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Middletown transcript., 1896-12-05
me. Woman IA poifttcs.,


.lig The Woman ID Politics. .l9assg
Women netu only voted iir several
States at the recent election, but they
were candidates for, offices to- which
heretofore they had, not naspirHd I'm
Wyoming Mrs. Maloy wasiones Of the
Republican electors who were defeated
byra narrow margipp and if}she had
been elected she weuldj have been the
!frst female member of the ielectoral
OF whom there is any ,recordsiaJ ssedS
Mrs. Martha Hughes Cannon, of
Utah. = has the proud distinction of be-
ing the first woman who WAS ever
elected a State Senator, Mira, CAM,
non is the wife of ., Mormon elder--at
least, she is one of the wives of Angus
M. Cannon, of Salt Lake City, as that
gentlemaH finds thathis domestic hRppi-.
ness is not complete without aiquar-a
tette Of fair ones to round out bis con-,
jugalfelieity.i Mrs. Cannon's opponent
in the race for the senatorship was her
husband. whom she beat by a majority
Of 1000 votes. Any, slights which she
may have had to suffer as The. fourth
part of her husbands household are
therefore amply avenged in his diseom-I
fture ct the polls on November 8. Mrs.
Cannon is Democrat; her husband is
a Republican. The plank in her plat
form in which she believes most strong
~ is tersely stated in her Own language,
as folio VS.: FtWomen are, better than
men, She alsolbelieyes that the mil.
lennium is coming sooner than most
people think. Twill, therefore, ,ibe seen
that,she isan optiimst not only in. re-j
gard to the superiority OF her own sex.
but also as regards mankind in general
She ought, Therefore, . to makeia very
interesting as well as q very useful
member of the Utah, Legislature. i,jis7l
While woman suffrage has made no
headway in; the East and South, it
has captured at least four Western
States, namely, Colorado. Utah, Idaho
and Wyomings It Isl stated that sixty
per cent of the voters Of Utah are
women, although that may possibly be
too high an estimate. Exactly how many
female votes were cast for the silver
candidate in Colorado, w Wyoainga and
Utah cannot, OF course, be indicated;
still, II the election Of MI. Mckinley
or Of Mr., Bryan had depended upon
the result in any. fone Of these States.
1t is possible that the male voters in
other sections Of The country might
have been 50 ungallant as to protest
against the. result In fact, there
would doubtless have been an appeal
to the courts. il the lawyers had been :
Of the opinion that the case, was one
which called for judicial consideration
and determination. Fortunately that.
issue was not raised, and as Mrs. Can.
non has clear majority over her hus-
band and she will be allowed to take
her seat in the Utah Senate without
contest and possibly to vote for q free
coinage Senator when the time comes
for Utah to elect q representative TO
the United States Senate. - 71llis
Middletown transcript., 1896-12-05

mittee and take other preliminary steps
towards making the inauguration. Of
President Mel Kinlsy theigrandesteEent
Of itskind incur history Ut TiS sup.
posed, built Is not certain, that MFR.
Hanna will appoint Mr.. S.fW.edWood.
ward, ltheip gold 4 Democrat who has
been recommended for the position by
COL, Parker, the District of Columbia
member of the Republican National
Committee, but whoever bhe appoints
will have the cordial support Iof the
people Of washington regardless iof
party. ,s;ffa ~ gj,s 81 9is ji.sd jaa III, %
why not profit BY the experience i'of
others who have found q permanent cure
for catarrh in Hoods Earsaparilla2 giiFsi tj9
Middletown transcript., 1896-12-05

Chairman Hanna is expected in
Washington this week. to announce
the Chairman Of the insgguzatiap COM
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-30
Is Plat an Impostorf

