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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-21

The extraordinary success OF the new
bonds will lead 10 stiu harsher criticisms
OF the administration for accepting so
low a bid for them. The actual condi-
ton OF affairs when the contract with
Messrs. Morgan and Belmont was made
is lost sight Of by those who insist that
the contract was a bad one for the govern
ment or else they purposeIy ignore IT,
The Secretary Of the Treasury has author
ized the statement that the bid that was
accepted was the best that could be OBJ
tanned. What have the critics to say to
that2 Some OF them insist that II the
bonds had been put upon the market in
a different way a better bid could have
been obtained, but that is only an opinion.
Vino IS there who would have made
better bid? Does any person who could
command gold say that he would have
made a bid more favorable 20 the govern
ment2 If there Is such a person he keeps
SO wei ia The background that the public
mas not yet heard his name
It IS quite safe to say that If the Roths-
ch.!ds or other bankers OF great promi-
hence had not appeared to rake the bonds
it would have been difficult 20 float them
at the price that was received for them
The fact that the Rothschilds took them
allayed the fears relative to the nations
credit that the silyerites had created.
and consequently when the bonds were
offered TO the public they were quickly
taken at a price much above that which
the syndicate paid for them. 1t is worthy
of notice, however, that bankers in neither
this country nor Europe are buying them.
They are still doubtful Of the purpose Of
congress. The fact that the majority OF
the Senate is in favor Of the free and
unlimited coinage Of silver. and the fur
.her fact that one senator called atten-
ton. on the floor Of the Senate. last
Tuesday. to the statute of 1873, which
makes the bonds payable in silver cause
them to hesitate.
The critics of the administration may
say what they please In condemnation Of
the bond sale, but nothing that has been
or will be said will change the opinion
Of the people that congress is wholly re
sponsible for the fact that the national
government. with all It's vast resources.
could not borrow money at as low a rate
OF interest as some Of the cities and cor
porations of the country.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-21
The outcome of Arbitration.

The bill that has just been reported
to the House by the ways and means com
mittee relative to the preservation Of the
seal herds in Boring Sea leaves no room
for doubt that the Paris arbitration for the
protection Of the seals amounts 70 moth
ing practically. The bill authorizes the
President TO make an agreement with
Great Britain, Russia and Japan for the
preservation Of the seals, and 10 give
permission 70 Kill all the seals on the
Pribylon Islands. II such an agreement
be not made IN time for this years seal
ing season. In other words. the bin pro
vides for exterminating the seals # the
countries named DO not consent to some
arrangement for protecting them.
II was thought that the agreement
reached by the arbitrator who com
posed the Paris arbitration tribunal would
be- sufficient TO protect the seal herds, but
&c has not been enforced. One feature %
IL was that no seals should be killed on
The American side OF the North Pacific
ocean and Bering Sea curing the months
Of May. June and July. and prohibited
Ni' hitiiA5 ~ sears AT ANY Tune Mllillt
sixty miles OF the Pribylon Islands. II is
stated a. a fact that more than 5000
seals were taken during the last sealing
season IN that portion OF the ocean IN
which pelagic sealing is forbidden, while
only 1900 We're taken on the Pribylon
Islands.
The killing Of seals in the ocean means
much more than the killing Of the seals
on the Islands, for the reason that at
sea no distinction IS made between males
aud females. Fully three-fourths of the
seals killed at sea are females, heavy with
young. On the Islands only carefully Sc
lected males are killed. In that way tho
herds are preserved.
It seems strange that England. in view
Of the fact all of the seal skins
are sent to London to be prepared for
market. takes so little interest in preserv-
ing the seal herds. II the policy indicated
in the bill OF the ways and means commit
tee Is carried out. within a very few
years the seal herds will be extermi-
mated. If n wise policy We're pursued
such as that for which this country con-
tends. the herds would steadily increase.
and continue to supply the demand for seal
skins. Great Britain. however, neglects
to enforce her part of the agreement and
the result Is likely to be that British
greed will result quickly in the total ex-
ttnctiOn of tho seals
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-21
A Versatile Lawyer.

When Judge Parsons was a practicin2
lawyer, says the Lewiston Journal. he
was once employed to plead two cases
in court which We're precisely alike. but
in one he was engaged for the plamtiGs,
in the other for the defendant. 1t hap
pened that both cases were tried the same
day. lie spoke for half an hour TO the first
jury; the case was given to the jurors
and they retired. When he appeared be
fore the second jury he made use of very
different arguments from those employed
by him before, of which the court took
notice, reminding him that he seemed to
have changed his tune and repeated to
him what he said few minutes before
Mr. Parsons fixed his keen eye upon the
Judge and replied MAY it please your
honor. / might have been wrong half an
hour ago but now / am right" He pro
ceeded. and when the juries returned II
was found he had gained a verdict in both
cases.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-21
1t wasn't There.

