The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-03-20

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Washington.
BILLS INTRODUCED IN TIE SENATE; BUSINESS
NOT CONFINED TO THE APPROPRIATION
BiLLS-MR. HULL, FROM FLORIDA. SWORN
IN-pEMoCRATs MUST Dis IN THEIR PLACES
EARLY AND LATE IF THEY EXPECT TO Con-
TRoI. THE. HorSE-THE SENATE COMMITTEES
AND THE souTli-THE PRESIDENTS MES
SAGE-PEHS0NAL, &C.
from Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, March 19.-Thc idea has
prevailed that outside OF the appropriation
bills and the amendments very little legisla-
ton. il auy, would be attempted at this scs-
SION; and yet Dir. voorhees,, in the Senate,
introduced several bills to-day, and other
senators followed his example. 1t was also
rumored this evening that Mr.. sparks will
offer the army bill as it passed the House
last session, including the Butler amend
ment providing for the establishment OF
railroad trlesraphic system for the trans
mission Of commercial and press messages.
! The initiative movement for the considera-
! liOD VI lbS oSiSNt~a" III VI bao DSSH
taken in the Senate, and all this looks as If
members meant to press any bill likely to
pass which will help their constituents. /
asked member Of the House what he
thought would be the length Of the session,
| and lie said not over six weeks. A senator
soon afterwards remarked that Congress
could get through in three weeks. My own
Judgment is that no one knows anything
about It.
THE FLORIDA CASE OF HULL VS.. BlSBEE-TIULL
SWORN IN. ~ t..
Congress cannot well get along without Il
| contestcd-election case from Florida, but
heretofore the Democrats have gotten the
worst Of it, for Finley, although entitled to
seat, was unable to Dust the irrepressibe
Bisbce until the last days Of the closing ses-
sion Of the Forty-tiith Congress. OF course,
when the Republicans had control tardy
Justice was not even done their opponents.
We'll. Yesterday the Clerk placed the name
yof Hull (DemocraD on the roll because he
held the certificate OF the Governor OF Flow
| ida, atteStcd by the great seal OF the State,
and otherwise in due form. Bisbee. ho"-
ever. came with an order Of the Supreme
Court annuling the action OF the Gov
crnor, rs lie claimed; and this furnished
Dir. Frye, OF Maine. rretcxt for OBJ
jectn. to the name OF Hull being
on the roll. 1t was agreed that the
matter should go over until to-day,
when 1t was fully debated, Judge Harris.
chairman OF the Elections Committee; Mr..
Cobb Of Indiana, Mr.. Davidson OF Flor-
da, Judge Buckner OF Missouri, contend
| ing that Hull was clearly entitled to The seat,
and that the House, in giving it to him, i'll
no way would prejudice any right OF contest
Bisbee has. They quoted the Rainey-Rich-
/ ardson case, from South Carolina, rs identi-
cal 70 that under consideration, showing
that MeSSrs Hale, Garfield, and all OF the
Republican leaders. then claimed that the
Governors certificate gave prina Jdcie
right to seat. Mr.. Garfield seemed willing
to concede this, but cndeavored to show
that the Democrats no more than the Re-
publicans have followed it, and was willing
to send the cases OF both to the Elections
Committee without swearing in either. This
caused the Democrats to smile. Messrs.
Hiscock. Frye, Belford, and other Republic
cans, advocated the claims OF Bi>bce, taking
the ground that the action Of The Supreme
Court OF Florida annulcd the certificate of
the Governor and lett Hull without
a primG facie case. The Colorado man was
specially anxious to lug in the Colorado
case, in which the House gave the seat he
claimed to Patterson. Mr.. Frye finally
moved to send the whole case to the Com
mittee on Elections, and not to allow either
| to be sworn in until the report OF that COM
,nittee should be acted on. This was OBJ
| iected to by General Hooker as out OF order,
but the Chair decided it was in order. FL
naIlv. after some skirmishng, several pre-
liminary UiUa-roce votes, and roll-call.
the House, by vote Of 1877 to 40, re-
fused to agree to the proposition OF
/ the member from Maine. All Of the
Greenbackers except Mr.. Laid, Of Maine,
and including Hendricks b. Wright, voted
| with the Republicans in the affirmative.
This teaches the Democrats that they Will
have to be in their; places early and remain
late il they expect to control the House.
At ten minutes past the House, By vote
of 140 to 1856, agreed to seat Hull, and he
was forthwith sworn in; the comment on
the proceeding being that 1t makes up for
the vote OF the venerable Wright. Mr.. Hull
has head slightly bald, and lull gray whis-
kers. ''''..
| THE SENATE CoMMITTEES--THE SOUTH.
A number of senators urged Senator
Johnston to take the craftsmanship OF the
Committee OH Agriculture otter it was en-
| larged, because OF the interest he has mani
tested in immigration and in everything
connected with agriculture. They said his
yea, In this direction has attracted attention
In their own States. He readily assented,
and Governor Hampton, and Mr.. Davis, OF
West Virginia. are among his colleagues on
the committee. Senator Withers has an i'm
mease deal Of labor before him as chairman
NJ tbe Pension Committee. Mr.. Davis, OF
West Virginia, accepts the craftsmanship OF
the Committee on Appropriations, and Dir.
| Hereford that OF Mines and Mining. Gen
| ora, Ransom IS at the head o. the Railroad
Committee, and Mir. Vance of Enrolled Bills.
General Butler, of, South, Carolina, succeeds
Teller as chairman of Civil Service and Re-
treuchmcnt. Other southern senators nave
imnortant chairmanships, and the South ut