concurrent resolution instructing our Senators and requesting our Representatives in Congress to use all means in their representative capacity to procure all legislation necessary to grant to the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway Company the right of way for its railroad through the Choctaw Nation in the Indian Territory," beg leave to report that they have compared the same and find it to be truly engrossed, and that the printed copies thereof furnished to the Senators are correct.

MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Engrossed Bills, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 52, entitled "An act to amend section 201 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Missouri in relation to administration," beg leave to report that they have compared the same and find it to be truly engrossed, and that the printed copies thereof furnished to the Senators are correct.

MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Engrossed Bills, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 1, entitled "An act regulating the interest of money," beg leave to report that they have compared the same and find it to be truly engrossed, and that the printed copies thereof furnished to the Senators are correct.

The President laid before the Senate the following communication, which was read:

ST. LOUIS, February 2, 1881. Hon. R. A. Campbell, President of Missouri State Senate, Jefferson City, Mo.

DEAR SIR: I read with pleasure of the part you took in the discussion of a resolution pending before the Legislature of your State, requesting the members of the House of Representatives, and instructing the Senators of your State in Congress, to use their efforts to secure such legislation by Congress as will insure a right of way to the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway through the Indian Territory to Texas. I beg to state that the route proposed is through the Choctaw Nation, exclusively; that I am a citizen and resident of that Nation, and that I am authorized to represent a great many of the Choctaw people, and say that they acknowledge and appreciate the great benefit and advantages such a line of railroad will be, not only to the Choctaw Nation, but to the whole United States. We don't desire it said that we stubbornly and without concern stand in the way of great public enterprises; and again we want it understood that we propose to stand by our Treaty of 1855, which provided for rights of way through our Nation for railroads. Unless we mistake ourselves, we don't ask anything but justice, and we suggest that your resolution further request and in

struct your members in Congress to see that, in whatever legislation is had, the rights and interests of the Choctaws, with reference to materials used by railroads, are strictly observed. Very respectfully,

J. R. STANDLY.

Senate joint and concurrent resolution, entitled "Joint and concurrent resolution instructing our Senators and requesting our Representatives in Congress, to use all means in their representative capacity to procure all legislation necessary to grant to the St. Louis and San Francisco railway company, the right of way for its railroad through the Choctaw Nation in the Indian Territory," was taken up, read the third time and passed by the following vote:

AYES-Senators Allen, Bradley, Bryant, Byrns, Bland, Cabell, Caldwell, Cottey, DeArmond, Dobyns, Dungan, Edwards of Lafayette, Edwards of St. Charles, Gottschalk, Headlee, Heard, Heaston, Hutt, Jacobs, Lloyd, McGrath, McMahan, Mabrey, Mackay, Manistre, Manring, Morrison, Naylor, Pehle, Rogers, Rouse, Stephens and Walker-33. SICK-Senator Perkins-1.

The title was read and agreed to.

Senator Cabell moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill passed and to lay the motion to reconsider on the table; which latter motion prevailed.

Senate bill No. 1, entitled "An act to regulate the interest of money," was taken up, and Senator Allen moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was ordered engrossed. Lost.

The bill was then read the third time and passed by the following vote:

AYES-Senators Bradley, Bryant, Byrns, Caldwell, Cottey, DeArmond, Dobyns, Edwards of St. Charles, Headlee, Heard, Hutt, McMahan, Mabrey, Manring, Morrisson, Pehle, Rouse and Stephens-18.

NOES-Senators Allen, Bland, Cabell, Dungan, Edwards of Lafayette, Gottschalk, Heaston, Jacobs, Lloyd, McGrath, Mackay, Manistre, Naylor, Perkins, Rogers and Walker-16.

The title of the bill was then read and agreed to.

Senator Edwards of St. Charles moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill passed, and to lay the motion to reconsider on the table. The ayes and noes being demanded the motion to lay on the table prevailed by the following vote:

AYES-Senators Bradley, Bryant, Byrns, Cabell, Cottey, DeArmond, Dobyns, Edwards of St. Charles, Heard, Hutt, McMahan, Mabrey, Manring, Morrisson, Pehle, Rouse and Stephens-17.

NOES-Senators Allen, Bland, Cabell, Dungan, Edwards of Lafayette, Gottschalk, Headlee, Heaston, Jacobs, Lloyd, McGrath, Mackay, Manistre, Naylor, Perkins and Rogers-16.

ABSENT-Senator Walker-1.

Senate bill No. 52, entitled "An act to amend section two hundred and one of the Revised Statutes of the State of Missouri, in relation to administration," was taken up, read the third time and passed by the following vote:

AYES-Senators Allen, Bradley, Bryant, Byrns, Bland, Cabell, Caldwell, DeArmond, Dobyns, Dungan, Edwards of Lafayette, Edwards of St. Charles, Gottschalk, Headlee, Heard, Heaston, Hutt, Jacobs, McGrath, McMahan, Mabrey, Mackay, Manistre, Manring, Naylor, Pehle, Perkins, Rogers, Rouse, Stephens and Walker―31.

NOES-Senators Cottey, Lloyd and Morrison-3.

The title of the bill was then read and agreed to.

