Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-05-31
CAPITAL GOSSIP.
The Fight In the Bullock
Left-The Gall on POckeIbOOks-
Iowa Statesmem at Outs-Indepen-
dent Spelling.

WASHINGTON, May s9 The week opens in the
House with the deadlock still on The Repub-
lcans who wanted to make a compromise by
allowing the charges Of forgery in the case of
the Mackey testimony to be investigated have
been bulldozed into submission by the Radi-
Gals Of the party, and are now following like
sheep. The same Radical leaders announce
that they expect at no distant day to see the
Democrats back down. They won't see any
thing of the kind. The back down will be on
the Republican side. There is dissatisfaction
in the Republican ranks. There are many
men there who are now fretting, and
whose fretting as the contest goes
on will break out into open
revolt. Aside from the fact that their course
is right, the Democrats have legislative ad-
vantage. In fight of this Kind the minority is
always at best. Mr.. Mackey may or will hang
his harp on a willow. He will not be seated
this session. OF course public business will.
during the fight be neglected. But it will rot
be neglected to any alarming extent The
House has already shown that to accommo-
date pressing business it is willing to lay aside
temporarily the fight as to who shall occupy
the seat now warmed by Mr.. Dibble Put still
many measures which would otherw Sc 90
through, will suffer on account of the deadlock
There may also be legislative gore, the spling
of which is always harmless and at the sam
time productive of coed deal of fun.
LITTLE REVENGE
There never was any good blood between ex-
Secretary and ex- Senator Ktrkwood of Iowa
and Senator Allison, of the same State Allison
Is a man of vindictive disposition. Kirkwood is
an open, bluff old fellow. Kirkwood had been
choeen by the President and his Cabinet to be
Chairman OF the Tariff Commission. This de-
cision was unanimous Allison had hoped that
when Kirkwood left the Interior Department.
he would be forever banished from public life
and he chuckled accordingly. The fact that
his old enemy had been chosen to lead the
Tariff Commission became known to Allison
He was not over pleased with the information.
He rubbed up the law and found a C 1nstitu-
tional obj jection to Kirkwood's appointment. 1t
was in this provision that 70 Senator or mem
Der shall be appointed to an office under bill
which was passed while he was in Con-
gress. Kirkwood was In the Senate
when the Tariff Commission bill first
passed that body. Allison in writing
very kindly called the attention of the Presi-
dent to this constitutional objection to Kirk
woods appointment 1t was an insurmounta-
BILE objectlon-so Kirkwood's name was drop
ped. There are lots Of such exhibitions of good
feeling among able statesmen which crop out
every day. 1t looks, however, as if Kirkwood
would return to public life, as the people of
Iowa. recent advices from that state say, are
determined to make him member of the next
House. despite his declaration that he will not
be candidate.
THE USUAL HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
Despite Un6 IacG CnaC General GUSTS, of New
York. Secretary Of the Republican State Com
mittee, has just been found guilty of a viola
ton of the Revised Statutes in collecting as
sessments from State off1cehoders for cam
paign purposes, the Republican Congressional
Campaign Committee has entered upon its
usual raid upon Federal officeholders The
committee is issuing circulars signed by jay
Hubbell Chairman, demanding the usual two
per cent. contribution upon the salary of each
Federal off1ceholder. Not even the women
clerks are spared. The scrub woman, the la
borer, the messenger, and even the boy-page at
the capitol is called upon for the two per cent
The women and the boys especially are the last
that even Republican committee should
ever think OF mulcting. The woman gen
orally has no politics and the boy-pages
are all too young to know the
difference between Democrat and Republican,
and yet the committee announce in their circu-
lar authoritatively that there will no objection
in any official quarter to these assessments
That means that President Arthur and the
Cabinet sanction this robbery, which is in direct
conflict with the Revised Statutes Of this broad
land.
He Is TO BE LEFT.
After all his work and after being near the
goal of his ambition, it seems to be pretty evi
dent that R. B. Bullock will not be a member
of the Tariff Commission. In fact it is def
nitely settled that he will not be. Said Secretary
FOIger to me to-day: Bullock will not think
be a member OF the commission. There has
been great deal of influence brought to bear
to secure his appointment, but it has not had
the effect desired He will not serve on the
commission" After being so near to the fod
of the selected this will be in the nature of a
considerable drop to Bullock The protests
against him have, however, been of such
character that they could not be overlooked.
THE WAY TO SPELL.
A certa n member OF the House from the
South-not from Georgia, but from an adjoin-
State-stepped into the eSergeant-at-Arms' office
the other day and drew a check for "teen dol
lars" 1t was thought that he had. by an inno-
aaVAFw fob
attention was called to the error. 'D-d it, he
said, Il forgot how to spell it. did not know
whether it was teen or tin" He then filed
out another check and spelt it ''tin " He got
the money. The first letter of his surname is
w. There is evidently need Of national aid to
the cause of education. PoToMAC.