Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-23
" ASHINGT0N.
xYws NOTES AND GOSSIP FRox TIE
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
TIE Railread glng-The River and AAr-
bcr B.ll-oppositier 20 the Blair
ELL Personal

IRON our Regulsr Correspondent
WAsH1NGToS. d. c.. April o.
Tie main feSture at the Capitol to-day
wa the appearance Of Jay Gould before
The Csrtin committee. The announce
mtr, Of his appearance was hstter
ing.oard than BsrnuD's Jumbo
ever was. The sleepy people Of The
capi,sl bestured themselves early. and
al O'Clock it became necessary TO
barficade the corridor leading 20 the
committeeman and allow none bat the
favored few siih congressional honors
clustering about them 10 pass through.
The little nan with the big money
bags 80; BESIDE Chairman Cartia aud
oOmplacenjly answered the inierrOgl-
torres Of the committee when j. suited
his CONVENIENCE o. 90 so, while within
the House the blind ohsplAia prayed
lerg snd earnestly 10 ue2rly deserted
desks sgainst The worship Of money
bags and Tor a re;Gra Of the days when
men Nert not idolized Tor their pos
session Of illgotten gains. \ smile
played over congressional features a.
The 6eep-toned sentences Of the chap
lain rolled out IN sppesi foT manhood
that should hot gror opulent and laxu-
rioUs on The inserts o. the poor.
BIvTR AND HARBOR BILL.
The river and harbor bill occ1p IS
the time Of the House. Ii was the In.
preston earlier N the week that the
bill would be put upon It's passage to-
morrow. and to dispose Oft on tina, DAY
the regular order. which is private
bills. would be laid aside snd give i,
cieAr field. However, a snag has been
struck in the Nonongabsla river. which
has thrown all calculations awry. The
Pennsylvania delegation insists o.
81 amendment that Is claimed 20
be g sole benefit 20 a private
corporation. Tbs has provoked 81 W.
Warranted amount Of ols, lssi0n, which
has been permitted 20 encompass the
labor problem. In fact. the dire dis
tress OF the miners Of pennsylvanis has
been rtcits4 in detail. while the Key
stone delegation has retal ated with the
street-car troubles m other States.
Hon. 4. J.. BOYLE, Of Pennsy lvs0s,
and Hon. A. :. Hewitt. Of NeE York,
stand o1t prominently - opposiag
glsdistors IL The Moaorgahals struggle.
The delay thus oocssioned viii ~
doubt lead those who have pri-
vaie bills pending 70 Insis; on
tie regular order tomorrow a1i
throw the fnsl disposition u the riveT
aDd hAIbor appropriation over into next
week. in thi, connection u may be
stated hat Hon. !. II. Murphy,
CHAMPION Of the Hennepin-osnai
screme. claims 70 have made q canvass
OF d. House and discovered 4 majority
or sixty iu d, favor. les enthusiasts
u,uteTs place The mtj Jointly a. eighteen.
Thee D. ii,ls reason 70 doubt that
observation-disclosures poll
q has betn llstrCueutAl .n securing
~, icszJi.
BLAIR BILL.
II IS slowly dawniag on the minds Of
tie friends Of the Blair educational 5lli
that vlli never get beyond the limits
OF ite couu.-t,ee-fo0m. TIE E3l-s-
tioral Committee has bad the subject
uoCtr consideration. bat 80 much cppo.
siton hss developed among tie men
bers that j. nav be considered dead
issue With them FOR tie future. They
vi, however, take II up al the meet
IT. tomorrow, bat u vii be nothing
more than q Formally resulting IN
nothing. The Labor Committee. which
hha The Willis bill before j., Is ~
about The same plight. Hoa. ". 4.
HAYES. Of New Hampshire. . member
Of The committee who is IA favor oft1e
MEASURE. informs me that the DISPOSE
ton 20 hang the matter ~ permeStes
8 ma erity Of the committee, and that
tie principal o5strucuoulst is prODi-
neat IrcInian who, strange TO relate.
j. c1e1itt5 with the authorship Of the
Virginia Democratic platform, II which
the B,Au bill was endorsed. The
friends Of The measure must bring 81
the influence they possess upon Con-
grtss q The measure WI be l0s;.
FOOD AuULTEKATION.
The COMMITTEE Oh the Judiciary to-
CAY concluded that il vas beyond tie
functions Of The nited States Govern
ne-t % prevent The Gd4lteraton Of
food outside the Disuic. or L0lgmoia
Apd tie Territories. and consequently
reported back the severAi bills OF tina
subject 70 the House with the recon
nendaupu that they lie on the table.
TIE report was drawn W By Hon. ..
Randolph Tucker, and .s6e, the ground
that The prCh biiion Of The maauiscture
Of bogus AM sdulteraied food belongs
exclusively 10 TIE police powers Of the
ssyeIll Ststes that Congress can miu-
gate tie eyil through Us constitutional
poEer u regulating Interstate com
meIce and imposing taxes, bat N no
Other way. This vieE Of the matter
susiIins the bill being prepared by The
Agricultural Committee. The substance
Of whicA has been published II tbs
Itsy cfct.
The judiciary Committee has also
dee, ed TO report adversely on al
tbe ioiat resolutions for a constlt1-
tiCnal amendment allowing the Presl-
dent 10 veto separate items IN sPPro-
VIisiiou bills without interfering with
tie Others.
J1dge william J. Robinson, Of Char
losesvils. - ID the city on legal busl-
ness before he S0preme Court.
The Senate yesterday passed up
ward Of 400 pfivA;s pension bills
vhich were engrossed last night and
presented 10 tie House committee FOR
ouiAIison.
AuStbcs rrh.e of be western >Trtkcs.