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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-04
The Republican Boss of New York

The Republican Boss of New York.
At the beginning Of the administration
of President Garfield, Thomas G. Platt,
who at that time was a United States
senator from New York, became the
laughing stock Of the entire country by
resigning from the Senate because Rescue
Conkling resigned. Mr.. Conkling, who
was the republican leader Of New York,
had quarrel with President Garfield
over the New York appointments, and in
fit of anger resigned from the Senate
and appealed to the legislature of New
York to sustain him by re-electing him.
Much to Mr.. Conkling's surprise the legis-
lature did not re-elect him. Mr.. Platt
had no quarrel with the Garfield admins
tration and his resignation caused him to
be called in derision me too, Platt,
meaning that he resigned because MIR.
Conkling did
But Mr.. Platt, even at that time, was
much ADLER man than his republican
friends gave him credit for being. In
deed, he has proved himself to be in some
repects, more capable politician than
Mr.. Conkling was. Mr.. Conkling lost his
hold upon his party. Mr.. Platt has re-
tanned his political influence, and has
steadily increased it. Today he is the
dictator of his party in New York. For
awhile after he left the Senate he took lit
tlepart in politics, but he gradually got in
to political harness again, and a few years
ago he was one of the four republican
leaders known as 1.-THE big four" The four
were Platt, Hiscock, Depew and Miller
Hiscock and Miller are "dead ducks"
politically, and Depew is rather orna-
mental than otherwise. Platt holds the
reins of power. He directs the political
machine. His word is law. The legisla-
ture that has just met at Albany recog-
nizes him as its guide and adviser He
will shape the party's policy.
He may be the next republican candi-
date for governor, and if he is, and should
be elected, he would stand an excellent
chance of being the republican nominee
for President. 1t is believed, however,
that he would rather be the power be-
hind the throne than to occupy the throne
1t is not always wise to estimate a man
by one foolish act. A dozen years ago
Mr.. Platts name excited derision when
it was mentioned. To-day he is absolute
master Of his party in the greatest state
in the Union.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-04
BRIGHT BITS.

what makes WiIlimton wear such cd
clothes?"
"Can'tkeep even with his tailor, suppose
Detroit Tribune.
Prosecuting Attorney-What is your age,
Miss Sere?
Miss Sere approaching the iudgel-Does a
witness have to testify against herself?-
Vogue.
Pattent-And you attribute my trouble TO
smoking?
Doctor-Yes.
oh doctor, must give up my cigars2"
Eyes, and get better brand. Life.
what is that fellow at the piano sing
ing2"
~ Fear Thee Not"
Fear the knot I should think he would
fear the moose. "--Indfanapolis Journal.
The greatest sufferer, to-day,
Is the young lover, rash,
Who had present laid away,
And could net raise the cash.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Wife-Oh, please don't go out, dear
The Husband-l don't want 10 go 'out. but
thought would take a run down town for
half an hour; the boys are beginning to say
l am tied 10 my wife apron string.
The Wlfe-Wel, what harm is there in
that? Is is wrong for husband to be at
tached to his wife?-New York Recorder.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-04

Nine Melba is an operatic star who is
singing in grand opera in New York. She
lives, when at home. in Paris, and like
all other women who keep house and can
afford IT, she has cook. A few days ago
the horrifying story came from Paris by
cable that Nine. Melba's cook had been
entertaining some of her friends in Nine.
Melba's parlors during the absence of her
mistress in America. With length of de-
tail the story told how the china and
cut-glass from the dining room were
strewn over the piano and ornamented
tables, and caviar, crackers and cham
payne spilled on the carpets and uphOl-
stery. 1t was a narrowing recital. and
brought tears to the eyes of Nine. Melba
and her friends in New York. With a
fine sense Of fairness. and realizing that
the cable might have done the cook in
justice. one of the great dailies of New
York telegraphed in hot haste to its Paris
correspondent ordering him at once to in
terview Nine. Melba's cook, for unlimited
space, and to wire the story in full, if the
cable could be made to bring it. And in due
time the story came and was published.
Nine. Melba's cook denied emphatically
that she mad entertained anybody in
madame's parlors; she had only enter
tanned three friends in Nine. Melba' S
kitchen, and at her own expense, which
she had perfect right to do. There is
positively no limit to American newspaper
enterprise
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-04
A Domestic Drama.

