Millan, Mitchell, Morrill, Ransom, Sargent, Saulsbury, Wadleigh, Whyte, Windom. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Allison, Beck, Cameron of Pennsylvania, Chaffee, Cockrell, Coke, Davis of Illinois, Ferry, Garland, Hereford, Howe, Johnston, Kirkwood, McCreery, Matthews, Maxey, Merrimon, Morgan, Oglesby, Saunders, Teller, Thurman, Wallace, Withers. So the motion was agreed to. Mr. Withers, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill (S. 205) granting an increase of pension to William Winans, reported it without amendment, and submitted an adverse report (No. 81) thereon. The Senate proceeded to consider the said bill as in Committee of the Whole; and no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate. Ordered, That it be postponed indefinitely. Mr. Dorsey, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the bill (S. 611) to extend the charter of the Franklin Insurance Company of the City of Washington, reported it with an amend ment. Mr. Chaffee, from the Committee on Territories, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 789) to appropriate money for the purchase of a law library for the Territory of Dakota, reported it without amendment. Mr. Chaffee, from the Committee on Territories, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 1201) making an appropriation for the purchase of a law library for the use of the courts and the United States officers in the Territory of Wyoming, reported it without amendment. Mr. Ingalls, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Anna L. Robbins, submitted a report (No. 82) thereon, accompanied by a bill (S. 697) granting a pension to Anna L. Robbins; which was read the first and second times, by unanimous consent. On motion by Mr. Withers, Ordered, That the Committee on Pensions be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Eliza Shelton and others, and that it be referred to the Committee ou Military Affairs. Leave having been obtained, bills were introduced, read the first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred as follows: By Mr. Booth: A bill (S. 698) for the establishment of certain mailroutes in the States of California and Nevada; to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. By Mr. Keruan: A bill (S. 699) to amend section 607, chapter 6, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, entitled "Circuit courts or ganization"; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. McCreery: A bill (S. 700) for the relief of the Louisville and Jefferson County Agricultural and Mechanical Association of the State of Kentucky; to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. Kirkwood: A bill (S. 701) providing for holding the terms of the United States district court for the southern division of Iowa at Burlington, in said division; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Hoar submitted the following resolution; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to: Resolved, That the Committee on Appropriations be instructed to consider and report whether the work on the public buildings in the city of Washington now suspended may be resumed forthwith so as to give present employment to the workingmen whose families are suffering from destitution. Mr. Wadleigh, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, reported the following resolution; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to: Resolved, That the additional sum of $849.80 be paid out of the contingent fund of the Senate to C. W. Stagg, being the balance due him for reporting testimony taken at Portland, Oregon, under Senate resolution of March 17, 1877, to investigate charges made against Hon. L. F. Grover. Mr. Plumb submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Printing: Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That there be printed ten thousand copies of the report of the United States Entomological Commission; six thousand copies of which shall be for the use of the House of Representatives, three thousand for the use of the Senate, and one thousand copies for the use of the commission. On motion by Mr. Saunders, The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the joint resolution (S. 17) supplemental to a joint resolution in relation to the International Industrial Exposition to be held in Paris in 1878; and, An amendment having been proposed by Mr. Paddock, After debate, Ordered, That the resolution be referred to the Committee on Appropriations. A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. King, one of its clerks : Mr. President: The House of Representatives bas passed the following bills and joint resolution, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate: H. R. 142. An act granting a pension to George McCoy. H. R. 305. An