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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02
Candid and Evasive.

Among the speakers whom the republi
can national COMMITTEES has sent into the
Third Louisiana district to try and reScu q
Mr.. Minor, the republican candidate, from
impe nding defeat, is Congressman Rowell
of Illinois. Mr. RoweI arrived in New
o rleans the other day, and was at once ap
proac he'd by newspaper reporter for an
interview. Mr.. Rowel did not say a great
deal, but what he said was significant.
Am ong the first questions that the re-
p rter as ked him we're whether he thought
that the CO lored people We're capable of de
cidin G intellIgently VINO should be elected
to office, and whether they should dominate
the white people when in the majority. Mr..
Rowells only answer was that these were
very serious questions. To the question
W neither majority of colored voters in the
north W ould be allowed to control the
whites, he also made an evasive answer.
he said tina there was no district in the
north where the colored. people were in
the majority, and if there should be
in the future, he could not say what would
be done. When asked if in the north the
col red people were caeerfully allowed to
exercise all of their legal rights, he
answered that as a general thing they were,
but that in so ne parts of the north there
was very great prejudice against them. AT
this point brother of the republican can
dilate called Mr.. Rowell away. He evil
IDENTIFY thought that the Illinois congress
man was a little too candid.
Probably whel he egins making speeches
Mr. Rowell will talk differently. He may
even declare that there are no race distinc-
tions in the north, except in purely social
matters, but if he does he will do so with
mental reservations. The fact is, race
prejudice is str ing in the north, and if the
white people of taat section were confronted
with the conditions which exist 10 the south,
they would show it in much more marked
manner than it is shown in the south.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02

Christian science is the absorbing subject
of conversation at Long Branch. Almost
everybody there is discussing it, and the
christian scientists, led by Mrs. Stetson. an
evangelist, have gained many followers, q
number Of whom are among the most
wealthy and fashionable of the summer
residents Mrs. Stetson is energetically as
sisted in her work by Mrs Chanfrau,a widow,
who processes to have effected some won
derful cures by christian science methods.
Ignorant. as well as many well-educated
people. have gone wild, so to speak, over
her work, and they talk of little else.
Physicians, however. say that several
deaths have occurred from following Mrs.
Chanfrau's advice, and that these deaths
could nave been prevented by proper medi-
cal treatment. Mrs. Chanfrau is possessed
of a considerable amount of worldly goods,
is in the social swim, dresses elegantly, has
an attractive face, and is a fine conversa-
tionalist, and these things have helped her
to gaiu converts amo G the people with
whom she mingles socially.
The eccenJrcities of Mrs. Plunkett, the
New York woman who a few months ago
deserted her husband and married Mr..
WorthingtOn, because, she said, he was her
affinity, are supposed to have something to
do with the popularity of christian science
at Long Branch. Mrs. Stetson and Mrs.
Chanfrau repudiate the doctrine of affinity
but, according to report, that doctrine has
found favor with some of the married
people at Long Branch who believe that
their wives or husbands, as the case may
be, are not their affinitles. Some accounts
of curious actions on the part of these
people have been printed, and it is the opin-
ion of many who are not infa uated with
the alleged science that this heresy, which
is nothi ig more nor less than free love, is
undermining homes. If these accou IS are
correct, it may very we'll be believed that
such is the case. The christian scientists at
Long Branch will soon find out that public
sentiment does not approve of the practices
which are the outgrowth of the affinity
doctrine
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02
Fx-seoretary whitney Attacked.

1t is a well-known fact that Mr.. Whit
ney, when Secretary of the Navy, did more
toward building the new navy than
any of his predecessors in the navy de-
partment When he went out of Office he
was able to show good results T the money
he had spent This condition Of aft IFS was
a severe reflection upon Robson, Chandler
and other republican secretaries, who had
wasted millions of doll lrs Of the public
money and had nothing to show for it.
The republican press and politicians are
now engaged in effort to smirch Score
tary Whitney's reputation. They point to
the battleship Texas, now in course OF con
struction at the Norfolk navy yard, and
say that she is certain to be failure. Ii is
true that the plans for this vessel were Dur
cha cd by Secretary Viii ney from an
English shipbuildl * firm. The best naval
constructors in this country approved them
when they were received, and the Texas
was ordered to be built in accordance with
them.
Lately the question whether the plans are
correct has been raised. BY some Of the
officers of the navy it is maintained that If
the Texas IS built in accordance with them
she will not fioat-that in fact, she will be
a waterlogged vessel
Some of the republican politicians insist
that the bull ling Of the vessel shall go on.
If she turns out to be all right. they say,
there will be nothing to be sail, but if she
proves to be failure. the Republican party
will be in position to point t. her as a
specimen of the work of a democratic ad-
milistration. Already the republican
newspapers are beginning to declare that it
was exceedingly unfortunate for Mr.. Whit
ney that his friends had so much to say in
praise Of him on his retirement from the
navy.
Why was it unfortunate! Mr.. Whitney
deserved all the praise he received. He adj
ministered the navy derar m mt econo nj
cally and faithfully. How can the failure
Of the Texas, if she proves to be a failure,
be charged against himl He purchased
plans for the Texas which the naval con-
structors said were admirable. If any mis-
take was made Mr. Whitney did not make
1t, and the country will not hold him respon-
sible for it. Before any more work is done
on the Texas it should be satisfactorily de,
termined whether or not the plans are all
right
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02
What Defeated Him.
From. the 81. Louis Republic.

