The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-01-23
From Washington.
4 TRIP TO NEW ORLEANS.

TRIP TO NEW ORLEANS.
The report Of the subcommittee orcongrCs
on the Louisiana question, laid before thu
house last week, is found TO be such crush
ing retutalon of the Presidents special mess
age on the SAM subject, and generally 10 bt
30 damaging TO the Kellogg cause, which
The party leaders have virtually decided tc
shoulder, that it has been decided to send the
ether four members of the Louisiana commit
ice, all OF whom but one are violent radical
parlisans, to New Orleans To patch up new
and more partisan version of the facts, so as
TO leave the President and administration
leaders in a less awkward position before the
country. This committee to 'manuacture
facts to suit the cxigency OF the case IS now
on its way soath
TIE PRESIDENT On THE FINANCES.
The President, in sending TO the senate his
approval of the recent "specie payment bill,
accompanied it with message recommend
ing further legislation to bring about that
specie payment in 1879, to which the bill
pledges the country. The plan of the Presi
dent, ina word is that d the gold receipts in
the treasury shall be increased by increased
taxation; (e) they shall then be used in re-
deeming grcenbacks in sums of 800 or over
during the year 1915 at Shave of 10 per cent :;
during 1876 at shave Of ~ per cent; and
so rising % per cent. each year until 1879,
when they will be redeemed atpar The idea
of the President is, that in this way maxi
mum price will be established for gold, and so
low that the silver proposed by the bill to take
replace ofthc postal currency will not apprc
ciatc so as to be gathered up for expectation.
The Presidents notion, however, meets with
little favor or concurrence, as it is founded
on the bald tallacy that congress can by law
fix the plicc of gold or any other commod-
ity. That is deuson which even Logan
was able to evolve during his famous two
weeks wrcstle with the great financial
problem.
tom SCOTS ROAD.
The railroad committees OF both houses of
congress have agreed to report favorably on
Tom SCOTS Pacific Railroad bill, and 1t real.
ly looks as if that steal may go through Ii,
has an almost unanimous southern support,
and gets good deal CT sympathy from re-
gions interested IN the Northern Pacific
project.
WAR WITH SPAIN,
The President on Wednesday, sent a spec
ial message to congress advocating the appro- !,
priations asked for by the Chief of Ordin /,
ance in order TO the improvement o. our sea
coast deicnscs. Thereupon the sensation
mongers started rumor that the President
manifested this unusual interest in this mat
ter on account of our complications with
Spain, and in fact that brush with Spain
over the Nirginius matter was seriously i'm
minent. 1t appears, however, on sitting the
matter down, that there is no danger of trou-
BILE with Spain, and that the Presidents spec.
ial interest in the matter arises from desire
of the Ordinance Bureau to try experiments
with some new .ilcd guns, at 500 shot, in
which the Prcsincnt as soldier, shares thcir
interest
PINCHEACk. /
Tie inevitable PinchbaCh, who Vas elected !
by the fraudulent Kellogg Legislature Of
Louisiana Il year ago to the l. 5. Senate, but
not admitted to his seat on the ground thathis !
election was illegal, has had himself again
elected 10 the senate by the Louisiana 'rump,'
and knocks again at the door Of the senate
for admission, Happily the stupid Senegam-
bian has again b!andered in the matter. BY
q law OF congress the election of senator by
the Louisiana Legislature to be legal, ought
to have taken place last Tuesday but Pinch
back, in his hurry to forestall opposition, had
himself elected II week ago last Tuesday.
Doubtless the senate will feel relieved to find |
50 good an excuse again to avoid so diSrcput.
ahln ~ addition thcir comDonv