The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-12-01
From Washington.
RESUMPTION REPEAL.


.Iall being voted down except that OF MI Fort
excepting the free banking clause from tho
repeal One foolish claptrap amendment, thai
whether resumption takes place Jan. l, lsi9ol
not, all working men shall after that date be
paid their wages in gold, actually received two
majority, but to prevent The bill being loaded
down by such provision, Ben. Butleran on
( Mr. Hayes were prevailed upon to change thell
votes from yea to nay. After passing the bill
the house adjourned to Tuesday, 2'th.
WHAT MORRISON THINKS or IT.
! When the house rclssembled on Tuesday
Mr. Morrison, of H., seized a i;lvoring oppor
Itunity to call the attention Of his western
democratic friends to the position in which the
passage of the resumption repeal on Friday
left them. He read from the Ohio democratic
platform showing that the western democrats
demanded the retention Of the greenback as
the exclusive paper currency OF the country
and struck at the issue Of paper by the nation.
al banks but the bill that had passed the
house really left the feature Of the resumption
act that was most odious to the western people
untouched by adopting Forts amendment eX'
|ccpting free banking from the repeal. Tested
10y The demands Of the west, he declared the
/ bill rs passed worse than a failure.
THE STRIFE IN THE SENATE.
Is intimatcd in our last, when Mr.. Thur
imam, on Thursday of last week, made the mo-
ton in the senate to discharge the committee
on elections from the further consideration OF
the case of NJ c. Butler democratic senator
senate vote directly on the case, and lloar
moved to lay that motion on the table, Thurman
was agreeably surprised to find Conover and
Patterson, two republican carpetbaggers, vot-
ing on his side, giving the democrats-tor the
first time in lG years-an actual majority on a
test question, The republicans, who were
dumbtOunded by the same discovery had,
however, address enough to force an adjourn
mcnt Of the senate until Monday.
1t is needless to say that between Saturday
and Monday the republicans, who thus uneX-
pcctedly saw their long undisputed power in
the senate slipping away from them, were not
idle They held anxious and excited caucuses,
summoning COnovcr and Patterson before
them, and receiving the solemn protestation of
both that they were as stout republicans as ev-
cr and would vote with the party as squarely
and slavishly as ever, only-that both had
agreed to vote for the admission of Butler, and
they should do so. No driving, kicking or
rnrsing could swervc them from this detrrm
nation. While they had decided TO vote for
Butler however, they had not agreed to vote
for Spotord or Eustis, from La, but should
vote to admit Kellogg.
This decided the course of action agreed up
on for Monday, The election committee was
to report Kcllogg's case as soon as the senate
met, and then, under the decision Qt Vice
President Wheeler that ii was case of high.
.st privilege, Kellogg was to be Immediately
admitted and sworn in To make one more vote
against Butler We shall see how the thing
worked,
As soon as the senate met on Mondav, Wad-
leigh, from the elections committee, reported
in favor Of Kellogg against Spoford from
Louisiana, and Edmunds moved at once to vote
,n the question. However, he was foied by
plain rule of the senate that all SUCH motions
must lie over one day. This left the question
before the senate on Humans motion TO dis
,harge the committee III the Butler case, And
low the ball opened in earnest, There was Il
lear majority of two in favor vt the motion il
/ could be forced to a vote, Davis, of Ill., lead
,ff in the debate, giving his reasons tor favor
ng the admission of Butler. Edmunds follow.
nd, in a strain of keen sarcasm, and III the
course of this and a subsequent spceoh charged
directly that Patterson voted with the demo.
rats on bargain that for his vote he should
DC saved from going 10 the penitcntiary. Pat
el~on made a hot rs well as able and effective
'occrh in reply, declaring that in voting for
Butte he was but obeying the will Of four.
ifths Of his constituents. Conover also, in Il
aisniied and rather able speech, defended his
course. The debate was continued, with in
notions, not only all through Monday ami
Monday night but up To ) O'Clock on Tuesday
the senate having remained In uninterrupted
session for 26 hours, when finally the republi,
AN phalanN gave way, and the vote On Thur
mans motion was taken, Ito discharge the
committed and Il was carried % to21-Davis
VI I'LL, Patterson and Opovcr voting with the
democrats, This left the next question before
he senate the dircc one ON the admission of
Butler, and as tina, would cause another long
lebatc, the democrats agreed 10 nm adjourn
nent To II O'Clock on Wednesday
The proceedings on Wednesday, however,
we're neither rs exciting or decisive rs had
'cen anticipated AS soon us the senate met
VIZ. Wadleigh moved 10 take up the Kellogg
sse sns,ead of Buffers. Unexpectedly Conor-
II voted with the republicans, which left the
-oic u30-a tic-and Vice President Wheel