The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-12-13
WASHINGTON.
Proceedings Of The Senate Flnancs Com
mltIss-ThO New SECRETARY ot.War
Sworn ln-Ths W, U. Ttls.
graph Co. and Tho InuallS
. Investigating Com. yG'i
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Il
, The House Committee on Judiciary
today, instructed their Chairman 10 re-
I. port fRvorably upon ths bill, introduced
ast session by Representative Converse
: to provide for Circuit and District Court
ol the United States ut Columbus, o.
, SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING,
TheSenate Finance Committee has post.
poned, till after the Christmas recess, The
Warner silver bill, trade dollar bTll and
Mr.. Bayard's resolution concerning green.
backs, on the ground that the subjects re-.
Qlire y fuller discussion than could NI
, given blythe Committee.
Before adjournment there was
some Informal discussion Of llay-
ards resolution, and from the tenor Of
: which, Rnd-the known opinion Of two
member. .whow were absent, II may be fore
Swallowed that voorhees,, Ferry, Jones
Ney. J, aud Allison will oppose most forci-
Wy The report oil the resolution, and that
keTnaur Wallace and Morrill, will earnest-
" support BayaTd In Its advocacy, The
casting vote, upon theguestiOn Of report
ing It, Ia, therefore, 10 6s given by BeCk,
who has not yet indicated Whas position
he will take In regard to It. A prominent
member OF the committee said to-day that
the trade dollar bill will undoubtedly be
reported from the committee, with tia
amendments proposed by Mr.. Ferry at
me last session, viz: to provide that trade
dallars offered in exchange for standard
dollars, shall be received only at their
market value Rs bullion, and that amount
q trade dnllats 10 be converted into stan.
dard dollars by re.cOinage, to be Counted
as a part Of the annual maximum coinage
os the latter, as now authorized by law.
TltR wnTERS USIoS TELEGRAPH COMPANY
AND THE INnALLs INVESTIGATING CON.
MlrTEE. n TiIrgGT
The Western Union Telegraph Com.
pany, in response to the subpoena issued
by the Senate Committee on Privileges
and Elections for the production Of all
messages in regard to Senator Ingalls,
election and all the books and records
Of certain offices covering the first six
months Of 1879, which subpoena was made
returnable on the llth inst, have asked
aud obtained an extension OF time until
next Monday, when they propose to ap.
pear before the committee by counsel and
snow cause why the subpoena should not
be Obeyed. Its understood that the re.
ilisal Is based on the ground that the
subpoena requires the production OF books
and records without specifying persons
or dates and without showing that they
contain anything material to the subject
ol the controversy, and that the company
conceive II TO be duty to their
patrons and the public generally to resist
any unnecessary and unwarranted dis
closures Of private business, Senator In.
gals has, however, filed with the commit
Tee his consent 10 the production OF all
kilograms either sent or received by him,
and during the past two months has in
person and by telegraph requested the |
President OF the telegraph company to
deliver them to the committee.
THE'wlIirE RIVER urE PRISONERS.
Secretary Schurz this afternoon received
atelegam from General Hatch, dated Los
pinOs, 10th instant, stating that the In-
dians in their request to be tried in Wash
ington, meant to be tried by the general
government. They are willing to be tried
anywhere outside OF Colorado. They
stated through Ouray that they might rs |
well be hung to trees At the agency rs TO |
be taken u Denver. Ouray says the Com
mission has demanded all the warriors
mentioned by the women, but that the
women made some mistakes, which will
be known at the trial, but that the proper
persons will be secured and turned over
r. soon as II Is ascertained who they are. |
They will turn over all persons mentioned
by the women.
TIE ONO RIVER COMMISSION.
Gen. Moorhead, President OF tho Ohio
River Commission, and Co. Merrill,
Engineer in charge Of the Davis Island
dam, addressed the House Committee ON
Commerce in favor Of Erretts bill, an.
prOpriating $4,000 to carry the work.
They adduced about the came arguments
as thOseisubmitted by Errett and Bayne at
the last meeting Of the Committee.
the NEW SECRETARY oPwAR.
lion. Alexander Ramsey, the new Sec.
ret0ry OF War, arrived here last night from
Philadelphia. Hetook the oath Of office
before ChieI Justice Carter, OF the District
Supreme Court, soon after his arrival, and
this morning assumed the duties OF his
office, Judge McCraYy took formal leave
OF his friends In the War Department at
4 o'clock Yesterday afternoon, and this
morning, in company with Secretary
Thompson, left here In special car for
the West. Judge McCrary goes direct to
st. Louis, while Secretary Thompson will
go 70 his home in Indiana and spend the