The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-06-15
ORGANIZATION
OF THE NEXT CONGRESS A1nED AT
By Both the GreenbAckers and the stal.
warIs-COmments ON Grants Recent
Utterances-Other News Notes
from the Capital.


WASHINGTON. June 14.-The Secretary
OF the National Greenback Committee
says that the Greenback members of the
next Congress will stand solidIy together
on all questions. He says that nine mem
bers OF the next House are pledged to meet
IN the Greenback caucns and determine
upon and carry out the Greenback policy,
Inc nine members counted upon are
Messrs. Ladd and Murch, of Maine:
B!annon and Mosglave, of Pennsylvania;
hlce, daZeltlne and Ford, of Missouri, and
Jones, OF Texas. The intention is to get
these members into caucus with a view of
controlling, in part at least, the organizR-
ton of the next Houee.
J: Hyatt Smith, of Brooklyn, will vote
with the Republicans. That is positive.
1t Is more than probable that the two Re.
AdJuster, members from Virginia will also
vote with the Republicans.
The Greenbackers are sending docu-
ments to Maine in an effort to carry Frye's
| district, but it can be set down as conclusive
that the RapublicRns will organize the next
House. Attempts to combine in opposl-
tlen will not get members enough to de-
teat the Republican organization.
GEN. GRANTS STRUCTURES, AND THE 1MPREs.
SION THEY CREATE.
There Is considerable talk here about
Gen. Grants interview, in which he criti-
cizes Garfield's course. Ex-PresidenL
Grants outspoken condemnation of the
Administration has added force to the
whisperinRs here that all stalwart members
of Congress will, after Congress meets.
antagoniZe the Administration. Hitherto
bat little attention has been paid to this
talk, as 1t seemed to come mainly from
disappointed applicants for Office, but
Gen. Grants open opposition to the Pres
1dent leads to the impression with some
that the Stalwarts will undertake to
assert their power in the next Con-
| gress. A prominent follower of ConklipR
said to-day that the purpose of Grant.
Conkling and their friends will be to
| drive Blaine from the Cabinet; that both
houses OF Congress are close and that the
StalwRrts can easily control the balance of
power in the Senate and House; that the
demand OF the StalwsTts will be Blaine's
retirement. This talk is notcounted as of
much importance in Administration cir
Cles. The friends of the President say
that II Conkling was powerless in his OPP
position to the Administration when in
the Senate he will be still weaker when
| out OF Office entirely. The Administration
is confident that not only will ConklinR
and Plstt be beaten, buiSthat two Admins
lstratlon Senators will be elected.
TIE LOCUST PLAGUE.
Professor g. v. Riley finds his predic-
tions with regard to the seventeeu-year
locusts verified by their appearance within
a few days in various localities. He made
q report some time ago on this subject,
based mainly upon an unpublished manu-
script of the late DIR. Gibson Smith, of
Baltimore, Md, who made a life study of
these insects. From this list it appears
that brood OF the seventeen-year locusts
should mature this year in certain parts
OF Wisconsin, North Carolina, Virginia,
Northern Ohio, and few in Lancaster
county, Pa, and Westminster county, n.
Y; the brood known as the thirteen-year
locusts was to be expected this year quite
generally throughout the South. The two
brOOds have little or no specified differ
ence, but divide on geographical lines It
SO happened that one OF the largest seven
teen-year broods, together with one of the
largest thirteen-yeAr broods, appeared sim
ultaneously in the summer of 1858. Such
an event as regards these two particular
broods has not taken place since the year
1647, nor will it take place again till the
year 2O89. The entOmOlogistB of the Az
ricultursl Departmental Washington do
not think that the Tavages of these insects
will be OF very great severity this season.
PRELIMINARY REPORT OF TREASURY INvRs-
II LEGATIONS.
The Treasury investigating committee to-
dsysubmitted q preliminaryreport 10 Secrs-
tary Window of the evidence found against
the Custodian's Department. The Com
mittee report that they found n regularly
organized ring, which has been in exist
enCe for several years, and has been mis-
apprOpriating money and defraudinR the
Government. The officials and EMPLOYEES
who were connected with the ring, will be
Fii1 Lotto III
Thorough investigation will be ordered.
All facts heretofore reported in the Wes-
tern Associated press dispatches, relating
to the selling OF carpets and other frauds
OF the ring, are repeated by the Commits
Bioners.
The report recommends the immediate
discharge of Pitney, Custodian of the
} Treasury, Upton, Assistant Secretary, and
I of the Chief Clerk, for having violated the
law.
MINOR MATTERS.
Indianapolis has been constituted a
port of delivery.
Miss NJ. NJ. Gillette, of Wisconsin. but q
resident of Washington, and a law stu
dent, was appointed to-day by the Presi-
dent Notary Public for the District of Oo-
lumbia. This is the first instance where a
woman has received such an appointment
: from President.
Firms have secured contracts for SUD-
plying public buildings under the control
3 of the Treasury Department with Brussels
} carpets, about 800 yards, next fiscal year.
Contract SI.l9 per yard.
Coupon tives received for conversion
: into three and per q halt cents to date
were about S4O,O 900 600.
2 The total amount of unclaimed Freed
mems Bank dividends is S124, ,7lb.S7, the
average amount due each depositor q
about S9 40. AS soon as the bank proper-
dividend will be made, thus returning fo
!. the dePositors sixty per cent. ON their
original deposits.
Collectors of Internal Revenue have
been informed that, owing to the aDpro-
priation for the current fiscal year being
nearly exhausted, gaugers and Btorekeepo
present. -