Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-12-11
From II asIin ten.
" asHGHGroS, Dec. 4, l5Ta.


Nh EDITOR:
Congress convened on sionday and
heard the reading Of the Presi tents
Message The message is 8 clear, d.
rect and dign fed state paper. and
many Of It's recommendations will
meet with the hearty approval Of the
loyal element os the country.
The Confederate Democracy were
rejoicing over the ex2e:t.d divisio !
the Presidents recommen ,tinr to de-
prive the grccnhacks If being lrga,-
tender, and 70 retire them trom circa-
lation, would max in the Republican
party, as il Is well Il'ro VT I'll It ala ~.
majority of Republicans are deci Lily
opposed to any legislation uFon The
finances at the present sess OH. IL
was under stood that Sen tor ,Iirpen-
ter would introduce the following in
the Senate yesterday.
WHEREAS. the resumption Of spec
lie payment, the circulation Of gnli.
silver and @reeniackS as lawful money
of the Untel States und n existing
laws, aud the reasonable expectation
that the present condition Of the fin,p-
GEES Of the country will not be i stare /
q by precip!tlte legislation. have b,,9
followed by restoration of business con
fidence, revival Of all the in ir>tri = Of
the coutry, ana Inauguration Of g>ner-
al prosperity and
WHEREAS, stability of financial pol
icy is essential to the successful con-
due. Of business affairs;
Resolced, That in the opinion of
the Senate any legislation during the
present session OF Congress changing
the existing system Of finance would
be inexpedent.
At the request or Senator Edmunds
of Vermont, who is we'll known hard
money advocate, Senator Carpenter
deferred Offering his resolution until
caucus of the republican senators
could be held
1t IS expected that there
will be an unicrstaniin. that the
object of Senator Carpentcr'S
resolutions will be agreed upon with
the approval of the President. all
agreeing to "Lct ,ceH cneayh alone a."
1t is not expected that any business
of consequence will be transacted by
Congress until after the holidays.
Wisconsin's able delegation il all
here, with the exception of Sen. Cam
cron who is at New Orleans, a one Of
the committee investigating til" elect
ion of Sen Kellogg; and Represents
tive II / Humphrey who is detained
at home by the sickness OF his wife
Another outrage has been commit,
ted at Blackvillr, S C. WIN Aiken
Nix, brother of the postmaster at
Blackville was dangerously wounded
last night by Barney Jeffcourt, who IT
is believed suspected Nix Of being
witness against him for a violation IF
the revenue laws. The republicans
claim that the cause was political
prejudice Nix Is not expected to
live.
Those who claim that the negro is
not capable of improvemc' t, should
have heard the singing of ''Pinafore"
by the Church Choir Combination
composed of young people connected
with some of the city churches The
audience, during the three perform
ances, embraced, to i great extent the
cultivated and music loving portion of
our citizens and, the universal ven-
diet was that the singing was as good
as that given by any company, ana
when it is taken into consideration
that all who participated in the acting
were made tree by the proclamation Of
President Lincoln it was truly won
derful and clearly shows that the col
ored race is as capable of Improvement
as the Anglo Saxon.
X. X. Y.