The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-19
win Breckenridge Be Renominated.


VIII Breckenridge Be Renominated.
Congressman Breckenridge announces
his intention to make canvass for con
gress in his district, and says he is conf
dent of success" He is a man of extraor-
binary powers of persuasion on the
stump, and his confidence in his ability to
secure a denomination and election may
not be without reason. But he is not
going to have an easy victory That is
already evident. The chances are that
he will meet with defeat.
Many Of those who would have sup
ported him if he had not made such a re-
markable confession on the witness stand
are actively opposed to him, and will work
to defeat him. They would regard his
denomination and election as an indorse-
ment of his hypocracy. They would have
been inclined to overlook his offense
probably had he not pretended
to be an entirely different
man from what he really was. His ad-
mission, however, that his life had been
one of hypocrisy, that while he was re-
garded as an exemplary member of the
church and was favorite orator at the
commencements of colleges for young
men and young women he was leading a
life of the deepest moral degradation,
is more than they are likely to forgive
He clearly does not fully comprehend
the magnitude of his offense, but he will
do so before he has proceeded very far
with his canvass for a denomination. The
Kentucky people are generous, but they
are not likely to be sufficiently generous
to be willing to be represented in con
gress by a man such as Mr.. Breckenridge
has shown himself to be. His district is
the Ashland" district that was so long
represented by Henry Clay, and his CON
stituents are people who have very strict
notions in the matter of morals. Much
as they admire Mr.. Breckinridge's
ability and oratory they are not likely
to put themselves in the position of APP
proving his private life.
The wisest thing Mir. Breckenridge can
do is to retire from public life and devote
his remaining years to removing the i'm
| preston his confession of moral rotten
ness has made on the public mind.
| There are 761 paragraphs in the Senate
! tariff bill proper, and fifty pages of the
customs administration law Under the
! terms of agreement proposed by Senators
! Harris aud Aldrich, general debate on
the bill shall conclude next Tuesday, but
! thereafter the debate on the bill by para
! graphs, and on unlimited amendments
to the paragraphs, shall be an unlimited
| debate. With these facts, it should be
comparatively easy to calculate when
| the bill will reach a vote. if this pro-
gramme is carried out. Multiply 76l par
agraphs by an unlimited number of hours,
| to see how many hours the debate on the
| paragraphs will take; multiply an I'M
| limited number of amendments by an I'M
! limited number of hours, to get the length
/ of DEBATE on amendments; add the gro
ducts and reduce the sum Of hours to
days add so per cent. for delays by rea-
son of senatorial courtesy, and the result
will be the length of time, expressed in
days, before the tariff bill proper will be
ready for vote, as things appear to be
! going. The same process can be applied
to the administrative features of the bill.
!
Col. II. B. Beecher, of Yonkers, n. Y,
was the owner of two high-priced Jersey
/ cows, registered and with long pedigrees.
| They We're regarded as exceptional ami