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I\Ir. President, these are the three things about which I have been 

arraigned, ~nd a kind of personal attack has been made upon me. The 

Senator talked about resumption. I do not want to say anyth~ about 

resumption. Who does not feel that that great work of courage, not 

only in Congress but in the Departments and among the people, was 

one of the proud triumphs of our age and generation? I have no apologies to make for it. 

As to the silver question, I am perfectly willing to dehateit. I am not opposed to silver. I wish to God I could add more than 30 per 

cent. to the value of every grain of silver in the mines and in the world. 

The interest of our country is to have both gold and silver. You 

never can keep them at the present ratio except by doing one of two 

things, and that the Senator from Kentucky wants to break down. You 

must maintain the silver dollar at the gold standard by receiving them 

as gold and hoarding them when they are not readily taken by the 

people. If you would force the silver dollars now in the Treasury 

out among the people, yon would break down their credit so that they 

would full more and more. You therefore have either to maintain 

them at the gold standard by redeeming them at par with gold or you 

have got to put more silver in them to make them equal in market value 

to gold. I do not want to precipitate this question, and do not care to 

discuss it. The arguments are old. I do not care to have them repeated and printed at every session. 

Wbene"Ver I can see the way clear, by general consent of the people 

interested in this product, wjth the consent of Colorado and Nevada. 

and California, to take any s~ps to den.l with the silver question, I am 

willing to do it. I think the time may come when we can make the 

sil•er production in our country the basis for coin certificates; but then 

we must buy it at market value; we must not take it at an artificial 

value. But after all the efforts of om· silver friends, by these fierce 

attempts to get their money into circulation, silver has gone down 

steadily under this process. I should like to see it advanced, and I 

believe I can see my way clear to measures which if agreed to by 

them-reasonable in their character-would bring up sUver nearer to 

its old standard. 

When finally a fair ratio is fixed by the commercial nations of the 

relative value of silver and gold in the world, all we can do is to adopt 

that ratio and base our action "ftpon it. This Senate and this nation 

are powerful in many things, but they have not the power fu fix the 

value in anything. You may hold a thing up tO a standard of value 

by receiving it and redeeming H, but you can not make the value of a 

plate or a bar of iron or a grain of wheat. That is beyond the power 

of man. It must be fixed by the general market value among commercial nations. I do not intend to be led off into that discussion. Whenever the time comes when a bill of this kind, such as the Senator bas 

introduced, shall be taken up and discussed in an orderly way, so tl:Ja~ 

we can present our views to each other, not in the presence of a captivating audience, not for the purpose of filling the tomes of our RECORD, 

put for legitimate debate to comince each other as to what is best for our 

country, I shall be present with my friend from Kentucky prepared to 

consider the question. 

ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. 

Mr. PALMER. I desire to make a report out of order. I report 

amendments from the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry to the 

bill (S. 2083) to provide for the estalilishment of a Bureau of Animal Industry, and to facilitate the exportation of live-stock and their 

products, to extirpate contagions pleuro-pneumonia and other diseases 

among domestic animals, and for other purposes, and move that they 

be printed with the original bilL This will supersede the motion 

that I made yesterday, and I ask the reference of the motion to print 

the bill and amendments be made to the Committee on Printing. 

The PRESIDENT JYI'O tempore. It will be so referred. 

l\1r. BLAIR. I present a report from the Committee on Pensions on 

the bill (S. 373) for the relief of women enrolled as Army nurses, etc., 

proposing an amendment to the bill, which is already on the Calendar. 

I a.qk the Secretary to note a correction in the Calendar entry. The bill 

is reported with an amendment and not "without amendment," as stated on the Calendar. 

Mr. BLAIR, from the Committee on Education and Labor, to whom was referred the bill (S. 405) providing for the adjustment of accounts 

of laborers, workmen, and mechanics arising under the eight-hour law, 

reported it with an amendment, and submitted a report thereon. 

REPORT OF CAPT. EUGENE GRIFFIN. 

Mr. DAWES submitted the following resolution; which was considered by unanimous consent, and agreed to: 

Resolved, That the commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and are hereby, directed to communicate to the Senate a. copy of the report of Capt. Eu- gene Griffin to 1\Iaj. William Ludlow, late one of said commissioners, on the 

subject of electricity as a motor power for street cars, made in January last, and 

of all papers connected therewith. 

HOUSE BILLS REFERRED. 

The bill (H. R. 2017) to incorporate the Rock Creek Railway Company of the District of Columbia was read twice by its title, and referred 

to the Committee on the District of Columbia. 

- be bill (H. R. 5373) to change the location of a certain alley in the 1 city of Washington was read twice by its title. 1 

Mr. Y ANCE. I desire to have that bill lie on the table, with a view 

of substituting it for a bill already reported in tbls body. 

The PRESIDENT JJro tempore. If the Senator desires to substitute 

this for the bill on the Calendar, that can be done, and the Senate bill 

indefinitely postponed. 

Mr. Y ANCE. The Senate bill is in precisely the same words as the 

House bilL It is the bill (S. 1519) to change the location of a certain 

alley in the city of Washington. I move that it be indefinitely post. 

poned. 

The motion was agreed to. 

Tho PRESIDE...·"n.'pro tempore. The House bil15373 having been read 

twice, will be substituted on the Calendar for the bill just disposed of. 

The bill (H. R. 4601) io amend the naval r ecord of Nicholas Leuschen, 

Peter Leuscben, and Loth Possum was read twice by its title, andreferred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. 

The bill (H. R. 5617) to provide for the leasing of premises for the 

Washington city post-office was read twice by its title, and referred to 

the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. 

The bill (H. R. 6591) for the relief of S. Dillinger & Sons was read 

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

The bill (H. R. 8309) to secure for the District of Columbia a compilation of the laws of said District was read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. 

vALUATION OF IMPORTED MERCHANDISE. 

Mr. ALLISON. I ask that the regularordet· he laid before the Senate. 

The PRESIDENT pro tempm·e. The unfinished business will be re- ported. 

The CHIEF CLERK. A bill (8. 977) to reguL1.te the importation of 

foreign merchandise and to secure uniformity in the classi:fica.tion and 

valuation thereof, and for other purposes. 

Mr. ALLISON. I desire to say one word r especting this bill. I 

give notice that to-morrow morning, after the morning business shall 

have been concluded, I will ask the Senate to proceed with the consideration of the pending bill, hoping that we may conclude its consideration to-morrow. I now move that the Senate adjourn. 

The motion was agreed to; and (at 5 o'clock and 3 minutes p. m.) 

the Senate adjourned until to-morrow, ·wednesday, March 14, 1888, at 

12 o'clock m. 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 

TUESDAY, March 13, 1888. 

The House met at 12 o'clock m. Prayer by Rev. J. H. CUTHBERT 

D. D., of Washington, D. C. 

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

SIGNAL CORPS. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House a letter from the 

Secretary of War, transmitting, -with a letter from the Chief Signal Officer, a draught and recommending the passage of a bill to make enlisted men of the Signal Corps responsible for public property; which 

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

printed. 

FORT 1\fEA.DE, DAK. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore also laid before the House a letter from 

the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estim'lte from the Secre· 

tary ofW ar of appropriation for purchase of land ne.1.r Forh Meade, Dak., 

for the purpose of obtaining a water supply; which was referred to the 

Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. 

HOT SPRINGS, ARK. 

The SPEAKER pro fempare also laid before the House the joint resolution (H. Res. 117) to enable the Secretary of the Interior to utilize 

the hot water now running to waste on the permanent re ervation ah 

Hot Springs, Ark., and for other purposes, with Senate amendments; 

and a message from the Senate that it insisted upon its amendments to -

the joint resolution, agreed to the conferenc~ asked by the Hour:e on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and bad appointetl 

Ur. TELLER, Ur. PAD DOCK, and lllr. W ALTH.A.LL to be the conferees on the part of the Senate. 

LEAVE OF ABSENCE. 

By unanimous eonsent, lea•e of absence was granted to :ur. MORGAN 

for ten days, on account of sickness in his family. 

REPRINT OF DILL. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore also laid before the House tbe following 

request: 

Mr. STEELE, from the Cor:1m.ittec on Military .Aff.oirs, states that the bill (II. R. 6106) for the relief of certain volunteer soldiers is exhausted, and to accom- modate members asks that a. reprint of said bill be ordered. 

There was no objec"tion, and it was so ordered. 

W ASHTI\GTOY CITY POST-OFFICE. 

Mr. ANDERSON, of Illinois. Mr. Speaker; I ask unanimous con-

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sent that the Committee of the Whole be discharged from the further 

consideration of tlle bill (H. R. 5617) to provide for the lease of premises for the Washington city post-office, and that the bill be now put 

upon its passage. 

The bill was read, as follows: 

Be it enacted, elc., That the Postmaster-General be empowered to lease suita- ble premises in the city of Washington for the purposes of the Washington city 

post-office. 

Ur. RANDALL. I think there ought to be some statement in refer- ence to the necessity for that. 

Mr. ANDERSON, of illinois. Let the report be read. 

The report (by 1\:Ir. ANDE&SON, of illinois) was read, as follows: 

The Commit.tee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads reports back the bill (H. R. 5617) to empower the Postmaster-General to lease suitable premises in the city of Washington for the purposes of the city post-office, and recommends its passage. 

Under the present law buildings for post-offices of the first and second classes, 

exl.lcpt within the Distt·ict of Columbia, can be leased by the Department in the name of the United States for such term of years as may be agreed upon. These leases are usually made for a term of five years, although the Department has no power to bind the United States for a longer term than the period of the appro- prrintion. Within the District of Columbia, however, the act of March 3, 1877, does not permit a contract to be made for the rental of any building to be used for the purposes of the Government until an appropriation therefor shall have been made in terms by Congres3. The present bill simply brings the rental of build- ings in the District of Columbi!Jo under the law applicable to leasing of build- ings for post-offices. The present condition of th~ city post-office renders this necessary. 

In the opinion of your committee the Washington city post-office, though con- veniently located, is in a building insufficient and unsuitable for its proper re- quirements. The building is not owned by the Government and no continuing lease of it e:xi.sts. Since the beginning of the present fiscal year the proprietor of this building has demanded double the rent previously paid. As the De- pa.rtment has no authority to lease suit.able buildings, the post-office is continu- ing in this building under the demand for double the rent formerly paid, al- though the payment of the increase asked for has been refused. To relieve the present embarrassment the committee recommends the passage of the bill. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the present con- sideration of this bill? 

Mr. PEEL. With the understanding that if the bill provokes discussion it shall be withdrawn, I w.ill not object. 

The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and 

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

Mr. ANDERSON, of Dlinois, moved to reconsider the vote by which 

the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be 

laid on the table. 

The latter motion was agreed to. 

CHANGE OF REFERENCE. 

By unanimous consent, the Committee on Appropriations was discharged from the further consideration ofthe communication from the 

Secretary of the Treasury in relation to band and steam presses in the 

Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and it was referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency. 

FIRE-PROOF BUILDING AT SPRINGFIELD ARMORY. 

Mr. ROCKWELL. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the 

Committee of the Whole be discharged from the further consideration 

of the bill (H. R. 5639) to provide for the erection of a fire-proof workshop at the Springfield Armory, and that it be now put upon its passage. 

Yesterday the gentleman from Missouri [Mr. f:)TONE], through a misunderstanding, objected to the consideration of the bill1 but he is now willing to withdraw the objection. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 

gentleman from Massachusetts? 

Mr. BLAND. I shallnotobjecttotheconsiderationoftbe bill; but, 

a1 I said yesterday, if it is to be considered I want to debate it. I am 110t willing that these bills for the construction of public buildings shall 

pass without discussion. . The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection? 

Mr. PEEL. If the bill is to be debated, I shall have to object. 

Mr. ROCKWELL. I trust the gentleman will not object. Two bills 

from the other side of the House have been passed this morning, and 

'there is no objection at all to this bill. It is not for the erection of a post-office or court building, and it will not take more than three minutes to dispose of it. 

Mr. PEEL. I understand the gentleman from Missouri [Mr. BLAND] 

to sa.y that there will be discussion of the bilL 

Mr. BLAND. I stated yesterday that I did not propose to stand here 

nnd object to every such bill, but I do intend that they shall not pass 

without discussion. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 

gentleman from Massachusetts? 

Mr. PEEL. I object. 

S. DILLINGER & SONS. 

Mr. McCULLOGH. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that 

the Committee of the Whole be discharged from the further consideration of the bill (H. R. 6591) for the relief of S. Dillinger & Sons. 

The bill was read, as follows: 

Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, au- thorized and directed to pay t.o S. Dillinger & Sons, of Westmoreland County, 

Pennsylvania, out of any money in the Treasury not othenvise appropriated, the 

sum of $511.20; the same being money paid for stamps for distilled spirits on the 17th day of June,l881, which saidspiritsweredestroyed by .fire on the same da-y before said stamps were received at the distillery. 

The report (by Mr. McCULLOGH) was read, as follows: The Committee on Claims, to whom was refened the bill (H. R. 6591) for the relief of 8. Dillinger & Sons, have had the same under consideration, andre- spectfully report as follows: On the 16th day of June, 1881, S. DillinA·er & Sons, then engaged in the busi- ness of distilling grain, purchased from the collector of internal revenue for the Twenty-second Pennsylvania district revenue stamps of the value of $396.90 for eleven paekages of distilled spirits. On the morning of the 17th, before these stamps were attached, the packages for which they were bought were destroyed 

by fire. Application was made to the Treasury Department for repayment of the money, and the purchased stamps were submitted with the other papers, and are now in the Department. To this application the Commissioner of In- ternal Revenue made the following response: 

"TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF INTERNAL REVENUII:, 

" Washington, May 22, 1882 • 

" SIR: The claims of S. Dillinger & Sons, for the refunding of$208.80 and $188.10, 

respectively, taxes paid on spirits alleged to have been destroyed by firo, have been rejected by the honorable Secretary of the Treasury. The money in pay- ment for the st.amps was received by the collecto1· June 16, 1881, and the spirits were destroyed June 17, 1881. "The Secretary decides 'that under section 3295 (Rev. Stat.) payment for stamps is held * * * to be a payment of the tax, and that section 3221 (Rev. Stat.) authorizes relief by abatement only in case of loss before payment, or by re- funding only in case of the collection of the tax after the destruction, and this case does not come under either category.' '·The Secretary adds that • the claimants must apply to Congress for relief, and can take their claims there with the emphatic recommendation of this De- partment.' 

"Respectfully, "GREEN B. RAUl\1, Commissioner." 

In view of the fads stat{ld, the committee recommend the passage of the bill, with an amendment, by striking out the words "five hundred and eleven dol- lars and twenty cents," in the sixth and seventh lines, and inserting "three hundred and ninety-six dollars and ninety cents." The amount stated in the bill includes interest. The amount proposed to be inserted is the actual sum paid for the stamps, without interest. 

The amendment reported by the Committee on Claims was agreed to. 

There being no objection, the bill as amended was ordered to be en- grossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly 

read the third time, and passed. 

Mr. McCULLOGH moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. • 

The latter motion was agreed to. 

NICKOLAS LEUSCHEN AND OTHERS. 

Mr. SCOTT. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take up and 

consider at this time the bill (H. R. 4601) to amend the naval record of 

Nickolas Leuscben, Peter Leuschen, etc. The bill involves no appropriation of money. It is simply designed to rectify the record of three 

enlisted men of the United States Navy during the war. The bill was read, as follows: Whereas Nickolas Leuschen, Peter Leuschen, and Loth Possum, citizens of the United States and residents of Erie, Pa.,did, on the 13th day of July, A.D. 1864., enlist at Erie, Pa.., as volunteers in the United States Navy for three years or during the war; ana 'Vhereas they wet·e taken to Buffalo, in the State of New York, and there, without their knowledge or consent, sold as substitutes, so that their names now appear on the records of the Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting as substitutes, credited as such to the Thirtieth Cong-ressional district, in the State of New York, inst{lad of as volunteers from the Twenty-seventh Congressional district, in the State of Pennsylvania; and Whereas they were honorably discharged at the expiration of their three years of service: Therefore, 

Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, author- ized and directed to cause the names of Nickolas Leuschen, Peter Leuschen, and Loth Possum to be entered on the appropriate records of the Navy Department as volunteers, enlisted in the United States Navy July 13, 1864, at Erie, Pa., and to cause them to be credited to the Twenty-seventh Congressional district of the State of Pennsylvania. SEC. 2. That they are hereby restored to the st:~.nding and to all the rights, 

privileges, advantages, immunities, and emoluments, past, present, and pros- pective now enjoyed or to be hereafter enjoyed by volunteer soldiers and sailors of the United States. 

The report (by Mr. WISE) was read, as follows: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was refened the bill (H. R. 4601) t.o correct the naval record of Nickolas Leuschen, Peter Leuschen, and Loth Possum, report as follows: That the petition of Nickolas Leuschen, Peter Leuschen, and Loth Possum represents that they enlisted at Erie, Pa., on the 13th day of July, 1864, as vol- unteers in the United States Navy for three years or during the war. Several days after their enlistment they we1·e examined by Inspecting Surgeon Chades Justice and mustered into the service by James Cummins, both of whom are now living at E.rie, Pa. Subsequently they were put aboard the United States receiving-ship North Carolina, then lying at the Brooklyn navy-yat·d. About the 20th of September of the same year they were transferred to the United States transport Kensington, when, for the first time, they discovered that they had been sold as substitutes, which deprived them of their rights and standing in the naval service of the United States as volunteers. They reported the discovery at once to the commander of the North Carolina, who advised them to do nothing and remain silent until the Kensington had reached her destination, when he assured them justice would be done them. Since that time they have made repeated efforts to secure from the Govern- ment that recognition which they considered due to them as volunteers; but all their efforts have thus far faHed. The Navy Department records show that they were enlisted as substitutes and not as volunteers, and the Department has no authority to correct those records. The following is an extract from a letter from Hon. "William C. Whitney, Seeretary of the Navy, under date of February 14, 1888: .. In reply I have the honor to state that the records of the Bureau of Equip- ment and Recruit.ing show that Nickolas Leuschen, Peter Leuschen, and Loth Possum were enlisted in July, 1864, at Buffalo, N.Y., for three years, as substi- tutes, and that they were credited as such to the Thirtieth Congressional dis- trict of New York. The names of the persons for whom they became substi• 
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totes were not reported to the bureau in connection with their enlistment, and no information appears upon the records of the Depa1·tment in relation to the 

alleged deception practiced iu their cases, whereby they were enlisted as sub- . stitntes instead of volunteers. * :;; * That, as the names of the persons for 

whom they became substitutes we1·e not reported to the Bureau of Equipment 

and Recruiting, the Department is inclined to give due weight to their state- ments concerning the manner in which their enlistment was procured, and t-o rej;;"ard their claims as deserving of favorable consideration." A nnmber of citizens of Erie, Pa., where the brothers Leuschen reside, certify 

that they are personally acquainted with them and know them to be men of ex- cellent cQ,aracter and undoubted integrity. Strong· Vincent Post, No. 67, and 

Robert "'Wain rigb t Scott Post, No. 464, Department of Pennsylvania, Grand Army 

of the Republic, unite in asking that the records of their service be made to con- form to the facts. 

The statements contained in the petition have been corroborated by repre- sentations made by Hon. W. L. Scott, member of Congress from Erie (Pa.) district, who knows the parties named in the bill and was conversant with the facts at the time of their enlistment, and the injustice done them. He also knows 

them to b3 men of character and integrity. 

With the petition, the substance of which has been given above, the affidavits 

of William Taylor and Charles Justice were filed. The former was the officer 

whoenlistedNickolasand Peter Leu~chen and Loth Possum, and the latter was the inspecting surgeon who examined and passed them. Copies of these affidavits are appended. 

The commitlee are satisfied that these men were the victims of a foul conspir- acy, and recommend the passage of the bill. 

STATE Oil' PENNSYLVANIA, Erie County, ss: 

Personally appeared before me, an alderman, e:~: officio justice of the peace in 

and for the city of Erie, Pa., Charles Justice, who, being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that his home is at Erie, Pa.; that he is personally 

acquainted with Nickolas and Peter Leuschen and Loth Possum, and that he 

knew them in 1864; that in July, 1864, he was inspecting surgeon at the naval 

rendezvous at Buffalo, N. Y.; that in that capacity he examined and passed 

Nickolas and Peter Leuschen and Loth Possum; that at that time he knew that 

said N. and P. Leuschen and L. Possum bad enlisted in the United States naval 

service as volunteers, and that a fraud was being perpetrated upon them at Buffalo, N. Y., and that when he attempted to protest and expostulate he was com- manded by his superiors to attend strictly to his own business. 

CHARLES JUSTICE. 

Sworn and subscribed to before me this 13th day of February, 1888. 

[SEAL.] DANIEL Mcl\!AHON, Alderman. 

STATE OB' PENNSYLVANIA, 

Erie County, ss: 

Personally appeared before me, an alderman, ex officio justice of the peace in 

and for the city of Erie, Pa., William Taylor, who, being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that his home is at Erie, Pa. ; that he is well ac- quainted with Nickolas and Peter Leuscben and Loth Possum, and that he 

knew them in the year 1864; that in the year 1864 be, said William Taylor, was the United States enlisting officer at Erie, Pa., and that in that capacity he en- listed Nickolas and Peter Leuschen and Loth Possum, in the month of July, 1864, as volunteers for the naval service of the United States. 

WILLIAM TAYLOR. 

Sworn and subscribed to before me this 13th day of February, 1888. 

[SEAL.l DANIEL McMAHON, Alde1·man. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the present con- sideration of this bill? 

Mr. PEEL. If it is understood that the bill will be withdrawn if 

it provokes discussion I shall not object. 

The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being 

engrossed, it wru~ accordingly read the third time, and passed. 

Mr. SCOTT moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; 

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

The latter motion was agreed to. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

Mr. PEEL. Regular order. 

Mr. ANDERSON, of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take up and consider at this time the bill which I send to the 

desk. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Arkansas [.Mr. 

PEEL] demands the regular order. 

Ur. ANDERSON, of Kansas. This bill will take but a moment. 

It simply grants a right of way through a military reservation. It 

will not lead to debate. 

l\Ir. PEEL. It would take half an hour to read a right-of-way bill. 

Mr. ANDERSON, of Kansas. Oh, no. 

1\:[r, PEEL. Mr. Speaker, I shall be compelled to demand the regular 

order. This day has been assigned for business reported from the Committee on Indian Affairs, and if we let it be frittered away in this manner we shall not get anything done. 

The SPEAKER pl'o tempore. The regular order is demanded. The 

regular order is the call of committees for reports. · 

REGULAR MEETINGS OF CONGRESS. 

l\fr. OATES, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported back 

adversely the bill (H. R. 1290) to fix the times for the regular meetings 

of Congress; which was referred to the House Calendar, and the accom- panying report ordered to be printed. -

l\Ir. OATES. The gentleman from illinois [Mr. ADAMS] desires to 

file the views of a minority of the committee on this bill. I ask that 

leave he given for that purpose. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the absence of objection, that leave 

will be gran ted. 

JOHN W. 1\IEARS. 

Mr. CASWELL, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported back 

favorably the bill (H. R. 3235) to restore to John W. Mears a fine imJ)roperly imposed on him; which was referred to the Committee of the 

Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying re- port, ordered to be printed. 

MERCHANTS' NATIONAL BANK OF POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. 

Mr. BACON, from the Uommittee on Banking and Currency, reported 

as a substitute for House bill 932 a bill (H. R. 8464) for the relief 

ofthe Merchants' National Bank of Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; which was 

read a first and second time, referred to the Committee of the Whol~ 

House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, 

OI"dered to be printed. 

House bill 932 was, by unanimous consent, laid on the table. 

COIN AGE OF DOUBLE EAGLES, ETC. 

Mr. BLAND, from the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Ueasures, reported back with amendment the bill (H. R. 7409) limiting the 

coinage of double eagles and discontinuing the coinage of certain Un_ited 

States coins; which was referred to the House Calendar, and, with the 

M!companying report, ordered to be printed. 

PUBLIC DEFE.c~SE. 

Mr. CUTCHEON, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported, 

in lieu of House bills 1555 and 4297, a bill (H. R.. 8465) to provide for 

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

the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, aud, with 

the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

Mr. SAYERS. I desire to reserve all points of order on this bill. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. That reservation will be noted. 

House bills 1555 and 4297, in lieu of -which House bill 8465 was reported, were, by unanimous consent, laid on the table. 

S.ALE OF GOVERNl\IENT PROPERTY, PITTSBURGH, PA. 

:Mr. MAISH, from tlle Committee on :Military Affairs, reported back 

with amendment the bill (H. R. 6145) authorizing and directing the 

sale of certain property belobging to the United States situate in Pittsburgh: Pa.; which was referred to the House Calendar, and, with the 

accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

PA.Y OF EKSIGNS, UNITED STATES NAVY. 

Mr. WISE, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported back fa-

\Orably the bill (H. R. 44G5) to regulate the pay of ensigns of the United 

States Navy; which was referred to the House-Calendar, and, with the 

accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

Mr. HERBERT. I ask leave to file the views of a minority of the 

Committee on Naval Affairs upon this bill. 

The SPEAKER pro ternpm·e. In the absence of objection, leave will 

be granted. 

SALE OF LAND IN HOUSTON, TEX. 

1\:fr. LAFFOON, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported 

back favorably the bill (H. R. 5690) authorizing the Secretary of the 

Treasury to sell block ofland 108 in the city of Houston, Tex.; which 

was referred to the House Calendar, and, with the accompanying re- port, ordered to be printed. 

ADMISSION OF NEW STATES. 

1tfr. SPRINGER, from the Committee on the Territories, reported 

back, in lieu of House bills 127G, 1955, 4430, and 4431, a bill (H. R. 

8466) to enable the people of Dakota, :Montana, Washington, and New 

Mexico to form constitutions and State governments, and to be admitted into the Uniou on an equal footing with the original States; 

which was .read a first and second time. referred to the Committee ot 

the Whole House on the state of the Union, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. · 

House bills 1276, 1955, 4430, and 4431 were, by unanimous consent, 

laid on the table. 

Mr. SPRINGER. I desire to ask leave that a minority o.f the Committee on Territories may file, to be printed in connection with the 

report of the committee, their views on the bill just referred to the 

Committee of the Whole. 

Mr. STRUBLE. I expect, on behalf of a minority of the committee, 

to file their views during the day. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the absence of objection, leave to 

file the views of the minol"ity will be granted. 

APPRAISER'S WAREHOUSE, CHICAGO. 

Ur. DIBBLE, from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds 

reported, in lieu of House bills 4938 and 4941, a bill (H. R. 8467) t~ further provide for an appraiser's warehouse at Chicago, ill.; which was 

read a first and second time, referred to the Committee of the ·whole 

House on the state of the Union, and, with the accompanying report, 

ordered to be printed. · 

The bills H. R. 4938 and H. R. 4941 were ordered to be laid on the 

table. 

PUBLIC BuiLDING, FORT WORTH, TEX. 

Mr. BANKHEAD, from the Committee on Pnblic Buildings and 

Grounds, reported back with amendments the bill (H. R. 1875) for the 

erection of a public building at Fort Worth, Tex.; which was reierred 

to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and, 

with the accompanying report., ordered to be printed. 

PUBLIC BUILDING, GALESBURGH, ILL. 

Ur. POST, from the Cemmittee on Pnblic Buildings and Grounds, 

reported back favorably the bill (H. R. 7038) for t)fe erection of a pub-
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lie buildin_g at the city of Galesbrugh, ill.; which was referred to the 

Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and, with 

the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

P"GBLIC :BUILDING, DA VEYPORT, IOWA. 

Mr. POST also, from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, 

reported, as a substitute for House bill 7044, a bill (H. R. 8468) for 

the erection of a public building at Davenport, Iowa; which was read 

a first and second time, referred to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the state of the Union, and, with the accompanying report, ordered 

to be printed. 

The bill H. R. 7044 was ordered to be laid on the table. 

CY&D."'IUS G. STRYKER. 

Mr. PIDCOCK, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported 

back favorably the bill (H. R. 5234) granting a pension to Cyrenius G. 

Stryker; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on 

the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to 

be printed. 

ALEITA V. QUICK. 

l'tlr. PIDCOCK also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported back favoTably the bill (H. R. 7181) granting a pension to Aletta 

V. Quick; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to 

be printed. 

GEORGE E. OLIPHANT. 

Mr. MATSON, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported 

back favorably the bill (H. R. 2167) for the relief of George E. Oliphant; 

which was referred to the Committee of the Whole Honse on the Private Calendar, and, with the a{!companyiug.report, ordered to be printed. 

.JOHN E. SMITH. 

Mr. MATSON also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported 

back favorably the bill (H. R. 130} granting a pension to John E. Smith; 

which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private 

Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

PETER CLARK, .JR. 

Mr. MORRILL, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported 

back favorably the bill (H. R. 6971) to pension Peter Clark, jr.; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

HANNAH VARQUISON. 

Mr. MORRILL also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported back favorably the bill (H. R. 431) granting a pension to Hannah Varquison; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, 

ordered to be printed. 

WILLIAM .J. 1\fiLLER. 

