The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-11-20
WASHINGTON.
UniyersaI Amnesty.

| WASHINGTON, December l9.-There
is good reason for believing that the
President will, 10 his forthcoming mes
sage. recommend Congress to complete
the work of amnesty by making it uui~
versal and by restoring those to citizen.
ship who are now excluded by the third
section OF the Fourteenth Amendment.
Such course has been urged upon the
President ny several members OF the
Cabinet, and one of them is authority
Tor saying he has decided to do 80.
The Election Lsws-CaiI for Troops.
The United States Marshal at New
Orleans made application to the Presi-
dent. by telegraph. on Saturday. for
troops to aid him in arresting certain
persons who were couspiring against
the lection laws and who manifested
an intention to resist the federal autnori-
ties. The President promptly reused
to comply with this request deemlns
such an action entirely unnecessary, es.
pecially when there WAS no information
showing that the civil authorities were
DO owerless to execute the laws and pun
ish those who attempt to violate them.
The action Of the United Sa'es Mar
shal in Alabama, in srresting the Dem.
ocratic members OF the Legislature Tor
violation OF the election laws, and car
rying them to Mobile to prevent
quorum Of the Legislature. is severely
condemned here by the Administration
as mercenary and, perhaps, illegal. II
the account OF the affair. as telrgraphed,
is correct, the Marshal will receive
a severe reprimand. il not the greater
punishment OF being dismissed from
| office.
The New solicitor General.
A. II. Phillips, the new Solicitor
General, telegraphs that he will arrive
here tomorrow and assume the duties
OF his office al once.
The Georgia Election.
Private dispatches from Jacksonville,
Georgia, cay the official returns from
thirlv-four counties in the State. leav-
ing five TO be heard from, gives Hart,
Republican candidate for Governor, a
m ajority OF 1853.
The Civil Service.
The National Republican. in an edlto-
rial this morning on the rumor that a
determined effort will be made at the
next session of Congress to rescind all
the legislative action on the civil service
rules and regulations, Gays:
"The late campaign was fought on
the theory OF civil service alone, and
the Republican party must stand by
civil service reform until, at least, a
better plan is devised or it is shown
% the satisfaction OF the public that
it is pernicious in its operation and de-
structive TO the ends it was calculated to
subserve. An attempt to abolish civil
service will inevitably lead to the dis
rupticn of the Republican party. II
half dozen men in Congress and halt
a dozen corrupt concerns, who think
more OF plunder than they do OF prin-
ciple, imagine that they can outrage
the moral sense OF the country with i'm.
punity. they will find that they have
committeds a very great miscalculst'on.
The editorial is understood TO reflect
the sentiments of the Administration.
Revenue Affairs.
The Commissioners of Internal Rev
enue will to-day issue circular to AS
SCISSORS throughout the country, direct
ing them to reduce the number OF as
sistant assessors to the lowest amount
possible, by the first Of January next.
Ry this order the services Of at least
three hundred assistant assessors will
be dispensed with, and a saving to the
Government oil $1,000 per day be made
thereby.
Iuterview with Boutwell,.
Jay Cook & Co. had long interview
with Secretary Boutwell, day. The
object o. the visit has not trnsp'red.
Recovery or Governor Cook.
Governor Cook has recovered from
his late illness.
Revenue Receipts.
The Internal revenue receipts to-day
mount to s4,0ll 1927.
Case OF tho Georgia Railroad.
The Comm issioner o. Internal Reve
nue. has ordered reinvestigat'on OF the
case against the George Railroad and
Banking Company, OF Augusta TINS
case j. similar to that OF the New York
Central railroad and will be settled on
the same basis.