Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-12-04
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
SUMMARY orfAcr AND ocssr.
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WASHINGTON, December s.~The Capitol
was not to-day ~ lively as Il has bceu s'nce
the opening Of Congress, and yet the
weather was exceptionally Cue. Tae sen.
ale. after considering an indisa btu. weHt
into executive session. The gallery OF The
House wa. not we'll hlIed. aud Mr.. Randall
found little difficulty N getting "the
Committee OF the whole" to take 40
and pas bis naval appropriation bill.
which gives Secretary Chandler an eco
nomical amount g. rlin his department
until the 3Olh OF June OF next year. II
was compliment % the ex-speaSer thd
no one on either side objected. There
was nothing In the appropriation ,h1
would enablc MIR. Chandler 10 give pre-
ference 10 his party In expenditures. The
House. II viii be remembered, did moi look
with favor on The bill OF last session api'r0'
pris,Irg millions for cruisers because Il
aid NOT care to give the Secretary OF the
Navy too much moncy.power. Our navy,
however. is poor one. and has no iron
clads.
North CAHOIINA MEMBERS.
Lacked a North Carolina correspondent
,o.ca, " bat he Thought OF the new delega-
lion ilom h,s State. He replied that the
delegation Is a good one. lie added that
the succ6 ssor Of Governor Scales Is son
of Methodist preacher. and that his grand
father Was also q minister Of the same de-
nomination. said he: - do not know a
better orator IN my state than Reed. Tho
was a collecC-lnatc OF mine"
PRESIDENT 1ACEsON's multiplication PRO
CfAsGTlON.
4 Union soldier. an cmployc Of the
House. who recently visited Richmond IN
The interest Of tie Confederate soldiers
Home. today showed me Jack>0n'S pro-
donation In regard 10 nullihcat0u. liwas
plinlrd on satin and was well preserved.
lie obtained It from a Southerncf.
uw PrBLIC-GyILDINCS BILL.
|, Will lc remembered that At The la,i
session oi congress very liberal bill Tor
The construction Of public buildings was
reported 90 the House. To-day the House
committee having this matter IN charge de-
tcrmnCd 10 appoint subcommittee TO re-
pori In favor OF leading ciiies. The idea i
flHf tff Uiti HtIfiOiblt lAffRAtfu 'AiiAfA
pass. The suggestion Of the committee
will include the Improvement OF the Rich
mond cu>toDI-house.
TIIE TARIFF AND INTERNAL REVENUE.
There are just a. many tariff procno,ti-
Gators a. there were here year ago, and
they predict al manner OF tariff reforms,
and yet the probabilities are that at >e>-
SION Of Congress that ends the 4th OF March
even the Republicans who want thrill modi-
GratiorS will not be able to accomplish any
Thing. The advocates OF interna-rcyenue
reform continue 10 think that they have q
chance II aLoishing the tax on tobacco,
lui ~ hen asked II they anticipate being able
TO wipe ont The internal-reyenue system.
iil,y reply in the negative. The trouble j.
that the House i 20 large that even the
most meritcTiOuS bills have q poor show OF
being reached. For example, the Mexican
pen>ion bill. at the last session, could have
been passed. but it could not get an oppOr.
tunity oi being considered. The House
WAY, and Means Committee will tomorrow
commence the consideration OF tarin mat.
tcr,.
TIE SENATE TODAY.
The Senate did not have quorum until
aftcrpraytr, to-day. Intact, there were only
= icW members pres ent when the chaplain
ofliciai,d.
Personal NEWS ITEMS.
Mr.. Morton. OF the stanton IWdjcoior.
was ii the House to-day. A number OF
newspaper correspondents will 20 to the
NeN orleans Exposition during the Christ
mas holidays. The desk OF senator Beck
was TO-DAY decorated with a handsome
floral basket. He is so sialwart Demo-
crat and has stood up for his
party 80 persstenlly and hravely IN
both the House aud Senate, that
granite decoration would have been more
appropriate. \ prominent citizen OF the
Valley. who j. here. saws that while II was
prcdirlcd during the late campaign by Lead
Ing Republicans in the iron sections of Nir-
gnia that The iron interest would suffer 10y
Tie election Of Cleveland and Hendricks,
the result shows that soon after the election
two furnaces. idle before. have gone into
successful operation. one OF these spe-
cited il Low Moor in Allegheny
county. and it has made Il better record
than ever before. and in fact better than
any other furnace in Virginia. The other
furnace 90 which he alluded. the ''Prin-
cess" at Wilton. in Hotctoun county,
shows ~ encouraging q record. IL j. run
ly northern men, and l. q new furnace.
The shipments of iron from these points
are heavy. and sustain the statement OF our
informant one Of the furnaces named has
recently invested -. 900 IN improvements
to increase the quantity Of production of
iron.
Mr.. CLENELANp's CABINET.
beard a Nell-iniormed southern con-
GRESHAM to-day say that Barbour, Of Nir-
giuia. will bc POstmaster-General. and
Garland. OF Arkansas, AttoTney-Gencral.
In response 10 the declaration that they
might not want the positions. he replied
Cleveland Will look after men who are
capable and do not seek the places"
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.
The House Appropriations Committee
has determined 10 push the appropriation
bills ana reduce the number of collection
districts.
Louisville wants another Exposition. and
aid will be a,kcdo Congress In furlheranct
Oi the scheme.
l. i, stated by senator George and other
that the negroes in the extreme south have
no fear Of being sold into slavery.
The senate to-day agreed 10 give Genera
Logan lao messenger for his com
mittcc.
The Democrats OF the House will hold ,
caucil, and determine what measures shal
bc passed
Mr.. Cobb. Of Indiana, SAYS he will push
the Immigrant forfeiture bills
Mr.. Mitchell. Of Connecticut, reiormer
SAYS the tariff cannot be reduced at thi'
session.
Representative Collins, Of Massachusetts,.
has charge of the senate bankrupt bill
which j. On the House calendar.
Representatives Nuttlng. Of New York
and llowey. Of New Jersey. want tariff
revision ut this session.
Government receipts to-day; lnierna
revenue. So 500 customs. $4Sj,33j.
Secretary Teller. of the Interior Depart
meni. and Postmaster, & enerall Hation, vii
90 to the New Orleans Exposition.
IHy Associated Pre~,.l
WASHINGTON, ~. G.. December 3.-Th,
iir>i meeting OF the Ways and Means Com
mi,ice th, session will ne held Tomorrow
ItIS expected thai the committee will thei
decide whether il j. advisable 10 report
faria bin during the present session o
Congress.
senator Mitchell has prepared and vii
tomorrow introduce bin granting pen
sion Of s., coo year to General Grant fol
life. beginning with the date Of his retire
mcni from the presidency.
Casting the Presidential Vote.
fBy telegraph Ia the Dispatch.i