Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-07-14
WASHINGTON.
vIRG,yrASs URGING THE RESoMiSA
T,oN OF Mr.. oooDE.
Interview with the rresident-specuia
,kons-In,ernsl Revenue Matters
Personal Notes and Briefs.
,yrom our Regular Correspondent

that he was unaNOiuaoiy uesauiei "
committee meeting. The President re-
ceived these gentlemen very cordially,
and heard their statement in favor Of
renominating Mr.. Goode. lie said that
be bad not yet received any notification
of the action Of the Senate. OF course
nothing definite was expected, and the
promise Of the President to give the
matter due consideration was all that
vas looked for at his hands.
If the Senate's action is reconsidered
it can only be by some member who
voted against the nominee changing his
vote. The matter will be open for two
executive sessions. The difficulty is in
Learning which Of the senators adverse
70 Mr.. Goode has seen any reason since
bis vote was cast TO reconsider his ac-
ton. There are four senatoTs--Messrs.
Mitchell, Plumb, Riddleberger, and
Van Wyck-by whose abs,eution the re.
suit was achieved, who, if they were to
get smother opportunity, would probably
support the nomin alton. find among
some gentlemen a belief, apparently
not based on information, that the Pre-
sident will not continue to press the
name Of Mr. Goode. Others still think
that il will he unnecesssry-thata mo-
ton 10 reconsider will be entered and
carried by bare majority. Besides
the names mentioned yesterday, | have
heard those Of Hon. Daniel e. Fowle,
OF Raleigh, and Mr.. W. l.. Bragg, Of
Alsbams. The former was a csndi-
date for the place when Mr.. Goode was
appointed. II is not believed that
Judge Fowle will be pushed for the
nomination, at least at present.
The House devoted the dav to mea-
sures from the Ways and Means Com
mittee. The following bills were
passed House bills SjS5, 1898, 1888,
5000, and 9653. House bill No. 1927,
after the passage Of the above, was
called up by Mr.. Morrison. Mr..
Dingley made a point Of order that the
bill was not in order, as it affected the
raising Of revenue. Messrs. Cabell, Of
Virginia; Reid and Cowles, of North
Carolina, and Breckenridge, Of Ken
lucky, contended that no point
lay against the bill. Blu. the
Speaker sustained the point. Mr..
Morrison said that the measure would
come up in Committee Of the Whole.
Tho bill reduces the number Of internal
revenue officers and provides more
economical administration Of the inter-
ual.reyenue laws. IteXemptS such dis
tilleries as mash five bushels Of grain or
less per day from the supervision Of
storekeopers and gsugers.
Among the bills which passed this
afternoon was Mr. Wise's, to provide
for the inspection Of tobacco, cigars, and
snuff, and to repeal section 1851 of the
Revised Statutes. The committee
amendment to this bill provides that
manufactured tobacco, snulis, and
cigars may he removed for export to a
foreign country without payment of tax
under regulations made by the Com
missioner Of Internal Revenue, with the
approval Of the Secretary of the Trea-
sury. The act takes effect on the first
day Of the second calendar month sue
ceeding that in which it is approved.
Colonel w. II. IL. COwles, member
Of Congress from the Eighth district OF
North Carolina, asked Mr.. Morrison
what would be done with certain mea-
sures for the repeal or modification of
interDal-revenue laws. The chairman
of the Ways and Means Committee
promptly replied that as to the repeal
Of the entire system he was personally
opposed to what he called "au absurd
proposition under existing circum-
stances. But" he added, 50 am
in favor Of the bills for abolition Of
the tax on fruit-brandy and for
reduction Of the number Of store
keepers in the small distilleries.
| will 10 everything | can to secure the
passage Of these measures, and think
they can be passed at this session."
Colonel Cowles is sanguine that some
thing will be done in this direction in q
few days. 1t is the latter bill which
the Speaker ruled out Of order to-day.
Mr.. Reid, of North Carolina, secured
the passage to-day Of his bill appropri-
atipg 100000 for the completion Of the
public building at Greensboro.
Collector Shepard has been to see
the Commissioner Of Internal Revenue
to-day with reference to the change Of
the location Of the Office in the Sixth
district from Staunton TO WarrentOn.
lie is hopeful that the removal will be
made. He urges that Warrenton is
the more central point, and he meets
the objection that the bulk Of the busi-
ness is transacted at the presen. place
by SAYING that it is conducted largely
by correspondence, and may therefore
be as eiIectually carried on at Warren
ton as at Staunton, # not, indeed, more
so. There is very strong opposition to
the contemplated change.
Senator Butler, of South Carolina, Of
fered an amendment to the river and
barber bill this afternoon which pro-
poses to reduce the appropriations to
Sl0, 200, 600 and leave the control Of the
same in the hands Of the President and
the Secretary Of War.
PERSONAL FONTS.
Colonel Fred IL. Smith, Of North
Carolina, is registered at downtown
hotel.
Mr.. Stephens, Washington cOrre-
spondent of the st. Louis Globe Demo
cTaf, will 60 South in few days to
make a special study of the cotton
question. lie will stop at some point
in Southside Virginia, at Tarboro,
Greenyille, GoldsborO', Wilmington, and
Charleston, IN the two Csrolinas, and
will consider the labor movement, as
well as cotton-production and -msnufac-
ture.
Messrs. Bell and Marlborough, OF
Wilmington, \. c., arc in the city.
Marshal Boykin, Of South Carolina,
is here.
xIIx. CONGRESS,