thought, sir, that least of all should opposition 

to an equitable distribution of this currency come from those who 

had more than their share. If there was any propriety and just rea- son against an equitable distribution, it would be more becoming that 

it should come from other sources than from those who had more than their share. I do not forget, also, that constantly in the debate on this question those representing that section which has more than 

its share openly proclaimed in both branches of Congress their entire 

willingness to yield up everything they had of bank-note currency in excess of their hare. I had myself so stated. I had heard it from 

my colleagues and from those representing that section of the coun- try in both branches. I had seen it tendered as an amendment to· 

the pending bill in the other branch from that very section of the 

country. And under these circumstances I gave in my adhesion 

to the report which propo ed to redistribute -5,000,000 of about 

$80,000,000 which is now retained by a single section of the country more than it is entitle«. to according to the ratio of wealth and population. 

There is one other feature of the bill to which I wish to call attention for a moment. It is that feature of it which releases the reserve on circulation. This provision was in the original bill reported to 

this House by the Committee on Banking and Currency and was in 

the last conference report. 

Mr.l\IAYNARD. And in the Senat.e amendment also. 

Mr. DAWES. Yes; and in the Senate amendment also. It had 

therefore received the sanction of both branches of Congress by very 

large majorities. ~thad excited no discussion in the other branch, 

either in the discussion of the merits of the two bills or in the discussion of the first conference report. 

The theory of the ba,nking law more clearly understood shows to 

the country that there is no occasion or reason on the principles of 

the banking law for retaining any reserve for the protection of circulation. This agreement has released and put into the volume of 

the currency a portion of the United Stn.tes notes now held as a part 

of the reserve; just how much it is it is a little difficult to determine. 

It wa stated in the debate in the other branch of Congress, when the 

former conference report upon this subject was before that branch 

and was disputed nowhere, that it relea-sed about $26,500,000 of United 

States notes. It releases 2 per cent. on the amount of the United 

States notes, equal to 2 per cent. on the circulation of all the banks 

except certain ba.nks in the cities that are required to retain 25 per 

cent. of their circulation and deposits, and it releases 12! per cent. of 

those as nearly as can be calculated. It will release about 26,500,000 

of greenba{Jks that are locked up in the vaults of the national banks 

practically. It is net always so. I am informed by experienced bank- ers that practically it is hardly ever so; so that to the extent that that 

is not so this will make no practical change in the volume of the circulating medium of the country. But while it thus releases about 

$26,500,000, on the other hand this bill takes out of the power of one man 18,000,000 of United States notes that he cannot only put into 

the currency when he pleases but can take it out when he plea es, and no man can know whether he has done it or not until he puts his hand 

upon the pulse of business in Wall street, New York, and in other 

cities of this country. If this bill passes it will release 18,000,000 

of United States notes now held in the hands of the Secretary of 

the Treasury, claiming and hitherto exercising the power at the most 

critical moments, inopportune it ma.y be, depending wholly upon his 

sagadty, and not only upon his sagacity, but upon the impo ibility 

of improper approach to him or to any one under him,· and therefore as between the 26,000,000 thus pra{Jtically put into the circulation 

of the country and 18,000 000 fixed forever beyond reach, it practically reduces this to only ,000,000. 

But, further, unless this bill passes there are $26,000,000 more besides these 18,000,000--$44,000,000 in all-that can be made a foot~ 

ball, that can be made the plaything of speculators, and can work all 

the evil consequences that it is in the power of men, by inflating the 

currency, to work upon the business community. Therefore, sir, 

whatever objection there may be upon the point that releasing this 

amount of currency to that extent inflates the volume of the cur- rency, it is to my mind vastly counterbalanced by the 18,000,000 for- ever withdrawn and the 26,000,000 which is practically a part of the 

currency, being so :fixed that it can no longer be withdrawn. 

Therefore, sir, I commend this report to the consideration of the 

House. I commend it particularly to that section of the country that 

has steadily refused two things-an increase of the volume of the 
1874. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. 5313 

currency and free ·banking, and which has at the same time got 

$80,000,000 more than its share of the currency. I say to that sec- tion of the country, "You cannot afford to stand before the people in 

the attitude of hesitatin~ whether you will do justice in the distribution of what currency t.nere is if you refuse to make any more." I 

desire to suggest to them that they are ultimately in the power of 

the other section of the country which now only demands this equitable distribution and nothing more. I suggest to them that to do 

equity is the surest way to secure equity. · .Mr. MAYNARD. I desire to call the attention of the gentleman 

from Massachusetts to one or two points. I ask him to examine the 

sixth section of the bill reported·. The last clause of that section 

reads that "no part thereof"-that is, the 38,000,000 legal-tender 

notes-" shall be held or used as a reserve." This word "reserve" oc- curs twice in this bill, once in the third section where it bas refer- ence to the reserve held by the banks. It is used in that sense invariably in the national-bank act, and in all the amendments to that 

act. This usage ·of it here is intended, I infer, to mean a very different thin~; not the reserve to be held in banks but the reserve to be 

held in tne Treasury. Now the word "reserve'' as connected with 

the $44,000,000 is not on the statute-book; but the committee use it 

here. We cannot amend this bill ; if we could one or two words 

would make the matter clear; but I hope the gentleman will take 

the trouble to put upon the record, in the course of this debate, the sense in which the committee have used the word "reserve" here . .Mr. GARFIELD. Before the question is. answered by the gentle- man from Massachusetts, [Mr. DAWES,] I would n-sk if the word "reserve" would exclude the conclusion that the. Secretary of the Treasury may not hold the ordinary currency balance in the Trea ury T 

For instance, every month when the books are made up and a statement of the condition of the Treasury is prepared, there is reported so much gold in the Treasury and so much currency. In a proper sense of the term that is a reserve. I know that is not what the gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. MAYNARD] means, but it is a proper mean- ing of the word. It is a reserve fund which we hold on hand in the 

Treasury. 

Mr. DAWES. I agree with both the gentlemen. The proper mean- ing of the word "reserve" is just what the gentleman from Tennes- see [Mr. MAYNARD] says it is. And that is a proper use of the word 

"reserve" which the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. GARFIELD] make of 

it. But the Treasury Department has a term which it applies to the 

legal-tender notes over and above $356,000,000; it appears in their 

official report, and they apply it to that very sum. There is a law 

which fixes the sum of 356,000,000 as the limit of the legal-tender cur- rency. To all above that amount the Treasury Department applies 

the term "reserve." We have thought it best to take away that 

quality and that only from the amount above $356,000,000, to which 

the Treasury Department has seen fit to apply the term "reserve." 

They claim that that amount they can hold and not be required to 

account for it as a.. part of the public debt, but whenever in their 

opinion the exigency of the Treasury or of the public requires it they can put it into circulation or take it back. It is that meaning of the 

word " reserve" attached by the Treasury Department and applied 

by the Treasury Department to the 44,000,000 that the committee of 

conference have sought to take away. 

Mr . . MAYNARD. It has no reference to the reserve held by the 

banks! 

Mr. DAWES. Not at all. 

1\-Ir. NIBLACK. I have been unable to hear distinctly all tllat the 

gentleman from Massachusetts has said. But if I understood him 

correctly, the proposed amendment to the national banking law included in this conference report does not increase the aggregate of 

the bank circulation, but simply redistributes it. 

.Mr. DAWES. That is all. 

.Mr. NIBLACK. I am very glad to hear it. While I have been un- willing to vote to increase the aggregate amount of national-bank 

circulation, I am very glad to have the opportunity to redistribute 

the present volume of ·the currency. 

Mr. BURCHARD. I desire to ask the gentleman if, under the sixth 

section of ·the bill reported by the committee of conference, the Secretary of the Treasury would have the power to retire or cancel any 

portion of the 382,000,000 of legal-tenders, to reduce what is called 

the reserve clown to 'the limit of $356,000,000 f 

:Mr. DAWES. If he does so, I do not see how it can be continued as a part of the circulation. 

Mr. BURCHARD. · The language is "the amount outstanding and 

to be used shall not exceed $382,000,000." 

Mr. MERRIAM. Is it the intention of the committee of conference 

thattheamountshallnotbedecreasedwithoutfurtherauthorityoflawf 

Mr. DAWES. It is the intention of the committee to use language 

that shall make the portion of what has been called the reserve and 

which is now outstanding just exactly as much a part of the circulation as is the $356,000,000. But we have used this language because a portion of the committee believed that the only legal limit was 

$356,000,000, but they were willing to say that it should not exceed 

$38'2,000,000 because the 38'2,000,000 was already out, and even if it was in our power it was too late to red nee the amount to $356,000,000. 

Mr. MERRIAJ\!. One other question,- and that is, can any portion 

of the $382,000,000 be used in the cunent expenses of the Treasury! 

333 

Mr. DAWES. I think if the Secretary of the Treasury has it there can be no objection to his using it. · ~Ir. :1'\-IARSHALL. I desire to say something upon this report, but 

I prefer to have the floor in my own right. • 1\Ir. DAWES. In that case, then. I will yield five .minutes to the 

gentleman from Connecticut, [Mr. HAWLEY.] 

.Mr. HAWLEY, of Connecticut. I had not thought at all of speaking upon this report, and had intended to give only a silent vote 

against it. But the remarks of the gentleman from Massachusetts 

[Mr: DAWES] have led me to believe that it would be wise, or whether 

wise or not, at least it would be satisfactory, to say a word or two. 

There was running all through his remarks, if not the charge, at least 

the intimation that there is or there might be some selfish purpose on the part of New Englanders to hold on to their present volume of 

the bank circulation and refuse to yield any portion of it. He gave as an apology for voting for this bill the reason that as a New Englandel' he could. not take the ground that the currency should not be 

redistributed. · .Mr. DAWES. Not as an apology. 

Mr. HAWLEY, of Connecticut. Not as an apology; then we may 

take it for granted that he is proud of his bill. Let him go with 

that to Massachusetts. No:w I wish to say as a New Englander, and one representing a banking center, that I am willing to vote for the 

55,000,000 redistribution clause. And if th6 gentleman from Iowa 

[1\Ir. KAs ON] had not offered his 25,000,000 redistribution bill as he 

did, and if I had not relied upon him Monday after Monday to press 

his bill to a vote, I should myself have brought it forward and asked 

the adion of the Hou£e upon it. 

Mr. HUBBELL. I desire to say--

1\-.Ir. HAWLEY, 9f Connecticut. Not a word; I do not yield; let me alone. I take the floor without intenuption 1 I have only five 

minutes anyhow. I say as a New Englander, coiD.lll.g ~om a section 

where there is a large number of banks, that you are perfectly at 

liberty this moment to take away from us all the national-bank cur- rency" that may be necessary to equalize the circulation; if the 

amount be twenty-five millions, say so; if $40,000,000, say so; if 

55,000,000, say so. But I will not vote for any measure which in- crea es the volume of irredeemable paper currency, or while leavin~ 

it nominally as it now is, increases the volume of currency in actual use and therefore expands prices and broadens the margin between 

paper and gold, and to that extent postpones, and perhaps indefinitely postpones, the day of resumption. I will vote for any measure necessary to equalize the circul.ation. 

The gentleman says (and this brings me to my second point) that 

the reserve for circulation is not needed, and therefore this bill re- leases the banks from all responsibility, from allrequirement to keep 

any reserve for circulation. If then that reserve be unnecessary this 

is a very admirable opportunity to take back so much of an irredeemable paper currency, to take it out of the world, to burn it up. This 

is the opportunity the gentleman should have seen in this-not an opportunity to release $70,000,000 of paper to enter into business and 

inflate prices. If that reserve be not needed in the banks as a reserve against the cU:culation, retire it, fund it, get rid of it, that we may 

approach the day of resumption. 

One more point. As to the $26,000,000 of the Treasury reserve, I 

holcl, with a great many very able lawyers whom I humbly follow, 

that that $26,000,000 was issued without any authority of law or Constitution. I believe that the limit of the legal-tenders was three hundred an.d fifty-six millions, and that t..he issue of one dollar after we got down to that limit was unconstitutional. The President and the 

Secretary of the Treasury only used this amount as a reserve, holding it to be their duty, when the emergency had passed, to return 

again to the legal limit of $356,000,000. I think I state correctly the 

position of the Administration. I would then return as soon as possible to that limit, and not allow this twenty-six millions to be out . It has been wrongly out, and neither the President nor the Secretary 

of the Treasury has asked that it should be kept out permanently. 

But now it is proposed to take advantage of a transient emergency 

to continue permanently as a part of the legal-tender circulation that 

twenty-six millions, which course I believe .to be not only in violation of sound financial 'principles but of the Constitution. 

I cannot vote for this bill. I am anxious to attain a satisfactory, 

reasonable settlement on' thls question. I am willing you should 

take from the New England banks every dollar that may be neces- sary to equalize the distribution of the currency. But I will not vote 

for any mea-sure that expands the volume of the irredeemable paper 

currency. Gentlemen of all parties, you have got to come to this 

doctrine, just a-s sure as grass grows and water runs. Mr. KELLEY. No, sir; the gentleman has got to abandon his 

doctrine. 

• Mr. DAWES. I now yield to the gentleman from Maine, [1\Ir. 

HALE.] 

Mr. HALE, of Maine. Mr. Speaker, I am, like the gentleman from 

Connecticut, [Mr. HAWLEY,] willing to vote for a redistribution of 

the banking currency of the country, knowing as he does that a por- _tion of it will be taken from that part of the country where we both 

reside. But I go farther than he does. I am not only willing to vote 

for it as an abstract proposition of fairness, but I am going to vote 

for this bill. The difference between him and me is that he is in 
/ 

5314 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. JuNE 20,' 

favor of a redistribution of the currency when the question is not up 

and cannot be voted for, while I in a spirit of fairness--

Mr. HAWLEY, of Connecticut. That iB an unjust and ungentlemanly insinuation. [The Speaker rapped to order.] 

Mr. HALE, of Maine. Mr. Speaker, I have been here too long to 

be--

1\Ir. HAWLEY, of Connecticut. I insist, sir, that the remark just 

made by the gentleman iB a dishonorable insinuation. 

Mr. MAYNARD. I call the gentleman from Connecticut to order, 

and ask that his words be taken down. 

The SPEAKER. The words were entirely unparliamentary. 

Mr. HALE, of Maine. Whose words f 

The SPEAKER. The language of the gentleman from Connecticut was altogether unparliamentary. 

Mr. HAWLEY, of Connecticut. So far a,s my words may have been 

of an unparliamentary character, I cheerfully withdraw them. 

Mr. HALE, of Maine. I have been here too long to be scolded 

down by the gentleman from Connecticut. 

The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Connecticut was entirely out 

of order. 

Mr. HALE, of Maine. I was saying, and I repeat for the benefit of 

the gentleman from Connecticut, that he is in favor of a redistribution of the currency when the question is not up, but he bas just 

decln.red that he. will not vote for it when it is up, while I am in 

favor of it and will vote for it when an opportunity occurs. I will 

do it, as I believe, in a spirit of fairness and concession to other sec- tions of the country. Though I do not believe in the doctrines which are generally supposed to prevail in that section upon questions affecting the currency, yet I concede the honesty of such views with the men who entertain them, and I am willing to concede redistribution. 

Mr. SHANKS. In other words, on this propo ition the gentleman 

admits of our being honest but not very sensible. 

Mr. HALE, of Maine. I am speaking of the gen(lral sentiment 

tending to inflation, in ""Nhich I do not join. Now, sir, I am all the more willing to vote for this bill because as an eastern man I believe 

that the danger of inflation pure and simple has passed away. The 

action of this Congress, in this House, in the Senate, and in the con- ference committees, together with the action of the Executive, makes 

it plain that the danger of the exercise of what I believe to be a pernicious power on the part of Congress, that of swelling the volume of 

the greenback cuirency in time of peace, is I hope a thinu: of the past. 

I do not believe it will come up again dangerously. 1 give more weight to the result of the battle fought here this winter. In holding 

the position of opposition to in:fl.ation here -and elsewhere the gcmtlemen who have represented me in sentiment (I have not myself 

talked much on the matter) admitted that at present the banking 

currency iB not distributed according to the wealth, business, and 

population of the country, and that we should allow it to be taken by 

the- West to the extent of its share whenever the West wants it. We never until to-day have had an opportunity to carry out what we have said-wbatwehavepromised. This is thefirstopportunity,and 

I embrace it. I am not afraid, sir, as an eastern man to go home to 

my constituents in Maine or anywhere else in New England if need 

be, and to stand by this proposition. AI3 explained by the gentleman 

from Massachusetts [Mr. DAWES] thereisnorealin:fl.ation in it. That 

being so, I abandon no principle in my vote. ~ 

I wish, as does the gentleman from Massachusett-s, [Mr. DAWES,] 

that the committee of confe~nce could have agreed to put on the 

clause here fixing resumption at some earJy day. But I am free to 

say on this, as on the matter of in:fl.ation pure and simple, I am more hopeful as to the future than some other gentlemen. I believe 

that question of resumption will in a large degree take care of itself. 

If gentlemen from the West will pardon me for an expression of 

opinion upon the sentiment of a people whom they know more about 

than I do, I believe that in the hearts of the American people East 

and West the proposition of as early resumption as is practicable is 

favored. I wish we had it here in the bill, but as it is absent the 

people must take care that it be not long postponed. It is a proposition that I predict will grow in favor. To me it iB clear that all 

sentiment tending in any way to a lowering of onr currency or our national credit has seen its high-water mark. So we can be generous. 

The lea,st we can do a,s eastern men is to give to the West the opportunity to take their share of the banking currency. Their business 

demands it. It iB something to escape the reproach of selfishness, 

whether that reproach is warranted or not. 

Mr. DAWES. I now yield tO the gentlem:m from Pennsylvania, 

[Mr. KELLEY.] 

Mr. KELLEY. Mr. Speaker, though this bill will take some of the 

banking currency from the State which I have the honor in part to 

represent, I shall vote for it and will do it cheerfully. It does not 

propose to retire any of the greenba.cks or to :fix arbitraily a day for 

the resumption of specie payment. It does not, it is true, add to the 

volume ef currency, but it does open a way for the use of that which 

is now uselessly locked up in bank vaults or is put into circulation 

fraudulently and illegally. . What I desire to say is that I protest against the assertion of the 

gentleman from Connecticut [Mr. HAWLEY] that we will have to come through contraction to his hard-money doctrine, and that of the 

gentlem~~ :If~~ M~e [Mr. HALE] that the demand for more currency and a system which will give elasticity to our:fixedand·inelastic currency has been silenced and will never again be heaJ:"d1 and in 

thenameof the Center, the West, and the South, with which the powerof empire dwells, to give notice and assurance that from session to 

session and from election to election the issue will be made until the 

Government shall be found to reside in the will of the whole people 

and not in that of the small fraction of the people who reside east of 

the Hud on and in the minor money centers of the country. 

[Mr. MARSHALL addressed the H<,mse. His remarks will appear 

in the Appendix.] 

Mr. RANDALL. Mr. Speaker! I have heretofore, as a member of 

the Committee on Banking anCL Currency, found my elf unable to 

support, either in committee or in this House, any bill on this subject 

that has emanated from that source, because there has not yet been 

such a bill that did not propose to extend and increase what I con- sider the great evil of the hour, the banking system; and every one of these bills has hq,d the additional objection that while increasing 

the issue of circulation to the national banking associations, and thus 

enlarging the profits of a favored few, it took care to diminish the 

greenbacks and substitute an interest-beaxing indebtedness of the 

Government. 

Now, sir, there are three features in this bill which especially com- mend ~hemselves to me and which will induce me to support it. I 

wish there could have been added another feature that I very much 

desire, the fixing of a time for resumption. 

The first feature which commands my approval is that which provides for doing away with there erves of the banks upon their circulation. I have never yet been able to see any reason for those reserves. We have behind the national-bank circuJation bonds, the markot 

value of which to-day averages, I believe, one hundred and fifteen to one hundred dollars of fa-ce value. There is no authority of law to 

issue as banking circulation more than 90 per cent. of the face value 

of those bonds. Therefore the people who in the course of business 

are obliged to take the national-bank notes have at this time a margin 

of 25 per cent. to protect them in case of the failure of any bank. 

The next feature of the bill which I heartily commend iB the provision for settling at once the volume of ~eenback currency at 

$382,000,000. I, like the gentleman from Illinois, [Mr. MARsHALL,] 

have uniformly denied the right of the Secretary of the Treasury 

either to increase or to diminish the volume of the greenback ciTculation; and that provision of this uill which recommends it to me more perhaps even than the redistribution feature is the clause taking 

away from any Secretary of the Treasury the power, (through misjudgment if he be honest or from interested motives if he be dishonest,) 

to change the volume of the currency according to his judgment. or caprice. 

I now come to the third feature of this bill-the provision for a redistribution of the national banking currency. I have stood here 

voting and speaking stea-dfastly against any increase of the volume 

of the currency, either the national-bank issues ·or the greenba-cks. 

There is no increase of either description of circulation in this bill. 

The amount of greenbacks and the amount of national banking asso- ciation circulation continue the same as now. The allegation that 

this bill iB in:fl.ation has no force or truth whatever. But while this 

has been my position, I have said to gentlemen on all sides that 

whenever they wouJd give me the chance I wouJd vote for an honest 

redistribution of the banking circulation throughout the country. I 

have been sincere in thoso declarations, and I mean to be sincere in 

my vote to~y. No reason in the world can be presented to this 

House or the country why one section of the nation should have an advantage ·in respect to the national-bank circulation over another 

section. Under the distribution which we have had heretofore New 

England, New York, and my own State have for a long time had an undue proportion of this circulation, with the profits accruing therefrom, while the South has languished and the West has been unable 

to secure the facilities which would transport her crops to the sea- board. I maintain that no just man can deny to the South and the 

West this redistribution. More than that, I believe that great good 

will result from it. The South will have facilities for banking, and 

she will bloom and -blossom as of old. The West will once more be 

satisfied as to the amount of her banking circulation and heF money 

facilities, and she will again prosper. So that in the future we shall 

have nothing to do but to :fix a day of .resumption, when the greenback shall be the equal of gold and when the bank-note shall be the 

representative of the greenback. 

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT. 

A message in writing from the President of the United States was presented by Mr. BABCOCK, one of his secretaries, who also announced 

that the President had approved and signed bills of the following 

titles: . An act (H. R .. No. 440) to amend the act entitled "An act transferring the control of certain territorial penitentiaries to the several 

Territories in which the same are located," approved January 24, 1873 ; 

An act (H. R. No. 491) for the relief of Kerry Snllivan, of Company 

G, Fourteenth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers; 

An a-ct (H. R. No. 886) to provide for the election of Congressmen 

at large for the State of Alabama; 

An act (H. R. No. 1691) for the relief of Thomas Ridgway; 

An act (H. R. No. 2064) making appropriations for the legislative, 
. 

1874 . . CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. 5315 

executive, and judicial expenses of the Government· for the year 

ending J nne 30, 1875, and for other purposes ; 

An act (H. R. No. 239t!) granting a medal to John Horn, jr., for his 

heroic exploits in rescuing men, women, and chil~en from drowning 

in Detroit River; 

An act (H. R. No. 2463) for the relief of JosephS. Read; 

.An act (H. R. No. 3090) to authorize the issue o1 duplicate R>gricultnralland scrip where the original has been lost or destroyed; 

An a~t (H. R. No. 3166) to correct the date of commission of certain 

officers of the .Army ; 

An act (H. R. No. 3573) making additions to the fifteenth section of 

the act approved July 2, 1864, entitled "An act to amend an act en- titled 'An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph 

line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the 

Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes,' approved July 1, 1862 ;" · An a.ct (H. R. No. 311) for the relief of William J. Mcintyre; 

An act (H. R. No. 950) for the relief of Robert Sutherland; 

An act (H. R. No. 1108) for the relief of Alfred Fry ; 

An act (H. R. No. 1219) for the relief of Charles W. Berry, late private of the Thirty-sixth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers; 

An act (H. R. No. 1773) for the relief of Samuel E. Rankin; 

An a~t (H. R. No. 2207) for the relief of James M. True, late colonel 

of the Sixty-second Illinois Volunteer Infantry ; 

An act (H. R. No. 2412) for the relief of Sheridan 0. Bremmer, late a private of Company E, Eighteenth Re!riment Wisconsin Infantry; 

An act (H. R. No. 2698) for the relief of Joseph C. Breckinridgefor 

services in the .Army of the United States; 

An act (H. R. No. 2892) for the relief of Thomas Simms, late a lieutenant in the Seventy-sixth Regiment New York Volunteers; · An act (H. R. No. 2939) to compensate D. R. Haggard for six months' 

services as colonel of the Fifth Kentucky United States Cavalry Volunteers ; and 

An act (H. R. No. 546) for the relief of' William B. Morgan. 

THE CURREX~. 

The Honse resumed the consideration of the report of the committee of conference on the currency question. . Mr. MARSHALL. I now yield for five minutes to the gentleman 

from New York, [Mr. Cox.] 

Mr. COX. Mr. Speaker1 a great part of this bill is broth or froth. 

There is no strong meat m it for anybody. I do not think such a mea-sure ought to pass. It will give no substantial relief. · Indeed my honored friend from Illinois, [Mr. ~l.ARSHALL, 1 under 

whose pleasant courtesy I speak, has told you that this is no final settlement. I tis only an expedient. It is a mere make-shift. It is poor, 

pitiful, impotent, unprincipled patch-work. I will not vote for it. 

I will vote in favor of no proposition until I see something which 

is based upon solid sense and definite principle. My principle is laid 

down in our -party platforms of 18'72. Your republican platform is 

before me. It was adopted <tt Philadelphia in 1872; and it "confi- dently expected our excellent national currency will be protected by a speedy resumption of specie payment!" 0! 0! How good and 

smooth! and yet how delusive I 

The democratic platform was adopted in July, 1872. It declared 

the ineradicable, traditional, economical, rational, and oonstitntional 

sentiment 'of the grand party of the past and future. What does it 

sayf "A speedy return to specie payment is demanded alike by the 

highest considerations of commercial -morality and honest government." Where are ye, platform manufacturers f Where is your "commercial morality 1" Where is your "honest government T" Who are the leaders f Where are the leaders of our brave and honest party f 

Where are they¥ Who is about me to display the honest banned 

These are not declarations by one party. They are by both parties. 

0, my Christian brethren! 0, my democratic brethren ! What chances 

you are missing! What opportunities you will hereafter regret not 

to have improved I Where is the hone ty and mora.lity that chinks 

:md rings in the sterling talk and thought of our early representative , men f It is not merely a que tion of paying your debts and avoiding 

repudiation. It is a question of constitutional and Federal honor. It concerns the very architects of our splendid fabric of goverument. 

How proud I am to be in a minority with the best of our early men and the sage men of our pre ent day. 

Mr. Speaker, why do you dabble here by this bill with the reserves and call it economy, when it is nothing but inflation Y You wish to 

drink more for the luxury of being bloated. Why not, if you will 

have a bloat-why not do it with a square drink f May I refer to 

what my friend from Illinois has just said heref He would release 

just so much as is now tied up. He would not have inflation. 0, no I 

but he.would only release it for the present. Why, sir, we have a money glut now in New York and elsewhere. Bring your produce 

and values to New York, and you can get the money. If you want to 

indulge in real infl.ation, why whip the evil about the impediment f 

Take an honest inspiration, instead of indulging a vicious decoction, 

made up at the tail-end of the session for the mere purpose of saving 

your republican party from the charge of utter incompetency to deal 

with this paramount question. The five minutes which I have will not suffice to show the partisan 

aspect of this measure. We are all partisan in one sense; but so long as we pretend to make platforms and keep up party discipline, so long 

will it be just and best to practice sincerity or repudiate our resolves. 

There are, I fear, however, two parties in trouble on this question. . I 

do not see voting with me here democratic memb~rs from Ohio and 

other Western States, those old-time, hard-money, constitutional democrats with whom I was raised. Where are they now f Wherever 

they are, for one I shall give no vote for any mea-sure which postpones gold and silver as a standard. I believe the time will come, 

under Providence, for speedy resumption. Labor will rlemand it. 

Commerce and agriculture will revolutionize for it. There is no power 

under heaven among men ·to give stability to business and society 

except we march toward gold and silver I 

[Mr. MARSHALL again addressed the Honse. His remarks will 

appear in the Appendix.] 

Mr. POTTER. I have asked tke gentleman from Illinois for a minute in order to say, in the first place, I approve the conference 

report so far as it provides for a redistribution of the national banking circulation; and secondly, I favor that feature of it which re- strains the power of the Secretary of the Treasury in respect of the 

issue of Treasury notes. I regret, however, that the general direction of the report is such that I am not able to cast my vote for it. 

Mr. MARSHALL. I now yield for five minutes to my friend from 

Indiana, [Mr. ·HOUIAN. J 

Mr. HOLMAN. Mr. Speaker, the leading features of this measure are in striking contra-st to the bills which have been heretofore con- sidered by both branches of Congress during this session. The for- mer measures, all of them, Jed to and contemplated a reduction of 

the legal-tender circulation, and at the same time to an increase of 

the issuea of the national banks. The main object of tho e measures seemed to be to secure an early retirement of the greenback currency, 

the lawful money of the country, by funding the same in interestbearing bonds, and to substitute in its place national-bank notes. 

Believing a-s I do that the high prerogative and enormous profits of 

issuing paper money belong to the whole people, I could not give 

those measures my support. 

From the beginning of this session of Congress there has been a persistent determination of the national b:mk.s to drive out the legaltender money and enlarge their already enormous wealth by monopolizing the exclusive right to furnish the money of the country. The 

addition of $356,000,000 to their wealth was no smaJ.l motive to the 

banks to exercise their almost irresistible power in our legislation. · They were not, it is true, satisfied with the bill that went to the President, for while it increa ed their capital 46,000,000 it left the greenbacks in the field, but in every succeeding measure they secured the 

fundamental concession that their notes should supersede greenbacks 

and that the burdens of the people should be increased by funding the 

greenbacks in interest-bearing bonds. No partial victory was sufficient; nothing less than an absolute monopoly of issuing -money 

would satisfy the capitalists, who in the main .dictate the enactment 

of our laws. But the temper of the people would not submit to this. 