Mr. MORRILL also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported back with amendments the bill (H. R. 4519) to grant a pension 

to William J. Miller; which was referred to the Committee of the 

Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying 

report, ordered to be printed. 

ISAAC DILLEY. 

Mr. MORRILL also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported back favorably the bill (H. R. 7171) to restore to the pensionroll the name of Isaac Dilley; which was referred to the Committee of 

the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

.JULIET G. HOWE. 

l'tfr. MORRILL also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported back with amendments the bill tH. R. 8117) granting a pension 

to Mrs. Juliet G. Howe; which was referred to the Committee of the 

Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying 

report, ordered to be printed. 

AMEND:\-IENT OF THE PENSION LAWS. 

Mr. MORRILL also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported back with amendments the bill (H. R. 4953) to amend paragraph 3 of section 4693 of the Revised Statutes, and for other purposes; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

state of the Union, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be 

printed. ADVERSE REPORTS. 

Mr. MORRILL also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported back with adverse recommendations bills ofthefoU.-wing title.s; 

which were severally ordered to be laicl on the table, and the accompanyin~ reports printed, namely: 

A bill (H. R. 5950) to increase the pension of John Smith; and 

A bill (H. R. 3184) granting a pension to John P. Schmitz. 

Mr. GALLINGER, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported 

back with adverse recommendations bills of the following titles; which 

were laid upon the table, and the accompanying reports ordered to be 

printed: 

A bill (H. R. 2415) granting a pension to Mrs. Mary A. Bailey; and 

A. bill (H. R. 4108) granting a pension to Lucinda Belcher. 

NELLIE PALFREY GOODWIN. 

Mr. GALLINGER also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, 

reported back with a favorable recommendation the bill (H. R. 7913) 

granting a pension to Nellie Palfrey Goodwin; which was referred· to 

the Committee of the Whole Honse on the Private Calendar, and, with 

the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

ABBIE R. :BROWN. 

Mr. GALLINGER also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, 

reported back with a favorable recommendation the bill (H. R. 7642) 

granting a pension to Abbie R. Brown; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the acacompnying report, ordered to be printed. 

llA~'"NAH II. GRANT. 

Mr. GALLINGER also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, 

reported ba{!k with a favorable recommendation the bill (H. R. 7466) 

granting a pension to Hannah H. Grant; which was referrecl to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

CHARLES F. WARD. 

1\Ir. GALLINGER also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, 

reported back with amendments the bill (H. R. 6520) to increase the 

pen ion of Charles F. Ward; which was referred to the Committee of 

the Who1e House on the Private Calendar, and, with the amendments 

and accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

MRS. 1\IERCY KNIGHT. 

Mr. GALLINGER al~, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, 

reported back with a favorable recommendation the bill (H. R . 2413) 

granting a pension to Mrs. Mercy Knight; which was ·referred to the 

Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and with the 

accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

FRANK LEWIS. 

Mr. GALLINGER also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions 

reported back with a favorable recommendation the bill (H. R. 7574) 

granting a. pension to Frank Lewis; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the ac- companying report, ordered to be printed. 

ALOURED H. GREGORY. 

:Mr. GALLINGER also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, 

reported back with amendments the bill (H. R. 5311} granting a pension to Aloured H. Gregory; which was referred to the Committee of 

the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the amendments 

and accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

ALPHEUS DYER. 

Mr. GALLINGER also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, 

reported back with a favorable recommendation the bill (H. R. 4891) 

granting a pension to Alpheus Dyer; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

EPHRAll\f REYNOLDS. 

:Mr. GALLINGER also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, 

reported back with a favorable recommendation the bill (H. R. 809) 

granting a pension to Ephraim Reynolds; which was referred to the 

Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the 

accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

.JESSE H. STRICKJ,AND. 

Mr. GALLINGER also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, 

r eported back with amendments the bill (S. 381) for the relief of Jesse 

H . 'trickland; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the Private Calendar, and, with the amendments and accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

ELIZA:BETII TWIGG. 

Mr. SPOONER. from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported 

back with a favorable recommendation the bill (H. R. 5847) granting 

a pension to Elizabeth Twigg; which was referred to the Committee of 

the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

H.El-I""RY B. VERY. 

1\fr. SPOONER also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported back with a. favorable recommendation the bill (S. 173) granting 

a pen ion to Henry B. Very; which was referred to the Committee of 

the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompany- ing report, ordered to be printed. 

1\IRS. ARABELLA CODDIKGTOY. 

Mr. SPOONER also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported back with a favorable recommendation the bill (S. 293) granting 

a pension to Mr~. Arabella Coddington; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 
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-HENBY STAFFORD. 

?t!r. SPOONER also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, re- ported back with a favorable recommendation the bill (S. 679) granting 

a pension to Henry Stafford; which was referred to the Committee of 

the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying 

report, ordered to be printed. · 

JAMES 111. li.I1KUH.A.N. 

Mr. HUNTER, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported 

back with a favorable recommendation the bill (H. R. 6576) for the re~ 

lief of James M. MeKuhan; which was referred to the Committee of 

the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying 

report, ordered to be printed. 

J .A.li.IES L. .A.LSIP. 

Mr. HUNTER also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, re- ported back with a favorable recommendation the bill (H. R. 6575) for 

the relief of James L. Alsip; which was referred to the Committee of 

the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying 

report, ordered to be printed. 

JOHN WITHAM. 

Mr. HUNTER also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, re~ 

ported back with a favorable recommendation the bill (H. R. 684.5) 

granting a pension to John Witham; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

1\IILTON .JUDD. 

Mr. HUNTER also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, re- ported back with a favorable recommendation the bill (H. R. 3712) 

increasing the pension of Mil ton J ndd; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendm, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

lll.A.RY O'NEILL. 

Mr. FR&'l'CH, from the Committee . on Invalid Pensions, reported 

back with amendments the bill (H. R. 3745) granting a pension to 

Mary O'Neill; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, 

ordered to be printed. 

ELIZABETH BURR. 

?tfr. THOMPSON, of Ohio, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, 

reported back with a favorable recommendation the bill (H. R. 488) 

granting a pen. ion to Elizabeth Burr; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, orderEd to be printed. 

DOLLY BL.A.ZER. 

Mr. THO~IPSON, of Ohio, also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported back with a favorable recommendation the bill (H. R. 3959) granting a pen ion to Dolly Blazer; which was referred to the 

Committee of the ·whole Honse on the Private Calendar, and, with the 

accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

LIZZIE WRIGHT OWEN. 

Mr. THOMPSON, of Ohio, also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported back with a favorable recommendation the bill (S. 42) 

granting a pen ion to Lizzie Wright Owen; which was referred to the 

Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the 

accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

JOH.A.NN.A. LOEWINGER. 

Mr. THOMPSON, ofOhio, also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported back with a favorable recommendation the bill (S. 739) 

granting a pension to Johanna Loewinger; which was referred to the 

Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the 

accempanying report, ordered to be printed. 

BERRY D.A.Y. 

Mr. THOMPSON, of Ohio, also, from the Committee on Invalid · Pensions, reported back with a favorable recommendation the bill (S. 737) 

granting a pe~sion to Berry Day; which was referred to the Committee 

of the Whole Honse on the Private Ca.lendur, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

ELIZA. DOUGLASS. 

Mr. THO~fPSO~, of Ohio, also, from the Committee on Invalid 

Pensions, reported back with a favorable recommendation the bill (S. 339) 

granting a pension to Eliza Douglass; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

CH.A.RLES F • .A.LLGOWER. 

Mr. THOMPSON, of Ohio, also, from the Committee on Invalid 

Pensions, reported back with a favorable recommendation the bill (S.334} 

granting an increase of pension to Charles F. Allgower; which was re- ferred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, 

and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. . 

REUBEN BROWNMILLER.. 

Mr. THOMPSON, of Ohio, also, from the Committee on Invalid 

Pensions, reported back with a favorable recommendation the bill (S.333) 

granting a pension to Reuben Brownmiller; which was referred to the 

Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the 

accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

JOHN KALBFLEISCH. 

?tir. THO UPSON, of Ohio, also, from the Committee on Invalid Pen- sions, reported back with a favorable recommendation the bill (S. 331) 

granting a pension to John Kalbfleisch; which was referred to the Com- mittee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

C. R. THOMAS. 

Mr. THOUPSON, of Ohio, also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported with amendments the bill (S. 335) granting an increase 

of pension to C. R. Thomas; which was referred to the Committee of 

the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying 

report, ordered to be printed. 

ENOS J. SE.A.RLES. 

1t1r. THOMPSON, of Ohio, also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported with an amendment the bill (S. 73~) granting a pension to the guardian of Enos J. Searles, oJ Clermont, Ohio; which was re- ferred to the Committee of ~e Whole Honse on the Private Calendar, 

and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

MARY E. JO~SON. 

Ur. THOMPSON, of Ohio, also, from the Committee on Invalid Pen- sions, reported with an amendment a bill (S. 337) granting a pension 

to Mary E. Johnson; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, 

ordered to be printed. I.A.NON V.A. ~GORDON. 

Mr. THOMPSON, of Ohio, also, from the Committee on Invalid Pen- sions, reported back with an amendment the bill (S. 330) granting a pen- sion to Manon Vangordon; which was referred to the Committee of the ·whole Honse on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

DEPENDENT P.A.RE...-..rTS' PEKSIONS. 

Mr. SAWYER, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported 

back with an amendment the bill (H. R. 1688) relating to claims for pensions by dependent parents; which was referred to the Committee of 

the Whole Honse on the state of the Union, and, with the accompany- ing report, ordered to be printed. 

CLARISSA. G. GREEN. 

Mr. SAWYER also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, re· ported back with a favorable recommendation the bill (H. R. 8266) for 

the relief of Mrs. Clarissa G. Green; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the ac· companying report, ordered to be printed. 

L YDI.A. A. HICKS. 

Mr. SAWYER also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, re- ported backwithafavorablerecommendation the bill (H. R. 8'260) granting a pension to Lydia A. Hicks; which was referred to the Committee 

of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

ADVERSE REPORT. 

Mr. SAWYER also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, re- ported backadverselythe bill (S. 824)grantingapension to John Geibel; 

which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Pri- vate Calendar, with an adverse recommendation. 

C.ASP AR SEIBEL. 

Mr. YODER, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported back 

with a favorable recommendation the bill (H. R. 3922) to place the name of Caspar Seibel on the pension-roll; which was referred to the Committee of the Whote House on the Private Calendar, and, with the ac· companying report, ordered to be printed. 

J.A.COB BEHR. 

Mr. YODER also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported 

back favorably the bill (H. R. 4864) to place the name of Jacob Behr on the pension-roll; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

M.A.RY M. SWEET. 

Mr. YODER also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported 

back favorably the bill (H. R. 955) granting a pension to Uary M. 

Sweet; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on 

the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to 

be printed. J.A..MES R. PORTER. 

Mr. YODER also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported 

back favorably the bill (H. R. 6552) to increase the pension of Jamea 
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R. Porter; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered 

to be printed. 

REBECCA E. SHOEMAKER. 

Mr. YODER also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported 

back favorably the bill (H. R. 6990) to place the name of Rebecca E. 

Shoemaker on the pension-roll; which was referred to the Committee 

of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

JOHN GERMAN. 

Mr. LANE, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported back 

favorably the bill (H. R. 3504) for the relief of John German; which 

was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the a<:companying report, ordered to be printed. 

DAVID JOHNSON. 

Ur. LANE also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported 

back favorably the bill (H. R. 5363) granting a pension to David Johnson; which was referred to the Committee "of the Whole House on the 

Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be 

printed. 

JOHN E. LEWIS. 

Mr. LANE also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported 

back favorably the bill (H. R. 7665) gra.~ting a pension to John E. 

Lewis; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on 

the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to 

be printed. 

JULIA TRIGGS. 

Mr. LANE also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported 

back favorably the bill (H. R. 5752) for the relief of Julia Triggs; which 

was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

MARGARET 1\I. HATCH. 

Mr. LANE also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported 

back fa ~orably the bill (H. R. 5751) for the relief of Margaret M. Hatch; 

which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

:r.fARTHA GRAY. 

Mr. LANE also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported 

back favorably the bill (H. R. 2071) for the relief of Martha Gray; 

which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

CYNTHIA J. LEROY. 

Mr. LANE also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported 

back favorably the bill (H. R. 7891) for the relief of Cynthia J. Leroy; 

which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

WILLIAl\I RICHARDSON. 

Mr. LANE also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported 

back favorably the bill (S. 1638) granting a pension to William Richardson; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on 

the Private Calendar, and, with tile accompanying report, ordered to 

be printed. MARY H. NICHOLSON. 

JI.Ir. CHIPMAN, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported 

back with amendment the bill (H. R. 6317) for the relief of Mary H. 

Nicholson; which wa.s referred to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the Private Calendar, and: with the accompanying report, ordered 

to be printed. HENRY L. POTTER. 

Mr. CHIPMAN also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported back with amendment the bill (H. R. 785~ to increase the pension of Henry L. Potter; which was referred to the Committee of the 

\Vhole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

JOHN TAYLOR. 

Mr. CIDPMA.N also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported back favorably the bill (H. R. 2656) to increase the pension of 

John Taylor; which was referred to the Committ€e of the Whole House 

on the Private Calender, and, with the accompanying report, ordered 

to be printed. 

ELISHA GR'ISWOLD. 

Mr. CHIPUAN also, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported back favorably the hill (S. 835) for the relief of Elisha Griswold; 

which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

JOHA.NNA ECKHARDT. 

Ur. BLISS, from the Committee on Pensions, reported ba-ck favorably the bill (H. R. 2116) granting a pension to Johanna Eckhardt; 

which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private 

Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

LEWIS DAVIS. 

Mr. BLISS also, from the Committee on Pensions, reported back 

favorably the bill (H. R. 5903) for the relief of Lewis Davis, a soldier 

of the war of 1812; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, 

ordered to be printed. 

ADVERSE REPORT. 

Mr. BLISS also, from the Committee on Pensions, reported back adversely the petition of Thomas Shackelford to be pla-ced on the pensionroll; which was laid on the table, and the accompanying report ordered 

to be printed. 

W. A. LEMASTER. 

Mr. HENDERSON, of North Carolina, from the Committee on Pensions, reported back favorably the bill (S. 647) for the relief of W. A. 

Lemaster; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered 

to be printed. 

GEORGE KINCAID. 

Mr. FINLEY, from the CommitteeonPensions, reported back favorably the bill (H. R. 7719) granting an increase of pension to George 

Kincaid; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on 

the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be 

printed. 

WILLIAM COMPTON. 

Mr. FINLEY also, from the Committee on Pensions, reported back 

favorably the bill (H. R. 6574) for the relief ofWilliam Compton; which 

was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

M. M. GIBSON. 

Mr. LANHAM, from the Committee on Claims, reported back with 

amendment the bill (H. R. 8012) for the relief of M. M. Gibson; which 

was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the a<!Companying report, ordered to be l?rinted. 

JOHN :r.r. HIGGS. 

M:r. LANHAM also, from the Committee on Claims, reported back 

with amendment the bill (H. R. 8102) for the relief of John M. Higgs; 

which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Pri· 

vate Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed 

C. L. WILS,PN. 

Mr. LANHAM also, from the Committee on Claims,· reported back 

favorably the bill (H. R. 7232) for the relief of C. L. Wilson; which 

was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

STATE NATIONAL BANK OF NEW ORLE.ANS. 

Mr. SHAW, from the Committee on Claims, reported back favorably 

the bill (H. R. 3715) for the relief of the State National Bank of New 

Orleans, formerly Louisiana State Bank; which was referred to the 

Committee of the WholeHouse on thePrivate Calendar, and, with the 

accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

Co:lrniSSIONS DUE OWNERS OF PRIVATE DIES. 

Mr. SHAW also, from the Committee on Claims, reported back favorably the bill (H. R. 1268) to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury and the proper accounting ;officers to restate, settle, and pay to the 

owners of private dies the balance of commissions due them; which 

was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, aud, with the accompanying report ordered, to be printed. 

J\I. C. MORDECAI. 

:Mr. SHAW also, from the Committee on Claims, reported back favorably the bill (H. R. 5405) for the relief of M. C. Mordecai; which was 

referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, 

and, with the accompanying report, o~dered to be printed. 

JOHN FINN. 

Mr. MANSUR, from the Committee. on Claims, reported back favorably the bill (H. R. ~573) for the relief of John Finn; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, 

and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. · 

LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES OF JAMES HALE. 

Mr. MANSUR also, from the Committee on Claims, reported back 

favorably the bill (H. R. 7363) for the relief of the legal representatives 

of James Hale; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, 

ordered to be printed. JOHN T. joHNSTON. 

Mr. MANSUR also, from the Committee on Claims, reported back 

favorably the bill (H. R. 629A) for the relief of John T. Johnston; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

MICHAEL PIGGOTT. 

Mr. MANSUR also, from the Committee on Claims, reported back 
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adversely the bill (H. R. 5362) for the relief of Michael Piggott; which was laid on the table. 

He also, from the same committee, reported a bill (H. R. 8469) for 

the relief of Michael Pigott; which was read a first and second time, 

referred to the Committee ofthe WholeHouseon the Private Calendar, 

and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

NEWTON M1COY. 

Mr. MANSUR also, from the Committee on Claims, reported a bill 

(H. R. 8470) for the relief of Newton McCoy; which was read a first 

and second time, referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be 

printed. 

JAMES OBRION. 

Mr. KERR, from the Committee on Claims, reported back favorably 

the bill (H. R. 6602) forthereliefof .JamesObrion; which was referred 

to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with 

the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

WIJ,LIAM DOLTO:N. 

Mr. McCULLOGH, from the Committee on Claims, reported back 

favorably the bill (H. R. 914) referring the claim of William Dolton to 

the Court of Claims; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the Private Calendar, and, with the ~ccompanying report, 

ordered to be printed. 

R. G. HUSTON & CO. 

Mr. :McCULLOGH also, from the Committee on Cln.ims, reported 

back favorably the bill (H. R. 4702) for the relief of R. G: Huston & 

Co.; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be 

print£ d. 

JACOB KERN. 

Mr. McCULLOGH also, from the Committee on Claims, reported 

back favorably the bill (H. R. 7176) for the relief of .Jacob Kern; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and 'with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

CAPT. J. W. KOUNTZ. 

Mr. McCULLOGH also, from the Committee on Claims, reported 

back favorably the bill (H. R. 2865) for the relief of Capt . .J. W. Kountz; 

which was referred to the Committ€e of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

CHARLES MURPHY. 

Mr. McCULLOGH also, from the Committee on Claims, reported 

back favorably the bill (H. R. 2042) for the relief of Charles Murphy; 

which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be 

printed. 

THOMAS P. :MORGAN, JR. 

Mr. BOWDEN, from the Committee on Claims, reported back favorably the bill, H. R. 3743, for the relief of Thomas P. Morgan, jr.; 

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

the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

The bill H. R. 3743 was ordered to be laid on the table. 

JENNIE D. RICE. 

Mr. LAIDLAW, from the Committee on Claims, reported back favorably the bill (H. R. 3722) for the relief of .Jennie D. Rice; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

ELIZABETH MULVEHILL. 

Mr. STONE, of Kentucky, from the Committee on War Claims, re- ported back favorably the bill (H. R. 8002) for the relief of Elizabeth 

Mulvehill; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered 

to be printed. 

W.ILLIAI'l,[ LAVERY. 

Mr. STONE, of Kentucky, also, from the Committee on War Claims, 

reported back favorably the bill {H. R. 610) for the relief of William 

Lavery; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to 

be printed. 

ST. JOSEPH'S COMMERCIAL COLLEGE, 1\fiSSOURI. 

Mr. STONE, of Kentucky, also, from the Committee on War Claims, 

reported back with amendments the bill (H. R. 5426) for the relief of 

St. .Joseph's Commercial College, at St . .Joseph, Uo.; which was re- ferred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, 

and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

W. H. BOYD. 

Mr. BROWER, from the Committee on War Claims, reported back 

fa>orablythe bill (H. R. 5888) for thereliefofW. H. Boyd; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, 

P..ud, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

1\IRS. A. SHIRLEY. 

Mr. BROWER also, from the Committee on War Claims, reported 

back favorably the bill (H. R. 8133) for the relief of 1l:1rs. A. Shirley; 

which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private 

Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

JOSEPH B. M1CLINTOCK. 

Mr. THOMAS, of Wisconsin, from the Committee on War Claims, 

reported back favorably the bill (H. R. 8313) for the relief of .T oseph 

B. McClintock; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, 

ordered to be printed. 

SEVENTH REGil\IENT TENNESSEE IN]' ANTRY. 

Mr. THOMAS, of Wisconsin, also, from the Committee on War 

Claims, reported back with amendments the bill (H •. R. 1068) for the 

relief of the officers and soldiers of the Seventh Regiment Tennessee 

Infantry; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered 

to be printed. SAMUEL HOWARD. 

Mr. WILKINSON, from the Committee on War Claims, repol'ted 

back favorably the bill (H. R. 7809) for the relief of Samuel Howar~; 

which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the PnvateCalendar, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

ADVERSE REPORT. 

lli. CROUSE, from the Committee on War Claims, reported back 

adversely the bill (H. R. 455) for the relief of Albert p. Spalter; :vhich was ordered to be laid on the table and the accompanymg report prmted. 

SA.RAH M. LARIMER. 

Mr. WILLIAMS, from the Select Committee on Indian Depredation 

Claims, reported back favorably the bill (H. R.. 777) to compensate Mrs. 

Sarah M. Larimer for important services rendered the military authorities in 1864, at Bear Creek Station, Wyoming, and for loss of property tak~n by Sioux Indians; which was referred to the Committee of the 

Whole House on the Private Calendar and, with the accompanying 

report, ordered to be printed. 

EXTRA PAY TO CERTAIN VOLUNTEERS. 

Mr. STEELE, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported back 

with amendments the bill (H. R. 1398) allowing extra. pay to certain 

volunteer officers of the late war; which was referred to the Committee 

of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

MIAMI INDIANS, INDIANA. 

Mr. COBB, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported ba~k with 

adverse recommendation the bill (H. R. 2099) to reimburse the :Miami 

Indians of Indiana for moneys improperly taken from them; which, 

with the adverse report, was referred to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the Private Calendar, and ordered to be printed. 

Mr. NELSON asked and obtained leave to file the views of the mi 

nority, to accompany the report of the committee on said bill. 

PUBLIC BUILDING, PUEBLO, COLO. 

Mr. BANKHEAD, from the Committee on Public Buildings and 

Grounds, reported back favorably the bill (H. R. 1264) for the erection 

of a public building at Pueblo, Colo.; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and, with the 

accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

LIFE-SAVING STATIONS .. 

Mr. T ARSNEY, from the Committee on Commerce, reported, as a substitute for the bill (H. R. 6684) establishing additional life-saving 

stations on the Atlantic coast of the United States, a bill (H. R. 8505) 

establishing a life-saving station on the Atlantic coast, between Indian 

River Inlet, Delaware, and Ocean City, Md.; which was read a first and 

second time, referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state 

of the Union, and, with the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

The bill H. R. 6684 was laid on the table. 

SECTION 44141 REVISED STATUTES. 

:Ur. TARSNEY also, from the Committee on Commerce, reported 

back with amendments the bill (H. R. 5640) to amend section 4414 of 

the Revised Statutes of the United States; which was referred to the 

Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and, with 

the amendments and accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

ANDREW S. CORE. 

Mr. BLISS, from the Committee on War Claims, reported back with_ 

amendments the bill {H. R. 4148) for the relief of Andrew S. Core; 

which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the Private 

Calendar, and, with the amendments and accompanying report, ordered 

to be printed. 

G. B. HORWITZ: 

1tfr. TURNER, of Georgia, from the Committee on Ways and Means, 

reported back with a favorable recommendation the bill (H. R. 2429) 

for the relief of G. B. Horwitz; which was referred to the Committee 
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of the Whole House on the Private Calendar, and, "'IYith the accompanying report, ordered to be printed. 

SUBDIVISION OF LAND IN THE DISTRICT. 

Mr. HEA.RD, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported back with a favorable recommendation the bill (H. R. 3329) to 

regulate the subdivision of land within theDistrictofColumbia; which 

was refen·ed to the House Calendar, and, with the aecompanying report, 

ordered to be printed. 

• RECORDS OF '.l'HE REBELLION. 

:Mr. HOOKER. I am instructed by the unanimous action of the 

Committee on J\.lilitary Affairs to report back with a. favorable recommendation the resolution which I send to the desk; and I ask for its 

present consideration. 

The resolution, which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs on March 5, on motion of Mr. GROSVENOR, was read, as follows: 

Whereas tho House of Representatives did, on the 12th day of J"anu.ary, 1883, 

reqncst the Secretary of War to inform the House whether, among other things, there had been any departure in the compilation of the Records oi the War of the He bell ion as now carried on from the plan adopted when the work of com- pilation wn.s in charge of the late Lieut. Col. R.N. Scott, •• either in the arrange- ment or the subject-matter to be published;" to which, on February 14,188.''«, the Secretary of War replied. upon the authority of the compiler, Lieut. Col. H. ll. Laze!le, that there had been no change, but that in both the arrangement and the. subject-matter to be published the former "instructions and requirements ha'"e been rigidly observed;" and 'Vhereas there is now good reason for the belief that unofficial matter, which contradicts t he real official history of the transaction to which it relates, h As been adopted as official and inserted in volume 20, part 2, of the Records of tile War of the Rebellion: Therefore, 

Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be, and it is hereby, instructed to a certain whether unofficial matter has been introduced into the said 'vol- ume of the War Records; and if so introduced, under what ch·cumstances and by whose authority it was done, and to report all the facts in the case to the House of Representatives. 

Mr. REED. Will the gentleman from Mississippi gi>e some explanation as to this? 

Mr. HOOKER. This is a resolution which was introduced by the 

gentleman from Ohio [Mr. GROSVENOR]. The committee can not 

make the investigation until the resolution is adopted, and that is the 

recommendation of the committee. 

The resolution was adopted. 

Mr. HOOKER moved to reconsider the vote by which the resolution 

was adopted; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on 

the table. 

The latter motion was agreed to. 

INVESTIGATION OF TRUSTS. 

Mr. BUCHANAN. On behalf of the chairman of the Committee on 

Manufactures, who is necessarily absent, I desire to offer the resolution 

which I send to the desk, and which by the vote of the committee he 

was instructed to offar, and to ask for its present consideration. 

· The resolution was read, as follows: 

1 Resolved, That the Committee on Manufactures be authorized to have printed such documents and testimony taken before it aB it may deem necessary in connection with the investigation ordered to be made by the said committee 

during the present Congress. 

The 1·esolution was adopted. 

Mr. BUCHANAN moved to reconsider the vote by which the resolution was adopted; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid 

on the table. 

The latter motion was agt·eed to. 

LEAVE OF ABSENCE. 

1\fr. COGSWELL, by unanimous consent, obtained indefinite leave 

of absence on account of sickness. 

LEAVE TO PRINT. 

Mr. LANDES, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to extend in 

the RECORD his remarks on Senate bill 418. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

The SPEAKER 1r.·o tempore. The Chair will now call the committees for one hour for the consideration of bills. 

Mr. PEEL. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the consideration hour be dispensed with. 

Mr. WILKINS. I object. 

The SPEAKER 1n·o tempore. Objection is made. The hour begins 

at twenty minutes -past 1 o'clock. The call rests with the Committee 

on Pacific Railroads. Mr. WILKINS. I withdraw my objection to the request of the gentleman from Arkansas. 

Mr. DINGLEY. I renew the objection. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Maine [Mr. DINGLEY] renews the objection. The call is with the Committee on Pacific 

ll.ailroads. 

Mr. OUTHWAITE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the 

Committee on Padfic Railroads be passed for this day, with the privilege of taking up its business again when called. 

There was no objection, and it was so ordered. 

BUSINESS FR0:\1 THE COIDfiTTEE ON LADOR. 

:M:r. TARSNEY (when the Committee on Labor was called) submitted 

the following resolution: 

Resolred, That Tuesda.y and Wednesday, March 20 and 21, immediately after thereading of the Journal,a.nd also 'Vednesday, April IS, and ·wednesday, May 

16, be set apart for the consideralion of labor bills, and that all speeches be lim- ited to fi.fteen minutes; not to interfere w ith :revenue or appropriation bills. 

Mr. HOLMAN. I suppose this resolution is submitted for reference. 

Mr. TARSNEY. I would be very glad to have it passed upon at this 

time; but if that can not be done, let it go to the Committee on Rules. 

Mr. WILKINS. Let it be referred to the Committee on Rules. 

There was noobjection, and the t·esolution was so referred. 

Mr. TARS~. Mr. Speaker, I ask on behalf of the Committee on Labor that that committee be permitted to retain its place in the call. 

I make this request because the chairman of the committee is absent 

from the city-weather-bound in Philadelphia. 

There was no objection, and it was so ordered. 

MILITIA OF THE DISTRICT OF COLIDIDIA. 

