XVII. MEMBERS OF THE FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. FIRST SESSION, DECEMBER 5, 1881-AUGUST 8, 1882. The Senate. James D. Walker. Republicans, 37; Democrats, 37; INDEPENDENT, 1; READJUSTER, I. James L. Pugh. CALIFORNIA. COLORADO John F. Miller (1887) James T. Farley. (1885). Nathaniel P. Hill (1885) George M. Chilcott† . (1883). (1887) Orville H. Platt. (1885). DELAWARE. Thomas Francis Bayard (1887) Eli Saulsbury (1883). FLORIDA. Charles W. Jones. (1887) Wilkinson Call. (1885). GEORGIA Joseph E. Brown. (1885) (1883). ILLINOIS John A. Logan . (1885) DAVID DAVIS (1883). INDIANA Benjamin Harrison (1887) IOWA William B. Allison (1885) . James W. McDill † (1883). (1885) . Preston B. Plumb. (1883). KENTUCKY John S. Williams. (1885) James B. Beck. (1883). LOUISIANA MAINE. MARYLAND. MICHIGAN Benjamin F. Jonas. Eugene Hale. . (1885) Wm. Pitt Kellogg (1883). (1887) Wm. P. Frye || (1883) Arthur P. Gorman. (1887) James B. Groome. (1885). (1887) George F. Hoar (1883) Omar D. Conger (1887) Thomas W. Ferry. (1883). MINNESOTA. MISSISSIPPI MISSOURI. NEBRASKA NEVADA Samuel J. R. McMillan. (1887) William Windom ? (1883). James Z. George. (1887) Lucius Q. C. Lamar. (1883). Francis M. Cockrell. . (1887) George G. Vest. (1885). Charles H. Van Wyck. (1887) James G. Fair. (1887) NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW JERSEY NEW YORK. NORTH CAROLINA. OHIO. Henry W. Blair. (1885) (1887) Warner Miller T (1887) Zebulon B. Vance. (1885) . John P. Jones Edward H. Rollins John R. McPherson. Elbridge G. Lapham Matt W. Ransom. (1885). (1883). (1883). (1885). (1883). John Sherman ** (1887) George H. Pendleton. (1885) OREGON James H. Slater (1885) Lafayette Grover . (1883) PENNSYLVANIA RHODE ISLAND TENNESSEE John I. Mitchell. (1887) J. Donald Cameron (1885). Nelson W. Aldrich †† SOUTH CAROLINA Wade Hampton. Howell E. Jackson TEXAS. VERMONT. Sam Bell Maxey · George F. Edmunds WILLIAM MAHONE, Re. (1887) VIRGINIA. WEST VIRGINIA WISCONSIN Philetus Sawyer. . (1887) * October 10, 1881, the date of the assembling of the Senate in extra session, Thomas F. Bayard, of Delaware, was elected President of the Senate by a vote of 34, to 32 votes cast for Henry B. Anthony. At this vote the two newly-elected Senators from New York, and one from Rhode Island, had not qualified. On the 13th, DAVID DAVIS was elected President pro tem. by a vote of 36, to 34 votes for Mr. Bayard, after the new Senators were admitted. †Qualified April 17, 1882, under Executive appointment, to succeed Hon. Henry M. Teller, resigned to become Secretary of the Interior. I Appointed, and then chosen to succeed Hon. Samuel J. Kirkwood, appointed Secretary of the Interior March 5, 1881. Chosen to succeed Hon. James G. Blaine, appointed Secretary of State, March 5, 1881. ¿Chosen October 25, 1881, to succeed Hon. Alonzo P. Edgerton, who was appointed to succeed Hon. William Windom, appointed Secretary of the Treasury, March 5. 1881 and resigned, the resignation taking effect November 14, 1881. Mr. Miller was chosen July 16, 1881, to succeed Hon. Thomas C. Platt, resigned May 16, 1881. Mr. Lapham was chosen July 22, 1881, to succeed Hon. Roscoe Conkling, resigned May 16, 1881. **Chosen January 18, 1881, to fill the vacancy caused by the renunciation of the office by James A. Garfield, who was chosen January 13, 1880, to succeed Hon. Allen G. Thurman. †† Chosen October 5, 1881, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hon. Ambrose E. Burnside, September 13, 1881. Chosen March 10, 1881, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hon. Matthew H. Carpenter, February 24, 1881. (1887) (1883) (1885) (1883) (1887) (1883). (1887) (1883). (1887) (1887) (1883). . (1885). The