The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1866-12-22


was the Senate bill in relation to the elective
franchise in the District of Columbia. The !
bill was taken up and passed under the pre-
vious question. The House then went into
committee of the whole on the Presidents
IL esssge, when Mr.. Wentworth. OF Ill, spoke
against the presidents policy until the
House adjourned.
Both houses adjourned over to Monday.
/ Dc 17.-After the morning hour, the
Senate took up the bill to repeal the amnesty
section of the confscation bill. Mr.. Johns
! son made q speech sho wing that, whether the
section WAS repealed or not, the President
had full power to pardon under tha constitu>
lion Salisbury novel to rsp-l, the who'll
amnesty bill. At this point Mr.. Frehnshuy>
sen rose and ANNOUNCED the death of Senator
Wright, of New Jersey, upon which, after
several euiogies and the passage of Tie
| usual resolutions, the Senate adjourned.
| In the House, among other resolutions
! adopted, was one offered By Mr.. Harding, OF
Ill ,tpiedgiug Congress 70 support the PRESS
| dent in any measures to prev nj foreis1
/ inter vention on this continent. The speaker
/ laid before the House letter from the En-
| peror of Russia, ia response to the resolution
| OF congress at the last session graf ulaticg
/ him on his escape from assassination The
Emperors letter was npplaudcd, and menl>
be-5 all over the House clapped their hands
approringy. The House, after some other
I
formal business, went into committee of the
whole, when Mr.. Hill made q long chastitu>
tionaI argument against the power Of Com
cres, to terri,oria,ze the southern statez.
/ Adjourned.
Dee I3.-In the Senate. among other pc
ti,ions, one was presented By III. Trunbnl,
from sundry ''loyalists' in Louisiana, pray
lag ;hr overthrow of tbs present government
5 in that STATE and the establishment Of : pro-
vi,ionai government instead. The bill to
admit Nebraska was resumed Mr. Waie
spoke earnestly in opposition 10 the amend
ueu, of Mr. Brown, (requiring Nebraska u
strike the word white from her co1sti.u>
tion) He WAS in favor Of negro suffrage
but said con ress had no right to enact such
condition W,:hoa: coming toa vote the
Seuate went into executive session and then
adjourned.
In the House, after soms unimpcrtant
.norning business, the legislative, Judicial
and executive appropriation bill was taken
up 4 lengthy debate arose on sundry items
amounting to some 100000 in al, in AID of
the Globe newspaper. The items were not
stricken cut: The death of Senator Wright
was announced, upon which the House al,
iournes.
Dec. l9.-In the Ssuate, a resolution was
adopted TO priut The report f the Conn
sioner of public laEi5 ia various foreign
languages for distribution at the Paris exibi-
ton. the consideration Of the Nebraska
bill was resumed. Mr.. Howe took the floor
in advocacy of the bill and against tn.
amendment OF Mr.. Brown. Mr. Doolittie in
quired whether it was the understanding
that, if the southern states ratified tie con-
stiiutioaal amendment, congress was pledged
to admit them to representation =? He u"der-
stood M Wade to say go. Mr. Wade sId
he had been misunderstood. SIR. Wilson
also denied that there was any srch pledge
or understanding. Mr. Doolitile commented
on the absurd.ty of the theory that southern
states were couPetca: to r,tify consiitu>
tIonal amendment but were unfit for repre-
sen,a,ion. Various other Senators made
speeches upon Which the scnote adjourned
The House, after the mornisg hour, re-
sumed the consideration of the legislature.
executiv. and Judicial appropriation bill.
Mr. Grinnei! moved to strike oat the aPFro>
priation for the 50 clerk Of p.rloas'' in the
State Department, as the parlonlng power
had beer greatly abuse; agreed 10. Anoth
or amendment was adopted that no collector
Or Gsicssor whose appointment has nos bean
confirmed by the Senate shall be paid Iii<
SALARY. Various other amend.n ents wsre
proposed and discussed, when the com nittec
rose and the House adjourned.
Dec. 29,-The Senate apaia spent IN os, of
the day discussing the Nebraska bill, the
question being the adoption Of Brown' :
amendment, Chat Nebraska shall FIRST give
the right Of suffrage to negroes and Indians. J
Pomeroy and Wade opposing the amendment,
aad Edmunds and Sprague supporting it.
Without coming to vote, the Seaa,c al
joured over to Jan. 3
In the House, ". Spauldins spent an hour
in answering editorial in the Washing ton
Chronicle questioning his orthodoxy as a
radical. Taad. Stevens replied, IN ,intsi n
ing that the edi.or had the best of the argus
ment. 4 resolution was adopted to send the
sergant>at-arns TO Pennsylvania after Mr
Calver, who is detained there in duraance on
civil suit. Ga motion Of Steven reso
luton was adopted looking to the establish.
rnent OF common schools in the District o.
Columbia in which white ani blac children
should be an equal footing. The House
thsa sent into = :nnit:ee Of the whole Oh the
Presidents message and played debating
socie = until the hour for al journm.nt, when
the House, like the Senate, adjourned orei
to Jan. 81.
\. c. GOLD M,xEs.-The n. I. Herald
has letter from reliable correspo 1dent'
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