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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION ATLANTA, GA« TUESDAY.! f JtJLT 131880
IW
CONGRESS.
Proceedings of the Two Homes
Last Week.
With the President and His Ad*
vfaers—General News.
Washington, Joly 8--The sonata took up
tbeblll toeeeura to the Cherokee freedmen
and otbera their proportion of certain proceed!
of landi.
Ur. Ingalls, from the committee on Indian
affaira, reported a anbstitnte for this Mil. It
appropriates $75,000 tot the porpoee and di
rect! bow the the amount shall be distributed.
The substitute agreed to and the biU named.
The (easts then returned consideration of
amendment! to the river and harbor bill,
the pending question being an amendment
appropriating $150,000 for the purchase of
Sturgeon ban Like Michigan, ship canal and
harbor of refuge.
The next emendment on which tap ques
tion wm made wea one reducing tho appropri-
ation for Ghoctawhatebeo rlvar, la Florida,
and Alabama, from $15,000 to $500.
Ur. Pogh argued agsimt the ameadmont
and it was rej«ted, Iho item remaining^
$15,000.
Ur. Brown argued against the amendments
reducing the tppropriatlon for tho ChaMahoo
«*«• riw, to Gior^a^ Alabama, from Wt-
0 and that for the Flint rlvar, in
000 to $10,000 tad
Georgia, from $$0,000 to $10,000. Both amaod-
meats were rejected.
Ur. Pogh argued against the amendment
reducing the appropriation for the Black War
rior river, in Alabama, from $75,000 to $50,000.
Tho amendment was rejected.
Mr. George argued against the amendment
striking the item of $£000 for the Big Block
ppi. and moved to add a pro
river, in Hiaalnlp; .
" estate of Mississippi should first
viso that tho
muse the bridge over the Black river south of
tho Mississippi and Meridian railroad to be so
constructed aa not to obstruct navigation.
Mr. George’s proviso w»s agreed to and the
committee's emendment was rejected,
Messrs. Harris and Whltthorno argued
against the emendment reducing the appro
priation for thejCumberiand river, above Nash
ville, from *100,000 to $50,000.
Ur. UcUiilsn defended and explained tho
action of the committee.
The amendment was rsicctcd.
Ur. Harris argued against the amendment
striking out the item of $2,500 for Hia<
Ur! UcUiilan defended it, remarking that
the aeoate was taking on itself tho reeponsl
. pnations not recommended by
bliity for appropi . ,
the committee on commerce, nor asked for by
tho board of engineers.
The amendment was agreed to.
Ur. Pugh argued against tho amendment
reducing the appropriation for tho Tennessee
reducing the appropriation for tho Tennessee
river at Unssel Shoals from $350,000 to $250,-
000.
Ur. HcMillion defended tho amendment.
He stated that the total amount already ex
pended on this work was $2,574,000. Tho
•mount necessary for its completion was $1,-
470,000, and the amount which conld be ox.
pended for the next flsceal year was estlmat-
’ “ ommlttae had agreed to
cd at $050,000. Thocoi
rocommend fifty per eent of that amount,
Tho amendment agreed to.
The senate resumed consideration of the
river and harbor appropriation bill, tho pond
ing amendment being to reduoo the appropria
tion for tho Kentucky river from
$100,ooa
Ur. Vest then took tho floor in oppoeltion
to tho Hennepin danse. He did not intend
to discuss the nnconstitntlonaUty or the prop
osition, bnt contented if with tho decla
ration of his belief that congress had no right
to construct a canal within a single state. It
was proposed to appropriate $300,000 to con
struct the can si, which, according to the esti
mate of the engineers, would cost $700,000,
while msny able engineers had donbta
whether that amount would bo anything I
sufficient to defray the cost of eonatrnctL
If the benefits to bo derived from
tho canal were aa great aa asserted,
tho proposition should hare boon
brought in lhirly and aqnardy in s
separate bill. A work of inch enormous mag
nitude and extent should not be included to
the river and harbor hill, with tho paltry ap
propriation of $300,000. It was an entering
mint it would commit the government to the
construction of the work. Tho milk in tho
eocoannt was a desire on the part of tbs state
of Illinois to b# relieved from tha obligation of
keeping tho Illinois and Michigan canal in re
pair. The canal system was being supplanted
by railways. The Bock Island road ran aloag
the very route of tho canal and tho result
would bo
s inevitable that the canal could never
Ur. Logan suggested that ho
senator to bo very earnest for appropriations
for tho Mississippi river though railroads ran
on either lido of it. Ho hoped the time would
come when tho people, whenever thero was
necessity to give cheap transportation,
” ‘ canal or otherwise, and ho
provide for it by
conld not see why tha pending proposition
was not as proper on tho river and harbor bill
aa in a separate measure.
The merits of tha amendment appropriating
$360,000 for the purchase of Portago Bake
canal and tho Lake Superior ship canal ware
preaentad by Ur. Conger, who submitted reso
lutions of the legislatures of Illinois, Michigan,
Ulnnesota and Wisconsin, urging congress to
make a waterway composed or thead two canals
Bee to tho commerce of tha country, and peti
tions of various chambers of commerce and
hoards of trade to tho same effect.
Tha amsndmant was adopted without di
vision.
Tho Hennepin canal amsndmant having
been raachad. it was strongly advocated by
Hr. Cullom, who stated that the canal was the
moat important work of canal lmprovamant
now pressing upon eongraas for consideration.
