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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-02
Judge Gresham I'm -Chnmber-.-

"a story" observed an old-time friend
OF secretary Gresham. 10 the Washington
Post. will better illustrate a character or
point some attributes than columns Of d.
rect assertion. Gresnam's friendly, COM
monplace bent and prOmptness TO remem-
Der. recognize and serve OF. friends was
shown in an incident which occurred at
indianapolis while Gresham was on the
bench. 1t was Judge Gresham then, and
at the time have in mind he was hearing
a big railroads.&c. inachambers- There
was no jury. the affair pivOted on points
OF law and the relief sought was some or
der OF the court. 50, ash say there was
no jury involved. There was. however an
overplus OF big-gun lawyers which in
cluded in its mighty roll such as eX-Presi-
dent Harrison's law partner, MI Miller
afterWard Attorney General; Turpie, Iater
a senator, and Joe Mcdonald. then NOor-
hees' colleague in the Senate. Il occurred
too, that while Gresham was still holding
down the wOOlsack he had only rev Gays
before been named in Arthurs cabinet, so
one can see that the little room wherein
these grave railroad interests were being
pulled and hauled at also fairly oNerhoWed
with our American nobility OF politics
1T CHANGED that in the midst OF the
proceedings the court reporter OF an IN
dianapOlis paper stepped in lie was
diffident young man, too. and inclined to
blush bit and become aDaSned at an en-
VirOnment when everybody else was seat
ed, and he was rendered prominent Dy
having no chair As he came in the law
yers turned to look coldly and inquiringly
at him for thus disturbing the lofty prog
ItSs Oh lllelF case. j utaIfAOtAti lldAa VAtA9
one friend in the room; that was Gresham
himself. He noticed his embarrassment,
and his kindly heart and simple generosity
came to the young mans rescue Gresh-
am knew him. He held UP his hand and
stopped Attorney Miller. who was on his
feet, talking in midnight.
Let us suspend a moment. gentlemen
remarked Gresham
Then reckoning the reporter up to the
bench, he chatted with him a moment,
and on discovering the purpose of his
coming directed the clerk to furnish him
such facts touching the hearing going on
as he needed for his story.
LAS the reporter turned to go Gresham
reached for a bottom drawer in his desk
with the remark, Got a knife2 The
newspaper man had knife. Gresham
sorted a box of cgars-the powerful sort
which he always smoked-Out of his desk.
pried open the box with the borrowed
knife, gave a cigar to his visitor and all
the lawyers present, and after everybody,
save Miller, who was just then talking,
was smoking very successfully, the hear
ing was resumed And that story illus
trates Gresham $ manner and method on
every occasion"
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somethlnE The south 4. Proud of.


At the meeting or the Confederate Vet
Grams Association at Houston. Tex, the
president OF the association. Gen. John B.
Gordon. said that there was scarcely a
confederate veteran wtthout the comforts
OF. life. The statement causes the hearts
Of the southern people TO thrill with pride.
it shows fhe kind Of men that composed
the southern armies. They we're men OF
courage. energy and self-reliance. They
returned to ruined homes from the war,
but they were not disheartened. They &C
cepted the new conditions and went 20
work at once 10 build up the waste places
and bring back prosperity. No generous
government lent them a helping hand in
the shape Of pensions. They realized that
they must care for their families them
selves and earn the comforts OF home,
and lay by something for old age. What
wonders they and their children have
wrought, The south to-day is richer than
ever she was. and promises to be in the
very near future the richest portion Of the
union.
The northern soldiers were literally pen
stoned, those of them who were disabled
in any way. and they now receive from
the federal treasury nearly Sl5OOOO,O0O a
year. We do not undertake to say they
would be better off If they had never re-
ceived a cent from the government. but
we do say that the southern soldiers.
thrown upon their own resources. have
achieved splendid results. 1t is doubtful
if It can be said of the federal veterans
that scarcely one of them is without the
comforts Of a home. Notwithstanding the
fact that they receive so many millions
Of dollars annually from the government.
The ex-confederates are about all genuine
Americans. and that accounts for much
Of the success that has attended their ef-
forts to provide for themselves and fami-
lies and accumulate something for old age.
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The village Oracle.