The retirement of tl1e greenbacks for the benefit of the banks would 

add nearly 20,000,000 a year in gold to the burdens of the tax-payers 

of the country. We approach the hour when the Representative 

must meet his constituents. And the pending measure is in striking 

contrast with its predecessors. It neither adds 46,000,000 to the 

bank capital, as the first bill did, nor does it almost double the wealth 

of the bondholders, as the so-called free-bank bill proposed, by issuing bank-notes and funding the greenbacks in gold interest-bearing 

and non-taxable bonds. . This measure has at least tl.le merit, whatever else may be said 

against it, of actually increa-sing in its practical effect the volume of 

the legal-tender currency of the country. It will do it to the extent 

of at least $26,000,000, for in the absence of this legislation it is now well known that the moment the finances of the country would admit of it the greenbacks would be reduced from $382,000,000 to 

356,000,000, and this bill prohibits that $26,000,000 being held by 

the Secretary of the Treasury as a reserve. In addition to this the greenbacks held by the national banks as a reserve for the redemption of their notes are released by this bill and 

will enter into the circulation. The absurdity of this reserve of greenbacks to redeem national-bank notes is too manifest, as the faith of 

the nation and the wealth and honor of the whole people are alike 

pledged for the bankers' notes and the legal-tenders, the only differ- ence being that the bankers' notes are is ued for the benefit of the 

bankers at the expense of the people, and the legal-tenders are issued 

for the benefit of the whole people. . . The bank reserve, as haBbeenwell shown, is without anymeritwhat- ever. It is and always has been a mere pretense, and yet it ha.s re- duced tke actual amount of currency without in any degree increasing 

the security of the issues of the national banks. The faith of the 

nation secures that. This bill, then, does-not enlarge either the power or the capital or the currency of the national banks. That is a feature 

which specially commends the mea.sure to my judgment, and! believe 

will commend it to the country. I do not believe the people of the 

West deaire to enlarge the power nor the currency of the national 

banks. They would enlarge the volume of their own lawful money. 

But this bill in another feature is an act of common justice to the 

West and the South in the partial equalization of the national-bank capital. If the equalizatio~ of this capital was complete $80,000,000 would 

be withdrawn from the money centers of the East and given to the 

West and South. Thi& bill withdraws $55~000~00() of this bank ca.pi· 
1-

5316 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. 

tal from the East and gives it to the West and South. This neither 

increases the power, capital, nor circulation of the banks. It is but a temporary mea-sure looking to the early future when in answer to 

the demands of the just public sentiment of the country the nationalbank cmTency shall be retired and the money, the pro tits and benefits 

of which inure to the whole people-greenbacks-shall be substituted 

in its place. This, sir, would be a great -victory for equal rights and 

justice for the people over the power of capital. 

The gentleman from New York, and other gentlemen represehting 

great commercial centers naturally resist this bill. For so far as the 

national-bank system is concerned, as has been well shown and seen, 

the effect of the bank system is to centralize your currency at the 

commercial centers. New York, of course, will have money to loan at 

3t and 4 per cent. And why! · Because the national-bank system, 

with ail its centralizing agencies eA.tending through the whole coun- try, concentrates there the wealth and currency of the natiop. I will 

without hesitation give this bill my support. : 1\Ir. STORM. How does this bill prevent it T 

Mr. HOLMAN. Under the provisions of this bill there will be 

manifestly less of this centralizing power than under the present system of reserves, which by existing law is held at the money centers. 

But the great measure of justice is yet to be secured, the substitution 

of greenbacks for the nationa.l-bank paper and reducing the burdens 

of the public debt at least 20,000,000 a year, and giving to the whole 

people the wealth that capital now monopolizes to itself. 

[Here the hammer felL] 

Mr. O'BRIEN. Mr. Speaker, in all the votes that I have C9.st on the currency question during this Congress I have steadily adhered 

to the principle· that gold is the only legitimate money, and the only 

sa:t;e money to secure the prosperity of tbe country and maintain un- sullied its honor and integrity; that since, as a relic of the war, we are compelled to use an irredeemable pa.per currency, it is absolutely 

necessary that its volume should not be expanded, if we are to look 

forward to a. return to specie. While I sympat.hize with the suffer- in~s of the West and South from the paralysis of industry that prevails throughout the country, I do not believe that a further debasement and expansion of cmrency will afford thE:\m substantial relief. 

Expansion will not aid the industrial cla-sses; it is only a concession to 

speculation and the profits of capital. . The prostrate condition of the country is mther owing to the misgovernment of the ruling party, and relief can only be obtained by 

economy in public administration and inte~rity and good faith in 

official life. This bill is a further prop to tne national banking interest, which is the most gigantic monopoly known to any country. 

Before its stature every interest dwindles into insignificance. It is 

the stronghold of capital, and -so long as it maintains its financial 

power, labor and industry will remain prostrate. I favor the redistribution of the currency, but this conference measure, while it 

gives that sop to Cerberus, po tpones indefinitely the return to specie, 

and overrides the law which fixed the volume of the legal-tender curre~cy at 356,000,000. I .will vote a~ainst it, an?- look forward to a triumph of the democratlC party as tne only harbmger ·and guarantee 

to the people of a. return to the sound :financial policy of free banking based on gold and silver coin. 

[Mr. KELLOGG addressed the House. His remarks will · appear 

in the Appendix.] . Mr. MAYNARD. I shall vote for this report. It contains beneficent provisions, in my judgment, but at the same time I accept the 

statement of the gentleman from illinois [Air. 1\lARsHALL] that it is 

not a settlement of the question. 

The settlement of this que tion of the currency will have one of 

two results : free banking on the one hand, or else the annihilation of 

the present national-bank system. That is the alternative that is 

before us, and I beg gentlemen to bear that in mind in all their action 

upon the currency question. . And now, in conclusion, if I can be allowed to say a word to my 

friend from Connecticut, [1\Ir. KELLOGG,] I would say that he re- minds me of a medical friend of mine who once had a. favorite nurse who was noted for never denying his patients anything, but heal ways 

coupled his compliance with the condition "not -just now, for the 

doctor thinks it would not be good for you at present." 

Mr. KELLOGG. That is just right; you need just such a nurse. The previous question was seconded and the main question ordered. 

Mr.l\IAYNARD. I call for the yea-s and nays on agreeing to the 

report of the committee of conference. 

The 31eas and nays were ordered. 

The question wa.s taken; and there were-yeas 221, nays 40, not 

voting 28; as follows : 

YEAS-Messrs. Adams, Albert, Albright, Arthur, Ashe, Atkins. Averill Banning, Barber, Barrere, Barry, Beck, Begole, :Sell, ~erry, Biery, Bland, Blount, 

Bowen, Bradley, :Bright, Brown, Buckner, Bundv, Burchard, Burleigh, .Burrows, Ben,iamin F. Butler. Roderick R. Butler, Caldwe~ Cannon, Cason, Cessna, Amos 

Clark, jr., .Tohn B. Clark, jr., Freeman Clarke, Clements, Clymer, Clinton L. Cobb, 

Stephen A. Cobb. Coburn, Comingo, Conger, Cook. Corwin, Cotton, Creamer, Crittenden, Crosslanll, Crounse, Crutchiield, Curtis, Danford, Darrall, Davis, Dawes, 

R~~!ld: l11~~J?:~l!: ~:k!t ~~~~E:~:::S~~~::::edil~N~~:-k. ~~ ja.min W. Harris, Henry R. HarrisJ.. .Tohn T. Harris, Harri on, Hatcher, Hathorn, 

Havens, .Tohn B. Hawley. Hays, u-erry W. Hazelton, .Tohn W. Hazelton, Hereford, Hodges, Holman, Hoskins, Houghton, Howe, .Hubbell, Hunter, Hunton, 

Hurlbut, Hyde, Hynes, .Tewett, Kasson, Kelley, Knapp, Lamar, Lamison, Lamport, Lansing, _!.awrence, Leach, Lewis, Lofland, Loughridge, Lowe, Lowndes, 

Lynch, M.arslmll, Martin, Maynard, McCrary, .Tames W. McDill, MacDougall, 

Mc.Tunkin, McKee, Merriam, Milliken. Mills, :Monroe, Moore, Morey, Morrison, 

Neal, Negley, Niblack. Niles O'Neill, Orr, Orth, Packard, Packer, Isaac C. Parker, 

Parsons, Pelham, PeiTV, Phillip~. Pike, .Tames H. Platt, p-., Thomas C. Platt, 

Pratt, R:tiney, Randall, Ransier, Rapier, R.a.y,Read, Rice, Ricnmond, Robbins, Ellis 

H. Roberts, James C. Robinson, .Tames W. Robinson, Ros , Rusk, Sawyer, Henry B. Savler, Milton Sayler, Isaa.c W. Scudder, Sene:r, Sessions, Sbanks, Sheats, Sheldon, Sherwood, Sloall, Sloss, Small, A. Herr Smith, George L. SmithJ... H. Boardma-n 

Smith .T. Ambler Smith, .Tohn Q. Smith, Snyder, Southard, Speer, ;:;pra.,<rne, Stan. 

ard, Sta"-ndiford, Starkweather, St . .Tohn, Stone, Stowell, Strait, Strawbridge, Sypher, Charles R.. Thomas, Christopher Y.Thomas_; Thornburgh, Todd, Tremain, 'I.'yner, 

Vance, Waldron, Wallace, .Tasper D. Waru, Marcus L. Ward. Wells, Wheeler, 

White, Whitehead, Whiteley, Whitthorne, Wilber, George Willard, Cha.rle G. 

Williams, .Tohn M.S. Williams, William Williams, William B. Williams, Willie, 

.Tames Wil on, .Teremi:.t.h M. Wilson, Wolfe, Woodworth, .Tohn D. Young, and 

Pierce M. B. Young-221. 

NAY -Messrs. Archer, Barnum, Bass, Bromberg, Buffinton, Cox, Crooke, 

Eames, Giddings, Hamilton, .Toseph R.. Hawley, H endee, Herndon, E. P.ockwood 

Hoar, Geor_ge F. Hoar, Hooper, Kelloug, Kendall, Lawson Luttrell, Magee, Me· 

Lean, Nesrrilth, O'Brien, Page, Hosea WParker, Pendleton, Phelps, Pierce, Potter, 

.Tohn G. Schumaker, Scofielu, Henry .T. Scudder, Smart, Storm, Swann, Townsend,Wbitehonse, Cparles W. Willard, and Woodford-40. 

NOT VOTING-Messrs. Cain, Cla~n, Crocker, DeWitt, Eden, Elliott, Farwell, 

Freeman, Robert S. Hale, Harmer, Hersey, Killinger. Alexander S. McDill, Mc- .r nlta., Mitchell, Myers, Nnnn, Poland, Pnrma.n, Willi:>m R. Roberts, Lazarus 

D. Shoemaker, William A. Smith, Stephens, Taylor, Waddell, Walls, Ephraim 

K. Wilson, and Wood-"2 . 

So the report of the committee of conference was agreed to. 

During the roll-call the following announcements were made: 

Mr. BUTLER, of Massachusetts, (when his name was called.) I 

vote "ay" with a mental reserva.tion. 

Mr. HAZELTON, of WIBconsin. I am reqQ-e ted to state that my 

colleague, Mr. McDILL, is confined to his room by illness. If present 

he would vote for this report. 

Mr. POLAND. Mr. Speaker, upon this question I have not voted. 

Upon questiollil affecting legislation in I'egard to national banks generally I have felt entitled to vote, although the president of a national 

bank and a stockholder in it. This bill provides for taking away a portion of the circulation of certain banks, of which the bank with 

which I am connected will be one. I have therefore felt that I am personally interested in this question, so much so as to come within 

the rule, and I do not vote. 

Mr. ALBRIGHT. I desire to state that my colleague, Mr. SHOEMAKER, is absent on account of a death in his family; if present he 

would vote "ay." 

The result of the vote was then announced as above recorded. 

:Mr. DAWES moved .to recon ider the vote by which the report of 

the committee of conference was agreed to ; and also mo-ved that the 

motion to reconsider be laid on the table. 

The latter motion was agr~d to. 

DIPEACHMENT OF JUDGE BUSTEED. 

l\fr. WILSON, of Indiana, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted a report and resolutions in the 

matter of the impeachment of Richard Busteed, judge of the di trict 

court of the United State for the district of Alabama; which was recommitted to the committee, and ordered to be printed. 

Mr. CESSNA also, by unanimous consent, submitted the views of 

the minority of the committee; which were ordered to be printed. 

DIPEACHMENT OF JUDGE STORY, OF ARKANSAS. 

Mr. CESSNA. I ask unanimous consent to submit the following 

resolution: 

BesolvcL. That the Clerk of the Honse of Representatives be directed to furni h to the Attorney-General, the Secretary of the Treas~, the Third Auditor and the 

First Comptroller of the Treasury copies of the evidence taken by the Judiciary Committee of the Honse in the matter of the impea.chment of Hon. William Story, judge of the United States court for the western district of Arkansa.a, for their information and guidance, "With the recommendation, that such a<:tion be t.'l.ken by the 

said Departments as will restore to the Treasury of the United States any moneys wrongfully pa.id to any of the officers of said court, and to prevent any such wrong- ful payments hereafter. · 

Mr. SENER. I desire to move an amendment to this resolution. 

Mr. CESSNA. I will hear it read. · 

Mr. SENER. I move to insert after the word" Arkansas" these 

words: 

And also fu each of said officers a copy of the testimony taken before the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice as to the expense , disburse- ments, and general management of the western district of Arkansas, since .T nly, 1870. 

1\Ir. CESSNA. I have no objection to that amendment. 

The amendment was agreed to; and the resolution, as amended, was adopted. LOUISIA..NA CONTESTED-ELECTION CASES. 

llr. LAMAR, from the Committee on Elections, reported the following preamble and resolution; which were read, considered, and 

adopted: 

Whereas it is necessary to a. proper determination of the everal contests from 

the congres ional districts of Louisiana., now pending in the Honse, that the Committ.ee on Elections should be in possession of the original election returns of the 

general election held in that State on the 4th day of November, 1872; and whereas 

those returns are said to be in the possession of .Tohn McEnery, and said McEnery being unwilling to produce sa.id returns except upon order of said committee: 

Therefore, Be it resolved by this House, That a 8tll>pama dtu;es tecum be i sued to said McEnery, requiring him to produce in person before said committee said election returns on or before the first Monday in December, 1874; and also that snbprenas 

be issued to Archibald Mitchell and William Wareper, of New Orleans, reqiliing them to be and appear before said Committee on Elect;io:qs oq t4e first MonJ.ay in 

December, A. D. 1874. 
. 

1874. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. 5317 

ELECTION CO~"TEST-BELL VS. SNYDER. 

Mr. CROSSLAND. I am instructed by the Committee on Elections 

to report the following resolution for a.ctiou at this time: 

&solved, That tne contestant, M. S. Bell, in the conte.sted-election case fro_m the second congressional district of Arkansas, ~e allowed thirly days after the adjon;n- meut of the present session of the Forty-third Congress, Without further amending his notice of contest, to take further testimony in reference to the vote of Hemp- stead and Hot Spring Counties; and the contestee 0. P. Snyder, shall have twenty 

days after the expiration of the said thirtY: day~ ~owed th~ cont~tant,,to take tes- timony by rebuttal in relation to the vote ill said two counties, this testimony to be 

taken on ten days' notice served on the parties respectively. 

:Mr. HAZELTON of Wisconsin. In my judgment that resolution 

should not pass. On behalf of the minority I protest against its passage, and ask for the yeas and nays on it. . The SPEA.KER. The resolution cannot be rece1ved except by 

unanimous consent. 

Mr. HAZELTON, of Wisconsin. Then I object. 

The SPEAKER. The resolution will not be received. 

BONDS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLID1BIA. 

The SPEAKER laid before the House the following message from 

the President of the United States: 

To the Se:nate and House of Representatives: 

I respectfully invite the attention of Congress to one feature of the bill entitled "An act for the government of the District of Columbia., and fo~ ot~er. purposes." Provision is therein made for the payment of the debts of the District m bo~ds .to be issued by theBinking-fund commissioners, running fifty years and ?~gill· 

t erest at the rate of 3.65 per cent. per annnin, with the payment of the prmmpal and 

interest guaranteed by the United States. 

The· government by which these debtB were crea~ is abolished, and n? oth!lr 

provision seems to be made for their payment. Judgmg from the transactions ill 

other bonds, there are good grounds, in my opinion, for the apprehension that bon.ds 

bearing this rate of interest when iss?-ed will be wort~ much less than therr eq~valent in the current money of the Uruted Sta.tes. This apperu:s to me to b~ UDJUSt to those to whom these bonds are to be paid, and to the extent of the dllference 

between their face and real valuet_looks like repudiating the debts of the _District. 

My opinion is that to require creaitors of the District or Columbia to recave these 

bonds at par when it is apparent that to be conver~e<'!- i.J?to money they .must be 

sold at a large discount, Will not only prove greatly: InJurious to .the credit-of .tbe 

District, but will reflect unfavorably upon the credit and good faith of the Uruted 

States. 

I would recommend, therefore, that provision be made at the present session ~f 

Congress to increase the interest upon these bonds, so that when sold they will bring an equivalent in money, and that the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized to negotiate the sale of these bonds at not less than par and pay the proceeds 

thereof to those who may be ascertained to have valid clainls against the District 

of Columbia. • 

EXECUTIVE MA.~SION, 

Wa.shington, June 20, 1874. 

U.S. GRANT. 

Mr. KASSON. Is the bill referred to in the message returned to the 

Housef 

The SPEAKER. It is not. 

Mr. WILSON, of Indiana. I move that the message be printed and 

referred to the Joint Select Committee on the A.ffairs of the District 

of Columbia. 

The motion was agreed to. 

REPORT ON VIENNA COMMISSION. 

:Mr. DONNAN. I report from the Committee on Printing the following resolution: 

Resolved by the Honse of Representat:ives, (the Senate concurring,) That of thereports of the United States commissioners to the Vienna exposition, there s~all be 

printed, under the direction of. the Secretary of tate, four thousand cop1es for 

the House, two thousand COJ>ies for the Senate, and one thousand copies for the 

Secretary of State. 

I\Ir. HOLltlli~. This large increase of public documents of course indicates very clearlY.-- . The SPEAKER. If the gentleman objects the resolutwn cannot be 

entertained. 

Mr. HOLMAN. I object. 

Mr. DONNA.N. Does a single objection prevent the resolution from 

being reported f 

The SPEAKER. It does. The House is acting under a suspension 

of the rules on business upon the Speaker's table, and anything else 

must be by unanimous consent or of higher privilege. 

~ ASSISTANT DISBURSING CLERK. 

Mr. A.RCHER, by unani.rqous consent, reported from the Committee on A.ccounts the following resolution; which was read, considered, 

and ~greed to: 

Resolved, That the salary of the assistant disbursing-clerk of the ~ouse be fixed at the same rate with the as istantJournal clerk, and thattheComiDltteeonAppropriations provide for the payment of the same. 

INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL. 

:Ur. LOUGHRIDGE submitted the following report: 

The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the 

amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. No. 2343) making appropriations for 

the current and contingent expenses o_f the Indian service for the fiscal year ending June 30 1875 and for other p~ses, having met, after full and free confer- ence have ai¥eea' to recommend, and, do recommend, to their respective Houses as follows: 

That the Senate recede from its amendments numbered 1!, 19, 51, 52, 60, 61, 64, 82, 

83, 97, 99, 100, 101, 113, 117, 118, and 123. That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendments of the Senate 

numbered 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30, 4~, 47, 

50, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 84, 86, 94, 9;,, 96, 

102, 104, 105, 106, 108, 111, 115, 116, and 120, and agree to the same. 

That the Senate recede from their disagreement to the amendments of the House to the amendmentB of the Senate numbered 79, 80, 91, 114, and agree to the same. That the House recede from their disagreement to the amendment numbered 17, 

and agree to the s:rme, with an amendment inserting" 76" in lieu of "77 ;"and the 

Senate agree to the same. That the House recede from their disa~eement to the amendments numbered 41 and 42, and agree to the same with amenaments as follows: insert "47" in lieu of " 41" and "2!1" in lieu of "36 ; " and the Senate agree to the saniC. 

That the House recede from their disagreement to the amendment numbered 43, 

and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of "35,000" insert 

"33,900;'' ancl the ::\enate agree to the same. That the House recede fi·om tbeir disagreement to the amendment numbered 44, 

and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of "40" insert "30;" 

and tlie &>-nate agree to the same. That the House recede from their disagreement to the amendments numbered 46 and 48, and a,.,oree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of "5" insert 

"4," and strike out of the text of the bill the words "and fifty" where they occur the first time in the amended pa.ragraph, and in lieu of "700" insert '' 550;" and 

the Senate al!ree to the same. That the Honse recede from their disagreement to the amendment numbered 62, 

and agree to the same 'vith an amendment as follows: Strike out of the text of the 

amended paragraph the words "estimated at eighteen hundred souls;" and the San- te agree to the same. · That the House recede from their disagreement to the amendment numbered 65, 

and agree to the same with an amendment as follows : Re tore of the matter proposed to be stricken out all but the words "thirty-six," and in lieu of "60" insert " 45 ;" and the Senate agree to the same. That the House recede from their disagreement to the amendments numbered 92 and 93, and a!ITee to the same with amendments as 'follows: In. lieu of "75" in- sert "65," an'll in lieu of " 0" insert '' 70 ;• and the Senate agree to the same. That the House recede from their disagreement to the amendment numbered 103, 

and agree to the same with an amendn:ient as follows: Strike out the nine last 

words of the amendment ; and the Senate agree to the same. · ThDt the Senate recede from their amendiDent numbered 81, with an amendment as follows: Strike out of the amended pa~oraph the words "eighteen hundred 

persons at ten dollars each, and six hundred; ' and the House agree to the same. That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment numbe1·ed 107, 

and agree to the same with an amendriient a follows: Strike out of said amend- ment the words "United States Statutes a.t Large, volume 17, page !l-26 ;"and the 

Senate a,oree to the same. · That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment numbered 109, 

and a~ee to the same with an amendment as follows: Before the word "Pillager" in saia amendment insert "Mississippi, Chippewas, and to the;" and the Senate 

agree to the same. W. LOUGHRIDGE, 

JOHN T. AVERILL, 

J'. HANCOCK, 

Managers on the part of the House. 

WILLIAM WINDOM, 

A. A . SARGENT, 

LOUIS V. BQGY, • Managers on the part of the Senate. 

Mr. LOUGHRIDGE. Mr. Speaker, there are a great many of these 

amendments, and I presume it will not be necessary for me to go over them all. The majority of them are unimportant in their character. The Senate increased the amolmt of the appropriations in this 

bill about $450,000. The committee of confe;rence have, of course, as such committees are required to do, compromised. 'l'he increase as the bill comes from the committee of conference is 250,000 over the 

amount in the bill we sent to the Senate. This increa-se is mostly 

upon two or three items. The Senate increased the amount appropriated to the A.paches of A.rizona from $450,000, the amount fixed by 

the Honse, to 700,000. A.fter two days' consultation the committee 

of conference,.~a-reed as a compromise to settle upon $550,000, thus 

dividing the ainerence between the two Houses. I desire to say in 

my own vindication that I have not changed my own opinion as to 

what the amount should be; but I agreed to this amount because, as every ~entleman knows, there are two branches of Congress, equal 

in ·therr powers and authority; and as the Senate insisted upon $700,000 and the House upon $450,000, we were obliged to compromise our differences. The committee of conference thought that the best we could do in this case was to divide the difference. 

The next most important increase is with reference to the Crow 

Indians of the North. The House committee had fixed $50,000 as the appropriation for the Crows, although the Department had rec- ommended 100,000. When the House committee acted on this question it was supposed, and I think my colleague on the committee 

[Mr. PARKER, of Missouri,] will confirm this statement, that by a cer- tain tre~ty which had been madesince that timethose·Indianswonld 

get $50,000 outside of this bill. This turns out to be a mistake ; the 

treaty wa-s not ratified. Hence the committee of conference have con- cluded it would not be particularly out of the way to give the Crows 

the amount proposed by the Senate. 

There is a slight increase--$30,000 I think-in the amount of the 

contingent fund for California, and about the same increase in the 

contingent fund for Arizona. . I have now mentioned the only important items in the bill which 

have been inereased by the present report. I think the best thing 

the Hou e can do is to agree to the report. It will leave as the amount 

appropriated by this .bill 5,265,000. The corresponding bill of last 

year appropriated $5,379,000; so that this bill appropriates between one and two hundred thousand dollars less than the bill of last year. 

The bill of the year before last appropriated $7,900,000. Th~ the 

House will see that we are decreasing annually our Indian appropriations. I do not desire to occupy further the time of the House. I 

yield a moment to my friend from :Missouri, [Mr. PARKER.] 

Mr. PA.RKER, of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I am very sorry to be put in the position of being obliged to disagree on this report with my friend from Iowa [lli. LOUGHRIDGE] and my other colleague on the 

Committee on Appropriations, the gentleman from Texas, [Mr. HERN-
5318 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. Ju:NE 20, 

DON,] because we have all labored a.ssiduously upon the Indian bill 

during the whole of the present session in order to perfect it. 

I desire to say in the commencement of my remarks (in the course of which I shall give my reasons for disagreeing to this report) that 

in every other bill which has come from the Committee on Appropriations during this session of Congress, and which haB been adopted 

by this House, there has been a large decrease in the appropriations 

compared with those that were made by the last Congress for the 

present :fiscal year. There was a large decrease in this Indian appropriation bill as it went from the hands of this House to the Senate. 

The sub-committee of the Committee on Appropriations, in preparing 

this bill, criticised everything in the closest manner, so that they might save to the Treasury everythin~ possible, without being at all desir- ous of crippling theindianserVJce, but on the contrary being friendly 

to that service and the peace policy under which it is managed. 

If this report is adop,ted this bill goes to the country as the only one in which there is no substantial reduction. It is true there is a reduction of 100,000 and a fraction over the bill of last year, but no more. This is not the fault of the House; this is not the fault of 

my colleagues on this sub-committee. It comes in that way from the 

other end of the Capitol. 

Upon this branch of the case I desire to give the reason why I can- not agree on this report. The Crow appropriation, which ha-s been 

increased, to which the gentleman has referred, is proper. · I think 

the House voted $50,000 on the understanding there was an agreement which would be ratified by the Congress of the United States 

with these Indians giving them $50,000 instead of 31,000. That agreement· has not been reached. Therefore I think it proper to appropriate 

this amount. 

The material point in this bill is in reference to the Apaches of Arizona and New Mexico. How does that stand 'f It will be remembered 

by the House that the last Congress appropriated for this service 

250,000. The Commj ioner of Indian Affairs came to the Committee on Appropriations on the 18th oflast December and asked we should 

give $200,000 more as a deficiency for the present fiscal year. The 

committee, after investigatin~ it, became satisfied that amount would run the service for the remainrng portion of this fiscal year, and agreed 

to give that 200,000. 

Now, upon this point I desire to trespass upon the at"Wntion of the 

Honse by reading the letters of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. 

OIP this point I· invite especial attention of the Honse. I refer to this 

because it makes. up the aggregate that went to supply that service 

this year, and upon that amendment the sub-Committee on Appropriations took this as a basis and agreed to give this service for the com- ing fiscal year $450,000. What is the letter of the Commissioner of 

Indian Affairs ! Let me reoo: 

DEPARTMENT OF THE L~TERIOR, OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, 

Washington, D. C., December 18, 1873. 

Sm: By the Indian appropriation ·act for the fiscal year ending .Tune 30, 1874, 

(Statutes at Large, volume l!J page 440) the sum of 250,000 was appropriated to subsist and properly care for :meApa.che Indians in Arizona and New Mexico who 

h:we been or may be collected on reservations, the amount to be expended for each 

person not to. exceed $100 per annum. Of the amount thus appropriated there remains now on hand only 10,603.26, all o~ which will be needed for pay of employes at the respective agencies. 

It will be remembered by the House that on the 18th of last December, when half of the fiscal year had gone, there was of the $250,000 

to run the service, 10,000 remaining. Bnt let me read further: 

To meet absolute necessities for the subsistence and support of the Apaches up to the 30th of .Tnne next, including incidental expenses and tmnsport..'\tion, will require at least 200,000, which, added to the amount heretofore appropriated, will 

make the total expenditure for the fiscal year in this branch of the service equal to $450,000, or $64.28 per capitaJ estimating the number of Indians subsisted and to be 

subsisted at seven thousana, which is as near the correct average as can be ascer- tained from prese.nt information on the subject. I have the honor to present ]l.erewith an estimate for that amount, or so much 

thereof as may be necessary for the p~oses r11ferred to and to recommend the same for your approval, and for submissiOn to and favorable action by Congress. 

Very respectfully, your obedient seryant, 

H.R.CLUM, 

Hon. SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. 

Acting Commissioner. 

Now I desire to call the attention of the House to this fact : On 

the 18th of December, while we were in session here, the Commis- sioner of Indian Affairs came before the Committee on Appropriations and told us all the money he required to com:elete the service 

for this fiscal year was $200,000 in addition to the $250,000 already 

given to him by the regular appropriation bill of last year. He said 

emphatically in his letter that would complete the service up to the 

30th day of June next. The committee gave him this additional 

200,000, but when the deficiency bill went into the Senate we find 

added to this 200,000 $300,000 more. We find also distin~~shed 

men of that body in the conference insisting instead of giving ~00,000 

we should give 500,000. For one I protest against it, and I do it in 

the interest of that economy which all of us have been trying to 

practice here. • · The Commissioner himself, in his letter of the 18th of December, 

1873, says that 450,000 will run the service for this fiscal year. He 

understands his business. He knew what he was about then. We 

complied with his request, and we took the amount that was asked 

for and given by our bill last year as a basis for making up the bill 

this year, and in it we put $450,000. But what does the Senate do '1 . 

