The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-06-15
From Washington.
THE POTTER COMMITTEE.

has progressed ratncl SLOWLY uuIihS tic P'St
week on account of the pre-occupation of the
members with legislative business so near the
close of the session. The revelation of Levisee,
mentioned in our last, that the Louisiana GER
tfcate on which that state was counted for
Hayes was a forgery, was established beyond
uuestion by other proof, showing that the for
gerry was committed by Kellogg's negro door
keeper and confidential man, and that he forg
ed both the names of Levisee and Parks to the
certificate. The fact, however, is regarded as
of little consequence as the electoral commls
sion would have given the state to Hayes by :
to 7 even if they had known of the forgery.
A day was foolishy wasted by the committee
in an attempt Of Butler, as Il member OF the
committee, to prove a corrupt bargain between
HAYES and certain southern democratic men,
beers, but nothing of Importance came OF it.
An important point was proved by Seymour,
the notary before whom Anderson and Weber
swore to the statement that the election in the
Felciana parishes was peaceabc and fair, but
that they protested against counting the votes
llultiy W SAVE tlS 5ldlS ioi Inv - I"0
leans said the affidavit was forged by Amber
son, but Seymour proves it genuine and to
have been sworn to both by Anderson and
Weber before him.
The most important witness examined dur
ing the week was eX-cOngressman Darrell, OF
La Though republican and friend OF Hayes,
he admitted the genuineness Of all the cores
pondence between Anderson and Sherman,
Stanley Matthews, &c, and that he himself
had used that correspondence as leverage to
help him to an Office. His evidence corrobor-
ated Anderson in every material point
ANOTHER BAD ONE on JOHN SHERMAN.
The Glover committee on treasury frauds
brought out another ugly fact against John
Sherman in connection with the Louisiana
frauds. The republican visiting statesmen
to Louisiana had the cheek, through Sherman
to ask congress to pay their expenses, which
congress of course refused to do. However, it
turns out that Sherman, in anticipation OF an
appropriation by congress, had borrowed $4,000
of one of his New York syndicate banks and
is now unable to repay it. 1t seems there is
very rigid law against government officers
borrowing money in anticipation of appropri.
atoms, and Sherman has laid himself liable to
an ugly prosecution for it.
ARMY BILL.
The house army bill, as passed by the SEN
ate, raises the army from 10000 to $4,000 men,
and refers the question Of turning the Indians
over to the war department to commission of
senator's and 4 representatives to occupy the
summer in looking the question up. The pro-
vision of the house bill that the army should
not be used as posse comitatus in any state
was changed so as to restrict the use of the
army in any state to the constitutional provls-
ion of being subject to the call of the legisla-
ture or governor of state.
POOR STANLEY MATTHEWS.
Stanley Matthews is in trouble. He refused
a polite invitation of tho pnttor committee to
appear before them and explain his suspicious
with the disreputablc jim An
derson, and thereupon the committee sent him
a subpoena This he also refuses to respond
to, and the house will next have to take him
in hand Meantime his whitewashing com
mtiee in the senate show strange aversion to
the unpleasant job assigned them. Davis,
Whyte and Jones tried to get excused from
serving on it, but as nobody would take their
places the senate refused their request. The
finally met and decided to do moth
ing until cooler weather
HAYEs's TITLE.
TO silence the yelp of the republicans that
the Potter investigation means the revolution
airy" step of ousting Hayes and inaugurating
Tildcn in his place, the house judiciary COM
mttee have agreed on resolution that the
44th congress was the properly constituted
body to count the votes and declare the result
of the presidential election, and that no subse
quent congress has power to revise the action
thus taken; nor can congress confer power
upon the supreme court or upon any other tri
bunal to reopen the questions which have
been settled"
RIVER AND HARBOR BILL"
The river and harbor bill, as passed by the
house, appropriated over $7,000000, being So
100000 in excess of last year. The senate has
added two more on the communistic plea of
making liberal appropriations to give work to
IDLE men The grab will doubtless ultimately
90 through the house on the same plea.
SCOTS Southern Pacific railroad grab has
been postponed to the next session.
RESUMPTION REPEAL.
The bill passed at an early day of the session
by the house to repeal the resumption law was
amended in the senate by making greenbacks
receivable for 4 per cent. bonds and for duties
after the 1st of October, but otherwise leaving
the resumption law as it is, and in that shape
passed, on Thursday, 10y a vote of As to ID. Its
passage 10y the house Is doubtful.
WHAT DO THE GREENBACKERs WANTl