Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-03-31


Nhnt i. Thought of It in Congress
siOnaI CireIes-Steamboat License
Fees
Special Dispatch 70 The Register.
WAsHrxaroN. March 3O.-The steamboat
license bill WAS passed by the House to-day
in the same form in which it came from the
Senate. and will undoubtedly be signed by
the President.
What the President will do with the
Chinese bill is still Il mootcd question.
Hundreds OF telcgrams are being received
q, the White House urging the President
NOT to sign the Chinese bill. They come
from all parts OF the country except the
Iaci.c coast. Il il understood that the
President is being strongly advised here
n, rub,ic men to both sign and veto the
hill srd is = becoming very grave ques-
.i,r vha, 9. io in the premises. There are
I ,v, rtI,,, ct the question at present, the
/ -s,ht or wrong OF it in the abstract and the
/ ,..:...... bearing Of the case. The repreSen-
,,..y.., OF the Pacific coast insist that it is a
r..e,~.ty. ii Republican asccndency is de-
sim! ,F..., the bill shall be signed, and that
unless this IS done not 4 single Republican
nil De returned 10 Congress west Of the
Mountains. As matter OF fact the Pacific
..s-, is close. Both California and Nevada
-.,.I for Hancock. and the known fact
that ,L,s bill owes its passage
I'd Democratic votes, and that its
orroSirion came from the Republicans, will
whether it shall hlPpvoyed ornot.. ..bc sutti-
..rrt 20 turn the tide in their favor. As
matter Ot fact. the wisest members Of both
ry-,ses eyper, that the next House will be
p,wucrat;c. if as usual, the Republicans
i've away hall the country TO their opPo-
rrrts withovt contest II the next
House is in accord with the administration
,u,uethiug must come from south Of the
Ohio river. with no important national is
sue 20 stir up the people in the close dis
tr;c,s of the North. 1t is the deliberate
opinion of one class ut the Presidents adj
visers. therefore. that. from 4 practical pO-
liticag point of view, nothing is to be gained
by trying to please the Pacific slope. Most
Of those, probably. who are giving
opinions and advice, except the states
nm irom the iur west, counsel veto,
with message recommending the
/ ra,,acr of the bill with a modification Of
,.e y.me il should be in force to ten, or
, even I've years. They argue that this IS
~ enough To try an experiment, and II,
.. .,ar,ud Of tive years it should be found
3. te beneficial the law might be re-cnact-
I eL They say that, whileit is a Democratic
measure as it stands il another bill should
be recommended il would receive the united
support Of the Rypublicon party, and then
the ,hOe would be transferred to the other
| foot.
/ Il is understood that Gen. Grant and 9th
/ er friends Of the administration are urGinI
! the approval Of the bill on the ground that
new bill would have to 60 to the foot OF
the calendar. and it would bc impossible to
| pass il at this session, amt in the meantime
/ the congressional elections will have taken
. place. and the loss Of senator in Oregon
and the entire Pacific delegation would be
. the result. 1t is not known how the rrest
dent reglris this argument, as he did not
express an opinion. 1t is understood that
the state Department does not view Will
favor the bill in its present form. and the
pr1sleyts now are that it will be vetoed.