The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-23
THE TARIFF DEBATE.
ESTIMATED THAT 1T WILL LAS
ABOUT FIVE WEEKS.
Growing Opposition In the senate to the
Lodge Force Bill-AIeNandrians Who
want to he Retroceded-Cong ssionsl
and Washington Notes.

/ WtsHiNoroN. -. C.,July % Special -
/ About the lowest estimate Of the time 20 be
consumed by the tariff debate j. five weeks.
That would carry The session nearly TO the
end Of August. Meantime the River and
/ IIarbor bill must be passed or permitted TO
I go over until after the disposal Of the tariff.
/ Besides there are the Original Package bill,
F the Bankruptcy bill, and several appropri-
alton bills, and conferences yet TO be
disposed of 10 say nothing Of the EleU
| tion bin. There Is a growing impression
| that the election bill will be abandoned By
/ the senate. Each succeeding day develops
more determined opposition 10 the measure.
'lhis opposition comes directly from Repuh-
| LEANS Now the business interests Of the
North are beginning 10 make themselves
heard, and ia manner not 10 De misun-
dcr-tood or ignored Before the storm Of
opposition that Il now steadily gathering in
the North, statesmen Il the Reed stamp
Will quail and sneak 90 the rear. Repre-
sentative llarmcr. Of Philadelphia, who
was dragOoned into voting for the
bin now expresses regret aud SAYS he only
desires an opportunity to correct the error
be- was led into. lie SAYS that during the
last few days he has been among the husi-
ness men Of Philadelphia and that all OF
them. without regard tO political sentiment
or atliatiOn, oppose and denOunce the elec-
ti0n bill as unnecessary and irauzht with
great mischief. I'm the quiet. but effective
manner in which business men move they
are now taking steps % apprise the
senate OF the length, depth and breadth OF
their hostility 10 this measure and II %
shall fail To- Kill the hin outright. IL Will at
f..f
tiOn of substitute that VIII De compara-
lively feeble and harmless.
DISSATISFIED AIrNANpRrANs.
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denied tho ri.bt f0 assert in fne apurupriate
udicia, tribunals the unconst!tuti0naiity oil
thr act of Congress. auJ are mot permitted
t0 have ur enjoy the olu4l ri-ht-. uriAi-I
lc.e- and advantages which belong o. them
as cif-<0u- % tl,. District rf Columbia.
The, rr.t ion the rcf,1lof the act otr,tr.-
c,--i1n. iud il.ttht petitioners Doe restored
II, ain tt,ir ri.lt- in fu. District. Thi, pe-
ftion j.. ~i-red lva abost four hundred ciii-
lan. of Alexandria. som. of whom ar. lead
inc merchants and business m.r.
The it1 tbst take, would bs lower.
and that tf. county would obtain
rralt len,ff from Government ar
,,r.nria,ion. far uiif,li,. work. and imurO,r.
maif- seem, 10 be- M tba bottom Of tli,
movement. 10 snort; t seems lo 6e ihe
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lDe irlrno' ol ihr House substitute loI
ihe original package bii mustered lh lpIct
strong enough to adopt Do To-Day. bNi Do VIII
almost surely bee rejected bY the senate. /
The 0ld and ahl. lawyers no the senate are
NOT willing to confer such extreme IoWers
over commerce ul on lhe states ~ lhe
House proposes. ~ j. MOI luilI"'tole lndl
ihe result Win iIls dlneIehce 'l
opinion between l"e TWO hou9es' Hia!
'r lhe utlttl "l "I ir-i7idu,H
% upset me oIl-lhal pachd-e deci9l'n7' ll
l- llne ol beg ,lalion WnIcn tne senate en-
tiers upon win hesitation, ana raihef IMAM
run lhe FISH "i Htnln- I"l n"lleI N"i,e'
iht senators lhd! determine io lti lhe >d-
IIITt decision ~ mo- lNI me fI
al least
VIRGINIA CROP EEfohIs'
The .rYl, re.ort Of tha Agricultural d..
..srfm1uf .t1t,'. that corn il ,,ap.r,lI, J,ip.,
t,.l in Xir.irio In some counties r.ularf-
in.r wa. necessary. buf tho crlu il rro.sre,,-
ir., .sti-ftot,rilv In Uonrico csilut, bad
..',,,- ,r. rouorfad ov.in., ~ coal weather
at nlantiuc time and tae wire worm. IN
BrunsNick There wer. poor stands. and the
wire worm WAS Very destructive. I'm Prince
o,aor-e fine Ludl.ng worm j., doine much
DAMAGE. I'm Pulaski rain i, needed. Inal
o,bar counfie. r.uort, are eucouroeiu.
Gatfan it. Vtr,inia is above tbe ayerage.
Other virginia crop reports are as ioi-
.'Ne' " neat me- continued l' grpIrci"'.
J." t'Iil 9li't t"e i'1l IT, l'i.' u"s S..'-
l'Ftu ln man! "dl'' o. nr Hosi "i NaICh Ii
lured 81 in lI7 iien ADVANCED cohaluoh Oh
since then ihe llt. rusi' anu I'D some sec
lions. wind ana han storms have neari!
ruined 10. some OF our best farmers clalh
there VIII not Doe over one-hdli crop. lie
bearded varieties are reported as do
in. the best. spring oats are almost
worthless in the whole tidewatcr
section " Virginia. Rust. flies and insects.
heretofore unknown, have destroyed whole
fields. But for the winter oats in thi, see
tion il might Dee said That the entire crop j.
q complete failure. In the other parts OF
the state the conditions ale more favorable. /
The potato crop generally is quitsEo0d-in
"a large part OF the state excellent. some
counties report damage % sweet po-
tat0es and much trouble in getting
.,,,.,,Ia, di,ni,,i't.J Irt f,o crGr,
generally is good. The bay crop j.
somewhat deficient IN quantity. but oWlng
% the favorable harvesting season was saved
i'm lire condition. The peach crop l. al
most a failure. and iruit generally j. very
short.
CAPITAL NOTES
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