Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-02-19
The Republican Measure-..The Home
sls=sxzexzsr:>ssx, Stead Bill.

house OF Representatives, Feb. r: y "a'@a 2
"A BILL to secure Homesteads to Actual Settlers on
az the Public Domain. s.} ,,osg,. r ayi-.l ., ...
4 Be 1t enacted By the Senate and House of Repre-,
s Thss eS SSss e ~ Con
Of family; Or who has arrived ct the age Of 81
years. and is citizen of the United States or who
shall have filed his intention to become such as
required by the naturalization laws of the United
States SHALL from and after the passage OF this act
be entitled to enter, free of cost one quarter sec
ton Of vacant and unappropriated public lands
wdich may, at the time the application is made be
subject 10 private entry at 81. 25 per acre, or q
Quantity equal thereto, to be located in body in
conformity with the legal subdivisions of the pub
lie lands, and after the same shall have been pur-
veyed. ,: .-...,sl r.,,,..r'! al, 80. -.
SEC. 2. And be 1t further enacted That the per-
son applying for the benefit of this act SHALL upon
application to the Register of the land Office in
which h. or she is about to make such entry, make
an affidavit before the said Register that he or she
Is the head OF family, or is u years or more of
age, and that such application is made for his or
her exclusive use or benefit, and those specially
mentioned in this act and not directly or indirect
sons whomsoever; and upon making the affidavit
eboye required, and filing the affidavit with the
Register he or she shall thereupon be admitted to
eater the quantity of land already specified: Pro.
ruled hoa0err, That no certificate shall he issued
therefor until the expiration of five years from the
date OF such entry; and if, at the expiration of
such time or at any time thereafter, the person
making such entry, or, if he be dead his widow, or
in case of her DEATH his heirs devsee or in case
Of widow making such entry, her heirs devisee,
in case Of her death shall prove by two credible wit
nesses that he, she or they have continued to re-
side upon and cultivate said land and still reside
upon the same, and have not aienated the same,
oI any part thereof, then, in such case he she or
shall, on payment of ten dollars, be entitled to 3
patent, as in other cases provided for by law And
provided further, In case of the death of both faith
er and mother. leaving an infant child or children
under twenty-one years Of age, the right and the
fee shall inure to the benefit of the infant child or
children, and the executor administrator or guar
dian may at any time within two years after the
death of the surviving parent, and in accordance
with the laws of the State in which such children
for the time being having their domicil, sell said
purpose and the purchaser shall acquire the alb
sOlnte title by the purchase and be entitled to q
patent from the United States. .,. :. as -
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the Reg
lister of the Land Office shall note all such applca-
tonS on the tract books and plats of his office and
keep register of all such entries, and make re-
turn thereof to the General Land Office together
with the proof upon which they have been form
ed. -...g .,Ei .s ....--. ...
SEC L. And belt FURTHER enacted, That all lands
event become liable to the satisfaction of any debt
or debts contracted prior to the issuing the patent
therefor. ... .---.,,-- -
SEC. s. and be 1t further enacted, That if at any
time after filing the affidavit, as required in the
second section of this act, and before the expira-
ton of the five years aforesaid, it shall be proven
after due notice to the settler the satisfaction OF
the Register of the Land Office, that the person
having filed such affidavit, shall have actually
changed his or her residence, or abandoned the
said entry for more than six months at any time,
then, and in that event the land 80 entered shall
revert back to the Government, and be disposed of
other public lands are now by law subject to an
appeal to the General Land Office. - ..-.
vidual shall be permitted to make more than one
entry under the provisions of TINS act and the
Commissioner of the General Land Office is hereby
required to prepare and issue such rules md reg.
ulations consistent with this act, shall be nee.
essary and proper to carry its provisions into eff
feet; and that the Registers and Receivers of the
several Land Offices shall be entitled to receive the
same compensation for any lands entered under the
provisions of this act that they are now entitled to
receive when the same quantity of land is entered
with money, One-half to be paid by the person ma
king the application, at the time of doug, and
the other half the issue of the certificate by the
person to whom it may be issued; Provided, That
nothing in this act shall be construed as to impair
or interfere in any manner whatever with existing
redemption rights. r-a'. ..4.r..T
An analysis of the vote on the final pas
sage of Mr.. Grows Homestead Bill, which
passed by l20 to 76, shows that there voted
for the bill Republicans, 80; Democrats,
80. against it-Democrats, 60; Americans,
10; Republicans, (Mr. Nichols) The
Northern Democrats who voted against it
were :. Messrs. English, Hughes, Niblack,
4. ai'shall. shaw. (ili.) and Leidy. About 20
'."r.h"n Democrats lodged. -,... .a
From the complexion of the vote in the
House, we are led to fear that. this bill will
fna h,,f ,I>o ali
have the satisfaction Of knowing who are re-
sponsible for its defeat ,-.'---a.-.
From the Chicago Evening JodrnaI
WHICH IS THE PEOPLES PARTY PA CONCLC.
. sIvE TEST. .
The recent vote in Congress on the Home
stead bill, Which is emphatically the Poor
Mans law-providing as it does that every
poor man with a family may receive, gratis,
one hundred and sixty acres of the public
lands of the United States, if he will settle on
ard cultivate it -afforded as fair test as was
ever presented to prove which of the political
parties is and which is not the friend of the
free laboring classes of this country. ~
That question was decided, as far as the
House Of Representatives is concerned, favor
ably to the poor man, but, let the fact be re-
marked and ever hereafter kept in mind, that
while every Northern vote except seven, was
in favor of the bill, all the Southern votes ex-
cept three only, were against 1T Si1 North
ern and the aohole Delegation Of Southern DEM
ocrats yoted against this most benetcent bill
for the benefit of the poor man! only one
Republican, (and we are heartily sorry to know
there is even one such, opposed the measure,
namely, Mr.. Nichols Of Ohio all the rest of
tho Por,,h1;oon roapohorc
ters of the bill, thus showing conclusively,
that while the Republican party is the people,
party, in truth, the Democratic party is DEM
ocratic only in name! - 81
This bill would do more for the advance.
ment of the material interests of the West,
and of the Nation as a whole, and more to in
sure the success of Free Labor in the future
States of the Confederacy, than all other laws
enterprises or measures that have yet been
adopted or inaugurated in this country. AnG
yet Democracy, protesting to be the party o
the people and the friend of the poor laborer
does its utmost to crush and defeat it. Every
STAKEHOLDER in Congress votes against it, be
cause it promises to benefit the free laborer
and the Northern Democratic Doughface:
(among whom are two Douglasites from Ill.
also vote against it, because they would rath
er serve the shareholders than to benefit tn
free " sons of the soil" The Republican,
! vote for it, because they know that what il
calculated to benefit and advance the interest
of the free laborers of the land, is sure ais
| to advance the interests Of the Nation and o
Humanity. .r .. .~.t. .
We have but little hope that this great ant
| benifcent measure will become law, just yet
| The pro slavery Democratic majority in tn
Senate will kill it. At all events, if they d
not, we shall be agreeably disappointed. q
| The Fizzle Negotiation. -
| The Saltwater Messenger q,lizzes most un
mercifully the "if" and "but" negotiation Q
the bonds by Mr.. Sibley, as A Great OIL
Fizzle." Itwinds up as follows: -,H
"Cruel, cruel Governor to send out wor