Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-17
AT THE NATIONS CAPITAL
MIR. EXAMINER BALLEN TELLS
ABOUT THE NARSHALS.

ShoFC-bFeWsUefs Attorney General. to
be Asked for Light on Col. Bliss Big
Bills-Neither Manning nor Chalmers
Seated.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-Ralph Ballen,
one of the examiners who have been in
vestigating the United States MarshaPs
office, was before Mr.. Springer's Com
mittee to-day. He pronounced the
MarshaPs office in South Carolina, under
Mr.. Blythe, who was requested to resign,
to have been in a worse condition than
any other in the country. There was
every conceivable species of fraudulent
accounts under Mr.. Blythe. Language
too strong could not be used In describing
the looseness and Irregularities under
him. In regard to the present Marshal he
did not know exactly how he stood, but
said that an agent had been sent to South
Carolina to investigate and report. The
Florida Marshal is all right. so was L. D.
Locke, Of the Southern Georgia district.
In regard to the Atlanta Marshalship
it was different. Mr.. FitzsimOns, the
former Marshal, was guilty, he said, of
the grOssest kind Of irregularities. He
still, had charged against him a shortage
of about $4,000.
Gen. Longstreets administration had
also been loose and irregular. There
were Irregularities under him in fees,
commissions aud bad accounts. He put
Gen. LOngstreets Irregularities at about
Sll, 900, of which between $1,000 and
$4,000 could be explained by allowances.
Attorney General Brewster will soon be
summoned before the committee. One of
the points upon which he will be exam.
ined will be the fees paid in the star route
cases. This examination will bring out
some very interesting correspondence be-
tween Mr.. Brewster and George H. Bliss,
in which it will be shown that whenever
an attempt was made to cut down Mr..
Bliss pay he always held that there was
a contract that he should receive 500 per
day and expenses. Mr.. Brewster never
admitted this, but always referred to 1t as
a contract which Mr.. Bliss alleged to
have been made, but Of which there was
no record. Mr.. Bliss claims that there
was a verbal contract between him,
Wayne McVeagh, eX-Attorney General,
and the late President Garfield. The eX-
animation of Mr.. Brewster on this subject
viii also bring to light the fact that Mr..
Bliss. at critical moments of the star
route trials. threatened to resign when
tluA NtbCllAb W ANtAuNC AA1 bAlAo NCAC
made.
THE MEXICAN TREATY.
No apparent progress was made with
the Mexican treaty to-day, although the
Senate devoted nearly four hours to it's
consideration. Senator Morgan, who be-
gan a speech in its support yesterday.
concluded to-day, after which a number
of short speeches were made, chiefly in
opposition to the treaty Its friends
are much less confident Of its
ratification tonight than they were early
in the week. The division OF opinion is
found to be on neither sectional, political
nor economic lines. Free traders and
protectiOnists, Southern, Northern aud
Eastern Senators. Democrats and Repub-
licans, are found upon both sides. The
South, with the exception Of the Louisi-
ana Senators. was expected to he nearly
unanimous in favor of the ratification,
but il the present estimates OF
the opponents of the treaty are trust
worthy the expectation was not we'll
founded. 1t is said that nearly one-balf
Of the Southern Senators have expressed
either open opposition to the treaty or
strong doubts Of its utility. They saw
that Ii opens no market for Southern
staples. as neither meets nor cotton pro-
ducts can be exported to Mexico under
its provisions. Petroleum, said one
Southern Senator, Will be tde chief export
to Mexico, and the Standard Oil
Company the chief beneficiary. No
disposition to kill the treaty by
indirection has been developed
since the motion on Monday to recOmmit
it. and its friends believe themselves in an
undoubted majority and able TO secure a
vote upon it. At all events Senator Mil
Ter, of California, Chairman of the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations, has given
notice that he will try to get a vote to-
morrow. 1t is possible, however, that
he Will consent tomorrow night to
an adjournment, with the understanding
that the vote shall be reached on the next
day. Such is the usual course when it is
desired to bring long debate to an end.
As large number of Senators have not
yet made up their minds how to vote, the
result is a matter of DOUBT. 1t will re-
quire tWO-thirds majority Of the Senate
to ratlfy. The friends of the treaty are
expected to make strong arguments in its
support tomorrow.
THE CATTLE AILMENTS.
The bill introduced by Senator Miller
to-day, to provide for the suppression and
extirpatiOn of pleurO-pneumonia and
other contagious diseases among domestic
animals, directs the Commissioner OF
Agriculture to organize d bureau Of
animal industry. The Secretary of the
Treasury is authorised TO Jake such steps
and adopt such measures as lie may deem
necessary to prevent the expectation Of
diseased live stock. The cooperation OF
the States and Territories is invited
and, if it be not given, authority
is conferred upon the President to
declare the States and Territories
or districts wherein contagious disease
exists in quarantine. The transportation
of diseased cattle is made a criminal Of
tense.
RELIEF TO BE ASKED FOR GREEL4.
The Secretarys OF War and Of the Navy
appeared before the House Committee on
Appropriations to-day IN behalf of an ap-
preparation Tor a Greely relief expedition.
1t was suggested by the committee that
to properly get the subject before it it
would be best to have an executive COM
municatiOn sent to the House. Both Sec
retarv Lincoln and Secretary Chandler
were of the opinion that the cOmmunica-
tiOn could be prepared and sent to Con-
gress tomorrow,
DINGLEY's POPULAR BILL.
The subcommittee of the Senate Com
mittee on Commerce. consisting of Sena-
tors Frye, Miller of Sew 4ork, and y est,
agreed to report fayorably TO the full com
mittee the pingley shipping bill, with an
amendment emb0dyiGg the provisions re-
ported at the last Congress for carrying
United States mails. An amendment
will also be reported, but VIII not be sup
ported by majority of the subcommittee.
providing for the admission Of ships and
the materials entering into their construc-
tiOn free of duty.
ThE CATTLE PLAGUE.
The committee appointed to represent
the live stock interests of the country,
which recently prepared q bill for the eX-
tlrpation OF pIeuro pneumonia and other
,o,+o -'"us diseases among domestic anil
mails mails submitted a measure to the House
Committee on Agriculture lhj5 morning
The following members OF the latter coIii-
mittee were appointed TO c9AsJaeE ene
bill: MessIs, Hatch. Dlbrell, Wlnans,
Cullen. Wilson and 0chnaee. TIE sub
NEITHER CHALMERS NOR MANNING
SEATED.
The House Committee on Elections to-
day decided by vote Of to 6, not to seat
either Mr. Chalmers or Mr.. Manning on
the priIna facie evidence in the case. The
report Of the committee will probably he
submitted to the House tomorrow and the
case lie considered on its merits.
TOBACCO REBATE oLAufs,
Mr.. BlOunt got through the House to-
day a resolution authorizing the ApprO-
priations Committee TO report at any time
a resolution providing for the payment OF
tobacco rebate claims. The committee
will get in a resolution for that purpose
as soon as it receives the Treasury De-
partment's estimate of how much money
is needed TO pay the claims.
"cHROMOv OCHLTREB.
Tom Ochiltree to-day defined his posi-
ton to the MORNING NEWS cOrrespon-
dent He said that he was for getting all