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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-19
The Florida convention.

The sound money and silver forces in
the Florida democratic convention were
pretty evenly divided. The sound money
men thought it advisable to refer the
financial question to the Chicago conven-
ton, while the silverites wanted a declar-
alton in favor of free silver coinage. The
sound money forces carried their point by
a very small majority. 1t is evident that
neither faction of the party was entirely
confident of its ability to control the
convention, because an agreement was
reached by which four sound money men
and four sHverltes were chosen 10 repre-
sent the state in the Chicago convention.
AS they are uninstructed they will not act
in harmony at Chicago
The ticket nominated is a good one Mr..
BloXham has already served the state
four years as governor, and an excellent
governor he was. 1t is within the bounds
of truth to say that he is about the most
popular man in the state. He is popular
because he is a conscientious official and
is extremely kind and courteous to all
with whom he comes in contact, OF his
election, and of the election of the whole
ticket. there is no doubt.
The referring Of the financial question
to the Chicago convention will have the
effect Of eliminating that question to a
considerable extent from state politics,
and OF making it easier for the two fac
tons to work together for the success of
the state ticket
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-19
BRIGHT BITS.

II could settle this coinage question
in two minutes" said the man VINO has
more ideas than money Of course"
well, l could. why don't the silver men
make a trust and run the price up to 100
s?"-Indianapolis Journal.
Mamma" asked the little girl, point
ing It the woman on the other side of the
car, what makes the lady wear her rings
outside her glover" Hush" said the
mother, in an aggravating stage whisper.
Don't be rudes The lady wears her
rings outside her glove to keep them from
blackening her fingers. "-Indianapolis
Journal
The Solitary.-X III found the pris-
oner sitting on a door shtep in College
street. yer Worship, at half pasht three
this morning.
WAS he alone?'
X 47-He was. your Worship.
How do you know?
x 47-Bekase / was with him, yer wort
ship.-Sydney Bulletin.
Sir" said the citizen, 1.-The car I rode
home on last night was so crowded that
people, myself among them, had to hang
on by their eychds SO TO speak" The
street railway magnate went on writing.
80 crowded, in fact, that the conductor
was unable to collect all the fares" The
magnate's pen dropped to the floor.
What was the number of that carp he
asked, eagerly.--Indianapo Journal.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-19
The candidate and Platform.

/ The republican party has made its plat
/ form and named its candidate. William
I Mckinley Is the candidate. and the plat
! form declares FOR the existing gold stand
ard. The platform is stronger that the
/ candidate.
William Mckinley is not strong char
acter. nor Is he a man OF strong convic-
tons. Notwithstanding the fact that the
monetary question is the great issue be-
fore the country. the financial plank Of
the Platform would not have been an I'M
qualified and emphatic declaration for
sound money If his wishes had been con-
suited. he wanted the word gold sup
pressed. A financial plank that could be
interpreted TO mean either gold OF silver
would have suited him. II was, in fact,
a financial plank Of that kind that he in
sisted upon. y stronger man than he,
however, and stronger than his manager,
Mr.. Hanna. dominated the committee on
resolutions, and the consequence was the
adoption OF a monetary declaration that
satisfies the great majority of the repub-
lcan party.
The character Of the monetary plank
indicates that 3rr. Mckinley would not
have been nominated if the majority OF
the convention had not been instructed
for him. \ man OF more force of char
acter and stronger convictions would
have been chosen-Speaker Reed. or per-
haps, Gov. Morton.
Mr.. Mckinley wanted the financial plank
Of the platform to be like his campaign
for the nomination. double-faced affair.
In that campaign he was for sound money
in sound money states and for silver in
the silver states. Being an estimable gem
tleman and popular. and having done
more for silver than ne had for sound
money, he succeeded in getting delegates
instructed for him from both sound money
and silver states. He showed himself to
be a shrewd politician. but he lost ground
with the people when he refused to say
what his position on the monetary ques-
ton was. II he had convictions on that
question he had placed himself in posi-
ton that would not permit OF his express
ing them.
The financial plank is the only one in
the platform that will attract much at
tention. Efforts VIII be made to push the
tariff plank into prominence, but they
viii not succeed. The people are not
thinking much about the tariff this year.
They want the money question settled.
1t is the uncertainty about the monetary
standard that is holding industrial enter
prises in check and causing stagnation in
business. When that matter IS settled the
people will be willing to turn their atten-
tion to the tariff again. and not before.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-19
A Lazv White Wan.

