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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-30
The Extravngant senate.

The time is coming when the extrava-
gance of congress. especially of the SEN
ate, will be a national issue. The Senate
spends the peoples money with a reck-
lessness that has neither excuse nor rea-
son. Year after year the cost of the Sem
ate increases. In the pending legisla-
tive appropriation bill the appropriation
for employees of the Senate is greater than
that for employees of the House, although
the House has S56 members and the Senate
only So In the House there are 295 en-
ployes and the appropriation for them is
1888, 1862. The number of the Senate en-
ployes, exclusive of the reporters of the
debates and the clerks of the senator's.
is 27S, and the amount demanded for them
is SiOS,529. In other words, each senator,
for employees alone, costs the people the
enormous sum of S4,4S3 a year. The SEN
ators are now demanding that their per-
sonal clerks shall have $3.50 a year in
stead of 81, 200. the amount they are now
getting, and that some committee clerks
shall have $500 year. instead of their
present compensation of $1,440.
There is no good reason why the coun-
try should be taxed to support such an
army of employees. and it is outrageous
that the personal clerks of senators should
be paid such enormous salaries. These
clerks do very little work and are not en-
ployed more than six months of the year.
one of the reasons the senators are con-
stantly insisting upon increasing the sala-
ries of their personal clerks is probably
that many of the clerks are their rela-
tives Some of the senators have their
sons or daughters as their clerks. In such
cases. very little, if any, work is done by
the clerks. 1t is certainly time that a halt
was called in the extravaganza of the Sen
ate If nothing is done the evil will stead
lily increase. If the press were not con-
tinually calling attention to it the drain
upon the treasury for expenses would
soon become enormous. very large por-
ton of the people of Washington now live
on the government.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-30

II We are not mistaken Mr. Crisp has al
ways insisted that il is the duty Of dem
ocIats 70 stand by the platform Of the
party and TO maintain party discipline
That being the case. what excuse has he
for asking democrats Of Georgia 10 elect
him 20 the Senate. he having practically
repudiated the declarations OF both the
state and national democratic platforms
on the silver question? The national dem
ocratic platform declares for sound money.
and so does the state democratic plat
form. The silverites virtually admit that
they do, because they will not agree to
abide by the silver declaration IN either
the national or the state platform. The
state platform calls for the free and I'M
limited coinage Of gold and silver on
parity. and demands that each dollar,
whether coin or paper. shall have the
same debt paying and purchasing power.
There is nothing in that declaration that
looks like unlimited silver coinage al :he
ratio Of Is to /. Coinage at that ratio Is
not coinage on a parity. because the
commercial ratio of gold and silver is 81
10 ]. Mr.. Crisp must also know that
free and unlimited coinage at the ratio
Of l6 to ! would not give 10 every dollar
in circulation the same debt paying aud
purchasing power. 1t would give us sill
yer dollars worth only about half as mucn
as gold dollars.
What ground therefore has Mr.. Crisp
for asking the democrats of Georgia to
elect him to the Senate? Does he not oc-
cupy about the same position in this state
that Senator Blackburn occupies in Ken
lucky? Senator Blackburn refused to sup
port the platform that the democrats OF
that state adopted, and he failed to Sc
cure a reelection TO the Senate. Mr..
Crisp refuses to abide by the platform
adopted by the democrats in this state.
He seems TO think, as Senator Blackburn
thought, that he is stronger than his
party, and can override its solemnly
announced declarations.
Unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio
of 16 to ! is a distinctly populist doctrine
That party alone has declared for unlim-
tied coinage at that ratio Mr. Crisp.
therefore, and the papers that are sup
porting him, are on the platform Of the
populists and not on that of the demo-
Gratis
Mr.. Crisp may say that the majority of
democrats now favor the 16 to l idea.
That may be his opinion. Neither he nor
any other man is in a position to say
how the democrats of this state or of
the country, stand in respect to the 16 20
/ idea. 1t is a fact, however, that they
have not adopted it, AS long as Mr..
Crisp claims to be a democrat he should
adhere to democratic declarations. No.
where in those declarations by the ra-
tional democracy or the democracy Of
this state is there a demand for free and
unlimited silver coinage at the ratio OF
l6 to l.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-30
BRIGHT BITS.

