Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-09
WASHINGTON CITY.
The Amended Tarif Bill Is Il Affects
Virginia Interests.
LIME AND TOBACCO.
Mistakes In Publications with Respect to
These Items-Pet Names for Mere.
dith-Postmastership

The President sent a large batch OF
postmastership nominations to the Senate
to-day, but there We're no appointments
for virginia or North Carolina. Repre-
sentative Tyler Is daily expecting action
on the Norfolk case. as the Postmaster
General promised him several days ago
that Mr.. W. ". Degge would be ap-
pointed.
Mfr. Tyler II also pulling hard to land
Mr.. w. r. Mayo into the colectorship
OF the ports Of Norfolk and Portsmouth.
Renresentative Wise was at the Post
Office Department to-day, and secured the
nromlse that John w. Phillips would be
appointed postmaster at Beaver Dam,
Hanover county.
Congressman Meredith was also at the
department making arrangements to be
heard on several post-ofiice cases in the
Eighth District, the terms OF the incum-
bents having expired.
To-day's mall brought Mr.. Meredith
more anonymous letters from cranks and
hot-heads denounclng him for his speech
last week on the pension bill. These
fiery epistles came from many of the
northern and western States, and In some
savage newspaper utterances are also
sent The black Republicans call Mr..
Meredith rebel" TRAITOR" and other
pet names.
SENATE TARIFF BILL.
The Senate Finance Committee Demo-
Gratis made public to-day the reconstruct
cd tariff bill. and they have recommend
ed a revenue duty Of 40 cents n ton each
on coal and iron-ore. At the same time
they have slightly raised the duties on
manufactured iron and steel goods as
proylded in the Wilson bill. and in doing
this 1t is evident they wanted to concili-
ate the manufacturers in New England.
the Middle States. and the Central-West-
ern States.
No change has been made In the para
graphs affecting tobacco.
The tariff bill as made public to-day
was fun OF errors, II seems, and one OF
these related 10 lime In which Virginia
and West Virginia people are heavily III
terested. In the Wilson bill lime is made
20 pay duty OF only 10 per cent. ad va
lorem The senate Committee has raised
the duty to % per cent, and while II Is
not what the lime manufacturers wanted,
they are better satisfied with it than no
increase at all.
Changes were also made In the Internal
revenue schedules affecting tobacco. The
tax on cigars was increased from s. per
thousand 10 s.. Cigarettes will pay 81
pcr thousand, and II distinction Is made
of n cents per thousand for tobacco
wrapped cigarettes.
CRITICISM OF WALTON ACT.
Colonel Goode, OF Mecklenburg county.
virginia, who Is contesting the seat OF
Mr. Epes in Congress, in an interview
published here to-day ravagely denounces
what he terms the so-called Australian
ballot law just passed by the Legislature
He says that under IRE new system 10
be nut In operation the illiterate voter
can be cheated. 1t would seem that no
thing suits the opponents Of Democracy
In the ola Dominion.
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millionaire OF this city. Is lying at the
point of death at his residence. on Four
teenth street. He is the father OF MT
Joseph c. Willard. Jr., member OF the
Virginia Legislature for Fairfax county.
The Dau -hters OF the American Revolu-
ton have presented silver loving cup
appropriately engraved, to Mrs. William
ID. CabeH. Of this city. formerly OF Nir-
ginia.
Rev. Alfred Ames, in charge Of lead
ing Methodist church in New York city,
was among the visitors at he Capitol
to-day. He called on Representative
Wise, who was a schoolmate OF his du-
ring boyhood days. Mr.. Ames being u
native OF Accomac county, Va.
POSTAL AND PERSONAL.
Postmasters OF The fourth-class were ap-
pointed for Virginia as follows to-day
W. W. Pitt, Cooper. MiddleseX county,
vice l.. 5. Bristow, resigned; j. ID. VIII
llams Glade Spring. Washington county.
vice John Faris, removed; S. 5. Taylor,
Parr, Botetourt county, vice G.. w. Parr,
resigned.
Virginia arrivals: John Wheelwright,
Richmond T. c. Pitcher. Fauquier; VIII
liam r. Alexander. Misses Mary and
Virginia Alexander, Mrs. NJ III. G.. Willis,
State Senator Harrison. Winchester; b. +.
Buchanan. Marion, u. NJ. Woodford,
Fredericksburg; John Katz Jr., Lynch
burg; II. l.. HodGson, Norfolk; w. W.
Baldwin. wife and sister. Buena Vista;
Asher Ayres, Staunton; w. S. Yates Flint
Hill; +. s. Conrad. Harrisonburg; X. e.