sion to Russian Blair, Company B, Fifty-fourth Illinois Volunteers--to
the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
By Mr. MORGAN (by request): A bill (H. R. 6971)
for the relief of William H. Ballard--to the Committee on Military Affairs.
By Mr. NEILL (by request): A bill (H. R. 6972) for
the relief of Henry McGill, Monroe County, Ark., to the Committee on War
Claims.
By Mr. PAYNTER: A bill (H. R. 6973) to place the
name of Angus V. Wilson on the muster roll of the Forty-fifth Regiment
Mounted Infantry Kentucky Volunteers--to the Committee on Military Affairs.
By Mr. CURTIS of Kansas: A bill (H. R. 6974) to
pension John H. Clark--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
By Mr. HEARD (by request): A bill (H. R. 6975) for
the relief of the heirs and creditors of Elizabeth Townsend--to the Committee
on the District of Columbia.
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PETITIONS, ETC.
Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, the following petitions
and papers were laid on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows:
By Mr. BAKER of New Hampshire: Petition of Charles
F. Adams and 49 other citizens, W. P. Bacon and 26 other citizens, B. W.
Lord and 7 other citizens, all of New Hampshire, for the establishment
of a Government telegraph and telephone service--to the Committee on the
Post-Office and Post-Roads.
By Mr. BLAIR: Petition of Fred G. R. Gordon and
175 other citizens of Manchester, Potter Dyball and 100 other citizens
of East Canterbury, Thomas Leavitt and 23 other citizens of Exeter, and
Nathan B. Whitten and 37 other citizens of Holderness, all in New Hampshire,
for the establishment of a Government telegraph and telephone service--to
the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads.
Also, petition of Annie M. Bliss and 16 other citizens
of Dover, N. H., and Chicago, Ill., for the establishment of a Government
telegraph and telephone service--to the Committee on the Post-Office and
Post-Roads.
By Mr. BRICKNER: Petition of Excelsior Marine Benevolent
Association, Milwaukee, Wis., signed by 23 citizens, petitioning for the
establishing of light-house for signals and light ships in the waters of
Green Bay and Lake Michigan--to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign
Commerce.
By Mr. BROSIUS: Petition of 40 citizens of Mount
Joy, Lancaster County, Pa., in favor of House bill 5246 against immigration--to
the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization.
By Mr. CUMMINGS: Petition of the Journalistic Protective
Association of New York City, praying for favorable action on the bill
providing for Government ownership of telegraph systems--to the Committee
on the Post-Office and Post-Roads.
Also, petition of the New York Stereotypers' Union,
No. 1, of New York City, praying for favorable action on the bill providing
for Government ownership of telegraphs--to the Committee on the Post-Office
and Post-Roads.
Also, petition of the United States Cloak and Suit-Cutters
of New York City, favoring the bill providing for Government ownership
of telegraph systems--to the Committee on the Post Office and Post-Roads.
By Mr. ENGLISH: Petition of citizens of Lake County,
Cal., in support of the Manderson-Hainer bill--to the Committee on the
Post-Office and Post-Roads.
By Mr. GROUT: Petition of Asa H. Peppen, of Washington,
Vt., and 25 others, members of S. C. smith Post, Grand Army of the Republic,
in behalf of the early settlement of the claims now pending in the Pension
Office--to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
Also, petition of S. B. White, and 62 others, of
Topsham, Vt., in favor of the bill to regulate the traffic of oleomargarine--to
the Committee on Agriculture.
Also, petition of R. M. Pratt, of Putney, and others,
for law regulating the sale of oleomargarine--to the Committee on Agriculture.
By Mr. HALL of Minnesota: Protests of the Evangelical
Lutheran Churches of Bergen, Wellington, Young America, Goodhue, Arlington,
Renville, Cedar Mills, Hay Creek, Watertown, and Elysian, against proposed
constitutional amendment--to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. KIEFER: Petition of citizens of Stillwater,
Dora, Granite Falls, Albert Lea, Austin, Benson, and other cities of Minnesota,
together with Charles Settgast, E. A. Malone, Nills Sorenson, W. K. Mitchell,
of St. Paul, and other places in the State favoring Government ownership
of telegraph lines--to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads.