The wife of the. congressman from
western state was writing a letter and he
was reading a. the other side of the table,
SAYS the Detroit Free Press.
rs II 'eu' or ne la pneumonia" she
asked. as she looked up at him.
Plagued if l know he replied after
moment thought
Get the dictionary and see, won't you
please" she said, nibbling on her pen.
He was accommodating, and got down
the book. After five minutes search he
appealed TO her
Il can't FIND it, he said, helplessly
why, yes you can she insisted. Its
in every dict 'onarvf
Well, by hockey. my dear he respond
ed. lit isn't in this one. I've looked clean
through the Ms and It isn't there"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-21

From the Philadelphia Record Dem).

An old file of the Darien (Gal Gazette
has been unearthed dating back to 1879,
Savannah Morning News. In those davs
sea island cotton sold at A to 80 cents
per pound; bacon. Is to 20 cents; flour, S12
per barrel whisky. 20 cents per gallon.
drink that has brought US cheaper bread
and meat and dearer whisky is not alto
gether regrettable. If Il could be posi-
BILE to take plunge backward into the
good old times" which the graybeards
recall with fearful reminiscence, how
dreadful the change would be, No rail-
roads no telsgrapls, no troleys no
steamships, no great daily newspaper.
no fast mails. no electric lights. Though
we should sometimes drown regret IL
cheap whisky there would be moments of
soberness and sadness unutterable.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-21

There are three legislative dead-iocks
upon the election of federal senator's, in
Delaware. Idaho and Washington. They
have been in existence for some six weeks.
When they viii be broken cannot be
accurately predicted. The constituents Of
the several legislatures must be getting
pretty tired of this state of affairs. The
country al large. at any rate, is growing
weary Of seeing repeatedly Illustrated
facts that tends 10 show that there
IS something radically wrong with the
scheme of the Senates organization.
While the senators are in embryo they
cause loss OF time, the waste OF money
end the delay Of the public business. And
after they become full-dedged senators
they take up on their own hook the kill
ing Of time. the wasting Of money ana the
delaying Of public business. Two years
ago three states failed to elect senators,
and the effect OF the failure was felt dur
ing subsequent sessions OF congress. The
same kind Of thing may be repeated this
year. There ts an element OF the pop
ulauon, and pretty considerable ele-
ment toe. in favor Of doing away with
legislative dead-locks on senatorial cleo
tons BY putting the elections directly
into the hands Of the people. The Incl
dents in Montana Washington and Wyo-
Idaho and Washington this year viii be
use 10 -lr-,ier the sentiment in favor Of
popular elections To- senators.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-21

When Mr.. George Could gets comfort
ably INFO the Four Hundred he will find
fhat ne has an interesting vls-a-yIs there
ST person OF Mr.. c. r. Yerkes Of Chicago
who has abandoned the western metropo-
lis and bought S2OoO.OOO residence in
New York as steps toward achieving So
cial eminence. Mr. Yerkes made his
money IN horse car lines. He win try to
win societys favor with an extraordinary
collection Of paintings and other works
Vf art
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-21

The throne Of his nlustrious majesty.
The Sultan OF Morocco. does not seem to be
lettering to any very great extent at
present The thing began to get little
Tickety some days ago. when his majesty
cent out and had the heads of some rebels
removed from their shoulders and brought
an TO be used as checks And now the
sultans throne IS as stable as is Mr..
Dole's chair in the Hawaiian republic
since the chair was checked with confes-
sions wrung from American citizens by
torture. The sultan and Mr.. Dole ought
10 swap congratulations.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-21

During the last three or four months
Mrs. Hetty Green Of New York, who is
reputed TO be the richest as well as the
stingiest woman in America, has been
given considerable attention by the news
papers. The head of news syndicate
has calculated that more space has been
devoted 10 Mrs. Green during that time
than 10 any other man, woman or child
On America. That being true. Mrs. Green's
stinginess amounts TO money for some
hardworking people, after all. The au-
Ehority named says NOT less than 5000
columns have been printed about the &C.
centric woman. At an average OF 50 a
column for reporters, that amount of
printed matter would bring $4,000 to the
small army Of writer's who continually
watch and listen to see what Mrs. Green
will do and say next.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-21
For the Mexican Mission.
From The washington Post Qndl.

