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country is the occasion of great loss to our farmers and of serious dis­turbance to our trade with Great Britain, which furnishes a market for most of our live stock and dressed meats. The value of neat cattle exported from the United States for the eight months ended August 31, 1880, was more than $12,000,000, and nearly double the value for the same period in 1879, an unexampled increase of export trade. Your early attention is solicited to this important matter.

The Commissioner of Education reports a continued increase of pub­lic interest in educational affair8, and that the public schools gener­ally throughout the country a:re well sustained. ~dustria~ training is attracting deserved attention, and colleges for mstrnctwn, theo­retical and practical in agriculture and mechanic arts, including the Government schools recently established fo!' the instruction of Indian youth, are gaining ~teadily in public es~imation. .The Commissioner asks special attention to the depredations committed on the lands reserved for the future support of public instruction, and to the very ~eat need of help from the nation for schools in the Territories and ~ the Southern States. The recommendation heretofore made is repeated and urged, that an educational fund be set apart from the

· net proceeds of the sales of the public lands annually, the inc~me.of which and the remainder of the net annual proceeds to be diStnb­uted on some satisfactory plan to the States and the Territories and the District of Columbia ..

The success of the public schools of the District of Columbia, and the progress made, under the intelligent direction of the board of education and the superintendent, in supplying the educational re­quirements of the District with thoroughly trained and efficient teachers, is verv gratifying. The acts of Congress, from time to time, donating public lands to the several States and Territol'ies in_aid of educational interests, have proved to be wise measures of public pol­icy, resulting in great and lasting benefit. It would seem to be a mat­ter of simple justice to extend the benefits of this legislation, the wis­dom of which has been so fully vindicated by experience, to the Dis­trict of Columbia.

I again commend the general interests of the District of Columbia to the favorable considera.tion of Congress. The affairs of the Dis­trict, as shown by the report of the commissioners, are in a very sat­isfactory condition.

In my annual messages heretofore, and in my special message of December 19, 1879, I have urged upon the attention of Congress the necessity of reclaimin~ the marshes of the Potomac adjacent to the capital, and I am constrained by its importance·to advert again to the subject. These flats embrace an area of several hundred acres. They are an impediment to the drainage of the city, and seriously impair its health. It is believed that with this substantial improve­ment of its river front the capital would be, in all respects, one of the most attractive cities in the world. Aside from its permanent population, this city is necessarily the place of residence of persons from every section of the country, engaged in the public service. Many others reside here temporarily, for the transaction of business with the Government. It should not l.JO forgotten that the land ac­quired will probably be worth the cost of reclaiming it, and that the navigation of the river will be greatly improved. I therefore again invite the attention of Congress to the importance of prompt provis­ion for this much-needed and too long-delayed improvement.

The water supply of the city is inadequate. In addition to the or­dinary use throughout the city, the consumption by Government is necessarily very great in the navy-yard, arsenaJ, and the various De­partments, and a large quantity is required for the proper pretoerva­tion of the numerous parks and the cleansing of sewers. I recom­mend that this subject receive the early attention of Congress, ancl that, in making provision for an increased supply, such means be adopted as will have in view the future growth of the city. Tempo­rary expedients for such a purpose cannot but be wasteful of money, and therefore unwise. A more ample reservoir, with corresponding facilities for keeping it filled, should, in my judgment~ be constructed.

I &ommend again to the attention of Congress the subject of t:b.e re­moval from their present location of the depots of the several rail­roads entering the cit.y; and I renew the recommendations of my former messages in behalf of the erection of a buHding for the Con­gressional Library, the completion of the ·washington Monument, and of liberal appropriations in support of the benevolent, reforma­tory, and penal institutions of the District.

RUTHERFORD B. HAYES. ExEcuTIVE MA..~SION, December 6, 1880. The message, with the accompanying documents, was ordered to lie

on the table and be printed. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF TllE SENATE.

The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the report of the Secretary of the Senate, communicating, in obedience to law, a state­ment of the receipts and expenditures of the Senate from J nly 1, 1879, te June 30, 1880; which was ordered to lie on the table and be printed. .

He also laid before the Senate a report of the Secretary of the Sen­ate communicating, in compliance with law, a statement of all prop­erty belonging to the United States in his possession on this day; which was ordered to lie on the table and be printed.

COURT OF CLAIMS REPORT. The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the report of the

clerk of the Court of Claims, communicating, in obedience to law, a statement of all judgments rendered by that court during the year ending November 4, 1&30; which was ordered to lie on the table and be printed.

EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATION.

The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter from the Attorney-General, in answer to Senate resolution of June 15, 1880, . relative to the disbursements of the appropriations annually provided for that Department; which was ordered to lie on the table and be · printed.

LIBRARY BUILDING.

Mr. VOORHEES presented a letter from the Architect of the United . States Capitol, transmitting a report of the commission appointed by the joint select committee on additional accommodations for the Li­brary of Congress; which, with the accompanying papers, was referred to the joint select committee on additional accommodations for the Library of Congress, and ordered to be printed.

On motion of Mr. WALLACE, the Senate (at three o'clock p.m.) · adjourned.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. MONDAY, December G, 1880.

This being the day designated by the Constitution, the members of the House of Representatives of the Forty-sixth Congress assembled in their Hall for their third session. At twelve o'clock m. the Speaker, Hon. SA:rtfUEL J. RANDALL, a Representative from the State of Penn­sylvania, called the House to order.

PRA1''ER.

The Chaplain, Rev. W. P. HAruusoN, D. D., offered the following prayer:

Almighty God, our heavenly Father, we thank Thee. that Thou hast nermitted so many of Thy servants, the representatives of the peo­ple, to assemble in this Honse this day. Thou hast graciously blessed them and preserved them in life and health. May it please Thee to continue unto them every blessing of Thy good provillence, and direct them with the spirit of wisdom, that all their actions may pro­mote the prosperity of our common country.

May the Divine blessing abide upon the President and the Vice­President, upon all the officers of the Government and upon all onr people. May they fear God, and mayest Thou continve every bless­ina of the heaven above a.nd of the earth beneath unto them. And to

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Thy name be all praise for ever and ever, through Christ Jesus our Redeemer. Amen.

CALL OF THE ROLL.

The SPEAKER. This being the time fixed by the Constitution for the opening of the third session of tbo Forty-sixth Congress, the Clerk will now call the roll of members by States, to ascertain whether a. quorum be present. He will also· call the names of the Delegates from the several Territories.

The roll was then called, and the follo'iling members answere£1 tQ.< their names:

Thomas H. Herndon Hilary A. Herbert. William J. Samford. Charles :u. Shelley.

Poindexter Dunn. William F . Slemons.

llorace Davis. Horace F. Page.

Joseph R. Hawley. James Phelps.

