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1879. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 765 A bill'(S. No.1277) to extend the jurisdiction of the district and cir­

(mit courts of the United States for the southern district of Florida; and

A joint resolution (S. R. No. 27) providing for transportation by the military authorities of John J. Manuel and two infant daughters from Camp Howard, Idaho Territory, to Saint Charles, Missouri.

The message further announced that the Honse had passed the fol­'lowing bills, with amendments in which it requested the concurrence of the Senate: ·

A bill (S. No. 623) to amend sections 900 and 993 of the Revised Statutes of the United States for the District of Columbia, so as to make the 22d day of February a holiday within said District; and

A bill (S. No. 1151) to amend section 5497 of the Revised Statutes. The message also announced that the House had concurred in the

.amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. No. 5315) to restore the records and files in the district and circuit courts of the United States for the western district of Texas, lately destroyed by fire.

The message further announced that the House had agreed to the .amendments of the Senate to the concurrent resolution of tho House providing for the printing of 3,000 copies of the report of the Geo­graphical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region, being volume 2, Contributions to North American Ethnology, in quarto form.

The message also announced that the House had agreed to the amendments of the Senate to the concurrent resolution ofthe House providing for the printing of 3,000 copies ea{lh of volumes 3, 8, and 13 'Of the final reports of the Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, in quarto form, with the necessary illustrations.

The message further announced that the House bad agreed to the -amendments of the Senate to the concurrent resolution of the Itouse provi'\liHg for the printing of 3,000 copies of the report of the Geo­~phical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region relat­mg to the geology of the High Plateau of Utah, in quarto form, with the illustrations and charts. .

The message also announced that the House had passed a concur­. rent resolution providing for the :printing and binding at the Govern­ment Printing Office, for the u2e of the Department of the Interior, "Of 2,000 c.opies of Professor Hayden's tenth annual report of the Geo­logical and Geographical Survey of the Territories for 1876, uniform with the edition ordered by Congress.

The message further announced that the House had passed a con­-current resolution for the printing in the CoNGRES~IONAL REcoRD -of the memo-r:ial exercises in honor of Professor Henry, held in the Hall of the House of Representatives on the 16th day of January, 1879 ; in which tbe concurrence of the Senate was requested.

The message also announced tbat the House bad passed a concur.., rent resolution providing that whenever the proper officer having oeharge thereof shall have received a sufficient number of orders for Professor Hayden's Atlas of Colorado, accompanied by the cost price thereof, with 10 per cent. additional, to warrant, in his opinion, the expense of putting the plates to press, he shall cause an edition thereof to be published; in which the concurrence of the Senate waa .req nested.

The message further communicated to the Senate, in compliance with its request, a copy of the testimony of James E. Anderson, .given before the committee of the House of Representatives on in­

. vestigation of alleged frauds in the electoral vote of the States of Louisiana and Florida, so far as it affects Hon. STA~EY MATTHEWs, a Senator from the State of Ohio.

E1t."'ROLLED BILLS SIG~"'ED. . The message also announced that the Speaker of the House had

signed the following ~nrolled bills ; and they were thereupon signed by the Vice-President:

A bill .(S. No. 1435) authorizing the appointment of Dr. Junius L. . Eowell an assistant surgeon in the United States Army;

A biD (H. R. No. 4200) relating to the National Road in the State '()f Maryland, and to give consent of the United States to a' certain -act of the General Assembly of Maryland in relation to said road;

A bill (H. R. No. 5052) to amend section 3835 of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to deficiency in postmasters' accounts; --and

A bill (H. R. No. 6141) making appropriations to enable the Secre­tary of the Treasury to carry out the provisions of section 254 of the Revised Statutes, and to appropriate $40,000 for the miscellaneous .expenses of the House of Representatives, and for other purposes.

PAPER CONTRACTS ~VESTIGATIOX. Mr. ANTHONY submitted the following resolution; which was con­

sidered by unanimous consent, and agreed to : Resolveclt That the Committee on Printing be authorized to send for persons and

papers ana to employ a stenographer in any matter that may arise out of the awa.rd of the recent contracts for paper. .

EXECUTIVE COMl\IUNICATIONS. The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communication

from th~ Secretary of War, transmitting a letter of the Chief of Ord­nance inclosing a special estimate and recommendation for the pur­chase of land to enlarge and protect the San Aintonio arsenal, Texas; which was refer,red to the Committee on Military Affairs.

He also laid before the Senate a letter of the Secretary of War, "transmitting a copy of a preamble and resolutions adopted by the .Chamber of Commerce of Pittsburgh, 'Pennsylvania, on the 13th in-

stant, recomll!ending that appropriations for the completion of the Davis Island Dam be made ; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.

He also laid before the Senate a letter of the Secretary of War, communicatiJ;tg, in obedience to law, a report of :Major G. L. Gillespie, Corps of Engmeers, of a survey of the bar at the mouth of Columbia River, Oregon; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered ta be printed.

He also laid before the Senate a lett.er of the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, the report of tha board of offi­cers appointed to examine the works in p:fogress of co11struction by James B. Eads at the mouth of the Mississippi River; which wa referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.

He also laid before the Senate a letter of the Secretary of War, transmitting copies of communications from: W. J. Murtagh, offering to sell to the Government the property in the city of Washington at the southwestern corner of Pennsylvania avenue and Thirteenth street, known as the" Republican building"; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.

EXECUTIVE SESSIOX. The Senate proceeded to the consideration of executive business.

After two hours and ten minutes spent in executiv.13 session the doors were reopened, and (at five o'clock ::tml forty-five minutes p.m.) the Senate adjourned.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. :1\IONDAY, January 2·7, 1879.

The House met at twelve o'clock m. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev . W. P. HAruusox, D. D.

The J(;mrnal of Saturday last was read and approved. ORDER OF BUSINESS.

The SPEAKER: The morning hour begins at ten minutes past twelve o'clock. This being Monday, the first business during the morning hour is the call of States and Territories, beginning with the State of Maine, for bills and joint resolutions for introduction and reference to appropriate committees. During this call memorials and joint resolutions of State and territorial Legislatures are in order for reference.

Mr. TOWNSEND, of Kew York. I nsk unanimous consent that this order be allowed to continue, without regard to the expiration of the hour, until all the States and Territories Me called.

:Mr. WRIGHT. I object. . MOUNT PLEASA..'I\T RAILROAD CO:'tlP.U.~.

Mr. HE~TDEE introduced a bill (H. R. No. 617!l) to incorporate the Mount Pleasant Railroad Company of the District of Columbia; which waa read a first and second time, referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed .

DAR'\\'IN JO~SON . Mr. JOYCE introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6176) granting a pension

to Darwin JohnsQD,late a private in Company C, Eleventh Regiment Vermont Volunteer ~ntry, war of 1861; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and or-dered to be printed. · .

EBE~TEZER G. BIGELOW. Mr. JOYCE also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6177) granting a pen­

sion to Ebenezer G. Bigelow, late a private in Second Vermont Bat­tery, war of 1861; which w.as read a first and second time, re:ierred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed.

PENSIONS TO SOLDIERS OF WAR OF 1812·

Mr. JOYCE also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6178) to amend tbe act of March 9,.1878, relating to pensions for service in the war of 1812; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, and ordered to be printed.

CO~"l>El\Th'ED ORDYANCE FOR S.OLDIERS' 1\IO~lJMENT.' Mr. RICE, of Massachusetts, introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6179) do­

nating four condemned cannon to the town of Sutton, State of Massa­chusetts, to be used in the erection of a soldier's monument; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Mili­tary Affairs, and ordered to be printed.

OPHELIA E. Sll\IMOXS.

Mr. CRAPO iniroduc·ed a bill (H. R. No. 6180) granting a pension to Ophelia E. Simmons, widow of David A. Simmons, late a master's mate in the Navy; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed.

WORK OY PUBLIC Bl:.'ILDINGS. Mr. MULLER introduced a joint resolution (H. R. No. 219) asking

the President to appoint a board to examine into and repoct on a better system of doing work on our public buildings; which was read~ first and second time, referred to the Committee on Educati&Jn and Labor, and ordered to be printed.

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F..DW ARr> G. QUINCY.

Mr. DWIGHT intr()_(\uoed a bill (H. R. No. 6181) granting an increase of <pension to Edward G •. Quincy; which was read a first and second time, .referred to the Committee on Inva.lid Pensions,_ an.d ordered to be pnnted.

GEORGE FISHER.

:Mr. STARIN introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6182) for the relief of the minor children of George Fisher, late of Company E, One hundred and fifty-third Regiment New York Volun~rs; which ~as re3f1 a. first and second time, referred to the Comnnttee on Invalid Penswns, a.nd ordered to be- printed.

FRA...L~ V. EDliONDS.

Mr. LOCKWOOD introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6183) granting a pen­sion to Frank"V. Edmonds; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed.

DU}..'"BAR R. RANSOli.

Mr. LOCKWOOD also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6184) to authorize the President to restore Dunbar R. Ransom to his former rank in the .A:rmy; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Com­mittee on :Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.

HOliESTEAD SETTLERS.

Mr. LOCKWOOD also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6185) amending section 2305 of the Revised Statutes of the United States; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Judi­ciary, and ~rdered to be printed.

.,_ JOHX ODELL.

Mr. CUTLER introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6186) for the relief of John Odell, of New Jersey, a private in the war of 1812; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Revolu­tionary Pensions, and ordered to be printed.

. OLIVER JACOBS.

Mr. WARD introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6187) to place the name of Oliver Jacobs, Company A, Fifty-eighth Regiment Pennsylvania Vol­unteers.! on the pension-roll; which was read a first and second time, referre<t to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed.

MARK WALKER.

Mr. IIA.RMER i-ntroduced a bill (H. R. No. 6188) for the relief of 'Mark Walker, late first lieutenant Nineteenth Infantry and brevet I captain United StateS .A:rmy; which was read a first and second time,

referred totheCommitteeonMilitary Affairs, and ordered to be printed.

SAMUEL ll~ FREEl!A.~.

Mr. HENKLE (by request) introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6189) to remove the charge of desertion from the military record of Samuel M. Freeman, late a private of Company G, Third Maryland Potomac Home Brigade Volunteers; which was read a first and second time, re­ferred to the· Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.

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JOHN 1\I. TAYLOR.

Mr. VANCE introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6190) granting a pension to John M. Taylor, Company A, Second Kan~as Volunteers; which was read a :first and second time, ·referred to the Committee on Invalid Pen­sions, and ordered to be printed.

ADDITIONAL GROUNDS AND BUILDrnGS FOR CONGRESS.

Mr. :MO:tffiY (by request) introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6191) for the purchase of additional grounds and buildings for the Congress of the United States; which was read a prst and second time, referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, and ordered to be printed.

EMILY THREADGILL.

Mr. ATKINS introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6192) granting a pension to Emily 'fhreadgill; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed.

MARTHA JANE DOUGLASS.

Mr. ATKINS also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6193) granting a pen­sion to .Martha Jane Douglass; which was read ·a :fi..rst and second time, referred to the Committee on InYalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed.

REPEAL OF THE DUTY ON QUININE.

Mr. ATKINS also introduced a bill. (H. R. No. 6194) to repeal the duty on quinine; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.

ANDREW I. HOOPER • .

Mr. DIBRELL introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6195) ~restore the name of Andrew I. Hooper, of McMinn County, Tennessee, ~the pension­roll; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Com­mittee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. .

MARINE HOSPITAL, MEMPIDS7 TE:NNESSEE.

Mr. YOUNG, of Tennessee, introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6196) to pre­vide for the construction of a marine hospital in the city of :Memphis, Tennessee ; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Select Committee on Epidemic' Diseases, and ordered to be printed.

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BURRELL SAULS.

Mr. YOUNG, of Tennessee, also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6197) for the relief of Burrell Sauls, o:C Hardeman County, Tennessee; which was read a tirst and second time, referred to the Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed.

TREATY WITH liEXICO.

Mr. YOUNG, of Tennessee, also introduced a joint resolution (H. R. No. 2:20) providing for a treaty with the Republic of Mexico; whiCh was read a first and second tirp.e, ref~rred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed.

CLE.1IE..."'IT A. WlLLIAMSOY.

Mr. HANNA introduced a biH (H. R. No. 6198) for the relief of Clement A. Williamson ; w hi{lh was read a first and second time_, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed.

l\IEDICL~S OY FREE LIST.

Mr. HANNA also presented a joint resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, asking that certain medicines be placed on the free list ; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and or­dered to be printed.

LOVELL EDR.rnGTON.

Mr. SEXTON introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6199) for the relie:{ of Lovell Edrington, of Vevay, Indiana; which was read a first an<! second time, referred to the Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed.