We learn from an excellent authority
thar the Mexican mission will be rendered
10 Mir. Joel Chandler Harris, the Uncle
Remus' and financial editor of the At
lanta Constitution. MIR. Harris physicians
have recently ordered him on a hot IA
male diet and ii is thought that he would
prefer TO go to Mexico and gather his
own tamales. 1T is hoped that this recog-
milton OF MIR. Harris, which We under
stand, was brought about through the ef-
forts of Hon. Hoke Smith, viii effect a
perfect cure for Mr. Harris gold bug in
Snmnia-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-21
Congress- Record.
FROM the Pittsburg Dispatch R

From the Pittsburg Dispatch Rep0.
Within the history of the country no
congress has shown the incompetency
OF the one now nearing an END. Durinc
hardly a dozen bills that are noteworthy.
and ii has made a botch of nearly all il
has passed. II has shown an utter in
capacity TO grasp or appreciate national
prohlelnS.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-21
llLEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

M-etings-Soloman' Lodge No. !. T.
and A. NJ; Haupt Lodge No. IS. ! o. o. r.
Military Ordera-Orders No. s. Georgia
IIussars.
Special Notices-Beckmann's Cafe: Sa-
v4nuah Agency Central Railroad; Legal
Holiday A. y. Manucy. Clerk of Council;
Lace Curtains. New York Steam Laundry
Pure Goods. William G. Cooper
Steamship Schedules-Baltimore Steam
ship Company.
A cut in Clothing-Fan, Clothing Com
pany.
Loeb's First-Best Underwenr-B. II.
Levy & Bro.
Gloves-Appel & SchauL
Buggies. Phaetons. Etc Savannah Car
riase and Wagon Company.
Mems Suits-CoIats.
Cheap Column Advertisements Help
Wanted. Employment Wanted. For Rent:
Tor Sale. Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
Chez Too. about which the japanese
have been lowering for some time. is a
kind OF Chinese Newport It Is a water
ins place. and a treaty port. But it is
rot port Of military Importance Eu-
ropean ana American naval men ike to
be stationed at Chez Foo, because lots
Of pretty and fashionable women are to
be found there.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-21

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-21
nenth of Cnrt. FIcming.

The death of Capt. r. G. Fleming fills
many hearts in this city and of other
cities in this state and Florida. with
sorrow. He was an honest man and a good
man. as those who knew him and loved
him had reason TO know. In all the years
that he was the superintendent of the
Savannah. Florida and Western railway
there was TO fault found with him. He
dealt squarely with the public and was
just to his employees.
How much he contributed to the pros
perity of the railway with which he was
connected the public will probably never
know. but that he was a great factor in
its prosperity there is no doubt. lie was
a friend Of Savannah, and, as far as ne
could, favored her. Her people viii honor
his memory.
capt. Fleming was a companonable
man, good friend and a model husband
and father. The friends he made were
friends for life. He will be missed az
we'll as mourned. If monument could
be constructed of kindly sentiments what
a splendid monument he would have!
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-21
CURRENT COMMENT.
Is Arhitrntion a FniIurer

The Springfield (Mass.) Republican Qnd).
They want to abolish the state board of
arbitration in New Jersey because II costs
$4,000 a year and has never done a cents
worth of useful service.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-21

If defeat at home spells presidential
possibilities ex-Gov. Pattson of PennsyI-
vania, who has been beaten for mayor of
Philadelphia, win so back into the ranks
with ex-Candidate Hin of New York
However, ex-Gov. Pattison, like Senator
Hill is a man of acknowledged ability
and sterling democracy. And, also like
Senator Hill, he is a young man, as young
men go in politics; hence, there may be
a great future in store for him. Meantime
viii Warwick's election to the mayoralty
of Philadelphia make of him a rival for
Reed, Mckinley and Harrison?
1t begins to look as II DIR. Parkhurst
were about 10 violate that section Of the
federal constitution which forbids dis
elimination against the colored race. 1t
is understood that he has begun a relent-
less warfare upon the game of craps
Now, as everybody in America knows
craps, or bones" is peculiarly the colored
brothers game. Craps belongs to the
negro just as certainly and naturally as
fan-tan belongs to the Chinaman, and an
attack upon craps can be viewed in one
light only.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-21

The Washington correspondents are
sometimes poor prophets. The trial OF
Capt Howgate, the signal service embez.
zler, is nearly ended, and there has yet
been no scandalous disclosure involving
high officials.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-21