John C. Nicholls. Philip Cook. :Y. J. Hammond. James II. Blount.

William Aldrich. George R. Davis. Hiram Barber. John C. Sherwin. Robert!!. A. Hawk. Thomas J. Henderson. Philip C. Hayes. Greenbnry L. Fort. Thomas A. Boyd.

William Heilman. Thomas R. Cobb. George A. Biclmell. Jeptha D. New. Thomas M. Browne. William R. Myers.

ALABAMA. Thomas Williams. William H. Forney. 'Villiam M. Lowe.

ARKANSAS. Jordan E. Cra•ens. Thomas M. Gunter.

C.A.LIFOR.NIA.. Campbell P. Berry. P..omnaldo Pacheco.

COLORADO. James B. Belford. CONNECTICUT.

John T . Wait. Frederick M,:iles.

DELAWARE. Edward L. Martin.

GEORGIA..

ILL~OIS.

William H. Felton. .Alexander II. Stephens. Emory Speer.

Benjamin F. Marsh. James W. Singleton. William M. Springer. Adlai E. Stevenson. Joseph G. Caunon. .Albert P. Forsvthe. William A. J. Spa.rk.s. Richard W. Townshend.

INDIANA. Gilbert De La. :Matyr •. Abram J . Hostetler. Godlove S. Orth. William A. Calkins. Calvin Cowlti]l. John H. Baker.

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Hiram Price. T homM Updegraff. Nathaniel 0. Dee~g. William G. T hompeon.

J ohn A . Anderson. Dudley C. Haskell.

•Osoar Turner. -James A. McKenzie. John W . Caldwell. J . Proctor Knott. Albert S. Willis.

. Randall L. GiU.sou .

. E. John Ellis.

Th~tmas n. Reed. ·william B. Frye. Stephen D. Lindsey.

Ja;~~o~ec_r~albott. Willi.am Kimmel.

·william w. Crapo. 13oojamin W. Harris. Walbridge A. ~eld. (Joorge H. Lonng. William A. Russell.

JohnS. Newberry. Bdwin Willits. Jonas H. McGowan.

. Julius C. Borrows. John W . Stone.

_.lfark H. Dunnell. Henry Poehler.

"Tan H . Manning. 1L D. :Money. H. L. Muldrow.

· Bmatns Wells. J.owndes H. Davis. .Richard P. Bland. John F. Phillips.

·Samuel L. Sawyer.

IOW A.

KANSAS.

James B. Weaver. Edward H. Gillette. William F . Sapp. Cyrna G. Carpenter.

Thomas Ryan.

KENTUCKY. John G. Carlisle. Jose-ph C. S. Blackbam Philip B. Thompson, jr. Thomas Turner. Elijah C. Phister.

LOUISI.A.N A. Joseph H. Acklen .

George W. Ladd Thompson H. Murch .

MARYLAND. P..obert M. McLane. Eli J. Henkle. Milton G. Urner.

MASSACHUSETTS. William Claflin. 'Villiam W. Rice. Amasa Norcross. George D. Robinsen..

illCIDGAN. :MarkS. Brewer. Omar D. Conger. Roswell G. Horr. Jay A. Hubbell .

MINNESOTA. William D. Washburn.

MISSISSIPPI. 0. R . Singleton. C. E. Hooker.

MISSOUP.I. Gideon F. Rothwell. John B. Clark, jr. William H. Hatch . Aylett H. Buckner.

ll.'"BBRASKA. Edward K. Valentine.

. Joshua G. Hall.

~~a~ ls':f~h~· Milea RQBS.

. James W. Covert. Simeon B. Cbittt'nden. .Arehibald M. Bli .. Samuel S. Cox.

. Edwin Einstein. Anson G. McCook. Fernando Wood. Levi P. Morton.

. John H. Ketcltam. William Lounsbery.

. John M. Bailey .

. John Hammond.

NEVADA. Rellin M. Daggett.

NEW HAMPSHIRE. James F. Brigg ..

KEW JERSEY. John L. Blake. Lewis A. Brigbnm..

:NEW YORK. John li. Sta.rin. . David Wilber. Warner Miller . Cyrus D. Prescott. Joseph Mason . Frank Hiscock. Elbridge G. Lapham. Jeremiah W. :L>wight~ David 1'. Richardson. John Van Voorhis. Henry Van Aernam.

NORTH CAROLINA. Joseph J, Martin. Daniel L . Russell. Alfred M. Scales.

Benjamin Butterworth. Thomas L. Young.

. J . Warren Keifer.

~ut~inD~n_vre· Frank H. Hurd. Bbenezer .B. Finley.

• fteorge L. Converse.

. ~::r~no·~~in~am. · Samuel J. P..andall. William D . Kelley. Alfred C. Harmer. William Ward. Frank E . Beltz hoover. Morgan R. Wise. Ru.saell Errett. Thomas M. Bayne.

: Nelson W. Aldrich.

- J obn S. Richardson. .D. Wyat~ Aiken .

omo.

OREGON.

R. F. Armfieltl. Robert B. Vance.

HenryS. Neal. A . J. Wamer. Gibson Atherton . George W. Geddes. William McKinley, jr. James Monroe. J onathan'£. Updegraff. Amos ToWI186nd.

John Whiteaker. PENNSYLVANIA.

Hiester Clymer. A. Herr Smith. Uenben K . Bachman. Robert Klow. Edward Overton, jr. Alexander H. Co.tl:'rotk. William S. Shallenberger.

r=l~~~~~k. J. H. Osmer.

RHODE ISLAND. Latimer W. Blillon.

SOUT H CAROLINA. John H . Evirul. George D. Tillman.

R. L. Taylor. J,. C. Honk. Goorge G. Dibrell. John M. Bright.

John H . Reagan. R. Q. Mills.

Charles II. Joyce.

R. L. T. Beale. John Goode. John R. Tucker. John T. Harris .

Benjamin Wilson. Benjamin F. Martin.

TENNESSEE.

TEXAS.

John F. House. W. C. Whitthorne C. B. Simonton. Casey Young.

G. W. Jones. Columbus Upson.

TERMONT. James M. Tyler.

VIRGINIA. Joseph E. Johnston. George C. Cabell. Eppa Hunton. James B. Richmond.

WEST VIRGINIA. John E. Kenna.

WISCONSIN. Lucian B. Caswell. Herman L. Humphrey. Peter V. Deuster. Thaddeus C. Pound.

The following Delegates answered to their names: DAKOTA. :KEW MEXICO.

G. G. Bennett. M.S. Otero.

IDAHO. UTAH. George Ainslie. George Q. Cannon.

W ASHINGTOK. Thomas li. Brenta.

The SPEAKER. The roll· call develops the fact that two hundrod and thirty-five members have ans\vered te their names, and a quorum is present.

:MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE.

