Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-19
A GREAT QUESTION.
rnE REPEAL OF TIE rosAccorAx
vireis;s Republicans After the Position
Of pOOrksspsr OF the Heuss-clsve-
land--Peysonal
From our Regular oorresponaentl


WASHINGTON, February lS.--The repeal Of
She tobacco taxes Is the ivellest question now
before Congress, and unless a measure Of this
Kind IA passed nothing will be done thus ses.
sion In the way Of reducing the surplus. II
the matter can ever be voted upon IA the
House there Is scarcely doubt that the
tobacco taxes will 90. The Virginia
and North carolina members, a. well As
others from the tohacco-growing States.
have been up aud doing for more than
Two months. and they have every reason
20 believe that they will succeed unless snap
Judgment Is taken. Members who are op.
resed 10 the repeat oi The tobacco taxes will,
) p believed. resort 10 Ghbusterlng tactics
rliher than Iet Mr.. Randall score a victory.
IL the tobacco taxes are repealed u will be
considered Randall victory, and that would
almost break The hearts o. Mr.. Mills aud bis
Democratic associates on toe Wsys and
Means Committee.
Represenlaliye Lee, Of Virginia, has been
confined 10 bis house for more than a week
with sickness. tie Is not dangerously III,
hut IN 100 weak condition 10 attend 10
bDsnfs%
Colonel O'FerraIi has been home for two
or three dsys. but returned this afternoon 20
Washington.
u is reported here nOg that ex. Congress
man Harry Libby. 81 Virginia, Is anxious
o. serve his party snd his country ss Door
Keeper Of The next House. The friends on
John e. Brown, a. virginia, have been
pushing him for this place. but IS The latter
failed 10 vote on The Smaii--Eihott csse and
was not even paired. many Of The Repubii-
can members have "eOured" on him. Me-.
Libbcy Il better known than Mr. Brown, and
~ The Virginia Republicans, who seem 10 De
reaching OHt Tor everything, want 20 bog The
doofkeepershp. they bad better lump tDem-
selves 10 the interest OF the Norfolk man..
Congressman McComas, Of Maryland, can
not Do made 10 believe that his candidate,
Adams, OF liagcrstOWn, can be beaten for
DOofkecpcr.
Although the ls'cst Cabinet slate that has
been fixed up Includes the name Of Warner
Miller, Of New N0rs. for Secretary ~ hgri-
culture. some Of that siatcsmln's friends say
that be Will not have the place. lie wants
the Treasury portfolio or nothing. One 81
the latest names presented for secretary 81
Agriculture Is tbst 81 Hon. George Hires, %
New jersey. MI llirrs IS now sewing his
second term iu Congress, aud h. one 81 TIE
most prominent Republican members OF The
House Committee on Agriculture. he owns
several big farms in ME state. aud IS also
largely interested IN The manufacture OF
glass. H. IS a practical farmer. sni would
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Tbc President Is not receiving cabs from
conqres.men this week Mr. Cleveland ,.
busy aud Wgnts to devote au his time rnd
attention 4, routine affairs. Toe i9ct ot ihe
matter Is not m9nv people arc calling at t1e
White House those days, anyway. The
statesmen never have much Use Tor mau
who is about 10 go oui Oi Office; and a- Mr.
Glcyeaud's sun is about ID sink forever be-
hind the soup turfen they are not disap-
pointed ~ not having cbsnce 10 chat with
hin this week
The senate. regardless ~ the appeals OF
nearly every TREND the gentleman has in
this Town, ,till refuses 10 COuiirm the nomi-
nation Of Mr.. Hugh :. Thompson 10 be a
member Of The tivi service Commission.
n il being argued IN behalf u Mir. TbomD-
son that be Is very poor and viii have no
thing after be j. removed as Assistant recre.
tary Of the Treasury. II a man who is yet
etrOug aud active and who has been IN such
Irresponsible position as bc holds now can
not get a good business Job he has made
poor use az Dis opportunities. Few cons
gressmcn have any regard for The ciyilser.
vice humbuC. even though they viii not re-
peal the law, and the Republican senators
are not apt TO tx snug berth for south
Carolina man.
Something like I0O dudes blow in this
Gaveiy Company here. This aggregation oi
feminine beauty vii play line week al the
National Theatre. The dudes who have
been attracted are from New York, Boston,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, and sOule have acta-
ally come over from London.
Congressmau-Eicct WHEY, az Buffalo, \.
y, who ran 80 much ahead OF his ticket aUd
cot elected In Republican district, Ia here.
and is one OF inc brightest young men who
wall beip 10 shape legislation during the next
two years. he Is extensively Interested in
Florida properties, and goes down 10 the
land OF flowers and oranse-groyes quite re-
quenty. Mr.. Wiley l. sill asngie man, ADD
is what Washington msmmas would regard
rs a good catch.
Among the names found on the Meiropot-
tau register Yesterday and to-day are those
Of Hon. j. Horace Lacy, Of Wilderness;
George II. POmdeXicr, Of Richmond; Lee
s. Oyermau, OF Salisbury, n. e.; j. h..
scales, Of s;aiesyllle, \. c., and q. +. OAR
nell, OF Virginia.