House of Representatives. J. WARREN KEIFER, of Ohio, Speaker. Alabama-Thomas H. Herndon, Hilary A. Arkansas-Poindexter Dunn, James K. Jones, Jordan E. Cravens, Thomas M. Gunter-4. California-William S. Rosecrans, Horace F. Page, Campbell P. Berry, Romualdo Pacheco -4. Colorado-James B. Belford-1. Connecticut-John R. Buck, James Phelps, Georgia-George R. Black, Henry G. Turner, Illinois-William Aldrich, George R. Davis, Charles B. Farwell, John C. Sherwin, Robert M. A. Hawk,|| Thomas J. Henderson, William Cullen, Lewis E. Payson, John H. Lewis, Benjamin F. Marsh, James W. Singleton, William M. Springer, Dietrich C. Smith, Joseph G. Cannon, Samuel W. Moulton, William A. J. Sparks, William R. Morrison, John R. Thomas, Richard W. Townshend-19. Indiana-William Heilman, Thomas R. Cobb, Strother M. Stockslager, William S. Holman, Courtland C. Matson, Thomas M. Browne, Stanton J. Peelle, Robert B. F. Peirce, Godlove S. Örth, Mark L. De Motte, George W. Steele, Walpole G. Colerick, William H. Calkins-13. Iowa-Moses A. McCoid, Sewell S. Farwell, Thomas Updegraff, Nathaniel C. Deering, William G. Thompson, Marsena E. Cutts, John A. Kasson, William P. Hepburn, Cyrus C. Carpenter-9. Kansas-John A. Anderson, Dudley C. Haskell, Thomas Ryan-3. Kentucky-Oscar Turner, James A. McKenzie, John W. Caldwell, J. Proctor Knott, Albert S. Willis, John G. Carlisle, Joseph C. S. Blackburn, Philip B. Thompson, jr., John D. White, Elijah C. Phister-10. Louisiana-Randall L. Gibson, E. John Ellis, Chester B. Darrall, Newton C. Blanchard, 7. Floyd King, Edward W. Robertson-6. *May 6, 1882, the House adopted, without a division, a resolution reported from the Committee on Elections, giving the contestant, Mr. A. A. Mabson, leave to withdraw his papers. +June 2, the House voted-yeas 149, nays 3, not voting 140-that Joseph Wheeler is not, and WILLIAM M. Lowe is, entitled to the seat. June 1, 1882, the House voted-yeas 141, nays 9, not voting 141-that Jesse F. Finley was not elected, and that Mr. Bisbee was elected. Died June 29, 1882. Maine-Thomas B. Reed, Nelson Dingley, jr.,* Stephen D. Lindsey, GEORGE W. LADD, Michigan-Henry W. Lord, Edwin Willits, ning, Hernando D. Money, Otho R. Singleton, Charles E. Hooker, John R. Lynch‡—6. Missouri-Martin L. Clardy, Thomas Allen,|| R. Graham Frost, Lowndes H. Davis, Richard P. Bland, IRA S. HASELTINE, THERON M. RICE, Robert T. Van Horn, NICHOLAS FORD, JOSEPH H. BURROWS, John B. Clark, jr., William H. Hatch, Aylett H. Buckner -13. Nebraska-Edward K. Valentine-I. New Hampshire- Joshua G. Hall, James F. New Jersey-George M. Robeson, John Hart Brewer, Miles Ross, Henry S. Harris, John Hill, Phineas Jones, Augustus A. Hardenbergh-7. New York-Perry Belmont, William E. Robinson, J. Hyatt Smith, Archibald M. Bliss, Benjamin Wood, Samuel S. Cox, Philip H. Dugro, Anson G. McCook, John Hardy, Abram S. Hewitt, Roswell P. Flower,¶ Waldo Hutchins, John H. Ketcham, Lewis Beach, Thomas Cornell, Michael N. Nolan, Walter A. Wood, John Hammond, Abram X. Parker, George West, Ferris Jacobs, jr., Charles R. Skinner,** Cyrus D. Prescott, Joseph Mason, Frank Hiscock, John H. Camp, James W. Wadsworth,** Jeremiah W. Dwight, David P. Richardson, John Van Voorhis, Richard Crowley, Jonathan Scoville, Henry Van Aernam-33. North Carolina-Louis C. Latham, Orlando Hubbs, John W. Shackelford, William R. Cox, Alfred M. Scales, Clement Dowd, Robert E. Armfield, Robert B. Vance-8. April 29, 1882, the House voted-yeas 104, nays 125, that Mr. Lynch was not elected; yeas 125, nays 71, that Mr. Chalmers was not elected; yeas 124, nays 84, that Mr. Lynch was elected, and is entitled to the seat. Died April 8, 1882. In place of