Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-03
RENFROE'S NOMINATION.
A FAVORABLE COMMITTEE RE-
PORT PROBABLE.

Mr.. Barnes Argument for Savannah
River AppropriatiOn-The Ftz John
Porter Bill to Pass the Senate by a
Majority or FOur-Effects on the Re
pub leans of the Presidents Message.
WASHINGTON, March Alt is believed
that the nomination of ex-State Treasurer
Rentroe as Postmaster at Atlanta will be
iavorably reported by the Post ONCE
Committee to the Senate. 1t is believed
that the nomination of Mr.. Blackburn as
Postmaster at Madison, Ga, was to fill
a vacancy, and not IN consequence of a
suspension, since the Republican incum-
bent had never filed bond. If this view
Is substantiated Ar. Blackburn's nOmi-
nation will go right through.
Mr.. Norwood will make a speech to-
morrow on the pension bill in reply to
ID. b, Henderson, OF Iowa.
Mr.. Barnes has made an argument be-
fore the House Committee on Rivers and
Harbors in favor of an appropriation of
$l5O000ior the improyemnet OF the savau-
nah river, $4,000 TO be spent above Au-
1 gusta and 100000 TO be spent between
| Augusta and Savannah.
Judge Lochrane Is delighted with the
/ unanimous decision OF the United States
! supreme Court yesterday in favor OF the
| Pullman Palace Car Company, In its suit
! with the State of Tennessee over the right
of the State to levy a special tax on Pull
man cars. The decision not only declares
State tax on Pullman cars unconstitu-
/ tlOnal, but directs the State OF Tennessee
I to refund the $4,000 IL has collected for
the Pullman Company under its tax law.
EFFECT OF TIE MESSAGE.
! President Cleveland has every reason
/ to be satisfied with the effect of his mes
sage. The Democratic Senators have been
brought into line by 1t, and the Republi-
| can Senators have been greatly i'm pressed
! by IL. They feel as though they had
| walked up lion. One OF the most sensi-
bic Republicans said to-day: 1--WE will
end just about where we began iu this
matter" Another said in a deprecatory
| way: "We have no desire for a fight with
| the President. His message seems to me
| unealled for. There was nothing to draw
| it out. We have not treated him badly
and have no intention of doing so.''
THE PORTER BILL TO PASS.
The Senate Committee on Military At
1 fairs to-day decided to report favorably
the bill which passed the House for the
relief of Gen. Fitz-J0hn Porter. Messrs.
| Cameron, OF Pennsylvania, and Sewell,
of New Jersey, Repu Jlicans, voted with
1 the Democrats in favor of the bill. twill
1 be some time before the bill will come up
/ in the Senate, as there will be both ma
jority and minority report. The former
wIll probably be prepared By Mr.. Sewell
and the latter by Gen. logan. The bill
will have majority of four in the Senate.
/ Messrs. Sewell, of New Jersey; Hoar, OF
| Massachusetts; Cameron, of Pennsylva.
MIA; Jones, OF Nevada; Sabine, of Mime
| sofa; Pike, of New Hampshire, Republi-
cans, voting with the Democrats for it.
BAREFACED FALsEHOoD.
| A story was published to-day to the eff.
| feet that a Cabinet crisis is impending on
account of the efforts of Secretaries Whit
ney and Manning to get Attorney General
Garland cut of the Cabinet. Secretary
said: You can deny the story, for there
is not one word of truth in it in any form,
shape or descriptions
RUN AS A PARTY MACHINE.
Among the proofs to sustain the state.
ment made by Gen. Black that the Pen
sion Office was run as political machine
under Republican rule are letters written
by Commissioner Dudley and copied in
the official letter books to Congressman
| Steele, of Indiana, and Boutelle, OF Maine,
and Senator John Sherman, of Ohio, which
buuN ludJ Tue OllCc vas virtually
at The service of the Republican caudf-
dates for office in 1884 to aid In their cleo
tion. The letters will be produced in to-
morrow's debate on the pension bill,
THE DUTY ON RICE.
Civil Service Commissioner Trenholm
will appear before the Ways and Means
Committee On Monday next on behalf of
the rice growers IN opposition TO thevpro-
posed reduction in the duties on rice.
PATENTS TO soUTHERNERs.
The following patents have just been
issued: johnson @. Davis. of Athens, Ga,
a water elevator; Joseph +. and T. Dodds,
of Cedartown, Ga, a fertilizer dlstrib-
utOr; John A. I4ifsey, of Whitehouse, Ga,
combined plow stock and cultivator:
Charles 7. Mason, Jr., of Sumter, S. g.,
cotton harvesting machine; Francis A.
Ransom, of East Palatka, Fla, COM
bination of blind and wire screens.