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Importation of American hog products by, 233
Jews in, persecution and treatment of, peti-
tions, 402, 408

Occupied, use of colored troops in, petitions,
366

Persecutions in, petitions, 408

Policy toward allies and, petitions, 354
Retaliatory legislation against, petitions,
238

Tariff agreement with, 322

Trade with, petitions, 316
Gettysburg, Pa.

Battle at, celebration of fiftieth anniver-
sary of, petitions, 348

Battle lines at, preservation of, petitions,
268

Battlefield at, appropriation for preserva-

tion of, petitions, 297

Peace monument at, petitions, 348

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Gilbert, George G., election contest, 294
Gill, Michael J., election contest, 345
Gill, Patrick F., election contest, 338
Gillette, James, election contest, 227
Gilmer, Thomas W., election contest, 102
Girls

Age of consent, petitions, 280, 283, 284,
289, 290, 292

Protection of, petitions, 253

Glass

Exclusion from the mails, petitions, 216
Manufacture of, encouragement and protection
of, petitions, 36

Tariff or taxes on, petitions, 125, 217, 231,
239, 247, 254, 269, 335

Glass, Carter, election contest, 301

Glasses, tariff or tax on, petitions, 277
Glassware, tariff or taxes on, petitions, 208,

239, 247, 254, 289, 409

Gloucester, Mass., fishermen of, petitions, 45
Gloucester, N. J., pier for immigrants at,

petitions, 340

Glover, John M., election contest, 249
Gloves, tariff on, 214
Petitions, 335

Glucose, petitions, 231

Goat skins, petitions, 180, 231

God, acknowledgement of, to amend Constitu-
tion, petitions, 106, 173, 180, 194, 207,
276, 284, 290, 333, 334, 354, 360, 382,
387

Goell, Alvin C., claim of, petitions, 111
Goggin, William L., election contest, 102
Gold

Coins of, abrasion, 197

Competitive sale of, petitions, 187
Free coinage of, petitions, 283
Investigation concerning, 184, 186
Revaluation of, petitions, 396, 402
Tax on, petitions, 355

See also Specie.

Gold leaf, petitions, 247

Gold Star Mothers, petitions, 377

Goldfield, Nev., use of troops at, petitions,
325

Golombriewski, John, election contest, 370
Goode, J. T., election contest, 271
Goode, John, election contest, 204

Goode, W. O., draft of certain bill by, 162
Gooding, David S., election contest, 190
Goodrich, Fred L., election contest, 256
Goods

Convict-made, 273

Petitions, 291

Hand-loomed, petitions, 180

Importation of certain, petitions, 30
Labeling of, petitions, 365

See also Commodities, Merchandise, and
specific articles.

Goodwyn, Albert T., election contests, 279,
286

Goodyear, Charles, patent of, petitions, 165
Goodyear india rubber patent, extension of,
163

Goulding, John, patent of, petitions, 159
Government

Administrative officials and procedures,
petitions, 437

Agencies. See Executive departments and
agencies.

Appropriations for. See under Executive
departments and agencies.

Archives of, 339

Binding for, 143

Buildings. See Public buildings.

Business competition by, petitions, 397, 413
Chaplains. See Chaplains.

Civil service, appointments to, petitions,
180

Contracts. See Contracts.

Debt, funded, unclaimed dividends on, 57
Departments and agencies. See Executive

departments and agencies.

Disputes with, settlement, petitions, 420
Employees. See Government employees.
Employment, civilian, investigation, 423
Expenditures, reduction of, 48, 62, 144, 406
Petitions, 413, 437

See also specific committees and executive
agencies.

Finances, 43, 48, 57, 98, 143
Petitions, 216, 254, 438

See also Appropriations and expenditures

under Executive departments and agencies.
Fiscal matters, improvement of, petitions, 438
Frauds on, 179, 186

Funded debt of, unclaimed dividends on, 57

God as source of. See God, acknowledgement of.
Harboring of rebel sympathizers by, 163
Income of, petitions, 437

Institutions of, certain, 241
Interplay with local, petitions, 438
Newspaper advertising by, petitions, 361
Officers of

Accountability of, 62
Defalcation by, 87

Interference with legislation by, commit-

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Government--Continued

Property--Continued

Sale of liquor on, to prohibit, petitions,
298

Streets passing through or new, 171. See
also Public under Property.

