tee on......

instructions to...
report from.......

......57

...1696

.2902

Defrees, Joseph H., a Representative from
Indiana......
.135, 332,

435, 481, 871, 872, 878, 1033, 1153, 1200,
1262, 1772, 1876, 2247, 2353, 2724, 2822,
2851, 2877, 2946, 3148, 3351, 3376, 4309
remarks on reconstruction........ .871,
872, 873, 1033

(See Appendix.)
Delano, Columbus, a Representative from
Ohio
....8, 13, 18, 68, 195, 233,
302, 507, 509, 510, 511, 512, 750, 758,
778, 784, 1115, 1150, 1200, 1251, 1267,
1272, 1303, 1339, 1349, 1401, 1523, 1535,
1557, 1574, 1575, 1662, 1705, 1751, 1820,
1842, 1855, 1862, 1875, 1894, 1898, 1899,
1914, 1915, 1953, 2008, 2023, 2032, 2049,
2068, 2069, 2107, 2120, 2157, 2159, 2161,
2185, 2188, 2189, 2190, 2202, 2203, 2215,
2234, 2235, 2328, 2329, 2330, 2377, 2392,
2393, 2442, 2545, 2626, 2629, 2838, 2849,
2911, 2980, 2994, 2998, 3084, 3112, 3113,
3177, 3204, 8205, 3207, 2601, 3602, 3634,
3635, 3716, 3912, 3913, 3982, 4016, 4017,
4046, 4057, 4063, 4097, 4099, 4100, 4110,
4148, 4149, 4155, 4156, 4184, 4186, 4189,
4266, 4274, 4279, 4280, 4805, 4306, 4307
resolutions by..
...........18,

.13

507, 2980, 2994, 8177, 8912, 4046, 4274
papers of Charles Follett, contesting the seat
of, presented by....
remarks on the resolution in relation to dam-
ages by the Army or Navy in the rebel
States........

Deming, Henry C., a Representative from Con-
necticut...
.15,
136, 141, 144, 146, 147, 153, 199, 233,
255, 330, 331, 332, 349, 511, 515, 1036,
1162, 1303, 1370, 1463, 1496, 1500,
1869, 1895, 1952, 2007, 2077, 2233, 2377,
2387, 2388, 2389, 2390, 2391, 2393, 2545,
2754, 2813, 3539, 8543, 3846, 3974, 3981
remarks on the personal explanation of Mr.
Washburne, of Illinois

147

remarks on suffrage in the District.......199
remarks on reconstruction......330, 331, 332
remarks on the fortification bill... ...1370
remarks on the bill to revive the grade of
general in the Army...2387, 2388, 2389, 2390
remarks on the tax bill..
...2754
personal explanation of...... .2007, 2008
Denison, Charles, a Representative from Penn-
sylvania.......
..546,

547, 548, 549, 1200, 1560, 1574, 1615,
1952, 2480, 2575, 2743, 3122, 3207, 3449
remarks on amending the Constitution...546,
547, 548, 549
Denny, Arthur A., a Delegate from Washing-
.60, 350, 645, 812, 919, 1301,

ton....

1576, 1662, 1694, 1719, 1751, 1940, 2601
remarks on regulating trade with British
North America...
.1301
remarks on the bill relating to agricultural
colleges.......
......1576
Dictionary of Congress, resolutions in relation
to printing the..
......1720, 3681
Dietrich, Lewis W., bill,(H. R. No. 444) grant-
ing a pension to.... .1724, 1949, 1970
Diplomatic, bill (H. R. No. 261) making ap-
propriations for the consular and, expenses
of the Government for the year ending
the 30th of June, 1867, and for other pur-
poses......
.714, 1533, 1535,
1547, 2688, 3741, 3771, 8818, 3943, 4047
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Brooks......

........

District of Columbia-Continued.
bill to repeal certain laws and ordinances in
the, and for other purposes........ .18
bill (H. R. No. 24) to amend an act provid-
ing for the selection of jurors to serve in
the several courts of the.....20, 57, 58, 75
bill to regulate the right of suffrage in the...75
bill (H. R. No. 91) to authorize the build-

ing of a military and postal railroad from
Washington, in the, to the city of New
York.......135, 2902, 4250, 4261, 4262, 4263
bill (H. R. No. 95) to incorporate the Na-
tional Union Envelope, Paper, and Stamp
Company of Washington, in the........135,
159, 4283
bill (H. R. No. 124) authorizing the con-
struction of a jail, penitentiary, and house
of correction in and for the.............. 171,
3906, 4017, 4047

bill to regulate suffrage and elections in
the........
....349

bill to regulate suffrage in the...............849
bill (H. R. No. 183) concerning the fire
department of Washington city, in
the.....
..............350, 1208, 1240

1534

Mr. Conkling....

