The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-05-12


III II g,iaie Iowa CITY, o. any other noiEt on
III. t..ate, IS no others named in The bill
ssat Sir, lct'ihe rad take The dir, Sion he has
inaissted, or any Other - thr several r1utts
yt.aa xsu IT, and Il Will pass through nn1ner. q
ssasNssuy towns, aud district Of Country wrh
! s..,sssiae.able population II present and Which
II sa..., raeiiiy increasing This Rad il DE-
sllF,.s.s FL great central tllareugaFe thron-h
I'D state; aud you pass. this bill, and will
,.tssaaty that before tn years, or FIVE, even on
I'LL .aissouf, there will be large towns and
lHsyy papulation. The senator is hard r.
tie7se On one road The country IS tor I'D,
ana tae iaad has been TOO long in market; u.
tAr ;her il is too new, and the lands have not
sti heen surveyed HI
t4ain. The sanalor says:
The Das Moirles river is one Of the I'm, $
r1g igabl rivers in the whole West, las The
ssstys = NJ at done anything tnr the Dies Moincs
,4yefs Why is It tia. ths little spot u easta
hstwaen the l. WI, III ssisssppi, and Dcs NI"ines
F.Segs sh utd be calling for appropriations from
s.4y ;s.Iaent more advant geous than any SPIT
Il. tfa Union, mt eren excepting the region
aseas.d Boston, Why is itsa' Is il alto-e, H.
~ ss;n. to The ensrgY, SKILL, and hne repre-
N rIai,se quail les of he senators from Iowa,
sol. Aeirs popularity heres al
s.f move from that part OF The country where
tev reside, aud 20 10 tic West, and If the
sessEsrs from iowa are til n living, | will settle
ia thclr neiybnrhocd.' hy,
st4, It is wild and fancifal for Us to le.i.ate
sqon this pign., and see by the smiling c9un-
IN ice Of Che senator from Iowa, Mr. Jones,
N39 has popped Up here day after day to urge
atteatisn to This bll, that he has got he syn
n.ty Of the whole 5, nae"
Sur,ly he senator wuuld he state To 20 before
TIC. people of the Northwest with the declara-
ttea hat the Dcs MONIES is one OF the Gnss
Iasirable streams In the West. That river
taaash one OF The most beautiful can only be
made ,savigalc BY means OF dlms--by thust
SLACK water improvements now IN process o.
construction. BY III s. j, can be made nayiga
s,se up 10 the mou Of Raccoon river, and yer
Il considerable distance above that point. Ii
its present condition, all who acquainted
il The Des moinss VIII tell you that il is onl,
si,irng the high waters Of thu snr,ns, til.
e2rly part of the summer, that steamboat car
assead it. We hope that this will not long
eoa;issne. Iii hcrio Tie appearance of steam
aost upsa that fiv,r his formed an era in tht
l4eal history of the :, untry, and been spakes
. j Il. rare ding By ne men, women, AM chil
tsea residing upon is banks.
s 3fsasa tts senator from Georgia saws:
.s8ui / have found that j, i almest imp ,ssi
ig li.r alets get proposition adopted; and
4 ken we wish 10 advance the Interests Of the
states we represent, We had better witch ,Iea
J ow, sid, let me read the &C. passed in lsl6, t
show uilat was done on the Des moincs. Ii
1916 the following act was passed, and listen t
what il says
"sBe il enacted, sc, That there be and here
" is, granted 10 the Territory of Iowa, for the
purpose of aiding said Territory to improve The
Des moines river, from IFS mouth t. <Raccoot
Fork $50 callcd) in said Territory, Que cqua
moiely, in alternate sections, Of The public
lands (remaining unsoli and not otherwise dis
posed Of, encumbeIec, or appr priatcd,) in
strip FIVE miles in width on each side of sale
river; TO be selected within said Territory, b,
an agent or agents 10 he appointed by the Gov
csnor thereof, sabject to the approval Of the
Secretary Of the Treasury Of the United
States
ssAnd then i. gees on t. say that if one sec
tion is taken up, they are t. g. to another -
Now. how many acres OF land were grantee
,,ndrs this act of 1916, l have ascertainod
that it amounted to l,IOa,0oa acres. Add thai
to the l,eO0,00o acres proposed to be appropra
ted by this bill and you have 3 1000 to bs
granted to this State or to companies, whintht
narrowest strip OF land in any portion Of III.
country where internal improvements are being
/ or have been made. s4au III asH sGi
MIR President, the law granting lands for the
Improvement of the Des Moines does not &C
son to sap that If one section is taken az, Mes
ara to goto aaetherit did not grant i,4OO,O0u
acres. The highest estimate the department
makes it but / ,2.2a5 ,075 acres.
