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Wages and hours, petitions, 367, 13, 438
Wagoner, G. C. R., election contest, 301
Wagons, departmental use of, inquiry into, 233
Walcott, Oliver, method of keeping Treasury
accounts, 13

Wales, Prince of, published reward for body
of, 234

Walfley, Lewis, petition of, 328

Walker, Isham, mail carrying plan, petitions,
132

Walker, James A., election contests, 294, 301
Walker, Capt. Jonathan, imprisonment, peti-
tions, 104

Walker, William and followers, activities of,
142, 143

Wallace, Alexander S., election contests,
183, 190

Wallace, Jonathan H., election contest, 234
Waller, J. L., imprisonment, petitions, 283
Walls, Josiah T., election contests, 190, 204
Waln, S. Morris, relief, 123

Walsh, James J., election contest, 279
Walsh, Mike, seating of, petitions, 130, 134
Walter B. Patterson School, playground for,
428

Walters, A. H., election contest, 380
Wangooshance, Mich., lighthouse at, 169

War

Activities of, effect on educational
institutions, 435

Opposition to, memorials, 30

Referendum on, petitions, 354, 408, 420
See also Civil War, Mexican War, Prisoners
of War, Revolutionary War, War of 1812,
and World wars.

War, Secretary of

Conduct of John C. Calhoun as, investiga-
tion, 58

Connection with "Galphin Claim," investi-
gation, 119

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.

Record of transcribed, 11, 14, 17, 34,
42, 46

War agencies, confidential papers of, 357
War Claims Committee

Papers to accompany bills and resolutions

referred to. See Accompanying papers
under all Congresses from the 58th
through the 79th.

Petitions referred to, 208, 216, 224, 230,
239, 247, 253, 310, 327

Records of, 192, 200, 213, 216, 221, 228,
244, 251, 258, 267, 282, 308, 340,
346, 407, 412, 418, 430

War debts, settlement, petitions, 397
War Department

Accounts of, 43, 47, 71, 257, 319, 330,
345

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Washington, Bank of. See Bank of Washington.
Washington, D. C.

Additional land for, petitions, 131
Beautification and improvement, petitions,
323, 349

Bridge across the Potomac River at, 77, 320
Buildings in, purchase, 123

Charter of, to amend, 39

Colored schools in, report on, 176

Federal buildings in, claims of certain
States for erecting, 234

First meridian for the United States at,
to establish, petitions, 44
Garrison troops in vicinity of, 177
General fund of, 102
Harbor at, 189

Plan for improving, petitions, 131
Indian museum and memorial, petitions, 342
Judiciary Square, hospitals in, petitions,
Medical Congress at, 265

Petitions, 245

Memorials and monuments, 364

Peace conference in, petitions, 230

Pennsylvania Avenue, improvement, 76, 102
Petitions, 104

Physicians in, petitions from, 79
Police, appropriation for, 168
Post office, 191, 281, 322

Public grounds in, improvement, 206
Public parks for, petitions, 173

Railroad between New York City and, 164
Petitions, 125, 166, 167

Railways in. See under District of

Columbia.

Site for World's Fair at, petitions, 262
Streets in. See Roads and streets under

District of Columbia.

Success of enemy against, 32

1'mperance in, 128

Water supply, 128

titions, 125, 130, 131

See also District of Columbia and George-

town, D. C.

Washington, George

Birthday

Celebration, petitions, 160

National holiday on, petitions, 253
Equestrian statue of, 128
Monument to, petitions, 45
Works of, petitions, 79

Washington and Georgetown Railroad Co.,
charter, petitions, 193

Washington and Maryland Railroad Co., peti-
tions, 180

Washington Aqueduct Office

Chief engineer and general superintendent
of, misconduct, 163

Supervising architect, charges against, 175
Various, 129, 136, 156, 176, 178, 183
Washington Canal, 155, 178, 183
Washington Canal Co., 56

Petitions, 45

Washington City and Point Lookout Railroad
Co., 197

Washington City Young Men's Christian Associ-
ation, incorporation, petitions, 131
Washington College, establishment, petitions,

29

Washington Humane Society, petitions, 330
Washington Infirmary, 148

Washington Market, 182, 211, 213

Washington Monument, Select Committee on,
193, 200

Washington National Monument, 130, 148, 191,
193, 200, 203, 219, 226, 233, 242
Petitions, 133, 193

Washington National Monument, Select Committee

on

Petitions referred to, 133

Records of, 130

Washington National Monument Commission,

Joint, 219

Washington Navy Yard, pay at, petitions, 159,

173

Washington Railway and Electric Co., 344
Washington Treaty, abrogation of fishing
article, petitions, 215

Wasielewski, Thaddeus F., election contest,
428

Wasson, Rezin B., election contest, 264
Watches

Cases for, regulation, petitions, 324
Frauds relating to foreign, 186

Tax on certain, petitions, 342
Various, petitions, 187

Watchmen at Capitol, salaries of, 163
Water mail, 178, 191

Water power, 320

Petitions, 348, 355, 372

Water Power, Select Committee on

Papers to accompany bills and resolutions
referred to, 363

Petitions referred to, 367

Records of, 359, 365

Water problems, petitions, 432

Water resources, petitions, 326, 382
Water rights, 307

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tions, 223

Wayne, Anthony, commemoration, petitions, 325

Ways and Means Committee

Administration of, 178

Appointments to, 185

Chairman of, correspondence, 172

Discrete papers of, 186

Papers to accompany bills and resolutions
referred to. See Accompanying papers
under all Congresses from the 58th
through the 79th except the 64th.
Petitions referred to. See Petitions and

memorials under all Congresses beginning
with the 6th.

