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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-15
The Power of Removal, LAW

The power of removal law. under
which Mayor Strong OF New York is
wedding out the old ofliceholders I'm that
city who are obnoxious to reform as
cxemplified by himself and his hackers.
is something of departure In the way
Of legislation. 1t is q spolsman's bill.
Under 1t the victors" win get tho
Offices. The mayor is given FUN and alb
solute powers; and it appears from our
dispatches that he is using those powers
quite literally. The tendency Of the
law is wholly towards the Capitalization
of power in the executive. In the present
instance the intention of the law may
work out all right. There can be no
doubt that there are in office in New
York great many men who deserve
to be removed. But how would the law
work under an administration dominated
by bosses, and run for ''perquisites2' I'm
der the law the mayors powers are extra
ordinary. He can surround himself with
men VINO will support his efforts in what
ever direction they may be exerted
Mayor Strong will no doubt exert him
self in the right direction. But suppose
he should not; the law would remain the
same.
The power of removal law was
passed under new conditions. Under the
new constitution of the state special
laws for cities of the first class (having
100000 or more inhabitants) must be
submitted to the mayors of the cities af-
fected for approval. In case of accept
ance. the legislation is subject to the
action of the governor. In case of re-
lection the bill may be passed again
by the legislature subject TO the action
of the governor. This is a limited appli-
cation Of the referendum. and is intend
ed as a protection against undesired
special legislation. 1t gives cities a voice
In the enactment of laws In which they
are especially. interested. The power of
removal bill took this course. and was
approved by Mayor Strong. The law
is aimed at Tammany Hall. Whether
it will go beyond that organization re-
mains to be seen.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-15
The Tennes.ee CONTEXT.

The contest between Gov. Turney and
Il. Clay Evans for the governorship OF
Tennessee threstens TO develop into one
Of great bitterness. Each OF them has
filed charges against the opposing party
and the examination OF witnesses has al.
ready begun. Gov. Turney Is holding over
until the result Of the investigation is
made known. but Mr.. Evans. the republi-
can candidate Who according to the face
OF the returns vas elected, has had him
self sworn in, and he claims to be COVER
nor. Each OF them, therefore. Is claiming
to be governor.
II Is a question whether the legislature
could constitutionally pass the retroactive
law, under which the Investigation IS be-
ing made. The republicans contend that
Mr.. Evans should have been inaugurated.
and that the investigation should have
been made afterwar There is much
to sustain this view. Still. ii he was not
elected. 81 will Be admitted that he ought
not to be inaugurated. II ne had been
inauguratod before the investigation q
would have been a difficult matter 10
GUST him. even though 1t appeared he was
not entitled to the office.
The great mistake was in not having q
law providing for settling such contests
before the contest arose. Under existing
conditions It is absolutely impossible 10
reach q conclusion that will be accepted
by both parties: The probabilities are
that the result OF the Investigation viii be
against Mr. Evans. and the republicans.
in that case, VIII insist that the decision
is an unfair one. There viii be no Diff
Guilty In finding grounds FOR throwing out
republican votes. 1t Is admitted that in
republican counties about two-thirds Of
the voters had not paid their poll taxes
when they cast their ballots. The
law requires that a voter must pay his poll
tax beAore voting. There were democrats.
also, who neglected 10 pay their poll
taxeB. but their number is not so large as
that of the republicans.
If the charges made by each side are
true. there were many kinds Of frauds
committed. II all Of them are examined
the investigating committee viii not be
ready to report Tor several months. In. the
meantime the political feeling throughout
the state is becoming more intense every
day.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-15
bright BITS.

