The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-06-21

hH SANhl AlEIltbl'klN lPsNHs Nv VII
" one Of the appropriations bills not yet
reported in the House Is that for the ar
my, which has been held back to see il
Congress would agree on some measure
reducing the number Of officers, and fixing
definite rate Of pay, Logan has carried
the conference report through the House,
and Wilson, will try to get action on it
this week in the Senate. The Paymaster
General has furnished Mr. DawCss com
mittGC with tables, from which ii appears
that the appropriations for the next year
are increased three hundred thousand dol
lars by legislation embodied in this report,
great p0rt OF which is for officers VINO
must 20 out within the next year by Feslg-
nation or discharge, with one years pay
Some portion of it, however, Is necessary
for the payment of officers who Will re-,
main in the service, for while the pay OF
those from the grade of Brlgadier General
IN is reduced, the aggregate compeenssa'
ton Of every one below that grade IS IN
creased
ANOTHER RAILROAD GRAB.--Mr. Pome-
ROY rot another one OF his railroads eX'
tended in the Senate yesterday, no one OPP
posing except Mr.. Thurman. The Atchl'
son, Topeka and Santa Fe Road was au-
thorized to continue its line over three
hundred miles to Albuquerque, with Il
branch of one hundred miles or more,
which by the terms of the bill, without
the fact appearing on its lace, can he run
through the Usage lands. This appears
to be d flank movement on Secretary Cox
for his late decision The grant involves
over six million acres Of land. As in tho
case of the Central branch there is no he.
ceSsity for the road, rs the Kansas branch
on one side and the Atlantic and Pacific
on the other, will both run through Albu-
QucrQuc. The bill was passed without IL
division.
WHTTTEMORE, THE CADET BROKER.-
The credentials of WhittemOre were I'M
eXpcCtedly laid before the House by the
Speaker this afternoon, with the evident
intention on the part Of his few friends to
have them referred to committee. 1t
was thought WhittemOre chose his OppOr-
tunity when the House was thin, scarcely
Il quorum being present, and beside 1t had
been ordered that the very hour when he
presented them should be devoted TO
special subject. However, Logan had all.
thoriy and prccedents so far as any ap.
proaCh to this case ready in his desk and
at once objected to the swearing in Of
Whittcmore, and refused TO yield to q
poorly sustained effort on the part Of
few Of his friends TO send the whole mat
ter to the Committee on Elections. Logan
in a few words set the salient points Of the
case before the House, and with telling
effect. There was unusual quiet and
close attention. Logan having evidently
carried his proposition to decide the case
in the open House without the interview
ton OF committee, yielded for motion
to postpone till Tuesday. The sentiment
developed against the reception of White
more was made stronger than those who
oppose him had expected. =.
THE CHARGES AGAINST Bullock
The State Treasurer Of Georgia tclegraphs
TO member of the House: Every
charge made against Governor Bullock
has been fully sustained by the testimony
before the committee, while his against
me, 50 far as they have any significance,
have been rctutcd."
ACKERMAN's CAsE.-The chances for
Ackcrman's confirmation seem good.
Some of the extreme Southern Senators,
and few of the same class from the North
are expected to oppose. The following,
among Others from the South, will sup
port him: Warner, Pool, Abbott, Flani-
gan, Ames, Robertson and Gilbert
White, Hamilton, Mcdonald, Rice, Spen-
Ger and Osborn will probably oppose.
The President gives rs Il reason for select
ing Alderman that he was personally
acquainted with HIM, and under present
circumstances he could not consent to
bring any Southern man into the Cabinet
of whom he had no previous knowledge