The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-12-10

no which fsieepee has been made by the senstor, with
Out prcmpisgs eu ne Propreto.s as happen 70 kuog
has acted upon the suggesiion--bujI know that
promptngs from the propretors of these book with
refeeace 10 that Stae)-beliesing that il is speculation
move TO lay the bill upon the table
Upon division, there were ayes TO- noes 10 but be.
fore the Char had announced the result.
Mr.. YULEE demanded the yeas and nays which
were ordered, and being taken. resuedyeas "a, nays
10, as follows,N rT1v rs fgf Ts Ft44sFFt fY
Messrs, Beh,on. Bradbur, Ba,lsr, cass. Chase
Jones. King or,aS P.ses Psas a. s T h"ns,
HAYs-Messrs Badger Baldwin, Beirisa, Clarke, Coop.
Or. payisol massschass.,s Dayton Ewing Hate Man
Underwood, Upnsm, and wnthrop--l9 ~ A.3 &
SO the hill was laid upon the table Hf2 ~
CALIFORNIA LAND TITLES. u
Mr. GWIN asked that Senate bill No 346, for the
settlement oil land CLAIMS in California, be taken up and
made the special order for O'Clock Thursday
Mr.. DAVIS, OF Mississippi / think we lost great
deal OF business al the last session by the number oil
special orders we made II we had adheredio the cal
endar, we would have done much more object there
fore, to all special ORDERS unless bill reached upon the
calendar and il is desired that il should then be post
poned and male special order Every bill should come
rMr GWiN hope. Mr.. President as this is 4 subject
OF great importance to the State OF California that il will
and if we wait until lis turn il will probably come up
the end OF the session. ALL and il is OF great i'm
porlance to California that the bill should be passed
Mr., DAVIS. Of Mississippi Mr. President, the OBJ
jecon made by The senator from California is one that
applies to every other bill Il becomes scramble in the
Senate, who shall have precedence, who shall be favored
by taking up bill out OF its regular order II npos
sibe to take up bill out of its regular order,
posponing others. The date determines the priority and
that the only true rule Every bill Of the lag!
be reached this session. because the bills re-
ported at this must on the calendar before
those introduced at the last session. There some
| bills in which take an interest which | do not wish
1 uOsDOnpd nv bills the end of The calendar II
Mr.. GWIN 1t is we'll known that nearly all the bills
relating TO California were introduced the close Of
they Should be acted upon. II all these bills 10 be
postponed, and cannot be taken up, excepting when
reached upon the calendar, we expect legislation
for California. hope the Senate will give AN early
conside ration TO this and other bills from my State.
The question being taken, upon division resued-ayes
IL, noes not counted So the motion did not prevail
PRIVATE BILL
The Senate proceeded as in committee Of the WHOLE to
the consideration of Senate bill No 81, for the relief OF
-empton claimants Of the lands upon which the towns
Of Fort Madison and Burlington "a Iowa. are situated
my State, and has been reported by The Committee on
Public Lands. The history Of the matter is briefly this:
In 1885, Congress- BY an act passed at that me set apart
GAO both places named in this biFort Madison
and BurIngtondivided them into lots, and granted pre-
empon rights to the persons upon them In doing 80. il
deprived some four individuals of the right of pre-em
ton, which they had virtue Of cutvalng the soil
1885, and possessing Il upon the 10Th of june 1884 The
town survey OF 6t0 made before the sectional
had an opportunity of establishing their preemption
rights was register at the land office at the time they
came and brought forward their claim Transmitted il to
the senator from Indiana, who was then Commissioner,
and they decided that, although the clear, al
though they had cultivated in 1885, and mad assessed
upon the lsth OF Jone 1884, yet they could not have
their pre- empton rights, because Congress had subse
queny applied the land elsewhere and made another dis
position Of it This bill merely provides, after they
have been subjected 10 the ordeal Of establishing their
rights the land office. that they shall have any land,
subject 10 sale and private entry, conforming in value
that OF the land 10 which they had the pre- empton right
II is perfectly plain and clear case The committee
were unanimously in favor of the bill aud hope the
Senate will adopt IL.
Mr.. SHIELDS This bill prepared as stated by
the gentleman IRON Iowa, consultation with the Gen.
era Land Oice and il merely provides what he states
The general government by laying out these towns, de-
prived few individuals OF the benefit OF pre- enpon;
and this bill provides that they may have the bene
fit OF that pre- empon upon other lands meIely gives
those whose pre- empon rights were taken away by the
general government scrip, which they may locate upon
other lands, equivalent 10 the pre- empton OF which they
were deprived II avery small matter, and will only
amount 10 few acres II is intended TO indemnify few
ind yduals who were deprived of their all
No amendment being made il reported TO the Sem
ate and ordered TO be engrossed for third reading
PATENT oFFIcE REPORT.
Mr.. WALKER Mr. President, desire 10 call up
motion which submitted when the Senate last in
sesson print the of the Patent Office 500
ens. Upon examination, as then remarked, lind that
copies of the second part ordered for the OF
omCt, anu nome OF part 1Wil
say that only the more convinced OF the propeiy
OF the order and other have also spoken TO
upon the subject and desire that the motion should be
The PRESIDENT Does the motion require them TO
be furnished out OF the number already printed.
Mr. WALKER II was modified al the request oil
the senator from Michigan.
The PRESIDENT Will the senator reduce his motion
to writngi
Mr. WALKER, (having completely | have reduced
my motion writing in the form OF order, as fol-
lowe. H. .N@ at4nh
20 dcred That 500 copies part report Of
the OF Patents for 1910 be printed for The
OF tue Patent Odce."
Mr. HAMLlN. believe that is the precise language
in which the order originally introduced by the
ator from Wisconsin. At that time was strongly i'm.
pressed with the belief that advisable TO that
OF the Patent Office. | have, however, examined the
matter somewhat since them and made invesiiga-
ton the Patent Office, and perfectly satisfied
that the order should pass in the form in which il has
been introduced, and will state in very few words the
reasons that cause that belief.
II has always been the practice, believe, to give that
number OF reports TO The Commissioner OF the Patent Of
flee. Applications made 10 that department from all
the States in the Union, and from mechanics and
chnists abroad in other parts OF the world. learn
that The number be princl Tor think, only about
binding than those which furnished TO the Senate
And il is consideration which apprehend will operate
upon the minds OF when this work thus be
scattered abroad in the Stale libraries and in the libraries
OF the most intelligent mechanics and macbinsis. and
when OF these copies will go abroad into the libra
res Of Europe, whether IL is not advisable, when may
be done for small expense. that this additional number