1107, 1751, 1765, 2036
bill for continuing the improvement of the har-
bor of Mobile, Alabama, at Dog river bar,
Choctaw Pass, and at the Lower Fleet, 635,
833, 1256, 1974
bill for continuing the improvement of the
inland passage between the St. John's and
St. Mary's rivers, Florida..... ...1974
bill for the improvement of the harbor of Appa-
lachicola, in the State of Florida.......1974
bill providing for the survey of Atchafalaya
bay and approaches....
...1974
bill to remove obstructions in the Bayou la
Fourche, Louisiana..
1974
bill providing for the survey of the falls of Red
river, at or near Alexandria... ...1974
bill appropriating a sum of money for the com-
pletion of the improvements in the raft
region of Red river....759, 1017, 1974, 2193
bill for continuing the improvement of the nav-
igation of the Arkansas river..........1863
bill for the improvement of the navigation, and
to continue the survey of White river, in the
States of Arkansas and Missouri..615, 1069
bill making an appropriation for the improve-
ment of the navigation of Arkansas river by
......1069

contract.....

bill to liquidate the unadjusted contracts of the
Tennessee river improvement..........837
bill to continue the improvement of the Ten-
nessee river..
..1920

.

bill making an appropriation for the improve-
ment of the navigation of the Missouri river
by contract.
....1069, 1863
bill to authorize the building of dams and
bridges across the Iowa, Cedar, and Wabe-
sepinicon rivers, in the State of Iowa....628
bill to provide for the survey of Root river, in
the Territory of Minnesota............1001
bill to provide for the survey of the Missis-
sippi river from Fort Snelling to the Falls of
St. Anthony, and thence to the Saut Rapids,
and for the survey of Rock Bar at the Little
Falls of the Minnesota................1001
bill for continuing the improvement of the
Rock Island rapids in the Mississippi river,
532, 1000
bill to continue the improvement of the Rock
river rapids, in the upper Mississippi..1920
bill for continuing the improvement of the Des
Moines rapids, in the Mississippi river, 447,

1001, 1626, 1786, 1858, 2036, 2195
bill making an appropriation for the improve-
ment of the navigation of the Mississippi
river from St. Louis to the lower rapids, 532
bill providing for the improvement of the Mis-
sissippi river between St. Louis and New
Orleans.....
..487

bill to provide for continuing the improvement
of the Mississippi river...
.1920
bill to remove obstructions to navigation in the
mouth of the Mississippi river, at the South-
west Pass and Pass à l'Outre..........696,

818, 1065, 1193, 1200, 1558, 1562
bill making an appropriation for removing the
impediments to the navigation of the Mis-
sissippi river by contract....
..1969
bill making an appropriation for continuing the
improvement of the harbor of Milwaukee,
Wisconsin.....
..533, 1001

bill making an appropriation for continuing the
improvement of the harbor of Racine, Wis-
consin.....
..533, 1001, 1751
bill making an appropriation for continuing the
improvement of the harbor of Kenosha,
Wisconsin..
.......533, 1001, 1751
joint resolution relating to an appropriation for
the improvement of the harbor at Sheboy-
gan, Wisconsin..611, 999, 1081, 1106, 1192
bill for continuing the improvement of the har-
bor of Sheboygan, Wisconsin.........1751
bill for completing the improvement of the har-
bor of Manitowoc, Wisconsin........1711
bill to place and keep St. Mary's river, in the
State of Michigan, in a navigable condition
for vessels of war and commerce, and to
facilitate the transmission of supplies to the
Northwest...
.....641, 1001

west.......

River and harbor improvements-Continued.
bill to keep St. Clair river, in the State of
Michigan, in a navigable condition for ves-
sels of war and commerce, and to facilitate
the transmission of supplies to the North-
........641, 1001
bill making an appropriation for deepening the
channel over the St. Clair flats, in the State
of Michigan......
....696, 818,
1001, 1105, 1106, 1124, 1558, 1562
bill making an appropriation for deepening the
channel of the flats of the St. Mary's river,
in the State of Michigan..........696, 818,
1193, 1200, 1558, 1562
bill making an appropriation for the construc-
tion of a harbor at the mouth of the Onton-
agan river, on Lake Superior, in the State of
Michigan
..642, 1001, 1137, 1327
bill making an appropriation for the construc-
tion of a harbor at Marquette, on Lake Su-
perior, in State of Michigan, 642, 1001, 1711
bill making an appropriation for the construc-
tion of a harbor at the mouth of Grand river,
in the State of Michigan....611, 1001, 1814
bill making an appropriation for the construc-
tion of a harbor at the mouth of Black river,
in the State of Michigan.........614, 1814
bill making appropriations for the completion
of the piers at the harbor of Monroe, in the
State of Michigan..........533, 1001, 1839
bill making an appropriation for completing
the harbor of St. Joseph, in the State of
Michigan.....
.....635, 1001, 1839
bill making an appropriation for the construc-
tion of a harbor at the mouth of Clinton
river, in the State of Michigan........1839
bill making an appropriation for the improve-
ment of the Saginaw river, in the State of
Michigan.....
...642, 1001

bill making appropriations for continuing the
improvements on the harbor at the mouth of
Grand river, in the county of Lake, and State
of Ohio....
.....531, 1001
bill making appropriations for continuing the
improvements on the harbor of Cleveland, in
the State of Ohio...........531, 1001, 1863
bill to continue the improvement of the harbor
at Vermilion, Ohio .........487, 1001, 1945
bill to continue the improvement of the harbor
at Sandusky City, Ohio.....487, 1001, 1863
bill to continue the improvement of the harbor
at Ashtabula, Ohio..... .......1065, 1863
bill to continue the improvement of the harbor

of Conneaut, Ohio.........1019, 1065, 1863
bill to continue the improvement of the harbor
of Huron, Ohio..
...487, 1001, 1863
bill to continue the improvement of the harbor
at the mouth of the Black river, Ohio...474,
1001, 1863
bill to continue the improvement of the harbor
of Fairport, Ohio.
.....1863
bill enabling the States of Virginia, Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois
to improve the navigation of the Ohio river,
and granting lands to said States in aid
thereof......
.635, 641, 714, 894
bill making an appropriation for the improve-
ment of the navigation of the Ohio river by
......1069

contract.....

