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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-14
A enrreation From Mississinni.


Last summer, when Mississippi was dis
cussing tie ACCESSIBILITY of calling a consti-
! tutional convention, the question was raised
/ by some Of her leading men whether il
would not be better. If it were decided 20
to have a new Constitution, to limit the bal
lot 10 those who possess a certain amount of
/ education. Ths sentiment seemed to be
| against an educational test, because it
would disfranchise a great many white
voters
The Mississippi legislature is now con-
sideriag the question of making an appeal
to the country to repeal the fifteenth
amendment TO the federal constitution.
With that amendment out Of the way 1t is
probable that the blacks would be disfran-
chised in two or three of the southern states
They would certainly be disfranchised in
states in which there was any prospect
that they would be able to control state,
city and county governments, because their
control would be followed speedily by ruin.
How would the republicans regard sug-
gestion to repeal the fifteenth amendments
Would they favor it or oppose it, The
chances are that they would not be a unit
ys
of the republicans consider that the en-
Reimbursement of the blacks was a political
blunder. The blacks were not ready for
the ballot. The Republican party, how
ever didn't care whether they were or not.
It wanted to insure for itself long lease of
power, and it thought it would be able to
control the southern states by means Of the
black vote. 1t now sees that if the blacks
had not been given the ballot the south's
representation in congress and the electoral
college would be much less than it is, and
there would be now strong white Repub-
hcan party in every southern state
The majority of the republican leaders,
probably, would favor repeating the
fifteenth amendment because it would
give their party a great advantage. 1t
doubtless would lessen the south's political
power, because in some of the states
suffrage would be Withdrawn from the
blacks, and in those states also there would
soon be a white Republican party. The
great body of the republicans, however.
would oppose the repeal Of the amendment
for sentimental reasons. They would re-
gard the repeal of it as going backward.
1t is safe 10 assume that northern demo-
Gratis would generally oppose its repeal for
the reason that the result would be hurtful
to the Democratic party. Indeed, it is
doubtful if even in the south the Mississippi
suggestion would be generally popular
among the whites. 1t may be stated with
considerable degree of certainty, therefore.
that the talk about repeating the fifteenth
amendment will amount to nothing more
than talk. The amendment is in the consti-
tuition to stay. If the race problem is not
solved before it is repealed it will not be
solved soon.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-14
Not q Desirable Recruit.

The young Duke of Orleans, who went to
Paris last week for the purpose, as he said,
of enlisting in the army as a private soldier,
is not regarded by the French government
as desirable recruit Having been SEN
fenced to two years term of imprisonment
he will have plenty of time to mediate upon
the ungratefulness of republics. He knew,
of course, of the law which prohibits him
or any member of his family from entering
France, but he concluded to take the
chances of being arrested and pun
ished. He has no reason to COM
plain, therefore, of the treatment which
he has received. There are grounds for
thinking that his purpose was not to enlist
but to stir up demonstration in favor of
return to a monarchical form of govern
ment. He is only 81 years old, and the
probability is that he acted upon the ad-
vice of people who have no better judg-
ment than he has If he was guided wholly
by his own Judgment it is quite evident that
he is very rash young man, and totally
unfit to play a role which requires tact, dis
cretion, and great deal of comm on sense
His father, the Count of Paris, abdicated
in his favor Feb. 6, and, in the estimation
| of those who still pretend to adhere to the
monarchy, he is King of France-the de-
cendent of Henry ", as well as Louis
| Philippe. His appearance in Paris SO soon
| after the abdication, together with the fact
that he had compromising letters on his
| person, and went at once to the house of
the Duke de Luynes, who is friendly to
him, would seem to indicate that he was not
very anxious to be a private soldier in the
| French army.
| Perhaps it would have been the better
| plan for the government not to have made
so much of his escapade. If it had treated
him with indifference, or quietly conducted
him to the border and admonished him not
to return, the probability is that little or no
sympathy would have been shown for him.
His arrest and imprisonment have aroused
great deal of feeling in his behalf, but not
sufficient to cause the government any I'M
easiness.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-14

Philadelphia has race problem. For
many years a colored school has been To-
Gated in building belonging to private
estate in Germantown. Recently the trus-
tees of the property notified the school
board that the building must be vacated,
as the property had become so valuable
that it would yield a better profit if resi-
dences were erected upon it. The board Sc
cured q site for q new building in an aristo-
cratic and wealthy neighbour AS soon
as the residents of that neighborhood heard
of the matter they made such an emphatic
protest that the board, at its last meeting
decided to look for another site. The board
does not meet again until the latter part of
this month, and from the present outlook
the colored residents Of Germantown will
find themselves, for time, without school
facilities for thor children. Race preju-
dice doesn't seem to have any particular
abiding place.
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1t Spoiled the Sermon.
From the st, Louis Critic,


