The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-06-01
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

The journal Of Saturday was read and approved
Mr.. MORSE introduced to the House Mr.. DAVID
s. Kaufman, member elect from the State of Tex
as, who was qualified and took his seat.
Mr.. DOCKERY made an Intellectual effort to in
troduce a resolution.
The SPEAKER announced the special order of
the day to be the consideration of bills relating to the
territories
Mr.. HUNTER asked the House to permit bills
to be reported from the Committee on the District of
Columbia II probable that the last of the three
days set apart for the territorial business would be
given to bills relating to the District, and there
would barely be time to have them printed.
No objection having been made, Mr. HUNTER,
from the Committee on the District of Columbia re-
ported bill to amend the acts corning the pcn.
tentary in the District of Columbia; which bill was
read twice and now remains on the Speakers table
Mr.. WASHINGTON HUNT, from the same
committee reported bill to extend the provisions of
the act Of June IT, 1884, entitled "An act concerning
conveyancts or devices Of places of public worship
in the District Of Columbia" which was read twice
and committed.
TERRITORIAL BUSINESS.
On motion of Mr.. McCLERNAND, the House
resolved itself into Committee of the Whole on the
state Of the Union, Mr.. BowLIN, of Missouri in the
chair, and proceeded to the consideration of bills re-
lating to the territories
On motion Of Mr.. MARTIN, of Wisconsin, the
committee took up the bill to aid in the construction
of certain roads in the Territory of Wisconsin
The bill having been read,
Mr.. ROBERT SMITH offered an amenda,orv
bill, or substitute, under instructions from the Com
mitee on Roads and Canals.
Several Of these amendments, in the form Of items,
were agreed TO-.
The question then came up on an item adding to
the bill clause ito improve the entrance at the
mouth Of Sheboygan river, S5,O0O.n
Mr.. McCLERNAND remarked. that if anv oer-
tleman had in his possession information which
would satisfy his mind that the bill ought TO pass.
he would be glad to hear it. He referred to the
prospect the Territories of Iowa and Wisconsin
coming, at no distant day, into the Union, and to
the preliminary steps which had already been taken
towards that end If they about to take their
places in the Union States they should make their
own roads, as other States did
Mr.. MARTIN, of Wisconsin, replied briefly. bu,
spoke in position unfavorabe that the reporter
could only conjecture what he said. He alluded 10
the practice OF the governmentor years past
msking the appropriations contemplated by the bill
and proceeded to show that il was for the public
benefit that they should be made because, by means
Of them, public lands were brought into market.
thus increasing the population Of the Territories and
expedting the time when the Territories would be
brought into the Union. The bill to bring Iowa
nto the Union might not pass She might remain
Territory for years, but whether she did or not
the appropriations were for the public benefit
Mr.. WENTWORTH made few remarks. the
tendency Of which was that action on this bill
should not be taken, until such time as the fate of
the harbor bill (now pending in the other branch of
Congress) had been decided EE...
Mr. ROBERT SMITH said, that he felt no more
interest in this question than in any other. The
Commiuee on Roads and Canals had found that ithad
been usual for several years past to appropriate the
sum OF s25,OOO for the purposes Of these improve
nents. The committee could not determine itself
what was the most judicious mode Of expenditures.
Lhey had therefore consulted with the delegates Of
me Territories. The bill as originally introduced
had been framed on consultation with them. But