Mr. l\IcADOO (when the Committee on theMilitiawascaUed). Mr. 

Speaker, on behalf of the Committee on the Militia, I c.'ill up for present consideration the bill (H. R. 4961) to amend an act entitled "An act 

to provide for the more effectual or~ization of the militia. of the District of Columbia,'' passed March 3, 1803. The bill does not make any 

appropriation of money, and I ask unanimous consent that it be considered in the House under the five-minute rule. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the title of the 

bill. 

The Clerk read as follows: 

A bill (H. R. 4.961} to amend a.n act. entitled "An act to provide for the more ef- fectun.l organization of the militia. of the District of Columbia," passed March 3, 1803. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 

gentleman from New Jersey [::Ur. McADoo], that this bill be considered in the House under the five-minute rule? 

Mr. PEEL. Regular order. 

The SPEAKER pro tempm·e. This is the re~lar 01·der, in the opinion of the Chair, during this hour. Does the gentleman from Arkansas 

object to the mode of consideration proposed by the gentleman from 

New Jersey? 

Mr. PEEL. No, sir. . There was no objection, and the request of Ur. McADoo was agreed to. 

1\Ir. UcADOO. I now move to dispense with the :first reading of the 

bill. I will then make a brief statement of its provisions, and also ask 

to have the report read. 

The motion to dispense with the first reading of the bill WM agreed to. 

The report (by ~1r. McADoo) was read, as follows: 

The Committee on the Militia, to whom wa'! referred for consideration IIouse bill 4!161, to provide for the organization of the militia of the District of Colum· bia, having considered the same, beg Jea\e to report as follows: All measures relating to the militia are important. '.rhe militia. ate the pop· ular and constitutional military defenders of the Itepublie. The founders of the Republic, jealous of a large standing army, made special constitutional provis- ion for the militia. Th,e citizen soldiery of the country have ever been on the side of liberty, and whlle defending just laws, preserving pence, and defending 

against foreign invasion, have never been the instruments of tyrants nor the de· stroyers of free States. This bill places the militia. of the District of Columbia on the same footing as t.hose of the several States. The existing militia law for the District of Columbia was enacted in 1803. ~en 

tllat law was enacted the enrolled militia, which included every citizen between eighteen and forty-five years of age; was the essential and recognized military reserve of the country, and the law for the District of Columbia., like the laws of all the States, was framed with a view to instructing and utilizing it. As the population of the country increa. ed, the necessity of requiring active duty from the whole body of the enrolled militia decreased and became well-nigh impracticable, and the States successively repealed the old militialawsand substituted Jaws 1·ecognizing and providing for volunteer militia. In the District of Col umbi~~o 

the old law still remains in~xislence, though it..s provisions have been utterly 

disrega1·ded for many years, and the law has become not only obsolete, but impracticable. 

It being an axiom, recognized in the Constitution of our country, that a well- regulated militia is necessary to the security of a republic, it would seem proper that at the capital of the Republic the militia should be made a model organization, and that the necessary legislation should be enacted to repeal these obsolete laws. The fact that the militia of the District of Columbia might be, in case of need, a protection for the enormous amount of public property ac- cumulated here, and in any and every crisis the first defenders of the capital, m.akes it proper and desirable that the Gove1·nment should extend to the militia. of the District the same aid and encouragement that is extended by the States to their local organizations. 

Although the proposed bill is long and apparently elaborate, it contains only the usual and necessary provisions that are included in the militi:J. codes of nearly all the States. The bill carries with it no appropriation of money. Ex- penditures, other than issues from the regular stores of the Army, it is provided shall be estimated for in the annual estimate of appropriations for the District of Columbia, and thereby will be at all times within the control of Congress. The bill has been examined and approved by the 'Var Department, is urged 

by the exic;;ting militia organizations of the District, and the committee report back the bill with amendments, striking out section 63, adding a section to re- peal the old law, and amending the title, and recommend that the bill as thus amended do pass. 

Mr. McA.DOO. Mr. Speaker, I will briefly explain the amendment. 

The sixty-third section of the bill excused from jury duty certain honorary members of the militia of the District of Columbia. It provided 

as follows: 

That each company of the National Guard shall be entitled to enroll not ex- ceeding twenty honorary m.embers, who, upon the payment into the tl'easur,y 
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of said companv of not less than $25 annually, shall be exempt from active mi- litia duty andjmy duty, upon the exhibition of a receipt for such payment, for one year from the date thereof. 

The committ.ee thought this provision unwic;e, because we should 

have our very best citizens in the jury-box; and no one, by the simple 

payment of $25 per annum, should secure exemption from the performance of this important function of a citizen. I now ·reserve the residue of my time, and ask that the bill be read 

by paragraphs for a.mendment. 

The Clerk, proceeding to read the bill by sections for amendment, 

reau down to and including section 63, as follows: 

Be 1't enacted, etc., That every nble-bodied male citizen resident within the Di triet of Columbia, of the age of eighteen years and under the age of forty- five years, excepting persons exempted by section 2, an~ idiots, luna~cs, com- mon drunkards, vagabonds, paupers, and persons conVJcted of any Infamous crime shall be enrolled in the militia.. Persons so convicted after enrollment shnll forthwith be db-enrolled; and in all eases of doubt respecting the age of a person enrolied, the burden of proof shall be upon him. . . . SEc. 2. That in addition to the persons exempted from enrollment m the mlli- tia by the general laws of th.e United. ~t~te!O, the fo~lmying persons ~hall also be exempted from enrollment 1n the m1hlla of the D1 trlCt of Columbia, namely: 

Office1'S of the government of the District of Columbia; judges and officers of the courts of the Di trict of Columbia; officers who ha'"e held commissions in the regular or volunteer Army or Navy of the United. States; officers who have 

served for a period of five years in the militia of the District of Columbia or of any State of the United Slates; ministera of the gospel; praeticing physicians; conductors and engine-driver,;; of railroad trains; members of the paid police and fire department. SEc. 3. That the commissioners of the District of Columbia shall provide for the enrollment of the milit.i!\, and for this purpose may require the as essors of taxes at the sa.me time tlley are engaged in taking the assessment of valuation of re~ and personal property, to make a list of pen;ons liable to enrollment; and such record shall be deemed a sufficient notification to all persons who:oe names are thus recorded that they have been enrolled in the militia. Immedi- ately after the completion of each enrollment they shall furnish the command- ing general of tlle militia with a copy of the same. SEc. 4. That the enrolled militia shall not be subjec-t to any duty except when called into the service of the United States, or to aid the civil authorities in the execution of the laws or suppression of riots. SEc. 5. That whenever it shall be nece:;;sary to call out any portion oi the en- rolled mihti.'l. the commander-in-chief shall order out, by draft or otherwise, or accept as volunteers as many as required. Every member of the P.nrolled mi- litia who volunteers, or who is ordered out or drafted under the provisions of this ant, who does not appear at the time and place designated, may be arrested by order of the commanding general and be tried and punished by a court-mar- tial. The portion of tbe enrolled militia ordered out or accepted sha.ll bemus- tered into service for such period as may be required, and the commanding gen· eral may assign them to existing organizations of the active militia, or may or- ganize them as the exigencies of the occasion may require. SEc. 6. That the P1·e ident of the United States shall be the commander-in- chief of the militia of the District of Columbia.. SEc. 7. That there shall be appointed and commissioned by the President of the United States a commanding general of the militia. of the District of Colum- bia, with the rank of brigadier-general, who shall hold office until his successor is appointed and qualified, but may be removt>d at any time by the President. SEC. 8. That the staff of the militia of the District of Columbia shall be ap- pointed and commissioned by the President, and hold office until their succes- sors are appointed and qualified, but may be removed at any time by the Pres- ident. It shall consist of one adjutant-general, with the rank of lieutenant-col- onel; one inspector-general, one quartermaster-general, one commi.ssary-genero.l, one chief of orclnancc, one chief engineer, one surgeon-general. one judge- advocate-general, and one inspector-general of rille practice, each with the ra.nk of majol', and four aides-de-cdmp, each with the rank of captain. The com- manding general may appoint a non·commmissioned staff of the militia, to con- sist of one serg-eant-major, one quartermaster-sergeant, one commissary-ser- geant, one ordnance-sergeant, two staff-sergeants, one hospital-steward, one color-sergeant, and one sergeant-bugler. SEC. 9. That the Pre ident may assign an officer of the .Army to act a.s adjutant-general of the militia. of the District of Columbia, who, while so assigned, shall be commissioned as such and be subject to the orders of the commanding 

general and the provisions of this act : P,·ovided, howeve1·, That the officer so assigned shall receive no other pay or emolument than that to which his rank in the Army entitles him when on detached service. 

THE ACTIVE MILITIA : ITS ORGANIZATION. 

SEc. 10. That the active militia. shall be composed of volunteers, and shall be d esignated tile National Guard of the District of Colombia; and in case the militia of the District of Columbia are called into the service of the United 

States, or required for the suppression of riots, or to aid civil officers in the ex- ecution of the laws, shall be the first to be ordered in ~ se1·vice. SEc. 11. That in time of peace the National Guard shall consist of not more than thirty-six companies of infantry, whichshall be arranged by the command- ing general into such regiments, battalions, and unattached companies as he may deem expedient; one battery of light artillery; one troop of cavalry; one signal corps; one ambulance corps; one engineer corps; one band of music, and one corps of field musicians. SEC. 12. That regiments of infantry shall consist of three battalions, and to each regiment there shall be one colonel and one lieutenant-colonel, and a staff to consist of one surgeon, one adjutant, one quartermaster, one inspector of rille practice, and one ~bapla.in, each with the rank of captain; and a non-commis- sioned staff, consisting of one sergeant-major, one quartermaster-sergeant, one commiss..'lJ·y-sergeant, and one hospital-steward SEc. 13. That battalions of infantry shall consist of four companies; and to each battalion there shall be one major; and a. staff consi ting of one surgeon, one adjutant, one quartermaster, and one inspector of rifle practice, each with the rank of first lieutenant; and a non-commissioned staff', consisting of one sergeant-major, one quartermaster-sergeant, and one hospital-steward. !SEC. 14. That to each company of infantry there shall be one captain, one first lieutenant, one second lieutenant, one first sergeant, four sergeants, one corporal to each ten pri >ates, and not more than eighty-seven privates; and the minimum number of enlL'lted men !~hall be forty. SEc. 15. That to the troop of cavalry there shall be one captain, one first lieu- tenant, one second lieutenant, one first sergeant, one quartermaster-sergeant, 

five sergeants, eight corporals, two trumpeters, and not more than eighty-three 

privates; and the minimum number of enlisted men shall be forty. SEc. 16. That the battery of light a1'tillery shall have not less than four nor more Lhau six guns. To four guns there shall be one captain, two firs~ lieuten- ants. one second lieutenant, one first sergeant, one quartermaster-sergeant, five 

sergeants, eight corporals, two buglers, and not more than eighty-two privates; and the minimum number of enlisted men shall be fi.ft;y-seven. To more than four guns there shall be, for each additional gun, one sergeant, two corporals, 

and not more than twenty nor less than ten privates; for two additional guns there shall be one additional second lieutenant. SEC. 17. That to each signal corps, ambulance corps, and engineer corps there shall be one first lieutenant, two sergeants, two c01·porals, and not more than thirty-two nor less than fourteen privates. SEc. 18. That the band of music shall consi of one chief musician, two ser- geants, two corporals, and thirty-two privates; and the corps of field music, of one principal musician, two sergeants, two corporals, and thirty-two privates. The chief musician, principal musician, af\d other non-commi ' ioned officers of the band and field music shall be appointed by the commanding ~eneral . 

SEc. 19. That when any company of the National Guard shall, for a period of not less than ninety days, contain less than the minimum number of enlisted men prescribed by this act, or, upon a duly ordered inspection. hall be found to have fallen below a proper standard of efficiency, the commanding general may either disband such company or consolidate it with any other company o f the National Guard, and grant an honorable discharge to the supernumerary offi- cers and non-commissioned officers produced by such consolidation. Officers and enlisted men discharged by reason of such disbanding or consolidation and at any time thereafter re-entering the service shall have allowed to them, as part of their term of service, the time already served. 

ELECTIOY, APPOINTMENT, .AND DISCHARGE OF OOlDJ.ISSIONED OFFICERS. 

SEC. 20. That all officers shall be commissioned by the President of the United States. In time of peace, or when not in the service of the United Sta.tes, they shall previously be elected or appointed as he1·ein provided. No person commis- sioned as an officer shall assume such rank., or enter upon the duties of the office to which he may be commissioned, until be hrus accepted such con:unission and taken sucll oath or affirmation as may be prescribed. SEc. 21. That the staff officers or a regiment or battalion shall be appointed 

by the permanent commander thereof. SE:.:. 2:1. That field officers of regiments or battalions slli!.ll be appointed by the commanding general. Captain and lieutenants of companies shall be elected bv the written votes of the enlisted men of the respective companies. -SEc. 23. That elections of officers shall be ordered and held under such regu- lations ns may he prescribed by the commanding generaL l::iEC. 2l That every person accepting an election or appointment as an officer shall appear befor e an examinjng board, to be a p pointed by the commanding general, which board shall examine said officer as to his military and otherqual- ifical ions. If any officer shall fail to appear before t he board of examination within thirty days after being n otified, or shall fail to pass a satisfactory exam- ination, the fact shall be certified by the board to t he commanding general, who sball thereupon declare the election or appointment of such o fficer null and Yoiu. If in the opinion of the board such officer is.com peten t,and otherwise 

qualified, they shall certify the factto the commanding general, who shall there- upon recommend him to the President for commission. SEC. 25. That a. commissioned officer may be honorably diseharged- pontenderofresignation; 

Upon disbandment of the organization to which he belongs; 

Upon report of a board of examination, or for failure to appear before such board when ordered. He may be dismissed upon the sentence of a court-martial ; conviction i n a. court of justice of an infamous offense. 

THE APPOINTMENT AND REDUCTIO::< OF NOX-OO::rnu.rSSIONED OFFICERS. 

SEc. 26. That non-commissioned staff officers shall be app ointed by the perma- nent commander of the organization to which they belong; and permanent coUl.lllanders of battalions shall appoint the non-commissioned officers of com· panies, upon the written nomination of the respective captains; but they may withhold such appointment if, in their judgment! there be proper eanse; non-com- missioned officers of u nattaehed companies shal be appointed by their respective 

captains. The permanent commander of any battalion or unattached company may reduce to the ranks any company non-commissioned officers of his com- mand. ENLL'5TMENT .AND DISCHARGE OF SOLDIERS. 

SEc. 27. Enlistment in the National Guard shall be for the term of three years: F?·ot:ided , however, That any soldier who may have received an honorable dis- charge, by reason of" the expiration of his term of service, may, within thirty 

days thereafter, re-enlist for a term of one, two, or three years, to date from the expiration of his previous term. All terms of service, except in case of r e-en- listQlent, shall comn1ence at noon o n the day of enlistment, and expire a.t noon on the day of discharge. SEC. 28. Every person enlisting in the National Guard shall sign an enlist- ment paper which shall contain an oath of allegiance to the United States. The requisites and regt,lations for enlistment and the form of enlistment paper and oath for enlisting men shall be prescribed by the comn1anding general. SEC. 29. That no enlisted man shall be honorably discharged before the ex- piration of his term of service, except by order of the commanding general, and for the following reasons : Upon his own application, approved by the commanding officer of his com- pany, and by superior commanders; Upon removal from the District; 

Upon disability, established by certificate of a medical officer; To accept promotion by commission; 

'Vhenever, in the opinion of the commanding general, the interest of the serv- ice demands such diseharge. SEc. 30. That enlisted men shall -be dishonorably discharged by order of the commanding general : To carry out the sentence of a court-martial; 

Upon conviction of felony in a civil court; 

Upon expulsion from his company, in accordance with its by-laws or regula • 

tions; 

Upon discovery of re-enlistment after previous dishonorable discharge. SEC. 31. That every soldier disc]u,trged from the service of the District shall be furnished with a certificate of such d1scharge, which shall state clearly the rea- sons therefor. Dishonorable discharges will ha\'e the word "dishonorable" written or printed diagonally across their faces, in large characters, with red ink, and the re-enlistment claU.se will be erased by a line. 

ARliS, U!!o.-:r:FOR:!IS, AYD EQUIP:l!E!oo--rs. 

SEc. 32. That the uniforms, arms. and equipments of the National Guard shall be the same as prescribed and furnished to the Army of the United States. Every organization of the National Guard shall be provided with such ordnance and ordnance stor~. clothing, can1p and garrison equipage, quartermaster's 

stores, medical supplies, and other military stores as may be necessary for the proper training and instruction of the force and for the proper performance of the duties required under this act. Such property shall be issued from the s1 ores and supplies appropriated for the use of the Army, npon the approval and by the direction of the Secretary of War, to the commanding general upon his requisitions for the same. The property so issued shall remain and con- tinue to be the property of the United States and shall be accounted for by the commandmg general at such times, in manner, and on such forms as the Secretary of 'Var may require. . SEC. 33. That the commanding general may transfer all public property l'e- ceived by him for the use of the National Guard under the provisions of this acb to the several departmental officers of the general staff, andlll!l.y make and preI 
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scribe regulations for its issue by them and for its care and preservation by the officers or soldiers to whom issued. SEc. 3-!. That every officer receiving public property for military use shall be accountable for the articles so received by him, and shall make returns of such property at such times, in such ~nner, and on such form!' as may be prescribed. He shall be liable to trial by court-martial for neglect of duty, and also to make good to the United States the value of all such property defaced, injured, de- stroyed, or lost, by any neglect or default on his part, to be recovered in an ac- tion of tort, or by any other action at law, to be instituted by the judge-advocategeneral of the militia at the order of the commanding general. All money re- ceived on account of loss or damages shall be paid in the Treasury of the United States, and shall be accounted for by the commanding general in his returns to the Secretary of War. SEc. 35. That any officer or soldier who shall sell, dispose of, pawn or pledge, 

willfully destroy or injure, or retain after proper demand made, any public prop- erty issued under the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor, and shall be punished by imprisonmentfor not exceeding two months, or by a fine not exceeding SlOO, or by both ; and it is hereby made the duty of the judge of the police court of the District of Columbia, upon information filed or complaint made under oath, to issue process for the arrest of the offender, and to cause him to be brought before the police court to be dealt with accord- ing to the provisions of this section. SEc. 36. That until an officer, or his legal representative, sbo.ll have received notice that the property accounts of such officer have been examined and found correct, the liability of such officer, or of his estate, for public property for which he is or may haYe been responsible shall be in no way o.tfected by resignation, 

discharge, change in official position, or death. Upon the death or desertion of an officer responsible for public property his immediate commander shall at once cause the property for which such officer was resRonsible to be collected, and a correct inYentory made by actual count and examination; which invtln- tory shall be forwarded to the commanding general, in order that any defi- ciency may be made good from the estate of the deceased or deser~ing officer; compensation for such deficiency may be recovered in the manner provided in section 34. • SEc. 37. That property issued or provided under the provisions of this act which becomes unfit for use, and is condemned as nnserviceo.ble shall be re- ported by the commanding general to the Secretary of War, and shall be dis- posed of as may be directed by him. • SEc. 38. That any organization of the active militia may, with the approval of the commanding general, and at its own expense, adopt any other uniform than that issued to it; but such uniform shall not be worn when such organiza- tion is on duty under the 01·ders of the commanding general except by his per- mission. 

Sxc. 3;). That organizations of the National Guard shall have the right to own and keep personal property, which shall belong to and be under the control of the active members thereof; and the commanding ofticer of any organization may recover for its use any debts or effects belonging to it, or damages for in- jury to such property; action for such recovery to be brought, in the name of such commanding officer, before any justice of the peace, with the right of ap- peal to the supreme court of the District of Columbia, or before the supreme court of the District of Columbia; and no snit or complaint pending in his name shall be abated by his ceasing to be commanding officer of the organization; 

but, upon the motion of the commander succeeding him, such commander shall be admitted to prosecute the suit or complaint in like manner and with like effect as if it had been originally commenced by him. Sxc. 40. That the quartermaster-general of the militia shall provide, by rental or otherwise, such armories for the National Guard as may be allowed and di- rected by the commanding gene1·al. He shall also provide each organization with such lockers. closets, gun-racks, and cases or desks as may be necessary for the care, preservation, and safe-keeping of the arms, equipments, uniform~, 

records, and other military property in their possession. He shall also provide suitable rooms for the offices of the commanding general and staff, for the keeping of books, the transaction of business, and the instruction of officers, and also suitable places for the storage and so.fe-keeping of public property. 

MILITARY DUTIES. 

SEc. 41. That any drill, parade, encampment, ordut.y that is required, ordered, or authorized to li>e performed under the provisions of this a~t shall be deemed to be a military duty, and while on such duty every officer and enlisted man of the National Guard shall be subject to tbe lawful orders of his superior ofti.cers, and for any military offense may be put and kept under arrest or under guard for a time not extending beyond the term of service for which he is then ordered. SEc. 42. That the commanding general shall prescribe such slated drills and parades as he may deem necessary for the instruction of the National Guard, and may order out any portion ofthe National Guard for such drills, inspections, 

parades, escort, or other duties, as he may deem proper. The commanding offi- cer of any regiment, battalion, or company may also assemble his command, or any part thereof, in the evening for drill, instruction, or other business, as he may deem expedient; but no parade sllall be performed by any regiment, bat- talion, company, or part thereof without the permission of the commanding 

general. 

SEc. 43. That an annual inspection and muster of each organization of the National Guard, and an inspection of their armories and of ;public property in theiL· possession, shall be made at such times and places as the commanding 

general may order and direct. SEC. 44. That the National Guard shall perform not less than six consecutive days of camp duty in each year, at such time as may be ordered by the com- manding general; and the quartermaster-general of the militia, subject to the approval of the commanding general, shall proYide, by rental or otherwise, a suitable camp ground for the annual encampment of the militia, make the nec- essary provisions thereon for the encampment, and provide necessary trans- portation to and from the same for baggage and supplies. SEc. 45. The National Guard shall have the use of the drill grounds o.nd rifle- range at the Washington Barracks, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Vfar, and the commanding general of the militia shall provide such additional targets and accessories as ma.y be necessary for the use of the militia .. SEc. 46. That when there is in the District of Columbia a tumult, riot, mob, or a body of men acting together by force with attempt to commit a. felony or to offer violence to per.:~ons or property, or by force and violence to break and resist the laws, or when such tumult, riot, or mob is threatened, it shall be law- ful for the commissioners of the District of Columbia, or for the United States marshal for the District of Columbia, to call on the commander-in-chief to aid lhem in suppressing snch violence and enforcing the laws; the commander-in- chief shall thereupon order out so much and such portion of the militia as be may deem necessary to suppress the same, and no member thereof who shall be thus ordered out by proper authority for any such duty shall be liable to civil or criminal prosecution for any act done in the discharge of his military 

duty. 

SEc. 47. That no officer or soldier of the National Guard, when ordered on duty to aid the civil authorities, or when ordered into the service of the United States, in obedience to the call or order of the President1 shall be excused from such duty except upon the certificate of the surgeon of h1s command of physical 

disability, sut'h certificate to be presented to the commanding general in case of an ofticer, or to his company commander in case of a soldier. If such officer or ~ldier fail to furnish such excuse he shall be tried and punished by a court· 

martial. For absence from any other military duty required or ordered under the provisions of this act the penalty shall be such as may be prescribed by the commanding general, or the by-laws of the organization to which the officer or soldier belongs. SEc. 48. That United States forces or troops, or any portion of the militia, 

parading, or performing any duty according to law, shaH have the right of way in any street or highway through which they may pass: Provided, That the car· riage of the United States mails, the legitimate functions of the police, and the progress and operations of fire-engines and fire departments shall not be inter• fered with thereby. SEC. 49. That every commanding officer, when on duty, may ascertain and fix necessary bounds and limits to his parade or encampment. Whoever intrudes within the limits of the parade or encampment after being forbidden, or who· ever shall interrupt, molest, or obstruct any officer or soldier while on duty, may be put and kept under guard until the parade, encampment, or duty be concluded ; and the commanding officer may turn over such person to any po- lice officer, and said police officer is required to detain him in custody for exam- ination or trial before the police court, and the judge thereof may punish such offense by a fine not exceeding $25. SEc. 50. That all officers and employes of the United States and of the District of Columbia who are members of the National Guard shall be entitled to leave of absence from their respective duties, without loss of pay or .time, on all days of any parade or encampment ordered or authorized under the provisions of this act. liiiLITARY COt:RT3. 

SEc. 51. Courts of inquiry, to consist of not more than three officers, mny be ordered by the commanding general, for the purpose of investig-ating the conduct of any officer, either at bis own request or on a complaint or charge of conduct unbecoming an officer. Such court of inquiry shall repot·t the evidence ad- duced, a statement of facts, and an opinion thereon, when required, to the com· manding general, who may, in his discretion, thereupon order a court-martial for the trial of the officer whose conduct bas been inquired into. SEC. 52. '.rhat general courts-martial for the tl'io.l of commissioned officers or enlisted men sh.l.ll be ordet·ed by the commanding general at such times as the interests of the service may require, and shall consist of not less than five nor more than thirteen officers, and n. judge-advocate, none of whom shall be of less rank than the accused, when it can be avoided. SEc. 53. That for the trial of enlisted men for all minor offenses the command- ing officer of each battalion and unattached company shall, at such times as may be necessary, appoint courts-martial. Such battalion and company courts- martial shall consist, for a batalion, of one officer, whose rank is not below that of captain; and for a company, of a lieutenant. Such courts shal~ have power, subject to the approYa.l of the officer ordering the court, to sentence to be rep- rimanded by said officer in battalion or company orders; or, in cn.se of a com· pany non-commissioned officer, to be reduced to the ranks, or to pay such fines as may be imposed and allowed by the regulations or by-laws of the organiza· tion to which the accused belongs; and such court may, with the approval of the commanding general, sentence to be reprimanded in general orders or to be dishonorably discharg-ed. SEc. 54. That the president of a general court-martial or court of inquiry, and the officer constituting a battalion or company court-martial, shall have power to administer the usual oath to witnesses, and may issue summons for all wit- nesses whose attendance at such court may, in his opinion, be necessary, and any officer or soldier failing to serve such summons, and any witness failing to appear and testify when so summoned, shall be liable to trial by court-martial. SEc. 55. That in all courts-martial and courts of inquiry the arraignment of the accused, the proceedings, trial, and record shall in all respects conform as nearly as practicable to the regulations for the same in the Army of the United States. 

EXPENSES AND ALLOW ANOES. 

SEc. 56. That there shall be allowed for the general expenses of the militia. such sums as may be necessary for the rental and furnishing of offices for head- quart.ers, stationery, postage, printing and issuing orders, advertising orders, 

providing necessary blanks for the use of the militia, the cost of storing, caring 

for, and issuing all public property, and such other contingent expenses, not herein specially provided for, as may be estimated and appropriated for; the accounts for which shall be certified to by the officer receiving the service or property charged for, approYed by the commanding general, and paid in the manner provided in section 60. SEc. 57. That during the annual encampment., and on every duty or parade ordered by the commanding general, there shall be allowed and paid for each day of service: To each member of the regularly enlisted hand, S4; to each mem- ber of the regularly enlisted corps of field music, $2; to the cltief musician. $8 and to the principal musician SO. In event there is uo enlisted band or field mllilic, or not a sufficient number of either, lhe commanding general may au- thorize the employment of such as he may deem necessary for the occasion. The payments for bands of music and drum corps shall be made in the manner provided in section 60. SEc. 58. That during the annual encampment, and on every duty or parade ordered by the commanding general, there may be employed such number of horses as the commanding general may authorize for the use of the battery of light artillery, the troop of cavalry, the ambulance corps, the signal corps and the non-commissioned g .. 1eral staff, the cost of which shall be paid in the ~uan­ ner provided iu section 60. SEc. 59. That during the annual encampment, or when ordered on duty to aid the civil authorities, the National Guard shall be furnished with subsistence stores, of the kind, quality, and amount allowed and prescribed by the Army. Such stores shall be issued from the stores and supplies appropriated for the use of the Army, upon the approval and by the direction of the Secretary of ·war to the commanding general upon his requisitions for the same. ' SEc. 60. That the commanding general shall annually transmit to the com- missioners of the District of Columbia an estimate of tho amount of money re- quu·ed for the next ensuing fiscal year to pay the expenses authorized hy this act., and the said commissioners shall include the same in their annual estimates of appropriations for the District; and all money appropriated to pay the ex- penses authorized by this act shall be disbursed by the commissioners of the District of Columbia, upon vouchers duly certified and approved by the com- manding general, and accounted for by them in the same manner as all ot.her moneys appropriated for the expenses of the District. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS. 

