The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-04-01
WASHINGTON.
Buffers Amendment TO the Ku-KIux
Bill-San DOmingo-Grant Will
not Give IL Up-The Sentiment Of
the Senate.


WASHINGTON, March 3l.-General
Butler, in explanation of the amend
ment he proposes to offer to the Ku.
Klux bill, to authorize the President
to call out volunteers to enforce the law
in the same manner as was done in
1861, says the bill as reported by Mr..
Shellabarger gives the President this
power, although not in explicit terms,
and he regards it as better to put this
grant OF authority in explicit terms
instead of in the rather vague language
employed in the bill.
New YORK, March 3l.-A Wash
ington correspondent writes that there
is no disagreement among the members
Of the San Domingo Commission as to
the features of their report, and the
only delay is occasioned by decision
to rearrange it. The report will be
made much longer than at first decided
upon. AS has already been published,
the President does not particularly de-
sire speedy action by Congress, and
he will not even ask that the report be
considered at this session. He will
merely send it to Congress, where it
will be laid upon the table or referred
to the Foreign committee of the Senate.
The President has by no means given
up the idea Of annexation. He is con-
fident that the people Of the country
are favorable TO the project, and he
will do all he can to assist the cause
during the recess.
A Senator who has been particularly
prominent in his opposition to the ac-
QUESTION OF St. Domingo, has a list Of
twenty-egh Senators who have assured
him that they will vote against annexa-
ton. There is no doubt however, that
some men whose names are on the list
will vote for the treaty, while there is
much doubt of many others.
A Tour Of Inspection.
WASHINGTON, March 3l.-The Cen
eral of the army will, on the 4th OF
April next, start on tour of inspection
OF the frontier of Texas, Indian terri
tory, Kansas and Nebraska, going ont
via St. Louis, Missouri, Baten Rouge
and New Orleans, to San Antonio,
thence westward and northward along
the line of parts OF Nebraska, thence
back 10 Washington. Colonel Il. B.
Marcy, Inspector General of the Army,
and Coonels J. G Mccoy and J, L.
Tourtelotte. Aids De Camp, will accom-
many him.
Confirmed.
The Senate in executive session con-
tlrmed the following nominations: j.
w. Wilson, OF Missouri, Consul at I'm
denkerg, luxembourg; w. F. Prosser,
Postmaster at Nashville, Tennessee; D.
c. S. Wintersmith, Postmaster at Eliza
bethtown, Kentucky.
Democratic and Conservative Conn
mittees.
At meeting OF the Demo
cratic and Conservative Congressional
committee held today a permanent or
ganization Of the committee was et
fected by the selection of the following
officers Chairman, Eugene Casserly,
California; Secretaries, F. f. Sherber,
North Carolina, and Samuel y. Bell,
New Hampshire. Mr.. Dix, of Ala
bama. in behalf OF the subcommittee
appointed to report National Demo
cratic Executive Resident committee,
made the following report, which was
adopted: Chairman Samuel J. Ran
dali, of Pennsylvania; Henry W. Slo-
cum, New York; Charles +. Eldridge,
Wisconsin; VIM. f. Niblack, Indiana;
Thos. Swami, Maryland, and Richard
T. Merrick, General w. l.. Jeffries and
T. NJ Smith, District of Columbia.