The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-06-12
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
SUMMARY OFF FACT AND GOSSIP.
Presidential Taik-nlaine and the Southern
Electoral vste-Thc River and Harbor


Ifrom Oar Regular Correspondence
WASHINGTON. June lit Is the judc.
ment oil Democrats in both houses that
Blaine and Logan cannot carry q single
electoral vote In the South. II makes yir.
ginians, North Carolinians, and West yir.
ginians at Washington smile when entbu-
siastic Blaine men wildly claim their States
for the Republican ticket. The proof tina,
the opposition 10 Blaine in the Republican
ranks Is already widespread and growing
Is fcrnished here every day. Correspon.
dents OF leading Republican papers who
were loyal to Grant, Hayes. and Garfield,
openly declare that they will not support
the ticket, and are anxious that Il shall
be beaten. There Is now q great deal OF
speculation among Democrats and Repub-
licans as 10 who shall be nominated bv the
former at Chicago. Bayard, Cleveland.
and Flower are most frequently MENTION
cd. A New Yorker said to-day that so
far the counties in his State give Flower
one hundred aud two delegates and Cleve-
land twenty-siX 10 the Democratic State
Convention, which will meet on the 18th.
All these delegates, however, prefer Tilden
10 either.
USDESERvED PRAISE FOR ARTHUR.
II is the fashion here in some quarters to
abuse Blaine and praise Arthur. Now,
can see nothing in Mr.. Arthur's political
course TO commend. His conduct towards
Virginia was enough to condemn him. but
there. rs Colonel Robert Mayo saws. he
used the patronage of his Office to help his
nomination at Chicago.
PERSONAL NEWS ITEMS.
Dr. Terrell, Of Orange, ex-member OF
the Legislature, was in the gallery OF the
House to-day. and looked well. lie was a
cdical student at Philadelphia during
the war OF 1912. The fact that Mr.. Blaine
had 10 he q pTohi5itlOnist in Name shows
tue importance OF taking q presidential
candidate from liberal State. His friends,
however, as an Offset, say he drinks whis-
key aud water every day. Good parlia-
mentarisns dissent from the ruling Of Mr.
Wcllhon in regard to the Hennpin ca
nal. Representative Buckner. one OF the best
men in Congress, is n candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Governor OF
Missouri, and VIII not be candidate for
Congress. Senator Edmunds informed
Representative Poland that he would do
all in his power TO get the House resOlu-
Moody, of Galveston, formerly OF Chester
field, said to-day that it would take seven
and half millions to carry out the Eads
system OF improving Galveston harbor
The Government system, he said. is worth
less. Senators Cameron, Bayard, Pende-
ton, and Hampton left for Lancaster, Pa,
this evening to attend dinner.
THE RIVER AND HARBoR BILL.
The bill FORGETTING the Immigrant OF the
Nicksburg. New Orleans and Baton Rouge
railroad had again to give way to-day to
the river and harbor bill. There was not n
great deal OF debate until the section
making an appropriation for the Hennepin
canal was reached. a point OF order was
raised that the committee bad no iurisdic-
ton over this canal because 1t is q new
legislation. The debate degenerated into 4
wTangle, and there were half-doZen
members on the floor at once. AT a quarter
past > the chairman, Mr.. Wellborn, OF
Texas, overruled the point OF order, and his
decision was sustained ayes, 103; noes, GO.
There was further debate on motion TO
strike out this section. Mr.. White, OF
Kentucky, who got in several speeches,
has occupied. il is estimated, as much
space in the Record on the riyer-and-harbor
bill as the rest OF the House combined.
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speaking. The motion to strike out was
lost-ayes, 90; nays, "a. There can be no
separate vote in the House, because the
section is not an amendment. A motion
was made to insert an appropriation OF
100000 for the Maryland and Delaware
ship-canal Mr.. Willis raised point OF
order, and il was sustained. The Chair
sustained the point OF order on the section
OF the bill which provides for Missouri
river commission.
VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA.
Virginia, with an extensive sea-coast,
gets, underline riyer-and-harbor bill, Sl62,-
600 for the Improvement OF her rivers and
harbors. while West Virginia, with no sea-
coast, gets $4,000. In fact. the Great
Kanawha is given more money than all the
rivers and harbOrs OF Virginia together.
West Virginia has member on the COM
mittee, while Virginia has not. Mr.. Car
Isle would have done more for Virginia by
giving her representation on the Commit
tee on Rivers and Harbors than If he had
made every one OF her representatives
cbairmen Of committees in which Viz
cinians have no practical interest. West
Virginia, however, did not get dollar too
much.
THE sENAIE'S SECRET SESSION.
The Senate was again in secret session
to-day, discussing the application OF the
secretary for $3.50, 900 to meet the expenses
of the neutrality act. The rum0r was
that he desired to obtain concessions from
Nicaragua in regard to the inter-oceanic
canal.
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.
The House, in Committee OF the Whole,
adopted all of the appropriations in the
river and harbor bill this evening, and 1t
will only take q balf-hour tomorrow 10
complete the bill.
The chairman OF the House Education
Committee saws his committee VIII De
reached Monday, and he will either move
20 fix day for the consideration OF the
senate education bill or to suspend the
rules and pass IL, as the committee at It's
meeting Tomorrow shall decide.
The announcement tn At MIR. Tiiden's let-
Ter az decljnation will be published to-mor-
row morning creates great stir here.
Commissions have been issued to the I0i-
lowing Virginia postmasters: w. ii. Jen-
nings. Irwin, Goochlaud; Mrs. Josephine
Woke. Berlin, Southampton; John Wea-
yer, Huffville, Floyd.
Government receipts to-day: CCstoms,
$50. O1S: internal revenue, S226,69a.
senator Johnston SAID to-day to re-
norter that il is absurd to talk OF Blaine
carrying Virginia. He believes that 1t Will
GO for the Democratic ticket by twenty-five
thousand.
IN see John Kelly and others about running
for the presidency.
H..