Low Churchman: Why don't you come
around to our church once in while?
High Churchman Things are too low
around there to suit me.
Low Churchman: Think so? / guess
you'd find the pew rents high enough for
you.-Y ongers Gazette.
That was bright answer given by a
little girl in a suburban school to Ehe qIes-
ton of her teacher as to what people find
even in warm countries, when they get TO
the top Of a mountain. Most people
find" said the child. that they are out of
breath. Boston Transcript.
Mrs. Binn: l understand that man in
the fiat under us is at work on a patent
contrivance that will make a fire con-
sumo its own smoke
Mr.. Binn Well, I wish he would turn
his attention to some device that would
compel him to burn his own fuel. His
coal bin adjoins ours.-Yonkers States
man.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-30
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-30
lNpEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meetings-Fourth District Liberal Club;
Haupt Lodge No. IS. / o. o. F.
Special NOTES.-The Invitations Sent
Out by Steamer Gov. Stafford Good for To-
day; Special Notice, r. d. & VIM. Latti-
more; one Hundred and Tenth Anniver-
sary of Chatham Artillery; I'll Meet You
at Beckmann's Cafe; Notice TO Superior
Court Jurors; Notice of Dissolution, Rob
bins Sinclair & Co.; Ship Notices, Strach-
an & Co; Savannah Volunteer Guards Hop
at Arsenal Thursday, April 80; Carpenters
Wanted. Bohan < Cowan.
Military Orders-Order No. 8. Republican
Blues.
Business NOTES.-The Matches Infan-
"a Eulalia and lie Panic Cigars, at Hern-
andezs Cigar Emporium
Steamship Observation-Disclosures Steam
ship Company; International Navigation
Company.
Some Negligee Shirts-B. II. Levy & Bro
Tailors Take Notice-Collats.
Questions of the Hour-M. Dryfus.
Standing on Merits-Appel & Schaul.
Fire Sale-At Collats.
Medical-Cuticura Remedies; Brown
Iron Bitters; Worlds Dispensary Prepara-
tons.
Summer Resorts-The Haywood White
Sulphur. waynesville n. c.
Auction Sales-New Elegant Furniture
by c. II. Dorsett.
Hurrah for the Young Folks-B. II. Levy
& Bro.
II There's a Wedding Present to Buy
Leopold Adler.
Musical Medley-Ludden 6, Bates.
Boys Youn to be Quick-Falk Clothing
Company
Cheap Column ELECTROMAGNETIC
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal: Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-30
PadereyvsIsi in Denver.

Aolu the Kansas lily journal.
To the prosperous town of Denver,
To that thriving. bustling city,
came one day a great musician,
Slender-hngered, huge Of scalp-lock,
PADDY Roosky, the people called him,
Though he himself pronounced il differ
Pah-thref-sky, he said his name was.
And the people thronged TO hear him,
Struggled madly at the box office,
Paid s. for a ticket
Just to hear this sweet musician.
Then the gifted Paddy ROosky
Made his bow before the audience,
Who in silence sat expectant,
And began to use enchan -ments
And to practice arts of magic.
First he squared himself for business,
Limbered up his joints a trile,
Shook his yellow topknot somewhat,
And his little eyes glared at them
Like the piercing eyes of Pawguk.
Then he smOte the grand piano
In a way that was a caution
To those primitive folk of Denver.
First he began with adagio.
Very slow and stately playing,
Sometimes changing TO allegro
Or StaccatO, smooth and gliding,
Swelling into loud crescendo,
Sinking into soft piano,
And even into pianssimO.
Then he changed his tactics somewhat,
Turned a little more of steam on,
Pounded loudly like all forte,
Seemed as If the wood was Chopin,
And the folk. as they List to him,
Stared in wonder at the clatter,
Didn't understand the motif
Or ascertain what he was up to.
SO they sat awhile in patience,
Listening to the various noises,
Waiting for an air familiar,
Till they couldn't stand it longer
With a cry they rose as one man.
Shouted for a change of programme
Sweet Marie" they demanded of him,
Or the Sidewalks of New York"
Said they'd paid to hear some music,
And they wanted it instanter.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-30

