Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-05-05
WASHINGTON NOTES.
More of EdmundA' TrIckery - The
JumbOes of the HOuse-ArGhur's
Care for Ihe Inner-Man Lynch
Already Snubbed.

WASHINGTON. May S.-There is a conflict of
opinion between the President and the Senate
Judiciary Committee, in regard to matter
which was once political issue, but which. in
the past three years, has sunk into simply a
matter Of public policy. The President re-
Gently sent to Congress a message asking that
the posse conaitdtus clause of the army bill
which was once the political issue referred to
be so amended in view of the cowboy troubles in
Arizona, as to allow the use of the army as a
posse in putting them down. That was harm
less enough. Nobody could nave any objection
to the use Of the army in such a capacity But
the senate Judiciary Committee, OF which Mr.
Edmunds is Chairman, decided that the Presi-
dent, under the posse cOnlitdtILS clause of the
army bill, already had full authority in the
direction desired The object Of the commit
tees decision was to establish precedent that
the President yet had the power to use the
army as posse conattotuS, whether after MUIR
s%Dy %SBsG S % dVer6s IN elections fSa They
on the subject which the Democrats
three years ago placed on the statute books
For this reason Mr.. Edmunds' committee re-
fused to give to President Arthur the author
ity to use the army as posse comitdtLs to
Quell the turbulent cowboys The President
and his Cabinet. however, are more loyal citi-
zens. They hold the law as supreme. They
see no reason why to reach future partisan
purpose the law should be set aside in the case
of the Arizona troubles To give evidence of
his regard for the law the President issues
a proclamation ordering the cowboy murderers
to- disperse. That is all that he can do.
IF Senator EdmundS and the Republican parti
sans want to do anything for the people of the
Territory Of Arizona, where the cowboy ia a
terror, they will have to agree to an amend
ment to the law allowing the use of the army
to put down such troubles; but they cannot
find the President tool to the establishment
of precedent by which the law to prevent the
use of the army at the polls can be overridden
for that purpose Although Arthur keeps late
hours and sometimes whoops it up with the
than this one that he is a
very square President He is stalwart,
it is true, but has shown that the South can ex.
pect better treatment in his hands than it ever
received from even the unlamented Hayes, the
only Republican who ever even pretended-up
TO the present time-to be interested in her
welfare. Arthur is by no means a bad man.
SOME MORE JUMBoEs.
Senator David Davis has won for himself the
title of the Jumbo Of the Senate. The House
has picked out its Jumboes. No well regula-
ted organization is without its Jumbo.
The House could not afford to
be ra6ft.o,,dp,, left in the popular craze
the real Jumbo probably quickened the selec-
ton of the Jumbo representatives in the
House. There was difficulty In choosing be-
tween Reed, OF Maine, and Robesop, the great
est public plunderer in the history of the world
Robeson is old. and Reed is young. But though
young Reed is baldheaded. Tney have re-
ceived the distinctive titles Of Jumbo the old''
and Jumbo the young" There are men in the
House who would tip the beam with more
pounds than either Robeson or Reed But they
are not so prominent. To be Jumbo in real ty
there must be prominence to go along with it,
To prominence Robson and Reed must ac-
credit their selection as the Jumboes of the
House.
THAT DINNER.
President Arthur was TO have gone over to
H. -. Il u
annual dinner OF the Schuylkil Fishing Club
Re did not go, although he had accepted an in
vitation TO be present. 1t was given out that a
''press OF public business prevented the Presi-
Arthur's tells me that the 'press of public
business" was q delusion and a snare. The
President could have gone to Philadelphia to
attend that dinner as easy as not. The true
learned. after accepting the invitation
He learned that the inexorable rule
of the club is that every member and every
guest shall prepare his own dinner
Now, Arthur is man who lives on
the best of the land When he eats dinner he
wants a good one. He has the best cook in the
United states. He knows that no man out Of
the profession can get up good meal When
the fact stared before his face that he would
have to eat a meal prepared partly by himself
and otherwise by others who were worse than
amateurs in the culinary art. he backed out
He simply had not the stomach for such a din
ner. If it had been a high-toned feed with
twelve courses and as many kinds of wines
there would have been no press of public busi-
ness to prevent his being present.
LYNCH's SEAT.
Lynch. the saddle e-colored successor to GEN
eral Chalmers, of Mississippi, does not occupy
prominent seat on the floor. he is relegated
on the Republican side of the House to the
very back row OF Seats and is located right in
the midst of a most consumptive draft. After
the first congratulations Lynch seems to be
given small section of the cold shoulder by
the Republicans. Heis very seldom seen talk
ing with them, or rather they very seldom
converse with him. Lynch spends most of
his time on the Democratic side talking with
Southern Democrats. 1t is safe to say that he
will not often be given an opportunity to speak
by his friends, the Republicans. PoToMAC.