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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-01-30

fphiisdelpha Tiincs.l
xu.s.,xnrox. january 27.-Ex- Speaker
p,mdalI In conversation on the tariff qties-
i nan' sa}d. - I sfund now upon the same
., ,.s.ar,,, that stood on during the contest
pn.. a. snaakersbip. That was contest
l :, , ,su and not Of individuals, and
~ %, moro convinced now than ever
,,., the attitude then presented on
49,. tna tariff question Is the true one
s 81. The Democratic party to take.
w, w. have seen enough already to show
hat the people OF the country want
. .ha' tariff question to be let alone, and !
s sms determincd. 30 far as l am concerned,
>" do MI in NV power to that end. am
s ~ that this issue has been forced upon
tbc marty at this time, but those who MADE
t the issue must shoulder the responsibility.
+ have not inquired as to the purposes OF
those who advocate what they call tarin
rasorm. but I am told they are pre-
nar,nv measure with revenue as the
soIe nurpose I'm view. | believe while
tho object of customs duties, as that
NJ any other system Of taxation, Is I'M
douhtedly revenue, the rates should be so
6yed ne r. afford protection TO our manu-
factnres and the labor OF our own people.
Reco,,se nv oyerproduction another coun-
try has been forced to fix prices ut mini
mi,m rate at the expense OF labor do not
believe in applying such policy to our
own laboring classes. | am now speaking
for myself only, but believe that there
are many Democrats who entertain the
same opinions. At all events, intend to
do my duty towards my constituents, and
that. / believe, will prove to be for the best
interests OF the country"
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LIBERTY, Va, January %, 1884.
Mill. - d a. nsc..toI

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
Quite spirited contest is going on now
among the citizens OF this quiet little
country town about the bill now pending
before the Legislature to amend the charter
Of the town. The bill was hastily gotten
up by the Town Council, aided perhaps by
one or two members OF the order Of the
'Sens OF Progress" II passed ii would take
in about one hundred and fifty acres OF ad-
titional land, q large part OF which is used
for farming and grazing purposes, and
would also include the dwellings, barns,
stables, and stock OF farmers. But the
worst feature OF the bill is said to be the
increase OF the negro voters, by which the
town might in very few years be brought
under negro rule. The limits Of the town
were extended by act OF the Legislature
in 1871, and TO a casual observer its
dimensions would appear large enough, but
It is located between the city OF Lynch
burg on the east and the city Of
Roanoke on the west, about thirty miles
from either. and it may be its corporate au-
thorities are preparing for contest for SUI
premacy with those flourishng cities. At
all events, they are asking for more ground
to fight on and for additional aid.
To-day is County. Court day, and though
the day is inclement good many people
from the country are here.
The farmers are getting now 80 per 100
for slaughtered pork. Tobacco is ruling
high, with a probability Of being higher.
The Southwest has drained the county
pretty we'll OF cattle. Those left are very
high, and there are few fine cattle that
the farmers are preparing for the April
market. STERRETT.
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On Monday the New England Free
Thinkers Association in session in Boston
demanded that churches should not be ex-
empt from taxation. What plausible de-
mand. But how its pIausibility vanishes
when it is recollected that the value OF a
church Is minus quantity. A church
building yields no revenue. On the con-
tIary, il costs its owners much every year
10 keep it in good condition. Suppose we
say that all property ought to be taxed so
as to yield to the State one-twentieth OF
what IL yields to its owner. Very well, so
be IL. How much does the church yield
10 It's owners? Nothing. Nay, much less
than nothing, il we may use an Irish bull.
What, then, ought 1t to yield to the State
Every unprejudiced man will answer,
Nothing
Rut who are the owners OF q church
Suffice II TO say that not many men can
afford TO own whole church, and fewer
can afford to own more churches than one.
The more OF them man owns the poorer
he ia. What sort OF taxable property Is
that?
But suppose he owns the fee simple. and
sells it to congregation dS worshlppers
and they pay him thousands OF dollars II
cash for It. Well, he will straightway
have to pay taxes on that cash, whilst thu
persons who bought his church will fal
heir TO his privilege OF paying no tax upor
piece Of property that yields 70 revenue
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Professor PuRYEAR is a most forcibl

