The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-05-31
NEWS AT THE CAPITAL.
Cost of the curtin-YOcum Contest.
ssnatur ssrdsn's Motive for RssIgnlug-
How Sherman Expects TO Prvft BY the
Faction Fight PsstOfics Black
ust-Ths 1t Vernon AssoeIa-
tion-confstsrate Post.
0fhes Receres.


dry Civil Bill was under discussion yes
terdGy M. Morse, Of Massachusetts,, NOV
ed to strike out the paragraph making AZ
appropriation for the payment Of the ex
penses incurred by contestants and con
testees in certain election cases.
Mr.. Finley, Of Ohio, moved to amend
the amendment by only striking ont the
appropriations for unsuccessful contest.
ants Rejected.
Mr.. Keller, Of Ohio, moved to amend
the amendment 50 as TO strike ont only
the appropriation Of 5000 each 70 An.
drew G. Curtin and Seth Il. Yocum- He
stated that the frst named had expended
Sl5, 900 10 making the contest and the lat
ter SIS 900. He wanted the consideration
OF the question 70 be postponed until Con-
gress could get directly at the iActs OF the
matter. Il was An insult N those gentle
men TO offer them only g 600 each. The
Committee on Elections hAd recommend
ed an appropriation OF $ 500 each, and he
himself bad been in favor Of appropriA-
ting $4,000.
The amendment was adopted a. an
amendment 10 Mr.. Merse's amendment
and then more than = quarter Of an hour
vas consumed, amid great deal Of noise
and confusion, in discussion rs 70 the
manner in which Mr.. Morse's amendment
should be submitted. Points oforder we're
Submitted in such profusion that the Chair
and The House seemed utterly unable, the
former how 70 state, and the latter how 70
vote upon the question. A vote was,
however taken by tellers, the result Of
which was 70 leave the paragraph In ex-
sctly the state in which il had been be-
fore any vote had been taken in regard TO
il. Mr.. Keller, though protesting that his
amendment had once been adopted, again
submitted his motion TO strike ont the
appropriations for Curtin and Yocum.
This, the Chair stated, was carried, though
the confusion was 50 great that il was al
most impossible TO know what was being
voted upon,
SENATOR eoRDox's RElexATIoS.
The resignation Of Senator Gordon con-
tinues to be = lively topic Of discussion in
the Georgia newspapers and among sos-
siping correspondents and Southern poll
ticians. The small fry OF ofice-holdss
and ofice-seekers can not believe that q
man would willingly lay down position
Of trust and profit unless there be some
discreditabls motive at the bottom Of his
action. So far, however, there has been
addueed nothing going 70 contradict Gen.
erAl GoFdon's frank declaration that he
has retired from public lie simply be-
cause he could not afford 70 stay in 1t.
Against the anonymous instnnations that
he bad some other motive than that Of
honestly betteri1g his fortunes, he is en-
titled 70 the benefit OF IN honorable ca
reer which has bound his old friends 70
him more closely and besides making him
new ones has won him the respect Of his
personal and political opponenta
SHERMAN 10 rRoEIT By THE FACTION FIGHT.
Secretary Sherman has received during
the past twenty-four hourstrom his friends
and managers in Chicago information Of
the most cheering character. In Wash
ington those who have knowledge Of the
character Of the information express the
utmost confidence IN his success II Chi
cago. They say the bitter fight between
the Grant and Blaine factions viii render
the nomination Of either impossible, and
the Grant element will certainly support
Sherman. The Secretary expresses him
self as satisfied with the situation.
EHUr oUr OF IHE NAnA
The following persons in New York
have been debarTed from the use Of the
mails for money orders and registered let
ters, evidence satisfactory to the Postof6ee
Department having been furnished that
they conduct fraudulent schemes for OBJ
tanning money: W. d. Lee, care Of Mr..
2I2 East Third street; Wm. Lee,
care oi Mr.. H0ff, l27 Broome street; S.
Rand, care Of Mr.. Warren, IS Christie
street; James Harris, e4reof MT. Grammps,
$50 East Church street; Chas o. Brooks,
l2s West street; B. Rand, 90 Harrison
street, Hewitt Perkins, II Park Bow;
Vim. Gray, sos Fifth street, care Of VIM.
Sacks.
IHE HoNH or WASHINGTON.
The annual council Of the regents Of
Mount Vernon, which began on wednes-
day, the 26th, has concluded its session,
and the ladies left Mount Vernon to-day.
The revenue during the year was $4,000
Col HollingsWorth was highly gratiEed
that his books balanced exactly this time,
for last year he could not balance them by
ten cents, and could not account for the
deficit. His deficiency bill for ten cents
vas, however, promptly allowed. Yester-
day three more Of the VIce-Regeuts went
70 Mount Vernon on the morning boat,
who we're Ms. Sweet, Of Maine, the Sec
retary who came despite her recent illness
in New York; MrL Pekens, Of South Car.
olina, and Mrs- Eve, Of Georgia. This
brought the number present up to the
average attendance, eleven In all, inelud.
ing in addition 70 those Just named, Ms.
LSughtpin, OF Pennsylvania MB. Chase,
Of Rhode Island Mrs. Barry, Of Illinois
Mrs. Barnes, Of the District Of Columbia;
Mrs. Robert Campbell, Of Missouri; Mn.
Washington, Of West Virginia, and Mis-
LongielloW, Of Massachusetts,. The Ia.
dies are proud that theirs is the only or.
ganiEation which existed prior 70 the
civil var which was not dissolved thereby.
There are now some Smopg the Viee-Rs-
gents who have served as such from the
time the Association vas formed. Among
them are Nm Sweet, Ars, ChGss and
Ms. Eve. The Association isa peculiarly
harmonious one, and those who have long
been eo-laborsrs, have very strong A.
tAchment for each other.
cosFEpERA1E rosToFTIcE ErookDs
The House yesterday, in committee Of
the yhOls, finished the spndry civil aP.
propriEtion bill. and the various amend
ments made viii be considered on Mon.
day, when 1t Is probable the bill viii Be
passed. There was comparatively little