Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-03-08
A TIE VOTE
or tho U. s. Supreme Conrt in an I'm
portant Case.
special Correspondence 0i tho Register.
W.syuS0rDy Marrh 6


special Correspondence 0f tho Register
WSsHISGros, March B.
Tue supreme Court OF the United
States stood iour To- iour IN the case Of
Douglass and others W. Gsillard, Treas
urer Of Charleston county, South Caro-.
lima, and hence the decision OF the court
below Was affirmed II Judge Hunt
had been Well enough TO sit In the ease
there would have been a majority either
on one side or the other, and consider
ing It's importance, it Is unfortunate that
there were not nine Judges on the
bench. The plaintiff held bills of tho
bank Of the State Oi South Carolina
which bore upol their face that they
were b. bc received tor all taxes due the
State. The Treasurer in question ro-
fused to receive them for taxes when OF
iered by the plaintiff, and the court be-
low decided IN his favor. As soon as
Judge Hunt dies or resigns the question
involved in this case will be- brought up
again. When the Supreme Court is dl-
yided there is no opinion Of course had.
Senator Carpenters speech.
The speech Di senator Carpenter To
dav. against the bill 10 restore Gen.
Fit John Porter, IL pronounced 10y
Democrats as a brilliant legal argument
and one i'm striking contrast with the
nine houns' speech Of Gen Logan. lie
thought, however, " Gen. Porter had
hal twenty thousand lives he forfeited
them all, because twenty thousand men
were Killed at the second Manassas by
hi4 conduct. His remark thai II the
Democrats, hy their votes, restore hun,
that il will hut convince the American
people at the necessity OF placing 4
man at the clear head and pure heart Ol
Gen. Grant in the presidential chair,
caused smile among many vino had
sedatrly listened 90 his angument that
the bill looks Ia am exercise at the par
dOning power Of Congress, when under
the Constitution u has no such power.
What Is said Of Mr.. Tndsn. Now at Wash
ington.
asked q Democrat to-day who has
often been at Gramacy Park, what lac
thought Of the position of Mr.. Hlden.
why" said he, From all heard
during February from those | know are
intimate with Mr.. Gllden concluded
even before seeing Watterson. ei,torI-
al that he had about abandoned the
contest
"What DO you think now" ! asked.
"Why that Mr Tllden lets very few
know the thirty-third degree secrets OF
his heart.
"It looks 10 me now" he said, chat
he has changed his mind Ii he ever
really intended tO abandon the hight.
For why, If this bo not so, have his
friends secured two hundred and hlty
rooms al CinciunatI? ,?
"wIl he get the nomination II he
wants II 20 asked.
There is no telling" he replied,
"ghAt he can or cannot dO. In 1910
came from the far South 10 Washing
ton, and found nobody IN Con
gress hardly for him, and politicians
noted for shTewdnesS, hooted AT the
idea of his carrying the south at ~
Louis, and vet YOU rememhtT that he
swept the States south OF the Potomac
30 II will not do tOcoEclude Just he
cause Speaker Randall anil u lew MEM
bers Of the House constitute hls support
in Congress that therefore he has no
chance oi a nomination at Cincinnati.
What do YOU think of - Sudden
pOstpnnement oi the Kentucky Dem
OcratiC Convention .f...
cit seems evident" said he. shat
Messrs. Watterson & Co. want 10 gave
Mr.. nlden time 10 increase hls strength
elsewhere, so A. tO make hentucky
unit for him. | see IN this, he re-
marked, "a great deal tO convince me
that from this out Mr.. Hlden's car vaSs
for the nomination Is 10 he active and
most pronounced"
lie here spoke Of Mr.. Tillens great
tact and sagacity' as politician OF the
Van Buren school, aud | asked II he TO-
garded his conduct since 1870 IS wise
and ssgsciOos,
EMO" said he, there is the trouble.
Hhe had planted himself hrmly upon the
fact that ne had been cheated Out OF the
Presidency and done and said nothing
in word, II he had played the states
man instead Of the New IOFk P0ltlrlAn,
his position nov would be iEnpregrable.
and the Democratic party would be a
unit for his TrnOmluAtlpn. But he
trusted 10 himself more than to his
cause" said he. and hence has lost IN
the esteem Ot the country. The Potter
COMMITTEES, Tor Instance, Was great
mistake" he added, with emphasis, Tor
it Is folly to hope To hurt the RepubilcAn
marty. or its leaders, by showing that
they are guilty 0t frauds.
wanted him nov 20 talk about
Bayard. SsymOaT ami Hancock, egi he
defined and said: Il am afraid OF YOU
newspaper people, for one Rsvss Knows
what you are going to publish.
Personal News I'sna
One of Mr.. Shsrman's managers 10
day assured me that his prospects never
looked better. They are expecting .
boom from the Columbus C0nssaii0n
on the 18th.
Frye, fsltsn and Min, are among