The morning news., 1893-12-06
". BAKER & CO, Dorchester, Mass.
FOR COLLECTOR.
The appointment Apt to Go Over Till
Next Month.

Next Month.
Thomas Lamb on a Still Hunt For the
Same Office at Brunswick-Presi-
dent Cleveland not Coming to the
Augusta Exposition, but Vice Pres
| ident Stevenson and Other States
men Coming Next Week.
Washington, Dec. st was stated here
on good authority today that Brock
Beckwith would be appointed collector of
! the port at Savannah The appointment
will be a pleasing one to Georgians. 1t
viii hardly be made before January.
Col Thomas Lamb of Brunswick, is
| here on a still hunt for the collectorship
| of the port at Brunswick.
| y. A. Murphy was to-day appointed
| postmaster at Labor Carroll county.
The President will not visit the Au-
gusta exposition and state fair. Speaker
/ Crisp and Mai. Black called at the white
house to-day and renewed the invitation
of President Walsh. Mr.. Cleveland said
that it was with deep regret that he felt
forced to decline.
| Vice President and Mrs. Stevenson,
with Senator Blackburn, of Kentucky;
Senator Palmer Gen Black, and Mr.
| Springer, will visit Augusta some time
! durin & the next week.
MAY TAX SPECULATIVE TRANSFERS.
1t is ascertaincd tonight that certain
members of the ways and means commit
! tee are seriously considering the pro-
| priety of imposing a tax not alone on the
| transfers of stocks and bonds, but On
| transactions in cotton, oil, the cereals and
! provisions, in fact everything that is
! bought or sold on options and "fu-
! lures ' 1t Is believed that a large reve-
nue. can be derived from this internal tax,
and that it will be popular with the gran
ger element. 1t is further argued that
| this tax would render a direct income tax
! unnecessary.
DANGER IN A CAUCUS.
The new tariff bill will be presented by
the middle of next week. a member said
today The first opposition it will have
| is for caucus sanction. The majority of
the committee are bitterly opposed to
| submitting the bill to a caucus The new
bill reduces the present tariff revenues
! 500 OO0,0OO Mr. Wilson, chairman, says
after the bill goes through the plot and
| counter plot of the caucus he can hardly
hope that the bill will reduce the bur
dens Of the people forty millions, but
there will be a determined fight made
for caucus. and if it is successful woe
betide the bill.
The revenue bill is in process of forma-
tion now, and may be finished in time to
come as an adjunct to the tariff bill. 1t
will be interesting to note here that the
committee has decided to increase the
tax on cigarettes from so cents a thousand
to $3.50 and 81 thousand. The tax on
whisky will hardly be raised.
The banking and currency committee
IS divided on the repeal Of the state bank
tax. The President ignored the subject
in his message, but the repealers have a
majority of one on the committee, and
will report the bill. IL is not believed
here that the President would veto the
measure if passed.
SAVING IN PENSIONS.
1t is estimated at the pension Office that
during the fiscal year ending June 30
next, there will be a decrease of ABOUT
$4,000, 600 in the payment of pensions 1t
will be remembered that several months
ago, under an order from Secretary Hoke
Smith. large number of pensions we're
! suspended until the merits of the recipi-
entS could be investigated and unless
| they could show better cause WHY they
should receive pensions, they were TO be
dropped from the rolls. Many of these
have not been able to show such cause
and many more will not be. AS cOnse-
quence, it is expected that about $4,000
600 worth of undescrving pensioners will
not live off of the Uncle Sans bounty
any longer. Secretary Smith is doing all
he can to make the pension list roll Of
honor, instead of a charity list to unde-
serving persons.
MYSTERIOUS VISITOR.
In the last few days a mysterious visi-
tor has been seen about the white house
He is the guest of the President. but no
one seems to know who he is. or if they
know, they will not tell. He has the un-
restricted entry Of the executive man
sion, and goes in and out as he pleases
1t is said that he is DR.. Gibson. a cele-
brated New York dentist, but those about
the white house who ought TO know, will
not say whether he is or not. The pres
ence OF one who is supposed to be a New
York dentist, has revived the interest
and the gossip concerning the dental OPP
Grafton which was performed on the
President in New York a short time ago
1t IS also reported that DR.. Bryant the
Presidents physician, was here recently
with this mysterious guest. This looks
! like something interesting is going on
and the air is full of rumors. definite and
indefinite, all of which may be far from
the truth
THE CUT IN THE APPROPRIATIONS.
1t is encouraging to those who are in
favor of economy, to know that, in the
Dook OF eSllmaleS 1of appropriations for
the fiscal year lS94-95, which has been laid
before the House, the amount necessary
to be appropriated is $4,000, 600 less than
has been appropriated for the present fis-
cal year.
The Office of assistant register Of the
treasury is good one, though the salary
Is not large. The present incumbent is a
republican, and it is expected that his
scalp Will soon dangle at the belt of some
I good democrat There are many apDli-
cants. two of whom are Georgians-
Messrs. j. G. McHenry, and John w.
Gasoline.