Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-20

| about with woe-begone countenance,
| especially as the prospects of tariff re-
form look particularly bright just now.
| The tariff reform leaders are all right.
| They are engaged in a contest In which
| they are bound to win eventually.
Matthews and the Republicans.
The colored Albany, n. Y, man, Mr..
Matthews, who now fills the office of Re-
corder of Deeds for the District of Column
bia, but whose appointment the President
| has not yet sent to the Senate because it
was once rejected by that body, and may
be again, is making extraordinary efforts
to get the Republican Senators to agree to
| confirm his nomination.
A day or two ago delegation OF col
ored men OF the District called on Sena-
or ingalls, and asked him to withdra
| his opposition to Matthews. AS they
were known to be Republicans, while
| Matthews processes to be a Democrat,
the Senator was naturally somewhat sur
prised, and asked them what they meant
| by sustaining a Democratic administra-
ton in its efforts to capture colored
Republican voters. he was told that the
colored men of the country could not
understand why the Republican Senate
confirmed white Democrats promptly
and refused to confirm a colored Demo-
crat. Finally, the Senator said that the
Senate had refused to confirm Matthews
because the New York Senators didn't
want him confirmed.
The fact is, probably, thai Senator Mil
Ter, OF New YORK, in Directing to
/ Matthews, is acting in accordance with
party understanding. The Republicans
are afraid that il a colored Democrat is
permitted to have fat office there will be
a rush OF colored voters to the Democratic
party. This they hope TO prevent. 1t
would not be surprising, however, il their
strategy proved to be disastrous, as it
ought to. The negroes may interpret the
refusal to confirm Matthews as an attack
upon the coIored race and make it an ex-
cuse for abandoning the Republican
party. They understand that that party
can be OF no further benefit to them.
The San Francisco Call gives an anus.
ing account OF the part played by women
in San Francisco on the Stock Exchange
OF that city as professional spectators.
They are locally known as "mud hens"
The place where they principally
congregate Is the building of
the Pacific Stock Exchange Board
on Montgomery street, and it is
said that during the present boom the
| lower lobby and gallery of the brokers'
room there have been thronged with
them. They dress shabbily, their gowns
and shawls being of poor sort, yet many
of them have money enough and sufficient
property TO be considered well to do.
i They are described as haggard,
hollow-eyed and by no means
attractive; and many of them take their
babies down, day after day, and carry
them round until business is over. They
walk about with the infants in their arms
into the rooms of the Exchange, into bro
kers' offices, climb and descend stairs
| with them, and hold them up as they read
newspaper extras of stock prices pinned
up against wall. They are said by the
brokers to have more nerve than the men.
| When the market takes an upward turn
and men would sell and quit with a small
winning, they hold on to their stock for
| bigger profits. They don't grasp things
as quickly in business affairs as men and
are less easily satisfied.
From all parts OF the country comes the
inspiritng intelligence that business is
booming IN almost every branch of trade
Forty millions of dollars, it is estimated,
will be placed in Industrial operations in
the Southern States during the first quar-
ter OF the approaching year. New York's
! bill for new houses in 1886 is 500, 900. 0OO.
| Philadelphia So 100000, while through.
| out the New England and Middle States
! it Ia said that work will be crowded in
new enterprises all through the
winter. The increasing opportunities
! for investment of capital indicate
an improvement IN rates of
interest on both time and call loans. The
attitude OF the recent National Trades
| Union Convention points to more conserv.
! atism in both wings Of the labor army.
! Cooperative enterprises among the
knights are attracting much attention.
a nd an epidemic of strikes in 1857 IS not
anticipated, though there may be much
dissatisfaction. On the whole the outlook
is encouraging, and such is the closeness
OF the community OF interests throughout
the land that the prosperity ia any one
section is shared in greater or less de.
| gree by all.
Rev. Calvin ;. Blackwell, OF the Chris
tian Church, Chicago. and his brethren
of the ministry have adopted novel but
effectual method OF theatrical advertising.
| Tue managers should certainly pay them
good salaries, for the scheme will proDs-
| bly, result in full houses. Many who never
went before will now crafty an awakened
prurent curiosity to judge of the ballet
for themselves, and If the attractions
! prove only one-halt as strong as Mr.. Black
well represents them they will 90 fire.
! quently.