S.UIUEL A..~ DAVID WILSON. .

ll1-. CANNON, of Illinois, introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6200) forthe relief of Samuel and David Wilson, of Urbana, Illinois; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Com¢ttee of Ways and 1\IeaJtS, and ordered to be printed.

LOUIBE HOllE.

Mr. BUCKNER (by request) introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6201) t() exempt the Louise Home, in the city of Wa-shington, from taxation; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee for the D~trict of Columbia, and ordered to be printed.

E~"TRA...~CE TO CIDIBERLA...~ SOUND.

~Ir. DAVIDSON introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6202) making an ap­propriation for dredging and improving the entrance to Cumberland Sonnd, in the States of ~lorida and Georgia ; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.

CHARLOTfE HARBOR A..~ PEACE CREEK.

Mr. DAVIDSON ·also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6203) making an appropriation for the improvement of Charlotte Harbor and Peace Creek, in the State of Florida; which was rea-d a first and second time,. referred to the Committee on Com~erce, andordered to be printed.

ACCOUlo."TS OF ARliY AND !iA VY OFFICERS.

Mr. OLIVER introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6204) ~re-enact and con­tinue in force the act of J'llle 23, 1870, entitled "An act to authorize .the settlement of accounts of officers of the Army and Navy;" which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Mili­tary Affairs, and ordered to be printed.

STURGEO~ BAY SHIP-CANAL.

Mr.POUND introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6205) making appropriation& for lighting the western approaches to the Sturgeon Bay Ship-Canal in Wisconsin, and for a pier-bead light on Lake Michigan. to guide into the Harbor of Refuge; which was read a first and second time_, referred to the Committee on Comm«?rce, and ordered to be printed.

DIPROVEliENT OF PETALUMA CREEK.

:Mr. LUTTRELL introduced a joint resolution (H. R. No. 221) for · the survey and improvemeni of Petaluma Creek, between the City of Petaluma and the Bay of San Francisco, California; which was read a first and seconq time by its title.

Mr. EDEN. I call for the reading of the joint resolution. The joint resolution was read i n extenso, and was referred to th&

Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. LAND CLAIMs IN CALIFOR..."UA.

Mr. WIGGINTON introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6206) to authorize­the claimants to certain lands in Los Angeles Coubty, California, f,o. submit their claims to the United States district court for that State for adjudication; which was read a. first and second time by its title.

?tlr. EDEN. I call for the reading of the bill. The bill was read in extenso, and was referred to the Committee on

Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. STATE UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA.

Mr. DAVIS, of California, introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6207)fort:b.e relief of the State University o£ California, and for other purposes;­which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.

JtRANCIS W. SEELEY. .

Mr. ~TRAIT introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6208) for the relief of' Francis W. Seeley; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and oroered to be printed.

1879. OONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 76 MRS. H . M. FOOTE.

Mr. STEW ART introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6209) 'for the relief of Mrs. H. M. Foote; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed.

LAND DISTRICT L~ ~"EW ::.uEXICO.

Mr. ROMERO introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6210) to <(reate an addi­tional land district in the Territory of New Mexico to be called Lin­coln; which was read a :first and second time by its title.

Mr. EDEN. I call for the reading of the bill. The bill was read in extenso, referred to the Committee on Public

Lands, and ordered to be printed. 11\"'DIAN DEPREDATIO~S L""f 1878.

M.r. FE:JSN introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6211) to ascertain and report the losses of citizens of the State of Oregon and the Territories of Idaho and Montana on account of the destruction of property by hos­t ile Indians in the year 1878; which was read a first and second time by its title. ·

Mr. EDEN. I call for the reading of the bill. The bill was read in extenso, referred to the Committee on Military

Affairs, and ordered to be printed.

TDIBER LANDS rn CALIFOfu~IA, ETC.

Mr. FENN also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6212) extending the provisions of an act approved June 3, 1878, entitled "An act to pro­vide for the sale of timber lands in the States of California, Oregon, and Nevada, and Washin!!ton Territory, and the Lewiston land dis­t rict, Idaho Territory; which was read a :first and second time by i ts title.

Mr. EDE~ called for the reading of the bill. The bill was read in extenso, referred to the Committee on Public

Lanfuo, and ordered to be printed. ORDER OF BUSrnESS.

The SPEAKER. The call of the States and Territories ig now com­pleted and the Chair will recognize gentlemen who were not present when their States or Territories were called. .

::uRS. ROWE~A GUEDALLA...

1\Ir. ELLIS introduced a joint resolution (H. R. No.2'~) autho!W­ing the President of the United States to return the Twiggs swords to Mrs. Rowena Guedalla; which was read a · first and.second time, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. .

Mr. ELLIS. I am in doubt n.s to the proper reference. lpresume that it should go to the Committee on Military Affairs.

The SPEAKER. The gentleman is right; it should go to the Com-mittee on Military Afl"airs. .

Al\IE:....~~IENT TO THE -CONSTITUTIO~.

Mr. FINLEY introduced a joint resolution (H. R. No. 223) propos­ing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. •

REDUCTION IN COST OF PUBLIC P.RINTIN'G AND BINDING.

Mr. RICE, of Ohio, (by request,) introduced a. bill (H. R. No. 6213) to reduee the cost of the. public printing and binding; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Printing, and ordered to be printed. ·

SECTION 4698t REVISED STATUTES.

Mr. RICE, of Ohio, also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6214) to amend section 4698! of the Revised Statutes; which was read a first and sec­ond tifne, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. .

FRANKLIN AMOS.

¥r. RIPE, of 9hio, also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6215) for th~ rebef of Franklin Amos, late of Seventh Kentucky Cavalry ; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on In-valid Pensions, and ordered to be printed. ·

GILB:QRT A. PHILLIPS.

Mr. WILLIS, ~f Kentucky t ~~duced a bill (H. R. No. 6216) grant­ing a pension to Gilbert A. Pnilli~s; which was read a first and sec­ond time, referred to the Comnnttee on Invalid Pensions, and or­dered to be printed.

SAMUEL BEATTY.

Mr. TURNER introduced a. bill (H. R. No. 6217) for the benefit of Samuel Beatty, of Loo County, Kentucky; which was read a :first and second time, referred to the Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed. ·

::.uETRICAL SYSTEM.

Mr. MAISH introduced a joint resolution (H. R. No. 224) author­izing the Public Printer to print 20,000 copies of House report No. 53, on the adoption of the metrlc system; which was read a. filst and second time, referred to the Committee on Weights and Measures, and ordered to be printed.

ELMER A. SNOW.

Mr. RICE, of Ohio, introduced a bill (H. R. No. b'218) granting a pension to Elmer A. Snow; which was read a first and second time,

referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, a.nd ordered to be printed.

CASDIIRO GIUESI.

Mr. BLOUNT (by request) introduced a bill (H. R. No. 62U.) for the relief of Cas~ Giuesi; which wa.s read a first and second time,. referred to the Committee of Claims, and ordered to be printed.

PATE....~S FOR PRIVATE LA..~ CLADIS.

Mr. GUNTER introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6220) to provide for the issue of patents for private land claims confirmed by acto£ Congress~ which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed.

LOGAN GUARDS A..~ OTHERS.

Mr. BRIDGES introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6221) granting a medal to each of the survivors of the Logan GuMds, Allen Guards, Wash­ington Artillery, National Light Infantry, ~d Ringgold Light Ar­tillery, Pennsylvania Volunteers, the first five volunteer companies. that reached the city of Washington after the proclamation of the· President for troops to suppress the late rebellion; which wa.s read a.. first and second time, referred to the Committee on :Military Affairs,. and ordered to be printed.

JO~ SEFFREL~ 1\IAURY.

::\Ir • .K.D.IMEL introduced n. bill (H. R. No. 6222) to relieve John· Se:ffrein Maury, late a lieutenant in the United States Navy, of politi­cal disabilities; which was read a first n.nd second time, referred to­the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed.

CHANGE OF ~A.'\IE.

Mr. KIMMEL also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 62'23) to allow the owners of the steam tow-boat Rich:trd T. Garrett to change its name to R. C. Hays; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Commerce, :tnd ordered to be printed.

::uRS. :\IARGARETTA BENJ?ER.

Mr. COLE introduced a. bill (H. R. :No. 6224) to refund to Mrs. Margaretta Bender certain money paid by her into the United States l.'reasury to compromis& a violation of the revenue law by her insane, husband; which was read a first and second time, referred to the­Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.

.ll~"'D:\IENT OF APPROPRIATIO~ BILL.

Mr. MONROE introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6225) to amend an a.ct entitled "An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses o£: the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1879, and for · other purposes," approved June ~0, 1878; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Printing, and ordered to be­printed.

RICHARD P. TAYLOR.

Mr. CANNON, of Illinois, introduced a bill (H. R. No. b"226) grant­ing a pension to Richard P. Taylor, of Westville, Illinois; which was• read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed.

JOEL~ H. LONGBOTTOM.

Mr. McKINLEY introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6227) granting a pen­sion to John H. Longbottom, late of Company D, One hundred an~ twenty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and; ordered to be printed.

JA.'\IES O'NEIL.

::\Ir. BANKS (by request) introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6228)grant.ing: a pension to James O'N ell ; which was rea{} a first and .second time,. referred to the Commit.tee on Invali.d Pensions, an.d ordered to b& printed. '

. JOHN BARTOW • .

Mr. BREWER introduced n. bill (H. R. No. 6229) granting a pen­sion to John Bartow, of Lansing, .Michigan; which was read a :first. and second time, referred .to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and. ordered to be printed.

The bill was read at length on the demand of Mr. EDE~. FEES OF EXA.111NING SURGEONS.

Mr. BREWER also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6230) fixing the fees. of examining surgeons; which wa.s read a. first and second time,. referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and orderecl to b~ printed. .

The bill was read at length on the demand of Mr. EDE.Y. WILLLUI H. YOUNG.

Mr. ELAM (by request) introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6231)'for the· relief of William H. Young; which was read arfirst and second time,. referred to the Committee on War Claims, and ordered to be printed ..

The bill was read at length on the demand of Mr. EDEN. JOHN COR..."'mLI...

Mr. WHITE, of Indiana, introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6232) for the· relief of John Cornell, postmaster at Transitville, Indiana; whiclL was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the-. Post-Office and Post-Roads, and ordered to be printed.

The bill was read at length on the demand of Mr. EDEN.

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DUlT ON MINERAL WATERS. Mr. STARIN introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6233) to amend title 3.1,

section 2504, of the Revised Statntes of the United States, second -0dition; which wa-s read a first and second time, referred to the Com­mittee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be prin,ed.

The bill was read at length on the demand of Mr. ED~. JOSEPH HUFF.

Mr. METCALPE introdu<10d a bill (H. R. No. 6234) granting a pen­.-eion to Joseph Huff; which was read a first and second time, referred .to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed.

The bill was read at length on the demand of Mr. EDEX. LEYI J. ALLEX.

Mr. ELLSWORTH introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6235) grant ing a pen­··sion toLevi.J.Allen, of Montcalm County, Michigan; which was read .a' first and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pen--sions, and ordered to be printed. .

The bill was 1·ead at length on the demand of Mr. ATKL"'S. SENATE AND HOUSE EMPLOYES.

Mr. HALE (by request) introduced a joint resolution (H. R. No. -225) in relation to committee clerkstand other employes of the Senate .and House of Representatives; which wa-s read a first and second time, referred to the Committee of Accounts, and ordered to be printed.

The bill was read at length on the demand of Mr. EDEX. DANIEL B. HUFFMAN.

Mr. GIDDINGS (by request) introduced a bill (H.R. No. 6236) grant­ing a pension to Daniel B. Huffman, of Austin, Texas; which was rea-d a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pen­·sioM, and ordered to be printed.

The bill was read at length on the demand of Mr. EDEN. El.'tllLY C. ATCffiSO~.

Mr. BURCHARD introduced a bill (H. R. No. 623i) granting a pen­-sion to Emily C. Atchison, widow of John Atchison , late quartermaster in the Black Hawk war; which was read a first and second time, referred to tbf\ Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, and ordered to be printed.

The bill was read at length on the demand of Mr. HARRIS, of Vir-.ginia. ·

HARRIET B. RICHARDSON. Mr. PHELPS introduced a bill (H. R. No. 62'38) granting a pension

:to Harriet B. Richaruson, guardian of the minor child .of Edmund Bradley Richardson; which was read a first and second time, referred .to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed.

The bill was read at length on the demand of Mr. EDEN. NAVIGABLE WATERS OF THE UNITED STXTES.