Does the Senate leave that $450,000 remaining there Y 0, no; when 

it goes over to that body they put it up to 700,000. They say they 

did it upon the judgment of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. 

They have put it up to $700,000 upon the judgment of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Let ns see how correct they are in that as- sertion. Why, here are the revised estimates coming from the Indian 

Department to this Congress on the 5th of January, 1874, in which . the Commissioner only a ks for $550,000 for that service, and the Sen- ate actually put in the bill 150,000 more than he asks for. And then we are asked .in this House to indorse that. 

Mr. AVERILL. Is the gentleman aware that the amount now asked for is exactly in accordance with the estimates made by the 

Commissioner Y 

Mr. PARKER, of Missouri. The gentleman does not understand me. I say that the Commissioner asks for a less sum by 150,000 than 

the Senate have inserted in this bill. I assert that as a fa-ct. The 

Senate amended this bill for that service in New :Mexico and Arizona 

by putting it up to $700,000; and now the question .comes up in the 

conference committee whether we will agree to what was the judgment of the sub-committee of the Committee on Appropriations when we made up the bill, and what was the deliberate judgment of the 

whole Committee on Appropriations when that bill was made up Y -

For one I have protested against it, and for one I will not be held responsible by the country for thus increasing the expenditures.when 

I do not conscientiously believe it is necessary. 

I have detained the Honse upon this matter because it is a vital 

matter; because on it turn the appropriations in two bills, that in 

the deficiency bill and that in the regular bill. 

Now, it may be said that some subsequent letter will be produced 

here by the Commissioner. I do not know how that may be in reference 

to these deficiencies, but before I am satisfied in regard to it I want 

to see what amounts of money have been expended and the vouchers 

for those expenditures. 

Do gentlemen know how much we appropriate for this service this 

year f Why, sir, in several items covering old deficiencies you appropriate . in the deficiency bill 423,000 for deficiencies for the years 

1872 and 1873. You appropriate, as it stood in the bill when it passed 

the House, $200,000 for deficiencies for this year. And now you are asked by the Senate in that deficiency bill to appropriate $3001

000 

more, and in a re~ular bill here before us you are asked to appropnate $100,000 more as .1t is reported from the conference committee. 

Gentlemen tell ns we must give way and must agree. Well, sir, 

100,000 upon this one branch of this service alone is a very consider- able amount of money, and if you are to a~ee to the dictum of the 

other end of the Capitol and keep on agreemg to it, instead of reducing the expenditures for the Inman service you will increase them 

year by year. There has been no substantial reduction to this bill as it comes back, there will be no sn bstantial reduction next year, and so the work goes on. They have suddenly discovered that there are nine thousand Indians to be fed. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs 

said upon the 18th of December last that there were but seven thousand of these Indians. It seems that there have been two thousand 

captured since that time and bTought on the reservation, and yet I 

have seen no evidence of that fact. 

I stand here, sir, willing to give all the money that is necessary to 

carry on the service and to conduct it properly, but I am unwilling 

that more shall be given for this service than is necessary. Only the 

other clay the members of this House were frightened out of their 

propriety and voted a~ainst a proposition by the statement that the 

lobby wa-s full of men rntere ted in what was a. very proper meas:are. If it wa-s right thus to refer to the matter of the lobby, I can say now that since this bill haa been pending and the deficiency bill containing appropriations for the Indians, this city haa been besieged by 

lobbyists in the interest of Indian contractors, who have been trying 

all the while to get the amount of money appropriated in these bills 

increased. And, sir, when they failed in the House they went to the 

other end of the Capitol, and there they succeeded. Sir, I protest 

against the increa-se of this appropriation, in the face of the fact that 

the Commissioner of Indian Affairs told ns on the 18th of December, 

by his solemn letter, that it required only 450,000 to run this service 

last year; and if it only required that amount last year, there is no evidence before us of any character worthy of credence going to 

show that any more money will be required for the oming year. 

The Commissioner of Indian Affairs came before us with another 

letter, stating that there was a deficiency runiring back for a series 

of years prior to the fiscal year of 1872-'73, requiring an appropriation 

of $423,000, a deficiency which had accumulated year by year. 

Now, sir, the House can do just as it pleases on this question. I, 

for one, propose to vote against the report of the committee of con- ference, and I propose, for one, to assist if I can in maintaining the 

dignity and power of this House, especially when it is as erted in 

favor of economy. 

Mr. LOUGHRIDGE. I do not think my friend from Missouri takes a proper view of this ca e. I do not think the House has more dignity than the Senate. I claim that it has as much; but we have no right to set our elves up and say ~hat when they desire to have an amendment made to a bill they are trampling upon us. Sir, they are our peers. They think that $700,000 is necessary for this purpose; the House thought that 460,000 was necessary. 'Ve have 

agreed to compromise and divide the difference, allowing $500,000. 

Now these same Indians had appropriated for them $600,000 the year 
1874. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. 5319 

before last and they had $600,000 la-st year. There was a deficiency 

for the last year which we shall have to pay, and in order to show 

this I send to the Clerk's desk and ask to have read a letter from 

the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. 

The Clerk read as follows : 

DEPA.RTME..'IT OF THE lNTEruon, 0FFICR OF lNolA.N AFFAIRS, 

Washington, D. 0., June 18, 1874. 

SIR: Referring to the deficiency estimates of this office for the Apaches in Ari- zona and New Mexico, namely, one for $200,000 and one for $300,000, I desire to state for your information that the remark in office letter submitting the :first-nruned 

amount, to the effect that that sum would be required for the remainder of the 

present fiscal year, was so stated inadvertently. It was really expected there would 

be two deficiency appropriations this year, sa.me as last; and the :first item was intended to meet the wants of the service up to the time the second deficiency bill 

should be prepared and ready to be reported to Congress, by which time the office 

would be able to estimate with more certainty for the amount that would actually 

be required for the whole year. There is, in bet, now in this office a deficiency in the shape of vouchers, reports of 

indebtedness, and estimates from the agents at the various agencies inArizonaand 

New Mexico, as follows: For supplies already furnished and services rendered, 

represented by vouchers that have been presented for payment, $326,599.59; for 

beef that has been delivered and will be required till the 1st proximo, for which 

vouchers have not ~at been pr~::sented, say, 73,821.20; for indebtedness reported by the agents and estimates submitted by them, to carry on the service to the 30th 

instant, in addition to the foregoing, 134,670.73; making in all, $535,091.52. · This amount may be reduced somewhat by the a~tual returns of the agents; but it will 

readily be perceived that the full amount of $500,000 will be absolutely necessary to meet all the indebtedness that ha.s been and will have been incurred on account of the service in Arizona and New Mexico during the present fiscal year. 

Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 

Hon. J. A. GARFIELD, 

House of Representatives. 

EDWARD P. SMITH, 

Commissioner. 

Mr. LOUGHRIDGE. The Honse will notice by that letter that 

these deficiencies certified to by the Commissioner as being on file in 

his office will bring the expenses for the present yea.r up to $750,000, 

and that is more than $200,000 over what the conference committee 

report. It is more than the Senate insisted on, and the amount we now ·appropriate is $200,000 less than the expenses for the present 

yeNo.w, as I said before, I d.o not differ with my friend from Missouri 

in his judgment on this matter at all. I agree with him perfectly, 

but I have lived long enough to know that I do not know everything 

myself, and that in this country other men know as much as I do, and 

that I must compromise my own opinions with those of other men. The two Houses of Congress must compromise their opinions, and I 

think it is a fair compromise between the House and the Sena.te to 

split the difference. 

Now, Mr. Speaker, let me give the reasons why the Senate insisted on their amendment in this case. They say that there are nine thousand of these Apa-ches; they say that they are the wildest and most 

savage tribe on the continent; they say that for years they have been 

butchering the settlers in Arizona; and they say that since the pea-ce 

policy has been in force there have been no butcheries. They say we have taken these Apaches and hemmed them in on reservations, and we must feed them or they will leave those reservations and go again 

to murdering the people. 

There are nine thousand of these Indians. Now sit down and 

figure a little. If you give to these Indians twenty cents a bead for 

the whole year it will make nearly 100,000 more than the committee 

have agreed upon. What the committee have agreed upon is only 

seventeen cents a day for each Apache Indian during the year. Certainlythatwillnotfeed them very liberally. I act upon the presumption that the rolls of the Department and the rolls returned by the 

.Army show the true number of Indians. I might differ with them; 

but, as I said before, I might differ with a great many men, and we must compromise our differences. I ask that this report be agreed to. 

Mr. HANCOCK. I ask the gentleman to yield to me for a few moments. 

Mr. LOUGHRIDGE. I will do so. Mr. HANCOCK. I desire to say a few words in addition to what 

has been said by my colleague on the committee in relation to the 

Apache Indians in Arizona and New Mexico. The gentleman from 

Missouri (Mr. PARKER] seems to take a single statement and to adhere 

inflexibly to that statement as the only one upon which he will predicate our action here. The statement to which he refers as having 

been made by the then Acting Commissioner on the 18th of December 

last has been corrected twice, I believe, in formal communications, 

and perhaps a dozen times verbally, as an inadvertent misstatement 

of the facts and of the actual needs of the Indian service in that 

regard. The fact is that the deficiency, instead of being 200,000, was really over 500,000; and it is necessary that that amount should be 

appropriated if the Government is to keep faith with the contractors 

who have furnished supplies to these Indians. 

I do not know how much fidelity or the absence thereof may exist in 

connection with the administration of the law in reference to these Indi- ans. If, however, the reports we receive of them from officers of the 

Army and the officers of the Government having charge of the Indian 

service are to be relied upon, these Indians are not less than seven thousand and perhaps as many as nine thousand in number. If there 

be but seven thousand of them, the amount proposed to be appropriated 

bythis bill will beonlytwenty-onecentsandafractionperhea.d. It is 

impossible that there can be much margin for thieving or for extravagant squandering of money if that number of Indians are kept upon 

the reservations and fed from this fund. The expense of getting supplies there is probably almost as great as anywhere in the whole 

country. I do not know any place where it would be greater, or even as great a-s it is there. This is below the average cost of a ration 

in any portion of the country where the Government of the United 

States supplies rations to feed any part of the human family. 

I have nothing to say about the deficiency appropriation bill, which 

the gentleman from Missouri [Mr. PARKER] seems more disposed to 

combat than the bill now under consideration. I think it is sufficient 

for me at least to leave that matter in the hands of the very competent gentlemen who have charge of it. If we perform our duties 

with regard to this matter it will be as much a-s devolves upon us, 

and probably as much as it would be worth while for us to undertake 

oR this occasion. 

Taking, then, the statements we received in reference to the num- ber of these Indians, we know that the amount here appropriated, 

$550,000, is not too much money. I beg leave to correct also another 

statement of the gentleman from Missouri, [Mr. PARKER,] that the 

amount estimated for was $450,000. I have seen no such estimat.e, and 

I do not think any such has been brought to the attention either of 

the Committee on Appropriations or the sub-committee who have ha,d 

charge of the Indian appropriation bill. In the first instance the estimates were for 750,000 as the amount necessary to feed the Indians 

in the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico. According to my recollection, and I do not think I can be mistaken, the revised estimates are 550,000. The Commissioner came afterward before us and said 

that would be insufficient. You have put a provision in this bill that 

there shall be no division. You will jeopardize the peace of these 

Territories if yon do not make an appropriation sufficient to feed these 

Indians for the next year. 

l\Iy own opinion is that the Senate was nearer right than we were. I do not believe that 700,000 was a dollar too much to appropriate 

for the purpose of feeding the Indians in New Mexico and Arizona, 

if we are going to carry out in good faith the peace policy of the Government; and I may remark here parenthetically that that i8 not our policy; but as it has been adopted by the Government, I am disposed to give it a fair, honest, and bona fide test. I believe if it is 

faithfully administered it will be found much cheaper than to feed, 

fight, and kill these Indians, apart from the question of humanity 

which is involved. One regiment of cavalry would cost more than 

$1,000,000 a year to be kept there. .And one regiment would not 

suffice to compel peace if you force these Indians to leave the rese:+- vations and again go to committing depredations. 

I would ask the gentleman from Missouri if he has forgotten the scenes of 1870 and 1871, and even up to 1872, when these Indians were butchering the inhabitants of these Territories, were taking their 

children captives, were desolating the whole Territory, and were finally arrested in their deeds only by the interposition of the army 

under the command of General Crook, I believe, aided by General 

Howard, and finally brought upon a reservation, and the principle of 

feeding them adopted instead of fighting them. And from that time 

to the present we have had peace with them. 

That little collision with the Indians cost us more than $2,000,000 

in a single year. As a question of economy, then, if it be necessary 

to appropriate this amount of money to furnish provisions for these 

India.ns, I say that the bill does not appropriate a dollar too much; 

and I honestly believe that the amount is not enough. · Mr. BECK. I would like to •ask the gentleman one question. 

What has become of the pea,ce commission Y There are some painful rumors about it . Mr. HANCOCK. I am lmable to answer the gentleman's inquiry 

further than to say that I learn from the newspapers (and I presume 

the statement is reliable) that for some reason the peace commissioners have resigned. I suppose that probably one rea on is that 

they had performed their duty as long a.s the novelty, the dignity, 

and the romance afforded a. sufficient attraction to keep them in the 

service. They received no compensation; and I have very little con- fidence that any service will last for a great while and be efficiently 

administered unless there is some compensation given. I do not know 

anything more than this except in the shape of rumors, which I do 

not care to repeat. 

1\Ir. COX. I would like the gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. BECK] 

to answer his own question. From the smile upon his face, I think he 

knows what has become of the peace commissioners. . Mr. HANCOCK. I presume that the places of these men will be 

supplied by those who, if not as good men, will probably perform 

their duties as well as they are able; and perhaps the interests of the 

Government may not materially suffer. 

1\fr. BECK. If the gentleman from Texas [Mr. HANcocK] will allow 

me, I will say that according to my belief these peace commissioners were so terribly in the way of the Indian agents who desire to send 

in false vouchers and receive payment of fra.udulent accotmts that 

they bad to be dismissed because they kept down the stealing. That 

is the way I understand it. · 

The question being taken on agreeing to the report of the committee of conference, there were-ayes 75, noes 36; no quorum voting. 

Mr. HOLMAN called for the yeas and nays. The yens and nays were ordered. 

The question was ta.ken; and there were-yea-s 67, nays 150, not 

voting 72; aa follows : 
·5320 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. tTUNE 20, 

YEAS-Messrs . .Albert, .Albright, Averill Begole, Bradley, Bromberg, Buffinton, 

Cason Stephen A. Cobb, Crooke Cronnse, Crutchfield, Darrall, Dobb~, Donnan, 

Field 'Foster Frye, Garfield, Giddings, Eugene Hale, Hancock, BeD,jamm W. Har- ris Ifuthorn,'John B. Hawley, Hays, Hendee, E.Rockwood Hoar~.-Hodges, Hought.oti. Howe Kendall, Lamport, Lansing, Lo:fl.and, Loughridge, Lowe, Lowndes, J~es W. McDill. McLean, Monroe, O'Neill. OIT, Packard, Page, Parsons, Pelham, 

Pendleton, Poland, Ra}>ier, Richmond, Ellis H. Robe~, Sawyer, ~enry J. Scudder, 

A. HeiT Smith. H. Boardman Smith, St. John, StJ::ait, Stro,wbndge, T!J.~rnburgh, 

Todd, :Marcus r... Ward, Wheeler, White, George Willard, John M. S. Williams, and 

Willie----67. 

NAYS-Messrs. Adams, Archer, Arthur, Ashe, Atkins, Banning, Barnum, Bar- rera, Beck. Bell, Berry, Biery, Bland, Blount, Bowen, Brown, B?Ddy,13urcha.rd, Bur- leigh, Burrows, Benjamin F. Butler, Roderick R. Butler, Cam, Caldwell, Cannon, 

Cessna, John B. Clark, jr., Clements, Clymer, Coburn, Comin~?· Conger, Cook. Cotton, Cox, Crittenden, Crossland, Curtis, Danford, Davis, Dueu, _Dunnell, Durb.aJ;n, 

EameS, Fort, Gooch, Gunckel, Gunter, Hagans, Henry R. Harris, John T. Harris, 

Harrison Hatcher Havens, Joseph R. Hawley, Gerry W. Hazelton, John W. 

HazeltoU: Hereford: Herndon, George F. Hoar, Holman, Hoskins, Hunter, Hunton, 

Hurlbut, Hyde Hynes, Kasson, Ke1ley, Kellogg, Lamar, Lawrence, Lawson, Leach, 

Lewis Luttrell, Lynch, Magee, Martin, Maynard, McCrary MacDou~ll, Mc- J unki..it. Merriam, Milliken, :Mills, Morrison, N ea.I, Nesmith, Nib~k. O'Bnen, <;>rtb, Hosea W. Parker, Isaac C. Parker, Perry, Pike, Thorn~ C. Platt, Potter~,..... Rainey, Randall, Ransier, Ra.y, Read, Robbins, James W. Robmson Ross, Rusk, .ttenry B. 

Sayler Milton Sayler), Sessions, Shanks, Sheats, Sherwood, Sloan, Small, Smart, J. Ambl~r Smith John'-~!· Smith, Snyder, Southard, Speer, Stanard, Standiford, Starkweather, Ston~, Storm, Stowell, SYJ>her, Christoph~r Y. Thorn~, Townsenq, Tre- main, Vance, Wallace, Jasper D. Ward, Wells, ~tehea~, ~te~o~e, Wh1_te~ey, 

Wbitthorne Charles W. Willard, Charles G. Williams, William Williams, WlUUJ,m B. W~ Ephraim K. Wilson, James Wilson, Wolfe, Woodford, Woodworth, 

John D. Young, and Pierce M. B. Young-150. 

NOT VOTING-Messrs. Barber, Barry, Bass, Bright, Buckner, Amos Clark. jr., Freeman Clarke, Clayton,_ Clinton L. Cobb, Corwin, Creamer, Croc~r: Dawe~. De- Witt Eden, Eldre<!ge, Elliott; Farwell, Freeman, Glover, Robert S . .I::UIJ.e, Hamilton, 

Harn'Ier Hersey, .t1ooper Hubbell, Jewett, Killinger, Knapp, Lamison, Marshall, 

Alexander S. :McDill, Mckee, McNulta, Mitchell, Moore, Morey, Myers, Negley, Niles Nunn Packer, Phelps, Phillips, Pierce, James H. PL'l.tt, jr., Pratt, Purman, 

Rice 'willialn R. Roberts, James C. Robinson, John G. Schumaker, Scofield, Isaac W. Scudder, Sener, Sheldon, Lazarus D. Shoemaker, Sloss, George L. Smith, William A. Smith. Spra,...<rne, SteP.hens, Swann, Taylo~ Charles R. Thomas, Tyner, 

Waddell, Waldron, Walls, Wilber, Jeremiah M. Wilson, and Wood-72. 

So the report of the committee of conference was rejected. 

1\Ir. LOUGHRIDGE. I mo::ve the appointment of another committee of conference on this question. 

1\fr. STARKWEATHER. I hope the same committee will be con- tinued. I think it is worth while for the same committee to make 

another effort. 

Mr. GARFIELD. I move that the House ask for a further confer- ence with the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses. I 

will add that I do not wish to be a member of the committee of con- ference. - The motion of 1\fr. GARFIELD was agreed, to. 

MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. 

A message from the Senate, by Mr. SYMPSON, one of its clerks~ informed the House that the Senate had agreed to the resolution of the 

House of Representatives to print five thousand copies of the report 

of John W.· Woodworth, supervising surgeon of the marine hospital 

service of the United States, for the year 1873, with amendments in 

which the concurrence of the House was requested. 

The mess:tge further announced that the Senate had agreed to the 

resolution of the House of Representatives to print the report of the 

Commissioner of Education, with an amendment in which the con- currence of the House was requested. 

The message further announced that the Senate ha<I. agreed to the 

resolution of the House to print six thousand copies of the report, 

with appendix and evidence, of the Select Co.lDlilittee of the Senate on Transportation to the Sea,... board, with an amendment in which the concurrence of the House was requested. 

The message further announced that the Senate ha-d pa£Sed without amendment a joint resolution and bills of the House of the fol- lowin~ titles: 

A jomt resolution (H. R. No. 113) making an appropriation for the 

purchase and restoration to the family of the ·Marquis de Lafayette 

of the watch pre~ented to him by General Washington; 

The bill (H. R. No. 2089) for the relief of :Mrs. Louisa P. Molloy; _ The bill (H. R. No. 2270) making an appropriation to pay Emanuel 

Small and Joseph Tate, of Atchison County, :Missouri, for carrying the mails; 

The bill (H. R. No. 3757) for the appropriation of twenty con- demned bronze cannon for the erection of a statue to the late .Major- . General George Gordon Meade; 

The bill (H. R. No. 1578) for the relief of MartinKalb:fleisch'sSons; and ' 

The bill (H. R. No. 1370) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 

to settle and pay thQ accounts of William Pelham, late surveyor- general of New Mexico. 

The message further announced that the Senate ha-d passed with 

amendments, in which the concurrence of the House was requested, 

bills of the House of the following titles: 

The bill (H. R. No. 3162) for the relief of settlers on railroad lands ; . The bill (H. R. No. 1764) to appropriate lands for the ·support of 

schools in certain fractional townships in the State of Missouri; 

The bill (H. R. No. 1915) to remove the political disabilities of 

Henry R. Sibley, a citizen of Fredericks burgh, Vir!ri.nia; 

The bill (H. R. No. 352) for the relief of Colonel E. McCarty; and 

The bill (H. R. No. 753) for the relief of PeterS. Patton. 

The message further announced that the Senate had passed bills of 

the following titles; in which the concurrence of the House was re- quested: 

The bill (S. No. 807) for the relief of Washingt.on Cro sland; 

The bill (S. No. 524) to protect ornamental and other trees on Gi>vernment reservations and on lands purchased by the United States, 

and for other purposes ; 

The bill (S. No. 806) to extend the time allowed for the redemption· of certain lands by the first section of the act entitled "An act to provide for the redemption and sale of lands held by the United States 

under the several acts levying direct taxes, and for other purpo e ," 

approved June 8, 1872, and to suspend the operation of the fourth 

section of said· aet; . 

The bill (S. No. 425) for the restoration to. mru.·ket of certain lands 

in the Territory of Utah; 

Tb_e bill (S. No. 743) to remove the political disabilities of Dabney H. Maury of Virginia; · 

The bill (S. No. 674) to relieve C. D. Anderson of political disabilities; 

The bill (S. No. 744) to remove the political disabilities of Charles 

M. Fauntleroy, of Virginia; 

The bill (S. No. 523) to remove the political disabilities of Thomas 

M. Jones, of Virginia ; 

The bill (S. No. 710) for the relief of E. Laws, chief engineer United 

States Navy; 

The bill (S. No. 214) for the relief of Robert Coles; 

The bill (S._ No. 169) for the relief of Marcus Otterbourg, late con- sul of the Umted States at the city of .Mexico and minister to the l'epublic of Mexico; · 

The bill (S. No. 650) explanatory of the resolution entitled "A reso- lution for the relief of settlers upon the Absentee Shawnee lands in 

Kansas," approved April7, 1869; and 

The bill (S. No. 608) granting the right of way through the publ lands to construct and maintain a railroad. 

PAY OF HOUSE EMPLOYES. 

Mr. HOSKINS, by unanimous . consent, submitted the following 

resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to: 

Beso~ved, That. the Clerk of the Honse of Representatives be, and he is hereby, autho-riZed and directed to pay, out of the contingent fund, the committee clerks 

folders, pages, and other employes of the House for the full month of June, 1874. ' 

ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED. 

1\fr. HARRIS, of Georgia, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills 

rev~rted that ~he commi~e had examin~d and found truly enrolled a JOmt resolution and a bill of the followmg titles; when the Speaker signed the same: 

Joint resolution (H. R. No. 112) directing the Public Printer to keep an account of all expenditures for printing, mailing, and binding the 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, &c. j and 

An act (H. R. No. 2655) to provide for the establishment of lifesaving ~tations and houses of refuge upon the sea and lake coasts of 

the :Umted States, and to promote the efficiency of the life-saving serVIce. 

GOLD BAl<ITKS. 

Mr. MAYNARD. I am requested by the Representatives from the 

Pacific coast to ask that the Committee of the Whole be discharged 

fro":ll t~e further co~sideration of a bill that was reported from the 

Committee on Banking and Currency at an early day of this session 

and that the bill be put on its passage. It is Hou e bill No. 975 

to amend the act entitled "An act to provide for the redemption 

of the 3· per cent. temporary-loan certificates, and for an increase of 

national-bank notes," approved J u1y 12, 1870. 

On this subject I have received from the gentlemen representing the Pacific coast on this floor the following letter.: 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

. Washington, D. 0., JuM 6, 1874. 

Sm: Impressed with the belief that the interests of our com~tituents uraently demand the passage at the present session of House bill No. 975, we respectfully 

request that you avail yourself of the earliest opportunity that may present itseif t.o call it up for consideration. · Very respectfully, 

Hon. HORACE MAYNARD. 

S. 0 . HOUGHTON', 

C. W. KENDALL, J. K. LUTTRELL, 

H. F. PAGE, 

CHARLES CLAYTON, 

J. W. NESMITH. 

This bill relates to gold banks ; and its only effect is to allow them 

to have circulating notes at the rate of 90 per cent. instead of 80 per 

cent. on the bonds deposited as security. With this view the bill proposes to amend the third section of the act of J u1y 12, 1870. 

That section now reads as follows: 

SEc. 3 . .A~d ~e it further ~te!J., Thn.~ upon the deposit of any United States 

bonds, bea.rmg mterest payable m gold, With the Treasurer of the United States in 

the manner prescribed m the nineteenth and twentieth sections of the natio~alcnrre~cy act, it !!hall be la~ for t~e Comptroller. of the Currency to issue to the 

assomation making the same crrculating notes of different denominations not less than five dt?llars, n<!t exceeding in amount 80 p_er cent. of the par val~e of the bonds depoSited, which notes Rhall bear upon therr face the :promise of the nssooiation to which they are issued to pay theiD, upon I>reRentation ot the office of the 

association, in gold coin of the United Stat.es, and shall be redeemable upon such 

presentation in such coin: Provid/-4, That no banking association organized under 

this section shall have a circulation in excess of 1,000,000. 
i874. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. 5321 

The bill was read. It provides that section 3 of the act entitled 

"An act to provide for the redemption of the 3 per cent. temporary- . loan certificates, and for an increase of national-bank notes," approved 

July 12, 1870, be amended so as to read as follows : 

SEc. 3. That upon the deposit of any United States bonds, bearing interest paya- ble in gold, with the Treasurer of the United States, in the manner prescribed in 

the nineteenth and twentieth sections of the national currency act, it shall be lawful 

for the Comptroller of the Currency to issue to the association making the same circula.ting notes of different denominations, not less than five dollars, not exceeding in amount 90 per cent. of the par value of the bonds deposited, which notes . shill bear upon their faoo the promise of the association to which they are issued to pay them, upon presentation at the office of the association, in gold coin of the 

United States, and shall be redeemable, upon such presentation, in such coin: Pro· 

vided, That no banking association organized under this section shall have a. circu· 

lation in excess of 1,000,000. · 

1tir. MAYNARD. It is the same as the law now with the exception 

of allowing 90 instead of 80 per cent. 

Mr. HOLMAN. It increases the circulation, then, 10 per cent. 

Mr. MAYNARD. It increases the gold circulation of the Pacific 

coast. ORDER OF BUS~SS. 

Mr. GARFIELD. I move there be an evening session for business, 

to begin at eight and a half o'clock. It is not necessary to meet as early as usual, but it is necessary we should have an evening session 

in order to get through with the business and be able to adjourn on Monday next. To do that the sundry civil appropriation bill should 

go to a committee of conference to-night. The Senate is now at work on it, and they propose to sit it out and pass it before taking a recess to-day. If we get here byeigl!t and a half o'clock this evening we can take up the amendments to the sundry civil appropriation bill, act 

upon them, and sen·d the bill to a conference to-night. 

1\Ir. O'NEILL. Mr. Speaker, I object to a Sunday session under 

any circumstances. Let us meet here to-night so as not to have a Sunday session. 

Mr. GARFIELD. As some gentlemen think we had better meet at 

eight o'clock instead of half-past eight o'clock, I now propose that we take a. recess at half-past four o'clock until eight o'clock this 

evening. 

Mr. KELLEY. I object. 

Mr. GARFIELD. I move to suspend the rules for that purpose. 

The SPEAKER. A motion to suspend the rules is not in order, as the Honse is now acting under a suspensi.on of the rules. 

Mr. O'NEILL. I want to know whether gentlemen look to the 

possibility of a session on Sunday. I object to anything which will 

lead to our holding a session on Sunday. · Let us ha\e a session tonight to complete whatever business there may be to be done. 

Mr. GARFIELD. I give notice that I will move to take a recess between four and five o'clock. 

lli. RANDALL. I should like to ask the Chair what he construes 

to be the operation of the concurrent resolution for adjourning on . Monday next-whether the adjournment must take place on Monday 

at twelve o'clock or whether it will extend over until twelve o'clock on Tue day, thus giving an additional day t 

The SPEAKER. The Chair apprehends that question will not be 

left open for his decision. If no other order be made the only question to be decided is whether the adjournment shall take place at 

twelve o'clock midnight on Monday, or at the beginning of the legislative· day at eleven o'clock on Tuesday. As between those two con- structions the Chair has not made up his mind. The session could 

not by any possibility, in the judgment of the Chair, extend beyond 

eleven o'clock a.m. of Tuesday. · Mr. RANDALL. Could it by any possibility in the judgment of 

the Chair be that the adjournment could take place at twelve o'clock noon on Monday t . The SPEAKER. The.re is no presumption in favor of it. The only 

difference is, :Monday next, the 22d, being fixed as the day of adjournment, whether it shall take place at the end of tha calendar day, at 

midnight on Monday, or at the end of that legislative day, which is 

at eleven o'clock on Tuesday. 