bill to provide for the improvement of the navi-
gation of the Ohio river..... .....1945

bill to enlarge and improve the Louisville and
Portland canal.....
.....1913

bill making an appropriation for the construc-
tion of a harbor at the mouth of Kalamazoo
river, in the State of Michigan.........614
bill making an appropriation for the construc-
tion of a harbor at the mouth of the Muskegon
river, in the State of Michigan....611, 1065
bill making an appropriation for the construc-
tion of a harbor at Black Lake, in the State
of Michigan..
..614, 1001
bill making an appropriation for the construc-
tion of a harbor at New Buffalo, in the State
of Michigan.......
......635, 1001
bill for the construction of a steam dredge for
Lake Michigan....
....1974
bill to continue the improvement of the harbor
of Michigan City......
.......1945

bill making an appropriation for continuing the
improvement of the harbor of refuge and
commerce at Michigan City, on Lake Mich-
igan, and for the construction of a breakwa-
ter thereat...
....532, 2036

River and harbor improvements-Continued.
bill to improve the harbor of Galena and the
channel of the Galena river, in the State of
Illinois......
.....532, 1066

bill for continuing the improvement of the har-
bor of Chicago, Illinois .....532, 1001, 1945
bill for continuing the improvement of the har-
bor of Waukegan, Illinois........533, 1001
bill making an appropriation for the construc-
tion of a harbor at the mouth of Calamut
river, in the State of Illinois......641, 1001
bill to continue the improvement of the Illinois
river...
....1016, 1974
bill for the improvement of the harbor of San
Diego, in the State of California.......696,
951, 1065
Rivers, Thomas, a Representative from Tennes-
.2, 55, 1255, 1384
Road, bill for the construction of a, from Fort
Ridgely, in the Territory of Minnesota, to
the South Pass of the Rocky Mountains, in
the Territory of Nebraska.....
.822,

see....

1440, 1473, 1474, 1646, 1657
bill providing for constructing a military, be-
tween Forts Steilacoom and Billingham Bay,
in the Territory of Washington..1451, 1492
bill providing for the construction of a military,
from Bridge's Pass, in the Rocky Mount-
ains, to the Great Salt Lake City, in the
Territory of Utah...... .....1451, 1495
bill to complete the military, over the Cascade
Mountains, in the Territory of Washington,
1451, 1496
bill for the construction of a military, in the
Territory of Washington........1451, 1496
bill making appropriations for the construction
of territorial, in the Territory of Nebraska,
1452, 1496
bill making appropriations for the bridging of
streams and opening, in Minnesota Terri-
tory..
..1452, 1492, 1494
bill making appropriations for the completion
of military, in the Territory of Oregon..445,
1451, 1473, 1491
bill for the construction of a military, from
some point in the State of Missouri, via
Great Salt Lake City, to the Carson Valley
settlement, on the frontier of the State of
California, and for the establishment of mili-
tary posts and the sinking of wells there-
upon..
....1501, 1597, 2187
bill for constructing a military, from a point
opposite to El Paso, on the Rio Grande, to
Fort Yuma, at the mouth of the Gila river,
and for establishing military posts there-
upon.....

.......

..1974
bill to surrender to the State of Illinois the
Cumberland, in said State... ....833,
1081, 1106, 1192, 1196
Roads and bridges, bill to provide for the con-
struction of, in the Territory of Kansas, 533
Roads and Canals, the Committee on....... ..412
reports from.
.833, 934
discharged from subjects..
..1611
Robb, John, bill for the relief of, 1293, 1626, 1633
Robbins, George R., a Representative from New
Jersey...
..2, 235
Robedeau, Antoine, bill for the relief of....728,
1296, 1682, 2004, 2240
Robertson, John T., bill for the relief of...1760
Robinson, Henry L., bill for the relief of..1294,

1767, 1768, 2240, 2241
Robinson, Levi, bill for the relief of........900,
951, 1001, 1085, 1766, 1768, 1796
Robison, David F., a Representative from Penn-
sylvania..2, 126, 178, 674, 1031, 1225, 1640
remarks explanatory...
...176
Rooker, Jabez P., bill for the relief of the heirs
of...
.......1293, 1611, 2187, 2191
Ruffin, Thomas, a Representative from North
Carolina........2, 446, 612, 652, 868, 1049,
1081, 1222, 1255, 1691, 1728, 1900, 1914
remarks relating to the election of Speaker, 118,
126, 180, 197, 299
remarks, personal and explanatory.......197
remarks on the light-house bill.. ....2040
remarks on the Kansas investigating commit-
tee's report.......
.1532, 1533
Rules of the House, propositions relating to the,
354, 358, 359, 373, 521
resolution to furnish each member with a copy
of the.....
....432
amendment of the, propositions for, 1271, 1325
select committee on revision of the, 373, 321, 607

Smith, William, a Representative from Virginia-
Continued.

remarks relating to the election of Speaker, 35,
42, 45, 65, 70, 75, 76, 78, 93, 94, 98, 99, 101,
103, 147, 215, 301, 329, 331, 332, 336, 340
resolutions by...
...65,