“ - r Ingalls offered an amandmentto tho
Senator Idl
river and harSoFblll, providing that the ap
propriation for the Improvement of Plum
Point and Lake Providence roaches, (ktbate-
aippi river,) shall ho expended in tho complete
eippi river,) shall he expended in the complete
repair and maintenance of levees throughout
the reaches, at a height of two (set above tho
flood Una of 1888, and lm the completion of
the permeable works of construction to an ox-
tent neeeanry to bring the high water banks
of tha river to tho comparative uniformity of
width contemplated in the river and harbor
bill of 1881k No revetment or bank protection
work shall be executed until it shell beehown
that the completion of contraction works will
not Moure tha desired stability of the banks.
It Is provided, however, that revetment works
may be constructed in front' of tho cities of
Memphis. Hickman, Colnmboa and tha Green-
villa meh, and that contraction works shall
be bnilt at tha same time in wide portions or
the river immediately above said revetment
Mr.Gsll offered a rMoIntfoc calling on the
president to direct American ropreaeotetivaa
In Uexleoto investigate the truth of the
statements made in the ni
(newspapers that elti-
sens of the United States an oanfinad in Mex
ican dungeons without trial for alleged of
fenses t gainst tho laws of Mex
ico, and that their float trial
has been poctooeod without
postponed
and requiring dis united States government
(if such statements are found to bo true) to
demaad the trial of such persons and their
humane treatment during confinement and to
make provision lot their defense and relief
Bom confinement whan no sufficient causa tot
detention to fimnd. Also requestinc the presi
dent to iBStitnte negotiations with the govern
ment cf Mexico fora convention to secure s
fair trial (without unuactseary delay) of dti-
zees of the United States who ussy be charged
with violating the laws of Mexico. Aa a baste
with violating tin
for the notation
Ur. Call sent to clerk’s desk
and bad read a dispatch from Chihuahua, pub
lished in the New York Herald, itatisg tha
of the Hex -
care of the Merklcy station agent of the,
lean Central railroad company.
The tut of John Geode, aa nominated to be
. reported Bom
. tang speech in farer
of confirmation. * 1 01
Messrs. Hoar and Mahono
Messrs. Hoar and Mahono rvpUed Moon-
aidanbtalength, and lb. BwSl^rirW-
tawed them agrin. The harden of debate
was the tisiuo ballot in politloa.
Ur. Edmunds said ha had letters which in-
enlputated Goode in a “dicker" for confirm*,
tion. These tatter* stated that if he were
CO tas m ouldbo* inre P ubll “ a aubordi-
Tha letter* were demanded by Ur. Biddle-
horger, bat Mr* dgqifaftd to prodaoo
Hr. Blddloberger asked that tho final vote
be postponed till tomorrow, and
oe postponed till tomorrow, and assent being
refused, he made two or threo dilatory mv*
t ** *ix o’clock, resulting
to Goode’s rejection by twenty-firo to twenty,
eignto
The noose*
WASBntQTOir, Joly 7.—Ho speaker laid be
fore tho house twenty-one veto messages
transmitted by the president yesterday. The
first message read wu referred wiihont com
ment to tho committee on invalid pensions,
but the disposition of the next message,vetoing
the bill granting a pension to Edwin U. Har
rington, consumed more time.
The next message wu one vetoing tho bill
granting a pension to Catharine McCarthy.
Ur. Hatson moved its reference to the com
mittee on invalid pensions, and Ur. Browns
moved instructions,requiring the committee to
report it hack on or before Monday next.
Mr. Browne criticised tho action of tho pres
ident, and invoked God’s mercy on a man who
had tha heart to veto a bill for tbo relief of a
widow of a man who bad died in the line of
dnty to hla country. He sarcastically reflected
upon tho manner to which an experienced sol
dler, commander-in-chief of the army, tree tec
his comrades. His excellency belonged to
that class of men who daring the war were
afraid of nothing bnt danger, bat now stood
valorously armed, cap s pie, with vetoee in his
hand between the unfortunate soldiers sod the
treasure of the United States. President
Cleveland would go down to posterity as the
great American objector.
Mr. Conger, of Iowa, resented the language
used by the president aa throsring slurs upon
the motives of congress, and as Insulting tho
onion soldier.
Ur. Bayne, of Pennsylvania, took tha sarao
view, and suggested that the democrats who
stood by tbo vetoee would have their man
hood severely taxed.
Ur. Cannon, of Illinois, read to the vetoes
the story that while Ur. Cleveland wm presi
dent, there would be no further pension legis
lation. There were great questions In title
country calling for tha attention of tho execu
tive, yet tho president brushed them all
aside, and appeared anxlons to otter
to nobody except that little solid knot that
ccmo Bom tho solid aonth. He wanted to gat
their apnlanar. They east (olid vote* to tho
nominating conventions. There ho stood
methods and unmindful of results
In treating of the proposed redaction and
removal of internal revenue taxes Mr. Morri
son says they are most lightly borne and can
not be re! in (Dished to tnofaco of four bill
ions of war debts yet unpaid, Tho report
then Bsyi:
This w* do know—that of 28,00X000 people who
workmen are idle for want of work to dot sod
■■■“■ *— lOftftQQ thffifl| nnffim.
at, borne. If this effort wu to ,
prevent the Importation of all manufactures,
we would have direct taxation
and three quarters of a million of mon yet unem
ployed. Their probable employment amounts to
nearly the difference between whet is popularly
m Tha removal of
?3iltara?wh5i:|
their health to the
, of poor r
servfco of
the country.
That was statesmanship. [Applause on tho
_ —. .. .. - received with an-
republican side which was
awermg applause and laoghter from the derm
“Oh, yes,” continued Cannon, “and I toll
-on that yon will have to defend It before
fovember. [Benewed applause on tho demo-
cretin side] The gentlemen who are dapping
their hands can’t offend it They have the
kind of constituents who halters In It [Ap-
ilauso and laughter on the republican aids]
'on will bar* to defend it before November.
