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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-23
Two stories of Senator BrIce.

Senator Brice has been telling his col
Leagues lately a very good story. the joke
Of which is on himself. but he does not
seem 10 care about that says the Wash
lngtOn correspondent Of the New York
sun At the recent Ohio democratic con-
yention. Mr.. Brice was the presiding Of
ncer. and the gathering was known
throughout the country as Brice's cOnven-
ton One DAY two or three delegates
were sitting in the hall while Brice was
presiding. ard one Of them said:
See here. which OF Them. men on the
platform is BrieeZ never saw him.
fellow with the bushy red hair and whisk-
ers, curled up in. the chair there behind
the table on the platform"
Surveying him keenly. delegate No. 1
him?'
Because they can't ketch him" prompt
~ replied delegate No. ?
Another good story at Mr.. Brice's ex-
pense; The senator has told q great many
times Of the part he played in the tearing
down or the NendOme column in Paris.
and others have told 1t more often than
he, so that sometimes his best friends
1Okingly call him .'Nendome." One day
IN the cloak room. or at the senatorial
poker club or somewhere else Senator
Jones of Nevada told OF his experiences
abroad while mem bers of the Brussels
monetary conference. He said that he
was visited and dined galore, and that the
Delegates from other countries than the
United States were very kind TO him and
introduced him to all of the celebrated
men of all countries that were i'm Brus-
sells at the time. But Mr.. Jones was not
satisfied with rubbing up against royalty;
he wanted to touch elbows with the COM
mon people. OF. as Mr.. Jones is fond of
calling them, the ''purlieus," 50 when he
went to Paris he had friend take him
down to the docks and the fishmongers'
quarters, and introduced him to the
lOngshoremen, the market people, and the
denizens of the poorer parts of the city.
On one occasion he made a speech and
told them how he loved the common peo-
pie. and how ford he was of getting
among them 10 hear their heart beats and
feel their pulse because they are always
the bulwark of liberty and their bOsoms
the home of patriotism and right and
truth. When he finished his speech there
was great applause, but suddenly the cit
liens who were the leaders of his demo
cratic audience eagerly asked him for
news of their great friend, Senator Brice.
This staggered the senator from Nevada,
and in an unlucky moment he told them
he knew of no such man.
What" the mob shouted. mot know
Brice the great statesman, who was our
leader when we pulled to earth the Column
Vendome and asserted the freedom and
power of the people? Then if you don I
know him you are not a statesman and
you never saw the Senate of the United
States"
Mr. Brice, who kept very quiet when
Jones told his story, did not at first recog-
nize the word "Brice" with its foreign
pronunciation but suddenly its meaning
came upon him, as the others in the
room roared with laughter, and turning
to Jones with a siclSly smile, he said quiet
w: You 20 to HI
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-23
Wind Pulled His Tooth.

One of the queerest pranks of the wind
during the cyclone of Monday night hap
pened at the corner of Sixth and Jeffer-
son streets, says the Louisville CONNER
eial.., John Gazzollo, the night engineer
at the city hall, has been suffering from
toothache for some time, and has been
telling his friends that he intended to
have the acher jerked out as soon as he
could screw his courage up to the point
On the night in question his tooth ached
so badly that he could hardly hear the
wind blow. He was desperate. Borrow
ing a gum overcoat from one of the po-
licemen about the police station, he start
ed out just as funnel-shaped cloud was
scudding along. He reached the corner
of Sixth and Jefferson streets and was
about to turn the corner, when a gust of
wind struck him and lifted him off his
feet. He might have been carried over
to the court house yard and drowned in
the fountain but for his presence of mind
in grabbing the iron railing that runs
around the steps leading down into the
basement. He chung there for a moment
with the wind right in his face. He turn
ed his head and as he did so there was a
sudden jerk that dislodged his hat and
fairly unraveled his red necktie Then
there was a lull, and when he crept back
into the station house he made the start
ling discovery that the aching tooth was
gone. The wind had pulled 1t. He tells
the story himself, and if it is not true
Mr.. Gazzollo has grossly deceived me.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-23
One Northumberland Cow.

