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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-13
The OLD liberty ncII.


In commenting on the opposition that
developed in Philadelphia to granting the
request Of the Atlanta exposition fer the
old Liberty Bell the Newark IN j. Adj
vertise- says: 1.-THE bell belongs to no
city or town." and the Philadelphia Times
agrees with the Advertiser. 1t holds that
the bell belongs as much to Georgia as
to Pennsylvania. ana as much to the
American citizens in Alaska as to Phila-
delphians: and as everybody cannot come
to its shrine for worship. 1T is we'll enough
that the bell should, on great occasions
intended to Illustrate the benencent pro-
gross of our free institutions. go to the
people. and on that principle it will be
sent to the Atlanta exposition"
The idea presented by the foregoing Jour
nails was suggested by the Morning News
several weeks ago, when the opposition
to the request of the Atlanta exposition
for the bell began TO show itself The
bell does not belong to Philadelphians. 1t
belongs to the American people. The
Philadelphians are only custodians of It,
because Independence Hall Is in their city
The bell being the property OF the Amer
lean people it is for them 20 say whether
it shall be loaned for exhibition in differ
ent parts of the country.
The danger that the bell would be in
jured by being transported on rare occa-
sions to distant points under proper regu-
lations for its safety. is so remote as to
be hardly worth considering.
There is as much. if not more. interest
in the bell among the people of the south
than among the people OF the north, for
the reason that has already been stated
by the Morning News. namely. that the
southern people are almost purely Ameri-
can. The. percentage Of the foreign popu-
laton in Georgia is very small, hardly 3
per cent. and what there is, is confined
almost entirely to the towns.
1t is matter of satisfaction that the
question of sending the bell to the Atlanta
exposition has been settled in the affirm
alive. There are thousands of Georgians
who would like TO see it. and the great
majority of those who attend the
| exposition will take the trouble to look
it up. 1t will stimulate their interest in
the revolution and the revolutionary pc
Rod. and in the glorious deeds of their
| ancestors. They have never permitted
their interest in those things to die out.
Last Fourth of July was as generally cele-
brated in Georgia towns as in the towns
of any other state. and it will continue to
| be celebrated even when it ceases to
awaken enthusiasm in the north, where
the percentage of those who are foreign
born. or whose parents were foreign born.
| is steadily increasing.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-13
APensIon Agents Demand.

The Washington pension agents are res
ponsIble for more than half the tremendous
pension charge with which this country
is burdened- For years they have been d.
recting the pension legislation. They have
suggested pensions that the union veter-
ans would not have thought OF. and.
through the means they have at thelr dis
posaL have created a public sentiment
that brought about the legislation they
wanted.
II must not be supposed that they have
ever been influenced by feeling OF kind
ness or a desire 10 aid the veterans. Their
sole purpose has been. and is. 10 make
business for themselves. The most Of them
have grown rich out OF the pension bust
ness, and stiu they are not satisfied. They
are now demanding more pension legisla-
ton.
one Of the richest Of these pension
agents-a man alleged to be a millionaire
is George Z. Lemon. lie is the owner Of the
National Tribune, a paper that IS published
IN Washington. and circulates almost ex-
clusively among union veterans. In its last
issue it has an appeal for more pensions.
1t is an eloquent appeal and would be
touching II it were not known that the
chief purpose Of it is to open the way for
more fat fees for the pension attorney.
The following extract gives a pretty fair
idea OF the character of il: I'VE cannot
undo the passive cannot requite The dead
who died defrauded OF their rights but
we can do tardy justice to the living by
ending this scandalous wrong. Let US end
the whole matter by legislation which will
make sure Of an immediate allowance Of
a liberal and adequate pension to every
honorably discharged veteran who is now
suffering from any form OF disability. God
knows thirty-one years is long enough to
wait for justice"
We do not know exactly how many pen
sioners of the war of secession there are on
the pension roll, but the number cannot be
much less than a million. Nearly half the
revenue of the government goes for pen
sions. No other government IS nearly so
liberal as this in the matter of pensions.
but no amount Of liberality would satisfy
the pension agents. AS long as there is a
dollar in the treasury or a union veteran
who has not pension they viii continue
the agitation for more pensions.
There is some satisfaction in the thought
that there will be no more pension legis-
lation for a good while. The treasury at
present viii not stand a further drain for
pensions. and, besides, there is a strong
AID growing sentiment that the pension
business has already been greatly over
done. II congress should ever allow addi-
tional pensions it should provide against
permitting pension attorneys the right to
handle pension claims. They should be
eliminated from the pension business.
They have fattened at the expense Of the
government and the pensioners long
enough
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-13
bright BITS.