Coming over on the Michigan Central the
other day. says the Chicago Tribune. tall,
fine appearing man and a handsomely
dressed, fned-looking woman were seated
Just in front Of a plainly dressed, sweet-faced
ladv about 20 years Of age. Every little
while the man would turn and q ldress a re-
mark to the elder woman. and her eyes
would glow with pride, for he was her son,
and though his wife did not seem Oyer-cor-
dlal-perhaps she was not proud OF the old
lady-yet she would delgu to drop word or
two once once in a while.
Finally the son turned-as the porter in
formed them Of the dining car in the rear
and said: We'll, mother, Emma and | Will
go now and get our dinner. Hou know she
needs good warm dinner. You have brought
your lunch, see. 1 viii send you in good
cup Of hot tea" 5and the couple rose and
passed into the dining car.
After they had left mother" sat looking
out Of the window. and appeared to be deep
in thOught-not over happy, perhaps. Final
~ she reached under the seat and brought up
the little wOrn-out basket "son had noticed
and held il on her lap, lingering the ribbon it
was tied with in a thoughtful way. just as
she opened it the tram stopped at station.
The door was suddenly flung open and a
cheery-faced, handsome blonde stepped in.
he appeared to be looking eagerly for some
one
Finally his glance fell on the little old
lady.
Mother" he cried in delighted voice
MY John, nv joint" and the two were
claSped IN loving embrace so genuine as to
cause tears to rise in the eyes OF one of the
passengers, and the rest looked on IN an in
teresting manner.
Where are Frank and Emma?" he in
quired.
They have gone into the dining car. En-
ma ism well, you know, and has to have a
good hot dinner " She repeated this in an
apologize way, for she saw a look in John S
eyes that she did not fail to read-and Frank,
was he not her SON tooy
But you didn't wish anv dinner, l sup
pose and his eyes fell n the little basket.
he saw 1t all at a glance, but he must not
hurt his mothers feelings thus.
And are you not glad TO see me? Are you
not surprised? l found 1 could join you
here instead of waiting until you got to
Chicago. And now tell me dear heart ism t
this dear little basket the same one that
Frank and l took our lunch in to school?
thought so, and a smile rose on the faded
sweet face
We'll, L m awfully hungry; pose we keep
this tor supper and you come with me and eat
nice hot dinner. No. no excuses"
AS they left the car they met the other
couple "Halloo, John where did you come
from How do you do, Emma? l came,
Frank, Just in time to see our mother had a
substantial meal and they passed on.
When the passengers who heard and saw it
all arrived at Chicago they saw a handsome
young man with little black basket hanging
on his arm tenderly assisting a sweet faced
OLD lady through the crowd A carriage was
called and they drove off. No one seemed to
see anything Oh the other couple,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-04
Two Kinds of Typewriters.

81 suppose typewriters are very common
now, she said, musingly, as she settled back
in her favorite rocking chair after dinner.
according to the Chicago Post
"Oh, yes, he said, they're quite a necessi.
ty in every line of business
You have One:" she asked
Yes, indeed" he replied as he hastily
looked over the evening paper. ia feel lost
without one
Lighters your work does it,"
"Lightens 1t: Why, its makes IL an abso-
Lutte pleasure. l wouldn't be without one for
the world"
Saves time, too suppose?"
1T makes it pass so rapidly that you hardly
notice it,
How much does good typewriter cost,
john" 9''
20 not much" he said absent mindedlv
You can get rafting pretty one for Si2 or
S15 a week"
Before he had time to read the first sentence
of tho article he had started on he was sud.
denly Jared into consciousness of the fact
that his wife was referring to machines. moi
to operators, and that somehow he had made
a serious mistake.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-04
a Two-Hour Work Dau.

