The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-01-28
PRO. Mar. Gen. Fry Explains.

u'''ii''N5' Il ''i'N'' 'i' 4c w. 81 .'-''''''-'
III the order OF ff'. Mar c.. - y; r.ier-
ence to n" g"'''r nnd'r iae Is; t.r'' Of
Pres'""n' Lincoln lice. 'i'h. i@'i. III $780,,
$40 me". Ia competed tha; f"at.".-ty 70
isssc a !c;t'' Of o%p'a"a ion. i his o''.cr
be hal n-"i ia words; Tn" If'o'-:- as-
$50! '.'.f'r tie cali Of Dee, 18th, I-5t' for
. .',. , "'c". a''s' .'rs t' r,'r~-f e1''' '.i
..f.,.I r. '5,...ts IN 30 ;i-n-. nav. aIi
marine. ...,. H. I5,5 = H.. Inc
.r... i....:, i..,-..-r, 81. fri. ...,nii
...,,.... ..,.......... ,.,,,c
S''.'' - -. Cas-.
0H aiY .r "a. calls prev i"I.S &" tie lHih Dee,
1861. such district Or suh-,iis,riet coulI get
-. e. sa.... b..,..,.a. g.. .;c sun,
.-.,,..
"''''r - - '''' '''e Pm
GILL = 1" 2e. 5'.';'''j '-ieH, a"a not to ahJ"st
.-o,as, ail Tur-t:o rela'inE 70 rEccssa- and
I.fi,;eHcirs leirE passed oves f3r adjnstmen,
ct t.-i.;s' cali o. Orders ~ drafts
iLa5 nader. i9"dsst'e ords- "a. in 9tF.h.e
opposition 70 the plain meaning oflh" con
sc'igi'a" !a~ ct congress which expressly
-ircc'a that districts and sub-disirlci' s'';'.'
have credit To-, " be char@ca"le with. all
cXcesscs Of deficits urder previous calls MP
T. the 'ilfe Oi III" ~" draft.
Accordingly. II became necessary tor Prov
Mar. Gen Fry 10 explain his order 50 Is to
reconcile Il vim the 10" q congress. lie
d5"a u IL 'his WAY
" s. ) ..e eNge'i on the can 0. JHiy 18Th
" ~ ,''',ti' ., ., .G"n ~ Iac ,,ri
Igta. I5Gi. an.l have not been used to fiji
prior lel:"ionc;cs.
- nc '.-i.Ilt quotas ."FH'5ne" yI"'
., For t.I, ,l ~. r'c or,o.. ',,'.'
From .he Instructions s.bove retired to,
yoa VII perceive ,hat althou@h the district
$40 Is ~. E'l ne rG'"ceI - 'ne reSffc.l'c
~ },..oG. t.i,r -',..,,,.i, ,,,,l,
br them.
=, .---..!.;r.,.e.,, hal ,.r.-,-,rr 81, ~,
H.. -, ...r..... 10, + ,.c,. ,x,,r...,,i,.,
,,iIr ,,,,.b - 1,. or,.....r ...r,r rroo,-
..,.... go. Aha. .rr,.,, .b,. i.o.., ,,l,,,
ST., -n...,-+. .,,. We. ,r,-.r..r s.c,
f.y' III @'tefM-A'hs The quotas uH'.er the CA!
..yirl no. h. reduced. BY ta,isr III, arroy,t
these c@cesses, vet the latter VIII have tie
Dement, o. 'he .iEliNaseS m''ae oy these eE-
c'4sos III footing W the real quotas "-e under
10 call of De-. tqrb f. +. 5r,n.I c,r Eel,
10th Row. .EI that Il sweet hr.''ie "i pax
a-o--- Inc quota are '1' u - r|E"'Tt
~ tine excuses, bit the districts 5iaH htrc
he b"H"ti Of the eIccsscS.
However. some newspaper cdr down in
Pennsylvania, most likely Philadelphia
lawyer. e. tslhe whose acHnen Is proTerblai, !
having probably made tie stHdy OF Gen, Fry 5
orders sPecia!ty' comes t. BIS rescue, and
t"'S gives his real meaning
Says tins ast"te commentators III substances;
In" "Glsr' ~ the ifesld'Ets last c''! beng
70 pace actually IN the heid ]Ja,"3o men,
without reference :" former credits ~r!carits,
TIE proportion FIR each state OF that number
! first "S""s,@:' ..' 'i:a' III" number iurn-
ish"d b -.'Ni .r.r'-in ezc,.>s O FORMER calls
Is "sccrraiicd. a.. the sum total Of these two
Is tie quota o. the state r"!,r the present
/ CAL. ihis quota IS tLrn "P."rtioned to the
sercra! -Hh.ti;r'o'~. ''l'l e.'", s''b-i-tr.ct Is
then credited upon Thu apio'tioDmc"t with
whatever excess It may have furnished under
the last call
Let Us sec how this wnr';s j Practice. The
,Ia-n nf Illinois ,rIc- -ltr ',uJ EDD call 4.