Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-07-31
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
TIE NEW OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
rAyoRABLE OPINIONS.
Eau rae,s About the Department o.
Justice River and Harcor-
Personal Notes
o.. ,,.sn,ar correspondent.l

r1o,ntment OF Mr. Jeuhs ev"s'sS " ~
veil received. A prominent virginia.
s.;s his morning :" know him very
v,ll. having served IN Congress With
him and known him sfserwsrd when be
Was Assistant Secretary Of the Interior.
lie Il not only & square nan Ia his deal
;ngs. but is most able lawyer and
man Of business. lie has frst-class
executive capacity. Mr.. jerks will
consider carefully every question sub
united 10 him, and his action in the
management of bis Office will meet with
approval among lawyers and thoughtful
people. lie is as firm as be is we'll
informed snd conscientious. This gen.
tlemsn thought that probably mr.
jerks vas the foremost lawyer oil
Western Pennsylvania.
In reference to the choice OF q north
GIL man attention is called to the fol-
loving facts The Attorney-General,
The solicitor. General. the Assistant
Attorney General, the Chief Clerk, and
TIE Pardon Clerk Of the Department OF
Justice, rs at present constituted, are
ali southerrsrs. The rejection OF Mr..
Goode and appointment OF Mr. jerks
leaves the four leading places o. that
Department in southern hands. This
Influenced the President, along with the
PAn-Eloctric business.
The Senate was IN secret session to-
Day in confirming Mr. jerks just
ope minute and half. The decision
Was unanimous.
Dir. TUCKER.
Something further should be said
than what bss already appeared in the
DIsIGfch in regard 70 Mr. fuckers re-
lstions TO the Solicitor Generalship.
Not being able to find Mr.. Tucker him
self, feel authorized by what his
friends ssy to restste some points that
have been Published. lie has at no
time desired the place. He said in
rriyate conversation only two or three
GAYS before the presentation Of his
r,me to the President that he would
not acceptth position, if Offered. After
his colleagues had taken action without
his knowledge he could not refuse an
Office which hsd not been tende red. 1t
IS well to state, however, that no man
is moro highly grstiied at the appoint
ment Of Mr. jerks, Of Pennsylvania,
than the distinguished gentleman from
Virginia.
RIvER-AND'HARB
Only part OF the agreement arrived
at last night in the river-and-harbor
Conference can be learned to-day. The
.onferrees are close-mouthed. But the
following facts msy be relied upon :;
The amounts under 100000 are no! to
be subject TO scale. The Mississippi
IMPROVEMENT is restored and the amount
appropriated is increased TO two million
dollars. This is two hundred and fifty
thousand less than the Senate bill
ard four hundred thousand more than
that OF the House. As to the ca
nails, Lske PoTtsge, Sandy Bay, and
Sturgeon Bay are accepted with modih-
cations. Hennepin gets three hundred
thousand for deepening and broadening
tie channel, bu. the extension down the
Mississippi is left for smother Congress
TO decide upon. Mr.. Willis, chairman
of the House committee, IS not
satisfied with the report, and
will sntagonize it on the floor.
Some OF the friends Of the measure are
hopeful, but the outlook is not ress-
suing. The Uennepin men, Of course,
are gratiGed but their Cause has been
heretofore 50 weak in the House IS not
to afford any rational hope that it will
aid the passage Of q measure that has
otherwise such load to carry. Messrs.
Carlisle, Randall, Morrison, and Holmsn
areal opposed to the bill still, if Chair
man Willis were not to antsgOnize. 1t
ON account Of the canal amendment the
prospects would be favorable undoubt-
eddy.
CANALS.
Mr.. Skinner, of North Carolina, con-
tends that canal Improvement will do
more than anything else TO hold IN
check railroad monopoly and reduce
ffe.ghts to the people. lie finds an In
stance in the canal near his own home.
Before it was dug the freight was double
What it is now, and, with complete
Water-nsyjgatlon IN all that North
Albemaile, section, freights would be
brought down to one-fourth the old
rate previous 20 canal days. Mr..
Skinner puts bis argument on two
grounds: /. That the waterways
should be improved upon the general
principle. .. That this is the best pos
sible interstate commerce bill.
Among the measures laid before the
House to-day by Mr.. Reid from the
Printing Committee was one looking to
reform in the cost of bill-printing. 1t
provides for an inquiry Of the Public
Printer into the cost Of the printing OF
the bills for the present session. It IS
remarked th.. this young and active
member has already secured considera-
bic reduction in cost Of printed matter
70 the Government. For their zeal in
this matter this committee was con-
spicuously complimented on recent
occasion by Mr.. Randall, who was at
TIE time fighting some Of their measures
The report Of the Commerce Com
mittee Of the House accompanying the
Substitute bill for Mr. Oroxton's, re-
ported by that committee yesterday,
contains letter from Commander Pick
esing for the Light House Board. The
report refers to letter from Mr.. Crox-
ton aud his bill, House Bill 1882, which
calls for an appropriation Of only sl5,-
900. The new bill appropristes s25,-
600 for q lighthouse st or near the
mouth Of the Great Wicomico. The
engineer OF the lighthouse district esti-
mates that il will cost s2j, 200 to build
the lighthouse in question. The letter
OF Commander Pickering shows the
urgent need for the light.
HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
The Judiciary Committee Of the
House is thus situated rs to the person
mel Of its membership with reference TO
future service in Congress. The chair
man, John Randolph Tucker, OF VIZ