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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-06
Railroad Wrecking and ReOrsani-
zafion

The suggestion is thrown out that the
real facts in the wrecking of the BATH
more and Ohio railroad will be much uglier
than any one not familiar with them sup
poses. incidentally it is mentioned that
unearned dividends to the amount Of S1O.-
OOO,ooO have been paid.
Are the men who have been made re-
ceivers interested in bringing to the sur
face all of the ugly facts? If not they
should be dismissed at once. The courts
have a duty to perform in this matter. 1t
does look as if the courts were Indifferent
about bringing to light facts that show
criminality on the part of managers of
railroads that have been wrecked.
What enormous proportions the bust
ness of wrecking and reorganizing rail-
roads has reached! Both wrecking and re-
organizing are profitable to those who do
the wrecking and the reorganizing. 1t is
hard to locate the winnings of the wreck
ers, but the allowances of the reorganizers
are known. Hardly a road of any i'm
portance that is reorganized but yields
fortunes to the trust company, the law
yers and the others who have charge of
its affairs. And the courts allow fees that
would not be tolerated for moment for
similar services in other kinds of cases.
We have laws that send a man to the
chain gang or the penitentiary for steal
ing loaf of bread or few dollars Why
haven't we laws to punish those who. be-
ing intrusted with the control of great
railroad properties misuse their power to
gain personal ends, and thus rob those
who own the securities of the wrecked
roads?
The wrecking of railroads has reached
such proportions that steps of some kind
for the protection of security holders will
have to be taken or else it will be about
impossible to float railroad bonds and
stocks at anywhere near their real value
In both this country and Europe faith in
railroad securities is far from being as
strong as 1t once was
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-06

The Atlanta Journal publishes inter
views with a number OF citizens Of Dalton
in its Wednesdays edition. as 10 whether
or not they favored the one convention
movement that is now being agitated. All
OF those interviewed declared they wanted
the custom OF holding two conventions
in presidential years, which has been fol-
lowed by the democratic party Of Geor-
sia for thirty years. continued. one OF
those who was interviewed. said: 4 am
always suspicious of any crowd which en-
deavors to break a well tried precedent
without any clear reason"
In the case of this one convention move
cion. Who suggested that only one con-
vention should be held this year? Did
the suggestion come from leading demo-
Gratis in all parts OF the state? II it did
we are not aware Of the fact. The sug-
gestion first appeared in the Atlanta Con-
stitution. WIN the Constitution state
whether or not the suggestion was its
own? If not its own, will it state whether
or not it was the result of a conference
of a number OF free silverites? We have
seen it stated in print that it is a scheme
of the free silverites who hope to commit
the democracy OF the state 10 free silver
coinage before the meeting of the national
democratic convention.
Who are the supporters of the one con-
vention movement? If we are rightly in
formed it is supported only by free sill
verites. If that is the case it is a move
ment of a faction. and it is in the interest
of faction. Can we expect party har-
mony or party success if a faction of the
party seeks to advance its own interests
instead Of the interests of the party?
The Dalton man is right This one con-
vention movement is well calculated to ex-
cite suspicion. We do not see how any
democrat who is sincerely anxious to pro-
mote the welfare Of his party can sup
port it. Indeed. we are inclined to think
that only those who would insist upon
free silver coinage. even though by doing
so they would bring disaster to the demo-
cratic party, are supporting it,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-06