Dr. Whitsett, president of the Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary at Louis
Vile, KY, has created something of a
sensation among his church brethren by
what appears to be an attack upon the
Baptist dogma of baptism by immersion
In an article contributed to an encyclo-
pedia he wrote that Roger Willia2-4e- was
probably baptised by sprinkling, and that
at that time the English Baptists did
not practice immersion. Speaking of the
matter few days ago Dr. Whitsett said
he had found in the British museum in
1880 that in the year l641 the Baptist peo-
pie in England were in the practice Of
sprnking or pouring for baptism. This
he ascertained from King Georges PAM
phlets and other contemporary documents
The Baptists of Louisville are consider
ably exercised because of the doctor =
statement. and there is some talk of hav-
ing him removed from the head Of the
seminary.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-30
The Venezuela Controversy.
From the Chicago Record Qnd.).

There are several reasons for believing
that this government and the British min
istry are coming to a satisfactory under
standing. Mr.. Cleveland has been at some
pains to show his friendly sentiments, and
such events as the ovation to Ambassa-
dor Bayard must have convinced Lord
Salisbury that his people are entirely
ready for a friendly settlement. Even If
this were not the case the premier's trou-
bles in both ends of Africa are enough
10 engage all his attention and make IL
dangerous to permit the continuance OF
complications elsewhere. With such a
spirit on both sides, there need be no diff
Guilty in finding a just and honorable go
luton Of the whole controversy.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-30

The Railway Age, an authority on rail-
way matters, says it has upon its books
10000 miles Of "uncompleted and unbegun"
railway enterprises which the silver scare
and panic arrested. During the coming
year the Age says. there viii probably not
be 2,oo0 miles Of new railway built. because
Of the unsettled condition Of business ow-
ing to the free silver agitation. But as
soon as the agitation Is stopped and bust
ness resumes It's normal volume not less
than 2o5 new llnss with mileage OF 5000
miles VIII az once receive attention. This
statement shows how calamity bowling
brings hard times.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-30
EngIand's Recommendation.
From the New York Herald Qnd).

Great Britain now thrives wondrously
by free trade and gold monometallism.
She is our best customer; she buys an
nually about S240,O00,000 worth of Ameri-
can breadstuns, cotton, meat products,
etc. and she pays us for them In good
gold or lis equivalent But II we went
into the free coinage OF silver dollars
(worth 20 cents apiece in gold, as BIZ
metallists would have MS do, our west
ern farmers and southern planters would
be paid FOR their surplus products in our
own cheap and spurious silver coin. which
would purchase only $4,000. 900 worth OF
clothing. implements or other merchan-
disc. ~ q word. the bimetallists are busy
trying 20 persuade all American agricul-
turisfs 20 favor q system OF rotten
coinage By which they would have - sell
heir surplus products for one-half or
what they are now paid for them and 20
British cousins.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-30

Pardon" said Derringer Dan, accord
ing to the Washington Star, "youn ex-
cuse me. but I'll have to quit you. / amt
a-playin no more poker this evenin'."
''But you have lot of chips vet re-
marked the young man from the east.
Il know II. And I'm goin to cash EN-
in. too. You look like er terderfoot. an
We talk like one. But I've heard o. peon;e
that got buncoed and bought gold bricks
even II they did read the newspapers an
orter know better"
Il really don't quite follow you"
Il had four nine-spots a little while
ago"
ibid your"
"sartin'. An ye didn't do thing but
say yed stay out Then had flush an
We said the same. ! got four kings am an
ace, an ye laid down yer nand ez usual %
THAT was remarkable"
Remarkable don't seem ter anita
cover the ground fur me. Pardner. / don't
say yer w0rkin' one % these here Rocnt-
gen ray outnts on me. All I say rs fhef 1
amt APPLYING no more poker this even
In"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-30