A message from the Senate by Mr. BURCH, its Secretary, informed the Honse that a quorum of that body had assembled and was ready to proceed to bnsiness.

It further announced the passage of a resolution providing for the appointment of a committee on its part to join such committee as may be appointed on the part of the House to wait upon the Presi­dent and inform him a quorum of each House had assembled ::md that Congress was ready to receive any communication he may be pleased tomake, and that Mr. BAYARDandMr.ANTIIONYhad been appointed aR such committee on its part.

ME..'!BER-ELECT FRO:U: ~'EW YORK.

Mr. COX. I rise to a que tion of privilege. I hold in my h ands tile credentials of Ron. Jonathan Scoville, member-elec~ from the Stato of New York to this Congress, who is now present and ready to take the oath.

The SPEAKER. The Chair is advisetl there are several members holding certificates of election to the present Congress; and, if pr".l­sent, they will be kind enough to forward their credentials, which will be reatl.

The Clerk will now read the credentials indicated by the gentle­man from New York.

The credentials having been read, Mr. ScoviLIJE, from the thirty­second district of New York, to fill the vacancy ocr.asioned by the resignation of 1\Ir. Ray V. Pierce, then presented himself at the Clerk's desk and qualified by taking the oath provided by section 17GU of tho Revised Statutes.

:XOTIFICA.TJON TO ·THE BENAil'E . Mr. FERNANDO WOOD snbmitted the following resolution; which

was read, considered, and agreed to: · P..esolved, That the Clerk inform the Senate that a quorum of the House of Rep­resenta.ti>es has appeared, and that tho House is reauy to proceed to business.

NOTIFICATIO~ TO THE PRESIDE.....-T.

Mr. BLOUNT submitted the following resolution: Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed on the part of the House to

~in the committee on the part of the Senate to wait upon the President of the united States and inform him that a quorum of the two Houses have assembled and that Congress is ready to receive any communication he may be pleased to make.

The resolution was agreed to. The SPEAKER aopointed as member.; of the committee on the part

of the House, Mr. BLOU~T of Georgia, Mr. KELLEY of PennsylYania, and Mr. SL"WLETO~ of Illinois.

ORDER OF BUSINES •

The SPEAKER. The next business in order under the rules, this being Monday, will be the ca.ll of States and Territories for the in­troduction of bills and joint resolutions on le~•ve, for reference to their appropriate committees. Under thi call joint resolutions and memorials of State and territorial Legislatures are i;:t order, for refer­ence anu printing; also resolutions calling for departmental infor­mation, to be·referred to their appropriate committee .

WASHINGTON CITY STREET RAILWAY CO~f.PA...'<Y.

Mr. FORNEY introduced o. bill (H. R . No. 6494) to incorporate t h e Wat~hington City Street Railway Company; which wa.s read a first and second time, referrefl to the Committee on the District of Colum­bia., and ordered to be printed.

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M:r. HERBERT introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6495) to allow marshals a.nd deputy marshals to take bonds in certain cases, and for other purposes; which wa~ read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed.

ADDITIONAL JUSTICES SUPREME COURT. Mr. SPRINGER introduced a bill (H. R. No. G49G) for the temporary

increase of justiees of the Supreme Court of the United States; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed.

PRESIDE.NTIA.L Ac'ID CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS. Mr. SPRINGER also introduced a bill (H. R. No. f:i497) to change

the time for the election of electors of President and Vice-President and of Representatives in Congress; which was read a first and sec­ond time, refened to the Committee on Elections, and ordered to be printed.

ESTHER P. FOX. Mr. SPRINGER also introduced a bill (H. R. No. <3498) to amend

the special act of March 3, 1877, entitled "An act granting a pension to Esther P. Fox;" which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on In-valid Pensions, and ordered to be printed.

tmMA.ILABLE l\IATTER IN WA.SHL..'\GTON CITY POST-OFFICE. Mr.CALKTh"S introducellthefollo""ingresolntionofinqniry; which

was referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads: Whereas it il! alleged. that there ar~ in the city post-office at Was~ington. Dis­

trict of Columbia, certam bags of ma1l matter whtch are there detamed for the want of postage; and .

Whereas it is alleged that they were attempted to be sent under frank, and d1d not contain matter which could properly be sent through the mails under the frank­ing privilege: Therefore,

Reaolr;ed. '£hat the Postmaster-General be, and he is hereby, requeated, if not incompatible with the interests of the public service, to report to this House as soon as practicable all the facts rE-lating to the receipt and detention of said mail matter by the postmaster of Washington City.

SARAH l\l1DONALD. Mr. HASKELL introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6499) for the relief of

Sarah McDonald; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.

L'\IMEDIATE TRA.NSPORTA.TIO::-i OF DUTIABLE GOODS. Mr. GIBSON introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6500) to amend an act

entitled "An act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods;" which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.

FIDELITY CO:MPA.llil:", DISTIUCT OF COLUMBIA. Mr. HENKLE introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6fi01) to incorporat-e the

United St~tesFidelity Guarantee Company of the District of Colum­bia; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Commit­tee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed.

RELIEF OF l\IACON CITY (l\IISSOURI) CATHOLIC CHURCH. Mr. HATCH introduced a. bill (H. R. No. 6502) making anappropt·i­

ation to reimburse the Catholic church, of Macon City, in the State of Missouri, for the nse and occupation of their church building by United States troops during the late civil war; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on War Claims, and or-dered to be printed. ·

PROMOTIONS IN MARTh'E CORPS. Mr. BLISS introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6503) to regulate appoint­

ments and promotions in the staff of the Marine Corps; which was read a. first and second time, referred to the Committee on Naval Af­fairs, and ordered to be printed.

DAVID W. JO:r.."ES. Mr. MORTON introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6504) for the relief of

David W. Jones; which was read a first and second time: referred to the Commitwe on Claims, and ordered to be printed.

CHINESE IMMIGRATION, ETC. Mr. COX introduced the following resolution of inquiry · which

was referred to the Committee on F .>reign Affairs: Resolved, That the President of the United States, if not incompatible with the

'JIUblic service, communicate to this House any correspondence and treaties with ~he Empire of China. having reference to immigration and commerce between the two countries.

VOID REGISTRATIO::-i OF TRADE-MARKS. Mr. COX also introduced a. bill (H. R. No. (3505) to provide for

refunding of fees in all cases of void registration of trade-marks; wbicll was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed.

ORGANIZATION OF MILITIA.. Mr. BAILEY introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6506) providing for the

organization of the militia of the United States; which was read a. :first and seeond time, referred to the Committee on the Militia, and ordered to be printed.

