The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-03-28
TO THE DAILY IETgLIfGENCER.
GENERAL NEWS.
Action of Republican Caucus on Pend
Ing Legislation.
Democrats Bothered at the Attitude
Of the GrsenbaCkers.
Kentucky Mourning Over a Murdered
Judge.
Progress Of the Fight Against the oil
Monopoly.
A Prize Fight in Which the Victor
Buys Off the vanquished.
Favorable Findings in the Fitz JOhn
Porter Trial.
Break in the Freight Pool at st.
Louis.


"NASAA4N$A ! S4Ns
REPUBLICAN MEMBERS CAUCUS on POLITICAL
LEGISLATION.
WAHrISoToN, March GA caucus oil
the Republican members Of the House was
held Immediately after the adjournment,
Mr.. Frye presiding, for the purpose Of
discussing the situation in regard to
political clauses which the majority has
determined to incorporate in the army
and legislative, executive and judicial ap-
preparation bills.
The subject was very generally dis
cussed, and sentiment was unanimous in
opposition to the programme arranged by
the Democrats.
Messrs. Garfield, Keller, Williams Wis J,
Beliort, Conger and others made lengthy
speeches sustaining the views above in-
dicated, and 1t was finally agreed that
every endeavor should bc made by the
minority to preventive passage OF the bills
named above, unless they shall be re.
lieved OF the provisions in question.
The sense OF the caucus was that II tho
Democrats should insist upon carrying
out the plan already adopted by them,
the effect would be the stoppage OF the
wheels OF government and the majority
would be responsible for the result.
The following resolution was adopted
without opposition:
ReSOlUed, That it is the sense OF this
caucus that hereafter and until the appro.
priation bills arc disposed Of no pairs by
the Republicans shall under any consid-
Grafton be made.
This resolution appears to indicate de.
termination on tho part OF the Republi.
cans to resort TO tillibustering rather than
recede in any manner from the position
they have taken.
THE GREESDACHRUs IN CONGRESS.
The Democrats are a good deal fright
ened us to their power to put through
their caucus plan for cocrcing the Presi-
dent. Only two Greenbackers will vote
with them to attach political legislation to
the appropriation bills. This reduces them
to three majority, narrow and dangerous
margin. They arc roundly abusing the
Grecnbackers and suggesting that they
make permanent arrangements with the
Republicans and camp with them. In re-
ply to these taunts, the Greenbackers say
that they propose to act independently OF
both the old parties, going with either
only so fur as they appear in the right, and
that the Democrats are clearly in the
wrong in their policy OF attaching political
legislation to the appropriation bills, and
viii repent oft before the end of a year.
A CRITICAL rIMK FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PRES
.. IDESTrAL AsPIRASTs.
Senator Bayard's course in caucus, imam
tagonizing political legislation on the ap-
preparation bills, in which position he was
overwhelmingly voted down, is bitterly
criticised by the Democrats tonight They
saw that his attempt to trim in this critical
matter has ruined his Presidential pros
poets; that he can not longer be trusted as
the leader OF the party. In this connec.
ton it is mentioned that Tilden, in har-
mony with the party, and approving the
course OF the majority in this matter, is
standing out in marked contrast with his
great Delaware rival for the Presidency.
Bayard's friends say that il tho Democrat
ic course in this matter should prove emf
nently disastrous, which some OF them ad.
init is probable, the Delaware Senator will
recover all lost ground, and more.
DERLIX MINISTRY NOMINEE.
President White, OF Cornell University,
was to-day nominated as Minister to Ger,
many, and his appointment meets with
general approval. He was one of the
United States Commissio iouers 10 the late
Paris Exposition, and has written some
valuable chapters on the exhibit in gen.
eral, and especially upon the subject oI
education, as there illustrated. lie hus
long been an intimate friend OF the PreSi.
dent.
Two Of the Presidents sons havo gone
through Cornell, and one Of them Is now
at that Institution.
The new Minister is in his forty.seventh
year. In his youth h0 was connected fol
q short time with the United States l.ega
tion in Russia. He studied at the Uni
versity OF Berlin, in 1S5l5, after his
graduation at Yale. He has been Now
York State Senator, aud was sent by Presi
don't Grant to Santo Domingo to study thu
question OF annexation, In 1871. lie hal
been prominent adyoG9tG OF civil service
reform, and has written much ontllat sub
Iect.
RHEcrIoSs AND COMBINATIONS.
WAsurSoroS, March 27.-The Senat
rejected the nominations Of Wilson W
Stanley, Of Illinois, tp be Indian Agent q
n Las Panas, Colorado.
A 0anarmatjons-Wm A. Herron, Pen
sion Agent az plttsbqrgbi !, NJ. Seill, Sec
retaEy Of the Legation at Mp3igoi prs: II
A. johnson, Of Illinois, s, ~ Rellts, II, j
Bowditch, James N. Cahell aud Robert "
Mitchell, Tennessee members Of Tho Nu
, tional Board OF Health. Two Others re
main TO be confirmed,
CAMPAIGN INSTRUMENTATION RAISE
FOR RSEcrloS PURPOSES.
The Wallace seaatp Committee to.da
resumed It's inquiry into tho eleeetilg liia
taEs Of 1878. Ex.Secretary of Tie Senat
; Gorham produced the books OF su4scfiT
/. lions In the Departments and the list {
moneys sent to the diferout States. III
National Committee aided nineteen Soutl
ern Congressional Dlslrllls, with all ave-
i age Of sos, and Hity.eight Northern dll
0 ltficts with an average OF $7l5. No al
d was given two hundred and twelve di
: tricts. Tho contributions Of Federal oil
i cersin Wisconsin went to that Stale. I'll
q subscriptions in the hook used In Il
h Treasury Department are headed by Il
y name 81 Sektetary Sherman; in thciPos
6li6e Dena fth1GnI by'llle Second As,ista