SEc. 61. That companies, battalions, or regiments mo.y adopt constitutional articles of agreement or by-laws, subject to the approval of the commander-in- chief, for the government of matters relating to the civic affairs of their respect- ive organizations, the regulation of fines for non-performance of duty, nnd the determination of causes upon which excuses from fines mo.y be based: Provided, 

however, That such articles or rules shall not be repugnant to law or the regu- lations for the government of the milit-ia.: And proJ:idedjurth~1·, Thattbcarlic les or rules adopted by any company or battalion sllall not be repugnant to tbe ar- ticles or rules adopted for the general governUJent of the regiment or battalion to which it belongs. Certified copies of such articles or rule!!, with like copies of all alterations, as finally approved by the commanding general, shall be depos- ited in the office of the Adjutant-General. SEc. 62. T h at no officer shall be liable to jury duty; and nny officer or soldiea-

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who shall have served continuously and faithfully for nine years in the National 

Guard shall be 'exempt for life thereafter from jury duty. 

SEc. 63. That each company of the National Guard shall be entitled to enroll not exceeding twenty honorary members, who, upon the payment into the 

treasury of such company of not less than $25 annually, shall be exempted from 

active military duty and jury duty, upon the exhibition of a. receipt for such pay- ment, for one year from the date thereof. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. HOLMAN). To the section just 

read the committee report an amendment, which the Clerk will read. 

The Clerk read as follows: 

Strike out the whole of section 63. 

Mr. McADOO. I move concurrence in this amendment of the com- mittee. 

Mr. BLOUNT. I understand that thia bill is now being read for the 

first time, for information only-not for the purpose of amendment. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. It is being read by sections for amendment. 

M:r. BLOUNT. I did not so understand. 

Mr. Mc.A.DOO. The first reading was dispensed with by order of 

the House. 

l\Ir. OATES. I would like to make an inquiry. If I understand 

correctly the bill as read, it proposes to exempt members of this militia 

force from jury duty. 

Mr. McADOO. The bill, as the committee prop.ose to amend it, will 

exempt from such duty the active members of this National Guard. 

Mr. OATES. Does the gentleman think it n. wise policy to excnse from jury duty some of our best citizens? I submit we ought to have 

the largest possible body of good citizens from whom to select juries. 

Mr. Mc.A..DOO. That was the idea of the committee in the amendment which has been read, and which proposes to strike out section 63. 

That section proposed to exempt from jury duty honorary members of 

this National Guard-men who may become honorary members by paying $25 a year. The committee thought this provision should be struck 

out, adopting the view suggested by the gentleman that it is desirable 

to secure the services of our best citizens as jurors. 

Mr. BLOUNT. I would like to ask the gentlemn.nfrom New Jersey 

what duty the regular members of this National Guard perform. How 

much service is required of them that they should be exempt from jury 

duty? 

.Ur. McADOO. Well, it is the custom in all the States--

Mr. BLOUNT. Not all of them. 

Mr. McADOO. So far as I know, it is the custom in most of the 

States to grant an exemption of this kind. The bill follows the usual coume in this matter. In many of our cities volunteer :fhemen as well as volunteer members of the militia force n.re exempted from jury duty. 

Mr. BLOUNT. I do not profess to be familiar with the legislation 

of aU the States, but, taking this matter on its face, I can see no occasion 

for exempting these gentlemen from jury duty. They are required to 

go into encampment for six days in the ye.."tr, but beyond that there is no requirement of service at all so far as I can see. Mr. McADOO. We must offer some inducement to get men to en- roll themselves in the active militia. Of course every cHizen of the 

United States is theoretically a part of the militia; but as an inducement to active participation in militia duty something of this kind is 

required. These men do duties other than those performed by the ordinary citizen. They attend drills; they are liable to incur penalties for 

disobedience of orders; they give up a part of the privileges and liberties which the ordinary citizen enjoys, and it has been thought fair to 

give them, in compensation for this, an exemption from jury duty. 

Mr. BLOUNT. I do not see that these men "give up" much of 

their ''liberties.'' · l\fr. McADOO. Well, if the gentleman wishes to offer an amendment, I do not know that I shall oppose it. 

Mr. BLOUNT. I had supposed the bill was being read merely for 

information, and thatitwould afterward be taken up for consideration 

by paragraphs. 

Mr. McADOO. The first reading of the hill, as I have stated, was 

dispensed with. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The pending section is open to amendment. 

Mr. BLOUNT. Well, I move to amend by striking out section 62. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. That section has been passed, but if 

there be no objection the House will return to it. 

Mr. McADOO. I offer no objection. I am willing to leave this 

question to the House. 

Mr. BLOUNT. So far as I understand this bill from the reading 

(and I have been following it as read by the Clerk, although I supposed it would be again read for amendment), no duty is required of 

members of this National Guard except the election of a number of officers and service for six days each year in an encampment. 

:Mr. HOVEY. And that they should regard as an honor. 

1r. BLOUNT. As the gentleman suggests, they ought to regard 

that as an honor. I have no doubt that participation in these exer- cises is a great recreation to them; and I do not.see why, because of six 

days' service annually in an encampment, these men, after a period of 

nine years, should be exempted from jury duty in the District. That 

is the effect of the provision; and I think it ought to be stricken ont. 

Mr. WHEELER. Mr. Speaker, I think we ought to consider this 

question deliberately before determining to strike out this entire par· 

agraph. Perhaps it might be sufficient to modify it. We all know 

t.hat General Ordway is making an effort to improve the militia system 

of this District. We all know that the general spirit of the people favors an improvement ofthe militia system of the whole country. New 

York, Pennsylva11ia, and many other States in the North, andnearlyall 

of the States of the South, are bringing their volunteer soldiery up 

to a very high standard, and I for one am proud of it. The superior 

excP-llence in drill and discipline and the spirit displayed by the citi- zen soldiers of the country in this city last May must have been most 

gratifYing to the patriotic pride of every American. It was certainly 

pleasing to Alabamians to see a company from their State bear off the 

honors awarded to them by impartial and able judges, who declared 

them to be superior to any other similar organization on the continent. 

Mr. BLOUNT. Will the gentleman permit a remark? He suggests 

that the section may be modified. Now, a part of the section is in this 

language: 

Any officer or soldier who shall have served continuously and faithfully for 

nine years in the National Guard shall be exempted for life thereafter from jury duty. 

Does not the gentleman think it would be a sufficient concession if 

we strike out what I have just read and retain the first part of this 

section, which provides thatNo officer or soldier shall be liable to jury duty. 

I have no o~jection to modifying my amendment so as to have that 

effect-. 

Mr. WHEELER. That would be better than to strike out the entire 

paragraph. 

:M:r. STEELE. That will be all right. 

Mr. WHEELER. I think there ought to be some compensation f01 a long period of service in this militia, but I do not contend that being 

on the rolls for nine years should exempt a citizen of the District from 

jury duty for life. I think I am correct instating that every State in the 

Union now exempts its volunteer soldiery from jury duty, and it is 

just and right that it should be done. They perform actual work, and 

must be devoted to the task of preparation to fit themselves for service 

in the field should the honor of the country be assailed. 

Mr. BLOUNT. There is no service, except serving in the encamp· 

ment for six days every year. 

Mr. WHEELER. 'Vhy, sir, these men perform a great deal of serv- ice, such as attending at their armories and drilling night after night. 

The efforts of the officers in charge of this militia force should be re· garded by the House with some consideration. 

:M:r. BLOUNT. We do not require any such duty as the gentleman 

has just referred to; it is a mere voluntary matter with these men. Mr. WHEELER. The gentleman should know that in order to have a respectable volunteer militia, it is necessary that the men be com- pelled to drill a great deal, and they actually do so. \Ve could not have an efficient militia system without it. 

There is no place more proper to commence the inauguration of a good 

militia system than the District of Columbia. It has been commenced, 

and it ought to be encouraged, and we should make some concession to men who serve for n. long period. The bill says nine years. It might 

be twelve or fifteen, or more; but there should be some adequate recognition of a long period of service. That is all I have to say. 

Ur. BLOUNT. So far as drilling is concerned, there is no trouble. 

If anything, they drill too much. This bill proposes, as I understand 

it, to prohibit drilling on the part of members of volunteer organizations 

in this District. 

Mr. McADOO. I do not so understand. On the contrary, I under· 

stand the volunteer organizations in this District are in favor of it. 

Mr. BLOUNT. That does not appear in the b~ll. 

Mr. McADOO. It does not prohibit any one from drilling. 

Mr. BLOUNT. The bill providesThat it shall be a misdemeanor for any body of men, other than the regularly 

organized militia and the troops of the United States, except such independent military organizations as are now in existence, to associate themselves together as a military company or organization, or meet for drill with arms, or parade in 

public with arms, without the permission of the commanding g~nero.l. 

Mr. McADOO. This bill takes in every milita,ry organization in 

the District of Columbia and makes it a part of the militin.. 

Mr. BLOUNT. Yes, n.nd you provide there shall be nothing else in 

the District bnt this militia. 

Mr. McADOO. ·Volunteer organizations are all included. 

:M:r. BLOUNT. Perhaps their officers expect to get the offices provided for in this bill. 

Mr. McADOO. If the gentleman wishes tomodifythe amendment, 

I accept it. 

!\fr. BLOUNT. I move to strike out in section 62, after the wonl 

"duty," the following words: 

And auy officer or soldier who shall have served continuously and fR.ilhfully 

for nine years in the National Guard shall be exempt for life thereafter from 

jury duty. · 

So it will read: 

That no officer or soldier shall be liable to jury duty. 

Mr. RICHARDSON. What is the amendment? 

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~{r. BLO ONT. It exempts them from jury duty while they are in 

aeti ve sernce. Tbe amendment was agreed to. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. HOLMAN in the chair). The morn- ing hour has expired, and the bill goes over until the next morning 

hour. G~ER.AL G. CLUSERET. 

1.fr. COX. I move, by unanimous consent, to call up for present 

consideratiQR a bnl (II. R. 474) for the relief of General G. Cluseret. 

The bill was :read, as follows: B e it enacted, etc., Tha.t the Secretary -of the Treasury be, and .be is hereby, a. utho:r- ized to pay , out of a n y money in the Treru ury oot otherwise appropTiated; upon vouebers duly a.pprovecl by the Secretary of State, the sum of EaOO, to be unme- diately availah1e, to pay Genel'fll G . Cluser&t for services rendered to the De- partment of State in carrying- ~ut a circular instrueti<m of that Department of :May 23, 1880, relative to statistical i.uformation in the Turkish!dominions. 

llr. STEELE. Let the repcrrt of tbe committee be read. 

:Air. H&YDERSON, of Iowa.. Let the gentleman from New York 

make a statement. 

:Ur. COX. It simply reimburses General Cluseret for money he 

actually expended. 

Mr. STEELE. I will withdraw the demand for the reading of the 

report. 

Mr. COX. It can be printed in the REcoRD. The bill gives General Cluser6t the money he expended un er the orders of the consuJ- general at Constantinople or the State Department. The State De-

_pa!'.tment rre<lmmends it. The late minister to Constantinople knows 

it is right. [Laughter and applause.] 

The report of the committee is as follow-s: 

The Committee on Foreign Affairs, to whom was r efen-ed the bill (H. R. 4:i4) for t lle rei ief of Genm·nl G. Clusertt, make the following report, to wit: In .obedience to Deps.rtmentcirenlar of May 23;1 , to the United Stutes con- sul-general at Constantinople, the claimant was employed by said consul-gen- eral for the collection ofstatistj.cs and rthem:&kingof a report on "cotton fabrics and ynrn imported into Turkey, ' Tbc ·.e statistics, owing to me ondiHon of Turkey at t.he time, were very difficult to procure. The cousu1-gener.U in his -disp teh of August 24, IS , ncknow]ooges his obli- gation to the Americs.n E ern Agen~, r-epresented by Genera! Cluseret, who d eToted much time and labor to the subJect. ~consul recognized the report to be as full and clea.r as po sible. Owing to the difficulty in obtaining t e. nooes ary dl\la the fund ~t the-com- mand of tbe eonsul-general was not sufficient to meet the expense mcurred. No payment was ever made by :Mr. Heap, nor by the Government, to'Genernl Olu.;eret for his work. Tbe report oi General Oluser~t is to be found in the Consular Report Ko. 12, for ctober 1881, entiUed "Cotton-Goods Trade of the ·world, and the share of 

t he United States therein." Alt-hough there was no special contract made with General C1 usei-tt, the J?e- p artment of State thinks that it ould be hardly just that he should have rn- curred any expense in obt.ainingTaluableinformation for an office~ of the Gov- ernment without hn>ing the1U1lount thereof at least returned to him. . , Owing to the failure of the Department to grant the consul-general periD1SS1C!n to pply the fund to his credit ror sueh ork., General Cl~t failed t<> obt m anv eompensa.tion. Your committee tllink: Geneml Clusertt has an equitable claim upon the Gov-- ernment for a reasonable sum, and they repo:rt.a bill for.,. 00, which is simply the amount he expended, not counting his time and laoor in preparing the info~~~~ of the ef\Se is taken by the Department of State in the paper hereto 

annexed. . P~rhaps General Cluseret would not have made this r.eques~ were ~e not ~;mpoYerisbed at the end of a lon,. and honorable career as o. soldter, d=mgwhicb he en·ed in onr own Army~ The committ-ee .also refer to the statements of G~11eral Cluseret for the details of his service. .Application was ma.de by Hon. Ilorace Maynard, whi~e minister to T~ey, 

for compensation, and also through Hon. Roscoe Conkling, Senator from 1-iew 

York, but nothing was ever. done. . . . The value of this work will he apprecmted when tt 1s known that General Clu eret is an accomplished writer in many la:n,""U.ages and has full~ eB.Tned the small sum which, in his old age aud indigence, has been appropnated by the 

bilL 

The correspondence is ~eret<> appended. 

"DEPAnTMID-T oF STATE, Washing~on, Deccrnher 13, 1887. 

"1\fy DEAn Sm: In reply to your letter of the 4th instant, touching the claim of General G . Cluseret,who 1·endered yaJuable · nee to Mr. Heap in. aonn~ction \villi the Department's circular of .M..<t.y 23, 18HO, I herewith transmit cop1es of the followin"" correspondence upon the subject: "1. 1\Ir. Cox to Mr. Bayard, No. 105 • .January 19, 1886, with inclosure; "2 Mr. Bayard to 1\Ir. Oox, No. 86, of February 1,9, 1 S6; a.nd "a: !\Ir. Bayard to 1r. Belmont, FebrWU"Y 19, 1886, with inclosure. . . "Adding that the letter to 1\lr. Belmont covers a. proposed bill approprmting 

t5()() for the relief of General Cluseret. "I am, my den.r sir, >ery respectfully your&, "T. F . BAY .ARD. 

"Hon.S.S. Cox,l\l.C., 

"House of Rep1·esentati-.;es." 

" [Inclosure 105.] 

"CoNS~"'TINOPLE, Ja:nuary 17, 1886. 

"DEAR Srn: When :Mr. Maynard was United States plenipotentiary minister here I forwardeU, through Jllr. Heap, :.1. memoir and collection of samples of every cotton goods employed in the Turkish Empire. "That work was very difficult, loug, and expensive. I was obliged to corre- spoud with every villager from Persia. to Herzegovina., give bs.kshlsh for every information and pa.y for every sample, several hundred in nurnber. You know that in this country nothing can be accomplished without bakshish. For each sample I was obliged to pay one yard and transportation. "I completed three collections and memoirs, including every information not only on cotton trade but a.lso its manufacturing. I added statistics of import and export etc. One was directed to the State Department, one to the New York Ch .. mber of Commerc.e, and the third to that of Bo ton or Philadelphia, I don't recollect exactly which one. These two last were delivered by onr friend, Oolonel Duganc, of New York. 

"Tbis work was undertaken in order to answer Jl. questionary by the Stat a Department to Mr. Heap, who did not think po sibletogive it a tisfa.ctory so- lution. Bo in point of faet. h vh,gvolunteered my ervices without them being req u:ested officially, I have no legal right to claim from the Treasury the refund- ing of my expenses. • Still I have -spent, besides my time 1llld 1n.bor, nearly S500. Twice 1\fr. May- nard applied to the Slate Department forflOm~ compen tion; so did R. Oon~

ling, of New York, but to no purpose. If you, sir, through0ongres5, can obtam the 'refunding of a. piLl't, wb tever it mi:;1lt be, of my di bursing, you will oblige me very m~ch. Althou.,b perhaps not strictly correct. in a. tlnan<Jial point of view, I think that transaction perfectly equitable, for my work h.::l.s been utilized not only by the State Department but by the chambers of commerce. 

• Very respectfully, "GENERAL G. CLUSERET. 

"Hon. S. 8. ox, 

"Plenipotentiary Minister of the Uniled States of America." 

'-' DEPA.UT.lll!:NT OF STATE, Washington, Fibruar1J 19, 18S6. 

"Sm ~ I have received your No. 103 of the 19th ultimo, relative to the equitable claim of Genet·al G. Cluser6t, in connection with his service to Mr. Heap, con· sul-general at Constantinople, in canying out a. circular instruction of this De - partment of May 23,1880. '.At prese-nt l ca.n only express tb.e Department's ·regret that Gene1 Cl useret should not have been paid at the time, and that it has no appropriation available ntt.his late date from which to recompense him for the valuable information furnished. Jn order, if possible, to compensate General Cluser6t for his services, I hl\ve inclosed 1:o Hdu. Perry Belmont, ehairmsn of the Committee on For- eign .Affairs of the House of Repr sentative , a copy of yourdispat<:h, with a let· ter ·of explanation,a, copy of which :r herewith transmit, .recommending the ap- propriation of $.300, to be p · d t o Generru Cluserft. "I am, sir, y-our obedient Bel"''"ant, 

"T. F. BAYARD. "SAMUELS. Cox, • · Conrtantinople." 

"UNri1!:D STATES LEGATIO:!l", Oonstantinople, January 19, 1886. 

• rn. I h.li'Cw a soldieT in our civil waT named Gener 1 Clu e1 't. He lives here 11ow, afta- milit-ary ice wiUl tb~ Turks. H~ is writer and economist, well soldier. He i llOlV old n,nd des.tit.ute... I called to see him at hi r~om 

in the subur' s of this city. I fouud him endeavoring to get some warmili o>er a ' t gal. His oondition exc:ted sympathy. • ·He - an uitahle im (o:; er.iees ~ in the prepamtio:n of cer- tain sta.tistics, in response 1o st call of ih.e Deparbnent.. I requested him to put it on paper. I incl se you a 1-eply of his letter, wllb a. view to have you regard 

it, e en nt this late <lay, in a fi\>orab~ light, and ·with the further object of nn appropriation a11d payment, if you think it possih1e. "I n.m eodea.voring to id him personalJy by pnrcilllsmg some of his pictures, but be is, or should be, an object of justioe, as well as benevolence. 

"I have the honor to be, sir, yout· obedient servant, "S. S. COX. 

"Hon. T. F . BAYARD, 

"See1·etary of State, Wa.shi1zglon, D. 0."' 

"DEPAJtTIUE!\"T OF STATE, Wa.shi11.!]io , Februa1-yl9,1886. 

"Sm: I haYe the hono1· to ~close fo · the <lOnsicleration of your commii.t-ee o. copy of a disp::rt.ch from Mr. S. . Cox, the mini ter of the United ta.tes at Con- stantinople, No. 105, of the 19tb. ultimo, relati••~ to the petition of General G . Clu ret for reli.ef in connection with hig services t.o 1\lr. G. H. Heap, consul- general of the United States a.t Constantinople., in .caiTying out a. circular in- struction of this Dep::1.rtment in 1 . "G eral Cluseret's petition is COlT ·t us to the character of the information furnished, but I have been unable to fin<l auy record in the Dep rtm.ent of his claim having been previously brought to its attention a.s he a serts. "The fu.cts appear to he these : "1\Ir. Reap with hi dispatch No. 96 of August 24, 1880, furnished a report on ooti n iabrics and yarn imported into Turkey, in obedience to the Depart- ment's circular of May 23, 1880. "A pm·tion of his dispatch is as follows: " • F()r the information oonta.ined in this report I am chiefly indebted to the ".AmericanElastern.A.gency,"repres ted by General Clnseret, who has de'i•oted much time and lH.bor on the subject, .nod I believe that the answers to the nb- ject will be found as full and clear as possible. ' . "Mr. Heap also asked permi "ion to expend the fund at his command for ob· tainiug in(Qrmation for consular r-eport5 to meet the expenses incurred in ma.k· ing this one aft.er explaining how Yery difficult it was to obtain the neces ary data. His dispatch does not say that be intended to recompense Genereal Clu· serct for his trouble, or give any idea of how the money was to be applied. "At any rate, no specisJ. cknowledgment was e>er made of Mr. Heap's dis- patch, although the report, a. >ery full and Yalua.ble one, was published in the consularJl·eport, No.12, October,1881, entitled • Cotton·GoodsTradeofthe World, and the share of the United States therein.' "It is apparent. from his petition that General<Jluseret did not, when furnish- ing the information, expect to be compensated. Even now he says, • in point of fact, having volunteered my sen-ices without their being requested officially, I have no legal right to cln.im from tbe Treasury the refunding of my e.x:pen8es.' "It seems hardly just, however, that General Cluseret should have incurred any expenses in obtaining this val na.ble information for an officer of this Gov- emment without having the amount thereof at least returned t<> him. But the failure of the Department to grant 1\Ir. Heap permission to apply the fund to hi credit for such work to the bent &d. vantage necessarily prev nted him from offering to compensate General Cluseret, e>en if it. w hlB intention to do so. "Under these circumstances the Dep:trtment is disposed to agree with 1\lr. Cox that General Cluseret has an equitalJl~ claim upon this Government for the services rendered to it as explained, a d entertains the hope that some measure for the petitioner's relief at this late date, to the extent at least of the $500 which he expended, besides his time and labor in preparing the information, may find equal favor with your committee and secure its eo-operation in obtaining the pa ge of the necessary bill for Ge ernl Oluseret'a relief. "A draught of a bill to meet the ca'e is herewith transmitted for the consid- eration of your oommittee, and it is respectfully suggested that you authorize om member thereof to introduce it in the H.ouse, should the judgment of the committee be fa.vor.a.bly disposed in the premises. •' I ha>e the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, 

"Ron. PEB.XY 'BELMONT, 

" Chairman Com itlce on Foreig-n . .Affairs, "Bo-use of .Representatives." 

"T. F. BA.YARD. 

There was no objection, and the bill as taken up and ordered to be 

engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was_accordingly 

.read the third time, and passed. 
1888. CONGRESSIONAL REOORD-HOUSE. .2031 . 

Mr. COX moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; 

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

The latter motion was agreed to. 

• UNITED PEORIAS ~'"D MIAMIES. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The House resumes the consideration 

of the bill (H. R. 8074) providing for the allotment of land in severalty 

to United P~orias and :M:iamies in Indian Territory. At the adjournment on Saturday the question nnder consideration was the substitute 

for section 4 moved by the gentleman from Kansas [Mr. PERKINs]. 

Mr. PERKINS. As I said at the time, I moved that sub~titute at 

the request of the representatives of these Indians. At theu request 

I aO'nin move to modify that substitute so as to insert, after the word 

H Indian, n the words "not a member of the tribe;" so it will read: 

.Any adult members of the United Peoria and Miami tribes of Indians shall 

have authority, under the provisions of this act, to sell or dispose of, to any In- dian not a member of the tribe, etc. 

I also moved to modify it by striking out the word ''become" and 

substituting the word H be; " so it will read; 

Or forfeiture so long as the title to the same shall remain in the original pat- entee or be the property of any other Indians, etc. 

The SPEAKER p1"o tempore. The Chair hears no objection to the 

proposed modifications of the substitute. 

Mr. HO~IAN. I think the word "purchase," where it is nsed in 

the :first clause of the proposed amendment, is not properly the-.re, and 

sbou1d be stricken out. 

Mr. PERKINS. If the gentleman will read that provision of the 

amendment in connection with the remainder of it, he will agree that 

it is the proper word. 

Mr. HOLMAN. I have no objection to the use of the word 'inheritance" in ~hat connection; but the word ''purchase," as used in the 

substitute, should be omitted. I ask the Clerk to read that portion of 

the amendment again. 

The Clerk r~d as follows: 

That the lands so patented shall remain free from execution, levy, taxation, 

compulsory sale, or forfeiture so long as the title to the same shall remain in 

the original patentees or become the property of any <>ther Indians hy inherit- ance, ptll"chase, or otherwise, etc. 

Mr~ HOLMAN. Now I hope the word" inheritance" will be allowed to remain, but the word ''purchase'' ought to be stricken out. 

1\lr. PERKINS. I think it should not be stricken out in consequence 

of what follows; and 1; believe that, in connection with the amendment 

I offered a short time ago, the gentleman will not object. I ask the 

Clerk to read the remainder of the proposed amendment. 

The proposed substitute was read at length. 

M:r. COBB. Mr. Speaker, I move to amend that amendment by 

striking out the words in the seeond line of the amendment, ''in feesimple," and in the third line the word "forever." I should like to 

be heard upon this amendment before a vote is taken upon it. 

The SPEAKER pro tmnpore. The gentleman from Kansas bas an 

amendment already pending to the amendment. 

Mr. PERKINS. I think we had better have a vote :first on the amendment suggested by myself. Let the gentleman's amendment be pending . 

.Mr. COBB. Before that I want to be heard for a moment. 

1\Ir. PERKINS. 1\Ir. Speaker, I think, rather than consume the time, 

I will accept the amendment of the gentleman from Alabama, so that we can get on with the bill. 

Mr. HOLMAN. I hope the gentleman will not do that unle£S there 

is some explanation of the object to be accomplished by the amendment. 

Mr. PERKINS. Very well; then I shall wait to hea.r the 1-easons 

the gentleman may have for offering the amendment. 

Mr. COBB. I desire to say, .Mr. Speaker, that I am opposed to the 

amendment offered by my colleague on the committee, and shall vote 

against it. I think that the original section of the bill for which the 

amendment is offered as a substitute is better. This original section 

conforms to the general policy of the Government with reference to the 

Indians, and especially the policy of the Government as declared in 

the aet of 1887, approved February the 8th of that year. This policy 

is, that the Government of the United States shall hold lands for the 

Indians for a certain period of time, and then that the lands may go to 

them in severalty, they receiving a. fee-simple title. 

Pervading this policy is the expectati~n that the Indians will attain 

the qualifications necessary to enable them, properly, to be trusted 

with the lands in fee, and to enabJe them to reach that status which 

will make it safe for them to become citizens of the United States. I 

repeat and urge what I said on Saturday in regard to this matter. 

The provisions of this amendment seek to force upon these people the 

rights and privileges and duties of citizenship without regard to their 

qualifications. Therefore, believing, as I do, that this is not a. wise 

policy, although it may be recommended by the Indian Department, 

and although it may be urged by those who seem to have particular 

regard for the Indians, I can not give to it the a...~nt of my Judgment. 

I can not consent that it will be well for the Indians to withdraw from 

them the guardianship of the United States. This guardianship-this 

superintending care-will be withdrawn whene\er they are settled in 

•;everalty upon their lands and are made citizens of the United States. 

Such will be the necessary and inevitable result of such pronsions as are contained in the proposed amendment. 

Now, what will be the effect of this policy? These men are settled 

upon lands allotted to them, and are forced, we will assume, under the 

operation of this bill, to take them in severalty. Suppose the Indians 

do not care to take the lands in severalty-and this is no unreasonable 

supposition-and abandon them? They are then with~nt support or 

guardianship, and what is to become of them? But my limited time 

will not permit me to press this point. 

I have another objection to the amendment. I take it to be wise 

when we are legislating for these people that our legislation should be 

without doubt as to its meaning-that the terms in which it is fmmro 

should be clear arid unambiguous. 

Now, to any legal mind the inconsistencies conta1ned in this amendment will readily appear. If the words ''in fee-simple and forever" 

are not stricken ~ut, the result is, you have a provision here under the 

operation ofwhich--

[Here the hammer fell.] 

M:r. NELSON. I rise to oppose the amendment and yield my time 

to the gentleman from Alabama. 

Mr. COBB. I thank the gentleman for his courtesy. I '''as aoont 

to poin:t out an inconsistency in the pr~visions of the amendment. If 

the words are left in tha amendment providing that these lands shall 

be given in fee-simple to these several Indi:.ms, the resolt is a pa.tent 

issuing from the Government of the United States which, as we all 

know, is simply equi valent to a deed, containing these provisions: first, 

a conYeyanee in fee-simple and foreTer of a tract of land. Fo1lowing 

that, in the same deed, conditions and limitations and restrictions are 

imposed. 

Now, what is the result? Let us consider for n. moment what would 

be the 1·esnlt when the J>atent is presented for construction by the 

judicial department of the Government. One of these Indians with 

his ]latent in his band makes a sale. There is an inwrference or an attempted interference with his vendee and he appeals to the courts. 

He says, "I have got a fee-simple title to this land; there is no restriction to the sale of the land on the part of these patentees.'' And 

why? Because of the operation of the provision of law that, :where 

there are two inconsistent provisi~ns in a deed the first holds and the 

latter is a. nullity. The .first provision in a deed, the last in a. willihat is the uni"\"'CI8al rule. 

Now here is a deed which says upon its fuce and in its first c1au e, 

tbat ''the Government of the United States conveys in fee-simple forever i tract of land to the patentees.'' Following in the same instrument are restrictions and limitations, not upon tile sale only-and I 

call the attention of the lawyers in the House to t.h:tt-but restrictions 

and limitations upon the title itself. 