The western Indians, although not fond
of work, says the Youths Companion, do
not approve of indolent white men The
heap good white man" in their estima-
ton. is the white man who works hard:
and TO sit by and watch him as he tolls
seems TO afford them never failing pleas
ure.
Some young warriors" of the Blackfoot
tribe sat in the shade one day watching
a group of laborers who were constructing
q grade for branch railroad in Montana
They were commenting upon the workmen
and their work, when a bicyclst, the first
that they had ever seen, came riding along
the newly completed grade. He had got off
the tram at the last zion, and was going
to the fort a little further on.
The Indians watched the wheelman
without word until he passed beyond n
knoll which hid him from view; then they
expressed their sentiments concerning him
NO good white man. one remarked
NO, answered another, with great
scorn, heap lazy white man-sits down 10
Salk!' ~
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-19
wool, Lead and Potatoes.


The distressed followers of Hanna and
Grosvenor. in order to give emphasis TO
the tariff issue. are proposing to put wool
and lead into the platform. The object
of this is twofold. One part of it is to
keep the tariff in 'front.'" the other is
to impress the brethren in the Rocky
mountain states that although silver is
not TO be cared for. its twin brother Cor
sister will be. LEAD and silver are gen
orally found together. They go into the
smelling furnace together, and come out
separately. The amount of lead found in
the silver ores is an essential part of
their value, and frequently so important
that the smelling price of the lead deter
mines the question whether the mine shall
be worked or not. So il is proposed to
put wool and lead into the platform An
other faction proposes to put in ships
We venture TO suggest potatoes also. The
farmers lost money on their last potato
crop by producing too many, but they
might be Induced to believe that the fault
was in the Wilson tariff
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-19

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-19

Mr.. G. W. Fishback of Baltimore, who
has been in South America for some time.
has doubts that the South American trade
ts as profitable as some folks in this coun-
try seem to think, or that it is the most
desirable trade in the world from the point
Of view of business men in this country.
He says there is no trouble about manu-
faeturers in the United States supplying
all Of the needs Of the South American
people. But the terms that the South
Americans demand are not such that the
business men Of this country like to give.
They demand four to SIX months credi,
on purchases, and decline to pay more
than per cent. interest. The average
business man in this country
can make his money earn more
than that at home England, France and
Germany can afford to put out their money
at low interest, hence they seek the South
American trade
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-19

Mr.. Edward Atkinson has compiled
some figures of western farm mortgages,
from the official data, which show that
the situation in the west is not so bad
as it has been painted. He says the COM
plete returns show that the life of the
average farm mortgage is less than five
years. and that more than One-half of the
people of the states in which the farms
are situated. In many instances farmers
are the lenders. and the number of far
mers who have money to lend is almost as
great as the number of those who borrow
The mortgages on western farms held by
eastern people amount to less than u per
cent. of the value Of the farms
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-19
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meetings-Division No. 4, A. o. H; Ian
drum Lodge No. IS. F. & A. NJ; Armenia
Lodge No. 1890, G. L. O. of o. F.
Special Notices-A Card Joseph w
Jackson; Dividend No. 13, the Germania
Bank; Money Like Blood, Must Circulate
John T. Evans & Co.; Notice to Superior
Court Jurors; Money 10 Loan. Isaac Beck
EFT; DR.. e. II. Nichols Return.
Steamship Schedule-Ocean Steamship
Company.
Those 75c Neglgee shirts-B. H. Levy &
Bro.
Ninety Degrees Fahrenheit-Appel &
Schaul.
Presents for MISUNDERSTANDING &
Co.
On Saturday, June ao-B. II. Levy &
Bro.
New Publieations-Varieti
Reads Odorless Refrigerators Are the
Best-Lindsay & Morgan.
Mineral Waters - Hunyadi Janos;
Apenta.
Medical-Cuticura Remedies; Shakers
Digestive Cordial; DR.. Charcots Kola
Nervine Tablets; Duffy's Malt Whiskcy.
Auction Sales-Marble Soda Fountain.
Ice Boxes, Etc. by J. H. Oppenheim &
Son, Auctioneers.
Lookout for Bargains in Boys Knee
Pants-B. H. Levy & Bro.
Summer Resorts-&enilworth Inn,
Asheville, CBiltmore Station n. c.
Railroad schedule-Georgia and Ala
bama Railway.
For Special Inducements-See Levy's
Ad.
The People Know Us-Falk Clothing
Company.
Cheap Column Advertisements-H
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent:
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-19

R. E. Lee Camp No. /, Sons of Con-
federate Veterans of Richmond, has
started a movement to form a general
confederation of the organization Of the
sons. This appears to be a step in the
right direction. In the natural course of
events the veterans themselves cannot re
main here much longer. 1t will not be a
great many years before the last OF them
will be laid away with his comrades.
Then there should be some well grounded
organization to take up the work of the
veterans associations where it was left
off, to preserve their museums and histor-
zeal collections and data.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-19
A Law to Be Repealed.
From the New York Times Dem.

