United States revenue-collector; which was referred to the Committee on Claims. Mr. Chaffee presented a petition of citizens of Colorado, praying an amendment to the Constitution prohibiting the several States from dis franchising citizens of the United States on account of sex; which was referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections. Mr. Mitchell presented the petition of F. G. Schwatka, of Salem, Oregon, praying compensation for certain property taken from him for military purposes at Point Adams, Oregon; which, with his petition and papers on the files of the Senate, was referred to the Committee on Claims. Mr. Bailey presented a petition of citizens of Tennessee, praying a reduction of the tax on the manufacture of tobacco; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. Plumb presented the petition of William H. Morgan, of Osage City, Kansas, praying payment of certain bounty-money claimed to be due him; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Memorials, remonstrating against any action concerning a revision of tariff duties until after it shall have been ascertained by an official inquiry that such action would best promote general prosperity, were presented as follows: By Mr. Hoar: Two memorials of citizens of Massachusetts. By Mr. McPherson: A memorial of citizens of New Jersey. Ordered, That they be referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. Teller presented the petition of John B. Wolff, praying legislation for facilitating the adjustment and payment of the claims of citizens against the government, and the correction of alleged abuses in connection therewith; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Kernan presented the petition of George W. Hunt, administrator of the estate of Walter Hunt, deceased, for an extension of reissue No. 5109 of the letters patent for an improvement in shirt-collars; which was referred to the Committee on Patents. Mr. Dorsey presented a petition of citizens of the Territory of New Mexico, praying that certain Indians belonging to the Apache and Ute tribes, located near Cimarron, in that Territory, be removed to their respective reservations near Fort Stanton, and in Colorado; which was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Mr. Eustis presented resolutions of the Clearing House Association of New Orleans, Louisiana, remonstrating against the coinage of silver except as a subsidiary coinage, without legal-tender value, and in favor of recognizing gold as the standard of value; which were referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. Morgan presented a petition of citizens of the United States, praying the abolition or modification of the Patent-Office model system which was referred to the Committee on Patents. Mr. Thurman presented a memorial of citizens of the United States, remonstrating against any further extension of the Rice patent for im provement in the manufacture of paper bags; which was referred to the Co.nmittee on Patents. Mr. Davis, of Illinois, presented a memorial of citizens of Illinois, re monstrating against the remonetization of silver, and praying for the resumption of specie payments January 1, 1879; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. Dawes presented the petition of Anna L. Robbins, praying to be allowed a pension; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions. Mr. Dawes presented the petition of David Dimmick, of Massachusetts, a soldier in the war of 1812, praying to be allowed a pension; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions. Mr. Davis, of Illinois, presented resolutions adopted at a meeting of citizens of Bloomington, Illinois, in favor of the remonetization of silver, and to restore its free and unlimited coinage. Ordered, That they lie on the table. Mr. Christiancy presented a memorial of the Seminole and Creek delegates, remonstrating against the passage of the bill (S. 107) to enable Indians to become citizens of the United States. Ordered, That it lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Dawes presented a memorial of a committee appointed by the trustees of the Boston Five-Cent Savings-Bank, remonstrating against the passage of the bill for the remonetization of silver; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. Morrill presented a petition of commission merchants, wholesale dealers, and rectifiers of distilled spirits, praying a reduction of the tax on distilled spirits; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, presented the petition of Thomas W. Mather, praying that the suit of W. R. Glover and Thomas W. Mather against the United States be restored to the calendar of the Court of Claims; which was referred to the Committee on Claims. Mr. Dawes presented a petition of banks, bankers, merchants, and others, praying the adoption of measures authorizing the institution of an international monetary convention to consider and recommend conditions, terms, and values of gold and silver, &c.; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. Kirkwood presented a memorial of citizens of Davenport, Iowa, remonstrating against the passage of the bill for the remonetization of silver; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. Kernan presented a petition of citizens of New York, praying the repeal of the bankrupt law; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Mitchell presented a petition of laborers on, and furnishers of materials for, the construction of the revenue-cutter Thomas Corwin, built at Albina, Oregon, praying compensation for labor and materials employed in the construction of said vessel; which was referred to the Committee on Claims. Mr. Mitchell presented a petition of citizens of Oregon, praying the passage of the bill to extend the time for the completion of the Northern Pacific Railroad, and to secure the construction of the Portland, Salt Lake and South Pass Railroad; which was referred to the Committee on Railroads. Mr. Mitchell presented the petition of Mrs. A. J. Daniway, praying to be invested with the right of suffrage; which was referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections. Mr. McCreery presented a memorial of the six Chinese companies of California on the subject of Chinese immigration; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Mr. McDonald presented the petition of John C. Birdsell, praying an extension of his letters patent for machinery for hulling and thrashing clover; which was referred to the Committee on Patents. Mr. Cockrell presented the petition of General James Shields, praying to be allowed an increase of pension; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions. Mr. Harris presented a petition of citizens of Tennessee, praying a reduction of the tax on distilled spirits and whisky; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. Mitchell presented a memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of Astoria, Oregon, praying an appropriation for the construction of locks and a canal at the Cascades of the Columbia River; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. Mitchell presented a memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of Astoria, Oregon, praying an appropriation for the erection of lighthouses on Tillamook Head and on Sand Island, at the mouth of the Columbia River, in that State; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. Mitchell presented a resolution of the Board of Trade of Portland, Oregon, in favor of the construction of light-houses on Tillamook Head and on Sand Island, at the mouth of the Columbia River; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. Hill presented a resolution of the Savannah Cotton Exchange, remonstrating against the remonetization of silver and in favor of a return to specie payments at as early a day as may be practicable; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. Eustis presented resolutions of the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce, remonstrating against the