The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-04-11
WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON April 8.

securing ronominatiol Is uppermost in the
minds Of q majority oft the House. ut Is
II be q trying ttIne for several, and,not in
many cases from any fault Of their own.
The settlement Of all scores on account of
the distribution Of patronage since Grant
came in, is to enter largely into the cases
or most. The usual troubles attending the
hcstowal Of Office orc intensified by the
course Of the President acting so generally
without regard 10 politicians. In scores
Of districts, complications arising from
this cause arc numerous: Then the argyll
ments that having served faithfully dur
ing the war In sustaining war legiSlatiOn,
they should be retained; and that, to quote
Mr.. Lincoln, swapping horses while cross
ing the Reconstruction ytOrrGnt w0s not
prudent and therefore, the old members
should be returned, arc rapidly losing their
force, and members find themselves re-
ducc(I more nearly to their own merits;
and TO add to tllis disadvantage, all the
disaliGCtcd IN their districts, whether made
50 by diappointmcnts III obtaining Office
or from q desire TO succeed the present
member, seem TO be making more head
way than for several years before.
| FuSDISd Bu.L-For the first time the
Senate Funding bill was consldcrCEl by the
Ways and Means Committee to-day, and
various views regarding the same were
submitted; but no vote was taken on any
norton. Without specifying details, there
Is no doubt whatever that tho bill will be
modified very materially before il is re-
pofted tOthe House. IL sg believed that
there afBEblh two members OF the com.
lnittec favorable to the bill Just as Il came
from tho Senate, hut they will bO unable
10 prevent modification ofthC cOmpulsO-
ry bunk section, and proposed reduction
Gi taxation on the National banks. Let.
tars from business men wctt received To-
div saying that business was paralyzcd by
the delay and uncertainty about this bill,
and begging for an carly disposition OF II
one way or the other.
! THE HOWARD INvEsTIGATIoN.-rThe
Committee on Education and Labor called
General Howard and Mr.. Wood before
them this morning, for tho purpsc Of
making arrangements for the nveStig1t'
ttnn ordered into the affairs Of the Freed
mems Bureau. General Howard SNid he
did not desire counsel, but would rest the
matter entirely with the Committee. MIR.
Wood said he was ready TO go on to-day,
hut tue Committee wished 10 have some
discussion among themselves upon several
Of the points involved, and 1t was finally
agreed that tho examination Of witnesses
should begin next Wednesday.
THE INCOME TAx.-The Income Tax
Bill passed by the Senate yesterday,
means that the five per cent rate shall be
collected on oil incomes this spring and
next spring. The House will not agree to
this. even if the Ways and, Means Com.
ekSE NhN&SaFEx"tN the
| members hold to the idea Of reduction
Of taxation ut as early datc as possible.
Tho committee, in considering the tax
bill, have gone so fur that It can be said
they will agree on three per cent income
with two thousand dollars reduction.
Whittier they will agree that this rate
shall begin with this yeIr Is not known,
but it Is firmly believed the House will do
so soon, If they do not, and in spite Of the
views which the Secretary Of the Treasury
holds In favor Of continuing tho five per
Gent rate,
CIERoKRE SUFFRAGE.-lt has been
thought. that with the ratification Of the
Eiiteeutll AmendmCnt tho universal SUI
FragC question, 1t least the male portion,
had been disposed Of forever; but this
proves to Ie mistake. A memorial has
come TO hand, and Is now before Senate
Committee, from o committee On behalf
Of the colorcd people Of tho QhoCtaw aud
Cherokee tribes Of Indians, asking that
they may he granted their political rights.
By the treaty OF 1896 they claim that the
Indians agreed to givc them all civil
rights, but have failed. They say that
they arc clearly entitled To the same civil
and political rights in the Territory as the
Chcrokccs and Choctaws: II Is only the
question OH IN existing treaty that Gun
prevent tho passage Ofa law, or even the
enforcement of the Fifteenth Amendment
in the Territory, but It Is not probable
that Congress will allow that 70 stand in
the way.
Observation-Disclosures Scntcr, OF Ten.
ncssce, did not appear before the Recon-
structiou Committee to-day, and COnSe'
Quently the proposed reconstruction OF
that State was not proposed. II was irce'
" rllmnrcd about the Capital that SentcE
iad abandoned the Conservatives, and
would soon announce that hc had decided
10 favor the scheme Tor Congressional IN
lcrvcntion and the establishment ola pro
visioual government In Tennessee, some
thing on The plan with which Georgia was
reconstructed in December last, though
providing, in addition, for new reglstra'
lion Of voters and subsequent election o.
State officers, Senter, In the mean time, tC
be Provisional Governor. This statement
would not be worth repeating were tno'
for tho fact that Democratic and Conserve
tiyC members Of tie House received u
from such 4 source that tliey wetc incltn
cd to givcit Credence. lift prove not true
when Governor Senter appears before the
committee, It Is generally thought that the
intervention scheme will bc defeated.
THE RICHMOND TRouRLEa-Yester
the counsel for McSsrs. Chaho0n and ELY
son, the rival claimants for the aIayoralty
Of Richmond, signed an agreement, ut the
request Of Chief Justice Chase, to post
none further action In the case until the
Nav lerln'of the United States Circuit
Court for Virginia, and that tue present
condition or affairs continue until that
tImc-nonc of the rights Of either party,
saws the agreement, to be impaired by the
nnstnonemcnt, Chief Justice Chase, II
was further agreed, would attend the ses
sion Of the Court at Richmond TO hear the
argument. This arrangement would pre-
vent Judge Bond, whose Circuit emDarccs
Virginia, from sitting in tue case. There
can bC no doubt Of The Judges contirma'
ton next week, and We presume he Will
nj fnco' enter upon his duties as Circuit