The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-19

Woman NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. TO Wild
Ows-Thc Fenians-Speech from
Grant-TariT on IrOn-The Army
BuI-New Radical Programme
Lake Michigan Canal.
THE OHIO LEGISLATURE $ VISIT.
WASHINGTON, April lS.--Both the
Congressional delegation from Ohio and
the Association of Ohioans have held
meetings to prepare grand reception
for the Legislature of that State and
their friends The party will be met
in Baltimore, and disposed of in free
lodgings, and on Thursday evening
next there will be reception i'll this
city at Masonic Hall, at which all sorts
of honors will be dispensed Senators
Sherman, Thurman and General
Schenck are to prepare the President
for the occasion. \ very huge time is
expected.
ANTI-WONAS SUFFRAGE.
The movement in opposition to the
Woman's Suffrage has been quietly
making progress until it has eliminated
in an organization called "The Anti
Sixteenth Amendment Society" Two
meetings have been held at the resi-
dence of Admiral Ddhlgreen, and
memorial drawn up by his wife is circu-
lating in social circles, and will ulti-
mately be laid before Congress. 1t has
been signed by number of ladies Of
highstanding. 1t expresses the alarm
which its signers feel at the proposed
Sixteenth Amendment, and their belief
that the agitation waged by small
minority Of their sex must prove in
every sense injurious to their truest in
terests.
WIDOWS PENSIONS.
An effort is being made before Con-
gress, begun 10y claim agents to secure
the passage of a law to continue the
payment of pensions to widows of sol
diers during life, whether they have
or shall marry again or not.
FENIAN DESIGNS.
Official information has been received
of the apprehended Fenian designs on
Canada, but there is nothing on which
the Government can act. Many prom
inent gentlemen believe the Canadian
authorities are moved by fears rather
than facts.
SPEECH FROM GRANT.
In reply to q colored serenade, on
Friday evening General Grant made
the following great speech:
l could not say anything to those
who are assembled here this evening to
convince them any further than | have
done of nv earnest desire to see the
Fifteenth Amendment become part of
the Constitution. will only add that
] hope those enfranchised by it will
prove themselves worthy of its benefits
to them, and those who have the fran
chise without it, that all may be mutu-
ally benefited 10y it. feel confident
that this will be the result. If had
not thought so / should not have been
so anxious for its ratification.
TARIFF on IRON,
The Tariff Bill will come up again in
the House tomorrow, and debate will
be opened on the article of iron. A
long and bitter contest is anticipated.
A committee of manufacturers Of
steel appeared before the Ways and
Means committee yesterday, and pre-
sed petition, signed by ninety-five Of
ficers of railroads, in the United States,
comprising Presidents and Directors OF
companies, asking that a specific duty
of two cents per pound be put upon
steel rails. The persons signing the
document control and operate 1000
miles of track, which is over one-half
of all the track in the country, and
represent railroads in thirty-one States
and six Territories of the Union.
REDUCTION OF THE ARMY.
The subject of what Congress will do
in regard to the reduction and reorgan-
ization of the army is being discussed
by army officers here and elsewhere,
with the greatest interest. Letters are
being daily received by members Of
Congress from officers on duty to the
West and South with reference to the
bill, and inquiring what will be done.
From present. indications it is not I'M
probable that NO bill will be passed
during the present session. General
Logan is unyielding in his adherence
to the House bill, and Senator Wilson
has not vet reported his bill from the
Senate committee. The present strength
of the army is about $1,000, and Sena-
tor Wilson is understood to favor a re-
duction to $4,000.
THE NEW RADICAL PROGRAMME.
The new Radical programme indicated
by Senator Morton the other day regard
ing the Southern States is assuming
shape. A member Of the House is now
drawing up a bill to give the President
power to send troops into any portion
of the reconstructed States without