rum titC OF. LOUIS hPDIOtfC.
EX-CongreSsman Ford of Michigan tells a
New York reporter how he came to be defeated
for congress:
Il made speech, " he said, ''to a big gather
ing Of Hollanders, of whom there are a good
many in my district. In talking of the political
issues | got off this: The democratic party
knows no north or south, no east or west, but it
does know the people at large
Volts dot Mister Ford mean by der peoples
at larger" inquired one of the muddled Hoi-
landers of Tim Tarsney, the ex-congressman
who defeated Roswell !. Horn, lately appointed
consul to Valparaiso, after the meeting.
why" sand Tarsney. Mr. Ford means
he people at large, the Dutch who took Hol-
land
'','Ish dot So? said the angry Hollander. who
realized that Tarsney was enjoying a Joke at
his expense. Veil, der peoples at large will
dock dot Mr.. Ford by der elecdtion yust like der
Dutch dock Holland
II never knew that the Hollander Tarsnev
mad Joked with had voted against me until
two weeks after the election, when, encoun-
tering him upon the street, said to him: I
say, Nicholas, what the devil beat me in this
district?
Nicholas looked at me quizzically and then
sad: oh, guess you vhas know, too many
peoples at large like dot tamn Tim Tars ney. -
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02
Col. shepard's Mistake.

Col. Elliott F. Shepard of New York, is
| quoted as having made some denunciatory
remarks about southern brigaders the
other day in an interview. Among other
| things, he is represented as having said that
all of the southern briiadiers" were still
disloyal, and that they were only awaiting
a favorable opportunity to make war again
upon the union.
The colonel is little off his base, 50 to
speak. A big majority of the southern
brigaders" may be at this moment plotting
again the government. They may have
laid away, for use at an opportune time,
stacks of arms and stores of ammunition,
and Col. Shepard may be j istifled in living
in mortal fear that they will pop a cap when
he is least expecting it, but few of
them are certainly loyal.
Gen. Malone, of Virginia. was nominated
the other day by the republicans for gov
ernor Of his state. He is one of the South
ern brigadiers," he used to be democrat,
and now he is as flatfooted a republican as
Col. Shepard himself. Does the colonel
mean to say that Gen. Malone is disloyala
OF course not. Another Southern briga-
der" Gen. Chalmers, is the republican can
didate for governor Of Mississippi. The
colonels charge of dlsloyalty canno there
fore, apply to Gen. Chalmers, and it is
quite certain that it cannot apply to Gen.
Longstreet, of Geo gla, who went over to
the republicans soon after the war.
Probably what the colonel meant to say
was that the southern brigadiers" who
are democrats are disloyal. He should be
more guarded in his speech, remembering
that, according to the republican way of
thinking, all of the sins of southern
brigadier" are wiped out when he becomes
a republican.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02
SAVANNAH OF TO-DAY.
The Morning News Annual Trade Review
Few Pointers in Relation Thereto.

