New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-09-19
FROM WASHINGTON.
CHE Oregon Bill Land Reform-Triai Vote In
the Senate" Smoking out the Dough-
fnces''-Proceediugs In the Senate on Rues-
oay' corra.nor denns Of rha s,ihnna
respor dence OF The Rribune.

the Senate smoking out the Dough-
fnces"-Procee diugs In the Sennte on Rues-
Correspondence OF The 7ribune.
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, Sept. II, 1850
The Senate did not go into Executive session
to-day as was anticipated The Oregon bill coming
up occupied most OF the day and was finally passed
One of it's mos. important features ia the donation
of $40 acrea of land to each settler now in Oregon
with family, and Of 800 acres to single men, and
Of $50 acres to men with families and LEO acres TO
angle men, which last Col BENTON hoped included
widows, who shall go TO Oregon prior to 1858.
The principal featureF Of interest in connection
with the debate upon and the notifications OF shlg
bill arose from Mr. WALKERS moving his Land
Reform Bill as an amendmet to il, or rather tbs
substance of that bill, leaving the bill to take ss
chance. This was quite @ surprise TO several gen.
temen who have been carrying on business pretty
largely upon q sort OF land reform fancy STOCK
which, at any rate il was more than half ausPected
believe by Mr. WALKER himself, had no very
solid basis 1t is pleasant aud agreeable thing
enough and peFchance may secure few stray
votes in case one hgppens to be candidate,
TO have q sort Of contingent leaning toward
Land Reform, or any other measures supposed
to be rather popular, without being brought
10 any positive test Of how far man ID aosu'
ally prepared to go. When one occupies suoh
position It ia especially discourteous, II not In.
dictable under the aalute against cruelty to AMI
mails, to force man into corner and compel
disclosure of hov much he Is in favor Of tho meas
ure. A man who positively takes pleasure
in inAictipg torture of that sort is a Nuisance
and ought not to be tolerated. Sdch man
in Ro0T In the other House. He delights
in "smoking out the doughfacea" and eXults
in seeing how the light hurts thsir eyes
when they are driven into it, WALKER how
ever is not cruel He does not subject men to
the ordeal, to,,torment them bat as it were, reluc
family and whep,t ia necessary to help his cause
Mr. FooTE, who, as was not aware before, was
buying up q few coupons Of this fancy stock. to
trade upon at his elGure, wriggled prodigoQaly
under the operation of smoking out" he made
half dozen touching appeas 10 Mr.. WALKER.
not to press his amendment, but WALKER who Is
naturally, AL have minated, rather tender heart
ed, and evidently sympathzed with the agony eK.
hbited, was memorable on that point
The vote was taken, and there were only three
Senators voting for the amendment. These were
WALKER, SEWARD and DODGE of Wis. CAss and
Dickinson after all said ard done, recorded their
yotes ag einst the measured! l was equally sur
priced that CHASE, though Presens in the Hall,
kept still, and BALE yotedagainst the amendments
1t ia probably true that II the vote had been on
the naked bill, by itzef there would have been
two or three more votes for the measure, perhaps
a larger number, but the friends Of Land Reform
now know how many friends they have in she
Senate OF the never say die" ption--relia.
BILE under all circumstances. Az Senators who
wished to testify their favor for the measure might
have voted for the amendment without the slight
est danger of It's being carried, il Is little sur
priaing that they were no. ready to avail them
aelves little more freely Of the advantage. "bes'
ter luck next time" $. r. A.