The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-06-14
DEBATE ON THE AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE BILL

MR.. WADE. / renew my motion that we
proceed to the consideration of the bill to
grant lands for agricultural colleges.
The motion was agreed to. and the con-
sideration of the bill Is. No. 995) donat-
ing public lands to the several States and
Territories which may provide colleges for
the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic
arts, was resumed as on Committee of the
| Whole.
The bill was reported in the Senate. and
| the amendments made as in Committee of
the Whole were concurred in. --~-~--------
Mr.. LANE. of Kansas. I move an amend
ment, in section two, after line twenty, 10
insert, "Iying within any of the Terrific
ries of the United States,'' so that the pro-
viso will read:
Provided. That in no case shall any State
to which land scrip may thus be issued be
allowed to locate the same within the limits
of any other State, or of any Territory of
the United States, but their assignees may
thus locate said land scrip upon any of she
unappropriated lands of the United States
subject to private entry lying within any of
the Territories of the United States.'
Will the Senator from Ohio accept this
amendment?
Mr.. WADE. I cannot agree to the
amendment.
Ma. LANE, of Kansas. I desire to say
to the Senate that if this bill passes. 1t will
exhaust all of the valuable lands within the
State of Kansas. Up to this time, as l
stated the other day, Kansas has received
1916 from the General Government The
General Government appropriated $4,000
to build capitol in the Territory of Kan
sas. The building thus erected out of that
$4,000 was sold the other day for $346,
and the expenses of the sale to come out of
it. We have not yet selected our school
lands, and desire to call The attention of
the chairman of the Committee on Public
Lands to that subject. The law creating
the Territory Of Kansas gave US the six
tenth and thirty second SECTIONS in each
township for school purposes. Congress.
in the Spring of 1857, passed joint reso-
luton authorizing pre-emptors to settle up
on school lands before the lines were run.
to enter them. and get titles from the Gov
erment. That has exhausted almost all of
the school lands in Kansas of any value.
Before we have our share, the share that
has been given to all new States for railroad
purposes. it is proposed by this bill to ex-
haust all The valuable lands within our Dor.
der. Before we have our school lands, Nj i.
President, it is proposed to take the lands
Of Kansas and give them to the States of
Massachusetts and New Jersey. and by and
by to the States of South Carolina and Ala
bama and Georgia. We are the only State,
believe. that have large quantities of de-
s!rable public lands within our border, the
only Stale that will be seriously affected by
the bill under consideration. ! ask nothing
for Kansas but that would BE- willing to
coneede to every State in the Union-jus-
tice.
The effect of this bill will be to throw
into tile hands of non-residents almost every
foot of valuable land in the State. New
York, under this bill. will get million of
acres of land. Land scrip for that amount
will be issued. and It will go into the hands
of some Spectator in the city of New York,
who will 60 to Kansas and locate it. We
shall lave entire counties thus held without
q possibility of getting a school. without a
possibility of working roads, and shall l
tell any western man here the terrific con-
sequences growing out of lands held in
quantities by non-residents You are to
inflict this damage upon Kansas. and ex-
clude her from her school lands: and let me
say to my colleague that if you pass the
Paci6; railroad bill pending. every acre of
desirable land in the State We represent will
be taken under the provisions Of this bill,