Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-05
RIVER IMPROVEMENT

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gress.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.-The eaaae
Of the attack made BY parties ia New
Orleans upon the measure Of DE-. Holt
f0E a commission to investigate tho
methods Of preventing yellow fever b.
the process Of i~nOculatiOn VIII not Be-
to give the proposition any other
shape or direction which may Be bene-
fetal to themselves. They may mar
but they cannot make.
They are like the dog In the Manager.
They can do nothing for themselves or
for the scheme, or for the State Of
Louisiana, and e their Vaccinations
have any effect ct all it will be 70 de-
feat the whole business, and thus close
the door on one Of the agencies BY
which it is hoped to arrest the dFead-
full scouFge.
Opposition Is being madeb Louisi-
ana Republicans to confirming Shields
as collector Of internal revenue, and
also to one or two others Of the
Louisiana nominees, but 1t will be- un.
safe to assume that any Of them will
be defeated.
A mere personal war on any one Of
them would probably fail. II any are
beaten it will be. by reason of = policy
to be hereafter adopted by the Republi-
cans, to oppose all persons nominated
to fill vacancies caused by suspension
where the papers are not furnished BY
the senate. If a general policy of this
kind lie initiated and successfully
pushed, then anybody is liable to be
hurt, but, at present, no one Is In
serious danger on personal grounds.
In any case, these officials will prob
ably ill their places up TO the 4th Of
March, 1889.
MI. King, Of Louisiana, is writing to
governors and leading authorities In
all the States bordering on Mississippi
river asking their assistance in the
matter of improving that river BY the
means of levees and dykes as recon-
mended by the commission.
He has also written to all the menu
bers Of the senate and house Of repre-
sentatives from States In the Missis-
sippi Valley, urging united action for
the improvement Of the river.
IT they take hold Of the matter as
requested, Gen. King says that 1t will
effect a vigorous organization. He
also says that he hopes to get y rea-
sonably good bill through by this
means.
Gen. King will introduce a bill on
Monday to prevent the sale Of firearms
to Indians.
A member Of the ways and means
committee informed a Plcayune repre-
sentative to-day that nothing had been
done with reference to the Mexican
reciprocity treaty. He had not had
time to look carefully into the matter,
and, therefore, could not fully give his
views and that until he had done so he
would not care to be quoted.
However, as an indication of what
he thinks Of the question, he would
state that he was disposed to oppose
the treaty, for the reason that 1t ap-
peared to be a gross injustice TO the
South, and in favor OF one section
against another
Despite the favorable mention by the
Washington Post of the celebrated III.
Conquest Clarke, lately appointed clerk
to the committee on foreign affairs, his
official days are numbered. The official
record was exhibited by a Louisiana
member to Mr.. Belmont, and this gen
tleman at once announced his purpose
to remove him.
Interest in the silver question has
greatly diminished of late, but the bill
of Senator Sherman on the subject,
which was a genuine surprise to every
body, has naturally evoked a good deal
Of comment. Many Of the silver men
are afraid Of it, regarding It as a sort
Of cat-in-the-meal, tub, and, on the
other hand, the New York Herald and
New York Times both condemn it.
The Tribune is also suspicious of the
bill.
Strangely enough, the New York pa
pers, with all their pretense to superior
financial knowledge, have failed to no
tice one principal incident of the bill,
namely, that 1t practically does away
with the payment of the bonds in sill
yer coin.
The bill was drawn so as to suit the
interest Of the bondholders, and also
SO as to please the bullion producers
and the lovers of a paper currency.
AS a card of a presidential candidate,
it is regarded as quite ingenious.
Mr.. Bland, Of Missouri, is very en-
phatic against the bill.
Mr.. Vests speech in the senate to-
day against the Dakota bills was gem
orally pronounced a strong effort.
Marked attention was shown the Mis-
sourian. not only by those in the gal
leries but by more than half the mem
bers of the senate, and quite a number
Of the representatives came over from
the other end of the capitol.
Mr.. Vest was in good voice, and as
he never speaks from manuscript, he
is all the more effective.
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