Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-04-14

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turned the money over to the
Secretary of the Treasury. Sus-
picion rests upon several persons
here in the interest of a New
York bank-note engraving com
pany. Mr.. McCartee has gained
considerable reputation in the
manage ment of his Bureau and
has been a. buiwark against the
efforts OF several bank-note COM
panies and rings and hence this
attempt to bribe him. 1t is not
often L have an opportunity to
say much good of the present
Government officials but Mr..
McCartee is one of the excep,
lions and a competent, honest
and reliable gentleman, active
and faithful in the discharges OF
his official duties and deserves
commendation. Texas was ad-
mitted to representation yester-
day. There was quite an excit-
ing scenoe over the Admission OF
John O. GConneT, the5onfY Demo
cratic "carpet-bagger." Mr.. B.
Butler, with an oficiousness PEI
culiarly his own, made it his bu-
siness to object to MI. CPS taking
his seat and had read a number
of er pdrte ahdavits to prove that
Mr.. Conner had made disloyal
speeches, &c. Mr.. Shanks, of In,
diana, also pitched into Mr.. Con
ner very severely and said he
appointed hin to- Annapolis,
that he had been expelled as
worthless. After Mi. Conner had
been sworn in he asked leave to
speak ten minutes which was
granted. The boyish looking
member from Texas rose and in
a manner which would have
credit 10 Charles Mathews,
as Sir Charles Coldstream coolly
proceeded to give Ben. Butter a
dressing-and concluded
by saying that he expected 10
see in Mr.. Butler, a gfeatlawyer
but he fohnd that he had mista-
ken his calling, he was nothing
but a low comedian. Mr. Com
ner, also explained the reason OF
Mr., ShHnksl ennity to him 1t
was on account OF as1former .por
hticaIs diRcuity..3 MraShanks re-
peated that Mr. Conner was q
WORTHLESS fe ,Hwheulthe Spea-
ker prompt1y called him to orr
der and reminded him that Mr..
Qehhefpgvbs enowio a. member lof
the House and such Language
was not admissible. Mr.. Conner
from his calm, quiet, GOODNESS Of
demeanor IN contrast to the yior
ient1nanner Of Messers Shanks
aud Butler, won the sympathy
of all present aud Butler had on>
II twenty votes withzhIm TO re-
fer the Credentials of Mr.. Con
uer2 3 Phe scene WAS one OF great
excitement. The Republican,
candidate will contest Mr.. Con-
ners seat and if Reps Butler has
any influences It Willie exerted
Rgainstothe man who called him
comedian The only per-
sons that can 81 exeeption I'd
Corners remaf abouta4ow
comedian are such as Owens,
Jefferson and j. s. Clark, who
no doubt will feel ~insulted at
Butler being Aikened to
and tEeig spGpfessioH The
hammering the-committees of
eaneahd BANKING
and Currency with their argu.
against the Seventh Sec
Funding Bill They
declare that they cannot do a
BATTLING business on a
cent. bopd with; the pres
eat Restrictions and taxation i'm
upon banks. OF course
they can't and-the House will no
see it in the light that the
National Banks do. Another
"nigger'' has been discovered in
the fence. A bill was reported
yesterday to the House from the
committee on Education which
protested to discontinue the
Freedmand's Bureau, while SEES
ond Section clearly extends and
continues the Bareau. One
member called the measure a
fraud, another said it simply pro-
posed to tax the people of all the
States to support the schools Of
the South. A half a million OF
dollars are placed at the discre.
tion5of the commissioner of Edu-
cation. Another partisan Job
On Thursday in hthes Senate
JadgeaThnEman, ever aWatehful
of tie interests Of the people, ex.
posed an attempt to form anoth.
erring byewhieh the Hands occp-
piedb by the Indians are 10 be alb.
sorbed by the Pacific anu other
railroads by the formlpg of 9
JointmoSpeeialdo Gommfttes tc
whom shall be- referred the pro
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