Mr. HURD. I ask that the joint resolution be read at length, and tkat it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

The joint resolution was read the second time at length. Mr. CONGER. I ask that the title of this resolution, or whatever

the paper is termed, be read. The Clerk read the title, as follows: A joint resolntion rela.ting to the tariff. Mr. CONGER. What is the reference that is proposed f The SPEAKER. The joint resolution is introduced for reference

to the Committee on 'Vays and Means. Mr. CONGER. I only heard the closing part of the paper read, and

I supposed it was something different from a resolution. I would be anxious to inquire in what town in Pennsylvania that paper has been. discussed.

The SPEAKER. The Chair is nnable to answer that question, hav­ing heard the resolution now for the first time.

Mr. ROBESON (to Mr. CO::-iGER.) You think that is a "local'' question.

The joint resolution was rderred.to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.

SECTION 153 REVISED STATUTES. Mr. CO~VERSE introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6507) to amend sec­

tion 153 of the Revised Statutes; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.

PENNSYLVANIA ::KA.TIONAL GUARD. Mr. O'NEILL introduced a joiZ:t resolution (H. R. No. 335) author­

izing the Secretary of War to exchange the arms of the National Guard of the State of Pennsylvania; w hicll was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.

:i.\IO:r..lJl\IE~'T TO GE~RAL LA FAYETI'E. Mr. WARD introduced a bill (II. R. No. 6508) providing for the

erection of a monument in memory of General La Fayette on the field of tho battle of Brandywine, in the State of Pennsylvania; whieh was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, and ordered t~ be printed.

JOliN PEDLOW. Mr. WARD also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6509) making an appro­

priation to repay John Pedlow for moneys lost or stolen in the United States mails; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed.

CATHARINE HALL. Mr. WARD also introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6i:>l0) granting a pen­

sion to Catharine Hall; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Pensions, and ordered to be printed.

WIDOW ~L> CHILDREN OF JOHX W. JUDSON. Mr. ALDRICH, of Rhode Island, introduced a joint resolution (H.

R. No. 336) for the relief of the widow and children of John W. Jndson, agent of the United States at Oswego, New York, for public works on Lake Ontario; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed.

:r..'lnYPORT HARBOR. Mr. ALDRICH, of Rhode Island, also submitted the following

resolution of inquiry; which was referred to th~ Committee on Com­merce:

Resolved b1J the House of Representatives of the United States, That the Secretary of War is hereby requested to communicate to the Honse of Representatives in· formation as to the present condition of Newport Harbor, Rhode Island, and what work is necessary to be done to make the harbor available for the purposes of commerce, with an estimat-e of the cost of the requisite dredging or other work.

MAnY GODSEY. Mr. DIBRELL introduced a bill (H. R. No. <3511) granting arre~u-s

a pension to Mary Godsey, of Meigs County, Tenne see; which was read a. first and second time, referred to the Committee on Pensions, and ordered to be printed.

AGENTS L'i\·'ESTIGATIXG SOU.THERN CLAIMS. Mr. DIBRELL also submitted the follo~wing resolution of inquiry;

which was referred to the Committee on War Claims: Resolvecl, That the Quartermaster-General of the United States Army be, and he

is hereby, requested t.o furnish to this House, at the earliest day practicable, a list of the agents in the employ of that department in•estigating southern claims, with the salary and expenses of ea.chagentper annum, and tlie average number of claims in•estigated by each agent per annum.

YORKTOWN CENTENNIAL CELF..BRA.TIO-~. Mr. GOODE introduced a. joint resolution (H. R. No. 337) author­

izing and requesting the President to extend to the Government and people of France an invitation t o join the Government and people of the United States in the observance of the centennial anniversary of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis and the British forces at Yorktown_, Virginia; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Select Committee on Yorktown Celebration, and ordered to be printed.

.ADl\HSSION OF DAKOTA. A.S A STATE. THE TARD!'F. Mr. BENNETT introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6512) to enable the peo-

Mr. HURD introduced a joint resolution (H. R. No. 334) relating to ple of Dakota to form a constitution and State government, and for tho tariff; which was read a first time by its title. the admission of the State into the Union on an equal footing with

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the original States; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Territories, and ordered to be printed.

ORDER OF BUSINESS.

Tbe SPEAKER. The call of States and Territories for the intro­duction of bills and joint resolutions has been completed. The Chair will now recognize gentlemen who were not in their seats at the time their States were called for the introductioa of bills, &c., for refer­ence and printing.

NATIONAL RAILWAY FROM JI."EW YORK TO COU~CIL BLUFFS.

Mr. GILLETTE submitted the followiag; which was read, and re­ferred to the Committee on Military Affairs :

Resolved, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to furnish this House, at as early a. day as practicable, from snob information as be bas at hand, an estimate of the cost of a double track steel rnilway to run from New York City, New York, to Council Bluffs, Iowa, the terminus of thfi Union Pa.ctiio Railroad, the road to be thoroughly built and properly equipped for a. great na-tional and military highway. ·

DISEASES OF CA TILE.

Mr. RYAN, of Kansas, introduced a bill (H. R. No. 6513) to provide for the prevention and suppression of infections and contagious dis­eases of (lomesticated animals; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed.

RECESS.

:Mr. FERNANDO WOOD. I move that the House now take are­cess for thirty' minutes.

The motion was agreed to; and accordingly (at one o'clock and five minutes p. m.) the Honse took a recess.

The recess having expired, the Honse resumed its session at one o'clock and thirty-five minutes p. m.

MESSAGE FROli THE PRESIDENT.

Mr. BLOUNT, 11r. Speaker, the committee on the part of the Honse, appointed to act with a similar committee on the part of the Senate, to wait upon the President and inform him that the two Houses were ready to receive any communication he might desire to make, have discharged that duty and were informed by the President that his annual message would be forthwith transmitted to Congress.

ELECTORAL COUNT.

Mr. BfCKNELL. I desire to ask if it would now be in order to call up the concurrent resolution of the Senate in reference to a joint rule for counting the electoral vote for President and Vice-President? The consideration of that resolution was, by order of the House, fixed for to-day.

The SPEAKER. The Chair learns, by reference to the Calendar, that the consideration of the concurrent resolution, to which allusion is made by the gentleman from Indiana, [Mr. BICIL.'\'ELL,] was tixeu for to·day.

:Mr. BICKNELL. If in order, I would like to call it up now. Mr. KEIFER. For what purpose is it to be called up now 1 For

debate 7 :Mr. BICKNELL. For the purpose of having a vote upon it. :Mr. KEll'ER. I desire to submit some remarks upon that subject

before a vote is taken. Mr. CONGER. I suppose--The SPEAKER. The Chair desires to state that he is advised that

this iB not a continuing order. Mr. CONGER. I suppose that the rule requiring business coming

over from the last session to be taken up at the end of six da,ys would cover this case, if objection is made to the present consideration of this subject.

