Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-04-12
NATIONAL TOPICS.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE
HOUSE.
Important to PensiOners-Bond and Silver
0emands-The Indian Question
Widow Oliver in the Role Of
Lecturer; She Tells
Her Grievances.
The Indian Question.

question came up for consideration al
the Cabinet meeting to-day. The dis.
cussion took wide range, covering the
relations of the Canadian government
to our own in the event of any hostile
movement southwark by Sitting Bull
and his band; the habeas corpus case OF
Standing Bear, now in the GUS
to1y of Gen. Crook and incident
thereto, and the policy of keeping
the Northern Indians in Southern
ATTITUDES, against their wish, il they
were dispospOsed to be peaceful at the
North.
Secretary Schurz took the ground
that to promote the best interests OF
both the whites and the Indians it was
necessary that the Indians should be
kept upon their reservations and out OF
the way OF the bad white men who
would incite them to acts OF violence.
No definite conclusion in relation to
any branch Of the subject was reached.
Important 10 Pensioners.
WASHINGTON, April ll.-McMahon's S
amendment TO the legislative bill,
adopted by the House. will prove of
great importance to pensioners in all
sections of the country. Its full text
provides that sections 4,77l, 4,772 and
4,773 of the Revised Statutes, providing
for biennial examinations of pensioners,
arc hereby repealed; prOrided, that the
Commissioner of Pensions shall have the
same power as heretofore to order
special examinations whenever in his
Judgment the same may be necessary,
and To increase or reduce a pension ac-
cOrding to right and justice; but In no
case shall a pension be withdrawn or
reduced except upon notice 10 the
pensiOner, and a hearing upon sworn
testimony, except as TO the certificate OF
the examining surgeon, subject To the
power OF the Commissioner TO suspend
payment pending the same; and, to pro-
vide for the speedy payment OF the
Averages OF pensions, the Secretary OF
the Treasury is hereby authorized and
directed 10 reissue Immediately, in pay
ment thereof, as they may be adjusted,
the Sl0,0O0,0O0 of legal-tender currency
now in the United States Treasury, kept
as a special fund for the redemption OF
fractional currency under Section ] OF
Joint Resolution No. Il, OF the Congress
of the United States, approved July -,
1876"
House Standing Committees.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE follow
ing are the standing committees OF the
House, announced by Speaker Randall,
To dav. The first named is chairman of
the committee:
Elections-Springer, Manning, Glenn
ems, Speer, Colerick, Arnteld, Belt
hoover, Sawyers, Phister, Keller, Camp,
Colkins, Field, OvertOn and Weaver.
WAYS and Means-Fernando Wood,
Tucker, Gibson, Phelps, Morrison,
Mills. Carlisle, FELTON,, Garfield, Kelley,
Conger. Frye and Dunnell.
Appropriations-Atkins, Blount, Sin
glet6n. Miss. Clymer, Blackburn, Wells,
Cobb, Forney, Mcmahon, Baker, Mon
roe, Hawlcy, Hubbelly, Cannon and
HliScOck.
Banking and Currency Buckner,
Ewing, Davis, Young, Lewis, Louns-
berry, Ladd, Chittenden, Fort, Price and
CrapO.
Pacific Railroads-McLane, Chalmers,
Blisa, Clark, Dickey, Ellis, Martin,
Welborn, Harmer, Bedford, Newberry,
Bailey and Bltterworth.
Bright, Dickey, Davidson,
Covert, O'Connor, Davis, Sanford,
Lindsey, Barbour, Bowman and Crow
ley.
Commerce - Reagan, Bliss, Ross,
Kenna, McLain, Thomas, Turner, ACk-
lin, Beale, Deuster, Clardy, O'Neill,
Waite, Henderson. Townsend OF Ohio,
and Russell
Public Lands-Converse, Wright,
Steele, Mckenzie, Williams of Alabama,
Ketcham, Ryan, Sapp, Washburne and
Bennett.
Postolfices and Post ROads-Money,
Clark, Cook, Evins, Singleton OF Illinois,
Shelley, Jones, ketcham, Joyce, Stone
and Bingham.
District of Columbia - Hunton,
Henkle, Bouck, Clark, Martin, Sanford,
Klats, Neal, James, Heilman and
AldriCh.
Judiciary-Knott, Harris, Culberson,
Hurd. House, Ryan, Herbert, New,
Hammond. Iapham, Robinson, Reed,
Mckinley. Williams and Willets.
War Claims-Bragg, Robertson, War
ner. Rothwell, Thompson, Simonton,
Carpenter, Ferdon, Tyler, Bayne and
Russell.
Public Expeuditures-Finley, Man
n;p, Davis Tillman, SimOntOn, BeltZ-
hoover, Joyce, Mason, Cowgirl and
Bingham.
Private Land Claims-Gunter, Mar
tin. Caldwell, Muldrew, Stevenson,
Mvers. Lay, Mitchell, NOrcroSs, Bur
rows and Voorhees,.
Manufactures Beale, Nichols,
Smith. Richardson, Taylor, Lowe, Hall,
Horr, Hammond and McCook.
Foreign Aiiairs-COX Nelson, Blck-
nell King. Nichols, Herndon, Hill,
Nilnngpr. Rice. Morton and Robson.
Territories -Muldrun, ,Crovens, Bouck,
Muller. Martin, Frost, Bachman,
Humphrey, Aldrich, Young, Dick and
Maginnis. CO.,
Revolutionary Pensions-Whitaker,
BLAND. CobeI, Dibrell. Singleton of llll-
nOl~, RYAN OF L tlAhSN ~ AAila' NNA'N'NN
Farr. Miles, Pierce and Gillette.
Invalid PensiOns-Cotfroth, Lewis,
Caldwell. Hostettor Of Indiana, Persons
OF Geopyia, Hatch OF Missouri, Taylor
oi Tennessee, Smith Of Pennsylvanla,
Hazle,on of Wisconsin, Davis OF Illinois,
and UpdegraH OF Ohio.
Railways and Canals-Cabell, Shelley,
Kimmel. Slemons, Wise, Oscar, Turner,
O'Reilly, Fisher, Blake, Houch and
Fork.
Covert, Aiken, Steele,
Dibrell, Henry, Laievre, Richmond,
Persons, Hatch. McGowan, Wilder,
Valentine, Godschalk, Anderson and
Forsythe.
Indian Affairs-Scales, Hooker, Gun
ter. Waddell, Pachler, Whitaker, Well
born, Errett, Deering, Pound, Haskell
and Ainslie. =,
Military Affairs - Sparks, DlbreU,
Bragg. johnson. Smith, Lefevre, White,
McCook, Marsh and Browne.
Militia-ROsS. Scales, Henkle, Thom-
a. Turner. Speer, 0'Brien, Dick, Farr,