The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-06-21

Warrington.
SENATOR MITCHELL AND THE PENNSYLVANIA
srTUArf0N-THE SENATE COMMITTEE AT
WORK on THE EIyER AND HARBoR BILL-A
MULTITUDE OF AMESDxENTs-A NEW WHITE
HOUsE-MR. KELLY AND HIS TOBACCO BILL
THE ELEcToRAL COCNT-PERsONAL NEWS
/ rrEss-TaE ALLISON or The PRESIDENT or
I THE SENATE TO SENATOR ANTHOSY's GRE
pENTrAIS-BnfEFS.
From our Regular Correspondent
/ WASHINGTON, June 20.-There has been
4 a ruDor current about the Capitol that Pre-
sjdent Arthur had sent for Senator Mitch
eli. the leader Of the Independent move
ment in Pennsylvania, with view OF bring
ing about 4 reconciliation between the two
wings Of the Republican party Of the Key
ston. State. To-day a wel-known Penn
svlvania correspondent sought the Senator
and said 70 him last night ! went into
bar-room 70 get q lemonade and
heard that the President had sent
for you.v THAT Is absurd" replied the
Senator. and the correspondent wa
II A loss 10 know whether he thought
the report referred to absurd, or the idea
q his going into a bar-room simply ior
lemonade. subsequently. however. SEN
ator Mitchell said be had not seen the
President for weeks. One Of his closest
friends tonight asserts that the senator
saws the Independents viii poll larger
vote for stewart than the Stalwarts
will for Beaver. The Stalwarts are very
bitter against Representative Bayne be-
cause Of bis remarks yesterday, and de-
clare they win vote for Democrat for Con-
rress rather than support him. Upon the
whole. Pennsylvania i . more interesting
political field just now than Virginia or
North Carolina.
ruE ErvER AND HARBoR BILL or TIE SENATE
SIDE.
The senate Commerce Committee to-d.y
took up the river and harbor bin and had
n read through. Tomorrow there viii be
another meeting. II viii take the commit
tee week at least to report tito the Senate,
A. the number Of amendments offered by
senator's i UNUSUALLY large.
A NEW WHITE HOUSE TO Pc BULL.
After q lengthy speech from senator
Morrill, to-day the senate passed blu az
propriating 100000 for the enlargement Of
the White House. Thi. was opposed by
Nessrs. sherman. Van Wyck. Conger. and
salisbury. The bill makes the President
and the Secretaries of the Treasury and
Interior commission % supervise The
work. and provide that q building in out
ward appearance exactly Ike the present
White House shall De constructed imme-
diately TO the south II il. The two build
fnrs are 70 be connected by a spacious CO.
ridor. which can be utilized on arge 70
ception occasions. The complaint j. that
the family Of a President have poor accom-
modatious in the present building. and this
viii be remedied in the new edifce.
NJ. KELLY AND THE ABOLITION OF rHE TAX
oN TOBACCO AND CIGARs.
Mr.. Kelly does not propose tina, BIZ bil
Tor the abolition u the tax on tobacco, e.
ar. 6c.. shall take effect unit. January I.
1sS3. nor does he expect action % be taken
on II NJ the present session u Congress.
His idea i that between now aud Decem-
Ter the question can be considered by Tie
people. % that Congress will have thenful
information. He would, however. Ike. be
says. to get o report on the subiectfrom the
WAYS and Means before adjournment.
The ELECTOEAL COUNT.
some time ago the Senate passed ".
Hoar's bin providing for settling al di'-
puted question, in regard % no electoral
count. This bin was originally prepared
bv Me.sr.. Edmunds aud Thurman, and
met with no opposition on either side. r.
went to the House. To-day, strange %
say. the House voted TO take up IT, own
committee bill. which provides that where
there j. contest in q STATE In regard o.
electors that the Supreme Court u tAat
state shall decide the disputed question.
Il further provides that when a party
thinks that he il wrongly kept out the
PRESIDENCY or yice-pre>ideney that h. may
resort to Q710 icarrantO proceedings in the
supreme Court Of the United states. Mr.
Updegraf. Of Iowa, who lad charge u the
bill. announced that be would call The pre-
vious question on il to-day. He and tie
committee we're surprised when the House
voted down the bill this evening.
REPUBLICAN House cAUcrs.
The Republican House eatIcus met to-
night, and remained in session until after
II O'Clock. Mr.. Robson presided, and
there were only sixty members present.
The absence Of Mr.. Kelly was significant.
The bill 10 abolish the Tux on bank-ehecks,
bank deposits, matches. Se.. and 10 reduce
special take. on whiskey. tobacco, 6c., was
taken NJ. and gave rise 70 most animated
discussion. Il vas finally determined to
strike out the section reducing the Special
license Of HQuOE-dealer, and rectlEers and
al.o the provision for the abolition Of the
tax on bank capital When The result was
announced in regard 10 whi-Sey General
Young. Of Cincinnati, entered q most
earnest protest. He subsequently, left the
caucus, and declared that to-mouo~ be
viii Introduce a bill reducing the tax on
whiskey to fifty cents per gallon and on
beer 70 eighty cents PER barrel have no
information that the question o. adjourn
ment OF Congress was considered al AL
PERSONAL SEws ITEMS.
Messrs. Matthew and Purdy, Of the
Leesburg b1r, were at the Capitol to-day.
When the credentials Of Senator Anthony