There are tricks in all trades but ours
remarked the carpenter according TO the
Vermillion Freeman, land we sometimes
drive screws with a hammer" A few days
ago, not more than a thousand miles from
Lake county, a collector called on a
farmer for the payment of a note secured
by chattel mortgage. The farmer was
obdurate and gave no satisfaction that
ne would ever pay the note. Finally the
collector said, well, Ill have to take the
eleven cows named in the mortgage .
"Oh, no; you haven't got a mortgage on
eleven cows on this farm" why, yes, I
have" And the collector pulled out a
copy of the mortgage and read as follows:
"One red and white COW, l COW spotted
red and white, red COW with white spote
i COW with white spot in forehead, i red
COW with two white hind feet, 1 white
COW with red spots on side, l white and
red COW, l red COW with two white fore
feet, l hite COW with red spot on Shout
ders, red COW with white spots on hips,
] white COW spotted with red. Now, how do
you like that?' continued the collector
"Oh, that's all right; l see you've got
eleven mortgages on my old red and white
cow; there she is down in the pasture; the
boys. will go down and help you catch
her"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-23
T.eIe-. Di-cus.ion.

What Tennessee democrats may do in
the matter Of consolidating conventions
is no guide for Georgia democrats The
conditions in that state may be vastly
different from those in this. But whether
they are or not. we are satisfied that the
democrats Of Georgia would not consent
10 have their state ticket and presiden-
tial electors named at the convention CALI
"a 10 choose delegates TO the national
democratic convention
We don't want the state campaign 10
begin in the spring and run through the
whole summer. During the early part or
the summer We shall have enough TO do
to giFe proper attention to national poll
tics. and we don't want TO frame plat
form FOR the state democracy until We
know what the national platform is.
We DO not know whether the suggestion
that only one convention be held has been
submitted to the members of the state
committee OF not. We assume # has not.
and that if IL should be it would not be
approved, unless stronger arguments than
we think are forthcoming could be aC-
vanced in favor OF it.
1t is true that one convention would
save a lot of trouble. Still, for the COM
nittee TO decide in favor Of one conven-
ton under existing circumstances would
be too much like snap judgment. If only
one convention in presidential years is
TO be held the party itself. in convon-
tion assembled. should so decide. The
custom has been 10 hold two conventions.
and two conventions should be held I'M
I'll the party decides otherwise. Indeed.
we doubt If the state committee is au-
thorized to set aside this custom. If il
is not. then the discussion Of the sus-
gestion to do so is useless.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-23
ChnrIerfon Want. II.

We assume that Charleston did not
care about having a sub-treasury until
there was a prospect for Savanna to get
one. This assumption is based upon the
fact that she took no steps to have the
sub-treasury re-established there until
after a Savannah delegation had appear
ed before the ways and means commit
tee. BY Charleston we mean of course
the Bankers Association Of that city.
There is no doubt of Charleston's right
to make an effort to get sub-treasury,
but why did she wait until there was a
pretty fair chance for Savannah to get
it? We do not say that she would like
to prevent Savannah from getting it If
she cannot get it herself, but it would
not be surprising if her efforts should
make it more difficult for Savannah to
get 1t.
Savannah has been working for IL for a
year or more with the understanding that
she had no opposition from this, section
of the south When the matter was
first brought to the attention of the pub
lie Atlanta seemed disposed TO make an
claim in favor Of Savannah. While bank
ers conventions have favored Savannah
and the newspapers have lent Savannah
a helping hand Charleston has said moth
ing. Savannah, therefore, had a right to
assume that she would have Charleston's
help. not her opposition.
Charleston had sub-treaesury ten or a
dozen years ago. Either because the in
stitution did not get sufficient support, or
for some other reason. it was closed by
the government. Has Charleston any
better reason for asking for it now than
she had for asking for it's continuance
then? We assume she has not. or else
she would have asked to have it re-estab-
lished long before this.
The Bankers Encyclopedia Monthly
speaking of the efforts Savannah is MAX
ing to get a sub-treasury says: ut was
all right to discontinue the Charleston
sub-treasury, for that city, once among
the three or four chief cities of the coun-
try, is of small commercial and financial
Importance now. We do not, of course,
agree with the view of Charleston's fnan-
cial and commercial Importance express
ed in the Bankers Encyclopedia Monthly
Charleston is an important city, both
commercially and financially. She may
not be as important as she once was, but
she has reason to hope that her impor-
lance will be much greater at no very dis
tant day than at any previous time in
her history. But whatever her hopes in
respect to her future may be, it does seem
as if it would be only fair to Savannah
for her to remain quiet about an institu-
tion she has not seemed to want and let
Savannah get it if she can. From a COM
mercial and financial standpoint Savan-
nah is certainly entitled to It, Her bank
|. clearances alone afford convincing evil
dence. from a business standpoint, that
she leads all the other South Atlantic
cities.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-23
CuIlom Is Right.


