The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-04-20
AZ THE CAPITAL.
at, Solid For IOhn Sherman
v,,,,r-1hs Geneva Award Fund
slaIs' y. I. s,,s Of a Parallel Case 10 tho
-Is' ls,,s ,ss spoIIatI'n. Glaln.-P'' Claims
IIiIs,l Affair. Ia /, vIrOlHIa
General News.
OHIO FOR SHERMAN.
-....ssnx- April l9.-secretary sher.

.,,ox April l9.-secretary sher
-. ,.ry full information In Iesar'
~ a. election Of delegates in Ohio %h. sa'". ~.
a ~. y ',s 'n' held to settle the question thI
'as ,. NJ NJ Ohio at Chicago will be sol
=. ., Ia's ..s 70 for sherman. The Blaine forces
w ',H vigorous 10 contest for the Columbus
30 :,s. Sst,i but elected only seven delegates
t'as' ii.,,,.ops for Sherman. Only one
' " 1',,. -: carried for Blaine. Blaine and
v. Wv B.,tty,s ticket was beaten in his own
s'l g., 'ti,a Gen.. Gro,venor telestaghs that
u Wv ,,S.u. district will give Sherman
.,.Ibree = S and Blaine only eight that
S..., s..,' md Washington are solid for sher-
=. sS' md that in Morgan county only
~ RiIu. delegate was elected. In Hu-
:. - .oaDty, sandusky, which has been re-
''.J q solid for Blaine, gives the latter
r, ,so m,jority of its eight delegates.
T.E,b.h, y, Ninth and Fifteenth districts,
'1ss ~; have been claimed for Blaine, were
did or Sherman
' 's,r,,a SIlLEoADs BUILT BY LAND GRANTS.
Y, Plumb introduced in the
s,,.. to-day bill repeating
An tS D.t Of the act which provides
~, h, t.,,,in railroads constructed in
1ss.or ~ 10 part by land grants, shall re-
-, r., ouly 50 per centum OF the price
i,Sby Congress for transporting mails.
coISA0E MATTERS.
N. House Committee on coinage,
,,l,b., and measures, to-day instructed
V,s,.,en.ltiye Warner to present to the
B,,,. bis report, to accompany the Joint
,..I1.ion adopted by the committee at
,., ,.,St meeting authorizing the Secretary
JSt Treasury to transmit subsidiary
N, through the mails. Burchard, Di.
NJ. ,.so, Of The Mint, appeared before the
rSnittes again today, and discussed the
,,gta Of the bullion supply and capacity
JIIops nints to meet the requirements
\ dnlIlnum coinage under the law. The
r1nittee finally decided TO prepare a
Elt0 e.tIblish a mint somewhere in the
Mississippi valley, and providing for the
5,,Eips % Of the mint at Carson City,
S,,,iI, and the removing Of the machin.
.rD the place to be hereafter designated
E bs location of the new mint. The
eunaee will meet Saturday TO canvass
N claims Of several cities in the Missis-
fpd valley, and to hear arguments
ikstun.
TaE GENEVA AWARD FUND.
The vide differences Of opinion which
lrs long existed, and still exist, relative
nths distribution Of the remainder Of
hsGeuen Award fund, and the strong
reliability that a solution OF the problem
ancs likely this session, recalls the fate
dths French spoilations claims, which
iztIy years appealed to Congress with
ID siat demands, and appealed in vain.
be Alabama claims are no better than
asIpOilltion claims were against France.
hdstd, the French government acknowl.
died them to be valid, and the United
Sl.s nlinquished them TO France upon
coalition that France would discharge the
rliisd States from the burdensome stipu-
hioas In the treaty OF alliance Of 1873.
On government having thus obligated
tell 70 pay these claims by the treaty OF
100 ought to have satisfied them. For
Hily years the payment Of these claims
unsolicited as an act Of justice by q gen.
ts1sn named Causten, the attorney for q
lRg guunber ol the claimants. Fifty re.
plr1, At least, were made on them by
sunittees Of the Senate and OF the
Hose. Several times they were passed
Ione house and not by the other. Once,
HuoL twice, they were enacted by. Con-
tsa bot vetoed by the Executive. The
talh Of Charles Sumner, their champion,
nd The demise Of Mr.. Causten shortly
iassElFds, Terminated the struggle Of half
iaatay. and no one now refers to the
lEneh spoliations claims except to men.
e91 them among the many Just claims
Haish the hegoyernment has ignored.
hLiricAL PROSPECTS IN VIRGINIA.
The political prospects in Virginia are
nyihlug but aattering to the Democracy.
Gsaenl Malone, the senator.elect, has
'ritsn private letter, in which he says
aE the State has lived long enough
nSaally under the State rights iesolu.
laa' Oil1s9 and l79S, since under that
policy she has degenerated and grown
Poorer, and that the people OF Virginia
lAs already seen enough Of the reaction.
=! policy Ot the Democratic party to dis
IaaAl progressive men. He further de-
slles 8 that Virginia, and, in fact, the whole
soa!hr has been toiling long enough for
Ne benefit Of few Northern Democrats,
y. va sGat i 10 now proposed by himself
aaA Ms trends to take q bold, progressive
\ sep TO unite the fortunes Of Virginia with
we y prosperous element OF the North.
usaerh Mahones friends in Washington
" that be will lead the future Republi.
~ p1ty in Virginia, and that he has re-
! SsIed encouragement from many Of the
iSa:aing citizens Of the State who have
saasF'o s..aI! affiliated with the Democratic
A'DFesenIatIve UpdeErair and the Indian