Stevens, Thaddeus, a Representative from
Pennsylvania-Continued.

remarks on the bill to reimburse the State

of Missouri for moneys advanced for war
purposes.
...1900

remarks on the resolution relating to the
claim of Beals & Dixon........ .1920
remarks on the personal explanation of Mr.
Scofield...
.1940
remarks on the bill to reorganize the Army,
1975, 1999, 2001, 2006, 2030, 2349, 2350
remarks on the Northern Pacific railroad
bill.
.2243, 2244, 2245||
remarks on the Freedmen's Bureau appro-
priation bill
.2316, 2317, 2318
remarks on the Niagara falls ship-canal, 2329
remarks on resolution relating to the Union
Pacific railroad, eastern division......2376
remarks on the bill to revive the grade of
general in the Army.
.2390, 2391
remarks on the tax bill.. .2473,2474,

2478, 2479, 2629, 2630, 2632, 2663,
2681, 2686, 2728, 2732, 2745, 2752,
2755, 2833, 2846, 2849, 3446, 3634
remarks on the bill to continue the Freed-
men's Bureau...
.2807, 2808
remarks on the bill relating to the New York
and Montana Iron Company.....2965, 2966
remarks in relation to a Mexican loan,
3217, 8218

remarks on the increase of pensions.....3297
remarks on the California and Oregon rail-

road..........

.3299

remarks on the bill to reorganize the Treas
ury Department
.3325
remarks on the Eastern Pacific railroad bill,
3422, 3423, 3424
.3468,

remarks on the tariff bill..
3497, 3517, 3638, 3639, 3657, 3686
remarks on the bill relating to the Union Pa-
cific railroad, eastern division...3587, 3588
remarks on the miscellaneous appropriation
bill..............3794, 3797, 3800, 4255, 4258
remarks on the assault case of Rousseau and
Grinnell..
.3887, 3888

remarks on the resolutions relating to the
charges against Roscoe Conkling......3945
remarks on the resolution relating to the
adjournment of Congress.........3984, 3985
remarks on the deficiency bill for 1866...4098,
4001, 4102

currency.....

remarks on the bill relating to the national
..4106, 4153
remarks on the bill authorizing the payment
of the rewards for the capture of Jefferson
Davis and the assassins of President Lin-
coln..........
..4189
remarks on the New York and Washington
railroad bill.....
..4250, 4251
remarks on the bill to enable the States
lately in rebellion to regain their privileges
in the Union........
.4303, 4304, 4305
personal explanations of
.3399, 3626
Stevens, Thomas W., bill (S. No. 385) for the
.3511, 4060, 4113

relief of........

Stilwell, Thomas N., a Representative from
Indiana...71, 324, 668, 669, 670, 1812, 1861,
1995, 2688, 2827, 2858, 2859, 2877, 3353
resolutions by..
71, 324, 2858
remarks on reconstruction.......668, 669, 670
Stocks, Nancy A., bill (S. No. 358) granting a
.3644, 4107, 4156

pension to....

Stokes, William B., a Representative from
.4270, 4271, 4272
.4106

Tennessee.....................
sworn in.......

remarks in relation to admitting David T.
Patterson to a seat in the Senate.....4270,
4271, 4272

Stout, Charles M., bill (H. R. No. 641) for the
.2928, 3196, 3595, 3683

relief of....

Strider, Samuel V. B., bill (H. R. No. 110)

for the relief of.....

136

Strouse, Myer, a Representative from Penn-
sylvania....
101, 187, 195, 233, 350,

384, 426, 748, 772, 871, 1247, 1262, 1300,
1650, 1659, 1696, 1855, 2078, 2431, 2601,
2807, 8142, 3177, 8197, 3644, 3645, 8723,
4062, 4063, 4249, 4278, 4285, 4286, 4809
resolutions by...
........137, 233, 350, 1855
remarks on the basis of representation...426
remarks on reconstruction....................871

remarks on regulating trade with British
North America....

1247

remarks on the bill (II. R. No. 281) to amend
the postal laws....
1659
..3644

remarks on the tariff bill..

remarks on the bill granting aid to A. Sutro
in constructing a tunnel for mining pur-
poses in Nevada..
.4062
Strubing, Isabella, bill (H. R. No. 434) for the
relief of......... .1695, 2201, 2688, 2727
Suffrage, resolution relating to reconstruc-
tion..

yeas and nays on the.........

2429
.2429

bill concerning the elective franchise in
the Territories of the United States and
the admission of new States into the
Union.......
......... 2509

Surgeons-see Army.
Surveying, bill (H. R. No. 355) to authorize a
departure from the established mode of,
in certain cases
.1191, 3513
bill (H. R. No. 466) erecting the Territory
of Montana into a separate, district, and
for other purposes.
.1857,
3511, 8909, 3933, 4300
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Ashley, of Ohio......
3511
Mr. Glossbrenner....
.3511
Mr. Price......
.3511

Surveyor general, bill (H. R. No. 491) to re-
move the office of, of the States of Iowa
and Wisconsin, to Plattsmouth, Nebraska,
1968, 3372, 4308
bill (H. R. No. 391) to create the office of,
in Idaho Territory..
1450, 3418
Sutro, A., bill granting to, the right of way,
and granting other privileges to aid in the
construction of a draining and exploring
tunnel to the Comstock lode, in the State
of Nevada...... .3237, 3541, 4062, 4113
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Ashley, of Nevada.......
Mr. Strouse..

...... 4062
4062

Swayne, W. N., and P. K. Howard, joint reso-
lution referring the claim of, for adjudi-
cation to the Court of Claims........... 2235
Syphax, Maria, bill (S. No. 321) for the relief
of......
.2688, 2734, 3051, 3085
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Thayer......
8051, 3052

Tennessee....
.4106, 4249, 4270
..4106
sworn in.....
remarks in relation to admitting David T.
Patterson to a seat in the Senate......4270
Taylor, Nelson, a Representative from New
York.
..130, 135, 170, 171, 194,
300, 508, 512, 617, 724, 773, 774, 828,
898, 978, 1005, 1036, 1148, 1149, 1261,
1406, 1450, 1468, 1587, 1602, 1606, 1695,
1721, 1724, 1765, 1798, 1810, 1811, 1812,
1871, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1975,
1995, 2004, 2039, 2041, 2079, 2149, 2150,
2201, 2233, 2330, 2352, 2367, 2509, 2545,
2598, 2624, 2807, 2857, 2863, 2877, 2949,
2950, 2979, 3024, 3043, 3053, 3070, 3097,
3141, 3166, 3177, 3199, 3237, 3238, 3251,
3406, 3426, 3493, 3510, 3629, 3683, 3684,
3685, 4092, 4109, 4191, 4197, 4262, 4276
resolutions by......
171,

898, 1450, 1587, 2598, 3251
remarks on the bill enlarging the powers of
the Freedmen's Bureau........543, 544, 545
remarks on the bill granting a pension to

Virginia K. V. Moore....... .773, 774
remarks on the French Industrial Exposi-
tion.......