Such is the deed, first, w-ords of conveyance in fee-simple foTe\er; 

then restrictions and limitations upon the title itself. Now, what is 

the result? The patentee has t)le ab olute, unqualified, fee-simple title. 

And yet, J.Ir. Speaker, it is not pretended that that is the policy to 

be J>llrsned with regard to these Indians. 

Upon both of these gronnds I am opposed to this amendment. There 

are two classes of men who are operating with regard to these Indians, 

and who, unwittingly itmaybe, are drivingthemtotheir destrnction. 

One class are the philanthropists, who believe they are doing wisely 

when they attempt to put the Indians on an equal footing as to the 

rights of property and the rights of citizenship with the cin.1ized · 

white man. The other class are tho c, in my opini , who are not , ctuated by tb~e_philanthropic motives. They do not care what beeomes 

of the Indian. They think that be is doomed, and tbe quicker be is 

extirpated from this continent the better. But seeing the operations 

and effect of tbe policy prescribed and urged by these men who are really seeking his benefit--

(Here the hammer fell.] 

Mr. NELSO~. I move to strike out the last word, and yield. five 

minutes to the gentleman from Alabama [.Mr. COBB]. 

Mr. COBB. I do not want to take up too much of the time of the 

Honse. 

Several MElrnEns. Go on. 

I am, M:r. Speaker, pleading for the Indian; p1eading fol' the adoption of the policy which will protect him; ileean~c I sincerely believe 

that this nation owes him a duty that it ought to fulfill. 

Now, I say that these two classes of whom I am speaking, the one 

thehonestphilanthropicmen-perhapsimpractical-whoareseeking to 

promote the welfare of the Indian, the ~tber caring nothil.lg for his 

destiny, or, it may be, believing it to be settled, but wise enough to 

see that the policy urged by the first will hasten his destruction, have 

joined in demanding the same course. We see botb parties urging that 

the Indian be made a citizen and be assigned his land in severalty and 

given a fee-simple title. 

Now. put him in that position and how long will he hold his land? 

How long Will he hold his 160 or 240 acres of 1and if you give him a. title in fee? The result will be that these adventurous and enterpri:J.. 

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ing men of whom we have heard so much, and of whom my friend from 

Mississippi [Mr. HooKER] spoke so eloquently on Saturday as pressing 

him on all sides, will speedily acquire his lands. 

Mr. BUTTERWORTH. Is the Indian allowed to alienate it by this 

bill? 

Mr. COBB. Yes, sir; that is my construction. The amendment, as I have attempted to show, is inconsistent in its provisions. The first 

provision gives him a title in fee. The other, as it appears to me, provides restrictions and limitations, which, however, will not take away the 

power of alienation; and when be alienates his title, where is he? 

Mr. BUTTERWORTH. He becomes a pauper and a little worse than 

that. 

Mr. HOOKER. He comes back on the Government for support and 

the Government will have to sustain him. 

Mr. COBB. One of two results will inevitably follow; either the 

Indian will become a pauper and die of starvation, or else he will put 

himself in a condition to demand of the Government a reversal of its 

policy. If be does not starve he will make himself so troublesome to 

the Government that a reversal of this policy will inevitably follow. 

And in thus pursuing a shifting policy the Government retards rather 

than advances the advancement of the Indian . 

Mr. PERKINS. Mr. Speaker, I desire to explain briefly to the 

House what, in my judgment, is the effect of this substitute, and in 

that connection I shall give the House a little history in addition to 

what was given in the debate on Saturday. As! then explained, there are fifty-eight of these Miami Indians and one hundred and forty-four 

of the Peorias and those associated with them. They occupy a reser- vation in the Indian Territory of 50,300 acres. They have also some ·remaining lands in Kansas of those which have been given to them heretofore under treaty, which lands they are not occupying. There are some three or four or five sections, in the aggregate, Ecattered over two 

counties in my State, and by the provisions of this bill the Indians are authorized to sell those lands, as they are substantially authorized 

to do under existing law. But the Indians come to Congress, as they 

have come for years, asking that the lands which they occupy in the 

Indian Territory shall be given to them in severalty. 

A division of the reservation will give to each man, woman, and 

child 220 acres and a trifle more. Now, they ask that, as to all of 

these lands given them in excess of the 160-acre allotments, they may 

be authorized to sell them to other Indians who are not so fortunately 

situated as themselves. That is all there is of this amendment. These 

Indians say that, as to the 160 acres each, they are willing that the 

usual condition shall be put into their patents, that the lands shall 

not be alienable for twenty-five years, and that they are to be exempt 

for that time. That is the effect of the general allotment bill; that is 

the effect of almost every allotment bill that Congress has given its attention to. They say that as to the 160 acres of land given to each of 

these men, these women, these children, they are willing that tha.t 

condition shall be made•; but as to the excess over and above the 160 

acres, they ask that adult members of the tribe shaJl have the right, 

if they choose, to sell those lands to other Indians, with the consent 

and approval of the Secretary of the Interior. They say that some of 

them may not need 220 acres of land. They say there are other Indians 

in·the country not so fortunately situated as they are, and they simply 

ask that, as adults, they may have the right given them to sell to other 

Inclians the excess of these lands over 160 acres. That is all they ask. 

Now, is there anything unreasonable in that? · Should any man, actuated by sentiment or by a. desire to promote the . welfare and well-being of these Indians, stand upon this floor and oppose this substitute? These Indians, as I read from the report of the 

Indian agent on Saturday, are as competent to look after their own interests as any like number of men in any community in the country. 

They would like to have these lands given to them absolutely, without 

restriction; but knowing the sentiment of some members of Congress 

and the sentiment prevailing in many parts of the country, they are willing that the 160 acres allotted to each shall be subject to the usual 

condition in allotment bills making the land inalienable. As to the 

excess, however, they ask to be pernntted to sell it to other. Indians, 

and to Indians only, with the consent and approval of the Secretary of 

the Interior. 

I move the previous question on the pending section and amendment. 

1\Ir. BLOUNT. I hope the gentleman will not cut off debate in that 

way. This is the gentleman's own bill, which was referred to the com- mittee. 

Mr. PERKINS. How much time does the gentleman want? 

Mr. BLOUNT. I do not know exactly; not long. 

Mr. PERKINS. I will withdmw for the present the demand for the 

previous question. I did not know that there was any disposition to 

continue the discussion. 

lllr. BLOUNT. l'llr. Speaker, the Government of the United States, 

whenever it suits its purposes, claims to be the especial guardian of the 

Incli::m. Treaty obligations are set aside, and the Government assumes paternal care of the Indian and undertakes to do what is best for him. 

Mr. FULLER. It does not always do it, though. 

Mr. BLOUNT. My friend suggests that the Government does not 

always do it. I am surprised at him! [Laughter.] Then again, Mr. 

Speaker, when measures come into the House purporting to be for the 

benefit of these wards of ours, we are graNely told by persons urging 

them that "the Indians want them." Now, sir, I have never been one of those who have inclined to the opinion that our policy should be 

to provide for the ownership of Indian lands in severa.Uy. 

Such, however, has come to be, with some qualification, the policy 

of the Government. I believe that up to this time alienation bas not 

been allowed until the expiration of a period of twenty-five years. The 

proposition of my friend from Kansas [1\Ir. PERKINS] is now to limit 

this period · to twenty years. It is proposed that the Indian may sell a part of his lands to any other Indian. With the assent of the Secretary of the Interior, an Indian receiving land under this allotment may 

convey a portion to any other Indian who is not so fortunately situated us himself. What sort of a title is there to be in such a case? 

Mr. PERKINS. Perhaps the gentleman may not be aware that we have never passed an allotment bill allowing to ~n Indian so large a quantity ofland in severalty as is proposed to be given by this bilJ, and 

that is one reason why the bill authorizes under certain conditions a sale of the excess over 160 acres. Mr. BLOU.r-T. Under this bill as it came to the Honse with the 

recommendation of the Committee on Indian Affairs there were to be so many hundred acres allotted to these Indians; but before we have 

reached the conclusion of the bill the gentleman from Kansas comes iu with a. propoaition that we take away one-half of this land, and he 

suggests that in doing this we do more for the Indians than we have ever done before. Sir, I wish to say we have done nothing for the Indians in reference to this matter, either in this bill or in any other. 

There bas been on the part of some of our people a spirit of agrarianism with reference to the lands of the Indians. Wherever there have 

been valuable Indian lands there bas been pressure in this House, 

pressure from the Departments, pressure everywhere, for treaty stipu- · 

lations or for legislation, the effect of which bas simply been to rob the 

Indians, and this proposition giving to them a certain amount of land in 

severalty does practically nothing for their benefi li. The result of this 

measure, in my opinion, will be that these lands will be frittered 

away. It does not appear that even on the portion of lands now proposed to be allowed houses are to be constructecl and supplies furnished for the purpose of enabling the Indians to carry on their farms. 

As to the sum of money for which an Indian may sell a portion of his 

land to some other Indian, that is likely to be f1·ittered away. 

The inducement held out for the passage of this bil~ is that the Indian wants it. Yes, the cupidity of the Indian destroys his judgment. 

Inspired by his cupidity, he is doubtless pleased with the provision of 

the bill allowing him to sell a portion of this land and devote the proceeds to any purpose, however silly. 

Mr. HERBERT. Will the gentleman allow a question? 

1t1r. BLOUNT. Certainly. 

1\Ir. HERBERT. Is it not the opinion of the gentleman that the 

provision limiting the sale to another Indian would prove nugatory? l'l1i~ht not the Indian to whom the land would be transferred act as an agent for some other person? There is not even a limitation that the 

bud shall be sold only to other Indians for the purpose of settlement 

and cultivation. 

Mr. BLOUNT. I can come to no other conclusion than that which 

has been reach~d by ~y friend from Alabama [Mr. HERBERT]. 

Mr. HERBERT. · Tlie provision practically gives the Indian no protection at all. ' 

Mr. BLOUNT. · We are told that the Indian is in favor of this provision giving him a part of the land in absolute fee. Sir, any gentleman 

who has taken occasion to observe the course of affairs in reference to 

our Indian treatiesMr. PEEL. 1\Ir. Speaker, are we not proceeding under the fiveminute rule? The first reading of the bill, I believe, was dispensed 

with. 

Mr. PERKINS. I yield to the gentleman from Georgia [Mr. BLOUNT] 

if be desires a little more time. 

The SPEAKER p1·o tempore (Mr. Cox). The gentleman from Kansas yields to the gentleman from Georgia [l'llr. BLOUNT]. 

Mr. BLOUNT. Any gentleman who has taken occasion to look into 

the expenditures for negotiating Indian treaties on the part of this great 

Government of the United States-any gentleman who calls to mind 

the various baubles which have been used to attract the Indian's fancy 

and to operate as an inducement for the negotiation of these treatiesought to feel the blush of shame come to his cheek. I can not but think 

that the money which these Indians are expected to realize from the 

sale of a portion of these lands is operating upon the Indians as a temptation in the same way as did the baubles which have been used for the 

purpose of negotiating treaties. 

If we are to give these allotment lands to the Indians, let us give 

them absolutely, without any division. Let us try the Indian for a time in this matter. Let us not be in great haste to exhaust what little 

treasure we have left him. I trust, Mr. Speaker, that the amendment 

will not be u.greed to. 

Mr. PERKINS. I move the previous question on the section alHl 

pending amendment.. 

Mr. LA. l<'OLLETTE rose. 
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Mr. PERKINS. .As the gentleman from Wisconsiri [Mr. LA.. FoLLETTE], who is a member ofthecommitteeand who has onlycomeinto 

the Hall within the last few minutes, would like to be heard, I will 

withdraw for the present the call for the previous question. 

Mr. HOOKER. I rise to a parliamentary inquiry. I understand we are considering this bill in the Honse as in Committee of the Whole 

under the five-minute rule. If that is the fact, will it not be proper 

that the bill be considered afterward by the House itself? 

Mr. PERKINS. This bill was not in the Committee of the Whole, 

but was on the Honse Calendar. 

Mr. HOOKER. But it is now being considered, as I nnder«;tand, in 

the House as in Committee of the Whole. 

Mr. PERKINS. Oh, no; this bill was not on the Union Calendar. 

It makes no appropriation. It was upon the House Calendar. 

:Ur. HOOKER. Was not the motion made to consider it in the 

House as in Committee of the Whole ? 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. This bill was on the Honse Calendar; 

it makes no appropriation. The question now pending is on the 

amendment proposed by the gentleman from Kansas to the substitute. 

Mr. PERKINS. I yield to the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. LA 

FOLLETTE). 

Mr. BLOUNT. I wish to make a parliamentary inquiry. Does the 

Chair hold that a bill providing for parting with the title to Indian 

lands which are under the control of the Government does not require 

under the rules to be considered in the Committee of the Whole? I am quite sure it has been held otherwise frequently. 

:Ur. PEEL. This bill does not make any appropriation of Government property; it simply provides for the division of Indian lands 

among the Indians. 

:Mr. BLOUNT. But it provides for parting with the control of the 

Government over these lands; and it has always been held that the 

rules require such a bill to be considered in Committee of the Whole. 

Mr. NELSON. In reference to the point of order of the gentleman 

from Georgia [Mr. BLOUNT] allow me to say--

lt!r. BLOUNT. I have not made .a point of order, only a parliamentary inqniry. 

Mr. NELSON. I want to suggest to the gentleman from Geoegia 

and to the Chair that whatever might have been the ruling in the first 

instance the point has been waived, because we have gone on and con- sidered the bill in the House. . Mr. BLOUNT. So I n.i:tderstand, hence I did not raise a question 

of order, and I did not expect that any ruling now upon a case not 

actually presenting itself would be treated anything like a determined 

opinion of the Chair. 

The SPEAKER pro tempm·e. The Chair recognizes the gentleman 

from Wisconsin [Mr. LA FoLLETTE]. · 

Ir. LA. FOLLETTE. I did not know, Mr. Speaker, that I would 

add anything to what I said the other day; but I do desire to emphasize my objection to this amendment. 

It ha~ b~en stated repeatedly on this floor that these Indians are quite as capable of holding property, and of managing it, as whitepcople. If this be true, then there is no reason why auy restriction should 

be put upon the fee which they take in their lands, or upon their right 

to control their allotments under the bill; but I doubt, as I have before 

intimated, whether it is safe to follow the advice and dii:ection of those 

from whom this amendment emanates, although they claim to be delegates of the Indians interested. It seems to me it ought to be apparent 

to any gentleman re:fl.ecting on this subject for a moment, that there 

must be, from the very nature of things, a wide difference in the busi- ness c:tpacity of the different members of these tribes, and in their 

ability to manage property. It may be that all these Indians are capable of looking after their own interests, but I do not believe they or any 

other Inilians have at this time reached such a high state of development, attained such a degree of civilizn,ti9n as to make it safe to intrust them with the. power to dispose of their land. 

I belie-ve the inevitable effect of this amendment will be that all the 

lands to which the members of the tribe are entitled over and above 160 

acres, amounting to something over 100 acres eaeh, will soon pass into 

the hands of the stronger, shrewder, more ca.pable members of the tribe, 

who, like these delegates now here, have been sharpened by their inter- course with the world and whohaveagreatadvantageoverothermembers of the tribe in their superior business knowledge. 

I believe it to be entirely proper for me to sa.y that I submitted this 

amendment, and especially this portion of the amendment, to the judgment of the Commioioner of Indian Affairs yesterday morning, and he 

expressed himself as being wholly and irreconcilably opposed to the 

proposition. He believed it to be entirely unsafe, and thought it ought 

not to be adopted as part of the bill. 

With that statement I will leave the matter with the House. If they 

see fit to place in the hands of these Indians the entire control of the 

disposal of their lands, the responsibility will be with them and not 

with me. M:r. PERKINS. I wish to suggest to the gentleman from Wisconsin 

that since his interview with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs we havo modified the amendment, at the request of the representatives of 

these Indians, to limit the excess of lands to be sold to other Indians 

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or to other tribes. That limitation was not in the amendment when 

the gentleman showed it to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. With 

that amendment it may have the approval of the Secretary of the Interior. 

Mr. LA. FOLLETTE. I do not see how that obviates the objection. 

They may dispose of their lands to other Indians or to Indians of other 

tribes. 

Mr. HERBERT. That would not prevent these Indians selling their 

lands to Indians of other tribes. 

Mr. LA. FOLLETTE. It seems to me the bill is absolutely worthless in that regard. · 

Mr. HOOKER. I see it is provided in section 11-

That it is distinctly understood that no person or persons who have hereto- fore been attnched to either of s::t itl tribes. and who ha\·e withdrawn from either of said tribes and become citizens of the United States, and been paid their fair share of the funds set apart for them and their families, shall have, or be per- mitted to ha\"e, any part or interest in and to any portion of the land or money al- lotted or paid to the said Peoria or Miami Indians under the provisions of this act.. 

I see, too, thegentleman from Kansas [~Ir. PERKINS] has introduced a billTo provide for a revision of a distribution of the "inYested and other common property" of the Confederated Peoria, Kaskaskia, 'V ca, and Piankeshaw In- dians, made under the treaty of 1867, and for other purposes. 

Mr. PERKINS. I am going to offer that as au amendment. 

1\fr. HOOKER. What I wish to inquire ·about is this: How do yon 

provide for the protection of these Indians who, under the treaty of 

1867, became citizens of the United States? 

l\Ir. PERKINS. The gentleman from Mississippi, I will say, is mistaken in one particular. The bill be has before him has not been reported by the committee, althou~b it has been introduced and is before 

them. It bas not recei\ed their favorable consideration yet. However, by consent of parties interested, I am going to move that bill as an amendment in the proper place to accomplish the objects sought to 

be accomplished therein. 

Mr. HOOKER. To whom do you refer when you speak of "parties 

interested?" 

1\Ir. PERKINS. The citizen Indians and the delegates here speaking for the Indians in the Indian Territory. By consent they have 

agreed upon that as an amendment and given it to me, which I will 

offer at the proper time. 

I now demand the previous question upon the substitute and the pending amendments to this section. 

The previous question was ordered. 

The amendments to the proposed substitute were severally read and 

concurred in; there being, on a divisiOJ:-ayes 51, noes 34. 

The qnestion recurred upon the adoption of the substitute for the 

section as amended. 

Mr. HOLl\lA.N. Let the substitute be read now as it has been 

amended. 

The Clerk read as follows: 

That upon the appronl of the allotments provided for in this act by the Secre- tary of the Interior he nhall cause patents to issue therefor in the name of the allot- tees, their heirs and assigns. Said patents shall contain and recite the following 

exemption clause: "That the lands so patented shall remain free from execution, 

levy, taxation, sale, or forfeiture so long as the title shall remain in the original 

patentee or be the property of any other Indians by inheritance, purchase, Qr 

otherwise;'' also, the following restricting clause: ''That 160 acres of said lands so allotted shall remain inalienable for a period of twenty years from the date of patents;" and if any conveyance shall be made of lands herein made in- alienable by this act, or any contract made touching the sarue before the expira- tion of the time mentioned and provided by this act, it shall be absolutely null and void . .Any adult members of the United Peoria and .1\Iiami tribes of Indians shall ba"\"e authority, under the provisions of this act, to sell or dispose of to any Indian not a member of the tribe any part or parcel of land for himself or herself of the amount over and above the 160 acres of the allotments as herein- before made by this act. That the sale of any part or parcel of said allotments of lands shall not be made for a less sum than $1.25 per acre: Provided, That all sales of lands under this act made by the adult members of the said Peoria and :1\Iiami tribes of Indians while the Indian Territory remains under its present form of government shall be subject to approval by the Sect·etary of the Interior under and by the same rules and regulations governing the sales of l\1iami In- dian allotted lands in Kansas, and the deed shall be recorded in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and the deed after approval and recording shall be returned to the grantor named in the deed. 

The question was taken on the adoption of the substitute; and on a division there were-ayes 41, nays 40. 

Mr. BLOUNT. Let us have tellers. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the gentleman make the point 

that no quomm has voted? 

Mr. BLOUNT. I do make it. 

Mr. BLOUNT and Mr. PERKINS were appointed tellers. 

Mr. NELSON .• I hope the gentleman from Georgia will not insist 

upon that point, as we have qnite an amount of business from the 

committee to get tluough with, and there are several other sections t>O 

this bill. 

1\fr. BLOUNT. 1\Ir. Speaker, at the request of gentlemen in charge 

of the Indian bills I withdraw the point of no quorum. 

So (no further count being demanded) the substitute was adopted. 

Section 5 of the bill was read. 

The first paragraph of section 6 was read, as follows: 

SEc. 6. That the unallotted lands of the Miami Indians in Kansas, including the school-sections, shall be disposed of in the following manner, to wit: That et.eh bona fide settler occupying any portion of said lands at the date of 
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the pu sage of this act, llnd having made valuable improvements thereon, or the heirs-at-law of such, who is a citizen of the United Slat.es, or who has de- clareu his intention to become such, shall be entitled, at any time within one year from the passage of this act, to purchase the land so occupied and impro;ed 

by him, not to exceed 160 acres in each case, according to the Government sur- vey, at the appraised value thereof, as heretofore ascertained by the Secretary of the Interior, in accordance with the provisions of the act of ]iarch 3, 1873, nnder such rules and regulations as the tieet·etary of the Interior may pre cl'ibe. And such persons who are entitled to purchase said lands as aforesaid shall be permitted to make payment therefor in cash in three equal annual installments, the first installment to be payable on the day of the entry of the land, and the remaining two installments annually thereafter, with interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum from the date of entry. 

Mr. HOL fAN. Mr. Speaker, I wish to ask the gentleman from 

Kansas when this appraisement was made? 

Mr. PERKINS. Under the act of 1873. 

Mr. HOLMAN. I know it was under that act, but I mean when 

was it made? 

Mr. PERKINS. Soon after the passage of the act. 

Mr. HOLMAN. I suggest to my friend from Kansas the propriety 

of sh·iking out these words in the twelfth and thirteenth lines, "as 

heretofore ascertained;" so that it will read: 

According to the Government survey, at the app.raised ;alue thereof, etc. 

Certainly these lands ought not to be sold now on an appraisement 

made as far back as 1873. They ought to be sold, of conrse, at their 

actual present value. I therefore think it would be wise to strike out 

thes words and insert '' to be ascertained by the Secretary of the Interior under the provisions of the act of 1873.'' 

Mr. PERKINS. I do not know that I have any objection to that 

amendment my elf, only that I would like to suggest to the ~entleman 

from Indiana the condition of these lands, and then if he desires to offer 

the amendment, of course it will be for the House to act upon it. 

I will state to him that there are small quantities of these lands, little detached, jagged pieces, which have not been heretofore sold, po ibly 20 acres in one place, 40 acres in another, and so on, in most cn.ses 

very poor lands, lying along on the headwaters of the Marais de Cygues 

River in my State; and, as a new appraisement would necessarily involve some expenditure antl delay, they would like to avoid, not only 

the expense, but the circumlocution of the Interior Department that 

such an appraisement would invohe. I thought that, as the lands had 

been appraised once and they were generally insignificant in value, there 

could be little question as to the interests of the present owners being 

guarded, and that they may be sold under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, the minimum price being fixed by the bill. Under 

these circumstances, I do not think the gentleman will insist upon the 

amendment . 

Mr. HOLMAN. If we were disposing of lands un1er the legislation 

of a State for the benefit of white people, we would be careful to see 

that there was a just appraisement and not an appraisement made ten or 

twel \e years previously. Manifestly a sale under such circumstances 

might be very unfair and unjust, and hence I offer the amendment I 

have suggested. 

The Clerk read the proposed amendment, as follows: 

Amend line 12 of section 6 by striking out the words "as heretofore" and inserting "to be hereafter;" making it 1·ead: "not to exceed 160 acres in each case, according to the Government survey, at tbe appraised value thereof, to be hereafter ascertained by the Secretary of the Interior." 

The amendment was adopted. 

The Clerk read the concluding paragraph of section 6, as follows: 

And the net proceeds of the sales of said lands, after defraying the expenses of the sale, shall belong to &.id Miami Indians, and shall be disposed of as now pro'\"ided by law. 

Ur. HOOKER. I ask the gentleman who has charge of this bill what 

is the effect of these closing words of the section which the Clerk has 

jll!5t finished reading, what Miami Indians are referred to, and what 

provision of law? Do you include the citizens as well? 

Mr. PERKINS. No, sir; but the citizens will be included by the 

amendments we will offer, to which I called attention a short time ago. 

The Clerk read section 7, as follows: 

SEc. 7. That the Peoria. and l\fiami Indians shall be paid separately all such sum of money as may be due each of said tribes, in manner as hereinafter pro- vided; and so much of that portion of the act of 1\larch 3, 1873, as relates to tbe consolidation of said tribal funds of said Peorio. and 1\liami Indians is hereby 

repealed. · 

Mr. HOL})IAN. I hope the gentleman from Kansas will inform the 

House as to the state of the funds of these consolidated tribes; how much 

money they have here in trust for them, and how much is paid them 

annually for interest. 

Mr. PERKINS. The Peorias have about $77,300 as a trust fund; in 

addition they have about 20,000 as a school fund. The Miamies have 

not as much, but I ha\e been unable to learn, without visiting the In· 

dian Office, just how much. When the same question was asked me on Saturday I had intended to visit the Indian Office to get this information, but I have been so busy that I have not been able to do so; 

but the amount pa.id to the Miamies is much less than that paid to the 

Peorias. 

l\Ir. HOL-r,IAN. Then it may be assumed that about $1507000 are 

held for the benefit of both tribes? 

1\Ir. PE~KINS. Substantially that. 

Mr. HOLMAN. And except as to the$20,000 of the school fund of 

the Peorias and whatever may be the amount of the school fund of the 

11Iiamies, it is proposed to distribnt~ the balance among the tribe? 

1\fr. PERKINS. Yes. The bill dL.,tributes the common fund so 

that they may use it for making their homes in the Territory and for 

their general good. · 

Mr. HOLM:AN. I think many of those Indians would use that money 

prudently, but there are some of them who would not, and I should be 

very glad to inquire whether the tribes by any action of theirs or their 

council, as I beliel'e they have a common council acting for both tribes, 

have expressed any wish that this fund should be distributed. 

Mr. PERKINS. I will say that this provision hnsbeen in every bill 

which bas been introduced at the instance and suggestion of these Indians. For several years they have approved every measure of this kind 

in their councils and by petitions to Congress, and they have sent delegation after delegation to urge on Congress the passage of the bill, and 

I will say in addition the Indian Office recommends the adoption of 

this section with others. I have a letter in my desk from the Indian 

Office approving it. 

Mr. HOLMAN. These Indians have here representing them some 

intelligent men. I hase seen two of them; one of them is a white 

man1 I belie\e. The other tells me heis the great grandson of Richardville, who, I understand, was half Indian and half French. These Indians are getting remote from the original stock. 

JI.Ir. PERKINS. That is true of nearly all the tribes. 

Mr. HOLMAN. Does my friend from Kansas believe it is safe policy 

to pay over to these two hundred Indians at least $120,000 when they 

are ~etting along reasonably well as it is? Is it safe to put this money 

at peril in their bands? Does our experience in reference to these Indians justify that line of policy? Does the Commissioner of Indian 

Affairs recommend it? 

Mr. PERKINS. He does. This entire bill was submitted to tho 

Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior, and 

every paragraph of it received the &'l.nction of that Department. The 

committee amended the bill so a to conform to every suggestion of the 

Indian Office. 

Mr. HOLMAN. I apprehend we are following a line of policy, and 

have done so ever since we commenced the allotment system, that will 

make the remnants of the aboriginal tribes landless and hopelessly impoverished. 

Mr. PERKINS. As to the minors, that fund is not gi'l"en to them; 

but guardians are to be appointed and bonds given, and they are to c.ue 

for this fund as guardians for their wards, as is the ca e in most of our 

States. Then I will say the Committee on Indian Affairs in the preparation of the annual appropriation bill, upon the recommendation of 

the Indian Office, has provided for the distribution of trust funds in other 

cases to Indian tribes. 

:Mr. NELSON. I call the attention of the gentleman from Indiana 

to the proviso at the end of section 8: 

frot:ided, That the shares of nll min?rs entitled under this act s\}n.U be re- tained one year from the passage of this act, to purchase the land so occupied and improved by him. · 

In other words, it is held in the Treasury of the United States. 

