The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-20
THE NEW APpoRrIoNMENT BILL

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THE NEW APPORTIONMENT BILL
WASHINGTON April lSth.-The new
Apportionment bill put through the
House to-day, is the work Of Judges
Paine and Allison, who have been
quietly canvassing the views Of many
leading members for the purpose of see
ing what could be carried. \ North
Carolina man introduced ii because that
State had control of the floor, but Mr..
Judd had the management OF the meas
ure. On the preliminary vote most of
the Democrats went for it, but subse-
unently thew deserted, and but few of
them were recorded in it, favor on its
passage. 1t will be seen that the bill
does not reduce the representation OF
the Eastern States in the next Congress,
and the additional members from the
Western States are to he chosen or the
general ticket. Under this encouragement
the next House will probably consist of
about three hundred members.
CONTESTED CONGRESSIONAL SEATS.
The Election committee still has
eighteen contested seat cases to settle,
viz: one from Colorado, one from Ala
bama. one from Arkansas, one from
Virginia, one from Indiana, one from
North Carolina one from Ohio, one
from Texas, two from Kentucky, two
from Tennessee, two from South Caro-
lima, two from Louisiana, and two from
Nf...,,,,, I,, 81, - thaSn H.
thought no testimony will be offered
against the sittingmember. Three cases
more have been reported to the House,
and on one If these Mr. Stevenson will
try tomorrow to get vote. General
Shields is the party against Mr.. Van
Horn, of Missouri, and has arrived here
to push his case TO a conclusion.
PETROLEUM As DUEL.
The President and Secretary of the
Navy this afternoon paid visit, i'll
company with other gentlemen, to the
foundry in Georgetown where the new
invention for utilizing petroleum for
fuel purposes, known as the Whlpple
and DickerSon process, has been for
some time in practical operation. An
hour was spent by the President in It's
inspection, and he asked many ques-
tons which showed his interest in the
question of our future fuel supply. lie
said if this invention proved what 1t
promised to be, it would put us far on
our wav toward competing successfully
with the cheap labor of Europe in the
production of iron, and promotion Of
other like industries.
THE ANTI-POLYGANY BILL.
The Territorial committee of the Sen
ate not only report in favor of retaining
the House Polygamy bill, as a whole,
but add half a dozen new sections.
Officers of the Mormon church are not
only prohibited from solemnizing mar
riages, but it is made amisdemeanor for
them to do so, punishable with fine and
imprisonment. Marriages in violation
of the terms of the bill are declared in
cestuous and void, and all persons aid
ing or consenting to them are to he pun
ished for misdemeanOr. Spiritual mar
riages, sealing, conservation, and all
other devices whereby men get the SER
vices of women, are prohibited, and so
called spiritual wives may sue and re-
cover payment for their labor.
RAILWAY GRANTS.
The Senate committee on Public
Lands did very fair railway business
to-day. One of the bills gives the right
of way and land grant for line of at
least six hundred miles from point on
Columbia river, east of Cascade noun
tains in Oregon, to a junction with the
Pacific railroad near Salt Lake. This
subsidy is at the rate of 1900 acres
per mile Another bill enlarges or
confirms the land grant for time from
McGregor, Iowa, to Yancien, Dacotah.
AcoLoRED CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR.
A new movement is on foot in city
politics, looking to the withdrawal of
Mayor Bowen and other Republican
candidadates, and substituting John +.
| Cook a colored man, now City Register.
Mr.. Cook is an educated gentleman,
and the opinion is quite general would be
a great improvement on Bowen
no MORE TINKERING.
The Judiciary committee of the SEN
ate has concluded that further tinkerlng
with the Supreme Court is not advisable,
and to-day reported against the bill pro
posing to put two more judges on the
bench.