act granting a pension to Mrs. Rebecca C. Maxwell, widow of the late Colonel O. C. Maxwell, One hundred and ninetyfourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. H. R. 467. An act restoring the name of Thomas Crawford, a soldier of the Mexican war, to the pension-roll. H. R. 535. An act for the relief of the executors of the estate of John S. Miller, deceased. H. R. 536. An act for the relief of W. C. Snyder, of Illinois. H. R. 742. Au act granting a pension to Reuben J. Chewning. H. R. 1135. An act to authorize the issue of a patent of certain lands in the Brothertown reservation, in the State of Wisconsin, to the persons selected by the Brothertown Indians. H. R. 1272. An act for the relief of the Old Dominion Steamship Company. H. R. 1947. An act granting a pension to Dwight A. Barrett, late private Company E, Forty-sixth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. H. R. 1948. An act granting a pension to Bridget T. Hopper. H. R. 1966. An act for the relief of J. H. Duncan, postmaster at Elberton, Georgia. H. R. 54. Joint resolution anthorizing the printing and distribution of the memorial addresses on the life and character of the late Edward Young Parsons, a Representative from the State of Kentucky. The bills and joint resolution last received from the House of Repre sentatives for concurrence were severally read the first and second times, by unanimous consent. Ordered, That the bills H. R. 142, H. R. 305, H. R. 467, H. R. 742, H. R. 1947, H. R. 1948, H. R. 1949, and H. R. 1950 be referred to the Committee on Pensions; that the bill H. R. 535 be referred to the Committee on Finance; that the bills H. R. 536 and H. R. 1966 be referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads; that the bill H. R. 1135 be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs; that the bill H. R. 1272 be referred to the Committee on Commerce; and that the joint resolution H. R. 54 be referred to the Committee on Printing. The Vice-President announced that the morning hour had expired, and called up the unfinished business of the Senate at its adjournment yesterday, viz, the bill (H. R. 1093) to authorize the free coinage of the standard silver dollar, and to restore its legal-tender character; and The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the said bill; and, Pending debate, On motion by Mr. Whyte, The Senate proceeded to the consideration of executive business; and After the consideration of executive business the doors were opened; and, On motion by Mr. Matthews, at 5 o'clock and 22 minutes p. m., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1878. Mr. Kirkwood presented a petition of citizens of Iowa, praying the establishment of a post-route from Solon to Mechanicsville, in that State; which was referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. Mr. Butler presented a memorial of the town council of Beaufort, South Carolina, praying the establishment of a naval station at Port Royal, South Carolina; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Mr. Beck presented the petition of James Shism, a soldier in the war of 1812, praying to be allowed a pension; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions. Mr. Wallace presented a resolution of the legislature of Pennsylvania, in favor of the making of contracts by the Post-Office Department for carrying foreign mails in American-built vessels, and for such legisla tion as will tend to restore American commerce; which was referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. Mr. Booth presented a resolution of the legislature of California, in favor of an appropriation for the improvement of Wilmington Harbor, in Los Angeles County, in that State; which was referred to the Com mittee on Commerce. Mr. Voorhees presented a memorial of citizens of Indiana, remonstrating against any change in the rates of duty on imported linseed; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. Christiancy presented a memorial of citizens of Michigan, remon strating against any change in the rates of duty on foreign wools; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. Christiancy presented a memorial of Samuel Day, praying com. pensation for mileage, quarters, and fuel while engaged in collecting vegetables and military stores for the United States Army, under mili tary orders, during the late civil war; which was referred to the Com mittee on Claims. Mr. Saunders presented resolutions adopted at a meeting of citizens of Omaha, Nebraska, and Council Bluffs, Iowa, remonstrating against the passage of the bill explanatory of the acts in relation to the Union Pacific Railroad and its branches; which were referred to the Commit. tee on Railroads. Mr. Paddock presented a resolution of the Kansas City Board of