Ur. HOLJI.fAN. That is all safe enough as to the minors, but it is 

unsafe in my judgment as to a large proportion of those who are adults 

and who would l'eceive this re.oney. I think that two influences which 

ha.ve been mentioned by the gentleman from Alabama [Mr. CoBB] are 

working tothe injury of the Indians; upon the one side the influence 

of mistaken humanitarians, people who believe that the Indians are to 

be benefited by being placed upon the same footing with white men, 

and who measure their capacity for managing their a:ff.<tirs by the intelligence of the white man; upon the other the everlastingly aggressive spirit ofthewhiteman, which impels him to reach outfor at least 

all that he can fairly acquire. ' 

These two forces are working together, and their influence produces 

a result which is very different from the former policy of our Government, and, Mr. Speaker, I can not but deplore the existence of this 

new Indian policy. I do notindulgethe slighte thope that the Indian 

will be benefited by it. On the contrary, I think tlL:1.t our generation 

will have the misfortune of undoing what our fathers sought to do for 

the Indian. The messages of President Jackson and his predecessors 

breathe a very different spirit from the measures that are carried through 

Congress here year after year. Our fathers sought to save the remnants 

of these brave people, and they set apart for them reservations solemnly 

dedicated to their nse forever, in language as strong as the human mind 

could express. But the present policy is to reach out and take possesionofthoseindianland... Thirty-nine million acres of their lands have 

already been taken by bills whichhavepassed thisllonsewithina brief 

period, and those lands are to be thrown open for settlement by white men. We cnn not complain, perhap, with regard to thelandsthatare sltnated away from the Indian Te rritory, bec:1usethey are required for white 

occupation, and because the Indians are paid a reasonably fair price for 

them; but as to the lands in the Indian Territory I must protest against 

the policy which has been recently instituteil, and which is pressed so 

urgently and aggressively upon the House, the policy of opening Ul_) that 
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Territory to white settlement in defiance of solemn treaties made with 

the Indians in former years. We commence in the northeastern corner 

of the Indian Territory with lands which we have declared shall noh 

be subject to the legislation of any State or Territory. We commence legisla.ting there by the terms of this bilL Bill after bill is pending in 

Congress for the purpose of reaching the other Indian lands, and they 

will be reached, and this policy is to be substituted for the benign, 

humn.ne, honorable policy of our fathers which set apart a :fine body of 

land for the purpose of colonizing those Indians who would consent to 

go there and build up a great Indian commonwealth. And, sir, our experience up to the present time has justified the hope of our fathers 

that a great Indian commonwealth might be built up there ano that at 

least one State of this Union might be peopled by the descendants of 

the brave Indian tribes that once occupied and possessed this whole land. 

The SPEAKER pro tempo1·e. The Chair will state to the gentleman 

from Indiana [Mr. HOL::\I.A.N] that there is nothing pending before the 

House. The gentleman from Indiana bas not eubmitted any amendment. 

Mr. WEAVER. Will the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. HOLMAN] 

permit me to ask him a question? 

1\Ir. HOLMAN. Certainly. 

1\Ir. WE A. VER. I wish to ask the gentleman whether he thinks from 

the current history of the Indian Territory that a very humane condition of affairs exists there? 

1\Ir. HOLMAN. I thlnk that in the main, everything considered, 

the Indian Territory is doing remarkably well. The claim has been 

made, and I have never heard it denied, that there was not a pauper 

among the five civilized tribes, and the same claim has beeen set up 

by the Sncs and Foxes. 

Mr. PEEL. Mr. Speaker, I dislike to interrupt the gentleman, 

bnt--

Mr. WEAVER. The condition of the Indian Territory is that it is 

controlled by a few barons who are enslaving all the rest. 

Mr. HOOKER. I wish to ask the gentleman in charge of this bill 

[Mr. PERKINS] what portion of the existing law section 7 proposes to 

repeal. I I observe in that section this language: 

And so much of that portion of the act of March 3, 1873, as relates to the con- solidation of said tribal funds of said Peoria and ~1iami Indians is hereby re- pealed. 

To what section of the act of March 3, 1873, does that refer? 

Mr. PERKINS. To the provision which has created this consolidated fund. ~Ir. HOOKER. And put it in trust? 

Mr. PERKINS. And put it in trust. 

Ur. HOOKER. Then this repeals that provision, and provides for 

the distribution of the fund. Mr. PERKINS. Yes, sir; we repeal that section of the act of 1873. 

The Clerk read the next section, as follows: 

SEC. 8. That within ninety days from and after the passage of tills act the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to pay over to the said 

Pemia, Wea, Kaskaskia, and Piankeshaw Indians, except as hereinafter pro- vided, all money belonging to said Peoria, Wea, Kaskas.l;::ia, and Piankeshaw 

Indians, and heretofore invested by the United States for the benefit of said In- dians, together with all money now in the custody of the United States and belonging to said Indians, and arising from any and all sources whatsoever, the same to be pa id ~mt under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior per capita to all of said Peoria, Wea, Kaskaskia, and Piankeshaw Indians: Provided, 

That the shares of all mino~·s entitled under this act shall be retained in the 

Treasury of the United States until such minors shall arrive at full age; and 

such ~hares so remaining shall bear interest at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum. 

Mr. PERKINS. 1\Ir. Speaker, there are, as many members of this 

House may be aware, some citizen Indians who have heretofore belonged to these tribes. Under acts of Congress already passed their 

fund has been distributed, and the relations previously existing between 

the several members of the tribe have been adjusted. The citizen Indians, however, think that in this adjustment they did not get their 

full proportion of the trust fund; and they have a bill pending in the 

House, which has been referred to our committee, asking a readjustment of the matter and a redistribution of the fund. That is the bill 

to which my friend from Mississippi has referred. In order to give 

the Interior Department an opportunity to reinvestigate this matter 

and to do justice in the e-vent that these Indians did not get their full 

share in the distribution already had, I move the following amendment: 

In line 2 of section 8 strike out the words "passage of this act" and insert the 

following: 

"Revision of a distribution of the invested and other co=on property of the 

Confederated Peoria, Kaskaskia, W eah, and Piankeshaw Indians, made under 

the treaty of1867, as hereinafter provided." · 

Other amendments are to follow which will make the bill harmonious. 

The amendment was agreed to. 

The Clerk read the following: 

SEc. 9. That within ninety days from and after the passage of this act; the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed t-o pay over, except as hereinafter provided, to the said Miami Indians, all money belonging to said 

Indians, or that may be due to said Miami Indians from the United States, arising from any and all sources whatsoever, the same to be paid out, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, per capita. to the members of the said 

Miami tribe of Indians. Tlmt all money received and now in the custody of the 

United States, or that may be received up to the date of the passage of this aat, 

arising from the sale of the unallotted lands in Kansas, includiug the school 

sections referred t-o in section 6 of this ad, shall immediately be available after 

the passage of this act; and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized 

and directed to pay the same to saidl\liami Indians in a-ccordance with the pro- visions of the act of March 3, 1873. 

Mr. HOLMAN. I would be very glad to know whether the Com- missioner of Indian Affairs recommends definitely this sect.ion and the 

two preceding sections. Has he given an expression of approval as to 

the general bill, or does be advise the distribution of this fund among 

the Peorias and other Indians? 

.Mr. PERKINS. As I stated a few minutes ago, this bill was submitted to the Indian Office and to the Secretary of the Interior, in order to 

obtain the views of the Office and the Department upon it. They inter- polated in the bill as submitted to them such amendments as in their 

judgment were proper. The committee accepted every such amendment and suggestion, and reported the bill to the House as amended 

and approved by the Indian Office and the Secretary of the Interior. This bill confers upon these Indians the rights of citizenship substantially as the general allotment bill confers the right of citizenship upon 

the Indians to whom allotments are made. 

Mr. HOLMAN. So that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, it i£J 

understood, actually recommended the policy of this bill. 

Mr. PERKINS. He did , he indorsed every line of it as reported to 

the House. 1\Ir. HOLMAN. I hope this is not a. mistake, because it is a. very 

serious matter to these unfortunate people. My belief is that within 

five years the body of these Indians will either be asking aid from this 

Government to support them on their lands, or else they will be outcasts and paupers. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. There is no amendment pending. The 

Clerk will read. The Clerk read as follows. 

S.Ec. 10. That upon the completion of the allotments pro·dded for in this act an«;; the l?atenting of the lands to said allottees, each and every member of the 

umted tr1bes ·to whom allotments haYe been made sha ll become and be o. citi- zen of the United States entitled t-o all the rights, privileges, and immunities of 

such citizens. 

Mr. COBB. I move to amend by striking out the section just read. Mr. Speaker, while I am not opposed to the policy of allowing Indiaus 

to become citizens of the United States, I am unalterably oppo ed to 

the policy of thrusting citizenship upon them without reference to their 

qualifications to receive it. This bill proposes in the first place to 

divide the lands of these Indians in se>eralty; and the mere 1act tl1at 

the land is so divided is to make them citizens, so we are told, under 

the general laws of the United States. If that be true, then this section is not necessary. If it is not true, then I am opposed to the sec- tion, because I am opposed to having these Indians made citizens in the manner here provided. 

It is well known that these Indians are not the most civilized of our Indian tribes. There are other Indians more advanced in cirilizatiou 

who have never yet received the privilege of citizenshlp. It is more than doubtful w hetber any of the Indians are prepared, as tribes or 

bands, to enjoy the 1·igbts and privileges and assume the duties and re- sponsibilities of citizens. If we are to pursue the policy of making 

them citizens, why not do so under such regulations, limitation , and 

restrictions of law as will insure their fitness to exercise the rio-bts of 

citizenship? Here is a whole tribe or band of Indians, not th~ most 

civilized in the Indian Territory, upon whom you propose to confer by a single enactment the rights and duties of citizenship. I think the 

policy is wrong, looking to the int€rests of the 01>vernmenti and it is 

certainly wrong, in my judgment, so far as the Indian himself is concerned, as it will tend to drive him more speedily to his destruction. 

Mr. NELSON. I beg to have read section 6 of the general allotment 

act passed at the last Congress. I want to have it read for the information of the House. 

The Clerk read as follows: 

S.Ec. 6. ~hat upon the completion of said allotments and the patenting of the 

lands to srud allottees, each and every member of the respective bands or tribes 

of Indians to whom allotments hn.ve been made shall have the be>J.efit of and be 

subject to the_ laws, both civil ~nd criminal, of the State or Territory in which 

they ma~ reSI~e;. a~d J?-O ';l'e~n~ory shall pass or enforce a~y law denying any such lnd1an w1th1n ltSJUl'lSdlCtlOn the equal protection of tne law. And every Indian born within the territorial limits of the United States to whom allot- ments shall have been made under the provisions of this act, or under any law or treaty, and every Indian born within the territorial limits of the United 

States who has volun~rily take_n up, wi~in as.id limits, his re idence separate and apart from any tribe of Indians the rem, and has adopted the habits of civ- ilizedlife, is hereby declared to be a citizen of the United States. and is entitled · to all the rights, privileges, and immunities of such citizens, whether said In- dian has been or not, by birth or otherwise, a member of any tribe of Indin.ns ~ithin the ter!itoria.l ~ts of i.!le United States wit~out in any manner impair- rug or otherWISe affectmg the r1ght of any such Indian to tribal or other prop- erty. 

1\Ir. COBB. I ask the gentleman from Minnesota to have read at 

the same time section 8 of the same law. 

1\Ir. PEEL. I must object to the time being taken up in these debates when there is no question pending before the House. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. HATCH in the chair). The gentle- man from fdinnesota is entitled to the floor. 

Mr. NELSON. I desire to say, .M.r. Speaker, that the general law 
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:which I have had read at the Clerk's desk goes further even than the 

proposition in this bill. Therefore whether we leave this in the pending bill or not these Indians will come in under the genernl allotment 

act. 

Mr. PERKINS. These Indians were specially excepted from the general allotment act, and therefore if they are to become citizens of the 

Unit.ed States it must be done affirmatively, because as the law now 

stands they are expressly excepted. 

Ur. HOLMAN. Have these Indians applied for this legislation? 

1\lr. PERKINS. They have. 

Mr. HOLM:AN. The men who are here are white men-one is a 

white man and the other is a half-breed. I am not aware that they 

are here having any authority from these Indjans to represent them. 

Mr. COBB. I should like to have read section 8, to which I have 

referred, of the general allotment act. 

Mr. PEEL. I do not wish to interfere with my colle~aue on the 

committee, but I should like to ask the Chair a parliamentary question: 

whether it is competent for gentlemen to discuss this bill except under 

the five-minute rule? 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The bill is being discussed under the 

five-minute rule. The gentleman from Alabama who offered •the 

amendment occapied but two minutes, and the gentleman from Minnesota occupied less than three minutes. 

Mr. PEEL. I am anxious to get along with this bill. 

Mr. COBB. In addition to the statement made by the gentleman 

from Minnesota, I will say that section 8 does except these Indians 

from. the operation of section 6, which was read on his request at the 

Clerk's desk. 

I have but a word more to say. I am as anxious as my colleague, 

the chairman of the Committee on India.n Affairs, to get along with 

the bill; but it strikes me it is not prudent and wise legislation to permit a bill to pass without fair consideration. 

Mr. PERKINS. By express terms, it is provided in the general 

allotment actThat the provision of this act shall not extend to the territory occupied by the Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaw!'!, Seminoles, and Osages, Mbmies 

and Peorias, and Sacs and Foxes, in the Indian Territory. 

It was expressly understood that these Indians were net to be embraced. 

l\!r. HOLMAN. In the treaties with the five civiL ;ect. tribes of Indians in the Indian Territory it was expressly provided that they were 

not to be embarrassed by legislation in reference to the Indians who 

were allowed to be located in that Territory. Those Indians were to 

be under their own government. They sold to these Miamies and Peorias a small corner of land. I would inquire, therefore, whether this 

legislation is not almost a violation in terms of the treaty under which 

the Cherokees acquired these lands? 

Mr. COBB. I have no knowledge about that; if I had time I would go 

more extensively into that question; and I hope to do so when the Indian appropriation bill comes up for consideration. Wo have not time 

now to go into these questions. 

We are now spe::tking on the question of citizenship. I do not thi.nk 

this provision extending the.rightof citizenship to these Indians, before 

we are assured they are ready for it, should be in this bill; and it is 

~o-ainst that provision I feel it to be my duty to object. I propose before this Congress adjourns to introduce a bill repealing the general ln.w 

on this subject, because I think it is wrong in principle and destructi ,-e 

in its policy. I do not want this thing to extend further than it bas 

already gone, and hence I am opposed to providing in this bill for the 

extension of citizenship to these l\Iiamies and Peorias. It is violative, 

as my friend fromlndiaua [Mr. HOLMAN] has .suggested, of our treaty 

f.tipulations . .[ am opposed to the whole policy as to conferring citizenship covered by this bill. What inquiry is provided to be made into the qualifications these men have for the exerciseoftherightandtheperformance 

of the duties of citizenship? Since this Government was orga.nizecl we 

have been liberal in our policy of granting citizenship, but it has always been connected with the inquiry astothequalificationoftheperson applying for it to discharge its duties and obligations. 

Mr. PERKINS. I simply desire to say, in response to the gentleman 

from Alabama, that I ha.ve here a letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, aud this section 10 found in tho bill is found in the language dTaughted and recommended by the Indian Office. I therefore 

ask a vote on the amendment. 

Mr. HOOKER. Mr. Speaker, I understand the motion of the gentleman from Alabama is to strike ont the tenth section upon the ground 

that it proposes to regard as citizens of the United St.<ttes all the members of these two combined tribes of Miami and Peoria. Indians immediately upon receiving their allotted lauds. An amendment which was adopted at the instance of the gentleman from Kansas [Mr. PERKINS] this morning, or a few moments ago, contained the stipulation 

that these lands, when thus allotted to the Indians, should be inalienable except to Indians; that the title should be perpetually in the allottees, their heirs or assigns, provided they were Indians, and that 

the l::tncls should be exempt from execution, levy, or sa-le under the 

~rdinary forms of law as nrovided when lands are held by white men. 

The singular aspect is thus presented of a proposition to create over 

a. small portion of the Indian Territory-a little parallelogram along 

the northeastern portion of the Territory, as gentlemen will see by 

reference to the map which I hold iu my band-a different system, and 

establish there the two tribes of Indians which you propose to locate 

in that parallelogram under a system different from that which is in force 

over the remainder of the Territory inhabited by these various tribes. 

It is proposed here by legislative enactment to admit the combined 

tribes of Miamies and Peorias as citizens of this country, and Eettle 

them upon their own lands, coupled with the extraordinary condition, 

I might say one unparalleled in the history of any people over whom 

we propose to stretch our laws, that they shall be vested with all the 

1;ghts and privileges of citizens of the United States and at the same 

time be entirely free from execution through the ordinary processes of 

law. Under what State are they placed? In what State would they 

be regarded as citizens? Under what law do they live? How would 

they be citizens of the United States? Under what territorial organization would they act? Where would they be triable for a violation 

of the law? Where would they be amenable to civil suits? 

Under this law they could not be amenable at all, for their realty is 

free from all execution, from any judgments: which may be obtained 

against them, unlike any similar provision incorporated in the laws of 

any of the States of the Union affecting the property of the poorest 

man in the country. The strange policy would be presented here of 

carving out of the extreme northeastern portion of this Indian Territory this small parallelogram and clothing the combined tribes of the 

Miami and Peoria Indians, whom you propose to locate there, with the 

rights of citizenship under the laws of the United States, and yet under 

no State, in no State, having no laws appHcable to them or over them, 

and under the control of no law whatever. 

Mr. HOLMAN. Except their own. 

:Mr. HOOKER. Yes, except their own. 

Now, it will be observed, and it is significant, that this little strip of 

land to which I have referred is close upon the State of Missouri, and 

on the northern boundary is the State of Kausas. 

Mr. BUCHANAN. Does not that arise from its geographical posi1ion? [Laughter.] 

M:r. ROOKER. Undoubtedlyfromitsgeographicalposition, bat most 

fortunately for Kansas and Missouri, however unfortunate it may be for 

the Indians themselves. 

But, sir, I hold that the bill contains graver o~jections than the objections that have been so well stated by my friend from Alabama [Mr. 

Conn]. These people are in the midstofthe five semi-civilized Indian 

h·ibes. These tribes are known to be bitterly oppo ed to the principle 

of allotment of their lands in severalty. They sold these lands to the 

Miami and Peorin. Indians, under what particular terms of t·he treaty 

I hn.ve not now time to investigate, but sold them for the purpose of 

being occupied by Indians living under the same system of laws a.s ihemsel ves, wedded to the same line of policy as themselves. It is undoubtedly a violation of the terms and stipulations of the treaty under 

which the Cherokees held these lands to say that yoa will now change 

the conditions under which they are held and adopt n. different system 

in relation to them from that applied to the other tribes. If you may 

do that yon may change the laws applicable to t.he lands held by the 

Indians in any portion of the territory occupied by any of the Indians, 

and I prophesy, Ur. Speaker, that this bill is but the entering wedge 

for propositions that are now here, or shortly will come, submitting 

plans ancl methods to change the policy under which the Indians hold 

their lands. 

Mr. PEEL. 1\fr. Speaker, I desire to say for the benefit of my friend 

from Mississippi that, unless I am badly mistaken, under a general 

allotment bill the Qua,paws and Pottawatomies and other Indian tribes 

have already had their lands allotted; and hence this is no anomaly. 

The world will go on all the same after it is done as it has been going 

on for some time. 

Mr. HOOKER. It will be imitating a Yery bad example, if it has 

been set before. I understand that the Pottawatomies are situated iu 

that way, and that amongst them that principle prevails. I do not think, 

however, it can be justified upon any ground unless you are goiag to 

change the whole Indian policy, and on the pretense that you understand their interests better than they do themselves. 

Now, I assert that the five civilized h'ibes are amply capable of directing their own affairs. I had occasion to pass through that part of the 

country not very long since, and met with men of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek, and Choctaw tribes, and know their feelings in reference 

to the matter. I have spoken heretofore of their capacity to manage 

tteir own affairs. And while they may have peculiar views of the obligations of contract, if there is one principle that is dearer to these Indians than another, and if there is one in which they show marked intelligence and unanimity, it is the pertinacity with which they insist on holding their lands in common. They say, "It is our right, aud 

unless you were dealing with us when you donated these lands in exchange for this vast empire east of the Mississippi,' 7 to use their own 

figurative language, "with forked tongues, and your promise that we should enjoy the occupancy of these lands forever meant only that we 

mi,ght hold them until you wanted them for the white people, and wo!i:ld 
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then ruthlessly, under the pretended form of protection, take them 

away, you willlea.ve us to determine for ourselves what are our best 

interests and not force upon us a condition not demanded by our con- dition or best interests and not warranted by your obligations to us." 

We stand, sir, related to these Indians, not only by oolemn treaties, 

but the patents of the Government have gone forth, the highest evidence of title. And if you may invade it in one small and insignificant corner of the Indian Territory you may invade it everywhere, and set 

it ·aside at your own will and pleasure wbenever you want these rich 

lands. 

1\Ir. WARNER. I desire to make a correction of a statement made a short time ago. It was stated that by the treaty with the Cherokees in 1866 it was provided that lands should be deeded to them as tribes. I beg to ·say it was left to the discretion of the General Gov· 

ernmentwhether lands should be deeded to the tribes or to the Indians. :Mr. HOLMAN. The Government used that discretion and elected 

to give the lands to the tribes. 

Mr. PERKINS. Let us get on with this bill, which has nothing to 

do with the Cherokees. 

The SPEAKER p1·o te'lnpore. The question is on the amendment of 

the gentleman from Alabama [Mr. CoBB] to strike out the tenth sec- tion. 

The question being taken, there were-ayes 33, noes 73. 

So (further count not being called for) the motion to strike out the 

section was not agreed to. 

The Clerk read section 11, as follows: 

SEc. 11. That it is distinctly understood that no person or persons who have 

heretofore been attached to either of said tribes, and who have withdrawn 

from either of said tribes and become citizens of the United States, and been 

paid their fair share of the funds set apart for them and their fo.milies, shall 

have or be permitted to have any part or interest in and to any portion of the 

land or money alloUed or paid to the said Peoria or Miami Indians under the 

provisions of this act. Where present members of either of said tribes shall 

have intermarried into each other's tribe, respectively, he or she shall not be 

barred from receiving his or her full share of all land and money divided per capita under this act among the tribe from which he or she originated. 

Mr. PERKINS. I offer the amendments which I send to the desk. 

I think it will save time to take them together. 

The Clerk read as follows: 

In line 2, strike out "either of said" and insert "the Western Miami." 

Strike out the letter "s" from "tribes" in line 3, and strike out in same line 

the words "eithe1· of." In line 4, strike out" s" from the word "tribes." In line 5, strike out the word "fair." In line 8, strike out'' Peoria or." 

Strike out all aft or the word " act" in line 9. 

1\:lr. HOOKER. Why in this section strike out the Peorias? 

Mr. PERKINS. Because these provisions do not relate to them. 

Mr. ROOKER. I understand the purport of the gentleman's amendment to be that none of those who have chosen to become citizens of 

the United States shall be entitled to any portion of this fund. 

1\fr. PERKINS. The object of our amendments is that they shall 

have whatever may be found to be their due, and that the Government 

shall be able to give it to them. 

Mr. BUCHAN AN. I wish to ask the gentleman from Ka!isas a question. He says, as I understand, that this bill has been submitted to 

and approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. 

Mr. PERKINS. Yes, sir. 

Mr. BUCHANAN. I wish to know whether the bill submitted to 

the Commissioner of Indian Affairs was the bill reported to the Honse or the bill as it is now being amended? 

Mr. PERKINS. The bill reported to the House. 

Mr. ADAMS. I suggest to the gentleman from Kansas another 

amendment to the eleventh section. I think it would be better if the 

words at the beginning of the section ''that it is distinctly understood '' 

should be stricken out. 

Mr. PERKINS. I agree to that and accept it as part of my amendment. Let the section now be read as it is proposed to be amended. 

The Clerk read as follows: 

SEc. 11. That no person or persons who have heretofore been attached to the western Miami tribe, and who have withdrawn from said tribe and become 

citizens of the United !:)tates, and been paid their share of the funds set apart for them and their families, shall have or be permitted to have any part or in- terest in and to any portion of the land or money allotted or paid to the said 

Miami Indians under the provisions of this act. 

The question being put on the amendments of Mr. PERKINS as odified they were agreed to. 

The Clerk resumed and concluded the reading ofthe bill. 

l\fr. PERKINS. In order that the bill may be made to conform entirely to what I suggested to the gentleman from Mississippi I move now the additional sections as an amendment pertaining to the same subject. 

The Clerk read as follows: 

Amend by adding sections 14 and 15, as follows: 

"SEC. 1~. That the ~?ecretary o~ the Int.eri?r s~a.ll, immediately after the pas· sage of thiS act, examme and reviSe the d1stnbutwn heretofore made of the • in· 

vested and other common property' of the tribe of Confederated Peoria, Kas- kaskia., "\V ea, and Piankeshaw Indians, under the provisions of the treatv of 1867, 

between said Indi1Lns and the United States, and shall ascertain and determine 

the amount due the Indians of said tribe ' who remained and became citizens 

of the United States' under the provisions of said treaty at the date of the dis· 

tribution aforesaid, and deduct therefrom the sum actually paid to said Indians 

in said distribution heretofore made, and pay to said Indians of said tribe 'who 

remained and became citizens of the United States,' the survivors of them, 

their heirs or legal represeuta.ti ves, according to the laws of descent and distribution now in force in the State of Kansas, the difference between the revised amount in excess of the amount so distributed as aforesaid, with interest thereon 

from the date of distribution aforesaid, and deduct the amount so found to be 

due to snid Indians of said tribe 'who remained and became citizens of the 

United States,' with the interest thereon from such of the invested or other 

funds of said tribe of Confederated Peoria, Kaskaskia, Wea, and Piankeshaw 

Indians, or of such of the invested or other funds now held in trust for said con- federated tribe. If it shall appear that any living persons who were members 

of said confederated tribe of Peorias, etc., as appear in the treaty of 1854 were not enrolled on the division rolls on which a distribution was made under the 

treaty of 1867, they shall be enrolled with the Indian class; and if any persons have been fraudulently or erroneously enrolled on either qf said rolls they Shall 

be stricken therefrom and the two rolls thus amended shall be the basis of the 

redistribution herein provided. 

"SEc. 15. That in the revision and examination herein provided for said Indians 'who remained and became citizens of the United States' under said 

treaty of 1867, may be heard through counsel learned in the law, who shall have 

f1:ee access, for the purposes of this examination and revision, to all papers now on file in the Department of the Interior relating to or in any wise pertaining to said distribution or revision; and for the services of said counsel in this be· 

half a reo.sonable sum, to be fixed by cont.ract between said Indians and their 

counsel, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, or in the ab· sence of such contract in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, shall 

be retained out of the amotmt found to be due said Indians' who remo.ined 

and became citizens of the United States.' the survivors of them, their heirs or legal representatives, and be paid by the Secretary of the Interior to said 

counsel." 

The amendment was adopted. 

Mr. PERKINS. I ask unanimous consent for the House to recurto 

sections 7 and 9. I made a statement to the House, which I find, on examination of the letter of the Indian Office, was not correct. I said 

every amendment suggested to the bill by the Indian Office had been 

incorporated and reported; but I find now the Department criticises 

section 7 and section 9, and doubts the propriety of dividing this investment fund among these Indians. I ask unanimous consent to re- consider these sections, so that the House may not be deceived by any 

statement I made in the matter. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to going back to the 

consideration of those sections? 

There was no objection. 

Mr. HOLMAN. I shall move to strike out those sections. 

Mr. BLOUNT. Let them be read. 

Section 7 was read, as follows: 

SEc. 7. That the Peoria and Miami Indians shall be paid separately all st:ch sums of money as may be due each of said tribes, in manner as hereinafter pro- vided; and so much of that portion of the act of March 3,1873, as relates to the 

consolidation of said tribal funds of said Peoria and Miami Indians is hereby repealed. 

Mr. PERKINS. I desire to read from the letter of the Commissioner 

of Indian Affairs, Mr. Atkins, in regard to those sections: 

As to sections 7, 8, and 9, I quote from my report of April16, 1886: '' Section 7 provides that the Peoria and Miami Indians shall be paid separately 

all such sums of money ns may be due each of said tribes in manner as hereinafter provided, and repeals so much of the act of March 3, 1873, as relates to the 

consolidation of said tribal funds of said Peoria. and Miami Indians1 and section 8 

provides that within ninety days from and after the passage of this act the Sec· 

reta.ry of the Interior is authorized and directed to pay over to said Peoria, etc., 

Indians-with the exception of $15,000, to be reserved as a school fnnd-all moneys belonging to said Inilians he1·etofore invested or held in trust., and aris· 

ing from any and all sources whatsoever. "In regard to these two sections, I have to say that it is not deemed wise or prudent to pay to these tribes the whole amount of moneys due under treaties or held in trust for their benefit, but that under the twenty-fourth a1'licle of the 

treaty with the Peorias, etc., dated February 23,1867 (Stats. 15, pages 519--520) the 

Secretary of the Interior has authority to grant relief from time to time by pay- ment of a part of their funds, invested or otherwise, upon the applicat.ion of the 

chiefs for the same. • "The same remarks will apply to section 9 regarding the payment in full to the 

1\Iiamies of all moneys due, except as to the land moneys now on hand or hereafter to be placed to their credit on the books of the Trensury, which requires the consent of Congress before payment." 

So that the Indian Commissioner does not suggest any amendment 

to the section, and, in consequence of that, no amendments were made 

by the committee; but the Indian Office doubts the propriety of the legislation proposed in that section. 

The motion of Mr. HOLl\!AN to strike out section 7 was agreed to. 

