The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-17

This government refused recently to
recognize the Mello party in Brazil as
belligerents because they had not com
piled with the three requirements neces-
sary to such recognition The first Of these
requirements is that the party seeking
recognition shall own land. The second
is that they shall have established pro-
ylslOnal government and shall prove their
ability to hold the ground gained. and the
third is that they shall issue currency
that will be accepted by the people. At
the time Mello's request for recognition
was refused his party had complied with
none of these conditions. The provis-
ional government at Desterro was merely
nominal, consisting of two persons, and
the insurgents had not demonstrated that
they could hold Desterro against an at
tempt to take it. Our London dispatc
OF yesterday concerning the Brazilian af
far, however, puts a different light upon
things The dispatch is to the effect that
Mello is not only very strong at Des-
terrO, but is actually about to capture a
whole government expedition sent out
against him. Thus at once he proves the
fulfiliment of two of the requirements to
recognition as a belligerent-the owner
snip Of land by possession and this ability
( to defend the provisional government
Now if the insurgents should succeed in
! circulating a currency we might be
forced to recognize them as belligerents
Carpenter, the South Carolina murderer
| who is in Jail at Macon, is a newspaper
made desperate. As matter of fact he
Is a country pumpkin of iudiffer-
ent intelligence, and is not smart
enough to be real bad. He likes to pose
as bad man from Bitter Creek, " how
ever, and never neglects to tell newspaper
| reporters what a terrible fellow he is
He helped kill one man in d cowardly
| brutal way, but he was drunk when he
did it or he probably would not have had
the courage to pull a trigger, even when
he had the drop on his victim. His yarn
about having killed half a dozen or so
negroes is most likely fable. But for
the facile pencil of Dan QUITS, a news
! paper reporter, Carpenter would never
| have been heard of outside of Edgefeld
! county, except when the newspapers an
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subsequently when he had been hung
The Pittsburg Dispatch says that less
than one-half of Allegheny county's vote
was polled in the election of last week.
There were l37, 627 voters registered and
only 62, COS votes cast. If this proportion
holds good for the balance of the state,
the sweeping republican victory is ex-
! plained-the democrats didn't 90 to the
polls. The Pennsylvania democrats may
be something like the shpwrecked mar
incr who prayed: "Oh, Lord. YOU know
am not one OF those people who run to
you with every little thing" etc. They
may have concluded that as the country
had year ago asked for tariff reform, it
was useless to run to the polls and repeat
the request.
1t begins to look as if Gov. Mitchell, of
Florida will soon be forced to take
stand with regard to the prize fight at
jacksonville. He must either announce
himself on the side OF law ald order by
prohibiting the fight, or on the side of the
sporting ELEMENT by giving tacit per-
mission for the mill TO take place. Now
that the terms OF, the fight have been ar
ranged, the continued silence of the gov
ernor would mean that he favors the
brutal exhibition
ef.I
The governor of Michigan, a few days
ago, officially recognized the existence of
| the disease known as lzleptomania bv par
doning woman convicted of shoplifting
in Detroit. The woman confessed that
| she had been stealing for two years, did
not need and never made use of the arti-
Giles she took, and that it was Irresistible
impulse that caused her to steal. She
has been sent to an insane asylum.
The Atlanta Herald observes: "New
| York has her 400. Atlanta has her 100.
Both are quite exclusive" This is sup
posed to be a deadly thrust at the Atlanta
political machine.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Shoddy Won't Last One Season.
From the Chicago Record (Ind).
! MIR. Mex inley's present popularity is IN
| deniable. The only question is Is it of the
| kind that will wear through three summers Of
| political lte'
Might Enlist the Populists.
From the Baltimore American (RepD.
! The Emperor of Germany has started on a
| crusade that might well cause a less intrepid
| man to stand aghast. lie is trying to intro
| duce regime Of plain living and high think
| ing among tho officers of his army. he
| evidently does not realize that the MOBILITY of
! soul necessary to carry out this programme is
( found nowhere in any one class save and eX-
| cepting the popllist party OF this country.