The SPEAKER. This is a fixeu order for to-day by action of the House in June last, not in tbe nature of unfinishetl business as pro­vided for under Rule XXVII of the Honse, and also the joint rule. Business will be suspended to recei\e a message from the l:>resident.

:llESSAGE FRO:\I TIIE PRESIDE~T.

A message in writing, with accompan.}ing documents, from the President of the United States was communicated to the Honse by Mr. ROGERS, his private secretary.

The SPEAKER. The Clerk will now read the message ,ius re-ceived from the President of the United States.

The Clerk read tbe annual message. [It will be found in the proceedings of the Senate, pago 2.] Mr. FERNANDO WOOD submitted the following; which was read,

«:onsidered, and agreed to : Orde1·ed, That the mess~e of the Pre ident be committed to the Committee of

the Wllole House on the state of the LTnion and, -with the accompanying docu. mentB, printed.

Mr. FERNANDO WOOD also snl>mitted the following resolution ; which was referred, under the law, to the Committee on Printing:

Resolved, That there be printed - thousand extra copies of tke Pre ident's annual message for the use of the House.

COUNTING THE ELECTOP.AL VOTE. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Indiana. [.Mr. BICKNELL]

was on the floor when the message of the President was received, and YJelded to permit the readi.Rg of the same.

Mr. BICKNELL. ;; I move to take up the concurrent resolution of

the Senate which was under consideration before-the resolution reg­ulating the count of the elect,oral vote.

Mr. PRICE. I make a point of order on that. • Mr. WEAVER. I rise to a parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Iowa [Mr. WEAVER] will

state his parliamentary inquiry. The Chair will thereafter hear the point of order of the gentleman from Iowa, [Mr. PRICE.]

Mr. WEAVER. I believe the gentleman from Indiana cannot take the floor fl:>r the purpose indicated, and thereby deprive members of the opportunity to offer resolutions nuder a motion to suspend the rules, that being a special right designated by the rules to be exer­cised at this time.

The SPEAKER. The House on the 14th day of last June expressed an indisposition to consider then this concurrent resolution, but by a yea-and-nay vote indicated this as the day on which it would con­sider the resolution. In view of that vote the Chair felt it his duty to give the gentleman from Indiana the opportunity of placing this concurrent resolution with reference to the electoral count in such an attitude before the House as that it should receive at some reasonable time consideration. The Chair based his recognition of the gentle­man from Indiana beeause of this vote of the House.

Mr. CONGER. I desire to say on this point that the motion agreed to by the House was to postpone the resolution until to·day. The record speaks of making it a special order i but that of course would require a two-thirds vote, though the motwn was made, or so stated by the Chair, to postpone the subject and make it a special order.

The SPEAKER. The Chair, upon an examinn.tion of the Calemlar, finds no mention there of making the re~olution a special order. The question that arises (which the Chair does not now decide) iB whethor this resolution is a question of privilege 1

Mr. CONGER. That point does not now arise. Bnt certainly post­poning the resolution until to·day would simply postpone it subject to the rules regulating business to <lay; and this kind of business does not come up in this orrler to-day.

Mr. COX. I call for the reading of the order. The SPEAKER. The Chair thinks the Honse will better nnucr­

stand the position of the question if the order be read. The Clerk read as follows: The regular order being demanded, the Speaker statetl the same to be the con­

current resolution of the Senate proposing a joint rule for counting the "'I'Otcs of electors for rresident and Vice.President, pending when the Honse last alljoumed, tho pending question being the demand of Mr. BICKXELL for t.he previous question thereon;

And being put, No quorum voted thereon. On motion of Mr. BICKKEW~. Ordered, That there be a. call of tho House. The roll badn~ been called, the following na!Iled members failed to answer to­

their names, na:ncly,

..And then, On motion of lli. BIC10."'ELL, aU further proceedings under the cnll were dis­

pensed with. The question recurring on tbe demand of :Mr. BICIU'ELL for the predous qncs-

tion; When, :No quorum voted thereon. And f.ben, Mr. BIClG\BLL withdrew the P::!itl demand and movell that the further considem··

tion of the said resolution l.Je postponed until the first Monday in Decem her, hume­diately after tbe morning hour.

Mr. BICIU'ELL demanded the pre·\"'ious question; which was seconded and the main que tion ordered.

.And being put, n'lmely, 'Vill the Hou e a~rree to the said motion 9 It wa decided in-the affirmative ; yeas 90, nays 75, not voting 127.

Mr. CONGER. Now, Mr. Spca.ker, the RECORD as printe(l bas not been corrected to correspond with the statement of the Journal. The Journal, us I understand, sta,tes correctly that this resolution was simply postponed until to-day; but in the RECORD it is said that the resolution has been made a special order. To make it a special order· would of course have required a two-thirds vote, and there having been no such vote it cannot !Jave been properly stated in the RECORD­that the resolution was made a special order.

Tho SPEAKER. The gentleman from Iowa. [Mr. WEAVER] raises the point of order that this is the time fixed by the roles for motions· to su pend the rules, and that such a motion would take tbe gentle­man from Indiana off the floor. If the gentleman was properly rec­ognized, and the matter was up, the question of consideration could be raised, and it would only require a. majority vote to refuse to con­sider. It seems to the Chair the motion to suspend the rules should have to-day equal force with a majority vote in the Honse. The Chair­recognizes the right of a member to move to suspend the rules as be- · ing to-day of higher order by the rules.

Mr. PRfCE. That is just what I make and that is the one in refer-· ence to which I arose to make the point of order.

The SPEAKER. The Chair thinks the Honse bad better permit this question to lie over until to-morrow, or some day later in the week, so as to afford opportllnity to hiru to examine fully as to the point of order whether this is a privileged question growing out or the requirements of the twelHh article of the Constitution of the United States for counting the electoral vote.

Mr. COX. Is this a continuing order! The SPEAKER. It is ~10t; and that is the difficulty. If the Honse

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 13 :Bhould permit this to have the characteristic of a continuing order, then--

Mr. CONGER. · Our objection is decided against the course which the Chair has suggested. We do not wish to have any continuing .order.

The SPEAKER. Is the gentleman from Michigan unwilling to have this go over without loss of right for a single day so as to give theChairtheopportunitytoexamiue the point of order as to whether this is a privileged question growing out of the requirements of the twelfth article of the Constitution of the United States 7

Mr. CONGER. In our point of view no advantage could accrue to the friends of this resolution if we did so permit. It would stand as to-day with the disadvantage on our part of laboring for a whole day to defeat what we can now do in an hour or half an hour.

