The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-05-20
which are working On them industriously

Senator Hereford, OF West Virginia, to
j day urged members OF che Senate Commerc'
a Committee to make no reduction in the ap
D preparations 81 the House for the rivers o.
his State. He also combatted tlfe idea, which
j has strength with this committee, that there
fought to be an aggregate reduction Of 3d.
0oO, 900 on the House bill. he said that The
fact that there were no appropriations made
last year should induce the Senate commit.
tee now to be liberal.
THE SITUATION IN THE SENATE.
The Senate was not in session to-day, and
on Monday will take up the resumption
Iquestion, when Mr.. Morrill,, OF Vermont,
has the floor, and will oppose both the
House blu repeating the resumption act and
the substitute which the Senate Finance
Committee has reported. Now, Mr.. Voor-
bees has given notice that he will press the
consideration of this subject until disposed
Of, and other senators say they are opposed
to further postponement. This looks as if
Mr.. Stanley Matthews will be unable to call
up the Texas-Pacifc bill on Tuesday, as he
notified the Senate the other day be intended
to do. s.aa
TEA-CULTURE IN AMERICA.
| The reports received here as to the eX-
periments made with the tea-plants distrib-
uted from Washington throughout the
country are deemed highly encouraging,
and induce the belief that tea-cuIture in
America will become highly profitable in
time. Pekin, China, is on the same parallel
with Wilmington, Delaware, and Delaware
and Maryland are included with Virginia in
the States in which the Agricultural De-
partment thinks tea can be grown success
fully.
THE SPEAKER GONE TO PENNSYLVANIA.
| Speaker Randall has gone to Pennsylya-
mia to attend the State Democratic Conven-
ton, and will not be back until Wednesday.
Duri ng his absence Mr.. Sayler, OF Ohio,
will preside, and will make capital
Speaker. It is said that the committee OF
eleven will be announced on Monday, but
well.informed Democratic members think
Mr.. Randall will not let il be announced
until his return. Tt is said that Senator
Wallace, Mr.. Randalps rival in Pennsylva-
MIA Democratic politics, has the inside track,
and will manage the coming conyention.
BRIEF ITEMS.
During The excitement in the House the
bill repeating the bankrupt law seemed to
bave been forgotten, and now the tariff can
not have another chance until the army APP
preparation bill gets out Of the way.
a bill taxing dogs in the District Of Co
lumbia 81 has been reported to the Senate.
The indications are that Congress will let
West Virginia hold its next congressional
election in October, when the State elections
are held. The Legislature next winter,
however, will change the time Of holding
the State elections to November, SO that
thereafter both State and congressional cleo
tions in that State will be held in November.
A congressional wag says he is not at all
surprised at the Republican party being
buried in Potter's field.
There was q further discussion by ex-
Governor Brown and Mr.. Huntington to-
day before the Senate Military Committee
in regard to the right of way for the South
ern Pacific through the Fort Yuma military
reservation.
The Marine band will go vito the Knights
Templar to Richmond Monday evening.
Professor Baird, in succeeding Professor
Henry as secretary of the Smithsonian Insti-
tute, will lose none OF his interest in fish
culture.
There is growing interest in the move
ment to relieve State banks OF the tax on
circulation, but no relief will be given them
at this session Of Congress-.
The bill creating railroad commissioners
for the Pacific railroads was the order OF
the day for May 18th in the House, but it
was crowded out.
Governor McCreary, of Kentucky, was
on the floor OF the House to-day, and was
introduced to members by Judge Durham.
Associated Press reports by telegraph to the Dis
patch.l
Mr.. Bayard, Of Delaware, asked that the
nomination of Packard, and Mr.. Edmunds,
of Vermont, asked that the case Of Sheri-
dan. 90 over, at Fridays executive session
Of the Senate
The exchange Of silver for greenbacks at
the New York sub-treasury has. been dis
continued. The silver thus exchanged was
found to be coming back as customs dues,
the parties thereby saving the premium on
gold.
Attorney General Devens recommends
that criminal proceedings be commenced
against the parties whose alleged negligence
made the Metropolis disaster possible.
It is thought that Messrs. Potter, Nor
rison, MacMahon, Blackburn, Hunton,
Springer, Stenger (Democrats), and Butler,
Lapham, Cox OF Ohio, and Frye (Republl-
cans) will constitute the electoral-fraud in
vestigating committee.
lXLVTH CONGRESS--Second Session.
WASHINGTON, May IS, 1878.
SENATE.
The Senate was not in session to-day.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The House discussed the army approprla-
ton bill. No further progress was made In
the Observation-Disclosures fraud business.
The committee of eleven will be announced
Monday. Mr.. Stephens, OF Georgia, was
paired when the vote on Potter's resolution
was taken. Had he not been, however, ne
would. have voted against it.
Massachusetts.
IMPORTANT MEETING OF TIE NEW ENGLAND
= SHOE AND LEATHER ASSOCIATION.
BosToN, May 1S.-A general meeting OF
the New England Shoe and Leather Asso-