The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-06-09
FROM THE CAPITAL.
NEWS or NATIONAL. INTEREST
The Personnel Of tho Tarir Commisslon- ilov
They Stand on Tariff Matters Democrats
4 w Opposed 10 the. Confirmation or the
Ig ..ts3 Cou,mlssion Capital Notes. l'h

special Dispatch 10 tho lntelllgenccr. f IA. u
WASHINGTON, June S.-Thej correspond.
cnts were not so lar out Of their way, after
all, in their predictions concerning the
tariff commission. Numerous others have
been mentioned In this connection, but
none more prominently, with one or swo
exceptions, than the gentleman appointed.
Tho commission, as constituted, therefore,
will be 10 great surprise 10 the country,
and will, no doubt, be entirely satisfactory
10 the protectionists, II not 10 the revenue
reformcrs. Tho Democratic free traders
had little to expect anyway, aud il they
are not satisfied, have no particular reason
to be disappointed. Mr.. Underwood,
Of Georgia., WHO was elected to
Congress III 1850, and retired two
years later TO join tho Conftdcracy; is
Democrat opposed to tho internal rev.
enue system and something more than n
"tariIr for revenue only" man. Ex-Gover-
nor Phelps, OF Missouri, is also II Demo.
crat and tho ouly out and out free trlder
i'll the lot. But he tclegraphed to Senator
Vest to-day that fic could not accept the
appointment, Tho third Democrat on the
Commission, Duncan i. kenner, is in
favor OF all tho protection hc can get for
Louisiana sugar. lIe is man Of promii.-
cnce, ,wealthnnd abilityand much tloushtof
i'll his State. But it is not believed that the
Southern OF Democratic appointments as a
whole will enhance the popularity Of the
President in that section; nor is it likely
that this consideration entered into his
calculations. 1t was the purpose to ap-
pointa Commission in which the protective
element should largely predominate and
in this respect be has succeeded.
Senator Davis, OF West Virginia, is dis.
posed to think that the commission is not
fairly made up, aud that there should have
been more equal representation Of "high,
low anil middle men," Mr.. Porter, who
was seen this evening, expressed consider
able regret that Phelps should resign, ior
the reason, that although a pro.
nounccd free trader he is still u
man OF undoubted ability, and would
present his side OF the case for all it was
worth. AS for himself, Mr.. Porter says he
shall 90 upon the Commission simply as Il
statistician and notas partisan or theorist,
being desirous only Of gathering as much
information and throsing us much light
rs possible on the amplilication OF the ques-
ton ut issue.
CI,csa a,cakc an,l Ohio Canal.
1t is learned from citizens OF Bi!timore.
who claim 10 be we'll posted in the matter,
that the aiIairs OF the Chesapeake & Ohio
Canal Co. We're never in worse condition
than they nowa arc. They say that the EN-
ployes have not been paid in the last SIX
months; that I'LL the money which
the company has has been attached
i'll the Baltimore banks; that the
third default in the coupons on the $500,
900 loan will occur July J., and rs th'
mortgage is then liable to a, foreclosure
and US most OF the bonds are held by the
Baltimore 4 Ohio railroad, and Us the in
tcrcsts Of the road are opposed to those 0
the canal, there is m imminent possibility
If not probability, that the canal may b.
. closed. f 4
News Notes nnd Personal. ~.
| Senator Davis reports matters all quic
and no sign Of q strike among the coal mi
ners along the line OF his road in Nes
Virginia. r..
| Reports from all the counties bordering
on the Potomac mud along tho lines OF raj!
roads running into this city are TO the etIec
that the wheat crop looks more promising
than it has ever done at any correspond
, Ing period for many years 7'5 LIZ
, Mr.. Shellabarger has been making hin,
). self agreeable all day to the visiting cdi
iors from Pennsylvania, announcing him
!. self ior this occasion, ut least, an indt
;. pendent in feeling II not in name.
:. Congressman Kenna is ut home, and eS
poets to orcmain there ior several days.
i p. i. Stone, Of West Virginia, is in tn
. city, l!ii +, Is u; l5.ts. s.
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