1t has been stated many hundreds of
times in the newspapers that the man who
had gold put into the national repub-
He has never publically denied that he is
entitled to the credit for that act. 1t has
been, and still is, quite generally believed
that if it had not been for the determined
stand he took in behalf of straightfor-
ward declaration in behalf OF gold, the cur
rency plank of the st. Louis platform
would have been a straddle. 1t is now
strongly asserted, however. that the man
who is entitled to the credit for the decla-
ration in favor of the gold standard is Mr..
Kohlsaat editor and proprietor of the Chi
cago Times-Herald. The claim in his be-
half is very strongly asserted.
1t may be asked, what does it matter
whether Mr.. Platt or Mr.. Kohlsaat is en-
titled to the credit for II, so long as it is
there? II matters a great deal to Mr..
Plat. He is candidate for United States
senator from New York. Much of his
prominence for that position is due to the
belief that he kept the republican party
on SCUM money OASIS IN the recent cam
paign. If it can be clearly shown that he
has been. sailing under false colors, ac-
cepting credit not his due he would lose
some strong friends, who are now support
ing him for the senatorship.
Therefore TO him, and to his
political enemies, the question
whether he or the Chicago man put gold"
into the national republican platform, is
a matter of very considerable Importance.
In view of the fact that there IS a conflict
of opinion about it. would it not be advisa-
BILE to ask Mr.. Plat and Mr.. Kohlsaat to
settle it? If they disagree, perhaps Mr..
Hanna could settle 1t. He seems to have
run the st. Louis convention pretty much
as he wished. 1t is quite certain that
gold" would not have been put into the
platform If he had not been willing for II
to be there. and If he assented he must
know whose influence 1t was that secured
for it place in the platform.
And Mr.. Kohlsaat may not be indIffer-
ent about the matter. II he is the great
gold bug. a cabinet position, or foreign
mission may be his.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-30
The Language of Birds.

The London Spectator says of the Ian
guage of birds; mot trace of a common
code appears. Each kind has it's own call,
its own answer and its own fighting note,
Their many and various musical whistles
make one of the charms of the winter
shore; but they show the curious section
alism of bird-language. The ease with
which they might adopt a common tongue
Is evident from the fact that many coast
men learn some and few of great nat
ural ability as fowlers learn all of these
calls. AS in Heligoand, where the island
ers whistle down passing birds from the
sky, so on the Norfolk coast, there are
men who call down single golden plover.
a stint, or even a curlew. One of the most
extraordinary instances ever known, both
of the mans skill and of the birds intense
and unsuspecting reliance on language, oc-
CURED not long ago on the Norfolk coast,
where noted caller brought a golden
plover down from great hight in the sky.
and kept it running about within a few
yards of party lunching in the sand hills
II is remarked also that the peewit, which
has the largest range of notes of all shore
birds, and. therefore, Is presumably the
cleverest at distinguishing the meaning
and differences of the peewit language, is
also the most difficult to call {"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-30
EmuIating samson of old.

With distended eyes, mouth and ears,
Tommy Traddles heard his Sunday school
teacher tell about Samson and his long
hair and his wonderful feats of strength,
and his weakness after Delilah had shorn
him of his leonine locks, says Harper S
Bazaar.
after he got hair cut?" he asked, lncred-
ulously.
mo; his strength was in his long hair,
and when his locks were gone he was pow
erless," explained the teacher.
When Tommy came the following sun
day his face was a trife scratched and
one of his eyes was discolored. He had
very little to say, but was evidently doing
a great deal of thinking.
Say, teacher" he said at last, 4 don I
think much of that Samson story you told
US last Sunday"
why so, Tommy" inquired the teacher.
ooh, you see, Johnny Jones, he's big
germ me. an he's captain of the Young
Rovers' foot ball team, an he wore his
hair long, like all of those kickers. An
him an me isn't good friends, an last
Tuesday me an Jimmy Hawkins an Bob
White-we all caught him alone, an piled
onto him an held him down, an cut off all
his long hair with mas shears"
THAT wasn't at all nice, Tommy" re-
proved the teacher, but l suppose you
were thinking of the story of Samson?'
Yes, that was just what I was thinkin'
''And you thought his strength was in
his hair?"
YES, that's Just what thought"
"Was it?'' Tommy cried disgustedly.
IT met him all alone yestiddy. Was it?
Say, Just look at that eyer
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-30
At Buckner,s Expense.

