The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-28
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We assume Ludl AAt CITY IpAA-AA " l4A
adopt the pending ordinance prohibiting
bondres and areForks in the streets and
squares Of the city and combining them 70
the park extension because g. IS based upon
common sense and good policy. There may
De- some opposition 10 IL. Every reform.
however admirable IT, may be. Is certain
10 be opposed by a portion OF the people
and the noise the opposition make some
times creates the impression that they
are in the majority. In the case OF the
pending ordinance. however. it IS hardly
probable that the council can be led 20 be
lieve that there IS a majority OF the citi-
I zens against q.
The fireworks ordinance as IL is at pres
ent prohibits the exploding OF frecrackers
I and sky rockets and the building of bon
! fires north Of Liberty street. II was
! adopted twenty years ago when the cotton
/ warehouses were In the closely built part
! Of the city. The immediate cause OF its
/ adoption was great cotton fire on a
/ Christmas night, the fire having been start
/ ed 1t was supposed. by a hrecracker or a
/ sky rocket. The limit south was placed
at Liberty street. because the city was
not thickly built south OF that street,
there being many vacant lots between it
and CASTOR street and comparatively few
! houses south of CASTOR street Since the
adoption OF that ordinance. however, the
| city has grown greatly. and there are now
hundreds or handsome residences south of
the latter street.
The great cotton yards and warehouses
are now outside Of the thickly built por-
tions of the city. being at the almost ex-
/ treme limits of the city on the river front.
1t is apparent. therefore, that there is no
more reason for prohibiting fireworks and
bonfires north of Liberty street than there
is for prohibiting them south of it. That
being the case II the pending ordinance,
amendatory of the existing fireworks or
dinance, should not be adopted the exist
! ing ordinance should be repealed. There
should be no discrimination against those
living north of Liberty street. The boys
and men of all parts of the city should be
dealt with alike. Those north of Liberty
street should have the same opportunity
to destroy property that those south of it
| have. The boys in the vicinity of Wash
ington. Columbia and Franklin squares
should be put on the same footing as those
Of Troupe, Madison and Pulaski squares
| They should all be encouraged alike to
steal barrels. destroy the grass plats, burn
| the clothes and put out the eyes of inof-
| fensive mon. women and children on the
streets, cause horses to run away. thus
endangering human life. and to play the
mischief generally. If there are to be bon
fires and fireworks in the thickly settled
portions of the city let everybody have a
chance to do all the damage he can.
John A. Morris, the lottery king. whose
death was reported in our dispatches yes
terday, is supposed to have been worth
something more than s25, 100000. the most
of which he. made from the Louisiana
lottery He spent money lavshly. He
keptno less than nine princely establish
ments in this country and Europe, all of
| which were iuxuriously maintained. He
! had magnificent country place at
| Throgg's Neck, near New York, grand
| houseSin Boston. another at Bar Harbor
and one-in New Orleans. He had shoot
|
establishment in Texas, and breeding
farm in Maryland and in England. He
had also castle" in Germany. Morris
married belle of New Orleans, and thus
got an entrance into society
What is the Indian good for? Uncle Sam
has been trying to solve the problem. but
the solution is evasive. In Arizona they
, say that the Indian makes a splendid
corpse and nothing else even approaching
good But it must be conceded that he
makes a consistent and persistent ward
of the nation" The government has been
trying to make a soldier of him, but is
likely to abandon the effort. The two re-
naming Indian companies are shortly to
be consolidated and a lot Of the worst ma
terial dropped. A few years ago there were
a number of Indian companies in the army
in the west. The civilized methods Of war;
fare do not appeal to the redskin. There
is not in it enough of the elements of as
sassination to suit him.
New Orleans. Macon and other south
ern cities are canvassing the probabilities
| % Ind to