Tie present bill proposes to grant three hun
dcd thous n acres IS taan tlse- e rat + sttt :
as tried to make him understand when he wa.
speaking -a ~
As the senator from Georgia has taken par
sicuiar exceptions to our roads, have a qnes
lion 10 ask him; agd trust he will answer
with his characteristic candor, Are there an
other roads in Iowa that woald snit hm sette
thin those which are nan ed in thu bill; and if s.
so, will he vote an appropriation OF the alter
nate sections to aid in their .consruciion'
pause for q reply. eMa ! as.s
:. Mr. Bawsansl vii! answer the staator will
great pleasnre. In the eycnt that any arrange
ment could be made to dispose Of the pubic
: lands, equally and fairly, to all the States,
would give to.his State large appropriations 0
land FIR the purposes OF Internal improve
nent 4as Gl = q
1 Mr.. Dodge. That is-not an answer to my
gncstian That is a proposition for bargain.
Mr. Dawsnns Not nj ALL Ii thr senator
sqaest;cn il, sghether | am willng to gvr away
the public lan.ls 10 ono State, 10 the exclusions
OF others--ifS'hat 10 the senator's idea, should
Enthusiastically answer no.
i Mr.. Dodge. asked the senator specific
question, and lam sorry- is difficult for hin
TO answer it.. H. attacked our bill IN front
Hank, and rear, for reasons doubtless very sutfi
cient and satisfactory to himself. tie spoke
of the ,arses a.sd distances ofthesc roads; he
objected taone OF them, because, as lie alleged
il was parallel with the Mississippi and Des
Moines, and passed through lands which had
long been in market ;4whilst he complained
1ittcrly OF the oier road, because its course
was throug h a new district OF country, in which
the public lands had not all been surveyed and
settled. II wish 10 bring The senator to points
/ want 10 know if there are any ether roads in
Iowa FIR which he willvote, these were stric-
kensout. of the bill tae s.as e v.
MIR. Dawson l would not vote for them
unless all the States were to be conceded equal
advantages s
Mr. Dodge knew tt knew what the re-
Spouse would be. - NJ Nat.s 49,
Tbs senator, ia his speech, complnrnted my
colleague and my self Tor, he says our 'sener-
gy andrrpre sentative qualities in supporting
the ,ntesesis Of our STATE. Now, | desire to
make my most profound acknowledge to
TIE senator fsom Georgia for, the campiment
he las seen fl T. pay US, will not permit
piyself FIR one moment to doubt hts sincerity
10 would intimate, on this occasion, that he
saiogizes the Senator's from Iowa that he may
tie more c;iectually defSat the bill which they
advocate. The compliment may be due to my en-
ergetic and indefaugahle colleague; but whilst
I am honored aud mos, thankful fortiris passing
aapsice ofthe Senator regret on account of TIE
State and people whose representative am,
that merit it not. AID, Mr. President, that |
may not. even for a moment, wear iaurels 10
which am not entitled, | beg to inquire when
any measure in which we have felt deep inter
est has become law When did thu senator
from Georgia ever vote for anything for Iowa
or the West Let his ftrce, | might alinpst
say his factinus, opposition 10 the river and hat
bos bill, and to all our land bills, large and small
answer that question. Cer,a it is that our On
ergy tact, and skin, if we have any, has all been
LOST on him. Iowa has been placed ii fhe Fore.
front of the public land and railroad battle.
which has been s. iiefcely waged for some
months past in nls body The consequences is
that we IRE assailtd ali tie points, because, il
our bills can be loaded down or. broken. down
BY any mans that may be resor1ed 10, all the
others from tn. new SLses will share a like
fate.
The senator from Gtoggia, rhlr, Dawson,l
whist he has been exceedingly courteous to my
colleague and myself, has been unsparing in
his animadyersons upon the bill and upon all
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