The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-04-20
From Washington.

TO REVIEW RETURNING BOARD RETURNS.
! Montgomery Blairs Maryland resolutions
| in regard to an investigation of Haves's title
were laid before the house on Monday accom-
panied by bill to give them effect The bill
authorizes any state, whenever it has reason to
believe that president or vice president of the
[. $ has not been fairly elected, to bring an
action in the nature of quo warranto in the
supreme court of the L. S, where the question
shall be fully and fairly tried, before all the
Judges and jury composed of twelve state
chief justices to be chosen by lot The bill
and resolutions were debated during the morn
ing hour and further action ON them deferred
one week.
WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE.
\ rather interesting debate took place in the
house on the 18th, private bills being the or
der, on bill to appropriate SG5,O0O to rebuild
William and Mary College in Virginia that
had been destroyed by the Union army during
the rebellion. Mr.. Goode, of Va, warmly adj
yocated the bin and was followed on the same
side in an earnest eloquent and classical"
speech by Dr. George Bailey Loring of Mass,
who supported the bill on grounds of national
bride and affection for the many historical
associations of the venerable institution Reed,
of Maine, however, took fire at the proposition
and said the appropriation would be made the
entering wedge for untold millions of southern
claims for which il would bea good precedent;
and Townsend, of New York, made it the text
ola singing speech against the south who
came always with the same hypocritical plea
for peace conciliation harmony and-an APP
preparation. No action was had on the bill.
CONKLING on HAYES.
| There was decided sensation in Washing.
ton on the receipt Of the n. y. lFOrld contain
ing five column interview of a WorM repor-
ter with Senator Conkling several months ago
at Utica, n Y. In it Conkling Is represented
as using the harshest terms imaginable against
Hayes, He says, in reference to the Louisiana
business that there is no possible doubt that
there was a bargain between Hayes and Mich
oils and that the fact will yet be made to ap-
| pear IN a shape that will convince the country
which Will stand appalled, at the dishonor of
the administration. The full facts in regard
to Louisiana, when known, he says, must sink
Hayes to the lowest depths of iniamy He
also says he never hopes to see Hayes in ac-
cord with the Republican party-and 50 on,
in this strain through five closely printed col
umns. Conkling don't deny the interview,
but says the publication is without his consent
and in many cases his language and meaning
are greatly perverted.
RESUMPTION.
The senate finance committee, to whom had
been referred the house bill to repeal the re.
sumption law, reported it to the senate on
Wednesday with amendments completely
changing its character Instead of repeating
the law in question it amends it by making
greenbacks at once receivable for government
ponds and after October 1st in payment for
customs dues II also forbids the further can
collation. of grccnbacks but requires their re-
issue when paid into the treasury or redeemed
in coin, The bill will doubtless pass the
senate.
BANKRUPT LAW
| BY nearly unanimous vote the senate on
Monday passed bill to repeal the bankrupt
law The bill has yet to pass the house.
CREDIT RESOLUTION.
| Last December Voorhees, offered in the senate
a resolution, on which at the time he hung Il
big speech to the effect that the financial cred
| it of the government should be maintained and
to do so the government must in good faith
keep all its contracts with its own citizens.
The resolution was reached in its order on the
calendar on Tuesday and gravely passed
NEGRO ENLIsTMENTS.
Senator Burnside's idiotic bill to destroy the
efficiency of the army by removing all restric-
tons upon the enlistment of negroes was
wisely defeated in the senate on Tuesday by a
vote of IS to L.
JOE BRADLEY.
| The invest cation, by the house judiciary
committee into the transfer to Tom Scott of
the Memphis and FL Paso railroad, it is said
promises to be one of the most sensational in
ouires of this congress 1t is said the transfer
was gross fraud and was accomplished
through a receiver whose appointment by Joe
Bradley Tom Scott made the price of Bradley's
appointment to Il seat on the supreme bench.
ADJOURNMENT.
The senate unanimously passed a concur
rent resolution on Wednesday to adjourn with
out day on the 10th of June When the reso-
luton came to the house Wood asked its refer
encc to the ways and means committee, which
by a combination of high tariff democrats and
the republicans was defeated. Further action
on the resolution was delay by the action ola
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