Purchase of Mount Vernon by, petitions, 115
Reduction of expenditures, select committee
on, 48, 62

Rents paid by in certain cities, 228
Reorganization of, petitions, 421
Salaries paid by, reduction, 103
Petitions, 397

Scientific and technical activities of,
petitions, 238

Seizure of private books and papers by,
petitions, 194

Spending by. See Expenditures, above.

Stocks, issuance of to relieve State indebted-
ness, petitions, 100

Telegrams by, copies, 208, 225

Utility ownership by, petitions, 360
Wages and hours, petitions, 224

See also Executive departments and agencies.
Government Contracts, Select Committee on, 157
Government employees

Annual leave for, petitions, 261, 297
Apportionment of certain, 144
Bonus for, petitions, 366

Building and custodial service, 338
Petitions, 420

Compensation, 82, 103, 125, 130, 133, 14,

163, 172, 175, 191, 192, 223, 242, 321
Petitions, 22, 36, 69, 125, 133, 166, 172,

173, 186, 194, 207, 214, 215, 224,

229, 245, 303, 310, 387, 397, 402, 413
Five-day week for, petitions, 413
Grievances of, petitions, 348, 419
Hours of work, petitions, 224

Lists of with compensation, 375, 429
Moieties, 200

Petitions, 194, 201

Oaths of office, petitions, 392

Occupationally deferred, 429

Organizing for mutual welfare, petitions,

361

Patents granted to, 321

Perquisites of certain, petitions, 194
Political activities of, petitions, 420
Postal. See Postal employees.

Retirement, petitions, 335, 401, 403, 419
Salaries of. See compensation, above.
Superannuation of, 322

Time check on, petitions, 348

Veterans preference for, petitions, 291,
387, 438

Workday of, to limit, petitions, 246, 334
Workmen's compensation for, petitions, 354
Various, 98, 164, 179

See also Officers under Government.
Government Organization, Select Committee on
Petitions referred to, 421

Records of, 418

Government Printing Office

Administration of, investigation, 251

Government Printing Office--Continued
Appropriations for, 151, 164, 203
Petitions, 267, 275

Cost of work done by, inquiry concerning,
205

Foreman of presswork, to create office of,
petitions, 276

Spelling method, adoption of certain by,
petitions, 261

Wages paid by, petitions, 246, 261

Governments, foreign, counterfeiting securities
of, 227

Grace, John P., election contest, 345
Grady, Ben F., election contest, 271
Grafton, Benjamin F., election contest, 183
Graham, James, election contest, 81
Grain

Exchanges, petitions, 347

Foreign, petitions, 372

Hulling of, patent for, petitions, 159
Inspection and classification of, 320
Petitions, 309, 324, 347, 353

Sacks for, petitions, 208

Standards for, 263

Tariff on, petitions, 327, 335

See also Barley, Corn, and Wheat.
Granata, Peter C., election contest, 395
Grand Army of the Republic

Pension recommendations of, petitions, 246
Various, petitions, 334, 340, 342
Grand Chenier Island, La., survey of, 150
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad, grant of
land to aid construction of, petitions,
166

Granger, Amos P., alleged assault on, 138
Granite, use of for building construction, 87
Petitions, 401, 408

See also Marble and Stone.

Grant, Ulysses S.

Commemoration of, 364

Petitions, 325, 348

Commission to memorialize, appropriation for,
300

Telegram of concerning southern export trade,
169

Grants, land. See Land grants.

Grants of Land to the Niagara Ship Canal,
Select Committee on, 144

Grape products, petitions, 239

Grapes, petitions, 239, 355, 431

Grasshoppers, petitions, 401

Gray, Martha, relief of, petitions, 134

Graze, Charles P., petitions, 45

Grazing, petitions, 245, 326, 383, 432

Great and Little Osage Indians, affairs of, 177
Great Britain

Agents of, evils charged to, petitions, 354
American citizens and Government in, 176
Arbitration with, petitions, 275

Colonies of. See British colonies.