The condition Of affairs in Italy could
hardly be worse. The Crispi ministry has
been forced TO resign. The announcement
Of its retirement met with general ap-
prevail I'm and out OF parliament. What
will follow no one can predict with any
degree Of certainty. There are certain to
be political and social upheavals of one
kind and another Among the people there
is deep dissatisfaction. The signs Of un-
rest are visible on every hand. The
strongest man in the nation was Signor
Crispi, and he has been set aside. There
is no one equal to him 10 take his place.
He held Italy in the triple alliance. The
chances are that Italy will cease to be a
member Of the alliance. and that may be
productive Of trouble among other Euro
pean powers.
Parliament, probably. will soon be dis
solved. II it should be. the new election,
in the present state Of mind of the people,
would be productive Of scenes that might
threaten the present dynasty. The people
are clamorous for reforms-reforms that
Signor Crispi denied to them. It is a ques-
tion if he did not make a mistake in re-
fusing to grant them. In the light of pres
ent events it would have been better for
him and for Italy If he had addressed him
self 10 removing the causes of the COM
plants Of the people, instead Of engaging
in a costly war in Abyssinia. The king
dom was pretty nearly bankrupt when he
decided upon the Abyssinian campaign.
one of the reasons he had for undertake
ing that campaign was to divert the atten-
ton of the people from home affairs. His
policy might have succeeded if Italy had
been successful in Abyssinia. Victory
would have excused a multitude of short
comings at home. Defeat only accentu-
ated the discomfort of the people. When
Sgnor CrsDi heard of the Overwhelming
defeat of the Italian army he knew that
his policy had failed and that his downfall
was ut hand.
Rome will be a news center of great
Importance for the whole of Europe
for the next few days. Unless a wise
hand guides the Italian people there are
troublous times ahead for Italy.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-06
Prohibition in Iowa.

This thing Of Des Moines lawmakers
coming out openly in favor of the cruel
and brutal traffic in whisky will meet
with stern disapprOval from every forget
ful coiored man who inhabits a Pullman
bunet or . diner traversing the great
state OF Iowa. says the Chicago Record.
IN the time during which prohibition has
been presumed 10 be IN effect in the Hawk
eye dominion a special breed of negro has
come into being-a polite fellow with a
memory which only the free coinage OF
SILVER mas been able TO relieve. For in
stance, when you get on your train en-
route from Omaha TO Chicago you pass
cut OF Nebraska, a large, sandy, sinful
state, where there IS a dram-shOp on
every hill and a thriving saloon in the
valley without a thought as to the arid
future just ahead At supper you call
upon the man who attends you to bring in
a quart bottle of beer.
Can't do it, boss he remarks, unct-
uously- Yves in IOWay now
Then you are inflamed with a parch-
ing confiagration of thirst to which the
previous quiet desire was naught.
Pshaw!' you say. Il want some beer.
Here is the price. Let it he Anzeiger."
bought in Nebrasky an kept on ice faw
gent,men," persists the waiter.
=. Why, there's a man drinking now at
''Yessah. Bought his beesh befo' he
come ovah de ribbah into IOway."
Wen, but here, I ordered beer in Ne
Don't seem to recollect you doin' it,,
meditatively.
Then you grasp the meaning of the col
ored mans conscientious scruples
on, Yes, | did" you insist, showing an
extra quarter al him.
Boss, IL does seem to me like you did
do somethin o dat kind at Plattsmouth,"
he says, obviously. but l amt quite
sho yet. How many bottles did you say
you wanted?'
You tell him three, for YOU have
thoughts upon the coming of the even
ing.
oh, no, sab. not so many; did you?"
And he regards the quarter YOU first Of
fered pitifully, but he does not return it,
Yes. three and you hand him an
other quarter
We'll, sab, with a beaming face, "ain't
/ fool of a niggah? Cou'se you asked
faw free bottles o. beeah. an here l done
go right along and fawgit it, Nemmind
sab. fetch il right along. Gittin' to be
de mos ridic lous, fawgitful culud man on
de road Thanky. sab Remember puff
feckly now" And for the rest of the trip
he would comply If you asked him to bring
in a brewery.
But the open sale of liquor and the cor
responding effect on short-memoried ne
groes is going to cause some heartburn
ing.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-06
False Statements ana aIIsreprc..n.
fations.