Mr. COX. Then give us a vote on it. Mr. CONGER. No. The SPEAKER. The Chair could decide that point now if it is

raised. Mr. ROBESON. Will the Chair permit me to ask him a question. The SPEAKER. Certainly. The Chair does not wish to decide

until after .reflection and further examination. Mr. ROBESON. Will the Chair permit a question! The SPEAKER. Certainly. Mr. ROBESON. lf the Chair decides it to be a privileged question,

ean not it be brought up at any time The SPEAKER. The Chair would like in that connection to have

~read a decision on an analogous proposition. Mr. ROBESON. If it be not a privileged question, it is not neces­

sary for the Chair to take time to consider it. If it is a privileged question, the Chair can rule on it.

Mr. SPARKS. It is not a continuing order. Mr. ROBESON. But if it is a question of high privilege it will

come up. Mr. SPARKS. The Chair wants it to pass over with that privilege,

and that only. The SPEAKER. The Chair would have preferred that the House

take the matter into its own charge instead of requiring him to make ·a decision. The ClPik will now read for the information of the House a. former deciRion made by the present occupant of the chair.

'J'bc Clerk read a~ follows: TUESDAY, FebruaT'IJ 27, 1877.

Mr. FIELD, from the Select Committee on the Privileges, Powers, an.u Duties of the House of Bepresentatives in Counting the Vote for President and Vice-Pre~i·

·-dent of the United States, reported a bilf (H. R. No. 4693) to amend the Revised Statutes of the United States in respect to vacancies in the office of President and Vice-President, and demanded the previous question thereon.

Mr. Horatio C. Burchard made tile point of order that the committee bad no au­thority to report the said bill.

The Speaker overruled the point of order, on the ground that the resolution cteat­ing the said committee authorized it "to ascertain and report what are the privi· leges, powers, a.ml duties of the House of Representati'\"es in countinu the votes for President and :VIce-President of the United States." and also gave the commit­tee the right to report at any time. The :::ipeaker farther stated that be could not conceive of a question of higher constitutional and parliamentary privilege than 'Was involved in the bill Ullder consideration, and he therefore held the bill to be in -()rder at this time.

Mr. CONGER. The Cba]r will recollect the right of the committee to report at any time made by the decision on the question of privi­lege, aa remarked by gentlemen on the floor at that time, was of no importance then. The decision which waa made was not necessary to settle th~t question then. It came by virtue of the right and power of the committee -to report at any time without any reference to the question of privilege.

The SPEAKER. The twelfth article of the Constitution provides that the two Houses of Congress shall count the electoral vote, which is according to past practice.

Mr. ROBESON. It does not. !beg your pardon. [Cries of "No" :from the republican side of the Honse.] It does not. That is just where we differ.

Mr. COX. Has the Chair ruled this is a question of privilege to ..come up to-morrow'!

The SPEAKER. If the point of order is made, theChairwillrule. Mr. CON GER. How .can that q nest ion be nlled on now ¥ In regard

.to the matter before the Honse, llere is a simple postponement of a matter of business till to-day--

The SPEAKER. The Chair thinks the House understood what ·they wanted to do when they voted by a yea-and-nay vote to post­pone the consideration of this subject till to-day.

Mr. CONGER. The postponement is simply a question whether the Honse desired to consider it, if it be indefinite at all, or if to a day certain, to get rid of it for the time being. It gives it no privilege whatever. The House wanted to get rid of the question and they put it off past the recess, and to-day it stands here because it was post­poned till to-day. But the rules forbid this being taken up.

The SPEAKER. Privileged questions are capable of being post­poned.

Mr. CONGER. Bnt they cannot come in on a Monday in this way. The SPEAKER. The Chair has ruled, on the suggestion of the gen­

tleman from Iowa, that a motion to suspend the rnles would at this rtime interrupt the .consideration of this subject.

Mr. PRICE. I move to suspend the rules a.nd offer the following lbiH.

The SPEAKER. Thequestion of consideration can be raised and

determined by a majority vote; and certainly if two-thirds are will­ing to suspend the rnles, then that vote should in like manner inter­rupt the consideration of the resolution. The Chair, in the spirit of a fair consideration of this subject, suggested to the Honse to permit this matter to have attached to it the characteristic of a continuing order. If the House refuse to do that, then the gentleman from Indiana will be driven, of course, to claim the consideration of 'this subject as a question of privilege, and when he does the Chair will be ready to decide it.

Mr. BICKNELL. Then I will claim that privilege now. Mr. CONGER. I move that the Honse adjourn. Mr. COX. If this question is to come up to-morrow, then I will

move that the House now adjourn. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Michigan moves that the

Honse adjourn, pending which the gentleman from New Hampshire [Mr. BRIGGS] desires to be recognized.

Mr. COX. I made an inquiry of the Chair which I would like to have answered. I desire to know if the Chair would recognize this question to-morrow; if so, I will move to adjourn now.

The SPEAKER. If tho point be raised and the claim made that this presents a question of privilege, and the point of order is made against it, the Chair will then decide.

Mr. BICKNELL. I do claim that it presents a question of privilege. Mr. CONGER. I have already moved that the Honse adjourn. Mr. "WEAVER. The motion to adjourn is not in order while the

gentleman from Indiana is on the floor. The SPEAKER. One motion to adjourn pending a motion to sus­

pend the rules is in order under the rules. Mr. BICKNELL. · I ask that the question of privilege be decided

now. Mr. CONGER. I have not withdrawn the motion to adjourn. The SPEAKER. Pending that motion to adjourn, the gentleman

from Indiana desires to make this inquiry as to whether this matter presents a question of privilege or not.

Mr. CONGER. Prior to that I made the motion to adjourn. The SPEAKER. It is not material whether the motion to adjourn

comes before or after the point of order. The motion to adjourn will be first voted on.

Mr. CONGER. It is important for the reason that this question might otherwise be regarded as pending when the Honse adjourned, and that would give the matter a status which I do not wish it to have. I therefore ask that the motion to adjourn which I have made be considered in its proper order.

The SPEAKER. That is the gentleman's right, if he insistB, an<l the point of order will have to be made anew.

DEATH OF HON. EVARTS W. FARR.

Mr. BRIGGS. I ask the gentleman from Michigan to yield to me for a moment to introduce a resolution.

The SPEAKER. The Chair is advisecl that the gentleman from New Hampshire desires to announce the death of his late colleague, :Mr. FARR.

:Mr. CONGER. I have no objection to yielding for that purpose. .Mr. BRIGGS. Mr. Speaker, it becomes my painful duty to an­

nounce the death of my late colleague, Hon. EVARTS W. FARR, and I desire to present the following resolutions in connection therewith. I wish also to give notice tba.t at some future day I will ask to pre­sent the customary resolutions, in order that appropriate remarks may be beard in relation to the life and services of the deceased.

The SPEAKER. The resolutions proposed by the gentleman from New Hampshire will be read.

The Clerk read as follows: Resolved, That this House bas beard wit.h sincere regret the announcement of

the death of Hon. EVART!:> W. FARR, late a Representative from the State of New Hampshire, and a member-elect to the Forty-seventh Congress from said State.