Mr. DUNNELL, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Com­·merce, reported, as a substitute for House bills No. 2464 and No. 4953, .a bill (H. R. No. 6239) to declare an,d define the jurisdiction of the United States over the harbors and navigable waters of the Uniteu States; which was read a first and second time, recommitted to the Committee on Commerce, aud ordered to be printed.

Mr. DUNNELL. I desire to give notice that when the Committee ·on Commerce is called I will report the bill just introduced as a sub­·stitnte for the two bills mentioned.

ORDER OF BUSU\'"ESS. Mr. STEPHEN.S, of Georgia. Has the call of States and Terri­

tories for bills been completed ' The SPEAKER. It has. Mr. STEPHENS, of Georgia. I then ask unanimous consent of the

llouse to set aside Friday evening, February 7, from seven and a half o'clock, to consider reports from the Committee on Coinage, Weights, . and Measures.

Mr. BRIGHT. I object. Friday night bas already been assigned. Mr. STEPHENS, of Georgia. Not of next week. Mr. BRIGHT. I misunderstood the gentleman; I withdraw my

objection. Mr. CONGER. I object, because the Chair rules that the consent

given in such cases as this cannot be overruled by a majority of the House.

The SPEAKER. On the question of consideration the Chair so ·rules. .

Mr. CONGER. Aml I think very properly. Therefore I dislike to have the business of the House placed beyond its control by a special order of this kind.

Mr. HALE. Under that ruling of the Chair it will not do to have --any spbcial assignments made.

The SPEAKER. The Chair is not aware that there has been any . ruling by a Speaker different from that.

Mr. HALE. Without calling in question the ruling of the Chair or its grounds, I simply wish -to say that it may as well be understood that noagreement will be made 'by unanimous consent for anyfuture

.assignment. I give notice to that effect. GOVERNMEI\"TAL AID TO ACTUAL SETTLERS.

Several members called for the regular order. The SPEAKER. The regular order is the motion of the gentleman

from Pennsylvania [Mr. WRIGHT] (coming over as unfinished business from Monday, D~cember 18) to· suspend the rnles so as to discharge the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union from the fur­ther consideration of House bill No. 110 and to pass that bill. The bill .wll be read.

The Clerk read as follows : A bill supplemental to an act entitled " An act to secure homesteads to actual ~t­

tlers on the public domain," approved May 20, 1862. B e i t enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of

A m-erica in Congress assembl-ed, That from and after the passa~e of this act auy person who is entitled to and shall comply with tbe provisions of the act ro which this is supplemental, as well as all the requirement>S imposed by this aet, shall r e· ceive from the Treasury of the United States, out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated, the swn of $500 in a loan, to be repaid as herernafter provided ; which money so loaned shall ue appropriated solely, by the person who shall receive tile same, in i mprovements upon tho land entered and settled upon, under the terms and conditions imposed by the said homestead law, including the erection of buildings, the purchase of seeds, implements of husbandry, and such necessary househOld articles and means of subsistence as may be necessary in the commencement of a permanent farming residence.

SEc. 2. Every person havinn- thus complied shall, in addition, produce to the register or receiver of the 1an8 office of the United States convenient to the home­stead selected satisfactory proof to the said reJtister or receiver, by affidavit or otherwise, that he or she does not own goods or effect.s, money or other property, in excess of $300 ; that it is his or her intention bonafidely ro settle upon and occupy the land entered and selected under the provisions of toe said homeatead law, and to make the same a permanen t abode ; that such I!erson shall also make and sub­scribe an affidavit before the said register or recetver that the money so received under the pro'\"isions of this act shall be expended for no other pu111oso than that named in the first section of this a{}t, which aflitlant and all other eVIdence shall be filed and preserved in the land office of the United States where the proceedings are had.

SEc. a. Whereupon the said register or receiver shall cause to be pre:J?3red a mortgage to the United States, t o be duly executed by the applicant, conveymg th-e land so selected and entered, and which he or she contemplates settling upon, con­ditioned for the payment of $500, with interest at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum, as follows: $100, with interest thereon, on the fifth year after the date of the mort­gage, and $100, with its interest, yearly thereafter, till the whole sum shall be fully paid. when the said mortgage shall be satisfied by the said rejtister or receiver, or by such person as may be designated for that purpose by the Commissioner of the General Land Office. .A copy of eacb. mort,..l7llge made in pursuance of this act shall, after the original has been duly recorded in the, proper office for the recording of deeds most convenient to the land described therein, under the certificate and seal of the re~ister of the land office where executed, be forwarded to the General Land Office ·at Washington, the original to be retained in 'the land office where executed. The said registers shall keep a journal of aU loans, the names of the persons making them, their places of birth, and their respecti'\"e a~es. The said certffi.ed copies are hereby declared to be evidence on the part of the united States, ll;Dd suit.s for fore­closure may be instituted upon them as effectually as upon the onginaJs. The said several registers and receivers shall make monthly reports to the General Land Office of the United States of all acts done by them in the premises.

SEc. 4. Upon a full compliance of the terms and conditions hereinbefore stated, aa well as those of the 'law to which this act is supplemeiJtal, by the person a>ailing him­self or hen•elf of the benefits thereof. the recei>erof the land. office where the proceed­ings ha>e taken place shall pay him or her 100, and SlOO monthly thereafter til , the said sum of $500 shall have been fully disbursed. But before the payment of any one installment of $100 subsequent to the first one, the said receiver sball be sati. tied by other testimony than the oath of the applicant that he or she has expended the money loaned, aml will e}..L>end the money received, in accordance with the trne intent and meaning of this act. And if it shall appear that any money has not been so expended, no further 1>ayment in the pa-rticular case shall be made, and the mortgage given shall be forthwith foreclosed, and all rights and I;tri'\"ileges under this act, and the one to which itis supplemental, shall become forfe1ted, and the title to the land entered shall revert to the United States. The several duties to be per­formed by the r egiste r and th~ receiver shall be ~enerally under the direction and control of the Commissioner oj the ~neral Land Office, and who shall also fix a schedule of fees for each officer , in each separate case, but which shall not exceed $10 for them both. And the said Commissoner of the ~neral Land Office, in con­junction with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall make and establish such rules and regulations as to the mode and mauner of the transmission and payment of the money appropriated by this act as they may deem proper. .

SEc. 5. No patent shall be issued under the act of May 20, 1862, and to whtch this act is supplemental, where a mortgage has been given nnder the terms of this act, until such mortgage has been fully paid.

SEc. 6" • .All such parts aml clauses of the said act of May 20, 1A62, w b,ich prohibits Rersons from tbe benefits of the same, " who have borne arms against the United States Government, or given aid and comfort to its enemies,'' are hereby repealed..

SEC. 7. Whene>er the amount of the loan hereby created shall have rea-ched the sum of $1f.l,OOO,OOO this act shall cease and determine, so far as the appropriation of money is concerned. And the certificate of the Secretary of the Treasw·y, that that swn ha-s been applied as herein stated, shall be evidence of the same .

SEc. 8 . .All the se>eral penalties imposed in the act to which this is supplemental, for false swearing, and other offenses therein named, are herein incorporated and made a part of this act.

Mr. WRIGHT. I ask the indulgence of the House that I may ex­plain briefly the provisions of this bill.

The SPEAKER. What time does the gentleman desire f Mr. WRIGHT. Thirty minutes. I hope this favor will be granted.

I have not asked such a favor before. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Pennsylvania asks coll86nt

that be may be allowed thirty minutes to explain the provisions of the bill.

Mr. TOWNSE~-rn, of New York. I object. :Mr. WRIGHT. I hope the gentleman will withdraw his objection. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from New York -ia appealed to by

the gentleman from Pennsylvania. Mr. TOWNSEND, of New York. The appeal is denied . The SPEAKER. The gentleman from New York denies the appeal

of the gentleman from Pennsylvania. Mr. WRIGHT. Well, I hop~ the Lord may take care of the man

who objects, for his constituents never Will. [Laughter.] Mr. HALE. The gentleman from Pennsylvania can accomplish his

object by moviu~ to suspend the rules so a.S to give him half an hour to explain the bill.

Mr. WRIGHT. Very well, sir.

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1879. CONGRESSIONAL REOORD-HO_USE. 769 The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Pennsylvania, as the Chair

understands, modifies his motion ; but if this motion be voted down, the Chair cannot recognize the gentleman from Pennsylvania a sec­ond time. The present motion of the gentleman, as the Chair under­stands, is to suspend the rules so as to discharge the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union from the further consideration of this bill, and to bring it before the _Honse for consideration for thirty minutes.

Tho motion was :l#treed to, two-thirds voting in favor thereof. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. WRIGHT]

is recognized for thirty minutes. Mr. 1VRIGHT. Mr. Speaker, I thank the Chamber for their cour­

tesy in grantiJ,Jg me its unanimous consent, with a single exception, to make a few remarks explanatory of the bill under consideration. It provides for making a smnllloan to any citizen of the United States who does not possess property, either real or personal, exceeding $300 in value. It is not in the nature of a gift; it is a loan, to be secured by a mortgage upon his homestead, to be repaid at the expiration of ten years, in annual installments, at 3 per eent. per annum. This sum is to be advanced by the Government, providing that it must be made to appear by satisfactory proof that each installment has been faith­fully expended in the improvement of the homestead before the next installment will be paid, each installment being $100; the loan thus made to be secured by mertgage on the homestead.

The bill is carefully guarded against all efforts of the settler to ob­tajn the money and then abandon his location. The little farm must sliow how the expenditure of money on the part of the settler has been appropriated. The same penalties, so far as applicable, con­tained in the homestead law of 1862 are made part of the bill. I have bestowed much care in drafting the bill so that the Government may be protected from imposition and fraud. Its whole object and aim are to furnish those of our people having small means to make the homestead law available; and, while the ten millions which the bill appropriates may not provide for a very large number of our poor laboring people, the passage of the bill into a law will bee~ me a prece­dent for its further extension. Keeping in view that this project of law is a loan and not a gift, it may meet the objection of those who may have conscientious sc~ples in giving it their support, for there are many members of this body who would favor this measure but for constitutional objections. I prefer this method of affording present aid to our laboring people of small means to the system of colonization, for the x·eason tLat there is less machinery in carrying out the details of the bill before us and much less expense. It is pro­vided that $10 in each case shall cover all the expenses, and this amount shall be paid by the settlers. In this method the whole sum granted will be relieved from salaries aud other large outlays that will be necessarily incident to tho system of colonization. .

I have thns, Mr. Speaker, in as few words as practicable, defined the nature and character of the bill. Ravin~ done this, let me l'lext in­quire as to the propriety of administering thiS kind of relief. I will not discuss the question as to its necessity. That ought to be self-evident to all, including the gentleman from New York, [Mr. TOWNSEND,] who alone, of all the members of this honorable body, denied me the poor privilege of speaking in behalf of the laboring-men of the nation. But to come down to the question of the propriety of Congress step­ping out of the path of class legislation and looking to the happi­ness and comfort of that other class who fight our battles, help to pay our taxes, erect our public works, build our railroads and canals, and give our country fame and renown, what shall we say to these momentous matters t That seems to me to be a very important inquiry. It may strike others differently, but it does not m·e. I am .:me of those, sir, .who believe in the philanthropic idea that our first duty here is to take care of the toiling men of the land, and capital next; labor, sir, first, and capital next; or you may class them equally. To this I will not take exception; but I will never while I am the Representative of the twelfth congressional district of Pennsylvania submit to the idea that there is any other class in this broad land which shall subordinate the rights and privileges of the laboring­man. Such may claim equality, but not preference. To one common .standard let them all approach, but no superiority should be con­ferred by money or social position. This is my idea. And who here or .elsewhere has the temerity to controvert the position! -

But, sir, as to the propriety of this measure of relief. We all know the depression of the business affairs of the country; we know that the black cloud of adversity has been snspended over us for the last five years; we know that the mines and the mills and the manufact­ories are all at the lowest and most depressed :financial situation. This will not be denied. And such being the situation, vast numbers of laboring-men who have had employment are of necessity thrown out of their occupations. The employes of these branches of trade and indnst.ries, once prosperous and with the abilitt to supply themselves and their families With the necessary wants of life, and some of its luxuries, are now in destitution. It is said, and upon what I accept as good authority, that there are two millions of workingmen in our .country who to-day are in idleness because they cannot get employ­ment. It is no fault of theirs that many of them are wandering about our streets asking for alms. It is a wonder to me, Mr. Speaker1 that they have become reconciled to this humiliating position and .still comply with the laws of the country. Want and starvation, in .many cases, have become their daily companions. Go with me to the

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iron-mills in Pennsylvania, where in the days of prosperity strong men were about the forge, the furnace, the great hammers beating and crushing red-hot blool08, and other machinery rolling them into rails for your thousand miles of roads; when mirth and contentment filled the red-glowing chambers, and when the wolf dare not _approach the humble but well-supplied tenements of the bold, defiant, and stal­wart owners. Or to the mines, where all was industry, happiness, and contentment. How now! Yon shall see idle, half-clad men, with faces of despondency de.Picted on them-not crime-standing in groups at the entrances of the mill and the mine and the machine-shop, wait­ing in the vain hope of procuring employment. And there they are; by day and by night. God help them! When will they have employ­mentf When will theyhaveaidfromtheGovernment, whosechildren they are, by birth or adoption f

When f Why, sir, when the greedy maw of capital shall have drained the Treasury of its la~t farthing, the men of the country may have the wrappers that contained the bundles of legal-tenders, with which they may patch tjle broken panes of their chill, desolate, and inhospitable tenements. -

"Tramps !" Who heard this name applied to a distinctive class in this country till within the last five years' Who are "tramps!" The great majority of them have been men of good habits, mdnstri­ons, kind to their children, and willing to labor, if they but had the chance and the opportunity to procure employment. Having failed in this, and endured privation till it could no longer be endured, they have turned their backs upon their cheerless and desolate homes and wandered away in the hope of finding some one to give them an opportunity to labor. Failing in every effort, they have wandered on till crime became necessary to save life. They committed it, and have been hastened to the prison and the mad-house. Mr. Speaker, yon or I would have done the same thing, before we would submit to death by starvation. "Tramps," tberefore, have become a ~lass in the land. Wandering mendicants, going from door to door begging for alms, when they would willingly labor if they had the oppor­tunity, and reduced to that sordid, squalid condition which poverty alone can impose. It is our duty to protect and take care of our people. Humanity demands it. It is the moral as well .as positive law of our civilization.

