The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-02-24
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Latest News from Washington.
Especial telegram to the Dispatch.]

heSlknat1on OF ByfstOw ana FISH, Oh
the Cabinet, Talked OF. ~
The rumor is ofoat, ard there Is good rea-
SON to believe that it Is very well founded,
| that If: the President persists in policy to-
wards the South consistent with the force
bill, prepared recently by the Radical eau
Gus, two members of the Cabinet will cef-
tainly resign. They are Messrs. Bristow and
Fish. A careful count indicates that there
will not be sufficient strength in Congress to
pass such bill.
Mr.. Coburn will tomorrow make an at.
tempt to get up the force bin in the Eouse,
but Mr.. Garfield will antagouize it with one
of the appropriation bills, and will be re-.
cognizsd by the Speaker. s'' -
The Pacific Mail Steamship Subsidy :.
The Senate, to-day, by a vote Of 50 nays to
II yeas, refused to strike out the clause in
the House bill granting additional subsidy
to the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. This
action was brought about BY the report Of
the Judiciary Comm ittee to the effect that
the Government was not legally bound By
the act of 1872, granting the additional sub
sidy to the Pacitic Mail Company; they hav V
| ing failed to comply with the terms of the
l,contract.
Tne Civil Rights Bill.
| 1t was expected to-day that the civii-rights
bill would be taken up after the compile ton
Of The army appropriation bill, MI. Ed.
munds having expressed his intention Of
calling it up then. But the bill for the ad.
mission of Colorado was taken up instead, it
having been agreed in caucus that that nlea.
sure should have precedence of the civil.
rights bill, and it comes UP tomorrow as un.
finished business. ." TIMoN.
Free Lfcorice fer Tobacco Manufac-
| !" fuTer8. s#s
Especial telegram to the Dispatch By the Southern
| a. d Atlantic Telegraph line
WASHINGTON, February 23.-Mr. Harris's
amendment for free licorice for our tobacco
manufacturers has just passed in Committee
of Whole by vote Of 90 10 SO.
XLEHl. CONGRESS Second Session.
.. WASHINGTON, February %, 1915.
| SENATE.
4 The Judiciary Comnittee reported that
the United States is not bound to pro oceed
with the contract for additional Pacific mail
service to China and Japla.
Mr.. SPENCER presented memorial of the
Republican mem berS OF the General Assem-.
bly of AlaEama to the President aud mem.
bers of Congress, setting forth-f:st, that
changes have been made by. the Alabama
Legislature in the penal Code OF the State
bv which system of involuntary seryitude
and peonage for African citizens is sought
to be inaugurated; second, that politi
cal legislation has been enacted by means
of which $4,000 Republican voters are
practically deprived OF representation
and that the Republican Constitution is
restricted, and there is a practical null
li6cation of the constitutional amend
mepts. They therefore ask Congress to en-
power the President to suspend the writ OF
habeas corpus in certain contingencies 10
order to preserve the peace 10 the southern
States. Referred to the Committee Oh Privi.
eges and Elections. '.t
The post.ofIice appropriation bill was taken
up and passed. An amendnent TO strike out
the clause repeating the Pacific mail subsidy
was lost-yeas, II; nays, So.
The Senate is in session tonight. The
army bill was passed.
The admission of Colorado was then taken
No. MIR. EDxusDs stated that majority oil
his party desired this action otherwise he
would have pressed civil rights.
| HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The Louisiana special committee reported
resolutions unanimously coodemning the
Returning Board for awarding seats in the
J House of Representatives to persons who
were not entitled to them, and depriying
others from seats who were entitled to tpem.
and by msjority of four to three recon-
mepdipe the Louisiana House Of Representa-
tiyes to take immediate steps to remedy tho
Injustice done, and TO place the person:
rightfully entitled thereto in their seats
also. recommending the recognition of kel
loer as Governor till the termination OF III:
term of office. Ordered to be printed.
The committee on Alabama affairs also
made report. Ordered to be printed.
The House then, at IL O'Clock, went in'o
} commit tee of the whole on the tariff bill
(Mr. Hale, of Maine, in the chair,) all debat'
, on the bill being limited TO one hour.
Among other amendments put On was one
for an income tax, but as soon as it was re
ported back to the House Mr.. Dawes uloyet
q substitute for the whole bill, which wa!
: passed--yeas, 1913 nays, ll3.
The bill as passed makes the tax On Whis
kew hereafter to be manufactured (not taxing
. stock on hand at ally at 90 cents gallon; OF
tobacco, "a cents q pound; on cigars, IS
, thousand; on cigarettes, S275 thousand
on molasses, melads, and sugar imported
from foreign countries, an addition o.
25 Der cent. on the present duties. 1t re
stores the ten per cent. on manufactured
goods, and provides that the increase OF du'
Tics shall not apply to goods actually or
sbipboard for the United States on or before
The 10th OF February, 1875, or to goods on
. deno.it ir warehouses or public stores ut tht
date of the passage OF the act.
Previous to the House going into Commit
tee of the Whole efforts were made by
Messrs. Coburn, of Indiana, and Smith, o
r New Yolk, respectively, to get up what i
known as the cIucus "furce BILL" with th'
constitutional amendment to regulate th'
election of President and Yice-President
hnt Mr., Dawes, of Massachusetts, pressed
action on the tariff bill and succeeded.
The Special Commitsee's Report OF
Louisiana.
WASHINGTON. February 23.-As the result
of a roIIcauy between members fthe Hous
"a to which was the majority report ant
J, which was the minority report OF tue Lou
isiapa special committee, II may oe s.a'e, g
tthat all the members of the commltlee ie
l. port against the action OF Inc he'nft,u nr4ta,
7. hoard: that Messrs. Foster, Phelps, feuel
and Marshall unite in majority report 1na
: there was no general intimidation IN "a q
State, but free and fair elecsson, WnIeh ,h -
: suited In favor Of the CONSERVATIVES WI
were deprived Of the result oy tne miVps ,Ds
fuI action CT the Returning Board; tns
o Messrs. Hoar, Wheeler, and Frye unite Ia
minority report, and that Foster assen
L IL xiri Erra nlm0r(