The MORNING NEWS Annual Trade Re
view, containing a complete and compre-
hensive statement of the business of Savan-
nah, will be issued Friday, Sept G.
The year ending Sept. l, 1899, will be a
memorable one in the history of Savannah,
and the MORNING NEWS proposes to give
the widest publicity to what Savannah has
done, is doing, and proposes to do In the
near future. There is no better way in
which the outside world can be informed of
what is going on in a community than
through the columns of its newspapers
The MORNING News in its forthcoming
Trade Review will show by facts and
figures that Savannah is one OF the most
progressive and healthy cities In the union,
and that her citizens, judging from what
they have done during the last year, are
fully alive to the great ess Of her future
They have proven by the various local i'm
provements they have made, and by the
active interest they have manifested in
railroads projected for her benefit, that
they are not afraid to invest their money
within her limits. They have demonstrated
beyond all doubt that they have confidence
in her great natural advantages, and that
they believe that her deep water harbor
and her great railroad systems will, in
few years, make her the greatest seaport
city in the south.
The MORNING NEWS will, in its Trade
Review, present to the world Savannah OF
to-day" In a resume Of what has hereto
fore appeared in its columns. The review
will be in such shape that, at a
glance, it will be seen what has
been accomplished during the year.
The Trade Review will contain articles
showing the business of the city during the
year and present indisputable facts which
promise a steadily increasing prosperity.
1t will establish the fact that there is no
healthier city in the south and none more
pleasant in which to live and do business
either in summer or winter. 1t will
prove by figures that Savannah is
without a rival on the South Atlantic
coast, and that by their acts her citizens
chow that they are satisfied that she is
only at the beginning of her commercial
greatness
The Trade Review will be printed in the
usual form, and will be newspaper whic h
those who feel pride in their city will
take pleasure in sending to their friends
1t will afford business me an opportun-
ity of saying something about their business
ana themselves. 1t is hoped that in size, as
well as in other respects, it will sur ass
avery previous edition. That, however
depends entirely upon the orders it re-
ceives from advertisers.
1t is desired to distribute $4,000 copies
and that number will be distributed, if the
response of the business men is as prompt
and liberal as we have reason to believe 1t
will be.
Orders for advertising or for copies of
the paper can be handed in at the business
Office, or, if desired, they will be called for
by the canvassers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02
The Fisher.


From the German of Goethe.
The water rushed, the water sighed,
A fish sat thereby
And watched his angle on the tide
With thoughtful, patient eye
And as he sits and as he waits
The floods broad bosom parts
And thence-her garb in damp-hung plaits-
The river-spirt starts.
She sang to him, she spoke to him:
What. woul1st tlou so illude
With human skill a ID cunning grim
Ny harmless tinny brood?
All couldSt thou see how well it is
w tn them SO cool below
Down woullst on come to share their blfss
And joys real meaning know"
''The son and moon both end their rada
Within the seas cain deeps:
And how in time with fairer face,
Each from its caverns leaps
Draws not thy heart the CLASSY stream
Its clear blue mrrored shy
And wouldst thou not here like to draano
While worlds and ages die?''
The water rushed, the water sighed.
The waves his feet caressed-
He feels as ough new-won bride
Lay on his longing breast.
She sang to him she SD Ike To him
His form passed from the shore
He sank teneath the river grim
And came to life no more.
He never had chance to tell
OF that eventful day
OF all the mighty fish he caught
Or those that got away
But, If such were each fishers fate
\ How much of Fancy's range
Mankind would lose in wondrous taIes
Both picturesque and strange.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02
Stop This Sort of Thrlg.

A New York newspaper remarked re-
Gently that man in this country might
have almost as many legal wives as there
are states in the union. This, of course,
was putting the case too strongly, but as
matter of fact man may have more than
one legal wife. That is to say, man may
have seve al legal wives provided each lives
in a different state.
The lack Of uniformity in the divorce
laws of the different states is responsible
for this Thus, New York courts grant di-
vorces upon one ground only, that of inf
deity, but t Q divorce laws of Illinois aud
some other states are very elastic. A citi-
zen Of New York may marry in that state.
and in a short while he may quarrel with
his wife, and she may go to that divorce
center, Chicago, take up her residence
there, and obtain divorce upon the ground
of incompatioility of temperament. He
may then go to the state where his wife
obtained her divorce, and may marry an
other woman, and in Illinois this woman
would be his legal wife, but in New York.
where incompatlbility of temperament is
not recognized as a ground for divorce. the
woman VIII ON he first married would be his
legal wife.
The newspapers have been for some time
trying to bring about uniformity in the
divorce laws of the states, and the proba-
bility is that they will eventually succeed.
This uniformity should be secured by limit
ing, in the different states, the causes for
divorce. Divorces are too easily obtained
Trivial things, that should be overlo ked
spd forgotten, are seized upon by people
who are tired of the bonds of matrimonv.
and are successfully urged in some of the
states as just ground for divorce. If the
legislatures Of the different states refuse to
take the necessary action to secure uni
formity, the general government should
take hold of the matter and bring order out
of chaos
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02

Clark and JONES' the colored editors of
the Selma (Ala.) Independent, who left
Selma week or two ago Oh account of the
indignation caused by Incorporate articles
written by them for the Independ-
ent, and who were reported
to have been lynched in Mis-
sissippi, have found their way to Pittsburg,
Pa, where they are being encouraged by
republican politicians to make some very
wild sta, ements concerning the treatment
of colored people in the south. These poll
ticia IS are sorry, no doubt, that Clark and
Jones were not lynched, as the Republican
party would then have been furnished With
something to talk about; but they swal-
wed their disappointment and proces ded
to do the next best thing, in their esti ma
ton. That is, they got Clark and J mes to
furnish the public with few bloody shirt
stories.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02
Els Opinion Infal ible.
From the Chicaao Tribune.