He (smoSing)-And what is your opin-
len of the deadly cigarette?'
She( looking him oVer-They are not half
as deadly as they ought to be.-Detrois
Free Press.
.-Wayside Ways-Say Rogers, don't
desc calamity howlers make yer tired
Restful Rogers-Naw; dey amt half as
bad as der business revival shouters wot' =
inquisertive cause yer amt at work
Puck.
CUSHION did you happen to ask her
to marry you the first time you ever met
her?
Chollie-Woll-ah-you see l had Just
been introduced to her, and I-ah-couidn [
think of anything else to say-Harper' s
Bazaar.
A Row in the Nursey-1other Inter
posing)-What is this fresh quarrel about.
children? And you, Robert, why have
you been scratching your little sister,
Robert-Mamma, this is how it was: We
were playing at republic. Yvonne had
been president for a fun quarter of an
hour, and she wouldn't resign.-La Jus
tice.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-13
NInry EIiznbeth A-wheel.

Once more Mary Elizabeth looms into
view. Mary Elizabeth. it is needless to
explain, is the person of whom a Scotch
newspaper said recently: Mrs. Lease Is
one Of those strange men, found fire.
quently in America. who write under
feminine nom de plume" Everybody on
this side of the water. and everybody in
Georgia especially. knows Mary Eliza
beth better than that They know that
there is no nom de plume business about
her. however, mannish she may be- Her
temperance before the public, however,
is the subject at present under cons!dera-
ton.
Once more she has kicked over the
traces of custom. and now appears career
ing down the streets Of Wachita astride
a bicycle. She is taking a respite from
holding aside the dark curtain of the past
ages and reproducing in cold type the 1y
ing groans of the slaves Of the money
power, and is recuperating on the silent
steed and teaching her sisters how not 10
wear boomers nor yet to wear skirts
She wears "breeches," called by courtesy
in the dispatches persian trousers
which are held together at the waist by
a belt and buckle. There will be some GU
riosty among the sex to know
precisely in how far Mary Elizabeth's
''breeches" resemble those worn by the
depressing sex. But the dispatches fail
TO say, and it would be risking a reputa-
ton to venture to guess.
bicycle riding" said Nary Elizabeth
| TO a reporter, lis the next thing to hav-
| ing wings" 1t is plain that the woman
meant to convey to the reporter the idea
that she considered herself, astride the
wheel. but little short of angelic perfec-
ton; but the dull minion of the subsi-
| died press could not for the life of him
| think at that time of anything having
wings but jackdaws and parrots, hence
! the beauty of Mary EliZabeths poecic
! fancy was not communicated TO the world
/ in the interview. This is but another
! proof that the hirelings of the money pow
I err have been bribed to misrepresent her
before the people.
However, since Mary Elizabeth has
| taken to the wheel there is room for the
hope that she will yet change her opin-
| ion as to the speed and directness with
which the world is rushing to the demni-
ton bow-wows. The wheel is an enemy
to pessimism, dyspepsia and intempeT-
ance. There are good reasons for the be-
| lief that Mary Elizabeth is, or has BEEN
the victim of the two first mentioned ills,
else it would be impossible for her to en-
terrain the political opinions which she
preached in this state some time ago.
| Should the wheel prove the vehicle that
will bring her health and good spirits, it
may be that she will burn her book, apollo
gize for her speeches, and occasionally
| give Mr. Mary Elizabeth hand at wash
| ing the children.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-13
Can't Do Either Harm or Good.
From Springfield (Mass). Republican Qnd

The free silver convention which the At
Ca. July Is, will probably be a hetero-
generous sort of body The Savannah
News is very much in doubt about the
ers of importance. because 1t thinks them
all too prudent to mix up in such crowd
as will probably come together at Griffin.
want to get together and amuse then,-
selves by making the old speeches and
passing tho familiar resolutions they
world to do so. because they can do no
body else any harm, and as for doing their
cause any good they viii only proclaim
what everybody knows already, that they
ere for free silver
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-13
SATURDAY, JULY IL, 1893.

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-13
No Place for n DOubter.
From the Boston Herald Hndl

Now and then we hear in some western
paper OF Vice President Stevenson as a
candidate for the presidency, but that
functionarY maintains a rigid silence on
the subject of the currency that is only
equaled by that of the more prominent
Stevenson will not do. Whatever NAV be
the relative strength of opinion on this
interesting point in the republican AMI the
that no doubtful democrat with regard 10
II will be nominated for President Ken
lucky has gone far to settle this. and her
verdict is sure TO be strengthened in other
quarters.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-13

