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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-17
What Is His Object?

Mr.. Blaine certainly has not increased the
republican chances of success since he re-
turned from Europe. There are those who
believe he is injuring them, and who are
asking, rs he trying to cause Gen. Harri-
sons defeatN
If that is his object he could hardly adopt
a more effectual way of accomplishing 1t
than by defending trusts. 1t is all bosh to
say that he was ignorant of the sentiment
in this country against trusts. He knew as
well as anybody else that they were not
popular, and that the feeling against
them was becoming daily more bitter.
1t is equally ridiculous to assert
that he was unfamiliar with the
Chicago platform when he first referred to
trusts, for he had said previously that the
party would win ON such platform. Yet,
with the knowledge that he was antagoniz-
ing the platform and defending a system of
public robbery, he committed ms party to
trusts, as far as he was able to do so, and
his second speech on the subject, in which
he said trusts had no place in national
campaign, has not improved matters. Mr.
Blaine's attitude on this question, indie
pendent of his other indiscreet statements,
is enough to defeat his party.
Really, when we consider the matter, there
is good deal that seemingly gives color
to the intimation that Mr.. Blaine wants to
defeat Gen. Harrison. Those who incline
to that view say he has not forgotten that
at the convention of 1884 when there was
talk of trying to nominate Gen Harrison,
who was a delegate to the convention, Har-
rison struck a bee line for home, so as to
leave the convention unembarrassed if
such a movement was attempted; nor has
he forgotten that when, some months later,
he instructed Gen. Harrison to dismiss the
libel suit which he had brought against a
newspaper in Indiana, because he (Blaine)
could not get justice in the courts of that
state, Gen. Harrison deliberately read the
letter in open court, and allowed it to
get into print, first expressing his opinion
that it was an outrage. They also say that
Mr.. Blaine desires his party to fail, because
if it triumphs this year it would appear
that the defeat of 1884 was because he was
the candidate.
While these assertions are interesting,
they are not convincing. In fact very few
people will believe that Mr.. Blaine desires
his party defeat, though many democrats
hope he will be kept on the stump, as he is
doing very good service for the democratic
ticket. His speeches only go to show that
he is now, as he has been for a long time,
controlled by the monopolists.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-17
The laundering Republicans.

Ever since its defeat in 1884, the Republi-
can party has appeared to be demoralized.
In its acts as party it has Numbered, and
its leaders have committed grave errors.
In not carrying out the recommendation
of President Arthur in 1888 for reduc-
ton of the war tariff, it made mistake
which deprived it Of the credit of a very
popular movement. This blunder was fol-
lowed up in 1884 by the nomination of Mr..
Blaine for president, and the ball was
kept in motion in fine style
by disgraceful attack on the
private life of Mr. Cleveland, and by the
monopolists' feast to Mr.. Blaine, which in
dicated very plainly that the money of the
millonaires was depended upon to pull the
party through. The platform adopted at
Chicago this year, declaring for free
whisky, rather than a surrender of any
portion of the protective system. is a
blunder which may cost the party many
votes, and the position in which the great
republican leader, Mr. Blaine, has placed
himself very recently as the defender Of
trusts will not help the ticket. The republican
Senate committed blunder in rejecting
the fisheries treaJy-a treaty which was
just to both this country and England, and
which could have settled disputes of long
standing. The idea of the Senate was to
deprive the democratic administration of
the credit of negotiating the treaty, and at
the same time make political capital for the
Republican party, but in their desire to do
this they gave Mr.. Cleveland the opportu-
nifty, which he did not neglect. of placing
himself before the public as the real de-
fender of the peoples rights.
The fact is that the republicans have sur
rendered to the monopolsts. Almost every
blunder that they have committed shows
this. Their position on the tariff, their
eader's attitude with regard to trusts, and
numerous other things go to show that they
are controlled by the money power rather
than by the interests of the people
On the other hand. under the wise leader
ship of Mr.. Cleveland, the democrats have
taken patriotic position on the questions of
the hour, and have avoided blunders. They
have commended themselves to conserva-
tive and thoughtful men outside of the
party, and by their course have indicated
very plainly that they have the interests of
the country at heart.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-17
Only ShamminR.
From the Washington Post


