The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-16
Mr. N0RWOOD'S BILL
.ooo mo TO BE ASKED FOR THE
SAVANNAH RIVER.

non+h of 90 Feet of Water the OBJ
.oo+ of the Proposed Expenditure
Tho committee to be Asked to Re
r+ the Old River and Harbor Bill
With Increased Appropriations.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-To-morrow a
,.,,roton representing the Mississippi val
~. ~, ,yill appear before the House Committee
y. pivors and Harbors and ask that instead
~ bniIding up a new river and harfor bill,
~h;cb would probably take until July to
W. thew take the bill of last year, which
tba President did not sign, and which
m well-modeled bill, and by
..o rata appropriations increase the
total from sS,OOO,OOO to S20,O00OOO, which
,riIl he about the total amount in any bill
.Ia+ NAV he prepared. Should this plan be
..In"ooontei .I"o the bill would be passed in a
',1onfb so that the money would be avail
abIa before the spring floods come.
Nv Norwood, of Georgia, will offer in
tbe House tomorrow a bill appropriating
sf00 0OO to begin the proposed S6,0OO,00O
Improvement designated to give % feet of
water in Savannah harbor.
ONLY A BLUFF.
The revenue refOrmers in the House con-
,ijor +he declaration of their desires an
monrced bv the wool and woolen represen-
tstives mere bluff, the purpose of which
!; IN nreserve the status quo. EXRepre-
sontatiyes Lawrence, Converse and DelanO,
~ Ohio. and the other lawyers
rsnrasenting the wool growers,
inundated the representatives of the
manufacturers into agreeing to their terms.
Mr. Lawrence announced i'll the secret con-
ference that he had the votes of a 100000
wool growers in his pocket and that he and
his associates also controlled the votes of
enough Democrats in the House to carry
ont their purposes and that any cut in the
tariff on wool would mean a cut in the duties
m wooens ard worsteds. To save them
selves from the wrath of the wool
growers the manufacturers did just what
fbey said Nevertheless the revenue re-
formers who are not so easily terrified will
90 right on carrying out the Presidents pol
lev Of free wool, giving the wOrsted manu-
fscturers however, the same recognition
in their bill as the woolens manufacturers,
thus remedylng their wrongs.
CARLISLE SATISFIED.
Speaker Carlisle said to the News CORE
sondent tonight that he was glad the
Thoebe contest was so summarily and sat
ifactorily disposed of because, while there
was absolutely nothing in it, it was annoy
ing. He said he would probably leave for
Atlanta and Macon tomorrow
week. He promised Senator
Colquitt last summer to visit
Atlanta, but had not been able to keep his
promise until now. Even now he could
only leave with great difficulty. He found
it quite impossible to accept the invitations
which had come to him from Augusta,
Montgomery, Columbia and other Southern
cities when his intention to go to Atlanta
and Macon became known. He must go
and come just as quickly as possible.
LAMAR SURE TO WIN.
Senator Riddleberger said tonight that
| Mr. Lamar's nomination would be con-
| frmed tomorrow by one majority at least.
But he added that he thought the majority
would be larger.
THE TARIFF BILL.
The Committee on Ways and Means will
report tariff reduction bill about Feb. /.
1t has not been. and will not be prepared by
the administration. 1t is being prepared by
The majority of the committee upon the
lines, Of course, of the message of the Presi-
dent and the report of the Secretary of the
Treasury. Mr. Randall and the Republi-
cans are simply waiting.
MRS. GRANT IN THE CITY.
Mrs. Grant is here, the guest of Senator
and Mrs Stanford, who give a dinner in her
honor tomorrow. Other entertainments
will follow.