EASTERN OFFICE. % Park Row. New
York City, c. S. Faulkner. Manager.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-21

It is probable that that Impending
race war" in Harris county rests upon a
more slender basis than did the recently
reported race war in Worth county. In
reporting the Harris county matter to
Gov. Atkinson, the messenger bearing the
evil tidings said the white men of the
neighborhood were pretty badly scared"
1t is possible that the messenger was one
of those so badly scared. hence the dam
ger appeared 10 him TO be immediate and
terrible The Idea that there should be i'm
pending in Georgia a race war based upon
bread is not readily acceptable.
Representative BANDS weight of woe
would be well nigh insupportable if it
should transpire in the eleventh hour of
his congressional career, that the fate
Of free silver hung upon the action of the
coinage committee, of which he is chair
man. and that committee failed to report
the requisite bill to "rehabilitate" his
hobby. Yet there appears TO be the prob
ability Of just such condition Of affairs
coming about.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-21

The whole country was to "A certain
extent interested in the mayoralty confess
in Philadelphia. which ended Tuesday
night by the election of Warwick, the re-
publican candidate. The democratic can
didate was ex-Gov. Pattison, who was
also supported by the reform element
The friends of Gov. Pattison thought, and
perhaps Gov. Pattison himself thought
that if he should be elected he would stand
a good chance of being the democratic
nominee for the presidency. He has been
comptroller of Philadelphia, has served
for two terms as governor Of Pennsylva-
mia and has made an exceptionally fine
record. 1t was the fact that he has been
so popular that induced the democrats Of
Philadelphia to nominate him for mayor
about as soon as his term as governor
ended.
ii was well understood that If he were
elected he would introduce economy into
the affairs OF the city. and there is no
doubt that there Is great need for econ
omy. The expenditures of the city have
increased enormously within the last few
years. They have increased so much that
conservative citizens have complained
greatly of the high rate Of municipal tax
alton. 1T is believed that vast amounts
of money have been wasted That there
has been inexcusable extravaganza in the
management of the city's affairs there
isn't a shadow of a doubt.
However, it seems that the majority
of the people of Philadelphia are not yet
ready for economy. They prefer an ex-
travagant republican administration to
an economical democratic one. They beat
Gov. Pattison because he is a democrat,
and elected republican who. it is al
leged, is hand in glove with those who
have helped to raise city taxes to the
present high rate. They may have cause
to regret they turned down" a genuine
reformer and elected a friend of the Doodle
element. hut it is to be hoped they will
not.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-21

et1ers md kilograms should be ad-
dressed MORNING NEWS" Savannah.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-21

A Washington politician, who is very
wen posted on international trade affairs
says the German health officers are get
ting ready to examine some more Amer
lean cattle for the purpose of discover
ing that the cattle have been cured of
Texas fever, and all the other diseases
that have, nominally, kept American beef
out of German markets. The cure will
not be discovered and announced, how
ever, until the discriminating tariff duty
on German sugar shall have been re-
pealed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-21
The vernon shem Rond QuestIon.

Elsewhere in this issue of the Morning
News we publish an estimate of the cost
of building the Meridian road. and also
the cost of making it a shell road. The
estimate is made by gentleman who is
thoroughly acquainted with the subject,
and his statements can be relied upon.
From this statement it is apparent that
it would be the biggest kind of a mis-
take for the county commissioners to pur-
chase the Vernon shell road at this time,
even If they had the authority to do so.
The true policy of the commissioners is
to build the Meridian road. and other
roads that are so badly needed.
II there were a fair prospect of the
Vernon shell road becoming more valua-
BILE the question of purchasing it now
would be worth considering, but there is
no such prospect. If the Meridian road
is built the chances are that not only the
Vernon road, but also the Thunderbolt
road win become a burden on the hands
Of the owners of them. particularly if
the law requiring them to be kept in first
class condition is strictly enforced. When
that time had arrived, and it would not
be long in coming if the policy indicated
were pursued, the county would be in a
position to name its own price for either
or both roads. There is certainly no wis
dom in running the county in debt for
large sum for a property that it might
be possible to purchase in the near future
for nominal price.
Let there be a little more vigor in
getting the remaining rights of way on
the route of the Meridian road, and
then build that road as rapidly as it is
possible to build it with the chaingang
convicts when they cannot be advantag-
eously employed on the drainage work.
That is the true policy, as any one can see
who viii take the trouble to read the
communication signed observer"