The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1843-12-22
WAsHINeToS, Dec. 6.

WAsHINeToS, Dec. 6.
The senate organized on the 4th, with w. p.
Mancum, of N. g., in the chair.
On the 9Th, the senate proceeded to the election
of printer, when the vote stood thus:
Gales and Seaton, %
Blair and Rives, II
The senate was not full, but the editors of the
Globe received every democratic vote, notwith-
standing all the cries against them.
On Wednesday, nothing Of importance was
done in the senate.
In the house. the appearance OF the newspapers
in the morning of Tuesday showed great mis-
take on the part of new members who thought
they had killed the one hour rule. This arose
fiom a complication of the rules of the house,
which are one hundred and forty in number and
which give old members much advantage
over new ones as good common law attorney
has over farmer The one hour rule is now
good by a vote of 90 to %. This msunderstand-
ing has aroused the members, and. having come
20 the conclusion that congress will close before
they can understand such mass of rules, they
nave W HtNC IL w iSN'9N Wv
rules and simplify them. dozen rules are be-
ieved sufficient to keep the members right and,
when the committee reports the hour rule and the
abolition rule will come up again
On Tuesday night, the democratic caucus, hya
vote of over 3 to |, nominated Blair and Rives
printers, all the Illinois democrats being present
and voting for them. DR.. Lane, of Kentucky, was
nominated for sergeant, at arms; Caleb J. McNul-
ty, of Ohio clerk Jesse L. Dow, of Conn, door
keeper. The caucus then adjourned sine de, al
ter a session of three nights from I 10 IL o'clock,
thus giving the democratic members apre,ty hard
time of it, especially the new ones, who were not
yet much acquainted.
On Tuesday morning, after the journal was
read, Mr. Barnard, of New York, said he did not
hear any thing of the paper he presented on Mon
day, and SO he offered resolution, directing the
he presented, signed by nearly all the wing mem
hers, against the admission Of the members elected
by general ticket. Whilst this was under discus
sion, the presidents message was received and
sion of the number of copies to be printed and
five thousand were ordered with the accompany
ing documents, and ten thousand without them.
These are to be printed by the printer hereaf-
ter to be elected aud will be of little use, as the
papers will have published it throughout the
country previous to their being printed; aud the
Illinois delegation have already expended one
days pay (s8) in purchasing messages to send
to that portion of their constituents who would
not be likely to see il in any Of the newspapers.
, Upon the reading of the. journal on Wednesday, |
it was found that the wing clerk had put Barnards
protest on the journal, and that the resolution Of
Mr.. b, of Tuesday was but fnesse to &c, the pro-
test on the journal. Here discussion ensuej, |
and wide range Of debate was taken. involving
the merits of the general ticket system.
The debate was interrupted by vote TO cleo, q
clerk, whereupon the vote stood thus:
Caleb J. McNuy, l2t
Matthew ST. Clair Clarke, 66
Mr.. Ingersoll introduced the following, which |
passed to % reading and was made the order o
the day for Thursday
AN ACT to refund the fine imposed ON General
Andrew Jackson.
Be ii cnacied, DC, That the sum Of one thousand
dollars, paid by General Andrew Jackson fine
imposition him at New Orleans, the 3lst day of
March, An. 1915, be repaid to him, together with
interest at the rate of six per cent. year since
then, out of any moneys in the treasury not other
wise appropriated.
After debating somewhat about the election Of