Christmas, 1896, was red letter day in
the annals of Dudley township, Haskell
county, Kansas. Dudley township on
Nov. last lifted itself by the bootstraps
into prominence by giving a majority in
favor of the gold standard democratic ma
tional ticket 1t was the only section. or
part of section, in the whole country
which gave a majority to Palmer and
Buckner. Several days after the result of
the election was known the six demo-
Gratis who had voted for Palmer and Buck
ner put chains upon the four republicans
who had voted for Mckinley and drove
them about the country while the two
populists who had voted for Bryan look
ed on. They made a great celebration of
the occasion, the voters on the wrong
side seeming to enter into the spirit Of
the thing with as much zest as the vot-
ers on the majority side.
But the grand blowout for Dudley
township came on Christmas, when the
twelve voters of the township were en-
tertained at the expense of Gen. Simon
B. Buckner of Kentucky. whose compn-
ments were presented to the people Of the
township through the six democratic vot-
ere. Gen. Buckner, a week or so before
Christmas. sent TO County Clerk Cave, the
leader of the democratic hosts of Dudley
township. twenty-five gallons of the best
Kentucky whisky that money could buy
and check for $50. with the request that
the six democratic voters give themselves
a Christmas dinner and invited their late
opponents to participate in It, Twenty
FIVE gallons of liquor and a $50 dinner
was more than the population of Dudley
township-men. women and children, and
dogs-could destroy" in one day, so a
number of friends from adjoining town.
ships were invited TO join in the feasting
and festivities. Mrs. Mark Alers and Mrs.
Sarah Henthorpe We're appointed COM
mittee Of arrangements; and they pro-
vided such a dinner as win be the talk
of Dudley township for years. After the
turkey and trimmings were served, the
punch dispensed and Gen. Buckner's
health drunk in bumpers thereof, the
floor was cleared and the grown folks
danced, while the children regaled them
selves with games.
Thus It occurs that at least one town
ship in the once rank anti-southern state
of Kansas is ready at a moments notice
10 give its unanimous vote IN favor Of a
southern general for anything that he
may desire.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-30
Great Shooting Those Days.

A couple of grizzled farmers were wait
ing for their train in the Reading terminal
yesterday afternoon, says the Philadelphia
Record, when an amateur sportsman pass
ed through from an incoming train, toy
ged out in the most approved style. He had
two dogs and proudly carried one small
rabbit. The two farmers sniekered audi
bly,;
marked one. 81 remember one mornin'
when was boy, me and father went out
to feed the stock. Right in front. of the
barn was a rail fence runnin' fer s'pose
close onto a mile. And the whole fence
was covered fer the whole derned length
with pigeons. Father went back to the
house and got his rifle. The fence was
plumb straight. and, DRAWN good bead,
he banged away. How many O. them pig
cons do you s'pose he got p
II Dunno" replied the other ct s'pose
he plugged a bullet through every derned
one of en-"
Never touched a feather" continued
the story teller, but after they flew away
we gathered up a wagon load of pigeon
legs. He aimed too low"
Just then the Doylestown train was an
nounced, and the two farmers got on
board
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-30
A stielsler For Form.

Madam" he said. in accents of sweet
ness, relates the Detroit Free Press. -
suppose you will give me some supper if
l split that wood?"
Yes" she answered, promptly, 81 WILL"
THAT would, of course, make IL buSI-
ness transaction and not an act OF char
Il haven't anything to say about what
you call it. If you split the wood you can
eat"
but you recognize the fact that am
purchasing this supper with my Drawn
and skill?'
it in that manner. if it pleases you"
IAN right. IT you'll let me have any,
thing to eat you happen to have handy IN
fulfill my part of the transaction in &C,
cordance with the usual methods OF the
mercantile world"
What propose is that you shall split
the wood and then come in and sit down
and help yourself to all you want
I'm sorry, madam, but my early train
ing has made me businesslike. In com
merce, you know, thirty days Is away s
allowed for payment. That is for the pro-
lection of the purchaser, in which rela-
tionship 1 stand in this transaction"
IF you mean that you'll come back in
side of month and do the work l can
tell you right here that l have nothing
'I'd like to split that wood right now
and take my chances on getting the sup,
per, but in the eyes of the world that
would be an unwarranted procedure on
my part. If l were to go ahead ana turn
that into stovewood for you there would
be no way on earth of my putting 1t back
into its original shape. And then I'd Re
completely at your mercy so Tar as the
fulfillment of a verbal contract without
witnesses is concerned"
''You split the wood or go hungry" she
responded.
mo. madam. I'd like TO turn in and
make that woodpile fairly dizzy and l
don't want you to think | have the sight
est suspicion of your honesty, but 1t won
he businesslike,"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-30
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30 1896.

