The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-10-27
From Washington.
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for this lnaction is that the Speaker has no
vet announced the standing committees, and i,
not expected to do so until next Monday.
LOUISIANA SENATOR'S
The senate did not, like the house last week
adjourn over from Wednesday to Monday, bu
had sessions both on Thursday and Friday
On the latter day Mr. Thurman pressed ms
motion for the admission of Eustls, the demo
cratic senator elected by the Nichols leglsla
ture of Louisiana. Edmunds and other re
publicans opposed the motion, but as Davis OF
Illinois had the day before voted on another
question with the democrats, Thurman counted
on his vote for Eustis and was pressing the
matter earnestly when Davis Unexpectedly
took him aback by rising and taking sides
with Edmunds, &c, in favor of postponement
on the plea that he was not sufficiently posted
TO vote on the case. Thurman consented that
il should 90 over without another word. No,
only does Kellogg claim also to have been
elected a senator from Louisiana, and Spoftard
contest his claim, but Pinchback, after two or
three reflections at former sessions, has returned
TO renew his claim to a seat as senator from
Louisiana. The whole middle is again be.
fore the senate election committee, who hold
daily sessions with all the rival claimants be
fore them and promise an early report.
THE COLORADO CASE.
The house in its only sessions this week
Monday, Wednesday and Thursday-was man.
ly occupied in discussing the Colorado case
The claimants are Belford, republican, and
Patterson, democrat. 1t will be remembered
Colorado held its first state election in October
last. electing Il governor and legislature and
Bedford as congressman. But the law of con
gress requires that congressman shall be elect
ed in November, and even Grants attorney
general had written to Colorado urging them
to vote again for Betord in November. How
ever, the republicans paid no attention to it,
but the democrats in November held elections
in a few counties and elected Patterson, under
which he now contests Beltord's seat After
discussing the matter for two days the house
agreed on Thursday to refer the whole matter
for decision to the committee on elections.
RIILs.
Although the extra session is expected to act
on only few specified subjects, plenty Of bills
are being introduced on all subjects. Among
them due attention is being paid to the elector-
al business and the subjects Of currency and
finance. On the subject Of the presidential
election Mernmon has introduced bill to
change the time of holding the election from
November to October-for what reason he has
thus far offered no explanation. Carter Harri
son has bill in the house to have the electoral
vote counted by a joint meeting Of the two
houses, a majority vote of all the members to
decide disputes. Edmunds in the senate, and
Springer in the house, have offered resolutions
for Joint committee OF both houses to take
charge of the whole subject and report what
legislation is necessary. The Edmunds reso
luton passed the senate on Monday.
Bills to cure our currency and financial ills
have been introduced in the house by Sparks
and Harrison of Illinois, and Jones from the
special silver commission, all three proposing
to cure our financial ailments by the remOne
tization of silver and the free issue of the IDOL
lar of the daddes" Wallace of Pa. has bill
for the coinage of $4OO,OO0OOO worth OF go
loid"-a mixture of gold, silver and copper
instead of the silver dollar.
Beck and Herford Of Ky. have each present
ed a bill to repeal the resumption act of 1873;
Senator McCrary has introduced bill for the
repeal of the bankrupt law; and Senator Wal
lace proposes a bill to issue S100000,000 Of
3G5 per cent bonds in small sums for savings
investments.
ADJOURNING TO ATTEND THE RACES.
The house adjourned over from Monday to
Wednesday, ostensibly to give Randall more
time for fixing up the committees and the
senate adjourned over from Tuesday to Thurs
day on the plea of getting time for committee
work but in both cases it is alleged the adj
jOurnment took place to enable the members
to attend the exciting horse races in progress
at Baltimore,-the same as parliament IS wont
to adjourn To attend the Derby races
THE MACHINE.
The heroic courage with which li,yes start
ed out to smash the party machine in the ad.
of the presidential Office is begin
ming to show strong signs Of oozing out.
Undoubtedly his southern policy has got past
proved such success and is so
popular that the bloody-shirtites find il wisest
10 drop the subject. But that makes them all
the tiercer to fight the presidents civil service
policy. The idea that senators and congress
men, most of whom would be the mercst cy-
pliers but for tEeir supposed control of GER
tain amount of political patronage, are COM
pletely 10 surrender that control, is utterly
and Hayes has been assailed on
that point with such energy and with 50 many
threats of organizing formidable opposition
% his administration within his own party,
hat his fraudulency is said TO have become
lopclc>sly panic.stricken and shows willing
1csS IN yipI1 .,nvthinr for peace so that the