Senator Rouse moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill passed, and to lay the motion to reconsider on the table; which latter motion prevailed.

Substitute for House bills Nos. 2, 74, 77 and 84 was taken up, read second time and referred to the Committee on Insurance.

On motion of Senator Rogers, the Senate took an informal recess.

The President called the Senate to order, and the following message was received from the House of Representatives through Mr. Hawley, Chief Clerk:

MR. PRESIDENT: I am instructed by the House to inform the Senate, that the House is prepared to receive them in joint session for the purpose of receiving the Honorable E. B. Washburn of Illinois.

On motion of Senator Cabell, the Senate proceeded to the Hall of the House of Representatives.

The joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives was presided over by Lieutenant-Governor Campbell, who introduced the distinguished guest as follows:

Gentlemen of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the State:

We have assembled here in this historic hall to-day to listen to an address by a gentleman who, in all the relations of a life of public service, whether in the legislative halls of his State or the nation, in the cabinet, or the diplomatic service of his country, has ever reflected credit upon himself and glory upon the American name. I will not

anticipate the subject of his discourse, or the object of his visit to our capital city. I take pleasure in introducing to you a gentleman whose name is known and honored by all the civilized nations of the earth, Elihu B. Washburn, the distinguished citizen of our sister commonwealth, the great State of Illinois.

The portrait of Hon. Edward Hempstead was then brought forward and formally presented by Mr. Washburn in the following words:

ADDRESS.

Gentlemen of both Houses of the Legislature of Missouri:

I am charged with the performance of a mission which will be explained by a letter addressed to me, and which I beg leave to read: CHICAGO, January 27th, 1881.

HON. E. B. WASHBURN :

DEAR SIR: Some time since I intimated to you my intention of presenting to the State of Missouri the portrait of my uncle, Edward Hempstead, provided the State should indicate a desire to possess it. This portrait was painted by Stuart, and was bequeathed to me by my father, Charles S. Hempstead. You now inform me that the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of that State has passed a resolution declaring that it will gratefully accept the donation. When the matter was first spoken of, you had the kindness to say that if the State should accept the portrait, you would go in person to the City of Jefferson and make the presentation in my name. That offer was very gratifying to me, particularly in view of the relationship of your wife, not only to my uncle, but to so many of the earlier settlers of St. Louis and Missouri. The time seems now to have arrived when I can carry out my purpose. I need not say that this portrait is very precious to all our family, but as I have thought it might have a certain historic value to a State to which my uncle was so prominently, and, I believe, so honorably, identified in its earlier history, I, therefore, now beg to confide it to you, to be presented in my name, to my native State of Missouri, at such time as will be convenient and agreeable to you. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

EDWARD HEMPSTEAD.

The writer of this letter, Mr. Edward Hempstead, of Chicago, is a native of Missouri. His father the late Charles S. Hempstead, long and justly distinguished as a citizen and lawyer, of Galena, Ill., had practiced law in Missouri, both at St. Genevieve and St. Louis, from 1814 to 1829. The portrait now presented to the State of Missouri is that of the uncle of the donor, Edward Hempstead, his father's brother. It was painted by Stuart, and by all who knew Mr. Hempstead it has

been regarded as a most perfect and admirable likeness, and as a work of art it has rare merit.

The mission which the donor has confided to me is an agreeable one. After a period of forty-one years it awakens pleasant reminiscenses of your State. It was in the month of March, 1840, that I first saw St. Louis, and it then had many traces of those early French settlers whose lives and whose names have become so important a part of your history.

The early history of my own State of Illinois, as well as that of Missouri, and of all that vast empire, first discovered, explored and settled by the French, has to me all the interest of a romance. In the wild and rapid whirl of events in our country, we are too apt to neglect or forget history. Humanity sweeps onward, but the recollections of men and the histories of nations and peoples are too often buried in forgetfulness and oblivion. To rescue a name worthy to be remembered and honored, to recall great events, to look back upon the deeds of those who have gone before us, are objects worthy of all our consideration.

The early history of your own State, and particularly of St. Louis, now become so great a city, will always excite the deepest interest among you. The names of the great and brave, and the enterprising men, who, amid dangers, trials and sufferings, and under the most adverse circumstances, laid broad and deep the foundations of your great commonwealth, should forever be honored in your memories.

The subject of my paper to night is one of your earliest and most distinguished pioneers, Edward Hempstead, whose portrait has been so appropriately and so generously presented to your State by his nephew, who bears his name. Mr. Hempstead has the great distinction of having been not only the first delegate of the Territory of Missouri in the Congress of the United States, but the first man who ever sat in the hall of our national councils from west of the Mississippi river, and representing a country which, in the space of less than three-quarters of a century, has become an empire in population, enterprise, wealth and all the elements that go to make up a great and free people.

In the Territory represented by Mr. Hempstead in Congress from 1812 to 1814, there are now the following States and Territories: Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Oregon and that part of Minnesota west of the Mississippi river (States) and the Territories of Dakota, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Washington.

In 1810 the population of Arkansas was 1,062, and of Missouri 19,783, a total of 20,845, and this comprised the entire population in what was then Upper Louisiana. In 1880 the population of these States and Territories carved therefrom was 7,494,465. Where in 1812 there