Importation of American hog products by, 233 Occupied, use of colored troops in, petitions, Persecutions in, petitions, 408 Policy toward allies and, petitions, 354 Tariff agreement with, 322 Trade with, petitions, 316 Battle at, celebration of fiftieth anniver- Battle lines at, preservation of, petitions, Battlefield at, appropriation for preserva- tion of, petitions, 297 Peace monument at, petitions, 348 Gilbert, George G., election contest, 294 Age of consent, petitions, 280, 283, 284, Protection of, petitions, 253 Glass Exclusion from the mails, petitions, 216 Tariff or taxes on, petitions, 125, 217, 231, Glass, Carter, election contest, 301 Glasses, tariff or tax on, petitions, 277 239, 247, 254, 289, 409 Gloucester, Mass., fishermen of, petitions, 45 petitions, 340 Glover, John M., election contest, 249 Glucose, petitions, 231 Goat skins, petitions, 180, 231 God, acknowledgement of, to amend Constitu- Goell, Alvin C., claim of, petitions, 111 Coins of, abrasion, 197 Competitive sale of, petitions, 187 See also Specie. Gold leaf, petitions, 247 Gold Star Mothers, petitions, 377 Goldfield, Nev., use of troops at, petitions, Golombriewski, John, election contest, 370 Goode, W. O., draft of certain bill by, 162 Convict-made, 273 Petitions, 291 Hand-loomed, petitions, 180 Importation of certain, petitions, 30 See also Commodities, Merchandise, and Goodwyn, Albert T., election contests, 279, Goodyear, Charles, patent of, petitions, 165 Goulding, John, patent of, petitions, 159 Administrative officials and procedures, Agencies. See Executive departments and Appropriations for. See under Executive Archives of, 339 Binding for, 143 Buildings. See Public buildings. Business competition by, petitions, 397, 413 Civil service, appointments to, petitions, Contracts. See Contracts. Debt, funded, unclaimed dividends on, 57 departments and agencies. Disputes with, settlement, petitions, 420 See also specific committees and executive Finances, 43, 48, 57, 98, 143 See also Appropriations and expenditures under Executive departments and agencies. Funded debt of, unclaimed dividends on, 57 God as source of. See God, acknowledgement of. Institutions of, certain, 241 Accountability of, 62 Interference with legislation by, commit- Government--Continued Property--Continued Sale of liquor on, to prohibit, petitions, Streets passing through or new, 171. See Purchase of Mount Vernon by, petitions, 115 Rents paid by in certain cities, 228 Scientific and technical activities of, Seizure of private books and papers by, Spending by. See Expenditures, above. Stocks, issuance of to relieve State indebted- Telegrams by, copies, 208, 225 Utility ownership by, petitions, 360 See also Executive departments and agencies. Annual leave for, petitions, 261, 297 Building and custodial service, 338 Compensation, 82, 103, 125, 130, 133, 14, 163, 172, 175, 191, 192, 223, 242, 321 173, 186, 194, 207, 214, 215, 224, 229, 245, 303, 310, 387, 397, 402, 413 Lists of with compensation, 375, 429 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 Retirement, petitions, 335, 401, 403, 419 Time check on, petitions, 348 Veterans preference for, petitions, 291, Workday of, to limit, petitions, 246, 334 See also Officers under Government. Records of, 418 Government Printing Office Administration of, investigation, 251 Government Printing Office--Continued Cost of work done by, inquiry concerning, Foreman of presswork, to create office of, Spelling method, adoption of certain by, Wages paid by, petitions, 246, 261 Governments, foreign, counterfeiting securities Grace, John P., election contest, 345 Exchanges, petitions, 347 Foreign, petitions, 372 Hulling of, patent for, petitions, 159 Sacks for, petitions, 208 Standards for, 263 Tariff on, petitions, 327, 335 See also Barley, Corn, and Wheat. Pension recommendations of, petitions, 246 Granger, Amos