The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-01-22
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.


The SPEAKER announced the pending qucstion
~ De on the motion 10 refer 10 the Committee Of
tho whole on the state Of the Union the bill re-
Gently reported by the select committee on the SUBJ
ject explanatory Of an act approved September p,
$3.50, entitled "An act granting bounty land 20
certain OihCcrs and soldiers vhO have been engaged
In The military service u the United States, and
~ other purp0scs'
Nir. FITCH being entitled 10 the floor
Mr.. HOUSTON asked him To yield for a motion
10 60 into Committee Of tho Whole on the state of
tho Union on the Mexican lnstatmcnt bill
Mr.. FITCH replied that IL be supposed that the
debate would be closed without another warfare. a.
occurred yesterday among the Ohio other yoliti-
cians, be might Dc again disposed % yield the floor
lie then proceeded 90 remark that the objections
which he entertained towards Tho bill had been 20
we'll urged by Oihcr6 60 preclude the necessity Of
his saying much in relation 70 IT, Tho bill purpOris
90 be explanatory Of the act II September, 1850 !;
md hc confessed his astOnishmeut on reading the
hil, that % cmanatcd from the source Il did, for
TIC chairman 81 the select committee (Mr DUN
uNM) il more active, " certainly ne much so, rs
auy other gentleman. The It'll 81 crude aud lmpCT-
feet This fact be evident from the bill II not in
tie remarks 81 TIC chairman who iu'rOiuccd IT, lie
conceived that the passage Of the bill was totally
unnecessary, a. the House had already passed a
bill making land warrants aFsiguablc, and which
IL now, perhaps. cngrOEsud iu the Senate lie then
stated his objections to several other sccdons OF
the bill
Mr.. CLARK c1prcsscd bic qualification that the
chairman # the select committee Mr.. DUsnAM)
bad offered an amendment 10 the fret section Of the
bio, making the land warrants assignable under
such rules and regulations as may DC prescribed by
thc Secretary Of the Interior. lie preferred this
Uniform mode 90 that which vas proposed i'm the
substitute tpr TIC bll, reported, and which pro.
yidcd Tor thirty one different ways Of assignment
tie examined other sections Of the bill, aud stated
ns objections 90 them. lie advocated the proper
remuneration of land officers aud expressed him.
sell az ADVISED az present, against the section pro
posing the is5ua % new latch Of land warrants.
ia the course OF hls remarks hc said that ninety,
nine out ot one hundred land warrants located IN
northern Iowa have been located by actual scitlcrs.
The morning hour expired.
Mr.. JONES, Of Tennessee, suggested that the
best mode to expedite tho perfection and passage Of
the bill would be 90 permit it, by unanimous con.
cent, to g. % the Committee Of the Whole on the
state Of The Union
Mr.. BlSSELL said that bill passed the Senate,
yesterday, which perhaps would meet the vicws
Of The House AZ the one which had been here die.
cussed could not, in all probability, be passcd, he
would, II the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. CLARK,
who held thc hD0r) would give way, move 10 lay
the bill upon the table
Mr.. CLARK, not having Gnished his remarks
having been Cut Of by the expiration Of the morn