The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-02-15
Washington.


Washington.
TIE NEW ASSISTANT SECRETARY or Tue TREi'
srRY-GOvERNoR VANCE AND THE TARIFF
QUESTION: HE ALSO DISCUSSES THE LAST
CAMPAIGN IN vIRGINIA--PEIs0SAL AND
OTHER NEWS ITEMS.
From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, February 14.-John {.
/ New. OF Indiana, nominated for Assistant
Secretary OF the Treasury, was not long ago
Treasurer OF the United States, and has
been spoken OF in connection with the
Berlin mission. II surprises many that he
will accept the position, and some OF his
friends say he ought to be Secretary OF the
Treasury. He is Grant stalwart ana
power i'm Indiana. \. 5. Seymour, OF
Newbern, nominated to-day for Judge OF
the Eastern district Of North Carolina, is 4
northern man and kusman Of Horatio sey-
mour. Hels Republican aud fine lawyer.
Prominent North Carolinians who differ
with him in politics approve OF his ap-
pointment. and say ii will be acceptable to
the people. Andrew Mccain, OF Nash
vile, nominated for United States District
Attorney for Middle Tennessee, is Re-
publican lawycrof fair ability, and was one
OF the Judges OF the Republican Supreme
Court of Tennessee just after the war. w.
f. Postori. Of Memphis, nominated for
District Attorney for West Tennessee, is .
Republican member Of the Tennessee
Legislature. He is but distantly related, ii
at all, to w. X. Postori, Of the Memphis
bar.
SENATOR VANCE MAKES A TARIFF SPEECH.
Governor Vance to-day made a lengthy
and most interesting speech in favor OF a
revenue tariff, in which he strongly and
logically presented his side OF the question.
IL showed careful preparation and labored
research, and was relieved by number OF
bright passages from the dizziness which
ordinarily characterizes purely financial
speeches, however able they may be. He
pronounced prohibitory taxation robbery.
md declared that il was on par with that
levied by Dick Turpn oh Black-IIeath
Common. Both the matter OF the speech
and the earnest and attractive manner Of its
delivery enlisted the attention Of visitors and
senators alike. He read, for example,
with effect, the decision Of the Supreme
Court in which prohibitOry legislation is
pronounced robbery, and said that. as a
lawyer and an honest man, he regarded the
opinion sound law. Those who think that
a brilliant, popular orator cannot be an
effective senatorial speaker will find in
Governor Vance a signal exception TO this
rule. When published and distributed, it
will be extensively read and attract much
attention, especially at the South. He is
highly complimented tonight on the sue
cess of his effort. II was gratifying to his
friends that he had more hearers at the
close than at the commencement of his
speech, and that Senators Hoar, Hawley,
and other Republicans came over on the
Democratic side to hear him.
GOVERNOR vANCE on THE LAST VIRGINIA CAM
PAIGN.
Governor Vance in the course Of his
speech alluded to the last Virginia CAM
paign, and declared the Vermont Senator
was right in sounding the alarm in refer
oncc TO national reputation, because when
an Administration, for small party. adj
vantage. will favor state reputation, it
will likely 90 for national reputation
when the same temptation is offered.
\ short while agoa Virginia revenue collec-
tor was threatened with dismissal because
he was suspected OF sympathy with repu-
diation. Yet last fall the collector Of in
ternal revenue himself went on the stump
in that State in advocacy Of the very same
doctrinp. a wounded Union soldier at
Lynchburg was kicked out of Federal
office because he was more OF Il dcbt-payer
than the man appointed in his place. Well
NAV we demand some further assurance as
to the national debt, said the eloquent
CarOlinian.
PERSONAL NEWS ITEMS.
Senator Slater, OF Oregon, to-day spoke
in favor Of the improvement OF the Column
bia river. Hon. Granville Ouray, dele
gate from Arizona, is Il native Of Abingdon.
1t looks as il Congress will vote Albert ii.
Emery $500, 900 for his invention Of the iron
and wood-testing machine, as the committees
OF both houses have reported iayorably.
Representative Young, OF Cincinnati, has
introduced a bill to establish Bureau
OF Mechanics, Manufactures, and Mining.
Representative Vance has introduced O
bill for the sale OF certain lands OF the
Eastern band OF CheTokees in North Caro-
/ lima. Nevin, nominated for collector al
Philadelphia, is Cameron man-anothei
victory for the Stalwarts. Mr.. Paul has
gone home. Judge Buckner, the leading
| Democrat on the House Banking Commit
| tee, thinks Congress will abolish the tax OF
banks and bank checks. He is opposed tC
/ it, however. He further says the friend;
OF the national banks and the bondholder,
want the internal-revenue taxes reduced
so that the debt cannot be paid of rapidly
L. Q. Washington's letter on the tariff in
the Louisville Courier-Journdi Of Saturday
has attracted much attention here, and is
most able document.
PETITIONS THATwENT To COMMITTEES TO-DAY
The following petitions went to appro
pirate committees to-day: Mr.. Kenna'i
West Virginia petition for the amendmen
of the militia laws so as to encourage volun
teer organizations; the petitions Of the Gin
cinnati cigar manufacturers, praying Con
gress to reduce the cigar-tax TO 81; the pc
titions Of citizens OF Tennessee, Kentucky
New York, West Virginia, and Indiana, VIII
| want laws enactcd n~ainst discrimina fio1