Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-06
WASHINGTON GOSSIP,
A PANIC. AMONG THE YOUNG
TARS.
HreWsseT'S Dignity and Run s-The
AsSe MFs GnIteau GeOrgIA,s
"Ehres Hundred ana SIx,, Medals
As 60 ParsOn HIcks-VarfOus
Topics Of Interest.

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Topics Of Interest.
WASHINGTON, July 4.-Attorney General
Brewster thinks good deal of his dignity. He
may be said to divide his self-l,ve between his
dignity and his ruff .. Two doors from his
Office Is . sort OF special anteroom used for
the more private interviews OF the Attorney
General At least that was what it was origi-
nally furnished aud set apart for. But it was
seldom sed for any such purpose. Some of
| the clerks on that side of the corridor got iGto
the habit, long years ago, of dropping into that
room and sitting down, as it was
| pleasahter than the other apartments.
| Nothing was ever said about it. The
other day Brewster, for the first time wentinto
the room. His dignity was shocked to find three
clerks seated there enjoying the cool breeze
/ that swept in through broad windows BreWs.
| ter's ire was raised. He ordered the clerks
out in no very gentle tone. They left hur-
riedly and scared as soon as Brewster got
back to his office he ordered all the clerks on
| that side Of the corridor, some fifteen or
| twenty In number, to be shifted over to the
| opposite, and the rooms which they vacated to
remain so. This was done because all the
| clerks turned out could not be accommodated
on the other side Of the corridor SO they were
shifted to the floor three stories up and right
| under the hot roof, that they might swelter
there, and the affront to Off ;al dignity may
be atoned for.
NAVAL OFFICERS EXCITED.
Officers Of the navy who are under the grade
OF Lieutenant are excited and very mad about
provision or the naval bill, which, in COM
mittee Of the whole. has just been tackled on
by Mr.. Robeson. This provision is that the
number of Leutenants in the navy shall be
contracted to two hundred and that no pro
motion until that reduction is made shall be
made to that grade. The present number of
| Lieutenants is two hundred and eighty The
provision would stop promotion to Lieuten-
antcies from the lower grades, for, in some
| instances, five, and, in the majority of cases
| twelve or fifteen years. When Robson made
| the offer OF tho amendment only two votes
were IN the af1rmatlve and none in the mega
i've. Nobody was paying any attention to the
matter under consideration. 1t is claimed by
those affected that it was put through the
committee OF the whole by trick. The idea
or anybody suppOsing that Robson would be
gWilty OF q trick They further said that Rep
resentetive Calktns, of Indiana, had been in
formed that R0b0Son would attem pt some such
thing rs this, and had said that be would op-
pose it. In order to get Calkins out of the way
Robson got Keifer to send Calkns West with
the body OF Representative Hawk of Illinois
recently deceased. At any rate. the younger
officers have commenced work at once and
| will try to defeat the fnal passage of the bill
6y the House, and IL they fail in this will work
on the Senate They seem to have pretty
fair case. 1t Is well known that to the maiority
OF ocncers OF the navy Robson is hostile. They
were too honest to support his administration |
or the Navy Department when he was its Sec |
ret@ry. In fact, much of the information |
which led to the exposure of Robeson's rotten |
meas came from officers of the navy.
NEW ENTERPRISE.
There Is msR who keeps shooting gallery |
on Seventh street. He did not do very much |
business. Last week when the talk about |
0uiteau was revived to an extent without |
limit, this man conceived an idea which he put |
IN execution. He had pictures on white back |
ground OF Guiteau made, even with the bull |
dog in his hand He then announced three |
shots at Guiteau for five cents" Attracted by
the announcement inquired of the man what
the result had been "Splendid.n he said
this scheme OF mine has doubled, yes, more
than doubled my business. / struck a good
thing, and there has been no falling off in the
number OF people who want to shoot at Gui-
te@u."
GUITEAU TALK
There is considerable talk here about the
way the Gujteau business was conducted |
There are several things that do not look verv
Wel even IN the treatment of a man enilty of !
such high crime as the assassin. For in.