II the counties that are preparing 10
give the Crisp boom a boost on June G
could all be depended upon TO return dem
ocratic maiorties in the election in octo-
Der, it would be gratifying. But they
cannot. a number OF them win vote for
Crisp in June and then ia October viii
return majority against the democratic
ticket. Gov Atkinson and Chairman
clay are aware Of mis-. and hence their
recent letters.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-30
A Note of warming.
From the New York World Dem

IF the national democratic convention
adopts a free silver platform and nOmi-
mates a free silver man, the country will
accept the act as a declaration of war
upon private property, and the democratic
ticket will be considered to be that of the
communists, the anarchists and the re-
pudiators of debt. The issue must and
will shape itself into that form. Are the
sensible democrats of the United States
going to allow reckless politicians to put
their party into any. such position? If
they hope to prevent 1t they must be up
and adding. for events are rapidly tax
ing that shape"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-30

Senator Wolcott of Colorado thinks pop
ulist success would be a terrible calamity
TO the country. 1t would, indeed. Never
theless. Wolcott and other free silver
howlers have given unlimited aid and
comfort to the populist party in their
cheap money activity.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-30
CURRENT COMMENT.
"Leaders" Getting Left.
From the Boston Herald Qnd).

The turning down of free and unlim-
tied silver in the democratic convention
in Horace Boies' county seems to show
that the alleged favorte democratic son
of Iowa is without honor in his own
particular bailiwck. The people seem to
be getting ahead of their alleged leaders
on this issue.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-30

1t is now said that the great fire at
Cripple Creek the other day was the work
of robbers. who fired the town with the
object of getting at the vaults Of a bank
in which were stored 100000 in anticipa-
ton of pay day at the mines.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-30

Senator Tillman doesn't care if there is
a split in the democratic party; he is
"tired of keeping house with those fell
lows anyhow" The fact is. Tillman has
never been keeping house with those
other fellows, the democrats. He has been
fork
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-30

1t took the Venezuela controversy some
twenty odd years to reach its present
status. To judge from the amount of red
tape that is being brought into the matter
Of the inquiry. it may be many years yet
before the end is reached. Administra-
lions may come, and issues may go. but
diplomacy and International complications
go on forever.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-30

The growing number of unpledged dele
gates TO the st. Louis convention gives
hope to some of the anti-McKinley favor
seems that Mckinley ought to be able to
get just about as much comfort from I'M
instructed delegations as anybody else.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-30
Snenking of AdIni.
From the Brooklyn Eagle Den

i IUIII VTG bTUOhIJH I1d5TU VD1IIII'
Rumors reach us that the southern dem
ocrats are again discussing the chances
of Adlai Stevenson for the nomination at
Chicago. This Is interesting chiefly be-
cause it indicates that the southern dem
ocrats have plenty of time for frivoities
and are unencumbered by a superiority
of political common sense.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-30

II is said that the other day lady
asked Vice President Stevenson how he
stood on the money question and the vice
president ''blushed and looked foolish"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-30

Congressman Tucker OF Virginia favors
the nomination Of William r. Morrison
by the democrats for the presidency. be-
cause he would be "a compromise candi-
date" That being Mr. Morrison's posi-
ton. he should not De nominated The
party that attempts 10 straddle the nnan-
eial Issue or 10 put mp compromise cam
a-laie this year viii Doe everlasungly wal
Hoped a. the polls The voters are not IN
humor for compromising. they are golng
70 put a stop 10 tAe silver agitation.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-30

The Ohio legislature has followed the
example of the legislature of New York
and passed an act requiring railroads to
carry bicycles free as baggage. It looks
as though the politicians have begun to
realize that there are great many BIZ
cycle riders in the country and are anx-
ious TO gain their good viii.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-30

a New York paper is hammering the ice
says the past winter was so cold that
the ice harvest was interfered with and
hence was short. When the winters are
warm il is the lack of cold that makes
the crop short and sends the prices up.
However the mercury goes, whether up
or down, it always gives the ice monopo-
lies an excuse for making high prices
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-30

