Changes from the Preceding Congress. CALIFORNIA-Hon. George C. Perkins qualified August 8, 1893, under Executive appointment, in place of Hon. Leland Stanford, died June 20, 1893. GEORGIA-Hon. Patrick Walsh qualified April 9, 1894, under Executive appointment, in place of Hon. Alfred H. Colquitt, died March 26, 1894. LOUISIANA Hon. Newton C. Blanchard qualified, under Executive appointment, March 12, 1894, in place of Hon. Edward D. White, resigned March 12, 1894, to become a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. MICHIGAN-Hon. John Patton, Jr., qualified May 10, 1894, under Executive appointment, to succeed Hon. Francis B. Stockbridge, died April 30, 1894. NORTH CAROLINA-Hon. Thomas J. Jarvis qualified April 26, 1894, under Executive ap-. pointment, to succeed Hon. Zebulon B. Vance, died April 14, 1894. The House of Representatives. » CHARLES F. CRISP, of Georgia, Speaker. James Kerr, of Pennsylvania, Clerk. Republicans [in Roman], 125; Democrats [in Italics], 216; People's [in SMALL CAPS], 11; vacancies, 4, (of which one is in Kentucky, one in Ohio and two in Maryland). Whole number, 356. ALABAMA -- Richard H. Clarke, Jesse F. Stal- ARKANSAS-Philip D. McCulloch, Jr., Clifton CALIFORNIA Thomas J. Geary, Anthony COLORADO-LAFE PENCE, JOHN C. BELL-2. GEORGIA-Rufus E. Lester, Benjamin E. .-22. INDIANA-Arthur H. Taylor, John L. Bretz, Jason B. Brown, William S. Holman, George B. Henderson, Thomas Updegraff, Robert G. Cleary, Osee M. Hall, Andrew R. Kiefer, MISSISSIPPI-John M. Allen, John C. Kyle, MISSOURI-William H. Hatch, Uriel S. Hall, NEVADA-FRANCIS G. NEWLANDS-I. NEW JERSEY-Henry C. Loudenslager, John VIRGINIA-William A. Jones, D. Gardiner WEST VIRGINIA-John O. Pendleton, William WISCONSIN-Henry A. Cooper, Charles Bar- Delegates from Territories. Changes During the Congress and Action NEW YORK-James W. Covert, John M. Clancy, Joseph C. Hendrix, William J. Coombs, John H. Graham, Thomas F. Magner, Franklin Bartlett, Edward J. Dunphy, Timothy J. Campbell, Daniel E. Sickles, Amos 7 Cummings, W. Bourke Cockran, John De Witt Warner, Lemuel E. Quigg, Isidor Straus, William Ryan, Francis Marvin, Jacob Lefever, Charles D. Haines, Charles Tracey, Simon J. Schermerhorn, Newton Martin Curtis, John M. Wever, Charles A. Chickering, James S. Sherman, George W. Ray, James J. Belden, Sereno E. Payne, Charles W. Gillet, James W. Wadsworth, John Van Voorhis, Daniel N. Lockwood, Charles Daniels, Warren B. Hooker -34. NORTH CAROLINA- William A. B. Branch, Frederick A. Woodard, Benjamin F. Grady, Benjamin H. Bunn, Thomas Settle, Sydenham B. Alexander, John S Henderson, William H. Bower, William T. Crawford-9. NORTH DAKOTA-Martin N. Johnson-1. CHIO-Bellamy Storer, (Vacancy), Paul J. Sorg, Fernando C. Layton, Dennis D. Dono van, George W. Hulick, George W. Wilson, Luther M. Strong, Byron F. Ritchie, Hezekiah S. Bundy, Charles H. Grosvenor, Joseph H. Outhwaite, Darius D. Hare, Michael D. Harter, Henry C. Van Voorhis, Albert J. Pearson, James A. D. Richards, George P. Ikirt, Stephen A. Northway, William J. White, Tom L. Johnson-21. OREGON-William R. Ellis, Binger Hermann-2. PENNSYLVANIA-Galusha A. Grow, Alexander McDowell, Henry H. Bingham, Robert Adams, jr., William McAleer, John E. Rey-ren B. English was not elected, was rejected--' burn, Alfred C. Harmer, John B. Robinson, Irving P. Wanger. Howard Mutchler, Constantine 7. Erdman, Marriott Brosius, Joseph A. Scranton, William H. Hines, James B. Reilly, Ephraim M. Woomer, Myron B. Wright, Albert C. Hopkins, Simon P. Wolverton, Thaddeus M. Mahon, Frank E. Beltzhoover, Josiah D. Hicks, Daniel B. Heiner, John Dalzell, William A. Stone, William A. Sipe, Thomas W. Phillips, Joseph C. Sibley, Charles W. Stone, George F. Kribbs―30. RHODE ISLAND-Oscar Lapham, Charles H. Page-2. SOUTH CAROLINA-James F. Izlar, William ALABAMA 1894, March 23, the House affirmed without division the unanimous report of the Elections Committee that Mr. Cobb was, and that Mr. Whateley was not, elected. CALIFORNIA-1894, April 3--The resolution of the minority of the Committee on Elections, that Hon. Samuel G. Hilborn was elected for the third district of California, was rejectedyeas 84, nays 156, (not voting 112). April 4— The resolution of the minority that Hon. War yeas 12, nays 167, (not voting 174); the resolution of the majority of the Committee that Mr. Hilborn was not elected was adopted-yeas 170, nays 13, (not voting 169); and the resolution that Mr. English was elected was adopted— yeas 165, nays 17, (not voting 170). GEORGIA--The right of Mr. Black to his seat, against the contest of Hon. THOMAS E. WATSON, was affirmed by the House, June 29. 