Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-20
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
A Scrub Race-A Good Joke on
Senator BrOYyns

WASHINGTON, January 1s.-Colonel Ander-
son, of Savannah, who is here in the interest
OF Savannah harbor improvements, will leave
for New York in a week or ten days on bust
ness Connected with the Central Railroad. Col.
Anderson has been and is as hard at work as any
man ever was. He is greatly facilitated by
the unanimtty with which the Georgia deiega-
ton as a unit support him and use their infiu-
ence in behalf OF Savannah. One thing has
been also of great benefit to him. He was in
early lie an officer in the United States navy.
and formed many agreeable and life-lsSting
friendships among a set Of men whose friend
ship means business" To this former asso-
citation mora than anything else is to be attri-
buted his success with the officers of the Light.
house Board who are ell naval officers. They
concede almost everything to Col, Ander-
son and will not oppose anything in
the bill to properly light the entrance TO the
harbor, which is now under consideration. In
fact they 1ndOrse that OIL, ana no sntag-
onism as Is the case Of many similar meas
ures. viii be met from them. While the whole
Georgia delegation has supported the meas
urss proposed by Colonel Anderson,
Colonel Nichols and Senator Brown
have been foremost in their champion
ship of Savannah, and they deserve
great credit for their earnest work One Of
made in behalf OF the city IS by comparison
with Wilmington. Delaware. That shipping
pOrt is several degrees bslow Savannah in the
business transacted; in fact. within the past
year II will hardly compare with the commerce
Of your city. An examination of she statistics
of appropriations shows that since the war
Wilmington has received from the gov
ernment in the Improvement of her harbor
and approaches the sweet little plum of ST.
a55 OQ0 while Savannah has received only Sl40.-
eco. Taxing the relative business OF The two
orr1 fFaa r--ar afrnfr
of shipping in favor OF Savannah, the a6ven-
t.Se Ot the comparison is apparent. And it IS
being made the most OF that is possible.
SCRUB RACE.
The contest for the Speakership of ;he next
House will be q scrub race. Senatorial
and C;uberuatorial contests and compulsory re-
tiremeuts by failure OF re election, have taken
from the House most OF the available timber
for the Republican spe2kership in the next
Congress Ths only three men left OF any
prominence that prominence is mediocre
are Burrows of Michigan, kasson or Iowa.
and Kiefer of Ohio. Burrows is the
portunity offers, gets up and boTls
about the American eagle. laborlng under the
impression that the deyS OF fap-doodle orato-
~ are not past. keifer only commeadS him
self by hailiug from Ohio and weigh
ing in the neighOorhood OF something
Ike two hundred and fifty pounds. kaSson,
orr Dresent Minister to Austria, commendS
himself principally by bis notoriety, ana by
the fact that he was promlnent IN the Fresl-
r5syti Il steal of 1876 Outside of these three,
the Republicans now put forward no eandl-
dates for the Speakership Of the nsxt House,
which is theirs IL is, therefore, evident that the
Speaker Of the next House Is 10 be or small
caliOre But stay. small calibre man may
serve his party much more effectively tnan q
bigger man | will wager that either OF the
small three now mentioned as probable Re
pub!ieans will do much moro for the RepuEn-
can party than the brainy Rand All. anxious 10
please everybody, has, curing his hve
years incumbency, accomplished for the Demo-
cratic party.
good JOKE ON SENATOR BROWN
The Star o-night tells the following story on
Senator Brown: Senator Joseph T. Brown
OF George, is the Wealthiest man in his state.
He is a man OF marked ability, but IS plain and
practical and not at all given to frllls and
things He dresses something like a Metno-
dist minister; his smoothly shaved upper mp
and long white beard add to his clerical ap-
pearance. In his native CLINE Senator Brown
always wore his Sunday clothes on all lmpor-
Until he came to Washington he never colided
with the social requirements OF oress
suit and it was only about week ago
that he purchased one. His colleague,
Senator Hill, told him that he must stop
wearing his frock coat out to dinners and swell
affairs, and must get swallow-tail coat. Sena-
tor Brown protested against II en- general
grounds but particularly because the cloth put
into dress coats was so thin. He suffers with
heavy colds on the chest, and said he was not
going to run any risks just for the sake OF
= "a
a nIornise from his colleague that he would get
n full dress suit and have It ready one evening
last week when both were TO attend a swell
dinner Senator Hill called at the Metropolitan
TIofe for Senator Brown. The latter had his
overcoat on. all ready TO set out. MT. Hill ask
si about the dress suit, and got an answer that
s.;t vas all right" When the two Senators
DuIled off their oYercoats and marched into the
parIOr of the house where the dinner was gwen,
senafor Hill was almost psralyzed: Ihere was
7he swallow tail coat on Senator Brown, 10 De
sa.- .srar Of ma
tiops. and looked like an overeoat cut sHeAo@
tat fashion Senator Brown had ordered tne M tAl-
lor to make him a full dress suit out OF navy
beaver cloth. The order had been carried out
"a the letter. and there vas the Senator
arraved IN ali his glory OF course there was
DC issetf, to the c3at. 1t looked Ike big bag.
The rear pockets appeared as II the wearer
brought his dinner with him, equally dlVldeu
between the two. Senator Brown had 20 slt on
climbing up to the neck. II was truly won
derful costume. Upon leaving the house Seha- ma
tor Hill took Senator Brown 10 task aeout H's
suit but could get no satisfaction. am not
going TO wear one OF those thin things ana
catch nv death OF cold. II society demands
coat cut like a goose quill, have got one. II
DeoDle don't like il, j can wear my frock coat:
/ have gone as far as am going towards wn.t
Won call dress suit, said Senator brown.
That ends it. end Senator Brown VIII appsar a,
in his beaver cloth swanow-tan, his rrock coat
or not at all.
good investment Is bottle OF Dr.
Bulls Cough Syrup, for 1t never disap-
points. Is cents per bottle. Sold by all
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