Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-07-07
In A HOLE.
TIE REPUBLICANS AND THEIR suBsrl.
TuTE FOR TIE MILLS BILL.
Easier Said Than pons-in Tight March
ing der-Qaarabt ine-Per-
scnsl Notes
IFrOm our Regular Correspondent


WASHINGTON. u. C., July G.--The Repub-
llcsn members OF the Finance Committee are
laboring over the task thew have undertaken
81 preparing substitute for the Mills bill.
As matter OF theory u seemed simple
enough. hut when they began The actual
preparation OF the hill aud got down 10 The
details II was found that there was a great
diversity OF opinion among the Republican
senators ~ 10 the leading features Of the
measure The difference between the eastern
snd western senators hiss so far proved ir-
icc0ncilahle. II Is SAID the adjournment OF the
Senate Yesterday over 10 Monday was for the
purpose Of allowing time for an inheritance
81 views among the Republicans. strenu-
Gus effort will bc made 10 agree upon some
thing that msV be put ioTwsrd rs q substi-
tUte for The House hill but what II will be
J. ~ yet very uncertain. senators Morrill,.
Sherman, Aldrich. aud llBcock, the eastern
members ~ the committee. might fix W. a
hi IN suit themselves. bot Il would hardly
De satisfactory 10 their western colleagues.
Senators Allison and Jones, 10 say nothing OF
other Republican senators IKE ingalls,,
Plumb. Henderson, snd stockbridge.
The advent Of hot weather and the re.
ported appearance Of yelowfeyeT in Florida
has stimulated Congress 10 action looking TO
Che Improvement Of the quarantine service.
The House Committee on Commerce In re-
porting tay0fably The bill for that purpose
uses the following language: "Tbe Commit
Tee cannot TOO earnestly urge upon Congress
the necessity Of making ample provision for
this imporiant service. Heretofore It has
been the custom Ia wait until an epidemic
Lad become ApRfsnt IN this country. and
then 10 mske an appropriation in spasmodc
haste. - be expended by the President in
preventing its spread o. an enormous
cost, when judiciOus and timely
expenditure q small sum would have pre-
vented is introduction. The committee are
OF opinion that the stations provided for are
q vital and pressing importance, and there
fore recommends the passage OF this bill. y
In reference 20 the Cape Charles station, II
ssys: This station Is necessary for the
quarantine service 81 the District OF Colum-
lila, Virginia, and Maryland. In the latter
Slstc thereis asmal, p0Oriy'cquipped station
~ Haekins's Point, on The Patapsco, below
baltimore; but no protection Is afforded the
Eastern Shore u Maryland nor the point be-
tween the bay aud the Potomac. All points
an the Potomac, Rappahann0ck, and james
rivers are now without quarantine facii-
ties other than the temporary station
At the Capcs" The appropriation re-
commended for Cape Charles Is $4,000.
Chairman Tillmsn. Of the Reading strike
committee, saws that owing 10 The yolnInl-
nous testimony 10 bcexsmined il is proba-
Pile that the report will not he flushed
in tine for presentation this session.
If will ~ over 70 December. The depend
emf pension bill will probably share the
same fate. although the Republicans viii
endeay0r 20 call 10 W. aud pass il before
adjournment Hr. Richardson, chairman
~ lhec0mmiiiee that investigated the Public
Printers Office. Is preparing biz report,
which Is expected 20 be used as Democratic
ammunition in The campaign. The In
veetigatiOn turned out 10 be boomerang
for the Republicans Speaker Carlisle was
foo unWell 10 he IN the chair TODAY
The members u the House generally APP
uurrd IN Tight marching order to-day.
Summer fabrics Of the thlnnCst material
seemed n be I'm favor. Among others,
Thouas Reed The Republican leader. dis
r.orted bis leviathan bulk In seersuckcT
.uit That looked like II bad seen service for
several summers.
The Deputy COMPTROLLER OF the Currency
lesvos 10 day on leave OF absence for bic
home ia NirVnia.
nlr. Dabuey Harrison, oi the Geological
Survey, is visiting Winchester.
The Corean Embassy have decided 10
frnd their summer al the Warm Springs.
s pOst-otlice has been established At Bier
helm. AlbemHle county, Va. John W.
Bi,hop, postmaster.
The olliciais Of the Newport. News and
Mississippi. Valley say that the business OF
the road ha. been very large for the past two
weeks. On Monday last the east'bound
traffic nom Louisville WAS greater than for
any entire week in 1887. The passenger
bu.inc~s has been greatly augmented by The
tFS'7'l to the eastern cities and summer re-
sorts. The freight traffic has also greatly In
creased. and when the bridge over the ohio
40 Cincinnati L. completed they expect to dis
vert The bulk Of grain shipments from the
western states TO Newport New.