1548

1534

Mr. Hart........
Mr. Kasson.
Mr. Spalding.
......3943
Mr. Stevens...... .1534, 1547, 1548
Mr. Washburne, of Illinois.. 1534,
1547, 1548
yeas and nays on the....
......1548
District of Columbia, bill (H. R. No. 1) ex-
tending the right of suffrage in the......10,
19, 72, 173, 196, 215, 235, 255, 302
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Banks......

Mr. Benjamin.

......509, 510

Mr. Bingham.

remarks on the bill for the relief of Abelard
750

Mr. Boutwell...

Guthrie........
remarks on reconstruction-see Appendix.
remarks on the bill relating to agricultural
colleges........
1898, 1899
remarks on the resolution relating to pay-
masters......
...1914, 1915

Mr. Boyer.......
Mr. Chanler.

Mr. Davis..

remarks on the bill for the relief of Ishmael
.....2068

remarks on the Northern Pacific railroad
.2188, 2189, 2190

remarks on the Niagara falls ship-canal...2329
remarks on the bill to revive the grade of
general in the Army.
.2393

remarks on the bill amendatory of the naval
appropriation bill..........
.3112, 3113
remarks on the bill for the relief of John
Gordon........
......3204

remarks on the tariff bill............3601, 3602
(See Appendix.)

remarks on the tax bill...............3634, 3685
remarks on the resolution relating to the
adjournment of Congress........ 3982

remarks on the assault case of Rousseau and
Grinnell......
..4016, 4017
remarks on the deficiency bill for 1866...4057,
4097, 4099
remarks on the bill for the relief of William
Joslin
...........4199
remarks on the bill authorizing the payment
of the rewards for the capture of Jefferson
Davis and the assassins of President Lin-
coln.........
.........4189
remarks on the resolution for the relief of
Berry & Higgins.........
...4279

203

...235

...222

.308, 309, 310
..175, 176, 177, 178
...216,
217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222
Mr. Clarke, of Kansas.....302, 303, 305
Mr. Conkling.
...278
Mr. Darling..
278, 279
.215, 216
.199
.204, 205, 206, 207
.222, 223, 224
.279, 280, 281
Mr. Hubbard, of West Virginia......310
Mr. Johnson..... ....305, 306, 307, 308
Mr. Julian.... .255, 256, 257, 258, 259
Mr. Kasson..
..235,
236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242
Mr. Kelley.......180, 181, 182, 183, 196,
197, 236, 237, 238, 260, 261, 285, 286
Mr. Marshall...
...206
.201, 202
.240, 241, 242
Mr. Randall, of Penn......260, 261, 283
Mr. Rogers......
..196,
197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203
Mr. Scofield..
.178, 179, 180
.259, 260
Mr. Thayer.... .200, 281, 282, 283
Mr. Thomas, J. L.....261, 262, 263, 264
Mr. Van Horn, of New York........283,
284, 285
.173,
174, 175, 239, 278
202
...810, 811

Mr. Patterson...............
Mr. Price.......

Mr. Sitgreaves..

Mr. Wilson, of Iowa.......

Mr. Woodbridge.....
yeas and nays on the

Mr. Mercur.....

1209

.1209, 1238
.1209, 1238

bill (S. No. 98) to incorporate the Metropol-
itan Fire and Marine Insurance Company
of the..........
.645, 855, 1577
bills to incorporate the National Capital In-
surance Company.............645, 1115, 3934
bill to punish for the removal of dead bodies
from graves and other places of interment
in the...
645
bill (S. No. 90) enlarging the powers of the
levy court of the county of Washington,
in the.....
...... 2387, 2431
bill to establish a uniform system of sewerage
-in the city of Washington, and for other
...899, 1054, 1207
purposes.......
....1208
yeas and nays on the..........
joint resolution (H. R. No. 76) authorizing
the Secretary of War to transfer to the
National Home for Soldiers' and Sailors'
Orphans of Washington city certain stores
not needed for the Government....... 1033,
1149, 1162
bill to incorporate the National Life and
Accident Insurance Company....................
bill (H. R. No. 338) to incorporate the
National Safe Deposit Company of Wash-
ington....1115, 1766, 1796, 2386, 2394
bill (H. R. No. 352) to incorporate the Na-
tional Association to educate colored men
for the Christian ministry. ....1189,
2386, 2511, 2512, 2608
bill to incorporate the Potomac Navigation
and Transportation Company of the...1189
bill fixing the compensation of the bailiffs
and, criers of the courts of the......... 1206

.1006

District of Columbia-Continued.

bill (H. R. No. 358) to amend an act to
extend the charter of the president and
directors of the Firemen's Insurance Com-
pany of Washington and Georgetown, in
the.......
1209, 1452, 1533
joint resolution (II. R. No. 84) for the relief
of the sufferers by the late explosion at
the United States arsenal, in the......1239,
1401, 1426, 1533
bill (S. No. 64) to incorporate the Great
Falls Ice Company....1259, 1577
bill regulating the salaries of the judges of
the supreme court of the.......... ..1290
bill (H. R. No. 379) to establish in the, a
reform school for boys........... 1368,
2387, 2675, 4017, 4020, 4047

remarks on the, by-

Mr. Baldwin........