We have always had, as a nation, the reputation of liberality. We sent our ships ladened with corn to Greece and Ireland in the day of f~ne. We would do so again if the same state of things should exist in any other country where civilization asserted its dominion. The English Queen and Empress of India furnishes free transporta­tion to all her subjects who cannQt find employment at home, and who desire to emigrate to her provinces. Cannot we do as much for the laboring citizen as she does for the laboring subject f • Shall it be said, in answer, that. the same cause does not exist on this side of the sea Y It is not so. Th~re is an immense amount of suffering in this country. But when one dares proclaim it boldly, capital puts it in the month of some one of its satellites to bawl" demag9gue and lnua­tic." What are they paid for the effort!

'I;his House cannot be insensible to the wretched condition of the great poction of our laboring class. Those members who live in rural districts-far removed from the mills; the mines, the manufactories, and the thickly settled cities, may not be so sensible of it. In the absence of this knowledge they should turn their eye upon the thousands of petitions which lie upon our table for information. I have myself presented more than fifty thonsand names. Men praying for aid-humbly. Bot who has taken the time to read the humble prayer that has come up to us, by more than a hundred thousand of our people! Gilded capital demands and has a hearing. Ann gilded capital does this with freedom and impunity. No man ·who advocates class, and votes millions to it, is called "demag~gue or lunatic." Oh, no! The press is silent; but let the cause of the poor . be made in public halls-and this, in their consideration, is the voice of the madman.

I state here to-day that there is want and destitution. You do know it ; and knowing it, there is a moral and legal duty to help alleviate it-not by building penitentiaries and_ mad-houses, but by enabling this countless multitude to settle down upon God's great farm, thereby becoming thrifty men and surrounded by happy families. It contains more than fifteen hundred inillions of acres. True, the best part of it has been granted away to railroads, corporations, and credit mobiliel'8 as a free gift. There is much of it left. Instead of giving to the poor man some money to build his cabin in the wilderness and procure some seeda to plant and implements to cultivate the soil with, loan him e. few dollars on the security of his homestead. Give your millions of dollars of money and your millions of acres of la.n.d to capital, but lend, pray lend, on ample security, a few dollars to the men in waut, but upon whose broad shoulders and strong arms rest the destiny as well as prosperity of the country. A loan, a very small loan, that is all. Your rich gifts and largesses, let them go elsewhere if you will; if this mnst be. Concede to me, as you must, tbat there is an alarm­ing state of distress and suffering in the country, does not relief be­come an absolute duty f Suppose that some terrible disease should overshadow the country, and men, women, and children were its vic­tims in great numbers, would yon hesitate about granting immediate relief ' Do yon not believe that there is quite as great a calamity now' Do not shut your eyes to it. It is so; and not only here but throughout a great part of Europe. England stands to-day on the

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crest of a volcano. Strikes and bread riots are thin~s of daily occur- corporations, and for State purposes of over two hundred millions of renee; labor two shillings a day and beef two shillings a pound. acres ,6f the best and :rp.ost productive land the sun ever shone upon,. Germany has become restive, and the people are only kept in order and gifts of money to capital of over two hundred millions of dollars. by the largest standing army in time of peace that Europe ever saw. If these acts grl:llting these vast subsidies were nnconstitutiona}t Distress and gloom are there as well as here. Will not our legislat- what have our courts been about f Has the Constitution slept au ors look at the case as it is, and not as capital would represent it 'l this time 7 The lands thus given away have been placed beyond th& Something, you all say, should be done-pray do it. You have the re~ch of the hardy pioneer. He must go now farther west; deeper­power, but lack the inclination. The time will come, and in this into the solitudes. The corporation land is good, near by the' rail~ House, too, when there will be an influence that will neither shake It has a price put upon it bv the owner that is beyond the acqtflSi­nor tremble befttre tho power of money and incorporated power. By t ion of the laboring-man of small means. t his I mean a result· from a fair and honest expression of political What countless blessings would have fallen upon the laboring-men opinion at the polls. Call me no communist-! despise the word! of this country had these gifts by the Government never have been And I equally denounce the idea of agrarianism. They are alike to made. These broad acres thus withdrawn from settlement would me offensive. I want equal and just laws. Class has no rights in this h~ve been occupied with a prosperous, happy, and industrious people ; House that laboring men have not. Capital and poverty should stand wealth would have been added to Government, and thousands of on the same.level. penniless people would have rejoiced in all the necessary wants of

To grant relief to the laboring masses I would do many things not life, but who n~w are in povert;y. Oh, the Constitution, why is it agreeable to me. I have never voted subsidies :nor grants of land in con. strrred by leg1slators and courts to protect the rights of the strong tlie many years of my legisla.tive life. I would to-day vote subsidies and denying its power to aid and comfort the weak! We passed to the Texas Pacific road. I would do so in the hope of putting the the homestead law in 1862; I was in Congress and gave it my support. iron-mills of my own State in motion, thereby furnishing employ- Was that less constitutional than a small loan in 1879 ! I would not ment to idle men-idle because they have no demand for their labor. invade this sacred deed of our fathers, nor does the bill before us I would vote the subsidy for the purpose of eQlploying idle men in make a single inroad upon the tattered shreds and defaced lineaments the construction of the road, aud who, having completed their labor, of this once grand and noble charter. What there is~eft of it I would might find homes in a new and unoccupied country. guard and protect. What of it that has been destroyed, let those

I would vote liberal appropriations for making the navigation of answer who mutilated its fair proportions. the Mississippi thorough and complete, although I would not jus- Mr. BOONE. I would like to ask the gentleman from Pennsylv,ania. tify my vote, under the idea expressed by Mr. Calhoun, that "it is under what provision of the Constitution he would justify an appro-an inland sea," and therefore comes within the constitutional power priation of money for this purpose Y · of Congress. These are reasons which, in my judgment, would jus- Mr.· WRIGHT. Upon the same principle upon which you would tify me in allowing subsidies on the part of the Government. One justify an appropriation to straighten the cbai:mel and course of the of the first duties demanding our attention is to care for the general Mississippi-for the general welfare; upon the same principle th~ welfare. And tell me how you call better accomplish this than to homestead act was passed; upon the same principle that you loaded provide homes for the homeless, food for the hungry, and clothing for our ships 'fith com to feed starving people in foreign lands; upon the naked 1 To give aid and support to any of our suffering people, the !>ame principle you would provide for those smitten with the is a duty we owe them; to refuse this, is an acto£ injustice; and espe- plague; upon the same principle that this Government should pro­cially when destitution has resulted from no delinquency upon their teet the lives of its people; upon the same principle that the public part. How tauntingly cruel to tell laboring-men "to go to work," health and the public prosperity de'mand the passage of such Jaws when they can find no employment! A great disaster bas fallen upon as may be necessary to preserve them. No constitutional barrier­the country. It has overtaken those who employ as well as those stands in the way of legislation by Congress in discharging its duty employed. All feel it alike. Prosperity cannot come so long as half- in the emergencies I have nnmed. · fed, half-clad laboring-men walk the streets in idleness, and their 1\Ir. COX, of New York. Will the gentleman from Pennsylvania wives and children go from door to door begging for bread. And concede that this law was unconstitutional f I£ the homestead bill this is the case in most of our mining districts and manufacturing was constituti~nal why not this in furtherance of itT There are can­towns. There was a time when universal prosperity shone upon us. ditions in the bill which may not be in all respects the best, but there It has gone. And at a time when the granaries of the great West is a clause in the Constitution respecting the ri~ht of Congress to a~~e filled with corn and the shops of the East are overstocked with dispose-of and make all needful rules and regnht10ns respecting the all -kinds of manufactured goods, gaunt and repulsive want stride territory or other property belonging to the United States. If this through the land. All industries seem paralyzed. It is our duty to can be used to give away land as homesteads and to railroads, why make a bold effort for the common relief. not for a great benevolent object and to relieve suffering labor f I

An effort to direct the attention of our people to the cultivation of favor the fair consideration of the bill. the soil is the trne line of legislative policy. Mr. BOONE. l would like to ask the ~entleman from New York if

Our crop of corn the last ·y!3ar was some fifteen hundred million he regards the Constitution as anthorizmg the appropriations con­bushels; our crop of wheat nearly a third of that. The two entire tained in this bill t products, if sold at the price they generally demand in our eastern Mr. COX, of New York. This iaw is in furtherance of the home-markets, would almost cancel the nation's debt. If that debt is ever stead law. paid the products of the earth must do it. How immeasurably small Mr. WRIGHT. I never entertained for a moment the thought that do the results of the money and stocks and speculations on change the bill was unconstitutional. I said in my answer to the last question compare with these! Dust only in the balance I With but a trifling of the gentleman from Kentucky that the bill was as constitutional in commerce upon the sea and but a tithe of our machinery in motion its character as the appropriation of money to clear out the Mississippi upon the land, and our people in great numbers out of employment, Ri"ver and other objects, but it is too late in the day for conceding what a spectacle is presented for onr reflection and consideration I the point that it is unconstitutional after what Congress has done, by The policy of the Government seems to be confined to the sale of the joint action of both Houses, in numerous acts of legislation, if bonds and taking from the channels of trade what little currency these shall stand as precedents, and when the court has solemnly we have that should be employed in the re-establishment of the in- decided that paper money is coin. dustries of the la,nd. Bad, in my opinion, is the lesson which teaches Mr. EDEN. Will the gentleman allow me to ask him a question the man who bas saved $500 to invest it in a Government bond, at 4 upon the constitutional point f per cent., instead of putting it in land for cultivation, or in some Mr. WRIGHT. I do not prnpose to discuss the constitutional point. useful business pursuits. It is so much dead capital; but small bene- further. I would speak of the rights of labor, and if the CQnstitu­:fit to hinl, and none to the country. It is the lesson of speculation. tion comes in con:fiict with quibbles only, under snob an unfounded It is the fatal lesson of indolence; teaching the jdea of living upon pretense, it must stand aside. [Laughter.] But happily the dilemma t he interest upon the bond in the place of manual labor or some nse- for a quibble is not p~nted in this biil, and therefore it is needless. fnJ occupation. Had we an overplus of money beyond the public to speak further in that particular. wants, it might be different; but such is not the fact. The necessi- Mr. EDEN. Then the Constitution must get out of the way. ties of trade demand an increa~e of currency; it- becomes daily less Mr. WRIGHT. As it does not happen to be in the way such an ~nd less. And this continual pinching and contraction of the cirou- inquiry is not pertinent. lation of currency falls with heavy weight upon labor. Every dollar The view expressed by the gentleman from New York [Mr. Cox) hoarded up in bonds is taken from the general stock in trade and . is probably a correct one-that Congress has power over the pnblic withdrawn from the business affairs of the land. _ lands. The grant of the public lands to the settler upon them would

Now, sir, I come to speak of the constitutional objection raised to carry with it tho rigb,t of aid connected with the grant. If the gift the bill. It is a remarkable fact that whenever the interests of the cannot be made ~vailhble nuder the homestead act to all classes of ma.n of toil are brought into question t,he Constitution is thrown our people! it seems to mo that Congress clearly bas the power to across his path. Capital and incorporated associations are not trou- enforce an<l extend the original act so as to meet the provisions of bled with thislstnmbling-block in their way. Credit Mobilier may this bill. The bill is a supplement .to that law. raise its deformed head and throw its bristling mane into the face Mr. Speaker, I do not think there is a member in this Chamber who and eyes of the Constitution, and it disappears. The Constitution! does not realize the lack of our wonted prosperity. I do not believe It received its first great bl6wwhen the Government divided there- there is a member who does not feel in his heart that we should ceipts of the public lands among the States. Most of them took the grant relief in some way to our snffering people, confined mostly to spoils. Some of the States hesitated awhile, bnt finally accepted the the laboring classes. Assuming that this view is correct, tell me in glittering bauble. This has been followed by grants to railroads, what measure you will join me. It bas occurred to me t.hat the plan

1879. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 771 I ha.Te introduced into this bill is the most available. You may differ with me as to this. I am content to follow in your. lead for any others; I will support almost any measure; but in Heaven's name let us do something. This idea of a small loan or mortgage did not originate in my "lunatic br~in." It was the offspring and product of the brain of that great and distinguished "lunatic and dema­go~ue," Benjamin Franklin! A century and a half ago he proposed a hke measlll'e for the settlement of the great. counties of Bucks and Berks, Lancaster and Chester, then in the Province of Pennsylvania. The same propriety for the measure now is as manifest as it wa-s t hen. Land and labor should go hand in hand in this country. The one should not be separated from the other. Our ·common prosperity and future and present greatness rest upon this union.

