The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-11-29
NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
Some important Measures 20
Come Before Congress.
Meeting OF the House COMMITTEES ON Ap-
propriations-isep Of Attorney
General Brewster
0f the Postal Service.
BUSINESS BEFORE CONGRESS.

| meet next MONDAY ana VIII nnu tts calen.
dals loaded down with business left over
from the last session. The Senate calendar
includes 200 bills and resolutions. most
of which originated In the Senate. The
HoN,e calendars are, OF course, far moro
heavily loaded. The calendar of the
Committee of the Whole OH the State
Of the Union contains III bills; the calen-
dars of the House itself 100; the calendar
of private bills 465, and 25S bills which have
passed the Senate are are now lying on the
| Speakers table. The Senate cleaned up the
House business pretty well at the last ses-
sion, but the House neglected the Senate
bills In marked degree. Among the
earlier bills on the Senate calendar are the
following:
pend t5O, 00J.O0 derived from the internal rev
enue taxes and sale Of public lands for the ed
ucation Of all the children living In the United
| States.
Senator Blair's bill to reduce revenue, pro-
mote domestic industry, and increase foreign
| commerce.
Senator Blalrs Joint resolution proposing
| an amendment 10 the Constitution in relation
to alcoholic liquors and other poisonous bev-
erages. ....
Joint resolution to give notice of the ter.
mination of the Hawaiian Reciprocity treaty.
The Committee on Foreign Affairs has report
ed adversely on this
A bill to repeal the Timber.Culture act.
A bill to ok and regulate the hours of labor
oflabOrers, workmen and mechanics employed
by tho Government of the United States.
A bill to protect employees md servants en-
gagged in foreign and inter State commerce,
Columbia And the Territories Of the United
States.
bill to make the Commissioner of Agri-
culture Cabinet Minister.
A bill to prohibit the mailing Of newspapers
and other pu blcations containing lottery ad
vertisements, and prescribing q penalty for
the violation of the same.
A bill to enable the people OF that part or
the territory of Dakota south of the forty
sixth parallel of north latitude to form a Con-
stitutiOn and state Government, and for the
admission of the State into the Union on an
equal footing, with the original States, and
g Senator EIi's Si to establish postal tele
graph system.
Judge David Davis bill to establish Court
OF Appeals.
Among the Senate bills awaiting House
action OH the Speakers table are the follow
ing:
An act TO authorize the sale of timber On
certain lands reserved fer the use OF the Me-
nOmOnee tribe Of Indians, In the State OF Wis
cOnSin.
Joint resolution expressing the appreciation
of Congress ahd the people of the United
Majestys Government In presenting to the
United States the Arctic steamship Alert,
which was given to US nearly year ago.
An act to authorize the construction of ad
ditional vessels tor the navy.
Acts for the erection OF of public buildings
at La Crosse, Wis, winona, Mimi, Oshkosh,
Wis; for the purchase of ground adjacent to
the Government Building IN Springfield, Ill,
and acts for the erection OF public buildings
in New Albany, Ind, Pueblo, Col, and Detroit,
Mich.
An act fixing the salaries of Judges OF Unit
cd States District Courts at 5000
An act to provide for the allotment OF lands
in severalty tO indians on the various reser-
vations, and TO extend the protection of the
laws of the States and Territories over the H.
dams, and for other purposes.
Senator Blair's bill to appropriate about
$aAO0,0D In the next seven years for common
schools
An act to authorize the location OF a branch
home for volunteer disabled soldiers in either
tue Of
An act to place Ulysses s. Grant, late Gener-
u Of the army OF the United States, upon the
An act providing 70: the allotment of lands
in severslty TO certain Chippewa Indians OF
Lake Superior resiitng In the State of Wiscon-
sin, and granting patents therefor.
Among the bills on the House calendar
are:
Randall military reservation, in the Territory
Of Daktja. lying east of the Missouri River
4 bill IN amend section SIC of the Revised
Statutes OF the United States. relating TO the
Districts, aud to provide for holding terms Of
court OF the Northern District at the city OF
Peoria.
A bill u declare forfeited certain lands In
the State of Michigan granted to aid in the
construction of railroads. and TO enforce the
same by judiciary proceedings.
a bill to divide the state OF Illinois into
three judicial districts, and to provide for
holding courts therein.
ttrS, d.Itiss Sf tSS ONE OF Tcod INT In case
Of the removal, death, resignation, or inabD-
ity both of the President and VicePiesident.
a bill to provide for the sale OF the Iowa In
dian reservation in the States of Nebraska
and Kansas, for the issuance of patent for
reservation for the Iowa tribe OF Indians In
the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.
A bill to forfeit lands granted to the State OF
Michigan to aid in the construction of rail.
road from Marquette to OntODagOn, in said
State. Il
A bill to provide for the acceptance by the
United States of the grant of the Illinois and
Michigan Canal aud all it's appurtenances from
the state OF Illinois.
GETTING READY FOR WORK.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 26.--The House
COMMITTEES on preparations met yesterday
at the capitol 10 map out its work for next
session. Chairman Randall and Messrs
Ellis. Townshend, FOllett and Ryan were
present, and Messrs. Keller, Holman and
Forney were represented by others. Esti-
mates for six annual -poSt-ottice, Indian,
consular and diplomatic army and navy,
and military academy-were placed in the
hands of subcommittee, and ii is expected