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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-10
An Edisonian Dollar.

Edison is a genius And being a genius
he has no patience with the fruitless eff
forts of plodding, commonplace mortals
to solve difficult problems. Thus Mr.
Edison is disguised with the whole
monetary problem and with the men who
have been wrangling over it so long In
his opinion the whole thing is ridiculous
g Intrinsic value be bowed" says Mr.
Edison, employing somewhat different
terms, there is no intrinsic value in
either gold or silver. Can you eat, or
clothe your nakedness with either gold
or silver?"
What we need, according to the wizard
of electricity, is a new standard of
value. And straightway he formulates
plan for that new stand
ard, "The best dollar that could be
made would be a dollar made of com
pressed wheat" There is a suggestion
to delight a Kansan's heart. you take
a bushel of wheat and squeeze the water
out of it and then compress it into a hard
cake the size of a silver dollar, and stamp
the government mark upon it. That
would represent actual value and labor
performed, and then you could eat dol
lar, for when you wanted to use the
wheat all that would be necessary would
be to put your money to soak" Think of
the possibilities of that kind of money
under free coinage arrangement The
Dakota farmer-capitalist could have
toasted dollars for breakfast, baked dol
lars and cheese for dinner and fried dol
lars and maple syrup for supper in short
crop times or when the markets failed to
afford delicacies to tempt the appetite.
The changes that might be rung on the
utility of the wheaton dollar are limit
less.
But to continue, eve should then have
the bushel of wheat as a permanent unit
of value which all farmers would appre-
ciate, and the currency of the country
would represent actual worth and labor
performed. Both gold and silver could
then be dispensed with and the present
bimetallic problem solved. Our currency,
moreover, would be as good as gold or
silver in foreign exchange, for our wheat
goes to all the countries of the world. "
We have been told that Mr. Edison is a
busy man; that he seldom jokes and never
tries to be funny But in this instance
he seems to have taken day off for the
purpose of pol1ing fun at some of our al
legged statesmen.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-10
The Question for Leeislation.

/ The people Of the south are not de-
handing the free coinage of silver. They
are demanding a greater amount Of cur
rcncy in their respective localities. They
have not held meetings anywhere saying
they want free silver coinage. That they
have not is sufficient to convince anyone
that they are not anxious for the free
coinage of silver.
They want more currency and they
want the currency to be kept sound and
stable. If congress will comply with
these wants nothing more will be heard
OF the free coinage of silver.
The government has been buying silver
and issuing treasury notes for it for
nearly three years. The amount
of currency in circulation per cap
tia is greater than ever before in
the history of the country. But money
Is not more abundant in the south than it
was before the purchase of silver began,
and it will not be more abundant if the
purchase should continue, or if the free
coinage of silver should be adopted
What is wanted is a banking system
that will distribute the currency more
evenly. New York, Chicago and other
great cities have more currency than
they know what to do with, while in
many parts of the south there is not
enough to supply the legitimate demand
for it at fair rate of interest. Let con
gress repeal the siver-purchase act of the
Sherman law and then set itself to work
to devise banking system that will make
a more equitable distribution of the cur
rency. The providing for an equitable
distribution Of the currency is the prob
lem for this congress to solve. It's solu-
ton will give satisfaction to the people
and prosperity to the country.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-10
A Piowiokian Adventure.

Among the good stories told on the Rialto
last week says the New York World, this, by
r. N. Stephens;
Nutmeg Match company in Los Angeles
recently, John Barker went to the Grand
Opera-House to fill, as usual, the role of the
Connecticut farmer in that play He passed
the stage dOorkecper and entered dressing
room, on the door Of which was a card bear
Ing the name Barker"
He hal just begun to remove his street
clothes when he heard femme voice at the
dressing room door in a tone of surprise and
indignant inquiry:
What are you doing here"
He explained that he was about to change
his clothes for his role
But this is my dressing ROOM" said the
woman at the door
1t LABELED Barker" replied the come
dian.
Certainly, answered the girl; that's my
name-Madeline Barker. When did you join
the company anyhow
When it started out" said Mr.. Barker;
and didn' I know that any Madeline Barker
had joined it,
Why play the leading part-'Rachel
Treyelyan,' replied the girl.
There's no such part in "A Nutmeg
Match asserted Mr.. Barker.
Who said there was:" retorted the girl
but there is in The Love of Lucre' which
plays here tonight A Nutmeg Match is at
the New Los Angeles theater"
SO II is" said Mr. Barker, hastily put ting
on his hat and preparing to vacate. Excuse
my observation-disclosures. I've known actors to
take wrong trains, but never before knew
one to get into the wrong theater."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-10
sleight of Hand in Lawmaking.

