The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-02-27
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Labor Rcforners and the Polist-
eiaus--.Thc Contest for the Preei-
acr,ex...A Erobicmatfc Situation.


WASHINGTON. February 25.--The nominal
zion of Judge Davis by the Labor Convention,
although spoken OF in political circles. is not
seriously discussed. Much interest, however,
* rxnrcssrd rs to what will be done by the
Cincinnati Convention with regard to pre-
s;dcntjal candidate. 4 few prominent DEM
ccr,ts in Congress say they expect to vote
f,r Republican candidate other than the
nominee Of the Philadelphia Convention,
while not few Democrats who have been
intcrroca,cd on tho subject arc in favor Of n
r,f,ular Democratic nomination. Others arc
non-comuittal, but they say they will do the
best they can in view Of all the clrcunl-
stances.
Politicians on all sides arc exchanging
views as to the probable effect Of the course
of the diSaffccted Republicans. Some gen
,)smen arc making calculations rs TO the
n-ohable percentage Of the infringement
from the Republican party. As IN offset to
this, prominent Republicans point to such
failures as tho Tyler faction i'll the cndcaSor
to create n third party, and express them
selves confident Of success with Grant rs
thc:r candidate. The political situation, to
say the least, is confused, and almost every
body seems to be looking to the approaching
presidential convention in order TO acquire
data 10y which TO Judge Of the result Of the
contest
The Administration DomornH1ed.
The Washington correspondent Of the
New York Tribune Of Saturday saya:
The Administration party is more dc
moralizcd than it has, ever before been,
though under ordinary circumstances they
wonld pav little or no attention to anything
,oh rafpt,pefs mir kt do
The wisdom which it is generally admitted
hv politicians they have displayed in their
choice Of candidates. the possibility that the
convention ut Cincinnati will endorse the
.aync ticket, and the announcement by some
leading Democrats that they believe the great
mass Of their friends could be united in the
SUPPORT Of Davis and Parker, have fright
,led the shrewdcr of the friends Of General
Grant, and some Of them are admitting pri-
ya,cly tonight that if the Democrats and all
Of the anti-Grant Republicans unite on Davis
aud Parker the nominee of the philadelphia
Convention will have no easy task before
him, even though he have the whole Of the
immense patronage Of the Federal Govern
mcnt TO back him."
General Ransom.
1t is a singular circumstance that while
-AUDOlJ Is uil aChuo" lctoCa AItpuollS<iLi, anu
Ransom an uncompromising Democrat, the
Administration organ here attacks Abbott.
The Administration Secretary, General Por-
ter. is Logging about the capitol in favor of
Ransom. This course on the part Of Porter
is accounted for from the fact that Ransom is
graduate Of West Point, and is, therefore,
socially friend of the military ring Wash
iag'on telegram Cincinnati Commercial.
Tax Decision OvsrruIesz.
Secretary Boutwell, overrulcs Commits
sioncr Douslass's decision to suspend collec-
tons Of the tax on canned fruits, syrups,
&C., and the Gamers must therefore pay the
Tux until Congress repeats the imposition.
Washington Correspondence Neac York Jour-
nal Of Commerce.
A Eacctious Individual.
A bank-notc company in New York for
wards to the Treasury letter to them from
b. w. Raymond, of West Virginia, who
would like to have a fac sim,Ie of United
states notes engraved thus: "Thc United
States will not pay the bearer" &c. This re-
guest, the writer says, is for the purpose Of
II.