The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-03-04

Z WASHINGTON, March 4.-The ComierenC
Committee on the sundry appropriate
4 bill has agreed. An agreement has bee
! reached In the conference on the fortiicf
ton bill, the Senate yielding It's amend
I ments. Thu Conierees on the diilciGnc
bill have also arrived at an understanding
The clause making an appropriation 70
. pay due the Supervisors, Is reduced /
$4,000.
rREsIDRST AT TIE CAPITOL.
The President and Cabinet will be n
, tho Capitol this afternoon.
IMPORTANT RAILROAD SUIT DECIDED.
The case Of the United States vs.. Burl
ington & Missouri Railroad Company, In
volVing the right Of the United States I,
annul certain patents issued by II to tn
company for 100000 acres OF land II
Nebraska, was decided to-day by thu
Supreme Court, in favor Of the company
ADNIrrEDToPRACrIcR.
The Supreme Court oithe United State,
convened to-day after a recess OF fouI
weeks. All the Justices were present ex
cept associate Justice Hunt Mrs, Ilelya
a. Lockwood was admitted to practice.
large crowd was attracted TO the courI
room in the anticipation Of motion 10
admit Mrs. Lockwood, A similar motion
having been denied two years ago on &C.
count OF the candidates sex. On this Oc.
casion no objection was raised, and for
the first time in the history Of this court q
woman's name Is on the roll OF lis prac.
tioncrs.
CONCERNING AN EXTRA SESSION.
WAsHLSoroS, March 2.-The question oil
an extra session, at this hour III p. NJ.
turns on the fate OF the Legislative appro.
priation bill. All other questions in the
conference are made subordinate to that,
II the committee will agree upon that bill,
all other bills could be finished in few
hours. The principal element in deter
mining the question, strangely enough,
lies in the Speakenhip campaign for the
next House. The Randall men wish to
finish the business, believing their candi-
,iate would have greater certainty OF elec.
ton should the session be postponed until
Dec. The Blackburn folks prefer that an
extra session should be held this spring
They think that they are certain Of
success at u called session. The lover that
they arc usingiS the repeal OF the Super.
visor law and the law relative 10 Deputy
hlarshals. There is very strong disposi-
ton on the part Of perhaps twenty Demo.
cats in the House to make some Compro-
mise OF this repeal question, and not TO
force an extra session upon that issue. 4
great number Of propositions Of COmpro-
mise have been male. The Democrats
still insist that the Supervisor law must be
Internationally repealed. To this the Re
publicans object, and probably will never
consent, yet they had majority OF but
ono in the Senate last night in favor OF re-
tanning that law. The argument made by
the Republicans 10 convince the Demo-
Gratis OF tho propriety OF surrendering is
that there will be no important elections
before they secure control OF both
houses; that they can then force this re-
peal, and shape new appropriation bills
according 10 their own pleasure. There is
OF course great difference OF opinion as TO
the probable result.
Mr.. Blackburne said tonight that the
Southern Democrats never would sur
render, and that TO surrender now is to
surrender in 1880. His followers think
they SEQ certain Democratic defeat in the
Supervisor law, and are determined to
make their stand upon It. Some OF their
number claim l09 votes pledged 10 force
nm extra session II the repeal Is not carried.
They possibly may have fifty votes, but II
the Speaker is against them, ii is OF little
consequence how large faction in favor
OF an extra session may be. This was well
illustrated by Speaker Randall ruling
against the filibusters in the last days OF
the Presidential count. The rules, OF
course, were then widely strained, and
tilibustering motions were not recognized
The Republicans, Of course, cOncede
that the Democrats have the decision Of
an extra session in their own hands.
Eugene Hale, a leading Republican mem.
her OF the conference, said tonight that he
does not see how 1t Is possible TO come TO
any agreement, as the Democrats decline
to yield, and the Republicans certainly
will not. The Democrats are determined,
however, that il one bill is to fail, all
must, and for this reason everything is be-
ing held back until the result OF the legis-
lative conference is ascertailel.
i. senator Thurman, Notwithstanding his
refusal last night TO debate the repeal OF
the Supervisor law, says tonight that the
Democracy will decline Inappropriate any
money to carry on the government until
thcso election laws are repealed Senator
Rayard, too, thinks an extra session
almost certain. Speaker Randall Ia In.
clined to contrary opinion, but couples
with it declarations that the Republicans
are certain to yield. Mr.. Durham. lead.
ing Democratic member Of the conference,
says the Democrats will not surrender an
inch. Charles Foster, representing the
Republicans on two conferences, fears
that the hills will hp lost. Gen. Garfield
thinks that the Democrats will yield, and
that the bills will pass. There is, OF
course, q large margin Of time in which 10
adjust differences, II there is any disposi-
ton to do so.
The recess taken by the House from
l2:45 to Monday morning ut 10, was ac-
copied that no arrangements could be
Faaenell Tonight, and most entertained
the opinion that tho extn session could
not be avoided Tho Democrats are united
thus far in favor Of standing by the repeal
Of tho Supervisors law, and the Republi-
cans are still equally as firm.