The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-05-01
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
SUMMARY OF FACT AND GOSSIP
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from Our Regular Correspondents
WASHINGTON, April S0.-Mr. Hewitt, o.
New York, made lengthy speech on IN,
tariff to-day. HIS voice is not clear and Il
was difficult 10 catch all he said. He is an
iron-mauufacturer, and wants free raw ma
terisl. He argued that the labor OF The
country is not helped by protection. be-
cause protection leads TO oycr-production
and that to reduction Of wages. The
trades union, he contended, are the onl,
safeguards laboriag men have, and these
fail when the market Is glutted with IN,
products OF our manufacturing establish
mentS. lie alluded to the Pittsburgh strik,
OF recent date, which lasted four months
This, he said, was really a benefaction tc
the manufacturers, because IN TO that
time they had made more good,
than they could sell. He was n pro.
tcc,ioniSt himself for forty years. and
had changed his views. He was now for
moderate reform, and thought we ought
10 proceed slowly. lie closed with glow
ing picture OF the prosperity that awaited
the country under system Of tariff re-
form.
Mr.. Warner. Of Ohio. followed in n de-
fence of the Ohio platform. which received
the almost unanimous endorSatiOn OF the
Democrats OF that State. They won on il
last fail and will do 30 again. He was fire.
Qucnty interrupted.
Judge CulhCrSon, OF Texas. who is a
very able man, spoke IN support OF the
Morrison bill.
THE HOUSE POSTAL TELEGRAPH BILL.
The House PoSt.O Committee to-day
agreed upon 4 bill for the establishment O!
pOSta-tclegTaph system. IL provides for
contract system. and requires The Post
master General 10 advertise for proposals
10 send telegraph dispatches at rates not in
excess Of the following: For 20 words
exclusive OF address. date, &C.. &C.. 1900
miles or less, 25c. for each additional $50
miles. 81. additional No message OF 20
words. however, is TO cost more than Soc.
and night-me>SageS are 10 be sent at half
rates. Between New York, Philadelphia,
Boston, Baltimore, and Washington the
rates are 20 be 15c. The Postmaster. Gene
raj can extend the same privilege TO other
cities where distances are short. No
company can contract for less than 1000
miles. The whole country is to be sup
Piled with telegraphic facilities by the con-
tracing companies in fouryearS, one fourth
being required 10 be completed each year.
There is no provision IN the hill for the
construction OF any telcgraph-lnes by the
Government.
VIRGINIA MATTERS N CONGRESS.
The Senqte Committee on Claims to-day
reported in favor of paying Thomas =.
Morgan S4.S9S for work done in Norfolk
harbor. Ii seems that he forfeited his
contract. but his excuse was that he found
the soil hard instead OF soft. which rem
dered It impossible for him TO complete
the work according TO the terms Of the
contract with the Government. The same
committee reported adversely on the bills
providing for payment for Methodist Eri>-
cOpal churches destroyed at DumfrieS,
Falls Church. Fairfax Courthouse. and
Arlington during the war. These were
used for hospitals, dc.
BLAINE AND EDNUNDS-WHLIAN WALTER
PHELPS.
The correspondence between William
Walter Phelps. member Of the House from
New Jersey. and Senator Edmunds, was
given 10 the press to-day. 1t VIII attract
good deal OF attention. and intensity the
dislike that exists between Mr.. Blaine and
the Vermont senator. 1t having been
charged that Mr.. Blaine made money out OF
railroads while in the Senate, Mr.. Phelps,
his warm friend, stated in 4 letter to the
New York papers, in substance, that Mr.
Edmuuds had done much worse. This
led to the correspondence. Blaine'S friends
contend that he could have made terms in
the New York Convention with the
supporters OF Edmunds, but would not,
and that he asks no fayOrs Of him and vii!
accept none at his hands. The breech be-
tween them, which was very marked in
the Senate, will now be known to the
whole country. Mr.. Edmunds always
made il a point in the Senate in debate to
ignore Blaine and whatever he said.
Massachusetts Republicans opposed to Ed
munds are saying that be took the lead in
the removal OF sumner from the chairman
shlp Of the Committee on Foreign Rcla-
tons. blow from which he never recov-
cred The contest for the Republican
nomination is becoming more lively. The
Democrats can standit.
THE SHIPPING BILL II TIRE SENATE.
1t was predicted this morning before the
Senate met that a strong effort will be
made to strike from the House shipping
bill the tOnnage-taX. 1t is cOntendet that
il bears more heavily on American vessels
than on the ships Of rich foreign compa-
MES. Spain, they say, is the only nation,
except the United States, that now en-
forces il. Senators fayoring its abolition
cite the fact that this tax was abolished
by Congress in 1880, and Immediately an
impetus was given to the American mer-
chant marine. 1t was revived in 1862 during
the war. and ought to be wiped out now,
when the Government does not need the
81 800, 900 raised from 1t annually.
SENATOR BAYARD on THE TRADE DOLLAR.
| called to-day on Senator Bayard, who
is q member Of the Finance Committee,
and had a talk with him in regard TO the
trade-dollar bill. said he: " cannot see
why the owners Of these trade dollars have
any more right to demand standard dollars
for them than they have for their silver
teapots or silver bricks, il they had them.
The act OF February II, 1873, authorizing
the conversion OF standard silver OF any
owner into trade dollars intended that
they should be for trade and not for circu-
latiOn. The Government never paid one
or received one in any OF its Departments.
They were exported mostly to China. The
act referred TO made them a legal tender TO
the amount OF five dollars on any one pay
ment. In July %, 1876, the act depriying
them OF this limited lcgal-tender quality
became law. Up TO this date only fifteen
millions had been coined" said he, "and
these were sent abroad. Since then twenty
millions have been coined, and these are in
part held now in this country" The stand
ard dollar is a legal tender for any amount.
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