1894, by a vote of ayes 106, noes 10, (the point of "no quorum" first raised having been withdrawn). KANSAS- June 26, 1894-The majority of the Committee of Elections reported in favor of seating Mr. H. L. MOORE, in place of Mr. Funston. KENTUCKY-Hon. Marcus C. Lisle died July 7, 1894. LOUISIANA-Mr. Ogden qualified May 12, 1894, to succeed Hon. Newton C. Blanchard, resigned to become U. S. Senator. MARYLAND-Hon. Robert F. Brattan died May 10, 1894. Hon. Barnes Compton resigned May 15, 1894, to become U. S. Naval Officer at Baltimore. MASSACHUSETTS--Mr. Everett was chosen at a special election, to succeed Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, resigned to become U. S. Senator. MICHIGAN-Mr. Griffin was chosen at the November election of 1893, to succeed Hon. J. Logan Chipman, died August 17, 1893. Mr. Richardson qualified August 8, 1893, under his credential—the House having refused-yeas | by the majority of the Committee on Elections, 114, nays 199-to swear in Hon. Charles E. January 31, 1894. Belknap on his prima facie case. Mr. Belknap was allowed to contest the seat. OHIO-Hon. John A. Caldwell, second district, resigned May 4, 1894, to become Mayor of Cincinnati. Mr. Sorg qualified May 21, 1894, to succeed Hon. George W. Houk, died February 9, 1894. Mr. Bundy qualified December 4, 1893, to succeed Hon. William H. | Enochs, died July 13, 1893. MISSOURI--1894, March 28-The House rejected a resolution offered by the minority of the Committee on Elections, that Hon. Charles F. Joy was legally elected for the 11th district of Missouri-by a vote of yeas 100, nays 147, (not voting 105). A motion was entered to recon- PENNSYLVANIA--Mr. Grow qualified March sider this vote, and that motion was laid on the 21, 1894, to succeed Hon. William Lilly, died table, April 3-yeas 167, nays 12, (not voting December 1, 1893. Mr. Adams qualified Jan174). April 3, the second resolution of the minor-uary 3, 1894, to succeed Hon. Charles O'Neill, ity that Mr. O'Neill was not elected, was rejected -yeas 23, nays 160, (not voting 168). The first resolution of the majority of the Committee on Elections, that Mr. Joy was not elected, was adopted--yeas 156, nays 24, (not voting 172). The second resolution of the majority, that Mr. O'Neill was elected, was adopted--yeas 155, nays 28, (not voting 168). NEW YORK-Mr. Quigg qualified February 14, 1894, to succeed Hon. John R. Fellows, resigned December 31, 1893, to become District Attorney of N. Y. City. Mr. Straus qualified February 14, 1894, to succeed Hon. Ashbel P. Fitch, resigned December 31, 1893, to become Comptroller of N. Y. City. NORTH CAROLINA-The right of Mr. Settle to his seat, as against the contest of Hon. Archibald H. A. Williams, was favorably reported died November 25, 1893. Mr. Mutchler qualified August 7, 1893, to succeed Hon. William Mutchler, died June 23, 1893. SOUTH CAROLINA-Mr. Izlar qualified April 5, 1894, to succeed Hon. William H. Brawley, resigned February 12, 1894, to become U. S. District Judge. TENNESSEE-Mr. Enloe's right to the seat was affirmed by the House, without division, against the contest of P. H. Thrasher, R. and P., July 10, 1894. VIRGINIA-Mr. Turner qualified February 12, 1894, to succeed Hon. Charles T. O' Ferrall, resigned to become Governor of Virginia. WISCONSIN-Mr. Somers was chosen to succeed Hon. John L. Mitchell, resigned to become U. S. Senator. THE CABINET OF PRESIDENT CLEVELAND. Secretary of Agriculture-JULIUS STIRLING MORTON, of Nebraska. XXV. VOTES ON ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL HOME FOR AGED AND INFIRM COLORED PERSONS. IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 1894, June 12-Pending H. R. bill (7095), to provide for the erection of a national home for the aged and infirm colored persons, and for the maintenance of the inmates thereof, as reported by Mr. OUTHWAITE