The more you. pun a cigar the smaller it
becomes; and that is the case with some
men.-H0usehoid Words.
Fair Critic-'rhat doesn't look like your
Amateur-No: it's beastiy isn't it?
Fair Critic-No: / think It's rather
good.--Harper's Bazaar.
she-..You say the chicken soup isn't
gooq; Why, / told the cook how 10 make
~ Perhaps she didn't eaten the idea %
He-!"No; 1 think 1t was the chicken She
didn't catch.'-'Tid-Bits.
Harold can always tell hshsrman's
mousse down on Cape Cod.
Eapa-How can you tell IL Harold?
HarOld-Why, because II is shinasled over
IKE a rsh.-Harper's Bazaar
+ rom he description olive heard az
me aanarra d-sert, said PAT To Mike,
imilar 70 an iverlashting Sunday w.d no
side doors. Washington STAR.
Mr. Fuller Maitland, IN his book on Ger
man composers. tells of s lady who. on
hearing from Goldmark Thar be was the
composer OF THE Queen of Sheba," re-
marked Dear me-that must be most
lucrative pcstH
,Timid Nouth-liiss Oracle. perhaps my
coming here so often may seeIn-may seem
too smack OF undue PERSISTENCE
Demure Maiden-Cieorge your coming
here has-has never smacked of anything
yet.-Boston Beacon.
Milligan-If I be aftehr leaving Sc
curlty equal ter what | take away, viii
yez thrust me till mkt wake?
Sands (the grocer)--Certainly
" ell, thin, sell me two av thin hams.
an kape wan av thin tn come agin. -
Cneckeriy Cat the. dOor)-"Are YOU real
" sure that Miss Sweet isn't at home9"
Bridget with honest pride)-"If vez
doubt me word. III ask her to come
DOWN, as she can inform vez that She
{0Wid me TO say so hersilf"'-Harper 5
Bazaar. ss-
Isn't II terrible about Nav Marks en-
BdsenenlI - y es, he s SO dreadru'y dfssi-
paled. why, they say he was half drunk
when he proposed to her. / wonder how
sns could nave accepted him" We'll,
you Know how Il is. A woman will take
anything 80 per cent OFF. New York
Record.
Are you looking az the face of Nature.
klttyY asked her father sssY- e5 n atenIisd
the little girl a t the window; Cts ali coy
ered with snow, and it looks Just Ike
mother's face when she goes out calling ).
Ihat putting II on pretty thick my
dear, ne observed i'm a tone of reproof
les, said Kitty that's the way mann
ma puts II on.'-Chicago Tribune.
a Load Oft His Mind-''There Is ono
tnlng that has prayed heavily on nv
Hihu ever since We were engaged. and /
am almost afraid to tell YOU about II =
he said, nervously. ~
What is 1t. Charlie? Speak out"
II am IL SomnambuHst."
On, IS that all?' she exclaimed. with a
sIsh OF reHe1; nave always been a uni.
EsrsaltsI myself; but, of course, when We
are made one J shall expect 10 ATTEND
your church. Texas Strings.
CFrRRENT ~o.rx.x,Nc
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-15

Burt Cotton was a country boy. and none
too DrlghL- In fact, the nelghbors called
casions when ms father agreed with
them. saws The Buffalo Express. II was
not thar he lacked ability 10 think. There
are always plenty Of fellows 10 think
Tor one, and boy. especially, can get
along very well without ia king the trou-
PIE 10 ma out whether he has brain or
now his thinking always led 10 wrong
conclusions.
Bnrrs. father had "a large orchard which
lAclu1eu a number OF pear trees. There
was not much market for pears in that
part OF me country, and The fruit was al
lowed to fan on the ground AZ the plea
SURE or the wind and rain IN order 10
save Il from total loss the elder Cotton
decided TO pick up the fruit aud feed Il
% the hogs This was double econo-
my. for il not only nlade use Of the pears.
but II also furnished task at which
burt could be kept busy. Picking up pears
was Just the kind Of work for bow So
one hot September day Burt was sent
INTO the orchard with a basket.
~ vas not nearly so much fun as a
city hoy who had never tried ANYTHING
or the kind might imagine II made his
PACK ache and his head ache. Toward the
TI13l1eie OF the AFTERNOON II occurred TO
Burt tnat such hard labor ought to be
worth us price SO he asked his father If
ne might have cents when hts DAYS
work was finished to take 10 town ana
spend just as he liked The elder Cotton
was IN a genial mood that afternoon. and.
tnoueh cents was a sum not to be light
g ne-
eldeu tnat the boy had worked hard
REQUEST. " '
The Coltcn farm was two miles from,
town. After supper had been eaten tbe
cows MIXED. the pigs and chickens fed
ana lhnumerable other chores done, Burt
vas az liberty 70 spend his cents. Ills
rather ADVISED him 20 wait till some Other
Gay. but Burt, in spite OF his wearipess
started on foot over the two miles Of
dusty road which led to the VILLAGE.
When he got home his father. sfiiI good
cents. cents ''''' '-''
the grocery a while. and 1 saw some can
~ ana at first ] thought I'd buv that
SUI ! didn't just banker for candy. so /
concluded l wouldn't -
Ills father nodded approvinglv
Then, pursued Burt 81 saw some
ae anus ngt cents wouldn't buy more'n
q, "a, va ar r.el 2 p1Ht peanuts, and / made
them" dl1sf
A ...rgl the father nodded approvingly.
Jnen thought of some gum and Then
a TIN horn, and then OF a whistle ana
then OF a BIT OF cheese" T3urr cnpff,,
ued, but jest didn't feel like sDendjn'
cents Tor any OF them
Cotton senior was beginning to get in
terested. Had the boy been wise enough
70 S SaaE7 ms money. after an?
NV en-. en-, how did you spend it," he asked.
well" replied Rurt. "hnaltv s,,,
some pears, and 7 thought as I was lived
any arS nor pear would taste pretty good.
Pears" Interrupted the father snrlne-
e Ilg rom ON n, ms seat did you 90 and buy
Yes answered Burt. II bought a near
Nonidnt sell me but one."
.hou h9ueht near?' shriel1ed the
,atuer; You sDent cents OF good hard
tarne9 money for pear when we've got
nere at homer s'"i-e
rn ~ never thought Of that" said Burt.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-15

