New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-03-01

policy IN Sne st the opportunity WOULD m hNtS
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States 81 he aomgittee on Public Lands beset ana
ioCe by attorneys these grants and It's e
up ds AND dI ther attorneys for the extension re-
ne%S Of grants for the making 81 new that
It WAS the duty Of every TO gnSSe h
opposition in most manner 70 bs s1 his was the
only bill Of the kind to before Congress ne iSh
not be much opposed to but sn NE nal That would
two millions OF million OF soldiers wer1 iands
to know why Congress could give away MY Give them land
warrants for 100 acres He stated that States Of
c ho Indiana %GaG and Illinois, lie hoped would
come up squarey aud let every me4et Grant pocy
Mr. sPEER em PENN took the same ground nd fe 1Sr
public domain should be kept for the poor peop, IN
the soldier who had fought for and maihIeu 'no Wv
ernment A.. - or,or N test tbe sense OF
the House. he should move to lay the Dill oh '"o
table. ,,>o,, ,,..., MI. o,nso,ed 70 MFR. Holman
10 Withdraw that motion, which Is not deDatanle, III
order 20 allow reply 10 be made to the speeehes asa
M Mr.. Cox-You had an hour yesterday. 80,
| Mr. HOLMAN declined TO withdraw the notion anu
NJ EiDRIDGE remarked angrily, that that showed Mr.
Homans consistency and honesty Cal,s 10 orde or
The motion TO lay on the table was rejected-feas' VI
Mr. BECK cm Kyl then took the the, floor foe and 6e
ss PGs at people a had settled along the
The road having tie Government g. so an acre for Il on
these lands granted in 1850 should be reserved to tho
people OF wisconsin for the building OF line WITHIN
their own State and ue of vital importance TO then
or whether they should be given to the Northern racine
Mr.. KELLEY (Rep PENN stated that Mr. Beck was
in error as COL Scott had told him yesterday that no
was wholly and absolutely Indifferent to the question;
BANKS p Mass stated , SSaI nus o Ses1 of
the House to change their votes dc stated that Oh lis
honor member OF the House ,
Mr.
stated TO him, yesterday afternoon that he was utterly
aH Me sst0 KI HHsGiH and SEGEY confirmed Mr.
Mr. BANKS reiterated his belief, and stated that he
had good reasons for IL; but that unimporant
matter The policy of original land grants wac not n'
the bill He referred TO the fact OF the Other States hsy
ing been largely built up by the bounty OF the General
the State OF Pennsylvania, which enriched at the
expense OF the Treasury and OF the people by duties OIL
Mr. YEGLEY Tsep, PENN hoped that Mr. Banks
"SIru B8NKs said that he Was following the subject
very closely There portion Of the country tnat
had not been aided by State or Federal LEGISLATION TO
people what they were aud without which they would
osr Wsea became too great the people
who created them would regulate theln Iney W9u i
take ne and e great necessary gh Of
poraOn that which ought TO be- instead OF pelnR az
ct syst Sm pmS lie Teed
the fact that tho Northern Pacific Railroad bonds we're
road would be built and that no redress return would
| be given 10 the country or the people.
Mr. NEGLEY stated that he had JUST nae conye e
road Mr. Scott and that he satisfied that that gen
not antagonstic TO this bill and had mol IN
terfered with It, As an evidence that tat was SO ne
mir Negley) would agree 10 vote Tor the bill, although
| he had hitherto opposed II. . - ,.,
that he did not propose TO make any s3ch contract as
After further discussion by Messrs. TOWNSEND- ot
| Pennsylvania, ELDRIDGE, iFARNSWORIH, aud RUsk
in support OF the bili Mr. HOLMAN again moved 10 lay
| II ON the table. Negttved-Yeas, 81 Nays 9l.
Mr.. HOLMAN then moved 70 refer the bn 10 the
Committee Public Lands with Instructions Agreed
| to--Yeas, lO2 Nays, n.
Mr. HAZELTON OF Wisconsin asked that the Commit
| tee have leave Go report at any time.
Mr.. COX and others objected, aud the House then ad-
! iOuTLed.