The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-02-09
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Washington.
TIRE RIVER AND HARBOG BlLL-THE WAYS
AID MEANS COMMITTEE AND REPEAL OF
ENPORT-TOBACCO TAXA BIG PETITION
From RICHMOND THE YORKTOWN CENTEN-
NIAL-THE ELECTORAL VOLE-REPUBLIChN
TROUBLES, &C., &C.
lFron Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON. February S.-Judge Rea-
gan made an Intellectual attempt to-day TO
get up the river and harbor bill, but its
friends are Of the opinion that they will be
able to pass it yet. II a vote is not reached
on it before the third Monday in February,
its supporters can certainly get II up
then under the regular call OF committees,
for they have the nul Der necessary TO pre-
vent an adjournment until the Commerce
Committee en- be reached. There were a
variety Of things that contributed 20 the
defeat Of the motion Yesterday 10 suspend
the rules and pass this bill. In the first
place, there are e. O00,O appropriated to
the MSSi, >pp and il, Tributaries, and this
induced thirteen or fourteen northern repre-
Sentatiycs who have heretofore voted for
river and harbOr bills to vote yes
tcrday in the NEGATIVE. Members from
some southern Siate.. aS we'll H. from
New England and the West, who
thought that the committee bad not
been g. liberal to them aS to some others,
voted with Me>srS. Cox, Blackburn n Co..
who always oppose appropriations for rivers
! al, 4 l,,l,t.. rho Y ir0ipip IN IN hpr- mr. -put
all voted "Aye." but the North Carolina
members divided on it. While a motion can
| be made to 60 into The Committee Of the
Whole on his bill. appropriation bill, will
( be in il way for some time. To-day the
! legislative bill was mp. and the >undry civil
bill viii be ready in few days. | saw
Me>>rs. Harris aud Goode this afternoon,
and AT once questioned them in regard TO
| the prospects Of the river and harbor bill.
| Both thought it has fair chance Of passing.
THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMUNICATING
ACTION.
The WAYS and Means Committee held an
interesting session to.day-Mr. Tucker pre-
| siding. He had ready ms bill for the abOli-
ton OF the ten.cent export lax on tobacco,
and 20 did Mr.. Carlisle his bill for the re-
peal Of The tax on TANK deposits, bank
checks, >ayn@S-bank deposits, matches,
proprietary medicines, and perfumcry, and
the committee directed both TO be reported.
! The motion OF Mr.. Kelly, Of Pennsylvania,
| to strike bank DEPOSITS out Of the Carlisle
! bill was defeated. Ayes-MesSrS. Phelps
OF Connecticut, Morrison OF Illinois. Mills
OF Texas. FELTON,, and Kelly. Noes
MesSrs. Tucker. Carlisle, Frye, Dunncl,
aud Mckinley. Mr.. Mills wanted to add
free salt to the bill, and MeSsr>. Tucker and
Carlisle were among those voting for it, but
il was lost. The tact is If salt cannot be
put on the free list nothing in the way oil
tariff legislation can be expected from Con-
gress for years. The Senate tariff commits
sion bill can, with reasonable luck, pass the
| House.
Personal. NEWS ITEMS.
! Me>srs. GOode, HIrris, Cabell, and Belle
voted in favor Of the bill making the Com
missioner Of Agriculture Il Cabinet officer,
and Mr.. Tucker and Generals Johnston and
Richmond and JOrgen>en were not present.
DR.. q. \. Crenshaw and NJ. VI. Talman, Of
Richmond, were in the gallery OF the Senate
and House to-day. DR.. Mills and W. +.
Cuttings were also at The Capitol. X.
l.. Pegram, formerly OF Richmond bat
now OF New Mexico, i in the city.
Mr.. Nanderlip and Senator {. L. smith
had hearing before the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee this morning in behalf
OF the bill concerning the Richmond and
Southwestern Railroad Company, the fca.
lures Of which have been given in my dis
patches. IL is known as the United states
commercial bill Robert Oliver, the we'll
known tObacconist Of Richmond, Is here.
General William Preston, Of Kentucky,
who commanded at Abingdon during the
war, was at the Capitol this evening. Wash.
McLane, OF the Cincinnati EHQutTCr, was
on the floor OF the Senate. The House was
engaged until adjournment in hearing euIO-
gies on the late Mr.. FAR, reprcscn alive
from New Hampshire. Senator VOORHEES,
spoke to-day on Mexican claims. Senator
Withcrs and General Burnside participated
i'm the discussion Of the pension spproprla-
ton bill.
BILLS WHICH WILL PASS THE HOUSE.
While 1t is not by any means certain that
the educational hill which passed the Senate
will be accorded show in the House, those
appropriatng S2O,0 for entertaining the
French at Yorktown and making the pre- |
sent Yorktown Congressional Committee 4 |
commission will certainly pass and become |
laws.
4 MAMMOTH PETITION FROM RICHMOND.
senator Johnston to-day received man,
moth petition signed by 4 vast number OF
the leading businessmen OF Richmond in
favor Of liberal appropriation TO James
river. He will lay it before the Senate to-
morrow. so a. TO have it spread upon the
record and given all the publicity possible.
The claim that James river should, in the ill.,
crest Of commerce, be given achannel TWEEN
y-fye feet deep is reasonable. The propo-
,ilon, when il reaches the Commerce Com
nittee, will find special friends in Senators
Ransom and Randolph, both OF whom have
Virginia senators will do their best TO Sc
.uIe tn requisite legislation.
uCmGAN AND TIE YORKTOWN CENTENNIAL.
Secretary Tucker to-day received letter
rom the Governor OF Michigan, in which he
promises that his State will be well repre-