The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1851-02-15
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Tho sonat. then took Nh the French
snolia,;on L;ll
me vote in committee. striking out the
m, s.c,ioo AVA. concnred in Years 10. nays
,a. ,,J amer som. debate. the bill was
ordered n lac eugrossed. yeas 30. nays rs
Tbo senate th,n proceeded 10 the cousid.
or,,i,o az Executive bu.in.ss. and after
.o,oe limo the tho doors were opened, aud
the Scn,,c aJ,ourued
Uous,.-Thc bill 10 encourage ngrcultsre
commerce. and manufactures, by grasting
To every head of family lot OF land to
the e,ten, of one hundred and sixty acres.
was read first and second time
Mr.. Johnson, Of Tennessee, spoke in ia.
yor of the bill. and contcnded that while
bounty land. were being given to soldiers
and was appropriated for the benefit of cor.
poratious. colleges, schools, iunn,ic asylums.
and various other purposes, those men who
would receive lands and cultivate them.
: mud became useful and cflicien. citizens,
! had been hitherto neglected.
Mr.. billiard, Of Alabama, followed on
the same side. and express ed hmscl, in "a.
vor Of irving the public land, 10 tho people
in the srrc.t sense of the term.
Mr.. Carey. Of Penn. opposed the meas.
ufc CONTEMPLATED in the bill aud thought
| the uroper course TO be- pursued, would be
d;s,o.e If the nnblic lands. and place the
nroceeds in The United States Treasury.
r;,h - v;.w !, aid /, ostendiuy public i'm.
movements. and in the discharge of the ma.
, iioual debt. lie did no,. he said, pledge
himself 10 vote aa,ins, the hill. lut he
wished bcforc he made IN his mind. 10 hear
! /, fully discussed His opiniou was. that
I in ,l,c frs, Mace a norton shall be extended
a. he had before said. in hubble improve.
p,cn,s and difIi,sng the blessing Of c.luca.
ton
Mr.. Brown. Of Mississippi. was not then
} prepared 10 discuss the question fully, hut
Q said he intended To move an amendment 10
The hin which the Sneaker stated would
not be in order nj its present stare.
Mr.. Green, Of Missouri. then addressed
tn. IIouse. and tho debate took quite a dis.
. cur.iye range. involving the claims OF the
, old States 10 the uublic lands. which il was
now proposed to give awav-poli,ca dit.
fercuccs and other subjects quite foreign
10 that continued in the ill.
, The morning hour having expired, which
/ IL WIS agreed 10 appropriate to the eonsld.
GRAFTON OF business on the Speakers table,
Mr. Ba,ly, of Virginia. moved that the
: House resolve itself into committee OF the
whole on the state Of the Union when the
Deficiency bill again came up for discussion.
Mr.. HAMMOND, Of Virginia, took the floor
and enter, A upon defence Of the conduc.
Of the Secretary of the Interior, and the
head Of the Pension office, aud its clerk.
, Considerable time wa. occupied in this way
and by repeated attacks on the Pension
Office, which were made in the shape OF
explanations by which .he speech was in.
tcrruptrii
The object Of the BILL it may be rs well
here to state, is to appropriate certain sums
TO supply deficiencies in the appropria.
tons for the service for the fiscal year end
r ing the 30,h June, 1881, on, of moneys in
the treasury not otherwise appropriated
ne uiscUs.1pn on tue biiI TOOK Tue shape
it did, upon the section providing for nine.
teen temporary clerks in the office of the
, Com. of Pensions. required in consequence
, Of the resolution Of the Senate OF the 26ih
Sept. last, and the act OF the 2s,h OF the
same month, allowing each clerk three dol.
lars per diem from October last, to the Both
Jnne next; the contemplated amonas being
SA,s6s Is.
The main point ut issue was. whether
any additional force would be necessary il
the Pension office. il that which was there
was properly directed and efficiently and
judiciously employed; an opinion being
very prevalent in the House thai sucl, is moi,
the case although it was admitted, that
there was no want Of disposition on the
part Of the subordina,es to perform their
; respective duties. and that their dcmeanor
was uncxccpiouable,
! Mr. MClcrnand, Of Illinois, submitted
a bill, as an amendment to that before the
committee, Tor reorgan'zng the Depart
meat OF state; providing for the appoint.
ment OF an assistant Ser. of State, and four
principal clerks, and defining tho duties of
these, as wei as the more subordinate
clerks. The last clause OF the bill provides
for the suspension an forfeiture OF the salary
Of agents abroad. during their voluntary
absence from their posts lie said claims,
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