Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-12-12
A LIVELY DEBATE.
ZEE DISCUSSION OF THE TARIFF AND
TEE plKEcT-TAx BILL
Democratic oSsrgss sna Republioan Do
Wants Infermatioa-Talk
Aboat the cabinst-PeT-
t0nai Items.
30 o. Rernl.r Corre.sondentl

From Our Regular Corres9ondentl
WASHINGTON. December n The tariff 10
che senate aud the direct tax IN The House
excluded an other business to-day. The
Democratic senators have been criticised
rather harshly 10 certain quarters for not
making q more vigorous opposition 10 The
substitute bill and the fact that they nave
had 30 Htilc 20 ssy heretofore has aisO been
commented uDOn. I0-day the Democrats
pulled t1emseiyes together. and the De ate
was an n'crc.ling one. hessrs. Vest, Cor
man,.sna Mcpherson pitched into the Ec'
g,Ssyans 10 q Lively way. aud charged tDat
t6ss/ biu pending bad been framed
for csmnsign purposes Mcssrs. Alh'on
and Aldr.ch were indlQnsnt and dcnied thai
they had acted az politicians 10 drawing up
The biN. There 10 one str9ngc thing about
the conduct ~ the Republicans m dealing
With the amendments. apd It j. that a.
though some Of the western men insist that
they viii vote 10 make reductions wherever
thCy consider them necessary. ihey are
not doing 50 vet. bot seem 10 De voting al
together ~ 10 there were strict party aeroe-
mont that $50 amendments offered by The
Democrats should be voted down. la
fact. Nr. sherman has declared in
his speeches thai tlc Republicans inteud 10
puf the hll through Just 80 Il came from
the committee, and Mr. Allison SAYS he ex-
poets 70 vote ior certain amendments, but he
apparently Is not going 20 do 20 until the
Finance Committee pssscs upon tho amend
meut'. This IS conducive evidence that the
frsmcTs % the bal Will be careful 10 DO no.
thing calculated 10 dlsp ease The men who
put up lhe money needed by Quay's cou-
iDittce 10 run the campaign, and Senator
McphersOU, IN abiding 10 The Republican
victory az the potts, sid that the methods
used 10 VIA the election we're disgraceiul and
disrepuiabe.
WANTED INrOnNAUoN.
Represontatiyc Rogers. ~ Arkansas. has
introduced q resolution IN The House calling
upon The Attorney.Genoral f)r information
regarding The expenditure Of money paid 10
United states narsh1ls. 10 seems that IN In
nOsation hes been made upon the loDg-es-
tahlishcd lnw, and The practices 0f COmpirOl-
lcT Durham have been sucb fbst there has
been "a constant friction between the Comp.
troller's oGice aud TIE Department Of Justice
81 10 bow the money shall De
paid. Then the House Committee on
Appropriations puts Ia proyiso That prscil-
caly ties upaaout $500. LOCO ~ the fuli amount
Appropriated Ter running The court. None
oi The deputy lnsrsbals who served az the
poll. during the rccrut election have yet
been pad. Were thrse bills 10 he paid The
courts would have 10 stop n is Understood
also that many 81 the regular deputy mar
shlls have accounts thst have been Standing
for nearly two years. TINS is particularly
trne OF North Carolina and Arkansas, where
deputies have bad 10 20 long distances
to serve wriis ana ~ make ar
rests Most - the deputies are poor
men, and they can't sford 10 pay an the cx-
ueuscs and then have 10 wal 70 long for their
money. The House Judiciary Committee
Vill probably report back the resolution ~
Sir. Rogers tomorrow Rnd 10 q short while
thc whole matter will he Strengthened, and,
after communication Is received IRON the
Attorney General, the Appropriations Com.
Witt"f viii be asked 10 make TIE Item more
epecilc, and steps will bee taken To- prevent
any embarrassment 10 the courts. ltis VERY
serious matter aud demands prompt alten-
ton
TBE DIRKCT.TAX Bill.
Mr.. Oates, Of Alabama, to-day consented
% withdraw bis amendment a. the direct
tax bHl relating o. the acknowledgement
fluid, as ho Is convinced that IL viii be ruled
ON. Many members regret this. az IL VS.
hoped that this amendment would be edopt
"a and thus relieve Congress 81 a mass Of
private claims which come zap AZ each ses.
sion.
There arc no Indications 81 Gibuslering
against The direoi-aX bin, aud the general
morrow. Although not authorized h. ssy
what the President wall do, many members
seem tn think that he will veto Tie bin when
70 reaches him. The debate on the hil has
been an Interesting one, and was inter-
tnersed here and there to-day with a suecch
tnat hal d good deal of politics in 1t.
VIRGINIA REPRESENTATIVES,.
Representative O'Feral Of Virginia, Is
euil confined t0 his residence with rheuma.
tisu.
IL IL reported here that Representative
fOst. ~ Virginia, will Dc urged 10 apply foe
the position u collector OF internal revenue
for the district In which he resides, or M
other words. 10 succeed Captain Ham Shep-
herd. II is said, however, that Mr. Yost
docs no. especially desire the place II he
could ret %. and we've be to be q candidate
Malone would bitterly oppose him.
Congressman Bailey Browne and Bow
leu, The OulV Republicans from Virginia IN
Che next House, are alre1dy receiving
numerous letters from constituents who want
Oh be appointed postmasiers under the next
Administration. The probabilities are that
Mcssrs. Browne and liOwden will have more
to do with controlling the patronage OF Nir-
ginin than Malone, unless the latter should
De able 10 impose upon Harrison and Get
into the Cabinet. few 81 the Virginia
Republicans who hsve been here within the
rs,t week seem 90 think inst Malone u going
into the Cabinet, but The average Republican
from other states laughs NJ the yerv idea, As
mot many Of them lake any stock In toe
ex-senator Some 90 the most prominent
Republicans have been heard 10 remark here
'hat Malone bu, ALWAYS done their party ten
times more harm ban good, and IL they could
haye tbesav-so they would Danish Msh0ns bv
giving him foreign mission oi the second
class. Malone has some friends, however.
aud there are evidences hiatt they are working
ike besVefs 30 GET him In tho Cabinet IA
Postmaster. GcRsrsl. IL doesn't seem pOSsi-
PIE. though. Tor him 10 get such IN honor, as
if rs thought that Mr.. ClarksOu, OF Iowa,
viii get that place. The indications point
mofe strongly 60 General Nathan Con, Of
West Virginia. as the representative In the
Cabinet ot the southern Republicans, and II
re- sets ANYTHING Il will be tho secgetaryship
OF thc navy.
senator Riddlcbcrger. " Virginia, re-
ufued 90 the city this afternoon, aud is stop
ping 81 tho Metropolitan Hotel.
Charles ". Allen, sun rlntendent Of the
postoiice and custom-house construction al
llclmoud. ~ at The 81 tropOhian.