A distinguished ln.wyer and eminent judge of New Haven, Con­necticut, in writing to me on the subject of this bill, regards it as one of the best and most available means that can be carried out as a remedy for the present distressed state of the country. Undoubt­edly, if we can make our waste lands, with a little help upon our part, the h~ppy homes of ~ suffering people, is it not our absolute duty to do 1t.

For what are governments instituted f Ours is declared to be ~'to establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity."

I cannot believe that this the Forty-fifth Congress, now on the eve of its final adjournment, bas given that close and careful considera­t ion to those measures which would" promote the general welfare" that it should have done. In all the vast sums of money ·we have appropriated the "general welfare" has not had very much atten­t ion. We have provided food and miment liberally for the red man, but what have we done for the white 'I And who come within the broad scope of those constitutional words, the general welfare¥ Two millions of our fellow-countrymen are to-day out of employment and their children crying for bread. They are not excluded, I hope, from the benefits of the general welfare. The truth is that we have become indifferent to the prayers of this class of people. The power of money and that other power, the press, which in too many instances is under the control of capital, intimidates legislative bodies. They tremble before it. The press has many honorable exceptions, I am glad to assert. Let any one dare talk of the rights of common men, he that moment is denounced as a demagogue or insane. Let them thunder t heir anathemas and invectives at me. I can sustain their abuse, nor sbaJ.l it abate a particle of my determination or zeal. My judgment teaches me, and that is my guide, that ·there is want and destitution in the land, and I shall continue on so long as I am a member of this body striving by all honorable means to procure relief for those of our people who are in a suff~ring condition. I cannot charge upon my associates here that they are not in accord with me through any want of honesty of purpose ; nor that they are less generous than I. I wish that they would bestow more attention upon the subject. Gen­erally the advancement of new ideas are of slow growth in the legis­fative mind. The masses are almost alwaysahead in public opinion. They make public opinion.

And, sir, I honestly believe that if the principle of this bill could be submitted to a vote of the people of the Union it would be sus­tained by an overwhelming majority. I was a member of the Thirtv­third Congress. It is more than a quarter of a century ago. Mr. Giddings, of Ohio, was then agitatino- the question of negro emanci­pation. He had less than a dozen followers in the House ; and -prob­ably no man ever received so much personal abuse. But the doctrine that had a dozen supporters in the Thirty-third Congress I suppose has a united voice on the same question in the Forty-fifth. And I, too, was among those who called the old Ohio Representative a "dem­agogue and a lunatic." The probability is that I was somewhat mis­t aken. I think so. I cite this as an instance to exhibit a fact, that we should be very cautious how we condemn measures or men till we fully comprehend them, and be careful how we abuse· them ; and most especially when the mature opinion of a large portion of the educated intelligent people of this country have placed those opin­ions upon the public record. They are seldom wrong ; and, if I do not mistake the conclusion of the popular mind, we shall see that labor will take an equal stand with class and capital, and at no great distance of time ahead. If it does not, then the fault will be their own. It possesses the elements of power; it is only the will that is required to carry out ita purpose.

Mr. Speaker, I do not suppose for a moment that this bill will pass this Honse at this session. I am but too glad to say that my hopes have been fully realized as to the number who will give their votes for it. I know who they wHl be ; and it is a pleasure to me to find about me gentlemen of their intelli~ence. I am not alone. But what­ever may be the force the bill has m the Forty-fifth Congress I shall hope to add to it in the Forty-sixth. I shall not dispute with gentle­men as to our difference of opinion in the measure nor condemn their

. views. That shall not destroy our social relations. But, sir, it is im-pressed upon my mind with all the force and power of conviction that the constitutional clause "to promote the general welfare" carries along with it a command to look after the wants and necessities of the poor fellows who1 through no fault of theirs, are out of employment, and they and therr wives and children praying to a great and opulent Government for bread.

This command-constitutional command-! shall implicitly ohey. I am aware of the low and vulgar abuse that, under the licentious practices of a portion of the American press, I must IJe subjected to. I have counted its cost. My honest convictions are that the principles of the bill are right and just, before God and man. I shall therefore I;Daintain them to the extent of my ability. I shall npt waver in my purpose. My language on all occasions shall be courteous and dig­nified, as becomes the great measure of national relief that I advo­cate. ·Let those who will, use the cant and slang of buffoonery; my words shall be in favor of the great principle I advocate, said in mod­eration, with due courtesy, and, I hope, with sincerity of purpose: I firmly believe that the bill I advocate, with a single amendment I shall at some future time offer, that the privileges conferred shall be in a pro mta proportion to the number of the citizens of each State and Territory, is the best plan yet suggested for national relief.

And now, sir, let its ~ate be what it may; I am pledged to stand by it-so long as I am a member of this body, without lack of faith, or shadow of turning.

The great future is before us. Time only shall test the justice a11:d wisdom of those who may favor or oppose the policy of the measure. I am not a prophet. I form my opinions from the same stand-point as those who will cast their votes in opposition to the measure. But I shall record my vote for it with much sa-tisfaction, because it con­tains the elements of relief; and I leave those who follow me to judge of the propriety of the measure .and am willing to abide that judgment under the consciousness that it will _meet in the end the ap­proval of my countrymen.

The SPEAKER. The thirty minutes allotted the gentleman has expired.

Mr. THOMPSON. I ask that the gentleman be allowed further time.

Mr. WIDTE, of Pennsylvania. I ask unanimoua consent that thirty minutes' further time be given my colleague, [Mr. WRIGHT.]

Mr. TOWNSEND, of New York. I object. 1\Ir. WRIGHT. I am glad you do object; it does me good to have

you object. [Laughter.] Mr. TOWN8END, of New York. \Vell, .I do object. Mr. WRIGHT. I call the previous question. The previous question ·was seconded and the main question ordered. Mr. SAYLER. Is this question on a motion to suspend the rules Y The SPEAKER. The House gave consent for the consideration· of

this bill. 1\Ir. EDEN. And the question now is on the engrossment and third.

reading of the bill . The SPEAKER.· It is. Mr. SAYLER. And will a majority vote pass the bill ! The SPEAKER. It can. · The question was upon ordering the bill to be engrossed and read

a third time. · Mr. WRIGHT. On that question I call for the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered; there being 53 in the affirmative~ Mr. EWING. Before the roll-call is commenced, I ask unanimon&

consent that members may have leave to print in the Co~GRESSIO~AL REcoRD remarks touching the provisions of this bill which they have not had an opportunity nnder the rules to deliver on the floor.

There was no objection ; and leave was granted accordingly. Mr. WRIGHT. And I ask permission to publish the balance of

what I intended to say. [Laughter.] There was no objection. The question was taken; and there were-yeas 23, nays 210, not

voting 55; as follows :

Bannin" Bliss, "'' Bridges, Butler, Collins, Cox, SamuelS.

Acklen, .Aiken Aldrich, Atkins, Baoon,

.,Bagley, Bailey, Baker, John H. Baker, William H. Banks, .Bayne, Bell, Benedict, Bicknell, Blackburn, Blair Blo~t, Boone, Bouck, Boyd. Bragg, Brenta.no, Brewer, Bri<rgs, Bright. Bro~den, BucJIDer,

Errett, Franklin, Harmer, Ittner, Kelley, Killiiiger,

YEAS-23. Luttrell, Ma{lkey, Muller, Phelps, Rainey, Randolph,

NAYS-210.

Burchard, Danford, Burdick, Davidson, Cabell, Davis, Horace Cain, Deering, Caldwell, John W. Denison, Caldwell, W. P. Dibrell, Calkins Dickey, Camp, ' Dunnell, Candler, Durham, Cannon, Dwight, Caswell, Eames, Chalmers, Eden, Chittenden, Elam, Claflin, Ellis, Clark of Missouri, Evans, James L. ClarkeofKentucky,Evins, John H. Clark, Rush Ewing,

· Cobb, Felton, Cole, Fort, Conger, Freeman, CooK, Gardner, Cove:r:t, Garfield. Crapo, Garth, Cravens, Gause, Critt.endeu, ~ Gibson, Cummings, Giddings, Cutler, Glover,

Reilly, Sayler,

=· Wright.

Gunter Hale, ' Hamilton, Hanna., Ha.rdenbergb, Harris, Benj. W. Harris, Henry R. Harris, John T. . 1Iart, Hartzell, Hatcher, Hazelton, Hendee. Henderson, Herbert, Hewitt, Abram S. Hewitt, G. W. Hiscock, House, Hubllell, • Humphrey.

. Hungerford, Hunter, Hunton, James, Jones, Frank Jones, James T.

.·

772 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE:

Jones, JohnS. ,T orgensen, · .Joyce, · Keightley, Kenna, Knapp, Landers, Lathrop, Ligon, Lindsey, Lockwood, Loring, Maish, Manning, M.arsb., Martin, Mayhrun, McCook, ;McGi>wan, McKinley, McMahon, Metcalfe, Milla Mitchell, Money, Monroe,

Morgan, Rollinson, M. S. Morrison, Ryan, Morse, Sampson, Neal, Scales, Norcross, Sexton, Oliver, Shallenberger, O'Neill, Singleton, Overton, Sinnickson, Page, Slemons, Patterson, G. W. Smalls, Patterson, T. M. Smith, A. Herr Peddie, Smith, William E. Pollard, Southard, Pound, Sparks, Powers, Springer , PricA, Starin, Pridemore, St-eele, Pugh, Stenger, Rea. Stepnens, Rea~an, Stewart, Reea, Stone, John W. Rice, Americus V. Swann, Rice, William W. Thompson, . Robbins, Throckmorton, Robertaon, Tipton, Robinson, G. D. Townsend, M. I.

NOT VOT.ING-85.

Ballou, E ickhoff, Hooker , Beebe, Ellaworth, Keifer, Bisbee, Evans, I. Newton Ketcham. Bland, Finley, Kimmel, · Browne, Forney, Knott, Bundy, Foster, Lapham, Campbell, Frye, Lynde, Carlisle, Fuller, Majors, Clark, AlvahA. Goode, McKenzie, Clymer, Harrison, Muldrow, Cox, Jacob D. Haskell, Phillips, Culberson, Hayes, Potter, Da..-is, Joseph J. Henkle, Ridile, Dean, Henry, Roberta,

Tucker; Turner, Vance, Van Vorhes, Waddell, Walker, Ward, Warner, Watson. White, Michael D. Whitthorne; Wigginton, Williams, C. G. Williams, ,James Williams, Jere N. Wi.l.liains, Richard Willis, Albert S. Willis,·.Benj. A . Willits; Wood, Wren, Yeat-es, Young, Casey Young, JohnS.

Ross, Sapp, Shell6y, ~~~· Joseph C.

Thorn'bur.,.h, Townsenl, Amos Townshend, R. W. Veeder, Wait, Walsh, White, Harry Williams, Andrew.