448, 628, 822, 864, 1257, 1313, 1327
remarks on the position of parties..43, 44, 102
remarks on the Kalamazoo land-office bill, 447
remarks on the election of Chaplain, 485, 486
remarks on the resolution for printing maps of
the public lands..
..642, 643

remarks on the bill to establish collection dis-
tricts.....
...696
remarks on the bill for the relief of John S.
Pendleton...
..888, 889, 893
remarks on the deficiency bill, 842,845,916,953,
955, 959, 960, 974,975, 1133, 1136, 1159, 1177
remarks on the resolutions recognizing the ser-
vices of Dr. E. K. Kane....
....935
remarks on the New Mexico election case, 1163,
1179
remarks on printing extra copies of the Patent
Office report...
......1199, 1200
remarks on the Washington city election bill,
1229, 1230
remarks in relation to the assault upon Mr.
Sumner..1289, 1614, 1629, 1630, 1640, 1642
remarks on bill for the admission of Oregon,1444,

1447, 1448, 1449, 1454, 1455, 1456, 1457
remarks on the bill for the admission of Kan-
...1515

sas.

(See Appendix.)
remarks on the report of the Kansas investi-
gating committee.... ....1527, 1529, 1532
remarks on the Army appropriation bill, 1792,
1812, 2037, 2199
remarks on the legislative appropriation bill,
1899, 2083, 2094
remarks on the civil appropriation bill...1989,
1990, 1991, 1993, 2003
remarks explanatory
...2159
remarks on the mail steamer appropriation
bill......
..2164, 2165
Smith, William R., a Representative from Ala-
bama..... ..2,631, 568, 763, 764, 830,

868, 1007, 1124, 1302, 1541, 1730, 1731
remarks relating to the election of Speaker, 65,
192, 339, 341

remarks on position of parties, 58, 59, 167, 168
remarks on the New Mexico election case, 1162,
1163, 1164, 1179, 1180, 1182, 1183, 1184, 1186
Smithsonian Institution, report of the, commu-
nicated......

..1293

joint resolution for the appointment of Regents
of the......
...427, 486, 503
Sneed, William H., a Representative from Ten-
nessee, 2,614,691, 728, 735,749,760,762,763,
797, 818, 829, 831, 833, 1045, 1079, 1088,
1133, 1165, 1184, 1186, 1229, 1238, 1250,
1293, 1503, 1539, 1576, 1681, 1715, 1728,
1751, 1765, 1787, 1817, 1818, 1858, 1926,
1927, 1949, 1950, 2074, 2087, 2088, 2126
resolutions presented by....186, 280, 651, 818
remarks on propositions relating to the elec-
tion of Speaker.........59, 84, 85, 88, 123,

159, 170, 176, 179, 185, 16, 187, 189, 192,
195, 215, 235, 261, 269, 270, 298, 299, 331
remarks, explanatory and personal.. ..211,
1126, 1127

remarks on the bill defining the jurisdiction of
the United States courts for the eastern dis-
trict of Tennessee...
.....635
remarks on the bill for the relief of the repre-
sentatives of Robert King.......1250, 1251
remarks on the Kansas investigating commit-
tee's report.. .......1532, 1534, 1536
Solar compass, bill to enable the United States to
make use of the, in the public surveys, 533,
772, 766, 900, 952, 1083, 1782, 1892

remarks on the, by-

Mr. Jones, of Tennessee...........1784
Mr. Peck..
.....1784, 1785
.....1783, 1784, 1785

Mr. Phelps.
Mr. Walbridge....1782, 1783, 1784, 1785
Speaker, propositions relating to the election
of.........14, 27, 32, 34, 35, 53, 65, 69, 70,
72, 73, 76, 78, 79, 80, 81, 84, 85, 95, 126,
139, 140, 146, 149, 150, 173, 186, 195, 196,
211, 213, 219, 233, 235, 241, 242, 250, 251,
255, 258, 259, 260, 279, 280, 281, 283, 294,
299, 300, 304, 310, 315, 317, 318, 321, 323,
328, 329, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 340, 341
election of.
..342

Speaker-Continued.

resolutions relating to the election of, by-
Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, that the House
proceed viva voce to the election of a.....3
Mr. Thorington, to elect by plurality after
the third vote...
.......14, 35, 51
Mr. Hickman, to drop the lowest candidate
after the sixtieth vote.....
....27
Mr. McMullin, that
be declared, and
that the appropriation bills being passed,
each member resign..
.32
Mr. Smith, of Virginia, that the three parties
proceed to the election of two standing
committees, the chairmen of which shall
preside alternately over the House until a,
be elected.....

..65

Mr. Nichols, to elect by plurality-.......78
Mr. Knight, to elect by a plurality on the
second vote of the third day following..79
Mr. Purviance, that the House continue to
vote from twelve to six o'clock each day
without debate.....
..80
Mr. Stephens, that no motion to adjourn shall
be in order until a, is elected... .....81
Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, that James L. Orr,

of South Carolina, be invited to preside
over the House until a, is elected......84
Mr. Colfax, that the three parties in the
House shall each select a Speaker pro tem-
pore, who shall preside alternately until a,
is elected.....
..85

Mr. Seward, that William A. Richardson be
chosen...
.......95
Mr. Knight, that the person highest in vote
on the eighty-seventh vote be declared, 126
Mr. Mace, that the Doorkeeper be required
to lock all the doors leading to the Hall,
and keep the same securely fastened until
a, be elected..
.....139

Mr. Walker, that William W. Boyce be
declared.
..140

Mr. Dunn, that Benjamin F. Leiter be de-
clared...
...146

Mr. Underwood, that each member be voted
for successively, beginning with the first
on the roll....
.....149