Professor PURYEAR is a most fOrciblc
writer. We give place this morning to a
letter from him, setting forth in his usual
powerful style the evils that would flow
from the acceptance by the States OF Fed
eral aid to their public schools. 1t is
hardly fair, however. for him to say,
"When the Federal Government shall have
its system of public schools" such and
such will be the consequences. Nobody
proposes that the Federal Government
shall have any teachers Of its own, or any
OF the other functionaries catalogued by
Professor PURYEAR. On this point he
raises not one objection which would not
apply with equal force to State control OF
public schools. Indeed, we suspec. that
Professor PURYEAR has made these very
objections to our present pubic-school sys-
TEN. His letter is worth reading, whether
you agree with him in opinion or not. And
If it shall have the effect of calling out DR..
CURRY in reply, we shall most assuredly
not regret baying published il.
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We acknowledge the receipt of copy Of
Adjutant- General McDONALD's report OF
November 1, 1883. The public will be
surprised to read the following:
"When the undersigned was appointed
Acknowledgement Gieptember Is, 1885, the
pay attached TO the Office was 81, 600 year,
with authority to employ clerk at $500 Il
year; but the undersigned, being ut the
time The incumbent OF another State Office,
in which he had the services OF two clerks.
and doubling the propriety OF receiving
the pay OF two offices, stipulated before
accepting the appointment that he should
not draw the salary. When the Legislature
met the ensuing winter, thinking probably
that to insure due accountability on the part
Of the incumbent it was proper that some pay
should be attached to the office. they fixed,
as nominal salary, the sum OF 800 year,
and 1t has SO remained since. The duties
of the Office have meanwhile steadily in
creased. and are now OF character to call
for such provision as will secure the full
services OF the incumbent and restore it to
lis proper place among the offices OF the
State"
Surely the Legislature will look into this
matter. The State desires none Of her
officers to "work for nothing and find
themselves"
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THE school Bill.


The nth section Of che bill passed by
the Virginia Senate on Monday concerning
school trustees reads AZ follows:
Section 5. The said school-Trustee Elec,
toral. Boards shall have power, ana u snail
he their duty, 10 declare vacant and to pro-
coed 10 ON toe Office OF any trustee IN their
rcsnectiye counties who fails to qualify
and deliver 10 the clerk OF the Board his
official oath in the usual form within thirty
DAYS after he has been notified OF bis ap-
poiu,ment. which notification shall be
nromptly given by the clerk. The Board
shall also vacate the Office OF any and every
trustee who fails to discharge the duties Of
his Office according TO law.
II may be that the above section is con-
stitutiopal. We do not presume to say
that IL Is not. 1t may be that 1t would
stand the test OF consttutionality II
brought before the Supreme Court OF APP
pcals. We do not presume TO say that II
would not. But we do say that the
General Assembly cannot possibly be too
careful in passing such bills. 1t ought so
10 frame them as TO leave no doubt upon
apybody's mind as TO their strict conso-
nance with and conformity to the State Con-
stitution.
Now. Article ", section -, OF the Constl-
tuition provides as follows:
=. The General Assembly NAV declare
the cases in which any Office shall be DEEM
ed vacant, where no provision is made
for that purpose in this Constitution"
We understand that language to mean
tina, the General Assembly itself shall per-
form that duty. II we are right In this
opinion, then in the bin under considera-
ton il ought TO be provided that il
trustcc "fails to discharge the duties OF
his Office according to law" or "fails to
qualify and deliver to the clerk OF the board
his official oath in the usual form within
thirty days." &C., &c, his said Office shall
ipSo facto be made vacant. Then the bill
nav provide that the School-Trustee Elec-
toral-Bo shall proceed at once TO fill the
vacancy. Thus would the General Assem-
bly, perform its duty OF " declaring the
case in which the Office Of school trustee
shall be deemed vacant" and thus would
the School-Trustec Educational Board be
charged with no duty which the Constitu-
ton does not clearly allow 1t to perform.
In word, the point we make is that the
General Assembly cannot in this case dele
gate its powers. The duty is imposed
upon that body by the Constitution, and
cannot be performed "by another."
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Horizontal Reduction.