Mr. Davis..........

Mr. Plants...

Mr. Welker.

.2675, 2676
...2675
...2675, 2676
...2676

bill to incorporate the Metropolitan Gas
Company...

1368

bill (H. R. No. 383) to incorporate the Col-
ored Mutual Building Association of the
city of Washington.....
.1390, 4283
bill (H.R. No. 388) authorizing the extension,
construction, and use of a lateral branch
of the Baltimore and Potomac railroad
into and within the........1423, 1893, 2386
bills to amend an act to incorporate the
Guardian Society and provide for the re-
forming of juvenile offenders in the, and
also an act granting certain privileges to
the Guardian Society of the...........1494,
2384, 3536

joint resolution (S. No. 49) for the tempora-
ry relief of destitute people in the... 1533,
1577, 1742, 1921, 1950
yeas and nays on the..........
.1921
bill to authorize the extension, construction,
and use by the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road Company of a railroad from between
Knoxville and Monocacy Junction into and
within the........

..1535

bill (S. No. 214) to incorporate the General
Hospital of the...1656, 4018, 4160, 4201
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Conkling....

Mr. Dawes......

Mr. Ingersoll..

yeas and nays on the...........

...4160
.4160
...4160
.4161

bill defining and providing for the punish-
ment of grand and petit larceny, and the
employment of prisoners in jail in the, 1682
bill (8. No. 184) to define more clearly the
jurisdiction and powers of the supreme
court of the........
.1743,

1796, 1820, 2865, 2876, 2910, 2922
bill (H. R. No. 223) to amend an act to
incorporate the Mutual Fire Insurance
Company of the............
.1746
bill (S. No. 167) to incorporate the Women's
Hospital Association of the............1766,
1796, 2807, 2910, 2922

bill (S. No. 90) enlarging the powers of the
levy court of the county of Washington,
......1766, 1796

yeas and nays on the.................

....

..2201

..2376

Mr. Harding, of Illinois....
Mr. Washburne, of Illinois...........2376
bill to amend the charter of the Washington
Gas-Light Company..
.2386

bill (H. R. No. 529) to authorize the exten-
sion, construction, and use by the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company of a
railroad from between Knoxville and the
Monocacy Junction into and within the,
2387, 3114, 4017, 4047
bill to incorporate the First Congregational
Society of Washington...... .2393, 2634
bill (H. R. No. 564) to annul the thirty-fourth

section of the declaration of rights of the
State of Maryland so far as it applies
to the........2430, 2676, 4017, 4021, 4047
remarks on the, by-

bill (S. No. 177) to incorporate the National
Safe Deposit Company in the...........2677
bill (H. R. No. 601) providing for grading
East Capitol street and establishing Lin-
coln square......
.....2678, 4017, 4047
bill (H. R. No. 615) for legalizing marriages,
and for other purposes, in the.........2772,
3112, 4017, 4047
bill to authorize the construction of a peni-
tentiary, jail, and house of correction in
the.........
....2859
joint resolution (H. R. No. 145) to provide for
completing the arch of Tiber creek through
the grounds of the United States Botanical
Garden, in Washington city.....2859, 3194

in the......

District of Columbia-Continued.
bill (H. R. No. 527) to promote the construc-
tion of a line of railroads between Wash-
ington and the Northwest......2902, 2928
yeas and nays on the..........
.2928
bill (S. No. 246) relating to public schools
.2926, 8906, 3985
bill (S. No. 247) donating certain lots in the
city of Washington for schools for colored
children in the............ .2926, 4278, 4283
bill (S. No. 281) to authorize the Chesapeake
Bay and Potomac River Tidewater Canal
Company to enter the, and extend their
canal to the Anacostia river at any point
above Benning's bridge...2926, 3935, 4093
bill (S. No. 296) to incorporate the Ameri-
can Fire and Marine Insurance Company
of Washington.......
..2926, 4283
bill (S. No. 265) to protect the manufactur-
ers of mineral waters in the, and for other
purposes.....
.2928, 4303
bill regulating divorce in the..... .3043
bill to enlarge the appellate jurisdiction of the
supreme court of the, in chancery....3044
bill (S. No. 137) to amend the acts approved
August 6, 1861, and July 6, 1862, estab-
lishing a Metropolitan police in the, to
increase the efficiency thereof, and for
other purposes......3208, 3306, 3906, 3985
bill (S. No. 290) to incorporate the National
Life and Accident Insurance Company of
the......
.........3208, 3306, 4283
bill (S. No. 325) to give certain powers to
the levy court of the county of Washing-
ton, in the......3208, 3306, 3985
bill to amend an act to incorporate the Wash-
ington and Georgetown Railroad Com-
pany.
3376