Mr. Knight, to elect by plurality after the
third ballot.....
.....173
Mr. Colfax, that Messrs, Banks, Richardson,
and Fuller preside temporarily as chair-
man, as they may mutually agree, until a
Speaker be elected..
......186

Mr. Paine, that no motion for adjournment
or recess shall be in order for three days,
unless a Speaker shall be elected......186
Mr. Colfax, that until Saturday, at eleven
o'clock, p. m., no motion to adjourn shall
be in order....
......196

Mr. Walbridge, that no motion to adjourn
shall be in order, except immediately after
the announcement of a vote.
...211
Mr. Zollicoffer, that the candidates state their
opinions upon the political questions in-
volved in their election....
...213

Mr. Morrill, that the candidates be called
upon to respond to certain queries....219
Mr. Washburn, of Maine, to elect by a plu-
rality after the third vote....
.233

Mr. Thorington, that Lewis D. Campbell be
declared.....
...235

Mr. Faulkner, that the members deposit their
resignations with the Clerk, to be trans-
mitted to the Governors of the several
States at the end of one week, provided a
Speaker shall not before that time have
been elected...
..241, 279
Mr. Cumback, that Daniel Mace be declared,
242
Mr. Williams, to elect by a plurality after
the third vote..
...250

Mr. Mace, that Nathaniel P. Banks, Jun.,
of Massachusetts, be declared elected,
of the House; William Cullom, Clerk;
Adam J. Glosbrenner, Sergeant-at-Arms;
John M. Johnson, Postmaster; and Z. W.
McKnew, Doorkeeper.....
....251

.....

Speaker-Continued.

resolutions relating to the election of, by-
Mr. Purviance, that hereafter the first busi-
ness shall be to vote on the adoption of the
plurality rule; and that the candidate
having the highest number of votes on the
one hundred and twenty-sixth vote shall
be declared elected, if no election shall have
been previously made...............
....255
Mr. Clingman, that until a, shall have been
elected no debate shall be in order, unless
by unanimous consent of the House, 260
Mr. Sapp, that the House adjourn, and that
the electors of the several States be called
upon to express their opinions on the action
of their Representatives....
..279
Mr. Lake, that Congress be adjourned, 280
Mr. Sneed, that the candidate having the
lowest number of votes at each trial, be
dropped...
....280

Mr. Rust, that the three highest candidates
withdraw their names.... ....280, 283
Mr. Whitney, to elect by a resolution, no
member to be voted for twice, except by
consent of the majority. ..281, 315
Mr. Tyson, to elect by plurality, provided
the other candidates be entitled to appoint
members of the standing committees in
proportion to the votes received..300, 304
Mr. Leiter, to elect by a plurality on the
second ballot....
....304
Mr. Underwood, that each member be voted
for in the order in which his name stands
upon the roll, and, in case there be no
election, then a vote to be taken between
the two who have received the highest
number of votes.
.....310
Mr. Crawford, to elect by States, each State
having one vote... ........310, 317
Mr. Clingman, to elect by plurality on the
fourth ballot....
.....318

Mr. Trippe, that William Smith be declared,
321, 329
Mr. Dowdell, that, after one vote, the House
choose directly between the two candidates
having the greatest number of votes...321
Mr. Florence, that James L. Orr and Henry

M. Fuller be successively voted for by the
supporters of both..
....323
Mr. Hickman, to elect by a plurality after
the third vote...
..328, 332
Mr. Bocock, to elect by a plurality after the
second vote, provided the, shall be entitled
to appoint four members to each commit-
tee, his nearest competitor three, and the
third highest, two...
.......328
Mr. Stewart, that a committee of twelve,
whose names shall be drawn fortuitously
from a box, proceed to nominate a, and that
the person so nominated shall be the, of
the Thirty-Fourth Congress..........328
Mr. Letcher, that Messrs. Orr, Banks, and
Fuller, be appointed to confer together and
report the name of some member, and the
member so reported shall be......328, 333
Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, that Mordecai
Oliver be chosen..
...333

Mr. Lindley, that Gilchrist Porter be de-
clared.
...333

Mr. Ball, that Nathaniel P. Banks be declared,
334
Mr. Cobb, of Alabama, that William Aiken
be chosen...
..334
Mr. Talbott, that Alexander H. Stephens be
declared.
.335
Mr. Smith, of Tennessee, to elect by a plu-
rality on the fourth vote..
.335
Mr. A. K. Marshall, that it shall not be in
order to vote again for a candidate for, who
has once been proposed and rejected..336
Mr. Rust, that under the operation of the
plurality rule adopted a vote of the ma-
jority of the House is necessary to confirm
the election...
340
Mr. Clingman, that, by reason of the adop-
tion of the proposition known as the plu-
rality resolution, and the votes taken under.
it, the Hon. Nathaniel P. Banks has been
duly chosen, and is hereby so declared, 341
remarks of the, upon taking the chair.....342
remarks on questions, motions, and resolutions
pertaining to the election of, by

Mr. Aiken.......
Mr. Albright.......

..185, 338, 340
..149, 293

Speaker-Continued.

remarks on questions, motions, and resolutions
pertaining to the election of, by-

Mr. Allen.
Mr. Allison

Mr. Ball..

Mr. Barclay...

Mr. Bennett, of New York...

Mr. Benson...

Mr. Billinghurst.

Mr. Bingham...