We are pleased to see the Democratic
press Of the country protesting against
horizontal reduction Of the tariff, The New
York World says:
"But tax reduction must be made skill
fully, cautiously, delicately, so as to avoid
the disturbance OF business interests, to
insure the most equitable incidental pro-
lection to home labor, and to give the
benefit OF the reduction TO those who
stand most in need OF 1t.
at will not do to cut down taxation by
yard measure or by chopping of chunks
blindly or helter-skelter. We must not use
the butchers cleaver to do the work Of the
surgeons scaipel.
1.-THE horizontal nonsense means giving
the wealthy consumer Of foreign luXuries
the same benefit from the reduction that is
enjoyed by the poor man who buys the
commonest necessaries Of life for his fam
lily. 1t tramples down the tariff in cow
hide and hobnailed boots. II is an easy
mode OF procedure, it is true. But 1t is
ike the work Of the quack dentist who,
not knowing how to discover an aching
tooth, extracted all the teeth on one side
Of bis patients jaw"
The Danvi!le Register employs forceful
illustration when it saws:
"For instance, il the duty on wool is
already too low, a. is claimed, and the duty
on sugar is too high, what justice would
there be in reducing the duty on wool still
lower in order to lessen the tax on sugar!
This would ruin the wool interest and only
lessen the profits OF the producers OF sugar.
Much better apportion the burden more
equally between them. OF all schemes yet
proposed fer reducing the tariff, we think
that horizontal reduction has the least
sense or justice in it. The Democratic
party cannot afford to endorse any such
scheme"
The Petersburg Inder-Appeai says:
Perhaps this horizontal reduction may
be the best that Congress can secure, but
il il certainly not a revision in the sense in
which the people expect and desire re-
vision. Speaker Carlisle is said by CORE
spondents to look with serene composure
upon the apparent delay OF the Committee
on Ways and Means in considering the SUBJ
ject.'
We trust he does.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-01-30

or course Senator BENJAMIN did not
write the letter which old THURLow WEED
left amongst his papers and sent down to
posterity as II the distinguished Louisi-
anian had been its author, any more than
he wrote the advertisement which appeared
the other day in the Dispatch requesting
persons who wanted to employ such man
to address "BENJAMlS," at this office.
The idea that United States Senator Of
such standing as Mr.. BENJAMIN-the fore
most man in the United States Senate
should leave the British minister in WASH
ington and go TO New York to get letter
from the British consul to introduce him to
that Minister is--well, we wont pursue
the subject,
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We must ask our Charleston contempt

