The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-05-29

The BElLhQe9puLA Loyal League has
offered prizes for essays on the best
method of providing BY Law for Hthe
a0H1fHGtion Of candidates for oface.H
This may be very necessary-but it Is
very curious. The law pro
ydes now. fully and satisfactorily, for
the election of officers; every voter has
a voice in 1.-THE votes for whom he
pleases, and the votes OF the majority
decide The election. But it seems this
does not work well. There is a work
to be done, back OF all this. 1t is found
that the members of each party vote
for the man. good or bad, who has Sc
cnred the party nomination. Praeti-
cally, therefore, II is not the election by
the people, but the nomination by the
party, which decides the character of
our public officers. We are glad TO see
so Influential and patriotic body as
the Philadelphia Loyal League giving
attention to this important subject,
though We are not sanguiDe as to its
success. The evil, which is paIpabIs
and serious, has its root in the extent
to which partisan authority and ambi-
ton rule the people; and until that can
be essentially modified there Is but lit
tie hope Of any practical reform. Sill,
intelligent inquiry into the subject viii
do good
The New York 7SBIes learns that the
Secretary Of War has drawn mp a plan
providing for the establishment of Mill
tary PrufessOrships in the colleges of
the country. The plan Is to detail COM
petent officers from the army to teach
military science In each college whose
faculty Will make provision for mill
tary branch Of education. Two COM
petent officers will be sent to each coll
leSe-One as Professor of tactics and
strategy, and the other of engineering,
gunneyt Notifications and general
military science. II Is stated that Major
Whittlessy has already started on \
tour among the colleges TO get their
views on the scheme; and II his report
be favorable a bill will be introduced
to Congress next session providing for
putting the plan in operation. The
Secretary proposes TO commission as
officers in the army i've members of
every graduating class exceIling in
general and military scholarship, and
IL Is expected that these commissions
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students. The main objection to this
project Is that the terms Of study in our
colleges are already too brief TO enable
students to become profcients in their
proper studies. Their courses in clas-
s:cs, mathematics and philosophy re-
quire all the time and energies OF the
most industrious and capable students;
and though there might be a space set
apart each week for military exercises,
We do not believe 1t would be possible
for them TO give such attention to tstac-
ties, strategy, engineering, gunnery,
ioEahcatlons and general military
science" as to fit them for officers in
the army.
Secretary Seward has sent in his
statement OF the disbursements of the
contingent funds Of his department.
BE subseribes to numerous papers.
Forty firms are paid for books, nay
four newspapers get sls, 600 for publish
ing the laws. Queen Emma's board
cost $l,s6T. As she lives on the Sand
witches when she Is at home, this is
pretty extrayagant. Messrs. Mccarthy
and McGrew are paid S125 each for
amnesty oaths," which We suppose is
some expense for hard swearing. Over
a hundred thousand dollars Is charged
to ''The Presidents Approval" which
is indefinite. It can't have cost that to
get the Presidents approval of Stewards
acts, though in the matter Of Nc
Craeken even johnson may have held
back. 1t probably covers up an unac-
countable amount; like the boarding.
school boys account with his father
Oct LIST, peanuts 5 cts, candy 2 cts.
April LIST, sundries $40 g. Brady, the
photographer, gets $l39 so for taking
portraits OF the State Department.
About nine hundred dollars worth Of
presents were given to the TunIsfan am
bassadors. Five thousand eight hun
dred dollars are again spent for 1.-THE
Presidents Approval, /" and again s, 235.
Mr.. Burnley receives seas for white
Washfug-whom is not stated, whether
Johnson, Seward, or the New Orleans
riots A large item OF soap is also
charged, but whether OF the soft variety
Is not stated. Mr.. Seward has used
more or less Of that.
We have always supposed that the
judge who Instructed the jury in favor
Of the prisoner arrested for stealing
because the prosecution brought but
ave witnesses who saw him doIt, while
he could bring five hundred who could
swear they didn't see him, was pre-. en-
inenly unique in the history Of the
bench, as Dogberry in that of the po-
lice. But Mayor withers, of Mobil,.
just removed by Gen. Pope, has rescued
that Justice from mythical discredit
and made him fesh.and- blood realf.
ty. at the recent investigation Of the
riot in that city Eve negroes testified
that they saw several shots fired from
the window OF John Forsyth's house.
These men all stood in different posi-
tionsi one on the speakers platform,
another al the opposite corner from the
house, another on a street facing the
house, fourth In the street Just in
front Of the house, fifth on the side
walk just under the window. Four OF
them swear to the same particular win
dow, and to the circumstances that the
window was darkened at hrst. but
when the firing commenced the blinds
were thrown open and two or three
shots fired from It. In any ordinary
court, testimony SO eOnYergent and cir
cumstantial would be accepted as con.
elusive. But Justice Slender WIthers
hears ninetlOhtte men swear they didn't
see these shots, and theieupon remarks
that the weight of testimony Is In
every way against the fact sworn to by
the i've negro witnesses. Gen. Pope
has removed Withers, and people gem
orally will think that officer had well
nigh outlived his usefulness.
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