The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-02-02
From Washington.
THE MATTHEWS RESOLUTIONS.

The senate on Friday OF last week caIlc "'
last to IA final vote on the resolutions OF Stanley
Matthews, declaring the national debt to be
legally and rightfuIly payable in silver. Dur
ing the lengthy discussion in the senate several
amendments had been proposed, the first to be
voted upon being that Of Mr.. ConkllnG, toI
|u,,l,o thn ro-oIut,nns "ioint" instead of "cOn-
c,rrertn Cort,i,r knowing that the Iesou-
.tio,s vouId certainty mass. proposed to compel
the President either to approve or veto them
Ios Joint resolutions mu,t go TO that functlonary
for on,rovoI while concurrent resolutions
|don,, rno,,ro ,I,o, f,rr,altiy The amendment
was Iost-3o 10 % The next amendment vot-
ed ON was that of Edmunds, declaring that
good Fifth Ic required the public debt to be
maid in cold This WAS lost by II against If.
The main oncstion then came up and the rcso-
.ln,io,s ,yoro odon+ol ~. . vote of 43 to %
An tho o,sontoos ,ycra naircd except Kellogg,
:. Inroll, and.Sbaron. and a. all these are known
IN bo .il,-or mon the vote demonstrates that
there * = cIcor majority of twothirds in the
senate il favor of the reconciliation Of silver,
90 that aprcsidcntial veto would not defeat the
measure in that body
The same result was shown in the house,
where fine Matthews resolutions were taken up
ON Monday, and passed without debate 10y
vote of 1856 to 19-showinr Il clear majority OF
'.tvo-tbirls IN both houses in favor of the Bland
''bil.
BLAND BILL
After the Matthews resolutions were dlspos-
Icu Oh III inc Sehale 'llc pi"h" NiNo' "'''' "
passed by the house. was taken up anu c'oN
day since then Il speech OF TWO mas pech i''""'
on II pro or con- II may Jake Nc'N Vi wv
to come to vote, Dut inc oiii Will unqueS'io"-
iaDly pass, though possibly WIFI Ill
striking out inc Tree coinage cla''So anu
the government advantage Vi inc 'no''"''.'
value Oh 'he SILVER by INC "o' Vi 'o'N"S'
strong ehoft Will DC i'l''''e " '''Plto ''o Jan
by substituting the trace collar ol nv s''ins
for the dollar OF inc la'IlerS "' 4l|'2 S'"'iS Vi
standard silver
WHISKY.
Ever since the beginning Of the session Il
strong lobby has been at work to procure re
duction of the tax on whisky, and as prelim-
mary measure IL bill was proposed and discuss
ed in the house on the 25th to allow all whisky
now being manufactured to lie in bond SIX
months before the tax is paid in anticipation
of the proposed reduction. The house on
Wednesday, however, squelched the whole
business by voting down the bill and adopting
Il formal declaration that 1t was lncXpedlent to
REFUGE inc taA OH WHISKY ny No'c Vi lf' W -
! sMALLS.
. Congressman Smalls, Of South Carolina,
who is under indictment at home for bribery
and corruption, had appealed to the house for
protection; but Proctor Knots committee,
who had the matter in charge, reported on
Friday that the house had no power to protect
It's members from pehal'leS lhsoiFe" ny 'ho
commission Oh ielohyi ana the mouse approx
ing the report poor 0hlaIIS HAS no choicc ou'
: leg Dali OF go nome ana s'ahu 'riai WIN 'he
almost certain prospect Oh IanuihS III 'hePehI-
tertiary
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POPULAR LOAN.
Secretary Sherman reports that already, since
he has taken the per cent. loan ont of the
hands Of the syndicate, and offered it for popu-
lar subscription, over S2,0OO,OOO have been
called for, and if better facilities are provided
for obtaining the bonds he has no doubt the