Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-23

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aud Counter Thrusts GOrham
Helping Brady Out.
WASHINGTON, D. c., April 22.-The ad-
ministration disclaims all responsibility for
Mr.. Frye's bloody-shirt speech. The Presi-
dent said to-day he did not approve of it,
and regretted the reopening of the sec
tional question, as he stands upon his in
augursl.
The Republican Senators will hold a eau
Gus Tuesday to arrange for an executive ses-
sion, as the President has insisted that his
nominations must be acted upon.
Ihe star route service frauds are the SEN
sation, and the developments OF the inves-
tgation inculpates numerous officials. Post.
master General James told your reporter
tonight that he could not yet say anything
about the evidence obtained, but that no
guilty man shall escape.
Conkling's friends say ne has determined
to make fight against Robertson now, as
he believes that he is stronger now than at
any time heretofore. and that he can beat
Robertson. He will undoubtedly get some
Democratic votes.
Washington is not only city of magnif-
cent distances, but of deplorable disappoint-
ments as well. To this latter class, one
person, well known to the citizens of Savan-
nah, is to be met. The whilom "King' Tu-
mis- G. Campbell is occasionally seen on the
street or at the capitol. do not know him
nor be me, but as this is the great hos
pital where the lame, halt and blind most do
congregate, we who gather news for the en-
tertainment and amusement of the public
necessarily hear and learn a thousand and
one stories of the buried ambitions of this
tions of that one. Old Tunis still
continues to wear a white moustache and
goatee, and hangs on to his old fashioned
specks, and is constant attendant on the
debates now going on in the Senate He
no longer "steps the king" but with the
army of martyrs who, like John Browns
soul, are still marching on, fills apparently
an humble position in the rear ranks OF
glory. What he is doing here, except hunt
ing for an office, / have no idea, but as
sat near him the other day, and studied the
fleeting thought passing through the mind
of another as depicted by his facial expires
sion, imagined l discovered In this old
mans appearance longing for the days or
the plantation, when he happily Joined in
the chorus and sung with his friends, "Oh
run to the ham bone, and bite off the end .
The nomination of General Longstreet
for Marshal of Georgia, which was first
breathed to the public in the NEWS, meets
with very general appreciation. There are
no Democrats and no Republicans-except
those of the latter class who were disap.
pointed in not getting the place for them
pointed or displeased. Everybody, with
the exceptions noted, is well pleased with
the appointment. Both the Senators from
Georgia express themselves as satisfied that
such a man as Longstreet is to be Colonel
Fitzsimons' successor. The Republican
Senators are all pleased with the
nomination. So there will be no oppo-
sition to his confirmation. AS soon as
the Senate sees fit to stop ifs wrang.
ling over offices, and the Republicans
come down to the inevitable, the nomina-
ton of Longstreet will be referred to the
Committee on the judiciary. A favorable
report will follow with reference, and before
he gets back from Turkey, Longstreet will
have been confirmed. In this connection II
might be stated that Col. Fitzsimons will 90
out of Office without stain upon his repu-
tation. He has served very good purpose
to the people Of Georgia beyond faithfully
fulfilling zthe duties Of his Office. The
charges Tat have been made against him
have served to show up band of cOnspira-
tors, with Collector Andrew Clarke at their
head, who are fit subjects for the
grip OF law. That service will
result in some man other than
Clarke being Collector for the Atlanta dis
trict Let thanks be offered up by all who
have q Cue respect for the public veal.
The Republicans in the Senate who want
to break the dead lock and go home-and
there are number of such-seem to be un-
able to effect anything. They talk a good
deal and do their best to secure peaceable
solution to the difficulty, but cannot bring
over a sufficient number of their side to
effect ANYTHING Thus the deadlock con-
tinues with speeches from the one side or
the other. The monotony is relieved
now and then by what is called
ga scene"-that is, two or more
Senators agree to abuse each other and
exchange sharp words. Nothing comes of
Il but personal Senatorial abuse and the
filing of the Congressional Record with the
able efforts of distinguished Senators. That
Is putting it rather strong, but let 1t pass.
In the meantime there is no promising indl-
cation that the present condition of affairs
will be speedily remedied.
Comparatively few Southern Republicans
are in town now. They have been thinned
out by long waiting and big board bills. The
disappointment and the expense have COM
bined to drive them away. On a daily
average there are not more than ten South
ern Republicans in waiting at the White
House to see the President. On the first
flush OF the present administration the daily
average was about one hundred. The nomi-
nation of General Longstreet has taken
from the city a large number of Georgia
Republicans. Peace be with them.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
The Vice President having laid before
the Senate the unfinished business, being
the resolution for the election Of officers of
the Senate, the usual motion to go into ex-
ecutive session was made by Mr. Harris,
and met with It's usual fate, being lost by
yeas Il, nays o.
Mr.. Morrill, then took the floor in denial
of what he termed the baseless charge of a
corrupt bargain which had been so hippantly
made, and which implied that the Republi-
can Senators were parties to that
bargain. He would be sorry to know that
any Democratic Senator should have
such poor opinion of him, and that denial
of that charge should be needed. So far as
the vote of the Senator from Virginia (Mr.
Mahone) was concerned, he (Mr. Morrill)
had understood in advance that 1t would be
cast with the Republicans without any con-
ditions whatever.
He referred to what he called combined
attack of the Democratic Senators upon q
single Senator who had recently taken his
seat in this chamber, declaring that it was
not chivalrous en- the part of the thirty seven
honorable Senators to strike all together
At one fellow Senator. Senators were not
to be bulldozed. No one Senator had q
right to call another to account for the votes
that he might choose to give here on any
question. He gave instances OF states
men having changed their political
convictions, and asserted that the charges
made against the Senator from Virginia by
those who were willing TO wound, but afraid
to strike, were as unfounded and calum-
NOUS as those which had been made against
Henry Clay.
Mr. Beck said that he liked the statement
which the Senator had made, that every
Senator be allowed to vote as he pleased
without being called to account for 1t, and
that the Senate could not be bulldoZed. He
liked that doctrine, but in view of it, 1t Ill
became the gentlemen on the other side to