bill (H. R. No. 735) to incorporate the Uni-
ted States Fencing, Ditching, and Land-
Reclaiming Company......3465, 4280, 4282
bill (S. No. 361) to authorize W. J. Sibley,
and others, trustees, to sell and convey lot
No. 9, in square No. 76, in the city of
Washington......
.3501, 4059, 4113
bill (S. No. 227) to incorporate the Wash-
ington Glass Company............3501, 4060
bill for the establishment and maintenance
..3513
of a public park in the......
bill (S. No. 289) to provide for probate of
and for the recording of wills of real es-
tate situated in the, and for other pur-
poses......
.3585, 4017, 4158
bill to provide for the adoption of children
and changes of names in the............3585
bill to amend an act to enable guardians and
committees of lunatics appointed from the
several States to act within the, approved
March 8, 1864....
..2944, 3585

bill to regulate the fees of the register of
deeds for the........
.3684
bill to incorporate the German Target Asso-
ciation of the city of Washington......3747
bill (S. No. 178) to incorporate the Metro-
politan Mining and Manufacturing Com-
pany..
......3874, 3934, 3981
bill (S. No. 380) to incorporate the Wash-
ington County Horse Railroad Company
in the........
......... 4018, 4161
bill (S. No. 393) to incorporate the Metro-
politan Club of the....... ......4018, 4161
bill (S. No. 424) to incorporate the Washing-
ton Temperance Society of the city of
Washington
..4018, 4161, 4283
bill to incorporate the Center Market Com-
pany in the city of Washington.........4104
bill to amend an act to incorporate the
trustees of the Female Orphan Asylum
of Georgetown, and the Washington City
Orphan Asylum of the, passed May 24,
1828.....
.4149
District of Columbia, the Committee for the, 57
instructions to
.22, 116, 127,
138, 214, 233, 332, 422, 886, 1238, 2315
reports from.
...1053,
1207, 1209, 1239, 1368, 1742, 1893, 2386,
2676, 2677, 2678, 2807, 2949, 3112, 3114,
8793, 3906, 3907, 3934, 3935, 4280, 4283
adverse reports from...... .2386, 4284
discharged from subjects..
.2384,
2386, 2387, 2726, 4284, 4285

Ditch-see Canal.

Divorce-see District of Columbia.

Dixon, Nathan F., a Representative from
Rhode Island.

case.........

....2191

.......

Documents, resolution in relation to the distri-
bution of...
..............14, 15
bill (H. R. No. 809) to further regulate the
printing of public, and the purchase of
paper for the public printing...........4198,
4252, 4263
Dodge, William E., contestant for the seat for
the eighth congressional district of New
York.......
..8, 9, 611, 613, 614
sworn in
.1820
Dodge, William E., a Representative from New
York
2032,
2211, 2330, 2476, 2631, 2681, 2682, 2688,
2724, 2787, 2814, 2840, 2877, 3055, 3474,
3496, 3497, 3500, 3517, 3519, 3520, 3548,
3631, 3656, 3661, 3680, 3688, 3690, 3720
remarks on the New York contested-election
........612, 613, 614
remarks on the Northern Pacific railroad
bill........
.......2211
remarks on the Freedmen's Bureau appro-
priation bill..........
.........2318
remarks on the Niagara falls ship-canal, 2330
remarks on the tax bill........
..2476,
2631, 2787, 2840
remarks on the tariff bill......
...3496,
3517, 3520, 3656, 3720
Dominguez, José, bill to confirm the grant of
certain lands to, in California ......... 1523,
1533, 3052, 3085
Dominica, Samuel, bill (H. R. No. 534) for the
relief of.....
.2282, 3197
Donahue, Ryan, & Secor, joint resolution (S.
No. 141) for the relief of.........4189, 4204
Donnelly, Ignatius, a Representative from Min-
.34, 60,

nesota.......

