The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-01-24
,rrom our REGULAR Correspondent.

committee on EtStiouS W'""S 'Ne~"
the consideration Of the Garrison Mayo
case. and determined that Colonel Mayo
hayinc received the certificate OF the Re
turning Board. has the primd-fdcie right
70 The sea, he now occupies. The com
ni,tec will next consider the case on II:
merits. and no ono with whom have con
verScd doubts bu, that Mr.. Garrison will
win. The Gloucester and Hog-Island re-
mrns are the material points in the case.
qur PILOTS AGAIN BEFORE THE SENATE CON-
MERGE COMMITTEE.
Hon. John Goode to-day made further
argument before the Senate commerce
Committee against the bill aooIsn'mg co,l-
n,dsory piIofagc. He represented the Nir-
n;n,s pilots Association. and commended
,hs, The safety Of passengers ana cargoes
-oo,,;red that vessels should be placed In
nssrge ~ skilled pilots, and that captains
>horIS NOT he permitted, in order TO save
nilot.lecs. to expose these to great danger.
Ue wanted the States TO regulate pilotage,
as they now do. Mr.. Cooper, president oil
IRE MARYLAND Pilots Association, was also
present. and concurred fully with Mr..
Goodr. Mr.. Wood. oi Washington. repre-
senicd the New York pilots. asked one
., tbese to-day what he thought would be
done. and he replied that he was sure that
Mo vrvc hin would not pass Congress, and
,bs, the regulations IN regard TO pilots
aouid be left. AZ now, with the States.
TER DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Repnblicans having organized their
Congressional Campaign Committee. lead
i'm, Democrats here are comparing opln-
IONS freely with the view OF securing the
oroaniza,lon ~ an active and efficient
democratic Committee. They seem alive
70 the importance Of having the right men
in The right place. To-day an Indiana
democrat OF national reputation said TO
me I'VE do n6t want an ornamental
chairman, but one who can work and raise
money 10 deiray the necessary expenses OF
the Great campaign before us. Your man
Rgrhour. or Dorsheimer OF New York, or
some man like them, will fill the bill. Then.
the members OF the committee should all
be- practical workers. like Mueller. OF
Pennsylvania, for example," The mate
rial. he said, Is ample. but we must see
that the very best men are selected.
want success. he added. and as preparatory
TO that | want ar able, working commit
tee.
The DANyuIE ADMINISTRATION SEERMAN's
RESOLUTION FOR AN INVESTIGATION.
Senator sherman to-day offered resolu-
tons for an investigation by the Committee
on Privileges and Elections of the Danville
affair in Virginia and the Copiah affair in
Mississippi Senator Cockrell, Democrat,
al Missouri. said the preamble and resolu-
lions had better be printed as it might be-
come necessary to insert some more
whereases. II went Immediately to the
printer, and may come up tomorrow.
senstor, Vance, Lamar, Morgan, Beck,
Butler, and others paid close atten-
ton 10 the reading OF the preamble.
and Il Is understood tonight that
they will be ready when it is taken
up. One OF these senator's. when asked
what he thought OF it, said ii is "the first
feeble dap OF the bloody shirt" 1t is
currently rumored that Senator Malone
will make carefully prepared speech on
the resolution.
AGRICULTURE TO THE FRONT.
The House Committee on Agriculture
to-day reported IN favor Of making the Ag-
ricultural Bureau department, and the
head OF Il Cabinet officer. This PROPOSE
ton meets with much favor with leading
agricuIturistS. Colonel Robert Beverly
was at the Capitol this afternoon. and in
formed NE that the system Of agricultural
signals, heretofore alluded to in these dis
patches, has been about completed, and
that they are very satisfactory. A memo
rial fayoring their adoption by Congress
was presentcc 10 the House to-day, and the
bill which accompanies 1t provides for the
appropriation OF S250.000 to extend the
benefits OF the Weather Bureau by means
OF these signals to agricultural sections
tha; can be reached by telegraph.
THREE AND HREE-oUARTER MILLIONS FOR
REBATE.
Mr.. Reed. Of Maine, to-day reported
from the House Committee on Appropria-
tions bin which appropriates three and
three-quarter millions TO carry out the pro-
vision OF the rebate section OF the act
which reduced the tax on tobacco, &c.
This i in response to petitions from the
tObaccO-men all over the country, and
the indications are that Congress Will act
with reasonable promptitude in the matter.
The amount is based on information fur
nished by the department.
PERSONAL NEWS ITEMS.
Judge Lowell. OF Warren, was at the
Capitol to-day. George w. Evans was to-
day appointed postmaster at Martinsburg
in place OF G. Nelson Wisncr. Professor
Baird, who has been sick, was out to-day.
The vote on Senator Buffers resolution to
give all senators not chairmen OF commit
tees clerks showed that the Senate was de-
cldedly in favor OF IL. A delegation from
Baltimore was before the House Commit
tee on Canals to-day In the interest OF the
MARYLAND and Delaware ship canal. Mon
slgnor Capel said TO newspaper-man to-
DAY that he believed women were intended
either 10 marry or be nuns, and that no
such state as old maid Is recognizable.
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.
General Slocum hopes that the House
will devote Friday and Saturday TO the
fitz-John Porter case.
Government receipts to-day: Customs,
1888, l63; Internal revenue, S2i2,55s.
iI3y Associated Press.l
The House Committee on Elections to-
day In the Garrison Us. Mayo contested
election case decided TO report that MAYO
should retain bis seat on prima.facie right
until the case shall have been tried upon its
merits.
In the House Foreign Relations Commit
tee the bill TO proyidefor the ascertainment
OF. the claims Of American citizens for
spoliations committed by the French prlor
to July 81, IS /, was ordered to be report
ed TO the House with an amendment max
ing the decision Of the Court OF Claims
final. The bill provided that final action
be left with Congress.
The Star this evening says: Colonel W.
Il. Sims, OF Danyille. Va, who published
the statement in regard 10 the recent riots
al that place. has been appointed book
keeper Of the Senate folding-room, a place
under the SergeantatArms, vacancy
having been created for him by the re-