Mr.. Osborn, secretary of state of Kan
sas, steps forward with a most pleasing
New Years offering to those who earn
their bread in the sweat of their faces
scheme to reduce the time of labor to
two hours per day and cinch the limit
there with state and national laws. Mr..
Osborn on the first day of the New Year
issued an exhaustive circular on the sub
ject, in which he points out to his own
satisfaction that the two-hour work day,
billions of legal tender paper money
based on nothing and the free coinage of
silver at ratio of Is or less to 1. are the
only hope for oppressed mankind.
The labor-saving machinery of the
present day, says Mr.. Osborn, makes ii
possible for one man to do the work that
it required twenty to do seventy-five years
ago. The labor-saving machine, there
fore, according to Mr.. Osborn, is an enemy
of mankind and a creature of monop-
oily, and ought TO go. But realizing that
it cannot be driven out at one swoop, he
is willing to temporizer with it, provided
five men are given the opportunity to
work with it during the day. Thus he
proposes to compromise with the machine
by making five men do the work that one
does now and twenty did seventy-five
years ago.
The two-hour work-day, according to
the Osborn plan, should not be limited to
factories and shops, but obtain on farms as
well-the day should be general, and
fixed by law under severe penalties. Thus
the farmer would rise at daylight complete
his days work before breakfast, and have
from O'Clock in the morning until bed
time to spend in fishing, talking politics
and blessing the genius of Mr.. Osborn. 1t
would take fifty men to cultivate an av-
erage farm, and they would probably be
able to consume more than the farm pro-
duced But that would be of little conse-
quence. Mr.. Osborn has provided against
such n contingency in his scheme by max
ing money as cheap and as plenty as leaves
in the forest, and when the corn had given
out the two-hour laborers could eat the
money.
MIR. Osborn, secretary of state of
Kansas, has great head on him. 1t has
been alleged in wicked democratic and
republican circles that the brain in it is
cracked. But this latest and most stu
pendous scheme of his to emancipate
sixty millions and more of people from
the burden of labor should remove sus-
picion of any such thing from the great
philanthropist. He is, really, in advance
of his party.
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THURSDAY. JANUARY 4. 1894.
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INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

MEETNGs-Solomon' Lodge No. I, F. and
A. M; Savannah Wheelmen; Truck Growers
Association OF Chatham County.
SPECIAL NOTICES Notice. w. j. VIM,
City Engineer; Sea Foam Soap; As to Crew
Of British Steamship Valetta; A Card, H
McA Schley; AS to Bills Against British
Steamship Greeian Prince.
STEAMSHIP SCHEDULE-Baltimore Steam
ship Company.
UNDERWATER SALE-In Account Of
Whom 1t Nav Concern, OF Damaged Cotton.
WE ALWAYS AIM-Falk Clothing Company.
INCOME TAX GOLFERS -Kohler's.
LEGAL SALE-City Marshals Sale.
LEGAL NOTICEs-Citations from the Clerk
Of the Court OF Ordinary Of Chatham County.
OUR SUITs-Appel& Schaul.
Don't BE Too SLOw-B. Il. Levy s. Bro.
AUCTION SALES Carriages Buggies, etc
by Wilson s. kaufman; $500 Rolls Of Bagging
at Charleston, by Tristram T. Hyde, Auc-
tioneer.
CHEAP COLUMN ADvERTIsEMENTs-Hel
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-04
The Pullman Stocking.