Mr. RANDALL. Then we might as well adjourn now, because we have a legislative day on Monday. . The SPEAKER. Undoubtedly we have. We are not in the last 

legislative day of the session. 

l'tfr. HALE, of Maine. But we wish to have conference committees 

appointed on the pending business before Monday next. 

Mr. GARFIELD. The sundry civil appropriation bill will be over from the Senate, and we can consider the Senate amendments this 

evening and send the bill to a committee of conference beforeMonclay. 

Mr. POTTER. Suppose after the legislative day bas begun on 1\fonday next the Senate should adjourn at two o'clock, what would 

be the effect of that on the House t 

The SPEAKER. That is a case which has never occurred. 

Mr. POTTER. That is a quefition which has suggested itself to 

my mind. 

The SPEAKER. That is a question, but the Chair apprehends the 

two Houses will necessarily agree upon the same hour of adjournment. It has never heretofore been otherwise. 

Mr. GARFIELD. I desire to inform the Honse how the public 

business stands. We have just rejected a. conference report, and 

therefore the Indian bill must go to a second conference. The deficiency appropriation bill is not yet quite completed in conference, but · 

can be this evening. The post-office .appropriation bill is not out of 

conference yet but will be ready for action this evening. Hence the 

necessity for an evening session to close up all these conference re- ports. If w.e expect to get away Monday or Tuesday we must before 

adjourning over Sunday send the sundry civil appropri~J,tion bill, 

which is a very long and very important one, to a committee of con- · ference. The conferees will be compelled to use most of Sunday in 

arranging the details of conference, and the report can be made on Monday. 

Mr. CONGER. The gentleman bas omitted to sa.y anything about 

the river and harbor appropriation bill. . Mr. GARFIELD. Yes; and there is the river and harbor appro- ·priation bill, which is another conference we have to provide for. 

Mr. KELLEY. I would like to ~tate my reasons for objecting. 

The session can be extended for a day or two if necessary, and it 

will be much better if the important business we have to do shaJ.l 

be done deliberately rather than crowded through. 

Mr. SPEER. Let us have no extension of the session; not one hour. GOLD BANKS. 

The question recurred on Mr. MAYNARD's motion to suspend the 

-ruUes. · 1\fr. MAYNARD. I will make, if the Honse will permit. me, a brief ~at-ement in regard to the bill. The act of 1870 provided for the 

establishment of O'Old banks, allowing them to have only SO per cent. 

in circulation. This bill, in the interest of the Pacific coast, proposes 

to amend that law so as to increase the amount to 90 per cent., the same as other national banks. 

The question was taken; and (two-thirds voting in favor thereof) 

the rules were suspended and the bill was passed. 

ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED. 

1\Ir. PENDLETON, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported 

that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled bills .of 

the following titles; when the Speaker signed the same: An act (S. No. 375) for the benefit of the Kentucky Agricultural 

and Mechanical Association ; and · An act (S. No. 688) referring the claim of the owners of the schooner 

Ada A. Andrews to the Court of Claims. . 

COMMERCIAL RAILWAY COMPANY. 

Mr. BUTLER, of Massachusetts, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. No. 3770) to incorporate the Commercial Railway Company; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals, and ordered to be printed .. 

J. T. D. DUNCAN. · 

Mr. WALLACE, by unanimous consent, introcluced a bill (H. R. 

No. 3771) for the relief of J. T. D. Duncan; which was read a first 

and second time, referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and 

Post-Roads, and ordered to be printed. 

MRS. GATES. 

l'tfr. COX. I desire to make a motion in behalf of my friend from 

Minnesota [Mr. DUNNELL] to take up the bill for the relief of Mrs. 

Gates and put it upon its passage. The case has been investigated 

by the gentleman from Connecticut, [Mr. HAWLEY,] and the bill 

ought to be passed. 

1\fr. DUNNELL. The Committee on Claims have unanimously instructed me to report it back. • Mr. RANDALL. I object. 

BUSINESS ON THE SPEAKER'S TABLE. 

The House then, under the order made yesterday, proceeded to the . consideration of the business on the Speaker's table, to be disposed 

of by a two-thirds vote_. 

REGULATIO~ OF GAS-WORKS. 

The first business on the Speaker's table was the bill (S. No. 733) 

regulating gas-works, returned from the Senate with the amendments 

of the House disagreed to. · 

The Honse insisted on its amendments to the.bill, and requested a conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon. 

GOLD MINT BARS. 

. The next business on the Speaker's table was the bill (S. No. 784) 

authorizing the transfer of gold mint bars from the bullion fund of 

the assay office at New York to the assistant treasurer at New York, 

returned from the Senate with an amendment to the amendment of . the House. . 1 

The amendment of the Senate to the amendment of the Honse was read, as follows : 

Insert after the word "par " in line 8 the words "and not less than market value," instead of inserting the words "market value " after the word " at" in line 

8 as proposed by the amendment of the House. 

1\fr. MERRIAM. I move that the amendment of the Senate be 

concurred in. 

The amendment was concurred in. 

MANDAMUS PROCEEDINGS. 

The next busmess on the Speaker's table was the bill (H. R. No. 

1273) to regulate proceedings in 'lltanda'lltus, returned from the Senate 

with amendments. 
5322 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. JUNE ~0, 

Mr. ELDREDGE. I move that that bill be referred to the Committee on t.he Judiciary. 

Mr. BUTLER7 of 1tbssa.chusetts. I hope the amendments of the 

Senate will be concurred in. · The SPEAKER. The first question will be upon concurring. 

The amendments of the Senate were rea.d7 as follows : 

Strike out after the word "may," in line 7, t.he words "be continued in the name of his" and insert "for the purposes of justioo be revived against his. " 

Add as additional sections the following: 

SEC. 2. That the circuit courts of the United States shall have, and are h ereby 

given, power to issue the writ of mandamus in all causes at law or in equity of 

which they have jurisdiction, a.nd in which such a writ by the common or the chancery law is an a.ppropriate remedy, or by way of original proceeding where such 

Wii.t is necessary to a.ny ,jurisdiction possessed by said court and is a proper remedy. 

SEc. 3. That this ut shall have effect from the day of its passage. 

The SPEAKER. The question is on suspending the rules and agreeina- to the amendments of the Senate. lli. McCRARY. I desire to move an amendment to the Senate 

amendments. 

Mr. ELDREDGE. Is it in order to move to refer this bill! 

The SPEAKER. · The first question is on concurring in the Senate 

amendments. 

Mr. ELDREDGE. I hope the bill will not be passed. It is a bill 

that was defeated once. Mr. BUTLER, of Massachusetts. It has passed the House. 

Mr. ELDREDGE. There are not ten members on the floor who 

know what the object of the bill is. 

The SPEAKER. It is a House bill returned with Senate amendments. 

Mr. McCRARY. I move to amend the Senate amendment by adding: 

.Any service of anywritorproooss in anyproceedin"' by mandamus shall be deemed 

sufficient if made in accordance with the statute of t'he State in which such proceeding is commenced, regulating the servioo of simil.ar process in the State courts. 

Mr. BUTLER, of Massachusetts. I desire to say simply--

Mr. ELDREDGE. I rise to a question of order. I suppose an amendment offered under these circumstances requires a two-thirds 

vote as well as any other proposition. 

The SPEAKER. Of course7 it is all settled by one vote7 and if twothirds do not vote for the amendment as proposed to be amended7 the 

bill will remain on the table. . · Mr. BUTLER, of Mas a~husetts. Every higher State court in the 

Union has the right to issue a. writ of mandamlis. This is only to give 

the circuit courts within the circuit of their own jurisdiction the same right. 

Mr. ELDREDGE. It is a bill intended to take away the rights of 

the State courts. 

Mr. BUTLER, of Massachusetts. 0, no; it does not alter the matter a hair except as I have said. 

The question was taken upon agreeing to the Senate amendment as proposed to be amended; and upon a division there were-ayes 887 

noes 56. 

So (two-thirds not voting in favor thereof) the amendment was not concurred in, and the bill and amendment were returned to the 

Speaker's table. :r.IATI'HIAS WHITEHEAD. 

The next business on the Speaker's table was the amendment of the 

Senate to Honse bill No.1774, for the relief of Matthias Whitehead. 

The amendment of the Senate was to strike out all after'' back 

pay" in line 6 to the end of the bill, and insert : 

Due him to the 31st day of October, 1864, when he was ordered to return to duty, but he shall not be entitled to any bounty. 

The amendment of the Senate was concurred in7 two-thirds voting 

iu favor thereof. 

COLLECTIO~ OF DUES FROM PACIFIC RAILROADS. 

Tho next business on the Speaker's table was the amendments of 

the Senate to the bill (H. R. No. 3282) providing for the collection of 

moneys due the United States from the Pacific Railroad Companies. 

The amendments were to strike out all after "payment of," in line 

2, down to and including line 8, and insert : 

The railroad companies, their successors and assigns or the successors and as- signs of any or either of said companies, of all sums of money due or to become clue the United States for the 5 per cent. of the net earnings provided for by the act entitled ".An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from 

the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the QQvernment the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes," approved July 1, 1862, or by 

any other act or acts in relation to the compames therein named, or any other such ~orupany or companies. 

Line 10 strike out "a reasonable time" and insert "sixty days." 

Line 14, ~r "collect" insert "or otherwise obtain redress in re- spect of." 

Mr. WILLIAM.S, of Michigan. I move that the House concur in the 

Senate amendments. 

The amendments were concurred in, two-thirds voting in favor 

thereof. JOHN DOLD. 

The next business on the Speaker's table was Senate amendment to 

House bill 764, for the relief of John Dold. 

The amendment of the Senate was to add to the bill the following: 

. Or thl:' claim of any person in possession of or claiming the same; and also to fully in(.emnify the United States against all losses and dailllloges in the premises. 

Mr. ELKINS. I move that the amendment of the Senate be con- curred in. 

The amendment was concurred in, two-thirds voting in favor . thereof. INSANE CONVICTS. 

The next business on the Speaker's table was Senate amendments 

to House bill No. 3415, to provide for the care and custody of persons 

convicted in the courts of the U uited States who have or may become 

insane while in prison. 

The amendments of the Senate were to strike out all after "insane,'7 

in line 9, down to and including line 11 ; and also in line 15, after 

"insane," insert: 

.And there shall not be accommodation for such insane person at the Insane 

Asylum of the District of Columbia, or if for other reasons the Attorney-General is 

of the opinion that such insane person should be placed at the State insane asylum rather than at said District asylum, then. 

After line 5, page 2, insert : 

:But no contra.ct shall be ma.de or compensation paid for the care of such insane 

persons beyond their respectin terms of impxisonment. . 

Mr. MAcDOUGALL. I move that the amendments of the Senate be 

non-concurred in, and a committee of conference aaked. 

No objection was made, and it was so ordered. 

UXSERVICEABLE ORD~ANCE STORES. 

. The next business on the Speaker's table was Senate amendment 

to House bill No. 3257, authorizing the Secretary of War to sell unserv- iceable ordnance stores, and for other purposes. 

The amendment of the Senate was to strike out the word "fixed" 

between the words "unserviceable" and "ammunition." 

Mr. WHEELER. I move the amendment be concurred in . The amendment was concurred in, two-thirds voting in favor 

thereof. HORSES DESTROYED IN MILITARY SERVICE. 

The next business on the Speaker's table was ::;enate amendment to 

House bill No. 3428, to amend the act entitled "An act to provide for 

the payment of horses ann other property lost or destroyed in the 

military service of the United States," approved March 3, 1849. 

The amendment of the Senate was to add the following section: 

SEC. 2. That no claims under said section or this amendment shall be consiclered 

unless presented pxior to the 1st day of January, 1876. 

The amendment of the Senate was concurred in, two-thirds voting 

in favor thereof. RESERVATIONS L."{ ARIZO~A.. 

The next business on the Speaker's table was Senate amendments 

to House bill No. 3431, authorizing the Secretary of War to relinquish and turu over to the Interior Department parts of certain res- ervations in the Territory of Arizona no longer required for military 

purposes. . The amendments of the Senate were to add to the bill the followin~: 

Provided further, That bona fide settlers upon an:y part of said lands prior to the 

declaration of the reservation lines shall have the r1ght to acquire title to the lands 

~~:~tf!~ f!~~ :ft ~dU~:;dnsL:~~g one hundred and sixty acres each, 

Also amend the title by inserting after "Arizona" the words" as maybe." 

Mr. McCORMICK. I move the amendments of the Senate be con- curred in. 

The amendments of the Senate were concurredin7 two-thirds voting 

in favor thereof. 

REMOVAL OF CAUSES FRO:\£ STATE COURTS. 

The next business on the Speaker's table was the bill (H. R. No. 3501) 

regulating the removal of causes from State courts to the circuit 

courts of the United States, returned from the Senate with amendments. 

Mr. WARD, of Illinois. I move the Senate amendments be referred 

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

'!'he motion was agreed to. 

ISLA~D IN SAGI~AW RIVER, MICIDGAN. 

The next business on the Speaker's table was the bill (H. R. No. ~39) relinquishin~ t.he rights of the United States in certain lands in 

the State of Michigan, returned from the Senate with the following 

amendments: 

In line 10, after the word "island," insert " saving and reserving to all per ons or parties other than the United States any legal rights acquired therein," anti at the end of the bill add the followin~ proviso : And provided further, That nothin"' contained in this act shall be construed to affect in any manner the rights of S'tephen :Marston, one of the proprietors and 

occupants of said middle ground. 

So the bill will read : 

That all rights and title of the United States to the middle ground or island in 

the Saginaw River, lying within the prescribed linlits of fractional section 5, in 

township 13 north, of range 5 east, and sections 29 and 32, in township 14 north, 

of rnnge 5 east, in the State of Michi"'a.n, and hereby relinquished to the riparian owners, r espectively, of the la.nds on ~he ahores of said river in front of or oppo- site to said island, saving and reserving to all persons or parties other than the United States any legal rights acquired therein: Provided, That this act shall not be construed or held to imply a claim of title on the part of the United States to said middle ground, but only as a relinquishment of any apparent right therein to the persons respectively to whom the lands on said shorell were patented, th ·ir 

heirs and assigns. 

....And provided further, That nothing contained in this v.ct shall be construed to 
1874. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. 5323 

affect in ani manner the rights of Stephen Marston, one of the proprietors and 

occupants o said middle ground. · · 

Mr. TOWNSEND. I move concurrence in the amendments of the 

Senate. 

The amendm~nts were concurred in. 

E:NROLLED BILLS SIGNED. 

Mr. HARRIS, of Georgia, from the Committee onEnrolledBills,reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the 

following titles; when the Speaker signed the same: An act (H. R. No. 1572) fixing the amount of United States notes, 

providing for a redistribution of the national-bank currency, and for 

other purposes; and 

.A.n act (H. R. No. 2089) for the relief of Mrs. Louisa P. Molloy. 

AMENDMENT TO HOMESTEAD LAW. 

The next business on the Speaker's table was the bill (H. R. No. 

3354) to legalize entries of public lands under the homestead laws in 

certain cases, returned from the Senate with the following amendments: · 

After the word "lands" insert "heretofore," and at the end of the bill add ilhe 

following proviso: Prwided, That nothing in this act shall have the effect or be construed to impair the valid and paramount adverse rights of any person or c-orporation to any of such· lands, exeept m so far aa the right of Congress to protect the claims or rights of 

homestead settlers upon land within the liinits of grants of lands to any railroad 

compan¥ may have been reserved in the acts making such gr-mts and be now lawfully eXlSting. 

Mr. WARD, of illinois. If there be no objection I move the Senate 

amendments be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and 

ordered to be printed. 

Mr. LOWE. I hope the amendments of the Senate will be con- curred in. 

lvlr. CL Y:MER. Let them go to the Committee on the Public Lands, 

and be printed. · 

Mr. KASSON. My belief is the proviso nullifies the bill. I a.sk it 

be read as it will stand if amended. The Clerk read as follows : 

That in all cases of entries of public lands heretofore made under the act entitled "An act to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain," approved May 20, 1862, where the affidavit required by section 2 of said act was made before 

the clerk of the county of the residence of the person making the entry, without 

having first made the settlement and improvement required by the provisions of section 3 of the act entitled "An act amendatory of the homestead law, and for 

other purposes," approved March 21, 1864, said affidavits be, and the same are hereby, legalized and confirmed, so as to have the same force and validitir as if the 

provisions of said last-named act had been strictly complied with: Pr()1]1,ded, That 

nothing in this act shall have the effect or be construed to impair the valid and 

paramount adverse rights of any person or corporation to any of such lands, except m so far aa the right of Congress to protect the claims or nghts of homestead settlers upon hnd within the limits of grants of lands to any railroad company may have been reserved in the acts making such grants -and be now lawfully existing. 

Mr. ELDREDGE. The proviso seems to nullify the effect of the 

uill. 

Mr. C.A.SONr I move to suspend the rules and concur in the Senate 

amendments. 

The House divided, and thero were-ayes 80, noes 29. 

So the motion to suspend the rules was seconded. 

The rules were suspended, (two-thirds voting in favor thereof,) and 

the amendments of the Senate were concurred in. 

INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL. 

The SPE.A.KER appointed Mr. PARKER of :Missouri, }.lr. LOUGHRIDGE of Iowa, and Mr. BECK of Kentucky as managers of the confer- ence on the part of the House on the disagreeing votes of the two 

Houses on the Indian appropriation bill. 

L.~ATION OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. 

The next business on tJ:le Speaker's table was the bill (H. R. No. 

298S) to provide for the appointment of a commission of engineers to 

investigate and report a. permanent plan for the reclamation of the 

alluvial basin of the Mississippi River subject to inundation, returned 

from the Senate with an amendment increasing the appropriation 

from 10,000 to ~5,000. 

The aillendment of the Senate was concurred in. 

MARSHAL FOR WESTERN JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA. 

The next business on the Speaker's table was the-bill (H. R. No. 

225) to amend the act entitled "An act to establish a western judicial 

district in North Carolina," returned from the Senate with an amendment. 

The bill proposes to amend section 8 of the act of June 4, 1&72, 

entitled "An act to establish a western judicial district of North Carolina,'J by adding thereto the following: 

There shall also be appointed a marshal of the United States for said western 

district of North Carolina., who shall receive such fees and compensation and exer- cise such powers and perform such duties as are fixed and enjomed by law. 

The amendment of the Senate is to strike out the following words at 

the end of the bill: 

Receive such fees and compensation and exercise such powers and perform such 

duties as are fixed and enjoined by law, 

Mr. W A.RD, of Illinois. I move that be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 

Mr. POLAND. I move concurrence in the Senate amendment. Mr. W A.RD, of Illinois. .Is it not open to the objection it makes an appropriation f 

The SPEAKER. We are now proceeding under a suspension of the 

rules, which suspends that as well as all other rules. 

Mr. POLAND. I will state what the bill is. When the western 

judicial district of North Carolina was established it wa-s omitted to 

provide for a marshal. This merely provides in the western judicial 

district of North Carolina there shall be a marshal. The Senate have 

merely added a provision for the compensation of that marshal. 

Mr. ELDREDGE. There is provision made here not merely for a marshal, but for all the officers of the court. . 1\Ir. POLAND. The Senate only makes one change. We passed a bill in the House providing for a marshal; and the Senate have added on the ordinary provision as to the $200-salary. 

Mr. ELDREDGE. We were assured that there would be no additional expense. That has always been the cry; and yet it always 

results in a new court-house. The question being taken on suspending the rules and concurring in 

the Senate amendment, there were ayes 110, noes not counted. 

So the amendments of the Senate were concurred in, two-thirds 

voting in favor thereof. 

UNITED STATES MARTh'E HOSPITAL AT PITI'SBURGH, PIDi'NSYLVA.NIA. 

The next business on the Speaker's table was the bill (H. R. No. 

27S7) to provide for the sale of the present United States marine hospital and site and the purchase of a new site and the erection thereon 

of a new marine hospital, in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 

with amendments by the Senate. 

The first amendment was after the word'' point," in line 14, to insert 

" and in accordance with designs to be prepared by the Supervising 

Architect to the satisfaction of the supervising surgeon of marineho pital service and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury." 

The next amendment was to strike out in line 27, after the word 

"provided," the words "the terms of sale of the present building will 

not admit of their remaining therein" and insert "it is practicable so to do; but in the event of such provision being found to be impracticable, then the present building shall be occupied for such patients." 

Mr.l\TEGLEY. I move that the amendments of the Senate be coRcurred in. 

The amendments of the Senate were concurred in, two-thirds voting in favor thereof. JAMES A. M'CULLAH. 

The next business on the Speaker's table was the bill (H. R. No. 

3173) for the relief of James .A.. McCullah, late collector of the fifth 

district of Missouri, with an amendment by the Senate. The amendment of the Senate was to strike out, commencing in 

line 12, the words "by affidavits general in their character and 

applying to said amount in the aggregate;'' in line 15 to strike out 

the words " the same" and insert the words " said taxes ;" and in 

line 16 to strike out the words " it was" and insert " they were ;

1

' so aa to make the proviso read : 

· Provided, That such credits shall not be allowed until it shall be shown to the 

satisfaction of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue tha.t due diligence was used 

by said McCullah to make collection of said taxes while said liats remained in his 

hands, and tha.t they were not collected by l!im; it being the intention of this act 

to relieve sai<l McCulla.h from complying with the strict requirements of existing regula.ti.ons relative to the abatement of uncollected taxes 

Mr. NIBLACK. The amendment is merely verbal in its character 

and immaterial. I aak that it be concurred in. 

The amendment of the Senate was concurred in, two-thirds voting 

in favor thereof. 

•CIRCUIT COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 

The next business on the Speaker's table was the bill (H. R. No. 

350 ) conferring jurisdiction upon the criminal court of the District 

of Columbia, and for other purposes, with amendments by the Senate. 

The amendments of the Senate were rea-d, as follows : 

In line 2 strike out "concurrent." 

In line 2 strike out "Wlth the police court of said District." 

.At end of line 3 insert" not lawfully triable in any other court, and they are required by law to be prosecuted by indictment on information." 

The amendments of the Senate were concurred in, two-thil:ds voting in favor thereof. 

LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD. 

The next business on the Speaker's tablewasthe bill(H.R. No. 3522) 

to extend the jurisdiction of the Light-house Board, with an amendment by the Senate. 

The amendment was rea-d, as follows : 

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof : Tbat the Light-house Board are hereby directed to cause examinations to be 

made, and to report to theo Secretary of the Treasury what li~htrhouses, li"'hts, beacons, and buoys are required for the be~r security of naVIgation on the Mis- sissippi, Ohio, and Missouri Rivers, including specific statement as to the respect- ive localities, where and by whom now maintained, where required, and estimated 

cost of their construction and maintenance. And tQ insert: Be entitled to a. s:1lary of 200 per annum. -payment to be made quarterly out of Mr. HOLMAN. I trust the amendment will be concurred in. 

the Treasury of the United States, and in addition thereto the fees of office fixed by , The amendment of the Senate was concurred in, two-thirds voting law. in iavor thereof. 

.. 
5324 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. JUNE 20, 

PORT OF DELIVERY L.'{ ALABAMA. 

The next bill on the Speaker's table was the bill (H. R. No. 899) to 

constitute Montgomery, in the State of Alabama, a port of delivery, 

with an amendment by the Senate. 

The amendment of the Senate was read, as follows : 

Add to the bill the following proviso: Provided, That the law constituting Selma, Aiabama, a port of delivery, approved January 27, 1858, is hereby repealed; this act to take effect June 30, 1874. 

Mr; SPEER. That is right. 

Mr. CONGER. I desire to move non-concurrence. Mr. SPEER. 0, no; the amendment is right. 

Mr. CONGER. I move non-concurrence and the appointment of a committee of conference. 

Mr. HOLMAN. I ask that the amendment may be again read. 

The amendment was again read. . Mr. BROMBERG. I hope the amendment will be non-concurred in. 

Mr. HAYS. I move concurrence in the amendment. 

Mr. CONGER. This is a bill which waa reported from the Committee on Commerce, and the Senate have amended it by repealing an act establishing Selma as a port of entry. Several-gentlemen 

object to that. 

The question being taken on suspending the rules and concurring 

in the Senate amendment, there were-ayes 89, noea 56. 

So (two-thirds not votin~ in favor thereof) the rules were not sus- pended for concurrence in tne amendment. 

The SPEAKER. The House having refused to concur, under a sus- pension of the rules, the question recurs, will the House send the bill 

to a committee of conference f 

The question being taken, there were ayes 104, noes not counted. 

So (two-thirds having voted in favor thereof) a committee of con- ference wa-s ordered. 

CLAIMS REPORTED BY THE CLAIMS COMMIBSIONERS. 

The next business on the Speaker's table was the bill (H. R. No. 

2797) making appropriations for the payment of claims reported 

allowed by the commissioners of claims, under the act of March 3, 

1871, with amendment by the Senate. 

The amendments of the Senate were read, as follows : 

On page 47, after line 7, insert; 

To the est-ate of John Fox, deceased, to be paid to John T. Burns, receiver of the circuit court of Fauquier County, Virginia, to be by him reported to said court to be distributed according to the will of John Fox, deceased. 

At the end of the bill add. as an additional section, the followin"': 

SEC. 2. That the. case of Whitty M. Sasser, which was reporte'a allowed by the commissioners of claims to the extent of the interest therein of Letitia. Elsey and 

Maria. H. Turpin, and the case of John Campbell, administrator of the estate of 

Stephen S. Springer, deceased, be, and they are hereby, referred to the commis- sioners of claims for re-examination and report; and the said commissioners of 

claims are hereby authorized to reopen, examine, and consider the said cases, and to make report thereon to Congress. 

The amendments of the Senate were concurred in, two-thirds having voted in favor thereof. 

TITLE TO CERTAL.~ REAL ESTATE. 

The next business on the Speaker's table wa-s the amendment of the 

Senate to the resolution (H. R. No. 9f>) authorizing the PostmasterGeneral to perfect title to certain real estate obtained from John W. 

Norton, a defaulter to the postal money-order bureau. 

The amendment was read, as follows: 

Rtrike out all after the enacting clause, and insert: 

That whenever any such sale under said trust shall be made, the .A.ttorney.Gen- ernl of the United States may, UIJOn the written agreement of said Jones a.nd his sur eties and the sureties of said Norton that the same may be done without dis- cbargin.,. or in anywise affecting their respective liabilities in the premises, dis- cllarge ihe purchaser of any of said property under such sale from any obligation to see to the application of the purchase· money thereof. 

Mr. PLATT, of New York. I move. that the amendment be con- curred in. 

The motion was agreed to, two-thirds voting in favor thereof. 

PETER S. PATrON. 

The next business on the Speaker's table was the Senate amend- ments to the bill (H. R. No. 753) for the relief of PeterS. Patton. 

The amendment was read, as follows : · 

In lines 3 and 4 strike out," 510" and insert "420." 

Mr. LOWE. I move that the amendment be concurred in. 

The motion wa agreed to, two-thirds voting.in favor thereof. 

COLONEL E. M'CARTY. 

The next business on the Speaker's table was the amendment of the 

Senate to the bill (H. R. No. 352) for the relief of Colonel E. McCarty. 

The amendment wa-s read, as follows : 

.Add to the bill the following: 

Provided, That the Secretary is satisfied that said McCarty has succeeded to all 

the rights which said Hough had to make reclamation upon the United States. 

Mr. HAWLEY, of Illinois. I move that this amendment be con- curredin. 

The motion wa agreed to, two-thirds voting in favor thereof. 

. HENRY S. SffiLEY. 

The next bnsiness on the Speaker's table was the amendments of 

the Senate to the bill (H. R. No. 1915) to r emove the political disabilities of Henry S. Sibley7 a citizen of Frederic~~urgh, Virginia. 

The amendments of the Senate were read, as follows : 

In line 2 etrike out the words "or legal;" also, insert in the same line, before 

"Constitution," the-words "fourteenth amendment of the." In line 3 strike ont the words" or laws." In lines 3 and 4 strike out the wox·ds "or a.ny amendment to said Constitution." 

1\fr. RAINEY. I object to that bill. . The SPEAKER. Does the gentleman object to concurring in the Senate amendments f 

Mr. RAINEY. I object to the entire bill. 

Mr. HAYS. I move to suspend the rules and concur in the amendments of the Senate. 

The motion was agreed to, two-thirds voting in favor thereof. 

SCHOOLS IN MISSOURI. 

The next business on the Speaker's table was Senate amendments 

to the bill (H. R. No. 1764) to appropriate lands for the support of 

schools in certain fra{}tional townships in the State of Missouri. Th~ amendments were read, as follows: 

in line 3 strike out "March" :md insert "May." 

In lines 13 and 14 insert after the word "Missouri" the words "subject to sale or location at 1.25 a.n acre." 

Mr. HYDE. I ·move concurrence in these amendments. 

The motion was agreed to, two-thirds voting in favor thereof. 

SETTLERS ON RAILROAD LANDS. 

The next business on the Speaker's table was the amendments of 

the Senate to the bill (H. R. No. 3162) for the relief of settlers on railroad lands. 

The amendments were read, a-s follows: 

In line 13, after "lands," insert "not mineral and." 

In line 20 strike out "the" and insert "or extend any." 'In lines 20 and 21, after "railroad," insert "or to extend to lan•ls reserved in any land grant made for railroad purposes." 

1\Ir. DUNNELL. I move that these amendments be concurred in. 

The moti?n was agreed to; two-thirds voting in favor thereof. 

ADJOUR..~ S'Cm DIE. 

The next busine5a on the Speaker's table was the following concUrrent resolution of the Senate: · 

R-esolved lni the Senate, (the House of Representatives com'ttrring,) That the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives be, a.nd th y are hereby, directed to adjourn their respective Houses without day on the 2"211 of 

June, 1874, at 12 o'clock noon. 

1\Ir. DAWES. I move tha.t this resolution be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. 

Mr. RANDALL. I move that the resolution be concurred in. 

The SPEAKER. The motion to concur takes precedenc~ uf the 

motion to refer. 