The Clerk read section 9, as follows: 

SEc. 9. That within ninety days from and after the passage of this act the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to pay over, except as hereinafter provided, to the said :Miami Indians all money belonging to said 

Indians, or that may be due to said Miami Indians from the United States, arising from any and all sources whatsoever, the same to be paid out, under the di· 

rection of the Secretary of the Interior, per capita to the members of the said 

Miami tribe of Indians. That all money received and now in the custody of 

the United States, or that may be received up to the date of the passage of this 

act, arising from the sale of the unallotted lands in Kansas, including the school 

sections referred to in section 6 of this act, shall immediately be available after 

the passage of this act; and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized 

and directed to pay the same to said Miami Indians in accordance with the pro· visions of t.be act of March 3, 1873. 

Mr. HOLMAN. I move to strike out the ninth section. 

Mr. PERKINS. I hope that amendment will not prevail. This 

relates only to the money that is to be derived from the sale of their 

lands in Kansas, so I understand it from a hasty reading, and as to 

that, I think it should be the sense of the House that they should re- ceive that money. 

Mr. HOLMAN. The gentleman is mistaken. If he will read the 

section he will see it provides that " the Secretary of the Interior shall 

pay over, except as is hereinafter provided, to the said Miami Indiana 
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all money belonging to said Indians, or that may be due to said Miami 

Indians from the United States, arising from any and all sources whatsoever." 

Mr. PERKINS. Yes, I see it contains tha.t provision. 

The motion of 1\Ir. HoLMAN to strike out the section was agreed to. 

Mr. LA FOLLETTE. Mr. Speaker, the letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs makes the same objection to section 8 as it 

does to section 7, which has been stricken out on the motion of the 

gentleman from Indiana. [Mr. HoLMAN]. I therefore move that section 8 also be struck out from this bill. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the section. 

The Cleik read as follows: 

SEC. 8. That within ninety days from and after the passage ofthis :wt the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to pay over to the said 

Peoria, Wen., Kaskaskia, and Piankeshaw Indians, except as hereinafter pro· vided, all money belonging to said Peoria, Wea, Kaskaskia, and Piankeshaw 

Indians, and heretofore invested by the United States for the benefit of said 

Indians, together with all money now in the custody of the United States and 

belonging to s id Indians, and arising from any and all sources whatsoe>er, 

the same to be paid out undPr the direction of the Secretary of the Interior per capita to all of s:1id Peoria, 'Vea, Kaskaskia, andPiankeshaw Indians: Provide:l, 

That the shares of all minors entitled under this act shall be retained in the 

Treasury of the United States until such minors shall arrive at full age; and 

such shares so remaining shall ben r interest at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum. 

Mr. PERKINS. Mr. Speaker, the House will remember that this 

section 8 was amended so as to make provision for the citizen Indians. 

In consequence of the amendment which was made in section 8 we incorporated in the bill sections 14 and 15 as additional provisions. Now, 

if it should be the sense of the House that section 8 should be stricken 

out, it would carry with it the amendments which were put on that section, and would make nugatory sections 14 and 15. I make this statement so that the House may understand the case. I do not know that 

I care particularly about it, only that I thought it would be right to 

give the Secretary of the Interior authority to reinvestigate this trust 

fund, so that if there had been any injustice done to any Indian, 

whether a citizen or a member of the tribe, it might be remedied. However, if section 8 is to go out, I shall mm·e to strike Out sections 14 and 

15. 

Mr. LA FOLLETTE. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman's explanation does 

not go to the objection made by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to 

the section which I have moved to strike out. The Commissioner's 

objection is that it provides for paying over to these Indians the gross 

sum of their funds, and operates right in the line of objection raised by 

the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. HOLMAN] The Commissioner of 

Indb.n Affairs says: In regard to these two sections, 7 and 8, I have to say that it is not deemed 

wise or prndent to pay to these tribes the whole amount of money due under 

treaties or held in trust for their benefit. 

Therefore, l.Ir. Speaker, it seellli! to me that these .sections should 

both go out, because, no matter what amendments mayhavebeenmade 

to fhem, there has been no amendment made providing that they shall 

not receive thew hole sum of their fund under these sections. 

:Mr. STEW ART, of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I do trust that the House 

will vote to strike out the eighth section with the amendments. I am 

very much impressed with the idea, sir, that we are engaged in a. 

scheme of inconsiderate legislation. We are undertaking to confer 

some kind of immunity or citizenship upon these Indians-something 

which is not clearly defined. There is nothing definite as to how they 

shall hold their property, or as to how they shall exercise their right 

of suffrage or any rights of citizenship. The character of their citizenship is not defined by this bill; . and I apprehend tba't no mem her on this 

:fl.oor clearly understands the exact character of the citizenship which 

we here propose to confer. The Indians affected by this bill are not 

made citizens of any Sta.te; they are not clothed with the power usually 

conferred by n. Territorial government; and in addition to this, if we 

confer the right of citizenship upon them we take away this fund now 

set apart for their support~ In one breath we say, ''They are not capable of holding and controlling their own;" and in another we declare, 

"They are citizens." The very sta.tement of the proposition ought to 

be uffi.cient to convince any fair mind that this is unwise legislation. 

Mr. Speaker, there is ::mother provision of this bill which, whether 

so intended or not, is most deceptive in its character. Here we are 

disposing of 50,300 acres of land, and we say that these people may 

hold for twenty-five years 160 acres of this land for each Indian, and 

we allow them to sell the remainder, about 23,000 acres, to other Indians. If I have a right to sell or convey land to an Indian, why can 

not he sell it to somebody else? In other words, we say that an Indian can sell his land to another Indian, as though by this we mean 

that the land should remain perpetually the property of the Indians. 

The result will be that so much land as the Indian is allowed to sell 

in fee under this bill will soon be frittered away in his well-known 

prodigality and improvidence. This bill places the Indian at the mercy 

of the greed and shrewdness of the white invader. 

While I do not make any charge against any one, I apprehend that 

this scheme is an effort t<> dispose of 23,000 acres of land to the "poor 

Indians" in order that some white men, the next day after the bill 

takes effect, may own the land. I apprehend this is the purpose of 

the bill-not disclosed in terms, but a hidden purpose covered by artful verbal dissimulation. 

It is said that the bill allows the Indian to sell his land only to some 

other Indian. Why not allow him to sell to any one? If our purpose 

is sincere and honest, why impose the restriction that the land shall be 

sold to Indians only? Why not allow it to be sold in open ma1·ket? 

I repeat that in my judgment this hill is an inconsiderate measure of 

legislation, hurried through this House without mature deliberation. 

What sort of citizenship will these Indians enjoy? What will be their 

rights as to the inheritance and transmission of title to property? No 

limitation or regulation in that respect is provided in the bill. It 

simply, by the adoption of certain platitudes, says that these Inruans 

are, or may become, citizens, when in point of thct they are not citizens and they do not become such under the bill. I hope we shall 

strike out this eighth section, for in doing so we strike out the 

very heart of the bill;. and then I hope we shall defeat the entire measure. 

Mr. PERKINS. Let us vote. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question will now be taken on the 

amendment of the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. LA FOLLETTE], to 

strike out the eighth section. 

l.Ir. PERKINS. I do not care particularly about this question. I am quite willing the sect.ion should be stricken ou~ as that action has 

been taken on sections 7 and 9, pertaining to the same subject. 

The amendment of :Mr. LA FoLLETTE was agreed to; there beingayes 51, noes 21. 

Mr. PERKINS. I now move the previous question on the engrossment and third reading of the bill as amended. 

The SPEAKER pro temp01·e. Does the gentleman desire any action 

on sections 14 and 15? 

:Mr. PERKINS. No, sir; on mature reflection I believe they are· 

complete in themselves. 

The previous question was ordered. 

Mr. LA FOLLETTE. I desire to make a motion to recommit the 

bill. 

The SPEAKER pro tempm·e. That will be in order when the ques~ 

tion is upon its passage. 

The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed and read a third 

time· and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is now on the passage of 

the bill. 

1\Ir. LA FOLLETTE. I move to recommit the bill to the Committee on Indian Affairs. 

The question being taken, there were-ayes 45, noes 75. 

1r1r. BLOUNT. I think we had better have the yeas and nays on this question. I call for them. 

The yeas and nays were ordered, there being-ayes25, noes 96 (more 

than one-fifth voting in the affirmative). 

The question was taken; and it wns decided in the negative-yeas 

47, nays 135, not voting 142; as follows: 

YEAS-i7. 

Abbott, Clements, 

Adams, ·Cogswell, 

Arnold, Elliott, 

Bacon, Felton, 

Baker,m. Finley, 

Barnes, Fuller, 

Blanchard, Greenman, 

Blount, Guenther, 

Bryce, Hall, 

Campbell,T.J.,N.Y.Haugen, 

Hooker, 

Caswell, Henderson, N.C. 

La Follette, 

Mahoney, 

Mason, 

McAdoo, 

McClam my, McComas, 

McCreary, 

Pidcock, 

Randall, 

Rowland, 

Chipman, Holman, Seymour, 

.Allen, Mich. Dingley, 

.Allen, M.iss. Dockery, 

Anderson, Miss. Dorsey, 

Anderson, Ill. Dougherty, 

Anderson, Kans. Enloe, 

Belden, Flood, 

Bland, Forney, 

Bliss, French, 

Boothman, Gaines, 

Boutelle, Gallinger, Breckinridge, Ark. Gear, 

Breckinridge, Ky. Gest, 

Brewer, Gibson, 

Brower, Glass, 

Browne,T.H.B.,Va.. Grosvenor, 

Browne, Ind. Hare, 

Brown, Ohio Hatcll, 

Burrows, Hayes, 

NAY8-135. 

Lane, 

Lanham, 

Lind, 

Long, 

Macdonald, 

1\lansur, 

:1\Iartin, 

McRae, 

Milliken, 

1\lills, 

Moffitt, 

Montgomery, 

1\lorrill, 

Morrow, 

Neal, 

Butler, Hempb.J.ll, 

Butterworth, Henderson, Iowa 

Nelon, 

Newton, 

Nichols, 

Nut.ting, 

O'Donnell, 

O'Neill, Pn.. Owen, 

Payson, 

Bynum, llermann, 

Cannon, Hires, 

Caruth, Hitt, 

Catchings, Hogg, 

Cheadle, Holmes, 

Clardy, Hopkins, Ill. 

Cobb, Hunter, 

Cockran, Jackson, 

Conger, Kean, 

Cothran, Kerr, 

Crouse, Ketcham., 

Culberson, Kilgore, 

Cummings, Laidlaw, 

Darlington, Landes, 

Peel, 

Penington, 

PerkiDB, 

Perry, 

Peters, 

Post, 

Rice, 

Richardson, 

Rogers, 

Russell, Conn. 

Ryan, 

Smith, 

Sowden, 

Spooner, 

Stahlneck.er, 

Stephenson, 

Stewart, Ga. 

Stone, Ky. 

Thomas, Ky. 

Tra.cey, 

Turner, Ga. 

Whltthorne, 

Sawyer, 

Sayers, 

Shaw, 

Sherman, 

Shively, 

Springer, 

Stewart, Tex. Stockdnle, 

StoneiMo. 

Strube, 

Symes, 

Tnrsney, 

Taulbee, 

Thomns, WIS. 

Thompson, Cal. 

Vance, 

Wade, 

Wa.lker, 

Warner, 

'Vashington, 

Weaver, 

Weber, 

'Vest, 

Wheeler, 

White,N.Y. 

Whiting, Mich. 

Wickham, 

Wilkins, 

Wilkinson, 

Wilson, W. VQ. 

Wise, 

Yoder, 

Yost .. 
. 

- 1888. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE. 2039 

NOT VOTING-142. 

Allen,l\Iass. Davidson, Ala. Kelley, 

Anderson, Iowa. Davidson, Fla. Kennedy, Atkinson, Davis, Laffoon, 

Baker, N.Y. De Lano, Lagan, 

Bankhead, Dibble, Laird, 

Barry, Dunhum, Latham, 

Bayne, Dunn, Lawler, 

Belmont, Ermentrout, Lee, 

Biggs, Farquhar, Leblbach, 

Bingham, Fisher, Lodge, Bound, Fitch, Lyman, 

Bowden, Fornn, Lynch, 

Bowen, Ford. Maffett, 

Brown, J. R., Va. Funston, 1\laish, 

Brumm, Gay, 1\-Iatson, 

Buchanan, Glover. McCormick, 

Buckalew, Goff, McCullogh, Bunnell, Granger, :McKenna, Burne , Grimes, lUcKinley, 

Burnett, Grout, McKinney, 

Campbell. F., N.Y. Harmer, 1\Icl\Iillin, 

Campbell, Ohio Hayden, l\IcShane, 

Candler, Heard, 1rierriman, 

Carlton, Hemlerson, lll. Moore, 

Clark, Herbert, l\Iorgan, 

Collins, Hiestand, Morse, 

Compton, Hopkins, Va. Norwood, 

Cooper, Hopkins, N.Y. Oates, 

Cowles, Honk, O'Ferrall, Cox, Hovey, O'Kcall,Ind. 

Crain, Howard, O'Neill, ~Io. 

Crisp, Hudd, Osborne, 

Cutcheon, Hutton, Outhwaite, 

Dalzell, Johnston.Ind. Parker, Dargan, Johnston, N.C. P atton, 

Davenport. Jones, Phelan, 

So the motion to recommit was disagreed to. 

Phelps, 

Plumb, 

Pugsley, 

Ra.yner, 

Reed, 

Robertson, 

Roc.!... -well, Rome is, 

Rowell, 

Russell, Mass. Rusk, 

Scott, 

Scull. 

Seney, 

Simmons, 

Snyder, 

Spinola; 

Steele, 

Stewart. Vt. Taylov, E . B., Ohio '.fuylor,J. D., Ohio Thomas, ill. 

Thompson. Ohio Tillm:.n, 

Townshend, 

Turmw, Kans. Vru1tle'f"er, 

While, Ind. Whiting, 1\Iass. ' Vilber, 

Williams, 

Wilson, Minn. 

Woodburn, 

¥ardley. 

During the roll-call the following pairs were announced: 

On all political questions until fnrtber notice: 

l'tfr. NORWOOD with 1\fr. DAVENPORT. 

M1'. LYNCH with Mr. HIESTAND. 

l'tfr. CowLES with Mr. THO:llPSON, of Ohio. 

Mr. J ONE with :Mr. PHELPS. 

Mr. GoFF with Mr. S~DER. 

Mr. HowARD with l\1r. DE LANO. 

· Mr. COLLINS with Mr. JOHN R. BROWN. 

Mr. TOWNSHEND with Mr. MAFFETT. 

Mr. MATSON with Mr. Dul\"HAM. 

Ur. HUDD with Mr. CLARK. 

Mr. PHELAN with Mr. BuTLER. 

1\Ir. McSHANE with l'tlr. McCuLLOGH. 

Mr. SPll OL.A with Mr. THO::\U. , of illinois. 

Mr. GRANGE!~ with Mr. RocKWELL. 

For this day on all political questions: 

Mr. OUTHWAITE with Ur. PuGSLEY. 

Mr. O'FERRALL with Mr. CooPER. 

Mr. CAMPBELL, of Ollio, with ~1r. B.AKER, of New York. 

::rtlr. SENEY with Mr. KE.-1\"EDY. 

Mr. CRAIN with Ur. ALI,ES, of Massnchnsetts. 

Mr. HUTTON with Mr. BA1."NE. 

Mr. DAVIDSON, ofFlorida, withMr. ATKINSON. 

Mr. DIBBLE with l\Ir. LEHLDACH. 

Mr. LAWLER with U r. HOPKINS. 

Mr. FORD with Mr. STEELE. 

Mr. BANKHEAD with 1\Ir. COGSWELL. 

Mr. GRIMES with 1\lr. McCoRMICK. 

l'tlr. RUSSELL, ofMasaachnsetts, with 1\Ir. FITCH. 

Mr. MOORE with Mr. DAin.I:s-GTON. 

Mr. HoGG with Mr. LAIRD. 

Mr. BUR.:\TETT with Mr. Ro.:U:EIS 

Mr. DARLINGTON. I am paired onallpoliticalquestionswith Mr. 

MooRE, but not regarding this as such, I have voted in the negati~e. 

The vote was then announced as above recorded. 

1\1r. PERKINS demanded the previons question on the passage of 

the bill. 

The previous qnestion was ordered, and under the operation thereof 

the bill was passed. 

Mr. PERKINS moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the 

table. 

The latter motion was agreed to. 

CREDITO:RS OF POTTA W ATOMIE INDIANS. 

Mr. PEEL. I mo-ve that the Committee of the Whole Honse on the 

Private Calendar be discharged from the further consideration of the 

bill (H. R. 4487) to enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay certain 

creditors of the Pottawatomie Indians out of the funds of said Indians, 

and that it be put on its passage~ 

The motion was agreed to. 

The bill was read, as follows: 

Be it enacted., etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, au- thorized and directed to pay, out of moneys appropriated fo-r the Potta.wat~mie 

Indians by the ad of .August 3, 1886, entitled "An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies," etc., a snm not exceeding $3,175, being 10 per cent. of the amount or proportion of said appropriation due the Citizens' band of J:>ottawatomie Indians, to E. John Ellis, for professional service rendered said Citizens' band in the collection of said claim : Provided, That the Secretary of the Inte- rior shall first determine that the said service were rendered to said Indians by eaid Ellis, and were contracted for in good faith by persons authorized to rep- resent said Indians. 

The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being 

engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time, and passed. 

Mr. PEEL moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; 

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

The latter ~otion was agreed to. 

OLD SETTLER OR WESTERN CHEROKEE INDI.A.NS. 

Mr. PEEL. Mr. Speaker, I now ask unanimons consent to dis- charge the Committee of the Whole House on the Private Calendar 

from the further consideration of the bill (H. R. 1407) to authorize the 

Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render final jnd.gment upon 

1.he claim of the Old Settler or Western Cherokee Indians, and put it 

upon its passage. 

The bill was read, as follows: 

B e it enactecl, etc., That the claim of that part of the Cherokee Indians, known as the Old Settlers or Western Cherokees, against the United State , which claim was set forth in the report of the Secretary of the Interior to Congress of Febru- ary 3, 1883 (said report being made under act of Congress of August 7, 1882), and contained in Executive Document No. 60 of the second session of the Forty- seventh Congress, be, and the same hereby is, referred to the Court of Claims for adjudication; and jurisdiction is hereby conferred on said court to try said cause, and to determine what sum or sums of money, if any, are justly due from the United States to said Indians, arising from or growing out of treaty stipula- tions and acts of Congress relating thereto, after deductiugall payments hereto- fore actually made to- said Indians by the United States, either in money or prop- erty; and to try and determine all questions that may arise in such cause on be- half of either party thereto and render final judgment thereon; and the Attor- ney-General is hereby directed to appear in behalf of the Government; and if said conrt- shall deeide against the United States, the Attorney-General shall, within thirty days from the rendition of judgment, appeal the cause to the Su- preme Court of the T,Jnited States; and from any judgment that may be rendered the said Indians may also appeal to said Supreme Court: Prot-'ided, That the ap- pen.l of said Indians shall be taken within sixty days afte1.· the rendition of said judgment, and said courts shall give such cause precedence: Pro1.-idect further, That nothing in this act shall be accepted or coru;trued as a confession that th6 Government of the United States is indebted to said Indians. SEC. 2. That said action shall be commenced by a petition stating the facts on which said Indians claim to recover, and the amow1.t of their claim; and said petition may be verified by the authorized agent or attorney of said Indians as to the existence of such facts, and no other statement need be contained in said petition or verification. 

The committee recommend the adoption of the following amendment: 

.After the word "property," in line 19, of the first section, add~ "and after deducting all offsets, counter-claims, and deductions of any and every kind and character which should be allowed to the United States under any valid pro- vision or provisions in said treaties and laws contained, or to which the United States m.ay be otherwise entitled, and afte-r fully considering and determining whether or not the said Indians ha.>e heretofore udju.sted and settled \heir said clrum wiili the United States, it being the intention of this act tQ allow the said Gonrt of Claim~ unrestricted latitude in adjusting and determining the said claim, so that the rights, legal and eqnit.•1.ble, both of the United States and of said India.ns may be fully considexed and determined." 

Mr. PEEL. I desire, Mr. Speaker, to call attention briefly to the 

objects of this bill. The branch of the Cherokee Indians known as the Old Settlers, or Western Cherokees, have been prosecuting a claim 

against the Government for over forty years, growing out of the stipulations of the treaty made with them in 1846. 

In the Forty-seventh Cangress the Senate, by a resolution, refen-ed 

the claim to the Secretary of the Interior, with instructions and authority to have a _special accountant examine the claim from its inception. The Secretary of the Interior employed a special accountant under the resolution, who found, after a l:loorions and thorough inves· 

tigation., that the Government was indebted to these Indians in the 

sum of about $400,000. ·The Commissioner of Indian Affairs made a 

separate report, corresponding with and corroborating that of the special accountant. 

In the Forty-eighth Congress this came from the Department by way 

of an Executive document for ~e purpose of making an appropriation 

to meet the payment of the claim. It was referred to the Committee 

on Indian Affairs, of which I was a member, and to me as a subcommittee to examine and report upon it. I gave it a thorough examination and came to a different conclusion from that reached by the Department-that unde:Ir the treaties we did not owe these Indians any- thing. That is still my opinion. 

During that same session of Congress the Senate, howe-ver, referred 

it to the Court of Claitrui under the Bowman act. That court ascertained and reported that under one construction of the treaty the Government owed these Indians about $4,000, and nnder.anotherconstruction two hundred and sixty-odd thousand dollars. This bill is not for 

the purpose of appropriating the mo-ney. When I reported adversely 

upon it in the Forty-eighth Congress! held, as stated, the same opinion 

that I have now, and this bill.is simply to refer it to the Court of Claims 

with the right of appeal to the Supreme Court of the United Sta.tes. 

The bill makes it imperative upon the part of the Attorney-General 

to appeal the case on behalf of the Government if the Court of Clai-ms 

decides in favor of the Indians. I recommend this course from the 

fact--notwithstanding I came to the conclusion that we ::ue not indebted 

to them- that this is a question involving a legal consideration growing out of the construction of the terms of the treaty with these Indians. 

I may be wrong in my construction of it; and while my honest jmlg-
2040 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. MARon 13, 

mentis that we are not indebted to them, I prefer the judgment of an- The SPEAKER pro tempore. 'l'he gentleman from Arkansas is en- other department which is equally interested. The Court of Claims titled to the floor. 

holds, as I have said, that the treaty is susceptible of the two construe- Mr. PEEL. I am somewhat surprised at the attitude of my friend 

tions, under one of which $4,000 is due them, and under the other in from Georgia [.M:r. BLOUNT], whose voice but a few moments ago was the neighborhood of $260,000; and the object of this bill is to bring the heard lifted up in protest against our robbing the Indians. And now question before the proper tribunal, and eventually to the highest court he will not let them go to the Court of Claims to pass upon the justice 

of the land, to interpret and construe the treaties and ascertain whether of their claim. The gentleman professes to be a. friend of the Indians, 

or not we are indebted, and, if indebted, to what extent. That is all and yet when we ask on behalf of the old Cherokee Indians the simple 

the bill asks. right to go to the court and have the court adjudicate a claim which 

Mr. BLOUNT. Will the gentleman from Arkansas allow me a mo- the Interior Department says we owe them and in regard to which the 

ment? Court of Claims say something is due them under the treaty, the genMr. PEEL. Certainly. tleman is opposed to that proposition, as if we should be afraid to trust 

Ur. BLOUNT. I wish to know if the gentleman can inform me a court of the United States to adjudicate a case and dispose of it finally. 

how many years this matter has been before Congress, and whether I do not pretend I am perfect in all things. It may be that nothing 

there have been any adverse reports? is due those Indians. I made an investigation and came to that con- .Mr. PEEL. The ad,.ersereport that I made when it was before the elusion. Butothergentlemen, equallyableandperhapsmoreablethan 

Forty-eighth Congress is the only one that I have any knowledge of myself, say differently. The Court of Claims say in their in\estigation, 

again t it. There were two reports made in the Senate, one in the unuer the Bowman act, that under one constnlCtion of the treaty we Forty-sixth and one in the Forty-seventh Congress, one of them sub- owed them $4,000; under another construction, $260,000. Is it right to 

mitted by Senator Logan and the other by Senator CAl\IERON, bot.h in deprive these people of a hearing in the court? Is it not right to alllow 

favor of it. them to go to court and present their claim to a court that has the 

Mr. BLOUNT. Do I understand that from 1846 up to that time power to construe the treaty and the law? 

Congress took no notice of the claim, or that it was not pressed? I Mr. BLOUNT. What is meant by the term "Old Settlers?" 

Mr. PEEL. Well, the1·e 11as a time during the war that it was not Mr. PEEL. These were a branch of the Cherok~es who removed to 

pressed. the west of the Mississippi River, settled in Arkansas, and then went 

Mr. BLOUNT. I understand the gentleman to say that it grew out to the Indian Territory. . of the treaty of 1846. Mr. BLOUNT. How many of them are there? 

Ir. PEEL. It did. Mr. PEEL. I can not give the exact number. Aboutathirdofthe 

Mr. BLOUNT. ThenCongre&')failed to recognize it at all until since whole tribe belong to the Old Settlers. They have always been so dethe war? nominated. 

Mr. PEEL. No; the gentleman is mistaken. I think there was an Mr. BLOUNT. Then this if paid would only go to a branch of the 

appropriation made in 1850, growing out of the· treaty stipulation of Cherokee Nation? 

1846; but they received it under protest at that time. Mr. PEEL. Ye3, sir. I do trust Congress willgivethem the chance 

Mr. BLOUNT. Then Con~ess in 1850 determined the question and of a hearing in the court. 

appropriated the amount to pay it? Mr. ADAMS. I desire to ask the gentleman from Arkansas a ques~ 

Ur. PEEL. They did, and gave the same construction to the treaty tion. I understand the gentleman to say that the only question re~ 

tbat I ga-...e it in my adverse report. But the trouble is here: I do maining in this case is a question of law-a question of construction. 

not think it is just to these people, or to any other people in the United Mr. PEEL. A construction of tbe treaty. 

States who have a claim against the Government for money growing Mr. ADAMS. I ask whetherthereportofthecommitteestateswhat 

out of the language of treaties, to refuse a bearing because I or any that question of law is. Is the report orief enough to have it read 

other man may come to the conclusion that it is not correct, and acting now? on that belief refu e to let them go to the court and have it passed upon · Mr. PEEL. It is very brief, but I do not think it would enlighten 

by a proper judicial tribunal. the House upon that one subject. . Mr. BLOUNT. Then why not have a general provision of law in- Mr. ADAMS. The reason why I ask that question is that the main 

stead of making a special act in regard to this old claim? object of reJerring a case to the Court of Claims is to settle a disputed 

Mr. PEEL: Because I suppose a general law is not asked for. I do question of fact, and, although a question of law might be settled in 

not know of any other reason. This claim has been prosecuted earn- that court, yet, after all: this House is entitled to its opinion on the 

e.;tly, and theclaimants believe that something is due them; and un- construction of the law. 

der the construction of the Court of Claims something appears to be due Mr. PEEL. If my friend will pardon me: this proposition is not 

them. only to send the case to the Court of Claims, but the object is to get it 

:Mr. HENDERSO~, of Iowa. Is your committee unanimous? to the Supreme Court of the United States. 

Mr. PEEL. Yes, sir. Mr. ADAMS. But there would still be ihe question of appropriaUr. TILOUNT. I hope, sir, we are not going to agree to this biD. tion, and that question can come up iu this Congres , or in the next, 

My friend from Arkansas has just stated to the House that in 1850 this and after all it will come to that, and 1. '1erefore will not the detcrminadairu was presented to Congress. It was examined by both branches tion of the question ultimately depend upon the construction which 

and they ascertained the amount believed to be due, passed a bill to Congress puts upon the Jaw? tba~ effect., and the Government paid the money over to the Indians. Mr. PEEL. Not at all. When the Supreme Court renders its j urlgIr. WEAVER. Amounting to very nearly a million of rlollars. ment. 

:Mr. DLOUNT. Yes; amounting, as my friend from Iowa states: Mr. BLOUNT. The bill provides that it shall be a final judgment, 

to nearly a million of dollars. That was in 1850. Now the claim is ann when it comes here we have nothing to do but to appropriate the 

presserl again. It is like all those old claims, in which there is always money. 

somebody about this Capitol interested in some form or other. Mr. ADA"1IS. Or to refuse to appropriate. 

