The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-25
WASHINGTON NEWS.
The Financial RiIIs-The Tariff Bill
Enforcing fhe Amendmeni-Se-
eres Political Meetings.
THE FINANCIAL BILLS.

THE FINANCIAL BILLS.
WASHINGTON, April 22-The fnan-
cial bills make slow progress in com
mittee. The Ways and Means talk
every other day about the funding bill,
but don't take any votes or reach any
conclusions, and some OF the numerous
editors here yesterday and to-day go
away with decided convictions that it
will not pass in anything like the pres
ent shape The Banking committee
took no votes to-day, but seem to be
getting their ideas on the currency bill
into shape. The Loughridge order, for
fifty millions more greenbacks, and the
Senate bill retiring the three per cents,
were under consideration. The two are
likely enough to be combined in one
bill for retiring the three per cents, and
putting out ninety-fye millions more Of
NATIONAL bank circulation, which will
lead, of course, to par sial redistribution.
Some members of the committee are
for free banking, but it cannot yet be
said to what conclusion the whole COM
mittce will come on this point
THE TARIFF BILL.
Pretty much everybody is spccula-
ting as to the nj, nate fate Of the tariff
bill. The Ways and Means committee
and Pennsylvania interests haye been
beaten in every paragraph relating to
iron thus far considered, generally by
small majorities though the reduction
of four dollars per ton ON iron slabs,
blooms. &c, was to-day carried 10y
nearly twenty majority, nearly all the
New England members present going
with the leading so called reformers
against the rates fixed by the commit
tee. The fact that such material re-
ductions are making on iron tend to some
change in the'position of the parties on
the bill The high tariff men begin to
talk Of giving it up, and going for
motion to throw il toverbOard, while many
OF the moderate tariff men show an in
clination to sell iTthey cannot carry the
reductions on Goa and salt and lumber,
and if they succeed in this they will
probably put the bill through.
ENFORCING THE AMENDMENT.
The Senate Judiciary committee has
examined all the bills submitted to it
providing for enforcing the Fifteenth
Amendment hy legislation. From them
Mr. Stewart has drawn q bill of twelve
sections, which he is ready TO report.
1t Furnishes by fine and imprisonment
any direct or indirect attempts to pre-
vent colored men from voting, and gives
the District and Circuit Courts Of the
United States jurisdiction in all cases
which may arise.
CONTRIBUTIONS Br THE SENATE
The Senate, in Executive Committee,
this afternoon, confirmed the following
nominations: Judge George E. Fisher,
United States District Attorney for the
District of Columbia; Charles White,
Secretary to the President to sign land
warrants; Joseph Hobson, Collector Of
Internal Revenue for the Third Iowa
District. The following to be Consuls
Edwin C. Getty, at Gaspee Basin; Ste
phen NJ. Vale, at Rheinish Bavaria;
Samuel A. Wheelwright, at RosarO:
Spencer Vernon, at Kin-Kiang; Albert
Green, of Norway, at Bergen; Lyeli T.
Adams, at Malta; Greenhardt Gade at
Christiana; Chas. II. Royce at Prague.
SECRET POLITICAL MEETING.
An important and significant meeting,
made up mainly of Republican journal
lists and other influential leaders Of the
party not members Of Congress, from
all sections of the country, but mainly
from the West, has been in session in
this city for the last two days. The
meetings are entirely private. Its pro-
ceedings have not been made public, but
it is understood that it was determined
to call a mass convention of all friends
of revenue reform, to be held at an
early day in some Western city. The
numbers and character of the gentlemen
attending this meeting render it one of
unusual importance.