The men who are entitled to their pensions
with their friends and with public opinion and
a rente of f nation to this ooontry, will send a
congress here which will pats these bills and
other proper pension legislation over the pres
ident’! voto." [Applause on tho republican
aide.]
The motion to Instruct was lost—yess 115,
nays 128, and the mouagowai referred to tho
committee on invalid pensions.
The Randall Tariff BIU.
Washington, July 8.—The way* and means
committee today ordered an advene report to
be mads on the Bandall tariff bill. Ur. Kel-
ley moved to strike out all bat tho adminis
tration features of the bill (tbo Howltt pro
visions) but this motion was tori) although
Ur. Hewitt voted with tho republicans.
Messrs. Seed and Hlscoek ware absent. A
motion was them mads to report tho entire
bill advendy, and upon the.roU being called,
all of the democrat* voted to tho affirmative,
voting on tho ground that
the bill contained meritorious features, along
with the oUocttouabto provisions) which
conld not he dlsaundated under tho motion.
Ur. Morrison will prepare advene report
ontho bill while tho republicans will not
make a a report.
Mr. Morrison reported back advendy Bum
the committee on ware and means th* Bandall
tariff bill and it was raftered to th* oommltte*
of the whole.
Beprerentatlve Morrison's report on thoBan-
sll bill says: .. • ■
Tho billnroDOtes to remoreoll internal taxes on
PJNtfcfMglio** *******
n tbo •nrecate ofSoternal i
nifcmituid whlutiio bUl asY.
lion of revenue from customs
tflbcwd —
1,000,000.
St
Issmo member In tho tsms half moot
•tatemtnt Ihst the rerenoes wMMMffi
SS'lSiiSffSsffi
ocaow^r^r^yumnscjissrf^tMM^nta
enjoined uponus !n^he b MtE*we e hsvo taken to
ggwaailio commotion. Your nsstmlltss un-
%$¥»
iasrtt
taxes your
stfas^*5sS{i-‘Si^S5
an-, cotton tie!
already stated,
., i ;-3 H estimated
Offi (tester proportion titan on ani-
whtch the tale often is rod need. Ap-
at of revenues, and.that tho detlrad end Is
ibroiirh blither and lower UiH
with Qto I,111 oro B»!.! oa ttilol
I-tiun, and arc entitled to no r«;
The esUmst-s
blits ry eaonmptlon, and
nhstever.
EsndallldtiUn ietelfand says
Tbn estimated and laluided effect of the bill are
UlUvtd to make plain methods by whleh taxation,
cn the basis of its ports and rsvouno receipts tat
Egr* S2J5 ‘"K&y—g
Hi.^m^ a n.^, nsa
&KSSS8
food for taolus'meMfoauho fS?££a“n of great
and lucccmfol Industrie*. To Ikes these from
taxes will cheapen the production without tower
ing the price orlabor, and ootfldlo men may that
be enabled to make somethin! which may be add
profitably abroad, and with which we am over
stocked at home.
Ur. Breckenridgo, of Kentucky, Bom tho
same oommlttee, reported back adversely tho
bill repealing the tobacoo tax, and It wm re
ferred to tho oommlttee of tho whole.
Fonalons Discussed.
Washington, July 0.—In tho house, imme
diately after the reading of th* lonrnal. the
speaker announoed that regular order wu ■ a
vote on tho demand for tha previous ques
tion, on motion to refer to tho committee on
invalid pensions, tho message of tho presi
dent, vetoing the hill granting • pension to
Sally Ann Bradley. Amid a good deal of con
fusion, Ur. Borrows, of Michigan, on tho part
ofthorepubUc*ns,andHr. Matson, of Indi
an*, representing the democrats, endeavored
to come to some arrangement to prevent time
to como to so too arrangement to prot
being frittered away with roll onus. ■
Ur. Bontolto, of Maine, arraigned the pres
ident for what he characterized M hla ortuado
against tbo veteran* of the ooontry. Ho re
garded tha policy of-the president ms an open, I
clear, that tho
democratic party was opposed to recognising
the services and sscrifioes of
sigh in order that this great
their 11 vm or health
nation might bn preserved. The time had
come when tho democratic party fait
itatlf sufficiently firmly tested
tit ft ajtddlo * to nttor iti - dodx&co
and hostility to men who wont to the front to
save tho tuiloallnlte boor of peril. Ho thought
ho could too the muse of history loo king at
h* eould imagine tho expression
disgust which would pan over tho foeturel of
tho goddeM of American liberty, when ahe
should look open the panel upon which wm
' chief magistrate, sitting
depicted tbo present t
in hla shirt sleeves, with hie collar nnhotton
ed, perspiring over vetoes of paltry pension
bills of heroes of tho war, [Applause.] He
then proceeded to read from tha Beeord to
show that all legislation favorable to tho sol
dier bid emanated from tho republican party
and had bean passed by republican votes
against thatolld votes of representatives of the
solid sooth and against almost tho eolld vote
of the democretio petty.
Ur, Brumm. of Pennsylvania, characterised
the president M the great obliteration of seg
regated righto and the great representative of
absolute power, and tala tho democratic party
of tha house—a party which was oppotodto
by humbly ana mid to
centralization—stood 1
the president, “not my will, 'bat thine be
done.” He continued to berate tho democrats,
whleh be did to sneh am ocargatlo manner as
to call forth round* of applauu and laughter
Bon both sides of tha house. Ho donouncad
tbsm m poltroons and cowards, who exoner
ated their president whenever he chose to
slap them to the fitce and spit upon them.
