The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-01-29
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| WashinEton.
THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE HAVE
AGREED TO RECOMMEND A. REDUCTION IN
THE TOBACCO Tax--THE POTTER COMMIT
TEs-THE CHINESE Bill, PASSES THE
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| ii iysI From Our Regular Correspondents .ri.i
WASHINGTON, January ;28.-The Senate
Finance Committee at last, to-day reacbed
a vote on the tobacco-taS and agreed to re-
port IN favor OF twenty. cents. .Messrs.
Eyoorhees, Jones Of Nevada, and Wallace
voted for sixteen cents, and Mr.. Morrill,
was the only senator who endorsed the
views of Commissioner Raum and Secretary
Sherman. Mr.. Bayard voted for twenty
cents, and this is subject OF regret among
his friends from the tobacco States. One
of the committee informed me that he was
afraid the bill would not be reported to the
Senate for week. Senators Johnston and
Withers are urging Messrs. Wallace, Voor-
hees, and Jones to make minority report
embodying their views, and Messrs. Tucker
and Cabell were at the Senate this afternoon
working to accomplish the same end. They
all inform your correspondent tonight that
they hopeto induce the senators named to do
what they ask. The committee agreed to
report in favor OF reducing the tax on leo
rice &C., and actually think that this will be al
most an equivalent as measure OF relief for
the difference between Ice. and 20c., forget
ting that it takes but small amount OF lico-
rice to flavor pound OF tobacco. The manu-.
iacturcrs who carefully read my dispatch Of
last night observed that did not share
fully the expectations Of the tobacco-men
now here that q report in favor OF 1Cc.
would be agreed on. This was because l
had learned from tobacco senators that
Messrs. Bayard and Herman did not impress
them Yesterday in conference they had
with them as willing to go for greater re-
duction than to zoe. y great deal Is gained
by this, for in the first place the committee
almost unanimously declares for reduction 4;
and in the next place, it providesaor bring
ing the question squarely before the Senate.
Now the tobacco-men and senators from the
tobacco States say, in spite OF the pension
bill, they can carry reduction through The
Senate. ... -r
AN ASSISTANT P0STMASTER-GENERAL BEFORE
THE PUTTER CoMMITTEE-HE TELLS OF HIS
TRIP TO FLORIDA, BUT. NOT MUCH ABOUT
JUDGE ALFRED MORTON. e.s.-
Assistant Postmaster General Brady wa;
to-day before the Potter committee, and hs
was put through course OF sprouts by
Messrs. Blackburn, McMahon. Potter, But
Ter. and others. Blackburn tried to fine
out all he knew about Judge Alfred Nor
toms operations in Florida during The
count; but while he admitted that Morton
was special agent OF the Department, and
: was busy at Tallahassee while the Return
ing Board was in session, and also that III
talked with him frequently, he really dit
not know what he was doing.there. " I'll
said that at the request OF President Gran
and Zach. Chandler, Secretary OF the Into
rior, he, an Assistant Postnaster-General
went to Florida to see q fair count
He carried $4,000 from old Zach. to Will
liam Z. Chandler, and paid $1,000 OF hi
own money for the hotel bills Of the party
This Zach paid him back, and he did no
think it wrong that his pay at Washington
should run on all the time he was away
!. He acknowledged that he told the witnesse
that the Republican party would take care
OF them. He further admitted, in respons!
to questions, that he took his kilograms t
Tyner from the package OF cipher tele
grams which were in the Senate committee
room without anybody's consent, as b
knew they were TO be burned finally by tn
company. and he wanted them as relic:
Mr.. Potter here asked him what would b
done with a postmaster who should take
letter as a relic because it was not called TO
and was destined togo tothe Dead-Letter Oi
fee. General Brady said he would be turne'
out. Mr.. Hiscock wanted to know wha
this had to do with the investigation. MI
Potter said: ooh, it is matter in which til
public Is interested, because you.know Their
is talk OF putting the telegraph bushes
in the hands OF the Post-Ofice Department
and the people would like to hear how
will likely be managed when that Is done.'
General Brady promised to produce his CT
pher kilograms to Postmaster Genera
Tyner from Florida. William Z. Chan
dler was the next witness, and n
; acknowledged that he furnished th'
cipher kilograms to the New Yori
Tribune and to General Butler. 1t is a
clear as MONDAY that while in the Senat
committee-room, and under the control o
Republican senators and officials, the cipbe
kilograms bearing upon the Republican
istea Of the electoral votes of Louisiana ant
Florida were deliberately taken away. 0
DESTROYED. and the GOODNESS with 5Whic
high officials speak OF the infamous transac
! ton is enough TO make man lose faitl ut
4 = OILY, -, sRanrblieayi institutions. z I"