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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-31
An Unfortunate hazard.

Here is a policy story, told by student
Of the game, says the Chicago Record.
Francis Pinckney was an exporter Of a
Pullman car. who lived in a small house
on lonesome lot in the southwest part
OF Chicago. He had been out of regular
work for three months, but had man
aged to get along by doing small jobs.
For three nights in succession he
dreamed about blood. The moment he
went to sleep he saw blood. He waded
in it-fOr three nights.
Then he decided to draw all the money
he had and play the blood row" He
inquired up the odds and found that he
could win $500.
"AIissus Pinckney." said he. as he start
ed down town, Il spOse we wen be in
this house anothah day"
DO you spec TO VIM" she asked.
Look heahi I'll be comm back heah
tonight in a hack You watch TO me.
An promise me, when you see me comm
wan you to take an AK and bust ev'y
place. If win roll I,won't look at this
place again. Bust 1t up. Bun 1t. win
YEP
That's what 1 will"
With that Mr.. Francis Pinckney went
down and played his money on the blood
row, after which he went to a State
street place and had numerous drinks.
When the afternoon numbers were an
nounced he found that he had lost. Then
he learned that the ''blood row. had come
out in another book the day before.
He was so plunged in grief that he
drank other numerous drinks. so that
when he finally attempted to board car
to go home he was thrown and had his
ankle sprained.
Two of his friends put him in a cab
and started him home.
On the way he remembered what he
had said to his wife. So soon as the cab
turned into the long country street lead
ing to his humble residence he leaned
out of the cab window and waved his
hat so as to attract the attention of Mrs.
Pinckney and prevent her from doing
anything rash.
She saw the signal and took it to mean
that he had the $500 in his pockets.
When the cabman lifted him out of the
cab and dragged him into his home the
cooking stove and furniture were wrecked
and she was beginning on the dishes.
Save sOmethin', woman" he shouted
"Ddn' 20 ketch2" she demanded.
"Nevah mind. Have you broke the tubs
or wringah?"
Not yet"
IAN right, then. Youth be a busy wo-
man TO three weeks"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-31
The senate,s DecIIne.

The New York Evening Post. COM
menting on the admission into the Sen
ate Of the senator's from Utah. says: THE
Senate was never so large a body as now
and never stood lower in the public es-
TEEN" This is harsh criticism. but is
It an unfair one? The Senate hasn't the
hold upon the people il once had. II con-
tains some very able men. but. taken as
a whole. it does not compare favorably
with what it was thirty or forty years
ago. 1t is doubtful il the average Of its
intelligence is as high as that Of the
House
But the chief ground Of complaint
against it is that it is not only difficult
TO get it to do anything, but what 1t does
is not, in many instances. what the great
majority Of the people want done. It
has been I'm session since early in Decem-
Der. and although it took no holiday re-
cess. it has done practically nothing. Two
months have been wasted, simply be-
cause the senator's have occupied their
time in trying to force upon the country
financial legislation it does not want.
Take the bond bill. for instance! What
is its history since it reached the Senate?
The right kind of a bond bill would be
of immeasurabie benefit to the country
and yet such a bill cannot be passed be-
cause the free silver senators oppose it,
in fact. no financial legislation that
would tend to relieve the treasury of its
difficulties is likely to be passed. There is
a wealth of talk. but what the country
needs is action. not talk.
The men who control the Senate, that
is the majority, do not appear to be able
to rise to the dignity and responsibilities
Of their position Some of them got into
the Senate for one reason and some for
another. and they are all intent upon
keeping themselves before the public by
some means or other. and they do not
seem to care what the means are.
The people are waiting to make business
engagements and to invest in new enter
prises. They prefer to do nothing rather
than make investments during the unset
tied financial condition of the country.
There are wire pullers. political bosses,
spectators and traders in the Senate.
but there are very few statesmen. such
as once made the Senate a body Of which
the country was proud. 1t is greatly to be
regretted that the Senate is losing the
respect of the people Still the people
are to blame for sending men to the Senate
who are more concerned about their own
selfish interests than about the coun-
try's welfare.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-31
Personal.

