Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-12-22
WASHINGTON.
Congress But Nominally in Ses-
sion.
The SENATE NEATLY EucHERED.
Sumo Observations on West Virginia Mat
tiers of General lnterestto Peo-
pie and Politicians.
GENERAL NEWS OF THE CAPITAL.

Special 70 ne Register.
WASHINGTON, December 2l.-Congress
has not ADJOURNED, 1t is still in nominal
session, but no business viii be transacted
for the next two weeks. The House voted
to adjourn from Dec. 10th to Jan. 9TH. The
Senate wanted % compel the House to sc-
cept certain amendments to the naval sp-
preparation bill and therefore refused to con-
cur in the adjournment resolution. The
result was that Mr.. Randall offered on Sat
urday morning q resolution to the effect
that the lower House adjourn until Wednes
day. and keep on sdjourning without
quorum from day to day until the 9Th of
January. This was for the purpose of
eyadiDg the constitutional provision that
neither branch of the National Legislature
shall take a recess Of more than three days
without the concurrence ofthe other branch.
The Senate will now have to do the same
thing, and might as well have eoncurred in
the earlier resolution OF the House.
AT its session on Saturday afternoon the
Senate confirmed the appointment Of Geo.
that OF Ira K. Wood, as postmaster at Hunt
ingtoa without serious opposition. The ap-
pointment of Gibbens to the same position
at Charlefton, is still before the Upper
House and has not vet been acted upon in
any way.
Early at Work.
In the case of. the Piedmont postmaster
ship there was q serious opposition worked
up few days before the appointment was
made in the interest of the present incum-
bent whose term had run out and who had
made no application for reappointment up
to that time. Goshorn had been at work
early looking after his friends and had a pc
tition very heavily signed in his
favor. Flieger is said to have
been uncertain as to whether 1t
would pay him to remain in Office with
removal hanging over his head at any time
after the fourth of March. He at last came
to the conclusion that he would like to keep
the place, but in the meantime the boom for
Goshorn had got too much headway to be
stopped, and in spite OF all that Fieger
could do, the appointment was made.
In the senate there was no opposi
ton TO the confirmation either for the
Piedmont or Huntington postmastership
The Latest Rumor.
The latest rUmor as to the Charleston
muddle is that the opposition, il there is
any, will come from Senator Kenns, who is
q resident of that place, and who is said to
have asked to have the nomination lie over.
The removal of Gibbons under Garfield is
said by his friends to have been purely a
political one, and even the enemies Of the
sppointee do not claim that auy corruption
was charged against him. But they do as.
sert that he was a martinez in his
management of the office; that he
apparently cared nothing for the good
will of the people of Charleston and that he
made himself obnoxious both to Republi-
cans and Democrats. Senator Camden is
apparently taking no interest in the matter.
he was asked by friend to-day, whether
the appointment had been confirmed and
replied nOnchalantly that he really didn't
know anything sboutit. He seems TO think
it best to let the Republicans clean their
own soiled linen to suit themselves. In
any case Gibbons can only remain in charge
a short time after the Fourth of March,
when the Democrats Of Charleston will de-
mand new deal. IA.