Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-01-26
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
wHAT IS DOING OR TO Be DONE BY
OUR REPRESENTATIVES.
Improving the Great kanawha-The Presi-
Dental PrOSpect-The Steamboat
Bill Tariff halterS-Gar-
ield snd sherman
Pertinent Personals.
WASHINGTON, January p.

House could not have beep finished so
tia. business oi importance in which
the country is interested could he trans
a.tri next week. As it is the debate on
the rules under the five minutes rule
viii be resumed on Tuesday. The
senate vii. in the meantime discuss
finance anl wait on the House.
ABilI IN Regard to the Improvement Of
the Great Kanawha-
The Secretary OF War has Just for
War,lr,l g. n. Oordou, chairman OF the
S,uat. Commerce Committee from
irn. Wr.-ht. Chief ot L. ;. Engineers,
and Major W. z. Crayhill, in regard to
the op, ration, maintenance and repair
uitut locks AMI dams II the improve
mgut oi tn, Great kauawha river.
They say they anticipate the completion
ui ne .ucSs and dams al sites I and .
m tine iur use during the low water
season Oi 1881. Accompanying these
letters 3 bill in regard tn the matter
which the Secretary Of War thinks
should be- passed oy Congress. Ii pro-
ylits that the locks, Sc., shall BE- held for
tue common use and benefit of the
United states free Of all tolls and charges
except such rs are necessary To pay the
current expenses OF said locks and
dams AMI to keep them in repair
IL further provides that the Secretary Of
War shall ON the 5Oth OF June of each
year pay the tolls and until the work
IrcOm,s sell sustaining, AMI that ex-
pruiiuIrs IN excess OF tolls shall come
out oi the appropriation Tor the i'm
prryrment OF the Great kanawha. The
h,l. wall pass.
The Southern Republican Association and
the Presidency.
asked 4 leading member OF the
Southern Republican Association to-day
what hr and hls colleagues were doing,
auI he replied. Beating Grant "ilOw
will you dO it?' said |. "Why, by sOlidi-
iving. as we are doing the Republican
Strcasth al the south on the ground that
heretofore We have not been iaiTly re-
r1snizel and cared for either by Grant
or HAYES. Once united we will be
found Tor sherman, and where il Grant
then 10 get the votes requisite To nOmi-
nate him at Chicago. Sherman will
have Ohio certain and other States | do
not care to name hc added, aud Blaine
is gupi Tor iowa Michigan, Minnesota,
Iuiiana and Wisconsin. What then il
CankHug does secure New York for
Grant This southern Republican who
il Mt caypet-bagser knew great deal
more than hr was willing to tell me IN
regard 10 Shrrman'S plans and pros
poets. aud | was more impressed with
his manner than with what he said.
Ouc thing Is certain, viz: that sherman
Is making a b.g still hight and
that hls reliance ~ on the South.
Tie has not only office holders there Tor
him, but hr has active workers, who
are creating sentiment IN his favor. |
note the fact, too, every lay that Grants
huslrmen here are growing less NOISY
aul confident, and that the Cameron
il,S now deem the Blaine movement m
PrunSylyauia more formidable thar
when Grant was booming in Phlladel.
pima. In fact senator Cameron found
il necessary 10 20 % Pennsylvania
Tia lrsday night, and is still there IA or
der To- help the Grant management IN
that State. Sixty days ago southern
Democrats here did not want Grant
nominated. but now | find that
Many Of them think he would bc a
weaker candidate than Blame or Sher-
man, and all say there Is NO Grant sen-
timent as reported, among the Demo
Gratis in their States. asked q Virginia
man today, who is one OF the shrewd-
est politicians in all the valley, what
hc thought Of Grant, and hc replied,
"lIe Is the weakest candidate the ke-
pubhCans can nominate; first, because
1l the frauds OF his administration, anu,
secondly, because the people are OPP
posed 10 a third term.
Virginia Certain for the Democratic Pres
idential Nominee.
The Republicans have circulated Il
widely that they expect To carry IT
yinia i'm 1880 Now, your correspondent
Is ina position To understand the situa-
ton I'M Nirginia, ami has Just seen two
letters from leading Readlusters OF tiie
on Dominion To the effect that their
party. while differing IRON the Demo
cratic Debt Payers ON the McCniioth
bill, can be counted on as certainly Ior
the Democratic candidate iOr the fresl-
dency next fall. Both allude To the lact
that the Southwest and Valley, the
slronghOlls oi the Rradiusters, are also
Democratic strOnghOids, and cannot De
induced 10 90 Republican. One OF these
saws that General Malone wili be as
good a Democrat when he gets INTO the
Senate a. Senator Johnston, and tins Is
the sentiment OF Democratic senators
generally. Why not, when his lather
Was an lrishman and he born Demo
crat
The Steamboat Bnl-Better Prospects.
What has been known as the steam
boat bill has been able heretofore 10 pass
the House, but has always found ITS
death sleep in the Senate Cnmmepce
Committed, owing 10 the hosulHy OF
Mr.. Roscoe Conkling, the former Sat
man of the Commerce COMMITTEES. This
session il has fair show in the Senate
committee, having been referred, even
before il passed the HOUSE, 10 sub
committee of which Mr.. Hereford Is
chairman and Messrs. Baldwin and Me-
MILAN, Western senators, are members.
In the House Mr.. kenna Is on the sub
committee OF the Commerce Committee,
which has charge OF the same bill. lhe
bill limits the liability for danger to HE
or property to the amount OF interest
parties have in a steamboat violating the
provisions OF the bill. IL also provides
that no pilot or engineer shall be IT,
eensed who is not an American citizen OF
has given lawful notice Of his intention
to become one in due time. IL Is a
lengthy bin, and its details require care
ful consideration.
The Proposed Tariff Commission-
The big fight over steel and iron will
commence in the Ways and Means
Committee on the pa OF February, and
the discussion Of this branch OF the tariff
will be elaborate and instructive. Now,
on the 18th Of December, Senator Eaton,
OF Connecticut, introduced bill to or.
ganize a tariff commission 10 consist oi
nine civilians, and the next day Senator
It - fnNrDHnRa1 hill