Senator Hill is one of the least talked
shout of the presidential possibilities;
which augurs well for Hill.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-30

Senator Sherman writes a letter to
a Brooklyn republican to the effect that
there can be no sincere belief that McKin-
ley is not a sound money man. If the Ohio
candidate is really in favor of the gold
standard. why should he be afraid to say
so? 1t is evident that his party is going
to declare at st. Louis for sound money.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-30

Editor C9rmack of Memphis, an ardent
16 to l advocate. has, by resigning. laid
himself liable to the charge by some other
16 to l advocates that he has been pur-
chased by the money power. 1t is the Gus
tom of some of these advocates to charge
treason or bribery wherever a person or
paper slacks up ighting for the silver fad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-30

There has been war talk enough in con-
gress during the current session to FIJI
every member with a desire to fight his
neighbor or a regiment, as occasion might
offer. Nevertheless there is not war
cloud upon the congressional horizon since
the ink spilled by AIessrs. Hail and Money
has been wiped away
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-30

A school census of Indianapolis shows a
shortage of about 1900 school children as
compared with last year. In Chicago,
during the past year, there has been a
great falling off in the school population
What is becoming of the children; are they
and their parents coming to live in the
south?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-30

A bat. falling to the ground, was caught
by a weasel, of whom he earnestly sought
his life, says the New York Press. "I
couldn't think of it. my dear fellow" re-
piled the weasel; Il am particularly 4ond
But" said the bat I'm not a bird
I'm mouse. Just get on 10 my fur!''
IF that's the case" replied the weasel,
you may go. But wait a moment. A
mouse surely has no need of wings Par
don nae II relieve you of them!" He there
upon hit them off
Deprived Of, his wings, the bat soon fell
to the ground again, and was again cap
tured by the weasel, whom he besought a
second time to spare his life.
'tOh, / couldn't now, really" said the
weasel. Mouse is my especial hobby
But" said the bat, I'm not a mouse.
I'm a bird. See where my wings crew. 70
IF that's the case replied the weasel
you may go. But just wait a moment
A bird surely doesn't need fur. Pardon me
if unincumber your He thereupon pro-
ceeded to skin the bat, who, naturally, re-
manned for luncheon.
Moral.-A straddle is tempting but when
is degenerates into a split it has its dis
advantages.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-30
A Texas Ranger's Bat story.

L. T. Harper. an eX-Texas ranger gives
the Dallas News an interesting account OF
how he discovered the rear entrance to
bat cave on the Colorado river 1T was
in the summer of 1876 he said. Il was
sent by Maj. Jones to hunt up an outlaw
who had escaped from the penitentiary
guards. While feeding my horse before
sunrise in skirt of woods mile from the
river l saw bats returning from their
night skirmishing, entering a hole in
the bough of a tree. The bats came in
countless numbers and entered in regular
order, as if each bat knew just when
to arrive to take his turn, to a second.
For more than an hour they swarmed
into the tree in numbers sufficient to have
packed it full if ii were hollow from the
tip top TO the ground. l know the habit
of bats, that they sleep hanging by their
hind feet. head down, in rows, and it made
me wonder how so many could get lodging
in a tree not particularly large. l men
tened it when I got to the town of Bur-
net, and it set one of the deputy sheriffs
to thinking. He suggested TO me to re-
turn. We cut down the tree and there was
not a bat in it. Next we pushed a hole
into the stump and found an opening go
ing into fathomleSs depths. The young
officer, whose name I have forgotten,
lighted a piece of paper and dropped il
into the hole, and at once we understood
the situation. The tree grew in the cell
ing OF cave, and it hollow trunk had
been tube through which the bats made
their exit and entrance. 1t was two wears
atterWard before the cave was explored, >"