from the Committee on Military Affairs : Cox of Tenn., Crain, Crawford, Curtis of Kan., Talbert of S. C., Tate, Taylor of Ind., Thomas, "Be it enacted, etc., That the sum of $100,000, out of all moneys, arrears of pay, and bounty which were due the estates of deceased colored soldiers who served in the late war and were in the hands of the Commissioner of the Freedman's Bureau and have been repaid into the Treasury, be, and is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not other-Smith, Stallings, Stockdale, Stone of Ky., Strait, wise appropriated, for the purpose of erecting a national memorial home for aged and infirm colored people, and to aid in maintaining the inmates of the same out of said fund, the building or buildings of said home to be erected in the District of Columbia, upon lands owned by the association known as the Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons, a corporation duly incorporated under and by virtue of the incorporation laws of the District of Columbia: Provided, That no money shall be paid to said association until the deed of said property shall have been approved by the Attorney-General of the United Stated, and until the Association shall have given good and sufficient bond, to be approved by the Attorney-General, conditioned upon the faithful discharge of their duties in the proper expenditure of the above-mentioned fund. "SEC. 2. That the plans, specifications, and contracts for the buildings to be erected for said home shall be submitted and subject to the approval of the Secretery of War, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay the money hereby appropriated to the association known as the Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons, in the manner provided for and upon the fulfillment of the terms of this act: Provided, That this institution shall not become a charge upon the United States Treasury at any time." This amendment to be added to Sec. 2: "Provided, That if residents of the District of Columbia become inmates of said home, and are supported in whole or in part by appropriations by Congress, the entire expense shall be a charge upon the citizens of the District of Columbia." Was adopted-yeas 113, nays 107, (not voting 128, "present" 4): NAYS-Messrs. Adams of Pa., Baker of N. H., Barwig, Bingham, Bower of N. C., Bretz, Brickner, Burrows, Bynum, Cadmus, Catchings, Causey, Chickering, Clancy, Cobb of Ala., Cobb of Mo., Cogswell, Coombs, Cornish, Cu!berson, Cummings, Dalzell, De Forest, Dolliver, Donovan, Doolittle, Dunn, Dunphy, Durborow, Ellis of Ore., Erdman, Everett of. Mass., Fielder, Funk, Gear, Geary, Geissenhainer, Gillett of Mass., Goldzier, Gorman, Graham, Hager, Hall of Minn., Hammond, Hare, Haugen, Hayes, Hermann, Hooker of Miss., Hooker of N. Y., Hopkins of Pa., Hulick, Hull, Hunter, Hutcheson, Izlar, Johnson of Ind., Johnson of N. Dak., Kiefer, Lacey, Lapham, Layton, Loudenslager, Lynch, Maguire, Mahon, Mallory, Marsh, Martin, McCreary of Ky., McDearmon, McEttrick, McKaig, McNagny, Meyer, Money, Northway, O'Neil of Mass., Outhwaite, Page, Payne, Pearson, Pendleton of W. Va., Quigg, Reed, Reyburn, Richards of Ohio, Richardson of Tenn., Ritchie, Ryan, Sipe, Somers, Sperry, Springer, Stephenson, W. A. Stone, Sweet, 7arsney, Tawney, Taylor of Tenn., Van Voorhis of Ohio, Walker, Warner, Waugh, Weadock, Wolverton, Woomer-107. The bill was then passed-yeas 148, nays 52, (not voting 150, "present" 2): YEAS-Messrs. Adams of Pa., Alexander, Arnold, BAKER of Kan., Bankhead, Bartholdt, Bartlett, Barwig, BELL of Colo., Berry, Bingham, Black of Ga., Blair, BOEN, Bowers of Cal., Brickner, Broderick, Brookshire, Bryan, Burrows, Bynum, Cadmus, Campbell, Cannon YEAS-Messrs. Abbott, Aldrich, Alexander, of Cal., Cannon of Ill., Catchings, Causey, Arnold, Bailey, BAKER of Kan., Baldwin, Chickering, Clancy, Cobb of Mo., Coffeen, CogsBankhead, Bartholdt, Bartlett, BELL of Colo., well, Conn, Coombs, Cooper of Fla., Cornish, Bell of Tex., Berry, Black of Ga.. BOEN, Cousins, Covert, Cox of Tenn., Crain, CumBranch, Breckinridge of Ky., Broderick, Brook-mings, Curtis of Kan., Dalzell, Davey, DAVIS, shire, Brown of Ind., Bryan, Bunn, Cabaniss, De Forest, Dolliver, Donovan, Doolittle, DunCannon of Cal., Cannon