tIVt OlttVtIVO
DIR. Bolus lat a consultation(-Wel gentle
men, my opinion is that the patent cannot live
a week
DR.. Sawbones, DIR. Squills, DR.. Occiput, and
DR.. PancTeas concide
Dr. Single IA recent accession to the local
medical talentl-Gentlemen. L beg leave to diff
Ter. The patient will recover. His alment is
Imaginary. There is nothing really the matter
with him.
DR. Bolus (arrogantly)-You certainly do not
expect TO convince us of the correctness of
your opinion. sir!
Dr Shlngle-No, sir, probably not Yet you
WIN pardon me for sayi1S that was a pension
agent for twenty years before became a doc
tor, and
., DR.. Bolus with deep nviction)-Gentlemen
II he can't see any disease in the patient it isn't
there
DR.. Sawbones, DIR. Squills, Dr. Occiput, and
DR.. Pancreas again col de
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02

Newport doesn't propose to be outdone
by other summer resorts in the way of SEN
sation. Recently Long Branch has bsen
scandalizsd by the ale Zed actions of chris
tian scientists, Saratoga by the develop
ments in a divorce case, and Atlantic City
by the Hamilton-Donnelly affair. Newport
awoke to the co lvict on that it was tim
she was doing something TO attract pu bic
attention, so she started the report tina Mr..
w. K. Vanderbilt, who is spending the
season there, had discharged his $4,000
French cook. 1t will hardly be denied tina
Newport is on top.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02

The republican clubs of the Third Mary
land district cannot be justly accused of
want of candor. They declared in CO ven
ton the other day that the were opposed
to civil service refor n, which they larac-
terized as syste by W ,ich the maj rity
OF appointments were awarded to young
men fresh from sch OILS aad colleges, while
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account Of age, or failed to answer
FOOLISH questions not psrtine 1t TO the ssrv-
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02

For some days Mr.. Eben Appleton, of
New York, and many citizens of Baltimore,
have been in a state of excitement over the
refusal of Mr.. Appleton to lend to Balti-
more the flag which fl 1ated over Fort
McHenry in the bombardment of 1914. In
a few days Baltimore will hold a celebra-
ton commemorative of the battle of North
Point and the bombardment of Fort
McHenry, and Mr.. Appleton was asked for
the loan of the 6ag, whicl, by the way,
cannot be said to belong to Mr.. Appleton,
but to the government. Upon his refusal
to accede to the request, committee went
to Washington, and prevailed upon the
Acting Score tary of War to write to him,
suggesting the propriety Of the loan. Still
Mr.. Appleton refused, and he managed to
get in few words of sarcasm about the
Baltimore celebration. 1t will strike the
general public that Mr.. Appleton isn't
justified in his course. He seems to be a
narrow-minded, soured and unaccommodat,
ing person.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02
Encouraging His Ambition.
From the Mercha Mt Traveller.

= O''V VV1 -II5' VF1It ItI IIIUtttF'
so, young man." said the painter. as he
daubed streak of sky on the canvas, you
want to be an artist do your
Yes, sir
Can you learn to live on crackers and cheese
on some days and on nothing at other times?''
u don't know; never tried -"
Can you work from o'clock in the morning
till O'Clock at night, and never get tired and
stop TO rest?'
Il don't know. II must say it's doubtful -
Gould you refuse an offer to paint artistic
signs for brewery or cigarette firm. and go on
hghting starvation at short range with the soft
end of DruSh?n
Perhaps might"
Well, you think it over, and if you feel
certain of it, come around and I'll see what you
can do in the Way of paiating
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02
Bound to Be a Failure.
From fhe CHICAGO Tribune.


Mr.. Slasher," inquired the managing editor.
How did you like the play at the Thespian last
mighty"
It's beautiful play" said the dramatic
critic enthusiastically. 1T is full of lofty senti-
ment and elevated thought. In fact, there is
not an impure idea, suggestion or situation in
the whole production from first to last"
How long is the play to rum"
The engage nent is for three months"
MIR. SharPy." casually suggested the man
aging editor to the business manager half an
hour later 1T will be well, perhaps, for you to
collect ali advertising bills promptly every
going TO lose like thunder on the play he's run
ming now"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02
Tanners So-Called Endorsement.
From the Nelo York Star (Deul.)

From the NeIo York Star (DeHD
Tanner secured qualified indorse nent at
Milwaukee as part of the arrangement by which
Gen. Aiger became commandments of the
grand army. In civic politics such a transac-
ton would be styled deal but in the pen
sion agency politics, to the service of which
veteran organizations seem to be now in danger
OF being perverted, some finer name may be
found for it. IL is gratifying to know that a
strong and outsp1ken opposition to the ap-
proval of lawless administration was exhibited
IN the debate that preceded the adoption of the
iil-judged resolution, and was successful in
modifying its tone
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