The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-05-15
THIRTY-F FOURTH CONGRESS-,
First Session.
Friday May Q, 1856.
SENATE.

Mr.. Mason called for the consideration OF
the special order, being the resolution relating
to Sound dues, the hour for taking it up having
arrived.
Mr.. Hale thought the further consideration
of the bill ought to be postponed, as he saw
nothing in the evidence to justify its passage
and the further consideration of the bill was
postponed accordingly.
Mr.. Jones, of Iowa, said there was a bill from
the House which he desired to have read be.
fore taking up the special order, being the bill
making grant of land to the State of Iowa,
in alternate sections, to aid in the construction
of certain railroads in said State.
This bill having been twice read, Mr.. Jone
moved that it be put on its passage, on the
ground that the principle contained in the bill
had been well settled, and that there was there
fore no necessity tor the tormality of a ref
erence.
Mr.. Foot deemed the bill one of Importance
in its character, and that it should be referred
to the Committee On Public Lands, pledging
himself that the committee would act on it
without delay, and report it back early on
| Monday morning.
Mr.. Mason called for the consideration of the
| special order.
Mr.. Jones moved to postpone the special
order.
| And on this motion Mr.. Mason demanded
| the yeas and nays, which were ordered and
| the question was decided in the Affirmative
yeas %, nays IL.
The debate was then continued at consider
able length On the motion to refer, in which
kessrs. Foot, Jones of Tennessee, Biggs, Yulee,
Douglas, Adams, Cass, Crittenden, Wilson,
Stuart, Seward, and others, participated, and in
the course of which the land policy of the coun-
al
| taken On referring the bill to the Committee
on Public Lands and decided In the negative.
After some further discussion the bill was
passed by the following vote:
YEAs-Messrs. Adams, Allen, Bell of Ten
nessee, Bigler, Bright, Brown, Cass, Crittenden,
Dodge, Douglas, Durkee, Bish, Fitzpatrick,
Foster, Geyer, Hale, Harlan, James, johnson,
Jones of Iowa, Jones of Tennessee, Mallory,
Pratt Seward, Sldell, Stuart, Sumner, Trum-
bull, Weller, Wilson, and Yulee-3l.
NAYs-Messrs. Biggs, Brodhead, Hunter,
Mason, Pugh, Reid, Thompson of Kentucky,
Toombs, and Wade-a.
The hour being too late to proceed to the
consideration of the resolution reported from
the Committee on Foreign Relations relative
to the notice given by the President to Den
mark to abrogate the treaty of 10th April,
1926, that subject was made the special order
for Tuesday next, at one o'clock.
And then the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
The Speaker SEATED that the first business in
order was the consideration of the motion made
yesterday by Mr.. Pringle, of New York, that
the House insist upon its several amendments
and disagreements to the Senate amendments
to the deficiency bill, and concur in the request
of the Senate for another conference.
Mr.. Phelps, of Missouri, addressed the House
in reply to portion of the remarks made
yesterday by Mr.. Giddings, of Ohio. He denied
that the people of Missouri had invaded Kan
sas. The charge only existed in the distem-
pered imagination Of its authors. The people
of Missouri had never endeavored to subvert
the institutions of Kansas, and when they went
there had only in view the purpose of main
tanning law and order, and Of preventing scenes