Corruption does not exist in politic.
alone. The time was when people w..
shocked TO hear that such conditions NJ
vailed in politics, but worse than all eIso
is the fact that this evil should be carrie5
into the drug business and the sick ~
made to suffer in Consequence tberaos
For various reasons dealers allow tba-,
selves to be persuaded TO stock up med
cines Of all sorts, to be sold to the sic;x %,
the representation that they are lust tho
same as Simmons Liver Regulator
greater outrage has not been perpetrated
upon the people This has been the exno
rience Of many who have been duped h.,
these false statements. Take only The
Old Friend. Simmons Liver Regulate
with the Red z on every package. and
you'll get the medicine that did the old
folks so much good IN bygone DAYS. II b,,
been kept up as their inheritance to thu
present generation.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-06

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-06
Pretty Bailey of Texas.

Representative Bailey is one of the most
picturesque figures in congress. He af-
fects constitutional law, wears a broad
expanse of shirt front, losses a mass of
wavy black hair and glories in a sweeping
Texas Sombrero, says the New York Tri-
bune. Mr.. Bailey's boast is that Texas
congressional districts are as big as New
England states. He Is the subject of a
story, and it would be wrong to tell who
is the author of it, as Mr.. Bailey is a hot
blooded man. The story is that WhenMr
Bailey first entered public life in Texas
he was comparatively unknown. He was
anxious to forge to the front, however
and to make himself heard on every oc-
casion. A large meeting was to be held in
a neighboring town. Bailey went to il on
horseback. He fell in with a traveller and
in the course of conversation about speak
ers, remarked: Ibid you ever hear of
Bailey?" The yokel replied that he had
not. We'll" said Bailey, ''he is a good
speaker, and is going to be there to-day
If you get a chance, yell for him and YOU
will hear. a speech worth listening to-"
The traveller promised. The meeting came
off, and several speakers were heard. Fin
ally, there was a lull, and then some one
in the audience began to yell, "B-a-i-l-e-yi
B-a-i-l-e-yt' The master of ceremonies
turned to Bailey and led him to the ros-
trum, Bailey started to speak, but the
shouter continued to yell B-a-i-I-e-y!S
Bailey stopped. The master of
ceremonies said, genially: IF our
friend will keep still Mr.. Bailey viii con-
tinue his address. The gentleman speak
ing is Mr.. Bailey" The only reply to this
was a howl of disgust from the man who
had been making all the noise, and he
blurted out; Why, that's the long-haired
galoot that told me to boiler for Bailey"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-06

The "fy-away'' negro religious craze
at Atlanta recalls a religious craze that
struck the negroes Of the upper part of
South Carolina at the time of the great
earthquake. The morning after the quake
the Information reached Bennettsville
that the Lord and St. Peter had arrived
in Charleston to begin holding judgment;
that st. Peter had knocked down the
telegraph wires so as 10 prevent the in
formation from getting out; that a smart
negro had slipped out of the city and run
all the way to Summerville to send a
telegram TO his mother in Bennettsville
of the event, and that the judgment party
would arrive in Bennettsville the next
morning at half past o'clock. This in
formation stirred the blacks to the great
est religious fervor
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-06
MCKINLEY and sound Money.

Some of the republican leaders are ask
ing whether Gov. Mckinley can be trust
ed TO stand up for sound money under
any and all circumstances. He talks now
as if he firmly believed in sound money,
but he has a record on the silver question
that is well calculated to cause the friends
of sound money to hesitate before commit
ting themselves to him. He was the lead
er of the House in the Fifty-first congress,
a congress controlled by republicans in
both branches. That congress repealed the
Bland-Allison act, which required the pur-
chase of only 100000 worth Of silver a
month. and passed the Sherman silver
purchasing act, which required the gov
eminent to purchase 100000 ounces of
silver per month. The Sherman silver
purchasing act was a long step toward
forcing the country to silver basis.
Gov. McKinley--the leader of the House
supported that bill. In the course of a
lengthy speech in behalf of the bill he
implored the free coinage men to support
it, because. he said, I'VE know we cannot
have free coinage now, except in the man.
her as DIoNlueu III lllS Dill. II was
through his efforts mainly that the bill
was put through the House and became a
law. 1t was a very bad law. 1t would
have put the country on a silver basis
if it had not been repealed. 1t was re-
pealed, mainly through the efforts of Gro
Yer Cleveland. who called congress togeth-
er in extra session, and held it together
until it did what he wanted it to do
No. Gov. Mckinley hasn't a record on
the silver question of which he has reason
to be proud. 1t is a record that ought to
make sound money republicans hesitate
to support him. He is the leading candi-
date for the republican nomination for
President, but when his record on the sill
yer question is fully understood, he may
cease to hold the leading place
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-06