.1406
remarks on the bill for the relief of John C.
McFerran......
...1871
remarks on the resolution for the relief of
Mrs. Martha McCook.......... 1941, 1944
remarks on the tariff bill.. .3684, 3685
Telegraph, joint resolution of the Legislature
of the State of Michigan, asking Congress
for a donation of land for the construction
of a, line between some point on the Sagi-
naw river to the Sault Ste. Marie, in the
State of Michigan......

135
bill to aid in the construction of a southern
branch of the Union Pacific railroad and,
and to secure to the Government the use
of the same for postal, military, and other
purposes....
....978

bill to grant certain privileges to the Ameri-
can Submarine, Company
.1682
bill to encourage the construction of a, line
between the State of California and the
Territory of Idaho......
.......3240
bill (S. No. 357) to aid in the construction
of, and to secure to the Government the
use of the same for postal, military, and
other purposes....3511, 3513, 3774, 3771
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Alley...

1532

Mr. Baldwin

1531

Mr. Banks...

1533

Mr. Blaine..

1530, 1531

Mr. Darling.

1532

Mr. Thayer...

bill declaring certain obligations of the Uni-
ted States and national bank currency sub-
.2203
ject to, under State authority......
bill to exempt certain public lands from,3404
Taxes, bill to authorize the refunding of
3595
certain
bill (H. R. No. 759) to authorize the refund-
ing of certain fines... 4148, 4182, 4252, 4263
Taylor, John T., bill for the relief of...
Taylor, John W., bill for the relief of..

.3406
.4204

Mr. Washburne, of Illinois..
Mr. Wilson, of Iowa.

..1578, 1579

.1578

.1579

..1578

1579

.1578
.......1578
..1578

bill (H. R. No. 575) to aid in the construc-
tion of, lines and to secure to the Govern-
ment the use of the same for postal, mili-
tary, and other purposes.......... 2546, 2649
bill for the better protection of international,
communication.
....3767
(See Railroads.)

Ten Brook, Andrew, bill for the relief of, 8372

3949, 3975, 3976, 3980, 4056
resolution that the Representatives of, and
other States not now represented in Con-
gress should be admitted to seats upon
taking the usual oath of office...........2858
motion that the credentials of the members-

elect from, be referred to the Committee
of Elections.......
.4104
.4104

yeas and nays on the.....
resolution allowing pay and mileage to the
members-elect from, for the whole ses-
sion.......
....4154

joint resolution (H. R. No. 195) to extend
the provisions of the act of July 4, 1864,
limiting the jurisdiction of the Court of
Claims, to loyal citizens of......4146, 4278
Territories, the Committee on.

21

instructions to...... ..........34, 75, 138, 196
reports from...1917, 1918, 2210, 2368, 2370,

2371, 2579, 2807, 3197, 8404, 3513, 4051
adverse reports from.....
..1918, 1919
discharged from subjects........ ...1876, 1918
Territories, joint resolution to facilitate com-
munication with certain.....136, 1917, 2371
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Ashley, of Ohio...
Mr. Chanler..

Mr. Higby

.2371
1918
...2371

Mr. Rice, of Maine.....1917, 1918, 2371
Mr. Washburne, of Illinois.......... 1917,
1918, 2371

bill (H. R. No. 315) for the relief of the in-
habitants of towns and villages in the, of
New Mexico and Arizona...919, 3295, 3512
bill (H. R. No. 10) to develop and reclaim
public lands requiring irrigation and to
encourage agriculture in the, of Idaho,
Colorado, Arizona, and Montana, and the
State of Nevada.....
.1067

bill (H. R. No. 508) to amend the organic
acts of the, of Nebraska, Colorado,
Dakota, Montana, Washington, Idaho,
Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico...2148,
2210, 2371, 2600

...........

remarks on the, by-
Mr. Ashley, of Ohio......... .2601, 2602
Mr. Harding, of Illinois.. ..2601, 2602
Mr. Le Blond.....
.2602
Mr. Strouse......
.2601
yeas and nays on the......
..2602, 2603
bill concerning the elective franchise in the,
of the United States and the admission of
new States into the Union...............2509
bill to provide for the better protection of
the frontiers of the United States and,
thereof......
.........2675, 2688
bill (II. R. No. 715) setting aside certain pro-
ceeds from internal revenue for the erec-
tion of penitentiaries in the, of Nebraska,
Washington, Arizona, Montana, Idaho,
and Dakota.....
.....3404, 4306
biil requiring the officers of the, of the Uni-
ted States to hold their offices and file their
papers at the capitals of the............ 3493
bill for the organization of land districts in
the, of Arizona, Idaho, Utah, and Mon-
.....3510
Territory, bill for the better organization of
Indian affairs in Arizona......
bill in relation to the courts in Washing-
......60
bill to provide for the improvement of the
wagon road from Niobrara to Virginia

tana..

ton.......

City

49

135

Territory-Continued.

bill (H. R. No. 179) amendatory of the or-
ganic act of Washington..................350,
2370, 3418, 3420, 3443

bill attaching all that portion of the, of Col-
orado lying south of the thirty-eighth
parallel of north latitude to the, of New
Mexico.........

..350
bill erecting the, of Montana into a separate
surveying district.................435, 3511
bill (H. R. No. 202) to amend an act to pro-
vide a temporary government for the, of
Montana....
..531, 2368

ton...

bill to regulate the fees of officers in the Uni-
ted States courts in the, of Montana...531
bill to provide for the construction and im-
provement of certain roads in Washing-
.645
bill making appropriations for public build-
ings in the, of Idaho....
...645
bill (II. R. No. 249) to establish a land office
in the, of Idaho.....
....645, 3375
bill to establish post roads in the, of Idaho, 645
bill (H. R. No. 251) for the survey of the
boundary between the, of Idaho and the
State of Oregon......645, 1918, 3303, 4156
bill for the relief of land offices in Wash-
ington........
...........812
bill for the construction of a wagon road
from Denver city, Colorado, via Pueblo,
to Fort Garland, in the San Louis Park, 812
bill authorizing a wagon road in the, of
Utah.......