From the Cleveland Leader
Beneath the weather-beaten porch
That shades the village store,
He sits al ease, an aged man,
OF three-score years or more;
That ample seat for him is placed
Beside the open door.
His face is very keen and shrewd,
And piercing are his eyes,
AS with an air of prophecy
He scans the cloudy skies;
And children look with awe on him,
For he is weather wise.
And jolly farmers, riding by
On fragrant loads of hay,
Call out, Good morning, Uncle Dan"
And "Will it rain to-day?"
And boys who would a-fShing go
Await what he Will say.
wall, eff the wind should change about. -
They listen eilgerly;
But he is very slow and calm
For thus should prophets bel
"Mebbe them clouds viii bring us rain.
But l dunno" says he.
And ever as the seasons come,
And as the seasons go,
The oracle is asked the signs
of wind or rain or snow,
And still he never hesitates
To answer, Il dunno.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-02
A Jerry Rusk story.

In Washington, says the New York Tri-
bune, they are reviving an old story about
Uncle Jerry Rusk When he was Secre-
tary of Agriculture. he met a friend III
Fifteenth street, Washington, one day.
The friend looked puzzled and somewhat
depressed.
whats the matter with you?" asked
Uncle jerry"
I'm in quandary about an important
matter said the friend. Maybe you
can help me out"
Well" said the secretary, what is it2"
Il don't know" said the friend, "wheth-
er l ever told you that / am subject at in
tervals to the widest craving for beef
steak and onions. 1t has all the character
istics of a confirmed drunkard's crawl Is
for rum. This craving struck me few
minutes ago, and l at once determined to
crafty il when dinner time came The
| suddenly recalled that ! had promise;
to call this evening on some ladies who
are here from my home, and must keep
that promise. Yet my stomach is shout
ing for beefsteak and onions, and l am
wavering between duty and appetite"
Cant you wait until afSer the call?'
asker Uncle" Jerry, sOlicl.Ously.
Never" said the friend earnestly.
Cant you postpone the calf
impossible said the friend.
"Wen,' said Uncle" Jerry, III tell you
what to do. When dinner time comes you
go up TO John Chamberlan's and get your
beefsteak and onions and eat EN-. When
you get your check it will be so big that
It will take your breath away"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-02
The Poor Mans Money.

One of the arguments Of the silverites In
behalf Of the Free unlimited and independ-
ent coinage of silver is that silver is poor
mans money Why it is a poor mans
money they omit to say. They certainly do
not attempt to show that a silver stand
ard in this country would be better for the
wage-earner than the gold standard. They
reiterate the assertion. however. with the
hope doubtless of making the wage earn
ers believe IT, Would it not be interesting
to have them point out in what respect
silver is more of a poor mans money than
gold is? The reason they don't do so is be-
cause they cannot.
As a matter of fact nothing could be
worse for the wage-earner in this coun-
try than the free coinage of silver by this
country alone. and the reason is that the
prices of nearly all things a wage earn
er needs would be about double what they
are now, while his wages would remain
practically the same-or in other words.
his earnings would have only about half
of the purchasing power they now have.
We do not expect our readers to accept
our bare assertion on this point. In the
current number of the North American
Review there is an article by Mr.. Romero,
the Mexican minister to this country. AS
is natural he Is inclined to think that free
silver coinage is rather good thing for
his country, though the fact must not be
overlooked that Mexico did not go to a
silver basis of her own free will. She kept
her minis open to the free coinage of sill
yer at the ratio of l6 to /, and she went TO
that basis, just as this country would II
the advice of the silvertes were followed.
But while Mr Romero points out some par
ticulars in which he thinks the silver
standard has been helpful to Mexico he
admits 1t has not been beneficial to the
wage earners. Their wages have not ad-
vanced while the prices of many of the ar
ticles they are compelled to have are dou-
BILE what they were when the country was
on a gold basis. The consequence is that the
condition of the wage Garner is simply de-
plorable. Under free silver coinage they
have become steadily poorer and more
wretched, and that is the condition of the
which there is free coinage of silver. And
still the silvertes. such as Senators Black
burn and Stewart and Representative Bry-
an and Harvey, the author of Coins III
nancial School are going about the coun-
try declaring that silver is a poor mans
money. In the name of common sense
what do they mean? Do they mean to de-
liberately mislead the people? Do they not
know, they must know that free silver
coinage means harder times for the wage
earner-that 1t would make him poorer
and make his condition actually deplora,
BILE? And in proportion as the purchasing
power of the earnings of wage Garner de-
clined all kinds of business that depend
upon the earnings of wage earners would
suffer \ very sad condition of affairs the
silverites would bring about in this coun-
try If they could have their way!
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The PnrdoninE Power.

