So the House refused to adjourn.

Mr. Lowry moved that the House take a recess until 11 o'clock tomorrow;

Pending which,

Mr. Slocum moved to amend the motion of Mr. Lowry by striking out the words "eleven o'clock to-morrow" and inserting in lieu thereof the words eight o'clock this evening;

Pending which,

Mr. Mills moved that when the House adjourns it be to meet on Wednesday next; which motion was disagreed to.

The question recurring upon the motion of Mr. Slocum to amend the motion of Mr. Lowry;

The question again recurring upon the motion of Mr. Slocum to amend the motion of Mr. Mills for a recess;

Pending which,

Mr. Mills moved that when the House adjourns it be to meet on Wednesday next;

When

Mr. Bayne made the point of order that the said motion was not in order, for the reason that the same question has just been submitted to the House and rejected.

The Speaker sustained the said point of order, on the ground stated, and the said motion was not entertained.

Mr. Mills moved to reconsider the vote by which the House refused to adjourn over;

Pending which,

On motion of Mr. Samuel S. Cox, the said motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

And then,

On motion of Mr. Springer, at 5 o'clock p. m., the House adjourned.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1885.

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

By Mr. Boyle: Petition of citizens of Rosstown and of Chartiers Station, Pennsylvania, asking for an appropriation for the Allegheny River; to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors.

By Mr. Deuster: Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of Milwaukee, recommending the purchase by the United States Government of the Portage Lake and Lake Superior Ship-Canals; to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. Long: Petition of Milley Estes, of Brockton, Massachusetts, asking for an increase of widows' pensions; to the Committee on Pen

By Mr. Samuel H. Miller: Petition of 39 citizens of Turkey City, of citizens of Cooksburg, and of 110 citizens of Saint Petersburg, Pennsylvania, favoring the improvement of the Allegheny River; to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors.

By Mr. Murphy: Two petitions of citizens of Omaha, Nebraska, ask. ing Congress to construct the Hennepin Canal in the interest of transportation; to the same committee.

By Mr. O'Ferrall: Petition of W. H. Baker, Holmes Conrad, Oscar Barr, C. W. Hensell, and 40 others, citizens of Winchester, Virginia, for the prompt passage of the Potter refunding bill; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. Peters: Petition of C. S. Bowman and 64 others, ex-soldiers, of Harvey County, Kansas, favoring the purchase of Miss Ransom's fulllength portrait of General George H. Thomas; to the Committee on the Library.

By Mr. Pettibone: Petition of George W. Huntsman, of Hawkins County, Tennessee, for relief; to the Committee on War Claims.

Also, petition of Elizabeth Bell and 20 others, asking for increase of widows' pensions; to the Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Ossian Ray: Petition of C. B. Simpson and 450 others, praying for an increase of pension to George W. Clark, formerly a private in Company E, Twelfth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Reed: A bill for the improvement of the harbor of Portland, Maine; to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors.

Also, petition of Captain John Linscott and many others, of Orr's Island, Maine, for a light-house; to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. Riggs: Petition of Mrs. Jane R. Griswold, for increase of widows' pensions; to the Committee on Pensions.

Also, petition and sworn statement in support of House bill 7979, to restore the name of Clark Heron to pension roll; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Rowell: Petition of citizens of Lexington, Illinois, for an increase of widows' pensions; to the Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Seney: Joint resolution of the general assembly of Ohio, requesting the passage of House bill 110, to adjust certain accounts between the United States and the States, Territories, and District of Columbia; to the Committee on Claims.

By Mr. Joseph D. Taylor: Petition of C. A. Gordon and 25 others, asking for an increase of widows' pensions; to the Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Washburn: Petition of the Chamber of Commerce of Minneapolis, Minnesota, relative to harbor improvements at Grand Haven, Ludington, and Manistee, Michigan; to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors.

Also, resolutions of the Chamber of Commerce of Minneapolis, Minnesota, relative to acquiring title and ownership of Lake Superior ShipCanal, Portage Lake Canal, water-ways, &c.; to the same committee. By Mr. John D. White: Petition for the relief of Mrs. Matilda Cody and others; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

The following petitions, for the passage of the Mexican war pension bill with Senate amendments, were presented and severally referred to the Committee on Pensions, viz:

By Mr. Brents: Of citizens of Pomeroy, Columbia County, Washington Territory.

By Mr. Chace: Of Eliza Whitford and others, of Washington County, and of N. F. Dixon and others, of Narragansett, Rhode Island.

By Mr. David B. Henderson: Of W. A. Morse Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Manchester, and 281 citizens of Delaware County,, Iowa.

By Mr. Kleiner: Of 100 ex-soldiers and citizens of Posey County, Indiana.