Nearly every member of the Georgia delega-
tion in Congress was perturbed in mind and
physically nervous yesterday. Bount, who is
the most superstitious of all the crowd, was
fairly wringing his hands yesterday morning
while anguish was plainly to be seen even in his
countenance, II was some time before the
cause for all this could be discovered but now
the truth is out, and republicans are enjoying a
hearty laugh at the old -womanish conduct of the
southern representatives. But the laughing
awaited nothing nor did good sound reasoning
have any effect, for the scare still continues.
The responsibility for the whole affair is placed
on the flood which has afflicted Au-
gusta, Ca, for some days past. In 1910
there was flood at the same place. and Just
after the freshet subsidized one " lillian Henry
Harrison was elected President OF the United
States. From that time until this there has
been no other watery calamity at Augusta. and
the incident of 1910 is known in Georgia as the
Harrison freshst. Now, another Hood has
come, causing greater loss than its predeces-
sor, and in which the water rose IS inches higher
than It did forty-eight years ago. A presiden.
tial election Is again on hand and another Har-
rison leads his party to victory. This strange
recurrence OF circumstances wrfngs the hearts
of the Georgians. 1t is an omen of the darkest
description, and none of the less superstitious
demot ats can persuade the southern legislators
that tie fool means anything but a sweeping
victory for Benjamin Harrison, and that this
flood will be known in the south as the second
Harrison freshet.n
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-17
Chief Justice Fulier's New Gown.

FROM tne CntcuUO inter Ocean,
rumor reached the ears of a reporter for
the Inter Ocean yesterday afternoon that Chief
Justice Fuller had ridden rough-shod over one
of the presidents connected with his high Office
and had given to Marshall Field g. Co the order
for the construction of his Judicial gown al
though heretofore the gowns worn by chief
justices had all been made at Washington In
order to see this article of attire which will
probably become historic in the annals of
American judiciary, the reporter paid visit to
the head of Marshall Field & Co. s tailoring de-
partment. He was very courteousy taken by
this gentleman to the far-away recesses on the
top story where the gown had been made but
unfortunately only to be told that it had been
dispatched last Saturday to Chief Justice Full
ler's house, No. 5000 Lake avenue. The gentle
men who had made this judicial robe WERE
however, nothing loathe to describe ii beauties
II was made from eighteen yards of gros grain
silk which cost nearly $780, and goodness
knows how many modistes, cutters and seam
stresses worked upon it for nearly a week be-
fore it was finally considered good enough to
adorn Judge Fuller's back. The greatest ex-
citement prevailed in the entire department
during the making Of the gown, and when il
was finally wrapped in the finest tissue paper
and put in the charge of a dozen clerks as a
body gard to be conveyed TO the chief Justices
house, there was not cash boy in the depart
ment who did not feel he had been adding luster
to Chicago's annals and incidentally sending
down the fame of Marshall Field & Co. TO pos.
tprity
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-17

Public opinion will sustain the health au
thorities in keeping the refugees from Camp
Perry in quarantine for at least fifteen days
If they were dealt with as they deserve
they would not be permitted to enter the
city until after a frost. They knew that
refugees from the camp were not permitted
to enter the city direct from the
camp, aud yet they proposed to
violate the citys quarantine regula-
tions. One of them is not a refugee
from Jacksonville, but he has been in CON
tact for weeks with those who were afflicted
with the fever He was an assistant of Dr.
Guiteras, and has been as much exposed TO
the plague as if he bad been in jackson
vile. 1t would he folly to permit him to
come into the city in five days, or even IN
fifteen days.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-17
The Open Sesame.
Fron, The IYnsh;noton. Pas

From The WASHINGTON Post
Il would like to see Representative - said
a newspaper correspondent to a committee
clerk at the capitol few days ago.
He went into the House about an hour ago ~
said the clerk.
Not there now" laconically suggested the
reporter.
Want to see him very particularly" queried
the attache.
Yes"
well, you go up to the room of the commit
tee on - and give seven deliberate rapS at the
door; then pause for few seconds and give
three more thumps; that'll bring him"
The instructions were followed out to the let
ter and the door was opened showing the miss
ing congressman in company with three others,
all hard at work endeavoring to add to the pile
OF chips which stood at each mans right hand
The scribe waited until the game was concluded
and then interviewed the statesman, while the
three other members shuffled the cards and ad-
iusted their accounts
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-17
Troublesome Records.

