The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-18
Guardians for Pensioners.


make it twice THAI amount There is now
a proposition TO appoint guardians of those
of the pensioners who are not qualified 10
take care of their pension money. New
Hampshire Congressman named Mckinney
is the author of this proposition, his idea
being that the government is bound to see
that pensioners who are dissoute and thrift
les or who waste their money for whisky
and in riotous living, have somebody to
carry their pocketbooks for them.
OF course these guardians would have to
be paid good salaries and the number of
them would be pretty large In fact, if
McKinney's bill were to become a law there
would be another class of pensioners, and
it would require pretty big sum annually
to pay them. The appointment of guard
ians would doubtless necessitate the ap-
pointment OF detectives to watch the guard
ians. If they were not watched they might
appropriate the money of the pensioners.
1t is not forgotten that rot many years ago
it was thought by some people that some
body ought to be appointed TO take care of
the money of the freedmen. A bank was
established for that purpose, and guard
ians were appointed for it. The
guardians did very well, but how about the
freedmen. Il is unnecessary to state that
when they called for their money the
guardians couldn't produce it. Perhaps it
would be better to let the pensioners spend
their money just as they please If they
want to waste it let them do so. If their
friends can't restrain them there is no use
for the government to undertake the job
The Superior Court Judges elected by re
cent Legislatures in this State are a set of
very fine officers. They are for most part
comparatively young men, and have sew
eral times surprised the jurors and lawyers
by the way in which they expedited bust
ness. Judge jenkins, of the Ocmulgee
Circuit, is one of the best of the number
He is profound lawyer and an upright
Judge. He allows no unnecessary delays in
his court, and all persons having business
there have learned to be on hand when
wanted The promptness with which these
young Judges, of whom Judge jenkins is a
type, dispatch business saves money to the
people.
The man who thinks his town is the best
place of residence in the world has again
been heard from. The Baltimore american
says: "SOme Southern residents in Balti-
more like our winter climate better than
that of their old home. They say their gen
eral health is better here, and that they
suffer comparative freedom from neuralgia
catarrh and dyspepsia. Baltimore is the
best place to live in at all seasons That's
just what the people all over the country
are saying of their homes. We ought to be
a contented nation. Even the land of the
death-dealing blizzard has its admirers.
Mayor Hewitt, of New York, and ex-
Gov Hoadly, of Ohio, now a New York
lawyer, are engaged in discussing the ques-
ton of whether the late Mr.. Tilden was
acquainted with and endorsed the provis-
ions of the Electoral Commission bill pre-
vious to its passage. Mr. Hewitt says he
knew its provisions, and did not express
any objection to them. Gov. Hoadly makes
very different statement. So the matter
stands. The public knows but little more
about it than it did before the discussion
began. 1t is not very important subject
now.
1t is announced that Mrs. D. p. Bowers
will retire from the stage. She has been an
actress for forty-two years, and an excel
lent one She made her debut in the old
Park Theatre in New York, and, with the
exception of a year or two, has been in reg
ular theatrical life ever since. Her real
name is Mrs. James McCollum, she having
married Mr. McCollum some years after the
death of her first husband. She made a
tour of the South last fall, and her Queen
Elizabeth" and Lady Audey" will not
soon be forgotten by theater-goers.
Mrs. Emily Guion, of New York who was
mentioned some days ago as having lost
money through matrimonial agent, proba-
bly, feels resigned to the loss. The
money she paid the agent failed to procure
her a husband, but the suit she brought
against him for its recovery made her noto-
rious, and proposals are said to be now
pouring in upon her. II seems that there
is in this country an army of cranks who
ask for no other qualification for wife
than that she gain notorety.
III is gratifying TO know that Mrs. WllSon,
the young woman who married James Will
son, Jr., because his father gave her consid-
erablc property for doing so, has gained her
suit in New York. She sued for $4,000
cash given her by the old man and withheld
at his death. Young James tainted away
when the verdict was brought in. Mrs
Wilson deserves her success. A woman who
can reform very bad young man is one of
unusually strong character
1t is observed that the Republicans are
trying to make political capital out of the Me-
tropolitan bank failure in Cincinnati They
say President Means was a Democrat: that
he had been spoken of as the Democratic
candidate for Governor; that he lately sent
"a handsome jackson souvenir to President
Cleveland, and that the Democrats are try.
ing to shield him from punishment. How
many votes will these statements gain for
the RepublIcans9
Withdrawals and rumors thereof are the
order of the day. A Washington gossip
says it is understood that, unless Congress
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