The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-23
MAY REPEAL
TOBA'.IC|'C:'O|:,|.''T||AI||,..X'||..
Strong Hope Felt for Passage Of
15itl1er4tlic Gaines orbtlle Vi
553s3 Flood B ill. l5}$
PLANTING TWO NEW !, {: TREES L: {;
President and; and Mrs. Roosevelt
III Celebrate Washingtol's d

l@tE'rom Our Regular Correspondents
bills for tho abolition Of the tax Of SIX
cents a pound on the SO 10 OF tobacco In
the natural state is attracting the general
attention Of the mem bers OF the House
from Virginia and North Carolina. and
will receive thciraunitsd and hearty sup
port. One Of the bills was introduced by
Representative Gaines. OF Tennessee, and
ono by Representative Flood, OF virginia.
They are very similar, but Mr.. Floods
bill provides that anybody may stem, and
twist tobacco and sell the same without
the payment OF the tax Mr.. Gahle's
measure provides that only the farmer
may 50 stem and twist and sell. Mr..
Flood said to-day that lie thought one
Of the bills would pass He Is not spe-
cially DESTROYS of his own bill becoming
law In preference to that OF Mr.. Gaines,
as the object Of each Is practically the
same. He Thinks, however, that II. the
law Is changed so "a s to allow any one
to selll manufactured tobacco, provided
that, chcmca is are not used In preparing
It for market, the effect would DO that
In his section there would be a. number
OF small manufactures started by other.
than the farmers who are raising the
weed 8gy N " t
Thc farmers themselves are writing
their representatives urging them to Work
for the repeal Of the tax, and Mr.. Gaines
and Mr.. Flood said to-day that they be-,
lievcd there was strong likelihood of Its
being repealed. The bill viii not be re-
ported for some days, but when the
postotfice appropriation bill lis s'indor dis
cussion In committee Of the Wiiole, All
Flood will make a speectl#1n advocacy
of, tie tobacco bill. 1t was inadvertently
stated In this correspondence that MI
Gaines spoke In advocacy Of the bill be-
fore the Committee on Ways and Means
He addressed the House on the bill while
the body was IN committee Of the Whole.
The latitude allowed debate In committee
of the whole House on the state OF the
Union. affords opportunity for the dis
cussion OF any matter which lt may
please a. member to brng up. and the
advocates of the repeal OF the TOBACCO
tax chose to discuss the pending bill. Mr..
Gaines mado one Of the ablcst arguments
he has ever made In the House, and ,t rs
the belief Of manyAthnt his speech had a
most gratifying effect from the viewpoint
Of the advocates Of the bill.
&. LIGHTHOUSES.
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tho Committee on Interstate and Foreign
| Commerce In behalf OF tho bills which
he introduced some time ago, providing
for tic erection or Ight houses at the
mouth OF Pungoteague Chesapeake Bay.
the mouth Of Piankatank River and n
aggcd Point, on the Potomac. The COM
mittce will not report the bills until
It las conferred with tho lighthouse
board.
President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt
observed Washington's birthday by plant
ing two memorial trees In the Whlte
House grounds. The trees are fern leaf
beeches taken from Garfield Park They
werc PLANTED in the area inclosed by the
semi -circular driveway, Immediately east
OF tho Executive Mansion. There we're
two beautiful magnolias standing there.
hut they were cut down by somebody's
order about two years ago, while Mr.
Roosevelt was having the White House
made over to meet his Ideas OF elegance
and beauty The spades which Mrs z77d
Mrs. Roosevelt used in the planting oper-
alton will be preserved BY the superlh-
tendcnt OF grounds and buildings, anu on
them will be painted a diagram showing
the location OF the trees planted. a great
many trees havo been set out In tho
White House grounds by Presidents OF
| the United States. but: owing to tho TACT
| that diagrams were not made at Inc
| time by which tho location Of the trees
could be found, It Is not possible to locate
any OF them, exccpt1by tradition.
NOT THE WOMEN.
1 REPRESENTATIVE Shafroth, OF Colorado.
who created such sensation throughout
| the country by rcsigning from the Honse
upon discovering that there had been
gross frauds IN his election. said to-day
that there was not the slightest truth N
fthe report that lie charged the fraud
| chiefly to the women who have the right
OF suffrage In his State X
/ "Or the persons implicated very Few
were women not more than one In ten
| at the outside" he said to-day 1.-THE
! frauds were committed int he lowest part
, OF Denver, where very few women I've,
/ In Colorado the women vote as generally
as the men, and fraud Is much rarer
among them"
WOOD NOMINATION.. f
IL is thought that the Senate will take
m consideration OF tho nomination OF
/ General Wood to be n major general as
soon as the Panama Canal treaty Is
voted upon. The thEof Senator Hanna
removes the chief opponent Of conflrma-
ton but the advocates OF the eleva-
ton Of tho doctor-gcneral to Il position
which will put him In line to command
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