Venezuela's refusal to comply with En-
glands demand to consider the Uruan at
fair as separate from the boundary ques-
ton, and to pay damages and indemnity,
may have the effect of bringing the Vene-
zuelan business to a head. If warships
are sent to the Orinoco, as they We're sent
to Corinto to collect debt, there may be
q collision.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-06
WOrkingmen and Free Silver.
From the Augusta (Ga.) Herald (Dem.)

When this country has gotten down to
silver basis, when dollar of silver is
worth only half dollar of gold in pur-
chasing power in the markets of the
world, how will the wage-earner be al
fected? VIII the free coinage of silver
double his wages? VIII the laborer re-
ceive two dollars a day instanter on the
passage of free silver bill where he
only receives one dollar now? This thing
Is not contended. But the other side of
the picture is one that we should look
at The purchasing power of the dollar
is stricken down one-half under the laws
of trade in the markets of the world. BY
law the United States declares the silver
dollar worth one hundred cents. Our for
eign neighbors who set the price of our
cotton, wheat, etc., will refuse to accept
this governments ultimatum and will
place the value on the American dollar
that the laws of trade demand. The pur-
chasing power of our silver dollar will
be stricken down one-half. This means
great deal to every laboring man in this
country. 1t means the Gripping of his
earning power for a long time to come. II
means more work to obtain the same ne
cesslties that he now enjoys.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-06
No White Man Need ADnIx.

The hopeful outlook for the republican
party in national politics is bringing to the
front the colored politicians in large num-
bers. They have been somewhat dormant
for several years. The Savannah contin-
gent of them is looking around to see
what is to be done in order to secure a
full share of the offices.
1t is well settled fact that in future
under republican rule mo white man
need apply" for public preferment
in Georgia, when there are avail
able colored men. White populists
who prefer republican to democratic rule
will do well to remember that the re-
publican party is not hunting for white
men to fill offices in the south. Every
year colored men are becoming more com
petent to fill public offices. and the re-
publican party in the north has no use
for populist and renegade democrats, ex-
cept for temporary purposes-the chief of
which purposes being the defeat of the
democratic party.
The use of republican Doodle in the
last campaign in Alabama was not to help
hOlDs bul " llull TIC utIuuCIdCy. IN
South Carolina. the populist democracy.
whose representatives in congress have
questionable seats in that body, will soon
see that the efforts of Tillman and others
to weaken the democracy will result in
some Of these representatives losing their
seats.
The policy of the republican party is
the same to-day that it has always been,
namely, to do anything to get and keep
control of the government; and to carry
out that policy it viii reward the col
ored politicians in preference to their white
allies, whether they be republicans, pop
ulists or Tillmanites The colored poll
ticians know this, and are acting in ac-
cordance with that knowledge.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-06

Armed TRANSATLANTIC steamers viii
begin March 20 to act as cruisers" says
a Madrid cablegram in our dispatches OF
yesterday. The function Of the cruiser
is to prey upon the commerce OF the en-
envy. The Cuban insurgents have no
ships upon the seas. Upon whom. then.
viii the Transformed Spanish cruisers
prey? Maybe they are going out to catch
some OF thsse American ships in the
Mediterranean that the Madrid I'm
parcial was talking about the other day.
There is bare possibility that one or
two Standard Oil tank steamers, with
kerosene aboard. may be found in the
Mediterranean. and it may be that Mr..
James Gordon Benefits steam yacht is
there also. It ought not to require many
Spanish cruisers 10 subdue and capture
these craft.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-06