The Morning News expressed the opin-
ion more than a month ago that there
would be no financial legislation OF any
kind by this congress. and that opinion
was sustained by the action Of the House
yesterday.
The proposition on which the House
voted vas plain business one. It was
whether si6,e9e00 should be saved to the
government by making the s65.o0gCO0 OF
bonds which the Secretary of the Treas
ury has sold to a syndicate for gold TO re-
store the gold reserve. gold bonds instead
OF coin bonds. Various reasons were given
for their votes by those who voted against
the proposition. but they were the reasons
Of politicians rather than Of business
men.
The action OF the House will not stop the
issue OF bonds. The Secretary or the
Treasury has contracted to deliver them,
and the gold TO pay for them is now being
collected Within very few days 1T will
be paid into the treasury. Eventually the
people will see that they have had an un-
necessary burden of more tiAtn sle.O010Oo
saddled upon them. and when they fully
realize that fact they will want TO punish
the party responsible for il.
If the opponents OF gold bonds would
admit that they expect that the coin bonds
viii be paid In deprecated silver their ac-
ton could be understood, but they deny
that they expect anything Of the kind.
They insist that the parity Of gold and sill
yer shall be maintained. Occupying that
position it is dihicult 10 understand the
reasons for their hostility to gold bonds.
If the question Of issuing gold bonds
could have been separated from politics
the result Of the vote would have been
different in all probability. For the sake
of gaining a partisan advantage and of
pleasing constituents who are supposed TO
be welded to silver the country is to be
put to an unnecessary expense of more
than &l6OOO,OOO. The people who will have to
bear this inexcusabie burden viii hardly
regard with favor those representatives
who are responsible for It.
The Houses action yesterday will prove
Injurious to the nations credit. 1t is cal
culated to create the impression that II is
not the purpose of this country to pay its
bonds in the best money. with such an
impression abroad. the rate Of interest at
which the government can borrow money
v-iu sfeadii,s rise
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-15

