The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-04-09

Congress on Monday.
There were several votes taken In the
two houses Of Congress on Monday that
may be regarded as significant.
first, the vote in the Senate on Mr..
BsArR's educational bill. The bill was
passed by vote OF 80 TO 11--iust three to
one. OF the eleven negative votes, two
were cast by Republicans and nine by
Democrats. The Republicans who cast
those votes are Messrs. MILLER Of Cali
fornia and HAwLEy OF Connecticut. The
Democrats are Messrs. BAYARD OF Della
ware, BUTLER OF South Carolina, COKE OF
Texas, GRooME OF Maryland, HARRIS OF
Tennessee, MAxEY OF Texas, MORGAN OF
Alabama, PEEDLEToN OF Ohio, and SAUIs-
BURY OF Delaware. This is the bill that hr.
BAYARp lately characterized as centraliza-
tion run mad. and yet Governor JOE
BnowX, Of Georgia, CALL and JONES OF
Florida, CoLoUITT OF Georgia, GARLAND OF
Arkansas. JONES Of Louisiana, KESsA OF
West Virginia, PUGH OF Alabama, RANSOM
Of North Carolina-sli sound Democrats-
voted for II. Mr.. GARLAND is the ablest
constitutional lawyer in the Senate. The
sonstitutlonality OF the bill ought not to
be denied In the face Of the facts OF the
case. We were never able TO draw dis
tinctIon between bill giving lands to the
States IN aid Of education and one giving
money for the same purpose, the lands
having been bought by the Government
and paid for out OF the National Treasury.
All the northwestern States have received
millions Of dollars worth Of lands in aid
Of their public schools.
The vote in the House OF Represents
tiycs on Mr.. CoNvERsR's bill to raise the
tariff on wool was significant. Although
the Democrats have a majority OF about
seventy in that branch OF Congress, the
result was-ayes 1lS, nays 1876 only eight
majority. New, when it is recollected
tina. Mr.. MORRISON, chairman OF the Com
pittee OF WAYS and Means, based his OPP
position to the bill, Tot upon its dement's,
but upon the fact that whatever might be
the different views on the question OF pro-
sective bounties the duty on wool could
not be Justly and rightly considered apart
from the duty on woollen goods into which
wool entered as large part OF the manu-
facture, and added that bill had been re-
ported 10 the House on the general subject
OF the tariff as well as on the rates on wool
and weoIIen goods. which he would ask
the House on the 18th instant to take up
and consider, 1t must be conceded that the
probabilities are that when the question
comes UP on its merits, Mr.. CoNVErsE's
proposition will be carried. We call atten-
ton in this connection to Mr.. HURD's de-
claration that though he was in favor OF
free trade, he was also in favor OF charger
wages 10 the laborer." IL is not for us to eX-
plain how this remarkable state OF things
is TO be brought about. The significant
fact is that Mr.. HURD thought it necessary
10 make the statement. 1t shows that he
knows that the workingmen consider
free traders to be inimical to their
interests-to be. in a word, in favor
OF n tariff that must result in a reduction
OF wages. Therefore, he tried to fence
himself about with the declaration that he
was in favor Of larger wages to the Ia
borer." II asked to explain, he would
say he meant wages that would purchase
more Of the necessaries Of life, for he cam
not possibly believe that wool'grower
would pay higher wages when his wool
was not protected than when it was pro-
tected.
Another significant vote was on the cues.
ton OF perpetuating the tax on whiskey.
1t shows that that tax will certainly not be
abolished by the present Congress, and
gives our Virginia representatives a good
reason for hoping that all other internal
taxes may be abolished, especially II Mr.
KAssoN, the leader Of the Republicans, is
in earnest in proposing 10 take the tax
of tobacco, &c. We are glad the vote was
taken. The result shows that the whiskeY
tiistillers themselves are in favor Of the tax.
Now, let Congress abolish all other internal
taxes, and pass bill providing that the
lax on whiskey shall be paid by stamps.