The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-04-20
(,epeyaaward bill. Mr. Carpeuter made

lcugtby legal argument In favor oil the Dill,
and when Mr.. Blaine replied he spoke Of
the hardihood, The temeriiy, the insolence
Of the Senator from Wisconsin. He said
the Senator Is an nstute lawyer because he
himself says he Is one. lie was very bitter
In manner and language, and his admirers
enjoyed his remarks immensely. Frequent
" he wa amvsinc, however, and made even
senator's laugh. Said be, the Senator from
Wisconsin IL eminent, for "he himself has
said It," General Ewing and number oi
members OF the House were In the Senate
while Mr.. Blaine was speaking.
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.
On Wednesday and Friday nights the
House will discuss District OF Columbia
matters.
Sergeant-at-Arms Thompson says ample
telegraphic arrangements will be made for
the Democratic Convention.
The cold weather killed many peach
and some pear-blossoms on the Virginia
side.
A number OF congressman are going
home TO look after their denomination.
The Rev. j. A. Latane was at the Capitol
today.
Some OF the Washington correspondents
have gone TO the Stanton Convention.
ASSOCIATED Press Reports by telegraph 10 the Dis
patch.I
TEXAS PACIFIC RAILROAD.
WAsHIxGTsS, April 19.-The Senate
Committee on Railroads to-day, by ma
jority vote, decided to report back to the
Senate, to be placed on the calendar without
recommendation ell her In favor OF or against
is passage, the bill 10 extend the time for
the completion OF the TeXas-Pdcitic railroad
six years. 1t Is understood that during the
day the committee will change its action
and recommend the passage OF the bill.
Senators Bailey and Pryor, and the repre-
sentatives from Tennessee and Alabama.
appeared before the House Committee on
Commerce this morning aud urged an APP
preparation for the Mussel Shoals canal.
MIR. Singleton, OF Mississippi, urged an
appropriation for Pearl river. Mr.. Chal-
mers also urged an appropriation for Vicks-
burg, Natcbez, and Grand Gulf.
"CIvILIZED BULLDOZING."
WASHINGTON, April Ex-senator Wal
lace,s select committee 10 inquire into al
legged frauds in late elections submitted a
long report to the Senate to-day, TO the
effect that a widespread system Of what is
called "civiliZed bulldoziDg" is practiced
m Massachusetts and Rhode Island, by
which the employees OF large corporations
are, by open and covert threats OF dis
charge from employment, coerced into
voting as their employers desire. This was
conspicuous in the recent efforts TO defeat
Butler and Tilden by making The employees
vote the Republican ticket. The commit
tee find that the remedy must be by State
and not congressional legislation. The
Federal Government has no voters OF rs
own creation. Ii can punish for crimes as
to the manner OF voting, but offences
against the right itself must be punished
by State laws.
MINT FOR THE MISsTsSIsSlPPI VALLEY.
WASHINGTON, April 19.-Tbe House
Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Mea-
sures decided 10 day to prepare bill for
the establishment Of a United States mint
some here in the Mississippi Valley. TO
which will be removed the machinery OF
the Carson City mint, which is soon TO be
abandoned. The committee on Saturday
hear arguments from representatives, Of the
various Mssissipp-Valley cities whose
pcople wish 10 have the new mint located
therein.
SrOREKEEPER APPOINTED.
WASHINGTON, April 19.-W. q. Bowman
has been appointed internal-revenue store
keeper and aauger for the Sixth North
Carolina district.