Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-15
GEORGIA AND HER WATERS.
Liberal Recognition from the River ant
HarbOr Committee Probable.

Liberal Recognition from the River and
HarbOr Committee Probable.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.-That the people
Of Georgia are deeply interested in the
passage Of an adequate river and harbor
bill this session is evident from the mail
received by members of the delegation.
Letters come from various parts of the
State urging the necessity for money to
carry on the present works. At the proper
time the Georgia members Will appear be-
fore the River and Harbor Committee and
urge Georgla's claim for liberal considera-
tion. The personnel Of that committee is
favorable to liberal appropriations for
necessary works. Speaking of the work
OF preparing river and harbOr bill
Representative HOrr, of Michigan. who
has had a good deal Of experience in that
direction, said to me to-day: The hardest
committee work in the House is the prepa-
ration Of river and harbOr bill. There
are five months hard labor for men who
want to understand every item of the
appropriation, and If a member does not
understand every item he is unfit to de-
tend the bill when it comes before the
House. The River and Harbor Commit
tee is no place for lazy man."
DETAILS OF THE METHODS
of doing government business are, as a
general thing, very imperfectly under
stood throughout the country. An instance
OF this was brought out a few davs AGO
by letter received from a gentleman in
Georgia. by Mr.. Blount. The writer of it
IS lawyer of very good standing and
ability. He had a pension case, the pa
pers in which he had filed some time ago
with the Commissioner Of Pensions. But
no pension was issued. The LAWYER be-
came indignant. He wrote to Mr.. Blount
about it. He said he wished he would
call on Commissioner Dudley and inform
him that unless the case-it was a very
meritoriOus one-was settled soon he
would prefer charges against him. He
knew, he said, why the pension had not
been granted. 1t was because Dudley
was holding back the money as long as he
could in order to draw the interest on it
Mr.. Blount went to Gen. Dudley and
showed him the letter. Dudley laughed.
lie sent for all the papers in the safe. 1t
was soon found out that the reason there
had been no action was because the case
had been made out improperly.
THERE ARE MANY NEW MEMBERS
OF this Congress who are learning one
thing that is unpleasant to them. One of
the first symptoms that develops in a new
member IS an appetite for public docu-
ments. They want to let their able con-
stItuents know that they are on hand and
fully decorated with the order of peroui-
sites. That's where they are mistaken.
The member don't get documents ordered
to be printed and distributed unless he
was in the House which made
the order. All documents which
are now being distributed are given
to those who were in the last House
whether they are returned to this Congress-
or not. As there have been no orders for
printing filed during the present session.
the thirst OF the new member for pub.
does is unsatiated. Nearly every new
member has applied for documents. but
have per force had to postpone the flood
ing of the ''rOOral deestricts" with the
sensational literature that the govern
ment printing office grinds out.