The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-08
WORK AT W ASHlNGTON
LEADING TOPICS AT THE ucAPiTAL.
Death of Kenneth Raynor-rh" supreme
Court Decides the Legal Tender Act
OF 1878 Nalid-R ,ndalI Indignant
Silver Coinage-COngression
DEATH OF KENNETH RAINIER

day afternoon. Kenneth Rayner was
born in BERTHE County, y. C., in lSOs. lie
studied law but did not practice He
served in the North Carolina Legislature
four times, and represented that state In
Congress from 1889 until lS4b. At the Ma
tonal Convention OF the kn0w-Nothing
party, held at Philadelphia, February %,
1856, he received fourteen votes for the
Presidential nomination, Mliard Fillmore
receiving one hundred and scventy-nne.
He was appointed Solicitor OF the Treasury
by President Hayes, June 30. 1877.
RANDALL NOT CAUSING DELAY.
Mr. Randall dtyied that he was using
the Appropriation bills to prevent con
81 IeratlUn of the Morrison Tarlft bill. The
decays in appropriation bills had beeh llli
ayuidable. Each bill was in charge OF Il
sub committee, and as many OF the mem
beers were new III Congress, 1t had re-
qured time to gather information con
corning particular items 30 Tar Il, he WIS
concerned himself he had done everything
in his power Ia push the bills to completion.
He said his opposition to the Morrison Dill
was well known, and he proposed To work
and vote against it, but not TO the extent Of
obstructing other legislation. The bills are
now in good shape and will be reported at
an early day. Nh Randall expressed his
strong Indignation at what he called the
effort that had been made to read him out
of the Democratic party.
SENSE ON 4 NoNsEAsiCAL PROPOSITION.
Representative Rice, OF Massachusetts,
SAYS of the pending bill to copyright news:
81 shall make an adverse report Under
such a law as the News Copyright there
would be complication Of lawsuits that
would set all the Judges wild. Every
newspaper publisher, it seems to me,
would have to retain a lawyer.
There is ingenuity in the compost
ton of book the same as in the invention
of patented article. There is no element
of genius in news. II is talk, common CAB
Bile, and none should be prevented from
writing all he chooses about current news.
TO prevent or prohibit it would be to arm
the mOnOpolies and appoint censor OF the
press that would ruin our common literary
Institutions
NEW FA>T-MAIL SERVICE.
The Postmaster General has succeeded i'll
making arrangements Tor "a special fast
mail train between New York and Chicago
to leave New York via the New York Cen
trail and Lake Shore II Michigan South
ern at $3.50 y. m, receive postal'car
connection from the New England
States al Albany, and reach Chicago at
1928 Il. m. making the entire run from
New York in twenty seven hours. For all
intermediate offices that wish to exchange
mails with the train the pouches will be
thrown off and caught without stopping.
The first through train under The new ar
rangement will leave New York for Chca-
20 next Saturday night.
CLERKS SUSPENDED FOR LACK or FUNDS.
The entire clerical force of the Census
Bureau, one hundred and five in number,
has been suspended from the 10th inst
owing to the exhaustion of the approprla-
ton for the maintenance of the bureau.
The Superintendent, the Chief Clerk and
one clerk are not included in the order, as
sufficient sum remains to pay their sal
aries fortnight longer, when II is hoped
the Deficiency Appropriation bill will be
passed.
APPLICANTS FOR THE RUSSIAN MISSION.
There are two applicants for the Russian
mission In the diplomatic service. Francis,
Minister to Lisbon, and Badeau, Consul
General at Havana, would like the place,
and are already being pushed for the posi-
ton.
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
WASHINGTON, March An the Legal
Tender case of Juillard VS. Greenman, de-
cided Monday by the United States SUI
preme Court, the question presented was
whether notes of the United States issued
in time of war, under acts Of congress de-
claring them to be OF a legal tender in pay
lnent Of private debts, and titerward, in
time of peace, redeemed under the act of
1873, can, under the Constitution, be le-
gal tender in the payment Of such debts.
The Court holds that the case presented is
not dstinguishable in principle from those
decided and reported by Wall in his 18th,
18th, 18th and oath volumes All the JUS
tees agree in this except Justice Field, who
adhereS to his dissenting opinion in the cases
mentioned Congress, il is held has power
To issue obligations in such form, and TO i'm
press upon them such qualities rs currency
for the purchase of merchandise and the
payment of debts rs accord with the usage
of sovereign governments. This power is
included in that To borrow money and pro
vide a National currency. The opinion was
by Justice Gray.
COINAGE or SILVER DOLLARS.
LIE lItNNNlfl vi iilt tUltt' tNttttS iltS
prepared a statement showing the total coin
age of standard silver dollars under the act
of February Is, 1873, to March, 1854 was
SlG6, l25, ll9; held in treasury offices and
minis, Sl26, 81, 800; outstanding, $50, 302,-
720. OF the amount held by the treasury
there are held To redeem outstanding silver
certificates $40, 2ii, 72l, leaving owned by
the treasury $50, 90. 61S.
w ,Sut<,p,,< March m. T.
Is a copy of the bill introduced by Senator
Sherman Tuesday granting a copyright to
newspapers:
he it enacted, etc., That any daily or weekly
newspaper, or any association of daily or
weekly newspapers, published in the United
States or any of the Territories thereof, shall
have the sole right la print, issue aud sci, Tor
"a term OF eight hours. dating lIOm the hour %,
going To press, the contents I'll said daily or
weekly II, wSpipcrs, or the collected news OF
said newspaper association cNce rding one
hundred words
Sec =. That fo" any infringement OF the
copyright granted by the first section of this
net, the party injured may sue IN any court of
competent jurisdiction ami recover in any
proper action the damages sustained by him
from the person making the infringement to-
gether with the costs of the silt.
A duplicate of the foregoing measure will
be introduced In the House at the earliest
opportunity by a Representative from Nir-
ginia
DEMoCRArlC CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.
The DpInocratic IonVreSSinnaI (a,unaigu