Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-06-28

WASHINGTON, D. c., June 27.-Represer
alive Emory Speer has a number of friends
who do some talking for him. None of
them deny that he is going to vote with the
Republicans in organizing the next House.
One of them imparts another and new bit
OF information in regard to the Speer pro-
gramme of the future.
Colonel Marcellus E. Thornton, who may
be put down as Speer's chief fugleman in
Washington, says that Governor Colquitt
and Senator Hill are going to get into big
fight over the latter's successorship to the
Senate when the proper time comes. He
says it is the intention of Speer's friends to
put him forward as a Senatorial candidate
in the hope that he will run through be-
tween the contesting Hill and Colquitt ad-
herents and land safely In the Senate. 1t
would seem that there is nothing that Mr..
Speer cannot do.
EXAMINING INTERNAL REVENUE OFFICERS.
An examination of the different in
ternal revenue offices is made at the
beginning of each fiscal year. The
Internal Revenue Bureau has just com
pleted the arrangements for this work of
examination. The two districts Of Georgia
and one of Florida will be examined by
Revenue Agent Wagner. Revenue Agent
Kellogg will conduct the examination in
North and South Carolina. In addition to
Georgia and Florida, Wagner also has Ten
nessee in his list.
FLORIDA WARWICK.
There has come to the fore in Florida
affairs, as represented In Washington, a man
who seems TO have the ear Of the President
aud to be running things temporarily,
as regards Federal patronage, to suit him
self. This man is Col. r W. Suter.
He is great at calling at the White House.
He grabs the President by both shoulders
and imparts much information to him. He
tells him what ought to be done In this case
and how that case should be disposed of.
He seems to have fun swing now. When
the other Republicans of Florida hear of
this they will very likely take steps to dis
abuse the President of the impression that
Suter runs the whole machine 10 Florida.
IL TACT, it is evident from surface indica-
tions that there will soon be revolt and
that the President will be Informed by Flori-
da Republicans that there are other men OF
that faith in the State than Suter. But at
present he holds the fort.
THE REVEREND MR.. HICKS.
The Rev. w. W. Hicks, who, as mentor
some time ago, is the esteemed pastor
of a Methodist congregation In this city has
been very successful as such. His sermons
are spoken of in the highest terms and his
conglega alton thinks there is nobody like
him But Mr.. Hicks is entering upon dam
gerous ground. AT present nobody here
except few people unconnected with his
church know his record. Ii he would stick
to the cloth all would be well with him.
But he shows signs of meddling In politics
Especially does he eVince an itching to say
something about the Federal appointments
in Georgia and Florida. He has been to
see the President several times, as II paving
the way. II he concludes to enter actively
upon that business all will be up with him.
The Southern Republican brethren do
not dwell together in harmony. AS
long as the Rev. Hicks Keeps quiet on po
litical matters all will be well with him as a
preacher but as soon as he collides with
the interests OF Georgia or Florida Repnb
lican then will come the explosion. The
result will be that his congregation will not
think near SO much of him as it now does.
The preacher In politics is not bowling
success.
PRESIDENTIAL INVITATIONS.
1t Is somewhat alarming to contemplate
the number of invitations that the President
receives. Some of these are merely compH
mentary. The majority of them are urgent,
however, and the senders really hope that
the President will accept them. So great
has become this class of correspondence
at the White House that a separate big re-
ceptacle for invitations has been reserved
for them. Since President Garfield came In,
invitations to the number of between two
and three thousand have been received. Not
over eight OF them have been accepted.
They come from all parts of the country.
From every State and from almost every
country do they hail. Recently-owing to
the commencement-these invitations have
piled in overwhelmingly. 1t takes one
clerk nearly all day to brief, file and answer
these as the President may direct. II the
President accepted one-tenth Of the invita-
tions he receives he would not spend more
than a month of each year in Washington.
THE TROUBLES IN INDIAN TERRITORY.
The Attorney General has decided that 1t
Is the du,y of the Interior Department, and
not of the Indian authorities, TO remove In
truders from the Choctaw and Chickasaw
lands The Secretary of the Interior has
accordingly instructed Indian Agent Tufts,
at MusBogee, Indian Territory, to inform
the Indian authorities and all interested
parties, that measures will be speedily taken
by the Department TO cause the removal Of
intruders.