The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-30
Mr.. Croker,a Visit.

Mr.. Croker's Visit.
The visit of Mr.. Croker, the Tammany
chief, to Washington last week was the
subject of good deal of speculation. The
republican papers particularly discussed
it as matter Of the utmost Importance.
In their view it deserved the most elabo.
rate treatment. Some of them said that
the purpose of his visit was to discuss
New York appointments with the Presi-
dent; others that it was to whip the New
York congressman into line against the
income tax, and still others that he
wanted the vote on the tariff bill put off
until after the election of the congress
men in New York city to fill vacancies.
AS matter offact, Mr.. Croker went to
Washington to impress upon the New
York congressman his belief that the
adoption of the income tax would have a
most disastrous effect upon the democracy
of New York, particularly New York
city. Whether or not he succeeded in &C
complishing the OBJ ect he had in view is
not known, but the impression is that he
did not. Several of the New York demo
cratic congressman will, it is asserted,
vote for the income tax.
Mr.. Croker Yields great deal of influ-
ence in New York city, but not much in
Washington. Indeed, it is doubtful if he
could render his party any great amount
of assistance, in respect to any matter, at
the national capital. If the income tax is
defeated, it will not be because of any
thing that Mr.. Croker said. Congress-
men had about made up their minds as to
how they would vote on that tax before
Mr.. Croker appeared in Washington.
The Marquis of Queensberry, whose
greatest claim to notoriety is the fact
that his name has been given to code of
prize ring rules, thinks there will be Just
one more great prize ight-between Cor
lett and Peter Jackson-and then the
outraged moral sense of the people will
put an everlasting stop to the miscalled
sport" Prize fighting" says the
marquis has degenerated from a pure
sport into a mere gambling machine
The newspapers have taken it up and it
has become notorious. Lawmakers have
been appealed to by their constituents
and laws have been passed against it.
some of the laws are weak, but stronger
ones will be forthcoming. l believe prize
fighting has seen its day" When so great
and prominent patron of the ring as
| Queensberry sees the end of prize fight
ing in the near future, its opponents may
take heart. QueeDsberry says, by the
way, that he is not the originator of the
ring rules that bear his name, but merely
rarisp6 oil Of
were written. Their real author is John
Chambers, editor of Land and Water.
What has become of Admiral Mello, the
doughty leader of the brazilian insur-
gents, Late dispatches refer to DeGama
as the leader of the opposition to Peixoto,
and give it to be unders God that he is
in favor of arri wing at 4 settlement of the
didlculty through the good Offices of Ad,
miral Benham. The Benham arbitration
story, by the way, is one that admits of
considerable doubt. The admiral has
sent the navy department no word of a
purpose on his part to arbitrate the mat
ter. Secretary Gresham knows nothing
about it; Minister Mendonca knows moth
ing about il, and doesn't believe the
story. ct MO kilograms continue TO as
sert indirectly that Admiral Benham Is
acting as a go-between for the two par
ties. Tho telegram we published yester-
day, from Rio by way of Buenos Ayres and
London, eft as much to be inferred.
Europe is apparently disposed to see in
the reconciliation between William and
I Bismarck not harbinger of peace.but a
menace of war. In the capital of Ger
many's ally, Austria, it is considered that
the possibilities of war have been in
creased, while in Paris and st. Peters
burg the reconciliation is held to have
been merely an incident in Williams
plans, which plans will eventually bring
on war. The consummation of the recon
cilialion to the Franco Russians is only a
marker of the trend of events. 1t is
claimed that Russian secret agents long
ago informed their government of the
forthcoming peace-making between the
German emperor and the ex-chancellor,
and that the Russians governed them
selves accordingly"