Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-12-06
HRn ~ Fire.
CAPITAL CULLlNGS.
Various Items of Interest nj the Seat of
Government.

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Government.
Special Dispatch 10 the Rsgistcr.
! WAsHINGToS, December with the ex-
ceptiOn of the slight ripple caused by the
Presidential message and accompanying
documents this Congress starts off on its
final session ss quietly as though the ad-
! journment had been from Saturday to
Monday instead o: from midsummer to
| mld-winter The message, so far as heard
it discussed, is set down as a reform dOcu-
ment, little late in the day. it must be
confessed, but on the principle that it is
never too late TO mend, timely and acCepta-
ble. II some of the things in it had been
said as plainly six months since, they would
na'S E--.> subject to less criticism. Bat it
Is matter lot Congratulstion that the writer
mas found courage 70 say them now. for a
gooI many ot the suggestions contained in
the message are veIy U"Pslstable to those
who have trained with that wIus of tha D's
publican party with which President
Arthur has been more particularly ident-
fed.
As to Congressional work it is said an
earnest effort will be made to complete
the
Appropriation Bills
before less urgent matters are taken up
Out lleEE are uNAltAOAS ObAASA BNSAAN
measures as we'll rs private and personal
schemes that will be industriously pushed
upon the attention Of both houses. Thus,
in the Senate the bill to reduce internal
revenue taxation, and that 10 relieve tltz
John Porter will contest for precedence;
and in the House the bills to restrict silver
coinage, reduce postage, anu estioliSh
uniform system of bankruptcy, Will be
l.. Oh. 70 hQV u
nal government guarantee Slo,OOOOOo Oh
the bonds of the Nicaragua Canal COM
pany. ,-,...
nm the senate calendar and the Speakers
table. are those to regulate civil service;
10 amCrd the Constitution in regard TO the
I;luor traffic; to regulate commerce be-
tween the States; to establish
An Educational FHnd:
TO provide for filling the office OF President
in case of removal, death, resignation, or
inability; numerous propositions to expend
money in public buildings and war vessels;
to admit Dakota and Washington Terrific
ries; to build the Hennepin ship canal,
and to extend several OF the bureaus into
fnII. .aadoed departments with Cabinet Sec.
retaries and portfolios, instead OF chief
dodo are now required to report to existing
These however, are but a tithe OF the
| measures that ask consideration. Az the
| last session of this Congress Z, ,lo2 oliis anu
J resolutions were introduced IN the House;
I and D 2S3 in the Senate, making IN all
| q 49, For this session 5000 new bills and
| resolutions is put down as modest eSu'
| mate making 12645 measures when men-
| hers are asked to consider. n Congress
| man OF long service once remarked % me
| that the safety of the country consisted III
| the physical imPossibility OF ever looSlnS
| into half the business presented 10 Con
| gress. The country ought TO ne Sale' IneFe-
| fore. for the balance OF this session.
McMichaeI,
tbs new Marshal of the district, makes
cool impression. In addition to being
Good newspaper and businss man, he has a
6rstclass war record, and being good look
inc cultivated and socially inclined, he Is
| or,,ootsd IN he an ornamental addition TO
.Sd C6ite House Court this winter, as WelI
"a q yigiIapt defender Of. the somewhat
sIofted honor OF the other Courts Oh tue
"'IS,.. Tbs Ieanpette investigation brings out
| f-esb instalments daily of the pititul story
nj the last hopeless quest for a passage 70 m tiie
PoIe In spite Of efforts to prevent tnelr
! coming to the surface, II IS llkely tnat Lu'
| fber accounts of the petty JealousleS au
ttinI;Ia~obIe bickering which embarrassed
,ba axnedition and probably contributed
to its sufferingS, will yet be gwen. 4.
Tbsrs is a notable change in some OF the
District newspapers within tue last ie"
days. The
( -b;cb came out Monday under Assistant
Iy.tto,,, a management, still retains Gorham
- lie poIitical editor, but there is marked
l;gsrerce in its demeanOr toward the IA
tarsst of Star Route defendants ana tneir
rNSecntors. The Critic, another OF bra1y
RlS,I,sr possessions, has likewise entered on
. conrse of good behavior. and the GaPa tal,
,,nder its new ownership, IS moIet ~ siIe
nroprieties without losing any OF tsS !u. o!u,
firne brillianCy. Readers OF tue LOSs me- ui.S'
tbs crisp English and wide awake Democ,
nc, sno of walter uutchins, whose protracted
iST,:!.Ss inTI! s,ilI keeps him from his desk; ouL
,sDr ~ ssneral aSceptability is preserved ana
a. Snnday edition is almost as attractiVe
as tbe SISpAY REGIsTER. The other SAo
baterisn sheets here just now are ealtea 10
= TANNER so malignant that NJ IS haru 70
s,.ol snv opinion as to what they might DC
,SnSer more peaceful influences.
Page MeCarty.
ho IA hack unscathed from an appre
Lsr5eS collision with Senator Riddleber
GER denies sending to Washington TO
Sueling pistols, and considers this point
had Mace 10 borrow that class of weapons
CoI Skallcross is recovering slowly from
? the effects OF 8 recent iad,
''IS George Gillilsnd, Of the Cincinna'