Emperor William Is an amateur artist.
but he doesn't think 50.
Mark sexson Of Missouri. aged L. is the
latest wonderful boy preacher.
The mayor Of Nevada, Mo- has given
his salary 70 the poor this year.
Lady Monckton. the weII-knovn Eng
fish actress. started life as a dressmaker.
Secretary Carlisle is no dude. set he is
having s-55 set or English fashioned har-
ness made.
Mr.. John Morley is the most dimcul;
subject in England TO portray in black
ami white.
Grand Duke Nicholas Of Russia is sup
posed 70 be able to eat as much as six
ordinary men.
Queen LIS picture gives the impression
that she might get a Job as iron-iaWed
woman in some dime museum.
Queen NictOria's will is engrossed on
NeAum, quarto size. and is bound as a
volume and secured by a private lock.
senator Jones Of Nevada IS seldom seen
In the Senate. He is probably there. but
since turning populist ne feels TOO small
20 be visible.
The King Of Siam Possesses one of the
most splendid collection Of Jewels I'm the.
world. Not very long ago an agent FOR
liable stones In Paris.
Lord Monkswen England's new under
secretary Tor war, has been a jealous
member OF the London county council
any to be found in New York.
The favOrite studio Of Bereaud. the
French artist who has been so successful
m sketching me street Nfe,of Paris, is a
cap drawn up by the curbst0ne. He
sketches from the door window
Frederick Viuiers, the English war
correspondent who witnessed the fall Of
Port Arthur, Is now in New York. He
says the war is all one-sided, that the
Chinese 10 not know how 10 fight and
that the end VIII be China's utter defeat.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-15
4 Western Verdict.

The Detroit Free Press tells how the
most popular man in a western town once
got into a difficulty with a disreputable
and did him up in manner eminentIy
satisfactory to the entire community. 1t
was necessary TO vindieate the majesty of
brought up for trial on a charge of as
sault with intent to kill. The Jury took
the case. and were out about two min
utes, when they returned.
We'll, said the judge in a familiar, off
hand way, what does the jury have TO
say
May it please the court" responded
the foreman, we, the jury, ind that the
prisoner IS not guilty of hittin' with in
tent TO Kill, bRt simply 10 psrslyze, and he
done il"
The verdict was received with applause,
and the prisoner was released With an
ovation.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-15

Mrs. Yamajt. wife of the japanese gen.
eral who commanded the division that ac-
tually. captured Port Arthur, must be a
woman Of intense patriotism. According
to the Worlds correspondent who doesn't
much admire the Japanese. Mrs. Yamaii
! want yeu 10 come back If you take Port
Arthur stil, I will bear it if you don't
come back; but I cannot bear you to
fan This IS . variation OF the Sparta
mothers admonition 10 her son to come
home with his shield or upon it, and prob
ably illustrates. the true spirit Of Japan in
The current conflict
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-15

Anything that tends to discourage mat
rimony is sure of the antagonism of Bos-
come tax. In the absence of such tax a
man and woman with an income of 5000
each might be inclined to marry each
other But with the tax in force. says
the Herald, a union Of their fortunes
would make them liable to a levy for gov
eminent purposes; hence the effect of the
law is to offer such persons a premium
on remaining single. The law even goes
to the extent of saying man and wife
must not only live apart, but be divorced
before their incomes can be considered
separately
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-15
RULES for Convenience,


The precious Senate rules were delight
parliamentarians were agreed that Senate
rule xvi. was absolutely fatal to the in
corporation of the cable amendment in the
Henderson cynically said that the "prin-
cipal merit of the rules is that we can
SO quickly get rid of them when We de-
sire" and so the Vice President obligingIy
put it TO the Senate whether the amend
ment was in order. II sFas voted, IS to
3, that IL was, and away went the rules.
But they came back a moment later in
full dignity. Senator Lodge proposed his
consular-reform bill as an amendment
TO the same act. This Certainly appeared
as 'germaneH to a consular and diDIo-
matte bin as a s.. GO 900 cable line. But no
It was new legislation" and chorus Of
voices called for its rigid exclusion. The
rules revived and the Lodge bill died.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-15
INDtX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

1feetings-Landrum Lodge No. As, z. &
a. ".
Special Nouce-To the Ladies. L. B.
Greer.
A Good Thing-Falk Clothing Company.
Ladies Warm Suits-B. II. Levy & Bro.
No Amount OF Bad Weather-Appel X
Schaul
Amuaements-Rhea, at the Theater,
Feb IS
Steamship Schedule-ocean Steamship
Company.
Auction Sale-Tomatoes, Furniture, Etc,
by J. Il. Oppenheim & Son: Household
Furniture. by J. Mclaughlin & Son.
Cheap Column AdVertisements-He
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-15

