The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-03-26
Washington.


lTEMs-pERUvIANNE NEWS, &C.
Washington.
A SHORT SESSION. OF TIE HoUSE--MR. HoAR
ON THE DEMoCRATS--THE FRAUD UPON THE
SOUTHERN STATES IN The DEPARTM ENTs--
RUNoRS IN REFERENCE, TO DBAD.LoCK-
PERSONAL lrEMS-JuDGE RIvEs n THE
HoCsE-THE NEW TELLER CoMMrTTEE-THE
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ITEMS.
tFrom Our Regular Correspondence :" G4.i
WAsHiSGfoS, March 25.-The House was
only in session for short while this morn
ing, and did nothing; for when Mr.. Cox OF
New York moved for the appointment OF
special committees in regard to the yellow
fever. tile census, and the count OF the vote Of
President, &C., Conger, with an uncompro-
missing whine, objected, and that was sufi-
cient to kill The proposition. The curse OF
parliamentary law as practiced in the House
is the power given 10 4 single bitter man
to object to the consideration Of resclu-
tons which have the approval OF nine
tenths of the body, and thereby defeat them.
| Now, this Michiganer never lets an oppor-
tunity pass to defeat by fair or foul means
any matter in which the South is interested.
and yet be has managed to obtain millions
in the way Of appropriations for his State in
the river and barbor and other bills. He
has an able coSdjutor in the Senate in the
person OF Zach. Chandler, and Zach. has al
ready introduced bills for the improvement
Of sundry rivers and a lake in Michigan.
Now, ought not the Democrats whom they
persecute to see that il they get justice here
after that it shall not be tempered by libe-
rality ? a.. -.t"
uoAR ACCUSES TIE DEMOCRATS OF BEING RE-
BELlI0US.
Hoar, of Massachusetts,, to-day read a
speech in the Senate in support OF his reso-
luton, which declared that the action Of
the Democrats in regard to the Legislative
and army appropriation bills last session
was revolutionary. Its chief characteristics
were bitterness and 1, disposition to do in
Justice to the South and the Democratic
party, and il it fred the heart Of any Re-
publican aud made him more proscriptive
and jntolerant than be was before, it GER
tain|y made the Democratic organization OF
the Senate more compact and deter
mined. It Avas asked, and with point,
why Massachusetts, with its wealth, scholar
| ship, and opportunities OF civilization, will
continue TO send to the Senate such ordl-
nary men as Dawes and Hoar, who are as
conspicuous for their narrow-mindedness
and petty hatred Of the South as they are
for their mediocrity in debate. The time
Will come when, in seli-defence, the Bay
State Will have TO send better and more
| national senator's; and it will be when the
West and South have increased their repre-
sentation in Congress.
THE FRAUD UPON SOUTHERN STATES N THE
DEPARTMENTS.
The law gives each State a quota OF ap.
pointments in the Departments in proper.
ton to its population, and under the color
OF complying with this law the greatest
frauds have been perpetrated on the south.
ern States. For example, Mr.. Goode goes
to the Interior Department and he is in.
formed by Mr.. Schurz that Virginia has ex.
ceeded her quota. He asks for The list, and
u
ginia name is visible, and then opposite
their names it is noted that they were ap.
pointed ut the instance Of Garfield, Blaine
Conkling. Chaplain Sunderland, &c. Sena.
tor Johnston goes to the Treasury Depart
ment and he finds similar state oil
things, and one Of the very few name;
I he recognizes is that Of a lady hi
knows is a native OF New jersey
Here, too, Mcssrs. Garfield, Blaine d Co
have been putting in their farorites ant
charging them to Virginia. The South Car
DINA members inform me that OF all CREDITED
to South Carolina they do not know hal
dozen who are not bogus, and they go to
morrow in body to see Assistant-Secretar.
Hawlcy to protest against the fraud. They
say there shall either be no one credited t
their State or those credited shall be lel
Carolinians. Other southern States are in
similar condition, and there will be gen
eraI stirring up OF heads OF bureaus AM
others who up to this time have said: @
what you charge be true, what can we do
THE EuMOKs CIRCULATED TO-DAY.
There was a rumor circulated this morn
ing that leading Republicans and Demo
cratic members of Congress had held con
ference with ayiew OF arranging to proven
another deadlock, and that the presden
had been consulted; yet when Eoar got III
in the Senate and made his speech it put nj
end to the rumor. --...-. .s
TEXAS WANTS PUBLIC LANDS TO BUILD RAII.
| . ROADS. - -
Texas is rich in public lands ana is grow
ing more rapidly than any OF her southern
sisters, but that does not prevent her mem
bers of Congress from asking for large land
grants to build railroads. Already her TIVE
excellent senators-Mcssls. Coke. ant
Maxey-aave introduced bills for land
grants for railroad from Galveston to Ca
MARCO, for another FROM San: Antonio t.
Laerdo, and for II third grant toithe New
Orleans, Texas and Colorado rairoad.'' >.
| . 800 Personal ITEMS. =.
Ex.Copgressmen Conover. OF Florida
and Raincy, OF South Carolina (cosored)
are spoken Of in connection with tue thlrt
| authorship Speaker Randall is busy ma
king up his committees. The Senate com
mittee has agreed to report adversely to the
claims OF Mr. Bell, appointed senatof.fron
New Hampshire by the Governor. Ihe
Attorney-G eneraf has decided that nota
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