The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-02-05

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| TROUBLES IN otIIo pNsREssiuNALAND
| OTHER wAsHITsToE.N EWs-sX aIssouRi
woMAN KILLS HER BRoTHER.IS-LAW.-
T0sACCo.TAx VILE m BE REDUCED
| ToeTxTEEN CENTS -ELEcTE0Eio OLA CON.
GREssBANsFRosda GEORGIA RIO Fill isR.
iHAaTRDaEB UNExpIREDTERhi--
cIAI.. AND oohtMEkc AL NEws-THE ENa7
LIsH FLAGsHIp DUKE oFsWELLINaToN
ON -clvII. STRIFE Al GABEL, &c. I:
yvasIalngeon. & &
] now, SENATOR coNKIISG LOOKS Aztec ms
DEFEATJo JOY AT THE WHITE House EovEE
THE REsgLT-THE SITUATION ION TfsE TO-
1 BAcC0 IoN--PERsoNALr-THE RIVER
AND HARB0R BILL AGAIE--THE TEST-DATH---
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from Our Regular Correspondent z
WASHINGTON, February 4. - onkiing was
| In his seat to-day, sad.looking and de;
iected. he hardly realizes, however. as
yet the full significance OF his defeat, or APP
preciates its effect on GTans's presidential
prospects and his leadership in the Senate.
The reality will come in time. The Demo
! Gratis here rejoice, on the othe hand, like
men who had escaped o. great peril and won
avictory the importance oil. which. tits now
hard to estimate. A Demo cratic senator said
to beyy OF correspondents'saW While ago
! that The results OF yesterdays's great work
might be, summed mp as, follows II sepa-
rates the Conkling and Administr
wings Of the Republican party in New
York irreyocably, makes that State Demo-
1 cratic, throws a wet blankebnDen othe eE-
contractors, ex.oficeholde and bummers
lwhoi are running Grant; makes Sherman q
powerful candidate iors the RepuBlican
nomination, and takes the como eit. and1swng-
ger out 81; the worst enemy the, South has
lin the Senate. 4 ;st, - a',i s
fHow SHERMAN AND The PRESIDENT TAKE 1T.
There is great Joy at the White House,
ana Mr.. Hayes IS happy =; The E 8 Secretary OF
the Treasury, too, has melted wond erfuily,
and plainly shows. that he feels that liz. did
the work on the Republican SIDE and that
the people and the leaders know, it. And
EWhy is he, to be despised asa residential as
pirant? His brother is at the head Of the
army, and he. holds the purse-strings OF the
nation. He has the credit Of, ipaugurating
resumption, anditis 10 his power to make
money easy before this year closes. He has
an immense official patronage if6i Il bestow,
and now viii control the New York custom.
house. And where is Grants patronage, on
where is his army, except the Mulligan
Guard now travelling with him. that John
Sherman should dread to measure! strength
with him in Republican convention ?saai
ACTIVE WORK AMONG THE TOBACCO MEN THE
e = SITUATION TODAY. ilis35atGs Z.
The immense representation OF the to:
bacco manufacturers here could not be
more active or .systematicthan they are.
This morning they held another meeting,
which was. attended BY Senator Withers,
and appointed committee to see; each doubt
full senator and impress on him the, ipnor.
i,tance Of voting for 16 cents. They made
an estimate OF all the senate know n Ger
tainly to be for, reducing the tax to 10
cents and all against it. !, They then made a
doubtful LIST, which included every senator
whose opinions were not,p positively known,
and among those included in the doubtful
list I hardly observed one who might
not be counted for reduction" For
instance, Messrs. Randolph, Bayard, Ker-
nan, Mcdonald, and Shields were in this list.
These estimates of the votes certainly for
and against 18 cents were as follows. Ayes :
Connecticut. 2; New jersey, /; Pennsyl-
vania, Il; Ohio, 9; Delaware, 1; Indiana,
1; Virginia, q; North Carolina, 2; South
Carolina, 9; Georgia, 9; Florida, 2; Ala
bama, /; Mississippi, 2; Louisiana. 4;
Texas, 2; Arkansas, % West Virginia, 2;
I Missouri, l.; Tennessee, 2; Kentucky, 2;
Indiana, /; Kansas, i; Nevada, i, Oregon,
1; Maryland, Total, 50. Noes: Kansas,
I1; Nebraska, 2; Pennsylvania, Il ), Iowa,
IL; Wisconsin, 2; Michigan, 2; Illinois,,:2 ;
ZELouisisna, / Alabama, I; Maine, q; New
Hampshire, 2; Vermont, o; Massachusetts,
Il; Rhode Island, 2; New York, l.; Oregon,
l.; California, 9; Nevada, 1 Colorado, 9;
Minnesota, 2; Maryland, Total, ;;334, ei Nov,
among the senator's given as against reduc-
ton to. 16 cents could name a3number
who, il not. Tor it, might be safely put in
1.-THE doubtful list. s ~: ,s.@G+
WHAT. Mr. MORRILL, SAYS ABOUT THE REPORT.
/ Mr.. Jorgensen, who went to the Senate
) this afternoon to see Mr. MorI I'LL in regard
to the internal-reEenue bill, on his iretnrn
i told me that the Vermont. Senator said be
II expected the committee tomorrow; would
be ready 10 report to the Senate! Heialso
|expressed anxiety TO Sc set through ,twith,it,
\ adding. that the House expected the; Senate
\ ito complete the. considerations OIL lengthy
bills in too great haste s..,..s. ls5
If THE TOBACCO CONFERENCE d,..; :.
i; The. tobacco conference o-nightWas at,
.Etenaed by representatives from every zee.
ltfSn. Messrs. VOORHEES,: Withers, sCaben,
j and Tucker were present, and there was "a
slfdlf interchange Of views as to the sbesl
5imeans Of proceeding in the effort to secure
reduction Of the tax to .16 cents. There
1Iwere more arrivals Of tobact orrnefi tonight
y Iknow that both the Maryland senators are
for reduction to 16 cents. ,,.......,-, me,
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