Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-18
The Need of a National Bankrupt



A strong effort will undoubtedly De
made next winter to induce Congress to
pass a bankrupt law. The New YORK
Board Of Trade is now circulating a peIi-
ton for signatures which asks the speedy
passage OF such a law. According TO THIS
petition the salient features Of bankrupt
law should be the following:
.Discouraging insolvency; the largest
distribution Of assets at the lowest posi-
bic expense: the handling Of assets Dy the
creditors under supervision Of the court
the abolition OF the fee system Of compen-
sating officials; preventing and annulllng
preferences made in fraud Of creditors: al
fording relief 70 the honest debtor; pun
ishing the fraudulent one; expedition Of
the proceedings and speedy disposition OF
the same: a compact, equitable, codlned
law which can be read and understood by
every business man."
The bill which met with the most favor
last winter was the Lowell bill. The
senate judiciary Committee modified the
original draft of the bill very materially.
Had it not been for the tariff discussion it
is probable that it would have passed in
some shape. Senator HOar. Of Massachu-
sets. had it in charge and made several
Intellectual efforts 10 get it before the SEN
ate. That a national bankrupt law is
needed there is no question.
Nothing has touched and tickled the
American public so much for many a
day, if the newspapers are to be believed,
as the story that Mary Anderson snubbed
the Prince Of Wales. The New York
World takes up the matter and says that
Considerable discussion must inevita-
bly, ensue in all tastidiOus circles over
Mary AndersOn's reported snubbing OF
the Prince Of Wales. Those intelligent
female cOteries that are supposed to de-
line and fix the Medean laws Of good So
ciety Will now have an opportunity TO
canvass the ethics and the pOlity Of the
snub conservative. the snub professional
and the snub virginia..
1T Will hardly do for the people OF this
continent to rush to laudatOry conclu-
sions about the American Mary, who de-
sires al the same moment to possess both
the azure attributes of the Vestal and the
spOtless prerOgatives of Caesars wife, be-
fore they have learned what the authOri-
tative Grundys have decided TO think
of il.
There will be two ways of looking at
this question presented 10 the judicial fe-
male mind. One easy way occurs 10 al
most anybody, and it is 70 praise the
democratic girl for fatty refusing to be
presented to a Prince whose patronage OF
professional women hitherto has not been
calculated To secure for them the immuni-
~ Of Caesars wife.
= This may be called the masculine
view.
= The feminine view presents another
phase altogether. 70 the sensitive femi
nine mind the questions are pro
pounded: WHY should virtue have
ANYTHING TO fear from the cOurtesies due
to men in exalted positions; or why
should an actress imagine that an intro.
duction to a Prince could sully her repu-
tatiOn independent OF her own conduct:
Do not some of the best and purest
women in England notice His Royal
Highness occasionally without fear OF
moral ruin:
These are. TO say the least, vital ques-
tons. and pending their adjustment II
NAV be. perhaps. as well to consider one
other minor point. which IS that the
Prince of Wales has not been in London
during Mary AndersOn's visit, and has
not vet heard of her or received the magnl-
ficent photographs which Mary's agent
sent to him in advance"
The story Of the snubbing has been
credited to the Washington sunday Her
ald. fit first appeared in that paper
there need nothing more be said than
''that settles it,