AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES.
Mr. CAMPBELL moved-for leave to submit a minority report from the special committee on, the Agricultural College, returning and recommending his bill [H. R. 214] creating, establishing and providing for the maintainance of four colleges of agriculture and the mechanic arts, described in page 149 of these Reports, desiring to have the same made the special order for Wednesday next. He was tired of waiting for the majority report,and he supposed they would not report before the end of the session.
Mr. HUGHES said: This motion presents just such a case as that submitted by the gentleman from Vigo [Mr. McLean], from the Committee on Education, a few days ago, which was decided to be out of order.
page: 254[View Page 254]The SPEAKER. The minority certainly can not report where there is no report from the majority.
Mr. CAMPBELL then asked for unanimous consent of the House to a motion for an order that the bill be returned to the House, and that it be made the special order for Wednesday.
Mr. COREY said: The bill will be returned by the committee early next week. The House certainly ought not to make a special order for the consideration of a matter they can not understand.
Mr. CAMPBELL insisted that the bill ought to come before the House.
Mr. COREY. I stated a moment ago that the bill will be reported early in the coming week.
Mr. CAMPBELL. What objection can the gentleman have then to the motion that the bill be returned immediately, and made the special order. I do not see how any gentleman could object to that.
Mr. COREY. We do not expect to return the bill without making a report upon it.
Mr. MILLER. The gentleman from Hendricks, [Mr. Campbell] says he can't see how any gentleman can object to his right to withdraw his bill from a committee. It might be retorted by asking again how any gentleman can insist upon it? He has no right to recall his bill, to take it out of the hands of the committee, when he finds they are going to report against it. The bill ought to remain where it is until the committee shall decide upon it. He recollected that when it appeared to the gentleman that the committee were going to favor his bill, he was entirely satisfied, but now since he has found out that they are going to report against it he wants to take it out of their hands.
Mr. CAMPBELL submitted the following:
Resolved, That the Special Committee on the Agricultural College be instructed to return House Bill No. 214 for the action of this House.
Mr. MILLER moved to lay the resolution on the table.
Mr. CAMPBELL said, seeing the temper of the House, he would withdraw the resolution.
