Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-06

House than it was in the last. AT any
rate he is willing to try the issue. With
| these questions upperm0st in the minds
OF the members of Congress, hesides the
immense mass OF private legislation
which invariably accumulates upon the
desks of each and every member during
the session, and the disposal of the appro-
priatiOn bills, it will he seen that in
order to secure a consideration Of the
subjects of coast defeuses and the build
ing OF the new navy, the House
will have to sit an unusually long time.
The probability is that these topics will
not 20 through unless unusual pressure
is eXerted early in the session. A fight is
also on the tapis between the AppropTia-
tions Committee on one hand and the Post
Office and Naval Affairs Committees on
the other. The members, who by order
of precedence, will be appointed on the
latter committees, have already an
bounced their intention of making a con-
test to have the post office and naval
appropriation bills referred to their COM
mittees respectively. Mr.. Randall has
lowered his horns and has begun to emit
several ominOus grOWls.
THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
He is confident that Mr.. Carlisle will
appoint him Chairman of the ApprOpria-
tiOns Committee, which position he held
In the last Congress, in return for his de-
termination not to contest the Kentuck-
ian's chances for the Speakership. Mr..
Randall believes that there should be no
division of responsibility for the apprO-
priatiOns to carry on the government, and
is therefore opposed to anything which
would tend to reduce the immense power
of the Appropriations Committee. In the
last Congress Sunset Cox made
a gallant night Tor the con-
troll of the naval appropriation
bill, which he wished referred TO his
committee, but was defeated. Such an
action will involve a change in the rules
of the House, and while it may bring on
a long debate the chances of its ultimate
success do not appear to De especially in
spring to its advocates. These are a
few of the matters which will interest the
country next winter so far as the House
is concerned. At the other end of the
capitol there will be scarcely less excite
ment. One of the matters which will be
brought before the Senate at an early date
is the circular issued by Postmaster
General Villas, giving explicit directions
30 Democratic Congressman how to secure
the removal of Republican postmasters.
OFFENSIVE PARTIsANsHIP.
Gen. Villas will be asked to tell the Sem
ate all about it. Such resolution of in-
discussion, the incidents of which will
show the country that the Republican
Senators are not viewing the work Of the
administration with that degree Of apathy
which their present silence seems to indi-
cate. Then the general subject of ''Offen-
slve partisanship," as interpreted at the
White House, will receive some cOnsid-
GRAFTON. 1t is intimated even now that
the Republican Senators will carefully
examine into the records Of the newly
appointed officers, and if they find that
they took any part in the last cam
paign they will refuse TO confirm
them upon precisely the same ground,
with the additional reason that partisan
support should not be paid for out of the
public treasury. This would be a very
sbrewd move on the part of the Republi-
cans, as in the end 1t would force the
President to appoint men who rendered
their party no service in the last cam
paign, and to thateXtent cripple the office
holders as political machine. The case
Ot Director OF the Mint Burchard Will also
attract some attention. There is no case
on record precisely like it. Under the
terms OF the act passed in the last Con-
gress Director Burchard was appointed
for term of five years and the law eX-
pressly stipulates that he shall not be
removed unless by consent OF the Senate.