Judge Culberson Of Texas. now a con-
gresham. has a remarkable record. He
has defended 10 men charged with muir
der IN the first degree, and has never nae
client sentenced 10 death
Thomas FitchIe, supervisor Of Kings
county, y. Y, is opposed TO annexation
with New York on the ground that Brook
lyn with adequate bridge facilities, viii
IN a rev years be as large as New hork-
IF. Hopkinson Smith. the artist who
is noted for his eccentric views Of things.
made an extended defense OF the sultan
before the Nineteenth Century club, IN
New York. the other day he believes
ABDUL Hamid means we'll
Mr.. A. II. smith-Barry. who has been
appointed one of the members Of the Irish
priyy council. is well known as the land
lord who caused the Irish natiOnalists to
establish a new Tipperary, as the
=, oiG Itinerary vas on nls properly ne
Oliver Booth Of Poughkeepsie. n. Y.
owns an ice-boat which was built in 1870
II Is believed 10 be the first ice boat ever
built. The Poughkeepsie ice yachts set
the pace to-day, and the local builders
are proud of the ancient craft which
gives their work additional claim 10 fame.
There is in the possession OF a family
of Rockland. Ne. a quadrant which was
probably used by Capt Kidd. II is more
than 200 years old and bears the name and
address of the London maker. Part of it
IS OF ivory, now dark brown with age.
The name Capt. Kidd" is engraved on
the metal part of the instrument.
Capt. John A York is the youngest
sea captain in New England, and perhaps
in the country. He is captain of the
schooner Charles j. Willard Of Portland.
Me. He is just turned Is years OF age
and has had command of the vessel with
a crew of six men, for a year. His boat
plies between Maine ports and New York.
Victor Roberts Of Paris has paid $780,
600 for the collection of postage stamps
all new-fOrmed by Count Prlmoli, Prin-
cess Mathilde's nephew. The stamps
were valued one by one Moldavia's, 81 600;
Reunions. $1,000; Tuscany 3-lire, $500, and
so on. NJ. Roberts is a famous "timbro-
mile"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-31
The Bounty Law Test.
From the Pittsburg Post DENY

The sugar bounty cases have at last
reached the supreme court of the United
States on appeal from the Louisiana
courts where the decision, as was natu-
raj, was in favor of the consttutionality
these cases will determine the controver-
ted question whether such bounties are
constitutional. Controller Bowler is en-
titled to high credit for giving the court
of last resort an opportunity to determine
the question. If bounties are all right,
from the national treasury, to any sur
fering industry, agricultural or manufac-
turing, why, glory halleIujah, we with
all have a chance at Uncle Sans strong
box. and there should be at once a gem
erai divide
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-31


Senator Tilman made the speech in
Senate on Wednesday that had been ex-
pected ever since he entered the Senate.
Among certain class OF his followers
in his own state Il may increase his pop
ularity. but in the estimation OF fair mind
ed and thinking men-men whose good
opinion IS desired and is worth having-it
has done him harm.
lie viii regret having made that speech.
It is even possible that he has already re-
GREETED it. He would never have made it.
in all probability. If he had not promised
his baclswoods friends he would when he
was making his senatorial campaign.
Tnlman is a man Of real ability. His
career shows that he is. lie knows right
from wrong. and while he can be unjust
in his judgment Of others he knows how
TO be just No man winces quicker under
unjusr criticism than he. though he pre-
tends not to mind what is said Of him.
Knowing as he does how painful are the
wounds that the shafts of envy. malice
and falsehood make he ought TO be care
full not to aim shafts Of this character at
others.
Does he believe the charges he made
against the President? We doubt II he
does. Could he prove them if asked to do
so? He could not. If pressed for proof
he would be forced to admit that all
he said against the President was virtual
ly the product Of malice and hatred.
Is not the spectacle of senator exhib-
iting his hatred Of the President in an
arena that is open to the gaze of the
whole civilized world a pitiful one? And
what has Mr.. Tllman gained by the ex-
hibition? Has he gained anything? We
do not think he has. Has he not rather
lowered himself in the estimation of de-
cent and seIf-respecting people? We have
no doubt he has. 1t is not as If his charges
were wen founded-as if he could furnish
proof Of them. In that case he would have
been justified in saying what he did and
the. country would have applauded him.
But he win get no applause for Wednes-
days performance. There was no rush
of senators to congratulate him, and the
friendly hands that We're held out to him
in approval were very few in number.
When the speech was finished the sena-
tors left the Senate with feelings of sad
ness, not for the man attacked but for the
one who made the attack, and the occu-
pants of the galleries went their respec-
i've ways feeling they had been amused,
but with their respect for the President
not Iessened in the least by what they
had heard.
Senator Tillman has opened his career
in the Senate by making a mistake. He
has ability enough to undertake the role
of u statesman. and he should have
made his appearance in the Senate in that
character He could have afforded to put
the past behind him. and in his new
sphere of action he should have adopted
course in which he could have made a
lasting reputation and been of real SER
vice 10 the country. The course he elected
to take will bring him little else than dis
appointment and defeat
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-31

