The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-04-02
WARRINGTON BETTER.
[Fem nhr rrrnIar Correspondent.l

tiyes and the anxipusly awaited
result ofthe Democratic tariff con.
ference have marked the week az
the Capitol. Az the appointed
hour on Tuesday evening eighty.
four members were present. After
atalk Of several hours an under.
standing was reached without any.
one being aread out Of The parry
u was decided by a vote Of one
hundred and fourteen 70 Fifty sew.
en-, that the Morrison bill stonld
be discussed for a reasonable time
in Committee Of the Yt.ole, where
IL should be subjecs't6 amendment,
after which II should be reported
to the Hose, and then put upon
its passage. A resolution wac
adopted declaring that no member
sholld be bound by this caucus
action except so far as he, as q
Democrat, felt bound by The action
'of a majority Of his party in eau.
Gus. II was also agreed that il
was expedient TO abolish the In
ternal revenue lax on tobacco, and
10 reduce that on fruit brandy Ia
ten cents a gallon. The benefits OIL
the Educational bill being distrib.
uted upon the bases Of illitefacy
are to be shared by the South in
the largest proportion. All sec.
tional objection to The measure
emanates exclusively from Repub-
lican Senators; MI. Sherman is one
Of the prominent sectional oppos
ers, the man who has so recsntl,
been loud in the profession o
friendship for the colored race. Al
Senator Vance lorcibly said in de
bate on the bilhaNow when a prao
teal opportunity for the negro
presented itself, Mr.. Sherman
thought that an ignorant negr,
could answer his purpose at tn,
polls better than an educated one.'
The inconsistency of Mr.. Sherman
has been much commented upor
by the Democrats Of the Senate
Nor did the Senator from South
Carolina spare the Senator from
Massachusetts. Referring to a re
mark made by Senator Hoar in re
lation to the illiteracy Of the ole
North State, saying it was at The
tail end Of all the States in The
matter Of education, Mr.. Vance
spoke sarcastically Of the prostrat
ing effect Of such a blow, and saic
it was especially crushing coming
from the Senator from Tewksbury
the representative Of a State thai
had sacrificed every principle fol
gain, the State that was more re
sponsiblc for slavery than any 9th
err, and which, when it found sla,
very did not pay in Massachusetts
sold her slaves 10 the South, sang
The long meter doxology, and
thanked God that she was not as
other States.
The District Judgesbill has pass.
ed the Senate at last. 1t makes
their salaries 5000, per annum,
and prohibits them from appoint
ing to position in their courts re.
latiyes within the degree Of first
cousin. During debate on the bill
nepotism as practiced by the FEEDER.
at judiciary was scathingly do.
nOunced, Senator Coke saying there
had not for several years been a U,
s. Judge in Texas, save one, whose
nepotism had not become a scan.
dal.
Early in the week the House vo.
ted against appropriating 100000,
for the Louisiana flood sufferers but
later and urgent appeals for relief
caused further discussion and
finally a resolution passed provi.
ding that sl25,OOO, Of the unexpen.
ded amount granted for the suffer.
ers by the Ohio floods may be used
by the Secretary of the War to re,
lieve destitute persons in the dis.
trict over,aowed by the Mississippi.
The measure was strongly opposed
by Mr.. Rice, of Mass, on the ground
that the Government was not an
insurer against water any more
than against Gre, and that relief
should be granted by the localities
themselves.
The long whisky debate closed
on Thursday with defeat Of the
bonded Extension bill by a MAORI.
ty Of one hundred. During It's
discussion Mr.. Hewitt made q long
speech on the revision Of the tariff.