Hon. Fernando Wood, deceased, February 13, 1881. In place of Hon. Levi P. Morton, appointed U. S. Minister to France. **In place of Hon. Warner Miller and Hon. Elbridge G. Lapham, chosen U S. Senators. Ohio Benjamin Butterworth, Thomas L.Young, South Carolina-John S. Richardson, Edmund *In place of Hon. Nelson W. Aldrich, chosen U. S. Senator. In place of Hon. Michael P. O'Connor, deceased, April 26, 1881. May 31, 1882, the House voted-yeas 150, nays 3that Mr. Samuel Dibble was not entitled to hold the seat, and that Mr. Mackey was duly elected, and is entitled to the seat. Mr. Michael P. O'Connor was returned as duly elected, but he died April 26, 1881, and Mr. Dibble was chosen his successor at an election held June 9, 1881, by virtue of the proclamation of the Governor of South Carolina. The Democrats "filibustered" on this case from May 20th, and in order to force a vote, the Republicans adopted on the 29th of May, by a vote of 150 yeas to 2 nays (139 not voting), a new rule prohibiting "dilatory motions on any question of consideration which may arise on a case involving the constitutional right to a seat." [For vote on the new rule, see the Miscellaneous Chapter.] " April 6, 1882, the House unanimously voted that C. J. Stollbrand have leave to withdraw his papers contesting Mr. Aiken's right to a seat. Tennessee-Augustus H. Pettibone, Leonidas C. Olin Wellborn, Roger Q. Mills, George W. Vermont-Charles H. Joyce, James M. Tyler, Virginia-George T. Garrison, John F. Dezen- West Virginia-Benjamin Wilson, John Blair Wisconsin-Charles G. Williams, Lucien B. April 12, 1882, the House unanimously adopted a resolution that Mr. Barbour was duly elected. [His defeated competitor, Sampson S. Bayley, had raised upon Mr. B. the question of residence.] Politics of delegates not marked. The House, April 19, 1882, rejected-yeas 79, nays 123-a resolution that George Q. Cannon was duly elected and returned, and is entitled to a seat as delegate; and then, without a division, passed three resolutions: That Allen G. Campbell is not entitled to sit as delegate from Utah; that George Q. Cannon is not entitled; and that the seat is declared vacant. XVIII. THE CABINETS OF PRESIDENTS ARTHUR, GARFIELD, AND HAYES. Of President Arthur.* Secretary of State-FREDERICK T. FRELINGHUYSEN, of New Jersey. Secretary of the Navy-WILLIAM E. CHANDLER, of New Hampshire. *Mr. Frelinghuysen qualified December 19, 1881; Mr. Folger, November 14, 1881, Hon. Edwin D. Morgan having after nomination and confirmation declined the office; Mr. Chandler and Mr. Teller, April 17, 1882; Mr. Howe, January 5, 1882; Mr. Brewster, January 2, 1882. Those members of President Garfield's Cabinet who were super seded, retained their places under President Arthur until their successors respectively qualified, except Mr. MacVeagh, who retired immediately upon the burial of President Garfield, in September, 1881, and the office remained unfilled until Mr. Brewster took it. Of President Garfield. [FROM MARCH 4, 1881.] Secretary of State-JAMES G. BLAINE, of Maine. [TO MARCH 4, 1881.] Secretary of State-WILLIAM M. EVARTS, of New York. Eastern and Middle districts of Tennessee. Qualified January 6, 1881, succeeding RICHARD W. of Tennessee, appointed Judge of the U. S. Court for the THOMPSON, of Indiana. †Qualified August 25, 1880, succeeding DAVID M. KEY, XIX. THE ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR TRAFFIC. In House-46th Congress, 1st Session. 