passage of any law for the remonetization of silver, and in favor of maintaining gold as the standard of value; which were referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. Booth presented a resolution of the legislature of California in favor of the passage of the bill (II. R. 1924) to regulate Chinese' immigration; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Mr. McPherson presented a resolution of the Board of Trade of Trenton, New Jersey, in favor of the establishment of a Department of Commerce; which was referred to the Committe on Commerce. Mr. Thurman presented a petition of citizens of the United States engaged in the manufacture of earthenware, praying that no legislation may be adopted effecting a change in the present duty on imported earthenware; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. Kirkwood presented a petition of citizens of Charles City, Iowa, praying the coinage of silver dollars worth one hundred cents each at the present relative value of gold and silver bullion; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. Hamlin presented the petition of William McCartney, praying that his name be restored to the pension-rolls; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions. Mr. Dorsey presented a memorial of the governor and other State officers of Arkansas, praying an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of the L'Aguilla River, in that State; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. Matthews presented a petition of citizens of Ohio, praying the appointment of a commission of inquiry concerning the alcoholic-liquor traffic; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. Cockrell presented a memorial of citizens of Cameron, Missouri, remonstrating against any change in the tariff on flaxseed and linseedoil; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. McPherson presented two memorials of citizens of the United States, remonstrating against any legislation changing the present duty on imported corks; which were referred to the Committee on Finance. Petitions, praying the recognition of their claims for pensions by persons who are, as they allege, sufferers by the limitations of an unwise pension-law, were presented as follows: By Mr. Matthews: A petition of citizens of Ohio. By Mr. Conkling: Two petitions of citizens of New York. By Mr. Kirkwood: A petition of citizens of Iowa. Ordered, That they be referred to the Committee on Pensions. Mr. Hamlin presented nine petitions of citizens of Maine, praying to have refunded them out of the unexpended balance of the Geneva award fund the amount of certain extra rates of insurance, called warpremiums; which were referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Davis, of Illinois, presented a petition of citizens of Illinois, praying the repeal of the act of February 12, 1873, demonetizing silver; for the reissue of the old silver dollar as a legal tender, without limita tion; also, for the repeal of the resumption act; that $400,000,000 of greenbacks be issued and kept in circulation; and that greenbacks be made a legal tender for all purposes; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. Cockrell presented the petition of Edward Evers, praying the passage of an act authorizing the President to reappoint him an assistant surgeon in the Navy; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Mr. Thurman presented papers relative to the claim of Rear Admiral Thornton A. Jenkins for difference of pay between commander and lieutenant in the Navy from September 14, 1855, to June 1, 1860; and also for difference between pay on the retired and active list of the Navy while representing the Navy Department at the Centennial Exhibition of 1876; which were referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. On motion by Mr. Edmunds, Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the further consideration of the bill (S. 84) to amend certain provisions of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the transportation of animals, and that it be referred to the Committee on Com merce. On motion by Mr. Edmunds, Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the further consideration of the bill (S. 186) to provide for the settlement of tax-lien certificates erroneously issued by the late authorities of the District of Columbia, and that it be referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. On motion by Mr. Edmunds, Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the further consideration of the following bills, and that they be referred to the Committee on Territories: S. 207. Explanatory of section 1889 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and to ratify and confirm certain Territorial legislation. S. 330. Explanatory of section 1889 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and to ratify and confirm certain Territorial legislation, and for other purposes. Mr. Mitchell obtained leave to bring in a bill (S. 492) for the protection of the salmon fisheries in the Columbia River; which was read a first and second time, by unanimous consent. Leave having been obtained, bills and a joint resolution were introduced, read the first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred as follows: By Mr. Sargent: A bill (S. 493) to provide for the removal of the Naval Observatory; to the Committee on Naval Affairs. By Mr. Thurman: A bill (S. 494) for the relief of Thornton A. Jenkins, and A bill (S. 495) for the relief of Thornton A. Jenkins; to the Committee on Naval Affairs. By Mr. Hoar: A bill (S. 496) for the relief of the legal representatives of R. W. Gibbes; to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. Saunders: A bill (S. 497) to establish a post route; to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. By Mr. Kernan: A bill (S. 498) to provide for the appointment of an additional circuit judge in the second judicial circuit; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. Conkling: A bill (S. 499) to revise the judicial system of the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. Conkling: A bill (S. 500) in regard to the Staten Island and New Jersey Suspension Bridge and Railroad Company; to the Committee on Commerce. By Mr. McDonald: A bill (S. 501) for the relief of John C. Birdsell; to the Committee on Patents. By Mr. Barnum: A bill (S. 502) repealing the charter of the National Capital Insurance Company; to the Committee on the District of Columbia. By Mr. Mitchell: A bill (S. 503) for the relief of F. G. Schwatka, and A bill (S. 504) for the relief of R. G. Combs and others; to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. Ferry: A bill (S. 505) for the relief of Henry Romeyn, and A bill (S. 506) for the relief of William Mills; to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. Cockrell: A bill (S. 507) for the relief of Dr. Edward Evers; to the Committee on Naval Affairs. By Mr. Cockrell: A bill (S. 508) for the relief of James A. Price; to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. Dawes: A bill (S. 509) to extend letters patent heretofore issued to Joseph W. Fowle; to the Committee on Patents. By Mr. Sargent: A joint resolution (S. 14) for the purchase of copies of the General Register of the Navy and Marine Corps of the United States; to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Mr. Edmunds submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules: Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the following be, and the same are hereby, adopted as the joint rules of the two houses, for the present session. Mr. Edmunds submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed: Resolved, That the following be one of the standing rules of the Sen ate: No motion shall be deemed in order to admit any person whatsoever within the doors of the Senate Chamber to present any petition, memorial, or address, or to hear any such read, or to address the Senate, except as parties or counsel in cases of contempt or impeachment. |