The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-15

Certain Of The Presidents Appoint
mCltS Severely Criticised.

Rep Mich Rumors and Counter
Rumors as to Concessions to Repub-
Iicans to Secure Rep cal Votes State
ments as to the Federal Elections
Bill IL the House-Tom Reed Said to
Fully Agree That its Discussion
Now Would Not be Timely.
Washington, Sept IA communica-
ton from the SecretarFof the Treasury to
. cong -ess to-day, calls attention to the fact
q at during the recent cyclones light
ship No. 81, stationed off F'ive-Fathom
Bank, coast of New Jersey, Atlantic
ocean, in the Fourth lighthouse district,
and light-ship No. "a, stationed at Rattle
/ snake Sholl. coast of South Carolina, At
lautic ocean in the Sixth lighthouse
/ district, were wrecked The small
steamer Bouquet. which was used to at
tend the electric buovs in Gedney Chan
| mel New York, Lower bay, in the Third
lighthouse district. was also wrecked
during these storms.
There are now no relief lignt-ships in
either the Fourth or the Sixth Light
/ House District The interests Of com
.merce and navigation urgently require
/ That new vessels should be provided to
/ replace those wrecked, at the earliest day
/ practical Die. The estimated cost of
/ building each GghJ-shlp is $4,000, and Of
obtaining a vessel TO replace the small
/ steamer, Bouquet, $4,000 The secretary
/ asks that appropriations for the above
/ named purposes be made at the earliest
/ day practicable.
APPOINTMENTS CRITICISED
There is considerable criticism of a
! CHI how %. 4
! dents appointment of &. II. j. Taylor, d
negro OF Kansas as United states minis
/ ter to Bolivia, and Rev. H. G. G.. Asst
! wood, negro of the Dis.rictof Columbia,
as consul 10 Calais, France, at the same
| time that ne appoints Harry NJ Smythe.a
/ white virginia editor, as minister to
! HaEu The comment is made that
| the President might have found
/ diplomatic appointments for these
/ cOlOrad men in countries suited for
/ them, and thus have recognized them
! without violation of the proprieties. The
minister 10 Bolivia is an Official OF suhi-
Gent rank TO eutitle him to social equal
! ~ with the cabinet and other officials of
/ this country Including the Presidency,
with their families. The couundrum was
| propounded to-day: suppose Taylor
should want to call on the President and
Mrs Cleveland" 1t was given up 1.-THE
| Post of this city draws a sharp contrast
]
| appointed to a white mans country, and
l white man to a uegro's country"
INNOVATION IN THE DESIGNATION.
In bill introduced by Mr.. Burrows of
| Michigan, to-day, there was quite an in
novation in the use of a descriptive term
| The bill IS TO pension soldiers who were
confined in confederate prisons" The
word generally used in that connection is
rebel "
Mr.. Henderson of North Carolina intro
/ duoed to-day bill to provide for the APP
/ pOlntment of applicants to the public
| service among the several congressional
districts on the basis of population. The
plan is to ascertain by a correct estimate
how many or what proportion of the
officials in the pubic service belong to
each district, and place that number to
the credit of the district; then give each
| district its quota even at the expense of
having to lOp of from some other district
Mr.. Henderson also introduced a bill
for total repeal of the internal revenue
tax on tobacco, and on spirits distilled
| from apples, peaches and other fruits.
TO REFUND THE RAW COTTON TAX
MIR. Enloe of Tennessee introduced a
bin to refund the tax collected on raw
| cotton during the years 1853. 1864 1865,
1866, 1861 and 1868. This old bill comes
! up at every congress, but there does not
seem any more prospect of passing it now
than there was at first, if indeed there is
as much. The Gotten tax was as I'M
righteous a levy as ever was made on a
helpless people but there seems little
probability that justice will ever be done
to the oppressed people VINO had to sub
NIT to it,
ANOTHER FISHY REPORT.
1t is currently reported in the Senate
to-day that "a promise has been made to
the republicans that certain articles to be
nd t,,.
be touched rather lightly in consideration
of the assistance that the republicans will
give in passing the repeal bill This
sounds incredible. and yet it is being
talked about. And it is not more strange
than the statement that certain demo
Gratis object to repeating the federal cleo
tlOnsI law out of consideration for the
feelings of the republicans who helped to
pass the repeal bill in the House. This
last mas got beyond the rumor stage, and
Is now an undisputed fact. II is acknowl-
edged that Messrs Tracy and Coombs of
New York are both opposed to bringing up
the federal election bill at this time be-
cause they think it unwisen
1t has been impossible to obtain exact
figures as to the cost of carrying out the
federal elections law as it now stands,
but it IS estimated to run from 81 ,00O000
to Sl,50O,OOO at every general congress
SiOual or presidential election Mr. Tucker
will be able TO present in his speech on
his bill repeating those laws some Strik-
ing figures of the way III which John I.
Davenport has grown rich in his work of
restricting the suffrage in New York.
MIR REED ACQUIEsCENT
MIR. Thomas b. Reed fully agrees with
those democrats who think that this mat
ter ought not to be brought up now He
said to-day: 1t is in very bad taste. 1t
is utterly unnecessary, for there are no
federal elections until next year. ana if
they have a coil in the Senate, they will
have themselves 10 blame for it, II is in
the usual democratic taste 1t is an ex-
hibition Of partisanship which is wholly
uncalled for by any circumstances which
now exist
Mr.. Reed as a lecturer on unnecessary
craftsmanship makes a most interesting
spectacle indeed Mr. Reed as an ally of
oyer-timid democrats, IS no less interest