1\fr. LUTTRELL. I move that the resolution be laid on the table. 

The SPEAKER. Strictly speaking that motion .is not iii order. 

The question is on suspending the rules and concurring in the reso- lution. - · 

The question being taken, there were-ayes 96, noes 72. 

Mr. RANDALL called for the yeas and nays. 

The yeas and nays were not ordered. 

So the motion of Mr. RANDALL was not agreed to, two-thirds not 

voting in favor thereof. 

The question being then taken on the motion of Mr. DAWES to 

refer the resolution to the Committee on Ways and Means, there 

were-ayes 132, noes 29. 

So (two-thirds voting in favor thereof) the resolution was referred. 

The SPEAKER. The Chair did not desire to influence the vot e upon the question just taken; but he will now say publicly, a he 

ha-s said during the day privately to several members who have addressed inquiries to him, that unless the House shall sit all through 

to-morrow (Sunday) it will be a simple impossibility for the adjournment si11e die to take place next Monday a.t twelve o'clock. 

1\Ir. DA. WES. If at eleven o'clock on Monday the condition of the 

public business should justify it, it will then be very easy to bring in 

this resolution and concur in it. 

Mr. MAYNARD. I do not see any need for ha te in fixing the hour 

of adjournment. We are pa.id to remain here and attend to the pub- lic business. -

1\Ir. BUTLER, of Ma-ssachusetts. Only half paid. 

The SPEAKER. The Chair is not aware of any exigency of busi- ness which would require the Honse to sit on Sunday forth~ purpo e of being ready to adjourn by Monday noon. 

CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER'S REPORT. 

The next business on the Speaker's table was the followinO' con·· current resolution of the Senate; which was referred under the law 

to the Committee on Printing : ' 

Resolved by the Senate, (the Housr. of Representatives concurring,) That two thousand copies.of the report of the Chief Signal Officer for 1873 be printed and bound 

for the use of the Secretary of War. 

PRINTING OF REPORT ON TRANSPORTATION ROUTES. 

The next business on the Speaker's table was lhe followinO' reso- lution of the Senate : • 0 

.Resolv~d. by the S~te, (the House of Representatives concurring,) That Qnt> thou- sa;ndad~ltiona.l coptea of th,e !'eportof the Select <_Jommitte o~ Tram•portationRou tes, wtth. the appendix a.nd eVIdence taken, be prmted, of which three hundred copies shall be for the t~;seof the Senate, six hundred copi~s for the use of the Honse, anu one hundr.ed cop1es for; the use of the Select Committee on Tl'ansportation Routes; 
1874. CONGRESSIONAL. RECORD. 5325 

and that there shall also be printed five thousand oopies of said report and app endix without the evidence, of which fifteen hundred copies shall be for the use of the Senate, three thousand copies for t.be use of the House, and five hundred 

copies for the use of the Select Committee on Transportation Routes. 

Mr. DONNAN. Let that lie upon the table. The Honse has passed a concurrent resolution, which the Senate hns amended, a.nd which 

will be here vresently. · · The SPEAKER. The resolution had better be disposed of by being 

referred to the committee. 

The resolution was referred to the Committee on Printing. 

COAST-SURVEY REPORT. 

The next business on the Speaker's table was the following con- current resolution of the Senate: 

Rlsolved by the Senate, (the HoUJe of Representatives concurring,) That there be 

printed of the report of ~be Superintendent of the Qoa.st Survey for the year 1873 

three thousand ex::tra cop1es for the use of the Supermtemlent of 'the Coaat Survey. 

Mr. DONNAN. I ask that that resolution be referred to the Commit tee on Printing. 

The_ resolution- was referred to the Committee on Printing. 

INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL. 

The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Missouri [Mr. PARKER] has a ked to be excused from service upon the committee of conference on the Indian appropriation bill, :tnd the Chair appoints in his place 

the gentleman from Indiana, [Mr. Sau;·xs.] 

Mr. LOUGHRIDGE. I shoulcllike to be excused also. · I worked 

pretty hard for two days upon the committee of conference on that 

bill, and I prefer that some one should take my place. 

Mr. STARKWEATHER. I think that neither of the gentlemen 

should be excused. They have had this matter in charge on behalf 

of the Committee on Appropriatious, and I think they ought to serve upon the conference committee. 

REPORT ON STATISTICS. 

The next business on the Speaker's table was the following concur- rent resolution of the House of Representatives, returned from the 

Senate with amendments : 

.Resolved (the Senate concurring,) That there be printed of the special report of 

Edward Young, Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, on the customs-uui.ff legislation 

of the United States, with appendix, including the tariff acts approved respectively 

May 1 1872, and J nne 6, 1872, and a tabular arrangement of the rates of duty under 

said acts and other statutes now in force, five thousand oopies; three thousand 

for the Honse, one thousand for the Sen a~, and one thousand bound for the use of 

and distribution by the Treasury Department. 

The amendments of the Senate were read and concurred in.> as follows: 

Strike out in lines 8, 9, and 10 the words "five thousand copies; three thousand 

for the House, one thousand for the Senate, and." Insert in line 10, after the word " thous.'l.nd," the word " copi~." 

In the s..'\Ille line strike out the words "and distribution by." 

Mr. DONNAN. I ask that the amendments of the Senate be con- curred in. 

The amendments were concurred in. 

REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATIOX. 

The next business on the Speaker's table was the following con- current resolution of the House, returned from the Senate with amend- ments: 

.Resolved, (the Senate concurring,) That there be printed twenty thousand copies of 

the report of the Commissioner of Education; five thousand of which number shaJl be for the use of the Commissioner, five thousand for the use of the Senate, and ten thousand for the use of the House of Representatives. 

The amendment of the Senate was as follows: 

Strike out all after the word "printed" to the end of the resolution, n.nd insert 

in lieu thereof "five thousand copies of the report of the Commissioner of Education for 1873; of which twenty-five hundred copies shall be for the use of the Commissioner, and twenty-five hundred copies shall be for sale at the cost of paper and 

press-work, with n.n addition of 10 percent., by f.4eCongressiona.lPrinter. 

. Mr. DONNAN. I ask a non-concurrence in that amendment, and 

that a conference committee be asked upon the disagreeing votes of 

the two Houses thereon. 

The motion was agreed to. 

REPORT OF THE COMM.ITTEE OX TRANSPORTATION. 

The next business on the S eaker's table was the following concur- rent resolution of the House, returned from the Senate with an amendment: 

.Resolved by the House of Representatives, (the &nate concurring,) That. there be 

printed six thousand oopies of the report, with appendix and evidence, of the Select 

Committee of the Senate on Tran~portation to the Sea-board ; four roonsand of 

which shall be for the use of the House of Representatives, and two thousand for 

the use of the Senate. 

The amendment of the Senate was read and concurred in, as follows: · 

Strike out a.fter the \Vord "sea-board" t.o the end of the resolution and insert in 

lieu thereof the words "thirty-six hundred copies of which shall be for the l\86 of 

the House of Representatives, eighteen hundred copies for the use of the Senate, 

and six hundred copies for the use of the Select Commit~e of the Senate on Trans- .])Ortation t{) the Sea-board." · 

REPORT ON MARINE-HOSPITAL SERVICE. 

The next business on the Speaker's table was the following concur- rent resolution of the Honse, returned from the Senate with amendments: 

Resolved, (the Senate concurring,) That the Government Printer be instructed to print five thousand copies of the report of John W. Woodworth. supervisin$ •. sur- geon of the marine-hospital service of the United States, for the year 1873; nrreeli 

hundred for the use of the Senate and thirty-five hundred for the use of the House of Representatives. 

The amendments of the Senate were read, as follows : 

In line 2 strike out"five" and insert "one." In lines 5, 6, and 7 strike out the words " fifteen hundred for the use of the Senate 

and thirty-five hundred for the use of'the Honse of Representative ,"and insert in 

lieu thereof the words "for the use of the Treasury Depa.rtment." 

Mr. DONNAl~. I move a concurrence in the amendments of the 

Senate. 

The amendments were concurred in. 

RAILROADS IN THE TERRITORIES. 

The next business on the Speaker's table was the bill (S. No. 378) 

to provide for the incorporation and regulation of railroad companies 

in the Territories of the United States and granting to railroads the 

ri"ht of way through the public lands. · lli. TOWNSEND. I move that that bill be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. 

The motion was agreed to. 

Lll."'D GRANT IN MDi'1,TESOTA. 

The next business on the Speaker's table was the bill (S. No. 4~6) 

to revive and continue certain grants of lands heretofore made to 

the Territory and State of Minnesota to aid the construction o the 

several lines of the Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad Comp~my. 

The following are the p.rovisions of the bill: 

That the provisions of the a-ct of Congress approved March 3, 1873, entitled ".An act for the extension of time to the Saint P aul and Pacific Railroad Company for 

the completion of its road ,"be, and the same is hereby, revived and extended 

until the 3d day of March, A. D. 1876, and no longer, U:(>On the followin~ conditions: 

First. That all the rights of a.ctnalsettlers,·and th611" grantees, who nave hereto- fore in good faith entered upon and a-ctua.lly resided on any of said lands prior to the passage of this act, or who otherwise have legal right.~ in any of such lands, 

shall be saved and secured to such ettler , or such other persons, in all respects, 

the same as if said L'lllds had never been granted to aid in the construction of the 

said lines of railroad. · Second. That the company taking the benefit of this act shall, before a-cquiring 

any rights under it, by a certificate made and signed by its president and a majority at lea~t of its directol"B, and under the seal of the corporation, accept the conditions contained in this act and file such acceptance in the Department of the Interior for 

reoord and preservation. 

Mr. AVERILL. I move that this bill be put on its passage. 

Mr. RANDALL. I move it be referred. I believe this is the third 

extension which has been asked for. 

Mr. SPEER. It is the fourth. . Mr. RANDALL. It is a land grant, and was defeated here last 

Congress. I call for the yeas and nays on it. 

:Mr. AVERILL. It is not the third extension; it is the :first extension. It has received the indorsement or the Committee on the Public 

Lands, and I hope it will pass. Mr. HOLMAN. This is the third extension asked for thiR road. 

Mr. DUNNELL. I ask unanimous consent to make a statement. 

It is an extension so that a sin~le gap of :fifty-seven miles may be 

completed in a road embracing SIX hundred and eighty-six miles. 

Mr. RANDALL. It takes away the land of the Government. I 

object to debate. . • The SPEAKER. Strictly speaking, it being necessary to pass the 

bill under a suspension of the rules, the motion to suspend the rules 

must :first be seconded. 

Tellers were ordered; and Mr. AVERILL and Mr. RAl-.TDALL were appointed. 

The House divided,; and the tellers reported that there were ayes 

123, noes not counted. 

So tpe motion to suspend the rules was seconded. 

Mr. ~TDALL. I call for the yeas and nays on suspending the 

rules and passing the bill. . The question was taken; and there were 26 in the affirmative. 

Mr. AVERILL. I ask that the other side ma.y be counted . Tellers were ordered; and Mr. AVERILL and Mr. RANDALL were appointed. 

The House again divided; and the tellers reported that there were- ayes 25, noes 147. 

So (one-fifth not voting in the affirmative) the yeas and nays were not ordered. 

The rules were suspended upon a division-ayes 127, noes 31-twothirds voting in favor thereof, and the bill was passed . 

CORRECTION OF ENROLLMENT. 

Mr. LAWRENCE. I ask unanimous consent to correct an error in 

the enrollment of the southern claims bill. It is the mere omission 

of the amount appropriated to the estate of John Fox, deceased. · I 

ask that the enrolling clerk be directed to insert the amount, 7,545. 

Mr. HOLJ.1.1AN. Will not that require the bill to go back to the 

Senate¥ 

The SPEAKER. The Chair thinks not; it is clerical only. 

There being no objection, the order was made. 

CONFERENCE ON INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL. 

The SPEAKER announced the appointment of Mr. STARKWEATHER, 

in place of Mr. LOUGHRIDGE, excused, as one of the conferees of th~ 

Honse on the disa~Teeing votes of the two Houses on the Indian ap- propriation bill. 
• 

5326 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. JUNE .20; 

REGISTRATION OF DEATHS IN THE DISTRICT. 

!rlr. ELDREDGE. I am instructed by the Committee on the DistriGt of Columbia to ask that a bill be passed in reference to the registration of persons who die in Washington. There is no record now made of persons who come here and die. It is a bill to further define and enlarge the powers and duties of the board of health. 

The bill providesth~t it shall be the duty of the board of healthof 

the District of Columbia to make and enforce regulations to secure a full and correct record of vital statistics, including the registration 

of deaths and the interments of the dead in said District. 

No objection being made, the bill (H. R. No. 3772) was received,-

read three times, and passed 

ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

1\Ir. GARFIELD. I now move that the House take a recess until 

eio-ht o'clock. Mi. STARKWEATHER. I desiretosay that as we are now working very well, I hope the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations [:Mr. GARFmLD) will allow us to go on another half hour, rather 

than to work after midnight, or Sunday. 

Mr. GARFIELD. I must insist upon my motion to take a recess till eight o'clock. - The motion wa.s agreed to upon a division-ayes 128, noes not 

counted; and a~cordingly (at five o'clock and ten minutes p.m.) the 

House took a recess till eight o'clock p.m. 

EVENING SESSION. 

The House reassembled at eight o'clock p.m., the Speaker in the 

chair. 

COLLEGE HILL COMPANY. 

Mr. COTTON. I have a bill to which I think there will be no obj ection. It is an act authorizing the incorporation of the College 

llill Company for the purpose of improving certain real estate con- tiguous to the city of Washington 'for the construction of cottage, 

villa, and other residences. 

The bill was rearl. 

l\fr. COTTON. This is to help some mechanics and to bring them 

under the general law, which now does not seem to embrace them. 

Mr. MERRI.Al\L Will it allow them to issue notes T 

Mr. COTTON. Of course not. 

Mr. ELDREDGE. Why are these not embraced under the general 

lawf 

l\fr. SPEER. I must object. 

PAY TO DISCHARGED EMPLOYES. 

Mr. BUTLER, of Massa~husetts. I ask una-nimous consent to introduce the following resolution. 

The Clerk read as follows: 

Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives be, a.nd be is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to the clerks, messengers, folders, pages, and labor- ers.-

1\fr. RAJ\TDALL. There is no use of reading that any further; it 

has been already passed. 

Mr. BUTLER, of Massachusetts. I am glad of it, but the Clerk 

has read the wrong resolution. 

.l ask unanimous consent to introduce a joint resolution (H. R. No. 

115) for the relief of certain clerks and employes of the United States. 

There was no objection, and the joint resolution was read a first and 

second time. 

The joint resolution was read. 

It authorizes and directs the Sc:~cretary of the Treasury to pay, when 

discharged, two months' pay to such clerks and employes of the Exec- • utive Departments in Washington, District of Columbia, who shall 

be discharged at the close of the present fiscal year without fault on their part but by reason of the reduction made necessary by legislation at the present session of Congress; provided the amount paid 

under t.his resolution shall be deducted from the salary of any person 

receiving the same who shall be reappointed within six months from 

the date of such discharge. 

The joint resolution was ordered to be engrossed and read a third 

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

::J.nd passed. 

Mr. BUTLER, of Massachusetts, moved to reconsider the vote by 

which thejointresolution was passed; andalBomoved thatthemotion 

to reconsider be laid on the table. 

The latter ruotion was agreed to. 

REFUNDING OF DUTillS ON FRUITS. 

Mr. MERRIAM. Mr. Speaker, in the early part of the session I 

introduced a bill to prevent the further funding of duties on fruits, 

and during the ~cussion, when the bill was before the House, I 

stated that $10,000 a day was being refunded. The next day a letter wa.s received from t.he late Secretary of the Treasury and read in the 

House and thus plaood upon the records. ' In that letter the Secretary 

stated there had been but $70,000 refunded altogether. That being a contradiction of the statement I had made, it is now due to me that 

the letter I send up to the Clerk's desk should be read. 

The Clerk read a.s follows: TREASURY DEPARTMENT, .April7, 1874. 

Sm: In reply to your note of the lith instant, requesting information as· to the 

amount of duties refunded at New York upon imported fruit, I have to say that 

by returns received on Saturday last from that port, I learn for the first time that in addition to the amount refunded by the Department, there was refunded up to January 8,1874, from the custom-house at New York, and without the same being made of record in this Department, but under the general direction that fruit is 

freP., the additional sum of $498,164.88. 

It seems that when the decision was made that fruit was free of duty, the New 

York custom-house commenced refunding in :wcordance with that deciSion, with- out a special reference to this Department, not only upon unliquidated entries, 

but upon entries which had been liquidated. 

I am, very respectfully, 

Hon. C. L. MERRIAM., 

House of Represmtatives. 

WM. A. RICHARDSON, 

Secretary. 

Mr. RANDALL. From the reading of that letter it appears the 

gentleman from New York did not state half of the truth. , Mr. ELDREDGE. That letter is as clear as mud. I hope the gentleman from New York will be permitted to explain it. · 

HALL FOLDING-ROOM. 

Mr. COBURN. I ask unanimous consent to offer the following res- olution. 

The Clerk read as follows: 

Resolved, That the Door-keeper of the House be authorized and directed to retain 

upon the rolls during the coming recess the name of the person now in charge of 

the Hall folding-room. 

lli. SPEER. Who is he J 

Mr. COBURN. Mr. Nealy, the young man now in charge. 

Mr. SPEER. Who is he, and what is the 1·eason for the adoption 

of any such ·resolution t 

Mr. COBURN. I do not pretend to know. 

1\fr. SPEER. If there be any particular necessity for the passage 

of this resolution at this time, I should like to know it. 

Mr. BUFFINTON. Let it go to the Committee on Accounts. 

1\fr. COBURN. I do not object to that reference. 

The resolution was referred to the Committee on Accounts. 

Th'DIAN APPROPRIATION BILL. 

Mr. GARFIELD. I wish to call the attention of the House to tho 

fact that the Indian appropriation bill has been sent to a conference. 

The list of managers on the part of the House is not complete in co.>n- sequence of the declination of a member. It is important a full com- mittee should be at once appointed so the conference may go to work. . The SPEAKER. Does the Chair understand the gentleman from 

Connecticut declines to serve on the conference on the Indian appropriation bill' 

1\Ir. STARKWEATHER. I do. 

REORGAl\"'ZATIO:N OF THE TREASURY DEPARTZIIE...~T, 

Mr. KELLOGG. I ask unanimous consent to offer the following 

resolution, which I do after consultation with the Secretary of tho 

Trea-sury, and .it is in reference to the bill for the reorganization of 

the Treasury and other Departments. It will cost nothing, and the 

Secretary wants it done. 

The Clerk read as follows: 

Resolved, That the sub-Committee on Reform in the Civil Service have leave to sit during· the vacation for the purpose of completing bills for the reorganization of the Treasury and other Departments . 

Mr. SPEER. I object peremptorily to that resolution. 

Mr. KELLOGG. The gentleman cannot prevent my coming here 

at my own expense. 

Mr. SPEER. Well, yon can come at your-own expense, but I object 

to the resolution. 

IXSAl\'"E CO~CTS. 

The SPEAKER. On the disa~eeing votes of the two Houses on the bill (H. R. No. 3415) to proVIde for the care and custody of per- sons convicted in the courts of the United States who are or may 

become insane while imprisoned a conference ha.a been ordered, and 

the Chair appoints as man::J.gers of said conference on the part of tho 

Honse Mr. MACDOUGALL, 1\Ir. RicE, and Mr. SPEER. 

JOHN D. YOUXG. 

Mr. BECK. On behalf of the gentleman from Massachusetts, [Mr. 

DAWES,) who is now absent, I ask consent to introduce and have 

pa sed a bill for the relief of John D. Young, of Kentucky. 

The bill was read. It appropriates $1,009 to pay to John D. Young, 

the difference between $2,509, ordered to be paid him by resolution of 

the House of February 15, 1869, and $1,500 which was paid him by 

order of the Committee on_Accounts on the 15th of April, 1869. 

Mr. SPEER. This is simply to give Mr. Young his salary as a mem- ber. . 

Mr. BECK. Yes, sir. The gentleman from Mass.1chusetts [Mr. 

DAWES] had intended to introduce the bill, but he is now absent. 

There being no objection the bni (H. R. No. 3773) was read three 

times, and passed. 

APPOINTME:NT OF COXFERE~CE COMXITTEES. 

The SPEAKER announced the appointment of Mr. CONGER, Mr. 

BROMBERG, and 1\Ir. RAPmR as conferees on the part of the House on tbe disagreeing votes of the two Houses upon the bill (H:'R. No. 

899) to constitute Montgomery, in the State of Al~bama, a port of 

delivery. 
' 

1874. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. 5327 

The SPEAKER also announced the appointment of Mr. DONNAN, 

Mr. MoNROE, and Mr. HUNTON as conferees on the part of the House 

upon the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the concurrent reso- lution in regard to printing the report of the Commissioner of Education. · DISBURSEMENT OF MONEYS UPON PUBLIC BUILDIXGS. 

Mr. STRAIT. I ask unanimous consent to take up and pa.ss a bill 

which has been reported from the Committee on the Public Lands-the 

bill (H. R. No. 3&98) defining the compensation to be allowed for the ~isbursement of moneys expended in the construction of public buildrugs. 

The bill was rea.d. It provides that the provisions contained in ~he act approved March 3, 1869, entitled ".An act making a.ppropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of 

the Goverilll?-e~t. for the fiscal year.ending June 30, 1869, and for other 

purposes," lim1ting the compensation to be allowed for the disbursement of moneys appropriated for the construction of any public 

building was intended and shall be deemed and held to limit the com- pensation to be allowed to any disbursing officer who disburses moneys 

appropriated for and expended in the construction of any public building as aforesaid, to t of 1 per cent. for said services. 

Mr. SPEER. I desire to ask the gentleman from Minnesota [Mr. 

STRAIT] whether the limitation fixed in this bill is above or below 

that now fixed by law f 

Mr. STRAIT. It fixes the sameamonnt nowinteuded to be allowed 

by law; but under a construction adopted by the Department a different rule has been established. 

Mr. SPEER. Then the passage of the bill will save money to the 

Government f 

Mr. STRAIT. As I understand, it will. 

Mr. RANDALL. I desire to say a word about this proposition. 

Mr. ELDREDGE. I object to the consiueration of the bill. 

Mr. RANDALL. I wish the gentleman would withdraw his objection till I have made a stat.ement. · Mr. ELDREDGE. I am opposed ·to the bill and I understand the 

gentleman is. 

Mr. RANDALL. I am, but I want to show that the Tretanry De- partmen~ ~s improperly appointing officers who go all over the·coun- try: r~ce1vrng a percentage o~ the money expended upon public 

buildrngs. • Mr. ELDREDGE. That is the reason I object to the bill. 

Mr. R~~ALL. But I wanted to make that statement. 

INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL CONGRESS. 

The SPEAKER laid before the House a communication from i.he Presid~nt of the United States, transmitting the official report of the 

delegates selected to represent the United States Government at the internati~nal st!'l'tistical congress h.eld at Saint Petersburg in August, 

1872 ;. -:wh1ch, Wlth ~he acco;mpanyrng documents, was referred to the 

Comnuttee on Formgn .A:ffaus, and ordered to be printed. 

EXPLORATION OF COLORADO RIVER. 

The SPEAKER also laid before the HoUde a communication from the 

Secretary of t~e Smithsonian Instituti~n, transmitting the report of 

Professor J. W. Powell on the exploration of the Color::tdo River and 

its tributaries i which was referred to the Committee on the Public 

Lands, and ordered to be printed. . 

R. M. AND S. A. DOUGLAS. 

The House es~ed ~he consi~eration of business on the Speaker's 

table, the ~ext bill berng the bill (S. No. 669) referring the petition 

and pa.pers m the case of Robert M. and Stephen A. Douglas in so far as the same relates to cotton seize(4 to the Court of Claims~ The bill was read. It provides that the claim of Robert M. and 

Stephen A. Douglas, for payment for their cotton seized in March 

1863, be referred to tho Court of Claims for its decision according fu 

law and the practice of that court in such cases and pr~coodings. Mr. KELLOGG. I move that th~ rules be suspended and this bill 

pa.ssed. 

Mr. HOLMAN. This measure is now before the Committee on War 

Claims of this House. The chairman of the committee [Mr. LAwRENCE] can perhaps inform the House whether the committee has 

reached a decision upon it. 

Mr. LAWRENCE. It is a claim that we ought not to pass. Only 

two members of the committee have examined it. 

Mr. RANDALL. Is there any report in the case f 

Mr. HOLMAN. I understand not. The sub-committee has never been able to report l!lpon it. 

Mr. KELLOGG. I ask that the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. LAwRENCE] have leave to make a statement, and then I would like to 

follow him, occupying one minute. 

Several members objected to debate. 

The question being taken on seconding the motion to suspend the 

rules, there were--ayes 101, noes 28; no quorum voting. 

Mr. ~9LM.AN. I call for tellers. This is a very extraordinary 

proposition. . 

Mr. RANDALL. Is there any report? 

Mr. HOLMAN. No, sir; the Committee on War Claims has never completed the examination of the case. Te1;lers were ordered; and Mr. KELLOGG and Mr. HoLMAN were appomted. 

The House divided; and the tellers reported-ayes 118 noes 32 

So the motion to suspend the rules was econded. ' · 

The SPEAKER. The question is on suspending the rulos and passing the bill. 

Several members called for a division. 

Mr. HOLMAN. This is so extraordinary a bill to pass that I must 

call for the yeas and nays. 

The question .being taken on ordering the yeas and nays there 

were--ayes 17, noes 96. ' 

So (the affirmative being less than one-fifth of the whole vote) the 

yeas and nays were not ordered. 

. The SPEAKE~. A division having beon called for it is the prov- mce of the Charr to order teUers, and the gentlemen who a-cted as tellers before will please act again. 

The House divided; and there were--ayes 109 noes 40. 

So (two-thirds having voted in favor thereof) the rules were sus- pended and the bill was passed. 

MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. 

. A message from the Senate, by lli. SYMPSON, one of their clerks, 

informed the H~mse that the Senate still further insisted upon its 

amm;dments, ~ag.reed to by the House, to the bill (H. R. No. 2343) ma~g appropnations for the current and contin<rent expenses of the 

Indian Department and for fulfilling treaty stip;D'ations with various 

Indian tribes for the year ending J nne 30, 1875 and for other purposes· 

and insisted upon its disagreement to t~e run'endments of the Hous~ to the amendments of the Senate, and had agreed to the conference 

asked by the Honse upon the disagreeing votes of the two Houses 

thereon, and had appointed Mr. SARGENT, Mr. BucKINGHAM, and Mr. 

GoRDO:N the conferees on the part of the Senate. 

The messag~further announced that the Senate had passed without amen~ent bills of the House of the following titles : A bill (H .. R. N~. 1620) for the relief of John L. J. Jones, of Montgomery County, Maryland, for rent and dama<res sustained bv the 

destruction of a dwelling-house by accidental fue w bile the same was bein~.occupied by United States troops for quarters· and 

A ~ill (H. R. No. 3163) authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver 

certam condenrned ordnance to the municipal authorities of LexinO'-

ton, Massachusetts, for monumental purposes. 0 

The Il,lessage also announced that the Senate had passed and re- ques~d the concurrence of the House in a bill of the following title: 

A bill (S. No. 368) to provide for the establishment of an international commission of. maritime powers to lay down ocean courses for 

steam-vessels, and otherwise provide for increased safety of sea travel. 

GERMAN EVANGELICAL CliURCH AT MARTINSBURGH, WEST VIRGINIA. 

The nex~ business on the Speaker's table was the bill (S. No. 709) 

for the relief of the trustees of. the German Evangelical church of 

Martinsburgh, West Virginia. ' 

The Clerk proceeded to read the bill. 

Mr. LMll!'ON. . I move that the House aujourn. 

The question berng taken on tb,e motion to adjourn, there were- ayes 61, noes 92. 

Mr. RANDALL called for the yeas and nays. 

The question being taken on ordering the yeas and nays there were ayes 19. ' 

So (the affi.rmati ve not being one-fifth of the last vote) the yeas and 

nays were not ordered; and the motion to adjourn was not a!ITeed to. T~e SPEAKER. The Chair directed the Clerk to cease o reading 

until the House should ~ome to order. The Chair does not believe 

that more than a few members understand the business that is being transacted. · 

Mr. WILLARD, of Vermont. Would it be in order to move that 

the House take a recess for half an hour f 

The SPEAKER. It would. 

Mr. WILLARD, of Vermont. I make that motion. 

The motion waa not agreed to. . Several members called for the regular order. ~e SPEAKER. The regular order will proceed when gentlemen are rn order, and not before. If there are any scandal.d connected with 

the closing legislation of this session, the Chair gives notice that they 

shall not be laid at his door. 

:Mr. SPEER. May I be permitted to inquire of the Chair whose 

duty it is to enforce order f 

The SPEAKER. It is the duty of the Chair ; and he has requested 

members t~ be in order. But he cannot physically control them. He can only brrng the House to order by invoking the rules of the House. 

[Aft.er a pause.] The Clerk will read the pending bill. 

The bill was read. 

Mr. WILLARD, of Vermont. .A.,c; I nnderstand, that bill has not 

been conside::ed by ~y com.m?-ttee of the House. I think it ought 

not to pass Without berng cons1dered by a committee. 

Mr. HALE, of New York. I move that it be referred to the Committee on War Claims. 

Mr. HAG~S. . I object to its being referred. 

The q~estion berng taken on referring the bill to the Committee on War Cla1ms; the rules were suspended (two-thirds votinO' in favor 

thereof) and the bill was so referred. 0 

PRESIDE...WS MESSAGE ON DISTRICT SECURITIES. 

. Mr. WILSON, of Indiana.. I am directed by the Joint Select Com-

' 
5328 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. JUNE 20, 

mittee on Investigation into the_ Affairs of tl?-e District of Columbia 

to present a report on the subject of the Pres1dent's message, referred 

to that committee this afternoon. 

