Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-16
CREAM OF THE SPECIALS.
What the Washington Correspondents
Have to Say About Men and Things In
General.

Have to Say About Men and Things IN
General.
GEN. SHERMAN AND THE PRESIDENCY.
Gen. Sherman has been in Washington
for two or three days and has been the re-
cipient of great deal of attention. He is
looking better than when he left. His
Visit is purely social. He will emain
mere hut few days and will then go to
st. Louis. His presence here has revived
the talk about his being nominated at
Chicago next June. He Is very popular
with the Republicans from the South and
Southwest. Gen. Sherman does NOT tell,
politics. His associates are largely with
his old army friends. He laughs at the
rumors about presenting his name, and
says that he has had enough of public
life. He understands that all the politi-
clans want of him is to use him. and saws
in the most positive terms that he will not
permit his name to be used, but it is said
that his deelinations are not quite so Wig
orous as they used to be.
Those who favor Sherman are not de-
TERED in the least by his denial. They
say he is already tired Of st. Louis and
will not be at all reluctant when the time
comes to enter politics.
A prominent Blaine man in speaking of
Sherman as candidate said today: HE
won't do. There is just one cry that
would beat him from the start. The Pro-
testant people would at once cry out: Are
you going to turn the White House into a
nunnery? Do you want to nominate n
man whose wife is in almost daily cor
respondence with the POpeY The relig-
ious question bars out Sherman. His re-
fusal TO permit his name to be used will
not be disturbed, you may be sure"
PRESIDENTIAL RECEPTIONS.
The President will give a series of en-
tertainments after the 23d instant. He
will go to New York to attend the recep-
tion given him by the Union League Club
on that date. After his return he will
give dinner to the Diplomatic Corps,
followed by one to the Cabinet, the JUS
tices Of the Supreme Court and Senators
and Representatives. He will give sew
eral receptions, including public and
card levees. The date of Mrs McElrov's
visit is not definitely fixed, but it is ex-
pected that she Will come in time to pre-
side at these entertainments.
THE PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION.
Speaker Carlisle is one of several of the
statesmen of to-day who considers the
present law for succession of Pres ident of
the Senate and Speaker of the House of
Representatives contrary to the intent of
the Constitution, when it left it to Con-
gress TO provide for Presidential success
sion in case of vacancy in both the high
est offices. He thinks the Constitution
meant an officer of the United States
to be named, and he says it has been
decided over and over again in i'm
portant cases that members of neither
house OF Congress are United States
officers and that they cannot be impeached
for any misdemeanOr, as United States
officers can be. When it was mentioned
to him that in reply to this same argu-
ment against naming the President pro
TEN. of the Senate and Speaker of the
House in the Congress which passed the
present bill, Gerry had said, ''The Con-
stituti0n says that the House of Repre-
sentatives shall elect their Speaker and
other officers" Carlisle answered: eyes.
1t says their Speaker; so the Speaker is
an officer of the House of Representatives.
not of the United States."
PRIDE BEFORE A FALL.
PendletOn's defeat is another curious
illustration of how unlucky it is for
aspiring statesmen TO build big houses in
Washington. AS far back as this process
can be noted, perhaps it might even be
said with Douglas and Breckenridge, a
public man has generally found that he
has built himself a mausOleum for his
political hopes, instead of a palace.
Neither Sprague nor his father-in-law
long enjoyed the stately mansion with its
large grounds, at the corner of Sixth and
E streets, which is now a boarding house.
Attorney General Williams was one of
the first to build fine residence in the
new part Of the West End. The red lining
of carriage killed him not long after.
Senator Stewart built what is still called
"the Castle" further out. 1t nearly burned
down twice, and his family have only oc-
eupied it for short time lately. Gen.
Butler erected the well-knOWn granite
mansion on Capitol hill, which could not
have cost less than 100000, Just before he
went out of national politics apparently
''for good" Even the leasing of it seemed
likely to prove almost equally fatal to the
prosperity of Senator Jones, of Nevada.
"Boss" Shepherd only completed his fine
house about the time the return wave
came in his fortunes and sent him to the
Mexican mines and his house into the
hands of a receiver. Mr.. Robson has not
lived in his house; Mr.. Blaine only a short
time in his; Mr.. Windom's was directly
used as campaign card against him:
Senator Cameron has gone abroad from
his immense but somewhat gloomy pile,
and his State has reared and kicked mn
against him; and now the near neighbor
of those last mentioned has ruefully
walked the plank in Ohio.
LITTLE FIB NAILED.
AhSAO 10 oboOAhbCAl AiO u uNu III llG IE-
port of personal difficulty between SEN
ators Logan and Sewell over the Fitz
John Porter case, as was published in
New York this morning. Senator SeweH
has not been here since Thursday. and the
Senators have not exchanged word
about the Porter case this winter.
FIGHTING FITZ JOHN.
The minority of the House Military
Committee have finally decided to make
an adverse report upon the Fitz John
Porter relief bill. Their report will not
embrace any new matter, for the reason
that all the new evidence is not in support
of the charges against Gen. Porter, but
will be substantially the same as the adj
verse report made in the FoIty-sixth Con-
gress. 1t is believed that the bill will
pass, nevertheless. A favorable vote in
the House seems to be generally conceded.
and in the Senate Messrs. HOar and Sew
ell are counted upon to vote for it. Mr..
Cameron, of Pennsylvania, is absent. but
his pair with Mr.. Butler will not prevent
the latter from voting, as the absent Sena-
tor is himself in favor the Passage of the
bill.