When young man, says the Washington
Post, the Hon. William NJ Springer was
clerk OF the Illinois House OF Representa-
tlves. There was an Appropriation bill con
slstlug OF a number Of items before the legisla-
lure. An attempt was made to have lncor-
poIaleQ IN II an Item appropratlng the sum
OF a'uUO Tor certain purpose. A majority
OF the House was opposed 10 this particular
appropriation. The bill as reported did not
contain the objectionable item. When II
came 20 its final reading Mr. Springer read
the bin in full The members listened at
tentlVely and noted the fact that the $4,000
item was not included in the Dill as read.
Mr.. springer laid the bill down on his desk
after reading II. and taking up the list called
the roll, the illinois constitution requiring a
yea ana nay vote on the final passage OF a
Dill Inc legislature. being economical, had
no supernumerary officers, so that one man
had TO perform the duties usually devOlvtng
upon Two or more persons The Dill was
passed ana Mr.. Springer noted that fact on
the pack OF the printed copy OF the bill and
sent II over to the Senate. 1t passed that
oody and was signed by the governor. 1t was
soon discovered that the act which received
the gubernatorial autograph had incorporated
IN II the Objectionable item.
rms looked serious, for the House, at least,
hdu not intended to pass that item, and as a
maIler OF TACT had not passed 1t, for It was
not included In the bill as read and voted
upon an that body. Mr. Springer was equal
70 Jhe emergency. He caused the journal to
snow mat the bill was read in full and then
- ~ IA tAlC JOuIudl lhuS HAO " AiAR
OmclaIy that the obnoxious item had not
been voted upon or adopted by the House. A
writ was then sued out enioiuing the state
treasurer from paying the money. The su-
preme court granted it and made IL perpetual,
thus going behind the approving signature OF
me governor and the attesting signatures Of
the presiding officers OF the, two houses of the
legislature TO the journal of the House. and
accepting 1t as the best evidence Of the inten-
lion ana act OF the House of Representatives
and OF the Legislature. Whether the entire
act was invalid was not passed upOn.and as no
injunction was applied for as to the other
items the appropriations they carried stood
and were paid.
Mr. Springer thinks some one interested in
the $1,000 appropriation had bogus bill
printed In exact imitation of the genuine and
when, after reading it, he had laid the genu-
Inc Dill down on his desk the spurious one
was substituted quickly and the genuine car
RED on and destroyed There being crowd
ABOUT the desk at the time it was easy enough
to do this, Mr. Springer said. Naturally, he
lndorsed what appeared to be the proper bill
without reading II again. His ready wit
however, enabled him to defeat the game OF
the conspirators, even when it seemed to be
too late to do anything to repair the mischief
II was never learned Mr. Springer said, who
played the Sleight-ot-hand trick
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-10
Lend voorhe.ra a HeIninp Hnnd.