The interest which Senator Call is tax
ing in the case Of Eugene V. Debs must
be a matter of some surprise to Mr.. Calls
constituents. We do not know what ac-
ton he took in Debs' behalf when the
latter was being tried for contempt OF
court. We do not recollect that he took
any. Neither do we recall that he re-
garded Debs as a hero at the time that
Debs and the organization of which he
was, and still is. the head came near
bringing about a civil war by stopping
the railway traffic Of the country. The
great railway strike was inaugurated at
Chicago, and which was brought to an end
by the prompt action taken by President
Cleveland, is not yet forgotten. If Sena-
tor Can sympathized with Debs and APP
proved of his conduct at that time he
should have made the fact known.
Debs was imprisoned for having refused
to obey an order of court. He is now az
liberty, and Senator Call few days ago,
introduced into the Senate a resolution
calling for an inquiry into his arrest and
Imprisonment. While it is true that the
senator said that the resolution was in
troduced by request he appeared to de-
fend Debs in the Senate on Tuesday. Does
the senator intend to defend Debs ana
champion his cause in congress? If so, il
would be interesting to his constituents
to know whether he is moved to do so
because he believes that Debs was dealt
with unfairly by the United States court
which sentenced him to prison, or because
he approved the strike which Debs or
dered, or because of his hostility to rail-
roads. The reason for his activity in
Debs' behalf might have an important
bearing upon his chances for reelection.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-31
The Purple East.
BY william Morris.

Never craven England, nevermore
Pirate thou of generous effort, righteous
Betrayer of a People, know thy shame!
Summer hath passed, and Autumn's
Been winnowed; Winter at Armenia's
snaris like wolf; and still the sword
Sleep not; thou only sleepest; and the
Cry unto Heaven -ascends as heretofore;
And the red stream thou mightst have
And DER the earth there sounds no trum-
pets tone
To shake the ignoble torpor of thy sons;
But with Indifferent eyes they watch, and
Heirs regent sitting yonder. propped by
Abdul the Damned. on his internal
throne.
You in high places; you that drive the
OF Empire; you that say unto our hosts,
Go thither," and they go; and from our
Bid sail the squadrons. and they sail.
Shaking the world lol from land that
pleads
Look upon you faltering at your posts
Upbraid you parleying while a People
To death What stays the thunder in
your hand?
A fear for England? Can her pillard
only on faith forsworn securely stand,
On faith forsworn that murders babes
Are such the terms of Glory's tenure?
Fall her accursed greatness, in Gods
name!
Heaped in their CHASTITY graves they lie.
sickening Ger fields where others vainly
wait
For burial; and the butchers keep high
In siiken palaces of perfumed ease
The panther of the desert, matched with
Is pitifui; beside their lust and hate,
Fire and plague-wind are compassionate,
And soft the deadliest fangs of ravening
How long shall they be borne? Is not the
OF crime yet full? Doth devildom still
Some concentrating crown, that we hold
back
How long shall they be borne. Eng
Tempest of God and sweep them to their
doomi
STILL on Lifes loom, the Internal warp
and welt
Woven each hour! Still, in august re-
nown,
A great realm watching. under Gods
Ever the samei The little children cleft
In twain; the little tender maidens reft
OF maidenhood! And through a little
A stranger journeying. wrote this rec
I'm all the place there was not one man
left"
o friend, the sudden lightning of whose
Makes Horrors countenance visible
And Desolation's face familiar.
1 think this very England of my ken
Is wondrous like that little town, where
In ali the streets and houses no more
men.
Recently Mr. Morris has added the fol-
lowing sarcastic stanza to the foregoing:
"Caliph. did thee wrong. I hailed thee
Abdul the Damned. and would recall my
1t merged thee with the unillustrous herd
Spirits gregarious, equal in their state.
AS is the innumerable ocean bird,
Cannot or, gull, whose wandering paint
On Aiisa or Iona desolate.
For in the world where cruel deeds
The merely damned are legion. with
Is not each hollow and Granny of Tophet
crammed?
Thou. with the brightest of helrs aure
oles,
DOs d.o,,. shine supreme. incomparably
Immortality beyond all mortals damned"
They have a brand of whisky in San
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-31
INpEX TO NEW ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

Special Notices-Ship Notice, ]. F. Minis
& Co; Bicycles. Bicycles, Etc. r. d. q
VIM. baltimore; Musical and Literary En-
tertainment at Baptist Lecture Room, Jan.
81; Ship Notice, Strachan & Co.; Bids
Wanted, Harry Willnk. Commissioner;
Poultry. Geese. Etc. Estate S. w. Branch,
Wholesale and Retail Grocer.
Business NOTES.-The Standard lie Pan
20 Cigar. w. B. Orear & Co.; Three xxx
Cheroots.
Medical-Duny's Malt whiskey; Baco-
euro.
Amusements-"The Girl I Left Behind
Me-" at the Theater. Feb. g.
The Boys Chance-B II. Levy & Bro.
Fun for Everybody Freel-M. Dryfus.
Twenty-Five Per Cent. Of-At Collats.
The shrewdest of Savannah People Are
Awaiting Themselves of This Opportunity
%-Sternberg Jewelry Company.
Its Unusual-Falk Clothing Company.
Melting Rapidly-Leopold Adler.
Auction Sale-Furniture. Crockery,
Glassware. Etc. by A. X. Wilson, Auc-
tioneer.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-31
The snenker,s Power.
From the Philadelphia Ledger Qnd