of Ill., Clark of Mo., phy, Durborow, English of Cal., Epes, Everett Cockrell, Coffeen, Conn, Cooper of Tex., Cousins, of Mass., Fielder, Funk, Funston, Fyan, Gard NAYS-Messrs. Abbott, Bailey, Baldwin Bell of Tex., Bretz, Brown of Ind., Bunn, Cabaniss, Clark of Mo., Cobb of Ala., Cockreli, Crawford, Culberson, De Armond, Denson, Edmunds, Erdman, Fithian, Forman, Grady, Hammond, Holman, Hooker of Miss., Hutcheson, Jones, Kyle, Latimer, Maddox, Mallory, McCreary of Ky., McDannold, Meredith, Mor. gan, Neill, Patterson, Reilly, Robbins, Russell of Ga., Shell, Stallings, Stockdale, Stone of Ky., Strait, Talbert of S. C., Tarsney, Tate, Turner of Ga., Turner of Va., Walker, Williams of Ill., Williams of Mlss., Woodard-52. ner, Geary, Geissenhainer, Gillett of Mass., | Waugh, Weadock, Wheeler of Ala., Wilson of IN SENATE. June 14-Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. XXVI. THE TARIFF BILL PASSED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION. [For previous votes on Tariff Questions see | dered upon pending amendments and the bill to McPherson's HAND-BOOK OF FOLITICS FOR its passage. That, without other motion, the 1892, pp. 4–23, 212-220, and other HANDBooks there stated.] IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 1893, December 19—Mr. WILSON of West Virginia reported from the Committee on Ways vote shall then be taken on the pending amendments, on the engrossment and third reading, on a motion to recommit with or without instruc tions, should such motion be made, on the final passage of the bill, and on a motion to reconsider and lay on the table. That, beginning on Mon and Means, H. R. 4864, entitled a bill "to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Gov-day next, at the hour of 5:30 o'clock each day, ernment and for other purposes." RESOLUTION FOR ITS CONSIDERATION. 1894, January 5-Mr. CATCHINGS reported this resolution from the Committee on Rules: "Resolved, That after the passage of this resolution the House shall meet each legislative day at II o'clock a. m.; that, beginning to-day, without intervening motion, except Conference reports and reports from the Committee on Rules, the Journal shall be read, business under clause 1, Rule XXIV, shall be disposed of, the Speaker shall call the committees for reports, and then the House shall resolve itself into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for the consideration of H. R. 4864, "A bill to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes;" that general debate on said bill shall be limited to the hour of adjournment, on Wednesday, the 10th of January; that on Thursday, the 11th of January present, said bill shall be read through, and shall from day to day be open to amendment in any part thereof; that on Thursday, the 25th of January, at the hour of 12 o'clock m., said bill, with all amendments recommended by or that may be pending in Committee of the Whole, shall be reported to the House; that the previous question shall then be considered or the House shall take a recess until 8 o'clock; the evening session to be devoted to general debate on said bill only. General leave to print remarks on said bill is hereby granted." On the demand for the previous question, the yeas were 169, nay 1, (not voting 181)—no quorum. A A second vote, after a call of the House had disclosed the presence of a quorum, was-yeas 167, nay o, (not voting 184)—no quorum. third was yeas-168, nay o, (not voting 183). A fourth-yeas 168, nays o, (not voting 183). On the last vote the yeas were: Messrs. Abbott, Alderson, Alexander, Arnold, Bailey, Baldwin, Bartlett, Barwig, BELL of Colo., Bell of Tex., Berry, Black of Ga., Black of Ill, Blanchard, Bland, Branch, Brawley, Breckinridge of Ark., Breckinridge of Ky., Bretz, Brickner, Brookshire, Bryan, Bynum, Cabaniss, Caminetti, Cannon of Cal., Capehart. Caruth, Catchings, Causey, Clarke of Ala., Cobb of Mo., Cockran, Cockrell, Coffeen, Compton, Conn, Cooper of Fla., Cooper of Ind., Cornish, Covert, Cox of Tenn., Crain, Crawford, Culberson, Cummings, De Armond, De Forest, Denson, Dinsmore, Dockery, Durborow, Ellis of Ky., English of N. J., Enloe, Epes, Erdman, Everett of Mass., Forman, Fyan, Geary, Goldzier, Gorman, Grady, Gresham, Griffin, |