Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-19
CREAM OF THE SPECIALS.
Points About Men and Things in
Washington.
ARTHUR NOT ovERBALANcEn

ARTHUR NOT ovERBALANCEp.
Ex-senator Spencer, ex-Representative
crowley, Clint Wheeler and Steve French
We're discussing the affairs of the nation
IN IN the office of the Arlington Hotel last
| Friday evening.
What truth is there in this story,
| Crowley, that Grant and Blaine have
formed an alliance to nominate Logan -
asked Spencer.
"Oh! l don't know" answered Mr..
Crowley, with weary air. 81 guess il is
just as well to assume that it is true. 1t
saves the trouble of denying it,
but don't you think Arthur is a trife
oVeroalanced with Blaine and Grant in
league against him ~ continued Spencer
Not at all overbalanced, :" was Crow
ley's quick reply. ''If he has Grant and
Blame against him, he has Wheeler and
french for him, and | am sure that evens
up the load'
| WANTED-A MOTHER-IN-LAW.
7 Few of the members wives come on
until after the holiday recess. Many who
would both adorn and enjOv the life here
stay at home with their children rather
than take them out of school. So a men,
Der, whom L asked the other day if his
! wife would soon be with him. said: ssIt's
the same old problem-what to do with
our SIX children. We are reluctant to
break up their school year, and yet want
her TO share my Washington life. You
see before you man who yearns for a
m0ther-ln-law. L never had one. But
what jewel she would be to leave the
children with, so that Mary could come
on here"
ONE OF sHERMAN's PETS.
Another scandal has come to light in
the Treasury Department. 1t is alleged
that an emplOye in the office of the Super-
rob IF l,a l..
tor some years in the receipt of per diem
compensation of $40, Sundays included,
and that the only authority for this is an
order of the Secretary of the Treasury.
The Secretary who issued the order was
Mr.. John Sherman, and the beneficiary
it is said, helped to build the new house of
the Secretary. He is the only person in
the Treasury Department on per diem
compensation who is paid for Sundays.
INGERsOLL's MANGUvREs.
A politician here says Col. Robert G. In
gersOll expects to be one of the delegates
in the next Republican National Conven-
tion from this district. He wanted to be
delegate to the last convention, but the
opposition by the cOlOred people here on
account of his religious opinions or want
of religious opinions was so strong that
he failed in his ambition, a number of col
ored ministers leading the opposition to
ullus 1t Will D6 remembered LldJ Wnen
the United States Supreme Court recently
declared the civil rights bill null and void,
Mr.. lngerson took the lead in denouncing
the decision of the court. He has kept up
his protest ever since with the purpose of
conciliating the colored citizens. This, it
is said, insures Col. IngersolPs election,
as it has made him so strong with the av-
erage colored man that the ministers will
not be able to successfully oppose him
again. Col. Ingersoll placed Blaine in
nomination at Cincinnati in 1876, and it
may come to pass that he VIII place him
in nomination again at Chicago in June
next.
PROBABLE SWINDLING IN MILEAGE.
Adjt. Gen. Drum has addressed a cir
cular letter to commanding officers of the
several military departments, calling at
tentiOn to the fact that the expenditures
for mileage for the first four months of the
present fiscal year are more than 30 per
cent. in excess of One-third the eXpendi-
lures of last year, without any apparent
reason therefor, and stating that the Sec
retary of War directs that the mileage
expenditures for the current year must
be kept within the appropriation, even if
he shall be compelled to direct that orders
for travel of officers shall not be issued
without prior approval from the head
quarters of the army.