Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-07
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
THE RADICAL BOSSES AT WAR.
mItchell-Fisher-C and LO-
gan Very Much at Outs-A New
Name For 1.-THE Pensacola Gus
tom HOuse-TreseOIt and Blaine.
Junior.


statesmen multiply. We have already had this
session more than the usual quota of gentle
men calling each other liars and other pet
names. But now there must be chronicled still
another case. This time the so-called difficulty
is between Pennsylvania Independent and
| Pennsylvania stalwart The Independent Is
| no less a parsonage than Senator MITCHELL who
! is making better headway in breaking the
| Cameron boss dynasty in Pennsylvania than
was ever made before. The stalwart is Repre-
sentative Fisher, a Cameron striker who
is in Congress simply because he is
Cameron striker. Before Mitchell went to
Pennsylvania to be present at the Independent
Convention he was approached by Fisher for a
contribution to the sralwart campaign fund
| Mitchell told Fisher that he would see about it
| after he returned from Philadelphia. When
he returned Fisher went to him again for the
contribution. Mitchell refused to give any
| thing. Thereupon Fisher said that Mitchell
had promised to contribute upon his return.
1 Mitchell said that he had promised nothing Of
| the kind. Fisher replied that when Mitchell said
| that he said something that was not true
MitchelPs retort was that Fisher lied. This
ended the scene No gore as yet. Probably
Representative Joe Blackburn and Cerro Gordo
Williams will be called on to conserve the
peace. They certainly know how to do it. By
no means the least interesting phase of the
business is the supreme cheek of Cameron
striker asking contribution from the leader
of the Independents to aid in preserving Came
ron's bossism.
THE DIFFICULTY AMONG THE BOSSES
1t was stated briefly in a recent dispatch to
| the NEWS that two of the stawart bosses Lo-
| gan. of Illinois. and Cameron o. PennsyIvania
were at loggerheads. The details of the trouble
are not without interest. The House passed
tne army olll with the compulsory retirement
! clause in 1t in shape which would retire Gen.
eral Sherman The Senate Military Committee
had about agreed to the same feature. Sher-
man don't want to be retired. He would like
TO figure as the big commander of our very
small army for many years yet. He got is
daughter, who is cousin of Mrs Cameron,
Don's wife, to go and see what she could do
AS result Cameron had a meeting of the SEN
ate Military Committee called at his own
house, and served out plenty of re-
! freshments. He had previously been at
work'on Senators, especially Democrats set
ting forth that it would be much better to have
Sherman as the commander of the army than
Sheridan, who would come in if Sherman
should be retired. His work in this direction
had been productive of some results. At the
meeting at Cameron's house there was a
very lively time. Boss Logan and Boss Came
ron had it hot and heavy. Boss Logan told
Boss Cameron that he could not ''bulldoze'' or
boss" him. This from one stalwart boss to
another stalwart boss was very good.
The result of the meeting at Came
ron's was that the committee concluded
to retire Sherman. Cameron was quiet for
some days. But the women got to work again
and Cameron had to do their bidding He
tirement or Sherman. This made Logan mad
der. He openly accused Cameron OF actin q in
bad faith; and the war is still on. Cameron
hopes to defeat the retirement Of his wife's
uncle when the army bill goes to a committee
of conference. He will call on his Ian Keifer
to appoint the conference committee on the
part OF the House from men who are favorable
to Sherman. With this aid and the undoubted
opposition that exists i1 well developed shape
to having Phil Sheridan at the head of the |
army. he expects final success. When the |
chosen bosses of the Republican party and of |
the administration disagree on such little |
things as this. who can wonder at the antiboss |
movementin a state like Pennsylvania.
NEW NAME FOR IT.
There is a broad laugh here over new name |
that has been given to the effec's of too much |
rum when it is Incorporated within states |
man. The general name that it has gone by |
here for years is malaria" When the states |
men suffered from a too free Indulgence in |
liquids they have always had the malaria" |
over to Philadelphia the other day to try and |
head Off the Independent movement that is |
developing In mt thss sSate & t3 an p alagpag exten
outery that if the merchants add manuf -oturers /
did not come to the solid support OF the |
machine boss he wou'd join with the Demo
Gratis to allow the tariff to be- cut down After
wards, when the howl over his utter noes be-
came very unpleasant, he denied having ever
used the language referred to. But there were /
too many people who heard it for the denial to
take root. His friends next put forth the |
excuse that when the able Senator spoke as he
did he was not responsible. as he wss suffering
from torturinR toothachel He was so irritat- |
ed and cross from the pain caused by tho
aching molar that he might say almost
anythingl He did not remember ever using
the language attributed to him. MIR. Cameron
has unwttingly coined new term It is no /
longer malaria" 1t will in the future be /
called the "toothache." Bibuous Congress-
men will thank the young boss of Pennsylvania
for giving them something new. Malaria
was getting too much played out to be ac-
eepted as an excuse without broad smile 1t |
is now admitted that Cameron made the
threat attributed to him. In UipO UeritGs
THE COST so FAR.
The star route cases still dangle and dargle
In the courts here, as you know we'll there has
been no conviction after many months of |
investigation and legal proceedings Not a
thief of them has had Justice dealt ont to him |
and it must be confessed that it looks some
what dubious as to when any of them will be
convicted. have been iuqIiring as to how
much money has o far been spent. The result
Of the inquiry shows that in the star route So
called prosecution the United States has paid |
out between $4,000 and S56, 900. and not thief
yet convicted The prosecution cannot put in
this case the usual plea that there has not been |
time for practical results Attorney General |
Brewster Is no more of a success than was his
predecessor, MacVeagh, the hser from official
responsibility
COLLECTOR AT PENSACOLA
The denomination of Tarbell as Collector of
Customs at Pensacola, Florida, has not yet been
acted upon by the Senate. Mr. TarbeI is here
looking after the interests of his confirmation |
as he was here looking after his nomination
AS nothing at all serious has been charged
against him. it is very likely that he will be
confirmed without opposition. He expects to
receive Senatorial approval of his nomination
by being confirmed this week.
TREsCoTT AND BLAINE.
Messrs. Trescott and Blaine, who have return
ed from South America, where they accom-
pished nothing, have been here several days
When they went away they were big men in
the State Department.. Young Baines father
was then Secretary of State and Mr. Trescott
was his right hand man. In addition
to returning home empty han ed they
have had but a cold reception at the
State Department. The policy of that
old affair has been entirely changed since they
went away. And now. they being out of the
present policy, they get big slice of the cold
shoulder. 1t is probably true what their friends
say-that they have been treated most discour-
teously by the President and the State Depart
ment since they got back. Both of them will soon
sever their connection with the government, or
have 1t severed for them Walker Blaine is at
present Third Assistant Secretary of State. and
Trescott has for number of years occupied
the posi- ion of confidential man generally
around the department PoToMAC |