We think the country will very generally
approve the proposition Of Senator Cul-
lon 10 appropriate 100000. or even Sl0O.-
90, 10 put the country on a war footing.
He does not think. nor does anybody else
think. that there is any danger OF war
with England at present, but who can
say what the outcome Of the boundary
dispute viii be2 The report OF the Vene-
zuela boundary commission may make the
outlook much more warlike than II IS
now. II the commission should report
that England has no right TO the terri
tory adjacent 10 British Guiana, which
she now holds against the protest Of
Venezuela. and England should refuse to
give it up or submit the question Of her
right to it 10 impartial arbitration. it
would be difficult, IL not impossible. to
avoid war. And besides England. there
are other nations with which we are liza
bic 10 have trouble. Who can say what
the outcome Of the Cuban revolution will
be. or that this country will not have trou-
BILE over Hawaii one of these days?
The United States are strong in their
position. their wealth and their popula-
ton. but they are not prepared to defend
themselves. They could put millions Of
men in the field within a very short
time. but they have only few guns and
very little ammunition; and these coast
cities are practically defenseless. II a
war with first-class naval power should
break out suddenly, therefore. they would
suffer greatly. In time. of course, they
would get ready to meet any hostile force
that might be sent against them. but dur
ing that time their enemy might damage
them to an amount many times greater
than the sum it would cost to make in
time Of peace ample preparations for war.
1t is an interesting fact that the propo-
sition to appropriate money to put the
country in condition for defense comes
from a senator who represents an inte-
rior state. One of the reasons why so
little money has been spent upon coast
defenses is that the congressman residing
in the interior of the country could not be
made to appreciate the necessity for
spending money for coast defenses. They
wanted the public money spent for such
things as would enable their constitu-
ents to get some of it. The proposition
to appropriate money to put the country
on a war footing, coming, as it does. from
a senator from the interior, shows that
the congressman from that section are
now willing to join with the congressman
from the coast districts in preparing the
country to resist attacks from whatever
source they may come.
Money spent upon defenses would not
be thrown away. That the defenses are
necessary was determined long ago. and
the working of constructing them has
been progressing slowly for years-so
slowly. however that scarcely anything
has been accomplished. What Senator
Cullom means by his proposition is that
the work shall be pushed forward vigor-
ously, and he is right
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-23
The Political yellow Dog.
From the Chicago Times-Herald Qnd. }:

The yellow dog year is the ruin of par
ties. Every time a party becomes so
strong that a yellow dog can be elected
IT is at the beginning of the period when
ii cannot elect an archangel. The yellow
dog is a persistent beast He is not to be
showed off in days of prosperity, although
the house or in the coal shed. Not pretty
or agreeable he repels association. Men
of position and self-respect decline to go
on a yellow dog ticket When such a
ticket bears one yellow dog it is yellow
dog all the way through. There ought
to be political pound for the political
yellow dogs And il should not be the
capitol at Springfield or the House Of
Representatives at washington.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-23

