Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-18
AT THE NATIONS CAPITAL
FARROW's CHANCE FOR THE
JUDGESHIP GONE.

/ tory information comes direct from the
/ White House tonight to the News cor
/ respondent that the backbone of Farrow's
/ strength with the President has beer
broken, and that he will not be appointed
| TO succeed Judge Erskine. Farrow's
record was too much, it appears, for the
President to swallow. That's what kills
him, according to the information, despite
the fact Of the Republican party of Geor.
| gia being at his back. The people of the
Savannah district have George A. Mercer
to thank for preventing Farrow from be-
ing put upon them if the information is
correct, and it has always heretofore been
in matters Of Georgia Federal appoint
ments. There is not the slightest indica.
ton yet as to who will get the place, but
Judge Twiggs seems to be looming up.
GOLD AND SILVER CERTIFICATES.
The Secretary of the Treasury sent to
the House to-day in response to a resolu-
tion offered by Mr.. Wood. of Indiana, on
the 10Th inst, a communication in rela-
ton to the issue Of gold and silver certif-
Gates between December l, 1878, and
December l. 1891, and during the years
1882 and 1888. Mr.. Wood, who introduced
the resolution calling for the information,
says that he did so because of a feeling
among Western business men that the
issue of gold and silver certificates
has been limited in the interest of
the national banks. Secretary FOlger
in his communication to the House replies
that the amount of gold certificates issued
between December 1, 1873, and December
l, 1881, is $1,000; that the issue Of such
! certificates was discontinued by a depart
ment telegram of December 1, 1878, to the
! U. 5. Assistant Treasurer at New York,
\ and that the reasons for the non-issue
were fully set forth in published letters
relating to specie presumption and the re-
| funding of the natiOnsl debt, contained in
an executive document of the second ses-
sion Of the FOrty-siXth Congress. He
states that he was not at the head of the
department until November Il, 1881,
and has no personal knowledge
of the reasons for his predeces-
sOr's action in the matter. The
amount of gold certificates issued during
the last six months of 1882 and the whole
of 1888 is, he says, S107, ,060,000. These
| certificates were issued in accordance
with the provisions of the act Of July u,
1882, which authorized and directed the
Secretary OF the Treasury to receive de-
posIts OF gold coin and to issue certiti-
Gates therefor; and he says that the rea-
son why the issue has been limited
to the sum named is that the law enjoins
the department to issue no more certifi-
Gates than were covered by deposits of
gold coin or bullion. With respect to the
discontinuance of the issue Of silver GER
| tiiicates there have been issued in accord
ance with the act of February IS, 1878, to
the fuit amount Of standard silver dollars
deposited there for such issue from jan
uary 1, 1881, to December 81, 1888, amount
ing to Sl19, 100000. Both gold and silver
certificates, he states, have been issued
to the full extent required by the acts of
July II, 1882, and February %, 1873.
LIEUT.. GREELY's RELIEF.
The President transmitted to Congress
to-day communication from the Secre-
tary Of War and the Secretary Of the
Navy, setting forth the necessity for an
| other expedition to Smiths Sound for the
relief of the Signal Service party under
Lieut. Greely, and several messages re-
commencing that an appropriation for
that purpose be at once made. Secretaries
Lincoln and Chandler, in their letter to
| the President, say;
''Thc board Of officers of the army and
navy convened by the President December Il,
1888, to consider Greedy relief expedition. is
OF the opinion that the control Of the eXpe-
dition should be committed TO the Navy De-
partment; that it is indispensable that it
should be on the ground at the earliest DOS
sible time. There is no record of vessels hav-
ing passed Cape ork, the northernmost point
of Melville Bay. before June l. and therefore
the expedition should arrive at Upper Navik
the most northern Danish settlement in
| Greenland, not later than May 90
ana should he fitted and in complete readi-
ness to leave New York not later than Nav /.