1t seems that the persons who are re-
sponsible for the calling of the Griffin sill
yer convention could hardly have taken
all Of the possibilities into consideration
before fixing the time for the holding of
the meeting. The date fixed for the con-
vention. it will be remembered. is July
1S-right in the midst of month that is
usually very hot and very dry Now, it
transpires that Griffin is going to hold
prohibition election two days before the
date of the convention. Should the city
go dry" THE silverite orators would doubt,
less havea most distressing time of 1t. A
political convention in midsummer in a
town as sahara like as New York on sun
day is too horrible to contemplate with
eQuanimity.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-13

The great grain crop in prospect in the
northwest has presented TO the railroads
of that section problem that is puzzling
them They do not know how they are
going to handle and store the grain. The
PAST two seasons have not presented bust
ness enough to warrant them in the pur-
chase of new rolling stock, hence there is
a shortage of cars for the moving of the
current crop, and but few cars can be Dor.
rowed or leased from the east and south.
once more the announcement is made
that the famous "Peg-Leg' mine in Ari-
IONA, which has been lost for sixty years,
has been discovered. 1t is to be hoped that
the announcement is true, and that the
latest discoveries of the mine will tie a
string TO II. There have been as many
lives sacrificed to the "Peg-Leg" mine as
there have been to the treasures of Capt
Kidd.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-13
Morgan is n Mnkcshift.
From the Atlanta Journal Dem.l

Most of the Georgia silver statesmen
and elsewhere. the managers of the Crit
fir pow-wow have been reduced to tho
necessity of importing one from Ala
bama.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-13

From the Washington News Dem.)

1t was a great blow to Senator Black
burn to stand by and see Kentucky dem
ocrats indorse the administration. but to
be asked TO stop talking is much worse
The question is, can Joe Blackburn stop
talking?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-13

The eleventh census IS at last completed
Il cost something ike Nl.5o0.O0O. and was
in great measure discredited even before
the enumeration began. The republicans
were in power when the census bill was
passed. and they managed TO order the
enumeration taken in a manner calculated
10 strengthen their hold upon the Offices
and TO weaken the power Of the democrats.
They filled the census blanks with imper-
tinent questions. and threatened the peo-
pie with imprisonment or fines in case they
refused to divulge their private affairs
10 the enumerators. Not only was the
material affairs Of the people pried into.
but the collectors were instructed 10 in
quire into their mental condition also. AS
the bin was at first constructed, il was
pregnant OF trouble and bloodshed. As it
was passed it was a typical instrument
Of paternalism, but many OF its worst
features had been eliminated. Still it was
enough TO the republican notion to falsify
the status Of the population OF a number
OF the southern states and cities.
and to provide several high
salaried Offices for republican IA
vorites. 1t is to be hoped that the
next census will be taken under demo-
cratic authority, which would insure re-
liable statistics. promptly gathered and
sufficiently comprehensive for all purpos-
es. without the infringement Of individual
rights.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-13
CURRENT COMMENT.
What Free Silver Did.
From Springfield (Mass). Republican QnD

over To be called down." ordered off
the stump and the Kentucky stump, must
be paralyzing, killing. Free silver did it,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-13

We find the following in the Savannah
Press in its issue Of yesterday:
We call the attention Of the Savannah
News and other thrd-term organs TO the
words OF Gov. Oates of Alabama, spoken
in New York.
The words of Gov. Oates to which refer
ence is made contain the statement that
President Cleveland will obtain no sup
port for third term.
on what authority does the Press class
the Morning News as a third term organ?
Has it ever seen a word in the Morning
News favoring a third term for Mr.. Cleve-
land? If so will it be kind enough to
quote it? If it has not, does 1t not think
it has taken a very great liberty in givins
out the impression that the Morning News
has been. and is. advocating a third term
for Mr.. Cleveland? What reason is there
for calling a newspaper a third term or
gan that has never uttered a word in favor
of a third term? We certainly should not
undertake to place the Press in position
it had not itself already taken by its ut
terances in it's own columns, but if we
should DO so we are sure it would not re-
gard our act as prompted by friendliness.
There is a controversy between France
and Brazil with regard to the boundary
between the latter country and French
Guiana. In certain respects it is similar
TO that recently settled between England
and Venezuela. and has moved certain
politicians of the lingo class to speculate
coming involved in a quarrel with France
because Of French activity on the Brazil
ian frontier. The probability of any such
ENHANCEMENT of this country hardly ex-
lists. 1t is said that Brazil and France
have both become more than ever inter-
ested in the strip OF s1and in dispute be-
cause of the fact that valuable gold de-
poslts have lately been discovered in the
strip.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-13

The Bay street drinking fountain can
hardly be called thing Of beauty, but the
horses no doubt find the water in it de-
liciously wet
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-13

The price OF wheat has been jumping up
and down quite lively during the past
week, but the price Of silver has remained
almost if not quite stationary, with the
market duh. If the price Of silver had
controlled the price Of wheat such would
not have been the case. The spectators
have merely been tossing wheat about,
and silver has not been a factor in any of
the ups or downs of the grain.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-13

