The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-02-19

r..nt,, telegram 20 the D!spaich'l
WASHINGTON, February IS. 1910.
n,.,,.cd 30 Work I'm Earnest.
,,r,h houses Of Congress now seem w DC
,,;,noscd to &c, to work in good earnest.
49,, -,raic, in Difference to the demands OF
=, ,,.,,..rrnc,,t a. against those OF flncn'
n,rL. !. now ready to 60 TO WORK on tue
concentration bills, and the House Is s'r'N'aS
- 40, through with all business "e'oie '"'
,n -, nx, month. Tue session al the
...,,.o yh;,b commenced at noon yc''eFaa!
lasted nearly Thirty hours WITHOUT NV
ucn,'S lncrm'S''oh.
pinchbacR's Case.
,,, pirchhack case brought ont the o'o
or,.,,mcut, tba, have been repeated scores VI
.;n... since the Louisiana computation
,.,,,o. aud the matter (having been noieo
,l.,, sftrrroonl nov goes over unt'i the extra
,..-il, II the Senate. 4 proclamation for
h,cD was issued this afternoon.
The Tobacco Tax.
~. .o,,oc,o section Of the tax-bil received
Lana, discussion in the House to-day. Many
=, the representatives. of that great interest
=, mo West and South are making strenuous
,s.r;> in opposition 10 further 'aAauon'
Amendments looking to permitting FARMERS
.,...,l small quantities. Of tobacco free CT tax
vr,r rejected, as also was IN amendmeh'
.n,, the tobacco section Of the bill shall no.
;,ge elect until the lSt OF July.
vrII,rr's, of Virginia, warned the SOUTH
e-r friend, Of the colorcd people that an in
,,-oa.c If taxation would have the effect OF
cr,.ir.. the factories in the South, and thus
throwing out of employment many negro
I,horrrs. All efforts looking to reduction
~ rho ,ay A. proposed by the bill have thus
far been Intellectual.
visiting the Scene of the Late s1'cide.
Hundreds Q. persons visited the capitol
,ra s.r,nded to the highest point accessible
IN the dome to-day for the purpose OF In.
sn,,3ins the place from which Mcmahon
rgtc his fearful leap yesterday. Policemen
,r.r. Stationed at different points around the
1o,n. today to warn strangers of dangerous
points.
x,IH. CONGREsS-SecOnd Session
WAsuIsGrox. February IS, 1879.
SENATE.
Dir. MERRInoH, Of North Carolina, cio>ed
.,y-hour>' spetch a, 9 O'Clock IN, morning.
Mr.. EpNrNps al = O'Clock offered the fol-
loving amendment:
">trik" out the resolution seating Ilhcn-
back and insert that The COMMITTEE Cd iFl'f
,,,,. and Elections he and it is hereby in
,,it.,,rd 70 report forthwith DILL declaring
1t.,f no constitutional government exists IN
Louisiana, and providing Tor the election OF
Governor, Llculcnan,-G Governor, members OIL
the General Assembly for Loui>ians. ana all
r,t,r >iatc officers which are, by the ConStl-
tu,ion OF that State, elected by the people OF
that State
Mr.. E,>soA, Of North Carolina, then took
n. h,nr and srCkc at some length on the
desire, 10 restore pace between The North
and south.
Mr. THURMAN raised tie point that the
atr.-tion before the Senate was not ques-
lion for Congress, bNr IL question for the Sen
AZ alone. If there is 10 b" 40 extra session
,yi, resolution could be considered there. II
srrIurd to be admitted on all sides that an
extra session Of The Senate would be con-
y,ncd on the All Of Mlrci. He believed 1t
WA, the fist duty Of the Senate to provide
means 10 carry on the Government, ana
would therefore vote Tor taking up the ap-
preparation bill.
Mr. MouulLL, Of Maine, said he was dis.
posed TO regard his resolution entirely az an
order OF business, and with q view TO getting
the Indian appropriation bill before the Sen
ate he moved 10 lay the resolution on the
cable.
Upon this question the yeas and nays were
ordered. and the resolution ~as tabled
yeas. SO: hays, %; a follows
lt>~.-icssr-. Allison. Anthony. Earnr1. Bog,
ConklirEC" per. Dvis, Dcnn,. ta'on' + amuT,s'
ger. lllmiliUn OF MarylInd Hamilton "' l"A,,'
Ingr,soil. johnson. Kelly. Mc,st,ry. M'riim"n'
r,rr,iI nf Maine. Mprrin Of Yer, ont, N'rw"nH,
I,uI.,un Robertson. salisbury. Scnmrz; scott
SIuuyur, stevenson, STOCKTON, lhATMan' ipoonn'
Is lil"igh, Washnurn ne. Wimdo u, ana rithl-39'
NAYS .ssrs Borrmlu. kcrryinnn, 'antr'h'
Iul,alcr CLAYTON, Cun"Scr. rdGin. Ferry oil hlcl-
i.au t,annagAn, haulin. Harvey. Howe. Jones
I".an. Merton. Uplr.hy Patterson. Pratt, Ean-
,.N. Sargent, Spencer, uart and Ncst-Z-.
MIR. FERRY, Of ConuCc'icut. who would
have voted yea" was p,ired OF WITH Mr..
Boutwell,, who would have voted" nay"
Mr.. WEST moved that til" Senate adjourn ::
which was REJECTED Yeas. e; uay>, 81.
Mr.. WlSDoH then moved that the Senate
rroccea 10 the consideration OF the Indian
appropriation bin !; which was agreed TO ana
The bill taken up.
The Senate then adj burned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Tue House spent three hours on the tarlh
bill. All amendments off red by the op2o-
nvnts OF the measure were voted down out
al amendment VAS adopted, on motion OF
Nil. DAWES, increasing the tax on domestic
cigars from s. to &c thousand and on cigar
cites from $500 10 1915.
Having got through abe first two sections
Of The bill--lhe whi>key and the tobacco Sec
tious- the committee rose, AID the House
took upas i p,cial order the bill reported by
Mr. STASARp. of Missouri, from the Com
mlt;ee on Commerce, for the improvement
Of the mouth OF the Mississippi river on
Ealirs's j-tty system. The House passed tue
bill without division.
The House then resumed the tariff bill.
The third section. abnshlng the tax on
matches, was struck out. The fourth sec
ton, increasing the duties on mUlasses and
sugar twenty-five per cent, was amended by
Including Meada.
The committee then rose, and Mr.. CoBrRS,
Of Indiana, reported the caucus force Dip;
wt'ic' "as ordered 10 be printed and recon-.
nitted.
Address OF Democratic GonSreSsInen
TO the People OF the south.
WAsu!SGroS, February l8.-Thc follow
in address has just been prepared by the
democratic members OF Congress from the
South AMI Southwest
10 tie People Of the Southern States:
You have coufded TO the undersigned in