The new president of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company is reported
as saying that he will not resign his seat
in congress until the close of the present
session, because he believes that his rail-
road work will not interfere with his
congressional duties, as "he does not think
Speaker Reed intends to allow much to
be done this session" Undoubtedly, the
speakers position is one of great power,
but it does not give him any such auto
cratic authority as this. except by the
disagreement OF the members. If they,
or a considerable majority of them, de-
sire 70 enact any legislation or to do
much as Mr.. Cowen more succinctly puts
II. the speaker is powerless to prevent
them. The intimation that he can block
legislation at his will is highly discredit-
able to the craftsmanship and patriotism
of the body over which he presides; but,
unfortunately. there is too much reason
to fear that it is correctly made.
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-31

The fact that Gen. Harrison, presiden-
tial possibility, is about to be married to
a widow, recalls the fact that Washing
ton. Jefferson, Madison, Jackson and Fill
more married widows. 1t is also noted
that the announcement of the engage
ment Of Mrs. Dimmick and Gen. Harrison
was authoritatively made upon the ami
versary of the death of the lady's hus-
band.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-31

The sea bottom in which the St. Paul
is stuck off the Jersey coast is made up of
sand and an underiayer of stiff, tena-
cious clay. 1t is thought that the hull of
the vessel is at least four feet
in the clay. This explains why
it is that the ship is not floated
by washing the sand away from
her with water jets. after the manner
that heavy piling is sunk through sand
beds. Probably hundreds of persons in
this city have wondered why the water
jet process was not employed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-31
4 "sOIemn Humbug."
From the Hartford Times Oem.)

The new senator from Nebraska, Rail-
road Attorney Thurston, takes himself
very seriously. He is unable to vote on
any question of importance without rev
erently calling God to witness the sim
cerity of my purpose" He did this to-day
in his remarks on the Davis resolution.
This senatorial neophyte has all the symp-
toms of the wild and woolly western word
chewer. He is clearly solemn humbug,
and man who should be watched.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-31

A Nebraska woman the other day told
in religious meeting how she had put
aside her diamonds and other jewels be-
cause She thought it ungodly to wear
them. During the recital she mentioned
that she had left all of her finery on dres-
ser when she left home to attend church.
When she got back home she discovered
that somebody had broken into the house
and stolen all of the jewels. Later it was
learned that the thief had been present
at the church service and heard the wo-
man tell where her valuables could be
found
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-31

1t is against the laws of the United
States to operate a lottery. and the news
paper that prints the result of a lot
terry drawing may not send the edition
containing that information through the
mails. Nevertheless, the Senate of the
United States held a lottery the other
day, and probably every daily paper in
the country printed the result of the
drawing. The capital prize was a five
years senatorial term, involving salary
and incldentals worth probably $4,000
and was drawn by Mr.. Cannon, senator
from Utah. His colleague, Senator
Brown, had to be content with a prize
worth two-thirds as much. In short, the
senators drew lots for the long and short
senatorial terms.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-31
The Senatorial Racers.
From the Augusta Chronicle Den

From the Augusta Chronicle (Dem)
The action of Secretary Smith and
Speaker Crisp in requesting Gen. John
b. Gordon to stand again for the Senate
would seem to indicate that neither of
them is hungry for the contest. AS the
boys say at school: "One's scared, and
the others glad of it,"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-31
CURRENT COMMENT.
No Reason at All

From the Atlanta Journal Dem).
Georgia has had two democratic con-
ventions in every presidential year since
the war and now the state committee is
asked to forbid this custom because a eau
Gus of half a dozen free silver politicians
at Washington few days ago condemned
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-31

The way to get a clear and representa-
tive expression upon the financial ques-
ton is to complicate that question with
every other political question before the
people That is the sum of arguments
set forth by some of the advocates of
one convention. To express their claims
in other words, they hold that the way
TO see one particular object clearly is to
get as many other objects as possible
within the range of vision at the same
time.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-31

For a maiden effort. Senator Tillman's
speech was very bold.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-31

They have a brand of whisky in San
Antonio called the Horn of Plenty be-
cause 1t will corn you copiously.- Texas
Sitter. l-i