The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-02-13
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parTFg'S CASE-fhk>'NAt Al" ''""'' ~ III
xorrs-FINANCE Rs-ThE EIGHT
uorR LAw-THE C0LoREp BOUNTY fCND-
,,p coopE'S REPLY TO NR. CONGER IN The
n.R.rf on THg RCLLS. a..
rytam our Regular Correspondent
w,.wyGroN. February l2.-Thc atlen-
no, congressman Just now seems divided
ho.wecn the Fitz John Porter case, which
:. me ,pecial order in the Senate for Mon
Ia, and which is also 70 be debated in the
House. the inler.oceanic canal. and the i'm
,er.State commerce bill, which will again
stir M the House Commerce Committee to-
morrow. aud the important questions which
the readers Of the Dispatch know are before
the Ways and Means Committee.
THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE BILL.
Colonel Tom Carter, the Railroad Com
missioner Of Virginia, was here to-day and
eave me his views in regard TO this bill.
lie is opposed to it because its features in
the main have been tried in the West
and failed. You cannot" be said,
" break up all combinations and pooling as
70 through freights without introducing
ruinous competition between rival lines.
and this will compel these roads to make up
their losses by imposing heavy burdens
mon local ireigGts." He thinks that a law
preventing unjust discrimination and re-
bltes, a. is proposed in the Reagan bill,
ought 10 be passed. s.. in Bis judgment, it
would DO good. \ friend Of the bill, who
box, At everything from an intelligent
standpoint, said to me to-day that this bilI,
10 some shape, is bound to he brought be-
fore Congress, and that thc people OF the
interior elite, are clamorouS for it.
TIE FITZ JOHN PORTER CASE.
The reports in this case show that Gene
rails Illeck. Pope. and Mcdowell planned
the second battle OF Manassas, thinking to
win victory that would justify the re-
moyal Of Mcclellan. They show, not to 20
into unnecessary details, that Pope, when
he repeatedly ordered Porter to attack. did
not know that LOng,treet was confronting
Porter with $1,000 men, while Porter had
only 5000, and that PorteI's disobedience
Of orders wa, The be,; thing under the cir
cum.tanccS That could be done. After the
defeat. Pope q Co. evidently determined TO
make Porter, who was a friend OF McClel-
Ian, scape-go0t. and The records Of the
cOuri-mlrtlal, his friends contend. make il
clear that he was the victim Of prejudice and
Misrepresentation. POrter'S friends will
contend i'm the debate that owing TO the pre-
JUDGE against him, growing in part out OF
politics, he could not get fair trial during
the excitement OF war. llis opponents
Will contend that he wilfully disObeycd or
der>, and that the Confederate testimony
in his favor ought not 20 be counted. They
will, il opportunity offers in the House, as
il will, make the effort to restore Porter to
the army the pretext for bloody-shirt ha-
Tansues.
COMMITTEE MATTERS.
General Dibbrell Of the House, Senator
Harris, aud others were before the Senate
Commerce Committee to-day urging a lib
eral appropriation for the Tennessee river.
The Senate Appropriations Committee to-
dayreportcd the House bill providing for add
ditlonal clerks i'm the Pension Bureau. Sena-
tor Johnston's bill for anneXing West Point
10 the Richmond customs district went TO
the Senate Commerce Committee to-day. 1t
is the same a. General Beale's bill in the
House. Mr.. Clymer, OF Pennsylvania, says
his committee, he thinks, will not send for
Colonel Mosby and otter consular officers in
China to come here to testify against Seward
4 Co., because there j. already enough tes-
timOny az to their crookedness, and to bring
the officials named here would cost from
s25, 900 to S5O, 600
TO PROMOTE CAPTAIN PAYNE.
Senator Blaine to-day introduced a bill
the President TO appoint Cap
tain j. 5. Payne a major in the Adiuant-
Department. Captain Payne is a
brother OF General w. II. Payne, Of the |
House Of Delegates, and behaved with dis |
inguished gallautry in the late Ute out |
Freak
IMPORTANT ACTION OF THE WAYS AND MEANS !
COMMITTEE TODAY.
The Ways and Means Committee, as Mr.. |
Tucker predicted, ana | stated last week,
O-day agreed 10 report i'm favor OF 20-4O 80 |
'er cent. bonds. Ii also agreed to report
n favor Of the issue Of S2O0,000,0 900 Of ex-
hequer per cents, redeemable at pleasure |
y the Government out of the surplus reye-
Tue which may accumulate from year to
ear. The report was finally adopted after
he % 40 feature was agreed upon by de.
ided majority, some Republicans voting
Win the Democrats. A committee was
pponted to consider aud report Tuesday
N The proposition OF Mr.. Sherman to keep
u the Treasury reserve OF 40 per cent. in
ON OF the outstanding greenback circula-
ion.
WHAT REPUBLICAN FINANCIER SAYS.
north9rn fnancier VINO has great
'ea' TO do Tith bonds considers that the
eaIure OF tie WAYS aud Means bill permit
ing The Secretary 10 issue 5000, OO0. 900 4 {
'er cents, though running but for short
lnt' VIII interfere with the success OF
'"elhg the - per cent. bond on the market ,
par. 1t will allow Mr.. Sherman, he saws.
large amount OF discretion and really
naole him 70 decide in large measure on {
ie whole question, because he can make an I
Tempt to sell the 81 bonds at par, but .
au'ng The market will not stand is, he can :
''p'se Of tzoo,OO0,OOO of per cents.
CENSUS SUPERVISORS.
General Walker informs the Ohio delega- b
=" 'oat according TO promise be did name
me Democrats as census supervisors for :
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