STANCE was He4tsd that Gqiteau broke com
execution, and that he cried like a baby This
was given out by the jail officials. 1t now turns
out that Guiteau did not break down at all
untll ne commenced to read that remarkable
d0ggerei about MY Lordy'' on the scaffold
Then Or. Hicks wanted to revise Gu1teau's
nnal prayer on the scaffold. He wanted him
not 70 say that ne was murdered. Guiteau
got mad ct this aBf said THAT IL Hicks struck
oub one word from the manuscript he would
say say worse things On the galIows. Hicks did
manuscript. And then the experts who
I1n made the post mortem examination.
on the witneks stand that Guiteau was not in
Sane. Ia fact. It was without a doubt a packed
board OF experts. Every ything about the whole
business was conducted to show that Guites1
was sane man. There was net tie Slightest |
fairness in THIS Qf course these people do
not care much about it The General verdict
&ll oyer the countrY is of course, that even ii
than i've one Edf Still st rhe same III time uv
evea the most vengeful IL he is a fair man. oan
put protest to himself against the packing of
everything connected with the case to give no
chance TO chow that there was INSANITY If in.
sanity did really exist.
TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE HEAT.
The excursion which left the city vester1av
Ior oown tne EiveF and out in the country took
aWsZ thousands. Of Washington people who
Wentea 20 escape the heat They did not sio- |
ceeo. IheY bring back the tale that the dreary
70 called summer resorts on the river were
noe,er and more uncomfortable than even the
country we're not much better. To make
tnings worse the resorts to which the peopIe
went went sold @ unlimited quantities of Intoxicating
liquors. The trips back were therefore made
nldeoWs. On several Of the boats small imita-
Lions OF DaDdeIhonium were in active blast.
Women and children were nearly frightened to
ueatn. Upon one boat was this particularly /
the case There the roughs scared evervbodT
mere are slwqys roughs on excursions from |
Washington. The most pleasant way to ensoy
!neSe exgurtloAs il % stay at home.
iS06" NxaAIs FOR GEORGIA
The eight delegates from Georgia to the Re-
sSst 49, UOnssnuon a. chicago will soon get
ehe glorious but extinct band of 3O6
Gel Jack Brown will make tie d,strihutjon
6s.nl 9o alm mas been iHtrSsted that duty Ths dele
sRttss wHo can easily reached from Savan-
nah q T VIII Be sent their medals by John !
as tfBSssq5; tBs meeta Sno ass t been 6gya at.saa
Tag pSsple who sOiDsed Tseevep press t5s
mSqals can sling the brass upon their
breasts and go into war with the front nrotec-
s1on a.s Mnien t1e ancients used before gunpowder
YES lnYe0Be0- IEhe medal may even le FOUND |
-s.s-dy to use as article e actual warfare in
3 hand-t0-hald GoaaioE II may thus be said to
have !ts usee The Georgia people, besides Coi.
EhSntoes % defeat are 1IewisB B. Toouier. FLOYD ]
Snelson Iohn HeYs Elbert Head S. A. Dar. !
tslls + + AilEBsfFy end John E, IseeaOx,
ghK GEoaaIA REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
Colonel Jack Brown, who has been chosen a {
delegate TO the Georgia Republican Conven- ]
uonr says that as soon aa he enters that body
he intends TO raise the black Gag against So I
called Independents and other quasi forms of
Eepunticaniem. He Is going to cry aloud for a
straight out Republican ticket without any de-
Walton 70 one side or the other He has a
peculiar view. He says that no Independent is
. Republican or can bc trusted with the cause
A. the Democrats seem TO hold that al Inde-
Nendent6 arg RephbcknBit is pertinent in !
4airy ns between the two opinions exactly !
where tie Independent dpes stand. II might
ALSO BE- asked, dQeS the Independent stand at {
alf II win probably be found that he does not
DIR. HICKS AGAIN.
The Right Reverend Major General VIM. W. :
Hicks, late spiritual adviser to the late Guiteau.
got all the notoriety possible out OF the hang
Ing. and has not lei up vet. He continues to
get himself interviewed, and in his Sunday 7
sermon worked over the notoriety that ne had
gained BY the execution. Il / might be al :
lowed % CAY thAk ths Reverend Maior General !
II the boas Prehchee and not violate the classic
English OF she News. would do so. The Rieht
heverend Will now probably devote ]
himself 20 attempting with renewed yioST
70 dictate the Fsderaz offices in Florida ihe
gentleman cannot keep HIS hands ont of med
ding with DOlfsfcS and the Of7oar Q