The Clerk read the report, as follows: 

The Joint Committee on the Affairs of the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the message of the President relative ro one feature of the bill entitled 

".An a-ct for the government of the Dllitrict of Columbia, and for other purposes," 

reJf~r:t the investigation made by this committee discloses the fact that much of the indebtedness propo ed robe funded into the bonds provided for was created when there was no· ad~uate provision for payment, and upon a. basis of credit, the contractors understanding at the time that they were ro receive evidences of indebtedness, the 

time of payment of which was uncertain, by reason whereof these evidences were depreciated in value . .And while there were no means whereby the committee 

could determine the matter with absolute cert;ainty, after giving the subject care- ful c-onsideration they believe that a bond of the character provided for would be as a rule fully equal in value to what the contractors expected to receive under 

their contracts. B ides this, the funding proposed is permissive, and not compul: 

sory. The credirors have all the security they had when the debt v; as created, and 

in ~i.ddition the option to accept. the bonds provided for. No injustice, therefore, 

will be done to any creditor who shall take such bonds in lieu of the securities he now holds. The idea that there is anythin"' like repudiation in the bill is a.mistake.- The bill does not compel any holller or D~ict securities to take bonds for them. 

It merely gives him the option to do so or to retain them and receive payment thereon 

when the District may be able to pay. The changes made in regard to the District «overnment do not discharge or impair its con~ct.s or liabilities. The bill, therefore, is not repudiation, nor is it unjust to any holder of District securities which 

may be funded under it. .A.s to small creditors, such as laborers, &c., the bill con- templates their payment in money. For the reasons above given, and also became it would be unwise in the opinion 

of your committee to set an example of issuing fifty-year bonds bearing a higher rate of interest tha-n 3.65, they fixed that rate in tne bill; and their opinion re- mains unchanged. That there may be no misapprehension as to the pledge of the 

United States, we here repeat it in the exact words of ·the bill: "And the faith of 

the United States is hereby pledged that the United States will, by proper proportional appropriations, a contemplated in their a-ct, and by causing to be levied 

upon the property within said District such taxes as will do so; provide the rev- enues necessary to pay the interest on said bonds as the same may become due and 

payable, and create a sinking fund for the payment of the principal .thereof at maturity." Your committee ask to be discharged from the further consideration 

of the message. 

WILLIAM B. .ALLISON. 

.A.. G. THU.RM.A.N. 

WM. M. STEW .ART. 

J. M. WILSON. 

LYM.A.NK. BASS. 

ROBERT HAMILTON. 

JAY .A.. HUBBELL. 

HUGH J. JEWETT. 

Jtlr. WILSON, of Indiana. I am directed by the committee to state 

to the House that after this message was referred to the committee a sub-committee was sent by the committee to confer with the President 

in regard to thls matter. The President has acted under a misapprehension in regard to the facts in this case. There is no differ- ence of opinion between the President and the committee upon this 

subject. 

Mr. DAWES. I rise to a question of order. I have no doubt the 

communication the gentleman is about to make would be very interesting, but I submit as a point of order that it is unparliamentary. 

The SPEAKER. The ~entleman from Massachusetts makes the 

point of order that the communication now being made to the House 

by the gentleman from Indiana is improper. The Chair sustains the 

point of order. 

Mr. WILSON, of Indiana. Then I withdraw what I have said. I 

moye that the report be printed, and that it do lie upon the table, and 

that the committee be discharged from the further consideration of 

subject. 

The motion was agreed to. 

COMPULSORY PILOT FEES. 

The next business on the Speaker's table was the bill (S. No. 365) 

to relieve ships and vessels from compulsory pilot fees in certain cases. 

The· Clerk commenced the reading of the bill. 

Mr. E. R. HO.AR. I move that the bill be referred to the Committee on Commerce. 

Mr. BECK. I move again that the House .adjourn. The reason I 

assign for making that motion is that the republican side of the House 

is so noisy that we cannot transact business. 

Mr. CONGER. I ask that the words of the gentleman from Kentucky be taken down, because they reflect upon his fellow-members. 

The SPEAKER. The Chair thinks that what the gentleman from 

Kentucky ha-s said is a very obvious truth. The Chair could not 

direct the words to be taken down as stating anything other than 

the truth. 

Mr. BECK. I will withdraw the motion if there is any chance of 

the House coming to order. 

Mr. COX. I rise to a point of order. I believe the bill in relation 

to pilot fees is before the House. 

The SPEAKER. If the gentleman will keep his seat the Chair 

will endeavor to bring the bill before the House. 

Mr. COX. The Chair is very unkind and unparliamentary to a man who is endeavoring to secure proper action on the part of the House. 

The bill was read. 

Mr. E. R. HOAR. I move that the bill be referred to the Committee on Commerce. The chairman of the committee, the gentleman from New York, [Mr. WHEELER,] would• have made the motion if he were present. I know that he intended to make it if the bill had come up this afternoE>n. 

Mr. HALE, of Maine. The House has passed this bill in t-erms, and 

this is a Senate _bill containing the same provisions that the House 

has already passed. 

Mr. COX. I object to debate. 

Mr. HALE, of Maine. We ought to relieve our commerce from all 

the e restrictions. 

The question was put upon suspending the rules and passing tho 

bill, and. (two-thirds not voting in favor thereof) the bill was not 

pas ed. 

Mr. E. R. HOAR. I now insist on my motion. 

Mr. HALE, of Maine. I understood that when a bill came up and wa-s not passed, it retained its place upon the Speaker's table. 

The SPEAKER. The motion to refer the bill is in order. 

The question was taken on the motion of Mr. E. R. HoAR, and it 

was agreed to, and the bill was referred to the Committee on Com- merce. POTTAWATO~ LND~S. · 

The next business upon the Speaker's table wa-s the bill (S. No. 

218) to enable the Secretary of the Interior to make final settlement 

with the P-ottawatomie Indians of Michigan and Iniliana under treaty 

stipulations existing with them. 

J\.Ir. RAINEY. I move to suspend the rules so as·to refer that bill 

to the Committee on Indian Affair . The question wa-s taken; and (two-tbirJs voting in favor thereof) 

the motion was agreed to, and the bill was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. CIVIL-RIGHTS !JILL. 

The next business on the Speaker's table was the bill (S. No.1) sup- . plementary to an act entitled "An act to protect all citizens of the 

United States in their civil rights, and to furnish the means for their 

vindication," pa sed April 9, 1866. 

Mr. BUTLER, of Massachusetts. I move that that bill be referred 

to the Committee on the Judiciary. 

Mr. POLAND. I move that the rules be suspended and the bill 

passed. 

Mr. ELI>REDGE. The pill ought to go to the Committee on the 

Judiciary. 

Mr. BUTLER, of:Massn,clmsetts. I withdraw my motion toreferit. 

Mr. ELDREDGE. I renew the motion. 

Mr. E. R. HOAR. I hope the House will pass the bill without re- ferring it. . The question was upon suspending the rules and passing the bill.. 

Mr. G. F. HOAR. Upon that question I call for the yeas and nays. 

The yeas and nays were ordered. 

Mr. SPEER. Let the bill be read. 

The Clerk proceeded to read the bill. 

Mr. ELDREDGE. I move that the further reading of the bill be 

dispensed with; everybody knows the contents of the civi-rights 

bill. 

The SPEAKER. The bill will be read. 

Mr. ELDREDGE. Is it not in order for me to move to suspend tho 

rules and dispense with the further reading of the billY 

The SPEAKER. The Chair does not think that that motion is in 

order. 

Mr. ELDREDGE. I would like to know why. 

Mr. CESSNA.. The motion is to suspend the rules so as to pass the 

bill, and two motions to suspend the rnles ca.nnot be pending at the same time. 

The SPEAKER. The bill will be read. 

!!r. ELDREDGE. Does the Chair decide that it is not in order to 

suspend the rules so a.s to dispense with the reading t 

The SPEAKER. The Chair thinks it better that the bill should be 

read. 

Mr. ELDREDGE. It may be better in the opinion of the Chair, 

but if I have a right to ma,ke that motion I desire .to make it. 

Mr. SE:NER. There is already one motion pending to suspend the 

rules. 

The SPEAKER. The motion of the gentleman might possibly be 

in order, but the Chair directs the bill to be read. 

The Clerk resumed and completed the reading of the bill. 

The question wa-s on seconding the motion to suspend the rules. 

Mr. ELDREDGE. I move that the J;Iouse do now adjourn. 

Jtlr. BUTLER, of Massachusetts. On that motion I call for the 

yeas and nays. 

The yeas and nays were ordered. 

The question was taken; and there were-yeas 76, nays 165, not 

voting 48 ; as follows : 

YEAS-Messrs. Adams Archer, Arthur, Ashe, Atkins, Banning, Barnum, Beck, 

Bell, Berry, Bland, Bloun~ Bowen, Bright, Bromberg, Brown, Buckner, Roderick 

R. Butler, Caldwell, John B. Clark, jr., Clymer, Comingo, Cook, Cox, Crittenden, 

Crossland, Davis, Durham, Eldredge, Giddings, Gunter, Hamilton, Henry R. Harris, 

John T. Harris, Hatcher, Hereford, Herndon1 Holman, Hunton, Knapp1 Lamar, 

Leach, Luttrell, Magee, lfcLean, Milliken, Mills, Morrison, Neal, Nesnuth, Nihlack, O'Brien, Perry, Phelps, I-:.a.ndall, Read, Robbins, Milton Sayler, John G. Schumaker, Sloss, Southard, Speer, Standiford, Stone, Storm, Thornburgh, Vance, 

Wells, Whitehead, Whitehouse, Wbitthorne, Willie, Ephraim K. Wilson, Wolfe, 

John D. Young, and Pierce M. B. Young-76. NAYS-Messrs. Albert, Albright, Averill, Barber, Barrere, Barry, Bass, Begole, Biery, Bradley, Bufl:inton, Bundy, Burchard, Burleigh, Burrows, Benjarm.n F. But- ler, Cain, Cannon, Cason, Cessna., Amos Clark, jr., Clinton L. Cobb, Stephen A. Cobu, 

Coburn, Conger, Corwin, Cotton; Creamer, Ci-ooke, Crounse, Crotcbfield, DarraH, Dawes, ~' Donnan, Duell. Dunnell, Eames, Field, Foster, }'rye, Garfiolu . 
1874. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. 5329 

Gooch, Gunckel, Hagnns, Eugene Hale, Robert S. Hale, Benjamin W. HaiTis, Har- ~on, Hathorn, John B. Hawley, Joseph R.liawley, Hays, Gerry IV. Hazelton, John w. IIrtzelton, Hendee, E. Rockwoou Hoar, George F. Hoar, Hodges, Hooper, Hos- ki~s. Houghton, Howe, Hubbell, Hunter, Hurlbut, Hyde, Hynes, K elley, Kellogg, 

Kendall, Lamport., Lawrence, Lawson, Lewis, Lofland, Loug-hridge, Lowe, Lowndes, Lynch, Martin, Mayn:u·d, McCrory, James IV. McDill, MacDougaU, McJunkin, 

McKee, Merriam, Monroe, Moore, Morey, Negley. Niles, O'Neill, Orth, Packard, 

Page, Hosea W. Parkeri Isaac C. Parker, Parsons, Pelham, Pendleton, Pierce, Pike, J~mes H. Pla~, jr., Po and, Pratt, Parman, l'...ainey, Ransier, Rapier, R.a.y, Rice, 

Richmond, Ellis H. Robert , James \V. Robin on, Ru s, Rusk, Sawyer, Hemy B. 

Sayler, Scofield, IIenry J. cudtler, Isaac W. Scnclder, Sener, Shanks, Sheats Sherwood, Sloa.n, Small, Smart, A. HeiT !:;mitlr, George L. , mith, H. Boartlman mith, 

J. Ambler Smith, John Q. Smith, Suyder, Stanard, Starkweather, t. John, Stowell, 

Strait, Strawbriuge, Srpher, Christopher Y. Thomas, Todd, Townsend, Tremain, ·waldron, Wallace, Walls, Jasper D. Ward, Ma.rcus L. Ward, White, Whiteley, 

Wilber, Charles W. \Villard, George Willru:d, Cha.rles G. Williams, John M. S. 

WiUiams, William Williams, Willi.'rm B. Williams, James Wilo~on, Jeremiah M. 

Wilson, WooUforU, and Woodworth-165. . NOT VOTING-Messrs . . Freeman Cla.rke, Clayton, Clements, Crocker, Curtis, 

Danford, DeWitt, Ellen, Elliott, Farwell, Fort, Freeman, Glover, Hancock, Harmer, 

Havens, Hersey, Jewett, Kas on ~,ger, Lamison, Lans~fi: ... Ma1·o~hall, AleX&llder 

S. McDill, McNulta, Mitchell, Myers, .Nunn, Orr, Packer, Plllllips, Thomas C. Platt, 

Potter, William R. Roberts, James C. Robin on, S ssions, Sheldon, Laza.rus D. 

Shoemaker, William A. Smith, prague, Stephens, Swann, Taylor, Charles R. 

Thomas, Tyner, Waddell, \Vheeler, anu Woou-48. 

So the motion to adjourn was· not agreed to. 

Duriug thE\ call of the roll, 

Mr. STOWELL said: I have been requested to state that Mr. 

PACKER, Mr. TYNER~ and Mr. MARSHALL are a.bsent from the Hall on a conference on tlle post-offi<re appropriation bill. 

The question recurred upon the motion to suspend the rules and 

pass tho bill, upon which the yeas and nays had been orderell. 

The question was taken; n.nd there were-yeas 139, nays 91, not 'roting 59; as follows: 

YEAS-Messrs. Albert, Albri~ht, Averill, Barber, Barrere, Barry, Bas$, Begole, Bitlry, Bradley, Buffinton, Bunny, Burchard, Bul'leigh, Burrowt>, Benjamin F. 

Butler, Cain, C'\son, Cessna, Amos Clark~_jr., Stephen A. Cobb, Coburn, Conger, Corwin, Cotton, Crooke, Croun e, Curtis, lJarrall, Dawes, Dobbins, Donnan, Dun- nell, Eames,. Field, Fo ter, Frye, Garfield, Gooch, Gunckol, RobertS. H<~.le, Ben- jamin W. Harris, Hathorn, Jobll B. HawlJy, Joseph R. Hawley, Hays, GeiTy W. 

Hazelton, John W. Hazelton, Hendee, E. Rockwood Hoar, George F. Hoar, Ho~~es, 

Hooper, Hoskins, Houghton, Howe, Hubbell, Hunter, Hurlbut, Kasson, Keuey, 

Kellogg, Lamport, Lawrence, Lawson, Lewis, Loughriclge, Lowe, Lynch, McCrary, James \V. McDill, McJunkin, McKee, Meniam, Mom·oe, Moore, Morey, Ne~rley, 

Niles, O'Neill, Orr, Orth, P'l.ckard, Pa~e, Pa.rsons1 Pelha,m, Pendleton, Pierce, Pike, 

Thomas C. Platt, Poland, Parman, Rainey, Ransier, Rapier, Rico, Richnlond, E.llis 

H. Roberts, James W. Robinson, Ross, Rusk, Sawyer, Henry B. Sayler, Scofield, 

Hemy J. Scudde11, Shanks, heats, Sheldon, Sma.U, A. Herr Smith, George L. Smith, 

H. Boardman Smith, John Q. Smith, Snyder, Starkweather, Stowell, StrawbridJ:e, 

Sypher, Todd, Town. end, Tremain, W'\ldron, Wallace. Walls, Jasper D. Ward, Marcus L. Ward, White, WWteley, Wilber, Ch<trles W. Willard, George Willa.rd, 

Charles G. Williams, John M.S. Williams, WiUiam Williams, William B. Williams, James Wilson, Jeremiah:M. \VilRon, Wooiliortl, and Wuodworth-13Y. 

NAY8-Me rs. Adams, Archer, Arthur, Ashe, Atkins, Banning, Barnum, Beck, 

Bell, Berry, Bland, Blount, Bowen, Bright, Bromberg, BJ:own, Bnch.-ner, Ro.lerick 

R. Butler, Caldwell, John B. Clark, j1·., Clymer, CominJro, Cook, Cox, Creamer, 

Crittenden, Crossland, CrutchfielU, Davi1:1, Durham, Eltlroclge, Gidilings, Gunter, 

Hamilton, Hancock, HenryR. Hanis, John T. llarris, Harrison, Hatcher, Hertlford, 

Herndon, Holman, Hunton, Hytle, Ken!lall, Knap~, Lamar, Leach, Lownues, Lut- trell, Mal?ee, McLean, Milliken, Mills, Morri:;on, Nea.l, Nesmith, :Niblack, O'Brien, 

Perry, Pnelps, Ranuall, Ray, Read, Robbins, James C. Robinson, Milton Sa.yler, John G. Schumaker, Sener, Slo. , J. Ambler Smith, SoutJla,rcl, Speer, Stanard, 

Standiforu, St. John, Stone--.§.tc?rm, Swann, Christopher Y. Thomas, Thornburgh, 

Vance, Wells, \Vhiteheatl, w nitehom;e, \Vhitthorne, Willi , Eplu-aim K. Wilson, 

Wolfe, John D. Young, anu Pierce M. B. Young-91. 

NOT VOTING-Me -rs. Cannon, Freeman Cla-rke, Clayton, Clements, Clinton 

L. Cobb Crocker, Danforcl, De Witt, Duell, Eden, Elliott, Farwell, l!'ort, Freeman, 

Glover, Hagans, Eugene Hale~,. !farmer, Havens, Hersey, Hynes, Jewett, Killin__zer, 

Lamison, Lan ing, Loflaml, JUar hall, Martin, Maynard, Alexander . Mcllill, 

MacDougall, Me~ nita, Mitchell, Myers, Nnnn, Packer, Hosea W. Parker, Iaaac C. Parker, Phillips, James H. Platt, jr., Potter, Pratt, William R. Roberts, Isaac \V. Scudder, Se sions, Sherwood, Lazarus D. Shoemaker, , lo!\>n, Smart, William A. 

Smith, Sprague, Stephens, Strait, Taylor, Charles R. Thomas, Tyner, Wadclell, 

Wheeler, and Wood-59. 

So (two-thirds not -voting in fa-vor thereof) the rules were not sus- pended. · · During the cn.ll of the roll the following announcements were made:_ Mr. PARKER, of New Hampshire. On this question I am paired 

with the gentlema,n from Massachusetts, Mr. CROCKER; if present he 

would -vote "ay " and I would -vote "no." 

Mr. KNAPP. MY. colleague, Mr. }t.fARsHALL, is absent on the com- mittee of conference on the post-office appropriation bill; if present 

he would -vote "no." 

Mr. SHERWOOD. On this question I am paired with my colleague, 

Mr. JEWETT; if present he would -vote "no" and I would vote "ay." 

1h. STRAIT. I am paired on this question with the gentleman from :Missouri, Mr. HA YENS. 

Mr. CANNON, of illinois. My colleague, Mr. MARTIN, is absent on account of sickness. 

Mr. :MERRIAM. My colleague, Mr. WILBER, is absent on account 

of sickness. Mr. COBB, of Kansa . My colleague, Mr. PmLLIPS, is indisposed 

this e-vening; if present he would -vote "ay." 

Mr. PARKER, of Missouri. On this question I am paired with the 

gentleman from North Carolina, Mr. WADDELL. 

Mr. MAcDOUGAL. On this question my colleague, Mr. SMART, and 

myself are paired with our colleague, Mr. POTIER; if pre ent he 

would -vote ':no" a.nd we would vote "ay." 

Mr. SPRAGUE. I am paired on this question with my colleague, 

Mr. LAMISON; if present he would -vote "no" and I would -vote" ay." 

1\fr, STOWELL. I am requested to state that Mr. PACKARD, Mr. 

334 

TYNER, and Mr. MAR HALL a,re engaged on the committee of confer- ence on the post-office appropriation bill. 

?.fr. CO~liNGO. My colleague, :Mr. GLOVER, is necessarily u,bsent; 

if here he would vote " no." _ - Mr. WHITELEY. My colleague, Mr. FREEMAN, is absent by lea-ve 

of the Honse; if present he would -vote" ay." 

Mr. FORT. On this question I am paired with my colleague, Mr. EDE~. 

Mr. DANFORD. I am paired on this question with the gentle- man from New York, Mr. DEWrrr. 

The qne tion recuiTed on the motion of Mr. BUTLE~, of M:assachnett , to refer the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. BUTLER, of Massachusetts. I withdraw that motion. Let 

the bill remain on the table. 

l\Ir. ELDREDGE. I renew the motion. 

1\Ir. G. F. HOAR. I wish to inquire, Mr. Speaker, in what position 

the call of committees stands. 

The SPEAKER. The last committee called was the Committee on Mississippi Le-vees. 

Mr. G. F. HOAR. The Judiciary pommittee is the seventeenth on the list, and will probably not be called at all during next ession. 

Therefore to send the civil-rights bill to that committee buries it. 

Mr. ELDREDGE. It is buried any way; ·it has been buried half a dozen times beyond the power of resurrection. It is the deadest corpse 

you ever· aw; and you are all glad of it. - Mr. CESSNA. Mr. Speaker, what position will the bill occupy at 

the next session as to priority on the Speaker's table if it romains 

where it it:;-f 

The SPEAKER. It might be reached by a motion to ko to bnsi- ne on the Speaker'_s table made at any time after the morning hour. 

Mr. CESSNA. Is it not among the-very first bills on the Speaker's table Y · 

'!'he SPEAKER. !twill, of course, be among the :first on the table 

at t.he next session. The question recms on the motion of the gentle- man from Wisconsin [Mr. ELDREDGE] that the-rules be suspended 

and the bill be refeiTed to the Committee on the Judichtry. 

The motion was not agreed to. 

The SPEAKER. The bill remains on the .Speaker's table. 

E~ROLLMENT 0~, A BILL. 

Mr. LAWRENCE. I desire to submit a concurrent resolution for 

correcting the enrollment of a bill • The SPEAKER. This is to correct the same error to which the 

gentleman from Ohio [~fr. LA WRF.NCE] called attention this after- noon. It ha-s been found that the error wal:l made in enrolling a Senate amendment, and therefore a concurrent resolution is necessary. 

There being no objection the resolution was read, considered, and 

agreed to, as follows : 

Resolved by the HO'I.£8e of Representatives, (the Senctte concurring,) That the Clerk 

of the House be authorized in emollin"' the seventh Serrato amentlment to the bill 

{H. R. No. 2797) making appropriations 'tor the paJ!Dent of clainls reported allowell 

by the commissioners of claims under the act of Congress of March 3, 1871, to in- sert the words " 7,545," being the sum awarded to the party named in said amendment; said sum having ueenomitted from the Senate amendment as engrossed and sent to the House of Representatives. · · 

TEXAS A.L~ PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPA.L~. 

The next business on the Speaker's table was the bill (S. No. 732) 

supplementary to the act entitled "An act to incorporate the Texas 

Pacific Raih·oa-d Company, :md to aid in the construction of its road, 

and for other purposes." 

The bill wa-s read, as follows : 

Be it enacted by the Sen,ate and House of Representatives of the United States of 

America in Oong-ress assembled, That the Texas and Pacific Railway Company is 

hereby empowered to s<>.cure, by one or more mortgages upon the whole or any portion of its line, the construction bonds heretofore authorized to be issued, and to cancel the mortgage now on recoru with the Secretary of the Interior so far as the same can be done without prejudice to existin~ri~hts, and to substitute therefor the mort~age or mortgages hereby authorized, whicn substituted mortgages shall ex- pre :Uy reserve aU rights which may have been acquired under the existing mort- gage : Provided, That the aggregate of the saitl bonds to be is ueu unuer and e· cured by satd mort!!age or mortgages shall not exceed the limit heretofore fixed by Congress; and sa.i;r mortgages for the division east of Fort Worth hall embrace 

the roads and property of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company and of the South- ern Transcontinental Railway Company, heretofore merged in and consolidated 

with the said Texas a.ntl Pacific Railway Company nnder the authority and require- ments of the laws of the State of Texas; and which roads o mergeu as aforesaid 

shall for that and all other purpo es be deemed and taken to be a -pat·t of the said Texas and Pacific Railway, and shall hereafter be subject to all the provisions and 

limitations of tho act of Congress incorporatin~ .saiu company antl of the upple- ments thereto: And provided further, That notning in this act shall be consb·u tl or ha.ve the effect to entitle said corporation to any other or further ri!rbts to public lands or in any other respect as against the United States than such as by law it ill now entitled to. 

Mr. HOUGHTON. I m<YVe that tbe rules be suspended and this 

bill be pa sed. It has been considered by the Committee on the 

Pacific Railroad; and I am authorized by that committee to recom- mend its passage. 

1\Ir. SPEER. I hoP,e that the gentleman from California. [l\Ir. 

HouGHTON] will be allowed to explain to the House the effect of this 

bill. The bill is right. It is only necessary that the Home should 

understand its provisions in order to secure its passage. 

Mr. HOLMAN. I understand it to be a con olidation of railroad 

interests. 

Mr. SPEER. The bill grants no subsidy; it gives no lands; it 
5330 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. JUNE 20, 

merely allows several mortgages to be taken where under the exisir 

ing law only one mortgage can be taken. That is the practical effect 

of it. It does not injure the Government to the extent of :1 penny, 

but it in express terms protects all existing rights. 

The question being taken on the motion of l\1r. HouGHTO~, there 

were-ayes 103, noes 44. l\Ir. HOLl\IAN. I de ire to cn,ll the yeas and nays on this question, 

though I hanliy expect to obtain them against a railroad corporation. l\Ir. SPEER. Thn,t is :w unjust in inuation against an honest bill. 

Mr. STORM. Then why does not the gentleman help us to get the 

yeas and nays T 

Mr. SPEER. I will do so with pleasure. 

The yeas and moys were not ordered; there being n,yes 12, noes 

not counted. 

So (two-thirds hn,ving voted in fn,vor thereof) the rules were susponded and the bill was pn:ssed. 

OO~i'TRACTORS FOR WAR VES EL • 

The next lmsine son the Speaker's bble was the bill (S. No. 141) for 

the relief of cor·tain contractors for the construct ion of vessels of war 

and machinery. 

The bill wa read, as follows : · 

Be it r.nacted, etc., That tbo claims for building ~ossels of war and constructing 

steam-machinery, referred to aml embraced in t.he a{:t entitled "An act for the 

J:·elief of cert:tin contractor for the construction of ves eh> of war and steam-ma- chinery," approve• I :March 2, 1867, be, and the &'l.me are her eby, r eferred to the 

Court of Claims, whlch is h er eby vested with authority and juris(liction to hear and 

determine the respective cl:tim of t.he several parties: Provided, hotvf!Ver, That the 

inveatigation of aid claims shall be upon the following bll8is: The saitl court ball 

ascerta'i.n the adilif:ional cost whlch was neco aril:v incurred by said conh·actor for 

the buildi.D.:r of said vessels of war and in the construction of steam-machinery, in 

the completion of tho same by reason of any changes or alterations in the plan antl 

specifications roquir d, and delays in the prosecution of the work, which wore not pi'Ovided for ih the ori .,.ina! contract ; but no allowance for any advance in the price 

of labor or material s~al.l be considered unless such advance occurred durinrr the prolo~~ed term for completing tho work rendered nece ::try bv tho delay res~ tin~ from tne action of the Government, and then only when such atlvance could not l1avo been avoided by the exercise of ordinary pruClence and diligence on the part 

of the contractor. : And provided further, That the compensation fixed by the con- tracts between tho COil tractors and the Govemmont for specific alterations shall be 

conclusive as to the compensation to be madethet for: Andprovidedjurther, That all moneys paid to said contl'Uctors by the Government over and above the original contract price for the buililing of said vessel~ and tho construction of said machfuery 

shall be deducte<l from any amonnts allowed by said court by reason of the matters hereinbefore stated ; and if the -unounts so to be dotlucted in any case shall exceed 

the amount allowed by said court, judl!lllent shall be entered for the excess against 

such claimant in favor of the United States; and said court is directed to certify such judgment and record to the circuit court of the circuit whore such claimant 

resides, and said circuit court is hereby vested with authority to issue execution and to enforce its collection the &'l.llle as if said judgment h'ld originally been r endered 

tl.tereiu: .And providedft~rther, That if any of such changes caused loss work and 

expense to the contractors than the original plans and specific.'l.tions, a corresponding reduction shall be made from the contract price, and the amount 'thereof be deducted from any allowance to be made by said court to said claimants: And pro- fJi<!-ed.further, Tbat all claims under the provision~ of this act shall be presented 

Withm one year from the passage thereof and not afterward ; and the claimants !:£ ~hl:a~t~tions sh<ill stipulate and agree to accept and abide by all the provisions 

l\Ir. HAZELTON, of w· sconsjn. I move tha.t the rules be suspended 

and that this bill be passed. A corresponding bill of the House has 

alrea.dybeen approved by the Committee on War Cla.ims. l\Ir. KELLOGG. ~he bill has been acted upon bvombly by the 

Committee on W n:r CL'l.ims. Mr. LAWRENCE. It has never been n,cted on by the Committee on War Claims. Mr. HAZELTON, of Wisconsin. A corresponding bill bas been. Mr. LAWRENCE. This bill in olves a great deal more. Mr. ARCHER. It involves $7,000,000. 

Mr. NEGLEY. It does not involve $7,000,000. 

1\fr. HOLMAN. I wish to ma.ke n, pn,rliamenta.ry inquiry. May not 

the reading of a report be required upon a motion to suspend the 

rules and pa s a bill f 

The SPEAKER. The motion is to suspend the rules and pa s the 

bill. 

Mr. HOLMAN. I move the rules be suspended and- the report 

read. - ':fhe SPEAKER. The Chrur ha~ recognized the gentleman from 

W1Sconsin becn,use he reported a bill somewhat similar in title from 

the Committee on War Claims, which bill is now before the Committee of the Whole on the Private Calendar. 

