The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-02-09
WashingtOn.

OF Tue house COlnmltJee on IuDllc buliu'
ings and Grounds to-day, on motion OF Mr..
Mckenzie, Of Kentucky, it was resolved thai
the chairman he requested not to submit
the reports on the bills heretofore acted
upon by the committee TO the House until
further direction from the committees The
reason OF this is that the committee has not
yet considered over one third Of the bills
before IL and yet has come within $1,000
OF the entire estimate of the Secretary OF
the Treasury for public buildings. Mr..
Jorgensen, who is a member OF the COM
mittee, assures me that this will not hurt
Mr.. fuckers bill for custom-house at
Lynchburg.
| THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE BILL.
The opponents OF the Interstate COM
merce bill are saying that the bill has lost
strength in the House and in the Commerce
Committee. | had, however, talk with
Judge Reagan, the author Of the bill, this
evening, and he says that he expects to get
it through the committee next Tuesday.
He said, further, that it passed the House
by 50 majority last session, and has not lost
any material strength In that body.
THE STATUS OF THE APPROPRIATION BILLS.
Mr.. Blount, OF Georgia, who is second on
the Appropriations Committee, and one Of
the hardest workers in the House, remarked
to me tonight that hi. committee has now
in the House the Indian appropriation bill
and the consular and diplomatic bib, and
that as soon as these are disposed OF and
sent to the senate the army appropriation
bill and the naval appropriation BIZ! viii be
ready for consideration. TIE army bill
will, he added, be reported t. the House
next week, and the naval bill the week
after. lie also said that Mr.. Atkins is so
| familiar with every detail OF the legislative
bill that he can get it ready without any
delay. This looks as if the Appropriations
Committee does not mean to be responsible
for lengthy session. The Senate ApprO-
prlations Committee is also ready to act
promptly on all these bills.
PREFERS JOHN TO ULYSSES.
One OF the brightest Methodist ministers
in the South was at the Capitol to-day, and re-
the mansion OF George w. Childs, at Phila-
dclphia, with Bishop Simpson, said the
southern Meihodisis were all disloyal.
"Now, there are million OF u.s." he said,
"and as between Sherman and Grant pre-
fer John, and think will go and see him
Methodists do not agree with him, but like
Ulysses best.
Personal NEWS ITEMS.
A gentleman from Virginia remarked at
the Capitol to-day that General Lee wanted
Chase nominated in 1868. General Beaure.
gard was at the Capitol to-day, and called
on the Secretary of the Senate. Hon. ID. &.
Deiarnette was at the Capitol to-day, and
had talk with Senator Johnston. lie is
for doing everything possible to bring all
Conservatives together in 1880. The war
over Simmons for supervisor Of the First
Georgia district wakes warmer every hour.
General Gordon expects to win.
PRESIDENTIAL TALK AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY.
There was the usual amount OF pre,-
dental speculation at the Capitol to-day.
/ asked General Duncan Walker, secretary
Of the Democratic National Committe e,
what he thought about the Republican
situation, and he replied that while Blaine
has four-fifths OF the Republicans OF Penn
sylvania, Cameron has given the STATE to
Grant, and that while Blaine has the rank
and tile OF New York, the Empire State will
give its seventy votes for Grant. Blaine,
he thinks, lacks management and machinery.
| asked him about the other State Grant
will get, and he replied, "lllnOis."
L" What other?" al don't know" he re-
piled, "and yet | have believed that
Grant would get the nomination be-
cause he has the Presidents makers on
his side" james Il. Fisher, who was
present, said, General, you are mis-
taken about Blaine. l am in a posi-
ton to know. and he has more polili-
clans at hi, house than any other congress
man. He is not licking in management.
Look how in Washington he has beaten
Grant and Sherman" Maj or Yost, OF Staun-
ton, remarked to me, Blaine has more
personal magnetism than any Of our public
men. When Grants name was mentioned
at our State Committee meeting the other
day at Richmond there was some applause,
and so there was when Sherman was alluded
to, but when Blaine was mentioned the APP
plause was electric" / have noticed that the
Democrats about the Capitol prefer Blaine to
any other Republican, and asked one to-
day why this was so, and he replied, owe
like him for the reason that he is opposed to
all sham economy" There is no wiping
out the fact that Blaine is gaining strength,
and expects to get Sherman's vote II the
contest is between him aud Grant, or
Grants vote in the event the issue is be-
tween him and Sherman. Grant to be |
nominated will have to 60 through with a
rush.
THE RULES-AGRfcULTURE AND COMMERCE.
1t looks as il the Agricultural Committee |
and the Commerce Committee OF the House
will be gwen control OF all appropriations
relating to agriculture aud commerce; and
If the House shall do this by decided
% Ave" and mo" vote, look TO see the
appropriations COMMITTEE, by a similar
vote, restricted to the consideration OF only
uch subjects as are referred to IL. In a
word. that it will be prohibited from origin
ting new legislation. At present the Com
nittee on Public Buildings las won OH its
proposition TO control all appropriations re-
alive 10 the erection, &C., of public build