Gen Harrison and Mr. Morton have
records which are giving their party man
ayers a good deal of trouble. Gen. Harri-
sons Chinese record cannot be explained
away, and it seems that Mr.. Morton has q
tariff record that would be more creditable
TO tariff reformer than to protectionist
who docs not believe in surrendering any
part of the protective system.
In 1880 MIR. Morton was a member of
congress, and he voted 10 place salt on the
free list. In explaining his vote he said in
1886: II voted to place salt on the free list
in 1880, believing that the salt industry of
the country did not neei national protection,
and that the farmers of the state of New
York and the country were entitled to the
kind of foreign salt which they require in
the manufacture of butter, free of duty
The bill included raw materials used in the
manufacture of printing paper. | voted
for the bill, which only included these artl-
Giles and salt, believing that the people of
the state were also entitled to cheap reading
matter"
What stronger reason is there for Civ
ing the people cheap salt and cheap
cheaper clothing! Has Mr.. Morton's views
with respect TO the tariff on salt undergone
any change since he was member of con
CREST If not, can he consistently stand
upon the republican platform.
The Mills bill places salt on the free list.
VIII the republicans of the Senate also
place it on the free list of the bill which they
are now framingl They certainly ought to
out Of consideration for their candidate for
Vice President. II they do, will they not
condemn their own platform, which favors
making whisky free before surrendering
any part of the protective system, and if
they don't, will they not condemn the tariff
views of their candidate for Vice President
unless like Gen. Harrison, who has changed
his views on the Chinese question to suit the
| present occasion, he is not now in favor of
| free saltl
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-17
Why She Rose.

This beautiful fairy tale comes from the wids
OF the Oshkosh region. = For some years
Miss Emma Bennett had not left her bed She
was very i'll, in fact, having what the learned
people of that community called Consumption
or the blood, " whatever that may be- During
much Of this time she could not speak above a
whisper, and many times she lay 80 lifeless and
still that her relatives thought her dead. Three
paralyzed yet on Sunday noon, while the mem
bers of her family were at dinner, she suddenly
walked into the dining room, keeping step to
the music of the song entitled He Rose He
Rose from the Dead" which she herself sang in
"a strange but strong and sweet voice" While
she was lying silently on her bed, something
prompted her to rise, which she accordingly did
without difficulty. She has since been in per
feet health" 1t is not even limited that she is
to go on the stage, or even enter a dime mu-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-17
One of Harrison's Mistakes.

The manner in which Gen. Harrison deals
with the subject of intimidation OF voters
in his letter of acceptance is quite amusing.
He handles it pretty much as he would
handle an old hornets nest in which he sus-
| pected a few hornets were vet lurking; and
after expressing himself concerning 1t very
briefly. as well as very feebly, he lets it
drop. and runs away as if he had done some
thing that he ought not. He fingers long
enough, however, to say that all of the
bulldozing, intimidation and election frauds
are practiced in the south by the demo-
Gratis.
That is where he makes big mistake.
Like those monomaniecS, Senator Chandler,
Representative Boutelle and Gov. Foraker,
he assumes that the colored voters of the
5 nth are eager TO rush to the polls in
body and deposit republican ballots, and
are held back by white democrats with pis-
tolls and guns in their hands. He forgets,
perhaps, that large numbers of colored peo-
pie in the south have been deferred from
voting the democratic ticket by threats of
the leaders of their own race, and that, as
a matter of fact, the percentage OF them
who have not cared for long time whether
they voted OF not is very great.
If Gen. Harrison were as anxious to be
right as he is to be President, he would have
directed his feeble efforts against the bull
doing and intimidation practiced by the
republicans in states outside of the south.
In Princeton, Ind.--Gen. Harrison's own
state-the other day, Charles Sheldon, a
colored democrat, announced his intention
of making a democratic speech, but he
afterward concluded he wouldn't yet
publicans heard of his intention, some
of them sent him a note in
which they told him they would
hang him if he did not leave the town on the
next outgoing train. In Illinois, negro
named Smith proposed going to Plainfield
and expounding democratic doctrine. He re-
ceived letter from Plainfield, presumably
written by republicans, in which the
writers announced to him that if he came
there they would give him democrat with
a rope or lead" OF course he didn't know
what this meant, but he decided he had bet
ter wait until he got some one to interpret
it for him.
Gen. Harrison should not talk about in
timidation and election frauds in the south,
when in the north about the only privilege
allowed colored men is that of voting the
republican ticket. The hotel proprietors
kick them out of their hotels. and the re-
pub!icans who deal out the offices don't offer
any to them. Their votes are all that the
republicans want. Perhaps Gen. Harrison
will put himself right on this question in
another and an explanatory letter.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-17
Silver and Gold.

From Scribner's Magazine
Farewell, my little sweetheart,
Now fare you we'll and free.
claim from you no promise,
You claim no VOWS from me.
The reason why?-the reason
Right well we can uphold
] have too much of silver,
And you've too much of gold.
A puzzle, this, to worldlings,
Whose love to lucre flies,
Who think that gold to silver
Should count as mutual prIzes
But I'm not avaricious,
And you're not sordid-souled;
] have too much of silver,
And you've too much of gold.
Upon our heads the reason
Too plainly can be seen;
am the winters bond-slave,
You are the summers queen;
Too few the years you number,
Too many have told;
/ have too much of silver,
And you've too much of gold.
You have the rose for token,
have dry leaf and rime;
have the sobbiag vesper,
You, morning bells at chime.
would that | were younger
(And you grew never DID,
Would had less of silver,
But you no less of gold.
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-17

