Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-02
THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.
LIMITED SUCCESS OF THE GAR.
FIELD FAIR.

A Poor Showing for Georgia and FIori-
da-ChaImars and Kellogg Not to Be
Ousted-PrObable Character of the
Coming Session-The Speakership-
SIanders Upon Mr.. Carlisle-Annex o.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.-The prediction
that the Garfield monument fair would not
amount to much of a success, is being full
filed. The managers of the fair look on
and see but few people pay their entrance
fees and fewer buy anything when they
get inside. Georgia and Florida do not
make much of show. Neither of those
States have booths. Henry w. Hilliard.
Chairman of the Georgia Board of Com
missioners, is much disappointed that the
State did not do something big. The only
receipts from Georgia were ten dollars
from citizen of Cuthbert, five dollars
from a citizen of Americus, an oil painting
on satin from lady Of Americus and six
pounds of Southern moss from the young
people of that place. Florida only ex-
hibits oranges. These are placed in the
Arkansas booth. The exhibitors of the fruit
are James A. Harris, Bishop, Hoyt & Co.,
B. F. Dunn & Co., the Lindsay Orange
Grove Company, Church, Sangster &
Co., and w. r. Hillyer, all of whose groves
are located on Orange Lake. Adams
Eichelberger, of Ocala, Marion county,
also exhibits the product of his orange
grove. The above is all the Georgia and
Florida contributions to the fair.
CHALMERS AND KELLOGG.
l find that the general sentiment of lead
ing Democrats, irrespective of sec
ton, is against keeping Kellogg
of Louisiana and Chalmers of Missis-
sippi out of their seats on the grounds
upon which certificates have been given
their Democratic opponents. They say
that they do not think that the cause of
Justice will be served by such a course.
They speak thus from making up their
minds upon what has appeared in the
public prints in regard to these two cases.
If. however, the official contests before
the next House shall be found to sustain
legally the seating of Democrats in place
of Chalmers and Kellogg they will be
seated. Prominent Democrats say that
the party is not of such small calibre that
it can afford to turn out Republicans
simply because they are of that faith, al
though the Republican party has set them
such glorious example during the pre-
sent Congress.
APPROPRIATION BILLS.
The House Committee on Appropria-
tions has completed the annual Indian ap-
that committee is called. Members of the
committee predict that the Indian bill, the
fOrtiticatiOn bill and the military academy
bill will have all been passed by the hOli-
dav recess. There is seldom anY fight
over these bills, and if fair share of the
attention of the House should be devoted
to them they could be easily passed in the
time specified. But the House, from all
indications, will plump right into tariff
nd =
assemblies, and the appropriation bills
ready for its action Will, in all probability,
be subjected to the delay that is the usual
lot of appropriation bills. 1t is a fact
worthy of notice that the amount of the
Indian bill has been cut down $4,000
from the appropriation of last year.
Small reductions will also be made in the
Military Academy and fertilization bills.
The hindsight of the Republicans is a
great deal better than their foresight.
SILLY CANARD.
The protectiOnists and Mr.. RandalPs
adherents for election to the Speakership
of the next House are circulating very
absurd story. They say that all the claim
agents, lobbyists and thieves are for John
G. Carlisle, of Kentucky, for Speaker.
Such rot cannot do their cause any good.
There is not a cleaner and purer man in
public life than Mr.. Carlisle. He has
always been jealous of the peoples money
and has always been on the side of ecOnO-
my and ever against extravaganza. His
record is too familiar to the people to allow
any credence to be given to such reports
as his opponents are putting abroad
Another point that the latter try to
make is that Mr.. Carlisle is a Southern
man, and that the times are not vet
ripe for a man from that section to
be given such a high office as Speaker.
Since the Radicals even have abandoned
the bloody shirt it looks little like
straining point when the remnants of
that old garment are snatched up in a con-
test for a Speaker of Democratic House.
AN ANNEX.
The employees of the House have rugged
up a fair of their own at the capitol. They
call it annex Q" to the Garfield mOnu-
ment show, and call attention to their
many Congressional curiOsities. Among
them is collection labeled ''The Remains
of the Mississippi River Committee" A
Congressional committee has just return
ed, you know, from an investigating trip
down the "Father of Waters" The ''re-
mains consist of half dozen de-
cayed sandwiches, two baskets of empty
champagne bottles, a dozen empty
whisky bottles and an old seltzer jug. A
crazy teapot filled with a liquid not recog-
nized as of proper use by the JOnadabs, is
labeled ''cOld tea for thirsty members"
Many other exhibits that have point and
some genuine fun in them are there. The
promoters of "AnneX @" also have ballot
boxes for vOting-ten cents a vote. One
of the prizes to be voted away is for the
most popular temperance candidate for
President. They put up one of their fel-
lOw-wOrkers, who is noted for drinking
more than any other man Ofthe whole force,
They got many votes for him. They have
gone further. They have transferred their
votes to the fair proper, where similar
vote is being taken, and they have
doomed their candidate so successfully
that in the regular voting of the fair he
now stands second as the temperance can
didate for the Presidency. Ex-senator
Blaine leads him by very few ballots,
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
The Congressional Committee which in
vestigated the Mississippi is now in the
city preparing its report. The report will
be against the present system of improve
ment upon which millions have been
spent. The committee is also said to favor
the outlet system of Captain COwden. The
report will give rise to much discussion
when the river and harbor bill is reached,
as it is directly against the plans of the
Mississippi River Commission, which has
charge of the work and which has many
friends in Congress. POTOMAC.