The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-13
From Washington.
THE COMMITTEES.


committees are as follows; Dawes, Ways
and Means; Garfield, Appropriations; May
nard, Currency and Banking; Sawyer, Pa.
citic Railroad; Hawlcy, Canals; Wheeler,
Commerce; Farwell, Manufactures; Co
burn, Military; Butler, Judiciary; Scofeld,
naval affairs; Orth, foreign affairs; Mckee,
territories Illinois gets two chairmanships
-Farwel on manufactures and IIawley on
claims. Oqr member Mr.. Corwin, is 1th on
the Pacific Railroad committee Speaker
Blaine either lacked the nerve or the diSpo
sition to spot any of the salary grabbers or
Credit Mobilier benelcarics as extra hon.
ors seem to be awarded to both classes
Dawes admits that the ways and means com.
mlttce is y low tariff one, containing five free
traders, three revenue tarifitcs, as they are
called, and but two straight out high tariff.
ties Dawes himself is sort of betwiyt and
between. Both the senate and house com
mittccs on the District Of Columbia are com
posed of the worst class of carpetbaggCr riff.
raft, and big steals may confidently be looked
for in that quarter Maynard at the head Of
the banking committee, means simply that
the banks are to be let alone, otherwise the
subject would not have been placed in such
hopeessly incompetent hands
SALARY GRAB REPEAL
The house is evidently determined to dis
pose Of the salary grab business before 1t
tackles any other serious question The
special committee on the subject reported to
The back pay republican caucus a bill, ON
Saturday, which was agreed upon by that
body. 1t provides for the repeal OF so much
of the salary act as relates to the pay of mem
bers, senators, the vicc.prcsident, speaker,
and other officers Of the house and senate
thus reducing the salaries to the original
figure, but leaving the salaries of the presi.
dent, cabinet and supleme judges untouched
To this kaSson offered an amendment, which |
the caucus voted down, to include in the re
duction the presidents and all other salaries.
On Monday, when Hale, of Maine, report |
ed to the house the caucus bill, kasson /,
adroitly slipped in his amendment May
nard moved another amendment to except
from its operation the last congress. An.
other member offered an amendment not only |
to ircpde The last congress. hut instructing
the Secretary of the Treasury to send note
10 all those who had drawn their back pay |
o,,.;,, ,bo,, 70 ror,,pd Il. and onotI,cr want
od tho Secondary 70 draw ON Them =. SIGHT
Finally Woodward, of n, Y, moved the pre-
vious question, which created tremendous
,,nroor in ,l,c midst Of which ,bo ropse 20
ria1 - ,a.o.1 ,,,o ,ro,io,,s o,o,+io, or1
,''a ,,,,,o,o o,hioct vos nos,ropod 70 ro,t do,,
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oarl,, ,,,rr ond half . dozen Of remhors
onand themselves of,hoir mont nm frotbv ma
,.iati,n, No vo,c u,os reachod and tho s,b
;oot want ovor &, Wednesday, Tbor Tro
,a;, of Wow Yorl, ord Do,vcs Of Nos.
,nndo coonJ, Of very stronm and sensible
,nooonos hotb f,vor,pr fine hin with fine
Iiasson an,o,1nont Thov wore followed
oao1, IN szrnch If onothor bonr nv, IIsv
ra,. pahor., >NibIocl Dnrbo,, and south
,nL ,,oor which tbo bnrso AGAIN odio,,rrod
.1,a ,,,tioc+ ,.,ir,, o,,or 70 rhnrsdo,. !
n TIrrsd,v,s debate Stonbons of Goorri,
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