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"Provided, That all the grants of hind provided for by this act shall be confined to such States as have public lands in them equal to the amount hereby granted to such State."

Mr. WELLER. I am very sorry to be compelled to interpose any objection to this bill. I am in favor of the general principles incorporated into it; but I cannot vote for it just as it stands. It will be necessary, in my judgment, to amend it; otherwise, injustice will be done to some of the new States of the Union, and particularly to the one which I in part represent. I move, therefore, that the further consideration of the bill be postponed until to-morrow.

The motion was not agreed to.

Mr. WELLER. I shall have to ask for the reading of the bill.

Mr. DAWSON. Of course; we do not object to having our bills read.

Mr. HUNTER. The hour of one o'clock is at hand. I hope we shall go on with the special order. It will be a useless waste of time to read it the bill now, for it is obvious that it cannot be acted upon this morning.

Mr. DAWSON. It will take but a few minutes.

Mr. DODGE, of Iowa. I wish to say to the Senator from Vermont, who reported this bill, that I know the Senator from California suggests his amendment in no factious spirit, and with no view to defeat, the bill, but simply in order to do an act of justice to his State. For one, I pledge myself to help the Senator from Vermont to get up his bill to-morrow morning

Mr. DAWSON. If that is the object, of course I shall not object to the postponement.

Mr. FOOT. I am not responsible for the bill being called is this morning. I was desirous of calling it up for consideration at an appropriate time; but as we had reached so near the hour of one o'clock, I did not consider it proper to call it I up this morning, and therefore I have no objection to letting it go over until to-morrow morning.

Mr. DAWSON. I have no objection, under the circumstances, to the postponement.

The further consideration of the bill was postponed until to-morrow.