The action ol the honso reminded him of tho
play of Hamlet. [Laoghter.] Ha would sub-
aide of the democratic
tbo poor ml
party, [Laughter.]
Mr. Cleveland—Do rim see yonder cloud that la
almost In the share or acsmetl
DcmrerttloMngrcss-B; tho mass, and it la Ilka
* Mrfcisvetand—lftthlnks It Is Ilk* a weasel.
ffr^uWKiVwSSr Uk * • "“h
DemocrxUo Congress Very like a whale.
“And so this executive of jour*,” continued
Bromm, “has only to point oat the shape or
form and tha democratic party la down on Its
marrow bones, mytog, *m tbon wilt, and not
Ml wilt’ [Laughter.]
Mr. Curtin, of Pennsylvania, bespoko for the
president decent respect and daoant speech.
H» did not know what tha pending bill wm
about. Its merits had not been presented, but
th* bouse had resolved itself Into a political
meeting. Tho gen Us men most understand
that before the election came people would
forget all these speeches, so they might
reierve their campaign eloquence for awhile.
He conld speak because he wm not in tho
same category. Ho wm not looking for votes,
but all tho rest were. The house should tarn
Its attention to business. If It did not, It
would bo here until the hut of August This
vituperation and abuse of the president wm
S I wrong. He ssssrted his entire ooofldence
the integrity of the president and to hla
desire to d« hla anty, and he rammed to him
self the right to approve or dtaapprove vetoes.
Suppose that th* members quit quarrelling
and torn their attention to public botioese.
Let them remember what they had been
taught by thair mothers:
Let dots delight to berk and bite,
For Cod bM made them so: .
Lot bears and lions growl and light,
For 'Us their nature to.
Theirs
ThtlrUU
To sort
neti
. of HtaWppi, thought ha iheold
apologise for dlseualsg pension matters, m he
bed been a confederate private. It wm mid
that tbe confederates ought to have thought
best men. W* have a great many one-tagged
and one-armed soldiers in our must, who can
scarcely earn a living, and s great many wid
ows and orphans. Society hM been terribly
demoralized, and onr homoa have boon deso
lated and devastated. Boys, this hmboen*
terrible war, bnt we eon stand all this. Tho
only thing terrible la that soma damned fools
who have not mads mnch reputation out of
the war, will be wanting to throw this thing
op to na for tho next twonty-flvo years.*
[Loud laughter.] I make no anyUalion of
this tooident, but it doc* look Use tho word*
of prophetic wisdom.”
The message wu then referred without ob
jection.
Solicitor General Goode Rejected.
Washington, Joly 0.—Tho rejection of
Solicitor General Goode wu not a surprise to
him and his friends. Senator Mahono
been devoting hla entire attention for many
weeks past to consolidating the republicans in
opposition to Ur. Goode. Ho had a grievance
dating to the time when Goode publicly de
nounced him ms trickster and a reward. The
ostensible cause for the senate's action la that
Goode wu connected with Banda ontho ballot
In tbo Norfolk district several yean ago, when
he waa elected to congrem. Hit otto was also
gristly prejudiced by hi* connection with th*
pan-electric scandal. Senator Kiddteboreor
wm tho only republican who favored Ur.
Goode, and ho happened to bo out when tho
voto of twenty-eight to twenty.fir* wu cut
against Ur. Goode. Ur. Gooat said tonight
that ho had bean treated vary unfairly by the
judiciary committee of tho senate, to being re
fused a bearing to answer to tho charges pre
sented by Senator Uahoao and other*.
This privilege la accorded by cnitom In all
cases where there la a contest. The Albany
negro Uatthews, whore nomination for m-
■ ■ of deeds In this district is pending, hu
comer of deeds
had several hearings before the committee.
Ur. Mahono made a bitter attack on Ur.
Goodo in tho exerethroeemlon. Ho wu fol
lowed by Ueara. Hoar and Edmunds, who
were very sevore to their remarks, Ur. Btd-
dleberger spoke two hoars to fsror of Ur.
Goodo. Ur. Path and Vest also supported
him in speechs*. It is doubtful if tho presi
dent will appoint Ur. Goods’s saccMsor before
I IDDOilll
adjourn-.
. noton, Joly 10.—[8p*ctal]—Senator
Blddloberger created a sensation today by
ulling Into Senators Edmnnds and Ingalls.
The occasion of his attack wu found to soma
remarks h* wu making to favor of abolishing
the secret sessions of the senate. H* charged
that Mr. Edmunds had declared to open ses
sion that ho bad tatters to prove that a trade
had been made between 8olldtor General
Goode and certain republican officials who had
agreed to as their Influence to secure Ur.
Goode’sconflrmation, and after making this
declaration had failed to prodaoo thooe alleged
letters In secret session. Ur. Blddloberger
geld tbe executive sessions are constantly
used u shields to sneh bypoorlay.
Mr. Inrsllspntln blsoar and accused tho
Virginia Fret Lanco of talking of executive
secrete. Ur. Blddiebeiger turned on him in
a bluff way tad ordered him to taka hla asst.
This off-hand reply wu a sort of koock down
:o tho cynical Kansan, whore woapons to da-
bate are the moat rained sarcasm and the
meanest lanendo.
It transpires that in tho executive station
ycaterday'Hr. Edmnnds made some allusion
to the alleged I ------
letters from Ur. Goodo to the
republicans and that Ur. Blddloberger said:
“Von have hinted at that before. I don’t
believe you have any such letters. You can
not Bubetantlato tbe statement you havo Just
mads, and yoo kaaw you oould not whan yon
made it.”
