The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-02-09
THE NATIONS CAPITAL.
suNpRy ITEMS FROM WASHINGTON.
Discussion on the Trade DOllar-FavOr-
able Action on the Hennepin Canal
Changes In Senate Commit
tees-WOrk In Congress.
OTHER NEWS FROM THE CAPITAL.

WASHINGTON. Feb. THE withdraw
al of the trade dollar was discussed
by tie House Committee on Coinage,
Weights and Measures, and the sub
committee having charge of the subject re-
ported bill Final action by the full com
mttee was postponed until Tomorrow.
The proposed measure provides that until
January /, 1856, trade dollars be received
at their face value for the payment
of all dues to the United States, and
shall not be again paid out or in
any other m nner relsSued. Holders
of the coin may receive in exchange
dollar for dollar In any silver coin OF the
United States ON presentation OF the trade
dollar at the Office of the Treasurer and AS
siStant TreaSurers, or at any mint OF the
United States. The bill also provides that
the trade dollar be rec0ined into any au-
thOrzed coin of the Government a mum
Der of the members of the committee are
oppose to the manner of recOinagc pro-
posed by the bill, and Representative Bland
gave notice that he would insist upon an
amendment providing for the recoindge of
the trade dollar into the standard dollar, in
stead of any authorized coin.
NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL.
The House Committee on Appropriations
will complete the Naval Appropriation bill
to-day. 1t provides tor IN appropriation OF
Sl4,329 1876, being ~, 326,30i less than the
estimates and 81 500, 23S less than the APP
preparation for the current year. A sufii-
cient amount was agreed upon To complete
four steel cruisers proposed by the Secretary
OF the Navy. Nothing is given, however,
for the completion of the monitors, for
which So, SOC, 900 was asked.
THE HENNEpIN CANAL.
The Hennepin Canal bill, reported favor
ably by the committee yesterday morning,
apprOpriates 81, 600, 900 for beginning work
on the canal. The friends of the canal are
very hopeful in regard to its passage in the
House, though by Others serious doubts OF
its passage are expressed. Should its
friends make a working alliance with the
Baltimore u Delaware Canal, 1t may pull
through. The vote on the liennepin Canal
in the committee was s to
AMONG THE COMMITTEES.
The following changes have been made
in the membership OF the Senate commit
tees d
On Additional Accommodation for the Lii
brary-Bayard Morrill, and Miller of CalifOr
MIA were added and DOiph retired.
On Agriculture and Forestry-sawyer and
Gibson were added.
On Commerce-Dolph, Gorham and Slater
were added, and Farley relieved.
on Manufactures-Pik and Butler we've
added.
TO the Craftsmanship, and Cuom and Jones of
Florida were added.
On Woman SuiIragc-Cockrell was added |
and made Chairman, and Jones, of Florida
On Claims-Fair was added and Gibson re-
tired.
The following were named as members of
the two committees created by the new code !
OF Senate rules:
On Expenditures of Public Moneys-Wil- |
son, Harrison, Plumb, Plat, Beck, George |
and kcnna.
on Fish and Fisheries-Lapham, scwell. |
Dawes, Palmer, Morgan, Groome and Farley. |
AS authorized by the Sherman Malone
resolutions, the Senate Committee on Priv
ileges and Elections has appointed the fol-
lowing subcommittee to investigate the |
causes of election riots at Danville, Va,
and Copiah, Miss: For Virginia. Senators |
Sherman, Lapham, and Vance; for Missis-
sippi, Senators llOar, Cameron wisconsin,, |
Frye Salisbury, and Jonas.
PROTEST OF woRKINGMEN.
III mas Decn eNlueIt lOr S0Hie tllllc tidt |
the rapid increase in emigration to this
country is exciting the luminosity of work
ingmen in general. The subjec: has been
discussed in labor organizations to greater
or less extent The first well-OrganiZed eff
fort appears to have been made on Monday.
1t is in the form of printed petition.
1t is addressed to Congress II says: I'VE
call upon you In the name of the
,l,nr in fhA it.,l
States. We call your attention to the fact |
that this custom Is growing into a steady |
menace to the stability of American institu-
tons, and aims direct blow at the com
mercial life of the Union by attempting by |
unfair means to reduce to tine starvation
level OF Europe the wages of our wOrkincn.
To such an alarming extent has this system
been developed that we find the attention of
foreign Consuls drawn to its manifest evils, |
and in some instances il has been the sub
iect OF spechl reports. We welcome gladly |
TO our shores those who have burst aSunder
the chain, Of oppression and come into our
mids' free moral agents but we stclnly pro-
test against the landing of bands Of foreign |
laborers upon whose body blood money to the
extent of thirty dollars per head has been paid |
and whose liberty Is tOreswOrn before their
nHtive land passes from their view. We |
call upon you to enact such laws as will !
make ii u criminal oticnSe to bring To this |
country bodies of men whose freedom has
been purchased, as it Is the easiest thing in |
the world to send an agent among the i'll |
fed, ll-paid and population oppressed labor
erS IN almost any of the industrial
ccnters of the world and obtain sufficient |
number of voters ready TO go any where at
any time and at almost any price"
These petitions are signed by many thou
sand persons. One alone has thirty thousand |
signatures appended.
ECONOMY IN RIVER APPROPRIATIONS.
The House Committee on rivers and har
bors discussed the limit Of the apprOpria-
tons for the next fiscal year Tuesday The |
majority favored appropriations OF not |
more than 0,OOO,0 900, and, If possible, |
within $4,000, 900, though the estimate
OF the engineers amount to about S35 0OO,-
900. This sum, however, the committee
thought it impossible to secure particular
ly rs the last Congress had refused To ap-
propriate $1,000, 900. No improvement of
q local nature will be considered
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
In the Senate on the ith the Chair presented |
resolutions adopted by the Legislature OF |
Ohio favoring IA tariff for revenue Mr.. Lo- |
gan presented "a protest against the passage |
of the bill for tho relief of EitZ John Porter