Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-01-19

SOMETHING has been gained in the pas
sage OF the shipping bill. Burdens of long
standing aud hamPeripg restriction upon
shippers have been removed. Ship-building
materials are also TO be admitted free OF
duty. The battle is not yet ended. The
Holman amendment, which provided that
fifty per cent. of the subsidy % be paid to
shipbuilders should go directly into the
hands of workingmen, was voted down BY
the nearly solid Republican strength in the
House.
The Burlington Gozette says that Gen.
Longslreet, who has held Office under Re-
publican administrations nearly ever since
the civil war ought to be good loyal author
ity in behalf Of Filz John Porter, and Gen.
Longstreet, knowing whereof he writes, tor
he was on the ground, attests to god gem
eralship of Gen. Porter IN failing u comply
with the order of his blundering ami incom-
petent chief. Porter's action was The saliva
lion OF the Union armies, the Republican
party TO the contrary notwithstanding.
RAILROAD commissions are in higl favor
with the people everywhere. Most of the
States have them and the others wan, them
or, at least, will never be satisfied without
them. The main question is, should such
commission be mandatory or advisory. The
| Georgia commission is very general, re-
garded as a kind of model of the mandatory
class, and the MASSACHUSETTS, conmiseio, Of
the advisory class. OF course there are c,m-
missions of all degrees OF power. just hw
much power is best, time alone can tell.
THE governor OF happy Wisconsin shows
| that the school property OF his State is worn
| S5,6l4,938, and that the expenditure for pub
| lie and private schools last year was s., ST.
402 The State had over 10000 immigrants,
and on January /, 1888, it's railroads had a
length of 1894 miles. The average charges
Of these roads were 283 cents a mile for pas
sepgers, 1.61 cents for ton OF freight. The
roads paid 10 the State a tax amounting to
| $3.50, 1923 out of net earnings reported at
| SIS, 1852, or out of gross income of S18,-
765, 24S. The railroad commission of Wis
conan is pronounced a success. The State
tax isvery light, except, perhaps, on rail-
| roads.
The Virginia Democrats are urged to
hold their convention before the date in May
| fixed for the spring elections, because here
| tofore the city and town elections have been
neglected more than they ought to have
| been, and a convention will help give this
early canvass the solidity and earnestness
| which will be important when the fall cleo
ton of a General Assembly comes. The
Richmond STATE says the fall election is 10 be
| fought this spring, and that if the Malone.
| ties are allowed to establish themselves in q
majority of the counties and towns this
spring, when the November contest opens,
| the battle for the conservatives will be al
ready lost. Senator Malone, it is evident, is
to have an arduous struggle to maintain his
supremacy.
The President is believed 10 prefer Dor
man E. Eaton az chairmsnof the Civil-Service
Commission. Every section of the country
desires representative, and as usual the
Southern Republicans are not backward in
presenting their claims. A number OF lead-
ing Republicans of this section have called
upon the President in the interest OF ]. 81.
Rainey, formerly representative from
South Carolina. Among the signers to his
application are Messrs. Mackey and Smalls,
OF South Carolina, and Lynch, of Mississippi,
and the argument is advanced that Southern
colored Republicans are entitled to recogni-
ton by the administration, and this can be
secured by the appointment of Rainey as q
member OF the new commission. 1t looks
like the whole matter is likely 10 prove sure
enough slam if not a shame,
NEW HAMPSHIRE and other States have
voluntarily enacted that they may be sued
by other States, and that in order that citi-
gems who hold claims against any of those
States may have Justice, New York, rs well
as other States, hiss provided that any citi-
zen holding claims ag ainst another State may
transfer them to the attorney general, who
thereupon shall bring suit in the name of
the State against the debtor commonwealth.
The New York Herald suggests, sin view OF
Al. L.. - aivtaas,th nj
to the Federal constitution in lieu of the
eleventh. With the eleventh amendment
out of the way any State could be sued by
the citizens of another State, and the process
of reputation would be cut short. As party
issues for 1884 are few it might be interest
ing to see whether Democrats or Republic
cans would dare to go before the country on
the proposition that State sovereignty shall
be a cloak for dishonesty"