See also Cattle, Dogs, Hogs, Horses, and
Sheep.

Dominican Republic, debt of, 183

Dondero, George D., election contest, 435
Donnelly, I., Select Committee to Investigate,
179

Donovan, Jeremiah, election contest, 351
Door locks, patent on, petitions, 165
Doorkeepers. See under House of Representa-
tives.

Dorr, Thomason, controversy involving, 128
Douglas Island, Alaska, petitions, 325
Downing, Finis E., election contest, 279
Draft. See Conscription.

Dragoons, Second Regiment, remounting of,
petitions, 105

Draper, Joseph, election contest, 71
Drawbacks. See Duties and drawbacks.
Drawbridges, Potomac, 320

"Drop letters," postage on, petitions, 367
Droughts, relief, petitions, 245, 259
Druggists, licensing of, petitions, 254
Drugs

Adulteration, petitions, 223, 224, 259, 267
Law concerning, petitions, 341
Legislation, petitions, 316, 413
Misbranding, petitions, 259
Pure, petitions, 316, 353, 402
Standards for, petitions, 348

Various, petitions, 32, 372, 373, 419
See also Chemicals and chemical products
and Narcotics.

Drydocks, 86, 137, 288

Petitions, 94, 105, 110, 125, 291, 304, 420
See also Docks.
Drygoods, tariff on, 214

Laws, amendment, petitions, 224, 261
Levying of in Mexican ports, 114
Payment, petitions, 45
Protective, petitions, 44

Rates of, petitions, 231

Reduction, removal, or abolition of certain,
72

Petitions, 36, 74, 111, 130, 133, 134
Refund of certain, 228
Remission, 274

Tonnage, against Spanish vessels, 176
Various, 36, 56, 57, 66, 114, 144, 172,
179, 302
Petitions, 17, 19, 20, 22, 24, 26, 29, 32,
33, 36, 40, 41, 44, 45, 50, 53, 54,

59, 64, 68, 73, 74, 93, 99, 100, 104,
105, 106, 125, 133, 139, 201, 310, 397
See also Tariff, Commerce Committee,
Judiciary Committee, Manufactures Com-
mittee, Ways and Means Committee, and
specific articles.

Dyer, Leonidas, election contests, 338, 345
Dyestuffs, tariff or tax on, petitions, 355
Earle, Elias, right to a seat in the House, 39
Earth, circumnavigation, petitions, 105
Earthenware, tariff or tax on, 289

Petitions, 195, 208, 216, 224, 231, 239
East Florida, claims, 198, 242

East Florida Expedition, channel markings
by, 163

East River, construction of tunnel under, 199
East St. Louis, Ill., race riots in, 359

Eastern and Western Transportation Co.,

incorporation of, petitions, 201

Eastern Cherokee Indians, union with Western,
184

Eastern Railroad, land grants, petitions, 160
Eastland (steamship), disaster, 352
Eaton, L. B., election contest, 256
Eaton, Thomas M., election contest, 417
Eckington and Soldiers' Home Railway Co.,
modernization, petitions, 283

Education

Aid for, 77, 163, 164, 175, 274, 417
Petitions, 125, 126, 133, 134, 173, 215,
230, 237, 238, 246, 267, 347, 372,
413, 419, 425, 437

Extension of, petitions, 347, 353
Fund for, 57

Illiteracy rates in the United States, aid
on the basis of, petitions, 246

Land grants for, 77, 163, 274

Petitions, 125, 126, 133, 134, 173

Lands devoted to, leasing of, petitions, 426
National Convention on, 197

System, District of Columbia, petitions, 110
Vocational, 358

Petitions, 347, 353, 354, 407

See also Education Committee, Education and
Labor Committee, Educational institutions,
Schools, and Universities.

