Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-03-09

OF senators, with their wives, in return for
the Inequalities of the winter. Ex-Secretary
Blaine, Mrs Blaine, Mrs. Wordsworth, Miss
Beale and Miss Frelinghuysen were among
the guests.
| Another Charge Against Mason.
IL is reported that Sergeant Mason, who
shot at GGiteau, is likely to be brought sec
| ond time before the court-martial upon the
charge OF insulting the surgeons who, in the
course of the late trial, were sent TO his cell
for the purpose of examining the wound re-
ceived by him in the late war.
Mississippi River improvements.
The House Committee ON the Improve
ment of the Mississippi River to-day heard
delegation from the Mississippi valley,
composed of Messrs. Smrall, of Vicksburg
Phelps, of Minnesota; Roots, of Little Rock,
Ark; Maginnis, of the st. Louis Chamber Of
| Commerce; Sturtevant, OF Indianapolis and
| Ex-Governor Stanard, of st. Louis. These
| gentlemen urged that the recommends ions
OF the Mississippi River Commission be
adopted.
Edmunds ond the Supreme Judgeship.
The President has urged Senator Edmunds
TO reconsider his declination of the Supreme
judgeship, and has refrained from making
another appointment, hoping to persuade
the senator to accept, but friends of Senator
Edmunds, who enjoy his confidence say he
accept. Senator Davis, of Illinois, is very
anxious to have Senator Edmunds appointed
on the Supreme bench, and it is said the re-
quest was made through him to Senator Ed
munds to reconsider. 1t is evident that the
senator is firm in declining, and the Presi-
dent is now satisfied of this fact.
Miaeral Water Fight.
There is sharp fight in progress here be-
tween the Proprietors OF the domestic mineral
waters and the owners and agents of the
Apollinaris water. Acknowledgement Mac
Neagh decided that Apollinaris is an artif-
cial water, and therefore dutiable. Secretary
FOlger resently reversed this decision, and
decided that Apollinsris was entitled to
enter this country without the payment of
customs here. A resolution is pending in
Congress directing the secretary of the treas
ury not to take any steps toward carrying
out his decision until there can be thorough
investigation OF the question as to whether
Apollinaris is entitled to be placed on the
free list. Able legal talent has been en-
plOyed on both sides. Ex-S .nator Conkling
is said to be counsel for the Apollinaris
interests, and to have received cash fee OF
$4,000.
saunders's CfviI-service Reform Bill.
Senator Saunders, of Nebraska, submitted
to-day joint resolution proposing an amend
ment to the constitution of the United States
that will allow the people to elect all post
M sters, internal revenue officers United
STATES marshals and district attorneys SEN
ator Saunders il a member of the Committee
on Civil-Service Reform, and he says that
after studying this subject carefully he is
satisfied that his resolution embodies reform
IN Its most practical shape. He claims that
to make these offices elective by, the people
would relieve the President of much annoy
ance and vexation that now attaches TO his
Office, and would also be a great relief to
members Of Congress- He says that half the
time of congressman is occupied in attending
to the distribution of Federal offices, and the
President complains that the duty OF filling
petty offices of the government imposes the
heaviest burden on him. Senator Saunders
thinks this can be remedied by giving to the
people the power to chose their own officers,
and if they make any mistakes they will
soon rectify them. The senator will call up
the resolution at the first opportunity and
submit some remarks in its favor.
senator Van wyck's Land Bill.
Senator Van Wyck introduced bill in the
confirm the title of purch asers, pre-emptors
and settlers on the public domain" Its
principal feature is to direct the attorney
general to appear and defend the title of the
purchaser, pre-emptor or settler wherever
any railroad or other corporation claims the
same land under any land grant of the
United States to said corporation. 1t pro-
vides that he shall appeal the case 10 the
Supreme Court, if necessary to settle the title
on the settler, without regard to the value OF
the property or residence of the parties in
interest, and also that all proceedings and
execution shall be stayed except in test suits
The bill has grown out of investiga-
lions into the proceedings of the assigns
of the Denver and St. Joseph Railroad
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provisions are broad enough TO protect the
same class of persons in Kansas, Iowa, Min
nesota, Michigan and the Territories, where
Immigrant roads are located. The members
of the Senate Committee on Public Lands
are known to be favorable to the provisions
of this bill, and it will undoubtedly be favor
ably reported and urged to its passage by the
Western senator's Mr.. VanWyck also in
troduced bill to create a new land district
in Nebraska, to be called the Hitchcock
land district, and to be located in the south
eastern portion Of the State.
A Plea for Glucose.
A Western delegation appeared before the
Ways and Means Committee this morning
and made an argument against the bill
which proposes to impose a tax upon
glucose. They claimed that the only sub
stantial opposition to glucose proceeds from
the sugar refners, and maintained that the
glucose industry is a growing one in the
West, that it affords a large market for the
products of the country, and ought to be en-
couraged and not discouraged.
w. II. Nichols, representing three of the
largest glucose manufactures OF the world,
in which above S4,000,000 capital are in
vested, said that the manufacture of glucose
was first begun in this country in 1868, and
continued in an experimental stage five
years. Since then it has rapidly grown
until now above S20,000,00 capital are in
vested, $4,000 people are employed, and last
year 10000 900 bushels OF corn were used in
the manufacture of glucose. He had under
stood that the bill was in the interest of the
sugar dealers, AMI as Mr.. Searle, OF the firm
of Havemeyer &c Co.. was present, he would
call upon him to defend it if he could.
Searle denied that he had any interest in
the passage of the bill, and said, so far as he
knew, the sugar dealers had nothing TO do
with it.
Adolph Woolner, of Illinois, contrasted
the policy of the proposed bill with that OF
other governments. The First Napoleon
offered prize of 100000 to anyone who
would discover process for making sugar
from the native vegetable growth of France,
and the manufacture OF glucose from grape
Juice was the result. Had France been a
coru-growing nation 10 the extent that this
country Is, Napoleon would have offered
100, 900 000f for the same process by which
we are now making glucose from corn.
General Raum, commissioner OF internal
revenue, said: Il frankly admit that ii the
statements made here can be substantiated,
the popular impression is very great mis-
take / am The last man to advocate law
which would do the manufacturers and the
people the Injustice OF prohibiting the man
ufacture and sale of 80 valuable an article"
He thought it wo1ld be advisable, and that
it is certainly due this great Industry q
matter OF justice, that the subject looking to
the restriction OF the manufacture should be
taken up by Congress.
Phillip B. WELLER, chairman of the execs-
tive committee of the National Grape Sugar
Manufacturers Association, supplemented
the showing already made with an exhaUs-
tive argument, giving the history OF the in
dustry, method Of manufacture, and copious
authorities and statistics, showing how i'm
nortsnt a relation gIueose ia 10 many other