The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-02-26

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from Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, February 2j.-The Senate
was not in session to-day, and the only
Senate committees that met were the judi
ciary and Civil Service. The House, after
passing the resolution establishing special
committee on woman's suffrage, resumed
the consideration Of the post-oflice appro-
priation BILL ! have never seen more So
ciability among representatives than was
exhibited to-day in the House. Party and
sectional lines seemed, at least for the time
being. to be obliterated.
THE HOUSE COMMITTEE on CIVIL SERVICE
to-day had meeting and further considered
the bin reported by Mr.. House, OF Tennes-
see. from the subcommittee. 1t will be
completed next Saturday, and when re-
ported il will be more comprehensive than
the other bills now before the House to rt-
move private claims from Congress and
turn them over TO the Court OF Claims.
Mr.. Tucker, who il member OF the COM
mttee, says the bill will take all private
Gains now before Congress to the Court OF
Claims, and allow parties who are not be-
fore Congress TO file their petitions
with that tribunal. The court Will
decide all cases over which II has iurisdic-
ton. and forward reports to Congress, with
the facts elected in such other cases as
come before il. This will enable the body
to dispose OF these claims rapidly and in
telligently. The claims which now go be-
fore the departments will, under the pro-
visions Of the bill, 90 to the Court OF Claims.
This will be n great relief to department
officials, and enable claimants to get speedy
Justice. As it now is, just claims go unin-
ycstigated for years because officials have
no time to look into their merits.
WHAT Is SAID ABOUT THE NOMINATION OF Mr..
COSKLING.
The Conkling nomination was again to-
day the topic Of comment everywhere.
The stalwarts approved it in strong terms,
and severely condemned the senators who
sent it to committee. The Blaine peo-
pie said Mr.. Conklng is too much poll
iician to make first-class Judge, and
agreed that he had been properly paid for
sending, 10y his opposition, the nomination
Of Stanley Mathews TO the same COM
mittec. Said one OF these, with mis-
chievously waggish smile, 81 met the
Chief-Justice awhile ago, and said, Waite,
old fellow, il Roscoe is made Judge and
case comes before your court, and, after
the argument, he is on one side and YOU
all the other judges on the other, what
then! Waite hestated; but | said:
Now, between you and me, TO go no lar
Their, how would ii bef' With smile the
Chief Justice replied i suppose Roscoe's
opinion would have TO stand as the ludg-
ment OF the court, because il il didn't he
would resign, and that, you know, would
never do" Opinion is as much divided
as II was last night "a TO whether Mr.. Cons-
ling will accept or not. The bitter attacks
of the New York Tribune and Times on
him have caused fresh sensation.
THE GARFIELD MEMORIAL MoNDAY-MR.
BLAINE.
The President and Cabinet, Diplomatic
Corps, members Of both houses of Con-
grc>s, Judges OF the Supreme Court and
of the District OF Columbia, army and
navy officers who have received the thanks
Of Congress, and persons holding tickets
OF invitation, and none others, will be adj
mittcd to the Capitol Monday. This will
! keep out those not entitled to admission,
and vet will crowd the hall Of the House to
its utmost capacity. Arrangements have
/ been made by which newspaper corre-
spondents alone will be admitted TO the re-
porters' gallery. The Marine Band will
occupy q place in rear OF the Speakers
chair, in what is known As the members
! lobby, and play before and after the de-
livery Of Mr.. Blaine's Grafton. As high
rs expectation has been raised, the friends
OF Mr.. Blaine arc certain that there will be
no disappointment. They predict, i'll fact,
that 1t will surpass any Of his previous ef-
forts.
Personal NEWS ITEMS.
Mr.. Barbour has presented the papers in
the case Of Mrs. Mary Chichester for losses
during the war. Hon. John ID. Kennedy,
Lieutenant OF South Carolina,
and stephen Med. Fisher. OF Richmond, are
here. Senator Hoar was at the White
House to-day. Indian-Agent Tiffany tele-
graphed Secretary kirkwood to-day from
Arizona that he anticipated Indian trou-
bles. Dir. Sargent, the new Minister to
Germany, was in early life journeyman
printer. Senator Pendleton has been called
TO Ohio by the serious illness OF his sister,
Mrs. cambridge. George William Curtis
is here. He is a champion OF ciyil-service
reform. The intimate personal friends oil
Mr.. Conkling know more to-day than Other
people about his intention In regard to the
judgeship. The report is that the Judi
ciary Committee to-day agreed TO report
the nomination favorably. Senator VoOr-
} hees has received letter from Dakota
farmer, who says that not farmer in the
Territory wants it admitted as State.
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.
The President and Cabinet officers viii
be at the Capitol at half-past II on Monday
The House on the Sth Of March will take
: up the Bowman and other bills for trans
fcrring private claims from Congress to the
Court OF Claims.
The President will wait until the SUI
preme Bench is full before giving the
judges state dinner.
The House Committee on Invalid Pen
sions has received a petition asking pen