Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-23
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
THE DEMOCRATS AND THE IN
TERNAL REVENUE.
Congress YesferdaY-The Immigrant
Relief BiIl--COunseI In the star
ROuTe Trials At Outs-The Georgia
JudgeshIp ScrambIe-Plckwick In
Kuf11ss.

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bring 1t up tomorrow as unfinished busi-
ness, and then adjourned.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
The morning hour having been dispensed
with, the House, at 1l:l5, went into commit
tee of the whole, Mr.. Camp, Of New York,
In the chair, on the bill to reduce internal
revenue taxation.
Mr. White, of Kentucky spoke In favor
Of an amendment which he proposed to
offer, rC p ealing the internal revenue system
so far as il applied TO the regulation of the
production, manufacture and sale Of to-
baceo.
Debate on the above bill occupied the re-
maiuder Of the days session, but no action
on the bill or amendments was taken. The
committee finally rose, and the House, at
4:40, adjourned, and a Democratic caucus
was announced, to be held at $50 this
evening.
THE IMMIGRANTS PROTECTION BILL.
The subcommittee OF the House Com
mittee on Commerce-Messrs Page, Rich
ards)n and Reagan-appoiGted to draft
report for presentation to the House re-
specting The recent passage of the bill to
rec su!ate immigration, met to-day and pre-
pared a statement, which is substantially as
follows:
We consider it. our duty to make this
bill to regulate irs migration, presented nv
Mr.. Reagan on Monday June 19 b, 1892,
aud passed by the House under a susDen-
sion of the rules, the Committee on Com
merce, or such members thereof ss were
then present in the House, having under a
misapprehension advocated or consented to
its passage, and the return OF which bill
from the Senate bas since been secured.
The bill was introduced by Mr. Van VOor-
his, of New York, on April 9th, 1882,
and referred 10 the Committee on
Commerce on June 9Th, 1882. The commit
tee, after carefully considering and amend
ing the same, authorized Mr.. Richardson to
report it as amended to the House, with the
Recommendation that It do pass. Ga Satur-
day, June 18th, 1882, Mr.. Richardson, at the
request of Mr.. Van VoOrbis, handed him
the bill aud report, a courtesy often ex-
tended to the authors OF bills.
On the following Monday morning,
during Mr. Richardson's absence, Mr.. Van
VOOrhis, with the consent OF certain mem
bers of the committee, asked Judge Reagan
to report the committees bill, but handed
to him, with the accompanying report, the
bill which passed, with the sta ement that
it was correct copy of the bill agreed to
| by said committee, when, In point of fact,
it was materially different bill from
that which the committee had authorized
Mr.. Richardson to report favOrably
to the HoUAe. Under this assurance Mr..
Reagan looked hastily over the bill, and
discovering what he supposed to be clerical
errors of omissions touching one or two
amendments that he himself had offered
and which had been adopted
in committee, changed the phraseologY
to conform with his recollection of the COM
mttee's action, and subsequently still rely
ing upon the assurance OF Mr.. Van NOorhts,
offered said bill, and stated that it was the
HgN Ii l.1 kwrk kka
mittee. The committee, therefore, ask that
the bill be taken from the Speakers table
aud passed, with the amendment agreed to
by the committee.
This report VIII be submitted to the fu'l
committee at ifs regular session tomorrow.
GOSSIP ABOUT THE JUDGEsHP.
You must * 3use another dispatch sb 'ut
the Judgeship before the question is def
nitely settled. The matter is not yet finally
adjusted. There is no change in the sky.
however, to indicate other than Atkins
final selection. The President is still for
Atkins, and the Attorney General said The
other dav to friend of his that it was
impossible that McC4y could get
the place. Bigby has gone away.
1t is learned that he, Dlrnell,
and Thomas tried to work up combination
and pool their strength. They were to
manipulate q mutual pool, as they talk OF at
the races. The efforts OF the three were to
be dire cted to the following hoped for re-
suit: Bigby was TO be Judge, Thomas Dis
trict Attorney for the new district. ard
Darnell to succeed Bigby as d strict Attor-
ney at Atlanta. |; VIII be remembered In
this connection that Bigby a short time
ago sent a letter 10 the Attorney
General, which succeeded in having the
head of DAr8ell, who was then his assistant,
unceremonious Y chopped off. fore Bgby
left here the combination spoken OF was
broken up, as the members of it made no
headway. Farrow, who went in for the
Judgeship on his own hook, has recanted
his desertion OF Atkins. In company with
Collector johnson at Atlanta, he went to the
White House the other day and the two
urged the appointment OF Atkins Another
point aoout the Judgeshlp: The Pre- sident
said the other day that the appointment
would be political one.
A CHANGE OF VIEWS.
Men are liable to change their ideas and
views. The Philadelphia Times the other
day re produced deuunciatiOn of Boss Don
Cameron made by Attorney General Brew.
ster six wears ago II was a sca'htng review
Of Toolhac Don. l. called the Cameroa
dynasty blot on the body polite, fraud
10 liberty, and other such things. 1t was
Just too awful. Among other things Brew
ster spoke OF the debauchery of the public
service by allowing Ce RArOn to control and
dictate the entire patronage OF the SAFE of
Pennsylvania. Just now Brewster is mem
Der of a stalwart Cabinet, and got there by
the consent and support Of Cameron. The
other daY gentleman interested in one of
the offices In the State of Pennsylvania
which are under the jurisdiction OF the
Department of Justice, went to Brewster 10
inquire about it. Said Brewster: "Go to
Donald Cameron. He controls all those
things; and 1t is but right that he should do
So"
THE STAR ROUTE TRIALS.
The slow and tedious process Of present.
irg the testimony in the star route cases is
generally enlivened in the court room by
the wrsnglipg between counsel, which It.
r quIrt the iDterposition OF Judge Wylie TO
stop. To-iay's proceedings developed an
unusual degree of acrimony. and Mr.. Aer-
rick declared that, in view OF the innuendos
aud discourieous treatment INDUCED
in by. the defense towards one
of his associates (Mr. Bhss),
the prosecution would hereafter refuse to
answer any questions from the other side
except when put through the court. Be
fore the examination was concluded the de-
feDse had taken out additional subT9las
against Second Assistant Postmaster Gene
raj Elmer, Inspector Woodward and Mr..
Bliss, calling upon them to produce papers
and teiegrsms concerning the route In
reference TO which testimony was being
taken.
THE DEMOCRATS AND THE KELLEY BILL
A caucus Of Dfm ocrstic members of the
House of Representatives was held to night.
There were only about forty members
present. It was decided to vote against
Mr. Kelley's revenue bill, unless certain
amendments thereto are adopted. An
agreement was substantially reached by the
members present to vote in favor Of
taking off the tax on tobacco, cigars, fer
mented liquors, and also the special license
taxes. 1t was also decided that, in case the
proposed amendments to the bill are reject
ed, motion should be offered to Tecommit
the bill to the Committee OF Ways and
Means, with instructions to report bill
abolishing all internal revenue taxes except
those upon whisky aud whisky dealers.
Governor Cornell VetOes n Big Job.
ALBANY, N. Y, June 22.-The Governor
has vetoed the elevated railway tax bill,
which had been SO strenuously opposed by