"Say, mister, Santa Claus doesn't travel on
this train?"
"oh, really don't know" was the reply
says Harpers Young People.
Well, I suppose not"
THAT S what mamma said she s'posed
with a half laugh. Santa Claus has too
much to do Christmas eve to be talSin trips -
And he doesn't travel by rail- some one
suggested.
Course he doesn't" with enthusiasm. He
goes kltin' along with his reindeer, scootin'
over the roof and down the chimleys-my!
But. with another sigh, Il don't know how
he II find me-"
The porter now came to make I'D the
berths, and mammaled the boy to another
seat. The next man behind, coming to his
berth short time later, stopped with a stare
of surprise. and then met with smile the
smile of the lady across the aisle as she
nodded toward the curtains which closed out
side the boy whe had missed visit from
Santa Claus: Upon the button of the drapery
hung small stocking.
"A poor place for that sort Of thing I'm
across
Perhaps not so bad as one might think, :"
was her answer. She had opened a lunch
basket, just as the man, after fumbling In his
pocket, dropped a silver dollar in the toe of
the stocking, drew out box of candy, which
followed the dollar,
But the gifts did not stop for the spirit of
the season was fully awakened. Small coins
were passed along from one hand to the other
and shaken we'll down into the toe by the
man next behind. woman with bag of
Christmas gifts for q family of expeCtant
small friends, made a selection from them
and brought her Offering.
why, the stockings full" said the man
next behind but here-this'll do. -
He pulled out large silk handkerchief and
when she laid her gifts inside tied it by the
four corners and pinned it TO the stocking. The
word had passed long and, traVele RS In the
next car came through to take a peep at the
travelling stocking. Scaris were tied around
the stocking, and handkerchiefs filled out
with nobody knew what fastened on In short.
if Santa Claus was not travelling on that train
some of his near relatives must have been.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-04

The exposure of serious and damaging
facts in connection with the management
of the Bank of England, as the English
papers have frequently limited, may come
about at almost any time, might not in
volve prominent officials Of the govern
ment, as in the case of the bank scandals
in Italy or the Panama scandals in France,
but the effects would probably be more
far-reaching than those of either the
Italian or the French incidents. The
Bank of England is a financial octopus
with tentacles reaching over all of the
civilized world. If the body of the octo-
pus should be seized with CONFUSION the
effect would be felt wherever a tentacle
touches
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-04

A st. Louis dispatch tells a queer story
illustrating the value of wives in Missouri.
A farmer and his wife were walking on
a railway track near St. Joseph A train
came upon them Unexpectedly and the
woman was killed. The bereaved hus-
band wrote a pathetic letter to the rail
road company in which he put in claim
for $40 damages. In the letter he went
on to say: ~She was a good wife and her
cooking could not be equalled in the state
of Missouri She was worth all of that
TO me, and l think you ought to pay
Unfortunately the dispatch does not say
whether the $40 was paid or not.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-04

A convention of the republican
editors of the state of New
York, is to be held in New York
city next Wednesday and Thursday, at
which time a permanent association of
these moulders of public opinion will be
formed. The welcoming committee for
the occasion consists, among others, of
Chauncey M. Depew, Thomas G. Platt,
Warner Miller and Cornelius N. Bliss.
These gentlemen, so far as is known, are
not connected with any newspaper; they
merely edit the republican editors after
the manner that certain farmers. accord
ing to Secretary Morton, farm the
farmers -
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-04

Farmer Knight, Name anti-prohibi-
zionist, while in Biddeford the other day,
mistaking the police station for bar
room, walked in and called for beer. The
police, thinking to have some fun, locked
him in a cell for while. But Farmer
knight failed to see the point of the joke,
and has sued the city for false imprison-
ment. The person who has fun at the ex-
pense of down-east yankee must do it
through the newspapers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-04

MIR. Morris Shanklin, a Maryland
man now doing business in Atlanta, is
thus quoted by the Baltimore Sun: "Mr.
Shanklin says that the people of Georgia
do not know how to farm, but can raise
watermelOns, peaches and cotton They
get their wheat from the west. They are
blind to the beauty of anything outside
OF their state. The people of Atlanta, he
says, do not think Baltimore and Phila-
delphia cities of any Importance, nor do
they think that there is any thing worth
seeing outside of Atlanta He says that
in some places in Georgia wornout oxen
are taken out of oxcarts, slaughtered and
sold the next day for beef From the
foregoing it is evident that MIR. Shank
lin knows nothing of Georgia beyond
what he learned at Atlanta. Mr. Shank
lin, the Sun and others whom it may con-
Germ are respectfully informed that At
lanta farmers and butchers are not true
representatives of the producers of bread
and meat in Georgia.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-04

The Emperor William has served notice
on his cabinet that the prime minister of
Prussia is in fact no greater than any
other minister because he is invested with
presiding functions; that the real premier
of Prussia is the king; that as the king
goes, so goes Prussia, and as Prussia goes,
so goes the emperor and united Germany.
To make it shorter, the emperor wishes
it understood that he is running things
bimsalf
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Applicable to the whole Country.