So the bill was not ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. During the roll·call the following announcements were made: ltf.r. STEELE. My ~olleague from North Carolina, Mr. DAVIS, is

.absent by leave of the House. If he were present, he would vote "no." Mr. WRIGHT. How do you know he would f [Laughter.] Mr. COBB. My colleague, ltf.r. FULLER, who is paired with my

:eolleague, Mr. BROWNE, would, if present, vote "no." . Mr. LANDERS. My colleague, Mr. WAIT, bas been compelled to

l eave the House on account of illness. If present, he would vote" no.'' Mr. JONES, of Ohio. My colleague, Mr. KEIFER, is absent by leave

of the House. If present, be would vote "no." Mr."RYAN. My colleag11e, Mr. PHILLIPS, is absent on account of

important business. If be were present, I think he would vote" no." Mr. EVANS, of Pennsylvania. I am paired with my colleague, !lf.r.

CL nmR. If he were present, I should vote rc no." Mr. HUNTER. My colleagues, Mr.l!..,uiLERand Mr. BROWNE, who

are absent, are paired. If present, they would both vote ''' no.'' Mr. EAMES. My colleague, Mr. BALLOu, is absent by leave of the

. House. If present, he would vote ''no." . Mr. HASKELL. I am paired with the gentleman from Kentucky,

Mr. KNOTT. If he were present, I should vote "no." Mr. ELLSWORTH. I am paired with the gentleman from North

Carolina, Mr. DAVIS. If he were present, I should vote" no." :Mr. MULDROW. On this questitm I am paired with the gentle­

man from lllinos, Mr. TOWNSHE~'D. Mr. HUNTON. My colleague, Mr. GoODE, is detained from his seat

by indisposition. If present, I believe he would vote "no." Mr. METCALFE. I am paired with my colleague, Mr. BLA...~D, on

all political questions. Not regarding this as such a question, I vote "no." .

Mr. BUTLER. I desire to vote for the principle of this bill; I do not know the details. I vote" ay."

BUSTh"ESS OF COIII:MITTEE 0~ COINAGE, WEIGHTS, A...~D MEASURES.

The SPEAKER. The Chair has decided that when the House under a sURpension of the rules or by unanimous consent, which is equiva­lent thereto, fixes a particular time for the consideration of a bill, the right to raise the question of consideration when the bill is reached is thereby waived, ~eca.use the order fixes a definite time for the con­sideration of the particular measure. If its consideration was from day ~o day, then the Chair would submit the question of considera­tion at any time because thereby it would not lose in tile future a time for consideration; but the measure being fixed for tha.t particular time the Chair holds that the House in making the order debars itself from

I preventing the consideration of the measure by raising the question of consideration, and must either defeat the proposition upon a motion to lay on t he table or other like adverse motion, or prevent the con­tinuance of the ession by a motion to adjourn.

Mr. GARFIELD. The Cha.ir may be right in this ruling, but it has seemed t<> me that the right to raise the question of consideration con­nects itself wit h all business coming before the House.

The SPEAKER. The Chair thinks that the ruling is perfectly equitable in its operation. When und.er a suspension of the rules or by unanimous consent, which is equivalent to a suspension of the rules the House determines that particular business shall be taken up a.t ~ special t ime, it works no hardship to any one to construe that ordel' as suspending the rule which gives the right to raise the question of consideration. If a majority of tbe House a.re against the bill when it comes up, they can defeat the measure· by voting to lay it on the table, or can adopt a motion to adjourn, whereby the business fixed for that particular time loses its place.

Mr. BURCHARD. When a bill which has been made a special order in this way comes up for consideration, ·would not a motion to postpone be in order if a member obtained the floor to make it !

The SPEAKER. If a. member had the floor to make that motion, it would be in order. The order fixing a. time for the consideration of particular business merely va.cates the right which undei' the rules allows a member to raise the question of consideration. The Hoilse in making the order determines that the business shall be considered at the time appointed. .

Mr. GARFIELD. I would like the Speaker to state whether this is a. new ruling or whether it is in accordance with former rulings T

The SPE~KER. The present occupant of the chair does not re­member that he has ever made any other ruling. He has recentlv given a great deal of consideration to this particular question, and thinks that the ruling now under consideration is not only in har ­mony with the rules b1;1t equitable in its operation. It will tend to make the House careful in fixing special orders ; for it will be under­stood that when by suspension of the rules or by unanimous consent a special order is fixed for a. particular day and time, on that day the order brings that business up at the time appointed.

Mr. GARFIELD. Of course I do not wish to controvert the posi­tion of the Chair; but it seems to me that when we make special or­ders we always make tht-m subject to the rules of the Hom~e, and one of those rules gives the right to raise the question of consideration.

The SPEAKER. The measure, when it comes up at the time fixed, is considered under the rules of the House; nothing is waived except the tig~t to raise the question of considei'ation.

1\Ir. CONGER. The proposition of the gentleman from Georgia having been modified so as to provide that the question of consider­ation may be raised upon any business brought up at the time sug­gested, I make no further objection.

The SPEAKER. The Chair wishes to add a single remark upon this point. When the House fixes a time for the consideration of par­ticular business, it practically suspends a.t that very instant the rule which gives the right to raise the question of consideration.

Mr. CONGER. 'Vhat was added was added a.t my suggestion that in the motion to suspend the rules or to give unanimous consent the question of consideration in each case was reserved.

The SPEAKER. That is part of the order in this case. Mr. CONGER. That is what I say; that in .each case thn.t ques-

tion can be raised. · The SPEAKER. The gentleman has this assignment made for that

evening with the understanding that so far as that evening is con­cerned any bill the committee may report shalt have the right re­served to have the question of consideration raised against it.

The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Georgia [1\Ir. STEPHENS] asks to submit in a modified form his proposition to fix the evening of Friday, the 7th of February, for the consideration of reports from the Committee on Coinage, 'Veights, ::u~d Measures. The Chair ts a.dvised that the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. CONGER] who made the ob-jection a.while ago is willing now to withdraw it. •

Mr. STEPHENS, of Georgia. I ask the Clerk to read the proposed order as modified.

Mr. HALE. All questions of order being reserved. The SPEAKER. Of course. Mr. HALE. I wish the gentleman would set a day instead of a n

evening, but I do not feel like objecting on that account. The gen­tleman from Georgia on looking it over has determined what is best for him to do, but I wish to say from my experience these a.ssignment of special orders, unless for the ordinary business of the House which must go through, fail t.o bring out a quorum of members, and the even­ing sessions are spent in wrangling over questions of order or in call of the House. I do not think it is proper to set apart eveninss which will be so abused. In this case I will waive my objection m defer­ence to the gentleman from Georgia.

The Clerk read as follows : Ordered, That Friday evening, February 7, at half pal!t seven o'clock, be specially

set aside for reports from the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures ; but action on any report so made shall be subject to the question of consideration at tbe time proposed. . _

Mr. STEPHENS, of Georgia. The gentleman from Michigan [Mr. CONGER] agrees to the proposition with the modification which has been read; and our committee has no objection to it in that form.

Mr. CONGER. To the order as modified I make no objection. The SPEAKER. The Chair hears no objection to the adoption of

the order proposed by the gentleman from Georgia. Mr. GARFIELD. I desire ~o ask whether it has been decided by the

Chair that when a special order is made the question of consideration cannot be raisea when the subject comes up at the time assigned f

The SPEAKER. The gentleman will observe that it rests witlf'the body of the House, and not with the Chair. " .

Mr. HALE. Yes, sir; and I am taking to myaelf some blame for yielding out of good nature t<> the gentleman from Georgia, which I am going to do, but hereafter I will not do it.

The motion of Mr. S~PHE~S, of Georgia, was then agreed to

1879. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE. 773 HEAD-STONES OVER GRAVES OF U~"'ON SOLDIERS.

Mr. HASKELL. I move, Mr. Speaker, to uspend the rules and pass a bill (S, No. 1060) authorizing the Secretary of War to erect head-stones over the graves of Union soldiers who have been interred in private, village, or city cemeteries. I wish to say it involves no appropriation.

The bill was read, a.s follows : That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to erect head-stones over the

waves of soldiers who served in the regular or volunteer Army of the United States during the war for the Union, and who have been buried in private, villaue, or city cemeteries, in the same manner as provided by the law of March 3, 1873,for those interred in national military cemeteries; and for this purpose, and for the expenses incident to such work so much of the appropriation of .~1, 000,000 made in the act above mentioned, as has not been expende<l, and as may be necessary, is hereby mado available.

The Secretary of War shall cause to be pre er'\cd in the records of his Depart­ment the names and places of burial of all soldiers for whom such head-stones shall have been erected by the authority of this or any former act.

The rules were susp~mled, (two-thirds voting in favor thereof,) and the bill was passed.

:XEW P UBLIC .BGILDL"GS.

Mr. WHITTHORNE. I rnove to uspend the rules and pass the bill which I send to the Clerk's desk to be read.

The Clerk read as follows: A bill (H. R. 1.: o. -) entitlell an act for the erection of certain public buildings

· therein specified. B e i t enacted, etc. , That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,.author­

ized and directed to purchase sites for and cause to be erected suitable buildings, with proper fire-proof •aults, at the places and for the purposes hereinafter speci­fied. the several sites and buildings thereon when completed, upon plans and speci­fications to be pre'\iously made and approve<l by the Secretary of the Treasury, not to exceed the amounts hereinafter speoified.

For custom-house, post-office, Umted States court-rooms, at Augusta, Georgia, not to exceed 100,000.

For coUit-rooms and other purposes of the United States at Orlord, Missi sippi, not to exceed 50,000.

For court-rooms and other purposes of the united States at Key "-rE:st, Florida, not to exceed$100,COO.

:Forcourt-roomsandotherpurposes of t.he United States atLynchburgh, Virgirua, not to exceed 75,000.

For post-office, United States court-rooms, land office, ancl revenue offices at Montgomery, Alabama, not to exceed 150,000.

For post-office, United States court-rooms, internal-revenue offices, and other pUI'· poses of the united States at .Brooklyn, NewYork,nottoexceed the sum of $250,000 ..

F or court-rooms and other purposes of the United tates at La. Crosse, Wiscon­F.in. not to exceed $65,000.

F or court-rooms and other purposes of the United tates at Erie, Pennsyh·ania, not to exceed $150,000.

F or court-rooms and other purposes of the united States at Greensborough, Xorth Carolina, not to exceed $50,000.

For court-rooms and other purposes of the United States at Council :Bluffs, Iowa, JJOt to exceed $75,000.

And one-half of the said several sums affixed as the limits of each building an<l l'i t-e herein provided for is hereby appropriated out of any moneys not otherwise • ppropriated for the purposes hereof, except for the building at Oxford, Mississippi, for which the sum of $50,000 is appropriated: Provided, Said appropriations shall not be a'\:tilable until valid titles to the sit~s of sai<l several buildings shall be vested in the United States and until the said se.-eral States wherein they are situatoo sllall severally have conceded to the United States exclusive ,jurisdiction over the same during tbe timo the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of the said several States and the service of any criminal process thereon.

Mr. MILLS. Is there any provision in that bill for any building in the State of Texas 7 [Laughter.]

The SPEAKER. The Chair is una.ble to a.nswer with certainty but thinks there is not. •

)lr. EDEN. Let me make a parliamentary inquiry. Mr. GARFIELD. Is this the report of any committee f Mr. RICE, of Ohio. There is nothing in the bill for the State of

Ohio either. The SPEAKER. The Chair is unable to answer. Mr. EDEN. As there are in thii bill ten or fifteen new buildings

provided for, I should like to know from the Chair whether there is any mode under the motion made by the gentleman from Tennessee by w hioh we · can have a separate vote on each particular building ?

::\Ir. \VHITTHORNE. I object. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Illinois has the right to ask a

parliamentary question. Mr. EDEN. Is there any way by which we can have a separate

vote on each building Y The SPEAKER. The motion of the gentleman from Tennessee is

not susceptible of division. .Mr. EDEN. If the proposition of the gentleman from Tennessee is

voted down, can we have a separate vote on each proposition f ·The SPEAKER. In that event the bill will not be before the

House at all. Mr. GARFIELD. I think· the House ought to know if this is a

report of the Committee on Publio Buildings and Grounds. Mr. HUMPHREY. This is a report from the Committee on Ppblic

Buildings and Grounds. That committee reported these bills favor­ably last session.

The SPEAKER. Debate is not in order. Mr. MILLS. I move that the House do now adjourn. The question being takeu on the motion of Mr. MILL , there were­

ayes 115, noes 50. Mr .. SAPP. I call for the yeas a.nd nays. On the question of ordering the yea.s and nays there were ayes

32; not one-fifth of the last vote.

