The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-03-01
wnssiiuEton.

,,,, M THE BRAZILIAN, SUB.
,ALVELf De. - NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Slpl, ,,wrsTIGaT1oSs IN NORTH Elk
FEAVp ~ .on yIaGISIAs WAR. CLAIM.
CiT'SH To THE SSNATE-A GREAT EiShf
REfoh. -rn-TUE PENS o N-ARREARAGE
NIL rr,ssEp-oTHEn ITEMS OF INTEREST.
''' ,x,.,,o our Regular Correspondent o.. st
,,rcTos, February 2S.-The Appro.
,,ia,ion Committee having reeommen ,,,ead'
p ,, in allof the senate amend.
an"n,s to the post-ohice BILL and asked tna'
"s"'s Sorrs, debate and a separate vote De
"o' ~. BRAZILIAN subsidy, the, hveilest
s ,;'.rssion Of the session ensued' TOT !. was
0s, ssoa 70 neither political party and bad
'"D "o,,,;cs in it. Mr.. Tucker spoke against
~ l, po he Is opposed to granting spec'al
n-iyileres to any individuals or pos.' AM" '
.~n;,s Norfolk was inserted as ola lot h.s
"n"' I'D ,hat Of his colleagues. ne SAID II
,o'. .rho,e amount were to be given TO MS
' .~r beloved Virginia be would not vote Tor
:, hoca,,se it is contrary to the Constitution.
u. yeas for Justice to all and privileges 10
1.,a General Butler, IN answering his'
s,ooch, said he had voted In the river ai!u
labor bill for O subsidy to the "Jeems,t
,be Rappanannock, and Norfolk harpor.
wr Thicker, in reply, said ne didn't Go 1t.
General Pridemore sold the fact that New
Work New Orleans, Norfolk, Galveston,
and o,ber cities-a powerful combination
.ra advocating this scheme, shows that the
noor n,ope who pay the taxes are 10
he overridden and oppressed. He had no.
.iced since he came to Congress that OF
every dollar appropriated the North and
West get nine tenths. lie alluded to The
i,c. that Brazil places an export duty on her
,-oducts. and said he wanted that country
:, meet the United States half way in free
trade. The South should be for free trade,
10 contended, because It is to its interest to
Inv where it can buy cheapest and sell
where i, can get the best price. Mr.. Goode
repIied 10 Mr.. Tucker, taking the ground
that line OF steamers to Rio will tend to
hrild no American commerce. He did not
care for John Roach. but thought II he
r,n outstrip all competitors in this matter
he deserved credit. Mr. Hewitt said the
merchants OF New York do not want IL ana
believed il would retard commerce and put
Of the day when we are 10 have the bless
nrs OF free trade. Mr.. Cannon, OF Illinois,
made the best speech OF the day, taking the
posi,ion that it will not pay because we
cannot compete with the English IN the
Brazilian market, for the reason that labor
costs forty-three per cent. more in this
country than in England and other Eu-
ropean countries. He showed that we have
given 81, 900, 900 in subsidies since 1S4S to
steamships, and all the American steamships
ahoat now will not bring over S7,000,O00
lie cited the history OF the Pacific Mali
Steamship Line, to which we gave S5,000,00O
| year for ten years, and which instead OF
increasing our exports TO China diminished
them. He brought to the front the ghosts
d Of politicians who by voting for subsidies
y IL Congress in the past found early and un.
Il IGNORED graves. Rev. Martin Townsend, in
q opposing The subsidy, said that when the
q House drove from its hall the lobby, with
Il its foul breath, it drove out John Roach,
4 ard that he took refuge in the galleries.
THOSE WHO ADVOCATED IT. ...-.....
Mcssrs. Waddell, North Carolina; Baker,
Indiana; Dunneil, Minnesota; Garfield,
j Ohio; Buckner, Missouri; Fry, Maine
s Butler, Massachusetts; Kelly, Pennsylva.
q MA, and others advocated it, taking the
ground that it opens market for our manu-
lectures, and gives no more subsidy to the
Steamship line than We are constantly civ.
4 Ing railroad lines for carrying the mail.
n They commended it was no subsidy TO- John
n Roach, but provided for fair competition
B between three lines with sixteen steam.
/ SHIPS that fill the requirements OF the bill
TIE suBsIDYIs DEFEATED BY MAJORITY.
4 The vote was taken at quarter past 8,
s when the subsidy was deieated-ayes, 80;
hoes, l5T. This morning John Roach's
friends said privately that they had prom
ise Of enough votes to give them twenty.
I'VE majority; and they were perfectly
8 cFestlailen at their signal defeat. In fact,
luis estimate was telegraphed from Wash
s. Mslon to leading journals last night. go.
q THE VIRGINIA wAE-CLAIM. ...-..'....
a ocourse there will be opposition to the
ssh ,sAof Virginia, South Carolina, Delaware
ST. .SSlork, Pennsylvania, and Georgia, fol-
'laaees in 1872 to the United States, being
,ssa0sd in the sundry civil appropriation
4 WI When that item is reached in the Senate;
n DD' Senator Withers, with the indomitable
s"v'sy With which he worked for it in COM
u n'''ee' viii then advocate it and show that
Il ~. =" y III every respect just claim and ought
8 W. paia. The Virginia members Of the
81 -oVu'e continue active for it, aud other
81 qua aud representatives interested are
s. 0',uS their best in its behalf. --..- ~ !.
AZ nal-past IL the Senate reached the
81 , ~ to pay Virginia aud other States
III ," advances during the war of 1912.
S ;,'@' tdmunds raised point Of order that
| n,o ~a general legislation On a general ap.
S p'opfislian bill. ..'''5'' ! .
,,o, Wallace said it was not general legis-
Isl ,r,,I' ano the bill is not general appro-
MA rtdli0a hin gsEstk.r s~-6tes X y r.
81 a.n, w. wander spoke against the amend
81 s,rs,s aas the Justice OF the rule IN the
ss o. T ,v "ai,aee said the rule in the Maryland
| Gu, . , taat adopted By. the: Supreme
s elsin. J, Followed In the settlementiof the
S ", ., massachusetts end Aiaine.:fi4
81 T,eas,.asa iace read from reports Of the
q NJ, ~ 10 support OF the claims. Ei,.f
q STATE, aaands concluded that the United