.919

bill in relation to the office of superintendent
of Indian affairs in Colorado ............919
bill to increase the salary of the judges of
the supreme court of Colorado
bill (S. No. 173) to confirm the title of José
Serafin Ramirez to certain lands in New
Mexico.......
....... 1200
bill (S. No. 121) providing for the enlarge-
ment of the Winnebago reservation in the,
of Nebraska, and for other purposes...1207,
1400, 1682, 3302, 4156
bill (S. No. 105) to grant the right of way
to the Cascade Railroad Company through
a military reserve in Washington......1401,
1553, 1788
joint resolution in relation to a daily mail
route to the, of Idaho...........
1450
bill (H. R. No. 391) to create the office of
surveyor general in Idaho, 1450, 3418, 3443
joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of
the Interior to pay certain claims out of
the balance of an appropriation for the
payment of necessary expenditures in the
service of the United States for Indian
affairs in the, of Utah..... ............. 1494
bill to provide arms and ammunition for the
defense of the inhabitants of Dakota, 1602,
1796, 1812
bill (H. R. No. 438) in relation to the courts
of Washington...... 1719, 2994, 4111, 4154
bill (H. R. No. 466) erecting the, of Montana
into a separate surveying district, and
for other purposes....
.1857,
2807, 3909, 3933, 4309
the President's veto of.....
....4309
bill (H. R. No. 249) to establish a land office
in the, of Idaho........... 1894, 3404, 3465
bill to disapprove of the act of the Legisla-
tive Assembly of the, of Washington, in
relation to Skamania county, approved
January 14, 1865

.2282

bill to aid in the construction of a wagon
road in the, of Montana.................2282
bill appropriating certain proceeds of inter-
nal revenue in the, of Nebraska, for the
purpose of erecting a penitentiary and
completing the capitol in said...........2285
bill (H. R. No. 522) to provide for the con-
struction of a wagon road from Colum-
bus, Nebraska, to Virginia City, in Mon-
.2285, 2744
bill (H. R. No. 647) to provide a temporary
government over the, of Lincoln, 2945, 3513
bill to provide for the geological survey of
the, of Nebraska.........
2945

tana

Territory-Continued.

joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of
the Interior to settle the accounts of Wil-
liam A. West, as marshal of the, of Ne-
braska......
.....3197
bill (H. R. No. 203) to regulate the fees of
officers of the United States courts in the,
of Montana......
.........3197
bill to provide for the publication of the laws
of Dakota........
....3465
bill to establish an additional land district in
the, of Nebraska......

.......3493
bill to provide for the erection of a peniten-
tiary in the, of Nebraska.................1968
joint resolution authorizing the justices of

the supreme court of Colorado, to fix the
terms of the supreme court of said...3682
bill (H. R. No. 761) to authorize the reim-
bursement to the, of Nebraska of certain
expenses incurred in repelling Indian hos-
tilities.......
.4102, 4249
joint resolution (H. R. No. 200) authorizing
the Secretary of War to settle with the, of
Colorado for the militia of said, employed
in the service of the United States in the
years 1864 and 1865.......4192, 4264, 4277
Test oath, resolution that the, should in no in-

stance be dispensed with in any depart-
ment of the public service................. ..71
yeas and nays on the..........
resolution in relation to dispensing with the,
in the case of attorneys-at-law........234
yeas and nays on the.......
.234
Thanks of Congress, joint resolution (S. No.

25) tendering the, to Vice Admiral David
G. Farragut, and to the officers, petty
officers, seamen, and marines under his
command for their gallantry and good
conduct in the action in Mobile bay, on
the 5th of August, 1864...........687, 715
concurrent resolution tendering the, to
George Bancroft for his memorial address
on the life and services of Abraham Lin-
coln, late President of the United States,
805, 812, 886
joint resolution (S. No. 31) manifesting the
sense of Congress toward the officers and
seamen of the vessels and others engaged
in the rescue of the officers and soldiers
of the Army, the passengers, and the offi-
cers and crew of the steamship San Fran-
cisco from perishing with the wreck of
that vessel....
.2078, 2148, 4091, 4156
joint resolution (H. R. No. 88) expressive
of the, to Major General Winfield S. Han-
cock....
1375, 1869, 2041, 2121
joint resolution tendering the, to Major Gen-
erals Gordon Granger and James A. Gar-
field, and through them to the officers and
men who fought under their commands,
for their gallantry and heroic conduct in
saving the army of the Cumberland at the
battle of Chickamauga........
......1522
joint resolution (S. No. 34) expressive of
the gratitude of the nation to the offi-
cers, soldiers, and seamen of the United
States.......
1577, 2315, 2345
resolution tendering the, to the authorities
of the city of Philadelphia, and the Hiber-
nia Fire Engine Company No. 1 of that
city, for the gratuitous use of said appa-
1856
ratus for nearly four years......
concurrent resolution tendering the, to the
working men of Lyons, France, who have
presented a silken flag, in memory of the
late President Lincoln, to the Government
Thayer, M. Russell, a Representative from
Pennsylvania..
...14, 22, 49, 62, 87,
115, 187, 172, 195, 200, 201, 203, 207,
288, 281, 282, 283, 307, 308, 311, 354,
875, 389, 460, 485, 515, 516, 517,
518,
583, 590, 659, 715, 751, 752, 758, 759,
777, 779, 780, 781, 828, 848, 892, 893,
930, 969, 970, 1099, 1123, 1125, 1128,
1180, 1151, 1152, 1153, 1154, 1155, 1158,
1176, 1188, 1209, 1220, 1251, 1265, 1270,
1272, 1296, 1305, 1306, 1339, 1367, 1391,
1404, 1450, 1451, 1467, 1505, 1533, 1535,
1549, 1578, 1585, 1586, 1602, 1608, 1614,
1651, 1660, 1705, 1706, 1722, 1727, 1751,

of the United States.......

......3562

Thayer, M. Russell, a Representative from
Pennsylvania-Continued.

1766, 1767, 1790, 1791, 1817, 1873, 1874,
1876, 1920, 1942, 1946, 1950, 2047, 2048,
2070, 2072, 2073, 2074, 2077, 2078, 2121,
2122, 2123, 2124, 2125, 2126, 2127, 2149,
2150, 2155, 2160, 2214, 2286, 2298, 2299,
2464, 2465, 2472, 2514, 2515, 2516, 2518,
2544, 2598, 2604, 2605, 2632, 2634, 2656,
2657, 2659, 2662, 2663, 2675, 2676, 2684,
2685, 2780, 2734, 2757, 2759, 2780, 2782,
2787, 2790, 2812, 2813, 2814, 2825, 2827,
2828, 2831, 2832, 2837, 2838, 2841, 2842,
2843, 2847, 2857, 2858, 2860, 2864, 2865,
2910, 2911, 2926, 2928, 2929, 2930, 2931,
2974, 2975, 2976, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3043,
3048, 3051, 3052, 3055, 3097, 3164, 3165,
3206, 3403, 3404, 3420, 3425, 3442, 3443,
3448, 3519, 3521, 3544, 3598, 3605, 3628,
3638, 3639, 3645, 3656, 3684, 3689, 3690,
3691, 3692, 3743, 3745, 3746, 3780, 3799,
3812, 3853, 3887, 8888, 3889, 3890, 3976
resolutions by........
..233, 2857
remarks on suffrage in the District of Colum-
bia.......
...200, 281, 282, 283
remarks on the hill to enlarge the powers of
the Freedmen's Bureau..............515, 516
remarks on the bill to regulate the register-
ing of vessels........
remarks on the naval appropriation bill, 751
remarks on the bill to establish a uniform

case........