By Mr. McCLEARY of Minnesota: Protest of St. Paul's
Evangelical Lutheran Church, of Fairmont, Minn., signed by Rev. L. F. Frey,
pastor, and Charles Schneider, W. Senne, and William Wizner, trustees,
representing 218 members, against any change in the preamble to the Constitution
of the United States--to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. MEIKLEJOHN: Petition of E. H. Phelps and
others, against the income tax on incomes of loan and building associations--to
the Committee on Ways and Means.
Also, petition of H. E. Dordendorf and others, against
the income tax on incomes of loan and building associations--to the Committee
on Ways and Means.
By Mr. MORSE: Resolution by the Legislature of Massachusetts,
indorsing House bill 5294 to regulate the mode of removal of letter-carriers--to
the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads.
By Mr. PICKLER: Petition of 121 citizens of Oldham,
S. Dak., and vicinity, asking for the passage of a law for a postal telegraph
and telephone by the Government--to the Committee on Post-Office and Post-Roads.
By Mr. RITCHIE: Resolution of Toledo (Ohio) Medical
Association, favoring House bill 5837--to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Also, resolution of Toledo (Ohio) Produce Exchange,
favoring reciprocal trade--to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Also, protest of Toledo (Ohio) Medical Association,
against appropriation recommended for maintenance of library of Surgeon-General's
Office--to the Committee on Military Affairs.
By Mr. RUSK: Memorial against the abolition of the
custom-house at Annapolis, Md.--to the Committee on Expenditures in the
Treasury Department.
By Mr. SPERRY: Two petitions in favor of the regulation
of dairy products by State laws--to the Committee on Agriculture.
By Mr. STEPHENSON: Petition of Frank E. Abbott and
68 other citizens, C. L. Linkletter and 74 other citizens, Andrew Henshaw
and 88 other citizens, A. d. De Garma and 91 other citizens, W. L. Ducey
and 65 other citizens, S. A. Long and 68 other citizens, all of Michigan,
praying for the establishment of a Government telegraph and telephone service--to
the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Raods.
Also, petition of H. J. Cartright and 50 others,
J. N. Torrins and 14 others, William Constable and 44 others, John McNitt
and 86 others, Albert Murray and 14 others, E. B. Bigelow and 25 others,
Gideon Noel and 22 others, William Gilbert and 94 others, W. H. Green and
18 others, Benjamin F. Pixley and 18 others, G. M. Finzel and 101 others,
and C. W. Gibson and 12 others, all citizens of Michigan, praying for the
establishment of a Government telegraph and telephone system--to the Committee
on the Post-Office and Post-Roads.
Also, petition of A. S. Patrige and 117 others citizens
of Michigan, praying for the establishment of Government telegraph and
telephone service--to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads.
By Mr. UPDEGRAFF: Petition of Daniel Platt, of Cresco,
Iowa, and B. Amenderson, of Decorah, Iowa, against the income tax on national
building and loan associations--to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. WALKER: Petition of David manning, and 560
citizens of Worcester, Mass., and vicinity, praying for the enactment of
laws restricting immigration--to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization.
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SENATE.
FRIDAY, May 4, 1894.
The Senate met at 11 o'clock a. m.
Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. W. H. WILBURN, D. D.
The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read
and approved.
ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED.
A message from the House
of Representatives by Mr. T. O. TOWLES, its Chief Clerk, announced that
the Speaker of the House and signed the following enrolled bills and joint
resolutions; and they were thereupon signed by the Vice-President:
A
bill (H. R. 6055) to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Monongahela
River in the city of Pittsburg;
A bill (H. R. 6073) to extend
the limits of the port of New York;
A
bill (H. R. 6442) to protect the birds and animals in Yellowstone national
Park, and to punish crimes in said park, and for other purposes;
A
joint resolution (S. R. 74) for proper enrollment of Thomas R. Proctor
in the Navy of the United States; and
A joint resolution (H. Res.
168) instructing the Secretary of War to return to the State of Iowa the
flag of the Twenty-second Regiment of Iowa Volunteer Infantry. Go
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