National Republican., 1883-01-25
ON TIE AVENUE.
small TnIk About rIcn ana measures.


The new senator, Kenna, will be the young
est man in tho senate, and will inherit the
mantle of his predecessor, Davis, as the hom-
licst member of the body. He is not even as
handsome as Mr. German.
a@a
Ex-senator Joseph Il. Mcdonald will be
here during the remainder of the forty seventh
congress. He has come this time to stay, and
will superintend his presidential boom in
person. The first real hard work he will do
will be to bottle up Senator Brown, of Georgia,
who has been talking protection for American
industries, doctrine which is rank hercsy in
the estimation of the gentleman from Indiana.
e@e
" Is congress going to pass either the In
gals or Edmunds railway commission bills
this session." asked the avenue man, address
ing his remarks to blunt old senator, who
never talks, but makes up in leg development
what he lacks in oratorfral brilliancy. "Con-
gress don't intend to pass any bills If 1t can
be helped" was the reply. Everybody is
wound up for two weeks talk, and there are
not hours enough to go around among the
gabbers IL begins to look very much as
though an extra session Of congress will be n
necessity. don't believe half the appropria-
tion bills will go through, and there is not
one chance in hundred of the house and sem
ate agreeing on a tariff bill within six months
from date"
The mineral water manufacturers and deal
ers of this country are moving in force upon
congress to secure legislation favorable to the
home industry in these aqueous productions.
They have been before the senate finance and
the house ways and means committees, pro
senting facts going to prove that the Appoli-
naries and other foreign waters, which are ad
mittcd TO American ports free Of duty, on the
pretence that they are natural waters, are ar
tifcial in reality, and that the importers are
cheating the government out of large sum
of money annually, which they should be
compelled to pay in duties. They represent
that the Appolinaris Water company of Lon
don is already indebted to the United States
not less than 100000 and that it is taking
100000 year from the national treasury
under the protection of wrong ruling of tho
secretary of the treasury putting their manu-
factured goods on tho. free list as natural
water. They propose TO demonstrate the
| truth of their representation by unanswer-
able chemical tests and scientific proof. They
ask for an ad valorem import duty Of twenty
five cents on manufactured and mineral
waters alike, as the only way to ascertain the
object sought
e@n
A private letter was received from Consul
John s. Mosby at Hong Kong yesterday, in
which he briefly summarizes the financial
transactions of his consulate during the four
years ended the thirteth Of June last, as fol-
lows Total amount covered into the treas
ury after payment of all expenses, $i2, ,S2i.70
as against 6,565.73 during his predecessor
incumbcncy of seven years amount expended
for sick and disabled American seamen, $3.50
as against s., ,4O352 in the seven years pre-,
ceding.
a@a
About hundred and fifty clerks and en-
ploycs Of the signal service bureau have come
out in u series of cards denouncing the lately
published anonymous circular signed "ThC
United States Weather Observers" as n des
picable forgery, printed and issued without
the knowledge, authority or sanction of sin
gle member of the corps. They deny il
pointed terms that tho circular represent
their views or opinions, and that the state
ments given therein are false and calculated
to deceive. The language employed in th
several cards is different in shading, but th
fine italian hand of the same citizen run
through the compositions Gen. Hazen'
clerks rally to his vindication and the vindi
cation of the department, of whom they ar
which," with the greatest of unanimity.