Ur. Goode’s Mends think tha president may
reappoint him after tha senate adjourns, bas
ing tha reappointment on tho ground that
— qSt about by
Ur, Goode’s rejection wu brooght at
the personal spite of oae man, Uahono. The
resident’s sympathiM are entirely with Ur.
Joodo, and the moot cordial relation* exist bo-
tween tbsm. This rejection of Ur. Goods at
tho dictation of tho skinny little boas Bom
Virginia will reset In Ur. Goode’s fovor with
tbo democrats of that state. Ho la already
named Si the most probable successor to Ur.
Blddloberger to the senate.
of water at the entrance to Savannah harbor.
priatlons mads tinea that time Is
more than three feet to dopth Bom tho bar
all the way to tho wharves. Tho effect of this
improvement on the commerce of tho city bu
been very marked. To havo the prqjoct for
still further Improvement retarded by an In
sufficient appropriation would bo a misfortune,
not only to Savannah, but to the entire state,
which Is directly Interested to tho prosperity
of tta principal port.
Pension Bltta Vetoed.
Washington, July 6,—Tho president today
transmitted to the house messages announcing
hi* dtaapptoval of tmaty private pension bllto
and a bill providing for tho emotion of a pub.
lio building at Dalutb, M^B|
AlBed Denny tan man who claimed to havo
been tnjuned by contest with the horn of hla
saddle, and to respect to whore ease tho presi
dent Incidentally remarked that “thore sad
dies ware very dangerous contrivances."
Tha pension committees say:
trln thavsto at th* wounds received by
our gallant cavalry dnrtns thetr lont
ride* and furious charges in the wasted
fore he married, and u a consequence tho
_— Cleveland receives much credit
for this chango in her husband’s habits. Sho
bu pleased everybody by hor unaffected man
ners and her easy adaptation to her now
sphere of life. She had to fkco a sovero trial
whan tho became the bride of tho president,
and wherever ahoappearsaho Is still the object ’
J* c*t” curiosity andj close observation.
While ah* cannot be unaware of this fket, tha
“.11“ (Hfihtoet eonaetousness of It,
either by tha dtagttise of ladlffaranreor tho
tremulous uncertainty of embarrassment. Sho
appears, under all circumstances, adlgnl.
flea, graceful young woman, a beautiful
type oftho womanhood of the republic. Her
drisajiteher manners,is remarkable for its de
cant simplicity. Ills tho nnlvoml opinion in I
Washington that President Cleveland hu
, otalm. It would be
pobllo Indian stlon oould bo so ■
•old ten oould get simple Justice
peace."
Th* president hu boon engaged tho past
two dayi to personally examining I II apodal
pension acta delivered to him Jun. 24, which,
by reason oftho time required by tho pension
bureau to examine its records concerning
them, were only ready on Saturday for hla
consideration. He hu carefully studied all
the flute presented in tho reports mads by tha
congretslond committee In each caw, and
flMfli" ... -
special report prepared for hfa Information by
fne pension bureau, which are very volunnu-
ona and complete. Tho result of hla invest!-
complete.
gallon la twenty bills vetoed and 120 approved
and signed, one having been recalled. During
this session of congress 585 special pension
acts have become laws and ninety htv* basts
vetoed.
Death off Colonel OorkhiU.
Washington, July 8.—Private dlspstcbu
received to this city tonight annonnoo tho
death, at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, of Colonel
Georeo B. OorkhiU, ex-dlitrtet-attorney of
thie district. Oolond OorkhiU served to tho
onion army through tho late war and at the
dote wu made district-attorney for one of
tiiajudletal^districts of Iojrit^ Subtojmm^r
President Hayai appointed
district-attorney for tha district of Colombia
which position he hold until near the doso
of President Arthur’s term, and duct that
tlmo has been engaged to tho practice of law
Inthladty. H* became widely known u tho
successful proeocutor of tho assassin Gulteau.
Ho left here last Thursday for Iowa to good
hedth, and tho nows or hit death cauasd a
great shock to hit numerous friends to this
dty. Ho wia oso of tbo beat known and
moat popular men In the district.
Tha Maw Money Order Rate.
Washington, July 10.—O. F, McDonald,
superintendent or tha money order system, post-
office department, today issued a circular notlIf-
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Savannah Harbor Appropriations.
Washington, July 0.—[Special]—Senator
Brown’s snoceu to obtaining an Increase
of $78,000 for tho harbor of Savannah over tbe
figures fixed in the river and harbor bill by the
house was tha remit of tho most persistent ef
fort and a thorough study of tho altaaUon.
Tho honw had fixed this appropriation at
1125,000, though tha engineer's estimate had
asked for $200,000. Thu amount wm Imper
atively domanded because tho fltilnre oftho
river and harbor bill last year had left tbo
work at Savannah to’a largo degree unprotect
ed. Further delay to its prosecution would
have resulted to serious dsn
After Inducing tho senate .
mlttaa to increase tho Savannah
Item Bom $125,000 to$175,000, Sonator Brown
unato for $25,000 more, aou to
amount asked by tbs engineers to charge of
tb« work. In tho preparation of h’a plea for
Tcpefor Brown mad
of this matter of pensions twenty-fir* years
ego. He acknowledged t
rlsdgcd that, at the begin,
ir, he had not given tho
3* had bean quite V young ^boy*^then!
bnt along about the third roar of the war ha
began to think seriously of lt, and so much bad
be been imps eased with tbs foct that tha
course ha was punning would bankrupt tha
United Slate* government In pensioning tha
wldcwa of aoldler* ho wm killing, that finally,
with a gun to hand, ha retreated across five or
six states with tha enemy la hla Boot rather
that stay tha whole army. [Laughter.] Tha
contest bad finally come to that point
that he Mid ho would have
to stay tha whole army or give no.
