The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-01-16
BY rEI,EUKAplf.i,
Latest News from Washington.
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| QGUAtf lusIu sSeHdte DtuS totk w ConhuuS y
the latter part or next week. From thu
great diversity OF opinion manifested thu:
far, it will be a long time before any measure
can beperfectcd for the relief of the business
interests of the country.
Charles Astor Bristed, the author, died
here to-day.
There isa wide impression tonight thai
Senator Conkling will be the next nominee
for the office of Chief.Justice,- though there
;s no intimation in official circles that the
President has 80 determined. TIMoS.
Associated Press telesramsl
Congressional.
WASHINGTON, January 49, Sen0te.-Nu.
uoero,s petitions for woman's suffrage were
presented.
The bill to establish post-routcs through
| ont the country was taken UP and discussed.
| Petitions were presented from various
nar,s of the country asking for commits
sion to investigate alcoholic transactions
also, sundry petitions for woman suffrage.
The bill fixing the salary Of letter-carrlers
Ct q thousand dollars was indefinitely post
poucd. ....
The bin allowing grain-sacks manufac-
tured in this country TO be returned oily
free was passed.
portcd fayorably on the bill for the relief OF
the East Tennessee University.
The discussion Of the finance bill occupied
the balance of the day.
There was q briel executive session. and
| the Senate Adjourned.
| Uoysc-A resolution looking to cheap
| II slrno fr~lp
and 10 mt down tug-boat combinations nc
The mouth of the Mississippi, was miro
| duced, and referred 10 tie Soiiui'l'ee vi
Railroads and Canals.
| The Elections Committee reported reso-
,o;;ors declaring Messrs. Wilson aud Mar
tin entitled 10 seats from the first ana second
c,nrrrssjonaI districts of West Virginia
and a minority report was presented by MIR.
Uaselton, of Wisconsin. The reports were
ordered TO be printed, and are TO be called
up Al an early day.
| The Committee on the Revision OF the
Laws reported bill providing for appeals
from circuit courts to the Supreme Court in
cases of habeds corpus. After remarks by
| Ie,Srs. Poland and Wood, the latter stating
that the necessity for this bill vas caused by
the repeal OF like law some years ago IL
order to anticipates decision OF the Supreme
| Cont in the Muligan clse-the bill waS
passed.
The naval appropriations DILL was passed
| Adjourned.
%.tiossa, Cheap Transportation Con.
| VentiOn.
| WAsnrSGroN, January 15.-Tte National
4 Cheap Transportation Convention, at their
meeting this morning, was addressed by
Colonel Frobel, of Georgia, rs the repre-
sentative Of Governor Smith. Of that State
who had been invited by the Convention t
speak on the subject of cheap Transports
ton. but whose official duties detained hin
at home. Colonel Frobal showed the neces
sitr of some cheaper mode OF transportation
than ut present exists for the heavy product
of the country, and that water afforded tn
best means for the accomplishment of thi
desired end. He advocated n national sys
TEN. the benefits Of which should reach a
sections and all interests and considered
, as folly the cry that the country coul;
not afford such works, comparing thl
. cry to the folly of the farmer who woul
q suffer thousands of bushels Of grain to 70
in his field because he could not afford to pa
2 fifty dollars to buy a wagon to haul it to
profitable market. The small politicians hat
opposed general system of water improve
, nents on the ground that they would cos
500, 000, 900, and had uttered this cry from
! one end Of the land to the other; and thi
answered the wall OF need-thiS drowned tn
voice Of the people-this hushed the com
+ plant of decayiug interests; and from be
, hind this pretence of virtuous econom
they toled the death-knell OF prosperity il
this cry: "A hundred millions!"
Colonel Frobel spoke at length as to tn
| r,Th M III f.
and home trade between the States, and re
q viewed the present condition of the common
r interests, showing it was rapidly decaying
and, in conclusion, reviewed the preSen
financial condition of the country and it
causes.
The Colonel was frequently applaudet
during his remarks.
The report of the Committee on Canal
was made, and its consideration referred a
the spccia, order for tomorrow; after whic
the Convention adjourned till / O'Clock thi
afternoon.
Mexican War Veterans i'm National
Convention.
WASHINGTON, January 15.-The delegate
to the National Convention Of Mexican Wa
:, Veterans represent all sections OF the coun
try. They at noon marched from their head
| uudi w W iiiniu iAuii, VIII OabAC' Q o1At
band Of music, under escort OF the Prcsi
dents Mounted Guard--a local organization
. The Convention was called to order b!
, General j. W. Denver, who said its object;
were the preparation of a memorial to Con
greSs asking for pensions for all the survi
vors cf the Mexican war; in the passage 0
law similar to that of 1871, giving pen
sions to the survivors of the war of 1912
also, to adopt measures for the organization
of National Brotherhood of Mexican Vet
Grams, and for a representative at the Cen
tennial Exposition at Philadelphia, in 1876
The Convention, he said, however, need no
be confined to these objects alone. Those
who framed the call were animated by de
sire to meet comrades from all sections O
the country and thereby renew old assoeia
tons. There were some who behaved well
but who were now INDECENT and unable Il
take care of themselves. Therefore, one
the objects of the Convention should be II
prevail upon Congress TO pass law to ad
nit them to the Soldiers Home, located neal
Washington, which was purchased and estab
iiShed with the money obtained from Mex
leo by the yalor of our .armS--the lnstltu
lion now being open only to soldiers OF the
regular army.
| In speaking of the Mexican campaign
General Denver said: "Our troops attacked
the Mexicans in their own country, and cap
/ tured their strongholds, opposing to then
| not more than one-third or one.fourth q
many Americans as there were MeXicans il
/ the field. The war continued without sin
nd