Education, Advisory Committee on, 435
Education, Board of, 197

Education and Labor Committee

Petitions referred to, 172, 179, 215, 223,
230

Records of, 183, 190, 197, 211, 219
Education Bureau. See Bureau of Education.
Education Committee

Papers to accompany bills and resolutions
referred to, 329, 357, 362, 369, 374,
385, 390, 399, 405, 410, 416, 422,
427, 434

Petitions referred to, 238, 245, 252, 268,
275, 283, 290, 297, 303, 333, 340, 347,
354, 360, 392, 425, 437

Records of, 242, 264, 271, 278, 286, 294,

300, 329, 338, 345, 358, 363, 375, 380,
390, 411, 417, 428, 435

Educational associations, radio licenses for,
petitions, 402

Educational institutions

Agricultural and mechanical, 143, 241, 318
Petitions, 133, 145, 146, 245. See also
Aid, below.

Aid for, 62, 143

Petitions, 133, 145, 146, 245

Effects of war activities on certain, 435
Industrial, to establish, petitions, 130
Land grants for, 163

Petitions, 126, 133, 134, 146

Military training in, petitions, 36, 354
Tax on, petitions, 393

See also Education, Schools, and Universities.

Educational publications, petitions, 335
Edwards, Charles G., election contest, 380

Edwards, D. C., election contest, 306
Edwards, John, election contest, 190
Edwards, Ninian, address by, 52, 54

Eel River Band of Miami Indians, affairs of,
177

Efficiency Commission, continuance of,

petitions, 340

Egypt, embargo on cotton, petitions, 347
"Eight-hour" bill, 307
Eight-hour day, 219

Petitions, 173, 223, 246, 268, 304, 354,
359, 360, 367

"Eight-hour" law

Accounts arising under, adjustment, 273
Enforcement of, petitions, 215

Violations of in New York Post Office, 199
Various, 196, 235, 265, 295

Petitions, 238, 291, 309, 334, 348

Eighteenth Amendment

Ratification, notices of, 361
Various, petitions, 397

El Centro, Calif., military road between Yuma,
Ariz., and, petitions, 349

Election, Alleged Frauds in the Late Presi-
dential, Select Committee on, 214
Election in Louisiana, Select Committee on

the Recent, petitions referred to, 208
Election of President, Vice President, and
Representatives in Congress, select and
standing committees on

Papers to accompany bills and resolutions
referred to. See Accompanying papers
under the 58th and 59th Congresses and
under all Congresses from the 67th
through the 19th except the 72d and 75th.
Petitions referred to, 262, 269, 275, 283,

297, 303, 309, 315, 323, 377, 392, 431
Records of. See Committee papers under all
Congresses from the 49th through the
79th except the 62d, 73d, and 77th.
Election records

Credentials of Members. See under all Con-
gresses from the 9th through the 79th
except the 39th.

Electoral votes. See Electoral votes.

Examination of certain, 23

Investigation of certain, 14

Election supervisors in New York, interference
with, 264

Elections--Continued

Money for, select committee on use of, 151
Presidential, alleged frauds in certain, 214
Select committee on certain, petitions, 208
Elections Committee

Papers to accompany bills and resolutions

referred to, 369, 374, 390, 405
Petitions referred to. See Petitions and
memorials under all Congresses from the
8th through the 1st except the 30th,
37th, and 40th, and under the 44th,
47th, 50th, 53d, 54th, and 66th Con-
gresses.
Records of. See Committee reports and

papers under all Congresses from the
3d through the 36th except the 6th,
9th, and 32d, and Committee papers under
all Congresses from the 37th through the
79th.

Reports of, record of transcribed, 70, 112
Electoral votes, 299, 310, 327, 368, 378, 388
397, 414, 426, 438

List of, 54

South Carolina's, petitions, 283

Electoral Votes, Role of House in Counting,

Select Committee on

Petitions referred to, 208

Records of, 206

Electors, uniform date for election of,

petitions, 106

Electors v. John Bailey, election contest, 51
Electric arc light, report on merits of, 137
Electric Boat Co., Select Committee to Investi-

gate Charges Against, 318

Electric industry, petitions, 262

Electric wiring, to regulate certain,
petitions, 303

Electrical Exhibition, 233

Electricians, National Conference of, 241
Electricity, tax on, petitions, 397

Eleemosynary institutions, aid for, petitions,
125

Elevators, installation of certain, petitions,
224

Eleventh Census, Select Committee on

Petitions referred to, 262, 269
Records of, 251, 259, 267

Elizabeth, N. J., customs district for, 176
Elkins, Stephen B., election contest, 204
Elliott, James T., election contest, 183
Elliott, William, election contests, 249, 256,
264, 279, 286