583

system of bankruptcy..........759, 779, 780
remarks on the Pennsylvania contested-elec-
tion case (Koontz vs. Coffroth)....892, 893
remarks on the Indiana contested-election
.967, 970
remarks on the deficiency bill................. .1128,
1585, 1790, 1791
remarks on the civil rights bill. .1151,
1152, 1153, 1154, 1155
remarks on the bill to facilitate communica-
tion among the States............
1549
remarks on the telegraph to the West Indies,
1579
remarks on the bill (H, R. No. 281) to amend
the postal laws.
remarks on the bill for the relief of J. B.
Rittenhouse......
....1766, 1767
remarks on prohibiting the sale of liquor in
the Capitol building and grounds......1920
remarks on the bill (H. R. No. 361) to reor-
ganize the Army. .........2047, 2048,
2070, 2071, 2073, 2077, 2078,
2122, 2123, 2124, 2125, 2149
remarks on reconstruction..........2464, 2465
remarks on the tax bill
.2515,

.1660

2518, 2632, 2662, 2757, 2813, 2837, 2838
remarks on the resolution relating to ap-
pointments in the Military Academy, 2598
remarks on the bill relating to the pay of the
Army
.2910,
2911, 2928, 2929, 2930, 2931, 2974, 2975
remarks on a naval depot at League Island,
3015, 3016, 8017
remarks on the bill for the relief of Maria
Syphax
.3051, 3052
remarks on the motion to recommit the peti-
tion of Henrietta O. Gardiner to the Com-
mittee on Invalid Pensions...............3206
remarks on providing temporary accommo-
dation for the State Department.......3425
remarks on the bill to prevent smuggling, 3442
remarks on the tariff bill........
.3691
remarks on the miscellaneous appropriation
bill..........
...3799
remarks on the assault case of Messrs. Rous-
seau and Grinnell
.3888, 3889

Thomas, Francis, a Representative from Mary-

land....

.8, 135,

1218, 1219, 1220, 1238, 1300, 1302, 1803,
1337, 1652, 1653, 1654, 1655, 1856, 2098,
2678, 2822, 2823, 2824, 2838, 2886, 2887,
3114, 3115, 3116, 3117, 3118, 3119, 3120,
3121, 3122, 3166, 3471, 3545, 3546, 3547,
3548, 3568, 3571, 3770, 3907, 3934, 3974
resolutions by....
..1238, 1856

remarks on regulating trade with British
North America.....
.1218,
1219, 1220, 1800, 1302
remarks on the air-line railroad to Pitts-
burg.................... 1652, 1653, 1654, 1655

264, 352, 353, 403, 538, 857, 858, 951, 978,
1096, 1261, 1290, 1400, 1406, 1435, 1724,
1994, 2086, 2090, 2091, 2092, 2093, 2094,
2374, 3542, 3544, 3603, 3605, 3724, 3851,
3976, 4055, 4056, 4102, 4250, 4251, 4261
resolutions by..
136, 403, 978, 1724
remarks on the bill to facilitate communica-
tion among the States..
.....82, 83
remarks on suffrage in the District of Colum
bia..........
..261, 262, 263, 264
remarks on the basis of representation-see
Appendix.
remarks on the deficiency bill........857, 858
remarks on reconstruction....
..2090,

2091, 2092, 2093, 2094
remarks on the tariff bill....
..3542
remarks on the assault case of Beveridge and
Painter........
.4055
remarks on the New York and Washington
railroad bill......
....4250
personal explanation of......... .352, 353
resolution that there be paid out of the con-
tingent fund of the House to, $1,225 34,
the same being the amount of salary
accruing between the 4th of March,
1865, and 1st of August, 1865.......3843
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Phelps.

3844
..3844

Mr. Wilson, of Iowa.........
Thompson, Alexander, joint resolution (H. R.
No. 102) for the relief of..
.1149,

1604, 1997, 2032, 2121
Thornton, Anthony, a Representative from Illi-
nois.....
.70, 207, 324, 511, 616, 631,
632, 645, 887, 1032, 1150, 1156, 1157,
1165, 1166, 1167, 1168, 1169, 1207, 1346,
1894, 2233, 2234, 2235, 3375, 3876, 3891
resolutions by..
70, 1032

remarks on the resolution in relation to
damages by the Army and Navy in the
rebel States....
.511
remarks on the bill enlarging the powers of
the Freedmen's Bureau............ .631, 632
remarks on reconstruction... ....1165,

1166, 1167, 1168, 1169
remarks on the civil rights bill....1156, 1157
remarks on the bill for the relief of the own-
ers of the bark Maria Henry............2234
remarks on payment for horses, &c., de-
stroyed in military service............
.2234
Tifft, Lieutenant Joseph, bill to restore, to his

grade in active service in the Navy.....235
Todd, Lieutenant Joshua D., deceased, bill

(S. No. 57) for the relief of the heirs
of........
1574, 1580, 3197, 3238
Townsend, William, bill for the relief of...1450
Traitors, public honors to, preamble and reso-
lution in relation to...................... ..................
.......2945
yeas and nays on the.................................................................... 2945
(See Army.)
Transportation, concurrent resolution that a

commission of five be appointed by the
President of the United States to consider
and report to Congress at its next session
upon the necessity of some more speedy,
cheap, and reliable means of, between the
western States and the Atlantic sea-board,
and to submit some plan in reference
thereto.......
.....1720, 2946

joint resolution (H. R. No. 188) for the ap-
pointment of a commission upon, between
the western States and the Atlantic sea-
board..
..3842, 3913
Treason, resolution that, against the United
States Government is a crime that ought
to be punished
....60
yeas and nays on the.........

yeas and nays on the......

