Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-10-18
WASHINGTON.
The North Carolina Campaign-Hymen'
Harvest-Atkins' Canvass-A Set Back
to HubbelI.

WASHINGTON, October 16.-The political news
That we are receiving here from North Caro-
lima is not as encouraging as it might be. The
Democratic party there is making the mistake
OF Juggling in by the ears the prohibition or
temperance question. 1t should have been
long ago demonstrated that the matter of wha
man shall eat or drink is not question for
political parties to deal in. 1t has always been
the fact that any party which undertakes to
carry the prohibition load upon its shoulders
always gets worsted in any important contest
Leading Democrats from North Carolina, who
have been here off and on for the past two
weeks, say that it cannot be disguised that the
taking up Of prohibition by the Democrats
IS going to work as it has in the
past. They firmly hope that their
fears will prove unfounded. but cannot
think otherwise than that in the next election
Ihere is every danger of the Democratic party
IN NORTH Carolina losing two congressman. If
TINS pad outlook becomes fact it will forever
the burden of prohibition. After Ohio and
1ndlana the Republicans will never again load
themselves with that issue That question.
WI WIlcn was fast looming up into Eery import
ant political issue, will therefore be as dead,
pOHCicsiiy, as anything inanimate can be. -
A MARRIAGE EPIDEMIC.
An epidemic of marrying seems to have
oroken out IN Washington. The columns of the
society" papers contain almost nothing but de
scrlpuons OF tying numerous nuptial knots
Almost everybody is getting married When
it is remembered that not one-half the mar
rlages which take place ever go into print it
becomes matter of some concern lust now to
know II any single men will be left to u.s. Ger
talnly there will be very few if the marital
IeVer ooeS not abate. 1t is noticed that most
OF the marriages recorded are those Of people
not very well to do in worldly goods, with
good sprinkling of the Comfortably fxed''
ana rich They say that laughing is catching
can IL be that marriage also runs through a
community like visitation of the measles or
Whooplng coughy 1t certainly looks that way.
Mr.. ATKINS CANDIDACY.
Mr.. Atkins, in his candidacy for Congress in
the First Georgia district. not only has the sup
port and aid of Jay Hubbell's committee but he
has influence in his behalf from a higher quar-
ter. He has. the direct influence and aid of
President Arthur. Mr.. Atkins, while in New
YORK snort time ago, had an interview with
PRESIDENT Arthur, in which the latter promised
that the administration would do all it could to
promote the success of the Republican candi-
date IN the First Georgia district Arthur never
says that he will do thing and then go back
on his word. He will do all he can for Atkins,
It may be barely % possible, however, that the
voters OF the district may be able to do more
for Col. Nichols than the administration can
do for Mr.. Atkins.
NOT ANXIOUS TO CONTRIBUTE.
Since the overwhelming defeat of the Re-
publican party in Ohio clerks in the depart
ments evince even less desire than before to
contribute to jay Hubbell's highway robbery
committee. They had not you know,
responded at all generally even before the
Ohio result. The clerks have even got to gag
ing the collectors of campaign funds They
are defiant even, because they know that public
sentiment has been so worked up on this ques-
ton that no official would dare to remove
a clerk simply because he refused to contribute
to that fund In one Of the rooms in the Post
Office Department collector appeared to-day.
There are twenty clerks in the room One of
them is Democrat. He contributed five dol
lars for obvious reasons. The other nineteen
clerks (Republcans) refused to contribute a
cent, and poked fun at Jay Hubbell's assistant
highwayman.
NOT MUCH PAY.
The Offices of Marshal and District ATTORNEY
for the new district OF Georgia would not it
was stated some time ago, be found to be very
lucrative They will be far from that They
will not be found to be official crumbs that
will be fought over. 1t is now estimated that
the Marshalship will not pay over $1,000 a
year, and that the District AttOrneyship will
not bring the holder thereof over 5000. Mar
shall Locke and District Attorney DarneH have
not fallen into as good things as they thought
they were getting. PoroMAc