The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-05-06
Washington.

active PREPARATIONS FOR THE REPUBLICAN
CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN-wHAT THE DEM
OCRATS ARE D0lNG-THE NAVAL SECRETA-
RVS PROPOSED VISIT TO N0RFOIK-MEXICAN
RELATIoNS-sUCCEsS OF A RICHMOND ARCHI-
TEcT-0THER TTEMS-THE TOBACCO QUES-
T1ON TO BE CONSIDERED MONDAY, &C., &C.
from Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, May 4.-The Republican
congressman continue to make active and
systematic preparations for the coming
compaign, and no senator is regarded as
old enough or distinguished enough to be
exempt from earnest work. They evidently
appreciate the Importance OF the crisis, and
know that they will have to carry the full
weight OF the Presidential frauds in the
death-struggle they intend to make in No
vember to get control Of the next House.
Under smiles the malignants among them
conceal their hate OF Hayes and bis policy,
| and seem to have made VOW to be kind
and concilatory towards even Schurz for
the time being. The civil-service order
is serious obstacle, however, in their way,
and deep down in their Radical hearts they
curse it and its authors hourly. But the
President and Secretary Sherman-the poll
| tician of the Cabinet-stand firm to it, and
neither threat nor entreaty, it looks now,
will avail to get it rescinded. The more
active Radicals among the clerks and bu-
reau officials want to form political clubs
to advertise their zeal. They are actually
willing to be taxed, believe, hoping to
gain dollar, Of course, for every dime they
pay out; but the bulk Of the quiet office
holders desire the civil-service order to be
strictly enforced. To committee OF the
former the President said just what he
has said repeatedly during the last few days
to senators and members of the House
viz, tha! ofice-holders may give what they
choose voluntarily, but shall not be assessed
to rfovide ways and means for the CALI
paign as they were in the reign Of Grant.
Neither shall they form State political asso-
Citations. The Hales and Dorseys, and those
more prominent than either, are at their
Wits ends to get around it, and senator's and
representatives are in the meanwhile con-
tributing large sums with much parade in
order to influence heavy contributions, in
any event, from the department employees.
WHAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE DOING.
The Democrats are at lust waking up to
the necessity OF preparing vigorously for
that something else is needed besides the
general charges that Robson d Co. stole
everything that came within their reach
short of a saw-mill and red-hot stove. I
was glad to see that the Joint campaign COM
mittee OF the two Houses last night held
protracted session, and that Messrs. Ran
dali, McDonald, Eaton, Banning, Wood, Rea-
gan, Clarke (of Missouri), Morrison, Jones
(of, New Hampshire), Blackburn, Cockerille,
Wallace, and Hunton were present. They
transacted some business that cannot be
givento the public, but agreed that Ohio
ought to be redistricted by the present
Democratic Legislature so as to relieve
it of the eerrymander by which the
Radicals deprive thousands OF Demo-
Gratis Of representation in Congress. They
also appointed an executive committee,
consisting Of Messrs Blackburn, Mcdonald,
Jones, and Hunton, to remain at Washing
ton during the recess and attend to the con-
duct OF the campaign. I asked one OF the
members OF the Joint committee about
Florida, and he said: "Ysu rest assured
that it will be probed to the very bottom, so
as to establish by reliable testimony the
frauds which we have all along believed
were perpetrated. These Florida frauds
will be made an important chapter in the
documents of the campaign, and the Radical
who believes that the villainies perpetrated
in Louisiana, Florida, and South Carolina
are to be balanced by the foolery of Fitz-
hugh or shortcomings OF Polk are indulging
in a vain delusion."
SECRETARY THOMPsON'S PROPOSED VISIT TO
NORFOLK.
It is now determined that Secretary
Thompson will on Friday afternoon start
on his excursion to Norfolk, and he will be
accompanied by the Naval, the Commerce,
and Railway and Canal Committees OF the
House and Senate, and few other guests.
At Norfolk, the party on Saturday will
take the steamer Pamlico, belonging to the
Old Dominion Company, and visit Roam
oke island, the Albemarle fisheries, and the
scene of the Huron disaster. The idea now
is that the party will leave on the Govern.
ment steamer Tallapoosa, now here, but
time would be saved by going to Baltimore
by rail, and there taking the Bay-Line
steamer for Norfolk. AS the excursion has
been planned and will be engineered by
Commodore Marshall Parks, it is bound te
be pleasant one.
THE BRAZILIAN NAIL STEAMERS.
The Senate Post-Ofice Committee has
agreed when the House postal appropria
tion bill comes up in the Senate to offer ar
amendment 10 it providing for the estab
lishment of lines Of mail steamers from New
York and New Orleans to Brazil. Thes'
steamers are to make semi-monthIy trips
and receive $50 per mile per annum from
the Government for carrying the mails. Th
Brazilian Government has made liberia
subsidy to establish a line OF steamers to tn
United States, and is anxious to extend it
trade relations with us. OF the $50,e00,00
now imported ~ Brazil We only suppl.
about S7,OO0,000.
No city OF its size in the Union is as mucl
interested In tue Brazilian trade as Rich
mond.
4 OUR RELATI oHs WITH MEXICO.
Mr. Schieicher's report, Just printed, re
commends the adoption by Congress OF
Joint resolution which provides for keeping