During my boyhood," said gentleman the
other day, there lived in Virginia a Baptist
preacher named B. Though uneducaUed,
he was sound thinker and eloquent speaker,
and no.minister had more devoted flock. IL was
the custom during the incleInent session to hold
meetings at the residence of members, and
once or twice during the winter at the house of
the preacher. For many years it was observed
that B neither preached nor conducted the
meetings when held at his house, but secured
the services of some neighbOring minister.
He was often pressed for an explanation with
out success; but finally, in response to the i'm
portunities Of some of his flock, ne said: when
J was much younger than now-in fact, not
long after the commencement of my ministra-
lions, held meeting at my own house. 1t being
customary for many of the congregation to re-
main for dinner, Mrs B - sent our negro
boy, Tim, to neighbor Pauls for some butter.
Tim returned and located himself, standing on
one foot at time in the outskirts of the con
gregation.
Being we'll warmed up in my sermon. think
ing neither of Tim nor his errand. but only of
the most successful mode of pressing upon my
hearers one of my strongest arguments, l de
manded with all the energy in my power: And
what did Paul Say?" Tim, at the top of his lit
tie, squeaking voice, exclaimed, as Tim only
could have done: He thed you couldn't git any
more butter till you paid for what you'd got! =
This brought down the house and cut short one
of the finest efforts of my early ministry
Since then l have kept my preaching discon-
nected from my domestic affairs. p"
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Maj. Burke-s Prospective Wealth.

A letter from Spanish Honduras, pub
lished in the New Orleans Times Democrat,
says that Maj. Burke, ex-treasurer Of Louis
lana, who has been indicted in New Orleans
for embezzling several hundred thousand
dollars OF the bonds of that state, is there,
and is known by the name of Barton. The
writer in an interview with Barton, alias
Burke, learned that the latter's Honduras
mining properties had been capitalized in
London at &, 800, 900, and that Of this amount
| 81, 00O, 600 had been paid in. he also learned
that Burke thinks that his properties. if in
| California, would be worth $50, 000, 900,
and that he will be an immensely rich
man within a very short time. Burke
expressed the opinion that he
had been treated very shabbily by the peo-
pie of Louisiana. He had worked and
shaved for them, he said many years, and
now they were bounding him through the
universe, refusing to give him even dogs
chance to clear himself. He thought he
would be worth at least $50, 100000 before
the end Of March, and then he would return
to New Orleans and set himself right. He
pointed out that capitalists of London had
trusted him when those whom he had known
all his life gave him the cold shoulder and
looked upon him as criminal
Maj. Burke doesn't talk like level
headed man. He has no excuse for upbraid-
ing the people of Louisiana for losing conf
dence in him. In New Orleans particularly,
those who had known him we'll stood up for
him until the evidence of his guilt became
so convincing that they were unable to de-
fend him. He did not return from London,
as he promised to do, and defend himself,
and he did not offer any explanation of the
damaging facts that were brought out
against him. He has nothing to complain
OF. On the contrary, 1T seems that he has
great deal to be thankful for. Had not the
people Of Louisiana refused SO long to be-
lieve the damaging reports about him it is
possible that the investigation that revealed
his crooked work would have taken place
sooner, and he might not have been able to
reach safe asylum.
There is not much probability that he
will return to New Orleans in March, or at
any other time Even if ne should find
himself worth 100000, or even $780,
900, he would be regarded as a rather rash
man if he should place himself within reach
of the Louisiana officials
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-14
Dated February the 18th"

From ScTi6RerS Magazine.
Blest be st. Valentine, his day,
That gives a man a chance to say
What shall his state of mind disclose
AS much as though he should propose.
DEAR MAID: I'd offer you this minute
My hand, but 10. there's nothing in it.
Enmeshed my heart by your dear lures is,
But IN forbid to ask where yours is.
And why? Why, dear, at twenty three
A man is what he's going to be,
Futures are actual in ones head,
But iSneSs is what women wed.
Clients nor patients, nor their fees
Your slave at three-and twenty sees,
And girls with nineteen year-old bushes
Are birds he must leave IN the bushes.
Yet somehow feelings don't agree
With circumstances; Look at me
With naught in hand and all to get,
Rappiug at Fortunes gate-and yet
In spite of all | know, and see,
And listen to, could not be
More hopelessly in love with you
If | were rich and sixty-two.
That's all: It's nothing that you'll find
Important, but it's off my mind.
If one must boil and keep it bid
The long year through, to blow the lid
Off once helps some, and one may gain
Patience therefrom to stand the pain
Until the calendars advance
Gives suffering hearts another chance.
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He Counted Out the Chips.