1t is announced that the revenue derived
from the tax on dogs in Chicago has
amounted in five years to more than $780,
600. There are probably a great many
more dogs in Georgia than there are in
Chicago. If that city raises $4,000 in five
years by a dog tax. Georgia ought to
raise in the neighborhood of 100000 per
year by dog tax. That amount would
be sufficient to build number of first
class school houses, or pay the appropria-
ton for the state militia and one or two
other institutions, or set up a reforma-
tory for juvenile criminals, or it could be
employed to reduce the tax rate on other
property. Such a tax would be worth
to the state more than double the amount
paid into the treasury. as it would reduce
the number or worthless ours, to the
great benefit of the sheep and kindred in
dustries which are now kept down by the
dogs.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-30
lNDtX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Special Notices-Ship Notice. Richardson
& Barnard, Agents; Ship Notices.
Strachan G. Co, Consignees; Notice to Su-
perior Court Jurors.
Observation-Disclosures To-day at p. m.
of the Florence Hamilton Company.
If You Haven't Thought About the
Heater-Mutual Gas Light Company.
Business Notiees-Humboldt Cigars.
Hides, Wool, Etc.-A. Ehrlich & Bro.
Auction Sales-Damaged China Clay, by
]. D. LaRoche, Auctioneer; Remnant of
Stock of Groceries, Wines, Etc, by C. H.
Dorset, Auctioneer.
Tam o'shanters Just Arrived-B. H.
Levy & Bro.
Seed Potatoes-W. D. Simkins.
Steamship Schedule - Ocean Steamship
Company.
Lapsed Industrial Pclicies-The Metro
poitan Life Insurance Company.
Financial-Silsby & Co.. Jacksonville,
Fla.
Medical-Munyon's Remedies.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; PERSONAL; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-30
Must Depend ON Ourselves.
From the Mobile Register (Dem.).

We of the south are as DESTROYS of hon
est elections as any people on earth can
be. We know what dishonest elections
cost US. We know what is the problem
we have to face. No one can settle 1t for
us. If any one attempts IL we will have
to find way of thwarting the effort
not that we do not want TO get rid of dis,
honest elections. but because we want to
preserve our liberties. All we ask Is to
be let alone. We will do what is right
and what will be good for us, for the ne
groes. and for the whole country; but we
must do it ourselves, and there must be
no force bill-not even a measure that
looks like a force bill.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-30

In Kentucky the county sherins seem
to have a nice and easy way Of running
things to suit circumstances. The other
day at stanford during the recent cold
snap. the sheriff adjourned the court In
order that he ana the clerk OF the court
and several OF the witnesses might go
home ana KIN hogs When the fudge re-
monstrated the sheriff replied: Court can
hold at any time. but hog-killng weather
oomoe only once ia q while. ana we've
got 20 use Il when Il comcs.'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-30

Atlanta has a right to annex her suburbs
If she wants to and they are willing, for
the purpose of getting names on her list
of inhabitants. There have been numer-
York, and Cincinnati, and host of other
cities 1t win not be very great while
before Atlanta will have 100000 inhabitants,
whether she annexes anything or not.
If she is not disposed to wait, let her do a
little annexing.
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-30

A well-dressed man entered a Wabash
avenue florists shop the other day, threw
down a $5-bill and said he wanted some
flowers to take home. says the Chicago
Tines Herald. lie was quite unsteadv
evidently tapering OF a spree, and the
flowers were evidently intended as a do
nestle peace Offering
The florist picked out a dozen chrysan.
thcmums and the caller started 10 leave
Al the door he hositated
say" he said, thickly. "Whatsh these
OWersh. anyway
"Ihryfnnthr NUNS"
The customer shook hls head ''goft,r
have something easier" he saids nsin,r,li
. dozen pinka." "''''''e
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-30
For Southern Coast Defenses.
From the Philadelphia Ledger Qnd.).

