The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-29
SAVANNAH LOOMING UP.
GoRMAN RECOMMENDS S5ooooo
FOR THE HARBOR.

at Least Five Democrats to be Un-
seated II the Republicans Can Carry
Out Their Programme-Editor Smith
Surely Offered the Mission to Rus
sie-1he Service Pension Bill Sure
to be Defeated.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Ex-senator Cor
man, member OF the commerce COMMITTEES.
which has charge of the river and harbor
appropriations in the Senate, has introduced
a novel bill. appropriating the total amouat
recommended by the engineers in ch lrgs Of
the work, to be expended in the next fiscal
year on the seven great harbors of the At
tlantic coast. The amou t follows: Bos-
ton, s200,0O0; New York, 100000; Phila-
delphia, $5O0,O Baltimore, S50J, 900; Nor
folk, SlOO, 900; Charleston, $3.50, coo; savan-
nah, 100000.
DEMOCRATS TO BE UNsEATED.
Five democrats are to be unseated, il
seems, according to the programme of the
House republicans. They are: jackson of
West Nirgli Ia, whose case comes up to-
morrow; Pendleton of West Virginia.
Compton OF Maryland, Clarke of Alabama.
and Parrott OF Indiana. The other twelve
whose seats are being contested are not, it
is stated, to be disturbed but it NAV
be that the republicans may not be able to
restrain their partisan feelings when they
get started, as Chairman Quay may give
them new instructions. The consideration
OF the jackson case will be- attempted to-
morrow without rules, but in Difference to
the unmistakable desire of the majority of
the republicans in caucus last night the
rules will be reported within the next
week.
THE DEMOCRATS TO FIGHT 1T.
The democrats will fight the considera-
ton of the Jackson case, and
may resort to filibustering to do
so. In that event. Speaker Reed will
fall back upon the rule he made for Speaker
Keifer, that pending the consideration of
an election case, a question Of the highest
privilege, hllbustering motion cannot be
entertained. He may then have tj try TO
count "A quorum, the democrats refusing to
vo o, but in attempting this, as he probably
will, he.@will have to run counter
to the opinions Of the ablest
men on the republican side,
including, strangely enough, his close
friend and adviser, Henry Cabot Lodge,
who, with others in the caucus last night.
pronounced an attempt t0 count quorum
inexpedient, TO say the least. The rep lbli-
cans will probably stand solidly by Speaker
Reed, however, as the democrats will by
MIR. Carlisle
RUssIA's MISSION
There is now no doubt that the report
that the Russian mission had fbeen offered
TO Charles Emory Smith of Philadelphia
on Saturday was correct. The non-com-
initial replies Of Postmaster General Wan
amaker on his return to-day to questions
about the report showed rlainly that 1t was
true. There was much speculation to-day
among Pennsylvanians as to whether Mr..
Smith would accept, and general express
sion of belief that he would. However, he
may not when he learns from this paragraph
that Col. Elliot r. Shepard declined the
Russian mission some time ago. The col
onel did not decline, however, because he
did not value the honor highly, or because
he did not desire it, He both valued and
desired it, but his family objected to re-
siding in st. Petersburg, and SO the colonel
declined
DIRECT TAXES.
The direct tax refund bill will probably
pass the House as quickly, il not as quietly,
as it passed the Senate.
BRUCE TO BE REWARDED.
Ex-senator Bruce is apparently about to
get his reward for his faithful service to
the administration by being made recorder
of deeds for the District of Columbia.
CUPID CAPTURES A GENERAL.
Maj Gen. Schoheld, commanding the
army, is reported by the society gossip to
be engaged to be married to a Charming
woman.
HovEY's PENSION BILL
Gov. Hovey of Indiana availed himself
OF the privileges of the floor ia both houses
to-day TO lobby for tho service pension bill,
which he says would cost only between s1lO,.
100000 and $l20, 100000 year, or 10000
GOO more than the amount which the House
appropriation committee thinks it will be
necessary to appropriate for regular pen-
sions this year. He was discouraged to find
that his appeals to republican senator's aud
representatives to fulfill their pledges by
passing his bill, and his threats that they
would make the next House democratic IL
they did not, were coldly received. The re.
publicans propose TO pass the total disa-
bility and the dependent pensioa bills, but
they will let the service pension bill sleep
in committee