New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-25
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

Nh. WASHBURN an introduced bill dividing tia
State into Judicial districts Referred to the Commit
MI STR4fTON presented the resolutions of tho Lags-
I ature Of New Jersey ard
Mr.. FAULKNER tho resolutions of the Legislature of
Virginia asking for additional grants Of land to tho soldiers
of t6ewar of 1912. Referred to the Military Committee
Mr.. STANTON Ky made a unanimous report from
The Committee on Elections concluding with the reso!u
8hon that Joee Manuel GaegOs entitled to the seat rs
Delegse from New Mexico over William Carr Lane the
coutestant the former receiving majority Of 1OS votes
The resolution adopted
large number OF private bills from Che Senate wero
Ireferred.
Executive communications Of no especial public impor
ftance were laid before the House.
Mir TAYLOR Ohio asked leave 70 offer n resolution,
1instructing the Select Committee appointed, to inquire
Into The expedienoy OF amending the mon rels'e
Ito the election Of President ana Vice President Farth
to inquire into the expedency OF limiting the service oil
the President to one term and making him thereafter
sineligble,
! Mr. DISNEY from tho Committee Pablo Lands
REPORTED bill confrmatory of certain school sections
come States being now deprived OF the sixteenth section
to which they are entitled There are sixteen or twenty
cases pending and the object is to provide remedy lie
Mr. LETCHER opposed the course and referred to the
lact that during the first session of the last Congress the
COMMITTEE OF Public Lands had, by insisting on putting
bills on passage directly they reported. damned up
The business Of the House to the do,rmen Of other com
inees He hoped the House would not toe ate such
proceedings and moved that the bill be referred TO tho
Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union.
! Mr. DEAN remarked that though the bill proposed to
dispose of only two thsusand acres of land yet consider
Ing the former conduct Of the Committee PubHc Lands
Isde House should in selfdefense refer the bill
Mr. DISNEY reply ing 10 Mr. Letcher inquired wheJher
the attention to business by the Committee of the Public
Hands was SO utterly vOatye Of the rules OF the House
land so great departure from the gentiemans own usage
hand practice that be must object to reports made by ina
COMMITTEE in obedience to the order of the House Was
II the furnished by the Committee which treats on
HE gentemans toes. The gentleman from New York
Ir DEAN took up the song and reochoed the strain lie
Talked about business beng done because the Commit
tee had occupied the attention OF the House What does
IHards and Sos The Committee of Public Lands, "a
Heretofore done would continue to do their business ntei
geniy The bill only relates to fractional townships, and
involves but two thousand of land If it shall not
be passed the costs of litigation Will amount TO more than
the land is worth. .
10 business on committee and in the House would compare
fsvorably with that of tho gentleman.
! Mr. DiSNEY-I am glad TO hear it.
4 Mr. LETCHER resumed-Lo0k at the latter rs u was
presented during the first session OF last Congress ana
see whether the Committee of Public Lands are entitled 10
compIments The House were engaged Tor moH,.' 10 10
considering Of this Sort and now, as then AZ toe
latter end Of February beginning to act ON 0 ny
hey are reported without giving due time for deibea-
ton Why should not the reports of that Committee be
rsferredl Why should they be favored Where VIII
this course endl Yesterday the gentleman reported
hin giving Lands TO Wisconsin for railroad purposes.
Tk lies over until Tuesday but this morning the gentle
nan also brought forward school land BID and moved
be nut on its passage An hour has already been spent
on n and more time viii be consumed tomorrow. The
reneman from Alabama Cobb of ihe same committee,
when the gentleman from ONO geS through VII coma
forward with an armfuIl Of such blls: Laughter
| Mr. COBB remarked, byIexamining the calendar 1t
would he found more bills from he Committee of Public
Lands have been referred the Committee OF the Whoe
On the state Of the Union than from any oiher Coi
nittee.
M LETCHER said the Committee Of Public Lands
had no right superior TO that accorded to other s'ahd
leommittees. a, Al,
Mr. COBB observed he only spoke Of the bl re-
Ikred
/ Mr. LETCHER replied, tho members Of the COMMITTEE
| II Public Lands aiter another get the hoor ana
make their reports. he had recently ascertanod Iaee
are one hundred ard applications for reoaas 9n
The docket Suppose one Of these bills should Dc pr'us'
every morning In the uame of God when win the mat
iltr end.
| Mr. HEM said great many Of these applications
were for the same road lie had himself presented twenty
Itr one road
Mr.. LETCHER remarked that his friend Of Alabama
lCobb had acknowledge the corn to I'VE OF those D
How many other gentlemen have, he did not know
Mr. COBB-I have reported Eve aud l have more yet
Illauehier1
/ Mr.. HENN-I have fourteen, but the Committee OF
lpublc Lands have not granted one yet