The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-01-29
FROM WARRINGTON.
CONGRESS.

CONGRESS. f.
The senate has been chiefly engaged. during
the past week, in discussi,g questions of cur.
rsncy and finance. Sherman's bill, which pro.
poses an Issue Of 81, 100000 of new national
bank bills, to equalize the issue to the south and
west but to withdraw the 8 per cents, and thus
involves contraction OF the currency, has been
pretty efectualy picked to pieces, and will hard
~ paes even tho senate, while it would stand NO
chance in the house.
The House, since the consammatien of the
Virginia iufamy, has been disposing of various
minor matters, preparatory to taking up the
tariff bill which is expected to be reported BY
the ways and means committee every day.
VIRGINIA.
The Virgins bill was finally brought to a vote
in the senate on the 21st when the house bill,
which admitted Virgins without conditions,
was voted down, and substitute adopted. i'm.
posing conditions, in substance, First, requiring
the oath of loyalty imposed by the Fourteenth
amendment BY the members of the legislature;
second, declaring that the state shall not change
her constitution 80 as to deprive colored citizens
of the right to VOTE or to hold office and, third,
declaring that they shall be equal participants in
ths school fund, sad shall not be deprived Of it.
In this shape the bill was returned TO the
House on Saturday and referred to tho recon.
struction committee, which reported it back on
Monday with recommendation that it pass.
Now it WAS painful to see the republicans who
had 50 CALAMITY week earlier fought against
substantially the same bill, one after the Other
take the back track. Bingham led off, then
eame Farnsworth, Logan, sc. The bill finally
passed by strict party vote.
UTAH.
Numerous petitions from both Mormons and
Gentiles come from Utah asking the admission
OF that territory as q state. The committee on
territories have bills before them for the sdmis.
sion Of both Utah and New Mexico.
BUTLER ON DAWES.
The expose made by Mr.. Dawes, week ago,
Of the extravaganza Of the present administra.
ton, gave the President 90 much uneasiness that
he insisted somebody must make q reply. So
the job was put upon Butler, whom the differ.
ent departments crammed with figures for the
purpose. The speech was made on Tuesday, and
WA several hours in length. The best Butler
could do, however,::was to cut down Dawes fig.
ures from $49,000,00O to about 100000
Butler seemed to care less about meeting Mr..
Dawes figures than to assal him personally for
putting in to the hands of the enemies Of the ad.
ministration, as he called it, arguments for its
overthrow. Mr.. Dawes made brief reply, say.
ing on future occasion he should make good
all his charges of extravaganza, while as to the
matter Of being read out Of the republican party.
he didn't think such men as Butler and Forney
could do it.
LEAGUE ISLAND.
The same day Mr. Dawes had the satisfaction
of seeing Secretary Robeson's pet project of
navy yard at League Island defeated in the house
"A project the useless extravaganza of which
Sir. Dawes had especially exposed.
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD
Mr.. Cook presented in the house, on Monday,
bill to incorporate tho Chicago and South.
western Pacific railroad. The bill contemplates
the building of railroad from Omaha, or some
other point on the Rock Island Road west of here,
to San Diego, in Southern California. The cor
porators are F. H. Winston, j. F. Tracy, Geo. C.
Campbell, Henry Hosmer, Ebenezer Cook, James
N. Wilson, J. n. Burns, H. N. Allen and Harvey
Edgerton. The capital stock is f1sd at $1,000.
600, In shares of 800 each: The company ia
authorized to adept as part Of its road any e1.
sting line, either BY contract, purchase, or con.
solidatlou, and is granted the right of way
through the public lands tract not exceeding
200 feet, such additional land as may be neces.
sary for station buildings, shops and other ap.
pendages.
REPUTATION MEMORIAL.
Gen. Morgan, Of Ohio, created quite hubbub
In the house, moment before the final adjourn.
ment. on Tuesday, by presenting memorial,
signed by citizens of Worcester. Mass, in favor
Of repudiatng the bonded debt of the govern.
ment. An ex animation Of the memorial shows
that it is signed by members Of the working
mems organization 1t was accordingly referred.
If you want to keep your dog free of leas and
dirt, give him a small arm full of clean, new
shavings. The turpentine and resin in new pine
shavings soon drives the Hess away.
Horace Greeley is always advising men to go
to farming, and yet he thinks protective legisls-
tion necassarv IN diversity pdustrv Horace il