......178, 194, 304, 328
.14, 36, 46, 80, 196, 311
...102, 122, 251, 301
.70, 76, 159, 169, 260,
302, 329, 331, 332, 333, 336, 337, 338
Mr. Barksdale, 78, 79, 88, 91, 104, 118, 123,
149, 173, 195, 196, 221, 224, 225, 226,
227, 231, 270, 280, 295, 330, 331, 341,342
Mr. Bennett, of Mississippi...
.3,
69, 168, 309, 320
.320
..72, 339
.72, 91, 124
.191, 222, 226
14, 27, 35, 59, 66, 70, 71, 77, 79, 80, 81,
...4,
82, 98, 141, 142, 143, 186, 229, 234, 259,
295,304,310,318, 321, 326, 327, 328, 335
Mr. Bowie....185, 186, 189, 191, 194, 262
Mr. Boyce...75, 77, 90, 96, 104, 111, 116,
139, 165, 168, 192, 211, 222, 224, 246, 270,
279, 294. 298, 316, 320, 335, 336, 338, 341
Mr. Brenton.
.69, 91, 159, 229, 244
Mr. Brooks..
Mr. Burnett.
..158, 331
.332, 342
..54, 99, 140, 153,
196, 235, 264, 296, 298, 310, 330, 331
Mr. Campbell, of Pennsylvania. ...26,

Mr. Bocock

Mr. Cadwalader.

37, 40, 41, 42, 46, 51, 52, 76, 90, 91,
94, 124, 144, 176, 216, 249, 259, 319
Mr. Campbell, of Kentucky...
178, 182, 185, 253, 258, 261, 338, 339
.91,
Mr. Campbell, of Ohio.
28, 29, 45, 49, 51, 52, 57, 62, 70, 81, 83,
..3, 11,
84, 85, 86, 89, 93, 94, 113, 115, 118, 119,
120, 121, 122, 123, 126, 127, 130, 144, 152,
221, 222, 226, 228, 229, 234, 247, 248, 249,
258,259,261, 298, 302, 321, 332, 341, 343
Mr. Carlile

.72, 80, 81, 114, 115, 116,

119, 122, 123, 175, 176, 188, 192, 194,
195, 198, 248, 249, 250, 281, 310, 341
Mr. Caruthers. .180, 181, 196, 213, 270

Mr. Caskie..

Mr. Chaffee..

Mr. Clingman..

..333
.91, 159
95, 96, 97, 159, 213, 214, 221, 223, 233,
.72, 75, 85, 87, 94,
234, 235, 243, 248, 249, 259, 260, 261,
269, 270, 293, 314, 318, 319, 320, 321,
324, 325, 326, 328, 329, 332, 336, 340
Mr. Cobb, of Georgia...
81, 85, 88, 125, 126, 155, 173, 197, 227,
....77, 80,
235, 248, 253, 259, 260, 283, 293, 298,
301, 310, 311, 326, 329, 330, 332, 343
Mr. Cobb, of Alabama....27, 39, 40, 125,
143, 148, 193, 223, 234, 241, 334, 342
Mr. Colfax...
103, 121, 124, 186, 187, 195, 269, 279
..85, 86, 92,
..11, 12, 176, 215, 246
..143, 155, 159, 282
..16, 62, 64, 65, 67,

Mr. Comins

Mr. Covode.

Mr. Cox...

91, 98, 156, 181, 182, 324, 326, 327, 339
Mr. Craige.....72, 120, 223, 246, 279, 281
Mr. Crawford.
Mr. Cullen...
.118, 126, 143, 317
..5, 187, 188, 189,

190, 192, 193, 194, 196, 199, 312, 338
Mr. Cumback... ..26, 53, 87, 88, 94,

Mr. Dean....

Mr. Dowdell.

155, 157, 192, 194, 198, 242, 245, 246
Mr. Davidson, 137, 157, 167, 180, 181, 185,
186, 187, 190, 216, 246, 255, 316, 328, 332
Mr. Davis, of Maryland...
...72,
216, 217, 218, 219
..126, 149
250, 317, 320, 328, 329, 331, 333, 334
.191,
Mr. Dunn..26, 27, 28, 32, 33, 83, 140, 141,
147, 179, 237, 238, 242, 243, 244, 245,
246, 281, 294, 300, 301, 310, 334, 341
Mr. Edie.
154, 155, 179, 228, 268, 270, 283, 300
.39, 40, 90,
Mr. Edmundson
.125,
250, 252, 253, 258, 259, 330, 339
.78, 91, 116, 282
72, 73, 89, 91, 124, 172, 179, 184, 192
.28,
Mr. Etheridge.
..13,

Mr. Fuller, of Maine
Mr. Galloway

Mr. Greenwood.

.6, 51, 54, 70, 71, 73,
76, 77, 81, 85, 94, 114, 120, 121, 122,
128, 130, 153, 171, 174, 213, 214, 227,
238, 251, 256, 257, 259, 260, 261, 293,
295, 304, 307, 310, 316, 320, 331, 333
Mr. Howard...57, 147, 148, 151, 198, 269
Mr. Hughston..56, 94, 126, 172, 199, 299
Mr. Jewett..
.328, 331, 332
..3,

Mr. Jones, of Tennessee.

4, 10, 11, 14, 26, 27, 34, 35, 53, 57, 58,
59, 65, 72, 78, 79, 80, 81, 83, 85, 86, 87,
97, 98, 102, 103, 104, 123, 124, 127, 146,
148, 169, 179, 180, 192, 193, 194, 195,
196, 214, 215, 216, 221, 224, 233, 235,
250, 251, 252, 255, 258, 259, 269, 280,
281, 282, 295, 298, 299, 310, 319, 329,
330, 331, 333, 334, 336, 338, 341, 342
Mr. Jones, of Pennsylvania.