The chaplain of the South Carolina
Senate is evidently an up-to-date man.
He has read how the chaplain of the ma
tional House sometimes opens the ses-
sions of that body with "a few remarks"
addressed to the Lord upon the political
situation, and he is following suit. He
told the Lord of the Cuban situation the
other day. and how it was that He ought
to influence the United States to recog-
nize the insurgents as belligerents. Pre-
sumably within the near future he will
communicate to the throne of grace the
story of the "crime of 1873" and ask for
divine interference in favor of the 16 to
1 free silver idea. If these chaplains are
going to dabble in politics in their few
remarks" at prayer time, their positions
should be considered political Offices, to
be filled by the people during the elections
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-23

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-23
CURRENT COMMENT.
Capital Punishment Must Remain.
Columbus (Ga.) Enquire-Sun Dem).

The punishment prescribed for cold
blooded and brutal murders, and other
atrocious crimes, should certainly extend
to the furthest severity recognized and
permitted by civilized usage. The abol-
ishment of capital punishment would not
have a tendency to diminish crime in
Georgia, and we do not expect to ever
see it stricken from the code.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-23
lEDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meetings-Solomon's Lodge. No. l, F.
and A, NJ; Zerubbabel Lodge. No 10. f.
and a. NJ; Stockholders Meeting Savan-
nah Brewery Company. .
Special Notices-EupOrated Cream,
John T. Evans & Co.; The Lunches at
Beckmann's Cafe: Those Wonderfuh VAL
YES in Undershirts. Appel & Schaul; It's
Your Mistake, Jno. T. Evans & Co.
Business Notices-Coal Oil Johnny Soap,
John Lyons & Co.; lie Panic Cigars Spec
ial Cigars. English Rose and Mendoza,
Yonge's Pharmacy.
Amusements-Music Culture Club En-
tertainment, at Theater. Jan. %.
New Publications-Ladies' Home Jour
nal
Proposals for United States 4 Per Cent
Bonds-Natonal Bank Of Savannah.
Between You and the World-B. H. Levy
& Bro.
. Per Cent Off-At Collats.
Medical-World's Dispensary Prepara-
tons; Munyon's Remedies; Pura Blood;
DR.. Charcots Kola Nervine Tablets;
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Collars and Cufs-Cluetts Collars and
Cuffs.
Steamship Schedules-American Line
Red Star Line; Baltimore Steamship
Company.
Legal Notices-Notice to Debtors and
Creditors Estate OF Eliza Jerkens, De-
ceased.
Pause in Time, But Don't Pause Too
Long-Falk Clothing Company.
Auction Sales-Four-Story Brick Resi-
dence, by l. d. LaRoche; Furniture, by
A. X. Wilson, Auctioneer.
Cheap Column Advertisements.-H
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-23
A POpuIist ''Statesman."
Springfield (Mass) Republican Qnd.).

Earl of Nebraska, populist with a big P
and member of the national committee of
that PARTY, is an avowed corruptionist and
boodler. He said so himself, according to
the accounts of his speech at the recent
meeting of that committee at st. Louis,
for he pleaded for $4,000 with which to
buy up all the leading newspapers and
magazines IN the large cities for the peo-
pies party. Earl evidently measures the
corruptins powers of money from the
populist standard, which he may be GER
tain does not apply in newspaper offices.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-23

Forty Mile Creek. in Alaska, is likely
to come prominently to the attention of
the people of this country and Great Brit
ian before an of the questions at issue be-
tween the two governments are settled
The creek is said to be rich in gold deposits.
Great Britain has an idea that it lies
Within her dominion, and the United
states are Of the opinion that it is Amer
lean territory, being a part of Alaska.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-23

Senator Cullum presents a ludicrous
spectacle. as he tries TO urge the Senate
10 prompt action in the matter Of prepar-
ing for the defense OF the country. The
idea Of the Senate acting promptly on
anything is really too funny. And Cul-
lum is generally not more agile than the
rest of them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-23
DfsappOinting BOdy.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch Qnd.).