1879, May 16-Mr. FRYE reported from the Committee on Rules the following: Resolved, That a committee of nine members be appointed by the Speaker, to whom shall be referred all petitions, memorials, bills, and resolutions touching the "alcoholic traffic," a commission on the same, any amendments to the Constitution limiting or controlling the importation, manufacture, or sale of the same, whose duty it shall be to consider and report thereupon. Mr. FERNANDO WOOD moved that it lie on the table; which was disagreed to-yeas 99, nays 128: YEAS - Messrs. Acklen, Aiken, Armfield, Atkins, Beale, Bicknell, Blackburn, Blount, Bouck, Bright, Buckner, Cabell, Caldwell, Chalmers, Clardy, J. B. Clark, Clymer, Cobb, Converse, Cook, S. S. Cox, Cravens, Culberson, Davidson, J. J. Davis, Deuster, Dibrell, Einstein, Elam, Evins, Felton, Field, E. B. Finley, Forney, Goode, Gunter, J. T. Harris, Heilman, Henry, Herbert, Hooker, Hostetler, House, Hunton, Hurd, G. W. JONES, Kenna, Kimmel, King, Knott, Le Fevre, Lewis, Lounsbery, Manning, B. F. Martin, McKenzie, McLane, McMahon, McMillin, Mills, Money, Morrison, Morse, Muller, New, Nicholls, O'Connor, Persons, Poehler, Reagan, J. S. Richardson, E. W. Robertson, Ross, J. W. Ryon, Samford, Sawyer, Scales, F. W. Singleton, O. R. Singleton, Slemons, H. B. Smith, W. E. Smith, Sparks, Springer, W. L. Steele, Talbott, P. B. Thompson, Tillman, O. Turner, T. Turner, Wellborn, Whiteaker, Whitthorne, T. Williams, Willis, Wilson, Wise, F. Wood, C. Young-99. NAYS-Messrs. N. W. Aldrich, W. Aldrich, Anderson, Atherton, Bailey, Barber, Bayne, Mr. FRYE, by unanimous consent, then modified the resolution so as to read as follows: Resolved, That a committee of nine members be appointed by the Speaker, to whom shall be referred all memorials, bills and resolutions touching the alcoholic traffic, and a commission on the same, whose dufy it shall be to consider and report thereupon. It was then agreed to without further division, but it was not considered in the Senate. 1882, January 17-Mr. CONGER offered a bill (S. 861), which was slightly amended in the Senate, so as to read as follows: "That there shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a commission of seven persons, not more than four of whom shall be of the same political party, nor the advocates of prohibition, who shall be selected solely with reference to personal fitness and capacity for an honest, impartial, and thorough investigation, and who shall hold office until their duties shall be accomplished, but not to exceed two years. It shall be their duty to investigate the alcoholic liquor traffic, its relations to revenue and taxation, and its general economic, criminal, moral, and scientific aspects in connection with pauperism, crime, social vice, the public health, and general welfare of the people; and also to inquire and take testimony as to the practical results of license and prohibitory legislation for the prevention of intemperance in the several States of the Union. "SEC. 2. That the said commissioners shall serve without salary; that the necessary expenses incidental to said investigation, not exceeding ten thousand dollars, shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, upon vouchers to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, and for this purpose the sum of ten thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. It shall be the further duty of said commissioners to report the result of their investigation, with such suggestions and recommendations as they may see fit to make, and the expenses attending the same, to the President within eighteen months after the passage of this act, to be transmitted by him to Congress." March 8-Mr. BAYARD moved to refer it to the Committee on Finance, which was disagreed to-yeas 19, nays 26: YEAS-Messrs. Bayard, Beck, Brown, Call, Cameron of