Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-04-26
SEAT OF GOVERNMENT.
ONE OF BEN. BUTLER'S SHARP GAMES
Why He Proposes to Prevent the Coalition
Of Democrats and Greenbackers-
Cabinet Meeting-Rapid Sale Of
Refunding Certificates.
Ben Buffers Sharp Game.

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Refunding Certificates.
Ben Buffers Sharp Game.
WASHINGTON, April 25.-The msye-
ment hinted at night or two ago as
being inaugurated here to prevent a
coalation of the Greenbackers with the
Democrats of Ohio, is believed to be
true, and that moreover, Ben Butler is
back of it. tits known that Butler is TO
furnish the means to establish the week
ly Greenback paper to be tioated here
on the 18th OF May next, and that 1t
will vigorously discountence any
coalition, but will urge the keeping OF the
National organization intact-not only
with reference to State contest, but to the
Presidential issue as we'll Butler'sideais
that il coalition in all the States for
merely State officers can be prevented
the Nationals will hold Presidential
Convention OF their own, and that he
will be the next prominent candidate
for the Presidential nomination on the
National ticket. He has also reason TO
hope that in triangular fight neither
the Republican nor Democratic candi-
dates can receive a majority OF the votes
of the Electoral College, and in such an
event, with an election thrown into the
Hoese of Representatives, he can, II he
can do no more, prevent either the Re
publican or Democratic candidate being
caosen. Should the contingency Of
an election by the House actually arise,
1t would require twenty votes to elect a
President, each State being entitled to
one vote, and the candidate chosen
would have to have a majority of the
thrty-eight votes cast by the States.
As the House is now organized the Re-
publicans have majorities in eighteen of
the State delegations. The Democrats
have also majorities in eighteen
States, and Indiana is evidently
divided, with De La Matyr
holding the balance of power. Even
if the Republicans should carry Cal
ifornia next fall they would have but
nineteen votes. So also the Democrats
ii they carry it, making De La Martyrs
vote necessary to elect President. If
the Democrats lose California the House
could not elect President at all, be-
cause even then De La Martyrs vote
would only tie the State delegation ii he
voted with the Democrats, both sides
polling nineteen votes each. There
is one thing, about Butler, and that
is he is Nxy. He can cover
more political ground in the
prospective than any politician in Amer
lea. He sees ahead the possibility of
the election being thrown into the
House, and he means to throw the
fiht into the House il he can. He thinks
he can manipulate the wires to get the
GreenbaCk nomination, and conduct a
campaign in Florida and some other
State not yet picked out, and by his
peculiar system o. campaigning get the
electoral votes of two States. Hence he
has arrived here to seduce the National
Greenback Campaign Committee, and
has now a majority of it in his clutches;
and his first move to accomplish his
purpose is directed to Ohio, to prevent,
ii possible, any coalition OF the Nation
ais and Democrats of that State. The
Ohio Nationals might as well make up
their minds at once that the failure on
their part to unite with the Democrats
will merely be feather in Buffers cap,
and will give him aid and encourage
ment TO try and capture the Presidency
by the same methods and tactics
through which he captured a Demo-
cratic convention in Massachusetts,.
Sale CT Refunding Certificates.
WASHINGTON, April 25.-The Treasury
Department states that the sale of re-
funding certificates is rapidly increas-
ing. The department expresses much
surprise that the postmasters in the
leading cities do not show more energy
and success in these sales.
Cabinet Meeting.
WASHINGTON, April 25.-The session
of the Cabinet to-day was full one, and
quite protractsd, considerable important
business being before il. The subject
of the alleged contemplated invasion OF
Indian territory under the guise OF
settlement formed was the leading topic,
1t appears that a claim has been set up
that by the sale of certain Indian lands
to the government, such lands have be-
come the property of the United States,
as other public lands, and like them are
open TO settlement under the homestead
and pre-emption acts, and that the com
pany, or companies, have been formed
for the purpose of settling on portions
of the lands in question. \ different
view OF the law was taken by the Presi-
dent-and his advisers.
Secretary Sherman called attention
to the extraordinary demands on the
Treasury at present, growing out of the
process of refunding the public debt and
other causes, and urged that there be a
delay in drawing upon the Treasury ut
the present time. He thought that 10y
the end of August the Treasury would
be in condition to make disburse-
ments, on account of rivers and
harbors. Considerable routine busi-
ness was also disposed of.