Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-20
FIGHTING In THE WATER.
THE TWO HOUSES FAR APART
ON RIVERS AND HARBORS.

Speaker Carlisle and Mr.. M Morrison to
Direct the Fight Against the Senate
Ameudme ents-Hearsts Head in Dam
ger-Randau's Tariff silence-LOgan
Going to California.
WASHINGTON, July 19.-When the Sen.
ate river and harbor bill is referred to,
morrow to the House Committee on
Rivers and Harbors the latter, Judging
from expressions at an informal meeting
it had to-day, viii agree to recommend
that the Honse non-concur in NIL the Sem
ate amendments. The committee will
fight for the bill as it originally passed
the House. Speaker Carlisle and MIR.
Morrison Will direct the fight against the
Senate amendments. They thought the
amount of the bill as it passed the House
too large. They regard the Senate in-
crease as uniusti6able.
HEARsTs TERM APT TO BE SHORT.
Senator Hearst (Democrat) of Cali.
fornia, appointed by Gov. Stoneman To
succeed the late Senator John +. Miller.
fears that his term will be even shorter
than he had at first supposed. 1t ex-
pires any way on the Attn of March next.
but Mr.. Hearst fears that the Republican,
Legislature of California, which Cow
Stoneman has called in extra session to
consider the irrigation question, may elect
successor to Senator Miller to tifl out
the uneXpired term. This would cut Mr.
Hearsts career short abruptly. 1t is NOT
believed that the Legislature could elect
senator for the long term, whatever its
powers as TO the short term may be.
RANDALL's TARIFF SILENCE.
The fortitications appropriation bin
was passed to-day without the tariff
speech, which Mr.. Randalps friends pre-
dlcted he would make III reply TO Mr..
Morrison's caustic report on the APPLE
lack tarlh bill. Possibly Mr.. Randall
does not know what TO say in reply, but
it is believed that he is only waiting to
get what be considers convenient ops
p0rtunity before making some sort OF a
reply. He may defer it as some OF his
friends desire until the last days of the
session. Meanwhile the revenue reform
appeal to the country will not be issued,
but already $4,000 copies Of Mr.. MOrri,
sons report on the apple-jack tariff bill
have been ordered for distribution
throughout the country. 1t Will probaI
bly, have larger circulation than any
other document of the session.
LOGAN GOING TO CALIFORNIA.
Nothing daunted by the failure OF his
recent trip in Kansas, Senator Logan pro1
poses to test his popularity on the Pacific
coast. He has heard that Blaine has been
steadily losing ground there ever sinca
the election, and he goes to prove this. ID
is of course. mere coincidence, that hia
visit to the Pacific coast should be made
just at the time OF the Grand Army OF the
Republic encampment at San Francisco.
Senator and Mrs. Logan expect to leave
here on Thursday night for San Francis
co, stopping en- route at Chicago.
ADJOURNMENT PRORARTTTTTEs
Chairman Morrison, OF the COMMITTEES
on Ways and Means. will tomorrow offer
in the House resolution fixing July "a
as the day OF adjournment. This will be
merely a "feeler." 1t Is not likely that
Congress can adjourn before Aug. 5, and
it is not improbable that it may be thd
10th before it will be practicable. Thd
debates in the Senate threaten to protract
the session.
MEssRS. BLAIN AND DART.
Assistant Postmaster Blain and Col
lectOr J. T.. Dart, of Brunswick, Ga, ara
here to get the much needed interest in tha
allowance for clerk hire atthe BrunswicH
post office.