The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-02-25
political NOTES.


growing in influence in Mississippi. The
State does not hold its election until next
fall, but already the bourbon organs are
to the faithful to check every
symptom Of rebellion a. ainst the behests Of
the caucus. ...
TmE Kansas House OF Representatives
by vote Of eighty.seven to ton has de-
Clared that it Is in favor Of the double
standard" ofgold and silver. Bya vote Of
tifty.seven to forty.three 1t has passed a
resolution in favor OF abolishing the
national hanks and substituting green.
backs for bank notes.
BES BRlsrow says that 1t looks as II
Grant would get the Republican nomina.
ton. The Nation secs Grant and Tilden
coming up in 1880. The Prohibition party
will he likely to assume respectable dimen.
sions, II these are true prophets, and de
woods" will be full OF Independents next
national election day. u#
The Cincinnati Commercial has published
reports of conversations with large num-
Der of leading Democrats in Ohio and adj
joining States in regard to the relations Of
Mr.. Tflden to his party since the investi-
CATION of the cipher dispatches They
show decided preponderance of opinion
in favor Of the denomination Of Mr.. Tilden
for the Presidency.
Henry +. SHARPE, a Texan in New York
soliciting immigration, makes the absurd
statement in his appeal that only one.ffth
Of the population OF the country iscngaged
in agriculture, against two.thirds in
France and one-third in England. On the
contrary, there arc 100000 male laborets
engaged in agriculture, representing proba-
bly, 25,OOOOOO population, or considerably
more than one.half.
TIE admission Of Mr.. Finley DEM TO
the seat in the House of Representatives
heretofore held by Mr.. Bisbee rep. gives
the Democrats no full vote l55 votes, or a
clear majority of 10 when all are present
in that body. The Republicans have 1856
members. At present the House of Rep
resentativcs consists of only POI members,
no persons having yet been selected to
succeed the late Representatives Schleicll-
er and Williams.
TIE Boston Journal Of Commerce thus adj
dresses itself to the junior Senator from
Maine:
R4ull were your words I the past, Icm BlaIue,
For IrcedOMs veal an the RIGHTS u men,
hut fause Ms the cloud castles o. SPaIn
Were your sPCciOHs tongue aud hcart, Jem BlainC.
WI you the ne|rOs RIGHTS WeFc plaln,
Hut Indian blood might flow like niH,
An the Monaghan Rsk Ia vain,
kcepin' Of Christian faith Jcm Blaine.
When We In willy trap were tA'en,
YC spoke for treaty faith, Jem Blaine.
Had It heen China? File, for shame,
She las VA irInClatls, lem BlnIuC,
ie're weighed an' wauln found, JeM Blaine.
Your IenIty SPEoTolt y0nr measures taHn;
The lta an true will lol0w ioll0W you
Nae mar for veal or woe JeHI Blaine,
Is his speech at Washington, on the oc-
casion Of his reception las. Thursday even.
ing, Scnalorelect Logan announced the
following as his political programme:
First; that specie RESUMPTION must be
maintained; honest money alike for the
poor and the rich; second, that provision
should be made TO bar forever claims
against the government Of all persons not
positively and openly iavoring the Union,
for damages, supplies taken, etc., during
the Rebellion; third, that every citizen
owes TO his government his best efforts for
its protection and preservation against
foreign and domestic enemies, and that
the government is bound to give such pro-
lection rs it can to its citizens on land and
sea, at home and in other countries.
Mr.. William Mendill, Of Illinois, has
written letter asserting that minority
representation in Illinois has accomplished
all that was hoped from 1t, He says In re-
ply to the question "Does it fulfill the
hopes OF its advocatesT'
at does, since It secures fair representa-
liSA W lnlH'lAc6' ticflous toltauuOptlOn
tho southern part Of the State, known as
Egypt, rarely elected n Republican, and
tho northern part, known as Canaan as
rarely chose q Democrat. At present one
third q the Egyptian representatives are
Republicans, and one.third OF the Canaan-
tic representatives are Democrats, The
advantages not only to tho people OF the
several districts but to the Stale at largo,
and, in reality, tothcgrcat political parties,
are obvious"
Mr.. Mendill denies that the new proyi.
sion enables minority to rule. lie says
that "thc politicians by trade arc opposed
to the provision aud would like 10 get Il
repealed, but the mass Of the people will
not consent thereto, and It will stand"
TIE Washington correspondent OF the
Cincinnati Enquirer telegraphs that there
has been very serious difference Of opin.
ion between tho National and Congress,
ional Democratic Committees as to the
conduct Of the next Presidential campaign.
"rhc National Committee, with Barnum
ut its head, wants." lie says, ''to run tho
campaign in the interest Of Mr.. Tilden.
The Congressional Committee, with Wal
lace at its head, wants to run It in the in.
tercst OF Thurman. The fight between
these two committees on this point was
hot and unrelcnting. After number Of
meetings and hours Of debating and dis.
n,,uutt,C. n01 ,n,, fonns,,.. I..It 80. o.,
have agreed that they cannot agree, and
have compromised the matter by deciding
to form a new committee Of ten, to consist
Of five members from each OF tho old com.
mitteGs. This nav committee is 10 have
headquarters here ut Washington, and 10
have general supervision Of the campaign.
but 1t must fight Il out between itself as to
whether IL will support Tilden or Thur.
man or some other man."
SENATOR BAYApp swears by his father in