The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-03-22
BY IELEGhAPH.
TO THE DAILY IYTE111d 1dENcER
GENERAL NEWS.
The laps Preparing for a Grand Re,
Ception to General Grant.
An Extraordinary Chinese General
Looms up Among the CeIestials.
Full Textof Bishop Parcell's Flnan-
CiatstateIisnt.
Pity the Sorrows Of a Poor FalllbIe
Old Man.
A Terrible Prairie Fire in Lincoln
County, Kansas.
WASHINGTON.

NOMINATIONS REFERRIp.
WAsnrXGroN, March 9I.-The Senate
IN executive session referred the Pres
ident's nominations to the appropriate
committees. ....
EOMISATED ny THE PRESIDENT.
The President nominated Clarence
King Director OF Geological Survey
Francis A. Walker, Supt. Of Census; Wm
a. Heron, Pension Agent at Pittsburgh;
David II. Strother, W. Va, U. S. Consul
General to Mexico; Jacob II. Stewart, U.
$. Surveyor General OF Minnesota.
JOINT CAUCUS COMMITTEES.
Representative House, Chairman Of the
Democratic cauclls, to-day appointed the
following committee to confer with the
caucus committee OF the Senate with a
view OF determining the orCler OF business
ofthe extrasession: Chalmers, Chairman;
Carlisle, Cox, Ewing, Springer, Atkins,
Clymer, Reagan, BiCknell and Phelps.
y general interchange OF views occur.
red with regard 10 the most practical
mode Of procedure, and considerable dil-
ference OF opinion was manifested rs to
the most effective and judiciOus course to
be adopted in passing any resolutions,
and after comforting with Senator Thur
man, Chairman OF the Senate Caucus Com
mittee, it was decided to postpone all
further consideration Of the question ut
issue till tomorrow morning, ut which
time joint meeting will be held with the
Senate Committee, and joint action will
probably be taken, the nature OF which
will be reported to joint caucus OF the
Democratic members OF both Houses.
Although the time for holding such caucus
has not been announced, It is thought
by some members OF the House TINT It
will be held on Monday or Tuesday next
Messers. Springer, Carlisle and Reagan
were appointed subcommittee on the
part OF the House committee to prepare
bill for the consideration at the joint meet
ing tomorrow embodying provisions for
the repeal OF certain portions OF the
federal elections laws and such new pro.
visions as the subcommittee may con-
slider desirable to enact in connection with
the proposGd-rcpeal, in caSe n majority
shall determine that it is not advisable to
adhere to the original programme OF pas-
sing the appropriation bills precisely in
form so far as regards political clauses in
which they were passed by the House
last session.
The subcommittee this afternoon com.
plcted the comprehensive measure, based
mainly on Springer's suggestions, the
principal features OF which IRE as follows:
It proposesto to repeal sections :, 2,020 to 2,O27'
inclusive, and also section 2,03l OF the Re.
vised Statutes OF the United States, and to
modify section 9,O2S by providing That no
person shall be appointed Supervisor who
is not u resident Of tho precinct in which
he Is 10 serve. The sections 10 be repeal.
ed are those which authorize tho appoint.
ment OF Chief Supervisor of Deputy
Marshals for special service at elections.
The appointment OF two Supervisors OF
different politics to servo in merely lestl-
monial capacity, is not intcrferetl with by
this bill. 1t is provided that Supervisors
who may be prevented from performing
their duties. shall report the fGctsto the
Judge Of the nOarest United States Court,
to be by him laid before tho proper Grand
Jury.
Regulations arc prescribed to prevent
any impairment OF ballots, requiring them
to he OF uniform size and to be printed on
plain white paper, SO. Tie bill proposes
to repeal sections whiGh now permit tho
presence OF troops at tho polls under cor
tain circumstances, and to substitute for
them substantially the British law on the
subject, which prohibits soldiers from be-
ing stationed ut any point nearer than two
miles from the polls, or 10 go to them ex-
cept for tho purpose Of voting, in which
case they must at once afterwards return
to their station. The bill will also emhody
the repeal Of the juror" test oath provis-
ions ot tho existing law.
ALONG SESSION PROBABLE,
The sentiment Of tho caucus OF the
House Democrats to-day was very dis.
couraging to those who hoped that the
special session would be short, and its
business confined to tho appropriation
bills, as tltorp WIS developed disposition
to go into general Legislation, and even SO
conservative man US Alex. II. Stspkans
suggested that Congress had better sil
until June and then meet againin October
Tho Democrats in taking. control o.
legislation do not se1m 10 rpa.lIe they
have assumed enormous responsible ties
int aot like man who having spent lpost
OF his lie in poverty is suddenly endowed
,osa ml hat while thew hayo tho powSr they
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