Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-03-17
WASHINGTON NEWS.
an INTERESTING LOT OF MISCEL-
LANEOUS NOTES.
Tobacco Manufactures In Session Ser
geant Mason's Affairs Investigation Pro-
posed of his Sudden Removal-Enlarge-
ment of the Capitol Declared Dangerous
Congressional Gossip-G General Capital
News
Confessional Gossip.

| Tsp cial to Western Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, March 16.-The Republican
members of the house were in better spirits tC
day than for weeks past. 1t was very gener.
ally felt that the action of the caucus last
night cleared the political atmosphere The
| determination not to favor reduction OF
whisky and tobacco taxes, and to make earnest
effort to reach the tariff commission bill under
| the present rnles give deiniteness 10 the pur-
poses of the majority heretofore lacking. Ex-
tremer protectiOnists admit the caucus action
was to them surprise, nevertheless there is
| very little talk of any renewed attempt to
force reduction of internal revenues which
would result in retention OF high custom
duty.
Commissioner Raum is pleased with the
caucus action. He thinks there will be an
immediate return to large receipts in his Office,
which had begun to fall of in consequence OF
the agitation for the reduction on the internal
revenue taxes. Receipts for the next six
months will probably be higher than for a
year before, because the stock of whisky. out
of bond is now lower than for long time,
the expectation that the tax would be reduced
causing dealers to hold off. He estimates In
ternal revenue receipts for the fiscal year at
$500, 900, 600. The commissioner is also relieved
of any necessity Of calling in stamps, now IN
use, and sending out Others for lower rates.
This would have been an enormous labor,
which, in connection with settlements, re-
bates, etc, would have demanded an increase
of his clerical force.
Large numbers of tobacco men assembled
in convention express themselves as on the
whole pleased at the agitation in regard to
the reduction tax, as practically closed for two
years at least Representatives of large dis
tilleries, who are urging reduction on the
whisky tax, assert the action is unwise, and
that the loss to the revenue anticipated from
reduction, is much exaggerated.
There is said to be much bad feeling among
certain Democratic members at the selection
of Gen. Rosecrans as chairman of the con-
gressional campaign committee. Those who
favored Flowers say Rosecrans is too old, and
that his selection puts the party on the de-
fensive at once with reference to all OF Tar
fields friends, and to the anti-Cathollc sentl-
ment of the country.
Senator Farley has declined to serve on the
Democratic congressional campaign commit
place. Senator Mcpherson also declined.
The amendment to the postoffice appropria-
ton bill, reported to-day by Senator Miller,
authorizing the postmaster general to make
contracts for ocean mail service in American
vessels, is practically the same provision
which passed the senate in 1877 and again in
1879. but which was defeated in the house
tactics of Speaker Randall. Its friends are
confident it will fare better in the present
house. They count mich on The favorable
impression made upon the naval committee
which lately visited the shipyards at Chester,
Philadelphia, and New York. and to the gen.
orally more liberal temper of members of the
present house.