Resolved, That the Clerk of the Honse be directed to communicate the foregoing resolution to the Senate.

Resolved, That as a further mark of respect to the deceased this House do now adjourn .

The resolutions were agreecl to; and accordingly (at three o'clock and forty-five minutes p. m.) the House adjourned.

PETITIONS, ETC.

The following petitions and other papers were laid on the Clerk's desk, under the rule, and referred as follows, viz:

By Mr. NELSON W. ALDRICH: The petition of the Rhode Island Catholic Beneficial Association and Saint Mary's and Saint John's Catholic Beneficial Associations, for the amendment of the bill (H. R. No. 4399) in relation to the appointment of chaplains in the Army­to the Committee on :Military Affairs.

Also, the petitions of Governor A. H. Littlefield and others, of New­port and Wickford Railroad and Steamboat Company and others, of Old Colony Steamboat Company and others, and of Charles C. Van­zandt and others, for the improvement of Newport Harbor-to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. BICKNELL: Papers relating to the claim of Capta.in W. C. Hall for reim bnrsement of mon.eys expended for the United States­to the Committee on Claims.

Also, the petition of Elizabeth Whitesides, for a. pension-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. ~ By Mr. BLAKE: The petition of Robert B. Harris and others, cen-

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ens enumerators of Essex County, New Jersey, for increase of com­pensation-to the Committee on the Census.

By Mr. CHITTENDEN : The petition of Theodore D. Woolsey and others, representing the industries connected with the book and printing trade, for the passage of a bill extending the privileges of copyright in the United States to foreign authors, composers, and designers-to the Committee on the Library.

Also, the petition of survivors of FaiTagut's fleet and Porter's fleet, for aiTears of prize-money-to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

By Mr. DIBRELL: A bill to continue the improvement of the Caney Fork River, in Tennessee-to the Committee on Commerce.

Also, a bill to continue the improvement on the Hiwassee River, in Tennessee-to the same committee.

Also, a. bill to continue the improvement of the Tennessee River at Muscle Shoals-to the same committee.

By Mr. FORNEY: A bill making an appropriation to continue the improvement of the Tennessee River in the States of Alabama and Tennessee-to the same committee.

Also, a bill making an appropriation to continue the work on the Coosa River in the States of Alabama and Georgia-to the same committee.

By Mr. HARMER: The petition of Charles Bowen, for increase of pension-to f,he Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. HATCH: A bill making an appropriation for the improve­ment of the Mississippi River at g,nd near the month of the Wyaconda River and above the city of La Grange, in the county of Lewis, in the State of Missouri-to the Committee on Commerce.

Also, a bill makin({ an appropriation to complete the improvement of the Mississippi River at and above Alexandria, in the State of Missouri-to the same committee.

Also, a bill making an appropriation to complete the improvement of the channel of the Mississippi River so as to restore and preserve the harbor of the city of Hannibal, in the State of Missouri-to the same committee.

By Mr. JOYCE: The petition of the National .Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children, for an appropria­tion in aid of said association-to the Committee on .Appropriations.

By Mr. KETCHAM: The petition of Caroline Lauffer, for a pension­to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. PRICE : The petition of 2,532 citizens of Muscatine and Louisa Counties, Iowa, :for an appropriation to prevent the overflow of Muscatine Island by the Mississippi River-to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. SPRINGER: Tho petition of Esther P. Fox, for an increase of pension-to the Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. UPSON: A bill to improve Aransas Pass, on the coast of Texas-to the Committee on Commerce.

Also, a bill to improve Pass Brazos, Santiago, on the coast of Texas­to the same committee.

.Also, a. bill to improve Pass Cavallo, on the coast of Texas-to the same committee.

By Mr. VANCE: The petition of Theodore D. Woolsey a.ndotllers, representing the industries connected with the book and printing trade, for the passage of 3. bill extending the privilege of copyright in the United States to foreign authors, composers, and designers­to the Committee on the Library.

By Mr. WHITE: A bill making appropriations, :for the improvement of the Red Bank, in Pennsylvania, according to the estimate of the Engineer department of the United States .Army-to the Committee on Commerce.

.Also, a bill making appropriations, according to the estimates of the Chief of Engineers of the United States .A.rmyi for continuing the improvement of the .Allegheny River, in Pennsy va.nia-to the same committee.

By Mr. WILSON: A bill to continue and ex~nd the improvement of the Little Kanawha River, in West Virginia-to the same com­mittee.

IN SENATE.

TUESDAY, lJecember 7, 1880.

NEWTON BooTH, a Senator :from the State of California; '\VlLLIAl\I W. EATON, a Senator from the State of Connecticut; DAVID DAVIS, a Senator from the State of Illinois; PRESTON B. PLUMD, a Senator from the State of Kansas ; MATT W. RANSOM, a Senator from the State of North Carolina; JAMEs DONALD CAMERON, a Senat.or from the State of Pennsylvania; and RoBERT E. WITHERS, a Senator from the State of Virginia, appeared in their seats to-day. ·

Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. J. J. BULL9CK, D. D. The Journal of yesterday's proceedings wa-s read and appro•ed.

COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE.

On motioa of Mr. W ALL.A.CE, it was Ord,ered, That so mnch of ihe forty.sixth rule o.f the Sena.te as 1-equires the ap­

pointment of the standing and other committees of the Senate to be made by ballot be sWipended.

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

Ruol11ed, That the stan din~ committees of the Senate as oonstituted at Jast sea. sion be revived and continued for this session, and that :Mr. PUGH of Alabama, be assigned to th~ pia~ :thereon made vacant by the retirement of 'M.r. Pryor; Mr. BLAIR on Pens10ns m ~eo of Mr.lNGALLS; and Mr. BLAIR on Education and Labor in lieu of Mr. SHARON; and that the positions of Messrs. RA..'<SOM and LAliAR on the Committee on Railroads be reversed ; and that of Messrs. LAMAn and JONAS on the Improvement of the Mississippi River and its TributAries be re•ersed.

Mr. W .A.LLACE also submitted the following resolution; which was considered by unanimous consent:

. Re8o~ved, That the followin~ f;elec:t committees be appointed for tbo present ses· s1on With the powers heretofore gwen to each on the subjects to whi0h thev ro· spectively relate; that is to say: To Examine the Several Branches of tho Civil Service; to tako into consideration tbe state of the law respecting the ascertrunin~ and declaration of the result of the Elections of President and Vice-President of the United States; to inquire into frauds in late elections, with 11ower to report as given by resolu~on of J ~me 1, 1 0: to invesl!-~ate. an~ report the best means of preventing the mtroduction and spread of cpu:tem!C rl.isea es; on the bill (8. No. 2"27) to provide that tbe principal ofticcr of each of the Executive Departments may occupy .a seat on .the floor of the Senate U?ll House o~ nepresentatives; to make prons10n for i!tking the Tenth CensWI; J ou~t Co~un;fsston on the Library; on the Freedman's Savmgs and Trust Company ; to mqwre mto all claims of citizens of the United States against the go;ernme.nt of Nicaragua; and that the member· ship of each of said oommittees be as at the last session.

