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This memorial is signed by a very large number of citizens of the 

 United States, and contains also the proceedings of a convention 

 recently held in the city of Washington on that subject. It is an inter- 

 esting matter, and I ask unanimous consent that the memorial may be 

 printed in the Record and referred to the special committee on that 

 subject. 



The President pro tempore (Mr. JOHN SHERMAN). The Senator 

 from Maiyland asks the unanimous consent of the Senate that the 

 memorial and proceedings presented by him be printed in the Record. 

 Is there objection ? 



Mr. W. B. ALLISON. What is the nature of the memorial? 



Mr. GORMAN. It is a memorial, with the proceedings of a conven- 

 tion held in this city, in relation to the proposed exposition to com- 

 memorate the centennial of the adoption of the Federal Constitution 

 and of the discovery of the American Continent. 



The memorial with the accompanying proceedings was referred to 

 the Select Committee on the Centennial of the Constitution of the 

 United States and ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: 



WASHINGTON, D. C., December 13, 1886. 

 To the Congress of the United States: 



The undersigned, a committee appointed by a convention assembled at Washing- 

 ton on Tuesday, December 7, for the purpose of considering the subject of a centen- 

 nial celebration of the adoption of the Federal Constitution, and of a world's expo- 

 sition in celebration of the discovery of the continent of America by Columbus, 

 respectfully submit to the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled 

 the proceedings of the body they represent and the accompanying memorial. 



The convention, which was composed of delegates from twenty-four States and 

 Territories, was organized by the choice of the Hon. William Claflin, of Massachusetts, 

 as president; Hon. A. A. Ames, of Minnesota, Hon. E. John Ellis, of Louisiana, Hon. 

 Amor Smith, jr., of Ohio, Charles D. Fisher, esq., of Maryland, A. K. Little, esq., of 

 Pennsylvania, and Hon. A.P.Williams, of California, as vice-presidents; and Alex. 

 D.Anderson, esq., as secretary, and adopted the following resolutions: 



"Resolved, That a committee, to consist of fifteen members, five of whom shall be a 

 quorum, be appointed by the chair, whose duty it shall be to prepare and present to 

 Congress a memorial of this convention, with the signatures of its members appended, 

 urging upon that body : 



"1. To take action for such a celebration in 1889, at Washington, of the one hun- 

 dredth anniversary of the establishment of constitutional republican government in 

 America, as may be deemed appropriate to the grandeur of the occasion and worthy 

 the dignity of the nation, and that the republics of the world be invited by the 

 President of the United States to participate therein, and that all other nations be 

 invited to be present as guests. It is suggested that the celebration should extend over 

 several days, and include addresses by some of the foremost men of each republic. 



"2. Necessary appropriations for the proposed extension of the National Museum 

 and such other buildings as may be required to enable the officers of that institution 

 to carry more fully into effect, on a comprehensive scale, all the objects for which it 

 was founded. 



"3. Necessary appropriation for a suitable building or buildings on some public 

 reservation in Washington, to constitute a part of the Patent Office, in which to 

 exhibit working models in actual operation of such useful inventions by American 