II punishment can be made to follow crime
closely in Prendergasts case, why not in
other casesy Murderer upon murderer is per-
mltted TO Loaf IN q cell In the county jail for
months until witnesses disappear. or the
prosecution loses keenness or the Jury can be
prepared, or any one or smother Of those i'm
aglnable things can be done that have given
coat Of dust
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why Not Give the Numberp

From Springfield (Mass) Republican Ind.).
Duns annual review of the industrial stu
alton is UP TO the alarmist's level and the
New York Tribune quotes approvingly its
statement that the year closes with millions
OF workers seeking employment Why not
make 1t stronger yet-specify the number of
millions, TWO, three, four or FIVE 1t is not
really necessary to be careful in making out
statements of so wholesale nature.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-04

The California supreme court has be-
fore it novel case. In criminal court
at Santa Cruz a prisoner charged with
burglary asked that day be fixed for
his trial. The Judge set it down for Fri
day. The prisoner objected on the ground
that he had a conscientious and religious
belief that Friday is an unlucky day.
The judge overruled the objection, and
the prisoner has appealed to the supreme
cOi1rt
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-04

Senator Teller has got back from Mex
leo, where he went to continue his study
of the silver question. While there, so
he told a reporter, he talked with several
government officials regarding Gov.
Waites scheme to circulate Mexican dol
lars, with the Colorado coatof-arms on
one side, in the state of Colorado as legal
tenders. And the officials "all made
much sport of the proposition, declaring
it was not feasible" The senator did not
mention the matter to President Diaz; he
was ashamed to. But he is not ashamed
TO come back home and tell the people
that Mexico is the most prosperous coun.
try on the western continent, and that
the United States could not possibly dc
better than to copy the Mexican money
nOlicv
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-04

Charleston is shortly to have "a winter
palace, ahotel second to none in America, -"
says the News and Courier. The old city
will find such an institution great help
to the general prosperity. Savannah has
found il so.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-04
Calling a Spade a Spade.

From the St. Louis Republic (Dem).
The senator who obstructs the passage of
the (Wilsonl bill in its integrity is no longer
q democrat of the great national school. Nor
is he good party man. He decides to move
in a small circle on a low plane. So he should
be classified and tagged.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-04
A Monetary Commission Wanted.
From the New York Herald IndO.

The surprising bill prepared by Mr..
Springer, providing for an unlimited issue of
legal tender notes affords further proof that
we need a commission of experts to deal with
the problem Of our complicated circulating
medium and provide for an increase when the
growth OF population and q revival Of business
shall have absorbed the present plethora.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-04
No Hard Times There.
From the Philadelphia Ledger updl.

From The Philadelphia Ledger Gnd.).
The elite of Cripple Creek. Col, headed by
the mayor, have sent a formal invitation to
Messrs. Corbett and Mitchell to have their
muscular disQulsition on the championship in
that city, and back it with an offer of ~ 900
in gold. The general depression that Gov
Waite writes about hasn't struck Cripple
Creek
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-04

fremont Temple, one of Boston's most
famous institutions, which was recently
burned, is shortly to be rebuilt. The new
temple will be strictly church, and not
a public hall
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-04

The representatives of HinsdaIe county,
Colorado, have been instructed by mass
meetings of the voters, to bring impeach-
menJ proceedings against Gov. Waite,
and work for an immediate adjournment.
The railroads might do we'll to make ex-
cursion rates to Denver during the sit
ting Of the extra session. Should the
Corbett-Mitchell affair in Florida fall
through, the Colorado Legislature in extra
session would afford admirers of lively
fighting good substitute.