Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-20
CAPITAL GLEANINGS.
THOROUGHLY STALWART COM
MITTEES.
Arthur Getting in His WOrk-Keifer
ID cIle In Harness - Statesmen
Yearning for ResPite-The Future
of Tes Culture - Fighting Cotton
WOrms-SupTeme Court DecisiOns

WASHINGTON, December 19.-The House
to day adjourned over to Wednesday. It is
to give Speaker Keifer further opportunity
to complete his committees, which viii be
announced on Wednesday. There is good
deal of speculation as to the various chair
manships, but nothing definite is known. 1t
can, however, be announced that the com
plexion of the whole list of committees will
be ultra-stalwart. The stalwarts will get all
the chairmanships, with a sop thrown here
and there to the conservative element. But
the latter element will be only recognized
in minor way.
President Arthur has taken hand in the
mstter, which, although hardly perceptible
on the outside, has been fully felt in the
real business of the thing. Keifer, in MAX
ing up the committees, has been under the
tutorage of Don Cameron, ex-senator Platt,
Senator Logan and Robson. Out Of their
combined advices, and Arthur's influence,
will come committees for the House fairly
bristling at every point with stalwartism.
Although Keifer will not announce the
/
the intention of Congress to adjourn for
the holidays on that day. There will evil
| IDENTIFY be no trouble about that. Every
body wants to get away. The Senate will
very likely only have a pro fOrn1G session on
Wednesday. and adjourn for the holiday
recess, and the House will listen to the
committee announcements and do likewise.
| A number of Senators and members have
already left for home in anticipation of the
holiday recess.
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
The United States Supreme Court rem
dered decisions IN Southern cases to-day as
| follows: Ruth E. Thompson VS.. the Knick-
erboeker Life Insurance Company appeal
from the United States Circuit Court for
| the Southern District OF Alabama; judg-
ment affirmed, with costs. Ex parte in the
matter Of the State of Alabama, peti.
TONER. This was the petition of the State
of Alabama for writs of habeas corpus and
| certioraTi to bring before the court
the bodies of A. G. Shuliz, Peter
NJ, Rowland and r. G. Germany,
members of the Court of County Commits
sioners of Chambers county, Alabama, who,
1t is alleged, have Deen illegally imprisoned
in the county Jail of Montgomery county,
OF that State, by order Of the United States
| Circuit Court, for refusing and neglecting
to levy lax TO satisfy a judgment of that
court iu favor of a firm of Spanish citizens
known as Dix g. Co. The United States
| Supreme Court to-day granted a rule to
show cause why the writs prayed for should
notissue.
THE FUTURE OF TEA CULTURE.
The report OF Commissioner of Agricul-
ture LOring is published. In regard to the
experiments in the cultivation of tea in
| South Carolina. Mr.. Loring quotes from the
report Of Mr.. Saunders, whom he sent to
| inspect the farm, to the effect that with re-
| gard to the future prospects of the enter
| prise, If continued in the line Of the present
scheme and under the present system,
it may be said that there is not much room
| for encouragement. The poverty of the
soil and character of the climate, in which
| frOsts sometimes occur, seem TO be un-
| favorable to the production OF the strong,
| highly favored teas, as had already been
| proved by an experiment In Mcintosh
county, Ga.
PROTECTING COTTON.
The Commissioner says the special inves-
| tigaiion Of insects affecting the cotton crop
is being actively carried on, particularly in
its more practical bearing, aDd the most ina
| portant discoveries have besb
cor, ~ - :. principles that les
o5u ,i 'ne cost OF protecting the crop and sim
/ pliy me necessary machinery.