The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1869-12-25
PROM WARRINGTON.
CONGRESS-.


CONGRESS.
Both houses Of congress adjourned over on
Wednesday to January 10th.
THE GEORGIA INFAMY
Has been csrsummated. The bill introduc-
ed in the senate week age to remand Georgia
back to the pains and penalties Of military
rule, for the crime of having expelled niggers
from her legislature, passed the senate con
siderably after II o'clock on Saturday night.
1t requires Georgia. before she can again hope
to have representatives in congress and to gov
ern herself, to accept negro equality in all its
phases, to reratify the l4th, and also to ratify
the 18th amendment The bill was received
in the house from the senate at | o'clock on
Monday, and Butler tried to pass it immedi-
ately under the gag. The Democrats, how
ever, by 6ibustering, got until noon next day
to debate it. Among those opposing the bill
in the house were found Bingham, OF Ohio,
the gorgeous and four other republicans.
The bill was forced through on Tuesday, so
that the President could sign it and send it
back before the recess on Wednesday, which
he did.
The Virginia members, who have been in
Washington since the meeting of congress pa
tiently waiting to be admitted, went home on
Wednesday Disguised, neither house having
taken action on their case. What the Virgin
ians fear, since the consummation of the Geor.
gia infamy, is that congress will exact the test
oath of the legislature. Mr.. Sumner having
introduced bill in the senate for that purpose
If this is agreed to in January, the result will
be to give the legislature over to the radicals,
and to secure for them two United States SEN
ators in place Of those elected in October.
ATTORNEY GENERALsHIP.
Attorney General Hoar having been nomir-
ated to the vacancy on the supreme bench, re-
signed his seat in the cabinat on Monday, and
the President has nominated Judge A. w.
Strong, of Philadelphia, to take his place
JUDGE HoAR REJECTED.
But Judge Hoar was a trife too fast in re.
signing his seat in the cabinet, because, on his
appointment to the supreme bench coming be-
fore the senate, that body rejected him. The
democrats voted against him because of his
opinion sustaining the military commission in
| Texas, few months since which tried and
| convicted man for murder The southern
senators opposed him because h WAS placed
in the Georgia circuit, which, they say, is en-
titled to the vacancy and about % other SEN
ators opposed him on other erounas. So strong
was the opposition tO him that the yeas and
nays were not even called on the question OF
his confirmation, and he was laid on the table,
confessedly the worst rejected nominee sent to
the senate during the administration of Presi
dent Grant. The judiciary committee report
ed his name to the senate without any recon-
mendation.
! GRANT AND THE SENATE AT LoGGERHEADs.
Grant, having sent to the senate nine NOM
nations to the newly created Circuit Judge
ships, and an immense pressure having been
brought to bear on the senate to defeat some
of them, that body adopted resolution in Sc
cret session calling on Grant to send them the
letters and recommendations on the strength
Of which he made the appointments. This
Grant refuses to do, and the consequence is the
probable rejection of most Of the judges. It
is said most of them were appointed by Grant
on his own motion without any body's recon-
mendatiOh.
Incredible rs it may seem, the President
on Tuesday, sent to the senate the name of f.
NJ. Stanton for the supreme judgeship in place
of Grier, resigned He is too mean a man not
to be confirmed by the senate.
| DEFICIENCIES.
The bill reported by the house committee
ON appropriations on Monday illustrated the
consistency of the economy practiced last win
ter in the matter of expenditures The rad-
Gals cut down the latter 50 much that they
have fallen over So 000, geo below the amount
actually required by existing lsws. Not only
has this amount to be made up by II deficiency
bill, but SO 100000 more have to he added to
the bill for legislative, executive, and judicial
| appropriations tor the next fiscal year. This
Is the best answer to the hue and cry over
retrcnchment and reform of the last session
of the Fortieth congress.