Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-05-06
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Hon. .Rey. ]. Hyatt smith a Failure
-''CerTo GordOs' williams on Hts
meItfe-JOnFnalIstic BLACK nm alters
The Dread OF Hot WeaIher-The
Chinese Bill.

WAsHINeToN, May 4.-The Reverend J. Hyatt
Smith, of Brooklyn. New York, is a member
Of the House. He has never taken any great
interest in the business Of that body. To-day
he told me that he was tired of politics He
di1 not like political life, he said, and would,
at the erd of the present session, resign to &C
ceDt pulpit in Vermont. Mr.. Smith has not
made any mark at all as politician. He is a
type Of his class. The preacher in politics is,
il not decided failure, certainly not a sue
cess. There have heen three notable exam
piles Of this fact, First. there was the Rev
erend Dr. FELTON,, of Georgia In Congress he
was a failure. Second. there was the Bev-
erend De La Matyr. of Indiana Nobody will
dispute me when say that as a legislator. he
was not bowling success Third there is J.
Hyatt Smith. OF Brooklyn, who acknOwle 7ges
hls failure by tine impending resignation OF his
seat From the pu pit 20 politics IS not sue
c-ssful road. Perhaps The preacher is too free
OF guile TO be good politician.
A CONGRESSIONAL DIFFERENCE
There was recently pretty sharply defined
difference between member of the Senate and
a member of the House. Both are from the
same State-Kentucky. They are Senator
Williams -"CeTro GordO Wiliiams"-and John
ID. White. who. by the way, can make bigger
ass OF himself in shorter time tn IN any other
member Of the House. White, il appears. had
a Dill OF interest to his 'oees -tricU" which he
wanted to get through the House. He went to
old CerrO Gordo and asked his endorsement of
the bill. He got il. A day or two after, White
came again and asked Williams to Sc
cure for the bill the endorsement of other
Senators and members. Williams got them
for him. About week after this Williams
had q young lady from Kentucky apply to him
for place in the Treasury. He told her tnat
he could not be of any service. The young
Indy ~ad him To vofK Whites audOrSarftartf n
her application. Williams as ked White for the
endorsement. White replied that he made it
a rule TO never endorse papers upon request.
Thereupon Williams wrOte him a very warlike
and indignant note. He wanted TO know what
White meant, and wound up by demanding
return OF the papers which he had endorsed
for him and for which he had procured other
endorsements The demand was compl ed
with. Ever since White has been trying to ex-
plain. Williams is hot headed and will listen
10 no explanation. Despite this state of affairs
feel myself perfectly competent to announce
that there will be no gore.
SENATOR VOORHEES, DEMAND TO BE INvEsTI-
GATED.
In connection with the matter of the whisky
bill, which has been heretofore mentioned H.
this cOrresp spondence, Mr.. AthertOn, of
respondents threatened unless they were
given some wealth that they would defeat the
Oill in the Senate. This Atherton cha ges in
the public prints. He also says that one cor
vO e of Senator Voorhees, and that uuleSs he
was "sugared" he would make that Senator
kill the bill In view Of all the facts, Voorhees,
has demanded an stigation. lt is pI Ohable
that the Senate will grant his request. If A.
investigation is made. 1t will be very interest
ing. There Is a rottenneS3 among certain
Washington correspondents. There are a
few of them who sell their papers in
flueuce for ungodly gold. Doubtless this is
the gang who tired to work on the whis ky men.
Heretofore the whisky men have paid them at
the beginning. This time they did not. and
consequently 6nd themselves with more OppO-
sition than they want. The class of correspond
6otS-and there are very few in the clsss-whO
do this kind OF work are more lobbyists than
newspaper men. They work the correspond
erce business to cloak the lobbyist. But
strange to say, they have far more influence
among members of Congress than the legiti
mate correspondent has. Let the investigation
he made.
THE HOT WEATHER.
There is considerable talk among members
of Congress-mOre than tnere WAS a week or
two agO-ab1ut securing an adjournment be
fore the very hot weather sets in. IL the
House will attend 10 business there will be no
difficulty in securing the de-ired adjournment
before the middle of July swelters down
upon u.s. The tariff commission bill will
have been passed by the latter part of this or
toe first Of next week. The only other impor-
tant measure beyond it is the bill to extend
he charters of the national banks. Although
Il has been shown that such a bill is really un-
necessary, il will be passed. The only thing
after it is the appropriation bills. They are ali
ready some of them are laws-in such shape
that thev can be put through without much de
lay. There is il will be thus seen, no reason why
the dog days of July should not find Congress
away from Washington.
THE CHINESE BILL.
The new Chinese bill, which has passed both
houses, viii reach the President tomorrow.
it is the same as the vetoed bill in the main
The limitation clause-during the operation of
which no Chinese can come to this country
is. however. fixed at ten. instead of twenty
years There is no doubt but that the President
will approve this bill. Potomac.