The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-03-08

a vast amount of Objectionable legislation,
particularly in the way of the appropriation
of money from the treasury, being dragged
through by conference committees, while in
open session the members would have shrunk
from voting for such measures. Such were
the heavy Indian appropriations, the increase
OF salaries of congressman and judges and
many other heavy appropriations for num-
bercSs affects
PATTERSON.
Although the senate committee had rcpor.
in favor oF the expulsion of Patterson, the
resolution, ont Of commisscraton for the poor
devil, was allowed to lie upon the table I'M
acted upon rs Pattcrson's term expired on
the 4th of March, he has the consolation of
knowing that he escaped expulsion only be
cause his constituents had virtually done the
job already.
KELLY's CREDIT MoBILIER SHARES.
As the Poland committee has been dis.
charged, Judge Poland is IN a auandav to
know what to do with Kcllys 10 Credit No
bilier shares, which Amcs handed to him and
which Kelly turned over to Poland for safe
keeping. Ames refuses to take tem, saying
they are Kelly's property, and Kelly refuses
to touch them, saying he never owned them.
As Kelly virtually received the dividends on
them, Ames having "torn up the check when
Kelly proposed to return the money, Sat which
we both seemed pleased" II makes little diff
ference what becomes Of the stock, now that
it is nearly worthless.
LOUISIANA.
After spending nearly two days over the
Louisiana question in the Senate, that
body on Saturday morning defeated the bill
reported by the committee to order new cleo
ton, and having also refused to recognize Ell
thcr the McEnery or Kellogg government left
the state in precisely the condition in which
it was left by the infamous decision Of Judge
Durcl and scarcely less infamous action OF
President Grant in the premises, Congrcssin
spite of the urgent appeal of the people OF
Louisiana and of even the President himself
when he became alarmed at the result of his
own action refused to take any action on the
subject, and the people of that afflicted state
are left at the mercy of the infamous ring OF
custom house officials and negro scoundrclS
in whose hands Grant and Durcll so ouuag-
eously placed them.
INCREASING SALARIES,
The house on Friday night, by decided
majority, voted down Buffers bill to increase
the salaries of President, Judges, members Of
congress, &c, The bill gave congressman
| $4,000, and dated back TO March 1871. Next
| day the bill was stuck as an amendment to an
appropriation bill and in this shape passed
by 1Q2 to 90. When the bill went to the SEN
ate this amendment was non concurred in, and
| the house insisting, the matter went TO a con
! ference committee The result is IN illustrI-
! ton of the vcouSncsS of the conference com.
mittcc system of legislation. The committee
| increased the salaries of members Of congress
| to $500, dating back to March 1871, and
! as the rejection Of this amendment" would
| have endangered The passage Of the entire ap-
|proprintiOn bill, of course the members
had that excuse for voting for the outrage
and it passed and has become Il law, thc Presi-
dent making no scruplc of signing bill that
| doubled his own salary.
PoMERoY.
! One of the most shameless acts Of the clo>.
/ Ing days of congress was the whitcWashing Of
Pomcroy. The committee that had hi, case
in charge give It is their deliberate judgment
! that the testimony of Yorl, and Simpson who !
testified so directly and positively tohis guilt,
is no more TO be credited than the thin story
of Pomcrov.about hi, having given the $1,000
to York to hand 10 the man Page. Though
the two democratic members of the commit
tee wholly dissent from this report, and re
gard Pomcroy- guilt as fully proved, tlescn
ate adopted the majority report, and pomeroy
Goes home colcimincd las white a, SHOW"
like his prototype of old.
THE GLOBE.
Congress on Monday decided that Hereafter
the official debates OF congress shall be pub
li,hed at the government printingof'icc which
takes the JOB away from the Glote, which had
enjoyed The pcrquisite for the past p years.
AMEs.
Cakes Amcs feels Jolly Over having been
let off 50 easy by the houseaflcr all his cor
rupt practices. Apage having waited on him
on Monday with an autograph book and re
ques,cd him 70 write not only his name, but
also sentiment or motto Amcs wrote his
signature in a bold hand, and added o., his
motto: Put what you have where it viii ID
the most good"
STRnNE TALK.
When, on Nonda, night, the different ap-
preparation bills csmc back from the senate
and II was asccrianed that number Of cor
rupt jobs which hc house had formerly re-
iected had been stuck on Ivy The senate, in
crca,inr the appropriations by over $1,000
Ooa. Mr. Beck of Ky, used some pretty strong
language ;.Cards III, upper house" He