The Senate is expected to take up the
bond bill and the Monroe doctrine this
week If it would pass a bond measure
that would put the credit of the treasury
on an unqVestionable foundation. it's de-
liverance on the Monroe doctrine would
have more effect. But inasmuch as its
bond bill is to be a free silver bill, and
it proposes to cure the credit of the gov
eminent by cutting off the tail behind
the ears, the prospect of any real benefit
out of that body is about as promising as
that for flowers in February.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-23

The rumor that Gen. James B. Weaver
would retire to private life and take his
mouth with him is shown to be a base
canard, sprung probably by the blood
sucking gold bugs" Gen. Weaver is still
in the ring, and has invested part of his
bank account in barrel of the best lu-
bricating oil in anticipation of the COM
ing campaign. He was in st. Louis the
other day in attendance upon the popu-
list meeting there. His jaw was freshly
oiled, and wagged in a manner that prov
ed it good for probably a generation lon
ger. He says the country is going to see
this fall great political party made up
of boilers from the old parties and the
free silverites Of the populist party.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-23
Build Coast Defenses.
From the ewYork Herald Qnd.)

1t is evident if our seacoast is to be even
moderately defended, that congress should
make immediate appropriation of reas-
enable sums for guns and forts, and that
the war department should be authorized
TO hasten the work in every way in its
power. The money thus spent will be
saved a thousand times in case any ot1-
er power should be disposed to attack or
even TO threaten us
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-23

The first victory of the Spanish navy
in Cuba ought to be celebrated in Mad
rid with bonfires, parade and speeches.
1t seems that the little gunboat Alerta
compelled the insurgents to beat a re-
treat from the coast town of Cabanas. The
Cubans had absolutely nothing with which
to night the gunboat. But that makes no
difference. 1t was a victory. all the same,
for the navy.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-23

The po2ulist party VIII make its cam
paign shorter than the campaigns Of the
two older parties Il must necessarily do
so in order 10 make any kind Of a decent
showing. Popuiist principles are not Of
the kind 20 stand close examination. The
longer they are discussed. the weaker will
become their following. The populists act
upon the snap plan wherever it is possible
The Baltimore sun is good enough TO
remark that the report Of the harbOr-
master or the port OF Savannah to the
mayor makes q splendid showing OF
the commerce Of the port. It does. indeed;
and a gratifying consideration is that the
showing is likely to be better from year
TO year, as business resumes its normal
volume.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-23

The Presbyterian synod of the state of
New York is said to be opposed to the use
of separate communion cups. Neverthe-
less, the Ross Street Presbyterian church
of Brooklyn used such cups last Sunday
during its services. 1t is reported that a
test case will be made before the presby-
terry
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-23

1.-THE southern cotton growers are now
masters of the situation" said Hon.
Charles S. Scott at the Memphis cotton
convention. If the growers are wise they
will strengthen their grasp upon the sit
uation by making another small crop this
year. and sending the pestilent cheap
money advocates to the rear. with the
money question settled upon a common
sense basis, and the supply of cotton kept
within the demand, the farmers of the
south would soon be >the most independ-
emit people upon the face of the globe.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-23
Not TO BE BIuRed.
From the Columbia Is. c. State Dem

tTUm lhe NUIumpIa .. % STATE (Dem.).
If Lord Salisbury is fool enough to send
a fleet to Americans waters with the pur-
post to alright us with "demonstra-
ton" he will be likely to have the chip
knocked off his shoulder. The people of
this country are not accustomed to be
menaced in this way--a way which has
not even scared Turkey. There will be
very quick revival of the much-deprecat-
ed war spirit" if those, special charts
of North american Maters' are used.