The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-03-24
Washington.

CENT. AD yALo&M PENSI0Ns-THE KEEL
LoGG-sPoFFoRD REPoRT-PERsoNAL - Mr..
HAYEs--TUE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
BRIEF ITEMS, &C., &C.
IFrom our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON. March 23.-l asked Judge
Buckner, OF Missouri, chairman Of the
House Committee on Banking and Cur
reucy, to-day IL the Wood funding bill
would pass, and he replied, al hope not. l
do not object TO funding in the % per cent
bonds, running Ten years." said he, "but L
am unalterably opposed to the issuing Of
bonds which are to run for forty years.
believe" he added, that the Government,
without increasing the rate or subjects Of
taxation, can from its surplus revenue pay
of the debt" The mass of congressman
would, like the Judge, prefer short bond
il it could be floated at par, but there is the
trouble, for the inducements for capitalists
to invest in bonds paying low rate OF in
terest is that they have long time to run.
la fifteen months S764,000,000 will mature,
on which the Government is paying 8
and per cent, the average rate being 81.
Hence the friends OF the funding bill say it
will work a saving OF per cent. on the
1854, 100000. Dir. Sherman does not be-
lieve forty.year bond can be maintained
at par at % per cent, and hence be wants
per cents issued. AS between his propo.
stion and the funding bill, great many
members who do not like the forty-year fea-
tnre Of the funding bill will vote for it.
The debate will be most interesting one,
and will call to the front the ablest finan-
ciers of both parties before it is finished.
THE EXCITED PROCEEDINGS IN TIE H0CsE.
| One can 60 nowhere tonight that the eX-
cited proceedings in the House to-day are
not discussed. Some condemn the ruling
of Mr.. Randall, and say he leaned to the
high-larifi side on main points; but level
headed Democratic member from Pennsyl-
yania remarked Just now that he could not
see how he could have ruled otherwise on
Dir. Garfield's motion to amend the Jour-
nal. The debate, which will proba-
bly, be resumed tomorrow, grew out
OF the fact that Yesterday, by reason OF lis
vague title, Mr.. Townshend's bill amending
the Revised Statutes so as to place salt,
prnting-type, printlng-paper, and the
chemicals and materials which enter into
the manufacture Of printing-paper was sent
| TO the Committee on Revision Of Laws in
stead of to the Ways and Means. The ma
jority Of the former committee are for tariff
revision.
| THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE TO-DAY.
This committee had a protracted and in.
teresting session to-day. The bill OF Mr..
! Morrison 10 reduce dates on ali articles to
50 per cent. ad uaiorum was laid on the Ia
bic, and the propositions to place pulp and
paper on the free list were debated, but the
vote on them postponed until Thursday
Mr.. Tucker gave notice that he will offer q
proposition to reduce the duty on woollens,
such as blankets, flannel>, hats, hosiery, &c.
to 40 per cent. dd UalOrem. The duty on
these articles now is from 20 to 80 per cent,
and is really prohibitory, because the Gov
eminent did not last year realize over So, DOC
in the way Of duty on them. AT the next
meeting Of the committee free salt will also
come up, and a lively debate is anticipated
The vote on laying Morrison's bill on the
table to-day stood ayes 7, noes 6.
REVISION OF THE PENSION SYSTEM.
Senator Withers had every member OF his
committee present to-day, and after
lengthy session agreed to report substi'
trte for Senate bill 496. 1t provides for the
appointment by the Commissioners OF Pen
sions in each congressional district pen
sion examiner, who shall be person learn
ed in the law and Of not less than five
years experience in the practice OF his pro
fession. He shall also appoint in each OF sale
districts q pension surgeon, who shall have
had not less than ten years experience II
the practice of his profession, provided
that the examiner and surgeon in each dis
trict shall be 8dherents OF different politica
parties. These examiners and surgeons are
to visit each place of holding courts OF re
cord in their district as often as three times
n wear TO perform the duties required o
them Ia the bill.
THE KELLOGG CASE AND SENATOR HILL.
Nothing was so much talked OF at tn'
Capitol to-day as the report in the Kellogg
Spofford case, and the opinion OF all wa
that the debate on it will bring out the ex
tremest partisan bitterness. While th'
ability of Messrs. Blaine, Conkling, Car
penter, and Edmunds was conceded, tn
belief prevailed that Senator Ben. Hill will
give the Senate and the country an exhibi
ton OF bis power as a debater which vii
a.tonish even those familiar with his pas
performances. In all he did and said yes
terday there was confidence and defiance
which may we'll induce the belief tina
he Will put the quartette OF Drlllian
RepubIcans named upon their best metal
and equal any senator on his own side il
the speech he will make. His intimate
friends think that he will, in the Keioge
cise, add greatly to his senatorial repu'a
ton. The Senator from Louisiana doe
not take the action OF the committee kind
~. and will make a brave fight TO retar
his seat. His energy all through the In
vestiea,ions here and at New Orleans ba
been remarkable.
! Personal. NEWS ITEMS.
The remonslrance OF III. l.. Peiouze
Son, of Richmond, against the removal
the duty on printing type, went TO the sen
ate Committee on Finance to-day. More
i netlliops were received from newspaper
publishers aud others praying that pup
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