Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-05-19
CAPITAL CHATTER.
WIND-PUODlNG IN THt SOLEMN SEN
ATE.
indications that the Administration is Grow
ing Tired Of the Veto Business, and
Probability that Some Sort
Of a Compromise Will
Be Effected.

"AAA AApN ~ ANtNNAf ANA 49,
fore the middle of next week. Senator
Coke said tonight that there was no
probability that the Senate would get
through with the bill before Thursday,
and it might occupy the entire week.
As the bill has been slightly amended
IN the Senate, and must therefore so
back to the House, it is evident that it
will not get to the President before
Monday week, or the 25th inst, and the
veto message will hardly be back to Con-
gress much before the first of June. The
only new development as to what will be
done after the bill is vetoed is an indica-
ton that the administration is
Getting Tired of the Veto Business,
And is getting anxious to cOmprOmis'.
1t will be- remembered that on the last
day of the Forty-tifth Congress, when
both sides were trying to make it ap-
pear that the other was responsible for
the extra session, Garfield said in
speech that if the Democrats would pre-
sent aS separate measures bills repeating
the test oath law and the law of 1865 in
relation TO the presence OF troops at the
polls, and would leave the supervisors
law and the other election laws alone,
he would vote with them for those two
propositions. The Democrats at the
time declined the offer, and since the
veto business began the Stalwart Repub-
leans have industriOusly circulated a
report that that offer was no longer
open. 1t seems, however, that Garfield
has never authorized the report, but has
been laboring personally TO get the DEM
Ocrats 10 now accept the proposition he
offered them. To-day, in answer to a
direct question whether he still held to
his old offer, he said positively that he
did, and that he was confident enough
Republicans would vote with him to
Carry the Compromise,
although he admitted that the bulk OF
his party would vote against him. This
probably means that the administration
Republicans will 90 with him, and the
rest won't. Frye, on being questioned
to-day on the subject, said emphatically
that he would not vote for that compro-
mise or any other, and he doubtless
voices the sentiments OF the Stalwarts.
There is no evidence that the Democrats
intend TO accept Garfield's proposition,
but he is working OH the ten or twelve
Democrats who are opposed to adjourn
ing without providing the appropria-
tons, and there is no telling what may
become of it. The chief significance of
Garheld's declaration, however, lies in
the fact that he knows the mind of the
administration il anybody does, and
probably speaks Tor 1t.
The Silver Bill.
The friends Of the Warner Silver Bill
are more hopeful tonight than they
were Yesterday, because they won a de-
cided victory this afternoon by defeat
inc the Springer amendment. General
Warner and his friends felt that il that
amendment was adopted they might as
we'll abandon their bill, for its effect
would have been to change its tenor en-
tirelv. Ewing appreciated the difficulty
they were in in its length and breadth,
and he therefore offered an amendment
which modified Springer's amendment
materially. Springer proposed that bull
lion should De purchased at its market
value, without designating what
market should fix that value;
it was optional with the Secretary
of the Treasury, and he might have
selected the London market. Ewing
put on a limitation which required the
price to be fixed at the selling rate in
San Francisco and New York. He also
provided that the certificates should he
issued at the market value OF bumon,
and provided for a reserve OF 40 per cent
on standard dollars coined, which were
To be used solely for the redemption OF
the certificates issued. This proposition,
he knew. would bring the House to a
test vote. The silver men, fearful OF the
SpringersubStitute all voted for Ewlngs
amendment, for they felt that they had
better take that as a compromise than
have the Springer amendment, and
thus emasculate their bill and make It
nonsense. When the roll was called all
the silver men voted for it, and all who
were OppOSd to the whole bill against it.
The lines were strictly drawn, and the
result was 4 tie-l05 to l0j. 1t then de-
vOlved upon the Speaker to solve the
question, and the House awaited Ran
dalrs vote with breathess attention un-
til he said: "The Chair votes in the al
firmative, and the amendment is adOp'
ed =" when the hall rang with cheers
from the Democrats and GreCnbaCEerS.
The next question was upon the ado2-
ton of Springer amendment as amend
ed. and all turned in to defeat it. The
silver men voted against it, because they
did not want it at all, and the
anti-silver men because they saw
that with Ewings amendment they
would place themselves in a most
ridiculous position by voting for it. 1t
was defeated by vote OF So yeas to III
navs. This left the third section OF the
bill as il was originally reported and IN
favor of unlimited coinage. The anti
silver men are demOraliZed and imme-
diately manifested disposition to adj
iourn. Before the vote on adjournment
was taken, however, q motion was made
to adjourn until Tuesday, and this was
carried by a vote of l4l TO %. The OBJ
ject of adjOurning over was two-iold:
First, to prevent the introduction of a
food of bills on Monday; and, second,
10 prevent a motion to suspend the
rules, which might compel members to
make a record upon a question which
they had not properly considered and
were not prepared to vote upon.
Payment Of Arrears Of Pensions.
WASHINGTON, May lin response
TO 4 letter addressed ny Secretary
Schurz, inquiring whatamOunts OF funds
can be made available monthly for the
pavment of arrears due upon pensions
allowed prior to January 18th, 1879, the
Secretary of the Treasury states that in
cluding the amount already paid $, 800
600 will be available prior to July, and
S2,OOO.OOO monthly thereafter, The
Commissioner of Pensions in view OF
this has issued a circular letter II appll-
cants for arrears, saving that a compara-
lively small number OF cases only can
be adjusted monthly, and, therefore,
some delay may occur, but the settle
ments will be made in such order as to
| distribute the payments eQuitably