Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-02-18
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
robson VERY MUCH USED UP.
Rueful of HIS ROIe-FtnanCe and
TarifT-SDIendid PFOspecs for Bum
eOmbe, FrOth and Hard Biting
Andy Clarke and Raum-OGreen.
By" Wrought Up.

WASHINGTON, February 15-The rotund
Robson, of New Jers y, showed the other
day in the House that his qualities as a leader
in that body were very sadly deficient To the
msjority Of people that such was the case was
as apparent as anything could be; but there
were q number of Robeson's admirers in the
House and others outside it who thought that
the rubicund snd rosy Represz zntative from
New Jersey had all the qualities Of a leader
The first good wrangle that the House has got
in this session was over the Irish sympathy
business yesterday afternoon. Robson rushz d
forward and pitted himself against Robinson, of
New York, and others better equipped than he.
The consequence was that being surrounded and
prodced and CALLED, he lo' t his temper ANY
one who asrires to leadership in the House
and loses his temper shows that he is not fit to
be leader, and then Robeson said to ,binson
that he was either liar or fool. The idea of
q leader in the House OF Representatives de-
scending to the use of such iengOagel Further
on in the debate ex-Speaker Randall who
never loses his temper. ard never INDUCES in
coarseness. took a hand at Robson. He made
IL very warm for him, and all Robson
could do was to make an impolite state
ment reminding Randall that he was no
longer Speaker. Randall replied very incisively
that he knew he was not but added: II am
a member in good standing" That reply
completely unhorsed Robson. He was put
to rout all along the line. For a professed
leader of his party he was the most woe
bes one specimen of a wreck that ever came
from the legislative storm He has been very
quiet since that day. and it looks as if it is
oawning upon his mind that he is neither
great leader, nor is the country prepared to
stomach his return to public prominence.
THE FUNDING BILL AND THE TARIFF.
1t will be some time yet before the funding
bill passed by the Senate comes up in the
House. There its fate seems to be doomed
aforehand. 1t will, however, give opportunity
to debate; and debate Is just what the House
wants. The funding bill is Objectionable in
many respects. 1T is true, and should not be
passed unless changed in many respects; but
let the country stand from under the shower
of financial schemes and measures in the
shape of amendments, which will be poured
upon 1t from all sides or the House. Nearly
every member has q financial scheme of his
own which he will get before the House
in some shape or other. Opportunity
for unlimited speech-ms king and unlimited
presentation of theories will be presented. No
such opportunity was ever known to be ne
elected. The tariff commission bill, when it
gets before the House. will also present oppor
tunity for debate. 1t will be a wholesome
opportunity. Then can be shown up the Re-
publican and high protectiOnist scheme to
delay action bv the commission, as proposed.
| There is not much probabili Cf anything
really being done with the tariff, but there will
be a full and free debate and strong effort at
some practical reform in that direction, which
cannot be but wholesome ia it's effects and
bring the subject more closely home to the
people of the country. It will not he
overlooked. either, that there is public
declaration on the floor of the House of the
manner in which the Ways and Means Com
mitfee has been backed in the interest of high
protection.
THE FIGHT FOR CLARKE
Andy Clarke. the present Internal Revenue
Collector at Atlanta. remains on the sc ne. He
ard Commissioner Raum are almost hourly in
consultation. They continue to keep up a
fight for Clarke's retention. After Rsums
business hours are over in the Treasury heand
Raum walk out arm in-arm to the Ebbitt
House, where Clarke stops. Raum is using
every effort to retain Clarke. He Is working
like a beaver. Clarke cannot do much himself
beyond urging Raum on. In the meantime
nothiDg has been heard of j. K. Bryant, who
went to Georgia to gather evidence to show
why he and Clarke and the rest of that faction
represented the Republican party in the State,
and LOngstreet, Atkins and company did not.
The names of the trustees of the NG-
tIOnGL Republican, announced in to-day's issue,
excite the same kind Of a feeling as is aroused
when the rural visitor to the greatest show on
earth looks into the cage of Barnum's Happy
Family" The cats, dogs. rats, mice, coons,
chickens, monkeys and 'opossums are appa
rently not more anonymously associated than
are George Gorham, Frank HattOn, w. A.
Patton, Hallet KilbOurn and George Bliss. Here
we have the blatant defenders of the star route
thieves, the First Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral, the Special Assistant Attorney General
and the eX-publiSher of tie Democratic
New York World presiding over the
new organ of a Republican administration
which is supposed to be prosecuting with great
energy the Secretary of the Republican Ma
tional Committee for theft. To make the
msziness moro binding it is whispered that
Arthur is a stockhoder, and the fact is noted
that on Sunday night last the evening prevf
GUS to the first meeting of the new trustees
he gave quiet but exec edingiy recherche sup
per at the White House to the new tIustees-
emitting only Gorham and Kibourn The en-
deavor to solve the relations between the prose
cutors and defenders of Dorsey, Brady & Co.
fatigues the intellect. POTOMAO