The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-28
DELIGHTED WITH THE SOUTH

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The Marine Engineers Speak Enthusi-
asst cally OF Their Reception.
H. Reid, FIVE years president of the
National Association of Marine Engineers,
who was in attendance at the annual con-
| vention at Charleston last week, took a run
over 70 Savannah Sunday night and spent
| yeste rday in the city. Mr.. Reid is from
| Detroit, Mich, and engineer of the steamer
| City Of Cleveland.
| In an interview with MORNING NEWS
reporter yesterday Mr.. Reid spoke in the
most complimentary way of southern hos
pitality He says that IL Charle'ton hoSpi
| Iitaiity is a fair sample, then not the
half has bean told Of it, He says the recep-
| ton to the engineers there was a surprise to
the northern delegates, and some idea, he
says, can be formed Of the hospil atty Of the
people of Charleston when it is learned
that the convention was six days transact
ing It's business, which ought to have been
fms led in two and a half days. but he says
it was one continual round, of enjoyment, In
which nothing was left u1Idone 20 add to
the pleasure of the delegates.
1T was the first national convention, of
any kind, held in Charleston since the great
convention of 1867 said Mr.. Reid, ''but it
is not likely that SO long a time will elapse
between our convention and other national
gatherings
Mr. Reid said that the next annual con-
vention will be held at Washington City,
and every year thereafter until congress
refunds the license tax 1t collected from the
marine engineers for twenty-five years, or
If it does not restore the money which the
marine engineers claim was IN Justly taken
from them, then they will ask that the
money, which aggregates 10, 900 shall, be
appropriated in some direction that will
prove beneficial to the craft, as, for instance,
a hone or hospital for aged, invalid or
crippled marine eng ineers.
Mr. Reid says that the association num-
bers seventy-nine divisions, with about
5000 members, aud he was the chairman
Of the committee which tackled Hon.
Samuel J. Randall in an effort to have the
distinguished Pennsylvania advocats a
refunding of The money to the engineers.
"If we did this for YOU said Mr. Randall.
1--WE would next be called upon to return it
to the merchants, and next to some other
class, and as a result the United States
treasury would soon be bankrupt. |
recog uize the justice of your claim, but it
wouldn't do to establish the precedent, ami
open the doors for general raid on the
treasury.
But you kept up the tax on the marine
engineers and excused the lawyers and the
doctors" said Mr. Reid, land do YOU tell
me that what has been unjustly taken can
not be honorably returned!n This was a
poser, but the willy congressman managed
to evade a categorical reply, and bowed his
visitor out.
A committee was appointed at Charles
ton to so 70 Washington at once and press
upon congress the justice of the claim for
the return of burdensome tax IF the
committee does not succeed our entire con-
vention will be there next January, and as
every congressional district where there is
navigable water will be represented, we
expect to make more favorable impress
sion upon Congress"