The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-04-19
they continue firm. pennsyIyauIa win ee


remembered that ga fair count and free
ballot" can now be had In Philadelphia
owing to the defeat Of the Republicans at
the last election.
TIE FIFTEENTH ANEHDNRNT-MORE INTEREST
mo HISTORY.
The history OF the fifteenth amendment
viii be duly ventilated this week by Demo
cratic senators, and It viii be found that
Republicans, while anxious TO give the ne.
groes OF the South the ballot, were not will
Ing TO have free suffrage IN their own States.
IL will be seen that resolution passed the
Senate which declared that suffrage and the
| right to hold Office should not be abridged
| on account OF creed, nativity, education,
property, DC. A similar resolution passed
the House, but not the same one. When
| the subject finally got before conference
| committee, majority being Republicans,
"Creed, nativity, educltion, and proper
ty" were stricken out for the reason that
New Hampshire did not permit Catholics to
hold office. Massachusetts di.franehsed
| for lack Of education. Rhode Island did
not allow foreigners 10 vote without they
| owned real estate, and other northern States
had property and other qualifications In
their suffrage laws. A Rhode Island sena-
tor declared In the debate that unless the
| resolution was amended 1t could not get
Rhode Islands vote. In the hurry OF send
ing my Saturday nights dispatches | said
Connecticut when | meant to say that New
Hampshire up to 1877 prohibited Catholics
from holding Office.
WHAT REPRESENTATIVE C0FFR0TH SAYS.
Hon. Mr.. Coiiroth, OF Pennsylvania, a
| member OF the House, in letter TO the Sem
| ate Librarian, says: :" The fight IS giving us
| strength every day. Keep it up. TO back
| down will be our annihilaton, while to
stand firm will give us victory and destroy
the Republican party"
Personal NEWS ITEMS.
Senator Edmunds was in his seat awhile
to-day. Senator Conkling was present, but
made no speech. Senator Mcpherson pro-
posed an adjournment at 1 O'Clock, so that
senators could 90 to the circus. Senator
Brown predicts that the number Of Repub-
Iicln newspapers that condemn the course
OF Republican senator's will increase. Col
Ond III. T.. PeytOn has gone to Loudoun
| in consequence OF the destruction OF
his residence by fire. II was partially in
sured. Ms. Thomas II. Wynne has built
handsome new house with twenly-four
rooms on Sixteenth street, not far from the
Arlington. Senator sherman was in his
seat to-day. Mr.. B,teman, the Cincinnati
lawyer, la, declined the So!ictor-General.
ship. X. \. Marshall and John Thomas
have been appointed gaugers for the sixth
North Carolina district.
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.
Mrs. President Garfield went 70 New York
to-day.
The President will receive the members
OF the Academy of Science next Thursday.
| Government receipts to-day internal
revenue, $3.50, 62j; customs, S4G2, 7G3.
The Indian Bureau wants agents con-
frmed, but the Republicans viii not break
the deadlock.
Hon. Frank PiXley, Of California, a
prominent politician, is here.
1t rained this evening, and was disagreed
BILE for people who patronize the circus.
The National Ac idemy Of Science CON-
mences lis session here tomorrow.
Assistant Poslmaster.Gener Hazen has
gone to Baltimore.
Associated Press Reports by Telegraph to the Dis
| Patch
| THE "CALLED-IN SIX PER CENTS.
| WASHINGTON, April 1S.-The following is
the endorsement which j. TO be printed on
the face of the six per cent. bonds which
NAV be received at the Treasury Depart
menl for continuance at lower rate OF in.
terest "At the request Of, and for value
received by, the owner OF this bond, the
same is continued during the pleasure OF the
Government, to bear interest at the rate OF
three and one-half (33) per centum per an
mum from July |, 1881, payable Semi.anuu-
ally, as provided in Treasury Circular No.
A. dated April II, 1881"