The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-02-09

the bin created fracas, In which Browne
"of ours" made himself heard ana leit
Mr.. Meyer of Cook, who Introduced the
bill, requested that II be sent To the com
mitees on municipal affairs and on drain
age for joint discussion. Browne maze
the point, which the chair sustained, ina
this would require two>thirds vote to sus-
pend the rules and moved It's reference 70
the committee on drainage, In his speech
| 20 the question insisting that the two com
mit,ees named contained too much COOK
county inf uence for tair examination OF
the merits of the bill with reference IL
other psrts of tho State. Mr.. Mooney OF
| win supported Mr. Browne by warning the
| Cook county men that too much Zeal ana
too Migrant exhibition Of a desire to take
undue advantage of the circumstances
might endanger the bill without reference
10 lis merits or necessity 10 Chicago. AT
length, on motion OF Miller of stark Co.,
II was referred 10 the committee OF the
whole.
The house devoted "Wednesday to the
discussion Of bill, ordered 70 third read
ing, allowing attorneys fees in IA Judgment
Obtalned by workman in a suit against an
emplOye for wages.
On Thursday a republican house caucus
passed resolution p0stpuning all action
on the subject OF the final adjournment un-
III April 10Th The Senate had voted 10
adjourn on April 26th; the Speaker WAS in
favor of extending the time 10 May 18th.
A bill has been introduced 10 elect Su-
pervsurs for three years, dividing present
members of boards into three classes by LOT
10 serve one two and three years respec-
lively.
Mr. Allison has decided 10 decline the
treasury portfolio offered him by S'r llar-
rison, and on Friday last sent a letter TO
that effect 10 Mr.. Harrison. Opinion In
Washington Is divided as 10 whether this
dsclination is a snub to Harrison or a
shrewd step on the part of Mr. Allison to
take care Of himself, AS II Is thought that
should he withdraw from the Senate now
his chances of returning TO It from Iowa
after four years won Id be exceedingly slim.
However, II is clear the refusal OF Mr.. AL
lison to accept the treasury has upset Mr..
HarrisOn's calculations and will necessity
the remodellng of his cabinet plans, Fur
ther, the best republicans In Washington
see In this refusal of Mr.. Allison the fore.
cast Of events with Mr. Blaine as prime
minister. They feel that with Mr.. Blaine
as the big gun of the cabinet, that good
men will be hard to find for the other po-
sitioas and that Mr. Harrison is now in the
position OF man begging and not SO much
as man who has simply choice Of ex-
cellent material. At any rate, the number
of small fry who are talked of as cabinet
officers Is really appalling Bill Chandler,
Rusk of Wisconsin, Mckinley of OHIO, and
other of like calibre. The better elements
of the party have given up all hope of the
exclusion of Blaine, though they feel, of
course, that by cutting loose from him en-.
tirely cabinet could be constructed that
would permit Mr. Harrison an sdministra-
tion that would strengthen him and his
party with the country as he could not
with Blaine. The contract, for example,
of the conduct of the Samoan affair by
Bsysrd with the probable outcome had the
clustering, "magneticn Blaine been in the
State department the last few weeks is
cited. Mr. Bayard's action has been strong
and determined, leading to settlement of
the business by the arts of peace through
In which the L. S. suffers no
shock 10 Its dignity CT honor. How many
are there, of peace loving folk who, re.
Blaine's South American ia''
cos, do not regret that Bayard, with all his
faults, will soon lay down his task to be
by the up-start Blaine?
The House has passed the Oklahoma
bill creating n territorial government for
the little strip of land north of the pan han
ile of Texas, known as mo Mau's Land"
and for that portion of the Cherokee lands
known rs Oklohoma. The bill now goes |
% the senate mo mans Land" Is well |
named In the division of the western |
states, Kansas, Indian Territory and Texas,
/ defect In descriptions left this long, mar
Ow tract out of all OF them IL Is, there |
ore, quite proper II should be brought |
within the jurisdiction of some form of
government, and the Oklahoma bill, so far ,
IS this piece Is concerned, is unobjection-
Ible but the opening Of the Oklahoma re'
lion IL nothing more nor less than the
downright stealing of a large tract OF land
rom the Cherokee Indians to whom It's
possession was guaranteed by the solemn
Promises OF the government. The CherO-
iees are "A civilized race, to whom the gov
rnment promised the possession of the
ANUS vi hIlel WdtuS " SullhUlb CblnDtnSh
ion for such of them as were to be used
or the use of freedmen and northern In
lians only, to be placed there. The gov
'rnment has never ColoniZed either freed'
nen or northern Indians there, and, what
s more, never having paid for the lands,
las now no title 10 them and TO now take
Of them and open them to settle.
nent Is but little short of downright rObN
'ery. But the squatters, the adventures,
he land grabbecs and the interested rail
Dads are bowling for these fertile lands
nd the Indians rights will take back
eat, of course; and the Cherokees, will
low know of "boodlers," trusts" monopo-
lists, starving lahorers, thieves, blacklegs
&C., will be introduced TO those accessories
4 an advanced civilization, which, though
themselves a civilized race, they have
eretoiore lived in profound ignorance of,
On Monday the Ice in Pine Lake, Fulton
ounty, N. Y, gave way under a party of
)ggers, and seventeen men and "a teams
we're drowned; seven drivers escaped
The street car hands strike in Brooklyn
; virtually ended, the men losing their
'oint. The strike was accompanied by
luch violence on the part of the strikers,
nd during It's progress two men have been
illed, one man partially by accident, the
Al..ar Nl, oil.