We must ask our Charleston contempt
rary one more question. II says:
1--WE advocate the immediate reduction
OF protective duties, and their ultimate
abolition. weoppose the reduction OF the
interuaLreyeuuc tax on tobacco because
sucb reduction will make II impract.capie
10 reduce the protective import duties as
ouickIy as IL necessary. Loss oil revenue
nv the reduction Of the internal-revenue
tax on tobacco must be repaired by maili'
taining the duties on imports. just as
protective duties arc the means OF pIunder-
ing the whole people In the interest OF pro-
tectiye manufacturers, so the reduction or
repeal Of the internal tax on tobacco, In
causing high import duties to be MAN.
tanned. Numbers the whole people for the
benefit OF the tobacco-growers and tobacco
manufacturers In Virginia.
eve have "a warm side for "Old Viz
ciuia. -, as the Dispatch very well knows.
hut we cannot have one set OF principles
for States we love and another for States
we care nothing about. Large concessions
have already been made TO the tobacco
growers and manufacturers, and the war
taxes on imports remain unchanged. IL IS
time that some heed were given TO the
wants and wishes of the people, and our
Virginia friends ale unwise In demanding
the repeal Of the tobacco-tax (Which has
been reduced from "a cents pound 10 8
cents) when the import duty on articles OF
comfort and necessity averages over 40 per
cent"
That whole cxtract is based upon the
idea that higher duties produce more reye-
nue. than lower ones. That doctrine may
be consistently taught by protcctionists
but not blythe Nens and Courier. Once
more we reproduce the following, and we
ask our contemporary whether it is true or
not. We suggest that the tariff which
Yields a maximum Of revenue affords
minimum OF protection; and, conversely,
that the tariff which affords maximum OF
protection yields a minimum OF revenue.
Isn't this trueS And ii it is true, might
not the abolition OF all internal taxes ne
cessitate a reduction OF the customs-duties
upon many articles ?
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HA GOOD THE TO Buzz.

rNGeAIS, TMREE.PLY; TATEsTRY ;.d
sTEE. HfMP, vENETi1N. RAG, and LIST
WIFI, nRD-cHEox, and FANCY MAT
sM9RSa, TAPESTRY, VELVET and AxMIs-
OH CLOTHS, and LIsoLECM and CAR
HAssocks. WiSDow-sHADEs. on-oLorH
, c mrfrrgr az CORNrCEs, POLES, GIMP
o aH9t cstiiR s1 Sf and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.:
RUgBEE ARMGTSJEsG fGT Me asa w 2%s e ss
SILK. s Snsg xfPAch, BINGHAM and CAM
,od S yenanis oS CURTAIN LAcEs on our spe-
ciaI-bargsin counters that must be sold at
EMIBIRooiDERED NULL sCARFs at IOc. worth
EMRRoDERED NULL FICBUs at s5c. worth
Br. ACk and CREAM sILK.LACE FICHus at
IS, so. and 75c; worth 90: 75c:, and sl,25
SOCKS Mt 25c pair worth ~ dozen;
Big bargains in all kinds OF NECKWEAR for
rNDERsiiiRrs AND DRAWERS In all quali-
ties the largest stock In this city;
sHIRT-C0LLARs and CUFFS in great variety
spe 81 ID par yMs IN 'RffhDY-MADE SHIRTS;
LINEN SHIRT BOsOMs from le's 10 Doc: each;
HANDKERCHIEFs, sUsPENDhRs, NIGHT
SBIR ~. ana Other FthNlrftisb t'DDr.
HAIR-BRUsHEs at 20c.-wouid be cheap a.
NAIL: TOOTH, SHAVING, and SHOE
BRUSHES:
RUFFLES. RUCaiNGs. LINEN COLLARS and
CUFFS. TIDES, TOILET MATS POCKET
BOOKS. and SOAPS:
LINEN STTkETING, PILLOW-CAsE LINEN.
TABLE-CLOTHs, hAPkINs, ToWELs'
DOILiES, WAsH-RAGs. CRUMB-CLOTbs.
TRAY-CLOTHS, at the lowest prices for first
ALL. Wool WHITE NUBIAs a, csc. worth
Soc; .,n,
HOOP. BALMORAL-, and BOULE'AhD-
SKIRTS at big bargains;
Our whole stock OF goods for GI RTAlNs; h M
BHEOUINS. and uRNITURE-COVERlNG
has been placed on our spcciai-baTgain c0nn-
ter-sO bargains can be mad,
KNIT GOODS, such ms Leggins' Hoods, caps
Jackets. Mltis and Gloves; $500 ...
SHAWL-. STOCKINGS. RlBBoSs, BUTTONS.
BRAIDS. BINDINGS. and general stock 81
FANCY GOODS and NOTIONS.
All OF which Will sell 10 orr customers al
LEVY. DAVIS & DRAKE,
10l7 and 1919 Nam street.
fl 30-W,F6Su Richmond Va
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The World recently said, and we repeat
cd II, that although there are large num-
bcrs Of irec-traders and reyenue-reiormers
In the Republican ranks, yet should the
tariff question be made the issue In the
presidential contest Of tins year, they
would support the most violent Republi-
car protect!onist against the most conser-
yative Democrat reyenue-reiormer.
The Huntington advertiser refers us to
the results OF the elections Of last year in
Iowa, Michigan, &C., 10 disprove the truth
Of the ayerment! Pray, read the statement
agaIo, Mr.. Advertiser. and tell us II you
have even pretended to answer II. Iowa
voted last year on the liquor question. So
Of Wisconsin, and largely so Of Ohio. The
elections were local elections. What do
fhfir results indicate as to the results OF a
national election--the presidential cleo
toned this ycarf Nothing. In 1879
M1moxr carried Virginia on local issue.
but IN 1880 his presidential electoral ticket
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-01-30

