The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-06-29
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CoLRAxis RUNoRRD MARRIAGE.
Speaker CollAx denies the report that
he Is aboutto be married to = lady in
Keokuk, Iowa. He further declares
that there Is no Foundation for the story,
says he means what he says, is not
Joking, etc, which will be recognized
as the old style ofdepial in such cases.
GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS bill
The Senate at a late hour Frinay
| evening finally passed the general aP-
preparation bill, though RRmsey, Cham
dler. Thayer and Upton tried TO pre-
vent this action by lodging ont of the
chamber when they were voted down
on motion to adjourn. All but Chan
dler came back, however, when pro-
position was made to send the Sergeant
alarms after them The greater por-
ton of the day was spent on the ques-
ton of Increasing the salaries of some
of the heads of bureaus. The amend
ment WAS at last carried by q to 10.
| increasing the pay Of Commissioner OF
1 Pensions, Commissioner OF Customs
and First and Second ComptroHers OF
tthe Treasury to 4,SO0, and that OF the
Commissioner OF the Land Office. Su-
pervising Architects, Register Of the
/ Treasury and all six Of the Auditors
of the Treasury 10 1900. One
good amendment prohibits the use OF
the rotunda OF the capital as show
room for the miserable so-called works
/ of art that are constantly being stuck
up there. a big book Job, 70 buy ten
thousand copies of SOM body's works
on the Constitution, brought in by the
Judiciary Committee, was Handsomely
Bureau of Statistics WIS abolished ana
the official head OF Delmar, Its chief
was cut Of by q unanimous vote. Inc
duties are hereafter to be Performed py |
the Special Commissioner of the inter-
nal Revenue.
MIssIssIPPI.
General Grant has received dis
patches from General Mcdowell which |
indicate that Mississippi has been car
ned by the Republicans, and that the
Constitution is ratified.
NEW CANDIDATE.
a movement is on foot among the
Democratic politicians opposed TO the
nomination Of Pendleton or Hendricks
stripe to urge Gen. schofeld as a suita-
BILE candidate to be brought before the
New York Convention.
ASoTHRR SENATORIAL WEDDING.
Senator Norton is shortly to wed
wealthy, accomplished and beautiful
Baltimore belle.
SOUTHERN coSeREssAES.
Many Of the congressman elect from
the six States re-admitted Thursday
arein Washington, but none of them
can yet be allowed TO take seats, as all
the States must first act upon the
handling fourteenth amendment TO the
Federal Constitution, and Georgia must
also make important amendments to
her own new Constitution. Florida
has adopted the amendment, but the
fact Is not yet officially known. The
Legislatures of North Carolina and
South Carolina meet this week. those
of Georgia and Louisiana next week.
THE TAX BILL.
The House finished the tax bill Fri
day afternoon. The dnty on imported
cigars was fixed at two dollars and a
half and twenty-five per cent. dd rnlo-
rem. A great fight took place on the
bank section The Committee Of the
Whole, with small attendance in the
House. made a great many amend
ments TO section los OF the bill, SO that
It became much more stringent than
as ii came from the Ways and Means.
MI. Bntler. on call by the telIers, got
near forty votes for proposition TO
tax Government bonds. The more
moderate men then rallied and cut on
the whole section by 66 to So. Mr.. But
Ter then undertook again to bring in
very stringent provision as new sec
ton and showed great surprise and
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The bill was finally reported from
the Committee of the Whole to the
House. and the bank question then
came up again. The-Ways and Means
/ got ouE ali their forces and the section
that had been stricken ont by thirteen
majority was now restored by fourteen
j msjority. Many members voted TO
restore evidently under the impression
that further amendments could be
adopted. They discovered their mis-
take when 1t was too late, and sections
i los and 100 were finally adopted just
as reported by'General Schenck. The
| proceedings on this subject caused
! great excitement, and there WAS good
deal of amusement at the way in which
| soma extra sharp members caught
themselves in their own trap.
The Senate Finance Committee Is al
ready at work on the bill, and will
probably make many amendments,
tax on whisky as fixed by the House.
THE PRINTING BUREAU.
The House Committee on Retrench-
ment have about completed their re-
port upon the examination of the print
ing division of the Treasury Depart
ment. One OF the charges under con-
sideratIon by the Committee, and
which they are likely to recommend, is
that the present system be abolished.
except SO far as flushing the work on
notes Is concerned, The plan of the
committee being to print the faces at
one point by such companies as may
contract TO do the same TO print the
backs by some other company, and I'm
ally the process in the Treasury.
COMMISSIONERS OF INTERNAL RKvRSUR.
There is is very strong movement
on foot to secure the confirmation of
Fuller as Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue. The Senate wing of the Cap
itoI is crowded with the trained loby-
lists beseeching Senators to vote for his
confirmation, and the indications are
that some headway has been made, not
Sufficient, however, 70 lead 10 the belief
that 1t can be confirmed.
A MUNICIPAL ROW.
At the trial of Major Richards before