The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-12-19
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TIE CONTEST FOR THE sENATORsHIP rs TEN
| NESsEE AND PKNNsYLvANIA-THE WHIT
TAKER CAsE-wBAT THE REPUBLICANS SAY
| OF THE APP0RTI0NMENT BIIJ-yARIOUs
ITEMS PERSONAL, &C.
| From Our Regular CorrespondeBtJ
WASHINGTON, December 1S.-Tbe senate
rial contests IN Tennessee and Pennsylvania
are attracting good deal OF attention here.
AS TO the former, heard conflicting state
ments to-day. The Republicans affect 10
believe that they will elect their candidate
for senator by union with the " IoaHtax :"
Democrats, while the regular Democrats
contend that they will win, becInse how
ever much the two wings Of their party
may differ upon the debt question, they
will unite to beat the Republicans in
a senatorial contest. They. however, adj
NIT that the canvass will have TO
be managed with tact and Cancellation.
The fight in Pennsylvania is between the
Cameron and ant-Cameron faction OF the
Republican party, and. as usual, the indica-
tions are that the former will win. Galusha
Grow, an old stager ard a leading anti
Cameron man, will on the first ballot lead
all OF bis competitors; but after awhile the
Cameron men are expected 10 unite on Har-
ry Oliver, Of Allegheny county, and elect
him. The friends OF Colonel Bayne, now a
member OF Congress from the Allegheny
district, on the other hand, claim that he
has good chance OF winning, and that his
| no mill ho ipnp M xaak
by caucus to be held in his county. They
contend that. although he is Cameron,
he is not as Objectionable to the Camerons
as Grow, nor has he fiee.trade record as
Grow has. Mr.. Ollver is a wealthy irOn-man-
ufacturer. and gave $4,000, it is said, to aid
IN carrying Indiana for the Republicans.
II the senatorsnip depends on money, it is
claimed his friends can raise any amount.
CoNGER on THE WHITAKER CASE.
Mr.. Copger has the senatorial bill in his
bonnet, and this no doubt caused him du-
ring the consideration OF the West Point
appropriation bill in the House to-day to
get of a speech on the Whitaker case, in
which be expressed himself as wiling that
West Point should be swept out Of exist
ence rather than any poor colored cadet
should be compelled to spend all OF his
hours in a solitary cell because OF the social
oslracism Of white cadets. Nobody said a
word in reply, and it created not the slight
est sensation either among the Republicans
on the floor or those in the gallery. He
seemed for once, | thought, slightly set
back at the compiacent smiles OF the Demo
Gratis. One OF these, as he came out into the
lobby, said that speech was chat, and in
tended for the Michigan grangers. Suisse
quently, oil the diplomatic bill, be got of a
characteristic speech for the businessmen
of Michigan.
| THE APPORTIoNMENT BILL-wHAT REPURIi-
CANS SAY.
Mr., Cox is hard at work on bis appor-
tionment bill, and Will have it ready soon
after the holidays. Two leading Republi.
can members OF the House judiciary Com
mittee to-day remarked that they thought
the apportionment bill will pass ut this ses-
sion, aud that the ratio OF represe ntation
will be one member for every 10000 popu-
| IaIiOU. Ills w III ltdNC WI hNhi
bers of the House as at present. Another
Republican said that the Republicans have
control OF all the northern legislatures, and
can so arrange the districts as to more
than compensate for any gain the South
NAV have made by the census just taken.
1t will not be profitable for them, therefore,
10 90 into the question OF alleged restric-
tions upon suffrage in the South, because
Rhode Island and Massachusetts have pro-
perty qualifications. 1t is suggested that by
giving representative for 10000 popuIa-
ton it will exclude Utah from coming 10 as
a State, because its population does not
reach $50, 900. Those who take this view OF
the case seem TO have forgotten that Nevada,
Colorado, and Nebraska were brought In by
the Republicans as States when they were
not as populous as ordinary counties OF the
old States.
THE EDUCATIONAL BILL GOES TO THE HOUSE.
The educational bill went to the House
to-day, and will be considered at the earliest
possible moment its friends can get IL be.
fore that body. The contest in the Senate
was not over the proposition to dedicate the
public lands 10 popular education, but
whether the principal OF the annual pro-
ceeds OF the sales Of these lands, amounting
| to 81, 500, 900. should be divided among the
States or only the interest on the same. The
latter view prevailed, and those supporting
| it contended that ii would be better 10 have
only 100000 for the first year, 100000 for
the second, and so on, as the Dill
now gives, and have the fund permanent
Iy and securely invested, than run the
risk of having the principal squandered.
They further said that in course OF time
the interest on the accumulated amount
arising from the sales OF the public lands
will give a handsome allowance TO every
State for school purposes. Mr.. Hoar, OF
Massachusetts, frankly stated that he did
not believe the bill could ever become
law If 1t provided for a division OF the
principal among the States. Those who
| we're for dividing the principal did so be-
cause they wanted present help for the
| schools, contending that they need 1t Just
now more than they ever will again, and
that the interest on the fund will for years
do nobody any good.
CLAIMS UNDER ACT JULY, 1864:
The Treasury Department has commune
Gated to Congress the list OF claims allowed
under act Of July, 1854, amounting to
| $3.50. $50. Tennessee. Ohio, Kentucky,