350, 877, 378, 446, 460, 513, 515, 545,
579, 584, 585, 586, 587, 588, 589, 590,
654, 655, 811, 921, 950, 1349, 1387, 1615,
1727, 1751, 1772, 1876, 1925, 1968, 2049,
2119, 2161, 2180, 2208, 2209, 2210, 2211,
2292, 2315, 2571, 2579, 2674, 2723, 2813,
2881, 2859, 2966, 2967, 2968, 3122, 3203,
3274, 3275, 3295, 3356, 3361, 3378, 3401,
3402, 3406, 3464, 3465, 3510, 3798, 3842
resolutions by..........34, 60, 446, 2119, 2674
remarks on basis of representation....77, 378
remarks on the bill enlarging the powers of
the Freedmen's Bureau......
.....585,
586, 587, 588, 589, 590
remarks on the Northern Pacific railroad
bill.......
.2208, 2209, 2210, 2211
remarks on the river and harbor appropria-
tion bill........
2292
remarks on the bill relating to immigration,
&c ...........
2315
remarks on establishing a national Bureau of
.2966, 2967, 2968
remarks on the Minnesota land-grant rail-
roads......
....3401, 3402
remarks on the St. Paul and Lake Superior
railroad bill........
.3464
Dove, Benjamin M., bill for the relief of, 3406
Driggs, John F., a Representative from Michi-

Education.......

Driggs, John F., a Representative from Michi-
gan-Continued.

remarks on the Niagara falls ship-canal, 2329
remarks on the Michigan land-grant railroad
bill......
3113
remarks on the Michigan land-grant ship-
canal.........
.....3462, 3463, 3464
remarks on the tariff bill.....3541, 3542, 3600
remarks on the bill to quiet land titles in
California......
........3655
remarks on the bill authorizing the payment
of the rewards for the capture of Jefferson
Davis and the assassins of President Lin-
coln..........
.........................................4186, 4188
remarks on the miscellaneous appropriation
bill.........
.4258
Dumont, Ebenezer, a Representative from In-
diana
..20, 71, 978,
1006, 1033, 1036, 1156, 1200, 1472, 1478,
1474, 1475, 1476, 2664, 2723, 2727, 2858,
2860, 2952, 2953, 2954, 2955, 2956, 2971,
2972, 2975, 2976, 2979, 3034, 3275, 3443
resolutions by..
.71, 2727
1472,

remarks on reconstruction.....

1473, 1474, 1475, 1476
remarks on the bill relating to the pay of the
Army.....
2952,
2953, 2954, 2955, 2956, 2971, 2975, 2976
remarks on the French Industrial Exposi-
tion
3305
Dunbar, Dr. Alexander, joint resolution (H.
R. No. 203) authorizing the Secretary of
War to contract with......4192, 4264, 4278
Dunn, Elisha W., bill (S. No. 202) for the

relief of............... 1943, 2148, 3197, 3238
Dunn, Mary, widow of Richard Fletcher Dunn,
bill for the relief of......
...324
Dyer, Captain A. B., joint resolution for the
relief of.......

.....3195
Dyer, Lewis, bill (S. No. 383) for the relief
.......3907, 4110

of....

E.

Eckley, Ephraim R., a Representative from
Ohio...434, 482, 713, 733, 781, 923, 951, 978,
1006, 1036, 1068, 1206, 1587, 1615, 1694,
1704, 1725, 1726, 1727, 1797, 1867, 1876,
1894, 1899, 1979, 2385, 2394, 2480, 2534,
2535, 2536, 2686, 2793, 2865, 3070, 3113,
3406, 3511, 3512, 3513, 3948, 4047, 4203
resolutions by.
..923, 3113, 4047
remarks on the bill donating lands to Wis-
consin for a ship-canal....
.....1726
remarks on reconstruction...2534, 2535, 2536
Eddy, E. W., bill (H. R. No. 394) for the relief
of the estate of..........
......115,

1033, 1452, 1602, 1861, 1868, 1945
Education-see Army.

resolution of inquiry into the expediency of
establishing in the capital a national
Bureau of............

............GO
....60

yeas and nays on the.
bill (H. R. No. 276) to establish a Depart-
ment of.......
.....1751,
1900, 2966, 3044, 3053, 3269
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Banks....
Mr. Boutwell..
Mr. Donnelly..

...3046

.3048

Eggleston, Benjamin, a Representative from
Ohio-Continued.

remarks on the organization of the Pension
Office .....
......2024
remarks on the tax bill......2681, 2682, 3635
remarks on the Cleveland and Mahoning
railroad bill......
.....2924
Eight hours, bill constituting, a day's work for
all laborers, workmen, and mechanics em-
ployed by or in behalf of the Government
of the United States.......
..........918
joint resolution declaring, labor a day's work
in all cases where laborers, mechanics, or
artisans may be employed by or in behalf
of the Government....... ............1130
bill to fix, as a day's work in all cases where
laborers, mechanics, or artisans shall be
employed by or under the authority of the
Government of the United States......1331
resolution instructing the Committee for the
District of Columbia to inquire into the
expediency of establishing by law the
eight-hour system, as it is called, as con-
stituting a day's work in the District of
Columbia.....
..........1969, 2118
yeas and nays on the...
.....1969
Eiswald, Theodore G., bill for the relief of, 2069
Elder, Christina, bill (H. R. No. 345) for the

relief of........1148, 2688, 2733, 2928, 2949
Eldred, Henrietta L., bill for the relief of, 117
Eldridge, Charles A., a Representative from
Wisconsin...........6, 8, 19, 20, 22, 83, 61,

