The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-03-19
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

WASHINGTON adVlceS or The 18th state
that the House Committee on Coinage
would make favorable report on Mr..
Bland's bill to stop the manufacture of one
and three-dollar gold pieces, the three-cent
nickel and the trade dollar.
THE Massachusetts Legislature has
passed the bill permitting the construction
of Meiggs' elevated railroads in cities and
towns.
THE Republicans of Vermont will hold
their State Convention at Montpelier April
90 to elect delegates to the National Con.
vention.
The Arkansas State Democratic Conven.
tion, to nominate State officers and select
delegates to the National Convention, will
be held at Little Rock June 25.
THE Massachusetts House on the 18th,
by vote of IA to so, defeated the bill to
extend municipal suffrage to women.
The Iowa Democrats will hold their
State Convention at Burlington April "a to
select delegates to the National Conven-
tion.
THE preamble of the bill passed by Con-
gress for the relief Of Fitz John Porter re-
cites that board of officers convened by
the President to examine and report upon
the case of General Porter, stated that
justice required the President to annul the
findings and sentence of the court.matial,
and to restore him to the position of which
the sentence deprived him, such restoration
to take effect from the date of his dismissal
from service; that the President had
remitted so much of the sentence as dis
qualified Porter from holding Office. The
bill authorizes the President to appoint
Porter to the position of Colonel in the
army, and, in his discretion, to place Gen.
eral Porter on the retired list of that grade,
Porter, however, to receive no compensa-
tion or allowance prior to his appointment
under the act.
A MASS convention of the inventors OF
the country, to take action to prevent
pernicious legislation by Congress-" has
been called to meet at Cincinnati March %.
The following is the vote in the United
States Senate on the passage by that body
of the bill for the relief of Fitz John Porter
fcus-Bayard, Brown, Butler, Call, Cock.
rell, Coke, Colquitt, Fair, Farley, Garland
Gibson. German, Groome, Hampton, Harris,
Hoar, jackson, Jonas Jones tFla.), Jones
lNev.l, Lamar, Mcpherson, Maxey, Morgan,
Pendleton, Pike. Pugh, Riddleberger Sabln,
salisbury, Sewell, Slater, Vance, Voorhees,,
Walker and Williams.
NdAs-Aldrich, Allison, Blair, Bowen, Con-
ger, Cullom,. Dawes, Dolph, Edmunds, Frye
Harrison, Hawley, Hill, Ingalls,, Mcmillan
Manderson, Miller Call, Mitchell, Morrill,
Palmer Platt, Sherman, Van Wyck and Will
SON.
Pdtred-Beck aye, with Hale, no Cameron
lWis1: aye, with George, no: Miller IN. Y.
no, with Camden, aye; Plumb, no, with Vest
aye; Sawyer, no, with Kenna, aye.
MEMBERS of the Banking and Currency
and of the Coinage Committees of the
House of Representatives at Washington
expressed the opinion on the 14th that
there was no prospect OF the passage of a
law at this Congress for the suspension OF
silver coinage.
A LEGIsLATIvE committee which inves
tigated the departments in New York City
found on the 14th the condition of affairs
absolutely appalling, the men who hole
otiice not being the ones who exercise
power. ~
A STATEMENT in the Chicago Tri6un,
that'J. Appleton Wilson had been indict
ed for completely in the murder of hi.
uncle and aunt at Winnetka was met b1
the injured party on the 14th by suit fol
$iO0,DOO damages for libel
john TAFFE, receiver Of the 1and-offic,
at North Platte, whorepresehted Nebrask,