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
2oIh 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
did no good. G. w. Armstrong denounced
the law as promoting corruption and facili.
tatng the voting Of dead men. 1t cost the
people S25O,OO0 II 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 re-commit was lost, and then the bill
failed to pass, receiving but GG votes But n
motion TO reconsider prevailed and the bill
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
colorcd children enough to justify their
establishment, The debate on the subject
was quite lengthy and ho,, but Mr.. Henry's
motion prevailed by % to 10:
THAT CAUCUS,
The republican caucus on tie Both, (already
referred toy bound itself, before adjournment
oput through all the revision bills. Instead of
testing these bills by their merits hereafter,
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law must not be repealed, because it will take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 a $4,000
job, though it costs the people uselessly
$250,000 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 Nors presented n long string of
whercases on Saturday, clinched with q re
resolve or two, in which lie 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 70. 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 d resolution
instrucing 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.
Wickers resolution asking congress to
Issue $lOO000,000 of currency, came from the
banking committee with the unexpected
recommendation that it be adopted. 1t was
luDuSllb IL tllCy NCiC lhtO WI
business they had better begin in print, so the
state printer will have another job.
VISITORS.
Gov Hendricks, with a committee of the
Indiana Legislature, was at Springfield On
Tuesday looking at the new state house.
Bishop Whtchouse 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
81, O0O 900 except $500, goo 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 10 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, q Ia Ger. Howard with his freed
men bureau funds, and he should be made to |
trot them back into the treasury forthwith.
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