36, 37, 38, 42, 46, 49, 55, 56, 63, 93, 113
.33,
Mr. Keitt.
27, 33, 40, 44, 71, 72, 75, 79, 143, 170,
..4,
172, 179, 180, 197, 214, 219, 224, 336
Mr. Kelly
.72,
87, 124, 168, 172, 301, 317, 334
Mr. Kelsey...
..159, 218, 326, 332
Mr. Kennett..
182, 189, 212, 226, 227, 231, 232, 337
122,
Mr. Knight.....
...79,
97, 98, 125, 126, 144, 173, 281, 300
Mr. Knowlton...
Mr. Lake......
.87, 141, 256
Mr. Leiter...
..331, 334
192, 196, 235, 238, 259, 261, 298, 307
.10, 80, 100,
Mr. Letcher.
27, 35, 40, 44, 45, 46, 47, 54, 69, 72, 77,
.10, 26,
80, 81, 87, 94, 98, 100, 114, 118, 153, 159,
165, 167, 170, 193, 194, 195, 196, 198,
218, 219, 224, 227, 232, 248, 249, 252,
253, 269, 300, 301, 304, 313, 315, 316,
319, 320, 321, 328, 330, 331, 333, 342
Mr. Lindley.
..194,
198, 211, 229, 327, 338, 339, 342
Mr. Mace...
..53, 79, 94,

99, 124, 130, 139, 146, 176,
234, 235, 237, 246, 251, 281
Mr. A. K. Marshall..
27, 55, 56, 70, 78, 87, 90, 92, 93,
...26,
124, 127, 140, 149, 152, 174, 235, 246,
294, 296, 298, 307, 310, 311, 313, 314,
324, 328, 332, 335, 337, 338, 339, 340
Mr. H. Marshall......28, 34, 43, 46, 58,
68, 71, 73, 80, 81, 86, 87, 90, 95, 97, 98,
99, 104, 117, 118, 119, 123, 149, 159, 169,
178, 180, 186, 188, 189, 215, 216, 222,
223, 225, 227, 259, 262, 267, 279, 295,
314, 315, 316, 320, 325, 326, 327, 338
Mr. Matteson.
27, 28, 29, 36, 75, 85, 104,
.17, 25,
131, 321, 325, 331, 333, 342

Speaker-Continued.

LVII

remarks on questions, motions, and resolutions
pertaining to the election of, by-

Mr. McMullin.........27, 28, 32, 33, 42,
49, 51, 63, 69, 70, 71, 72, 75, 80, 82, 84,
89,94, 103, 104, 122, 123, 141, 146, 159,
169, 179, 184, 185, 188, 189, 190, 191,
223, 224, 236, 248, 249, 281, 299, 300,
304, 312, 318, 328, 329, 330, 331, 339
Mr. McQueen....120, 142, 246, 296, 332
Mr. Meacham

Mr. Norton...
Mr. Orr.....

186, 213, 214, 243, 244, 245, 334, 336
...103,
Mr. Miller, of Indiana..173, 195, 235, 281
Mr. Millson.....51, 79, 82, 114, 130, 151,
221, 224, 234, 252, 310, 311, 313, 317
Mr. Millward...
92, 93, 143, 179, 189, 196, 300, 342
..91,
Mr. Morgan...
10, 16, 26, 33, 77, 95, 111, 120, 125,
.4,
127, 155, 169, 185, 188, 194, 195, 235,
259, 279, 280, 281, 296, 300, 333, 335
Mr. Nichols...
....57,
58, 79, 85, 131, 143, 171, 228, 302
..14, 185, 189, 279, 280
...26, 34, 38, 42, 71, 72,
73, 76, 78, 79, 82, 83, 102, 104, 111, 118,
123, 127, 143, 144, 147, 148, 159, 170,
192, 199, 211, 214, 217, 219, 221, 223,
225, 234, 235, 243, 247, 248, 249, 250,
252, 254, 255, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261,
269, 270, 294, 295, 300, 333, 334, 336
Mr. Paine... ..33, 83, 90, 180, 186, 189,
191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 216, 294,
302, 316, 328, 334, 336, 338, 339, 341
Mr. Peck.........65, 70, 80, 83, 185, 247
Mr. Pennington.
231, 232, 235, 244, 246, 280, 334
..191,
Mr. Phelps...
70, 77, 78, 126, 170, 211, 251, 279
.8,
Mr. Puryear.
Mr. Quitman....69, 81, 89, 141, 142, 172,
...........153, 170, 299, 338
173, 178, 186, 213, 236, 250, 294, 295
Mr. Reade....29, 33, 47, 66, 95, 152, 155
Mr. Ready....
..55, 104, 127,
143, 188, 237, 241, 260, 261, 279, 338
Mr. Richardson......27, 45, 95, 118, 213,
216, 217, 218, 221, 223, 226, 228, 240,
310, 313, 314, 320, 327, 333, 335, 343
Mr. Ritchie.
Mr. Ruffin...
Mr. Rust...

...159, 317
..118, 126, 180, 197, 299
.73, 75, 76, 64, 122, 124,
223, 280, 295, 300, 337, 338, 339, 341
Mr. Sage... ..5, 21, 27, 54, 69, 80, 82,
83, 84, 85, 87, 83, 95, 102, 122, 141,
151, 152, 153, 188, 192, 195, 196, 197,
219, 228, 232, 237, 243, 244, 250, 333
Mr. Sandidge..
Mr. Savage....
..141, 191, 281
.220, 317, 324, 342
Mr. Seward, 14, 63,70,71,72, 83, 87, 95, 96,
97, 98, 104, 114, 115, 124, 127, 130, 139
Mr. Sherman.
.54, 71,
72, 73, 76, 98, 216, 243, 244, 332, 339
Mr. Shorter.
Mr. Simmons.

