Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-19
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
A SET BACK TO THE BONDED
SPIRITS LOBBY.


Cranky Propositions Provoked Pro-
family - Mississippi Improvement -
Grant at Ease with Himself
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1s.-In the Senate.
Mr.. Allison called up the post office ap-
preparation bill. The pending question
was on the amendment appropriating
$1S5, 200 for necessary and special facilities
on trunk lines.
Mr.. Butler, in reply to the statement
that the fast mail service from New York
was principally for the benefit of the
newspapers, presented a statement re-
ceived from the Superintendent of the
Railway Mail Service showing that on the
( 18th of May, 1892. when the last
return was received, there were dis
/ patched on the 4:35 a. IN. train for points
/ south Of Washington 1897 letters, 81, $40
/ circulars and $3.50 pounds of second, third
I and fourth class matter, of which only
/ 700 pounds were daily newspapers from
/ New York and Philadelphia.
! After a long debate the amendment ap-
| propriating S1S5,OOO for the fast mail ser
1 vice was agreed to by a vote of 81 to 20.
| and the bill then went over.
Mr.. Ransom introduced bill to author
/ ize the purchase of a wharf for govern
/ ment use in Wilmington. n. G.
The tariff bill was again taken up. and
/ the consideration of the crOckerv and
| glassware schedules was resumed.
/ Pending the debate the death of Repre-
! sesentative ShackelfOrd, of North Caro-
| lima, was announced.
/ The President appointed Messrs. Ran
som, Jackson and Sawyer committee to
attend his funeral, and the Senate adj
! jOurned.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
AT noon the House went into committee
OF the whole, Mr.. Page, of California, in
| the Chair, on the naval appropriation
bill.
Mr.. Robson continued his explanation
of the bill begun yesterday. At the con-
clusiOn of his speech he stated that he had
been informed of the death of Hon. j. W.
ShackelfOrd, of North Carolina. and
moved that the committee rise.
The motion was agreed to.
Mr.. Vance, of North Carolina, then an
nOunced to the House the death of his col
league, and as token of respect to the
memory of the deceased. the House. at
l 30, adjourned.
The Speaker announced the appoint
ment of Messrs. Latham, Hubbs, LeedOm,
Mckenzie and De Motto as the funeral es-
cOrt.
GRANT.
General Grant is very democratic in his
habits, although he is decidedly Republi-
can in his politics. He is, as you know,
spending some time here. He stops at
Wizards Hotel. He receives as much at
tentiOn now as ever he did. There is
something about Grant, no matter what
he may do or what course he may take
IN regard to any proposition,
which captiVateS-no, | don't mean
that something which eXcites the adj
miratiOn of any man who has any robust
ness in his composition. In common with
nearly every man in the country | must
say that l admire Grant. 1t is unneces-
/ sary to chronicle the causes which lead to
that admiration; l have watched
is simplicity itself-not affected sim
/ plicity-but brand of that
article which he could not get rid of if he
wanted to. He generally goes out to din
/ ner every evening. His invitations to put
his feet under the mahogany of others are
as numerous as ever they were. After
/ dinner he returns to his hotel His.shOrt.
/ heavy overcOat is thrown open, showing
| the lOW-cut vest and white necktie of the
/ swell dinner party. He does not 90 to his
rooms. He walks up to the hotel desk,
/ takes a tOOthpick from the holder and
/ turns his back to the marble. By this
/ time somebody has accOsted him. His
/ eyer-lit cigar comes out of his mouth and
/ he begins to talk. He talks with every
! body, no matter whether he knows them
| or not. Amy one can go up to him
and say, "GOOd evening, General,' and
then begin a conversation. Grant seems
| to enjoy this. Between putfs of his Ha-
| Vana he discOurSes in most entertaining
manner. His reputation as Il man of
/ mOnOsyllables must soon go to the winds.
/ He is no longer sphynX. He has ac-
quired an easy, ready flow of talk. He is
now good cOnversatiOnalist. GrApt
] those
at night seances. He is in
no hurry to get to his room. And he is as
good a listener as he is a talker, He looks
very well. His flesh is not as hard as it
was when he returned from around the
world. That is perhaps due to the fact
that he no longer turns his glass down at
Inner. He looks better than he did be-
fore he stopped keeping his glass ready to
be filled, but not as well as he did when
he got back from abroad.
SETTLERS ON RAILROAD GRANTS.
The Secretary of the Interior has decided
question of much Importance to settlers
on lands within the limits of railroad
grants, where settlements have been
made after withdrawal of lands and before
| the date of the definite location of the line
of road. The Secretary holds that such
Withdrawals are imperative against the
settlers, and that settlers are protect
ed by the statutes up to the time
| the line of road is fixed. 1t APP
pears that preliminary Withdrawals have
generally been made i'll years past for
the benefit of land grant railroads before
the definite location of the roads, and that
settlement rights have been excluded from
the Withdrawn land. 4 large amount of
/ land has been so withdrawn for the North
ern Pacific, Southern Pacific, Atlantic
and Pacific, Texas and Pacific and New
Orleans and Pacific roads. Secretary
I Teller's decision opens such lands to set
tlement and entry under the homestead
and pre-emptiOn laws of the United
States.
A CRAZY PROPOSITION.
Representative WhitthOrne and other
members of the House from the South say
there is no prospect whatever of the pro-
posed amendment to the Constitution, to
make States and Territories pay their just
debts. passing. The proposed amend
Tnent, which is to be introduced by Mr..
Moore, Republican member from Tennes-
see, provides that States may be sued as
persons or corporations are.
''Such a procedure" said General
WhitthOrne to-day, would be striking at
our system OfgOverrment. 1t would destroy
the system of the States. 1t would, under
extreme circumstances, put the States
into the the hands of receivers. l do not
think the people of the country are quite
ready for that
This seems to be the general impression
of all Congressman who haye been ap-
preached on the subject.
THE BONDED SPIRITS BILL.
The House to-day, by a vote of 167 to
43. declined to take up the bill for the eX-
tension of the bonded period of whisky.
This has caused the large number of
whisky men here to be considerably dis
cOuraged. They will not admit that to-
days vote was a test one. 1t was to
certain extent. There is an opposition in
the House TO the whisky bill, which pro-
poses TO fillibuster against it as long as
possible. The prospects of its passage
are very dubious. Its friends on the floor
say the bill cannot possibly be passed un-
til il is seen what will be done with the
revenue and tariff, which must be seen be-
fore the House agrees to postpone the pay
ment of such a large amount of taxes as
the whisky bill proposes.
sPRECKELs ON DECK.
Claus Spreckels, the San Francisco
German, is in the city trying by all means
at his command to prevent the abrOgatiOn
of the reciprocity treaty with Hawaii.
When that treaty was ratified some years
ago Spreckels as strenuOusly opposed the
ratification as he NOW bucks against its
abrOgatiOn. The secret of his change of
views is that he moved his sugar manu-
featuring interests TO Hawaii, where he
now monopolizes the production OF the
sacrharine necessity, which comes into
the country free Of duty.
WON'T GO ON THE RECORD.
During the liveliest time in the House
to-day. when the whisky bill was being
talked of, John ID. White, of Kentucky,