The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-03-14
Congressional Synopsis.
FRIDAY. March G.

FRIDAY, March D.
lSndte-At the close of the merning hour. the
business Of which was unimportant, Chief Jus.
tlce Chase appeared and resumed his seat as Pres.
ident of the Court of Impeachment. The pend.
ing question before the Court" was on swearing
IN Mr.. Wade As a member of the court The rad.
cals tried to stHe debate on the question by rails.
ing points of order, but the Chief Justice allow.
ed the debate TO 90 for an hour or two, when
Mr.. Hendricks said hisobject had been attained
in drawing the attention Of the country to the
fact that Mr.. Wade about to be sworn to act
as a juror in a case in which he had so deep
personal interest, and he withdrew his objection
to his being sworn in, which ended the debate.
and the oath was administered to Mr.. Wade SO
the court was duly organized and the house no.
titled Of the fact. Then it was moved and carried
that summons be issued to the president to ap.
pear and answer the charges of the house on the
18th yesterday and the court adjourned to that
date. Then the Senate wen. into executive ses.
sion, and soon afterwards adjourned
House-The house did scarcely any business,
nearly all the members having absented them.
selves to watch the proceedings in the senate.
SATURDAY, March Z.
&ndte-The pension bill was taken up and
passed Then the consular appropriation bill
was taken up, and on the motion to strike out
the salary of minister Harvey, to Portugal. a de.
bate arose, which lasted until the senate finding
itself without quorum, adjourned
Hou"-The house spent the day in general de.
bate. Speeches were made by Clarke Blaine,
Broomall, Logan and Lynch. Adjourned
MONDAY, March Q.
Senate-Mr. johnson presented the credentials
of Mr. Vickers, the newly elected senator from
Maryland. Mr.. Sumner objected to his being
sworn, and moved to refer the credentials to the
judiciary committee. After some debate, how.
ever, the objection was withdrawn and Mr.. Wick
ers was sworn. The rest of the day was spent
in discussing the question of paying minister
Harvey. to Portugal, which was finally voted
House-The house spent the day in miscellan-
eous business Of no general importance, the only
notable incidents being declaration by Mr.. Lo.
gan that the Secretary Of the Treasury had $1S,.
100000 of bonds in circulation which he claimed
to have redeemed and cancelled; and tho offer
ing of resolution BY Mr.. Burr in favor Of with.
drawing the national bank circulation and sub
stituting greenbacks. A motion to table the res.
olution was voted down-65 to 56,-and the res
olution went to the ways and means committee.
TUESDAY, March 10.
iSnAte-A resolution was adopted to admit
only such q had tickets to the galleries during
the impeachment trial, and to limit tho tickets
to 900.
Houe-Steveus, from the reconstruction com.
mittes reported bill for the admission of Ala.
bama with the constitution recently rejected by
that state
Mr.. Cook reported bill for an airline railroad
from Washington to New York.
Mr.. Schenk, from the ways and means commit.
tee, reported bill to remove the per cent. tax
on manufactures. After brief debate tho bill
passed by 1923 yeas to 2 nays. The bill cuts down
the internal revenue by about ss3, 900 900, which
Mr.. Schenck proposes to make up in part by .
tax on sales.
The balance of the days session was spent in
debating the bill concerning the rights Of natur.
allied citizens in foreign states.
WEDNESDAY, March II.
Senats--Corbett, of Oregon, and Dixon, Of
Conn, used up the day in speeches on the fund.
ing bill.
House-The bill to continue the freedmen's bu.
reau another year was debated awhile and then
laid over till tomorrow.
The bill to admit Alabama was debated two
hours with the same result.
The committee on retrenchment reported that
there was no truth in Logans charge that $751;
100000 of fraudulent bonds were in circulation.
Adjourned.
THURSDAY, March 70.
Senate-A greater part of the day was spent
in receiving and making orders on reports Of com.
mittses. The bill was taken up to put the sur.
vivors Of the war Of 1912 upon the pension rolls.
opposed by Sherman and Fessenden, and finally
laid over. A few private bills were passed. Ad.
journed
House-The greater part of the day was spent
in an animated discussion on the alleged bond
frauds in the treasury department, Messrs. Lo-
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