Mr. CONNESS. The question immediately before the body, I believe, is the motion of the honorable Senfrom Indiana, [Mr. HEN DRICKS.] I hope that we shall proceed with the amendments and act upon them, and I re ret that the honorable Senfrom Oregon [Mr. WILLIAMS] did not allow us to do that before he made his speech on the general merits of the measure. I wish to say to the honorable Senator that in this measure I aim but at the best results, and nothing would have given me more satisfaction than to have the benefit of his wisdom in connection with it, and notwithstanding all the care and attention with which be ap ears to have read it, it does not seem to have been with a disposition to amend it, for he has presented no amendment and no pro0;sition to perfect it, butlhas rather evince a disposition to find fault with it. Now, I submit that we cannot build up anything by simply finding fault. I submit also in this connection that the bill in no respect whatever attempts to change anything that now exists in any section of the mining country. It simply adds the fee‘simple to the title according to the present system established by the people themserlves. I will not extend remarks on the subject. Before a final vote is taken perhaps I shall have something to say in answer to some of the statements of the honorable Senator. I am perfectl willing that this amendment shall be made; think it is an improvement to the bill. The Senfrom Oregon has given as an evidence that it is not a perfect bill the fact that we express a willingness to acce than amendment. Why should we not? We 0 not mean to say that we know all about this subject. We have tried to come to the wisest conclusion with the knowledge that we have; I wish we could have had what the Senfrom Oregon knows also, which I am not at all willing to restrict or say anything about. It will be seen by the honorable Senfrom Oregon that the tax we agreed to was to be in Eu of the present tax, and, as was very correctly stated by the honorable Senfrom Indiana, the existing tax is greater than the one we proposed. He understands it to a dot. Never. theless, as the present tax is home, and it may be corrected hereafter, we agree to the amendment.