..77, 78, 88
128, 129, 141, 143, 216, 238, 245, 282
...116,
Mr. Smith, of Tennessee......25, 34, 38,
53, 130, 169, 250, 281, 283,
298, 299, 300, 328, 330, 336
Mr. Smith, of Virginia, 35, 42, 45, 65, 70,
75, 76, 78, 93, 94, 98, 99, 101, 103,
147, 215, 301, 329, 331, 332, 336, 340
Mr. Smith, of Alabama, 65, 192, 339, 341
Mr. Sneed....59, 84, 85, 88, 123, 159, 170,

176, 179, 185, 186, 187, 189, 192, 195,
215, 235, 261, 269, 270, 298, 299, 331
Mr. Stanton...
.10, 14, 17, 55, 56,
57, 63, 69, 70, 80, 84, 85, 89, 91, 121, 125,
126, 127, 128, 149, 166, 169, 170, 199, 216,
227, 238, 244, 256, 281, 316, 335, 338, 339
Mr. Stephens,78,81,82, 83, 87, 88, 102, 103,

104, 112, 113, 119, 120, 124, 125, 127,
128, 148, 151, 152, 153, 155, 213, 214,
223, 235, 238, 240, 241, 249, 279, 280,
281, 282, 299, 301, 302, 331, 332, 341
Mr. Stewart, 220, 308, 309, 314, 335, 342
Mr. Tappan
.243, 254, 255, 339, 342
Mr. Taylor..
117, 168, 214, 220, 228, 321, 326, 327, 337
.79, 116,
Mr. Thorington .14, 35, 36, 38, 49,
51, 188, 212, 213, 235, 239, 242, 280, 300
Mr. Todd...
89, 90, 185, 300, 315, 316, 317, 321, 331
.54, 70, 71, 86,
Mr. Trafton....
53, 54, 84, 171, 173, 193, 228, 229
....52,

Speaker-Continued.

remarks on questions, motions, and resolutions
pertaining to the election of, by-

Mr. Trippe............234, 329, 330, 332
Mr. Underwood....
....120, 123,
149, 157, 249, 268, 301, 310, 317, 331
Mr. Valk...
...8, 74, 126, 143,
147, 166, 191, 232, 250, 281, 315, 334
Mr. Vail...
.72, 173, 279, 280
Mr. Wade....

.27,
71, 72, 149, 186, 220, 240, 305
Mr. Walbridge..
..63, 64,
102, 124, 125, 195, 211, 240, 301, 342
Mr. Wakeman ..115, 129, 282, 296
Mr. Walker. .35, 41, 55, 83, 87, 118,
125, 139, 140, 141, 142, 152, 154, 155,
156, 167, 279, 280, 281, 294, 295, 298,
310, 321, 331, 336, 338, 339, 340, 342
Mr. Washburn, of Maine.....13, 14, 62,
71, 72, 76, 77, 78, 82, 83, 84, 87, 89, 92,
93, 112, 113, 116, 117, 119, 120, 121, 122,
123, 127, 141, 148, 149, 186, 188, 191, 192,
195, 214, 215, 221, 223, 224, 234, 240, 248,
255, 256, 257, 283, 295, 299, 331, 336, 342
Mr. Washburne, of Illinois ..........11,

32, 33, 39, 40, 69, 79, 88, 91, 92,
99, 111, 117, 118, 121, 122, 125, 128,
130, 235, 281, 283, 294, 331, 333, 334
.149, 199, 296, 335

Mr. Watson
Mr. Wells..

Mr. Wheeler...

Mr. Whitney..

.25, 389
.28, 53,

54, 57, 104, 118, 120, 121, 123, 148,
153, 170, 180, 185, 189, 193, 211, 229,
232, 243, 251, 259, 300, 304, 320, 328
..8, 54, 124, 126,
152, 154, 179, 301, 314, 315, 332, 335
Mr. Woodruff..
.104, 165
Mr. Wright, of Tennessee,63,167, 169, 187
Mr. Wright, of Mississippi..64, 312, 327
Mr. Zollicoffer..
..95, 143,
147, 148, 167, 179, 213, 214, 215,
216, 220, 220 240, 241, 282, 294
Spinner, Francis E., a Representative from New
York, 2, 373, 867, 974, 1061, 1996, 2161, 2239
State Department, communications from the, 427,

488, 528, 576, 592, 630, 675,
710, 753, 845, 846, 932, 1007,
1256, 1384, 1395, 1550, 1599
calls for information upon the, 532,912,951,1191
communications from the, accompanying a re-
port on the commercial relations of the Uni-
ted States....
..629
Stanton, Benjamin, a Representative from Ohio,
2, 384, 386, 390, 391, 426, 428, 431,
432, 476, 478, 479, 487, 501, 506, 761, 763,
814, 818, 825, 829, 888, 894, 914, 938, 956,
957, 974, 985, 998, 1008, 1011, 1034, 1047,
1069, 1081, 1085, 1162, 1182, 1200, 1220,
1221, 1224, 1225, 1256, 1273, 1276, 1293,
1302, 1303, 1331, 1451, 1497, 1533, 1691,
1692, 1728, 1737, 1738, 1749, 1765, 1767,
1768, 1785, 1858, 1891, 1917, 1918, 1924,
1978, 2077, 2122, 2126, 2162, 2185, 2191
resolutions by...
......76,