FTOHt the 81. louis GlObe-DemOcrdt
A good joke is being told on a certain we'll
known police judge. Recently a well-known
gambler was captured during a raid on poker
game running in the central part of the city.
MED having played for money, but said chips
were used. The Judge fined him $40, however,
saying that chips were money.
After the docket of the day had been disposed
OF, the judge was approached by the poker
player, who wanted to know if the judge still
thought that chips were money. On receiving
an answer in the affirmative, he said: well sup
pose will have to pay my fine" Coolly count
ing out ten chips, he laid them on the magis-
trate's desk, and before the judge had time to
recover his equilibrium he had disappeared.
The fine was afterwards RENTED by the judge,
but the chips are still in his possession as a
reminder that ''chips" were money.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-14
The Small Sistar.

A confidential youth tells this story to the
Enicago Herald: Il was calling on my-on
Iauy friend. She has a small sister / was
seated IN the parlor before she (ny-the young
lady) came down stairs and was being enter
famed IN the interim by this small sister and
ulsh OF delicious popcorn. The small girl was
tdiKatVe, at usual. Have some corn| she
asked. told her had had some Sister and
popped 1t, she asserted / expressed my de-
iilghted surprise, and down went the kernel.
sister couldn't pop it at ALL she volunteered,
Then she reached for another fistfuI of the
corn. 1 hung some up over the stove with a
string today, and just see how nice it popped,
she added. 1 told sister about it, and she said
she thought she would have to tie a string
around you and hang you over the stove; but Of
course you mustn't say told you
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-14
Much Depends on the Counter.
From the Washington Critic.

From the Washington Critic.
A democratic member said this morning that
Speaker Reeds ruling as to what constitutes
quorum and his opinion on the same subject, as
expressed in debate on the floor of the House
some years 20, reminded him of the way the
old Irish pie woman told her pies apart without
examining them. 1t was noticed that when an
order was given she turned at once to the proper
pie and cut the desired piece, quarter section or
half, or harded it out whole if ordered she
never made a mistake, but dealt out mince
peach, apple, pumpkin, with deft and unhesi-
tating hand. Curiosity was aroused as to the
method she employed, and finally some one
asked her.
Sure, an that's aisy enough" she said.
Dye moind the pole of pies at the ind av the
counter beyant? Ye do? Well, thin, dye
moind the label on them, the letthers t m?'"
Assured that they were seen she said:
We'll thin thin letthers name tits mince.
Dye moind that now?''
That was minded. 1t explained about the
mince but failed to account for the others.
-, Faith, thin. that's just as aisy Dye moind
this poie?' putting her hands on heap of pies
at the other end of the counter; dye obsarve
that these are tabled t mo-
1t was duly observed but it did not seem to
cast any light on the problem.
well, thin, It m at this end of the counter
names faint mince!'"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-14

Mr.. Henderson, of Iowa, by some occult
method Of ratiocination which it is to be
presumed Is based on good premises, asso-
ciates the new rules with the idea of uusaat-
ing democratic representatives and seating
republican contestants. In his speech on
the rules no said that "if there is on the
floor man who holds his scat by black
hearted FRAUD or red-handei murder, they
Che republican, viii unseat him if they
have the power" That expression sounds
quite oratoricaL 1t also mas an echo Of
familiarity.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-14
INDEX TO new ADVERTISEMENTS

MEET1NGs-Jasper Mutual Loan Association;
workingmen's Union Association; Eureka
Lodge, No. /, A. F. e A. NJ.
SPECIAL NoTIcEs-As to Crew of German
Bark Leopold; Guards Bazaar For Sale at Auc-
tion, F. d. Bloodworth, Chairman Committee.
COMMISSION MERcHANTs-Woods, Garnett &
Co.
STEAMSHIP ScHEDULE-General Trans Atlantic
Company; Baltimore Steamship Company.
CHEAP COLUMN ADVERTISEMENTS - Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For
Sale; Lost; Found; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-14
A Farmers Luck
From the Chicago Herald.

from he Chlcag0 HerdId.
We were within about a mile of Findlay. o.
and the train had just begun to siacken speed,
when We felt jar and knew that the locomo-
tive had struck some considerable object. In
the seat next ahead was a farmer and he threw
up the sash. showed out his head, and exclaimed:
BY gnm, but I'm in luckn'
Why. they've killed hOrse,' shouted man
behind US, as he looked out
Yes, and it's my boss" added the farmer.
But you SAID you were in luck?n
You bet am I've been riding I'D and down
this line for five years on pass they gave me
Tor killing an old COW which wasn't worth S.
The pass expired yesterday, and now my old
moss: VINO amt worth skinning, gifts in the way
and is knocked over Iuckl Wby. gents. that
means free family pass for five years mora
ana there are fourteen of us in the family.'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-14