Mr. FORT. I call for tellers on the yt!as and nays. Tellers were orde1·ed; and Mr. WHITIHOIDi'E and ~lr.llrLLs W9re

appointed._ Mr. KILLINGER. I rise to make a parliamentary inquiry. If this

question goes over and we adjourn now, wi1l it not come up next Monday 'I

The SPEAKER. It will. l\Ir. KILLINGER. What is the use, then, of adjourning now r The Honse divided; and the tellers reported-ayes 35, noes 136. So the affirmative being more than one-fifth of the whole vote, the

yeas and nays were ordered. The question was taken; and there were-yeas 154, nays 80, not

voting 54 ; as follows: YEAS-15-!.

Acklen, E<len, Atkins, Errett, Bacon, E'\llns, J"ames.L. :Bailt;y, E'\ins, J"ohn H. :Bake1·, J"ohn H. Ewing, . :Bayne, Foster, Bell, Fuller, :Benedict, Gardner, :Bicknell, Gar field, :Blair Garth, :BlisS: Gunter, :Blount, Hale, :Boyd, Hamilton, :Brig~s. Hanna, Cabell, Harris, :Benj. W. Cain, Hart. Caldwell, W. P. Hazelton, Calkins, Hendee, Cannon, Henderson, Caswell, Hewitt, Abram S. Chalmers, Hewitt., G. W. Claflin, Herbert, Clark of Missouri, Hiscock, UlarkeofKentuckyrHooker, Clark, Rush House, f'_,obb, Hubbell, Collins, Humphrey, Covert, Hungerford, Cox, Samuel S. Hunter, Crapo, Hunton, Cummings, Ittner, Danford, ;Tones, ;TamesT. Davidson, .Tones, ;r ohn S. Davis, Hora<l6 Joyce, Deering, KeJ~htley, Dibrell, Keuey, Dickey, Kenna, Dwight, Ketcham, Emnes, Kimmel,

Knapp, Landers, Lathrop, Lindsey, Loring. Luttrell, Maish, :Majors, Manning, Marsh, May ham, :McCook, McGowan, McKinley, :McMahon, Metcalfe, Mills Mitchell, Money, Monroe, Morgan, llorstt, :Muller, Norcross, O'Neill, Overton, Page, Pollard, Potter, Powers, Price, Rainey, Rea, Reilly, Rice, Americus V. Rice, William W. Ryan, Sampson, Sapp,

NAYS--80. Aiken, Aldrich, :Bagley, :Baker, William H. :Banks, Banning, :Bisbee, :Boone, :Bouck, Bragg, :Brentano, :Brewer, Bridges, :Bright, . :Brogden, :Buckner, :Bundy, :Burchard, :Burdick , :Butler,

:Ballou, :Beebe, Blackburn,. :Bland, :Browne, Carlisle, Chittenden, Clark, .Alvah A. Clymer, Cook, Cox, J"acob D. Culberson, Davis, J"oseph J". Eickhofr:

Caldwell, J"ohn W. Camp, Campbell, Candler, • Cole, Con)!er, Cravens, Crittenden, Cutler, Dean, Denison, Dunnell, Durham, Elam, Ellis, Felton, Finley, Fort .. Franklin, Freeman,

Gibson, Giddings, Hardenbergh, Harmer Harris, Henry R. Harris, J4>hn T. Hatcher, James, Jones, Frank ;r orgensen, Killinger, Ligon, Lockwood, Martin Morris~n; Patterson, G. W. Patterson, T. M. Phelps, Pound, Pridemore,

NOT VOTING-54. Ellsworth, E '\ans, I. X ewton Forney, Frye, Gause. Glo'\er, Goode, Harrison, Hartzell, Haskell, Ha.yes, Henkle, Henry, Keifer,,

Knott, · Lapham, Lynde, Ma-ckey, McKenzie, Muldrow, Neal, Oliver, Peddie, Phillips, Riddle, P..oberts, Ro s, ~helley,

So the motion was agreed to.

Sayler, Sexton, Shallenberger, Singleton, Slemons, Smalls, Smith, A. Herr Southaro, Sparks, ~~er, Steele: Stenaer, Stepfiens, Stone, J"oseph C. Stone, ;r ohn 'V. Strait, Thompson, Throckmorton, Townsend, Amos Townsend; M. I. Tucker, Turner, Turney, Van V.:orhes, Waddell, Ward, Warner, Watson, White, .Michae~ D. Wig~ ton, Willfums, C. G. Willis, Albert S. Willits Wood,' Wren. Wright.

Pugh, llandolpb, ::N.an,

Robbins, Robertson, Robinson, &. D. Rbbinson, M. S. Scales Sinnickson, Stewart, Tipton, Walker, White, Harry Whitthome, Williams, J"ere N. Williams, Richard Willie, :Benj. A. Wilson, Yeates.

Smith, William E. Swann, Thornburgh, Townshend , H. W. Vance, Veeder, Wait, Walsh, Williams, Andre'v William8, ;Tames Young, Casey Young, J"ohn S.

During the roll-call the following announcements were made: Mr. HARTZELL. I am paired with Mr. PHILLIPS. If he were

here I would vote 11 no." Mr. OLIVER. I am paired with Mr. CARLISLE. Mr. ELLSWORTH. I am paired with Mr. DAVIS, of North Caro­

lina. Mr. MULDROW. I am paired with. Mr. TOWNSHE...'ID, of Illinois. :Mr. GUNTER. I desire to announce that my coileague, Mr. GAUSE,

is absent on account of f:lickness. Mr. EAMES. I desire to announce that my colleague, 1\ir. BALLou,

is absent by leave of the House. ~IESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.

A message from t he Senate, by Mr. SYMPso:s-, one of its clerks, an-

774 OONG~ESSIONAL REOORD-~OUSE~ JANUARY 2-7,

nounced that the Senate had passed bills of the Honse of the follow­ing titles, with amendments. in which tbe concurrence of the House was req nested :

A bill (H. R. No. 5180) to abolish the volunteer navy of the United S~es;~ ·

A bill ( H. R. No. 1679) for the relief of Catharine ana Sophia Ger-main. ·

The meRSage further announced that the Senate· had passed bills of the following titles; in which he was directed to ask concurrence of the House: .

A bill (S. No. 1662) making an appropriation for the purchase of a site and for the erection thereon of a military post at El Pa-so, Texa-s ; and

A bill (S. No. 1624) to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase land adjacent to the custom-house in the city of Provi­dence~ Rhode Island.

LEAVE OF ABSE...."\CE.

The SPE~. Before announcing the result of the vote, the Chair desires to ask leave of absence for Mr. CARLISLE indefinitely, on account of important business.

There was no objection, and leave was granted. The result of the vote was then announced ; and accordingly (at

three o'clock and fifteen minutes p.m.) the House adjourned.

PETITIONS, ETC.

The following petitions, &c., were presented at the Clerk's desk, under the rule, and referred as stated: .

By Mr. BACON: The petition of H. K. & F. B. Thurber & Co. and others, wholesale grocers and sugar brokers of New York City, that the tariff on sugars be regulated on the ad 'l:awrmn principle-to the Committee of Ways and Means.

AlsG, the petition of Ethridge, Fuller & Co. and others, of Rome, New York, of similar import-to the same committee.

By Mr. BAILEY: The petition of G. A. Birch and others, wholesale grocers of Albany, New York;of similar import-to the same com­mittee.

By Mr. BAKER, of Indiana: The petition of the sugar dealers of Indianapolis, Indiana, of similar import-to the same committee.

By Mr. BANKS: Memorial of John Beeson, remonstrating against the injustice done to the Indian tribes of this country-to the Com-mittee on Indian Affairs. ·

Also, the petition of the women of Wint hrop society and church, Charlestown district, Boston, MaBSachusetts, for such legislation as will make effective the anti-polygamy law of 1862-to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. BANNING: The pet ition of wholesale grocers and dealers in sugar, of Columbus, Ohio, that the tariff on sugars be regulated on the ad t'tll-orem, principle-to the Committee of Ways and Means.

Also, the petititm of wholesale grocers 3!D.d dealers in sugar, of Cin­cinnati, Ohio, of similar import-to the same committee.

Also, the pet;i.tion of wholesale grocers and dealers in sugar, of To­ledo, OhiQ, of similar import-to the same committee. . Also, the petition of wholesale grocers and dealers in SUg'M, of Steubenville, Ohio, of similar import-to the same committee.

Also, the petition of the National Workingmen's Assembly of the District of Columbia, for the organization of a bureau of industrial statistics-to the Committee on Education and Labor.

By .Mr. BICKNELL: The petition of ~tho:J;!y Behme and others, wholesale grocers and dealers in sugar of Evansville, Indiana, that the duty on sugars be regulated on the ad '1:al01·mn principle-to the Committee of Ways and Means.

Also, the petition of Condnitt, McKnight & Co. and others, grocers and dealers in sugar of Indianapolis, Indiana, of similar import-to the same committee.

By MI'. BLACKBURN: The petition of wholesale grocers and deal­ers in sugar, of Washington, District of Columbia, of similar import­to the Committee for the District of Columbia.

By M,r. BLAIR: The petition of John Givens, F. C. Brittain, and others, citizens of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for the passage of the Senate bill providing for the appointment of a commi.Hsion of inquiry concerning the alcoholic liquor traffic-to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Also, the petition of A. H. Cragin and others, for compensation for damages done to their property east of the Capitol, in Washington, District of Columbia, by the cutting down a'nd excavation of streets contiguous thereto-to the Committee for the District of Columbia.

By Mr. BLOUNT: The petition of the wholesale grocers of Macon, Georgia, that the tariff on sugar be regulated on the ad 1:alore~n prin­ciple-to the Committee of Ways and Means.

Also, the petition of Casimire Givesi, to have refunded to him cer­tain moneys alleged to have been illegally collected from him by United States revenue officials-to the Committee of Claims. .

By Mr. BOYD: The petition of Mrs. L. 0. Thompson and other ladies, ·of Peoria, lllinois, for legislation to make effective the anti-polygamy law of 1862-to the Committee on the Judiciary. ·

By Mr. BREWER: The petition of John Stephens and others: mer­chants of Detroit, Michigan, that the tariff on sugars be regulated on the ad valorem principle-to the Committee of Ways and Means.

Also, the petition of 25 ladies of the Ei~hteenth street Baptist

church mission, Detroit, Michigan, fo~ legislation to snpp~ess polyg-amy-to the Committee on the J ndiciary. .

Also, the petition of John Barton, for a pension-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. BRIDGES: The petition of wholesale grocers of New York, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh, that the tariff on sugar be r._8$nlated on the ad val01·mn principle-to the Committee of Ways and Means.

By Mr. BUNDY: The petition of sugar dealers of New York and Albany, New York, of similar import-to the same committee.

By Mr. BURDICK: The petition of J. T. Anderson and 101 others, citizens of Buchanan, Iowa, for the amendment of the patent laws so as to protect innocent purchasers of patented articles-to the Com­mittee on Patents.

By Mr. CALKINS: The petition of Dr. J. H. Loughridge and othei:S, for an increase of fees for examining pension applicants-to the Com­mittee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. CAMP: The petition of Mrs. I. Dn~y and other women, of Meridian, New York, for legislation to make effective the anti-polyg­amy law of 1862-to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. CANDLER: The petition of P. and G. T. Dodd & Co. A. Haas & Brother, A. C. and B. J:i'._ Wyly & Co., and other sugar dealers of Atlanta, Georgia, that the tariff on sugars be regulated on the ad '!."al01·ent principle-to the Committee o~ Ways and Means. ·

By Mr. CANNON, of Illinois: The petition of Ollie Jones, Mrs. James· Shaw, and 200 others, of Rossville, illinois, for legislation to make effective the anti-polygamy law of 1862-to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Also, the petition of L. J. Bond and others, of Piatt County, Illinois, that the name of Cyrus S. Huffman be lllaced on the pension-roll­to the Committee on In valid Pensions.

By Mr. CLARK, of Iowa: The petition of Mrs. J. W. Dobbin and other ladies, of State Centre, Iowa, for legislation to make effective the anti-polygamy law of 1862-to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. COLE : The petition of sugar dealers of Missouri, that the tariff on sugars be regulated on the ad 'l."alorem principle-to the Com­mittee of 'Vays and Means.

By Mr. CONGER: The petition of John Stephens and 39 others, wholesale w-ocers of Detroit, Michigan, of simiL'U" import-to the same committee.

By Mr. CRAPQ: The petition of Samuel D. Smith, president of the New York uoardof underwriters, and of merchants and ship-owners ofNew York, for an appropriation forthe improvement of Nantucket Harbor-to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. CRITTENDEN: The petition of Samuel Charlton, fo r a pension-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. DANFORD: The petition of sugar dealers of Steubenville, Indiana, that the tariff on sugar be regulated on the ad mlorem prin­ciple-to the Committee of Ways and Means.

