The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-02-20

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kansas House Of Representatives, who was
called on to testify as to his knowledge Of
bribery at the late Senatorial election, has
resigned his seat rather than give his eyi.
dence.
After this session Of the Senate two OF
the carpet-bag Senators whose terms OK.
pire will pack their satchels and leave their
adopted States. Patterson, Of South Car.
DINA, intends to settle in tho West, and
Spencer, Of Alabama, will 90 TO Deadwood,
in the Black Hills.
Tic Sl0,0OO,0O0 or 80 Of Virpinia's IN.
debtedness, which West virVinia assumed
when the State was divided, Is in fair
way to DO wholly repudiated. The West
Virginia Legislature has recently denied
responsibility for II, and The Virginia
House resolved that Il Is none OF their iu.
neFal.-SpriNgfeld Republican,
Tho Judges OF the United States Su.
preme Courtate rathcrsourover the enact.
ment Of tie law allowing women to up.
pear in their awful presence as attorneys,
and one OF them the other evening told
some ladies who were quiszing him about
II that they intended to turn their
consulting room into a nursery, where
women who wanted 10 argue cases before
them could leave their babies.
This Congress seems 10 be ofa fine idiocy
on plain questionsof saving and spending,
and likely to spoil all the credit earned by
its predecessor for economy. The,House
has passed the appropriation for the ar.
reaB Of pensions, leaving the Secretary Of
the Treasury to pay It out OF his cash In
hand, thus reducing the reserve accumu.
lated for resumption purposes. Mean.
time, the Senate votes to reduce tho
tobacco tax. Burning the candle at both
ends will soon leave US in the dark.
Tho Alabama Legislature unlike ours)
has adjourned sine die, though It's work
was unfinished, because the constitutional
limit Of 80 days has been reached.
Mobiles charter was vacated before nd.
lournment, provision was made to substi.
tute o per cents for the per cent State
bonds which soon become due, and a
board was appointed, with power to reduce
the tax rate, II 1t shall be found possible
after all the assessments are in. Georgia
is the only Southern State which has been
able to reduce taxation, and she did not
attempt it until the first Of this year. The
Motfett register caused considerable dis.
Ousslon in the Alabama body, but was
finally voted down.
General A. ]. Warner, the Democratic
Representativs.elect from tile Thirteenth
Ohio district, favors Thurman as the Dem.
ocratic Presidential candidate Of 1880, and
makes the following prediction about the
purity platforms:
"The Republican platform will be based
on national bank circulation, gold. re-.
sumption, Grant and strong government.
The Democratic platform will demand the
unlimited coinage OF silver and gold; the
substitution OF currency issued BY the
government Tor national bank notes, to be
regulated by some established principle
that will secure stability OF volume and
stability OF value, and declaration on
posing under any pretext whatever any
increase in the bonded indebtedness Of
the country or the sale OF bonds for any
purpose but TO refund outstar ding bonds
bearing higher rate OF interest. These
are our last principles and will be adhered
to in our next convention"
After saying that Mr.. Tilden will no
doubt be a very strong candidate for the
next Democratic nomination for the
Presidency the Vicksburg Miss Herald
(Dem.) warns its northern brethren as
follows:
MIR. Tilden's friends will commit great
II not fatal mistake II they should make
the abuse Of the Electoral Commission n
feature OF his campaign. We speak OF the
measurement of the conduct OF the men
who were charged with It's execution. The
mode Of settling the grave difficulties OF
the situation then pending was really the
outgrowth ofthe highest order OF patrio.
tisn in the Democratic party-a patriotism
which for the sake Of peace, for the inter.
est OF the whole country, for the honor OF
Republican institutions, could forget itself,
put aside the allurements OF victory. Weld
the 'coigne OF vantage 10 an adversary,
and put faith in his honor and integrity.h
Mr.. Zach. Chandler in his speech at
Lansing, Mich, accepting his nomination
to the United States Senate, said:
~ care not whom you send to Congress
TO cooperate with the Democratic party
OF the South, he is controlled, and must be
controlled BY rebel influences; and / pre.
dict, my fellow citizens, that, whether 70 You
nominate for your standard. bearer in 1850
the man whom they didn't love and did
hate, and yet dear 10 the United States
Grant or whether you nominate that
gallant standard-bearer Of Maine, or
whether YOU nominate John Sherman, the
present Secretary Of the Treasury, that
you and | will march shoulder to Shout.
der TO rescue from tho prasn of rnhaI 1on-