1t must be that the growers of wheat
can produce that staple probably at 50
cents per bushel. notwithstanding the low
price and overproduction of the last crop.
the acreage this winter is reported Of
icially to be larger than ever before. And
it may be that a somewhat similar re-
port win shortly be made with regard to
the cotton acreage. Planters who can
afford to raise cotton at cents pound
than ever before. Those who cannot raise
it at that price will be forced to turn
their attention to something else.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-15

The Rev. MIR. Houghton of Bradford,
Pa. said in his pulpit the other day thar
he did not see why it was more Of a
sin to ride behind fast horse than be-
hind fast locomotive. He believed, he
said. that If a large percentage of min
fast horses before preaching. their SER
mons and catch some of the enthusi-
asm that comes from a 2:40 pace. it
would be a good thing for the advance
ment Of religion And there may be
good deal in what Mr.. Houehton suggests.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-15
Is Mad Speculation Wanted.
From The New orleans PicaNune Dam.

What the people want is a mad whirl of
peculetiv business, and probably the
preciate the current money of the coun-
try, and the more II is deprecated the
more dizzy viii be tho whirl and the mad
cial chance-taking. A debauch in finance
will have to be paid for, as is the case
with every other sort of debauch, with
bankruptcy and other violent disorders
of the physical or social constitution. but
the prospect of such consequences has
never yet deferred men. from engaging
in an exciting Indulgence, and probably
never viii.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-15

In certain states Of the s-Alississip-
pi section horse stealing is no longer the
highclass criminal fad. The bicycle has
even broken into the horsethief's business
and record. The average horse on the
other side OF the Mississippi is worth less
than the average bicycle. and the wheel is
more easily stolen than the nag. In one
section Of Missouri last year 1872 bicycles
were stolen, against less than dozen
horses.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-15
The Rush to Law CnbIes.
From the Philadelphia Record Dem }.

If all of the Pacific cable projects now
under consideration shall be realized the
floor OF the Southern Ocean will be COW
cred with a perfect spider web of steel
shape by the Introduction of a bill in
congress to incorporate the international
Pacific Cable Company" seems to proTa-
ise more success than either the Ca
madam. Australian project or the pre-
posterOus job which has been tackled by
the Senate to the diplomatic and con-
sular appropriation bill. When private
capital shall have been convinced that
there is profit in Pacific cables the slow
moving schemes projected under govern
mental patronage viii. be out of the race.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-15

A-queer and deadly financial disease
Seems to have struck New Hampshire. 1t
seems there is an epidemic of bank de-
faications in that state. In a year not less
than i've national banks have been plum
dered OF a sum not less than 81, 100000, and
in several instances the defaulters have
gone to suicides graves. Yet justice.
as represented in the courts of. law. has
not overtaken a solitary one of the default
tiers,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-15

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-15

The New Orleans Picayune calculates
thai the forcing Of this country to sill
yer monetary basis, and the consequent
disa-rangement Of all scales of values.
would be followed by q period of the most
wild and reckless speculation. in which
the weaker classes-the laborers, natu-
-sslly--would be numerically skinned. It
may be that the silver barons are attack ng
honest money and stable values for that
identical purpose.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-15

Mayor Pingree of Detroit continues his
war with the city's newspapers. 1t viii be
remembered that he utilized the bill
boards for the publication of proclama-
ton attacking the newspapers, which the
papers declined to publish except at ad-
vertising rates. He has row erected
blackboards in several sections of the city,
upon which he posts bulletins Of informa-
ton considered from his point of view.
The wonder is that the mayor does not
establish newspaper Of his own TO air
his personal views. Men who have lots
Of money and some few political ideas
sometimes distribute both through the
medium OF personal newspaper organs.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-15
The Election of senators


from The PhiIadelphia Press. (Rep)
The Senate and Senate committee nat-
uraliy supports the present method OF
election senator's because there are
number of members OF the upper chamber
who never could have reached their seats
by a, popular vote; but the demand for a
change in the election OF senator's
steadily grows ana the adoption of the
reform is q mere question OF time.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-15

According 10 the income tax returns in
Prussia for the year 1894 there are only
two men in that country having an in
come exceeding. 100000 a year. These
are Herr. Krupp, the gunmaker and
Baron Rothschild the banker. whose in
comes are rated at about 100000 each.
There are in the kingdom but l5S incomes
Of above $4,000 a year.