The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-08-20

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| All know what
| THE TOBACCO INTEREST
has ,.,sared from the war and from tnt
tov what has the especial champion "
| y.1rs,,r,a interests done for that III na'
been exclaimed i'm the papers that wheh IL
Tho JIousc Of Representatives G motioh wa
made IN abolish the internal-revenue mx
~ came within one vote OF passing. Iha'
vote would have been given by south
Coro,ina Democrat (Mr. DibbleI II Mr.
Iohn pauI once Democrat himself, had
not voted 10 Dust our friend and put In
his Mace n Republican opponent (Mr
| Mackey). So the bill was lost.
On Tic 9th OF July General Malone in
tho limited States Senate moved to reduce
thc tax IN tobacco TO eight cents per pound.
He was sustained by only two other Re.
nublicans-one OF whom (Camcron) had
voted 10 reduce the tax on tobacco before
General Malone went to the Senate; the
other Of whom Kellogg OF Louisiana
wished TO kill the bill, which embraced also
n reduction on sugar, tarin-protected pro-
duct OF his State. The vote for reduction
was Ii Democrats to Republicans; the
vote against il, I3 Democrats and - Re-
pubIicans-out OF 20 Democrats, - for ;
ont Of % Republicans, - against relief.
Could General Malone have influenced this
vote in our favor? II nay, then what is he
worth to Virginia? II aye, why, then, did
he not do il? It's SAID he wants this whole
INTERNAI.-REvENUE TAX
repealed. But the patronage Of Virginia is
based almost entirely on the tax; and Cen
cral Malone diSpenses that patronage. Does
he want to give it up? When it comes to
that, might not "sclf the waverinS balance
shake ?" But does he expect the Republic
cans to repeal it In face OF the fact that his
friend Mr.. Arthur wants it kept up. and
that lately, when the whole question was
before Congress, the only relief the Repub-
licans proposed was to banks, which always
get all they choose TO ask for; to patent
medicine men, who daily poison thousands
of our people; and to matches, where the
reduction would 20 into the pockets OF the
manufacturers, and would not be felt by
the people. And does he not know that
his allies in the Republican caucus OF the
House resolved that there should he no re-
ductiOn OF the tax on tobacco and WhlSkeyy
And do not we know that neither himself
nor Mr.. Paul, with all his influence, is re-
corded as protesting against 1t!
But there are other things that Virginia
wants. Ever since the war we have been
talking about manufactures; but we need
friendly guidance and legislation. Has
General Malone given the one or tried
TO obtain the other! Just now our people
are little crazy about a protective tariff.
Has he attempted to enlighten them? Or
does he know how!
And commerce, the interchange OF COM
moditcS in large quantities between dis
tant points.
WHAT HAS HE DONE
about thut? The river and harbor bill gave
Virginia $500. 200 to promote her commerce
by deepening and cleaning out her rivers.
OF this sum James river, on which the
United States Government has already
spent nearly 100000, gets only $4,000.
But late survey by the United states En-
ginecrs Senate Executive Document No.
III, D. Is, FOrty-sevcnth Congress- cSti-
mates that the river can be decpencd from
the sea to the rocks few miles below Rich
m0nd to a clear channel way Of - feet at Il
cost Of l,3G0, 1850. This point distant
12j miles inland from the capeS due west,
is the deepest western inclination on the
Atlantic When decpcnCd to - icct will be
practically the Atlantic, and nearer t. the
Pacific by 1913 miles than any other route.
This enterprise Is quietly working its own
way. but il deserves large national help.
And this is one OF several appropriations
for the benefit OF Virginia that General
Malone aided the Presidents effort TO Kill
bv the late veto. For on the vote which
passed the bill over the veto hi name is not
recorded, though he had been in the Senate
but a short time before.
This indirect and covert
SUPPORT or THE PRESIDENTS VETO
was worse than would appear on the sur
face. Nobody believes that the veto gave
the Presidents real objections to the river
and harbor bill. The alleged extravaganza
was in large part accordart with his own
wishes. for NE favored the allotted millions
TO ( he Mississippi and it, collateral>. and the
half-milliOn for the Potomac flats. And his
silly argument that it, present amount and
shape made the bill unconstitutional, but
that q reduction to one-half tie sum, and
some discretion to himself rs 10 cXpcndi-
trTe, would cure that dciec., was obviously
the mask 10 Il more profound hostility.
Really New York and New England saw
a new power adverse 10 their section re-
with the South. now cured OF her c0nsti-
tutional Scruples by the war. 1t was this
power shadowcd forth in the river and
harbor bll that the veto aimed to >tranglc
in its birth; and il was this policy OF the
President. hostile 70 the whole south, that
was endorsed by the Wanted champion Of
Virginia interests and also 10y Mr.. John
Paul. who was duly notified Of the cX-
pcctcd advent OF the veto. and being called
came not. How potent sometimes is the
influence OF patronage
ALL GENERAL MALONE HAS DONE
for Virginia, as far a. | know, was. by
amending the House bill to build Il court
house at Abingdon and getting one for
liarrisonburg included, or rice CerSd, to
have one such ordered to be built at Il cost
of $4,000. And in that, learn, he was
materially aided by Senator Johnston and
other Democrats. This is all Of General
Mahone's work for Virginia interests. and
this the liberality OF President Arthur.
0,000!!
That the President has given General
Malone the
FEDERAL PATRONAGE
OF the State in exchange for promise Of
its electoral vote is not Of itself friendly to
the people of Virginia; rather the opposite,
for it aims TO commit them TO the Support
OF such men aS Sherman in the Senate, who
entered the Treasury poor and left it a huge
millionaire; OF Robson, leader of the
House, who entered The Navy Department
in debt and left ii at the beginning of
Hayes term with very large fortune; OF
Chandler, the "visiting statesman" who
did more than any other OF those worthless
TO cheat the American people out of the
| election OF Tilden, who was rejected by the
Senate on account OF bad character when
he was nominated by Garfield for Solicitor
General, but who now fills the place OF
Secretary az fka Not-x. -