The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-05-13


/ ABRoAD--coNFEssION OF A WOMAN WHO
MURDERED HER HUSBAND AND BRO
Observation-Disclosures CRIMES
AND CAsUALTIEs-FoREIGN NEWS, &C.
Washington.
THE PRESIDENTS VETO OF THE NON-lSTER-
FERENCE BILL-10W THE DEMOCRATS TAKE
EX-SENATOR WINDOWS SPEECH ON THE
LEGISLATIVE BILL-A VOTE ON THE INCOME
TAX IN THE HOUSE, PROPOSITION To AD-
JOURN CONGRESS THIS MoNTIi-THE ARMY
BILL. .'' .,'.. .-
from Our Regular Correspondent =
WASHINGTON, May 12.-I told you satur-
day night that the veto Of the Laid bin was
certain, and to-day was not disappointed
when the Presidents private secretary ap-
reared in the House and delivered to the
Speaker this formidable document. It was
read after some delay, and in length was
respectable and in ability moderate. Mr..
Knott made the usual motion, and it went
over until tomorrow, when the bill will be
rejected, because the Democrats baYe not
the two-thirds vote necessary to pass it over
the;veto.
There is not d shadow of doubt about the
truth of the statement that time and again
to Republicans and Democrats Mr.. Hayes
announced his purpose OF signing the bill,
because be said he could find nothing in it
Objectionable. Conkling. Chandler d 60.
had wiled otherwise, and they knew the
presidential material with which they had
TO deal. First, pious Ohio statesmen, armed
with packages OF letters from leading west
ern politicians, were read to him, In which
dire results to the party Of freedom and
moral ideas were predicted in the event the
Laid bill should become law. Then
Robson, with his most winning smiles,
courted his EXcellency for hours at
the time, telling him in persuasive Ian
guage that wise men change their minds,
but fools never do. Then Keller, Mckin-
ley. Fisher, Hawley, Frye, Monroe, Con-
ger, and others assured him, by all their
love for his administration, that il he
signed the bill he would sound the
death-knell of the Republican party
and fasten the shackIes upon Nil Of
the loyal colored patriots OF the South.
Chandler and Conkling bulldozed him, and
Blaine, Logan & Co. Intimidatcd him. In
this emergency Eyarts deserted him, and
Scburz and Key. for the support they gave,
had as well have been stalWaris. This was
too much for Ohio Republican human ma
ture, and Rutherford B. yielded. After
this he WAS as plant in their hands as
clay in the hands of potter, and at their
dictation read and approved Of the speech
OF Edmunds. The message Of course was
prepared to suit the purposes Of his adj
visers, and no wonder, wien it was read to
the House, Democrats received parts of it
with derisive laughter and the stalwart Re-
publicans with applause.
B.. WHAT WILL TIE DEMOCRATS NOW no? e.
This is the question which was this after
noon asked Of every Democratic senator
and Republican who could be reached, and
the answer generally was, "We will go
into caucus and determine upon our poll
cy." That seemed wise, but was not suf1i-
Gent for newspaper correspondents, and
these, after difficulty, ascertaned that some
were for passing, at the proper time, the
army appropriation bill rs il the President
had not vetoed the Ladd bill, and the rea-
sons they gave for this course were good.
One said we must by our conduct disabuse
the North OF the idea that the South is now
controlling, as charged, the legislation OF
Congress in its own interest; and another,
that we are not responsible for the wrong
and unjust acts OF Mr.. Hayes or his party,
but we are for our own acts. Hence,
because he has vetoed righteous bill
it will not justify us in withholding
bread and meat from officers and men who
have always reluctantly donethe dirty work
assigned them in the South by their Radical
superior officers. A large number Of others
were for simply passing a resolution con-
tinuing the present army, and legislative,
executive, and judicial appropriation acts
until the 1st OF January next; and they
urged this course because it would post
pone action on the appropriation bills
named until they could consult their con-
stituents and come back prepared to act
upon their advice and with their approval.
But all OF these closed what they had to
say by remarking that the caucus would be
able to determine what is best to be done.
1t is fortunate for the Democratic party
that it has now in the House and Senate
such wise men as could easily enumerate,
for it needs wisdom, prudence, and sound
Judgment to control its actions.
WHAT IS SAID OF THE VETO.
The Democratic representatives are. en-
phatiealIy mad tonight, and while they say,
as a legal document, the message is con-
temptible, they pronounce it shrewd cleo
Pioneering paper for the North. Those in
favor of defeating the army appropriation
bill are outspoken and aggressive, and will
be so in caucus, while the moderate Demo-
Gratis are quiet, but believe in the end their
counsels will prevail. IL final vote were
reached tomorrow the bill would certainly
be defeated.
THE LEGISLATIVE BILI-SENAT0R WINDOW
SPEAKS.
The Senate was again dull this morning
while The Clerk read the routine sections OF
the legislative bill, and when Senator Win
dom finally got the. floor on the political
sections the interest in the proceedings did
not greatly increase. He made n scattering
sneech. IN which he waved the bloody-shirt