Elliott, William, petition of, 36
Ellis, Lloyd, election contest, 400

Ellis Island, sale of beer at, petitions, 283
Ellzey, Russell, election contest, 400
Emancipation, Select Committee on
Petitions, 160, 167
Records, 164

Embargoes, petitions, 24, 26, 29, 30, 32, 33,
347, 354, 355

Emergencies, food for national, petitions, 432
Emergency Peace Federation, 345

Emergency Price Control Act, petitions, 431,
432

Agencies for, petitions, 348

Legislation for full, petitions, 437
Various, petitions, 431, 437

Employment of Money to Carry Elections,

Select Committee on, 151

Employment Service, U. S., petitions, 397,
420

Engineering experiment stations, 318
Engineers

Locomotive, qualifications of, petitions,
309

Military, petitions, 360

Ship, petitions, 215, 341

Engineers, Battalion of, efficiency, 177
Engines, steam. See Steam engines.
England

Century of peace with, petitions, 341
Documents from concerning United States
history, 56

Lord Chancellor of, judgment in case of
United States v. McRae, 169

See also Great Britain and Court of St.

James.

England, E. T., election contest, 386
Englebright, William R., election contest,
330

English, George W., impeachment, 384
English, W. H., Select Committee to Investi-
gate Charges of Violating the Privileges
of the House, 237

English, Warren B., election contest, 271
English, William E., election contest, 234
Engraving and printing, testimony on, 210
Engraving and Printing Bureau. See Bureau
of Engraving and Printing.

Engraving Committee, records of, 102, 113,
121

Enloe, B. A., election contest, 271
Enrolled Bills Committee

Members of, 234, 242

Records of. See Committee papers under
all Congresses from the 48th through
the 79th except the 57th through the
60th and the 62d and 63d.

Entomologists, appointment of a committee of,
petitions, 223

Entry, ports of. See Ports of entry.

Envelopes

Contracts for, 112

Stamped, 236, 332

Petitions, 383

Various, 185

Petitions, 186

Epes, James F., election contest, 271

Epes, Sydney P., election contest, 286

Epidemic Diseases, Select Committee on Origin,
Introduction, and Prevention of
Petitions referred to, 217, 224
Records of, 214, 222

Epirus, Northern, petitions, 366

Equal rights, petitions, 377, 420, 431. See
also Civil rights and Women.

Equipment and Recruiting Bureau, Navy, 235,

250

Ericsson, John

Memorial for, 358, 364

Petitions, 348

Plans for harbor defense, 235

Ericsson's destroyer, 243

Erie, Lake. See Lake Erie.

Erie, Pa.

Marine hospital at, 235

Obstruction of communications by rioting
in, 128

Soldiers' Home at, petitions, 230
Erie Harbor, petitions, 45

Espionage law, petitions, 367, 373

Estabrook, Experience, election contest, 149
Estates, tax on, petitions, 388

Estopinal, Albert, election contests, 319, 330
Ethnology, Bureau of, petitions, 324
Europe

Affairs concerning, 320, 370

Central, milk for children of, petitions,
354

Central Powers of

Presidential policy toward, petitions, 354
War against, referendum for declaring,
petitions, 354

Food for, embargo on, petitions, 354

Jews in, persecution, petitions, 366
Markets of, petitions, 223

Relief for, petitions, 366

Tobacco trade, 114

Evans, Oliver, patent rights of, petitions,
32, 33

Evans, Walter, election contest, 294

Evans' safety guard for steam boilers, use
of, petitions, 104, 105, 130, 159
Evins, John H., briefs of, 212
Ewing, G. W., revocation of license as
Indian trader, 113

Ewing, Thomas, to investigate conduct of, 119
Ewing, W. G., revocation of license as Indian
trader, 113

Exchequer, plan for, 98. See also Treasury.
Excises. See Taxes and taxation.