tad ha laid down his gnu like a man tad want
home. Be wanted to call attention to a little
incident whleh ecearred when he wm on hi*
way home. He went Into war at tha ago of
fourteen, and bad remained four yean and be
wm pretty well tired of fighting. There wm
so other hoy with him. m no wm going homo,
who bad not been in tho war so long, and who
wanted him to go across a river In Alabama
and fight with Kirby Smith. Ha had aboal
(Dough fighting and did not wish to go.and they
war* arguing about tho matter when
they taw an old gentleman coming across
a field and waiting them at tha free*. When
they reached him h* wm very mach inter
ested to ksow all about tbs surrender, and
“about onr institution."
"I told him,” continned Alton, to a doleful
tear,’that our last it. tion waigooc [Laughter].
He asked ma what I wm going to do. I told
him I was going homa Hetiid:
yon are right) yon go bourn aad go to plowing,
fy txperieaco is that when yon fight and got
beaten yon ought to go to aomathlag else.’
‘ ilotophiza and
began to philosophise
he mid: 'Bonthis has been a mighty
badwar. Wehave lost a good many of oar
Savannah, Senator Brown mads a showing „
its importance m a port whleh ooold not foil to
attract tho favorable consideration of the
senate. He proved conclusively that Savan
nah received comparatively far Ism considera
tion in tha river and harbor bill than any
other southern port. Hla figures mako a sur
prisingly strong care for Hsrannah. The total
ismmerce of that port for tho year 1881, the
Iut year for which the figures are attainable,
WM $51,830,81& This include* only tho Im
port* and exports which ptaaod through Ha
ven □ eh harbor, and does not refer to any rail
road business. The magnltadoof them figures
can only bo appreciated by a comparison with
the figura* for other southern porta.
ax iNTxaxaTixa comparison
wm IntUtated by Senator Brown, showing the
total commerce through tho harbors ortho
southern ports named to be m follows for the
year 1884:
Norfolk .....— IP
Wilmington...., —.... 1,
Charleston...... —... 11,
I ^blnePM«.„.„.... - -, 125,421
It la proper to state that Mobile shipped $11,-
000)000 of cotton by rail, besides what passed
through her port. Tbo total eommtrco for
them tlx puts aggregate* $58,501,452 against
$51,830,818 for Savannah alone. In other
words, tho combined commerce through tho
porta of Norfolk, Wilmington, Charleatoo, Mo-
bile, Jacksonville and Sabine Pam axeoedad
tbs commerce through th* port of Si
by only $8,083,830. Leave off Norfolk
vannab’a marine eommtrco exceed* tha
and 8a-
bkwhIi that of Iho
other five ports combined by $7,050,684.
Senator Brown then proceeded to show
bow this cnormoos difference to commerce
btd been Ignored to the preparation of tho
Mil.
The figures reported by tho senate commit-
tec for them porta ware m follows:
l "*iiscsEir~''
-JoUlr
SameavlUs—
Usblne Pass. — tvKVOOn.
making a total off $1,310,000 for ports which
Savannah, while for Savannah only $175,000
wm reported. Forth* ports of Wilmington,
Charleston, Jacksonville, Mobile and Bahia•
Peis, whoss combined commerce Savannah ax
eteds by $7,868,584, tbs bill had total appro
priations or $1,000,000, or over six timer tha
amount appropriated for Savauaah.
With these figures Senator Brown made an
orsnrwcrabla argument for Ravaansb, and
surostdvd to having the at
appropriation raised
to 1*00.000, an IncreaM of 175.000 over tha
sod fixed to tha MU by th* house. Tha
S r ogress of tha work at Savaaaah for tho part
te years bM bssn
HIGHLY KATIirACTOlY.
Th* day afttr Senator Brown entered the
Must* la 1880 tha river tad harbor MU cam*
op. la that MU $83,000 WM appropriated for
Savannah. Senator Brawn made a strong
appeal for an lccreeas eft hi* earn, asd though
ka had Jsat taken kis Ml in the senate, came
within a few vettasf carrying hla paint. Tha
next year $200,008 wm appropriated for 8*.
vannab, and tbit amount hat been allowed In
•very tnbtcqucot rivtr and harbor MIL
Six yean ago there waa barely nineteen foal
Washington Gossip.
Washington, July 0,—Th* preildeot toda
nominated Fits John Porter, late colonel n
tbo Fifteenth Infantry, to bo colonel to th
anny of tbo United States*
Following Is a copy of tbo president's met-
_igo nominating Fits John Porter:
In aooorduco with the DrorUloni of on act of
oftheUnlSd StatS; nil JohniSrter, UtaooSSjl*
ot FlftMnth Infantry, to bo colonel In the army off
the Untied Htatas, to rank m such from May 14th,
Iasi, that being the grade In rank held by him as
the time offbia dlamlaaal Bom tha army.
Tho recent talk about ox-Sen*tor McDonald
going Into tho cabinet u tha suoceaaor of Boo-
rettry Manning la moonablno. It had no other
foundation than McDonald’s presence to WMh-
iagton. Equally unreliable are the roporta
that Attorney. General Garland means to re
sign. He hM recently said to friends that ho
would novor roalgn while under fire, and aU
tho efforts to drlye him outof tbo cablnot hero
only strengthened hla determination te stay,
won a capital prizo in tho matrimonial lot-
Ho and Mrz. Cleveland havo been favored
with many Invitations to visit various parte ot
tho country after tho adjournment of con
gress, bnt It la probable that thoy will seek a
cool retreat in some qnlet nook oftho Adlron-
dacha, whan thoy will apand tha month
of Aognst. In September they
will retain to tholr own
country home, an nnpretenttoua place Just
oatsida of Waaktagten, om onaef the finest of
tho inbnrban drives. I doubt not that these
months of rest amid quiet annoondtagt will
brlog to tho president and hla wire more real
pleatore than all tho splendors of tho social
season which wUl open on tholr return te tho
official mansion “when tho loaves begin to
torn.”
