Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-06-12
C0NLEY TO BE RETAINED
THE RUMORS AFLOAT IN AT.
LANTA PURELY FICTITIOUS.

Assistant Postmaster Hatton Makes the
Denial-COlored Republicans After the
Fattest Plums in the Pudding-The
Tobacco Rebate Estimate Rapidly
Shrinking.
WASHINGTON, June Ill inquired
OF First Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral Hatton to-day about the condi-
/. ton of things at the Atlanta post office.
Just the same" hesaid 'eThe defalca-
ton occurred, we held Postmaster Conley
accountable for it, and he made it good.'s
:" men are you going TO appoint new
| Postmasters7
''Such a thing" Mr.. Hatton replied.
''has never been thought of. There is no.
thing against Conley. He did all we could
expect him to do. He made good the de-
falcation that occurred. The law makes
the Postmaster responsible for his depu-
ties, and when he complies with that law
he certainly ought to satisfy the DEPART
ment. Conley is good officer, and there
rs no intention whatever of supersedin0
| nlm." 1 told Mr.. HattOn that some of the
Georgia papers read differently from what
he said. 81 can't help that was the re-
ply.
Republican politicians are evidently
convention of c0lOred men. which
isto be held in Louisville ON
the 25th of September next. A well versed
Republican said to-day to your cOrre
spondent that it looked as if the conven-
ton would be well attended from all Darts
OF the country. The way the colored men
are talking there is evidently something
III view which Is not generally supposed
TO be down on the bills. 1t is well known
that the objects of the convention are the
discussion and formation of plans by
which the condition of the cOlOred race
may be ameliorated, both politically and
socially. There is a little, according TO
common report, that is sensational
under all this. The object of the prime
movers OF the convention is really to at
tempt to set the race up in business for
itself; that is, for it not to be the kite tail
10 any party, but to try and fly as kite
itself. 1t is not positively known that
such will be the main feature of the con-
yentlon, but it has been so bruited abroad
pretty extensively on the undercurront.
Republican politicians feel or know that
something OF the kind is going on, and are
therefore somewhat uneasy about it, The
cOlored brother has been such a conve-
nlent puller of chestnuts out of the fire
for them that no wonder they look with
horror upon any secession. But there
have long been grumblings on the
brothers part that he does not
get anything and signs that he is getting
tired. lie is believed to be about to make
demonstration. Certain il is that those
who will, in all probability, run the pro-
posed convention, will do their best to in
duce demonstration. 1t will make mu-
sic anyway. But to the sensation men
toned: 1t is said to be- the firm coDyic
tlon of leading cOlored men that il is time
Tor the Republican party to do something
big for their race. This view is very
strongly held by the Fred. Douglass fol-
lowers. They want the second place on
the next national Republican ticket for
Fred. Douglass or the promise of a Cabi-
net place for him. They say that only by
some such prominent recognition can the
republican party retain their allegiance.
In fact, it would seem that to attain
such end is the foundation object of the
coming convention. Taking il all around.
the cOlored brother promises to be trouble
some somewhat to his white allies.
The indications every day show that
the tobacco rebate claims will not come
near the mark at which they We're first
put. They do not come in at all by the
bushel-full as was anticipated by num-
Der of members of Congress. The Internal
Revenue Bureau estimated that the total
amount OF tobacco rebate claims would be
between $4,000, 900 and 81. 100000. Ever
since few days before the reduced to-
bacco tax went into effect that estimate
has been frequently revised 1t has been
growing small by degrees as it became
the more evident that even the first rush
of rebate claims would not warrant it.
Now another estimate has been made. II
is put by this latest figuring that the
amount of tobacco rebate claims will real
ly be less than $1,000,000. 1t is as hard to
figure on official futures as it is on cotton
futures.
If the internal revenue officers went
greatly beyond what will prove the real
facts in regard to tobacco rebate, they
certainly did not err on the side when
they predicted what the reduction of in
ternal revenue would be from the next
fiscal year on account of the reduction in
taxes made at the last session of Con-
gress. They now figure it that instead of
being as they predicted from twenty to
twenty-seyen million dollars less for the
next fiscal year, the internal revenue will
in reality be forty million dollars less. This
increasing of estimated reduction may
possibly be made use of as an argument
against any tariff reduction at the next
session. 1t is barely possible that the
figures are put up jusi for that purpose.
POTOMAC.