The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-02-25


rfESoNALS.
fFrom cur Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, February 2i.-The reNoll-
ZION adopted by the House Committee on
Foreign Affairs to-day making inquiry ~
q, whether any officer Of the Government
.s. been engaged in any contracts with
foreign parties. &c. is understood 10 be
.i,.a 20 Hon. Levi Z. Morton, United
states Minister 10 France. II has already
t..n pnhli.hcd that the firm Of which he is
member ha, made "a contract with a
tr.rch company which gives 1t a monopo-
,of the sale OF their guanO and nitratcS in
n. country.
ASlSsIBIE TOBACCO PAPEE.
v,s,r,. G.. G.. Holland, +. !. Talbot,
..lT. /. Brown, committee of promi-
mont tobacco manufacturer, OF Danyillc,
presented through Nlr. CabeH, their repre-
.,sDtve. to-day, the following paper to
PIE WAYS and Means Committee:
we have the honorto prcscu. herewith
certain resolution, of the Tobacco Associa-
f9r oi Danyillc, w.. and respectfully ask
t.af con liberation Of the same. We beg
..t, most respectfully % call your aiiNn-
fll 90 the great necessity oi speedily ter
rul,ius the agitation OF tbe tJbacc9-tpN
..on. The large interest iuyolycd-the
're-t OF planter, manufacturer. trader
md Coyernmcnt-forcibly suggest That
1tri,e action upon the question be- taken
tln earliest practicable day. II congress
.... Dot intend 100 change the law ai the
l..sut session. an assurance 90 That end
.srM lr an immense advantage To all per-
..n, concerned. II, on the other hand. the
f.A f, % Pee abolished. which NE greatly de-
sire. or 90 be reduced. the sooner definite
..ian Is taken the sooner the public mind
SD. hc Quoted and the prosperity OF the
tl.acco trade assured. IT, the event that =
ery early settlement Of The matter cannot
mldc, Wo respectfully suggest that an
..-urqncr Dee given 20 the country, and
specially the tobacco interest OF the cOun-
u.s.. That the trade shall not be damaged by
~. acton oi Congress. but that all losses
Hil be covered 20 The trade by rebate Of
laN or otherwise. as 10 Congress may seem
ur-t.'
DEPARTMENT or AGRICULTURE AND COM
MERGE.
Sir. KcnnI, Of West Virginia, has pre-
1rcd ban. which Dc will introduce next
week, for the establishment Of Depart
mout Of Industries. Il makes an Executive
Dapartmcni withtwo divisions, agriculture
.ui commerce. The Division OF Agricul-
.trs Is % consist OF the present Department
Via il, scope considerably enlarged. II
VIII extend IT, inquiry and publications to
markets foreign and domestic and ireights
D., land and water. The commissioner at
ffe head 81 This division will receive s., 600
year. The Division Of Commerce will
embrace qll Of the divisions and
subdivisions OF the Treasury which
relate 10 commerce and navigation,
.,cmboat inspections, coast surveys,
statistics, &C., beside, a bureau devoted 20
mines, labor. statistics. Sc. The salary Of
I'd. commissioner Of Commerce is also
f % $1,000 per annum. The head Of Che
.Hf.rr department i, t. be o Cabinet officer,
Win the salary. rank. &C., Of othormembcrs
. fto Cllmt officers. There is a dispo-
.t'1n in Congress 90 give more prominenc.
% aujculture, commerce, Sc. Now the
Committee, ON Agriculture Of the House
and senate have nothing like the promi-
uen.c they deserve, while the COMMITTEES
Manufacture, and on Mine, and Mining
iaye little or nothing 20 DO.
..,>OrnER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE rE.
TIRED
lila "lIali-Breed " to-day. when the PEG
n.c about the Capitol, especially the news
paper people, were thrown into an unu,ua
,.a'. If excitement by the nomination o
lion. Roscoe Conklingas supreme Judge
Another Immediately replied, But q weak
administration viii gain strong backci
ly DIS coming to Washington" "Wcll,'
-a.d third, ~ great orator viii De lost Il
ilr party, and James q. Blaine will now
have hc field clear to himself" Man,
81 once suggested that hc would no
accept, having once declined the position
%. chief Justice. Others, however, cant
fl iAr conclusion that the President, VIII,
&. b.. Intimate personal aud political friend
would not have sent his name TO the Sen
a.e unless hi, acceptance had been deter
mined on in advance. Altogether. III,
nomination WAS the sensation Of the day
aHj gave the ncws-mongers = good deal Il
-ptDJlatc about. A Democrat who hat
listened 10 the remarks have recorded
and many more Of like character sug
-c,tod that il did not follow that Mr.
'ouhhng's acceptance OF Supreme Judge
ship retired him from politics; for. saiD
nc. Judge Field was very much of
presidential candidate In 1880. and i
looks as ii he would be one again in 1884
a ScW York journalist at a later hour ,ai,
90 mo: "The general opinion is that h
wilt accept, and my own judgment is tina
how'll retire after being Judge a few year.
,o Us 20 resume his law practice with IA
ulore fcict NOW Mr.. Conkling Is poo
in.r, and il takes more than the salary Of
judge Of the Supreme Court TO support
niu Of bis prominence in first-class sly
u Washington. This fact made many pc
sob, 81 both parties think that he woul
1o, accept, and that his nomination ";
only intended as political advertisement
They forgot, however, that Mr. Conklin
3, now a dead weight to the Repubhca
party II New York, and that to take hil
fron the field OF active politics Just no.
would tend perhaps, in the President
iud enent, TO heal the discussions that gre
out q the senatorial fight nj Albany la
fall"
Incrc Is much comment tonight ever
where on the action OF the Senate in rciel
ring AR. Conkiing'o nomination 30 a con
nlifaDn Ihn cn.inan hos nenn 10 lnnfi,.,