The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-02-07
From Springfield.
ADJOURNMENT,

ADJOURNMENT.
The house on Tuesday again said emphati
cally that it would not adjourn sine die on the
10Th OF February or any other day, before il
was ready. The vote was II to 81.
REGISTRY LAW
republican caucus on Saturday had
. decided, by close vote, to oppose the bill
to repeal the registry law, So when that
measure came up in the house Tuesday, Jones,
the spokesman for the caucus, moved to re-
commit the bill. Walker, another republican,
opposed this. The law was expensive and
dld no good. G. w. Armstrong denounced
the law rs promoting corruption and facili
tating the voting of dead men. 1t cost the
people S250,OO0 a year, and they were sick of
it. Bradwell thought it was good thing to
prevent riot and bloodshed in Chicago. And
so the debate went on all day. Finally the
vote to recommit was lost, and then the hill
failed to pass, receiving but &C votes But n
motion TO reconsider prevailed and the hill
comes up again next Thursday.
NEGRO EQUALITY.
The senate spent most of Monday over a
motion of senator Henry to compel the open.
ing of all free schools to negro and white
children alike. Mr.. Casey wanted separate
schools for the colors in all cases, and Mr..
Starne wanted them only where there are
colored children enough to justify their
establishment, The debate on the subject
was quite lengthy and hot, but Mr., Henry's
motion prevailed by % to 10.
THAT CAUCUS,
The republican caucus on tie Both, (already
referred toy bound Itself, before adjournment
to put through all the revision bills. Instead of
the caucus decided that they must be put
through as party measure. SO the registry
law must not be repealed, because it will take
from the republican state printer $4,000
JOB, though it costs the people uselessly
S250,000. AS there were some 20 farmers in
the caucus, VIC are curious to see how they
will step to the command of the party drill
sergeant
THE SCHEDULES.
Senator Voris presented n long string of
wheleases on Saturday, clinched with a re
resolve or two, in which he makes drive at
the schedule Of maximum rates prepared for
the railroads by our $4,000 board of COM
missioners. Said schedules, he shows, pre-
sent many glazing Inconsistencies For
instance, the rates fixed fo- transporting cat
tie from Chicago to Windsor 227 miles, on the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy and Chicago
and Paducah railroads, are more than the
rates fixed on the Illinois Central road for the
same class of freight from Dunlieth TO Cairo,
a distance of 500 miles. Senator Voris wants
the board to rise and explain why this is
thus"
lNsTRUCTING CONGRESS,
The house on Tuesday adopted resolution
nsructing the representatives of Illinois in
congress to obtain the passage of law to
regulate interstate commerce over railroads,
and to prevent the railroads from charging
eXtortionate rates.
Wicker's resolution asking congress to
issue $l00000,000 Of currency, came from the
banking committee with the unexpected
recommendation that it be adopted. 1t was
thought if they were going into congressional
business they had better begin in print, so the
state printer will have another job.
VISITORS.
Gov. Hendricks, with committee of the
Indiana Legislature, was at Springfield Oh
Tuesday looking at the new state house.
Bisaop Whtehouse was there on the same
day and held confirmation service at the
Episcopal church in the evening
COUNTING VIE MONEY.
The committee to count the money in the
treasury reported the money all there Some
$2,OOOOOO except 100000 on deposit in N. Y.
to pay interest What interest? There is no
interest or principal either Of the state debt
due in New York before July, and the law
says no money to pay interest shall be on
deposit there over 80 days. The fact is, these
$500, 900 are loaned out TO earn little for the
treasurer, a Ia Ger. Howard with his freed
men bureau funds, and he should be made to