By Mr. DEAN: The petition of Wadley Andrews & Co. and 44 other mercantile houses, of Boston, Massachusetts, of similar import­to the same committee.

Also, the petition of Mary Ann Murphy, for a pension-to the Com­mittee on Invalid Pensions.

Also, the petition of John C. Moulton and others, assignees in bank­ruptcy of the Bellerica and Bedford Railway Company, for compen­sation for c:uryiug United States mails-to the Committee on the Post­Office and Post-Roads.

By Mr. DENISON: The petition of Louisa Cook and 53 other women, of South Strafford, Vermont, for legislation to make effective the anti-polygamy law of 1862-to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. DICKEY: The petition of Mrs. E. Grand Girard and 70 other women, of Kingston, Ohio, of similar import-to the same•committee.

By Mr. ELAM: The petition of William H. Young and F. Llewellen Young, to be refunded moneys expended by them for the benefit of the United States-to the Committee on War Claims.

By Mr. ELLIS: The petition of Dr. T. S. Verdi, for compensation for services rendered and expenses incurred as special sanitary com­missioner for the District of Columbia-to the Committee for the Dis­trict of Columbia.

By Mr. ERRETT: The petition 6f the wholesale grocers of Pitts­burgh, Pennsylvania., against the passage of the bill (H. R. No. 6134) to regulate the duties on sugar-to the Committee of Ways and 1\!eans.

By 1\Ir. EVANS, of Indiana: The petition of ladies of Noblesville, Indiana, for legislation to make effective the anti-polygamy law of 1862-to the Committee on the Judiciary. . ·

By Mr. EVANS, of PennsylvaiPa: The petition of ladies of Mont­gomery County , Pennsylvania, of similar import-to the same com­mittee.

By Mr. EWING : The petition of sugar dealers of Ohio, that th9 tariff on snga.r be regulated on the ad valQ)·em principle-to the Com­mittee of Ways and .Means.

Also, the petition of the wholesale grocers and dealers in sugar, of Columbus, Ohio, of similar import-to the same committee.

By Mr. FREEMAN: The petition of sugar dealers of Pennsylvania, of similar import--to the same committee.

By Mr. GARFIELD : The petition of Sadie E. Ganger and 45 other ladies, of Kirtland, Ohio, for legislation to make effective the anti­polygamy law of 1862-to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. GLOVER : The petition of women of Hannibal, Miasouri, of similar import-to the s..'l.me committee. ·

1879. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSEo 775 By Mr. HANNA: 'rhe petition of the wholesale grocers of Indian­

apolis, Indiana, that the tariff on sugar be regulated on the ad 'IJal­~~·ent principle-to the Committee of Ways and Means.

Hy .Mr. HARMER: Memorial of wholesale grocers and dealers in sugar in the city of Philadelphia, protestin~ ~gainst the recommenda­tion of the Secretary of the Treasury that high-grade ~nd low-grade sugars be admitted at one rate of duty, which would do away with the refining of low-grade su~ars in the United States, and diverl it to Cuba, England, and elsewhere-to the aame committee.

Bv Mr. HART: The petitions of sugar dealers of New York, Albany, Troy, and Rome, New York, of similar import-to the same commit­tee.

Also, the petition of sugar dealers of Rochester; New York, of shu­lilar import-to the same committee.

By Mr. HERBERT: The petition of Le Grand & Co., Schloss & Kahn, N. Greil & Brother, Tatum & 'Villiam on, William B. Jones & Brother, J. Loeb & Brother, Warren & Burch, and Rice & Wil­on, dealers in sn~ar, of Montgomery, Alabama, of similar import­

to the same committee. By Mr. HEWITT, of Alabama: The petition of wholesale grocers

and dealers in sugar, of Montgomery, Alabama, of similar import­to the same committee.

By Mr. illSCOCK: Petitions of sugar dealers of New York and Syracuse, New York, of similar import-to the same committee.

By Mr. HUNTON: Petitions of sugar dealers of New York, Phila­delphia, Pittsburgh, and of Alexandria, Virginia, of similar import­to the same committee.

By Mr. KIDDER: The petitions of Porter Warner and 132 others; of G. M. Wood and 112 others; of William Wallace and 50 others; of D. C. Henning and 47 others; of George Holland and 111 others; of James Clancy and 103 others; of M. Fitz and 20 others; of R. S. McCafferty and 56 others; of William White and 90 others; of George Oberyand 31 others; of Henry Emerson and 10 others; of T.H. Clark .and HO others; of J. W. Johnson and 107 othersi of Brown & Thurn a.nd 1~6 others; of George Stone and 121 othe~_; of Gaorge W. Hackett .and 100 others; of Hugh R. Blanding and ~ others; of Charles P. Higgins and 12 others; of John Johnson and 25 others; of R. E. Grim­shaw and 107 others; of H. M. Lazell and 13 others; of C.M.Prickett .and 14 others; of G. C. Boland and 16 others; of Harry Brnndon and 24 others; of L. W. Valentine and 80 others; of David Hunter and 106 others; of John Morrison and 109 others; of D. T. Morrison and 105 others; of Thomas K. Wilson and 41 others; of Fawcett & Holden .and 69 others; of C. G. Ankimey and 106 others, for an increase of .appropriation for Government survey in the Black Hills, in the Ter­ifitocy of 'Dakota-to the Committee on Appropriations.

Also, a paper from the survey~1f:neral of Dakota, estimating the r.necessary surveys in the Black · -to the same committee.

By Mr. KIMMEL: Papers relating to the pension claim of Robert Hardie-to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

By Mr. LAPHAM: Resolutions of the Board of Trade of Kansas ~ity, favoring the opening of the Indian Territory to settlement-to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

By Mr. LIGON: The petition of sugar dealers of Alabama, that the tariff on sugar be regulated en the ad valorem principle-to the Committee of Wa:vs and Means.

By Mr. LINDSEY: The petition of citizen of Matinicus, Maine, for an appropriation for the protection of the harbor at said place­to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. MAYHAM: The petition of George C. Ellison, for compen­sation as chief engineer of the House of Representatives from the 1st day of April, 1877-to the Select Committee on the Ventilation of the Hall. .

By Mr. McGOWAN: The petition of the wholesale ~rocers and deal­·ers in sugar of Detroit, Michigan, that the tariff on sugar be r!~nlated ~n the ad valormn principle-to the Committee of Ways and Means.

By Mr. MONROE: The petition of Mr8. 0. V. Rice and 12 other women, of Penfield, Ohio, for such legislation as will make effective the anti-polygamy law of 1862-to the Committee on thA Judiciary.

By Mr. MORSE: A paper from Jordon Marsh & Co. and 100 other firms, of Boston, Massachusetts, protesting against the recent ruling ~f the4>ostmaster-General in reference to postage on matter printed by the papyrographic process-to the Committee on the Post-Office .and Post-Roads.

Also, the petition of wholesale groce~s and dealers in sugar, of Bos­ton, :Massachusetts, tbat the duties on sugar be r~~ulated on the acl t•alo·rern principle-to the Committee of Ways and Means.

By Mr. O'NEILL: The petition of wholesale grocers and dealers in <Sugar, of the cit.y of Philadelphia, of similar import-to the same .committee. .

By Mr. PRICE: The petition of citizens of Muscatine, Iowa, for .an appropriation to improve the harbor at that place-to the Com­mittee on Commerce.

By Mr. REED: The petition of John Winslow Jones, for an exten­sion of a pa.tent for packing green sweet-corn-to the Committee on Patents.

Also, the petition of GeorgeS. Hunt & Co. and other refiners and grocers, of Portland, Maine, that the tariff on sugars be regulated on the ad vawrern principle-to the Committee of Ways and Means.

By Mr. RICE, of Massachusetts: The petition of Mrs. H. M. St.one a.nd others, of Sanndersville, MaBSaehusetts, for the suppression of

. polygamy-to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By MqRICE, of Ohio: The petition of sugar dealers of Ohio, that the tariff on sugar be regulated on the ad t•alorent principle-to the Committee of Ways and Means.

By Mr. SAMPSON: The petition of a citizen of Ohio, that the re­port of his self-examination be read before the committee to inveSti­gate the canes of the hartl times-to the committee to inquire into the cause of the present depression of labor.

Also, the petition of Ida Wilson and 37 other wome:p., of the Pres­byterian churcJ:t of Martins burgh, Iowa, for legislation to make effect­ive the anti-polygamy law of 1862-to the Committee on the Judi­ciary.

By Mr. SAYLER: The petition of sugar dealers of Ohio, that the tariff· on sugars be regulated on the ad valoren~ principle-to the Com­mittee of Ways and Means.

Also, the petition of wholesale grocers of Cincinnati, Ohio, of simi­lar import-to the same committee.

By Mr. S~fiTH, of Pennsylvania: The petition of sugar dealers of Philadelphia, Pennsyl>auia, of similar imporl-to the same com­mittee.

Also, the petition of sugar dealers of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, of similar import-to the same committee.

By Mr. SMITH, of Georgia : The petition of wholesale grocers, of Savannah, Georgia, of similar import-to the same committee.

By Mr. STENGER: The petition of the sugar dealers of Pennsyl­vania, of similar import-to the same committee.

By .Mr. STONE, of Michigan : The petition of wholesale grocers and dealers iu sugar, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, of similar import-to the same committee.

By Mr. THOMPSON: The petition of the susar dealers of Phila­delphia, .Pittsburgh, and New York, of similar 1mporl-to the same committee.

By Mr. THROCKMORTON: The petition of W. A. Crank, W. G. Webb, H. S. Fox, and others, citizens of Houston, Texas, that juris­diction be given to the Court of Claims, or some other impartial tri­bunal, to hear and determine the rights of claimants to the proceeds of the sale of captured and abandoned properly-to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. TOWNSEND, of New York: The petition of ladies of Lan­sing1Jurgh1 New York~ for the enforcement of the laws against polyg­amy-to tne same committee.

Also, the petition of the su&'ar dealers of Troy, New York, that tile tariff on sugars be regnlatea. on the ad 1:alorem, principle-to the Committee of 'Vays and Means .

By Mr. TUCKER: The petition of merchants of Lynch burgh, Vir­ginia, of similar import-to the same oommittee.

Also, the petition of merchants of Richmond, Virginia, of sim4I.n· import-to the same committee.

Also, the petition of merchants of Alexandria, Virginia, of similar import-to the same committee.

Also, the petition of merchants o( Norfolk, Virginia, of similar im­port-to the same committee.

By Mr. TURNEY: The petition of the sugar dealers of Pennsyl-vania, of similar import-to the same committee. .

B;y- Mr. VANCE: The petition of John M. Taylor, for an increase of pension-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. VAN VORHES: The petition of A. Nickerson and others, citizens of Ohio, for the establishment of a post-route from McCon­nellsville, via Hooksburgh and Olivet Church~ to Lake Chute Dam, Ohio-to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads.

Also, the petition of sugar dealers of Ohio, that the tariff on sugar be regulated on the ad t•alorent principle-to the Committee of Ways and Means.

By Mr. WALKER: The petition of the wholesale grocers of Rich-mond, Virginia, of similar import-to the same committee. ,

By Mr. 'V ARD: The petition of sugar dealers of Pennsylvania, of . similar import-to the same committee.

By Mr. WATSON: The petition of sugar dealers of Pennsylvania, of similar import-to the oo.me committee.

By Mr. WHITE, of Pennsylvania: The petition of 52'2 citizens of the United States, residing in New York, Philadelphia. East Boston, Boston, Newburyport, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Portland, Sears­port, Bath, Richmond, Freeport, and Thomaston, Maine, for the pas­sage of the bill·to regulate interstate commerce and to prohibit nn­j nst discriminations by common carriers-to the Committee on Com­merce.

By Mr. WHITE, of Indiana: The petitition of 0. W. Pierce and others, that the tariff on sugars be regulated on the ad t·alol'em prin­ciple-to the Committee of Ways and Means.

By Mr. WILLIAMS, of Alabama: The petition of wholesale grocers and dealers in sugars, of Montgomery, Alabama, of similar import­to the same committee.

By Mr. WILLIS, of New York. The petition of H. K. and F. B. Thurber & Co. and other importers, of New York, of similar import­to the same committee.

By Mr. WILLIS, of Kentucky: The petition of wholesale grocers of Louisville, Kentucky, of similar import-to the same committee.

Also, papers relating. to the pension claim of Gilbert A. Philips-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. . .

By Mr. WILLITS: The petition of the wholesale grocers of De­troit, Michigan, that the tariff on sugars be regulated on the a-d va-10l·ern principle-to the Committee of Ways and Means .