By Mr. Laird: Of Oliver J. Moppett and 39 others, soldiers and citi zens of Fillmore County; of A. B. Throap and 204 others, soldiers and citizens of Webster County; of Sidney A. Howe and 123 others, soldiers and citizens of York; of L. W. Hastings and 122 others, soldiers and citizens of Aurora; of D. C. Hanger and 176 others, soldiers and citizens of Indianola; of Peter Hendrickson and 30 others, soldiers and citizens of Utica; of J. J. Walley and 60 others, of Edgar; of Robert T. White and 55 others, of Kearney County; of E. H. Fink and 64 others, of Bradshaw; of John Moore and 61 others, of Tobias; of C. F. Broadwell and 79 others, of Webster County; of J. Y. Winings and 99 others, of Franklin; of John T. Early and 150 others, of Saline County; of W. J. Hildreth and 55 others, of Exeter; of S. O. Carman and 147 others, of Thayer County; of T. Q. Spain and 121 others, of Polk County; of Curtis Chandler and 140 others, of Harlan County; of L. N. Long and 165 others, of Fillmore County; of T. A. Adkins and 194 others, of Butler County; and of Edward T. Post and 124 others, of Thayer County, Nebraska.

By Mr. McComas: Of 118 citizens of Frederick County, Maryland. By Mr. Morgan: Of J. L. Parham and 60 others, of Saint Clair County; of Thomas Van Swearingen and 44 others, of Montevallo; of W. L. Potter and 30 others, of Barton County; of Anton Eppenaner and 60 others, of Vernon County; and of D. B. Williams and 45 others, of Vernon County, Missouri.

By Mr. Reed: Of John Speed, of South Atkinson; of Harvard Whitney and others, of Monroe; of John Bagley, jr., and many others, of Troy; of J. W. Sylvester and many others, of Etna; of James R. Polk and many others, of Freeman; of William H. Hooper and others, exsoldiers, of York County; of John L. Bradford, of Union; of J. H. Ellis and others, of Smithfield; of A. K. McKenzie and others, of Indian River; of Ignatius Sargent and others, of Machias; of Robert Col ren and others, of East Hampton, and of E. T. Gitchell and others, of Cumberland County, Maine.

By Mr. Rowell: Of citizens of Macon County, and of citizens of Piatt Piatt County, Illinois.

By Mr. Seney: Of H. S. Mathias and 105 others, of Crawford County, Ohio.

By Mr. Daniel H. Sumner: Of citizens of Fond du Lac County, and of citizens of Dodge County, Wisconsin.

By Mr. Van Alstyne: Of Edgar A. Coon and 112 others, of Albany, New York.

By Mr. Weller: Of Eli S. C. Rogers and 52 others, of Fayette; of Samuel G. Tyrell and 62 others, of Mitchell County, and W. H. Moore and 81 others, of Brush Creek, Iowa.

On motion of Mr. Chace, by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That to-morrow, at 4 o'clock p. m., be fixed as the time for the consideration of the resolutions of the Senate relative to the death of the late Henry B. Anthony, late a Senator from the State of Rhode Island.

By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted Mr. Hitt for today.

The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House a communication from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the Chief of Engineers in regard to the insufficiency of the lockage of the Sault Sainte Marie Canal; which was referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed.

Mr. Oates, as a privileged question, under the resolution of the House of the 21st of January last, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 5266) to prohibit aliens and foreigners from acquiring title to or owning lands within the United States of America, reported the same with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, accompanied by a report (No. 2308) in writing thereon.

Ordered, That said bill, amendment, and report be referred to the House Calendar and printed.

Mr. Abram S. Hewitt, as a privileged question, from the Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 7651) to amend section 3019 of the Revised Statutes, relating to drawback on duties on imported material when manufactured and exported, reported the same without amendment, accompanied by a report (No. 2309) in writing thereon.

Ordered, That said bill and report be referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and printed.

On motion of Mr. Ellis, the morning hour for the call of committees for reports was dispensed with, two-thirds voting in favor thereof. And then,

Ou motion of Mr. Ellis, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for the purpose of considering general appropriation bills; and after some time spent therein the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Wellborn reported that the committee, having had under consideration the bill of the House (H. R. 7970) making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June 30, 1886, and for other purposes, had come to no resolution thereon.

And then,

The hour of 2 o'clock p. m. having arrived, the Speaker announced the special order of business to be the consideration of resolutions expressive of regret at the death of Hon. John H. Evins, late a Representative from the fourth Congressional district of the State of South Carolina;

When

Mr. Bratton submitted the following resolutions, viz:

Resolved, That this House has heard with profound sorrow of the death of Hon. John H. Evins, late a Representative from the State of South Carolina.

Resolved, That the business of the House be now suspended that fitting tribute may be paid to his memory.

Resolved, That, as an additional mark of respect, the House shall, at the conclusion of these ceremonies, adjourn.

Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate. After remarks upon the life, character, and public services of the deceased, the foregoing resolutions were unanimously agreed to.

And the House accordingly, at 4 o'clock and 2 minutes p. m., journed.

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