Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-23

| Free List-Gen. Joseph E Johnston
Working for District Commissioner-
The Hill EulOgies.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-In the Senate.
Mr.. Garland, from the Committee on the
Judiciary, reported favorably the bill to
remove the disabilities of Francis II.
Smith, of Virginia. Passed.
Mr.. Logan, from the same committee
reported favorably the Senate bill for the
regulation of telegraph and cable COM
panies.
The resolution providing for an evening
session to consider the tariff bill was dis
cussed until l O'Clock, when several Sem
atOrs called for the regular order, the tar
iff bill, which was taken up. The pending
| question was on the motion to put all ar
ticles in the wood and wOOdenware sched-
ule on the free list, which was modified so
as to leave the duty of 80 per cent. on
house cabinet furniture rough, and 80 per
cent. on the same finished.
Mr.. Kellogg offered an amendment to
the sugar tariff schedule, which was or
dered printed, making the duty on all
sugars 2H cents per pound; on mOlasses
testing not above 56 degrees by the poIari-
scope cents per gallon, and ON mOIasses
testing above SO degrees 10 cents per gal
Ion. He offered this now, as he said, for
the information of the Senate and of the
Committee on Finance, to warn both
against the influence and arguments Of
the refiners. This amendment was in the
interest of free agricultural labor, and it
would, of course, excite the earnest OppO-
sitiOn of a large and active lobby in the
interests of refiners.
Mr.. Van Wyck accepted the amend
ment proposed by Mr.. Ingalls, as a substi-
tute for his own motion to strike out most
of the articles in the schedule.
Mr.. Ingalls, amendment was agreed to
| by a vote of yeas %, nays %. 1t puts
| upon the free list, timber squared or sided
not specially enumerated, sawed boards,
plank, deals and other lumber of hem
lock, white wood, sycamore, bass wood,
and all other articles of sawed lumber:
also laths, shingles, and pine and spruce
clap boards.
Adjourned.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
After the introduction of a number of
bills, the House, at 12:15, went into conf
mittee of the whole Mr.. Page, of CalifOr-
MIA, In the chair on the naval apprOpria-
ton bill.
The bill was read by sections. Amend
ments were adopted abOlishing the grade
| of Midshipmen, and providing that the
| present MidShipmen constitute Junior
grade of Ensigns; also, abOlishing the
grade of Master and creating the present
Masters Junior Lieutenants.
Pending the discussion, and without
completing the first paragraph, Of the bill
the committee rose.
A joint resolution was passed apprO-
priating $2OO,OOO to continue the work Of
the Census Bureau, 100000 to be imme-
diately available and 100000 to be availa-
BILE after July l, 1893.
Adjourned.
AN IMPORTANT PROPOSAL.
Among the bills introduced to-day in
the House was one by Mr.. Blanchard, of
| Louisiana. fixing the time for the meeting
of the FOrty-ninth Congress, first session,
on the 9th of March, 1885, and the second
session on the first Monday in January,
1886, and each Congress thereafter on cor
responding days. 1t aims at 10 change in
the time for the election of Representa-
tives to Congress, but is in
tended to so change the existing
laws that the term of each newly elected
Congressman shall begin short time
after the election, and also each new Con-
gress shall meet shortly after election
instead of thirteen months afterwards. as
now, the idea being that to Representa-
tives fresh from the people shall be com
mitted the duties of carrying out reforms
and the enactiOn Of remedial legislation
which the people may indicate at the polls
they want done.
THE RIVER AND HARBOR BILL.
The House Committee on Commerce is
at work upon the river and harbOr apprO-
priatiOn bill. The new bill will apprO-
pirate about One-half Of the amount Of the
last river and harbOr bill, but it will in
clude, in accordance with the Secretary of
| Wars report, all improvements that, in
the estimation of the engineer officers, are
necessary, but at a reduced figure.
ABERTH FOR 'JOE' JOHNSTON.
General Joseph f. Johnston, of Virginia,
is a candidate for the position of Commits
siOner of the District of Columbia, in
place of Olmstead, whose nomination the
President was compelled few days ago to
withdraw on account of his connection
with Boss Shepherd and the old District
ring. General Johnston, it is almost I'M
necessary to say, was Confederate
soldier of prominence, and has
since the war been member
of Congress. He is supported in his
present candidacy by General Grant, Gen,
Sherman, Senator Sherman, General
Beale, an old chum of Grants, and Adju-
tant General Drum. Senator Harris, of
| Tennessee, has also written very strong
letter in his behalf. 1t is thought that
General Johnston will get the place for
| which he is a candidate.
NEW POST ROUTES.
The post route bill, which has just
passed the House, creates among others
in the several States, the following new
| post routes: Georgia-Roswel via New
ton to Alpharetta; Alpharetta to Hickory
| Level.
| FIorida-Kissimmee City via Elizabeth,
| Fort Meade, Fort Green and Mitchellville
| to Manatee; Tampa City via LimOna and
| KeysVille to Fort Meade; SQmterYille to
Barlow; Tampa to MitchellFille; Black
water to Bay Point; Pensacola to War
| ringtOn; Inter Lachen to EtOwah; Tam
pa via Gant's, YoungblOodis and YarpOn
| Springs to AnclOte; Fort Myers to Fort
| Basinger.
SPEAKERS IN COMMUNICATION.
In the commemorative services to the
late Senator Hill, which will be had in
Congress on the 25th, Representatives
| Hammond, Speer, Tucker, Kasson, Her
bert, House, Kelley, Harris, Gibson,
| Hooker, Wellborn and Cox will deliver
eulOgistic speeches.
In the Senate, Senators Brown, Barrow,
Pendleton, Hoar and Edmunds and four
| or five more will also deliver eulOgies.
THE LITTLE BOY LIED.
| Governor Butler, of Massachusetts, is
in the city. He is keeping very quiet: He
! was visited to-day by your correspondent.
He refused to be interviewed on general
| topics. He was here, he said, simply on
business before the Supreme Court, and
ala not ike 10 De prominently pTOlecbeu
before the public. He was a new Gov
ernor, he said, and wanted to go easy. He
was asked about the HOar-CrapO election
| business.
'sThere," he said, 81 will express an
opinion. Your inquiry is as to whether
| CrapO sent the telegram in favor of HOar
| and withdrawing from the contest him.
| self. will illustrate by a story.
"One evening in a parlOr there were
| assembled several ladies and gentlemen.
! A small boy was in their midst. The
! small boy, addressing one of the ladies, said
that she was one of his parents, and at the
same time was his sister. The conun-
| drum was how could that be. The answer
was the little boy lied"
This concluded the interview.
THE TARIFF TRICKERY.
| In the Senate to-day the letters giving
! the inside workings of the Tariff Commits
1 sion, which have been detailed in these
| dispatches, attracted attention. Senator
| Vance sent to the Clerks desk and had
read several of the letters written by Dun
| can +. Kenner. When their reading was
finished Mr.. Ingalls, said!
| Those letters are written by kenner,
| a Democrat from louisiana"
''They were," replied Vance, 'but that
only shows that the evil of protection will
| demOraliZe any one, even Democrat"
LAND WITHDRAWALS.
Secretary Teller now announces that
his recent decision, published on the 18th
| inst. that the Withdrawals of lands for
railroad purposes in advance of the loca-