The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-05-07
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4 rTrES-THe PRESIDENTIAL OUTLOOK;
4 BLAINE OR GRANr!-THE INDIANA EI.EC-
Mons AND DEMOCRATIC GAINS-TBE TUCKER
TARlFF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ITEMS, &C.
Iron cur Regular Correspondcnt.l
WASHINGTON, May 6.-When the bill
which passed the House yesterday, appro-
pria,inc money to carry on the public print
ing. came up in the Senate to-day. Senator
WINDOW offered an amendment, as a ryder,
sppropriaiing 100000 to pay the marshaIs
and deputy marshsls, and the Republicans
thought II an admirable eXpedient. Messrs.
Conkling, Edmunds, and other Republican
senator's advocated it, and MessIs. Sauls-
b1fv, Hereford, and other Democrats
onposed il. Mr.. Eaton said, in re-
nj, 10 Mr.. Edmunds, that II the Pre-
slaent informed the courts that Congress
had refused 10 appropriate money TO carry
them on he will say what is not true, for it
has three times voted 10 pay the marshals
and their deputies. But Congress proposes
to do II In its own way. Democratic sena-
tors are not school-bOys 10 he lectured as
70 what they shall or shall not do. Mr..
Hereford drew a parallel between the State
and Federal courts TO show that because no
proyision is made for the payment Of sherifis
or marshas that II does not follow that
eilher State or Federal courts must stop. He
cited the fact that jurors are not paid at the
time Of their service. but afterwards. The
amendment was voted down, and the bill
appropriating S25O,O0O for the Public
Printer passed. and will 90 to the President.
The REDUCTION or THE TAX on CIGARETTES.
Cigarettes, the manufacture OF which has
become a most important industry with
Richmond and other cities, now pay the
cxorbitant tax Of sixty cents a pound. and
II ought TO be reduced. ln fact, know
that cigarette manufacturers are agitatlng
the question OF reduction, but if Congress
is 70 adjourn early in June it is too late now
to Introduce bill with the hope of getting
Il through this session.
The pEMOCATIC STATES FOR GRANT-THE RE-
PUBLICAN STATES FOR BLAINE.
As The States hold their conventions it
is made apparent that ii Grant gets the
nomination at Chicago he will owe it not
to the white Republicans OF the North,
bu; to the negroes Of the South, for Blaine
can beat him two TO one in the former.
In view OF this significant fact, Blaine men
can read with interest the report 10 the
Peabody Board by committee OF which
Secretary Eyarts and Chief Justice Waite
were members, in which they say: 1.-The
colored population Of the United States
was ascertained by the census OF 1870 to
be, in round numbers, four and half
millions. At the present date it probably
exceeds five millions. II we assume that
OF these one seventh are voters, we have
the fact that there are more than seven
hundred thousand colored men in the
United States who are clothed with the
right Of suffrage, and yet, in the mass, are
incapable Of discreetly exercising it,"
The INDIANA ELECTIONs-DEMOCRATI GAINS.
The messenger TO the committee OF Sena-
tor VOORHEES,, who is an eX-State senator,
informs me that there were remarkable
gains for the Democrats in the recent town
and city elections in that State, many cities
eecting Democratic mayors that have never
before done so. Included in these Is WeSl
Vernon. that not only elected Democrat,
but one whom the Republicans had un'
Justly arrested and tried in Federal court
for an alleged violation Of the election laws
Now, whether these elections have political
significance or not, il is best to have Demo
cratic mayors md other municipal officers
in as many cities Of Indiana as possible
BY the way, the Hendricks Club here have
information that the party in Indiana wa;
never in better fighting trim than at pres
ent.
THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE TO-DAY
RAPID WORK ON THE TUCKER TARIFF BILL.
The WAYS and Means worked rapidly to-
day, and adopted the sections placing
chrome-ore, condensed or preserved milk,
Peruvian and other medicinal barks, eX-
tract Of hemlock. types new and type
metal, cut nails and spikes, cast-iron butts
and hinges all on the free list. 1t made the
duty on cotton so per cent; on woods for
combiDg or clothing, 35 per cent. (the duty
on Virginia woods is now 40 per cent?; on
carpet wool, 20 per cent. on carpets, rugs,
mats, and like goods, 80 per cent; on
fannels, blankets, and hats OF wool and knit
goods, 40 per cent. (his is reduction
Of one hall OF the present duty; on other
woOllcn goods, As Per cent. /; on steel railway
bars, 1c. per pound; on locomotive tires
and parts thereof, &c. per pound (now &c., ;
on anchors, l4c. per pound (nOw 24c.); on
anviIs, lie. (now 24c.); on iron cables and
cobb-chsins, &c. (now 24c.); on chains,
trsee-chains, balter-chains, force-chains.
made Of wire or rods not less than quar-
ter Of an inch in diameter, 14c. NOW 24c.);
less than quarter OF an inch in diameter
and not under No. wire-gauge, ltc. per
pound (now 3c.); under No. wire-gauge,
Z 30 pea centum dd udLorena on horseshoe
nails, 2se. NOV 5c.); on bed-screws,
wrought-iron hinges, wrought board-nails,
spikes, rivets, aud bolts, &c. (now 2sc.);
miij-iross and mil-cranks OF wrougbt-iron,
aud wrougbt-iron for ships, stesm-engines,
and locomotives, or parts thereof, weighing
esch twenty-five pounds or more, 30 per
| eentum I'd calOrem backsmiths' hammers
and sledg IS, all band-saws aud back-saws OF
all description AL files, file blanks, rssps,
add floats Of ALI descriptions, needles,
Tor knitting. or sewfng-machines, all cut
iery, other than pen-kniyes, iack-k0iyes,
ard pocket.kniycs OF all kinds, % per cent.
ID cotorem; screws, usually called wood
screws, OF all descriptions, IS per cent. ad
oatortm. The duty on bi.carboB1te OF pot