Mr. ARCHER. It is not the sn,me bill which is in the Committee 

of t he Whole on the Private Calendar. Mr. RANDALL. I should like to know whether it is not in order 

to suspend the rules for the report to be read. These reports are prepared for the information of the House. · The SPEAKER. That motion will not be in order any more thn,n 

a motion to suspend the rnles and allow n, member to speak for an 

hour. Besides, there is already one motion to suspend the rnles pending. The motion of the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. HAzELTON] 

is the motion in order under the order by wkich the House hn:s proceeded to the con idemtion of the business upon the Spen,ker's table. 

Is there a second to the motion to suspend the rules Y 

Mr. HAzELTON of Wisconsin, and Mr, HOLMAN, were appointed tellers. The House divided; and the tellers reported- ayes 95, noes 51. 

So the motion to suspend the rules was secondeu. 

l\Ir. RAl\TDALL demanded the yeas and nays. 

The yeas and nn,ys were ordered. 

1\fr. HOL:UAl~. I ask that the bill be again read. 

The bill wa again r ad. 

The question was taken; and it -was decided in the neO'n,tive-yeas 

115, nays 109, not voting 65 ; as follows : 0 

YEAS-Messr . ~lbert, Artb'?', A ve~ll, ~arming, Barnum, Barrera, Bass, B ll, 

Bland, Braclle.r, Buliinton, Burlcu!h, B nJannn F. Butler, Rod rick R. Butler Caiu 

Ce na., Amo Clark, jr., John B. Clark, jr., Clinton L. Cobb1 Comingo, Cook, C~rwin: Cox, Cre.-uner, Crook , Crounse, Crutchfield, Danford,DaV18, Da.we , Dobbin , Dun- nell, Eames, El,lretlge, Fo ter, Frye, (J{)och, Hagan , Eu~ ne IIul Hancock, Ben- jamin W. IIarri , John T. Harris, Rani on, Hathorn, Jo oph R: Hawley llav., G-erry \V. Hazelton, John W. Hazelton, Hendee, Herndon, E. Rockwood Ho~u : Geor~eF. Ho~, Hodge , Hoop r, Hou~llton, Howe, Hyile , Kell y, Kellogg, Knapp, Lansmg, LeWIS, ~ofiand, Lowe, Lowm.tcs, Morey, Negley, Ne m1th, Nile , 0' oill, 

Orr, Orth! Page, _Ho ea w. Parker, Is~ac c. Parker,, Par ODS, Pendleton, rrrn·, Ph ~ps, P1orce, Pike, James~· Platt, Jr., Poland, Ramey, R.'lpior, Rice, J:trul'S 0. 

Robmson, Ru k, Sawyer, Milton Sayler, H~nry J. Scudder, Isu.a.c W. Scudtler, 

Shanks, Sheats, Sloan, Slos , H. Boardman Smith, Stanard, Starkweather St. John Sto~e, Straw~ridge, Thornburgh .. 'l):emain, Walla{:O, W:a~s, Jasper D. W~d, Well '.-

Whlteley, Wilbe-r:, Charle G. Willmms, John M. S. Williams, Ephraim K. Wilson, 

Woodford, and Ptorce M. B. Young-115. 

NAYS-Me rs. Adam , Archer. Ashe, Atkins, Bock, Be.,.olo Berry Bier:r Blount, Bowen, Bright, Bromberg, Brown, Buckner, Buntly, 'Bnr~hru:tl Caltlwel'l' 

Cannon, Cason, Clements, Clymer, Stephen A. Cobb Coburn, Con"' r Cotton Crit: 

tenden, Cros. land, Curti , Donnan, Durham, Fidd, Giddin:r G~ckel, G~nte · RobertS. Hale, Hamilton, H rnrv R. Harris, Hatcher, John' B. Hawley, ller6: ford, Holman, Ho kins, Hubbell, Hunter, Hunton, Hurlbut llyde Kasson Kendall, L~mport, Lawrence, Law on, Loughridge, Luttrell Ma"'ee 'McCrary' James W. McDill, MacDougall, McJunkin, Merriam, Milliken Mill~ Monroe' 

Moore, Morrison, eal, O'Brien, Packard, Thomas C. Platt, RundaJ.i Rcai( Robbins' Elli~ H. Roberts, James W. E.obinson, Ross, Henry B. Saylor, Johli G. SchumnJwr: 

Scofield, Sener, herwood, • mall, Smart, A. Herr Smith, John Q. S:nith, Soufuanl 

'p or, Sprague, Standiford, Storm, trait, Sypher, Christopher Y. Thoma. Tod•l' 

Townsend, Vance, \Valdron, Whlte, Whitehead, Whitthorne, Charles \V. '\ViHarfl' 

George Willard, William Williams, William B. Williams, \Villi James \Vi1son' 

Jeremiah M. Wilson, Wolfe, Woodworth, and John D. Young-109. ' 

NOT VOTING- Mea rs. Alb~ight, Ba.rber, Barry, Burrows, Freeman Clarke, 

Clayton, Crocker, Darrall, DeWitt, Duell, Eden, Elliott1 J!arwell, Fort, :Freeman, 

Garfield, Glover, Harmer, H~vens; Hersey, .Jewett, Killing,_or, Lamar, Lamison, Leach, Lynch, Marshall, Mnrtin, M.1>ynard, Alexander S. McDill, McKee McLean McNulta, Mitchell, Myers, Niblack, Nunn, Packer, Pelham, Phillip Potter Pratt' 

Purman, Ransier, Ray, Richmond, William R. Roberts, e sions, Sheldon Lazarus D. hoomaker, George L. Smith, J. Ambler Smith, William A. Smith' Snyder 

StephenR, Stowell, S.wann, Taylor, Charle R. Thoma , Tyner, Waddell, Marcus L: 

Ward, Wheeler, Wh1tehouse, and Wood-65. 

DEFICIE.."'\CY APPROPRIATIO~ BILL. 

1\fr. GARFIELD. I submit the following conference report. 

The Clerk reoo M follows : 

The committee of conference on the diS!l.fQ:eeing vote of the two Houses on the 

amendments of the enate to the bill (H. .tt. No. 3030) makin.,. appropriations to anpply deficiencies in the appropriations fo:r tho service of the 'Government for tho 

fi cal years endin~ June 30,1873, and 1 74, and for other pnrpo es, having met, after 

full and free conference have agreed to recommend and do recommend t-o their 

respective Honses as follows: · · That the Senate recede from their amendments numbered 5, 10, 11, 12. 

That tho House recede from their disagreement to the amendments of the Senate 

numbered 3; 4, 8, 13, 17. 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, ~, 31, 35, 36, 37, 44. 

That the Senate recede from their disagreement to the amendment of the House to tho amendment numbered 42, and ap-oe to the same. That tho House recede from their diSagreement to tho amendment of tho Senate 

numbered 18, and agree to the same, as follows, n:unely : Substitute for the words 

stricken out the following: J(ro~, That n~ne of t11;e moneys herel?y app';'Opriated for tho payment of dofimenmes m the Indian sor:'l-ce .shall be paid until the necessitJ: for tho oxpen<li- tures shall have been ex:..'\JDllled mto by the Secretary of the In tenor and any existing board of peace commissioners. 

And the Senate agree to the same. That the Senate recede from their amendment numbered 30, with an amenll- ment as follows: Add after the word "Congre " at tho· ·lo of the para.!!rapb 

the e word~: "And. the unexpend~d balance ~f ~o appropriation for wrappin).';~ paper proVIded for m tho act making appropnations for tho service of tho Po t- OfliceDepartment for tho year ending June 30, 1874, is hereby made available for 

the purchase of wrapping-paper and twinA ;"and the House agree to the sam . That the House recede from their disagreement to the amendment of the Senate 

numbered 40, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: trike out all 

of the said amendment after the word "tho " in line 2 of said amendment and ins rt the following: "Remainder of the Forty-third Con!ITe not already paid for 

$42,364, in lieu of all compensation otherWise provided 'for;" and the Senate agree t~ the same. 

That the House recede from their amendment to the amendment of the Senato 

numbered 41, and the Senate recede from their amendment, and agree to tho follow. 

ina as a substitute for tho original paragraph, namely : ~o pay the five Official Reporters of the proceedings and debates of the HouRefor 

the remainder of the Forty-thlrd Congress, ,815; and hereafter the pay of the 

Official Report~rs of the proceedings and nebates of each House shall be $50 000 

a.ntl the pay of official reporters of committees of the Hou e shall be $5 000 e..'tch 

p r annum, and thls shall be in lieu of :ill other componsa.tion for such s~vices in 

reportin.g the proceedings of each and all of said committees. 

And tne House agree fu tho same. That the House recede from the' disagreement to the amendment numbered 43 

and agree to the same with an amendment as follows : Insert after the word '' oreC: 

tion" in line 4, page 30 of the bill, the words "and furnishing;" and ins rt afti r the word "buililing," in same line and page, tho words "and grounds ; " and insert 

after the word "money," line 9, &'\IDe page, the words "or any part thereof ; '" autl 

tho Senate agree to the same. That the House recede from their disagreement to tho amendment of the Senate 

numbered 9, and a,crree to the ame with an amendment as follows : .Add after the 

word " dollars," in said amendment, the following: For Army pensions and expenses thereof under the various Mts of Congre s $300,000; 'l.Dd there is hereby appropriated a sum sufficient to make the compensa,: tion of the clerk of tho House Committee on Invalid Pensions equal to ~ 160 per annum for the Forty-Third Congro s, and no longer. ' 

And the Senate agree to the same. That the House recede from their disagreement to the amendment numbered 14 

and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: Strike out the word. •' fixe ,\ 

from said amendment and insert in lieu thereof the word " th,ree," aud aft~r t 1\e 
1874. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. 5331 

word " hundred " in line 21, page 17 of the hill, insert the words " and :fifty ; " :md 

the Senate a,aree to the same. JAMES A. G-ARFIELD, 

EUGENE HALE, 

Managers on the part of the House. 

A. A. SARGENT, LOT M. MORRILL, 

JAMES K. KELLY, Managi'Ts on the part of the Se11ate. 

Mr. GARFIELD. If any gentleman desires to put a.ny questions 

in regard to this conference report I ·shall be happy to answer them. 

Mr. HOLMAN. I hope the gentleman from Ohio will explain the new features which are incorporated into this bill by the conference 

committee. And I wish to ask him to what extent the committee 

have increased the compensation of the reporters of the Senate. I 

observe from t.he reading of the report that the pay·of the reporters 

of committees and the reporters of the debates of the House is put at 

$5,000. What is the increase in the compensation of the Senate re- porters f 

Mr. GARFIELD. No new matter bas been introduced into this 

report except two subjects that were referred to the conference com- mittee by the House itself. One was a letter from the Secretary of 

the Interior, informing the House that there would be a deficiency of 

$300,000 in the appropriation for Army pension . That has been 

incorporated into this bill. There has also been referred to us ::J> res~­

lution of the House in regard to the clerk of the Committee on Pensions, a cognate subject. 

In answer to the question of the gentleman from Indiana, I will 

etate that the House, it will be remembered, by a.. very decided majority 

rai ed the pay of the reporters of -the debates of the House to $5,000 

each, instead of a salary of $4,200 as provided earlier in the session. 

The only change ~..hat has been made in that regard is that the man- agers of the conference on the part of the Senate insisted that the 

Senate reporters should have equal payment with ours. Although it was admitted that we had more columns of actual report during the 

ession-during this session at least-than the Senate, yet it was suggested .that the Senate had an extm executive session after the House 

adjourns, sometimes lasting a month. They furthermore insisted, 

ancl it is true, that there are far more speeches in the Hous~ merely 

printed, not actually delivered, thau there are in the Senate, and 

hence that their reporters had more actual reporting of the proceeding in proportion to the number of pages covered than the reporters 

of the House. On this ground it seeined to us reasonable that the sa.me amount should be paid to the Senate reporters a-s to ours. We 

therefore concur in the amendment with regard to the Senate re- porters, with an amendment allowing to the Senate reporters the same pa.y a-s to the reporters of the House. 

If -there is any question which any gentleman desires to ask in re- lation to any other matter, I shall be glad to answer it. I m:.lty 

remark tha.t there were forty-four amendments in difference between 

the two Houses. On four the Senate receded ab olutely; on sixteen 

the House receded ab olutely; and on the I'emaining twenty-four 

there were meetings by mutua.l concession on the part of the two 

Houses. 

Mr. STARKWEATHER. I wish to ask the gentleman from Ohio 

what has been done with regard to the deficiency for the Indian 

servicef 

:Mr. GARFillLD. In regard to that we found the same difficulty 

that was met to-day in connection with the Indian appropriation 

bil}-1 and we exactly split the difference after a very long contest. Mr. STARKWEATHER. How much increa-se is it over the House 

appropriation T · 

- Mr. GARF,IELD. The amount in the report i 150,000 le s than 

the Senate had insisted on, and 150,000 more than the House originally adopted. \Ve exactly divided the difference between the two 

Houses on that subject. 

Mr. HOLMAN. The deficiency alluded to by the chairman of the 

Committee on Appropriations as having been referred to the committee of conference, and which was reported to -the House from the 

Pension Bureau, is I believe an entirely new feature in our legislative 

history. I hope, inasmuch as there is no objection at all, I presume, 

to that fea.ture of the report of the conference committee beinoadopted, that the fact shall appear upon the record that it ·was don~ by unanimous consent. But I do insist that as a question of parliamentary law the subject could not properly be r eferred to that com- mittee. But this proposition ha\ting been referred to t.he committee 

of conference without objection, and coming from it without objec- tion, it will establish no precedent. 

Mr. GARFIELD. I think this is a very important matter: and I 

should b_e glad to hear from the Chair if there is any preced~nt ior one House refening a new matter to a committee of conference that 

is not one of the subjects in dispute between the two Hou es. In this case H has worked very well. It was vitally important that this matter should come before the committee of conference, for it wa-s di - covered that a deficiency was likely to arise in the amount necessary 

to pay th~ pensions of Army pensioners for this year. The gentlemau 

from Indiana, [Mr. HoLMAN,] although he does not wi h to make 

a.ny point in this ca e, raises the question as to what is the pa.rliamentary rule, and I should be glad to know of the Speaker whether u der the rules there is anything unusual or out of order in one Honse 

referring a JleW matter to a conference committee. 

Mr. HO~IAN. I desire to submit a remark upon this subject. This report really comes in by unanimous consent, becau e the new matter which has been referred to the committee of conference was referred to the committee by una.nimous consent and is reported by 

unanimous consent ; but the proposition I desire to submit is tbi 

that there is certainly no precedent for such action on the part of one House of Congress, and it should appear rather as bein()' by the 

unanimous a-ction of tho House than a-s the result of a. decisio~ of tho 

Chair that such a proceeding is in order. · . The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Indiana willremomber that 

the Chair did not rule that without una.nimous consent a new matter could be referred to· a committee of conference after it had been 

appointed. On that ground the Chair would have been bound to 

rule it out. 

Mr. HOLMAN. I am very glad to hear that decision from tho 

Chair. . The SPEAKER. It was only on account of the extraordinary ex- igency of the case tha.t this matter was a.dmittecl and referretl by unanimous consent. · 

- 1\Ir. GARFIELD. I will state that this report is the unanimous report of the committee of conference; but the gentleman from :Maryland, -[Mr. SwA...--m-,] ono of the conferees, is absent this evening, anu we were unable to obtain his signature to the report. I now call for a vote. 

The question was taken, and the report of the committee of confer- ence was agreed t o. 

Mr. GARFIELD moved to recon ider the vote by which the reporb 

of the committee of conference was agree<l to; and also moveu that 

the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. 

The latter motion was agreed to. 

MESSAGE FROM TilE ENATE. 

A message from tbe Senate, by Mr. SYliiPSO:N, one of their clerks 

announced that the Senate had agreed to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amend- ments of the Senate ·to the bill (H. R. No. 30:30) making appropriations to supply deficiencies in ·the appropriations for the service of 

the Government for the :fiscal years ending June 30, 1873 and 1 74, 

and for other purposes. 

The message further announcecl that the Senate had passetl, without 

amendment, tho bill of the House No. 2 01 to place on the retired li t 

of the Navy M. H. Plunkett, late. second assistant engineer of the 

regular Navy. ~Ir. HOL~IAN. I move that the House do now adjourn. 

Mr. GARFillLD. I hope the House will not adjourn. We should 

get two more conference committees appointed before we adjourn. I 

will state that the Senate has now concluded its work upon the sun- dry civil appropria.tion bill. We want to get it here so that it may 

be referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and then we can adjourn until early on Monday morning. I believe that the committee of conference on the Indian appropriation bill are very nearly ready 

to report. 

~Ir. ·HOLMAN. I desire to move that the House take a. rece for 

fifteen minutes, but I will yield to the gentleman from South Carolina., [:Mr. RANSIER.] · CUBAN PATRIOTS. 

Mr. RANS.ImR. I ask unanimous consent to offer the resolution 

which I send to the Clerk's de k. 

Mr. fLA.TT, of Virginia.. If that requires unanimous consent I 

object. · The SPEAKER. The gentleman from South Carolina. desires that 

his re olntion shall be read. 

Mr. PLATT, of Virgmia. I object. . The SPEAKER. Does the gentlema.n object to the reading 

Mr. PLATT, of Virginia. Yes, sir; I object. 

Mr. RANSillR. I trust that the gentleman will as a. matter of 

courteRy withdraw his objection, a.nd allow the resolution to be read. ~Ir. PLATT, of Virginia.. Very well, sir; I withdraw it. 

The Clerk read the resolution proposed by Mr. RANSIER, as follows: 

Resolved, That the patriots in Cuba, for their con tancy and courage manifc ·teu in a struggle of nearly six years' duration to accomplish the abolition of sla\"" rv :mu ~e sliive tt:a~e, ~d to establi h the just ~ality of _all men~ the e:n,joyment of Clru and political nghts, as well as for thCll' unwa.vermg devotion to the spirit 

and form of a republican government, and their heroic sacrilice of life anti property in the maintenance of the ame, are entitled to the unqualified sympathy of tlio 

friend of free government throughout the world. 

Mr. GARFIELD. I object to the re olnt.ion. 

Ir. RAN IER. I move that the rules be suspended and the reso- lution pa sed. 

· 'l'he SPEAKER. Tho rules cannot be suspended, because the House 

is now acting tmder a suspen ion of the rule . . Mr. RANSIER. Then I ask the privilege of having the re olution 

printed in the RECORD and referred to the Committee on Foreign 

Affairs. Several members objected. 

SAThTT CROIX RAILROAD. 

The next.business on the Speaker's table was the bill (S. No. 655) to 

extend the time for the completion of a railroad from the Saint Croix 

River or Lake between townships 25 and 31, to the west end of Lake 

Superior, and to Bayfield in the State of Wi5consiu. 
5332 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. J UNE 20, 

~Ir. HOLMAN. I move that the House now take ~•recess for fifteen 

minutes. It is reporteu that the Senate have concludetl their consideration of the sun<lry civil appropriation bill and it will be over here 

in a few minutes. - The motion for a recess.was not agreed to; upon a divi ion- ayes 

33, noes not counted. 

The Hou ere umed the consideration of Senate bill No. 654. .. ~h. SAWYER. I will yield to the gentleman from Michigan, [Mr. BRADLEY,] who is a. member of the Committee on the Public Lands, 

and who desires to move a substit ute for this bill. 

1.Ir. R..A.l-i"'D.ALL. Thisisthe.celebrated Proctor Knott DuLuth bill. 

1\Ir. BRADLEY. I move that thi~ bill be passed with a substitute 

which I end to t he Clerk's desk: 

The Clerk rea<l as follows : 

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: 

That the time for the completion of the raiL.-oadfrom.th6 Saint Croix River or Lake 

between tO\VUtibips 25 and 31, to the we t enrl. of La.k e Superior, and to Bayfield in 

tho ta t-e of Wi con in, i hereby extended five year from the pa:sage of this act, 

and t hat the act of Congress of :hm e 3, 1, 56, ann the act of l.lav 5, 18C4, enlarging the same t o aid saitl tate in the con uuct.iou af sa id railroad, be, and the same is 

her eby, continued in full force to aitl State until the expiration of the aitl fi ve yen.rs : Provided, .That the provisions of this act sball not apply to any land.<i that 

hav been soltl, ent-ered nuder the home ad act-. or upon whwh pro-emption rights hav attached subsequent to May 5, 1 64: Provided j urtller, That no ben efit shall 

be r eceived uutler this act until the company or companies entitled to the same shall file an :WC(:)ptance in writing with the Secretary of. the_Interim,. 

Mr. RANDALL. I move to amend by striking out "five y~a;rs" 

:mel in crting "fifty year ," so as to save the time Qf Congress in ex- . tending this grant. 1\fr. SAWYER. It is not nece 'sary to do that ; I tb.illk we can get 

aloug with five years. . Mr. BRADLEY. I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill 

with the substitut-e which has been read. Mr. O'BRIEN. On that motion I call for the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. Mr. SMITH, of Ohio. I ri e to a parliamentary question. Do we not ha-ve to take a vote on the substitute before we vote on the passage of the bill ' 

The SPEAKER. The motion is to suspend the rules and pnss the 

bill as proposed to be amended 

Mr. RANDALL. What became of my amendment to make it fifty 

~~' . 

The SPEAKER. That was not in order. The question was taken; and there were-yeas 92, nays 95, not vot- ing 102; as follows : 

YEAS--.-Mes rs. Albert, Albright, Averill, Ba-rber, Bell, Bra.dley, Bmleigh, Ben- jamin F. Butler, Roderick R. Butler, Cain, Ce na, Clinton L. Cobb, Cono-er, Cook, 

Creamer, Crooke, Crounse. Crutchfield, e~ Dobbins, Donnan, Dnnnell. Eames, Elclredge, Giddings, Gooch, · HaganR, Robert ~. Hale, Ben.iamin W. Hatris, llenry R. Ilarri , Hathorn, Joseph R. Hawley, Ilays, Gerry W . Ilazelton, John ,V. Ha.zei- tou, H entlee, llerudori, E . Rockwood Iloar, George F. lloa,r, llodges, Houghton, 

Hubbell, K t'lley, Lansing, Lewis Lofland, Lo\VDdfl , Lynch, McCrary, Alexander ~·M Dill, 111<' e:m, Moor:e, Mor :y, ~l y, esm.it.h, OIT, Pierce, Jarue H. Platt., 

Jr., P olantl, Rainey, Ran 1er, Rn.pter, RICo, Rusk, Sawyer, H enry J. Scutltler, Isaac 

W. cmltler, Sheltlon, Sloan, Slo , George L. Smith, Stanard, Standiford, St. John, 

St-rait, Strawbritlgo, Christopher Y. Thomas, Townsend, Tremain, Vance, Waldron, Wallace, WalL-3, M.1.rcns L. ·ward, White, Wbitehe:t<l, \Vbitele.v, Wilber, Charles G. 

vVilliums, Johu M. S. Willi(l.ms, John D. Young, a-nd Pierce .M. B. Young- 92. 

NAYS-Messrs. Archer Arllim, Ashe, Atkins, Barnum, Bass, Berry, Biery, Bland, 

Blount, Bowen, Bromber g, Brown, Builinton, Bur chard, Caldwell, Cannon, Ca on, John B. Clark, jr., Clements, Clymer, Stephen A. Cobb, Collum, Comingo, Cox, Cur- tis, Danford, Davis, Dmham, Fort, Foster, Gun ~:~ , Gunter, Hamilton, Hancock, 

John T. Hun-is, Harrison, Hatch r, John B. Hawley, Holman, Hoskins, Howe, Hunter, Hyde, a-s~>on, K endall, Lawrence, Lawson, MJ.gee, Marshall, MacDougall, 

McJunkin, Men-iam, Milliken, Mills, Momoe, Morrison, Neal, O'Brien, Pa-ckard, 

Packer, ra.J:?e, Ho en, 1-V. Parker, ~>an.-o C. Parker, P elham, Thomas C. Platt-, Ran- dall, Ray, .ttobbins, Ellis H. Roberts, JaruC's W. Robinson, H enry B. Sayler, John 

G. Schumaker, Se sions, Shanks, Sherwood, mart, A. llen · Smith, H . .Boardman 

Smith, J. Ambler mith, John Q. Smith, S:{leer, Spra.~o~:u e, Stone, torm, Thomburgh, Totld, W ells, Whitehouse, Whitthorne, l)harles W . Willard, William Williams, 

William B. Williams, J ames ·wilson, and Wolfe-95. 

NOT VOTING-Messrs. A.dam , Bauning-, Barrere, Barry, Beck, Begole, B1·i n-ht, 

Buckner, Bundy, Burrows, Amos Clark, jr., Freeman Clarke, Clayton, Corwin, 

Cotton, Crittend n, Crocker, Cr o. sland DarraJJ., DeWitt, Duell, Eden, Elliott, Far. 

well, Field, Freeman, Frye, Garfield, Glover, Eugene Hale, H a-rmer, Havens, llere- forll, H ersey, Hooper, Hunton, IInrlbut, Hyne , J ewett, Kellogg, Killinger, Knapp, 

Lama.r, Lrtmison, Lamp01·t, L each, Loughridge, Lowe, Luttrelli M.trtin, Maynard, James W. McDill, McKee, Me Tu}ta, Mitchell, Myers Nib ack, Niles, Nunn, 

O'Neill, Orth, P ar ons, P emlicton, P en-y, rh Ips, Phlihps, Pike, Potter, Pr att, 

Purman, R a.tl, Richmond, William R. Roberts, James C. Robinson, Ross, Milton 

Sayler, Scofield, ner, Sheats, Lazarus D. Shoemaker, Small, 'Villiam A . Smith, 

Snyder, Soutbal'll, St ar 'b.--weather, tephen , Stowell, Swann, Sypher, Taylor, Charles R. Thomas, Tyner, Waddell, Ja. per D. Ward, Wheeler, George Willard, Willie, Ephraim K. 'VilMon, J eremiah M. Wilson, Wood, 'Voodford, and Woodworth-102. 

So (two-thirtls not voting in favor thereof) the rules were not sus- pended. · LEAVE TO PRINT. 

Mr. WOODFORD a k c1 and obtained leave to have printed in the 

RECORD, as a portion of the debates of this House, some remarks he 

hatl prepareu upon the report of tlle committee of conference on the 

currency bill t hi day a{lopted by the Honse. (See Appendix.) 

:r.IESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. 

A me age from the Senate, by Mr. SYMPSON, one of their clerks, 

informed the House t hat the Senate had agreed to the report of the second com mit t e of conference on the di agreeing votes of the two 

Honses on the bill (H. R. No. 2343) making appropriations for the 

current and contingent expenses of the I ndian Department and for fulfillin~ treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the year 

ending J nne 30, 1875, and for other purposes. 

INDIA...~ APPROPRIATION BILL. 

~Ir. SH.AJ.'ill:S. I rise to a privileged report from the second confer- ~ee committee on tbe disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the 

Ind,ian appropria ion bill. I will state that th~ only change that we 1iave made in the report of the former-committee of conference is in r elation to tho forty-sixth and forty-seventh amendments of the Senate co!lcerning the Apacl_le Indians_. I would suggest that in order to 

aye time only that portion· of t he_ report need how be r~ad. 

The SPEAKER. If there be no objection that will be done. 

There was no objection. 

The Clerk reacl as follows : · 

That the House ·recede from their disagreement totlie am(milm.ent numbered 46 

and a~ee to the same with an amendment as follows: · In lieu of the sum proposed. to be inserted by said Senate amendment insert the sum of $375 000. · - , - Antl the Senate agree to the same. · . That tho H ouse recede from their disagreement to the amendment numbered 47 

and a~n" e to tho same with an amendment, as follows: · ' 

Strike out the word ":fifty," and. insert in lieu thereof the word "twenty.ftve." A.nd the Senate agree to the s:une. 

The report of the committee of conference was agreed-to. 

SU IDRY CIVIL APPROPRIATION BILL. 

Mr. DAWES. I move, ~Ir. Speaker, that the House take a recess from no~ ~til half-past ten o'clock on Monday morning. I ani in- formed 1t w1ll be some hours before the sundry civil appropriation 

reaches the House from the Senate, and that. an arrangement will t-hen 

be made by w-hich it can be informally submitted to the Committee on. Appr?priations as ~f done by a vote of the House1

· so that every- thing w1ll be accomplished that could be by our remarning here. 

:r.LUL CONTRACTS. · 

1\-fr. PACKER, from the Committee on the P ost-Office and Post- Roa<;Is, sub~tted a re::port in regard to mail contracts and temporary erV1~e; which w~ lru<l upon the table and ordered to be printed. 

MRS. GATES. 

1\Ir. R~"'D.ALL. Before we take a recess, 1\-fr. Speaker, I wish to 

withdraw my objection to the bill for the relief of :Mrs. Gates to which 

I objecte<l this morning. I .find I was wrong and now wish to put · myself right as soon a po ible. ~1r. DUNNELL. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Pennsylvania ~aviug withd.ra~yn]l=s obj ection to the bill, I n?w a k to have put on 1ts pa sage a b1ll (H. R. No. 37 t4) for the relief of the widow antl 

chiltlren of Colonel William Gates, United States .Army. 

The bill wa read. It authorizes and directs theSecretaryoftheTreas- ury to ascertain the value of the property lost by Colonel William Gates, 

of the United S•.ates Army, who was on board the steamship San Francisco in the mouth of December, 1853, when she was wrecked between 

NewYorkanclSanFrancisco,saidpropertycon istiogoffurniture,wearing apparel, &c., of his family then on boar<l, and the amount so ascer- tained shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 

appropriated; provided that no allowance be made for any property except such as was necessary and proper for an officer of that O'rade 

ordere<l on such ser vice; and further provided, that such amo:Ut as may have been received by said Gates, if any, for property lost, under 

the law of March 27, 1854, be deducted from whatevermaybeadjudo-ed 

to be due him under the act previous to the payment of the sa~e, and the sum so found due shall be paid. Mr. DUNNELL. This is the unanimous report of the Committee on Claims. 

