The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-02-01
Political Chit-Chat.

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In the Kansas Legislature, on the 10th
instant, a resolution to allow negroes to
vote was indefinitely postponed. ,s,
The New York Tribune Tonounccs
Zachary Chandler, Of Michigan, "a tried
Scnator;" wheyeupon the World mali
ciously says !: ''lndeed +! what proof!'
A Boston paper stops the press to an
aouncc the fact that ColfaX put twenty
five cents in the contribution box. last
Sunday. 1l '"'
Cundif, of Cass county, radical con-
tcstant of CANDLES seat in the Lcgisla-
ture, has been arrested and held to answer
a charge of stealing, Depositious have
been taken in the case. -sst ii fl
Chandler, of Michigan, it is said, will
not even, iii the midst Of winter, take his
whisky without ice, the reason being that
he has y lliquor-ico rtooth. So says the
Chicago Post. rsg ~ 9.=t .a .t
+ Fur Democratic Senator's worc absent
at tho Senatorial election in Albany.
Had they been present Mr.: Fenton could
not have been chosen, as one republican
Senator refused to vote for him. '''I'
The. Democrats Of |, Greene county,
Pennsylvania, have elected Hon. G. A.
Black and r. II. Phelan, delegates 70 the
State Convention wisliinstructions to sup
port General George ". Cass' for Gov
ernor. 71e laugurJ III ig -e ~
In the Supreme Court few days ago,
Chief Justice Chase read the opinion of
the Court in the New York bank cases,
deciding that certificates Of Indebtedness
and United States notes. or greenbacks
arc exempt from State taxation.!i 1aJa.
8 A. New Yorker, +. limcrcl. wants
we'll, here's what be wants: "Il'' ~
II want TO be u Washburnc, q ''9t'
alAnd with tho Washburnes stand %
3 A commission in my pocket, '1iri2
. ,.,And fees within my hand" =" -
Tho three negrot, tnalilitiamean who, las:
week, outraged Mrs. McGcc and Mrs.
Galloway, were shot at Marion, Tcnnes-
see, on the 19th,, by Order Of a court
martial. The youngest Of the girls, out
ragged on Friday night, is reported dying
from the injuries received, -,,5.. Mi
ii Mr.. Jenckess in his lecture at New
York on Saturday night, stated that from
his ''own careful examination during the
last four years. .nthc Government had been
dcfrauded in the public service n hundred
millions Of dollars year, and that Con-
missioner Wells ,makesrtho sum sill
greater. III ns14f,da q - iI.'l'.'
o The Administration have received an
important piece Of official information
.fron, Minister 11aleat Madrid, stating that
oyertures have been made to him, as the
American representative, for the sale of
the United States by the new Spanish
Government of the lsland Of Cuba. The
matter was laid before the Cabinet to-day,
and as soon as it assumes amnre definite
shape it will be communicated to Con
grcss in ADVANCE Of any steps looking TO-
ward d treaty ia tie premises. The price
intin,atcd is said to exceed twenty mil
lions in gold. ant K - a n /
Alta recent meeting Of negroes in
Washington City, toaproint delegates to
a National Suffrage Convention, there
was much wrangling. The following
from the .Stm's report shows what imita-
tive beings the blacks are, and how close
ly they try to copy after Congress: gaia
i, Cornelius Clarke attempted to speak,
when John Loudoun interrupted, where
upon lie (Clnrkc) turned around and re-
marked9ito iLoudoun, you are drunk,
sir, and had better 60 home to bed. l
mean what | say, aud am responsible. !,
here or elsewhere I.cudoun, still on his
feet and tottering, replied. 'Iiulpute that
to your ignoranco.'"l ,lryS4o
After many conferences between the
Virginia Committee and its irdiyidual
members with the Judiciary Committee
Of the Senate and House, it seems to be
pretty well understood, ,hataa final and
definite arrangement has been substanti-
ally agreed to, following the precedent in
the Missouri compromise, and the pro-
ceedings upon the admission Of Oregan,
Kansas and Nebraska. A bill will be
prepared authorizing tho admission Of
Virginia upon the adoption of the propo.
scd constitution, witllthc obnoxious claus
cs in regard to disfranchisement, the test
oath, and probably some other obIectiona.
bic features, stricken out. When this
,bill shall be passed it is believed it will DO
followed by an amnesty bill. either uni
versal or with some few exceptions 10 take
effect OIL the ratification Of the Constitu-
ton. ltis said this adjustment meets the
appreciation of General Grant, Secretary
'Sehoield and large Number Of tho most
prominent members Of both houses Of
Congress.
General Gillen concluded his tcstino-
ny before the Reconstruction Committee
on the 18th, in the Mississippi case. lie
explained that the rejected Constitution
was so stringently proscriptive oftlie white
race, that scarcolya corporal's guard of
the native white population would sup
nnrt Il and tink tnDIu inInllinnnt nnnrnns