The most blunt and crushing criticism
that has yet been passed upon the Cornell
crew at Henley is that Of the Pail Mall
Gazette, to the effect that the young men
were personally dirty" that Is to say. IN
Clearly. Unless he has recently got rid Of
the property, the Pail Nall Gazette is
owned by Mr. Astor, of New York, which
makes the criticism appear really brutal. If
it is not founded on the very best of
grounds
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-13

The profitable operations Of the old South
Carolina Railway since its reorganization
into the south Carolina and Georgia rail-
road will make holders Of Central securi-
ties more than ever anxious for the speedy
and successful reorganization Of that prop
ertv
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-13
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Special Notices-We Can Prove the SUI
periority of Infanta Eualia Cigars, ].
r. Fernandez; AS to Crew Of Norwegian
Bark Ocean; Fancy Fruit Cheap. Mutual
Cooperative Association; Reward, Geo.
w. Owens; We Want Your Wife, VIM.
G. Cooper: Another Straw Hat Treat,
Falk Clothing Company; AS TO Crew OF
Russian Bark Zeriba: Fried's Restau-
rant.
Read! Read-Collars.
Steamship Schedule-Ocean Steamship
Company.
Tickets Good To-S@S or Tomorrow or
ANY Day on Any Train-Appel & Schaul
Negligee Shirts at Sixty Cents-Falk
Clothing Company.
Cool Outing Neckwear-B. II. Levy &
Bro.
Gala Soda Water Day-Rose Leaf Soap
Company.
Bathing Suits In the Best Styles az the
Lowest Prices-Falk Clothing Company
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted, Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-13

1t is announced that Mayor Pingree Of
Detroit has succeeded in inducing the
street railways of that city to reduce their
fares to three cents. In this city. also
come Of the street railway fares are three
cents. provided the passenger gets on the
car and off again at just such points as
the company designates. The city coun>
Gil some years ago passed an ordinance
designed to limit the street car charges
TO one fare for continuous trip between
any two points on a line, but the council
missed the point by saying what the max
imum fare should be and Gisregarding the
possibility Of a fare below the maximum.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-13

A young woman practical joker and
prass srfcK-pin are responsible for the
1eatn OF a young minister of the gospel
at Bethlehem, Pa. The minister was slow
TO respond to a call 70 dinner. The jolly
young woman thought it would be a good
joke to harry him up with a Sharp prick
on the leg With her belt pin. She struck
at him just as he raised his leg, with the
result that the pin was run into the flesh
TO the bone. II was all very humorous, of
course, but the young man was so lack
ing in appreciation OF the joke that he
suffered blood poisoning to set in, from
which he first lost his leg and then his
life. Still the world remains fun of merry
young women with stlck-pins just waiting
for an opportunity TO have lots Of fun
by thrusting the pins into the legs Of slow
young men.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-13

Lost, strayed or stolen: One United
States senator answering to the name Of
Stewart; formerly resided in Nevada but
has lived in Washington since his partici-
patton in the crime Of 1873; was last heard
from in Kentucky, which place he left
hurriedly about the time the sound money
cyclone struck Louisville during conven-
ton week. If apprehended, please give him
a drink of blood. rewind his wheels and set
his face towards Griffin, Ga.
The disposition in this country to believe
the Valkyrie already beaten will probably
not be so rampant since the Americans got
such a sound drubbing on the Thames the
other day. There really isn't any connec-
ton between the muscles of the Cornell
crew and the sailing qualities of the De
fender, nevertheless the defeat of Cor
nell recalls the fact that the British are
dead game sports" and that they know
a thing or two about yachting as well as
about rowing.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-13

EASTERN OFFICE. % Park Row. New
York City. c. S. Faulkner. Manager.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-13

Letters and kilograms should be ad-
dressed MORNING NEWS" Savannah,
Ga.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-09-03
SIGNIFICANT ADMISSIONS,

The significant admission comes from
New York that for several years the gov
ernments of Europe have been coming
just as little silver as possible. The
same remark is measurably true of the
United States. Manifestly the powers,
under the domination of the powerful
gold trust, have systematically employed
this method, notably in the closing of the
Indian minis against silver, to bear
the white metal and correspondingly to
enhance the value of gold. But the very
dispatch that contains this confession ad-
mits that, on account of the temperance
of orders for silver from foreign ooun-
tries for minting purposes, it is difficult
to keep the metal below the 67 mark, as
the demand for it is steadily increasing.
Clearly if a great and powerful nation
like the United States should now step
oourageously to the front as the champion
of silver the gold monometallists would
have to cease their INSCRIPTIONS effort to
boycott the white metal. The times and
conditions are ripe for just such move.