A person named McCarrick has done
some letter writing in which he launches
wholesale abuse at Birmingham, the town
in which he is doing business, and at the
south in general. The Birmingham Age
Herald, with a lapse of its usual good
Judgment. takes the trouble to republish
and refute the ISLANDERS. These letter writers
are afflicted with an insane thirst for
notoriety, and they will write anything that
they think will attract notice. When
southern editor so far relaxes his dignity a
to reply to such persons as this McCarrick,
the hight of their ambition is reached.
The south is not an unknown wilderness
Any person reasonably intelligent and not
blinded by prejudice knows just what
she is doing, and over-protestation by
southern newspapers has SAVIOR of apology
and is worse than useless.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-14
SUGGESTIONS FOR THE SEASON


Be specially careful of draughts and s,,s,.
changes. 7l
Do not overwork. OF what use is we.,..
without health?
Keep your feet dry. but do not wear over
Remember that the pores Of your skin
in health. are always open, ana that at, =, wen
them causes sickness. 0''a4us
Dress warmly but not heavily Woole, olo.,.
escape is the best. Noiy 70
Eat strengthening and hearty. but nor p,
much greasy food. 1t is a mistake to no too
that tat food contains the most vitality PioS5
II you feel chilly at any time. take a drit
pure whisky at once. Dufy's Pure Mali T. ~ u
purest and best, and has the highest rscory7 s9
datiOnS el .
Do not call the doctor for every sIyb+ a.,
ment II you have cold, feel depresSai GU, ''l
lack appetite and vigor you need somethin1 -
tone and build up the system Nothing viii ~
this so readily the pure article we bave tll 20
toned. ' 70 Ii'ea-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-14
Some Common Sense Notions.

G. a. j. Taylor, ex-minister to Liberia
under the Cleveland administration, in a
lengthy communication to the New York
Herald, criticises sharply the proceedings
of the negro convention recently held at
Washington, d. g. He states that cit was
gathering of representative negroes, most
Of whom represented mob )dy but them
selves. Fully two-thirds of the member
ship was composed of men moro or less
distinguished, who were seated on fraudu-
lent credentials prepared in most cases by
themselves" He further refers to the fact
that the south, where nearly ali the negroes
live, had only about one-fourth of the rep
resentation. For instance Georgia, with
negro population of 100000, had two repre-
sentatives on the floor, while the District
of Columbia had forty-two and
Massachusetts seventeen. In a
number of instances the delegates accredited
to certain states had never seen the states
which they pretended to represent. Ex-
Minister Taylor relates in detail how Ger
tain politicians, who are itching for office,
packed the convention to secure an indorse-
ment of the administration, and carried
things through with a rush. The resoIu-
| tions and address to the country were, he
declares, railroaded through without dis
cussion when many Of the members, dis
gusted with the wrauglings which charac-
| terized each session, were absent.
| In conclusion he states the position of
more than forty members who dissent from
the action of the convention. 1t is to the
effect that they believe that with a better
class of negroes will come better condition
of the negro race; that grievances must be
left for settlement to the localities in which
they occur; that they are opposed to sec
tionalism and emphasizing race or class
distinctions; that they are opposed to
being designated by the indef-
mite term ''colored," preferring
the accurate and correct term
negro" that they are opposed to a federal
election law, because it would tend to I'M
settle things which wouldbe better if left
undisturbed; that they deny that elections
are less fair in the south than in states like
Kansas; that from the south come the
negro United States senators, congressman
and legislators; and finally, that they believe
that all citizens should learn to read. and
cultive the moral and domestic virtues.
| The ex-minister doubtless recognizes.
though he DOESN'T say SO, that the profess
sional negro bears about the same relation
to the race that the professional working
man bears to the real laborer. The sooner
the negroes learn not to be deceived by self
seeking politicians the better off thew will
be. The industrious and law-abiding
citizen, black or white, will never have any
i'll treatment to complain of in the south or
anywhere else in the union.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-14

A Canadian legislator wants the
Dominion parliament to inquire why SO
many Canadians have removed to the
United States, presumably with a Wow OF
trying to put stop to further removals.
Sucn an inquiry would probably develop
the fact that most of the Canadians who
have come to this country have been led TO
do SO because the conditions Of earning n
living are more favorable here than in
Canada.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-14

Another American hoiress has captured
title. Miss Sarah Phelps Stokes was mar
ried to Hugh Colin Gustave George, Baron
Halkett, at New York, Tuesday. The
baron is % years of age, and is tall and
handsome. He is connected with The
Rothschild banking house in London, and
inherits "a estate in Germany. Miss Stokes
IS the daughter of the banker Mr.. Arson
Phelps Stokes and the granddaughter OF
the late Isaac N. Phelps, from whom she
inherited a large fortune. TIE wedding
was a brilliant one.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-14

Representative Caruth complains that
Speaker Reed can see a democrat when be
is seated in his chair and is needed as raw
material for his quorum factory, but CAM
see him when he is standing at full hight
demanding recognition. Speaker Reed has
very good eye-sight, but it isn't honest
sight by - sight.