The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-02-03
Washington.

..tNY aNp TuE SOUTH AMERICAN OF ESIloN-
,rpoN,rToX RIVER iVPROvEMENr-ENPoET
ropAccO muI-DERATE oN ROUNDING
sut-yIRGINIA OsT-ROUrES-YlRGlNlANS
Us WASHINGTON.
u,rom Our REGULAR Correspondent
WASHINGTON. February "A Demo-
cratic senator today, in commenting on the
ueru. which lc,ci the Republican party.
remarked TO me that while the aggressive
nos. and creed for office Of the StalwWtN
tended 20 drive away the llalf-Brecds,
.fu. I'm hi, Judgment. there was more
DANGER 10 the Administration party from
ti. south American question than from
.m, dmgrrnow threatening it. Mr.. Blaine
.,rlbc. +, evidently fully aware Of It's ini-
r,rtsrc.. and from his letter published
obi, morning you will see is determined to
rrn.r uo Misrepresentation OF his posi-
f.oD 10 De made by anybody. His refer
once to Secretary Frclmchuysen. and his
common; ON premature publication ola
.qlnlcd COPY u his dispatch, show that he
mean, io rcpcl dcGntly every attack made
ruar him. The senator, after this preface.
,er.or lo.ay tbattac south American States
o..f to bc orr customer, for manuiac-
.y.-. &c.. bui heretofore England has man.
e-,lly her diplomacy 10 monopolizc their
n-.i,. Her manufactures have found their
v., to tine rcmotc,t districts. Now. the
,.lfo,tiou Of Mr.. Ehine's dispatches,
sid Dee. show that hc was convinced that
r,-,arG VS. backing Chilli for the advance
msni Of her interests along the Pacific
.al.t of south America. and that the dis
m,mhc7nent and humiliation Of PcuWcrc
n.rt ~ her wc'l-iaid plan. Therefore the
then Secretary OF state wisely assumed a
po.ition I'm sympathy with Peru and favor
able to American interests in south Amer-
ga. Now. the more familiar the American
people become with this idea the more
uo,,ular. hc remarked, will Mr.. Blaine
auG his policy De. and bee is sagaciouS
enou.h % make the most Of IL. heard,
hr added. leading western Democrat
80, few DAYS ago that retirement from
public life would give q death blow to Mr..
Bhinc'. prospects with his party, and yet
n. +, ANYTHING, in my judgment. but a
,b.hed politician. 10 is true he is out Of
Congress. but what could he gain by being
In either house: And further, how could
fl lelp Tim rs a presidential candidate to
hr I'm Office under President Arthur: rs
hc walked of the senator said: "lou
watch this South American question and
,c, II Blaine does not make more ont Of 1t
than hi, enemies, even though they do
charge him with having given assistance TO
an American having q claim against Peru
The senator in question was not the only
Congressman / heard to-day comment on
Mr. Blaine and the south American ques-
ton.
uE DIEoyFMENT or TIE APPONiTT0N
mNEE.
THE letter Of the Secretary OF War trans
hitting communication relative TO the
improvement OF the AppomattoX river was
F. printed TODAY. Colonel Cmighill RECON-
mcuo, tha, $4,000 be appropriated by
Conu,, for the Improvement Of this river,
and General II. G.. Wright, chief OF engi-
urcr,. approve, O, hi, recommendation.
COMMITTEE NiITERs.
Tl. House Elections Committee will con-
4 slider the -Mackcy ease tomorrow.
4 Mr.. Dihllc OcmocaO is the sitting MEM
4 bcrirm the Charleston 6. c. district, hay-
4 u- succeeded Hon. NJ. p. O'Conner On
4 Tuesday next Colonel Ball expects his case
10 Doe taken up and reported favorably to
4 lhc House. The Senate Agricultural Com
q mijtcc-GencrM Malone presiding-had
session to-day. The Indian committees OF
the senate and House will on Saturday 20
90 Carlisle. Pa, and visit the Indian school
\ there. The Senate Committee on Terri
torio, viii tomorrow give the Dakota dele
q a,ion another hearing.
rnE ExrOE1-rOBAcCO BILL REPORTED.
Mr.. Dunncll TO-DAY reported to the House
the biil aboli.hing the export tax on to-
bacco. and its friends now think it will
pass. Richmond and Petersburg are in
tcr.,icd in it.
Ylfr SHERMAN REFUNDING BILL.
The debate on the sherman rcfundng
s bin continued IN the senate, and the Plumb
amendment adopted in Committee OF the
Whole limiting the surplus in the Trca-
,urv TO 800, OOO 900 was voted down in the
Senatc-ayes, %; noes, p. The Morgan
amendment. ratifying the action Of the
Treasury Department in making the eX-
fended SIS and G's q per cents, was next
considered. and occasioncd a lively debate,
The feature Of which was the speech OF
4 Senator ingalls, Republican), OF Kansas
who was quite severe on Senator WINDOW
81 Ur declared that the 3per cent. funding bill
passed by the last Congress was vetoed
z by AID alleged Republican President on 1
false preteNt. The national banks. he said
s. saw tha. it would reduce their rate OF IN
Il tefe,t. and hence their opposition and th'
81 veto. He declared further, that without
81 hc authority OF law and in the face OF thu
81 express declaration Of Congress the Gov
81 eminent had, through the then Secretary
Of The Treasury, invited the holders Of the
q bonds named TO exchange them for ne"
81 bond. bearing - per cent. This transac'
q ton was illegal, he said, from its in
"a cepti0n. Here Senator Window wanted
VI 10 know If II would have been lega
q to have made the new rate 3 pei
cent. Certainly not" said the Kansa,
Senator; "ior per cent. was as illegal a
10 per cent, and you had no more right to
make il "a than you had 10 make II l0.'
q The Democratic sepators, In the mean
while, smiled at the spirited fight going on
among these Republican senators; and an
EIs a. IA. /.