.3325

.3325

8325

Treasury, Secretary of the, report of......8, 22
communications from the.....
.70,

137, 299, 323, 389, 403, 482, 584, 687,
714, 748, 921, 1067, 1129, 1147, 1213,
1241, 1390, 1476, 1652, 1700, 1772, 1812,
2393, 2679, 2786, 2970, 3055, 3149, 3301,
3326, 3418, 3796, 3797, 3799, 4020, 4108
calls upon the, for information.... .114,
195, 275, 802, 324, 482, 720, 1190,
2368, 2430, 2857, 2946, 2947, 3680, 3681
instructions to the...
..1856
Treaty, bill (H. R. No. 154) further to secure
to American citizens certain privileges
under the, of Washington

..324,
531, 1390, 1400
bill (S. No. 68) to carry into effect the fourth
article of the, of Washington concluded be-
tween Great Britain and the United States
on the 9th of August, 1842......1574, 1580
joint resolution respecting the maps, charts,
and surveys of the boundary line under
the, of Washington and the charts and
maps under the reciprocity... .......3251
Trimble, Lawrence S., a Representative from
Kentucky..
...116,

387, 388, 389, 390, 446, 515, 591, 639,
647, 648, 649, 650, 748, 1198, 1400, 1450,
1526, 1819, 1861, 1919, 8276, 3447, 3448,
3802, 3885, 3886, 3892, 3934, 3980, 3985,
4013, 4014, 4054, 4055, 4056, 4057, 4096,
4097, 4150, 4160, 4189, 4203, 4269, 4278
resolution by.......
remarks on the basis of représentation.....387
388, 389
remarks on the bill enlarging the power of
the Freedmen's Bureau, 647, 648, 649, 650
remarks on the assault case of Beveridge
and Painter..............
...4055
remarks on the deficiency bill for 1866, 4057
Trowbridge, Rowland E., a Representative
from Michigan...8, 375, 579, 839,

840, 841, 842, 1031, 1115, 1335, 1347,
1452, 1496, 1502, 1526, 1548, 1575, 1587,
1720, 1752, 1767, 1796, 1812, 1815, 1861,
1868, 1874, 1893, 1899, 1900, 1920, 1941,
1950, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1996, 2007, 2032,
2041, 2130, 2148, 2156, 2183, 2210, 2215,
2234, 2246, 2330, 2345, 2384, 2394, 2481,
2471, 2511, 2579, 2723, 2727, 2743, 2771,
2780, 2785, 2859, 2921, 2928, 2949, 2994,
3005, 3024, 3044, 3053, 3055, 3085, 3086,
3115, 3141, 3148, 3164, 3177, 3201, 8204,
3205, 3237, 3240, 3251, 3275, 8295, 3325,
3333, 3356, 3404, 3406, 3424, 3425, 3426,
8443, 3473, 3501, 3510, 3519, 3538, 3545,
3562, 3572, 3589, 3595, 3598, 3602, 3656,
8683, 3711, 3723, 3793, 8817, 8845, 3854,
3892, 3933, 3974, 3985, 4047, 4054, 4057,
4102, 4154, 4156, 4188, 4189, 4201, 4249,
4257, 4258, 4263, 4277, 4303, 4308, 4310
resolutions by..
......375, 1081
petition of Augustus C. Baldwin, contesting
the seat of, presented...
remarks on the Michigan contested-election
.....889, 840, 841, 842
remarks on the fortification bill....... .1347
remarks on the bill relating to agricultural
colleges........
.....1899
remarks on the bill for railroads, &c., in
Kansas.......

case.......

..8

.3424, 3425
remarks on the tariff bill...
.3602, 3656
remarks on the bill authorizing the payment
of the rewards for the capture of Jefferson
Davis and the assassins of President Lin-
coln.........
......4188, 4189
remarks on the miscellaneous appropriation
bill..........

4257, 4258

...49

United States commissioners, bill to extend
the jurisdiction of..........
Upson, Charles, a Representative from Michi-
gan.......... 135, 212, 213, 482, 607, 646, 821,

822, 844, 859, 887, 888, 889, 890, 891, 892,
893, 894, 895, 898, 921, 923, 926, 927, 928,
929, 930, 966, 1099, 1131, 1272, 1522,
1634, 1694, 1728, 1769, 1770, 1772, 1862,
1871, 1876, 1894, 1952, 1979, 2032, 2066,
2068, 2072, 2074, 2075, 2234, 2343, 2377,
2384, 2385, 2392, 2433, 2473, 2474, 2475,
2479, 2515, 2792, 2831, 2859, 2923, 2927,
2028, 2934, 3058, 3140, 3196, 3197, 3399,
3445, 3460, 3539, 3548, 3562, 3605, 3653
resolutions by.
..446, 646, 3539
remarks on the Pennsylvania contested-elec-
tion case (Koontz vs. Coffroth)......... 887,
888, 889, 890, 891, 892, 893, 894
remarks on bill for relief of P. B. Tyler, 2343
remarks on the bill to revive the grade of
general in the Army.....
..2392
remarks on the revenue bill.
.........2473

V.

Van Aernam, Henry, a Representative from
New York
.194, 774,
898, 1406, 1507, 1662, 1724, 1812, 1951,
1976, 1977, 2029, 2039, 2042, 2043, 2044,
2045, 2575, 2688, 2838, 3055, 3067, 3068,
3069, 3070, 8177, 3949, 4058, 4092, 4200
remarks on the bill to reorganize and estab-
lish the Army.......2029, 2042, 2043, 2045
remarks on reconstruction.... ....3067,

3068, 3069, 3070
Van Horn, Burt, a Representative from New
York.....170, 283, 284, 285, 350, 887, 1005,

1036, 1068, 1147, 1467, 1468, 1615, 1662,
1695, 1704, 1728, 1752, 1798, 1820, 1862,
1979, 2031, 2039, 2041, 2147, 2156, 2247,
2292, 2299, 2319, 2321, 2325, 2326, 2327,
2328, 2329, 2330, 2384, 2660, 3426, 3546
resolution by..
....170
remarks on suffrage in the District of Colum-
bia.........
..283, 284, 285
remarks on the Niagara falls ship-canal, 2039,
2040, 2147, 2324, 2325, 2326, 2327, 2328
Van Horn, Robert T., a Representative from
Missouri...
.20, 61, 172, 325, 1067,
1068, 1842, 1494, 1662, 1902, 1903, 1904,
2068, 3406, 3426, 3811, 4059, 4183, 4288
resolutions by
.......20, 61, 1067

remarks on the bill to reimburse Missouri for
moneys advanced for war purposes, 1903
Ventilation, resolution authorizing the appoint-

ment of a committee on the, of the Hall
of Representatives........
.4266
Ventilation of the Hall of the House, the select
committee on the........
.4307
Vermont, joint resolution (H. R. No. 166) to
pay the State of, the sum expended for the
protection of the frontier against the in-
vasion from Canada in 1864............3238,
3298, 3325, 3401

joint resolution to suspend the collection of
taxes from the St. Albans Bank, in the
State of, until further orders.........3239
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Wilson, of Iowa......
Mr. Woodbridge...

3239

bill for the relief of the St. Albans Bank,
of St. Albans..
....3793
Vessels, bill to authorize the Secretary of the
Treasury to change the name of cer-
tain.....
....... 1682
Veteran Reserve corps, joint resolution (H.
R. No. 20) requesting the President to sus-
pend any order mustering out the officers
of the, until Congress shall take some
legislative action in regard to the...44, 3913
yeas and nays on the...........

Veto of the President: resolution relating to
any bill or resolution which shall be re-
turned by the President with his objec-
tions......