The bill was ordered_ to be engrossed and read a third time ; and 

being engro sed, it was accordingly read t he third time, and passed unanimously. . · 

Mr. D{Th~ELL moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed-; and also moved that t he motion t o reconsider be l aid on the table. · The latter motion was agr eed to. 

REMOVING OBSTRUCTIONS IN THE RED RIVER, ETC. 

~1r. SMITH, of Louisiana, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill 

(H. R. No. 3775) authorizing the Secretary of War to use certain nn- expencle?- ba~ances of appropr~at ons for dredo-ing b:;trs and removing 

obstructwns m the Red, Ouachita, andAtchafafaya R1vers; which was read a first and secund time, referred to the Committee on Commerce, 

and ordered to be printed. · 

NEW STATE OUT OF TEXAS AND LOUISIANA. 

Mr. SMITH, of Louisiana, also, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. No. 3776) for the erection of a new State out of certain por- tions of the States of Texas and Louisiana ; which· was read a first and 

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

to be printed. 

And then, on motion of Mr. DAWES, ~t eloven o'clock and forty 

mmutes p. m.,) the House took ::>, recess until Monday morning at halfpa t ten o'clock. · 
1874. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. 

AFTER RECESS. 

Th~ recess having expired, the House (at ten o'clock and thirty 

minutes a.m. Monday, June 22) resumed its session. 

MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. 

A messa()"e from the Senate, by-Mr. SYMPSON, one of their clerks, 

announced that the Senate had agreed to the concurrent resolution 

of the House for correcting an error in the enrollment of the bill (H. R. No. 2797) making appropriations for the payment of claims reported 

allowed by the commissioners of claims. 

The message also announced that the Senate had passed bills of the 

following titles, with amendments in which the concurrence of the 

House was requested: • A bill (H. R. No. 3168) making appropriations for the repair, preserva.tion, and completion of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes ; 

A bill (H. R. No. 3600) making appropriations for sundry civil ex- penses of the Government for the fiscal year ending J nne 30, 1875, 

and for other purposes ; and 

A bill (H. R. No: 3256) to repeal so much of the act approved May 

8, 1872, entitled "An act making appropriations. for the legislative, 

executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the year endinrr June 30, 1873, and for other purposes," a-s provides for the employmgnt of persons to assist the proper officers of the Government in 

eli covering and collecting moneys withheld, and for other purposes. 

The message also announced that the Senn,te bad passed without 

amendment bills of the following titles: A bill (H. R. No. 2246)relatingtocircnit courts of the United States 

for the di tricts of Alabn,ma ; and 

A bill (H. R. No. 3772) for the relief of John D. Young. 

DR. MARY E. WALKER. 

Mr. SCUDDER, of New York. I ask unanimous consent to report 

from the Committee on War Claims the bill for the reJief of Dr: Mary 

E. Walker. 

The bill was read. 

Mr. CRUTCHFIELD. I object. 

REPORT OF CO::\DUSSIONERS TO VIE~A EXPOSITION. 

Mr. DONNA.!.'!", from the Committee on Printing, reported the following resolution;: which wa-s read, considered, and agreed to : 

Resolved by the House of Representatives, (the Se1iate co-ncurring,) That of the ra. ports of the United States commissioners to the Vienna exposition t.bere shall be 

printed, onder the direction of the Secretary of State, four thousand copies for the 

Honse, t.wo thousand copies for the Senate, and one thousand copies for the Secre· tarv of State. 

Mr. DONNAN moved to reconsider the vote by which the resolution wns adopted; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be 

laid on the table. 

The latter motion was agreed to. 

REPORT OF CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER. 

Mr. DONNAN, from the same committee, reported back tho following Sena.te concunent resolution with the recommendation that it bo 

concurred in : 

Resolved by the Senate, (the House of Representatives concurring,) That two thousand copies of the report of the Chief Signnl Offi0er for 1873 be printed and bound 

for the use of the Secretary of War. · 

The resolution was concurred in. 

Mr. DONNAN moved to reconsider. the·voto by which the resolution was concurred in; and also moved that the motion to reconsider 

be laid on the table. 

The latter motion wa-s agreed to. The message also anno1mced that the Senate had receded from its 

amendment to the bill (H. R. No. 899) to constitute Montgomery, in 

the State of Alabama. a port of delivery. • REPORT OF SUPERINTE:J~,'"DENT OF COAST SURVEY. 

LEAVE TO PRINT. l\fr. DONNAN, from the same committee, reported back tho followl\fr. MONROE, by nnanimons consent, obtained leave to print in ing Senate concurrent resolution, with the recommendation that it be 

the RECORD some remarks on the currency bill. (See Appendix.) concurred in: . Resolved by the Senate, (the House of Representatives concurring,) That there be 

printed of the report of the Superintendent of the Coa~t Survey for the year 1873 three thousand extra oopies for the use of the Superintendent of the Coa<~t Survey. 

THOMAS H. 1\I.A.RS~ON. 

:Mr. COX. I offer tho following resolution: 

Resolved, That Thoma<~ H. Marston, door-keeper of the reporters' gallerv of the 

Honse of Representative~, be continued on the rolls during the recess of Con$Te s R·t the present mte of compens<ttion, to be paid out of the contingent fund or the 

Honse. 

Mr. GARFIELD. That cannot be done under tho rules. 

Mr. COX. It was done under the rules last session. 

Mr. GARFIELD. It ha to be done by law. 

l\fr. COX. I move that the resolution be referred to the Committee on Accounts, with tlle ri~ht to report at any time. 

The motion wn.s n,gree(L to. 

WILLIA.;."-l TOD HELMUTH. 

Mr. SCIIUl\IAKER, of ew York. I move that the Committee on the Library be eli charged from the further consideration of the bill 

(H. R. No. 3506) for the r lief William Tod Helmuth, of New York, 

and that the same be pa ed. The bill was road. In its pren,mble it states that William Tod 

Helmuth, M. D., of the city of New York, ha.s composed and is 

the author of a book entitled "A System of Surgery, by Wm. Tod 

Helmuth, M. D.," in the entering of the title of which book with the 

Librarirm of Congress at Washmgton, on or about the 22d day of 

August, 1872, ::m imperfect copy of the title thereof wn,s deposited, 

anti the act relating to copyrights has beeu otherwise not complied 

with, but without any improper intent on the part of said William 

Tod Helmuth, M. D. The bill therefore provides that William Tod 

Helmuth, M.D., the author of the book entitled "A System of Surgery, by Wm. Tod Helmuth, M.D.," may, within ninety days from the 

pa age of tho act, enter :lJ1. .1mended and corrected title of the book, 

and deposit two copies of sa-id book with the Librarian of Congress at 

Washington, who is directed to receive the same ; and that upon com- plying with thls law, the right of said William Tod Helmuth, M.D., 

to his said book, and to the copyright thereof, shall be the same in 

all respects as though all the requirements of the copyright laws of 

the United States had been duly complied with when said imperfect 

title wa.s :first recorded with the Librarian of Congress in 1872, and 

when said book wa first published. And it shall not be necessary 

for said William Tod Helmuth, M. D., to insert in the copies of such 

book any other or further notice of copyright thereto than would 

have been required bad the copyright laws been originally duly 

complied with. 

The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time ; and 

being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, n.ud passed. 

ALEXANDER HENDERSON. 

Mr. ALBERT. I :l:Sk unanimous consent to report back from the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs, with tho recommendation that it do 

pas, the bill (8. No. b'28) for the relief of Alexander Henderson. 

The bill was read. It directs the Treasurer of the United States 

to pay to Alexander Henderson $234.71 for baln,nce due him. as late 

consul a.t Londonderry, .in Ireland. 

The bill was onlered to a third reading; and it was accordingly 

read tho third time, and pa sed. 

The report was concuned in. 

l\fr. DONNAN moved to reconsider the vote by which the resolution was concurred in; and also moved that the motion to reconsider bo 

laid on the tn,ble. 

The latter motion was agreed to. 

PRThTTING OF NATIONAL-BANK NOTES, ETC. 

Mr. 1\fERRIAM. I offer the following resolution : 

R.esol·ved, That the Speaker be, and be is hereby, authorized to appoint a commit. tee of three to examine into the printing of national-bank notes, cost of paper, and 

other materials, and the general management of the affairs in the office of the Comp- troller of the Currency, sa.id committee to report to Congress at the next session. 

The SPEAKER. If the gentleman intends that power shall be given 

to the committee to sit during the recess, the re olution, as worded, 

will not ao that. Mr. MERRIAM. I desire to have that power, a,nd will modify tho 

resolution accordingly. :Mr. HURLBUT. I object to the present consideration of the res- olution. 

ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED. 

Mr. DARRALL, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported 

that the committee had examined and found t.ruly enrolled bills and 

joint resolutions of the following titles; when the Speaker signed the same : A joint resolution (H. R. No. 113) making an appropriation for the 

purchase and restomtion to the family of the Marquis de La Fayette 

of the watch presented to him by General Washingt.on; 

A joint resolution (H. R. No. 95) authorizing the Postmaster-General 

to perfect title to certn,in real estate obtained from John W. Norton, a defaulter to the postal money-order bureau; 

An act (H. R. No. 225) to amend the act entitled "An a-ct to esta,blish a western j u<licial district of North Carolina;" · An act (H. R. No. 352) for the relief of Colonel E. McCarty; 

An act (H. R. No. 753) for the relief- of PeterS. Patton; 

An act (H. R. No. 764) for the relief of John Dold; 

An act (H. R. No. 1370) to authorize tho Secretary of the Interior 

to settle and pay the accounts of William Pelham, late surveyor-general of New 1\fexico ; 

An act (H. R. No. 1578) for the relief of l\fartin Kalbfleisch's sons; 

An act (H. R. No. 1764) to appropriate lands for the support of 

schools in certain fractional town hips in the State of Missouri; 

An act (H. R. No.1774) for the relief of Matthia ·whitehead; 

An act (H. R. No. 1915) to remove the 11olitical disabilities of Henry 

H. Sibley, a citizen of E1:edericksburgh, Virginia; 

An act (H. R. No. 2270) making au appropd::J,tion to pay Emn.nuel 

Small and Jame Tate, of Atchison County, Mi ouri, for carrying 

the mails; 

An act (H. R. No. 2539) relinqujsbing the rights of the United State 

in certain lands iu the State of Michigan ; 

An act (H. R. "o. 27<37) to pwYide for the sale of the present United 

States marine hospital and site, a.nd for the purchase of a new site 
5334 CONGRESSIONAL ·RECORD. JUNE 22, 

and erection thereon of a new marine hospital, in the city of Pittslmrgh, Pennsylvania; 

An act (H. R. No. 2801) to place on the retired list of the Navy M. 

H. Plunkett, late econd assistant engineer of the regular Navy; 

An act (H. R. No. 29 ) to provide for tho appointment of a com- mi sion of engineers to investigate and report a permanent plan for 

t he reclamation of the alluvial basin of the l\fississippi River subject 

to inundation; 

An act (H. R. No. 3162) for the relief of settlers on railroad lands; 

An act (H. R. No. 3163) authorizing the Secretary of 'Var to deliver 

certain ondemned ordnance to the municipal authorities of Lexingtml, Massachusetts, for monumental purposes; 

Au act (H. R. No. 3173) for the relief of James A. McCullah, late collector of the fifth district of l\fis ouri ; 

An act (H. R. No. 3257) authorizing the Secretary of War to sell un erviceable ordnance sii+)res, and for other purposes; 

An act (H. R. No. 3282) providing for the collection of mo.neys due 

the United States from the Pacific Railroad Companies; 

An act (ll. R. No. 3354) to legalize entries of public lands undor 

the homestead laws in certain cases; . Au act (H. R. No. 3428) to amend an act entitled "An act to provide 

for the payment of hor es and other property lost or destroyed in the 

military service of the United· States," appro•ed March 3, 1849; 

An act (H. R. No. 3431) authorizing the Secretary of War to relinquish and turn over to the Interior Department parts of certain reser- vations in the Territory of Ari7.ona as may be no longer required 

for military pur110 es; 

Au act (H. R. No. 350 ) conferring jurisdiction upon the criminal 

court of the District of Columbia, and for other pnrpo es; 

An act (H. R. No. 3~22) to extend the juri diction of the LightIT ouse Board ; 

An act (H. R. No. 3757) for the transfer of twenty l1ronze cannon for the erection of a statue to the ln,te Major-General George Gordon 

l\Ieade; 

An act (S. No. 784) authorizing tho transfer of gold mint ba1 from 

the bullion fnnd of the as ayoffice, New York, to the assistant treas- urer at New York· 

An act (S. No. 486) to extend the act of March 10, 1873, entitled "An 

act to extend the time of the S:oint Paul and Pacific Railroad Company for the completion of its road ;" 

An act H. R. No. 2343) making appropriation for the current and 

contingent eXIleD es of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling 

treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the :fiscal year ending June 30, 1875, and for otherpurposes; and 

An act (H. R. No. 2797) making appropriations for the payment of 

claims reported allowed by the commissioner of claims under the act 

of Congress of March 3, 1 71. 

SOUTHERN CLAIMS CO~fl\fiSSION. 

1\olr. YOUNG, of Georcria, by unanirrlous con ent, introduced a bill 

(H. R. No. 3777) to provide for the discontinuance of the southern 

claims commis ion ; which was read a :first and second time, referred 

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

CO:NTRACTS FOR INDIAN SUPPLIES. 

l\Ir. AVERILL. I am directed by the Comlnittee on Indian Affairs 

to report the evidence taken by that committee touching the awarding and execution of contracts for Indian supplies and transportation 

for the fiscal year ending J nne 30, 1873, and June 30, 187 4. I move that the report with the accompanying documents be printed and 

hid on the table, and that the committee be discharged from the 

further consideration of the subject. ~lr. ADAMS. I object to that action if I h:tve the right. 

The S£EAKER. As objection is made, the report m.a,y be printed 

and recommitted. 

Mr. ADAl\1S. I object, for the reason that, as a member of the com- mittee, I desire to make a minority report. 1\lr. AVERILL. The committee was author~ed to report at any 

time. This is a privileged report. I ask that the committee mav be 

discharged. • Mr. ADAMS. But the resolution giving the committee authority 

to report at any time did not contemplate that the House should act on the subject immediately upon the making of the report. I object 

to the present consideration of the report. 

Mr. AVERILL. I submit that the gentleman has no right to object. 

I move the previous question. 

The SPEAKER. As objection is made, the report will be printed 

and recommitted. !'his question between the gentlemen can be settled hereafter. 

REORGANIZATIO~ OF TREASURY DEPAnTI!EST. 

Mr. KELLOGG. I ask unanimous consent to offer the following 

resolution : Resol'IJed., That the sub-committee ll!>On tho bill for organizin~ the Treasury D epartment have leave to sit at t.heir own e:J.:pense during the vacation for the pur· pose of completing the bill for the reorganization of said Department, 

1\fr.-SPEER. I objected to a resolution of this kind on Saturday 

evening, but a now modified I think jt is right. · ~Ir _ G. F . HOAR. I must object to the resolution unless the gentle- man trom Connecticut [Mr. KELLOGG] will strike out the words "at 

their own expense." 

Mr. KELLOGG. I will do so. 1\fr. G. F . HOAR. I do not think that this House ought to charge a committee with an official duty and then compel it to pay its own expenses. 

1\lr. ELLIS H. ROBERTS. I object to the resolution absolut.ely. 

l\IIBCELLA...~OUS APPROPRIATIO~ BU.L. 

. Mr. GARFIELD. I report ba~k from the Committee on Appropriations the amendments of the Senate to the sundry civil appropriation 

bill. We have not had the time to have printed the report on tlw 

subject; and I request that the Speakermayannounceaseach ::tmeU(lment is rea-d the recommendation of the committee. Mr. SPEER. What is fhe aggreg.1te amount which the Scnato hn 

added to this billY 

Mr. GARFIELD. The Senate ha.s addecl about 4,GOO,OOO to tho 

!Jill as it left the House. Mo t of this increase is in two or tlm~ 

large amounts, which will be discus ed a we reach them in onler. 

The Committee on Appropriations of the House spent four or tivo ~o~ yesterday (I am sorry to say we were compelled to sit yesterday) ill gomg carefully over these amendments. I move that the Ron ·o now proceed to consider the amendments under the :five-minute rule. The SPEAKER. There being no objection, that order will be marl e. The amendments of the Sena.te were read, and, except in the cases noted ~elow, were everally concurred or non-concurred in nem. con., a~cording to the recommendations of the Committee on Appropriattons. The :first amendment of the Senate was read, as follows : 

In the paragraph making appropriations for printina- of the various Departments strike out the following: · "' ~d t.he amounts herein designaterl for the several Executive Departments may be distributed to the Bureaus thereof, at the discretion of the head of each Department, who shall certify such distribution to the Public Printer . .And insert the following: • Prwi.ded, That hereafter the Congressional Printer shall print, upon the ordt'r of 

the heads of the Executive D epartments, respectively, only such limited numb r of the ~nnual reports of such Departments and necessary accompanying reports of 

subordinates as may ~e deemed n.ece arJ>: for the use of Con,...aress: Provided, how- ever That no e.x:pensiYe maps or illustrations shalllle printed without the spocial ord r of Congress. -

The Committee on Appropriations recommended concurrence. Mr. RANDALL. I would like the chairman of the committee [Mr. 

GARFIELD] to ~:~tate with whom is left the discretion to dcsicrnate the 

number of the e reports to be printell. 0 

1\lr. GARFIELD. This amendment is, we believe, in the intere t 

of economy--

Mr. RAl~ALL. I know that; but who has the discretion as to 

the limitation of the number of the annual reports f · 

1\lr. GARFIELD. The heads of the various Departments. 

l\lr. RANDALL. They will still have that discretion f 

Mr. GARFIELD. This provision takes it out of the power of Bu- reau officers to order large numbers of these document . I think it 

is right and ought to be concurred in. Tho amendment wa concurred in. T.L.e fourth amendment was read, as follows : 

On page 4 of the printed bill insert the followin"' new pa.ra!!Taph: 

:E'or establishing ne-.11 life- :wing stations o.n the sea and J.a.k~ coasts of the United 

State , as authorized by ln.w of the present Congress, $342,304.44. 

The Committee on Appropriations recommended concurrence. Mr. SPE.ER. ·wm the chairman of the Committee on Appropriation please state why concurrence is recommended I understand 

the reason; bnt I want it to appear on the record. 

Mr. GARFIELD. Becan e a law was passed a few days aero enlarcring the number of life- aving stations. o 

0 

Mr. SPEER. That has become a law since this bill passed the 

House7 

~fr. GARFIELD. Yes, sir; and this appropriation is necessary to 

conform to the law as it now tands. 

T.L.e sixth amendment was read, as follows : 

. ~or the p~chase of an en,<Yine and mac~ery, and for the erection aud expenses mcu.lent to 1ts operati?n, ~or the macenti?n of national-bank note , United States 

notes, and other obligations o the Uruted States authorized to be destroyed _10 0~0; ancl that all. such issu hereafter destroyed may be destroyed by macero: tion.rn t;ad of b=g to a:>hes, as now provided by la.w; and that so much of 

sections 24 and 43 of the national currency act as requires n:J.tional-bank notes to b burnefl to ashes is hereby r epealed; that the pulp from such macerated issue shall be dispo ed of only unuer the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. 

. 1\fr. GARF~LD. I wish t.o state to the Honse that th.is is a qnes: 

tion of crematiOn or maceratiOn. I am personally of the opinion th:tt ~tis cheaper to treat the mn~ated notes that h:ove to be destroyed ill the manner sugge ted by t.hi amendment than in any other way. 

It is a matter upon which I should be glad to have the jud!mlent of 

theHonse. o 

Mr. MERRIAM. It is the unanimous opinion of the Committee on Banking and Currency that this is the proper mode of di.sposincr of 

mutilated notes. 0 

1\fr. GARFIELD. Since the committee examined and reported upon these amendments we have found that the Committee on Bankino- and 

Currency U?animously recommended this provi ion, and therefure I 

feel authonzed to change the recommendation of the committee. The amendment was concutTed in. 

Mr. DAWES. I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; and thereupon (at ten o'clock and .fifty~ 

eight Ininutes a. m.) the House adjourned. 
1874. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. 5335 

PETITIO~ ·s, ETC. 

The following memorials, petitions, and other papers were presented 

at the Clerk's desk, under the rule, and referred as stated: 

By Mr. BARBER: The petition of citizens of. Brodhead, Wisconsin, for the passage of the bill to aid in the construction of the Continental Freight Railway, to the Committee on Railways and Canals. 

By :Mr. CROUNSE: The petition of grange organizations and citi- zens of Elmeruk and York, Nebraska, of similar import, to the same 

committee. 

Dy Mr. DUNNELL: The petition of citizens of Freeborn County, 

J\iinnesota, of similar import, to the same committee. 

By Mr. EAMES : The petition of Charles H. Arnold and Z7 others, 

of Uhode Island, masters and owners of ves els, for the abolition of 

compnlsory pilotage, to t)le Committee on Commerce. 

By :Mr. LOFLAND: Tho petition of N.H. Coverdale, for relief, to 

the Committee on Claims. 

By fr. McCRARY: The petition of the grange organization of 

Mount Pleasant, Iowa, for the pas~m ge of -the bill to aid in the con- struction o:F the Continental Freight Railway, to the Committee on 

Rail ways and Canals. 

.Dy Mr. ORR: The petition of citizens of Story County, Iowa, of 

similar import, to the same committee. 

Also, the petition of citizens of Calhoun County, Iowa, of similar 

import, to the same co:qJ.mittee. 

By Mr. PACKARD: The petition of citizens of Newton County, 

Indiana, of similar import, to the same committee. 

Dy J\fr. ~A~: Th.e :peti~ion of grange organizations of Wa.rren 

County, llirnms, of Similar rmport, to the same committee . . Dy Mr. ELLIS H. ROBERTS : The petition of Evan Jones, in relatiOn to the duty on crude petroleum oil, to the Committee on Ways 

and Means. 

By Mr. ~T~T])IFORD: The petitions of L?uis Surkant, Frank 

Fenster, William McDowell, and Sa.muel Sutterfield, respectively for arrears of pension, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ' 

By Mr. STRAIT: The petitions of grange organizations of Nicolet 

~ounty, Minnes~ta, for the J?a8Sa~e .of the bill to aid in ~he constructiOn of the Continental Freight .«.ail way,· to the Committee on Railways and Cannl. 

.llY Mr. ~~E~: The petition of citizens of Howard County, !ndiana, of smlilar Import, to the same committee. 

By Mr. VANCE: The petition of R. W. Hume and E. J. Arton and 

other citizens of Transylvania and Buncombe Counties North Carolina, that French Broad River, from Brevard· to Dunc~mbe line be 

declared a navigable river, and that an appropriation be mad~ to remove obstructions therefrom, to the· Committee on Commerce. 

By Mr. WILLIAM _, o~ Mich~gan: The petition of ~avilla Grange, 

Mu kegon County, M1chigan, for the passage of the bill to aid in the 

construction of the Continental Freight Railway, to the Committee on Rail ways and Canals. 

IN SENATE. 

1\foND.A.Y, June 22, 1874. 

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

Mr. SHERMAN. I move that the readin<T of the Journal be dispensed wit.h, and I 'de ire to state before the ~otion is put that I ask 

the attention of the ~enate to th~ importance of passing at least a few clauses of the tariff and tax bill sent us by the House. I propose as soon as I can get the floor to call up that bill and ask the Senate 

to act only on such points in the House bill as to which there is no objection here. There are some few points in it that ouO'ht to be passed 

for the bene~t of the revenue, and to insure certainty in the revenue: I do n?t desrre to act .upo~ any matter which will give rise to debate. 

I a.m mformed ~hat if this course is pursued by the Senate we can promptly and Without delay pa s a. few items of the bill as to interfi:al revenue ~nd a to customs duties which the Department are anxwus and de uous we shall act upon without any prolonged debate. 1\fr; RAMSEY. I entirely agree with the Senator from Ohio and in 

this connection would give notice that the post-route bill is yet un- acted upon. It is a long bill; the amendments are numerous and ~nst go into the hanus of th~ clerks to be engros ed and the whole 

b_1ll to be eru·olled unless yon mtend to lose it. If ·there is no objectiOn, I a k the Senate now to act on it, concurrincr with the Senator 

from Ohio in all he has said about his bill. o 

Mr. SHERMAN. I move that the readin<T of the Journal be dispen ed with with a view of taking up the t~iff and tax bill. It will 

not take more than half an hour under this a.rrangement. 

M~. ~AMSEY. Allow me first to pass the po t-route bill so as to 

got It m the hands of the clerks. · 

Mr. SHERl'YI.AN. The tariff bill is of much more importance. 

The P-?-ESIDEN~ pro tetnpore. Is there objection -to dispense wit.h 

the r ading. of. the Journal of ~aturday's proceedings t The Chair 

hears no obJectiOn, and the reading is dispensed with. 

INSANE CONVICTS, 

_The PRESIDENT pro tempo're appointed as conferees on the part of 

the Senate on the disa~reeing votes of the two Houses on the bill 

(~. R. ~o. 3415) to provide for .the care and custody of persons con- vwted ill the courts of the Uruted··states who have or may become 

insane while imprisoned, Mr. Fu.ELINGHUYSEN, llr. WRIGHT, and:J\lr. 

STEVENSO"X. . 

MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. 

A mes age from the House of Representatives, by llr. McPHERSON, 

its Clerk, announced that the House had agreed to the report of the 

second committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two 

Houses on the bill (H. R. No. 2343) making appropriations for the cur- rent and contingent expenses oft he Indian Department and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the year ending 

June 30, 1875, and for other purposes. 

The message also announced that the House had passed a bill (H. 

R. No. 3774) for the relief of the widow and children of General William Gat~ , United States Army, in ·which it requested the concur- rence of the Senate. 

The me sage further announced that the House had passed the bill 

(S. No. 669) referring the petition anu papers in the case of Robert!!. 

and Stephen A. Douglas, in so far as the same relates to cotton seizeu 

to the Court of Claims. ' 

ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED. 

The message also announced that the Speaker of the House had 

signed the following emolled bills; and they were thereupon siO'ned 

by the President p1·o tempoTe: o 

A bill (S. No. 486) to extend the act of March 3, 1873, entitled "An 

act for the extension of time to the Saint Pa.ul ao.d Pacific Railroad 

Company for the completion of its road;" 

A bill (S. No. 7d4) authorizing the transfer of gold mint bars·from 

the bullion fund of the assay office, New York, to the assistant treas- urer at New York; 

A bill (H. R. No. 764) for the relief of John Dold; 

A bill (H. R. No. 2797) making appropriations for the payment of 

clainls reported allowed by the commissioners of claims nuder the act · of Con<Tress of larch 3, 1 71 ; 

A bill (H. R. No. 1774) for the relief of Matthias Whitehead· 

A bill (H. R. No. 3257) authorizing the Secretaryof.War to ~ell tiDserviceable ordnance stores, and for other purposes ; 

A b~ (H. R. No. 3282) provi~ng fo-! the collection of moneys due 

the Umted States from the PaCific Railroad Companies· .A. bill (H. R. No. 3354) to legalize entries of public la~ds unuer the 

homestead laws in certain case ; 

-A bill (H. R. No. 2Z70) making an appropriation to pay Emanuel 

Small and Joseph Tate,. of Atchison County, Missouri for carryino- the mail · ' · o 

A. bill ('H. R. No. 3757) for. the appropriation-of twenty condemned 

bronze cannon for the erection of a statue to the late :Major-General 

George Gordon Meade; 

A bill (H. R. No. 1578) for tho relief of Martin Kalbfleisch's sons· A bill (H. R. No. 1370) to authorize the Secretary of the Interlor 

to settle and pay the accounts of William Pelham late smveyorgeneral of New Mexico; ' 

A bill (H. R. No. 3428) to amend an act entitled ''An act to provide 

for the payment of horses n.nd other property lo t or destroyed in the 

military service of the United States," approved March 3 1849 · ~bill (H. R. No. 3431) autho~ing the Secretary of War to'relinqmsh. and .turn over ~o the Inte~10r Department parts of certain re - orvations ill the Terntory of Anzona no longer required for military 

purpose ; 

A bill (H. R. No. 1620) for the relief of John L. J. Jones of Montgomery ~ounty, l\Iary~and, for rent a~d damages sustain~d by the 

d.estructwn of a dwellrng-house by acCidental fire while the same was being occupied by United States troops for quarters · A ~ill (H. R. No. 3163) authorizing the Secretary ~f War to deliver 

certarn condemned ordnance-to the municipal authorities of LexinO'-

ton, J\~assachusetts, for monume.q.tal purposes ; · / o 

A bill (H. R. No. 225) to amend the act entitled "Anact to establish a western judicial district of North Carolina;" · A bill (H. R. No. 2539) relinquishing the riO'hts of the United States 

in certain lands in the State of Michigan; 0 

A bill (H. R. No. 29 ) to provide for the appointment of a commission of eJ?-gineers to investigate and report a permanent plan for the !eclama~on of the alluvial basin of tJ:le Mississippi River subject to 

mundation; 

A bill (H. R. No. 2343) makin&'.appropriations for the current and 

contingent ,expenses of the Ina.ian· Department and for fulfi.llincr 

treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the year endin~ June 30, 1875, and for other purposes; ' o 

A bill (H. R. No. 2801) to place on the retired list of the Navv M. 

H. PlJ?lkett, late sec~nd a sistant engineer of the regular Navy;~ 

A bill (H. R. No. 3::>2) for the relief of Colonel E. McCarty· 

A bill (H. R. No. 753) for the relief of PeterS. Patton: · ' 

. A bill_(H. R. ~o.1764) to ap_Propriate lands for the support of schools 

ill certaill fractional-townships ill the State of kfissouri · A bill (H. R. No.1915)toremovethedisabilitiesof Hc~ry H. Sibley a citizen of Fredericks burgh, Virginia; · ' 

A bill (H: R. No. ~787) to pr?vide for the sale of the present uitcc1 

States marrne hospital and site, and the pmchru;e of a now site and