Washington, July 8.—Boprosontatlra Wil
liam H. Goto of tha third Maryland district,
died this morning m half-peat aoran o'clock at
hla realdenoe In this city, No. SCO Fourth
itrect, In hta forty-ninth year. Dr. Goto Mho
wm commonly known, had been a sufferer
Bom Bright* disease for several years past,
and hla demta* wm not entirely unexpected.
Ha had been unable ao attend tha meeting!
of the house, of whleh ha wm a
member, except once or twice during tbo pros-
ant cession. The deceased Imvm a wife bnt
no children. Tho funeral ceremonies will
takeptacs in Baltimore next Saturday
tag and it Is probable that the remains wUl be
interred In the cathedral cemetery In tint city)
Judge Keegan, of Texas, recently succeeded
In engineering through rongreas a resolution
ropro*
flentttivefl.
Tho legal representative in whose interest
this resolution wm tatrodueted, and who wm
referred to In eloquent terms in this report,
wm Blok Wintaramith, tha father of JamM G,
Wtotanmltb. Mr. Dick Wintoremlth bMbeen
connected with tho tabby In WMhtngton for
several yean past, and camo Into especial
ao* tong ~
Begem, conveying in tho most lurid terms,
his thanks for a gift of Pan-Elcctrio stock.
Today Mr, WtatenmltU callod at tho tressary
to got tho thirty-five hundred dollars to whlcn
he conaldarod himself entitled under the Bea-
gan resolution. He wm startled by tho an
nouncement that than wm a
for tho money ahead
him. A woman had only
widow of Jamas C.
tha money. Mr. Dlok Wintcramlth mdig-
l clnimod
nantlydonted that hla son wm ever married.
but ha wm told that tho alleged widow had
asserted her readiness to provo her titio to the
r almost bo considered a settled thing
that S. 8. Cox will shortly resign hla position
Intater to Turkey and seok
Im United States nlaiftif HI
re-election to oongreaa A prominent represen
tative to this dty hu received a latter Bom
him to which ho related tho reluctance with
which ho accepted hit new duttaa, and spoke
of tho pressure whleh bu boon brought to
bear upon him to oome baek to New York.
In conclusion ho expressed a desire to return.
Ho said h* would bo more at homo In oougross,
although h* had boon received with great
honors and cordiality at tho anltan's oourt,
and that ho would bo ablo to servo his country
better to tha national legislature than at Con-
atantiaople. U* intimated tho possibility of
hta raalgnalsto being Mnt to, bnt did not cum
mlt himself to a definite statement.
Than la a general gratification hero at tho
(turn of Hr. Cox- Tim Cempboll,
expected retain ofWHHHHH
of Now York, who represents Cox’* old dU trie t]
la greatly relieved by tho assurance that Cox
will etand ta tha district lately represented
by Joe Pulitzer. This will enable Cox to
con* Into congress next December, and will I
enable Tim Campbell, ona of tbo cleverest
Irishmen that ever aat to coagrees, to retain I
his seat. Already goulpa are naming Mr.
Cox’* successor u minister to Turkey. Tho
gentleman moot frequently znontionod !• Mr.
Gu*ysnt*fLautatas«i of klghBSsray attels-
ments. Ha hu spent mnch tlmn to studying
tho history or tbo eut, and would undoubted
ly fill tho position acceptably. Ho la the gen
tleman who undertook to answer the criticism* I
ot George W. Cable on the Graoto race, and
became prominent to this connection.
cAUToawiA’a invitation to th a rssffiHffiffiffi
Today Senator Leland Stanford rood red I
Bom tho Ran Francisco posts of tbo Grand
Army of tho Bepubllo so invitation for Presi
dent Cfovdand to attend tha coming Grand
Army reunion In that dty. Tho lovltatloa
the entire delegation from tho Paulo elope,
will call at tbe white house and protest this
unfquo invitation.
Washington, Joly 7.—[Special.]—Before
President Cleveland married complaint* of hi*
exbins!ven ess, or rather of hla aacliulTanesi,
were frequent. Almost my on# who want to th*
white house conld tee him, but it wu a rare
thing that th* onteld* public caught a glimpse
of him in the common walks of too conmu-
nity. Ho occasionally Indulged in aahort
drive through the fluhonabla portion of tho
dty; one* or twice a month bo would ride
down to hta old-foahionad Presbyterian
church, but he wu almost constantly hidden
away from th* popular gsza behind hla big
dash at tho white hoau. ....
A remarkable change la notloed In hta hab
its and manners alnco ha married. Ha appear*
at chnrch punctually at 11 o'clock evary Sun
day nornlng with pretty Mm. Cleveland by
hta aid*. Thsry frequently take long afternoon
drive* through tha pobllo parka. Last Satur
day afternoon, when tho Marine band wu
giving Its open dr concert to the white hens*
grounds, th* president end his wife walked out
on th* lawn and enjoyed the mate with tha
government darks and tbeahovgtrta. I sup
pose the first time tho president wst over
sera walking on Pennsylvania avenua wm
tost Saturday night. Ha bad been down to
the station to aaa Secretary Manning, who
was passing through from Warm springs. The
president aiamiseed hi* carriage at the Iti’.lon
»nd with Colonel Lament sauntered leisurely
•long the crowded etdewatin to the white
Itausa, three-quarters of a mile away. In hta
loosely fitting dark salt and broad brim straw
hat ha looked tbs picture of a dtmocratic oral-
Ideot. Hell mingling with the peopla of
Wrrhlrgtr
J. M. Allots,
n>o Regulator tutd tfoBUoUer off Low Frieea.