1969
.1969

yeas and nays on the...
Veto of the bill erecting the Territory of Mon-
tana into a separate surveying district, 4309
of the bill (H. R. No. 613) to continue in
force and to amend an act to establish a
Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Ref-
ugees, and for other purposes...8847, 3849
Vice admiral, bill (H. R. No. 567) to amend
an act to establish the grade of, in the
United States Navy........
2497,
2546, 2578, 2654
Virginia, bill (H. R. No. 169) allowing the
further time of five years to those owning
land warrants issued by the State of, to her
officers and soldiers of the, line on conti-
nental establishment to enter and survey
the same......
.349, 3511
communication from the Governor of...1033
Voorhees, Daniel W., a Representative from
Indiana.......
.9, 18,
115, 130, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155,
156, 157, 159, 193, 311, 376, 471, 482,
512, 670, 948, 949, 950, 968, 970, 991,
994, 996, 997, 998, 999, 1000, 1001, 1002
resolutions by..
petition of W. D. Washburn, of Indiana,
9
contesting the seat of....
remarks on reconstruction.....150, 151, 152,
153, 154, 155, 156, 157
remarks on the Indiana contested-election
case........991, 997, 998, 999, 1000, 1002
personal explanation of.....
......193
Voting, joint resolution amendatory of the
Constitution establishing a standard of,
for Federal officers........
18
W.

115

Walker, A., bill for the relief of............2741
Ward, Anna E., bill (H. R. No. 459) granting

a pension to....... 1811, 2688, 2733, 2877,
2926, 2927, 2949, 2980, 3005, 3089
Ward, Major General William T., reception

of, in the Hall of Representatives......776
Ward, Elijah, a Representative from New
York.. .18, 34, 61, 75, 171, 214, 221,

306, 324, 434, 452, 511, 579, 615, 616, 645,
781, 782, 783, 845, 948, 1006, 1272, 1547,
1615, 1650, 1694, 1696, 1699, 1701, 1719,
1720, 1727, 1728, 1751, 1798, 1820, 1875,
1926, 1968, 1977, 1979, 2025, 2049, 2067,
2068, 2131, 2151, 2181, 2191, 2201, 2203,
2225, 2235, 2299, 2324, 2330, 2547, 2654,
2688, 2825, 2826, 3084, 3140, 3142, 3199,
3207, 3373, 3374, 3398, 3443, 8444, 3449,
3473, 3537, 3724, 3800, 3850, 3851, 3874,
3949, 3975, 4010, 4056, 4094, 4161, 4197
resolutions by.....
.75, 171,

214, 1719, 3874, 4200, 4204, 4261,
4262, 4275, 4277, 4278, 4285, 4286
remarks on the basis of representation...434
remarks on the resolution in relation to
damages by the Army or Navy in the rebel
States......
.511
remarks on reconstruction, 781,782, 783, 784
remarks on the bill for the relief of Ishmael
Day........
......2068

remarks on the bill for the relief of Dr. Ed-
ward Jarvis.........
.............3373
War debts of loyal States: the select commit-

.18,

46
60

tee on.................................
report from.....
War expenditures of States: resolution ap-
pointing a committee of one from each
State to consider and report what action
should be taken to repay to the several
States the money paid by them for expend-
itures connected with the late war........14
Warmouth, H. C., certificate of the election of,
as Delegate from the Territory of Louisi
ana presented.......
........101
Warner, Samuel L., a Representative from
Connecticut
.....760,

1338, 1893, 2107, 2394, 2518, 3800, 3801
resolution by....
.760

War, the Secretary of, communications from, 59,
81, 129, 138, 193, 375, 403, 507, 698, 1190,
1296, 1333, 1865, 1526, 1547, 1605, 1662,
1700, 1727, 1842, 1856, 1945, 2026, 2345,
2368, 2374, 2393, 2575, 2659, 2743, 2863,
2904, 2928, 3629, 3845, 4048, 4249, 4303
calls upon, for information....
.71,
83, 136, 324, 435, 546, 1067, 1125,
1162, 1290, 1342, 1401, 1450, 1602, 1721,
1724, 1727, 1866, 1871, 1968, 2069, 2430,
2597, 2857, 2858, 2945, 3011, 3090, 3149,
3166, 3681, 3682, 3741, 3778, 3845, 4113
resolution authorizing, to transmit to any
benevolent institution designated by the
Governor in any one of the southern
States in which temporary encampments,
barracks, and hospitals of the United
States may be situated, the materials of
which said encampments, barracks, and
......918
hospitals were constructed...
Washburne, Elihu B., a Representative from
Illinois..
..4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 13,
14, 15, 19, 20, 22, 31, 32, 33, 34, 45, 46,
48, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 68, 70, 71, 72, 75,
82, 83, 84, 87, 104, 129, 137, 147, 148, 149,
171, 172, 173, 193, 194, 195, 212, 214, 234,
252, 253, 276, 277, 801, 323, 325, 326, 328,
329, 349, 359, 360, 375, 389, 390, 422, 446,
448, 482, 483, 493, 511, 512, 515, 518, 531,
532, 533, 534, 579, 580, 581, 583, 584, 615,
616, 617, 618, 626, 644, 646, 647, 659, 687,
718, 714, 718, 719, 720, 721, 722, 723, 724,
725, 726, 750, 752, 758, 754, 774, 775, 776,
777, 811, 814, 835, 836, 837, 853, 854, 855,
856,857, 858, 859, 860, 861, 862, 863, 864,
865, 886, 898, 899, 921, 922, 943, 944, 945,
946, 947, 948, 949, 950, 966, 967, 978, 991,
1001, 1006, 1032, 1033, 1035, 1036, 1054,
1067, 1083, 1096, 1097, 1098, 1099, 1115,
1126, 1127, 1128, 1129, 1130, 1148, 1149,
1150, 1151, 1161, 1162, 1189, 1190, 1191,
1192, 1193, 1194, 1195, 1197, 1198, 1199,
1207, 1208, 1209, 1212, 1213, 1214, 1220,
1238, 1240, 1251, 1252, 1290, 1296, 1303,
1333, 1334, 1342, 1346, 1847, 1349, 1366,
1369, 1371, 1375, 1386, 1390, 1391, 1392,
1393, 1399, 1400, 1403, 1404, 1405, 1406,
1422, 1423, 1450, 1452, 1463, 1468, 1495,
1496, 1502, 1504, 1506, 1522, 1523, 1533,
1534, 1535, 1547, 1548, 1550, 1551, 1552,
1553, 1576, 1577, 1578, 1579, 1580, 1581,
1582, 1583, 1584, 1585, 1587, 1602, 1603,
1604, 1609, 1611, 1615, 1652, 1653, 1654,
1656, 1657, 1658, 1659, 1660, 1661, 1662,
1682, 1683, 1684, 1685, 1694, 1695, 1696,
1699, 1700, 1701, 1703, 1705, 1721, 1724,
1725, 1728, 1765, 1766, 1767, 1768, 1772,
1787, 1810, 1811, 1812, 1857, 1866, 1867,
1870, 1871, 1874, 1876, 1893, 1894, 1899,
1900, 1901, 1902, 1904, 1905, 1915, 1917,
1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1926, 1940,
1944, 1952, 1969, 1972, 1994, 1995, 1996,
1997, 2007, 2008, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026,
2032, 2049, 2067, 2068, 2069, 2073, 2077,
2078, 2079, 2118, 2119, 2120, 2121, 2130,
2181, 2146, 2148, 2155, 2156, 2158, 2159,
2160, 2161, 2182, 2187, 2190, 2191, 2200,
2201, 2205, 2203, 2208, 2210, 2212, 2213,
2214, 2215, 2283, 2284, 2235, 2236, 2239,
2240, 2242, 2245, 2299, 2314, 2315, 2317,
2341, 2342, 2843, 2344, 2351, 2352, 2368,
2369, 2870, 2371, 2372, 2373, 2374, 2375,
2376, 2377, 2384, 2385, 2386, 2387, 2430,
2481, 2432, 2434, 2458, 2471, 2472, 2513,
2541, 2545, 2546, 2547, 2571, 2572, 2573,
2597, 2623, 2624, 2625, 3299, 8300, 3301,
3302, 3808, 3304, 3305, 3806, 3324, 3325,
8326, 3327, 3332, 3350, 3351, 3352, 3353,
3356, 3858, 8359, 3360, 3372, 3873, 3375,
8377, 3397, 3399, 3681, 3682, 3683, 3684,
3690, 3691, 3694, 3722, 3723, 3724, 3725,
8741, 8742, 3746, 3747, 3749, 8750, 3766,
8767, 3768, 3769, 3770, 3782, 8793, 3794,
8797, 3798, 3799, 3800, 3801, 3802, 3811,
3813, 3814, 3815, 3817, 3843, 3844, 3905
resolutions by..
.5, 6, 22,

