The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-05-09
Washington.


THE SENATE WILL ACCEPT THE HOUSE TARIFF
COMMISSION BILL IL LIEU or IT'S OWN
TIE VOTE OF VIRGINIA MEMBERSHIP
CoURT-oF-APPRALs BILL IN THE SENATE
THE RIVER AND nARBOR BILf--THE ROAM
oKE RIVER PERSONAL NEWS ITENs--A
sTATEs'-RIGHTs OPINION PROM JUDGE
fIELD-yIRGTNIA CASES DECIDED IN THE
SUPREME COURT--sERGENT MAs0N's SEN
TENCE CONFIRMED.
! Iron Our Regular Correspondent
! WASHINGTON, May S.-The impression
prevails here that the Senate Finance Com
mittee will agree upon the House tariff
commission bill, and that the Senate will
pass It. II will be remembered that the
Senate some time ago passed tariG-com-
mission bill which provided for the inves-
! tigation not only OF the tariff, but Of the
internal-reyenuc system also. This bill Is
now on the House calendar. The House,
however, passed bill OF it, own on Fri
day which was reported from the Ways
and Means and which looked only TO the,
investigation Of the tariff system. This
bill is before the Senate Finance Committee,
as stated, and will in all probability become
a law. The vote upon it showed that the
tariff question is not political one. The
vote OF the Virginia delegation indicates
this, for while Mcssrs. Wise, Barbour, Jor-
gensen, and Dezendorf voted "Aye,"
Messrs. Tucker and Garrison voted No."
and Messrs. FulkerSOn and Cabcll would
have voted "No" but both were paired.
Mr.. Paul did not vote at all and was not
paired. The understanding tonight is
that at it, regular meeting tomorrow the
Senate Finance Committee will not take up
the House tariii-comnission bill, but will
consider the Carlisle bill for the extension
OF The bonded period Of whiskey stored in
Government warehouses. The debate on
the bill to make
THE AGRICULTURAL BUREAU A DEPARTMENT,
and the Commissioner Of Agriculture
Cabinet minister was discussed in the
House to-day, and will be further debated
tomorrow. Among fhe speakers were
Mes.rs. Aiken. OF South Carolina. and
Kenna, Of West Nrginia-the latter OF
whom introduced a bill early in the session
which brought agriculture and commerce
under the same head, and provided for
reaching valuable practical results for the
/ benefit Of both. \ western member told
me tonight that he had heard Of fifteen
! members who proposed TO speak on this
question. The House Is never full when
bills like this are under discussion.
THE COURT BILL WILL PASS TIE SENATE.
The defeat OF the Jonas amendment to
the count bill to-day by decided vote in
dicatcd that It would pass the Senate about
in the shape it was reported from the Jul
dietary Committee. This amendment, IL
It had been adopted, would have taken
away a great deal Of The jurisdiction given
Federal courts since 1850. II is clear that
the business Of the Supreme Court is al
ready too heavy to be disposed Of by that
tribunal, and j. growing; hence the feel
Ing among lawyers and congressman that
some rchef ought to be provided at this
session
TIE RIVER AND HARBOR BILL-TIlE ROANOKE
RIVER.
Mr.. Jorgcnsen went before the House
Commerce Committee Tins morning, and
urged an appropriation FOR the Roa-
noke river between GAINESVILLE, in Neck
lenburg, and Weldon. The committee,
however, refused taking action on It's
permanent improvement until The title
OF the Roanoke Navigation Company
Is cxtinguished. lie also made strong
presentation OF the claims OF the Apo
mattoX river. BY the way, find
that il was through misinterprctaiion OF
paragraph OF the engineers report on
| the Appomaitox that the committee failed
the other day to give this river on appro-
pration. The river and Earbor bill Is now
completed, and will Ice considered and
passed under a suspension Of the rules At
an early day. The appropriation for the
Jane. remains at $4,000, as heretofore re-
ported.
PERSONAL NEWS ITEMS.
/ There are a number OF Richmond oX-
cursiouists here. There is report again
tonight that Babcock will be made Com
missioner Of the District in place Of Major
Twining, deceased. While his connection
with the Grant Administration has made
him unpopular In the country, he has many
friends i'm the District OF Columbia. Gene