Criminals in, emigration of, 249

Emigrant convention with, 183

Extradition treaty with, 246

Importations from, 28

Petitions, 30

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Iron and steel industry in, 331

Loan to, petitions, 437

Parliament of.

See Parliament.

Reciprocity treaty with, petitions, 160,
165, 173

Relations with, 28, 31, 108, 190, 204
Petitions, 29, 290

Rights of citizens and government of, 176
Treaties and conventions with, 183

Petitions, 160, 165, 173, 246

See also England and Court of St. James.
Great Egg Harbor, N. J., petitions, 32
Great Lakes

Defense of, petitions, 160

Fish in, conservation of, petitions, 214
Hudson River and, canal to connect, 274
Petitions, 393

International control of, petitions, 323
Levels of, report on, 282

Naval forces on, treaty concerning, 163
Pollution of, petitions, 340

Seaway to connect Chesapeake Bay and,

petitions, 426

War vessels on, construction of, 280
See also Lake Erie, Lake Michigan, Lake

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Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, petitions, 432
Gulf States, river and harbor projects in,
petitions, 326

Gunboat Service, pay of pilots in, 171
Gunboats, construction, petitions, 298
Gunpowder

Loans of, 48

Taxation of, 179

Transportation of, petitions, 172

Guns

Haskell's multicharge, 235
Submarine, 243

See also Firearms, Ordnance, and Rifles.
Gunter, Thomas M., election contest, 198
Guthrie, Abelard, claim of, 169
Guthrie, Eugene L., relief of, 164
Guyon, James, election contest, 42

Gypsy moth, extermination of, appropriation
for, petitions, 283

Habbet, Mohamet, claim of, petitions, 158
Habit-forming drugs. See Narcotics.

Hackney, R. B., malfeasance of, report on, 141
Hagans, J. Marshall, election contest, 198
Hagar, James M., claim of, 249

Haiti

Internal conditions, 176

Recognition of, petitions, 88, 89, 93, 94,

99, 104

Hale, W. J., claim of, 234

Hall, Augustus, election contest, 136

Hall, Capt. C. F., proposed Arctic exploration
by, petitions, 186

Hall, Judge D. A., fine imposed by, petitions,
106

Hall of Records, Washington, D. C., 228

Hamilton Rocky Mountains, convention held at,
149

Hammon, C., election contest, 39

Hancock, Maj. Gen. W. S., correspondence of,
184

Handley, W. A., election contest, 190
Hand-loomed goods, petitions, 180

Handy, L. Irving, election contest, 286
Hanford, Cornelius H., impeachment, 343

Haralson, Jeremiah, election contests, 203, 211
Harbormaster, Philadelphia, Pa., 183
Harbors. See Rivers and harbors and "Snug
harbors."

Hardware, tariff or taxes on, petitions, 173,
327

Hardy, William H., election contest, 211
Harlem River, improvement, petitions, 207,
223, 229, 239, 247

Harner, R. E., investigation of charges
against, 119

Harney, Gen. William Selby, fulfillment of
Indian treaty negotiated by, appropriation
for, 136

Harper's Ferry, national armory at, appro-
priation for, petitions, 125
Harrington, James, relief of, 150

Harrington, Vincent F., election contest, 417
Harris, Henry R., election contest, 198
Harris, J. Morrison, election contest, 149

Harris, James H., election contest, 190
Harris, Thomas K., election contest, 31
Harris, Townsend, claim of, petitions, 158
Harrison, George P., election contest, 279
Harrison, Thomas, election contest, 149, 370
Harrison, W. H., election contest, 256
Harrison, William G., election contest, 149
Harrison, Gen. William Henry, military conduct
of, 35

Harrison Narcotic Act, taxes paid under, peti-
tions, 388

Hartford (U. S. S.), preservation, petitions,
367

Hartsuff, William, election contest, 256
Harvesting, reaping, and mowing machines, 123,
129, 150

