The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-09-06
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WASHINGTON, September 5.

WASHINGTON, September D.
Buffers Chances and his Friends.
The struggle between Ben Butler snd
Washburn for the gubernatorlal nom
iuation in Massachusetts, is watched
with keen interest by the politicians
here. The opinion OF those best inform
ed in Massachusetts, politics is that
Butler did his best at the start, aud that
in all subsequent elections of delegates
be will fall off, and probably be beaten
worse than he Was in the last contest
he had with Washburn. Butler hiss
the support Of all the Federal office
holdere, the United States Treasury
Department and Elk. Secretary Bout
well, SO. that if beaten, his defeat may
be regarded as a rebuke 10 the Admins
istration. Henry Wilson is convenient
" on the fence. Mr.. Sumner is repre-
scented as being neutral, but he is far
from regarding Butler as his friend.
Butler is the only one OF the Massa-
chusetts delegation who failed TO call
on Mr.. Summer during his long and
critical illness, ard it is certain that
the relations OF the two are anything
but cordial.
Preparing the Agricultural Report.
The Agricultural Bureau it busy pre-"
pairing the crop reports :or July and
August. They have not gone lar
enough 20 make any precise estimate
OF the crops. The Commissioner rec
marks the almost entire disappearance
of rye from Pennsylvania and Maryland
where it ouc- used to be prominent
staple. and this he regards as mis-
chief, rye being valuable as a rotation
crop 10 wheat The product OF wheat
per acre is said TO he steadily declining
every year, though by increased acre.
age the total product may be increased.
The Commissioner opposes the system
OF blowing in the wneat stuoble and
sowing wheat atterward.
Reviewing Adams Euiogy.
Judge Black is said to be preparing a
very causlic review OF Mr.. Adams ora
ton on Seward.
Scramble for Petty Offices,
Itappears that the attempt to obtain
a new deal of the offices OF the United
States Senate will be renewed the com-
ing session. Quite numbsr of per-
sons have already intimated their ex-
pectation OF becoming candidates for
the minor positions. 1t is thought
however, that the present Sergeant-at~
arms is so strong, and has on the whole
been so efficient, thst even Conkllrs,
with his carpet-bag following, vii! Re
unable TO remove him.
Dead-MtadInS officials on Union
Pacific
1t has come out that Notwithstanding
the refusal OF the Union Pacific road to
give passes to any persons whatever
Speaker Blaine was furnished with free
TRANSPORTATION by the road on his trip
West, while General Cowen, the Assists
ant Secretary Of the Interior, with hls
family, who went over the road about
the same time, paid his fare.
Additional Currency for the West.
On the 18th OF last month the Comp
troller of the Currency addressed cir"
cular letter to a number OF National
Banks in Western and Southern States
who had applied for, but who had not
taken additional circulation under The
forty-tour million redistribution act,
informing them that the application for
calculations were so numerous anu
pressing that he should feel justified IN
jssuiny this circulation 10 ether organ
izations unless the necessary amount OF
bonds was deposited and the currency
applied for during thirty days from that
time. The banks addressed have repsoud-
ed promptly, and there will probably
be very little currencv for distribution.
The excuse offered by the banks for
their tsrdness was generally that they
were holding back in expectation OF q
decline in the price OF United States
bonds, which they would have to depos'
it az security for the additional clrcu-
lation they called for. In few lnsten-
Gee the banks requested an extension OF
time, and it ia probable that TIE Comp
troler will grant an extension ~ thirty
iavs or less in those cases.
The Covering Of the Back H's 'Ff"
TheT Treasury.
General Spinner i8 alone III bis opIn~
ION among Treasury officials that the
Treasury caunot receive returned back
pay without additional legislation. The
First Comptroller o: the Treasury, Mr
Taylr. who is tie CHIEF judicial au-
thority upon such questionss in the de-
partment, entirely differs from General
Spinner's theory, and maintains that
the right Of the United States to accept
the gilt, if it be 90 called, is unqualified,
There Is no doubt, however, that the
back pay cannot be covered into the
Treasury as an unexpepded appropria~
ton, for it is beyond all controversy
perpetual debt against the Government
unless returned as a gift.
Administration View OF Bu iCr's
Chances.
The evening Administration organ
here editoslally predicts the defeat Of
General Butler. 1t says General But
Ter is prosecuting bis campaign for Gu
bernaiorial honors with varying fort
uues in different parisi of the State.
lie showed himself unexpectedly strong
in the large cities, but he is not doing
20 well in the country. Fall River and
Cape Cod towns, Pttsfeld and several
towns in Bristol and Berkshire have
gone against him and altogether the