My friend from Arkansas tells the House he examined this matter .Mr. BLOUNT. You can not refuse to appropriate for a judgment. 

in the last Congress and came to the same conclusion that Congress did Mr. ADAMS. Can we not neglect it? [Laughter.] 

in 1850; that there was nothing at all in it. He sta,tes that the Court The SPEAKER pro tempore. The House will be in order. The genof Claims, having examined it, reports that there is one con~:~truction tleman from Arkansas has not yielded the floor, except as he has indiunder which $4,000 are due, and that something is due under another cated. 

construction. Mr. PEEL. I yield now to the genMeman from illinois [M:r. CAN-

~!r. WEAVER. But under the construction which Congress puts upon NON]. 

the treaty nothing is due. Mr. CANNON. Mr. Speaker, I only want to say that I very much 

Mr. BLOUNT. So I understand. This claim was acted upon by doubt the wisdom of legislating in a hurry on this matter and sending 

Congress just as we have done with reference to other Indian matters. it, as is now proposed, to the Court of Claims. \Ve have got to haYe variCongress in 1850 took the subject in hand and disposed of it as they ous negotiations and settlements with the Cherokee Indians in the not aw fit; and I think that ought to be final. I therefore see no reason distant future. We have had various negotiations anu settlements with 

why this old claim should be revived when there are thousands of them, running back, as the gentlemanfromA.rkansas [Mr. PEEL] says, 

claims all over the country which are not to have the privilege of going to 1850, and even back of that. I understand the gentleman to say 

to the Court of Claims. that in 1850 we settled this claim and paid them n. round mill ion of 

· We have many bills providing for the submission of claims to the dollars. It will be recollected by the House that we bought some lands 

Court of Claims, and I think if any of these applications should be de- of these Indians, known as the Cherokee Strip, and from time to time 

clined this one ought to be. I think when claims come before us which we have paid them money upon those lands; but !?till they have pashave been disposed of by the Government in a solemn legislative form sessionofthem, andareleasingthem tootherpartieswithoutauthority. we will not, after the lapse of nearly half a century, proceed to make Mr. PEEL. I am afraid, if the gentleman will allow me-- another examination of them. Ur. CANNON. I beg that the gentleman will allow me to go on for 

:M:r. ANDERSON, of Kansas. Move to lay the bill on the table. a moment.. Now, Mr. Speaker, it may be that we owe these Indians 

].fr. BLOUNT. I move to lay the bill on the table. this money; but I doubt it very much. I suspect that this claim hav-
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ing been settled at one time and paid, and they having accepted the 

money, they are in point of fact estopped. 

Mr. PEEL. That is all set out in the bill, and the court can consider it if they want to. 

Mr. CANNON. Let that be as it may, I wish to remind the House 

also that we sent a Choctaw claim to the Court of Claims some time 

ago, and it came back here in the form of a judgment for nearly three 

millions of dollars, which so outraged the sense of the House, or at 

least of a majority· of it, that, although the judgment has been at interest for a year and a half, no appropriation has ever been made for it. 

Mr. WEA. VER. I wish to ask the gentleman whether it is not true 

that this House had as good a right at that time to pass upon the legality of that claim as the court bad? 

Mr. CANNON. With all due regard to the views of my friend from 

Arkansas [.Mr. PEEL], in whose judgment I have great confidence, I 

think we ought to be n.little slow in sending this claim to the Court 

of C1'lims. 

A 1\IEl\!BER. Fifty years is moderately slow. 

Mr. CANNON. For one, l\Ir. Speaker, I am not willing, without 

more light upon the subject, to vote to send this claim to the Court of 

Claims. 

Mr. MILLS. Mr. Speaker, I think thn.t the members are not prepared to vol;e on this question at this time, and I therefore move that 

the House adjourn. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the gentleman from .Arkansas 

[l\Ir. PEEL] yield? ' 

:M:r. PEEL. I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania [:M:r. RANDALL]. 

BILL H. R. 83831 TO REDUCE AND EQUALIZE DUTIES, ETC. 

Mr. RANDALL, by unanimous consent, offered the following reso· 

lotion; which was adopted: 

Resolved, That the Public Printer be, and he is hereby, directed to print for 

the use of the House of Representatives 3,000 additional copies of the bill H. R. 

8383, entitled ''.A bill to reduce and equalize duties on imports, to reduce internal-revenue taxes, and for other purposes." 

ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

Mr. PEEL. M:r. Speaker, I do not suppose the House cares to continue the discussion of this bill at length; but I now yield to the gentleman from Mississippi [Mr. HooKER], who desires to submit a few 

remarks at this time. 

'Ihe SPEAKER pro te:mpm·e. The gentleman from Texas [Mr. 

MILLS] moves that the House do now adjourn. 

Mr . .BLOUNT. I call for the regular order. If this bill is to be debated only on one side, I object. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair understood that the gentleman from Texas [.Mr. MILLS] bad the floor by consent of the gentleman from .Arkansas [Mr. PEEL], to make the motion to adjourn, which 

is the pending motion before the House. 

lrlr. BLOUNT. I renew the motion to adjourn. 

The SPEAKER 2Jl"O tempore. Did the gentleman from Arkansas yield 

to the gentleman from Georgia? . 

Mr. PEEL. I did not. I move that the House do now adjourn. 

CORRECTION. 

The SPEAKER pro tempo1·e. Pending the motion to adjourn the 

gentleman from Pennsylvania [Ur. JACKSON] rises to a question of 

privilege. 

1\Ir. JACKSON. Mr. Speaker, in the proceedings in the House on 

Friday last, on the consideration of House bill 2952, for the payment of 

certain claims, in the Journal I am reported as not voting. 

I was present and voted "no," having previously voted in favor of 

taking the vote by yeas and nays. I ask to have the Journal corrected, 

to show me voting against the bill as it stood on its passage. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The correction will be made. 

Pending the motion to adjourn, the chairman of the Committee on 

Banking and Currency asks unanimous consent to take from the table 

House bill1816 andre-refer it to the Committee on Banking and Currencv. 

Mr. ANDERSON, of Kansas. What is the title of the bill? 

The SPEAKER pro temp01·e. The Clerk has not the bill at hand at 

this moment. 

Mr. MILLS. I demand the regular order. 

The SPEAKER pro tem1Jore. The request of the chairman of the 

Committee on Banking and Currency will go over until to-morrow. 

The motion to adjourn was agreed to; and the House accordingly (at 

5 o'clock and 35 minutes p.m.) adjourned. 

By Mr. BLAND: .A. bill (H. R. 8473) for the relief of Tarrell W. 

Young-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. COMPTON: A bill (H. R. 8474) forthepaymentoftheclaim 

of Columbus E. Robey-to the Committee on War Claims. 

Also, a. bill (H. R. 8475) for the relief of Mrs. Thomas S. Ferral-to 

the Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. COOPER: .A. bill (H. R. 8476) granting a pension to Mortimer Hyatt-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 8477) granting a pension to Philip Stull-to the 

Committeo on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 8478) granting a. pension to Charles Guest-to the 

Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. DORSEY: A bill (H. R. 8479) granting n. pension to Elvira. 

E. Fancher, widow of E. D. Fancher-to the Committee on Invalid 

}'ensions. 

By Mr. FISHER: .A bill (H. R. 8480) granting a pension to James 

l\1. Camp-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. F lNLEY: .A bill (H. R. 8481) for the relief of the estate of 

Isham Combs, deceased-to the Committee on War Claims. 

By Mr. FUNSTON: A bill (H. R. 8482) granting :1 pension to 1\.frs. 

Elvira Parish-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. GAINES: A. bill (H. R. 8483) for the relief of Mary E. Hamilton, administratrix, Cross County, .A.rkans::ts-to the Committee on War 

Claims. 

By Mr. HAUGEN: A bill (H. R. 8484) granting a :Pension to David 

E. Lawton-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. HAYES: A bill (H. R. 8485) granting a pension to John 

Schebler-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a. bill (H. R. 8486) for the relief of Thomas S. Brooke & Co.-

to the Committee on Indian Affairs. 

By Mr. HIRES: A bill (H. R 84 7) granting a pension to Samuel 

.M. Hobinson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. HITT: A bill (H. R. 8488) for the relief of Josephine Dubendorf-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. LONG: A bill (H. R 84.~9) granting a pension to Abial S. 

Chamberlain-to the Committee on Invalid Pen ions. 

By Mr. McCLAMMY: A bill (II. R. 8490) for the relief of W. P. 

Lane-to the Committee on Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 8491) for the relief of George E. Taylor-to the 

Committee on Claims. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 8492) authorizing the construction of a bridge 

across Northeast River, Black River, and Cape Fear River, in the State 

of North Carolina-to the Committee on Commerce. 

By Mr. MORRILL: A bill (H. R. R493) granting an increase of a pension to George N. Faulcouer-to the Committee on Pensions. 

By l\1r. NEAL: A bill (ll. R. 8-!94) granting a penswn to Gilbert 

Reed-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · 

By Mr. PETERS: .A bill (H. R. 8495) granting a pension to Alva D. 

Tomlinson-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 8496) to increase the pension of Albert E. Magoffi.n-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Also, a bill (H. R. '8497) for the relief of G. F. 1\fecklen-to the Committee on Claims. · 

By Mr. SYMES: .A bill (H. R. 8-l98) granting a pension to Michael 

O'Loughlin-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

.Also, a bill (H. R. 84:99) to remove the charge of desertion against 

Alfred G. Romine-to the Committee on Military Affairs. 

Also, a bill (H. R. 500) granting a pension to William E. Wheelerto the Committee on Invalid Pen ions. 

By Mr. W A.LKER: A bill (ll. R. 8501) granting a pension to Fridoline Glastetter-to the Committee on Invalid Pension . 

.Also, a bill (H. R. 8502) granting a pension to Edward Maag-to the 

Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

Dy Mr. E. B. TAYLOR: A bill (H. R. 8503) for the relief of Otis H. 

Gaylorn-to the Committee on Military Affairs. 

By Mr. STONE, of Kentucky: A bill (H. R. 8504) granting a pension 

to Lucinda Dunlap-to the Committee on Pensions. 

Change in the reference ofa bill improperly referred was·madein the 

following case, namely: 

A bill (H. R. 6036) to pay Waddy T. James and others for horses 

killed in the service of the United States-from the Committee on War 

Claims to the Committee on Claims. · 

PETITIOKS, ETC. 

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

PRIVATE BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED AND RE- under the rule, and referred as follows: 

FERRED. By Mr. J .. M. ALLEN: Papers in the claim of Isaac Owen, adminUnder the rule private bills and joint resolutions of the followin istrator of F. Owen, of Lawrence County, .Alabama-to the Committee 

titles were introduced and referred as indicated below: on War Claims. 

By Mr. J. M. ALLEN (by request): .A. bill (H. R. 8471) for the re- I By Ur . .BACON (by request): Petition of Patrick Morgan, Company 

lief ofB. L. Owen-to the Committee on War Claims. 1 H, One hundred and forty-third Regiment New York Volunteers, for 

By Mr. ANDERSON, of Dlinois: .A. bill (H. R. 8472) for the relief I a pension-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

'Of Charles C. Whiteside-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Also (by request), petition of Charles J. Dolson, Company G, Nine-

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teenth Regiment New York State Militia Volunteers, tor a pension- By:M:r. :McCREARY: Paper to accompany bill for the relief of H . S. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Powell-to the Committee on Claims. 

By Ur. BLISS: Petition of Mary F . Denby for relief-to the Com- Also, papel"B in the ~e of Estes and Warren-to the Committee on 

mittee on Pensions. Claims. 

By Mr . .J. R. BROWN: Petition of Isaac 1tl. Huff, of Vrrginia, for ref- Also, affidavit of T. T. Garrard, of Clay County, Kentucky, ·in snperence of his claim to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on War port of the claim of the heirs of John Patton-to the Committee on Claims. War Claims. 

By Mr. BUCHANAN: Petition of 86 citizens of Philadelphia; and of By lli. McKINLEY: Papers in the claim of Paul Greory, of Erie 

93 citizens of Pittsburgh, Pa.; of 154 citizens of Camden County, New County, New York-to the Committee on War Claims. 

Jersey;andof164citizens;of112citizens,andof45citizens,ofAtlantic By.Mr. NEAL: Papers in the case of Gilbert Reed-to the ComCity, N. J ., in fuvor of increase pay to keepers and snrfmen in the Life- mit tee on In valid Pensions. 

Saving Service-to the Committee on Commerce. By Mr. OWEN: Petition of D . .J. Jones and other, for the passage 

.Also, resolutionS of the New York Produce Exchange, in favor of of the wool-growers and woolen manufucture1"S' tariff schedule-to the 

pure-food legislation-to the Committee on Agriculture. Committee on Ways and Means. 

Byl\fr. BURROWS: Petitionaskingspeedyactionin protecting wool By Mr. PHELAN: Petition of W. H. Neel, of Shelby County, and 

and woolen intere ts in the United States-to the Committee on Ways of Hiram Howell. of Fayette County, Tennessee, for reference of their 

and Means. claims to the Court of Claims-to .the Committee on War Claims. 

Also, memorial of the Saginaw (Mich.) Board of Trade, protesting Also, papers in the claim of William Goolsby, of Jasper County, and 

against the proposed legislation to put salt and lumber on the free- of Joseph B. Inabuct, of Hinds County, 1\Iississippi-to the Committee 

list-to the Committee on Ways and Means. on War Clajms. 

By 1\H. BYNUM: Petition of citizens and business men of Indianap- By Mr. RYAN: Resolutions of the Board of Trade of Junction City, 

olis, Ind., to have tin-plate placed on the frOO-list--to the Committee Kans., for an appropriation to continue the work at Fort Riley, Kans.- on Ways and Means. to the Committee on Appropriations. 

AI o, petition of 20 manufacturers of tobacco, ann of 25laboring men Also, petition of citizens of Ry:tn County, Kansas, in favor of open- of lndianapoli , Ind., nooou.inst remoru of the internal-revenue tax on ing the Indian Territory to settlement-to the Committee on the Tercignrs and cheroots-to the Committee on Ways and Means. ritories. Also, resolution of the Tippecanoe Club, of Indianapolis, Ind., for Also, papers relating to the pension bill of Belinda J. :McLelan-to an appropriation of $:20,000 for the erection of a monument at the gra>e the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

ofG neral Harrison-to the Committee on the Library. By 1\Ir. SEJ.~EY: Petition of John S. F . Ferguson, for a pension- Also, petitionandresolutionofthelndianapolisLiveStockExchange, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

against the ale of articles of food which hn,ve been compounded or By Mr. S£Y.l\IOUR: Petition ofWilli.'l.ID.Hooperand69others, miners 

adulterated without being labeled- to the Committee on Agriculture_ and laborers, of Crystal Falls, Mich., protesting against the repeal or By Mr. CARUTH: Paperrelating to the claim of l\1rs. M. J. ·walker, reduction of the duty on iron ore-to the Committee on Ways and 

for relief-to the Committee on War Claims. Means. _ By Mr. COOPER: Petition of John C. McCarthy and 25 others, citi- By Mr. HENRY Sl\IITH: Protest of JosephHnnterand 175 others, 

zens of Camden County, and of James Pendleton and 45 others, citi- citizens of the Public Land Strip, aga.iust the passage of any measure zen of Kinney County, Texas, for increase of tariff on wool and re- attaching said territory to any State for judicial purposes only, and 

vision of the~uty on worsteds-to the Committee on Ways and Means. asking for local government as provided by Honse bill1277-to the 

By lli. CRAIN: Petition of citizens of Galveston Tex., that tbe Committee on the Public Lands. 

lea t per diem pay for laborers for the United States Government shall By 1\Ir. 1\I. A. SMITH: Resolutions of the Arizona Department of 

be 2-to the Committee on Labor. the Grand Army of the Republic, for the disability pension bill- to 

By Mr. DALZELL: Petition of Marshall Lodge, Amalgamated As- the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

sociation of Iron and Steel Workers, with respect ton. protective tariff- By Mr. J . D. STEW ART: Petition of WalterS. Wither, agent fo:r to the Committee on Wn.ys and Means. Selana Coughlin; of Elizabeth Ray, widow of E. Ray. and of .J. N. By Mr. R. H. 1\I. DAVIDSON: 1\Iemorial of William D. Chipley, Wilkinson, heirs of J . Wilkinson of Georgia, for reference of their 

president of the provisional municipality of Pensacola, Fla.-to the claims to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on War Claims. 

Committee on Military Affair~. By Mr. SYMES: Petition for a pension to Michael O'Loughlin-to 

By 1\lr. ENLOE: Petition of P . E. Parker, administrator of J. C. the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

P arker, of Tennessee, for reference of his case to the Court of Claims- By Mr. E. B. TAYLOR: Petition of farmers of Ashtabula County, 

to the Committee on War Claims. Ohio, in favor of a tariff on wool-to the Committee on Ways and 

Also, petition of Eliza Bridges, of McNairy County, Tennessee, for a Means. · 

pension-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. · By Mr. VOORHEES: Petition of 26 citizens, and of 27 citizens of 

Also, petition ofT. C. Bell, of Henderson County, Tennessee, for ref- Pacific County, Washington Territory, for an increase in the pay of erence of his claim to the Court of Claims-to the Committee on War surfmen in the Life-Saving Service-to the Committee on Commerce. 

Claims. Also, papers in the claim of G. F . Jocknick- to the Committee on By 1\Ir. FISHER: Petition of James 1YI. Camp, Company C, Seventh I Claims. 

RegimentPensylvanaiaCavalryVoluntee.rs,forapension- totheCom- By l\fr. WILKINS: Petition of JamesW. Collins and 200 others, 

mittee on Invalid Pensions. citizens of Newark, Ohio, protesting against removal of the duty on By l\1r. FUNSTON: Petition of A. H . Tanner and others, to pension glass bottles- to the Committee on Ways and Means. 

Mrs. Elvim Parish, mother of Cyrus 0. Parish-to the Committee on By Mr. YOST: Petition of Josef Kasper and others, protesting against 

I nvalid Pensions. the enactment of a law tending to interfere with . the liberty of mem- By .Mr. GAINES: Petition of the professional musicians of the Dis- bet-s of the Marine band-to the Committee on 1\Iilitary Affu.it"S. 

trict of Columbia- to the Committee on Uilitary .Affairs. 

By Mr. GOFF: Petition of Bridget Kearney, widow of Patrick 

Kearney, late piivate Company B, Third Virginia Volunteer Infantryto the Committee on Invalid Pensions. 

fly 1\fr. GROSVEJ.'fOR: Memorial of professional musicians of the 

District of Columbia, protesting against interfering by law with the 

right of tbe Marine band to play on private engagements- to the Commi~e on Military Affairs. l~y 1\Ir. GROUT: Memorial of Acting Assistant Surgeon 0 . P. Frick, 

of Fort Selden, N. 1\Iex. tin support of Honse bill 50"23-to the Committee on Military Affairs. 

By l\Ir. HAYES: Petition of John Schebler, for a pension- to the 

CorumHtee on Invalid Pensions. 

By Mr. HEMPHILL: Petition of Charles Brunger and others, and 

of George E. Kennedy and others, for improvement of certain streets 

repre..~nted by the North Capitol, Boundary, and other street associa- tions-to the Committee on Appropriations. 

By Ur. J. S. HENDERSON: Petition of 107 professional musicians 

of the District of Columbia, .against the enactment of any law propos- ing to interfere with the libeTty of the United States :Marine band-to 

the Committee on Military Affuim. 

B. Mr. JACKSON : Petition of New Castle Lodge of Amalgamated 

Association of Iron and Steel Workers, of New Castle, Pa., in :relation 

to ihc tariff-to the Committee on Ways and Means. 

The following petitions foi an increase of compensation of fourth-class 

postmasters were severnlly referred to the Committee on the Post-Office 

and Post-Roads~ 

By Mr. J . R. BROWN: OfR. B. Dawson and others, of Level Run, 

and of W. T. Mitchell and others, of Callands, Pittsylv.ania County, 

Virginia. 

By Mr. T. H. B. BROWNE: Of A. B. Eskridge and others, citizens 

of Northumberland County, Virginia. 

By 1\fr. TILLMAN: Of sundry citizens of Celestia, S. C. 

The following petitions, indorsing the per diem rated service-pension 

bill, based on the principle of paying all oldiers, sailors, and marines of 

the late war a monthly pension of 1 cent a day for each day they were 

in the service, were severally referred to the Committee on Invalid 

Pensions: 

ByMr. A. R. ANDERSON: OfGrandArmyoftheRepublicPostNo. 

251, of Leon, Iowa. 

By 1\:lr. BELDEN: Of soldiem in the vicinity of Cortland and of 

Willetts, N.Y. 

By Mr. BREWER: Of William A. Linman and 45 others, ex-sol- diers of Lusk Pos.t, Grand Army of the Republic, of Elsie, 1\fich. By Mr. BUCHANAN: Of the per diem rated service-pension bill. 
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By ~Ir. HALL: Of soldiers and sailors of Butler County, Pennsylvania. 

By Ur. HAUGEN: Of GeorgeL. Wakefield and 75 others, ex-Union 

soldiers and sailors and citizens of Pepin County, Wisconsin. 

By Mr. JACKSON: Of Union soldiers of West Alexander, Pa. 

By .Mr. O'DONNELL: Of 51 soldiers of Bellevue, Mich. 

By J'.Ir. SAWYER: Of 30 soldiers of Livingston County, New York. 

By l\Ir. E. B. TAYLOR: Ofex-soldiersofLordstown, ofFowler, and 

of Ashtabula County, Ohio. 

By Mr. WEAVER: Of H. B. Moore, of Albin, Iowa, and 118 other exUnion soldiers. 

By Ur. YODER: Fifty-one petitions signed by 2,573 ex-Union soldiers and sailors of the Fourth district of Ohio. 

The following petitions, praying for the enactment of a law providing temporary aid for common schools, to be disbursed on the basis of 

illiteracy, were severally referred to the Committee on Education: 

By Mr. J. R. BROWN: OfW. U. Peyton, county superintendent of 

schools, and teachers of Henry County, Virginia. 

By l\fr. FLOOD: Of 121 citizens of Chemung County, New York. 

By Mr. HALL: Of 435 citizens of Crawford County, Pennsylvania. 

By Mr. MANSUR: Of 114 citizens of Linn County, Missouri. 

By Mr. SCOTT: Of 209 residents of Warren County, Pennsylvania. 

By Mr. WEAVER: Of J. M. Brown and other citizens, and of J. W. 

You?g and others, citizens of Bloomfield, Iowa. 

The following petition, asking for the passage of the bill prohibiting 

the manufacture, sale, and importation of all alcoholic beverages in the 

District of Columbia, was referred to the Select Committee on the Alcoholic Liquor Traffic: 

By Mr. VANCE: Of 196 citizens of the First district of Connecticut. 

SENATE. 

WEDNESDAY, Ma1·ch 14, 1888. 

Prayer by the Chaplain~ Rev. J. G. BUTLER, D. D. 

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

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS. 

The PRESIDENT pro tempore presented a petition of citizens ofMontana, praying for the adoption of the schedule of duties agreed upon 

by the representatives of the Wool-Growers' and Wool Manufacturers' 

Association at Washington, January 14, 1888, and for the correction of 

the erroneous classification of wm'Steds; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. 

He also presented two petitions of citizens of Kansas, praying for the 

passage of the per diem rated service-pension bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Pensions. 

Mr. EDMUNDS. I present the petition of a large number of highly 

respectable citizens of Vermont, ex -soldiers, in favor of what is called 

the rated pension bill, and also the petition of William B. Westervelt 

and 39 other surviving soldiers and sailors of the Union Army and 

Navy, in favor of the same bill. I move the reference of the petitions 

to t):le Committee on Pensions. 

The motion was agreed to. Mr. EDMUNDS presented the petition of R. A. Tilden and 46 other 

citizens of Norwich, Vt., praying for an increase of the duties on wool; 

which was referred to the Committee on Finance. 

Mr. EDMUNDS. I present a resolutionin the nature of a petition, 

and intended to be presented (although it is not strictly in. the form 

that it ought to be, I ask leave to present it), of a body of farmers in 

Vermont on the subject of reducing the postage on agricultural and 

h orticultural seeds, etc., which I ask may be referred to the Committee 

on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. 

The PRESIDENT p1·o tempore. If there be no objection, the resolution will be received as a petition and so referred. 

1\Ir. CAMERON presented the petition of I. M. Huston Post, No. 3941 

Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Iowa, and a petition of 

surviving soldiel'S and sailors of the Union .Army and Navy, citizens of 

Victor, Iowa, praying for the passage of the per diem rated service-pension bill; which were referred to the Committee on Pensions. 

He also presented a petition of Beavertown (Pa.) Granget No. 799, 

Patrons of Husbandry, praying for legislation granting protection to 

agricultural prod ucta; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. 

111r. SHERMAN presented seven petitions, signed by 146 ex-Union 

soldiers and sailors, citi~·ens of the State of Ohio, praying for the passage 

of the per diem rated service-pension bill, as follows: 

A petition of citizens of Lordstown; 

A petition of citizens of Ohio; 

A petition of citizens of Fowler; 

A petition of citizens of Mesopotamia; 

A petition of citizens of Smithville; 

A petition of citizens of Pittsburgh and Potsdam; and 

A petition of citizens of Bristolville. 

The petitions were referred to the Committee on Pensions. 

J'.Ir. SHERMAN presented a petition of 143 citizens of Ohio, praying 

for the protection of agricultural products; which was referred to the 

Committee on Finance. 

He also presented a petition of citizens of Lucas and Clarke Counties, 

Ohio, praying for the enactment of legislation for the protection of the 

wool and woolen industries; which was referred to the Committee on 

Finance. 

Mr. FRYE. I present a large number of petitions from soldiers of 

the State of Maine, praying for the equalization of the pay of soldiers 

of the late war, that is to say, to pay them the difference, as I under- stand it, between gold and currency, the petitions representing about 

6,000 soldiers. I do not know whether the petitions should berefened 

to the Committee on Pensions or the Committee on Military Affairs. 

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The petitions will be separately noted 

in the Journal and RECORD, and referred to the Committee on Military 

Affairs. 

The petitions are as follows: 

A petition of John C. Cobb and others, of Portland; 

A petition of John L. Russell and others, of Dexter; 

A petition of William K. Kimball Post, No. 148, Grand Army of the 

Republic, of South Paris; 

A petition of Justus Webster and others, of Chesterville; 

A petition of G. H. Ramsell and others, members of Post No. 33, 

Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Maine; 

A. petition of N. H. Martin and others, of Fort Fairfield; 

A petition of R. G. Smith and others, of Whitefield; 

A petition of J. A. Stout and others, of Biddeford; 

A petition of Thomas H . Marshall Post, No. 421 Grand Army of the 

Republic, Depal'tment of Maine; 

A petition of J . B. Currier and other citizens of Corinna; 

A petition of S. G. Hunington. and other citizens of Bridgewater; 

A petition of John M. League and other citizens of Weld; 

A petition of Jesse Pierce and other citizens of Booth Bay; 

A petition of Matcher Post, No. 111, Grand Army of the Republic, 

of Maine; 

A petition of Enoch G. Mitchell and oth& citizens of Kennebunk; 

A petition of George E. Elliott and other citizens of Lynchville; 

A petition of William H . Leavitt and other citizens of fhillips; 

A petition of Harry Rust Post, No. 54, Grand Army of the Republic, 

at Norway; 

.A. petition of Kimball Post, No. 38, Grand .A.Tmy of the Republic, at 

Livermore Mills; 

A petition of F. J . Leavitt and other citizens of Buxton; 

A petition of Russell Post, No. 96, Grand Army of the Republic, at 

Skowhegan; . 

A. petition of Meade Post, No. 40, Grand Army of the Republic, at 

Eastport; 

A petition of J. H. H. Hewitt and others, of Thomaston; 

A petition of Edwin llsley and others, of Limerick; 

A petition of Theodore Shackford and others, of Gorham; 

A petition of James McGlau:fl.in and others, of Uapleton; 

A petition of Cha.rles 0. Wadsworth and others, of Gardiner; 

A petition of William H. Nevers and others, of Cornish; 

A petition of Ruel Anners Post, No. 104, Grand Army of the Republic, of Sprague Mills; 

A petition of A. A. Dwinal Post, No. 3, Grand Army of the Republic, of Mechanic's Falls; 

A petitionofSedgwick Post, No.6, Grand.A.rmyofthe Republic, of Bath; 

A petition of Ira P. Wing and others, of Monson; 

A petition of James A. Garfield Post, Grand Army of the Republic, 

of Bl uehill; 

A petition of George E. Hapgood and others, of North Anson; 

A petition of Sergeant Wyman Post, No. 95, Grand Army of the Republic, of Oakland; 

A petition of D. L. W eard Post, No. 89, Grand Army of the Repub- lic, of East Sullivan; 

A petition of George L. Marson and others, of Wmdsor; 

A petition of F. M. Gilman and others, of Mount Vernon; 

A petition ofT. S. Keen and others, of Brooks; 

A petition of Judson Hall and others, of South Gardiner; 

A petition of Benjamin B. :Mayberry and others, of South Windham; 

A petition of Hiram E. Stellman, commander of Post 147, Grand 

Army of the Republic, of State of l\faine, and members of said post; 

A petitioh of John Renier and others, of l\Iadison; 

A petition of L. W. Elliot and others, of New Sharon; 

A petition of E. H. Bryant aud others, of !\1achias; 

A petition of John Merrill Post, No. 137, of Richmond; 

A petition of Burnside Post, Grand Anny of the Republic, of Auburn; 

A petition of L. C. Morse and others, of Liberty; 

A petition of Charles W. Cook and others, of Solon; 

A petition of Wade _Post, No. 123, Grand Army of the Republic, of 

Presque Isle; and 

A petition of Levi W. Smit.h and others, of Maine. 

Mr. FRYE presented a petition of the Bath (Me.) Board of Trade, 

praying for the repayment to ship-owners of the tonnage tax; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. •,