343, 385, 410, 488, 961, 1122, 1293, 169i
remarks on propositions relating to the election
of Speaker.... ......10, 14, 17, 55, 56,
57, 63, 69, 70, 80, 84, 85, 89, 91, 121, 125,
126, 127, 128, 149, 166, 169, 170, 199, 216,
227, 238, 244, 256, 281, 316, 335, 338, 339
remarks on the question of reading the Pres-
ident's message..
..129, 130
remarks on the bill for suppressing Indian hos-
tilities in Oregon.. ..781, 783, 784, 791
remarks on the Military Academy appropriation
bill....
..798
remarks on the bill for the relief of John S.
Pendleton.....
.892, 893
remarks on the deficiency bill, 915,917,918, 919,
920, 953, 954, 955, 957, 958, 973, 978, 1058,
1059, 1133, 1134, 1135, 1136, 1137, 1138,
1139, 1140, 1143, 1145, 1174, 1175, 1176
remarks on the public expenditures.......936
remarks on the New Mexico election case, 1182
remarks in relation to the assault upon Charles
Sumner.....
.1639, 1640
remarks on the Army appropriation bill, 1757,
1758, 1790, 1792, 1793, 1812, 1813, 2037
remarks on the fortification bill....1895, 1896
remarks on the civil appropriation bill...1987,

1993, 1994, 1998, 2003, 2181, 2182, 2183
remarks on the legislative appropriation bill,
1948, 2086, 2088, 2089, 2092, 2093
Stationery for members,resolution relating to, 1919

Statutes at Large, resolution to furnish members
with the.....
...487
St. Clair, Arthur, bill for the relief of the heirs
of......
.....1626, 1683, 1891
Stearns, Charles, act for the relief of......1779,
1891, 1892, 2004, 2034
Steele, Thomas B., bill for the relief of.....1612
Stephens, Alexander H., a Representative from

Georgia......2, 354, 373, 390, 391, 425, 426,

429, 431, 444, 445, 460, 461, 462, 464, 486,
488, 498, 510, 521, 536, 592, 593, 594, 610,
615, 629, 630, 635, 636, 641, 662, 1108,
1109, 1122, 1123, 1165, 1196, 1229, 1237,
1251, 1259, 1260, 1289, 1331, 1345, 1346,
1347, 1379, 1384, 1419, 1427, 1450, 1460,
1501, 1505, 1536, 1550, 1563, 1613, 1647,
1656, 1667, 1668, 1683, 1710, 1728, 1729,
1732, 1736, 1737, 1749, 1750, 1751, 1758,
1760, 1764, 1765, 1781, 1785, 1787, 1842,
1857, 1858, 1873, 2158, 2159, 2190, 2240
resolutions by, 81, 127, 302, 432, 531, 1191, 1667
remarks on propositions relating to the election
of Speaker.....
...78, 81, 82, 83,

87, 88, 102, 103, 104, 112, 113, 119, 120,
124, 125, 127, 128, 148, 151, 152, 153, 155,
213, 214, 223, 235, 238, 240, 241, 249, 279,
280, 281, 282, 299, 301, 302, 331, 332, 341
remarks on the question of the reception of the
President's annual message..
....112,

113, 119, 120, 124, 127, 128
remarks on the position of parties....151, 152
remarks on the resolution empowering the
Committee of Elections to send for persons
and papers in the Kansas contested-election
case...454, 455, 456, 458, 463, 464, 659, 660
remarks on the resolution for clerks to com-
mittees....
......499, 500
remarks on the reference of the fortification
message..
..523
remarks on the New Mexico contested-election
case..... .......1162, 1163, 1180, 1182, 1302
remarks on the jurisdiction of the Court of
Claims......
.......1249

sas.

case......

remarks in relation to the assault upon Mr.
Sumner.....
....1292,
1419, 1599, 1629, 1630, 1642, 1643
remarks on the bill for the admission of Kan-
.....1470, 1486, 1487,
1488, 1490, 1503, 1504, 1514, 1515, 1540
(See Appendix.)
remarks on the Nebraska contested-election
....1690, 1714, 1715
remarks on the report of the Kansas investi-
gating committee.....1525, 1526, 1531, 1533
(See Appendix.)
remarks on the Army appropriation bill,
1752, 1758, 1756, 1758, 1790, 1791
Stephen C. Philips-see Fishing Schooners.
Stephens, Edwin A., an act for relief of, 951, 1683
Stephens, Frederick, bill for relief of, 833, 1326
Stevens, Governor Isaac L., letter of, relating to

the state of affairs in Washington Territory,
1145
Stevens, Robert H., bill for the relief of....1682
Stevenson, Alexander, bill for the relief of the
heirs of.
....531, 1681
Steuart, Adam D., bill for the relief of...900, 952
Steuart, Adam D., and Alexander Randall, ex-
ecutor of Daniel Randall, bill for the relief of,
1626, 1683, 1891, 2187, 2191
Stewart, Commodore Charles, resolutions of the
Legislature of New Jersey, relating to the
action of the naval retiring board in the case
of......
..396
Stewart, Henry, bill for the relief of.. ..1682
Stewart, James A., a Representative from Mary-
land, 2, 484, 765, 814, 1261, 1715, 1738, 2041
resolutions by..
.76, 309, 315, 328
remarks on the position of parties..74, 75, 76
remarks on propositions relating to the elec-

tion of Speaker, 220, 308, 309, 314, 335, 342
remarks on the deficiency bill....817, 818, 897
remarks on the bill for the admission of Ore-
gon.....
...1452, 1453
remarks on the civil appropriation bill...1997
St. Louis county, Missouri, bill for the relief of
the inhabitants of.....
...1681
Strader and Johnson, joint resolution for the set-
tlement of the accounts of............2189
Stranahan, James S. T., a Representative from
New York...
.2, 373,
1295, 1325, 1715, 1751, 1973, 2190
Sturges, Bennett, and Company, bill for the re-
lief of......
1786, 1996