Executive Council to replace the President,
petitions, 246

Executive departments and agencies

Acts of, unauthorized, select committee to
investigate, 430

Appointments in, to prohibit congressional
recommendations for, 190

Appropriations and expenditures, 28, 32, 39,
43, 48, 52, 57, 67, 72, 77, 82, 123,
138, 143, 157, 168, 182, 256, 263, 271,
280, 286, 300, 306, 312, 318, 329, 330,
337, 344, 351, 357
Petitions, 419

See also Appropriations, Appropriations
Committee, Expenditures and Finances
under Government, Expenditures in the
Executive Departments, Committee on,
Ways and Means Committee, specific
departments or agencies, and specific
subjects.

Contingent funds of the several, report on,

43

Coordination of, 406

Decisions by, court review of, petitions,

431

Economy of, 62

Employees. See Government employees.

Franking of mail addressed to, to amend act

concerning, 163

Harboring of rebel sympathizers by, 163
Information from, requests for, 188

Method of, reports on, 322, 331

Monies received by and not paid into the
Treasury, 406

Officers, accountability of, 62
Personnel, estimates of required, 435
Publications issued by, received, and dis-
tributed, statements, 365, 371, 376, 381
Publicity work of, reports on, 411
Reorganization of, select committee on, 58
Reports and communications from. See

Reports and communications submitted
to the House under all Congresses from
the 1st through the 36th; for later
reports and communications, see the
bound volumes of original documents.
Indexes to, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 22,
25, 27, 30, 33, 37

Ordered printed, 13, 79
Referrals of, register, 368
Registers or records of, 64, 69, 74, 90,
100, 106, 112, 117, 350, 356, 361,
368, 373, 378, 384, 389, 393, 398,
Lo4, 409, 415, 421, 426, 433, 438
Transcribed, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 25,
27, 30, 34, 38, 42, 46, 51
Resolutions sent to, register of, 12, 126
Retirement plan for, petitions, 367

Rules and regulations of, publication, 406

Records of, 204, 234, 242, 249, 264, 287,
317, 319, 370

Expenditures in the Navy Department, Com-
mittee on

Petitions referred to, 173

Records of, 43, 66, 71, 76, 102, 149, 204,
249, 264, 272, 319, 330, 363

Expenditures in the Post Office Department,
Committee on

Petitions referred to, 340

Records of, 47, 66, 102, 256, 264, 272,
280, 313, 319, 338, 345, 358

Expenditures in the State Department, Com-
mittee on

Records of, 47, 52, 61, 66, 71, 81, 86,

102, 204, 211, 220, 242, 319, 330, 338,
34, 363, 370

Reports of, record of transcribed, 64, 70,

90

Expenditures in the Treasury Department,

Committee on

Papers to accompany bills and resolutions
referred to, 317, 344, 351, 357, 374
Petitions referred to, 152, 275, 323, 333
Records of, 66, 149, 169, 204, 211, 220,

227, 249, 257, 264, 272, 280, 319, 330,
338, 345, 352, 358, 363, 370, 375, 380
Expenditures in the War Department, Committee

on

Petitions referred to, 165, 252

Records of, 43, 47, 71, 86, 91, 97, 149,

204, 211, 220, 227, 234, 242, 249, 257,
264, 272, 280, 287, 294, 301, 319, 330,
344, 363, 370, 376, 380

Expenditures on the Public Buildings, Com-
mittee on

Records of, 35, 39, 43, 47, 56, 58, 61, 72,
75, 81, 86, 91, 102, 108, 128, 204,
256, 319

Reports of, record of transcribed, 37, 95
Explosions

Boiler. See under Boilers.

Submarine, 103

Explosives, petitions, 366, 367, 382
Exports

Bounties, petitions, 284

Comparative schedules of, 43

Various, 172, 179

Expositions