Will mall samples of all elutes of Dry Goods, and
ray express*** on ell orders above: tum Too
-ill lava moii.-y tn.l gt* l-u-r variety In Klaot
j-om by wrltloa u»about wbai you waul and eas
ting our samples. Tbe largest stock In Atlanta sod
the ackaowledged lowest priest. U and U Whit*-
kail street Atlanta. 8*.
Wintcramlth. Tho appropriation is
•till hdd up, aud a lively scuffio for It la
imminent, *
Washington, July lfo—[SpaclaL]—Senator
Mahono hu no Idas of retiring from publio
life at tho expiration of hla icnatorlal term,
which happy event will occur on tho 4th of
March next. It la add that ho means to ran
for consreu to tho Petonbarg district this
foil. That district la now represented by hla
man Brady, bathe can If ho cbooaos brash
Brady aside a
t and take tbo republican nomine-
If. The district, hu a republican
tlon blmsolf.
majority of four or five thousand, and Ha-
hono calculates on an oray victory. Various
difficulties, however, will bosot him. Tho
most fonnldabta of these is represented by ox-
Governor Cameron. Cameron WM the host
and brightest follow who wsnt off with tha re
adjustees In Vlrglris. Ho is snporlor to Ma-
host aad Johawta* to every good Sanaa. A
After
Mahons had aided him to mcuio the gore mar-
ship he expected to role him, as ho rules ev
ery coo with whom ho has any political affilia
tion. Cameron resented Muhonc’s dictation
andn rupture occurred which has Intensified
Into a bitter feud. Camaron novor want to
the extremal that Hahona adopted for politi
cal advantago and always managed to retain
to a largo degree tho respeot of the better ele
ment* In th* state. War to tho kaMl hM been
declared between him and his old chief. Should
Mahono mako tho reco for congress himself
Cameron will run against him u an Independ
ent candidate with tho support of tho demo
crats and a large clamant of tha readjaster-
republican party. Us Is more than a match
for Mahono on the stump and la too plnoky to
bo bullied by thocktany littta hose. Stood
Cameron went oat from tho governor’* offleo
hi* associations hiv* been mainly with demo
crats. Many of hla old friends believe that ho
will como back into complete affiliation with
iho party oat of which hta ambition for cwlfb
fovea VHhMtaWa
la gratified at tho notoriety ho hM aohleved
here. Ho la reluctant to leavo the arena on
which ho Iim performed sneh queer antics and
Hooter than do so ho will gladly
step Bom tho senate to a seat
at tho other end of tbo
capltol. Ho will find that transit a hard one
to mako. Hitherto tho national patronage hM
btenathiadlspoMl and ho Iim boon largely
aldsd by republican money, drawn from tbo
north on tho assurance that ho wm converting
Virginia Into a reliably repnbllcan state. Both
thtso sources of holp are now closed to him.
Ho hM no offices todtetrtbuto, and tho crush
ing defeat of his henchman, John Wiao, by
Fllsbogh Lee hM demonstrated how Idlownre
hta boasts of mantalnlng tho power which cir-
enmatanco and accident throw Into hishtnds,
Mahono cannot hope to bo a considerable po
litical factor In Virginia hereafter outside of
his own congreislonsl district, snd even
there bis enemies are whetting their tems-
up his ugly little I
Dr.TCLIO S. VKKDI, of Washington, D O ',
CommlMlonor of iho
National Board ot Health, cto., says Liebig Go’s
Arnlcatcd Sxtraet of Witch Harel Is •’InralusblA"
Cores Files, Salt Rheum. Catarrh, Pslnfol Periods,
Rheumatism, and Neuralgia. Beware of cheap
oonteifoits.
Th* Provident* dairy rompray, off BhodS B“
land, made 1,710,000 pounds of bogns butter hut
Tear, .
BITS: All Fits stopped free by Dr. Kltaa'*
Groat Nerve restorer. No Fitsafter first day 1 !
use. Marvelous const Treatise a
_ ■d'Bjni-'
bottle Bee to Fit eases. Sand to Dr.KUna,
081 Arch 81, Philadelphia. Pa.
■Ml discovered that there are several
tbcuMrulcuet of contagious ophthalmia among
. ’lmniaal *
I and residential uchooUin
Vo., appearing la oar column*.
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!h < t“lcL“«octatiooif*nntaacou^WBBH
w|ibaw{iwtndFwholaaMM dtaripUns. tfs*Albs-
Marla offsnvsry sup*rtor advsateflMIO thosawho
Lavs daughttra to educate.
Attention DattaUon-
Partlra attending the reunion of tha Eighteenth
Goargla regiment at this place, on Friday 30th
Instant, most pay full fore coming, snd arrange
ment* have been mads by which they will be if
lured at osathlrd off the regular fare on P (Menta
tion snd surrender of certificates properly filled up
sndilsurd by tha sg»nt from whom tea tlckeeio
Caitmvallo lipurcbamd and by ma at this plait,
tend la joor name anti promptlr and- ry-
ceire one of tb«*i certlflcataa, or you will batito
par Aili fare both ways. l»otrt delay.
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