Trade, in favor of an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of the Missouri River; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. Petitions, praying an amendment to the Constitution prohibiting the several States from disfranchising citizens of the United States ou ac count of sex, were presented as follows: By Mr. Grover: A petition of citizens of Oregon. By Mr. Kirkwood: A petition of citizens of Iowa. By Mr. Eaton: A petition of citizens of Connecticut. By Mr. McPherson: A petition of citizens of New Jersey. By Mr. Matthews: A petition of citizens of Ohio. By Mr. Hoar: Three petitions of citizens of Massachusetts. By Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania: Two petitions of citizens of Pennsylvania. By Mr. Windom: A petition of citizens of Minnesota. By Mr. Conkling: Five petitions of citizens of New York. By Mr. McDonald: A petition of citizens of Indiana. Ordered, That they be referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections. Petitions, praying the removal of their political disabilities, and to be allowed the right of suffrage, were presented as follows: By Mr. Thurman: A petition of Phebe Painter. By Mr. Matthews: A petition of Mary V. Griffith. By Mr. Windom: A petition of Susan D. Cady. By Mr. Howe: A petition of Henrietta J. Partridge. By Mr. Sargent: A petition of Clarinda J. H. Nichols, and a petition of Mrs. A. A. Haskell. By Mr. Hoar: A petition of Lucinda Hosmer, a petition of Ann F. Hosmer, and a petition of Hannah Hosmer. By Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania: A petition of Cornelia H. Scarborough, and a petition of Rebecca Simpson. By Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin: A petition of Lucena J. De Wolf, a petition of Mrs. E. M. Drake, a petition of Mrs. James Cowing, a petition of Fannie D. Strickland, a petition of Mrs. W. W. Ames, a petition of Emeline L. Wolcott, and a petition of Mrs. L. S. Mason. By Mr. Anthony: A petition of Anna W. Spencer, and a petition of Catharine C. Knowles. By Mr. Saunders: A petition of Mrs. Clara A. Brown, a petition of Mrs. Kate F. T. Cornell, and a petition of Mrs. Susaunah McF. Kendall. By Mr. Mitchell: A petition of Lucinda F. Proebstel, and a petition of Harriet A. Laughary. By Mr. Ferry: A petition of Cora E. Williams, a petition of Mrs. Eliza J. Christie, a petition of Mrs. S. Carpenter, a petition of Mary H. Hunter, and a petition of Clarissa A. Richardson. By Mr. Conkling: A petition of Jane T. Welton, and a petition of Helen M. Loder. By Mr. Dorsey: A petition of Mary S. Cady. By Mr. Spencer: A petition of Frank B. McCarty, a petition of R. Homes Drake, and a petition of L. S. Weightman, and others, of Washington, D. C. By Mr. Plumb: A petition of Mrs. R. A. Eaton and others, of Kansas. By Mr. Oglesby: A petition of Genevieve G. Jones, and a petition of Jane G. Jones. By Mr. Booth: A petition of Mrs. Henry S. Lake, and a petition of Mrs. Maria Peters. By Mr. Ingalls: A petition of Emma Barr. By Mr. Withers: A petition of Laura Langhorne. Ordered, That they be referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections. Memorials, remonstrating against any reduction in the rates of duty on foreign imports, and against the restoration of the duties on tea and coffee, were presented as follows: By Mr. Ferry: Two memorials of citizens of Michigan. Mr. McDonald presented a memorial of citizens of Indiana, remonstrating against any change in the rates of duty on jute and jute-butts; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. Hoar presented a petition of citizens of Massachusetts, praying the recognition of their claims for pensions who are sufferers, as they allege, by the limitations of an unwise pension law; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions. Petitions, praying an amendment to the pension laws extending the time of limitation for obtaining arrears of pensions to July 4, 1880, were presented as follows: By Mr. Matthews: A petition of citizens of Ohio. By Mr. Eaton: Two petitions of citizens of Connecticut. By Mr. Kernan: Ten petitions of citizens of New York. Ordered, That they be referred to the Committee on Pensions. Mr. McDonald presented a petition of citizens of Indiana, praying the appointment of a commission to investigate the traffic in intoxicating liquors; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. Matthews presented a memorial of the Clearing-House Association, of Cincinnati, praying the repeal of the law imposing a tax on the deposits in banks; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. Petitions, praying the passage of the bill for the remonetization of silver, and for the repeal of the so-called resumption act, were presented as follows: By Mr. Voorhees: Twenty-one petitions of citizens of New York. |