Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-01-05
WASHINGTON.
ReassembIing ofcongrsss and What
Will Be Done.
Cabinet GOssip-Sargent's Chances-The
Utah Case-Grant and Porter-Pros-
poets for Clearing Outthe Depart
men.s-Swearing al the
Speaker.
BLACKBURN -BURBRlDGE IMBROGLlO.
GENERAL GOSSIP.
Arrival of Members-Swearinga at the
speaker-The sherman Investigation
The RIaekburD-Burbri Imbro-
gIio-star Route Cases.

Special Dispatch 70 the Register.
WASHINGTON, January Again the city
is filed unto overfowiDg- and the hotels
are crowded. Members of Congress, office
holders and those who are anxious to be-
long to that favored class throng the corri-
dors, and, in short, Washington again
looks somewhat like itself The presence
of the Speaker at the Esbbitt House draws
good many about that place. His inter
mission from the assaults of disappointed
CongreSsmen, because of their location on
committees, was broken on his arrival here,
for several members have already made a
break for him. They want TO be changed.
There are some who want TO trade with
each other. II is probable some changes
will be announced tomorrow, but the most
of the dissatisfied ones have settled down
TO the situation. They are afraid 10 ask a
change for fear OF getting something worse.
Those who feel that they have been pun
ished for party or personal reasons are too
proud to complain, and take II out IN satis-
factory swearing.
Senator Sherman'S friends continue to
express their confidence that he will come
out all right in the investigation now be-
ing made, but it is understood here that
the testimony OF Brown, and OF Judge Vail
have not been Of q character TO increase this
feeling 1t seems that during Sherman $
candidacy, Vail was running weekly
paper here, called the World, whose chief
business seemed to be to puff John Sher-
man. When the latter established his Lit
erary Bureau here. Judge Vail made II
his headquarters, and II is alleged, was all
this time carried on the pay rolls OF the
Treasury at a salary OF $500 per year. and
that his son was also handsomely provided
for at government expense, although
neither rendered any service aside from
boosting the Sherman boom.
Blackburn and Burbridge are both here,
but neither.sO far, have said anything about
the alleged belligerent correspondence tnat
passed between them, and it is doubtful II
the affair is not permitted TO die out. This
is not because the men won't fight, for that
is q mistake. Either one of them will fight
quick and sharp enough, but the days of
dueling are about over, and public opinion,
aside from any Legislative enactments,
would render the sending or acceptance OF
a challenge political death. If there IS
fight, il will be a regular Scrimmage,
The Star Route cases now IN course oil
preparation will be brought before the
Grand Jury about the 2lst of this month.
| Col. George Bliss would not say just what
cases will be brought first, but it is snp'
posed that those against Dorsey and Brady
/ will be the ones en- which the government
will make the principal stand 1t Is the
| determination of the prosecution TO eaten
| the big fish. The cases. will be thoroughly
| prepared. and Attorney General brewster
! will lead the prosecution personally IL
/ court. u