Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-09-15
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
CHANDLER WORKING THE NAVY
YARDS.

L AAhDS.
How BeggarY Pays-The Star Route
Jury-SOuth ern Fast Mail Hon, John
c. Nichols.
WASHINGTON, September l3-The action OF
Secretary Chandler during the present cam
paign will Eldd another feather to his can in
being the naost unscrupulous and strategetic of
politicians Williamee is a small man person
ally. but ''devilish sly" The way he has
worked What, il I wanted to use slang, would
call the navy yard racket" is worthy of sd-
mlration If not of respect. Be it remembered
that Co ngress at its last session had agreed
upon ia committee to abolish certain of the
useleF and expensive navy yards. With his
addr'Es and flnesse Williamee, Secretary of the
Navy, advised in most plausible and convinc.
ing of prose that no navy yard be
nai ned for abolition. but that it be left to
hrm as Secretary of the Navy to INQUIRE into
I ne facts, and do the work of demolition ac-
Sorolng as ms inspection would f1nd out and
warrant, and SO Congress left it WIlliaTnee is
now on tour of inspection Of the navy
yards, and he has done good work for the Re-
publican party. He inspected the Kittarv
Maine, navy yard some time before the recent
va rd ic
acknowledged by all naval officers ~ Iha tbe
most worthless OF all the yards. There was an
election coming on, however WiIHamea
secretary OF the Navy. did not find Kittery SO
very, worthless. He thought she was
worth much to the Republican party. And he
made her worth much to that party From a
sesee ss OF inactivity m the yard suddenly sprang
into state or bustle and gave much enInIov
ment to voters. Over a thousand voters were
soon employed at the yard, where hut a short
!I11a 5Ime sgo dreary gross clipper and few
1.nIas 1oneSonne Mohkers Grew daily pay from the
government. lt was circulated around that
under the new Secretary of the NAVY. Will
llalnSo, Malne was 20 become the leading ship
o1nnolng pun quarter OF the. globe. williamee
also ordered receiving ship to be
stationed at Mttery, thus placing that ward
dlmoSG on roofing with the import9xA ward
az Boston. There can OF course be no doubt
that such action on the part of the Gecretarv
OF the Navy had its effect in the recent Maine
election. VIZ -9O0''' IL A'iio
Mr.. Chandler is a very shrewd man. He
VIII not stop at Maine. He is now turning his
eye upon Pennsylvania. There is lust below
Philadelphia the League Island navy yard. It
mas cost the government millions Of dollars
and has never been of any service in return
IL was one OF the yards marked by Con-
gress Tor abolition. Will it be abolished
under the discretion given Chambers Well.
hardly. There is to be an election in
PENNSYLVANIA, wherein the stalwarts are by no
means certain of success. The navy ward has
always been an important factor In elections
with the Republican party. The League Island
navy yard will. like the worthless yard at Kit
terry, be played for all it is worth by that ac-
eomplished politica: manipuIator. w. r.
Chandler, in thecoming election in Pennsyl-
~ania.
A STRANGE SCENE.
was in the Office of the United States Treas
urer to-day. The Treasurer was telling one of
his droll stories, when suddenly there appear
tute human picture 1 ever saw - the
most complese representation of want
hunger and misery. 1t was an aged negro wo-
man, not less than eighty. There was not a
tooth in her head A few wooIly grew hairs
were enclosed in cap of rags and dirt Upon
her person was apparently but one garment "a
dress torn, patched and dirtv. 1t was open at
the throat and showed her shrunken bosom.
A pair OF what might have been once shoes
were on her feet. In front she had an apron
half tied up. The thought was inevitable that
been able to beg. Treasurer Gilfllan. after
looking the creature over, said: my
God and put his hand in his pocket for
chs eiharity's sake Before he could take it out
her apron. changed into English sterIing'
She opened the apron 1t was full Of money
coppers, five cent pieces, ten cent pieces. al
most every denomination of coin named upon
the table. There were besides small bags of
gold and silver and rolls of greenbacks She
said she wanted to go to England. The Treas
urer said that he could not change the money
into English sterling, but could give he's gold
for it. To this she assented A couple cf clerks
from the cash room were sent for and
the money counted 1t footed un - ioa "a
She was given her gold and left Tyookine ont
or the window saw that policeman stopped.
her. Curiosity induced my going out and askjno
few questions of the officer. He said that the
woman originally came here ten wears
ago, from where no one knows She had dur
ing that time been profes Eional bepgar. She
had told the policeman what she told the
IIeasurer-that sne was going to England.
THE STAR 7koUTE JURY.
nhn
certain members of the star route jury
Will undoubtedly be made. 1t may not be
commenced Tor Some time though the govern
ment is ALREADY commencing preliminary in
ana taxed OF the more firmly is implanted the
cOnVlctlon C1at the jury was fixed" The de-
tailed votes on the ballots taken have been
printed End show beyond a doubt that the1 g
was CON bination Of four jurymen. These
were thes foreman, VIM. Dickson the two col
oreo brothers, Brown and Martin and iurymau
ho.Imead. ne. Some times two or three of these
To6ed for the conviction of the Dorseys and
ASrady, but never all of them. There
was left one, giving negative vote
always. The four fixed" men played this
always conviction among the rest of the |
Jurymen that they were working in a combi-
nation. 1t will OF course be hard to prove this |
but nobody will ever believe to the contrary
The declaration Of Foreman Dickson that he |
had been approached to be bribed by the gov |
ernment is regarded as simply cloak to cover
the real facts The idea of the government |
attempting bribery in the case is simply nom
sense. Who would have paid the bribe2 The /
money could not have come from the |
Treasury, nor it could not have been
for such an unholY transaction There is no
doubt but that the participants in the greatest |
government steal OF the country's history will
be again brought to trial. This cannot be
will be no term of the court before that date
The star route thieves, in the meantime, do
not feel at all jubilant. They cannot crow
over verdict OF not guilty; they simply slnk
along under the weight of public opiaion EN-
braced In the sentence: 'You are not in iaiI
because you bribed jurymen."
THE FAST MAIL SERVICE SOUTH.
The consideration of the question of estab-
lIshing the Southern fast mail service suffers
The arrangements for this service were to have
been perfected, so the Post Office Department
officials said, among the first things after the
commencement of the present fiscal year
under the increased appropriation To arrange
details connected with this service re-
quires the joint conference and action of
the Postmaster General and the Superintend-
ent Of the Railway Mail Service Since the LIST
or July neither OF these officials have been on
duty. at the same time. Now the Postmaster
General is away out in Colorado, and Colonel
Thompson, the Superintendent is OF on busi-
ness, and it is not known when to expect him.
There would not thus seem to be very much
chance OF Southern fast mail service receiving
anything like early attention.
Mr.. NICHOLS DENOMINATION
Information Of the denomination Of Hon. J.
Q. Nichols to resume his old seat in Congress
Is received mere with great favor by ali who
knew him when he formerly represented the
district. He was very popular both
IN and out OF Congress, and upon his return to
a seat on the floor will receive a very warm
welcome PoToMAC.-
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The New York Stock Market.
NEW YORK, September 14.-At the open
ng the stock market was irregular, but IN
he main weak aud Is to per cent. lower
han at yesterdays close, the latter for st.