Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-05-27
NATIONAL TOPICS.
SHERMAN ENTERS FOR THE PRESI-
DENTAL RACE.
Yesterdays Work in the Senate-Treasuy
.Circular-Sales of Refunding Ger
ti6cates-0emocratic Cau-
Gus Committee.
WASHINGTON, May 20.
SENATE.

provide for the exchange of subsidiary
coins for lawful money, and making
such coins legal tender in sums not ex-
ceeding twenty dollars, was taken up.
Mr.. Edmunds spoke against the bill.
When Mr.. Edmunds concluded, con-
sideration began of the bill heretofore
introduced by Mr.. Mcdonald, author
izing the employment of militia and
land and naval forces in certain cases,
and to repeal the election laws.
Mr.. Mcdonald claimed that the re-
spective States have absolute right to
prescribe the machinery for conducting
elections. No power Tor this pupose
was ever delegated TO the general gov
ernment, and it was never exercised,
until OF late years, under the
authority of law and through
the agency of supervisors.
The debates in the convention that
adopted the Constitution, support the
position he had taken, nor was the
principle departed from until 1870,
when the false plea of security and free
dom and fairness at elections was urged
as an excuse for the enactment OF the
election law. The control OF the South
ern States was passing from the Repub-
licans, and hence they assumed the
power OF interfering in the elections for
their own advantage.
At the conclusion of Mr.. McDohald's
address Mr.. Edmunds said he intended
to speak on the subject when it again
came up.
The President pro TEN announced his
signature to the legislative appropriation
bill, which now goes to the President.
The bill relative to the transportation
of animals was then taken up.
Mr.. Mcpherson explained and advo-
Gated the bill.
Mr. MaXey opposed the last clause of
the bill, which authorizes the Commits
siOner of Agriculture to appoint an in
speCtor at each port from which live
stock and dressed animals are exported,
who inspect all animals offered for eX-
port and ii found in good health give the
owners or shippers certificates to that
effect, and whose salaries shall be 81 800
per annum. He thought such officers
should be appointed by the President,
~ and with the advice and
consent of the Senate. The clause
also provides that the Commissioner
OF Agriculture may fix the fees for in
spection, to be paid by the owners or
shippers. As the representative of
great cattle producing State, he pro-
tested against this direct tax on the eX-
port OF cattle.
Mr.. VOORHEES, moved to strike out the
clause above referred to, though he sup
ported the bill i'm the main. These in
spectors would have too much power
They could ruin a shipper by withhold
ing a certificate, and they could receive
brides for giving certificates for diseased
cattle. Western cattle are not diseased,
but become infected in the stock
yards in the eastern ports, and
any additional delay there would
increase liability to disease for this
same reason. 4 certificate OF health
given to cattle that spend only short
time i'm these ports would be worthless,
because the disease incurred might
exist in germ and be developed while on
the vessel. No foreign countries would
accept the certificates of our inspectors.
Governments are jealous in these mat
ters and depend only on their own
officers. England has found it necessary
TO schedule against certain countries
where disease among cattle exists and
this is one of those countries.
No certificates of any inspectors
will take us off that list. The
only remedy is to eradicate disease
by proper quarantine and other health
regulations.
Mr.. McPhels)n said that while he be-
lieved the clause objected to should be
retained he would not insist on it, as
the principal object OF the bill was to
prevent cruelty to animals in transit,
and 10 guard against danger to the pub
lie health from the consumption OF the
meat of exhausted and ill-ied animals.
Without further action the Senate
went into executive session, and soon
after adjourned.
Sheiman Candidate for President.
WASHINGTON, May 26. - Secretary
Sherman's 5 letter TO an unknown war
Democrat in New York is accepted by
all here as an announcement that he
has entered the race for the Presidency.
While there are many who critiCise it aS
a self-nominatiOn, there are few who
undertake to deny its simpOrtance. The
friends of Sherman answer this criticism
bv saving it is frank and manly way
OF declaring himself, and much more
commendable than by working in secret
To attain the end he now openly init
mates that he has in view. \ few of
them, however, arc disposed to find
fault with the Secretary correspondent
Tor giving the letter to the press, but
more of them treat il as letter pre-
pared for publication, in order that the
Secretary's position might be early un-
derstoOd.
There has been one feature OF the
Grant movement known here for some
weeks that is supposed to have some
thing to do with the appearance OF this
letter. Information lately received from
General Grants party, by some Of his
friends here, has been TO the effect that
if prominent Republicans should be in
the field as candidates with such show
of strength as to make it necessary for
General Grant to take part in either a
heated contest or a scramble for the
nomination, that he should peremptori-
" and absolutely refuse to have his
name used before the convention. For
this reason the pronounced Grant
men are greatly dissatisfied with
Sherman's announcement, and criticize
it in most uufriendly spirit. Friends
of Mr.. Conkling are particularly dis
pleased, as they regard this letter as in
dicating an early move on New York
bv Mr.. Sherman. They say he can not
carry the delegation of that State against
Mr.. Conkling's influences, and after
what has occurred concerning the Gus
tom House nomination that could never
be obtained for Mr.. Sherman under any
contintingcies, even ii Mr.. COnkling