A convention has been called to meet
at Tampa, Fla. on Jan. 20, to devise ways
and means for the proper defense OF south
EN- harbors. The government is now en-
gagged In providing ample defense for the
more important cities north and south that
are liable 70 be attacked by sea, and win
no doubt attend 10 the smaller places as
soon az possible. The work OF providing
coast defenses has indeed been too long
like Tampa, for example. are virtually
without protection. The convention 90 be
held there VIII accomplish a good work
" IL shah strengthen the resources Of the
new Administration ana enable u - ex-
pcdltc tbs protection VI our entire water
front
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-30
Education in the south.
From the Macon Telegraph Dem,

All over the south there is an increas-
ing demand for more and better common
schools just as there is in Georgia. The
legislative mind is becoming directed to
them rather than to the establishment
and maintenance of colleges. In West
Virginia and North Carolina very liberal
provisions are expected from the legisla-
lures to meet this winter. 1t is one OF the
most encouraging signs Of the times that
the public thought has taken this direc-
ton
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-30

Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, says
the reason the House is so slow about
transacting business. is that its members
have too much opportunity to loaf. and
write letters. and read papers and books.
Their hall. he says. is three times too big.
g'he hall ought to be divided into three
compartments, and the chamber or the
House ought to be furnished with long
benches. and not desks. Having told what
is the matter with the House. it is now in
order for the senator to tell why the Sem
ate is so quick to talk and so slow to do
ANYTHING else.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-30
All Owing to Circumstances.
From the Atlanta Journal Dem.).

The senatorial mind sometimes works
in wondrous way. Last February Sem
ator Morgan said that the President has
the exclusive right to recognize foreign
government. Now he contends that if con-
gress passes a resolution recognizing a
government the President has no alterna-
tive but obedience.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-30

q 1t would seem thaL now is good time
to revert to the fact that they have ex-
tremely few bank failures in China. In
that country a banker answers with his
life for the security of his business. If
he fails and depositors loose money, off
goes his head, by command of the viceroy
in whose province the failure occurs. 1t
is not to be desired, of course, that we
shall adopt that law of Chiha's.
But sometimes it really seems
a pity that the Chinese law is not opera
tive here. If it were there would be few
bank failures in this country.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-30

Evangelist Moody says he could get out
a Monday paper without doing any of the
work on Sunday. It is not to be questioned
that he could. But there is a great deal
IN the making Of an up-to-date newspaper
besides getting 1t out" Mr.. Moody would
probably make up a part of his Monday pa
per on Saturday night, and the remainder
of II after the midnight dividing Sunday
and Monday. In that event he would be
necessarily compelled 10 I'll the paper with
the happenings Of Saturday and just a
smattering Of those OF Sunday. And no.
body would want It. Thus one whole day
OF the seven would be virtually lost 10 the
readers Of the paper. There would be a
hiatus Of one day IN every week. In this
advanced age the people demand 70 know
what Is going on. not only six days. but
every day. There are too many interests
ipYolved In Saturday life 70 postpone the
printing OF the record for even twenty.
your houra Well conducted sunday news.
papers also carry valuable moral lcrsons
70 many people who arc not reached ~
tbs palgits,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-30

Gen. Weyler has ordered that on and
after Jan. l, 1897, an extra tax of five
per cent. on all merchandise imported into
Cuba shall be collected. II might interest
the captain general to know that the
steamers Three Friends and Dauntless
are thought to be preparing to sail to
Cuba with cargoes of merchandise. upon
which he might levy a duty of 100 per
cent, or take the whole outfit. ships
thrown in, if he could only catch them.