Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-05-01


his missatatement In q letter to the New
York Post, In which he inferred thst Ed.
munds had been guilty OF conduct unbe-
coming to his Office in owning certain rail-
roads, and Phelps answer to EdmundS
letter was given to the press this morn.
ing. Edmnnds' letter has been published.
Phelps in answer says: az sought 10 illus.
trate In my letter that q legislator has no
right to refuse justice to q corporate inter.
est because be happens to have some share
in the property that would be benefited,
thing for legislator to acquire an interest
in q corporate body after the legislative
action in which he was assisted, and l
cited as an illustration your conduct and
that OF many other legislators, which
neither nor any one else censured. Then
/ asked why such conduct was cen.
surable in Blaine and not any one
else Blaine did not, but did
rule 30 that the Little Rock and
Ft. Smith road got its land grant confirmed
knowing no more Of the road at the time
than / did, and forgot the fact. Three
months afterward Blaine bought his inter.
est in that road. You voted because assent
was unanimous, and you were present to
confirm the land grant Of the Burlington
and Missouri road, knowing at the time q
little more Of il than did. for you debated
it. You forgot the fact that three months
afterwards you bought your interest in
that road. The cases were 20 analogous In
all essential particulars Ii seemed proper
to group them. Had thought the action
of either of you discreditable should not
have defended him nor mentioned you,
In the senate.
In the Senate the joint resolution relat.
ing to the Washington monument dsdica.
tion ceremonies passed. It appropriates
1875 COO TO defrsy the expenses of the cele.
trstion.
Beck addressed the Senate, first having
the clerk read the amendment heretofore
submitted by Vest, which rsfiscted the
views OF the minority committee, that
provides for the admission Of
ship building material free OF duty and
admission to the American registry Of ships
bought abroad. The question involved,
Beck said, was whether America proposed
to revive or surrender her carrying trade;
whether in time OF peace we intended to
train sailors for war or continue in our
present helpless condition; and the
American people did not want to keep one
hundred thousand sailors In idleness In the
navy waiting for strife to come. II sailors
of the mercantile marine could be
converted into mariners and it would cost
the Government nothing to maintain
them. There was no sentiment In bust
ness, Beck said. II was no consolation 10
the American ship owner to know the
builder OF his ship had made an enor.
nous profit out of him; that
owner would rather be unpstriotic
enough to buy his ship on
the Clyde for 500, ,OO0 than to pay $500 0o5
on the Delaware. Railroads could buy
abroad material for building and running
a road while the ship owner, his coapeti.
tor, could not, and while hampered in that
respe CT. he is not even allowed by Law to
hire sailors for foreign trade excep. at
wages Fifty per cent higher than those paid
abroad, while the sailors were much in
ferior to those employed even in the ships
OF foreigners.
Frye insisted Il was in the scale OF Amer.
lean wages, and while American wages re.
mained what they were, the difficulty with
Bick's proposition would remain. When
the men were sailing under foreign hsg
they took the pay OF foreign ships. When
they came to work on American ships they
wanted American wages.
Bayard said II the difficulty was with the
law the remedy was plain to repeal it.
Vest said the difficulty was in our
statutes.
Mr.. Frye differed with the Senator from
Missouri. He Frye thought it was pro.
tective tariff that made the difference
"You could not" he said, "incfease the
wages of men that worked in factories and
machine shops without increasing the
wages OF those who worked on farms and
Pending debate on the shipping bill the
Senate adjourned.
Badeau's Grievance.
According to the Treasury accounts Gen.
eral Adam Badeau, who published the let
ter charging the State Department with
various things, owes the Government S9,7l3
for fees received as Consul General at Lon.
don, and nearly the same amount for fees
as Consul General at Havana, which posi-.
ton be has Just resigned. The two amounts
make quite respectable sumo and
the former was due prior to his appoint.
msnt as Consul General at Havana. These
accounts hXye been the bone OF conten.
ton between Bsdeau and the Department
es The q. consul insisted upon interpreting
the consular laws 70 suit himself and
would ne I abide By the decision OF his 81.
pei iOrs. Badesu has always refused to
setile this difference OF nearly 10000,
settirg mp the claim that the fees
we're part OF his compensation
IS cobsui. His resignation from the Iia
yana post grew out OF MS disregard of tie
the opinions of the Government a. 10 his
right TO withhold certain fees claimed by
his consular clerk for acting es vice consul
during Badeau's temporary absence. The
matter had been referred % the Depart
ment Of state, and when the Government
over-ulsd him he became indignant and
lis resignation was the result.
Postal telegraph Bill.
The House Committee on Postotices and
Postr oads to-day unanimously agreed upon
q bill 10 secure chesper telegraph, corrs'
ponGence, and directed Representative
Rogers TO report II at the first opportunity.
The dill is based on the Senate bill and
consists Of number OF the provisions Of
that mess ure with amendments 10 others,
The provision creating the office OF fourth
assistant Postmaster General IL eliminated
az are all the sections OF the Senate bill
providing for the construction OF govern
ment postal telegraph system In case no
contract Is made with q company. The
sections Of the Senate bill relative to rates
il also considerably amended.
The Reduction For April.
1t is estimsted at the Treasury Depart
ment that the National debt reduction for
the month OF April will be about 6ve and
and quarter millions.
Successor 20 ComptroIIer Ksox.