Tomorrow. if the programme rs an
nounced by Senator Voorhees, is carried
out, the Senate will begin TO hold contin-
uous sessions. with the view Of forcing a
vote upon the bill TO repeal the purchase
clause of the Sherman silver law. il is
regrettablc that the majority have been
compelled to resort TO this means Of get
ting vote. The spectacle of the major
ity trying TO get an expression Of their
will by overcoming the minority in test
of physical endurance is not one calcu-
lated to increase the respect of the peo-
pie for the Senate. This is government
of the majority, and the refusal Of the
minority to yield to the majority is an in-
vitation TO use force.
1t is question, of course, whether Sen
ator Voorhees, will be able to accomplish
the object he has in view. He viii be re-
quired to keep a quorum at AL times In
the Senate during the contest, while the
minority will keep only few men to do
the talking. The majority will need
good deal of encouragement. They should
be made TO feel that the country is watch
ing them and sympithizing with them.
This can be done by the holding of mass
meetings in all parts Of the country and
adopting strong resolutions in favor of
The prompt passage of the repeal bill In
every town and village those in favor of
unconditional repeal should send ex-
pressions of supportu and encouragement
to the majority.
There is no doubt that the great MAORI
- ~, f1rro Of
conditional repeal. In nearly all the
states the trade bodies have declared
that the Sherman silver law is running
business and paralyzing industries. They
have condemned the law and asked for
its speedy repeal. There have been few,
If any, meetings held asking for
the free coinage of silver. The
St. Louis silver convention was so great a
failure that even the silver leaders had
to apologize for it.
If the whole country speaks out
strongly now the minority may consent
to cease their filibustering and permit
vote to be taken. The minority certainly
cannot be sincere in asserting that they
represent the people. There is no evil
are a great many, Of course, who say
they want the free coinage of silver, but
their number in any state, outside of the
silver producing states, is comparatively
small Although a majority of the south
ern senator's are acting with the silver
ties, it is certain that southern people, by
an Overwhelming majority, favor the re-
peal bill.
When, therefore, the contest of en-
durance begins tomorrow, let the business
men all over the country lend Senator
Voorhees, and the majority a helping
hand. The constituents of those southern
particularly who are obstructing
legislation should send them dispatches
pointing out the injury to business that is
resulting from continued purchases of
silver and begging them to stand aside
and let the country have the relief legis-
lation that is greatly needed and so
demanded.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-10

They tell story in Washington to the
effect that Secretary Gresham has been
recently sat upon by the Postmaster Gen
-tiguratively speaking, of course, for
MIR. Bisseu weighs nearly 300 pounds-in
the matter of a postofice appointment.
Secretary Gresham, it is said, asked for
the retention of friend of his as chief
of the Cincinnati division of postofice in
spectors, but Secretary Bissell declined
the request on the ground that prominent
Ohio democrats had demanded the in
spector's removal and the substitution of
q democrat
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-10

The prize ninnyhammer is a Massachu-
sets preacher, just out of a theological
seminary. Recently he saw a matrimo-
NAL advertisement, signed by the widow
ELLEN Dunton," of Denver, in newspa-
per. The advertisement said Ellen was
young, unencumbered healthy, pretty
and very rich, and had no objection to be-
slowing her heart and bank account upon
the right kind of a young man The
preacher concluded that he was the right
kind of a young man, and that the
widows mite would come in mighty well
until he could secure a big pastorate, so
he wrote to her. Photographs were ex-
changed, soon marriage proposal
was made and accepted, and finally the
couple were married by mail Certificates
were exchanged, and each went before a
magistrate with a copy of the vows of the
other, duly signed sealed and sworn to-
They were man and wife, but apparently
had never met. The Young preacher then
scraped together money enough to pay
his fare to Denver and set out with a
light heart to greet his strangely wooed
and welded bride. But 80, what a diff
ference in the morning!" Once at Den
Yer he discovered that there was no such
a person as the widow Ellen Dunton; he
was not married; he had been the victim
of a practical joke by some sportive young
people, and was in a strange land without
friends or money. However, the young
man is now qualified to preach eloquently
upon avarice, lying and deception.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-10

Boynton, the American who caused so
much connection in Brazil recently by his
attempt to blow up a war vessel in the
harbor Of Rio, is not the famous swimmer.
but a Massachusetts yankee, who has
been practicing medicine al Rio and
Joined the opposition 10 Piexoto at the
outbreak Of the trouble At home. in
Haverhill he is spoken Of as cranky
kind Of fellow, with warm aud gener-
Gus heart.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-10
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

MEETINGS Oglethorpe Lodge No. /, l. o.
o. F.; E. P o. Elks; Southern Mutual Loan
Association Ancient Landmark Lodge No,
23l. F. and A. NJ; The Southoyer Land and
Improvement Company; Home Seekers
Mutual Loan Association Catholic Literary
association; Savannah Lodge No Pr, l. o.
b. B.
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Merchants National Bank.
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Sale; Lost; Personal, Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-10
Autumn Verse.