| The board recommends the immediate pur-
chase Of two full-pOwered steam whalers, or
steam sealers, of from 500 to Cos tons displace-
ment, and that these vessels should be thor
Oughly equipped with beats aud sleds We
have the honor to communicate these recon-
mendatlons to you, with our concurrence in
them, and have further to express the
opinion that 1t may also be deemed
wise to dispatch q smaller and less
completely equipped vessel as an advance
ship, which may be able to take greater risks
IN the early spring navigation than would be
considered Justltabie in the case of the two
steam sealers, upon which the ultimate sue
cess Of the expedition may depend. We rec
Ommend that Congress be requested to au-
thorize the President to prepare and dispatch
an expedition to the coast Of Greenland
Smiths Sound or Lsdy Franklin Bay for the
purpose OF relieving and bring home Lieut. A.
W. Greedy and party, and that an aDprOpra-
tion be made for manning, equippfng and
supplying the necessary vessels.
In his message of transmittal the Presi-
dent says:
In the plans for the relief of this party.
as arranged with Lieut.. Greely, it was CON
templated that an effort would be made to
communicate with him and furnish him apv
needed assistance in 1882, and again in 1888.
Subsequently legislation was enacted which
required the expedition of 1883 to bring the
party home. 1t was part of the arrangement
that II communication should not be made
with him on or before September l, 1888, he
should. with his party, abandon his station at
Lady Franklin Bay not later than the above
mentioned date and proceed southwark, and
he would find a well supplied relief
station at the entrance to Smiths
Sound point where it would
not be difficult to reach HIM during a part of
each year. The expeditions Of 1882 and 1888
were sent, but neither one of them was able
to communicate with Lieutenant Greelv
and the last one failed to accomplish any part
Of its object beyond leaving a very small
quantity of stores in the neIghborhoOd of the
entrance of Smiths cound. The situation of
Lieutenant Greely and party, under these
circumstances, Is one OF great peril, and in
presenting the preliminary views of the
Board appointed by me to take into consider
alton an expedition for their relief, urgently
recommend prompt action by Congress to en-
able the recommendations of the Secretary of
War and the Secretary Of the Navy to be ear
ried out without delay.
THE MEXICAN TREATY.
The Senate spent four hours and a half
to-day in Executive session considering
the Mexican treaty. An agreement was
reached before adjournment that the de
bate should cease at O'Clock tomorrow.
and that the vote should be taken imme-
diately thereafter. The principal speeches
to-day were those of Senator Gibson. Of
Louisiana, opposing ratification on the
ground of injustice to the sugar interests
of his State, and of Senator Miller, of New
York, tavOring ratification. Senator Mil
Ter Travelled extensively in Mexico last
summer, and was able to describe as a
result of personal observation the condi-
ton of affairs in that country. He SAID
that Mexico could never be a
great manufacturing nation, The
people were not endowed with the
qualities which were necessary to
build up the system Of manufactures, and
their country lacked both water power
and fuel. They were, on the other hand. or
would become, extensive producers Of
raw materials, many kinds of which this
country did not produce in sufficient
quantities for its own cOnsumDtion and
some which 1t did not produce at all. To
extend the American trade in manufac-
tured articles, closer relations with such
countries as Mexico must be established
s'We could not" he said. s'sell our manu-
features to European countries, because
they could manufacture more cheaplv
than we could. We needed the raw pro-
ducts of Mexico, and Mexico needed our
manufactures. The present treaty was
only an entering wedge.
Senator Colquitt made a short speech
in favor of ratification. The result of the
vote tomorrow cannot bepredicted. Esti-
mates Of the strength OF the opposition are
current tonight, but are untrustwOrthy.
There are enough Senators who have not
yet decided how they will vote TO turn the
scale either in favor of the treaty or
against it.
THE HOG IMPORTATION.
Representatives Davis, of Illinois.
Clardy and Long, who compose the sub
committee of the House Committee on