1t is said that the larger part of the
Cuban debt is held in Barcelona. That
would seem to explain why it is that Bar
celona takes more active interest in the
war in Cuba than does any other part of
Spain. 1t is probably not so much pa
triotism as pecuniary interest that makes
Barcelona so hot against the Americans.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-06

Commander Ivan N. Walker of the
Grand Army of the Republic objects to
marching in a procession with men who
wore the grey thirty-odd years ago. Sup
pose this country should become involved
in war, would Commander Walker still
object to marching with ex-confederate
soldiers?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-06

William W. Astor has been sued in Lon
don for libel by Lady Henry Somerset,
who alleges damages in the sum of $25, 900.
1t seems that Lady Henry had undertaken
to reform one of the most famous fe-
male drunkards in the world, one Jane
Cakebread, who has record of more
than 800 appearances in the police court
The effort at reformation was a dismal
failure. In commenting upon the circum-
stance, the Pail Mall Gazette, Mr.. AS
tors paper, seemed to think it no wonder
at all that the effort had failed, and OBJ
served that Lady Henry Somerset would
drive anyone mad" The paper was cruel
enough to insinuate that even if Jane
Cakebread had been a model of temper
ance previously, the association with her
ladyship would have driven her to drink
and to insanity.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-06

Some smart fellow ought to turn the X
rays upon the x-views on the currency
matter of Tom Reed, Maj. Mckinley and
few more of the republican presidential
possibilities.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-06

That wonderful hot spring in New yorl,
turns out to be not such a wonderful
thing after all. The board of health has
made an analysis of the water, and finds
that it is polluted with sewage, and is
unfit for any domestic or medicinal pur-
pose. Thus the vison of a fortune that
has been in the eye Of the owner of the
lot on which the spring was found is
disslpated in breath.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-06

Roentgens rays may prove blessing to
GEARS. kings and other people who receive
attention from, the senders of Internal
machines. A Paris scientist has discover
ed a method of applying the rays so as
internal machines may be distinguished
from hoaxes.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-06

The numerous friends of Col. Richard
Malcolm johnson will be rejoiced this
morning to read that he is recovering from
the attack of illness that overlook him
in the midst of his lecture night before
last. Col. Johnson's brilliant literary
works and genial personality have won
him warm place in the hearts of the peo-
pie of the south: in fact. of the whole
country
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-06

Once more we have the report that
''the black troops fought nobly" This
time the report comes from Abyssinia,
where certain black troops were fighting
certain other black troops for the glory
of white men-the Italians. The blacks
fight better for other people than they do
for themselves.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-06

A bill to fix tax on titled marriages
in the state of New York is TO be intro
duced in the legislature shortly. The pur-
pose of the bill is to levy a tax of %
per cent of the total amount of all dow
cries of women marrying foreign noble
men, the revenues thus raised to be de-
voted to the founding of manual trainine
schools for women and homes for aged
and destitute women.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-06

The city council of shamokin, Pa, has
pledged the President support in the
event of war with Spain. Now let Bar
celona howl in impotent rage.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-06
CURRENT COMMENT.
Congress should Quit.
From the Philadelphia Ledger Qnd.)

Congress should adjourn and go home
as no one can predict what folly or crime
it may not commit If it remains in SEES
sion to make campaign capital for its
members, not one of whom cares half so
much for Cuban independence as for his
own petty interests
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-06
VIII Help AIabama's Credit.
From the baltimore Herald Dem

Alabama has made a good beginning
in the election of delegates to the state
convention. The first county to hold a
with a vote of ten to one. This has de-
cided advantages over sixteen to one, ana
cannot fail to improve the credit of the
state.