One great danger 10 republican institu-
lions is the unftness OF many OF those
who are chosen TO administer and execute
the laws. The people lose confidence In
their officials because OF their lack OF abn-
ity or .lacksof ho1esty,, and either cease to
respect the law or take the law into their
own hands. We have no doubt that there
would be very few lynchings II there we're
no doubt that the laws would be vigorous
ly enforced against criminals. It is the
fear that tiose guilty OF particularly he'll
nous offenses viii escape punishment
that leads people 10 take the law into
their own hands Last week there was
a notorious lynching at Danville, III.
Farmers gathered at the jail and took
two men from the custody Of the sheriff
and lynched them. Prominent men plead
with them to let the law take its course
The leader Of the lynchers said: yes,
We know the jury will convict these two
men. and that severe sentences will be
imposed. but Gov. Altgeld will pardon
them. II any other man were governor
we should not lynch these men, but we
are determined he shall never have a
chance to turn them loose"
And what is Gov. Altgelds record in the
matter Of pardons? In the short space
Of two years he has granted 1876 pardons.
Among those pardoned were p convicted
Of murder. g convicted Of burglary, 6 con-
victed OF manslaughter. convicted Of
rape. II convicted Of larceny, 6 convicted
Of grand larceny, convicted of forgery,
> convicted Of embezzlement and others
for lesser crimes. 1t is also well known
that he pardoned Anarchists schwab, Fiel-
den.ahd Neebe. who had been found guilty
Of murder Is IT a wonder that the farm
ers in the vicinity Of Danville refused to
trust a governor having such a record?
And Illinois is not the only state that
has governor who has exercised the par
doning power to such an extent as to
cause the people to refuse to let the law
take its course. 1t would be easy to name
governors and paTdoning boards that have
abused the pardonlng power, and there
have not been wanting hints that they
abused it for reasons not to their credit.
me pcopie VIII io1 i'9PND' ''iD IA" a.
those chosen to administer and execute
the laws are not faithful to their trust.
one of the reasons that it is so difficult
to have honest municipal government is
that too many of those chosen to govern
cities aim to make all they can out Of their
positions They do not think it a crime
to rob the people. though they would re-
gard with horror a proposition to play
the part Of a burglar or a footpad. Yet
it is no less criminal to steal from the
people under the cloak of the law than it
is to steal from an individual.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-02

