Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-19


of the FOrty-eighth Congress.
It's Good to be Loyal and True.
The Spartan band that has chung to the
''grand old party through good and evil
report, i'm triumph and disaster, that has
filled the Federal offices in the South and
served the public so Observation-Disclosures
allude to the noble Southern Republi-
cans-is enthused, nay, hilarious over
the good news flashed from Washington
last night that its members have not been
voted old lumber, fit only to be cast aside,
but are to count as factors in 1884.
The possibility that these loyal Repub-
licans would figure at the next ma
tiOnal convention only as pilgrims,
and view the great assemblage from the
gallery or a remOter cOigne Ofyantage was
direfll. But more awful was the chance
thatdeadhead transportation and "inciden-
tails" would be made things Of the past.
But the fates were kind, and the noble
patriots are permitted to weave i'll fancy
visions of the good time coming.
The old basis of representation stands
unaltered. and the handful of mOralIsts
at the South will count for
as much as the legiOns
at the North in the choice of the next
Moses that will contract to guide the
''grand old party" Doubtless, it will Oc-
cur to the delighted cOterie that there's a
wealth of wisdom in the hOmely maxim
..make hay while the sun Shines
This may be their last chance. The
prudent man of business looks forward to
the time when lie will retire and enjoy
the fruits Of his industry. Need we go
further. We trOw not. But we take it
that the statesman that wants to corner
the delegate market, particularly ''SOuth-
ern positions" will have to keep a sharp
eve ON quotations from this time forward.
Mr.. John II. Inman, a native of Tennes-
see, who went to New York after the close
of the war with a few hundred dollars,
and is now reputed to be worth so, 600, 600,
amasSed i'm cotton speculation, has re-
Gently visited the South, during which he
looked into the condition, location and
earning capacity of the Georgia Pacific
Railroad, which is to run from Atlanta,
Ga, 70 Columbus, Miss. He was so well
pleased at the outlook that on his return
to New York he made cash offer for
S3,OOO,OOO OF the bonds of the road at
figure Just a shade below the price at
which the bonds were offered in small lots.
The directors of the Richmond and Dan
vile Extension Company, who hold the
bonds, formally declined his offer. Noting
the above the Baltimore Sun says; "Fhe
fact that so cautious a capitalist as Mr..
Inman is willing to invest $3,OOO,0O in a
Southern enterprise is the strongest proof
he could give, not only of his faith in this
particular enterprise, but of the improved
outlook for the South"
The civil service reform bill, designed
to separate politics from patronage as the
very essence Of the reformation sought,
and in doing so declared that no recon-
mendatiOn of any Candidate by Senator
or Representative should be considered
by the appointing power. And yet it is
stated that Congressman have already
been troubled with applications for APP
pOintments on the commission created by
the bill. In this connection it may be
pertinent to ask, how is the President to
know who to appoint to 10000 Of the l0O,-
600 offices he has to fill? His appoint
ments must be ratified by the Senate. |
How is the Senate to know? In some |
cases the people will recommend, but |
what voice has the people with an adj
verse administrations To respect and !
submit all applicants to examination will |
erect the commission into a never ending |
court of inquiry. The Office-appOinting |
business is not yet settled.
How monopoly supports monopoly. |
Claus Spreckles, of California, imports |
sugar free of duty and sells it at higher /
prices than New York sells her imported |
sugars on which duties are paid. The |
reason why he can do this, it is stated. is
that the Central Pacific Railroad charges |
$50 TO $40 per ton for transporting sugar |
from the East, and thus bars Californians |
from the Eastern market, while Spreckles |
gOuges to the bottom of their pockets and |
divides with his allies.
The Central Pacific was built by the |
government lands, and has a ''Credit |
MOblier'' fame. Strange how the govern
ment is mixed up in this affair. 1t gave |
the lands to the railroad, and Endorsed its |
bonds for fabulous sums. 1t gave |
Spreckles the right to import his sugars
free, and if put duties on all sugars COM
ing in on the East. 1t gives free scope to
the Central Pacific's prohibitOry tariff, and |
pays no attention to Spreckles' monopoly. |
\ Roman Catholic prelate who returned
from Ireland a feg weeks ago, says the
New York Times, told his liOck that he |
advised Irishmen in this country to stay /
their hand awhile. The people in. Ireland,
he said, have got 10 depend too much ON
the pockets of America, and this is
naturally destructive of self-reliance,
Possibly, observed the Times. the right
reverend gentleman's utterances on this
head may have led to the considerable
falling off in remittances to Ireland this
Christmas. a circumstance which has at
tracted tins notice of some of the chief
money-Order offices. Nevertheless, there
is a great cry for help coming from Ire
land a. this time, and Irishmen in this
country should nos withhold their cOntri-
buttons unless well satisfied that the real
necessity does not exist.
Editors Smith and Halstead, either or
both, fling down the gage TO Eads thuslyi |
'tWFhen the jetties were made in the
South Pass, they were imperative until
the Southeast Pass (Passe POutre) and
the great Southwest Pass were partly
damned. so as to force current through
a.. :o..;oe Tshfc s-aicnd tho flood baiOhf !