The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-11-24
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The coming session of Congress viii
begin work on the most importan
measures at once, and large number
OF oillS of urgent necessity, will bI
pressed upon the attention of bott
Houses as soon as the session ia fairly
organized. Time will be then gained
and, it is believed, instead of delaying
Important features of legislation unit
the last days of the session. the work
Will be mostly disposed of by the 4th o.
March, by making up the leading sub
jects the first week of Resembling. One
| OF the. most important measures 10 be
/ presented will be a bill by Senator Nor.
ion, providing for. the redemption OF
greenbacks. He will urge the sales ol
gold be discontinued and the surplus
ofgold in the Treasury, and that which
Is to accrue be appropriated for the re-
demption of the legal tenders. His bill
will fix the time for beginning the re.
demption, by way of illustration, in
January 1871. He believes that before
| the time arrives greenbRcks will be
worth their face on a gold basis. he
will oppose in the meantime any fur
ther contraction of the currency, believ.
ing that tue contraction will take place
by the act of redemption by canceliing
such notes when presented for redemp-
ltevs his proposition If carried out will
tend to diminish the volume of curren-
cy, as gold and silver will come In to
supply the place of such legal tender
notes as may be cancelled. Thetime
for beginning their redemption will not
be insisted on by Governor Morton,
some Congressman being in favor of be-
ginning in one year, others in three
and still others in five years.
PROPOSED UNION OF POST OFFICE AND
TELEGRAPH.
Among matters that will be brought
before Congress at an early day IN the
coming session is the question of uni
ting the Postoffice and telegraph. Mr..
Ramsay has a bill for the Senate and
E. B. Wasbburne for the House. The
Senate bill looks to contracts between
the Postmaster General and the tele-
graph companies for telegraph business
similar to those he makes with railroad
companies for mail business. This
scheme finds good deal of favor In the
East, and receives the support from the
present Postmaster General and a good
many members of Congress. 1t has
been Endorsed by the Board of Trade Of
Boston, and Mr.. Hubbard, of that city.
is now on his way West to present IL
before the Chicago Board of Trade on
Tuesday OF this week; before the ST,
Louis Board on Friday or Saturday,
meets at Cincinnati on Wednesday of
next week. He has been in correspond
ence with members of Congress and
others on the subject, and is accredited
by the business men of Boston.
SUFFRAGE IN TENNESSEE.
The disfranchised masses of Ten
nessee have come to believe fully
that there is nothing to be ex-
pected from the Legislature in the
way of extending Suffrage. and
every body is now looking 10 other
sources for relief. First il is hoped and
believed that in December, when the
franchise law comes before the Sup
RENE Court of the United States, that
body will declare it unconstitutional.
Failing in this, the other alternative
to the Constitution ofthe United States.
guaranteeing manhood suffrage all
around.
A COMFORTABLE BALANCE.
There will be surplus of 81, ,1OO. 600
on hand In the Michigan State Treasury
at the end OF the year.
THE FINANCIAL SITUATION.
Members of Congress are writing to
Washington freely about the financial
situation. Representatives Lynch, of
Maine, in letter to a gentleman in
that city, announces his intention to
call up, on the first day of the next ses-
sion OF Congress. his bill to provide
against undue expansion and contrac-
tiOns OF the currency. His bill to pro-
vide for the gradual resumption OF
specie payment was made the order for
the first Tuesday in December. 1t con-
tains the feature of a convertible bond,
bearing small currency interest, e1-
changeable at the Treasury Tor green
backs and Utce UerSa.