Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-29
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
SOLID COMFORTS FOR GEORGIA
LIBERALS"
A Fraud on the InnOcent-COIum-
bus Post Omce-The Interstate
Commerce Bill-Pledger's Humble
Slice - DahlOnega 10 be Disap-
pointed.

WASHINGTON, March 2S.-There is a nota-
BILE absence in Washington just now of the
men who but so lately engaged at this dis
tance in overwhelmingly defeating the Dem
ocratic party in the South. The Kentucky
conVerters have gone home; the Mississ D Of
destroyers of Bourbonism in that State are
probably now applying for rations as flood
sufferers; the Texas Republicans and Inde-
pendents. who preached aloud in the hotel
lobbies, especially when moved by the
spirits, that In few short days there would
be no wool worth gathering on ''Bourbon"
heads, have shaken the dust OF the city, and
also shaken the landlords bills, and have
gone back to whence they came; the
Tennessee 'Liberals' do not crow
any more of what they are going to
do, and the same sort of people from North
Carolina have probably resumed their occu-
pations Of watching tar-pits.
Only few of the Georgia Liberals are
left to US. But they are a very different set
from the rest of them. They have accom-
plished good deal too from President Ar
thur. They are the only ones who have
done anything with him. The men engaged
In this alleged new movement do not 60
along the highways and bY-waYs trying to
convince people what great annihilators of
democracy they are. They go on q still
hunt, and they get scalps and have the Off
ces hxed all their own way. They will soon
get the State fixed up, and all
OF them will go home with plenty
OF wool. They may not be able to
do anything with the solidity of Georgia'a
democracy, but they have certainly scooped
In every perquisite worthy of being looked
forward to. They are q "bad crowd" for
the old gang to contend against. l don't
think any one of them expects to see the
Democracy of Georgia immediately break
ranks. One of the principal members of
the syndicate said to me to-day that what
they were working for more than anything
else was to get the Republicans in the State
represented among the offices by higher
class of men.
THE BRIDAL PACKAGE
Nearly every bridal couple that comes to
Washirgton-and Washington is the ma
tional bridal Mecca-visits the Treasury
vaults. The young and interesting couple
want to closely inspect Uncle Sans plenti-
full shekels. When they euter the money
vault, the man in charge Of that impregna-
BILE depository of all kinds of money, after a
few preliminary words of explanation, hands
down package of notes from a shelf and
tells the bride to hold it. He then explains
that this package contains $40, ,O0O, 900 in
United States Treasury notes. The young
lady is delighted to be able to say that she
has held so much money In her own hands. |
She is just too utterly pleased. The groom
also wants to handle the package They
are ar, further told that the notes are
all OF the denomination of $4,000. |
They form what is known as the !
'bridal package" Young married people |
having heard OF this package often ask for |
It just as soon as they enter the vault. This |
Is all very pretty, is it not But 1t is fraud. |
The Treasury here does not have $50, ,0O0, 900 |
Of notes In it. The bulk of the money of |
5he country is in the sub-Treasury at New |
ork. ThaG package is gay deceiver. 1t |
does contain, however, notes OF the denemi- |
nation Of $4,000, which would, in the |
represent $40, 600, 900 if they were
ohlY signed; but they are not worth In reality |
any more than the paper on which they are |
printed, because the proper signatures are |
not on them.
THE COLUMBUS POST OFFICE.
am told by gentleman whose word 1 |
cannot doubt that 1t is a mistake to credit |
The report that Collector johnson, at At |
anta, has indorsed three of the Columbus
post office candidates. He says emphati-
cally that johnson has done nothing of the |
kind. he believes that the only man in |
1orsed by the Atlanta Collector is R. D. |
Locke. First Assistant Postmaster General |
Hatton confirms this statement. This being |
lhe case, Locke may be looked upon as be- |
ng one and quarter miles ahead In the |
the contest to be three |
mile dash.
LOOKS AS IF IT WOULD BE BEATEN
no ra{I /
lawyers here combating the Reagan inter- |
State commerce bill. This measure is now
before the Commerce Committee, and the |
mentioned are working to prevert |
is being favOrably reported to the House. |
Il the committee should make such a report |
more Influences would be put to work there
10 defeat its final passage. As this bill has
0een before Congress several sessions
Congresses not organized as this one in the
interest Of the railroad and other kings-it
ooks little as If Mr.. Reagan would be
'gain doomed to disappointment in seeing
lis hard work go for naught.
PLEDGER's PLACE.
Pledger's place is forthcoming. There
las been, as there usually is under President
Arthur, considerable delay in renominating
lin as Surveyor of Customs at Atlanta. The
to make the appointment has
lot been changed. He will in the course OF
short time be in possession of the office.
Judging from the hot shot that he got from
PRESIDENT Arthur when he bad that memora-
lie interview with him, Pledger must be
orter surprised in getting even such small
rumb of the 'spiles"
BE PROPOSED ASSAY OFFICE AT DAHLoNEGA,
There is but the slightest chance of the
assay office at Dshlonega, Ga,
yer being established. The bill of Mr..
peer providing therefor is not likely to
yer become law. The Treasury Depart
lent holds that there is no necessity for 1t,
nd 1t is hard to convince Republicans
gainst such positions when taken by one
I the public departments. The Mint Bu-