The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-02-12
AT THE CAPITAL.
The Struggle Over the Census Appoint
msHts-All the Ohio Supervisors Re-
lsctsd-Blgamy and PoIyamy Prohl-
bitIons-The. Purchase Of $ll,-
100000 10 bonds bySsc.
retaIy Sherman.
sRcRErARY sngRMANls WE'VE.

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y No MORE DoSD PURCHASES. .H
= Secretary Sherman says he thinks ii
eleven millions of bondsior the sinkin
fund has been secured, but no purchase
d beyond that amount will be made.
/ PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS.
4 The President nominated Geo. Bale!
!, register OF land office at New orleansi v
Q NJ. Burwell, receiver Of public money!
4 New Orleans; Charles G. Belknap, India
agent at Tule River agency, California
William Whiting, Of Illinois, India
agent Of the Ponca agency, Indian Terr
tory.
JUMPING TOO FAST.
The Senate Navy Affairs Committee re
commend the rejection Of the nomination
OF Lieut.. Schenck for captain and assist
ant qpartermaster in the Marine corps, OF
the ground that 1t is an act OF unwarrant
ed favoritism and that 1t proposes 10 JUMP
thirty or thirty-fve senior officers. fEE
THE MISSISSIPPI IMPROVEMENTS.
The Senate Committee on Mississippi
Levees failed to obtain jurisdiction ovei
the improvement Of the Mississippi rivel
and tributaries, the Committee Of the
Whole deciding, by vote OF 100 to Al
that Its sole jurisdiction should be over
the levees OF the Mississippi.
BEGAMY AND poLYGANY. o.,
Senator Garland reported bill from the
Judiciary Committee to-day, amendatory
to the present laws relating to bigamy and
polygamy. It imposes fine Of not more
than five hundred dollars and not more
than five years imprisonment upon every
perton who has husband. or wife living
and who hereafter marries another, and
declares that any man who marries more
than one woman is guilty Of bigamy. This
provision does not extend to any person
by reason Of any former marriage whose
husband or wife by such marriage is sab-
sent for FIVE successive years, and is not
known. to be living, nor to any person
whose lawful marriage has been dissolved
by the decree Of q competent court.
1t provides thatin case OF prosecution for
bigamy any person drawn as a jury.man
may be challenged II he is or has been
living in the practice Of .higamy or poly
gamy, or II he believed 1t morally, religi-
ously or legally rightfor man to have
more than one living and undiyorced wife,
or to live in the practice OF cohabiting
with more than one woman. 1t also
authorizes the President to grant amnesty
TO offenders against the law for offences
committed before, January LIST, 1879, on
such conditions aud under such limitations
as he shall think proper, but no such am
nesty shall have effect unless the condi-
tons thereof shall have been complied
with. The bill provides that the issue'ef
plural or Mormon marriages born before
November LIST, 1879, shall be considered
legitimate aad entitled to all the rights Of
heirs and next OF kin OF either OF the
parents.
CONTRIBUTIONS AMI, REFLECTIONS.
The Senate confirmed the following
nominations to be Supervisors Of The
Census: Kansas-1st District, 7. Dwight
butcher; Cd, David Q. Evans; Sd, Charles
M. Kellogg. New Mexico-Ab Abraham s.
Hoyt. Washington Territory-Frederick
w. Sparkling. Wyoming-Homer Merrill.
Also, WIN. G. Hartruff 10 be Postmaster
at Port Huron, Michigan. = -
The following nominations for Census
Supervisors for the eight Census Districts
OF Ohio were rejected: 1st, Charles D..
Campbell; I'd, John Henry Thomas; Sd,
VIM. H. Mcdowell 4th, Henry A, Towne;
5th, Albert q. Byers; 9th, Moses NJ. Ho.
bart; 7th, VIM. A. Hunt; sth, Joshua Y.
Stanley. This result was reached at the
end OF q prolonged session OF three hours,
during which the reasons for the major
| ity's action on these nominations were
distinctly stated and their purpose in re-
gard to the remainder OF the Supervisor
nominations significantly foreshadowed.
Senator Pendleton, Chairman OF the
Census Committee, reported the Ohio
nominations adversely,and made the open
ing speech. He explained that the adverse
report had no reference to the personal
character OF the nominees, but was based
solely upon the ground that the Presi-
dent in nominating eight Republicans
and not single Democrat, to appoint
enumerators and supervise the taking
OF the census in Ohio, had violated the
spirit OF the census law, and ignored
1.-The distinct understanding that the
supervisors, as we'll as the enumera-
tors should be appointed irrespective
OF party affiliations. No explicit re.
ouirement OF this sort had been invest
led in regard TO the supervisors las was the
case in regard to the enumeratorsl, simply
because II was considered on all hands to
be unnecessary, especially in view Of the
remark made by the Republicans In debate
that the Democrats could control the con
firmations by means OF their ascendancy
in the Senate. Some showing OF non
nartisanship had been made In the ap
pointments OF ofsupervisors for some OF the
States, butin most Of them the Democrat:
. have been wholly ignored by the Presi
dent and this case Of Ohio was garint
instance OF partisanship OF selections, Tor
although about half OF the people oil OHIO
are Democrats and the State has tvs
Democratic Senator'S and eleven Demo
cratic Representatives In the present Con,
gress, the President has not appointec
. one Democratic supervisor to assist II
in taking her census.
Mr.. PendletoR argued that IN view o.
the fact that this census will be for ter
wears the apportionment Of the represen
tation in Congress and in State Legisla
tures, Il Is OF the highest importance no
only that the Supervisors shall be person
3 ally competent, but that the results 0
!, | their labors shall be above suspicion Iron
! any standpoint, political or otherwise.
Senator Thurman also spoke at consid
erable length in the same general line Q
argument as bis colleague. -,
Very little dissent was expressed on til
Republican side OF the chamber in regar
Q 10 the correctness OF the allegations 9
y soundness OF the claims thus presented
but considerable time was consumed l
:. discussing the suggestion made by Senate
y EdmundS, in some extended remark
!, which was warmly supported also b
n several other Republicans) to the efet
:, that better and fairer way for the DENT
y crats to attain their purpose would be
y confirm such proportion Of the total nun
3 ber OF appointments as they deemed prol
Q or, and then reject the less deserving !,
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