57, 71, 82, 626, 1032, 1506, 2458, 3844
remarks on the admission of southern mem-
bers........

.45

remarks on the bill to facilitate communica-
tion among the States........

.82, 83

Washburne, Elihu B., a Representative from
Illinois-Continued.

remarks on the bill for the relief of Charlotte
Bence
..........194
remarks on a reporter for committees.....301
remarks on the naval appropriation bill, 235,
339, 720, 721, 750, 752
remarks on the bill to regulate the registry
of vessels.......
..534, 583, 584
remarks on the deficiency bill........856, 857,
865, 1096, 1126, 1128, 1129,
1130, 1581, 1582, 1583, 1584
remarks on the joint resolution relating to
the intercontinental telegraph........
remarks on the Army appropriation bill, 1195
remarks on regulating trade with British
North America.....
.1212, 1213

.......

922

remarks on the fortification bill.... .1346
remarks on the French Industrial Exposi
tion...... 1390, 1391, 1392, 1393, 3304, 3305
remarks on the personal explanation of Mr.
Smith
.1423
remarks on the diplomatic appropriation
bill..........
..1534, 1547, 1548
remarks on the telegraph to the West In-
dies.....
........1578
remarks on the bill for the relief of James
G. Holland..
1602, 1603
remarks on the bill (H. R. No. 281) to amend
the postal laws.....
1657, 1658
remarks on subjecting certain lands in Kan-
sas to the laws thereof......
.1684
remarks on the bill for the relief of J. B.
Rittenhouse........
.1766
remarks on the bill for the relief of John C.
McFerran.....
.1871
remarks on the bill to reimburse the State
of Missouri for moneys advanced for war
purposes
.1901, 1902
remarks on the resolution to facilitate com-
munication with certain Territories... 1917,
1918, 2371
remarks on the resolution relating to the
claim of Beals & Dixon .........1920, 1921
remarks on the death of Senator Foot... 1923
remarks on the resolution for the relief of
Mrs. Martha McCook..................
.1944
remarks on the organization of the Pension
Office............ .1997, 2024, 2025, 2038
remarks on the Northern Pacific railroad
bill........2160, 2161, 2212, 2213, 2214, 2215
remarks on the bill for the relief of the own-
ers of the bark Maria Henry............2234
remarks on the bill relating to immigration,
&c.
.....2314

remarks on the bill relating to the pay of
examiners in the Patent Office.........2342
remarks on appointing commissioners to the
Paris Exposition

.2342

remarks on the bill for the relief of Philos
B. Tyler.........
.2343, 2344
remarks on the bill relating to bridges over
the Mississippi......2374, 2375, 3814, 3815
remarks on the bill to incorporate the Na-
tional Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans'
Home........
...2376

remarks on bill for relief of W. Pierce, 8327
remarks on the bill relating to the Rock
Island armory and arsenal.......8351, 3352
remarks on the Indian appropriation bill,
3358, 3359

remarks on the death of James Humphrey,
of New York

.3377

remarks on telegraph lines to be used for

....8746

Government purposes.........
remarks on the miscellaneous appropriation
bill...............3793, 3797, 3798, 3800, 3801
remarks on the right of way of railroads
through military reservations............3843
personal explanation of..........147, 148, 149
Washburn, Henry D., of Indiana, contesting
the seat of D. W. Voorhees......

..9,

remarks on the Indiana-contested election
994, 995, 996, 997
........................994, 995, 996, 997

case............................

Washburn, Henry D., a Representative from

1005, 1131,

Indiana......
1272, 1610, 1700, 1719, 1728, 1789, 1893,
1897, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1994, 1995,
2004, 2042, 2043, 2235, 2434, 2578, 2605,
2825, 8149, 3332, 8562, 3661; 3722, 3981

Washburn, Henry D., a Representative from
Indiana-Continued.
resolution by......
..1918
remarks on the bill to extend the benefits
of section four of the Army appropriation
bill..........