71, 72, 81, 83, 98, 172, 277, 310, 331, 350,
375, 379, 412, 423, 424, 425, 426, 430, 453,
493, 518, 535, 611, 698, 811, 813, 844, 860,
919, 920, 944, 945, 946, 947, 948, 949, 950,
966, 976, 978, 1003, 1032, 1034, 1087,
1088, 1092, 1095, 1130, 1150, 1154, 1155,
1158, 1159, 1190, 1191, 1199, 1200, 1259,
1261, 1262, 1296, 1303, 1306, 1331, 1332,
1501, 1507, 1574, 1608, 1609, 1685, 1687,
1705, 1819, 1820, 1822, 1828, 1855, 1856,
1860, 1861, 1946, 1969, 1970, 1978, 1979,
2026, 2049, 2073, 2078, 2097, 2101, 2118,
2120, 2180, 2215, 2286, 2287, 2316, 2317,
2318, 2324, 2330, 2377, 2384, 2406, 2429,
2431, 2433, 2442, 2463, 2505, 2506, 2507,
2545, 2572, 2573, 2575, 2602, 2607, 2633,
2634, 2655, 2725, 2726, 2809, 2825, 2838,
2858, 2864, 2865, 2878, 2882, 2883, 2903,
2945, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3006, 3007, 3017,
3022, 3023, 3024, 3025, 3043, 3051, 3086,
3089, 8090, 3094, 3144, 3146, 3149, 3150,
3164, 3175, 3176, 3197, 3239, 3240, 3241,
3244, 3245, 3269, 3270, 3301, 3332, 3357,
3403, 3406, 3415, 3442, 3443, 3444, 3449,
8520, 3537, 3545, 3681, 3721, 3724, 3725,
3744, 8766, 3767, 3801, 3819, 3821, 3822,
3823, 3824, 3889, 3891, 3892, 3909, 3948,
3949, 3975, 3976, 3978, 3980, 3982, 3985,
4009, 4011, 4014, 4017, 4056, 4058, 4095,
4096, 4113, 4160, 4251, 4252, 4264, 4265,
4266, 4271, 4272, 4273, 4274, 4276, 4278,
4281, 4282, 4283, 4286, 4303, 4308, 4309
resolutions by.
.22, 33

case........

remarks on the basis of representation...423,
424, 425, 426
remarks on the Michigan contested-election
..844
remarks on the civil rights bill..... ..1154,
1155, 1156, 1158
remarks on the Freedmen's Bureau appro-
priation bill..........
..2317
remarks on reconstruction......
.2505,

2506, 2507, 8175, 3176, 3244
remarks on the bill to establish a naval
depot at League Island...8000, 3001, 3002
remarks on the bill (S. No. 222) to pre-
...3442
vent smuggling..
remarks on the case of Rousseau and
Grinnell...
........3821, 3824
Elections, bill (S. No. 414) to regulate the times
and manner of holding, for Senators in
Congress........
.3771, 4063, 4113
yeas and nays on the.......
Elections, the Committee of..
instructions to.........
reports from.....

.4063
.8, 10, 21

.81

Elective franchise, resolution that any exten-
sion of the, to persons in the States, either
by act of the President or of Congress,
would be an assumption of power which
nothing in the Constitution of the United
States would warrant, and that to avoid
every danger of conflict the settlement of
this question should be referred to the sev-
eral States........

.70
...... 70

yeas and nays on the...........
Electors, joint resolution for the amendment
of the Constitution, authorizing Congress
to define the qualifications and provide for
the election of, of President and Vice Pres
ident, and of members of Congress.....171
resolution declaring that Congress has no
constitutional right to fix the qualifica-
tions of, in the several States .....2724
yeas and nays on the........ .2724, 2725
Eliot, Thomas D., a Representative from Mas-
sachusetts.....
.13, 14,
18, 19, 22, 31, 60, 71, 81, 83, 100, 130,
135, 286, 302, 406, 435, 447, 482, 512,
613, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 533, 534,
535, 546, 579, 580, 581, 584, 585, 590,
591, 607, 615, 624, 625, 628, 629, 650,
652, 654, 655, 656, 657, 658, 659, 688,
775, 978, 991, 1036, 1130, 1176, 1190,
1200, 1238, 1259, 1299, 1849, 1435, 1494,
1652, 1662, 1727, 1797, 1820, 1893, 1952,
1994, 2130, 2131, 2146, 2180, 2201, 2243,
2246, 2287, 2288, 2289, 2290, 2291, 2292,
2313, 2314, 2317, 2318, 2345, 2353, 2393,
2511, 2512, 2723, 2725, 2743, 2771, 2772,
2773, 2774, 2775, 2776, 2777, 2778, 2779,
2780, 2807, 2808, 2809, 2839, 2851, 2877,
2878, 2912, 2927, 2957, 3055, 3089, 3112,
3122, 3141, 3149, 3269, 3417, 3418, 3419,
3420, 3441, 3442, 3443, 3461, 3465, 3501,
8561, 3562, 3570, 3650, 3684, 3803, 3811,
8849, 3850, 3851, 3905, 3981, 4091, 4092,
4107, 4109, 4155, 4199, 4201, 4248, 4249
resolutions by....
.14, 18,