PRxs THrm.--wc are glad to hear RON
Washington chat tho subcommittee o. tue
Ho,,se Committee on Foreign Ana'rs'
which has beer considering the Chinese
immigration bin prepared by the Pacinc
Coast delegation, has concluded It's work.
Press the Republicans on this point
They are hypocrites all. They wish to Sc
cure the vote Of California, Oregon, Colo
RADIO, and Nevada, next November, ana
dare not vote against the strongest OF anti
Chinese bills. Press them, we repeat.
Don't let them Off on the ground that the
law Is stringent enough already.
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His late speech in Boston Mr.. WHITMAN

His late speech in Boston Mr.. WHITMAN
closed as follows:
"Let me. in conclusion. say q WORD
upon the relations Of New England manu-,
facturers to this question. The West ana
the South, which bear the chief burden OF
the internal taxes, are the largest con-
sumers Of our products. Relief to their
industries would increase their power OF
consumption, while our active sympathy
with the struggling industries OF those
sections would be the best refutation OF
the calumny that our industrial legislation
Is made sectional and partial by New Eng
land influence" '.'-
Mr.. WuITMAS's speech in favor oil aboi-
ishing all internal taxes Is the best argyll
mcut that we have seen on the subject.
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DEATHS.

Died, suddenly, of diphlheria, on tic 2Sih of
January, 1854. in the third year of bis age,
PHILIP L. Il. CnAPPELL, son Of L. {. and the
late AIaIice I. Chappell, of Baltimore.
Died. In this city. January 30. 1854, Mr.. WILL
son THOMAS; aged eight y-hye wears.
His funeral win take place THURSDAY ut
o'clock 4. NJ, from Sixth Mount Zion church.
Friends and acquaintance are Invited to attend.
Died, at his residence, corner seventh and Baker
streets at seventeen minutes Ia o'clock J3nu-
ary %, 1884, Captain WILLIAM II. TlNSLEG I;
aged twenty nine years and five months.
His funeral will lake place from The bird street
Methodist Episcopal church THURSDAY at 3
O'Clock l.. VI. Friends and acqulintances Of The
family are invited to attend.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-01-30

Do what man may. he cannot save HIM
self free from misrepresentation by his
enemies, and shall be content to stand
upon the Ohio, Virginia, and New Jersey
platforms, where always have stood from
the beginning, opposing alike the diverse
theories Of mere doctrinalres, impossible Of
practical application. and seeking only to
do tnat which was possible, and at the same
time, in my judgment, most conducive to
the best interests and general welfare OF
the whole people. Ny whole pabllc career,
II II has had any purpose ut all, has been
one OF unreIenting opposition to monopo-
lies Of every sort and description. -Sdmue!
j. Randall.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-01-30