1789
remarks on the bill for the relief of pay-
masters of the Army........
1897
remarks on the resolution relating to pay-
masters....
.1914, 1915

.2004, 2042
...2605

remarks on the bill (H. R. No. 361) to reor-
ganize the Army..
remarks on the revenue bill....
Washburn, William B., a Representative from
Massachusetts..
.824, 422, 615,
616, 772, 945, 1131, 1149, 1200, 1254,
1290, 1550, 1603, 1703, 1893, 1952, 2049,
2201, 2233, 2235, 2442, 2481, 2687, 2753,
2755, 2817, 2828, 2851, 2877, 3208, 3204,
3205, 8206, 3207, 3327, 3328, 3329, 3373,
3374, 8375, 3495, 3802, 8909, 3910, 3981
resolution by......
..422

remarks on the bill granting a pension to
Isabella Fogg
......772
remarks on the bill for the relief of James
G. Holland....
.1603
remarks on the tax bill........... .....2753,
2755, 2817, 2828
remarks on the bill for the relief of John
Gordon........
3202, 3204
remarks on the bill for the relief of William
Pierce........
...3327
remarks on the bill for the relief of Pitcher
& Hayford, &c.........
.3328
remarks on the bill for the relief of Dr.
Edward Jarvis........
......3373, 3374
remarks on the bill for the relief of Eleanor
C. Ransom.....
........3374
remarks on the bill for the relief of Ober,
Nanson & Co.........
..3374
.3495

ment.........

remarks on the tariff bill......
Washington, bill to pay and discharge certain
debts and expenditures to the corporation
of the city of...
.3375
Water-pipes, bill (H. R. No. 776) in relation
to the unlawful tapping of the Govern-
.8770, 3974, 4051, 4057
Watkins, William, bill for the benefit of...2282
Ways and Means, the Committee of...........21
instructions to....
........34, 45, 127,
129, 137, 171, 213, 214, 233, 287, 325, 350,
435, 446, 546, 581, 646, 835, 923, 1032,
1033, 1115, 1865, 1400, 1696, 1720, 1788,
1855, 2575, 2579, 2857, 2904, 3090, 3177
reports from...98, 213, 531, 579, 1005, 1067,

1290, 1530, 1552, 1608, 1681, 1695, 2181,
2187, 2200, 2433, 2434, 3325, 3397, 3443,
4093, 4148, 4156, 4182, 4200, 4248, 4266
adverse reports from.
1333, 4198
discharged from subjects....4093, 4198, 4283
Webster, E. H., resolution directing the Ser-

geant-at-Arms to pay, who was elected a
member of the House of Representatives
for the Thirty-Ninth Congress, from the
second district of Maryland, the amount
of his salary from the 4th of March, 1865,
to the day of the date of his resignation as
a member of the House......
..3844

Weighing, bill (H. R. No. 480) to provide for
and to regulate the, of exports, and for
other purposes............1876, 4091, 4161
Weights and measures, bill to fix the standard
of.......
.....645
Welch, Catherine, bill (H. R. No. 446) for the
relief of.........
1968, 3195
Welker, Martin, a Representative from Ohio,

135, 136, 196, 350, 726, 727,728, 1054,
1068, 1099, 1200, 1252, 1272, 1349,
1436, 1507, 1535, 1560, 1662, 1728,
1876, 1952, 1979, 2079, 2131, 2377,
2386, 2387, 2430, 2608, 2676, 2677,
2807, 2847, 2848, 2865, 3043, 8120,
3121, 3449, 3906, 3907, 3934, 4047
resolutions by
136, 350, 4047
remarks on reconstruction......726, 727, 728.
remarks on the reform school for boys in the
District of Columbia......
remarks on the tax bill...
remarks on the bill to incorporate the Canal
and Sewerage Company of the District of
Columbia.................................. ..........................3120, 3121

..2676

..2847

Wellington & Dorsey, bill (S. No. 210) for the
relief of........
1605, 2385
Wells, John & Sons, joint resolution (H. R.
No. 115) for the relief of...2068, 3907, 3933
Wentworth, John, a Representative from Illi-
nois..........3, 4, 13, 16, 19, 20, 21, 49, 60,
65, 69, 72, 101, 104, 482, 579, 687, 846,
886, 918, 920, 930, 951, 973, 976, 978,
1032, 1035, 1131, 1199, 1200, 1241, 1244,
1245, 1252, 1260, 1261, 1290, 1831, 1332,
1333, 1431, 1482, 1433, 1484, 1435, 1452,
1461, 1467, 1500, 1501, 1531, 1532, 1559,
1576, 1577, 1612, 1634, 1662, 1681, 1682,
1728, 1742, 1745, 1752, 1861, 1862, 1900,
1913, 1914, 1915, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1926,
1969, 2025, 2026, 2118, 2120, 2155, 2159,
2182, 2183, 2184, 2185, 2186, 2187, 2191,
2205, 2207, 2211, 2212, 2213, 2243, 2244,
2247, 2264, 2287, 3149, 3162, 3164, 3198,
3207, 3239, 3246, 3324, 3399, 3403, 3406,
3419, 3420, 3444, 3445, 3544, 3545, 3602,
3603, 3604, 3642, 3645, 3656, 3681, 3711,
3712, 3713, 3714, 3750, 3818, 3854, 8892,
3909, 3934, 3945, 3946, 3948, 4008, 4057,
4104, 4111, 4112, 4161, 4181, 4182, 4199,
4249, 4250, 4251, 4252, 4258, 4261, 4266,
4267, 4271, 4278, 4281, 4282, 4283, 4809
resolutions by.....
.49, 3681
remarks on the death of Senator Collamer, 65
remarks on regulating trade with British
North America......

remarks on the bill to restrict the expense
of collecting soldiers' claims....... .1260
remarks on the loan bill....
.1431,

1432, 1433, 1434, 1435, 1461
remarks on the bill to reimburse the State
of Pennsylvania for moneys advanced for
war purposes.......
.1559
remarks on the bill to reimburse the State of
Missouri for moneys advanced for war pur-
poses.........
........1900
remarks on the resolution relating to pay-
masters........
.... 1914, 1915
remarks on prohibiting the sale of liquor in the
Capitol building and grounds.....1919, 1920
remarks on the Northern Pacific railroad
bill......2184, 2185, 2186, 2187, 2243, 2244
remarks on the privileges of the floor...3403
remarks on the tax bill..
.3445
remarks on the tariff bill..
......3602,

3603, 3604, 3645, 3711, 3712, 3713, 3714
remarks on the resolutions relating to charges
against Roscoe Conkling.........3945, 3946
remarks on the bill to protect the rev-
..4111, 4112

enue...........

remarks on the New York and Washington
railroad bill.........

4250
.3399

personal explanation of......
West, A. M., a member-elect from the State of

Mississippi, credentials of, presented, 2949
Western campaigns, resolution that there be
printed for the use of the members of the
Thirty-Ninth Congress the reports of Major
Generals William T. Sherman, George H.
Thomas, John Pope, John G. Foster, A.
Pleasonton, and Ethan A. Hitchcock, made
to the joint committee on the conduct of
the war, together with such other reports
as may be received by the commencement
of the next session of Congress, the same
number and in the same style as were
printed of the reports heretofore made by
said committee......
.......8240, 3302
West Virginia, joint resolution (H. R. No. 17)
giving the consent of Congress to the trans-
fer of the counties of Berkeley and Jeffer-
son from the State of Virginia to the State
of............... 19, 218, 324, 689, 1220, 1240
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Bingham
Mr. Blaine..
Mr. Dawes..
Mr. Kelley
Mr. Latham.......
Mr. Lawrence, of Ohio.

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