Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-23

my purposes as an atrOciOus calumny
taken from some unnamed newspaper,
ana dehed the production of any such
blanks or the name of any government
employees whose removal had been made
at ms instance, directly or indirectly, for
refusing to contribute, to prostitute his
ONCE, for the benefit of the Readiuster
party. During his whole term in the Sem
ATE, Just four department employees had
been removed on his motion Three of
tnem were nOn-residents of Virginia.
though charged to that State, and the
Io9rth only recently a resident. He
ulu not deny that he sought to have other
removals made in order that their places
might be filled by Virginians, for of the
342 ofhces constituting Virginia's quota.
tWo-thlrds were occupied by nOn-residents
or persons who had only recently become
residents Of the State.
Mr. Beck said that in offering the reso-
luton for an investigation he had merely
recited notorious facts which he desired
10 nave investigated, and had not attempt
ed TO forestall action; but, ON the contrary,
proposed to refer the matter to the Com
mlttee on the Judiciary. Whether the
senator from Virginia and the Readiuster
party mad any right to call upon pOstmas-
ters and pQstmistresses in Virginia, or
whether objection had been made in anv
official quarter to their doing so, were
eeAiOhS lhC tulllSo lit u6SlFcU 10 ascertain
by the investigation. He did not know
whether Miss Betty Bumgartner was still
P0stmlstress at HOneyville, Virginia. or
whether she was not
Mr.. Malone said Mr.. Beck would oblige
him by producing the original circular al
legged to have been addressed to that lady.
MIR. Beck admitted his inability to
comply with the request. AS to any tenn
per exhibited by the Senator from Vir-
1hOUf what ~, III
matter, or his remark that, if the pro-
prletles OF the place permitted he would
use stronger language, he Beck thought
he had done nothing which would bring
him under the Virginia code. There were
a good many unsettled affairs among
gentlemen in that State, and, perhaps,
they had better be settled before any sug-
gestlOns were made about going outside
the State.
"All l want is the truth" said Mr..
Beck. Il don't want to fight laughter,
and, if the Judiciary Committee report
that everything done by the Senator from
Virginia and the Readjuster party is all
right, l shall be satisfied. The Senator
from Vermont Mr.. Edmunds) can be re-
lied upon to do his allies Justice in all mat
ters of that kind" Laughter
BOOKS FOR THE BLIND.
The bill reported in the House to-day to
provide for the importation into the United
States free of duty, of books for the use of
the blind, was accompanied by report
from the Ways and Means Committee,
which bases the reasons for recommend
ing its passage upon the fact that there is
but one place in this country where these
books are made Louisville, KY, and the
admission of them free of duty would rem
der them more accessible to the unfOrtu-
nate class for the use of which they are
made.
PREVENTION OF PLAQUES.
The Select Committee on Epidemic Dis
eases this morning asked through Senator
COnger am appropriation of $4,000 to en-
able the National Board of Health to eff
ciently cooperate with the State and
other boards of health in quarantining and
examining emigrants during the remain
der of the current fiscal year, in order to
prevent the Introduction and spread of
smallpox and other infectious diseases.
A bill for this purpose was reported by
Mr.. COnger to the Senate.
AN INQUIRY.
In the Senate to-day, Mr.. Morgan offered
a resolution, which was agreed to, direct
ing the Secretary of the Treasury to in
form the Senate of the estimated amount
that Will be required to refund the taxes
on cigars, cigarettes, tobacco, snuff,
matches and distilled spirits collected on
stock unconsumed, in case the taxes upon
commodities are repealed,
ACKLEN-KELLOGG,
Kellogg laughs at Aclen's contest of his
seat in the next House. He says, "Let
him contest; | will give him all he wants.
| will prove that in three separate cases he
tried to bribe election commissioners"
THE SURPLUS REVENUE.
On account of the falling off of revenue
from tobacco, growing out of the agitation
of the tax, and on account of falling of of
imports the Treasury surplus is re-
duced from $150,0OO,O0O to $123, 100000.