Mr.. W. r. Vaughn, ex-mayor of Omaha
Neb. is the author of bill to pension ex-
slaves from the federal treasury, in the in
terest Of which bill he delivered a lecture
in Louisville few nights ago. He says
the measure is purely business one, that
there is no politics in it. Through its pass
age, the taxpayers of the south would be
relieved Of the expense of taking care Of
the INDECENT ex-slaves. If the general
government is to be regarded as merely
a business helD. and to be supported only
because something of pecuniary value can
be gotten out of it, as some politicians
seem TO think, then it might be a good
thing to pension the eX-slaves. A slave
pension bill would undoubtedly bring mil
lions OF dollars into the south, where no
pension nloney IS now distributed, and it
would all go into circulation, instead of
large percentage of it, as is the case with
the pensions distributed in the north and
west going into the toes of old stockings.
When The slaves arc pensioned, however.
tho e--slave owners ought 20 be paid for
thlir property made valucless by the out
come Of the we-.
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THIS ISSUE
CONTAINS
TWENTY PAGES
lADEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meeting-Southside Improvement League
Special Notices-Looking for Cool
Spot? John T. Evans & Co; Mint Julep
Cooler at Backmann's Cafe; a Picnic Bas-
ket, Mastick & Remler; 4 Splendid In
vestment John r. Rowland; Suwanee
Springs, Andrew Hanley, President ana
General Manager; Auditing and Adjust
ment, Joseph A Roberts; Have You Seen
Those Washable Suits? Appel & Schaul:
House for Sale or Lease J. l.. Whatley:
epecial Notice to Retail Trade, r. u. &
William baltimore; Keep Cool, Estate S.
~. Branch; a Cool Place. Hotel Tybee:
Regular Corker Dinner at Fried's Rest
Rurant; A Cottage at Tybee Wanted 20
Rent; Salu Tivoli, Georgia Brewing AS
ISOLATION.
Shirt Waist Sale This week-Meyer &
Walsh.
Shoes-Byck Bros.
ADJUSTMENTS Basket Picnic OF ST.
Johns Sunday School, June Il: First An
nual Excursion of the Sunrise Band So
cial Club at Warsaw Island June 3;
Grand Family Picnic for the Benefit of
the Church of the Sacred Heart, June G;
Grand Picnic of the Savannah Turn We
rein. June 4; Sixteenth Annual Picnic Of
he German Aid and Benevolent Society,
lune 6.
Publications-The New York Times.
Ladies' Underwear Etc.-Daniel Hogan.
Why Suffer This Weather-Appel &
schaul.
A Splendid opportunity-Appel &
Schaul
A comfort This weather-Appel &
Schaul.
Medical-Munyon's Remedies; DR.. E. r.
Porter.
Big Bargains for Big Men-B H. Levy
Bro.
Grand Midsummer sale-Crohan & Doc
her.
Comparison VIII Prove All We Claim
Foye & Morrison.
Third Annual Summer Sale of Muslin
Underwear-Leopold Adler.
Feel the Shock?-B. II. Levy & Bro.
Mineral Water-Buffalo Lithia Water.
Mems Suits and Straw Hats-At Col
lat's
Great Removal Sale-Eckstein's.
our Midsummer Sale Commences To-
morrow-At Gutman's.
Grand Removal Sale-M. Dryfus.
Suggestions for Comfort-West's China
Palace.
Organ Makers, Mason & Hamlin- Lud-
den & Bates.
Delivery Wagons-Savannah Carriage
and Wagon Company
Auction Sales-Lot and improvements.
by l. D. LaRoche.
Cheap Column Advertisements Help
Wanted. Employment Wanted, For Rent,
For Sale, Lost, Personal, Miscellaneous.
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sound Money Must win.
Charleston News and Courier (Dem

We are satisfied that the people of the
United States at the next presidential cleo
ton will sustain no platform, and will
vote for no candidate that is not pledged
to sound money" The time for lodging
has passed, the politics of trickery will
not prevail, and that party and that can
didate will win that stand four-square to
all the winds that blow for sound cur
rency. 1t may be necessary. probably it
will be necessary, to abandon the plat
forms and candidates of both of the great
political parties, both of them have been
playing with fire for years; but the next
sound money man. AS the sound money
people of Philadelphia nave united with
out party distinction in support of the
principle of honest money, so the people
of the country will unite in support of the
party and the candidate that stand flat
footed for the same principle.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-02

DR.. Chauncey NJ Depends said to enter
tain the fear that Gov. Morton's fainting
spell. which attacked him while he was
reviewing the parade in New York on
Decoration day, will seriously hurt the
Morton presidential boom. DR.. Depew, it
will be remembered. is the chief sponsor
for the boom. The bad effect Of Mr.
Blaine's sunstroke upon his presidential
prospects is remembered. and a somewhat
similar result is feared by DR.. Depew in
the case of Gov. Morton. There are num-
bers of people who believe firmly that Mr.
Blaine's sunstroke kept him out of the
presidency, and marked the commence
ment of his political msfortunes.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-02