From the Boston Transcript.
Those melancholy days have come.
The toughest of the year,
For him who reads the rhymes sent in
Who wades through stanzas drear.
In every mail the rhymers mourn
OF faded autumn leaves"
In dismal strains they chant Of rot
Which nobody believes.
They want to die" and ''be at rest"
In some sequestered wood,
When skies of dark November froWn"
ION, would the Lord they couldD
This intersection please forgive
From one who scans their verse;
His normal nature lamb-ike is,
Else might he said much worse.
The world unlike other great wheels, a
ways rolls over the man who lags behind it,
Galveston News
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-10

Our British friends will learn after
awhile that Americans can give them
points on the building of fast sailing
craft. 1t seems almost a pity that after
so many years of studying and planning
the Britishers have not yet produced any
thing that can sail equal TO a yankee
yacht; at the same time it is a matter to
be proud of that this country stands at
the head of fast boat builders.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-10

The Philadelphia Record has lost pa
thence with the obstructionist senators
who have set themselves up to resist the
orderly process of legislation and asks to
know why Butler of South Carolina,
Dubois of Idaho, and PETER of Kansas -
are not as much anarchists as Emma
Goldman or John Most. Without discus
sing why the obstructionist senators are
not anarchists, it may be remarked that
they differ from Goldman and Most in
that they are seeking reelection, and
imagine that in obstructing the passage of
the repeal bill they are obeying the wishes
of the majority of voters of their constitd-
encies-a mistaken idea. And again, Gold
man and Most are believed to be sincere
in their anarchist teachings, while it may
be doubted that some of the obstructionist
senators are sincere. They are trimming
their sails to catch a passing catspaw of
political breeze.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-10

Mohammed Alexander Russell Webb,
of Missouri and Asia, has opened head
quarters for the propagation of the light
of Islam in America in New York city.
He has corps of red-fezzed assistants
with unpronounceable names who will, on
every Friday and Sunday, tell ''unbe-
levers" how much better it is to wear a
turban, neglect customary lavations and
have multiplicity of wives than it is to
accept the precepts and faith of the
Great Nazarene.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-10
No Fusion in Kansas.

The democrats of Kansas are at last
beginning to find out what the democrats
of every other state knew two years ago,
that the populists are not worthy
of democratic confidence. In the
last campaign, against the advice
of thinking men and papers the
country over, the Kansas democrats
entered fusion with The populists, upon
terms giving the populists the advantage
but promising to the democrats meas
ure recognition. But after the election,
when the votes of the fusion democrats
were not needed, the populist officials
began systematic squeezing of the
orange for themselves, refusing to give
the democrats as much as the rind
Profting by experience, the democrats
have, in the current campaign, declined
to renew the political partnership of the
last campaign. In seventy-seven counties
of the los in the state conventions have
been held since the opening of the cam
paign, and in each of the counties, with
out exception, the democrats have refused
to combine with the populists and de-
nounced them for crookedness in the past
Fusion would be political suicide, the
democrats have concluded; so they will
run straight tickets, and thepopulists and
republicans will do likewise.
AS illustrating the feeling toward S
their former political partners enter
tertained by the erstwhile fusion demo-
Gratis, comparison made at Atchison re-
Gently by James Orr, son-in-law of Elk.
Gov. Click, and a leading democrat, may
be noted. He had once believed in fu-
sion At that time the democrats had
thought the republicans of Kansas un-
scrupulous; but" said Orr, If they are
inscriptions they are bright and shining
angels as compared with the populists."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-10

Gilbert and Sullivan's new opera,
utopia, LIMITED, }" recently produced
in London for the first time, is pronounced
by critics to be a great disappointment.
Its general tone is said to be much lower
than that of any of the famous firms
former productions. At the performance
the applause of the audience was almost
wholly perfunctory, the only outburst of
genuine pleasure being at the revival of
the old "Pinafore" gag, What, never2n
II seems that Gilbert and Sullivan are al
ways at their best when plagiarizing them
selves; when they attempt something new
the result is a disappointment.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-10
THE GREAT DRESS GOODS EVENT.
Phenomenal OiIeT-LIIiIgS Free.

During the ensuing week
we will present each Gus
toner that purchases a
dress for 25c a yard or more
with the lining free. The
largest variety of dress
goods ever shown by any
house in Savannah now on
sale at 10, 1871, IS, 10, Is,
IS, 40, 65, IS, IS and CSC
per yard.
FOYE & MORRISON.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-10
THOUSANDS OF BARGAINS,

This week we will give
our competitors a nut to
crack that will prove a puz-
zle to them. It means for
you who come to buy, a saw
ing such as is rarel y made.
1t means to us a loss, but
we mean to do the largest
business in our line in Sa.
vannah.