The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-04
Women at the Fair.

Woman is at the front at the worlds
fair On Saturday a golden spike was
driven into the Woman's building, de
noting the completion of what will be one
of the most interesting features of the
great exposition. And the first worlds
congress to be held will be the woman's.
The Woman's was one of the few build
ings completed in time for the fair open
ing. Most of the others were in various
stages of disorder. The reason is, the
women spent their time in work, while
the directors of the fair proper wasted
time in growing.
1t is the plan of the women to display
in their building every branch of art and
industry in which women are engaged,
from products of the lower kind of
manual labor to those demanding the
highest order of taste and skill Prod
ucts of every country and every age, as
far as possible, will be exhibited, and the
work of temperance, benevolent, educa-
tional and religious societies will be illus
trated. In short, the Woman's building
will be a worlds fair within itself The
managers of the department have done
great work and will achieve grand sue
cess.
At the same time the query, "What
need was there for separate exhibit for
women?" is pertinent The remaining
departments of the fair are not in ;'men's
buildings" The Liberal Arts, Agricult-
ural, Machinery, Electrical and other
buildings were not intended to contain
only the fruits of the labor of the mascu-
line sex. Indeed, there should be no ques-
ton of sex in such an affair. This is not
a country of men, or of women, but of men
and women, who, by their united efforts,
have made it what it is. Then why
should the work of either sex be classified
as distinct from that of the other?
DIR. Sampson Pope, the South Carolina
politician who says he wouldn't serve
under the United States court. because
the court follows the law even when the
law favors rotten corporations" is one
of Gov Tillman's lieutenants. He has
held the Office of clerk of the Senate ever
since Tillman's first election, and in other
ways been favored by the administration.
! He is a brother to Justice Young John
/ Pope of the state supreme court, to whom
/ the newspapers frequently refer as "Old
| Young John. " Sampson Pope is one of the
most intense partisans in the state. and
has had more passages with the opposing
action in the party than any other man,
! except possibly the governor himself.
There will be a lively scramble in St
Louis next week for the presidency of the
National Republican League. The league.
it will be remembered, will meet in that
! city on the 10th inst, Gen Jim"
/ Clarkson has determined to retire from
the presidency Otherwise stated, the
league has determined to fire him. and
Sloat Fassett, of New York; J. B. Fora
ker, of Ohio, and half dozen others-iu-
Guiding old Uncle Jerry Rusk-are candi-
dates for the place Wherein the league
would benefit itself by shaking off Clark
son and picking up either Fassett or For
aker, is profound mystery. But. then,
the Republican party moves in mysterious
ways
The South Carolina liquor dealers, to
make a winning fight against the gov
ernor. might get in debt to parties out
side of the state, who would then have
the United States courts appoint receiv-
! ers for the various saloons. The gov
ernor would hardly be apt to interfere
with property in the hands of the federal
courts. He had enough of that kind of
! business in the railroad tax cases.
Before long it will be necessary for the
perspiring citizen to confront the ice
wagon driver with a gun before that
worthy can be induced 10 stop and dole
out the frozen comfort
The return of the President and
cabinet TO Washington will probably be
the signal for the colonies to reassemble
/ AZ the sapiraI