The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-04-18
B Y TELEG R A. h.
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.
By the Western Union Line, office North.
west corner OF Main and 18TH streets.
WASHIN ON.
WASHINGTON, April II.
The President and the Anff-Inha-
tiOnists.

The President and the Anti-Inna-
ti0nists.
The committee appointed TO present
to the President a petition signed by
about $500 bankers, capitalists and
merchants OF New York, asking him to
veto the Senate finance bill or any
other bill tending to initiate the cur-
rency, discharged their mission to-day.
Besides the committee, there were pres
ent Senators Carpenter, Logan and
Ferry, of Michigan. Cyrus w. Field
presented the petition. A. A. Law, in
his address. said they wanted it vetoed
TO avert what they must rrgard as
mos. disastrous blow to the credit OF
the country. He was followed by S. 5.
Chittenden.
The President in reply said he had
watched the progress OF the bill through
Congress with more interest than he
had any other measure before that
body since he had been President. He
had at all times been entirely tree In
the expression OF his views and was
always opposed to expansion with-
out redemption and in favor
OF free banking accompanied
with such legislation rs would carry
out the pledges of Congress and The
party in the direction OF the reeump-
ton OF specie payment, but be had
TO look al this matter lille different
from the views OF this committee. They
show very clearly what they want, and
may imagine as he might. were he q
citizen of New York, that the whole
couutry want what they do. The
President continued: The chairman ot
q similar committee from Boston, call
ed on him yesterday, il he ever could
be in favor OF iufatioD it would be
from the effects OF such arguments as
that gentleman advanced against 1t,
but that position was unlike the one OF
this committee from New York. The
gentleman from Boston in behalf OF
those whom he represented, started
ont With the condemnation Of what he,
| (the PresiIent) had always believed to
be right, speaking as if he were wrong.
They opposed the purchase Of L. 5.
bonds with the surplus from the [. 5.
Treasury, and il he had acted as
the Boston committee wanted him to
do, lie would have kept such surplus
10 the treasury until there was not a
greenback in circulation. These bonds
were purchased at his own direction
and the argument was used In the
Boston memorial that the issue OF
greenbacks was OF doubtful legality
aad was to he deplored, and had 90 be
sustained by bare majority OF one In
the Supreme Court as a war measure.
IN conclusion the President repeated
that his views on this question were
already known as against imitation and
as opposed to breaking away from the
redemption OF pledges.
Tho District Investigation.
In the district investigation this
morning Geo. r. Chittenden OF Chicago
read a sworn statement in reference to
his connection with the contracts OF
Degolier and Mcclellan for laying
100000 square yards OF wood pave
ment in this city. In it he denied that
any money was used by him for cor
rupt purposes. He was questioned
SHARPLY in relation 10 the distribution
OF $97 900 paid him by Degolier and
McClellen. He sad he gave Sl5, 600
to Mr.. Parsons aud SO, 900 to CalvilIe
Brown and that one Col. Kirkland pur-
chased votes amounting to Sl2,OOO.
He said he didn't know what influence
Brown or Kirkland used. lie paid
them money without knowing whether
they used any iuhueuce.at all, on their
own uucorrobated statement.
The Rrxnusns Moddle.
Pos:maa.er-General Cresswell III re-
plv to q telegram received to-day from
the postmaster at Little Rock instruct
I'll him as follows: Letters addressed
to Governor Baxter, or Baxter, Govern
or OF Arkansas, should be delivered to
Baxter, and letters addressed to Gov
ernor Brooks, or Brooks, Governor OF
Arkansas, should be delivered to
Brooks. You will retain all commu-
nications addressed TO the Governor OF
Arksnsas til further orders.