Wisconsin, Coke, Fair, Farley, Hampton, Harris, Jackson, Jonas, McPherson, Maxey, Morgan, Pugh, Slater, Vance, Walker -19. NAYS Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Blair, Conger, DAVIS of Illinois, Dawes, Frye, George, Hale, Harrison, Hawley, Hill of Colorado, Hoar, Ingalls, Kellogg, McDill, McMillan, MAHONE, Miller of California, Miller of New York, Mitchell, Morrill, Platt, Saunders, Sewell, Sherman-26. March 10-Mr. INGALLS moved to amend to make the first clause of the second sentence of section I read as follows: "And it shall be their duty to investigate the alcoholic liquor traffic, its relations to revenue and taxation and society." Which was disagreed to-yeas 24, nays 25: YEAS Messrs. Allison, Bayard, Beck, Brown, Cameron of Wisconsin, Cockrell, Coke, DAVIS of Illinois, Edmunds, Garland, Gorman, Hampton, Harris, Jonas, Jones of Florida, Morrill, Pugh, Ransom, Slater, Teller, Vance, Van Wyck, Vest, Walker-24. NAYS-Messrs. Aldrich, Blair, Conger, Frye, George, Hale, Harrison, Hawley, Hoar, Kellogg, Lapham. McDill, McMillan, Maxey, Miller of California, Mitchell, Morgan, Platt, Rollins, Saunders, Sawyer, Sewell, Sherman, Voorhees, Windom-25. Mr. BAYARD moved to add to section I these words: "And shall also inquire and report upon the extent of the use of opium and other substitutes for alcoholic stimulants, and whether prohibition of the use of alcoholic beverages has been accompanied by an increased consumption of opium and other intoxicating drugs." Which was disagreed to-yeas 24, nays 25: YEAS-Messrs. Bayard, Beck, Brown, Call, Cameron of Wisconsin, Cockrell, Coke, DAVIS of Illinois, Garland, George, Gorman, Hampton, Harris, Jonas, Jones of Florida, McPherson, Morgan, Pugh, Ransom, Slater, Vance, Vest, Voorhees, Walker-24. Blair, NAYS Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Conger, Dawes, Edmunds, Frye, Hale, Harrison, Hawley, Hill of Colorado, Hoar, Kellogg, Lapham, McDill, McMillan, MAHONE, Mitchell, Morrill, Platt, Rollins, Saunders, Sawyer, Sherman, Teller-25. The bill was then passed-yeas 34, nays 14: YEAS-Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Blair, Coke, Conger, DAVIS of Illinois, Dawes, Edmunds, Ferry, Frye, Garland, George, Groome, Hale, Harrison, Hawley, Hill of Colorado, Hoar, Lapham, McDill, McMillan, MAHONE, Maxey, Miller of California, Mitchell, Morrill, Platt, Plumb, Rollins, Sawyer, Sewell, Sherman, Teller, Walker-34. NAYS-Messrs. Bayard, Beck, Hampton, Harris, Jonas, Jones of Florida, Morgan, Pendleton, Pugh, Ransom, Slater, Vance, Van Wyck, Vest-14. This bill was not reached in the House. In House-Forty-seventh Congress, First Session. 1882, February 6—Mr. Joyce moved to suspend the rules and discharge the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union from the further consideration of H. R. bill 1720, the first three sections of which are: A Bill providing for the appointment of a commission on the subject of the alcoholicliquor traffic. Be it enacted, etc., That there shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a commission of five persons, not all of whom shall be advocates of prohibitory liquor laws, and neither of whom shall be the holder of any office of profit or trust in the general government or any State government. The said commissioners shall be selected solely with reference to personal fitness and capacity for an honest, impartial, and thorough investigation, and shall hold office until their duties shall be accomplished, but not to exceed two years. It shall be their duty to investigate the alcoholic, fermented, and vinous liquor traffic and manufacture with reference to revenue and taxation, and the effect of each class of such liquors in their economic, criminal, |