The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-27


The Washington correspondent OF the
Pittsburg Dispatch says. in connection
with the south's bids for northern capt
tai: THE gentlemen who have invited
northern capitalists to go to the south
have not thought it worth the while to
mention the fact that. in some localities
at least, the northern proprietors of cot
ton mills established in the south. which
have received exemption from taxation.
as an inducement to locate there, are Wis
tied as frequently as any national or con-
gressional elections occur by a COM
mittee of the local citizens who
live upon politics and do not work. a
sort of bulldozing agricultural Tammany,
with the suggestion that contributions be
made by them to the democratic campaign
fund. and with the suggestions that If
the contributions shall not be forthcom-
ing. local taxation hostile to the inter-
ests in which the northern capitalists
there are engaged may be expected"
The correspondent is talking through
his hat" or he has been made the victim
of a fake. Frying fat out of manufac-
] luItIa - peculiarly Il uOiAltAh INpuplltdI
institution, which the manufacturers have
| submitted to because they hoped to get
value received in the way of legislation.
Northen capital is not so timid that 1t
will not kick under provocation. If there
had been Matchmaking on the line sug-
| gested. it is pretty certain that the man
ufacturers would have made it public
/ a. II
name a cotton mill in the south that has
been blackmailed as he alleges, and furn-
sh the name of the blackmailer, it can
safely be promised that the community
in which he lives will punish the miscre-
ant. and at the same time protect his
victims.
The impending fate of the remnant of
the Chinese army is pitiable. The bland
heathens are known to be admirers of
gorgeous colors. They go into battle
with bright red, yellow and blue paper
fans; they decorate their forts and tent
with tinsel banners, pretty feathers and
other gaudy things, and admire their eff
feet as the zephyrs turn the colors in the
sunlight. Happily they are not so much
entranced by these things but that they
are able to tear themselves away and run
like all possessed when the Japs get
within range. That, however is to be
shortly changed. When. in week or
two. the Japs march out against the en-
envy they will be headed by a Georgia
colonel from Atlanta. the dazzling bril-
liancy and radiance of whose regimentals
will chain the hapless Chinese to the
spot in rapt admiration. As to the moth
the candle is, so to the pigtails will the
Atlanta colonel be. only more so. For
perchance the moth may SINCE the tip
of his wing and fail and rise again, but
the enchanted Chinese. as they feast their
eyes and wonder. will be shot all to sleeves
by the terrible Japs. Secretary Gresham
has laid himself open to harsh criticism
for his connection with this bit Of re-
fined cruelty to a heather people.
The completion of a railroad to Key
West. with trestles and bridges that
would defy the storms of that section.
might well be regarded as an event that
would be followed very shortly by the
connection by rail Of Alaska and Siberia
an often discussed scheme and the II ak n ,
possible of a continuous trip in a Pull
man palace car from Key West to Paris.
Cannot one faction or the other in the
Atlanta police board fight furnish a IL
Hung Chang to bear proposals OF peace
20 the other side?
a sensation has been caused in Rome
by the announcement that Prince. Hugo
Boncompagni. Duke OF Sora. has decided
10 become a priest. The prince. who be-
longs 20 one Of the Oldest families IN
italy. recently lost his wife and his for