The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-12-18
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The House was not in ScsSiOh Oh 1ionuay
In the senate Mr. Davis introduced reso
luton calling upon the Secretary Of the treas
uyv 10 furnish a list of all the defaulters &c
the government, amount of defalcations, &c
Mr.. Davis said the law required such lis
10 be furnished every year, but the law hac
not been complied with since 1885, and hi
wanted the Secretary to explain why not
sherman wanted time to look up that law
and on his motion the resolution was lait
over until Tuesday, when ii was referred tt
the finance committee.
Mr.. Howe wanted a bill prepared for gen
eral extradition of criminals. He though
this country should no longer be an asylum
Sor fugitive rogues, as we could raise
enough Of our own. Motion agreed to.
Mr.. Mitchell introduced bill to attach the
territory of Alaska to Washington territory.
On Tuesday in the Senate, Mr.. Mcmillan
who a year ago had his credentials presented
as Senator elect from Louisiana by the Nc
Emery government, on his petition, got leave
TO withdraw them, by vote Of 80 to %. The
motion called out pretty spicy debate on
The Louisiana question, which occupied most
Of the days session.
In the House, under the call for resolutions,
Mr. Blaine got in his resolution for consti.
utional amendment that "no state shall make
any law respecting the establishment Of re-
ligion, or prohibiting the free exercise there.
Of, and that no money raised by taxation IN
any state for the support Of public schools,
or derived from any public fund thereof or
any public lands devoted thereto, shall ever
be under the control of any religious sect
and that no money or land so donated shall
30 divided among tho religious sects or dc.
nominations"
And Mr.. Fort got IN buncombe resolution
that IN the appointment of subordinate Off
GERS of the house wounded Union soldiers
should be preferred"
The House refused to order the previous
question on the passage Of the resolution, and
then Cox moved an amendment that, "as the
war was over, citizens from all the states were
snsitled to consideration in the appointment
OF officers" Upon which both resolution
and amendment were referred.
Then the gates for resolutions and bills be.
ingre-opened, nearly every member had some.
hing to offer -Four or five amendments to
The constitutions we're proposed by IIar-
rison Of H., to make the President ineligi.
bic for second term, but, after his first term,
10 make him Senator for life Buckner
wanted the President to send to the House
The correspondence in reference to the remov.
al of Henderson as prosecutor of the whiskey
ring at st. Louis; and Randall wanted the
Secretary Of the Treasury to report his cor
respondence generally in regard to whiskey
rings. Ne action.
On Wednesday, in the Senate, Morton in
Hoduced resolution preceded by half doz
en- Of whereases, setting forth that great frauds
we're alleged in the late state election IN Mis-
sissippi and proposing a special committee
Of five to investigate the matter Laid over
Stevenson offered a resolution of inquiry
similar to that of Randall on Tuesday in the
House, in regard to the whlskey frauds !;
which, after some debate, was also laid over
Then Morton got in his resolution dcnoun.
cling the democratic doctrine of state rights
after which the Senate went into executive
session, and then adjourned
In the house half dozen of different prop.
ositions to cure the financial Ills of the coun.
ny were presented and referred SO also was
Mr.. Starkwoather's bill to remove the dou
bic postage on ID class mail matter A reso.
tuition offered by Mr.. Holman was adopted
323 TO 33-deciaring against the granting of
any more subsidies to railroads or corpora.
lions of any sort on any pretext; and on mo.
lion of Mr.. Springer, of this state, an anti
third term resolution was adopted, by a vote
OF 232 to IS, the only votes against it being by
negroes and carpet baggers from the South.
The House then adjourned to Friday, when
IT was expected the Speaker would be ready
20 announce the standing committees, and
'hen an adjournment until after tn, HOLIDAYS
would take place.
In the Senate, on Thursday, Morton called
up his resolution for a committee of five to
investigate the Mississippi election, and spoke
IN Its favor at some length. lie said from
1879 TO 1874 the republican majority in Mis-.
sissippl had averaged year by year about 80.
VO, while a. the election last fall the demo.
Gratis had carried the state by 25,OOO, and ne
knew there was something wrong about 1t.
Bayard replied to Morton, denouncing his
resolution as revolutionary and utterly wick.
cd. Gordon got the floor next but yielded to
a motion to adjourn, upon which the Senate
adjourned to January 5th, 1876.
From MarseiIes.