Mr. BL.A.!R. If I caught the language of the resolution coiTectly, the special committee to investi~;ate frauds in elections, of which the Senator from Pennsylvania [M.r. \V .ALLA.CE] was the chairman, is dropped from the list. '!'hat committee has not completed its labors

1 I believe. It has taken te timony, but not reported.

Mr. WALLACE. If the Senator will permit me, be is in eiTor. The committee is not dropped; i t is revived with power, as authorized by the resolution of June 1, to report at this session; and the com­mittee to that extent is continued.

Mr. BLAIR. That is all right. M.r. HOAR. Let the resolution be read again. The resolution was read. The resolution was agreed to. The committees as thus constituted :for the present session are as

follows: STA"!'IDIXG COMMITTEES.

On P1•if:ilegu and Elections-Messrs. Saulsbury, (chairman,) Hill of Georgia., Kernan, Bailey, Vance, PuJ!h, Cameron of Wisoonsin, Roar, and Logan.

On Foreign .Relations- Messrs. Earon, (chairman,) Johnston, Morgan, Hill of Georgia. Pendleton, lla.mlin, Conkling, Kirkwood, and Carpenter.

On .Finance-Messrs. Bayard, (chairman,) Kernan, Wallace, Voorhees, Beck, Morrill. Ferry, .Tones of Nevada, and .Allison.

On Appropriations-Messrs. Da·\"is of West Virginia, (chait:ma.n,) Withers, Beck. Wallace, Eawn, Windom, Allison, Blaine, and Booth.

On Oommerce-Messrs. P..a.nsom, (chairman,) Randolph, Hereford, Coke, Farley, Conkling, McMillan, Jones of Nevada., and Baldwin.

On Jianvjactm·es-M.es n~. Grover, (chairman,) McPherson, Williams, Rollins, and Dawes.

Oll.A.grin.tUure-Messrs. Johnsron, (chaiJ1nan,) Dans of West Virginia, Slater, llrown, Paddock, Sharon, and Blair.

On Maitary .AJJ"airs-Me srR. P..andolph, (chairman,) Cockrell, Maxey, Grover, Hampton, Burnside, Plumb, Cameron of l'ennsylvania., and Logan.

On Nat•al Affairs-Messrs. McPherson, (cha.i.rman,) Whyte, .Tones of :Florida, Vance, Farle;v, .Anthony, Blaine, Cameron of Pennsylvania, and Ferry.

Oil the Judiciary-Ye rs. Thurman, (chairman,) McDonald, Bayard, Garland, Lamru.-, Davi of Illinois, Edmunds, Conkling, and Carpenter.

On Post·O.fjices and Po.~t·Roads-Messrs. ~a.xey, (chairman,) Saulsbury, Bailey, Farley, Gn>ome, Pugh. Ferry, Hamlin, and Kirkwood.

On P1!blie Lands-Messrs . .McDonald, (chairman,) Jones of Florida, Grover, McPherson, Walker, l'lumb, Paddock, Booth, and Hill of Colorado.

On Private Land Olaims-Mo srs. EdmWlds, (chairman,) .Allison, Windom, Davis of Illinois, and Jonas.

01~ Indian .Aifairs-Messrs. Coke, (chairman,) Pendleton, Walker, Slater, Will· iams, Allison, ln~alls, S:tunders. and Logan.

On Pen-Sions-Messrs. Withers, (chairman,) McPherson, Groome, Call, Brown, Blair, Kellogg, l'latt, ami Kirkwooo.

On RetolutionanJ Claim-11-Messrs. Anthony, (chairmau,) Dawes, McMillan, J one of Florida, and Hill of Georgia.

01~ Olaim..Y-Messrs. Cockroll, (chairman,) llcreford, Harris, Groome, Pugh, Me. Millan, Cameron of Wi consin, 'l.'eller, and Hoar.

On tlu! DistrictofOolumbia-Messra. Harris, (chairman,) 'Vhite, Withers Butler, \ance. Ingall • Rollins, M<U!illan. ancl Paddock.

On l'aten.ts-1\ies.<;r;;. Kernan, (chainnan,) 0oke, later, Call, Booth, Hoar, and Platt.

On PublieBuildin.gs an.d Grotm.ds-~1essrs. Jones of Florida, (chairman,) Sauls-­bury, Yost, Dawe~. aml Morrill.

On Tet.,·itnries-}1 . s1·s . Garland, (chairman,} ButJer, Vest. Slater, Sannuer3, li::ello~_g, aull Logan.

On. Railroads-Messrs. J.amar, (chail'man,) llansom, Eaton, Grover, Williams, Pendleton, Jonas, Dawes, Teller, SaunderR, :u:d Windom.

On Mines and. .Mining-·u~,·s. Hereford, (chairman,) Hampton, Vest, Farley, Cameron of Pennsylvania, Plumb, and Hill of Colorado.

On. the Revision of the Lau:B-Messrs. Wallace, (chairman,) Kernan, Davis o-f illinois, Hoar, anti .Mc:M.illan.

On Educati.on and Labor-Me srs. Dailey, (chairman,) Maxey, llandolph, Lama.r, Brown, Burnside, Morrill, Bruce, and Blair.

On (}il'il Sen·ice and .Retrenchment-11Ies. rs. Dntler, (chairman,) Whyte, Beck, Walker, Teller, Rollins. and Baldwin.

To Audit and Control the Oontingent E/.rpe11.3e8 of the Senate-Messrs. Jii.ill of Georgia, (chairman,) Dans of We t Vir~inia., and .Tones of Nevada.

On Printing-Messrs. Whyte, (chairman.) Ransom, and .Anthony. Vn the .Iftbrary-hle srs. oorhees. (chairman,) Ransom, and Edmunds. On. Rules-::Uel!srs. Morgan, (chairman,) Cockrell, Wallace, Blaine, and Edmunds. OnJ;;.,n.grossedBills-Messrs. Conkling, (chairman.) Jones of Nevada, and Witbcl'S­On .Enrolle.dBills-Mos.ors. Vance, (chairman,) Call, and Rollins. On the Improvem~mt of the Mi.s11issippi River and its Tributaries-Messrs. Jon~

(chairman,) Cockrell, Harris, Lamar, Blaine, Kello~g. and Bruce. On Transportation Jl.outes in the Seaboard-Messrs. Beck, (chairman,) Johnston.,.

Voorhees, Hampton, Cameron of Pennsyh-ania, Windom, and Blair.