Petitions, 132, 139

Haskell's multi-charge gun, 235

Report on, 243

Hatch Act, petitions, 420

Hats

Importation of, petitions, 19, 26

Machinery for forming, patent for, 199
Petitions, 201

Haugen, C. V., election contest, 338
Havana, Cuba, consulate at, 176

Hawaii

Annexation of, 287

Petitions, 268, 275

Treaties with, 227

Petitions, 208, 230, 231, 247, 292

Various, 272, 289

Petitions, 290, 292

Hawaii Territory

Civilians in, trial by military or provost

courts, petitions, 431

Crown property in, claim for, petitions, 316
Delegate from, seating of, 294

Election contests, 313, 406

Liquor traffic in, 322

Various, 302, 308, 315, 332, 359, 396, 401,
407, 412, 418, 430, 436

Petitions, 298, 304, 310, 327, 335, 373,

383, 397, 409, L14, 420, 426, 432, 438
Hawes, Harry B., election contest, 370
Hawkins, Frank H., election contest, 338
Haywood, William, kidnapping of, petitions,

316

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Hemp--Continued

Water-rotted, to purchase for Navy, peti-

tions, 105

Various, petitions, 173

Henley, Barclay, election contest, 242
Hennepin, Ill., canal project at, petitions,
201, 239, 247

Henrick (Danish brigantine), petitions, 45
Henry A. Didier (brig), collision case
involving, 156

Hensley, Charles, claim of, petitions, 310
Hepburn, William P., election contest, 330
Herbert, Hilary A., election contests, 227, 242
Herndon, Thomas H., election contest, 227
Herndon, W. S., election contest, 190
Herrick, Samuel C., election contest, 39
Hicks, Frederick C., election contest, 351
Hicks, John W. L., election contest, 435
Hides, duty on, 187, 194

Petitions, 304, 316, 327, 335, 393
Higgins, Edwin W., election contest, 338
Higgins, William L., election contest, 400
Highway commission, to create, 278
Highways

Appropriations for, petitions, 413
California, petitions, 409
Military, petitions, 355

National, petitions, 347

Report on, 401

See also Roads, Roads Committee, and Roads
and Canals Committee.

Hill, Ebenezer J., election contest, 351
Hill, James, election contest, 256

Hill, John W., claim of, 154

Hinds, Bartlett, claim of heirs, 123

Hindustan Gadar Party, deportation of members,

petitions, 366

Hines, Jerome J., election contest, 183
Hinton, William E., election contest, 211

Historic sites, manning, marking, and improving,
petitions, 325

Historical societies, land grants for, peti-
tions, 146

Hodges, Asa, election contest, 198

Hoffman, Judge Ogden, views of, 184

Hogan, Francis J., election contest, 351

Hoge, J. Hampton, election contest, 279
Hogs

Cholera of, petitions, 347

Products from, importation by France and
Germany, 233

See also Domestic animals.

Holding companies, investigation, 400
Holidays, petitions, 325, 334, 354
Holland, James B., impeachment, 327
Holzendorf, Ferdinand, German detention of,

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Homestead Act

Grants of land made under, information con-

cerning, 157

Various, petitions, 304

Homestead No. 1, to mark filing of, petitions,

408
Homesteads

Claims for, 192
Entries, 274

Free for certain settlers, 284
Laws relating to, 274

Petitions, 152, 160, 201

Legislation, petitions, 130, 160, 213, 239,
274, 342

Problems, petitions, 326

Settlers on, relief for, 236, 284
Subsistence, petitions, 401

Hong Kong, China, consul and vice consul at,
220

Hooker, Charles E., election contest, 256
Hoop iron, tariff on, 222

Hooper, Samuel, correspondence of, 172
Hooper, William H., election contest, 190
Hopkins, Capt. Alfred, court-martial of, 235
Hopkins, George W., correspondence of, 103
Hopkins, N. T., election contest, 279
Hops, tax on, 201

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