The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-03-27
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
SUMMARY or FACT AND eossip.
Afssr the Caacas-rhc Morrison Bin Re-
saracd Dead-Ceionel o'FerraIi's Case
postponed-Persoaai News Items.

tfrom Our REGULAR Correspondence
WASHINGTON, March 26.-Thcre Is feel
ing Of relief to-day among Democrats. he,
cause instead OF being boisterous and In,
discreet the caucus last Eight was. as
telegraphed, deliberate and conciliatory
There was no wattersonism in Il, and IN,
few who sympathized with his ill.con
sidored and Incorporate dispatches did not
come to the front. The Randall men ar,
satisfied, because they were properly treated
by Embellishments differing from them
on tarifI agitation. They were granted
they say, all they asked when lief: free
10 vote and act as they deem proper. with
a due regard 10 the interests OF thei, con.
stituents. in reference 10 the Morrison hin
The Morrison mon do not wear a satisfied
air. but still they say the caucus endorsed
their bill. Their leader thinks that oIl
Democratic representatives are bound nv
the action OF the caucus, and declares i'm
substance that II their conSciences do not
bind them 10 vote with their party he does
not know what their conscienceS were
given them for. The Morrison men also
claim that there are a number OF members
for the consideration OF the Morrison bill
who will vote for it in the House, especial
IN il il is modified SO as to remove its more
Objectionable features. The feeling OF out
SidcrS generally, who are not rs sensitive
as representatives about expressing an
opinion. Is that the bill is dead, and
that there will be no tariff legisla-
ton this session, and no agitation
that win hurt the party to any considera-
bic extent. Representatives who believe
that the abolition OF the internal revenue
is paramount to all other schemes or mea-
sures before Congress do not feel that
their cause was helped by the action Of the
caucus last night. Said one OF them to-
day: 1t was union Of a living body TO
a corpse | met Judge Garrison and
Mr.. Hopkins coming out Of the House this
afternoon. and asked each separately what
he thought Of the action OF the caucus.
Judge Garrison said: II expected dis
order and acrimonious discussion, but all
went on tremendously, and | am gratified
that il was so. Il does not look to-
day." he added, 'as If the Morrison
bill can pass Congress, and | think that
in a week or two all Of the contention be-
tween Democrats that has been going on
for months will be forgotten in the i'm
terest which Randall and Carlisle men will
alike take in preparing for the presidential
contest" Mr.. Hopkins was satisfied with
the result, and said that he and those who
agree with him are left free to vote rs they
please. This is all thew asked. lie re-
garded the Morrison bill as dead, and
thought that tarif-agitation is no longer to
be dreaded. lie seemed greatly relieved
that the caucus was over, and that all par
ties had acted with so much discretion and
Cancellation.
THE AGRICULTURAL SIGNAL SERVICE.
Colonel Robert Beverly was before the
subcommittee of the House Agricultural
Committee to-day. He says he finds that
the full committee will unanimously re-
port in favor OF the agricultural signal
service bill. and will recommend the APP
propriations Committee TO provide for
carving il into effect in the Sundry civil
appropriation bill. II the Appropriations
Committee coucurs in this recommends
ton the bill will pass this session. The
difficulty. in the way Of reporting 1t as
an independent bill is that it would 60
on the calendar and have to take
chances OF being reached before adj
iOurnment. The House Agricultural Com
ulllltt his tCttu NVluuIi
saws. on all the agricultural bills Iecom-
mended by the National Agricultural As
ISOLATION. Ii will be remembered that the
agricultural signal-service bill provides for
supplying farmers and planters by tele-
graph several days in advance Of important
changes in the weather.
TUE O'PERRALL CASE POSTPONED FOR THREE
WEEKS.
The full House Elections Committee
further discussed this morning the report
OF the subcommittee in favor OF seating
O'Ferrali. At the request OF the sub
committee on the Wise-and-Massey case,
however, further action on the O'Ferrall
case was postponed until they had consid-
cred the case named, provided it does not
take them over three weeks. Two sub
committees viz, those in the Garrison
and O'Ferrall cases-haye heard the WHOLE
question of the illegality Of Auditor
Brown Aliens collectors and their depu-
ties discussed. They are also acquainted
with the other points, which are the same
as those in the Wise Massey case. The
subcommittee in the Wise-Massey case
have heard no debate OF any OF these
points; hence their request for the post
pOnement until they may have time TO eX-
O'Ferrall, who has pressed his case so
vigorously, should have to wait at least a
month longer before a decision eau be
reached.
THE EDUCATIONAL BILL-T0-DAY H0AR AND
VANCE.
The other day Senator HOar, in his
speech on the educational bill, sad that II
hereafter North Carolina shall lind herself
at the tail Of the States in respect to intelli'
gence, then we will not hear such speeches
as Senator Vance made on the same Dill.
To-day the bill came up, and Dir. Plumb
moved to recommlt it; whereupon Cover
nor Vance rose, and made an intensely
severe attack on Kansas and Massachu-
sets. He showed that North Carolina
has more schools and more schOoFteachers
than Kansas. He called attention TO the
fact that his State educated 10000 colored
children last year from money pald oy
white Taxpayers. He contrasted the slavery
records OF North Carolina and Massacou'
sets, and told an anecdote in inimitaole
style to illustrate it. Mr.. Hoar came back
at him, but was not equal to the task. sen
ator Jonas advocated the bin, and asserted
that after all the South has done for the
cause OF education il finds itself unable TO
educate its colored population without
Government aid.
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.
Government receipts to-day: Customs,
S705, 9S7; internal revenue, S246, 294.
There is to be an investigation, 1t Is
thought, OF the fact that the Oss'pe on her
trial trip the other day ran ashore near
Cape Henry.
The nomination Of Mr.. Sargent, now