The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-01-11
From Washing TON.
CONGRESS-.
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CONGRESS
Congress rc-aSscmblcd on Tu",aty a,,er the
holiday recess, IL quorum being present IL both
houses. Among the bills Introduced in. lhc
senate WAS one for the interchange Of sut>idi-
AIRY silver coin for United Stat, notes. Mr.
Edmunds introduced a resolution declaring
that "now that peace and joy aad hope pre-
vailed everywhere" there ought IL bc nrpro-
! pirate legislation by congress 10 enforce the
! 18th and 18th amen lment> to Ia, constitution.
Lad over to rive Edmund, chance To make
II bloody shirt speech Nuorhccs called ur
and made II speech in favor ui' his resolution
| to make trade dollars legal tenders, bn, no ac-
! ton was had Senator MrDonaii introduced
| Il bill To tax grecnbacks. Referred. MIR.
! Grover of Oregon made IN explanation in re-
! gard 10 certain charges ot financial IRREGULAR
ties under his administration rs governor of
/ Oregon. He frankly confessed thai ne had
nothing TO do with The matter, aud that there
was not the slightest foundation for the sta T.
ments that have been mad, against INN. Tnr
senate spent some time ON the bill To amend
and consolidate the patent laws and then adj
journed.
/ In the house Carter Harrison presented the
petition for the impeachment of Judge BlOd.
gctt, which was referred to the Judiciary com
mttee. The house spent the day i'll committee
on the Geneva award bill! without coming to u
vote.
i No business was done IN ei her house on
i Wednesday on account OF the death of Con-
gresham lIartridgc of Georgia. He WAS one
of the ablest speakers in the house and IA very
popular member He died at O'Clock We'd
nesday morning Of pneumonia, Il disease
which seems to be alarmugly prevalent among
the members
/ TELLER COMMITTEE.
! Baine'S Teller committee is in session in
the custom house at New Orleans and seems
to have no difficulty in finding plenty of Wit
nesses to swear to all kinds OF buli-dozng at
the November election. In fact, you can get
witnesses Ivy the hundred 10 swear 10 anything
| in Louisiana.
POTTER COMMITTEE.
The Potter committee h,rs just returned af.
ter also having had 4 session in Louisiana.
They summoned thirty of Sherman's WITNESSES
| to swear to bull-dozing in Louisiana at the
election in 1876, and every one sworc that their
atlidavits made in the custom house in 1876 to
prove bull-loz.ng were made to order and con-
tanned not word Of truth Now the republi-
cans offer another list of Louisiana witnesses
to prove that these thirty witnesses were hired
to tell lies.
! 1t is understood that Samuel j. Tilden is
anxious to appear before the Potter committee
to testify in regard to the cyphcr dispatches,
but it is not known whether he will bc asked
to do so.
| SILVER DOLLAR
Sherman Unexpectedly finds daily inCrcas.
| ing demand for the silver dollar The call for
them amounts TO over 100000 u day, causing
u prominent, treasury official, who has all
along been an anti-silver man, to remark that
the people seemed to want tins kind Of money
after all.
FUNERAL.
: On Thursday both houses again did no bus.
i mess ON account of the funeral of Mr.. Hart.
ridge The funeral services took place in the
hall of the house. and were conducted by
Chaplain Harrison. After the ceremonies the
remains were taken t0 the Baltimore d Poto-
mac depot to he conveyed, in charge of q con-
imittee To Savannah for inierment