Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-03
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
LIGHTING SAVANNAH HARBOR.
Florida Room at Mount Vernon
BlOunt on Stephens-COGt0n Expo
sitiOn RePOrt-Arlhur and the
Bosses.

WASHINGTON, June 1.-The lady regents Of
the Mount Vernon Association, who have been
in annual session at Mount Vernon for several
days, to. day adjourned. The regent for Florida
is Mrs, Yulee. At her request the association
has set aside one of the rooms in the old Wash
ington residence to be known as the Florida
Room" This apartment is in the third story
of the mansion. 1t was favorite resort Of
Washington when he wanted to get a view of
the Potomac downwards. With glass there is
to be obtained a sweep of thirty or forty miles
down the river. 1t overlooks Fort Washington
on the opposite side of the river.
Mrs. Yulee has assured the other ladies
Of the association that she will have no diff
Guilty in receiving appropriate furniture for the
FLORIDA Room" She intends to collect the
furniture Ia Florida and will not put in the
room piece of furniture of less antiquity
than one hundred years.
LIGHTING SAVANNAH HARBoR
was talking with Captain Dewey, Secretary
or the Lighthouse Board, in regard to the
expenditure of the 800 0C0 made last year for
properly lighting Savannah harbor The work
that is already under progress will be supple
mented by other, as the Light House
Board is able to- The difficulty is about
securing the title to the land where the light
houses are to be erected. The chain of lights
will be twelve in number. Until the people on
whose land the lights are to be put can be rea
Sonaole, that chain will not be completed
Here is an instance: The owner of Elba Island
will not allow the two lighthouses which it is
proposed to erect thereon to be constructed
unle g the government will buy the island and
pay $4,000 for it AS the government only
wants just enough ground 10 put up two light
houses. the eXorbitauce of the demand is pat
ent. The Lighthouse Board is. however, going
ahead and having the lighthouses made
ready to be put up The difficulty in
obtaining the right OF sites has OpGQ
looked into by Representative Blount 1t has
been decided that 1t is not within the province
the several States for public use. 1t is neces-
sary that the States of Georgia and South
Carolina shall act in the matter. II the gov
ernment shall pay exorbitant sums for sites
for public lighthouses there would be nothing
left with which to put up the houses.
Colonel Haines. who has charge of the work,
has endeavored to arrange the matter with the
land owners but cannot bring them to terms
In regard to the demand of the owner of Eliza
Island 1t is a little strange that day beacon is
already located there, and that nothing for the
privilege was paid.
ARTHUR AND THE BOSSES.
Recent political events and outcroppings
have suff1ced to outlive clearly the general
policy of this close-mouthed administration
Arthur is boon companion with all the bosses
Boss Logan in Illinois, Boss Cameron in Penn
sylvania Boss Conkling In New York and Boss
Jones of Nevada are his chosen lieutenants
He gives them full swing in all the patronage
in their several States. He gives them abso-
late power in Federal pap. He hopes and ex
poets that these bosses will be able TO get their
grip so firmly on their States that they can
control them at the next national convention.
Elsewhere, though not in such a determined
and fighting way is the President putting up
bosses with a view to having them command
State delegations to the next convention There
are two objects in this course. The first is that
Arthur may receive a denomination. The sec
ond is that if he is unable to secure the coveted
DriZA he thr0uOh hfS hOcSnq control the
nomination; in other words, make the nominee
as Blaine made Garfield the nominee in 1880
Ia such drift OF events Arthur and his bosses
would be all powerful with the man that they
made. In other words, if the President cannot
be the big boss again, he wants to boss his sue
cessOr. This is bold scheme, but one which
has been fully outlined and entered upon in &C
tive prosecution by the parties principally in
terested. 1t is known also to be an ambition
with President Arthur that at the next ma
tioDal convention the delegation from the great
State of New York will not be less for stalwart-
ism and bosssm than it was in the last ma
tional convention.
REPRESENTATIVE BLoUNT ON MR. STEPHENS
NOMINATION..
Representative BIount's attitude towards Dir
Stephens sn1 his views in regard to his nomina
tion are expressed briefly and comprehensive
ly. The nomination of Mr. Stephens is very
agreeable to Mr. Blount. He thinks the sug
gestion OF the name, the warmth with which
it has been received and Mr. Stephens letter
have had very hurtful influence upon the
alleged Independent movement in Georgia
THE ATLANTA EXPOSITION REPORT.
The joint resolution of Senator Brown which
was introduced in the Senate yesterday will be
passed without much doubt. 1t provides that
five thousand copies OF the official report of
the Atlanta Cotton Exposition be printed by
the Public Printer for the use of the House
and Senate and the different departments of
government and proposes to appropriate 81. 600
for that purpose. POTOMAC
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