Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-02-08
SPECTATORS
EDwARDsyILLE, FEBRUARY 8, 1920.
EXTRACT TO THE EDITOR.
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should in fact ultimately prevail, / for
the present forbear to conjecture. 1t was
this the house of Representatives passed
bill to admit the state of Maine into the
union, and sent it to the senate; it was
there referred to the proper committee,
who reported it with an amendment,
which was, to make its passage dependent
upon the passage of the Missouri BILL
The avowed object of the amendment is
to force the friends of the Missouri re-
striction to abandon their ground, right
or wrong; or in other words, it says to
the friends of Maine, if you will help us
to get in Missouri without conditions,
we will help you to get in Maine. We
have before heard of out-of-door log
rolling in legislative bodies; but l think
this is the first time it has been brought
in operation openly and avowedly. In
the most august body in America, if not
| in the world, to see such measures car
ried, does seem something like the omen
funwholesome Legislation, The effects
| said l would not conjecture; / leave
| that for your own reflection.
Sin the house of representatives the
same proposition was made blythe speak
err, in committee of the whole. Enlight-
cned men from every state denounced
the project, and by an overwhelming
majority it was rejected. 1t will again
have to be decided in the house of re-
representatives. if the senate adhere to the
amendment. / think it will share the
same fate again; and it may thereby
prevent either the district or territory
from being admitted.
Gin the senate the vote was IS for
lacking the bills together, and 10 agains,
it. Mr.. King arrived to-day, and will
take his seat on Monday; it will then
be l9 to 25.''
For copies-of the following bills, we
are indebted to correspondent at Wash
ing,on.
House Of Representatives, Jan. l3.
The following bill was read twice, and
committed to committee of the whole
House tomorrow.
| .akrt A BILL
For the establishment Of Traditional Land
OHcesia The State Of Illinois.
Be it enarted by the Senate and House
Of RehreSeatatives Of The United STATES
efAmer7cain Congress assembled, That
SO much OF the public land, heretofore
included in the Shawneetown land dis
| trict, as lies east OF the third principal
meridian, north Of the base line, and
west of the range line, between ranges
number eight and nine, east OF the said
| third principal meridian, shall constitute
separate land district; and for the sale
of the public lands therein, there shall
be land Office established at Vandalia,
the seat Of government for the state.
| SEC. 2. .dad be 1t further enacted,
That SO much Of the pubic land as lies
| north Of the base line, east OF the afore-
said range line, and west of the Big Wa
bash river, as lies in the state of Illinois,
shall also constitute separate land dis
trict; and for the sale of the public lands,
| there shall be land Office established at
the town of York, on the said Wabash
river. t4 ~,1H
SEC. 8. .4nd be il further enacted,
That so much of the public land as lies
east of the Mississippi river, north OF
the township line between townships
fourteen and fifteen, north of the base
line, and west of the third principal me-
ridian, which formerly constituted part
of the Edwardsville land district, snail
constitute another separate land district
and for the sale of the public lands
therein, there shall be a land office es-
tablished at such point therein as the
President of. the United States shall
designate, until the same shall be per-
manently -6xedlby law.
SEC. 4. .And be it further enacted,
That the said lands shall be disposed of
in the same manner, and ON the same
terms and conditions, as are, or may be,
provided by law for the sale of public
lands in the state,of Illinois Provided,
That no tracts of land reserved from the
sales. by virtue of any fnrme err act. shall