The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-22
FROM WARHINGTON.

Doubtless general sign ol rciici again gus
ND on the announcement that congress has adj
Iiourncd The closing scene was attended with
the usual disgraceful concomitants. All the
lmportant work of the session again drool-
ed slugrishly along until within day or two
of the end, and then was rushed through "in a
Itumbling cataract of chaotic legislation The
result of course is, that nobody out Of Wash
ington will probably know for weeks what
amount of mlschefhas been done. One thing,
however, all know, and that is, that the worst
steals and nastesr jobs are always consummat.
ed amid the hurry burly ofthese last hours, and
there is no reason to doubt that IN the present
case the work Of plumber is up to the usual
mark.
Anything like comprehensive synopsis OF
the proceedings of the past week is beyond our
limits We can only give few OF the more
notable results and incidents.
The resolution in regard to the Potter com
mittee investigation not being intended to dis
| turb Hayes's title mentioned IN our last as
agreed upon by the judiciary committee, was
anticipatcd in the house on Saturday by Bur
chard OF H., who took everybody by surprise
| by offering Il resolution to the effect that any
attempt on the part of this congress to disturb
IIayess title would be revolutionary and was
not therefore intended. The republicans were
of course disguised with Burchard for offering
the resolution, for had they not raised the cry
of revolution against the democrats and
wouldn't the adoption Of this resolution give it
the lleY Unsavory as it was, however, the re
publicans had to back it up, and the democrats
also voting for the resolution, it passed nearly
unanimously. After that the resolution Of the
judiciary committee to substantially the same
effect, passed without opposition.
Of course, in the incessant demands upon
the time OF the members during the last hours
of the session the investigations Of the Potter
committee are temporarily SUSPENDED. They are
to be resumed, however within week.
The house refused to pass the resumption
bill as amended by the senate, making green
backs receivable for customs after the first of
the crazy inlationists insisting on the original
bill Internationally repeating the resumption
act.
The river and harbor bill went through both
houses on Saturday and is a law. 1t appro
PIRATES $S,331 900, including $4,000 to the H.
linois river.
The army bill also passed The army re
mains at $4,000, and is not to be used as aposse
comitatus except as specially authorized by
law"
The senate committee appointed at the be
ginning of the session to investigate the charge
that Grover OF Oregon had been elected to the
senate by fraud and bribery reported that there
was no foundation for the charges.
| There was quite Il little "circus " in the sen
ate on Monday over an amendment to the sun
dry civil service bill, to appropriate $4,000 to
pay the expenses of Hayes's Louisiana com
mission. Conkling, Blaine, Spencer and kel
! logg each in turn took a savage tilt at Hayes
on account of the work of that commission
and the amendment was rejected by vote OF
80 to 80 1t appears that Sherman borrowed
the money of one of his New York syndicate
banks, ana being unable to pay it when due
a New Orleans lottery broker advanced the
money to save Sherman's credit Sherman
wants the broker paid for fear he may get as
bad q hold on him as Anderson had.
The house on Monday unanimously passed
resolution offered by Butler asking the sen
ate to request Stanley Matthews to appear
before the Potter committee and testify. The
senate referred the resolution to the committee
on privileges and elections.
TT appropriation of S5,5O0OOO to pay the
award of the Halifax fishery commission was
finally logged through as an amendment &c
the sundry civil service bill.
The final adjournment of both houses took
place at o'clock on Thursday morning, after
an all night session and amid scenes of dis
graceful drunkenness