60, 71, 83, 130, 286, 482, 1259, 2725, 3905
remarks on the basis of representation...406
remarks on the bill to enlarge the powers of
the Freedmen's Bureau.....
.512,

513, 514,515, 516, 517, 624, 654, 656, 657
remarks on the bill to regulate the registry
of vessels..........

...533

remarks on regulating trade with British

North America.....

..........1299

remarks on the Freedmen's Bureau appro-

priation bill..........

.2317

remarks on reconstruction........

...2511

remarks on the bill to continue the Freed-

men's Bureau....

..2772,

2773, 2774, 2775, 2776, 2777, 2778,
2779, 2780, 2807, 2808, 3561, 3562
remarks on the registry bills........ .3417
remarks on pilots, &c.........

......3418

remarks on the bill (S. No. 222) to prevent
smuggling....
.3419, 3442
remarks on the bill to fix the compensation
of certain collectors of customs....
.......4248

..919

Emigration, bill for a grant of lands to aid and
encourage, from Europe to the upper pen-
insala of Michigan........
joint resolution (S. No. 45) protesting against
pardons by foreign Governments of per-
sons convicted of infamous offenses on
condition of, to the United States....1523,
Employés of the House: resolution prohibit-
1535, 1917, 1950
ing the appointment of sons of members
of the House to any office...
Enrolled Bills, the Joint Committee on....

...9
.22
reports from..
.58,
81, 114, 195, 207, 255, 492, 646, 654,
720, 755, 812, 861, 1162, 1251, 1452,
1549, 1587, 1720, 1767, 1796, 1812, 1815,
1861, 1868, 1874, 1893, 1900, 1920, 1941,
1950, 1969, 1996, 2007, 2032, 2041, 2130,
2148, 2156, 2210, 2234, 2246, 2330, 2345,
2384, 2394, 2431, 2471, 2511, 2578, 2579,
2603, 2634, 2678, 2748, 2771, 2780, 2785,
2824, 2859, 2887, 2921, 2928, 2949, 2994,
2005, 3044, 3053, 3085, 3086, 3115, 3141,
8148, 3164, 3177, 3201, 3203, 3206, 3238,
3240, 8241, 3275, 3325, 3329, 3356, 3404,
3400, 8426, 8443, 3501, 3545, 3562, 3567,

Enrolled Bills, the Joint Committee on, reports
from-Continued.

8572, 3595, 8598, 3683, 8723, 3771, 8778,
8793, 8817, 3854, 3892, 3933, 3974, 8985,
4047, 4054, 4057, 4102, 4113, 4154, 4156,
4161, 4201, 4249, 4252, 4263, 4273, 4277,
4280, 4282, 4283, 4303, 4308, 4309, 4310
Equality before the law, resolution in relation
.10, 14, 15, 46, 47
.46, 47, 48
.48

Faber, George, bill for the relief of..........3406
Farley, Joel, bill for relief of, 3354, 3644, 3683
Farm School, bill to incorporate the Na-
tional....
....4147
Farnsworth, John F., a Representative from
Illinois....... ..4, 8, 15, 34, 44, 46, 48,
58, 70, 81, 82, 84, 85, 122, 126, 203, 204,
205, 206, 207, 234, 279, 349, 350, 351, 353,
876, 383, 384, 427, 428, 481, 483, 580, 611,
646, 649, 687, 756, 772, 774, 944, 996, 998,
1005, 1033, 1096, 1122, 1125, 1127, 1129,
1130, 1161, 1193, 1194, 1195, 1197, 1199,
1206, 1260, 1272, 1290, 1342, 1346, 1348,
1349, 1367, 1375, 1401, 1452, 1494, 1504,
1505, 1507, 1549, 1560, 1577, 1603, 1606,
1613, 1614, 1657, 1662, 1687, 1694, 1696,
1699, 1704, 1721, 1725, 1727, 1744, 1747,
1752, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, 1789, 1796,
1797, 1819, 1820, 1856, 1862, 1870, 1905,
1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1945, 1950,
1951, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 2005, 2006,
2007, 2023, 2025, 2028, 2029, 2032, 2075,
2077, 2079, 2130, 2148, 2158, 2186, 2189,
2191, 2205, 2206, 2207, 2208, 2238, 2330,
2372, 2430, 2431, 2433, 2516, 2517, 2539, ||
2540, 2545, 2546, 2678, 2744, 2758, 2806,
2824, 2839, 2850, 2858, 2860, 2861, 2864,
2903, 2945, 2947, 2971, 2977, 2994, 3007,
8043, 3091, 3149, 3645, 3684, 3694, 8724,
8767, 3768, 3769, 3794, 3816, 3845, 3908,
8912, 3913, 4012, 4022, 4047, 4055, 4093,
4097, 4098, 4101, 4109, 4157, 4188, 4189,
4191, 4248, 4249, 4261, 4281, 4282, 4308
resolutions by.
.15,

