The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-01-14
WASHINGTON,

largely Of the inltlatory sort, few OF the com.
yet ready to report. The house on Friday OF
last week passed an appropriation of $4,000
for the work of the census bureau, and Mr.
Brown offered a resolution calling on the sec.
rotary of the interior Tor a statement of the
amount annually required for pensions during
the next quarter century, but no action has yet
been taken on the resolution.
On Monday, in the senate, Mr.. Bayard from
the committee on commerce reported tavora.
bly, the Morrill, tariff commission bill and
made speech, which is noticed elsewhere.
Mr. Beck opposed the bill as a scheme of the
mOnOpolists TO secure delay.
Next day, in the same body, Mr. Sherman s
funding bill was taken up and Mr. Vest de-
clared that the democratic measure of last year
would have saved the people S15000,000 an
nually IN interest; that the payment of the
public debt would wipe out national banks,
and the latter do not intend to surrender their
charters. Mr.. Sherman replied that the banks
were subject to the will Of congress, and that
it Is fortunate that the bill of last year failed.
No action was had on the bill.
In the house, same day, Mr.. Orth offered q
resolution instructing the committee on civil
service reform to repor: different mode OF
committees. After spirited con-
test the resolution was referred to the commit
tee on rules The Utah election case next
came up, and after hot debate it was agreed
to refer the matter to the committee on cleo
tons Meantime Mr.. Haskell offered rcso
luton in the house that no polygamist is emit.
tied to admission to the house as a delegate
but the house voted that the resolution did not
present a privileged question, and Mr.. Bur.
rows presented bill to define the qualiica
tons of territorial delegates, making polyga
msts ineligible, but General Singleton object
ed, and neither resolution WAS considered.
Among many other new bills introduced
during the week were-by Mr.. Kasson for a
to investigate the tariff and inter
nal revenue laws; by Mr.. Caldwell, to repeal
the arrearsofpensions act; by MIR. Page, to-
make the anniversary of the discovery OF
America a legal holiday; by Mr.. Smith, for
the distribution of pure vaccine matter to the
people; by Mr.. Paysen, to make polygamy a
disqualification for Office in the territories; by
Mr.. Henderson, for the construction of the
Nj ississppi and Illinois canal; by Mr.. Willis,
to reduce letter postage to two cents, and by
Mr.. Cassidy to restore to the public domain
land granted 10 the Northern Pacific road.
The physicians who attended President
Garfield have decided to present bills for
$4,000 Bliss leads the list with $4,000 :;
Agnew and Hamilton ask $4,000 each Boyn.
ton and Mrs. Edison, $4,000 each, and Rey-
burn, $4,000. The Pennsylvania road wants
nothing, and 1t is said that the state of Ohio
will take care of bills footing up 100000.
Among the speeches in the senate during
the week that of Mr.. Vest on the Sherman
fund Ing bill attracted most attention. Mr.
Vest wants the national banks abolished. He
thinks that the national DEBT and the system o,
national banks are twin curses He Is IN favor
Of paying the national debt as soon as it can
be done in silver dollars, or silver certificates,
Or anything the government may think about
printing off, and then wipe out the entire
banking system, and leave the government to
issue paper to supply the currency needed.
In regard to public printer a matter in
which the Illinois press is Interested on &C.
count of It's old iavorite, S. p. Rounds, the
Times correspondent has the following:
Senator Plumb declines to be interviewed in
relation to Public Printer Deirees' attack upon
him, or to say Il word upon the subject uneI
way or the other He does not intend to pay
any attention whatever tn DelreeS' open let.
ter" in which Senator Pldmb Is char ed AS
as self.cOnvicted of falsely boas,Ing
Of having lnsulted' the writer The lmpres
SION Is that this act of Deirees has had dam.
aging effect upon his chances of retention in
the Office he now holds. A gentleman who saw
the president on Saturday in Defrees' interest
SAYS he left the white house with the impress
sion that no change would he made, but that
Defrees' unwise attack on Senator Plumb has
hurt him. This gentleman de
rlares he would not work any longer in De
frees interest.
A. 3. Turner editor of the Grand Rapids
Edqle, Is candidate for public printer, and
is backed by the entire Michigan delegation
and other western congressman. His friends
regard his prospects as favorable The other
candidates are Rounds of Chicago, and Oyster
Df Pennsylvania.
The woman's rights question assumed a
new phase IN the senate the other day, with
indications that 1t may become a live issue IN
American politics. On Bayard's amendment
TO refer the Hoar resolution To create stand
ing committee on wOmsn's suffrage To the in
dietary committee, the republicans voted mo
and the democrats voted aye"
Davis, OF Illinois, voted with the republicans,
aud the question has thus become one of poll
tics so far as the creation Of this committee is
the republicans supporting the re-