Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-29

gross goes into the business Of making
changes IN the schedules. For several
years the customs officials, and indeed the
merchants of tho United state who do I'M
porting business. have urged That the Gus
toms laws be changed 10 SUIT the times.
The question Of uudcr-valuGtion has caused
40 end Of trouble. "A we'll rs the question
# appeals, and almost every month dele
gatiOns Of businessmen appear before the
Secretary OF the Treasury asking for deci-
slOus The law is not plain regarding many
points. aul until Congress takes hold Of
the matter and straightens out things the
difficulties Will remain. The hearings
which are now being gwen before the com
mittce are interesting. bat the prpbabiIi-
ties are that much of tins work viii have
t. BE- done over when the bill affecting the
schedules is framed.
M'SISLEYs IDA.
It was Mr. McKinley's idea 20 gather eX-
presslCus Of opinion in advance. 50 that
the committee might more mtelllccntly
frame II bill: butt viii be impossible 10
prevent other hearings after the measure
is framed. 10 acconpiis h anything ~ al
some reductions will have 10 be made, and
in every instance of this Kind the people
who are affected viii plead for more hear
incs. 1nev VIII not give uPii their pocket
books are touched. Nearly every man en-
gagged ga manufacturing wants 10 make as
large profit rs possible. aud Lc cannot see
Why hs particular line Of trade should be
touched. when many viii not Toe moiested.
During the last Congress hcSenate Com
mittcc on Finance took aniUmcnsc amount
OF testimony. all OF which viii probably be
printed ia order o. guide tho House COM
mitttle IN framing their bill.
NOT ~ LAsY MATTER.
It viii bc no easy matter for the Repub-
licans 20 satisfy oven the elements iu their
own party. much less the Conservative
tariil advocates IN tie opposing party.. \"
please The manufacturers IN the Now Ing
land and Middle States will dlsplcase the
agricultural classes IN the West and South.
Reports from Iowa. Wisconsin. the Dako-
tae Kansas. Minnesota. and Nebraska are
10 the effect that thousands Oi the farmers
IN thos" States who have been voting the
Republic ticket nearly an thor lives are
not only dishcaricned. but mad. Corn Is
SO low that IL J. hardly worth taxing to
market. aud ~ some States the farmers are
actually buruinc corn instead of coal n %
d much cheaper 90 do so. In South
Dakota thou Gnds Of the people arc actin
ally on the verge of starvation. OWING 10
the low price of granand the partlaliHlure
Of crops ont That way this year. The iarn-
efs are being loaded down with mortgage
and there ia general Dissatisfaction. n"
Republican party made tn" most lin'rH
promises in the campaign Of 1855. They
SAID thcy would get at tins sur
plus question zoo once. Nearly ail
the leaders advocated an extra SEES
sion a. Congress. All last spring II was
said that Congress would surely meet ODD
extra session mn October. The President,
however. backed out. lie oid rot want
the congressman about Washington amy
,mlicf tnan usual. he consulted has own
convenience and besides, he was airMd to
have his party face the rrSpon-ihllitt. For
political reasons they waited uhtil a'tcrth'
elections IN the Territories which lave
since been admitted into the lmou.
wasrLD.
The whole month of December has been
wasted. II viii Toe the first of February
before the rules OF the House arc adopted.
and they VIII not be adopted then u tn"
Rcpublrans attempt 90 buck and clS the
minority IA order to carry ont their
schemes for un-catIng southern Democrats.
Instead of attending strictly 10 the
business which the country demands
shall be transacted ~ the earliest
possible moment. Senator John Shei-
man and Bib Chandler and Hartford
Convention" Lodge are sitting mp 20 night
trying to devise plans 10 crush and h"-
initiate the South. Since that section got
rid of the radical and clrpet-bag govern
rIonts it has been golue ahead, and TO-DAY
there is loss distress among the laborer~ ot
the South than IN New England or ONO.
aud before these malignant mon
who are trying 80 STIR up rolitcJ
troubles down that way get through
with tins business they viii wish they had
never commenced IT.. 1henorthorn states
soil more goods in the southern States th1n
ever they did before. amt the bushes m
forests VAL come down hard on tho poli.l-
/ ci0us who attempt % interfere with the
cti-tiue peaceful order of things III tine
sunny South.
A sOrEY TIlZLE.
Il can be predicted safely right now that
the Republicans Who have control of tne
present Congress VIII mako sorry iiIzle
Of it before the adjournment next sun
MGR. They have attempted io bltc OF
more than they can chaV." The result Of
next Years congressional elections VIII
wipe away their slender majority ln the
Il Use and the Democrats viii undouht-
coly gain So many seats that Democratic
minority oi from twenty-five 10 forty
five NAV be looked for. With tho
exception Of Indiana the Democratic
representation IA Congress from the
northern and western States Is lower
now than u has been in slN Y,al~-loW %
thau IT viii possibly be again IN many
years 10 come.
I'm the last Congress the Democrats had
FIVE members from Michigan, four from
Iowa. three from Connecticut. and ONE
from New Hampshire. In TIN, Congress
they have only two from Michigan. one
from Iowa. one from Connecticut, anu mona
from New Hampshire. They los; three
districts IN Missouri which viii not
be lost next fall. Ohio Will be- re-
Distracted this winter. ana there
VIII be "a Dcmocratic gMn of ciglt or ten
congressman IN that State The Now o.
loans district. now represented by Mi.
Coleman. VIII bc redeemed. II S. Demo
cratic and was lost M 1888 On 20 scrai cii.
Cams VIII undoubtedly ho made next 'nll
in Michigan and Iowa, and also on Con-
meet cut. and probably m Massachusetts,
and New York. whore many Eepublr"ns
had hard pull. The Republican party Is
on tg.al now, and 10 VIII bee found wanting.
PROHIBITION.
Prohibition Will upset things drcadtu!ly
for the Republicans IN Iowa AID Kansas.
and the year 1890 IS going 10 be bad one
all along the limo for the Republicans.
Pension legislation alone Will cause them
the loss OF the House. u they keep thcr
promises 10 the Grand Army OF the kepup-
lie the farmers aud the taxpayers VIII
swine them from the face OF the earth, and
81 thcv don't fork over that surplus ~
per contract that i the way Private
DnlZcll. OF Ohio. puts it-thcy VIII have
hard road II travel. viewed from any
standpoint the poor old Republican party
cannot weather the storm tlAt - gamer
ing. There are breakers ahead IN every Ill
recton for the majority IN Congress.
NEGRo CANDIDATES.
The negro candidates 10Y Congress IN
1855 who are making contests before tho
House are. with one exception, very much
dowucast because the Conmittee on Flee
tions put their cases last on the docket
The exception is an Alabama case. and the
contestant probably has the weakest case
I'm the whole lot. There arc IL all seven
teen contests. and il is extremely doubtful
If any of them VIII be disposed OF IN the
House until tho second or short session.
There IS ten times more business oi IN /
portance before this Congress than can be
transacted. and 50 many schemes tor APP
propriating money ere pending that the
negro contestants wall be lost III the shut
fc.
CIVIL 81 HyICE.
Lots of talk is heard here at present re-
pGrd'nQ civil-scrVicc Investigations and
legislation, but il VIII Zoe nothing but talk.
Believers ia the humbug that they are
,ln,se1 m coil the merit system have F.