Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1860-08-18
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examined and found truly enrolled an Act I'll.
r M. sI2) to amend an Act entitled IAN Act
granting public lands in alternate sections 10
the State Of Mississippi, to aid in the con-
strnction Of railroads in snid State" approved
August II, 1856 when the Speaker signed
the same.
Mr.. CoLFAx-I do not justify the Senate in
sending this bill to the llotisc at this late hour
Of the session | have been pleading with
them for weeks to send it here sooner. 1t IL
public business, and We nre paid to do it. We
are paid by the year TO consider the public
business, and we ought to do it. ask the
Chairman oi the Committee Of Ways and
Means whether, when he is paid $4,000
year. he is disposed to tilibnster TO prevent
the transaction of the public business tCries
of Good" from the Democratic benches.
Nix. SHERMAN-I am willing TO stay here
until December next, for the transaction of
the public business. What | have already
done is earnest Of my willingness in that re-
gard. But here is bill returned to US in the
last hour of the session, by the Senate, loaded
down with ninety nine amendments, some Of
them involving $4,000 How absurd it is,
lust as the Speaker is to adjourn the House,
under an order of both Houses, TO take up,
consider and pass upon ninety nine amend
mcnts No harm can be done by letting the
bill and amendments go over until the next
session. II is the post route bill, and il is not
usual to pass it oftener than once in every two
years. And why, sir, should we establish
new routes when the Post Office Department
has persistcntly refused to put service on
roads alEQaly- Established -
Nix. WAsHBuRN, of Illinois Il object to dis
cussi0n.
MR COLFAx-I desire only to state word
in reply to the gentleman from Ohio. No post
route bill has been passed for year or two,
and the consequence now is that there are no
new post routes in the frontier regions. My
friend from Ohio voted to rcccde from the
proposition Of the House restoring service up
on existing routes. voted against receedng,
but the majority Of the House overrued me.
submitted, as always do, when the mnjOr-
ity Of the House are against me. l am Will
ing TO stay here until December.
Nix. PmELPs-I am in fovor Of proceeding
to the consideration Of those amendments.
Nix. WAsHBuRNE, Of lllinoiS-I object to
discussion.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The question was taken, and it was decided
in the negative-yeas g4, nays, 55--as follows:
YEAs- Messrs. Charles +. Adams, Adrich, Allen,
Alley, Ashley, Avery, BArksdAle, Francis r. BLAIR,
Blake, Bonham, Branch, BrstOw. Burlington, Burch
burllngamP, Burnett, Carey, Case, Clopton, JOhn
Cochrane, Colfax, Cox, Crawford, Curtis, John e..
Davis, DeIa"". Dimn'ick, paUn, Edwards, English,
Eliot, Ethcrdge, Ferry, Florence. Foster. Frank.
Garlrell, Gilmer, Gopch, Grow, Gurley, Hale, JUhn
T. Harris, llclm,ck, VIM Howard, Hughes, Jones,
Junkin keitt. Francis W. Kellogg, Kenyon, Land
rum. Larrabcr. I.eake. Logan. lo"ms, Love, Mars
ton. McCcrnand, McPherson. McRae. Miles >, dem
ham MnOre Morse. Niblack, Peyt0n, Phelps, Porter,
Pryor, Reagan, Rice, Riggs Christopher Robinson,
Royce, Rmiin, Scott Scranton, Singleton, William
Smith. William n II. Smith, Spinner, Stevenson,
James A. Stewart, Stout, Tappan. Theaker, Under
wood, NalIandgham, Vance, Israel Waslburn, VIM
slow, Woodruff, Woodson and Wrght-.4.
NAYS Messrs Babbit Barr, Bingham, Samuel S.
Blair, Boyce BrabsOn, l,rayton, liurnlam. Batter
field, Campbell, Carter, Horace +. Clark, Cobb Cor
win, Burton Craige, Davidson. II. Winter Davis.
Duvll, Ely, J. Morrison Harris, Ha,ton. Hi Hoard,
William A. Howard, HutChins. Kilnore. Dewitt e.
Leach, Iongnecker. Mallory. Chas. b. Martin, May
nard. Mexican, Mcknight, Mcqueen. Millson, More.
head, Morrill, Olin, Palmer, Perry, Potter, Pugh,
Quaree, Sedgwick, Sherman, Stanton, Stokes. Van.
dever. VanWyck, Verree, Wade, Walton, Elihu u.
Washburn, Webster and Wells-65.
So the House refused to suspend the rules,
(two.thrds not voting in favor thereby