The Democratic United States Senators
sat still yesterday and allowed General
MAHoYE's outrageous libels Of his native
State to go unanswered. II there were no
Congressional Record this policy might be
commended. AS 1t Is, such a policy is
grossly unjust to Virginia. The Demo-
cratic congressman In the other House
from this State will have to put into the
Record the antidote to all this poison.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-01-30

In the last No. OF the Popular Science
Monthly it is stated. IN review OF Prof.
WINcHELI.'s latest work. that "ccmets are
now knoun to be simply conglomerations
Of cosmical dust" From which we infer
that they 10 longer "import changes OF
time or State"
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Returning Wisdom.

Washington special to CINCINNATI enquirer
The Democratic free-traders In Congress
have about given up their alleged idea that
Democratic President can be elected by
the aid OF the northwestern states, and
without New York, Ohio, Indiana, and
New Jersey. They are now beginning to
concede that at least two OF the last-named
States are necessary, and that the Ohio
tariff-plank, as promulgated by Senator
elect Payne, is the only sure road to sue
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-01-30

The fact that Pennsylvania farmer sold
one Of his children for dollar few days
ago suggests that the Philadelphia apostles
of civilization have not been doing their
duty in their own State. The Press and
the Evening Bulletin should stir them up.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-01-30

Very properly does the Committee on
Bankiug and Currency declare that the
public welfare demands that the benefits OF
the national banking system be substan-
TALLY preserved and continued for the time
to;nO
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-01-30

received only 1000 votes, 10 It will be in
Iowa, Minnesota, and wisconsin. only on
the other side. Not one Of them Will vote
for the Democratic nominee for President
Of the United States. II Is folly to ex-
meet IL.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-01-30

How appropriate that the inventor OF
ELIZA PINKsTON should be the inventor OF
the libellous resolutions offered In the
United States Senate relative TO the Dan
willie riot
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r5- sYCLE BROTHERS WANT TO


CLOSE OUT
THEIR ENTIRE STOCK BEFORE THEY
TAKE INVENTORY. WHICH WILL BE
THE FIRST WEEK IN FEBRUARY.
so NOW, If YOU WANT BARGAINS, BE
BE SURE TO CALL BEFORE THAT
TIME.
SO pieces ofTYCOON REPS at 124c. worth 25c.;
CocHECO FOULARD at &c. worth Ike. full
A.:
one lot of DAMAGED SPREADS at half price;
FRENCH PERCALEs at l2Hc. worth 1896;
WHITE FLANNEL at zoe worth 25c.;
WHITE FLANNEL at 25c. worth 35c.;
so pieces Of CRASH at SC. worth Sc;
One case of LINEN CRASH at lOc. worth 16'ic.;
Balance of our stock Of DRESS GOODS and
FLANNELs at cost.
If you want bargain, look at our GENTLE
MEMS UNDERsHIRTS;
GENTLEMEN's UNLAUNDRIED SHIRTS,
REINFORCED BOSOM, at 55c. worth 75c.;
The best CORSET In the city for Soc;
HAMBURG EDGING from sc. to Use. per yard !;
Our stock of LADIES' UNDERWEAR Is COM
plete. We guarantee our prices to be lower
than the lowest.
LADIES' CLOTH JACKETS at so worth $3.50.
All WRAPS ut cost;
CARPETS at cost;
RUGS at cost;
CASSIMERES at cost:
RED FLANNEL at cost;
CANTON FLANNEL at cost
SYCLE BROTHERS,
3l1 Broad street.
Branch House: 1929 Main street.
ia 12-eodlm
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HORsFORD's ACID PHOSPHATE FOR SICK
HEADACHE.-Dr n. S. Read, Chicago, says ::
IL think it is u remedy OF the highest val
ne in many forms Of mental and nervous
exhaustion, attended by sick headache,
dyspepsia, and diminished vitality"