Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-29
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
THE FORTHCOMING REPORT ON
THE NAVY YARDS.


Restless-A Likely Lift for Ferry.
WASHINGTON, March 27.-The COM
mission which is charged with investi-
eating and reporting upon the condition
of the navy yards of the country with
recommendation as to which of anv of those
establishments should be discontinued
is in session at the Navy Department.
They have visited the different yards and
are now whipping into shape the mate
rial for their report. TO Captain Luce has
been given the work of considering and
coming to conclusions IN regard to
the yard at Pensacola. Captain
Luce has not decided what
he will recommend. He says that the
yard at Pensacola is not in good cOndi-
ton, and that it does not amount to much.
The question which he is considering is
whether Pensacola is the best place for Il
naval establishment. In view of what he
considers the inevitable canalling of the
lsthmus, 1t is question Of the greatest
Importance to decide whether Pensacola
or some other point would not be most adj
YantageOus to the government interests
ON the Gulf and in the South. Upon the
conclusion arrived at on that point de-
pends whether it will be recommended to
improve or discontinue the Pensacola
navy yard.
Tabor remains with us yet. His intel
lectual brow and classic profile are to be
seen in Wiilard's Hotel lobby every night.
Tabor is himself yet. He is none the less
unanimous than he was when | last
chrOnicled about him. He has blOOmed
out once more. In fact Tabor is peren-
NAL. He has had photographs of himself
and MS wife taken by the leading pho
tographers of Washington. He went over
to New York gust to have SarOny picture
himself and spouse. Tabor is not stingy
with the products of the photographers
art. lie gives them away to all with
whom he is brought in contact. The
other day a correspondent of a certain
Western paper wrote to Tabor asking for
one of his pictures to hang up in his
office. He received by special messenger
a half dozen photographs of Tabor in diff
terent styles supplemented by four very
fattering pictures of his wife.
Tom Bowen succeeds Tabor in the Sem
ate. He is millionaire of recent growth,
but appears to have much more sense
than Tabor, and also not to be
a prince of vulgarians. He was here
Just before Congress adjourned. Senator
Miller, of Colorado, offered to introduce
him to his future colleagues. Said Bowen:
= | am much obliged; but | guess we had
hOr Is now Senator, and, from what l have
been able to observe, he seems to be about
all the Senate can stand, without having
his successor inflicted upon it,"
John Mccullough is mere. He is play
ing at the National Theatre and stopping
at Willard's Hotel. They have a new call
boy at the hotel who has not vet mastered
the mysteries of his profession. To-day
a newspaper man sent up his card to the
actor. 1t was delivered by the new call
boy. The boy brought back word to the
newspaper man as follows: s'Mr. John
Mccullough he's sick. Mr.. John Nc
CullOugh he's very sick and cannot see
you. Mr.. John Mccullough he's playing
cards with some gemmen."
Postmaster General Howe, who has lust
died, was very good gentleman. He was
in personal appearance tall, slender and
graceful. n small irOn-gray head was
gracefully poised on a pair of symmetri-
cal shoulders. He was. one of those men
who are pre-eminently clean looking. His
mind was bright but somewhat slow. His
anger was not swift but his mad lasted a
long time. In the Senate he was
man above the average, brit was never
very striking as an orator nor brilliant as
a speaker. In fact, he could not speak as
well as he could talk. That's something
of a contradiction, but you can easily see
what | mean. The one thing that caused
Howe TO be ~tstlf1ed of the country over
was his Speecn on Hayes and SnhurS whom
the former was supposed to be President
and the latter was doing all he could as
Secretary of the Interior for the Pacific
railroads. That speech was something ter
rible in inYective and gnawing in sarcasm.
As Postmaster General Mr.. Howe was
quiet, busy and very efficient. He acted
towards the employees of the Post Office
Department as kindly as a father. To
In han ole
indebted for twO-cent postage and the new
system OF money orders, which promises
to be so popular. President Arthur in
tended at first to make him Attorney Gen
eral. He would have been given that
office, which he would have preferred to
the Postmaster Generalship, had he not
pointed out to President Arthur that his
sOn-in-law, Col. EnOch TOtten, was cOun-
sci for the star route people.
Physically the administration is visited
with misfortune. Postmaster General
Howe is dead. Secretary Folger-thOugh
1t is attempted to conceal the real truth
is battling for lite, with the chances
against him. The President himself is
broken considerably, though not in any
real danger, and Attorney General Brews-
ter is sadly under the weather. Will
liamee Chandler, a grateful country and
Johnny Roach Will be pleased to know, is
doing as well as could be expected under
the circumstances.
This seems to be a bad year for Terrific
rial Governors and judges. Within a
few months several of them have been re-
moved for corrupt and dishonest prac-
tices. One of them was a brother of Sena-
tor COnger. Conger tried to get permis-
sion for his brother, who was charged
with drunkenness and gambling, to resign.
but President Arthur would none of it.
There is a warm time i'm store for another
Territorial official. This is Governor Ord
way. of Dakota. He was for many wears
Sergeant-at-arms of the House of Repre-
sentatives. He had the general reputa-
tion of not getting left when there were
divides going the rounds of the magic
circle. He was also pretty well mixed up
i'm the Boss Shepherd gang, which robbed
the District of Columbia. Mr.. HAYES ap-
pointed him Governor of Dakota. This
appointment was one of the last acts of
the unlamented III. 0rdway went out to
his post, after hanging around Washing
ton for months. He never failed, however,
to draw his pay. Since he arrived in Da-
kota it appears that he has been fully
competent to "catch on" if the charges
which are being made to the President are
in any way trustworthy. These charges
are made by citizens of Dakota in good
standing. Republicans aud Democrats
alike appeal to be relieved of the onus of
OrdWay. They say that he has mOnkeyed
through the Territorial Legislature all
manner of jobs and steals. His willy
Eastern way of doing things has COM
pletely OutdOne the crude Westerner in
the jObbery of politics. He has succeed
ed in capturing a sufficient number of leg
islatOrs are either in with him or
persuaded that he is right-tO be success
full in having just such legislation as he
desires, and none other, put through. His
most recent Offense. the charges say, is
putting through the Legislature by open
jobbery and corruption a bill providing
for a commission on the site of the new
capitol building, and then packing the
commission by men who will select for
the site the ground owned by Ordway and
themselves. The charges on this point
are very distinct. 1t is given as an in
stance of how Ordway is running Dakota
to enrich himself, that he has appointed
his son Auditor of the Territory, with a
salary of $4,000. For these and other
reasons the people of Dakota earnestly
pray the President to invite Ordway to
perambulate. Ordway is native of New
Hampshire.
Mr.. Frank Hatton. First Assistant
Postmaster General, don't rest at all easy
nowadays. He is OverflOwing with the
conviction that he is going to be made
Postmaster General and become full
fledged Cabinet officer. The mighty
weight of this conviction makes the young
man very sOmbre. even pOnderOus. He has
stopped telling smutty stories, and makes
himself more offensive than ever to people
who have to go to his office on business.
IIo - xx-orlyinr nm dignifv I fhinL Mr.