remarks on the bill to restrict the expense
of collecting soldiers' claims............1260
remarks on the fortification bill.....1346, 1348
remarks on the legislative, &c., appropria-
tion bill..
...1504
remarks on the bill for the relief of James G.
Holland......
........1603
remarks on the bill to create a brigadier gen-
eral commandant in the Marine corps, 1744
remarks on the New York contested-election
case....... ........1769, 1770, 1771, 1772
remarks on the bill to extend the benefits
of section four of the Army appropriation
bill.......
.1789
remarks on the resolution in relation to claim
agents.........
..1796

remarks on granting lands to Oregon for a
..1870
military road......
remarks on the resolution relating to pay.
masters.....
.1915
remarks on the bill to reorganize and estab
lish the Army... 1950, 1951, 1974, 2006, 2028

Farnsworth, John F., a Representative from
Illinois-Continued.

remarks on the organization of the Pension
Office........
.2025
remarks on the Northern Pacific railroad
bill...............
.2205, 2206, 2207, 2208
remarks on the tax bill.......2516, 2517, 2758
remarks on reconstruction.... 2539, 2540
remarks on the bill relating to the pay of the
Army.....
.....2971, 2977
remarks on the bill to secure the safe-keep-
ing of the public money..
.2994
remarks on the assault case of Beveridge
and Painter.......
....4055
remarks on the deficiency bill for 1866....4097
remarks on the bill to fix the military peace
establishment of the United States...4281,
4282
Farquhar, John H., a Representative from
Indiana, 135, 137, 349, 422, 482, 773, 774,

919, 1553, 1584, 1587, 1612, 1613, 1685,
1810, 1811, 1867, 1876, 1916, 1925, 2043,
2125, 2154, 2347, 2843, 2844, 2858, 2863,
2910, 2966, 3092, 3203, 3204, 3205, 3275,
8276, 3296, 3328, 3331, 3417, 3464, 3491,
8492, 3548, 3681, 8688, 3721, 3722, 3915,
3934, 4113, 4154, 4160, 4272, 4276, 4282
resolutions by....... 137, 349, 422, 482, 1867
remarks on the bill granting a pension to
Virginia K. V. Moore....
.773

remarks on the deficiency bill.............. 1584
remarks on the loan bill........
...... 1612
remarks on the bill for the relief of paymas.
ters of the Army.....
.1916
remarks on the bill to reorganize the Army,
2125, 2154, 8275, 3276, 3331
remarks on the tax bill...
..2844
remarks on the bill for the relief of John
Gordon.....
..3205
remarks on the bill for the relief of Pitcher
& Hayford, &c.......
........3328
remarks on pensions to soldiers of the war
of 1812......
.3492
remarks on the death of Senator Lane, of
Kansas........
....3915
Farran, Margaret A., bill (S. No. 368) granting
a pension to....3166, 8203, 3493, 3545
Farron, James, credentials of, as a Represent-
ative from the State of South Carolina,
presented...
.193
Faunce, Captain John, joint resolution (H. R.

No. 42) for the relief of............276, 8196
Fay, C. T., and William Y. Patch, joint reso-
lution (S. No. 132) authorizing the Secre-
tary of the Treasury to settle the accounts
of........
.3295, 3845, 4108, 4156
Fay, George M. and Nahum, bill for the re-
lief of......
...886

Feaster, Amelia, bill (S. No. 434) for the re-
lief of......
..3907, 4109
Federal offices, bill to prevent certain persons
named therein from holding office under
the Federal Government..... ..........135
Fencing, Ditching, &c.—see District of Colum
bia.

Fenians, resolutions relating to the........3085,
4048, 4274
yeas and nays on the........3085, 3986
resolution requesting the President of the
United States to urge upon the Canadian
authorities and also the British Govern-
ment the release of the, recently captured
in Canada......

..4047
......4047

..185