By Mr. Riggs: Petition of J. L. Staker and others, of Clayton, Illinois, for increase of widows' pensions; to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. John H. Rogers: Petition for the relief of Lewis S. Bateman; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Seney: Petition of John Cushing and 55 others, praying for the passage of a bankrupt law; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Joseph D. Taylor: Petitions signed by McGowan Brothers and others, citizens of Steubenville, Ohio, protesting against the ratification of the treaties with Spain, Santo Domingo, and the extension of the term with Hawaii; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. Van Eaton: Papers relating to claim of J. W. Causey; to the Committee on War Claims.

By Mr. John S. Wise: Petition of John N. Waddy, for the passage of Senate bill 737; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

The following petitions, for the passage of the Mexican war pension bill with Senate amendments, were presented and severally referred to the Committee on Pensions:

By Mr. Anderson: Of citizens of Ogden, Kansas.

By Mr. Bagley: Of citizens of Ulster County, New York.

By Mr. Beach: Of citizens of Unionville, New York.

By Mr. William W. Brown: Of 58 citizens of Potter County, Pennsylvania; of 92 citizens of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, and of 202 citizens of Bradford, Pennsylvania.

By Mr. Jacob M. Campbell: Of citizens of Cambria County, Pennsylvania.

By Mr. Cook: Of J. H. Gordon and 50 others, of Mahaska County, Iowa.

By Mr. Cosgrove: Of citizens of Marshfield, Missouri.
By Mr. Cutcheon: Of citizens of Rathbury, Michigan.

By Mr. Greenleaf: Of W. B. Young and others, of Albion, New York. By Mr. Goff: Of William Chapman and 49 others, of Samuel C. Knicely and 59 others, of W. N. Edgell and 109 others, of James T. Criss and 112 others, of Isaac Meekley and 80 others, of John C. May and 28 others, and of Samuel Brown and 61 others.

By Mr. Halsell: Of J. D. Engler and 63 others.

By Mr. Hanback: Of 124 citizens of Jewell City and of 220 citizens of Paris, Kansas.

By Mr. William H. Hatch: Of citizens of Knox County, Missouri. By Mr. Hepburn: Of D. H. Woodward and 94 others, citizens of Murray, Iowa.

By Mr. Houseman: Of C. E. Koon and 64 others, of Ottawa County, Michigan.

By Mr. Howey: Of citizens of High Bridge, New Jersey.

By Mr. Lawrence: Of citizens of Beaver County and of Industry, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.

By Mr. Le Fevre: Of James R. Doty and 150 other ex-soldiers of Allen County, Ohio.

By Mr. McCormick: Of Joseph Imboden and 59 others, of Hocking County, Ohio, and of M. S. Blake and 119 others, of Gallia County, Ohio.

By Mr. Millard: Of citizens of Maine, New York.

By Mr. Morse: Of soldiers of the Mexican war, Boston, Massachu setts.

By Mr. Payne: Of citizens of Seneca County, of Butler County, and of Ledyard, New York.

By Mr. Peel: Of 37 citizens of Carroll County, Arkansas.

By Mr. Peters: Of 128 citizens of Finney County, Kansas.

By Mr. Pusey: Of citizens of Cass County, Iowa.

By Mr. Randall: Of citizens of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

By Mr. Riggs: Of William Taylor and 55 others, of Perry; of H. M. Condee and 47 others, of Mount Sterling, Illinois.

By Mr. Robertson: Of citizens of Kentucky.

By Mr. James S. Robinson: Of 64 soldiers of Ada, Ohio.

By Mr. Rowell: Of citizens of Cooksville, of Arrowsmith, and of La Place, Illinois.

By Mr. Ryan: Of 550 citizens of Kansas.

By Mr. Stevens: Of citizens of Niagara County, New York.

By Mr. Stockslager: Of 64 citizens of Palmyra, Indiana.

By Mr. Joseph D. Taylor: Of R. M. Black and 208 others, citizens of Harrison County; of S. F. Dean and 183 others, of Belmont County, and of Morris Allbaugh and 63 others, of Tappan, Harrison County, Ohio.

By Mr. Townshend: Of 62 citizens of Hamilton County, Illinois. By Mr. Wilkins: Of D. R. Liggett and 70 others, of Holmes County, Ohio.

By Mr. Yaple: Of Edwin E. Crandall and 41 others, of Schoolcraft; of B. O'Dell and 120 others, citizens of Decatur; of H. H. Van Camp and 29 others, of Decatur; of Thomas C. Bradley and 40 others, of Three Oaks, and of Charles W. Shepard and 115 others, of Mendon, Michigan. Mr. Morgan appeared.

The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House executive communications; which were referred as follows, viz:

I. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, resubmitting the esti mate from the Secretary of the Interior of an appropriation of $2,000 for support and education of certain Flathead Indian pupils, which esti mate was transmitted to the House by the Secretary of the Interior December 11, 1884; to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.

II. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Light-House Board of an appropriation of $18,000 for completing the light-house and fog-signal at the mouth of Detroit River, Michigan; to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.

III. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting estimates from the Secretary of the Navy of appropriations for the erection of a gun-factory and for the purchase of steel for manufacture of heavy ordnance, in pursuance of recommendations of the Gun-Foundry Board, $2,500,000; to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.

Mr. Tucker, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That Tuesday, January 13, be assigned to the Committee on the Judiciary for the consideration of such business as may be presented by said committee; this order not to interfere with the consideration of general appropriation and revenue bills, and the special order adopted January 21 last, relating to reports from the Committee on the Public Lands; and in case this order shall be interfered with on that day, it shall be continued in force until one day thereafter has been Occupied by the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Reagan, as a privileged question, called up and the House proceeded to the further consideration of the bill of the House (H. R. 5461) to establish a board of inter-State commerce, and to regulate such com

merce, pending when the House took a recess on the 20th instant, the pending question being upon the motion of Mr. Charles O'Neil, to strike out the fourth section of said bill. And the question being put, viz: Will the House agree thereto ?

So the motion to strike out the fourth section was not agreed to. Mr. Everhart submitted an amendment to come in at the end of section 4; which was disagreed to.

Mr. Burnes, as a privileged question, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported a bill (H. R. 7857) making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic service of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1886, and for other purposes, with a report (No. 2190) in writing thereon; which said bill was read twice and, with said report, referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed.

Mr. Dingley reserved all points of order against said bill.

The House having resumed the consideration of the pending bill, Mr. Hopkins submitted the following amendments; which were severally agreed to, viz:

In line 7, section 4, after the word "railroad," insert or pipe line; and in line 8, section 4, after the word "road," insert or pipe line.

Mr. Budd submitted an amendment to section 5;

Pending which,

Mr. Charles O'Neill submitted an amendment to the amendment submitted by Mr. Budd; which was disagreed to.

The question then recurring upon the amendment submitted by Mr. Budd, the same was also disagreed to.

Mr. Green submitted an amendment to section 5;

Pending which,

Mr. Reagan moved that all debate upon the section under consideration and amendments pending thereto be closed; which motion was agreed to.

The amendment submitted by Mr. Green was then disagreed to. Mr. Struble submitted the following amendment; which was agreed to, viz:

Add to section 5 the following:

Fourth. It shall be the duty of said person or persons engaged in carrying property, as provided in the first section of this act, to file or cause to be filed, and within fifteen days from and after posting, a copy of each schedule, posted as in this section required, with the clerk of the circuit court of the United States in and for each judicial circuit in or through which any railroad may be operated; and it shall be the duty of said clerk to file and preserve the same as a part of the records of his office.

Mr. Hopkins submitted the following amendment; which was agreed to, viz:

In line 27 of section 5, after the word "railroads," insert or pipe lines. Mr. Charles O'Neill moved that section 5 as amended be stricken out; which motion was disagreed to.

Mr. Hopkins submitted the following amendment to section 6; which was agreed to, viz:

Insert after the word "railroads," in the eighth line, the words or wholly by one pipe line or partly by several pipe lines.

Mr. Thomas M. Browne submitted an amendment to section 7;
Pending which,

Mr. Reagan moved that all debate upon the section under consideration and the pending amendment thereto be limited to one minute; which motion was agreed to.

The question then recurring.upon the amendment submitted by Mr. Browne,

And being put,

The same was disagreed to.

Amendments submitted by Mr. Browne, Mr. Budd, Mr. Charles O'Neill, Mr. Struble, and Mr. George E. Adams were then severally disagreed to.

Mr. Hopkins submitted the following amendment; which was agreed to, viz:

Add to section 7 the following:

And any circuit or district court of the United States having jurisdiction of the persons shall have the power, upon application of any person or persons, firms, railroads, or other corporations or associations, alleging undue and unjust discrimination against a person in violation of the provisions of this act, to issue writs of mandamus against such person commanding such person to move and transport freight or to furnish facilities for transportation for the party applying for the writ, upon such terms and in such manner as shall seem just and proper to the court in order to prevent any undue or unjust discrimination against the relator. The proceedings shall be as in other cases of mandamus; and in cases of urgent necessity or involving the transportation of perishable goods the writs of alternative mandamus may be made returnable forthwith: Provided, That no writ or peremptory mandamus snall issue under this act until the relator shall have given security, in such sum as shall be named by the court, to pay the defendant the proper and legal charges for the services required to be performed by the writ aforesaid: And provided further, That the remedy herein given by writ of mandamus shall be cumulative, and shall not exclude or interfere with the other remedies herein provided.

Mr. Hammond submitted the following amendment, viz:

Add to section 7 as follows:

No cause brought under this act in any State court of competent juris-' diction shall be removed to any United States court.

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are