Lawyers in New Jersey have a very
happy and familiar way Of addressing one
another. During the trial of a case in New
Brunswick, the other day, Lawyer Schenck
said to Lawyer Adrian; "Mr Adrian. you
are blockhead, sir-a blockhead; do you
hearf' And Lawyer Adrian retorted: And
you, Mr.. Schenck, are the most profound
blackguard in Middlesex county. Do you
hear, sirt In Mid ilesex county, These
little pleasantries having been passed, the
case went on very smoothly.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-17
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-17
Found Els Canteen Where He Left It.
Fh.onl az Albnnu ArnlLs.

gentleman told me yesterday of a strange
experience related by a friend of his 1t was
Just before entering the action, took his canteen
from his shoulder and hid it in crevice in the
rock. Then came the fiery hail of shot and
shell that swept down regiments like fields of
wheat before the reaper. At the close of the
battle the soldier forgot all about his canteen,
nor did it ever occur to him again until he Wis
tied the field at the late reunion. Then it
flashed through his mind, and after few min
utes search he found it where he had left it on
that momentous day. 1t seemed scarcely cred
ible that it could have been overlooked during
the minute exploration of the field ever since
the war, but the gentleman who related the in
cident is Of unimpeachable veracitY.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-17

Can't the democratic convention of the
Second South Carolina district break it's
remarkable deadlock Are there only three
men in the district who would make good
congressman 1t is about time for the can
didates and the delegates to make some con-
cessions for the good of the party. First
thing they know there will be two or three
democratic candidates in the field and q
republican will bag the game on election
daV.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-17
Among the appropriations to receive the

Among the appropriations to receive the
attention of congress soon is one of 500, 900
for begiurinS the experiment of storing
water in the recesses of the Rocky noun
tains with which TO irrigate the arid lands
of the western plains. Maj. Powell, of the
geological survey, is confident that the end
can be accomplished, but it is extremely
doubtful if congress makes the appropria-
ton, as 100000 would be an Insignificant
sum compared with the amount that would
be required TO complete the experiment;
and if the appropriation mentioned should
be agreed to, the experiment would have to
be carried out, or 100000 would be thrown
away.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-17

When Mr. Blaine goes to New York the
last of this month, he should have some
thing to say about his friend Carnegie, Of
Cluny castle. Mr.. Carnegie is splendid
example Of how high protectionists may
thrive at the expense Of the people. His
profits as manufacturer have been as
great as s1,500000 year. While
he was raking III these shekels with
which to defray the expenses Of the
Carnegie Blaine coaching tour in Scotland,
he was paying his workmep, according 20
very good authority, thcmunifcent amount
Of % cents a day. Mr. Blaine and Mr.. Car
neRie are bosom friends, and their ideas con
corning tho tariff are identical. Mr.. Blaine,
therefore, did the expected thing when he
defended his friend in Maine the other day,
End he might repeat the defense in New
York without greatly surprising anybody.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-17

From the Nashville american (Dem)
Billie Chandler must feel sorely disappointed,
indeed, to find that his harping on what he
calls shotgun politics. in the south does not
fire the northern heart as that kind of ''argu-
ment' was wont to do in days of old That old
chestnut has been worked over in SO many diff
ferent shapes that it has ceased TO be effective,
and Billie now finds himself without any
weapons of political warfare. as this has
always been his entire stock in trade.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-17
Irving to Hodge.

From the Neio OrleGnS States (Dem)
Sherman, Cullom and other republican SEN
ators, now that they realize the effect the fight
Of the democrats against trusts has had on the
country, are trying to neutralize that effect by
Introducing bills in tine Senate inimcal to these
combines and conspiracies to rob the people.
Sherman, Cullom and others, however, are
rather late in playing their little game Blaine's
recent speech opened the eyes of the people to
the fact that the Republican party is a party of
trusts" and is organized to run in the interest
of those men who build them up.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-17

The preliminary skirmishes of the fight
for senator in New Hampshire have ended
thus far in victories for Congressman Gal
linger. Senator Chandler seems to be losing
his grip on the New Hampshire republicans.
His grip on the crank of the southern out
rage mill, however, is as tight as ever.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-17
Proper and Timely.

From the Washington Post und)
President Cleveland has faculty of saying a
good thing at the right time and in the right
way. To the committee of Baltimore Irishmen
who called to present the resolutions approving
of his retaliation message he is reported to have
said: THE duties of public office should be ad-
ministered for the whole people. The honor and
integrity of American citizenship should be
maintained, at sacrifice if necessary"