The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-04-21
BY TELEG R RAPH.
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT
BY the Western Union Line, office North'
west corner Of Main and 18th streeS.
WASHINGTON.
- WAsHrSGroN, April 90.
The District Investigation.

In the District OF Columbia Invests
CATION this morning. Henry S. Davis
was examined with reference to the
estimate of the cost OF improvement
done by the Board OF Public Works
made BY him. He thought the value
OF the old material taken amounted 10
upwards of $2,0O0.000. lie estimated
that the private property had been IN
jured fifteen per cent. and tnat tne
m measurements generally made we're ten
per cent in excess of the actual WORK
done. ....r- -rr
The Arkansas Trouble.
The commander OF the United States
troors at Little Rock telegraphs that
Brooks and Baxter's forces are small
and that there is some excitement but
it will soon eubside.
An official dispatch received at the
Swiss Consulate, says the people and
csutops Of Switzerland, by vote, have
accepted the revised constitution.
Genera, Spinner was before the Com
mittee on Appropriations to-day in OPP
position to the proposed reduction OF
the clerical force in The Irr:surer's
Office. He wants an additional mum :
ber of clerks, and Gays because OF the
insufficiency OF the compensation many
of his best clerks are leaving him Tor
higher salaries elsewhere, in some csses
twice as much as they have been re-
ceiving under the government.
Supervising Architect Mullett was
before the committee aud made slml-
lar statement.
Message from the President.
The President to-day sent the follow
| ing message to Congress:
| To the Senate and House Of Representa-.
lives '.r.-
Herewith I transmit the report OF the
| Civil Service Commission, authorized
by &C, Congress OF March 3, 1871
and invite your special attention there
TO. II sustained by Congress l have
no doubt the rules can, alter experience
gained, be go improved and enforced a.
to sill more materially benefit the pub
| lie service and relieve the ex
ecutive, members OF Congress anc
heads OF departments from in
auepce prejudicisl to good ad
miuistratiou. The rules as they bav
heretofore been enforced have resulted
ben efclally, as is shown by the opin
ions OF the members OF the Cabinet ant
their subordinates in the departments
and in that opinion / concur, but th'
rules applicable to officers who are Il
be a. ointel by and with the consen
OF the Senate are in great measure
limpractic able except go lar as they ar
sustained by the action OF that body
These must necessarily remain 30 un
lees the direct sanction of the Senate Il
given to the rule. ! advise for the pres
ent only such appropriations as ma.
be adequate to continue the work II
its present form and would leave to th
future to determine whether the d.
rect sanction OF Congress sba'
be given to the rules that may perhap
be devised for regulating the method o
selection Of apponte or apportion;
those who need to be confirmed by tn
Senate. The same amount apptop'l
ated last year would be adequate 10
the coming year, but l think the publ
interest would be promoted by the su
thority of the executive for allowing
small compensation for special service
|; performed beyond the usual otic
hours, under act OF II, 10 persons call
ed into the service Of the Government
[Sigued U. 5. GRANT.
Erecutife Mansion. april IS, 1874.