Records of. See Committee reports and

papers under all Congresses from the
10th through the 36th and Committee
papers under all Congresses from the
37th through the 79th.

Reports, record of transcribed, 14, 21, 60,
80

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Western North Carolina Railroad, completion,
petitions, 201

Western Pacific area, exportation of liquor
to, petitions, 254

Western Pacific Railroad, 185

Western territory, construction of roads in,
petitions, 166

Western Union Railroad Co., 236

Western Union Telegraph Co., investigation of,
198

Wetmore, H. C., representative for mining
district, 19

Weymouth, Mass., canal route to, 57

Whaley, Richard S., election contests, 345,
351

Wharves, 86

Petitions, 110, 138

Whatley, Martin W., election contest, 271
Wheat

Canadian, repeal of taxes on, petitions, 83
Embargo on export, petitions, 347, 354
Marketing quota law, petitions, 425

Penalty refund, petitions, 431
Prices, petitions, 267, 359, 365
Substitutes, petitions, 359

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White Mountain Forest Reserve, petitions, 326
"White Paper," abrogation, petitions, 431
White-pine blister rust, petitions, 353
White-slave traffic, petitions, 347
White Slave Traffic Act, petitions, 340
Whitefield, John W., election contest, 136
Whitehead, James M., election contest, 242
Whiteley, Richard H., election contest, 190
Whiting, J. R., election contest, 256
Whitmore, G. W., election contest, 190
Whitney, Eli, cotton gin patent of, petitions,
29

Whittlesey, Brig. Gen. E., court-martial of,
177

Whole House Committee

Petitions referred to, 17, 19, 20, 22, 24,

27, 30, 33, 37, 41, 45, 50, 54, 59, 64,
69, 74, 79, 84, 94, 106, 116, 121, 133,
217
Records of, 27, 52, 57, 67, 77, 82, 87, 98,
103, 109, 119, 123, 130, 138, 151, 282,
289, 333, 382, 396, 407, 413, 418, 424
Whyte, W. P., election contest, 142
Wickersham, James, election contests, 358, 363
Wickersham, William, patent for, 199
Widows and dependents

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Wilburton, Okla., status of lots at, 339
Wilcox, Robert W., seating of, 294
Wildlife, conservation, 322

Petitions, 324, 325, 377, 401, 419, 431
Wiley, Dr. Harvey W., commendation of, peti-
tions, 324

Wiley, J. M., documents sent out by, 262
Wiley, Rankin, election contest, 338
Wilfley, Lebbeus R., impeachment, 328
Wilkins' or Willett's Point, Long Island,

N. Y., Sale and Purchase of, Select Com-
mittee to Investigate, 144

William and Mary College, 182

Williams, A. H. A., election contest, 271
Williams, Isaac, election contest, 31

Williams, J. S., election contest, 279
Williams, Jared, election contest, 51

Williams, Jeremiah N., election contest, 204
Williams, John R., death benefits for, 329
Williams, Roger, statue of, 192

Williams, William Elzer, election contest, 351
Williamson, Amos J., election contest, 149
Willis, J. S., election contest, 286
Willoughby, Westel, election contest, 34
Wilshire, W. W., election contest, 198
Wilson, Benjamin, election contest, 198
Wilson, G. E., election contest, 301
Wilson, Isaac, election contest, 51
Wilson, James, election contest, 233
Wilson, James, petitions of, 104

Wilson, Jeremiah, election contest, 190
Wilson, Joshua E., election contest, 279
Wilson, William W., election contest, 338
Wilson, Woodrow, illegal actions of, peti-
tions, 367

Wilson Tariff Bill, petitions, 277
Winder Building

Occupancy of, 163

Purchase of, 123

Windward West Indies, increased mail facili-
ties for, petitions, 132

Window glass, petitions, 247

Wine

Forfeiture of claret, 16

Taxes or tariff on, 118, 201, 208, 214, 217,
224, 231, 247, 289, 381
Petitions, 269, 304, 373

See also Beer and Liquor.

Wing, Austin J., election contest, 56
Winnebago Indians

Funds of, expenditure, 155
Outrages by, curbing of, 155
Removal of, 118

Wireless telegraphy, 320, 321. See also
Radio.

Wisconsin

Delegate from, claim to seat, 113

Election contests, 86, 351, 363, 428, 429
Indians, tribal subjects of, 320
Land grants in, petitions, 160

Mail routes, to establish, petitions, 159,
165

Member from, seating of, 336

"Pine lands" in, survey and sale, 157

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