The governor of New Ysrk has signed a
bill to prevent Sunday Ehaving: that is,
to shut UP the barber shops on Sunday
Theoretically, the manewho neglects to
get shaved on Saturday night must go over
Sunday with stubbly face or
shave himself. Practically, if an
attempt is made to enforce the
law, the result will be side
doors to the barber shops just as there are
to the saloons. The thrifty barber, like
the thrifty saloon-keeper. will find a way
to serve his customers. ''ts
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-02

Some of the most glowing tributes that
have yet been paid to the late Secretary
Gresham have come from the republican
press. 1t is, of course, gratifying to OBJ
serve them lay aside partisan prejudice,
even at this late day, and give credit where
it is due. At the same time they were so
recently saying that our foreign affairs
were in the hands of a renegade. and man
totally lacking in patriotism, that the
truths they are now admitting make their
own Inconsistency and spite glaringiy ap-
parent.
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kentucky Silvcrites In Luck.
Louisville Cor. Chicago Times-H Herald Qnd)

Controller Eckels hit the nail on the
head when he told the New York editors
that the silver prairie fire was lighted by
the mine owners. They appear to be still
going around with torches in their hands
Unless the politicians of Kentucky are
greatly mistaken, money from the silver
camps is now being sent in this state. Joe
Blackburn is flush, and there is money
from somewhere with which to start a
silver paper in Louisville.
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sonm Rrond street Ccmeterr.

A day or two ago. in a conversation
with the Morning News, a gentleman
whose business and social position is be
yond question, and whose name is iden-
tilted with savannahs history from the
days OF Oglethorpe, took an eminenuy
practical and common sense view of the
question OF improving the old cemetery
on South Broad street. He strongly in
dorses the removal Of the remains. tombs
and monuments to Bonaventure and The
making of a park of the cemetery. In
his opinion. the change should be made
without delay, while there are those liv-
ing who have reverence for the dead that
are buried in the old cemetery. and who,
on that account, would insist that the
work of removal and reinterment should
be properly done. He pointed
out that If the matter were
allowed to drag along few
years more, all who have the least inter
est in the old burying ground
will have passed away and
that then, in all probability,
streets would be opened through
the cemetery, and the land divided up into
building lots and sold. If it is desired that
the cemetery shall become a park now is
the time to have the question in respect
to it settled. If. the place should be made
into a park, the remains that could not
be removed would forever remain undis-
turbed.
In that part of the old cemetery claimed
mains of the ancestors of the gentleman
who advanced the foregoing opinions to
the Morning News-anccstors who in their
day and generation represented largely the
political. business and social life of Geor-
gia-and he thinks that the remains will
be much better protected If removed to
Bonaventure than If left in the decaying
tombs which now hold them.
Let the sacred spot be placed beyond
the reach of the future necessities of the
| people of a growing city. Those who
have rights to burial lots can make it a
condition that the cemetery shall never
be used for any other purpose than that
of public park, that its present bounda-
ries shallsbe preserved. and that no thor
oughfares shall be cut through it, other
! than an entrance to city hall, should
a building of that kind be erected within
| its limits. and that it shall at all times be
! properly cared for and be beautifed by
the planting of trees and flowers and the
making of paths.
We have no doubt that if the matter
were properly put before those who are
interested in the cemetery. no great diff
ficulty would be experienced in getting the
consent of all of them to such improve
ments as would make the old cemetery
one of the most beautiful spots in the
whole city.
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The commercial agencies report con-
tinued upward movement in sixteen staple
products Of this country. The 'crime of
1879 made their prices go down. we be-
lieve it is said. Now. the crime of what
year is it that is making them go up?
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seeretary Gresham dIed a poor man. The

Secretary Gresham died poor man. The
slender estate he left Will not provide a
great many of the comforts of
life for his family. There is no
public fund from which the ex-
penses of his funeral could be paid. Pro-
vision is made for the funerals of senator's
and representatives, but tlieSe is none for
the funerals of cabinet officers. In the
case of Secretary Greshan's funeral, not
a dollar will be taken from his estate to
pay the funeral bills; President Cleve-
land will pay them out of his own pocket,
leaving the little estate for the secretary
widow. The act is characteristic of the
President AFrt