P., alleged assault on, 138 See also Marble and Stone. Grant, Ulysses S. Commemoration of, 364 Petitions, 325, 348 Commission to memorialize, appropriation for, Telegram of concerning southern export trade, Grants, land. See Land grants. Grants of Land to the Niagara Ship Canal, 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 Agents of, evils charged to, petitions, 354 Colonies of. See British colonies. Criminals in, emigration of, 249 Emigrant convention with, 183 Extradition treaty with, 246 Importations from, 28 Petitions, 30 Iron and steel industry in, 331 Loan to, petitions, 437 Parliament of. See Parliament. Reciprocity treaty with, petitions, 160, Relations with, 28, 31, 108, 190, 204 Rights of citizens and government of, 176 Petitions, 160, 165, 173, 246 See also England and Court of St. James. Defense of, petitions, 160 Fish in, conservation of, petitions, 214 International control of, petitions, 323 Naval forces on, treaty concerning, 163 Seaway to connect Chesapeake Bay and, petitions, 426 War vessels on, construction of, 280 Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, petitions, 432 Gunboat Service, pay of pilots in, 171 Loans of, 48 Taxation of, 179 Transportation of, petitions, 172 Guns Haskell's multicharge, 235 See also Firearms, Ordnance, and Rifles. Gypsy moth, extermination of, appropriation Habbet, Mohamet, claim of, petitions, 158 Hackney, R. B., malfeasance of, report on, 141 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 Hall, Judge D. A., fine imposed by, petitions, Hall of Records, Washington, D. C., 228 Hamilton Rocky Mountains, convention held at, Hammon, C., election contest, 39 Hancock, Maj. Gen. W. S., correspondence of, Handley, W. A., election contest, 190 Handy, L. Irving, election contest, 286 Haralson, Jeremiah, election contests, 203, 211 Hardware, tariff or taxes on, petitions, 173, Hardy, William H., election contest, 211 Harner, R. E., investigation of charges Harney, Gen. William Selby, fulfillment of Harper's Ferry, national armory at, appro- Harrington, Vincent F., election contest, 417 Harris, James H., election contest, 190 Harrison Narcotic Act, taxes paid under, peti- Hartford (U. S. S.), preservation, petitions, Hartsuff, William, election contest, 256 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 Haugen, C. V., election contest, 338 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 Election contests, 313, 406 Liquor traffic in, 322 Various, 302, 308, 315, 332, 359, 396, 401, Petitions, 298, 304, 310, 327, 335, 373, 383, 397, 409, L14, 420, 426, 432, 438 316 Hemp--Continued Water-rotted, to purchase for Navy, peti- tions, 105 Various, petitions, 173 Henley, Barclay, election contest, 242 Henrick (Danish brigantine), petitions, 45 Hensley, Charles, claim of, petitions, 310 Petitions, 304, 316, 327, 335, 393 Appropriations for, petitions, 413 National, petitions, 347 Report on, 401 See also Roads, Roads Committee, and Roads Hill, Ebenezer J., election contest, 351 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 Historic sites, manning, marking, and improving, Historical societies, land grants for, peti- Hodges, Asa, election contest, 198 Hoffman, Judge Ogden, views of, 184 Hogan, Francis J., election contest, 351 Hoge, J. Hampton, election contest, 279 Cholera of, petitions, 347 Products from, importation by France and See also Domestic animals. Holding companies, investigation, 400 Homestead Act Grants of land made under, information con- cerning, 157 Various, petitions, 304 Homestead No. 1, to mark filing of, petitions, 408 Claims for, 192 Free for certain settlers, 284 Petitions, 152, 160, 201 Legislation, petitions, 130, 160, 213, 239, Problems, petitions, 326 Settlers on, relief for, 236, 284 Hong Kong, China, consul and vice consul at, Hooker, Charles E., election contest, 256 Hooper, Samuel, correspondence of, 172 |