The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-01-19
THE NATIONS AFFAIRS
LEADING TOPICS Ar WASHINGTON.
Appointment of a Republican Congress
Sional Campaign Committec-Sher-
mans Currency Iill--CrOoked
Public Servants.
GENERAL CAPITAL GOSSIP.


Representative Miller, Of Pennsylvania
acted as Secretary, In taking the chat
Senator Edmunds said the outlook for th'
Republican party for 1884 wa at this earl!
period in the campaign better than any
time In the past fifteen years. There wa.
every reason to believe that the party would
be successful, ii it only exercised wisdom ir
selecting its candidates.
Senator lIOar offered resolution provid
ing for the immediate organization OF cam
pa.gn. committee, consisting of one member
from each State and Territory having Re
publican representatives. This committee
will prepare documents concerning sub
iec.s pending ii Congress, and other
political iuiounatioE and do other
work which MAJ be- agreed upon.
The members 90 III" Committee agreed
upon by the Nrpg' >anta'ives o. the states
were:
California senate" Miller; Florida. l.. Bis
bee; Illinois. T.. Il. Dhyrs; Iowa, Senator AM
son; Kansas, l'homa" Ryan; Ndssaclmse'tr,
Senator Hoar; Minnesota ". -. WHsbburn:
Mississippi. Judge Jeifords; Nevada, senator
Jones; New Hampshire, senator Blair; New
Jersey, Senator Sewell New York, !. HiscOck,
North Carolina. james +. OHara; ohio. VIII
IAN mckinley, Jr.: ItnllrylNAIila, y. W. camp
bell: South Carolina. T.. W. ". nachey; YER
mont, }. W. stewart: Weso Virginia. Nathan
Cot: Wisconsin. Senator Sawyer: LGkota. j..
B. Raymond: Idaho, Theodore SinEiscr; New
Mexico, 7. Luna; Washington Territory. 7. IL.
Bren,s.
By a majority Of one tLe Elections Com
mittee decided that neither Manning nor
Chalmers had prima tacie right to the
seat; that it would be necessary to go be-
hind the official returns, and that the House
would haze TO decide the case OF is merits.
it is thought the result will be that the
House viii deciaretnc seat yacantGnd order
Il new election.
Brewster Cameron appeared before the
House Committee Oh Expenditures nf the
Department Of Justice again and gave q list
of twenty-five more persons whose Official
conduct had been Investigated. Some O.
these men, Cameron said, had been con
victed. Ralph Balm, a special examiner,
gave his experience as examiner in GeOr
gia, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Florida, New York and Penn
sylvania. In regard 10 the shortage In the
Office OF United States Marshal Fitzsim.
mons, the predecessor Of General Long
street, he said that S23 900 was missing
but the official had never been prosecuted,
nor had anything been recovered from Fitz
simmons or his bondsmen. Erroneous
charges OH the part Of Deputy Marshas I'M
der LOngstreet, amounting to 900 Or
$1,000, were submitted though iongs.reet
was not blamed.
The annual report OF the Agricultural De-
partmcnt, just issued. puts the corn crop Of
illinois at S,l5i, 4G3 acres yielding 203, 1856,
800 bushels, being an average OF twenty
tive bushels per acre. Illinois is the banner
State no other State having as large an
acreage or producing rs many bushels.
The next highest state is Iowa,
which has G66,62I acres, though Kan
sas, which has 41S.s5G acres, has larger
number Of bushels than iowa has, her total
being IT. 100000 bushels, against loWas
1859, 629, 600 bushels, Illinois has almost
one-eighth of the total corn acreage OF The
entire country, and over one-eighth OF the
total yield, the yield running - 10 bushels
per acre, which is above the average It is,
however, q curious fact that The New En-
gland States have higher number 81 bush.
els per acre than has lilinQis.
The south emu of the capitol building is
10 crowded that additional rooms for use OF
committees and for handling documents
will have to DC provided. For the latter
purpose extra accommodations have been
provided In leased building in the vicinity,
but several committees are still wandering
among the peanut stands which adorn the
corridors about the Representatives cham
Der. without permanent abiding place.
The large granite mansion belong
ing to Ben Butler, which stands |
within a stones throw OF the capitol,
would be acolvenient and comfortable lOca-
ton for the overflow, and the House Com
mittec Oh Public Buildings have been ques-
tiOning General Butler about leasing il. lie
Is willing TO lease it OF 10 sell IL. The house |
was occupied for several years by the family |
Of Senator Jones, Of Nevada, at rental OF
five thousand dollars year. and President
Arthur occupied part Of ii for some uonths |
While the White House was undergoing ie- |
pairs, after the death OF President Garfield. |
WASHINGTON, Jan. l6-At the meet |
ing of the Senate Finance Committee |
MIR. Sherman proposed an important |
amendment TO his own bill. designed |
10 meet the objection that the Measure |
would base the amount Of circulation upon |
huctuatlng standard. He poIc>ci TO |
authorize the Secretary 20 issue
National bank hotes up to ninety |
per cent OF The face value 81 |
three per cent bonds deposited as security |
for circulation. Where highcrrat- bonds |
were deposited. he proposed to compute tho |
interest above three per cent. and allow Il |
circulation to the amount Of ninety per cent !
Oft he aggregate interest over three per |
cent. Tor the whole time such bonds have to |
run. Thus, four per cent. bonds having |
tventy-three years 10 run, OH being deposit |
ted as security for circulation. would en- |
title the bank depositing them to receive |
currency at the rate OF 1000 for each 100 |
bond deposited, that being ninety per cent. |
OF the face value and ninety per cent. add. |
ti0nal for all excess OF interest over three
per cent. /
Secretary of State Freiingluysen has re.
ceived from Mr. Merritt, United States Con-
Sul-General at London, report upon the
existing state of paupersm in the British
Kingdom. Mr.. Merritt says that the num-.
Der OF paupers in receipt Of relief from
unions and parishes in England and Wales,
on tho LIST OF January, 1883, was 40, 296;
in Scotland, 95,0Si: ia Ireland, ll5,GSi,
making total of l,0l0 06l, an Increase Of
1881 over 1881. Scotland shows a decrease
OF 2,7O6.
The disposition Oh all sides is 10 have the
business OF the session pushed with expedi-
ton, so that the sine die adjournment can
be had early enough in June 10 enable the
Democratic Convention 10 do its work with.
out the overshadowIng influence OF the Ma
Anil lat taIF A T.. L