Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-20
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
PROPOSED FLORIDA RIVER M
PROVENIENTS.

Brunswick's Public Buildfng-The Tax
alton Notwithstanding in Their
Berths-Fearing an Extra Session.
Arthur Working the Machine for
Himself.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Is.-Representatiye
Davidson has introduced in the House bills as
follows: Appropriating $4,000 for continuing
the work of improvement on Manatee river,
Florida; apprOpriating $4,000 for continuing
work on the northwest channel Of Key West.
Florida; apprOpriating $4,000 for continuing
work in Tampa Bay, Florida; and bill -appro-
priating Sl6,4OO for continuing work on the
WIthlacoochee river, Florida Senator Call
has given notice that he will move an amend
ment to the bill establishing new post routes,
which will make a route from Hawkinsville.
Florida, via Lower Blackwater, to Fort Ma
con.
ARCHITECT HILL AND BRUNSWICK.
Mr.. j. q. Hill, Supervising Architect Of the
Treasury Department is warmly in favor of
the erection of a public building at Bruins
wick. He says that a building should by all
manner of means be provided. He has looked
into the question, and that is the conclusion
which he has reached. He says also that if
called upon he will write letter strongly
urging the proposed building. senator Bar
row said to-day he did not think it hardly pos
slble-Owing to the press of other important
business-fOr the bill for Brunswick to become
a law this season. He is confident, however,
that it viii get through next time.
MR.. A. n. WILSON'S REMARK.
met Mr.. A. n. Wilson meandering around
the capitol to-day. We greeted. Said he:
81 used to place a great deal of confidence in
what you sent to the NEWS, especially about
the Georgia offices, but | must say that my
confidence has been greatly shaken by your
dispatches since | have been here this time.
You don't get things right. When was here
before, with the sO-called syndicate, you hit
bad about this. The idea that l had
shaken Mr.. Wilson's confidence or any other
part of his anatomy except his hand. worried
me. forgot to tell him that in the dicker of
some months ago his side was on top, and got
all the public advantage which belongs to sue
cessful success, but that now being on the
under side, he ought not to expect me to write
that he was topside up and rushing things.
You can't please everybody, though. l am
awful sorry about Mr.W ilsOn; "deed, honest"
| am.
TARIFF DEBATE.
1t is very likely that by this time next week
tariff debate. There won't be any
backwardness in speakers making their little
efforts. They of the House are nearly all load
ed and liable to go of at anV time There has
been but very few subjects this session where
set speeches were in order. The tariff will
afford an outlet for compressed wisdom, the
pressure of which was doubled because the
civil service reform bill was put through with
out allowing any debate. Debate on the tariff
viii be long. The nearness of the end of the
session will, however, keep it within bounds.
HE KNEW HIM.
| was standing by the Western Union Tele-
graph office, in the ante room to the reporters
gallery, the other day. An operator was busy
sending over the wires long dispatch. An
other operator coming up stopped while and
listened to the clicking of the bras. He said
to the man at work, You must be sending a
speech of Richelieu RObnson's." 81 am.''
was the reply. asked the operator who had
made the guess how he knew that it was
speech of the lion disturber's which
was being wired. "Oh," he said, 81 caught
on to American flag star spangled banner
British aristOcracy,' and few other words
of that kind, and knew it must be something
of Richelleu'S."
A SCARED LOT.
The most scared lot of people 1 know of to-
day are the employees of the House. As the
next House VIII be Democratic there
will be grand change in its offices.
The Republican brother will have to go, and
will be very promptly succeeded by them of
the faith Democratic. What the present en-
plOyes are afraid of is an extra session. If
you want to make them worried hint that a
prominent Republican or Democratic mem-
Der has said that he does not possibly see how
an extra session is to be avoided. They will
have dumb chills for an hour after you thus
work them up. The other day when Ran
dali Gibson, of Louisiana, introduced
eighth Congress shall meet on the
1lrst Monday IN March next he came as near
thoroughly demoralizing the House employees
as if he had thrown a bomb among them.
You see if there should be an extra session
of which there is not the slightest probability
the House employees would not draw their
healthy stipends up to the first Monday in De-
cember next.
DISSATISFIED.
Stalwart as well as half breed Republican,
are talking at Arthur. They say he evil
IDENTIFY takes no interest in the welfare of the
party at large: and they cOmDlain that he is
running the Notwithstanding lost all hope of
future political preferment-Only to make
the most out of it pOssiably for himself and
friends. POTOMAC