The eloquence of Mr.. Teller in behalf
of the lOng-suffering silver miners who
cannot get more for their product than it
is worth is wasted at St. Louis. The great
body of the delegates there represent con-
stituencies that are glad to take and to
price. and insist on having it in good
money. Teller on the other hand works
in the spirit of the Kansas republican,
who declared that the first thing his party
would do when it got possession of the
government would be to repeal THE -
democratlc law Of supply and demand"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-19

China's drubbing at the hands of Japan
has done her lots Of good. She is now
coming into the international Postal
Union, and will establish post offices and
routes in various parts of the empire This
will be the most radical step toward mod
ern civilization that China has taken since
she built her first railroad. The only
mode Of communication by letter in China
at present is by private carrier, which
mode has been the custom for centu-
res.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-19

The st. Louis convention made a shrewd
straddle in the selection of its chaplain.
A prominent Protestant minister and a
Catholic archbishop had been urged by
their friends for the position Of chaplain.
but a Jewish rabbi was selected. 1t is
possible that in the selection there was
a view to attracting the attention and
sympathies of Jewish voters. for what
ever the republican politician does these
days is for political effect.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-19
Mr.. Cleveland Is Right.
VI TN T" NJ > Mt
From the New York World (Dem.).

Mr.. Cleveland speaks with his old-time
courage in saying that "a cause worth
fighting for is worth fighting for to the
end" He IS not a gutter" Neither
should any democrat be who loves his
party, believes in its principles, and de-
sires its success. From this time until
the final votes are taken at Chicago the
sound money democrats should fight to
save their party from lapsing into pop
ulism. The Presidents appeal is clar-
ion call to action.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-19

What can be the populist game in
Thomas county? The populst county
chairman has called meeting of the
''popuIsts and free silver democrats" to
be held on July 10 Are the populists go
ing to submit a proposition to buy or sell?
1t will be Interesting 20 note how many
democrats turn out in response to the
populist chairmans call. Thomas is a
democratic and a sound money county,
and 1t will probably remain so despite the
efforts Of the populists to make it other
wise
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-19

The number of lawyers in Chicago is
502 greater than it was a year ago. Dur
ing the last few months, according to re-
ports, there has been a great increase of
crime in that city. Have the criminals
become holder because there are more
lawyers to defend them, or have the law
yers grown more numerous because there
is more criminal business to be attended
to? There are now S,S25 lawyers in Chi
Cago
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-19

The expected happened at st. Louis
when Senator Teller and twenty other
delegates bolted the convention. 1t was
a surprise, however, that the number OF
the boilers was not larger. According to
the vote on the question of adopting the
platform few more than one hundred
of the delegates were against the GOLD
standard. so that Mr.. Teller carried out
only about fifth of those who indi-
Gated by their votes a preference for sill
yer. Pretty nearly all the boilers are
from the silver mining states, showing
that the real demand for free silver coin,
age comes from those who have silver to
sell. and who naturally want TO get a
better price for their product.
Senator Teller. it is reasonable to ex-
pect, will Low await the action of the
Chicago convention before announcing
any plans for the future. If platform
is adopted at Chicago that is not salts
factory to him he will be found, doubt
less, at St Louis again, on July %, the
date of the meeting OF the national popu,
list convention. He and the republicans
who are in sympathy with him have but
one purpose in view, and that is to bring
about the free coinage of silver To ac>
compish that he viii join hands, it is be-
lieved, with either the democrats os the
populists
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-19
CURRENT COMMENT.
A snuare Fight.

From the Baltimore Herald Dem.).
1t is well that the st. Louis conven-
ton is to assume so decided a stand, in
asmuch as every probability exists that
the Chicago convention will indorse free
silver. The outcome will be a conclusive
exhibition of strength, and will determine
whether we are to have sound money
or imitation with all its attendant results.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-19

The passing of Senator Irby from South
Carolina politics viii be but a marker Of
Senator Tillman's power in the state. Irby
objected to taking orders and retiring his
own brains from political activity. He
sometimes acted upon his own volition,
and that kind Of thing is not tolerated by
the Tillman ring. Tillman wanted. and
wants, two votes in the Senate, and he
could not depend upon Irby to deliver the
other one at any time it might be wanted
Tilman, therefore, selected another man
for Irbys place, and the edict went forth
that the senior senator was to be slaugh-
tered. Having stepped to power on II
by's shoulders, the boss of South Carolina
now has no further use for him, and has
made arrangements to fill his place with
puppet whose wires he can pull at any
hour Of the day or night.
Evening star., 1896-03-24
THE NEW POST OFFICE
Proposition to Construct Double Tier
of Rooms Around the Corridors
The Supervising Architect Has Asked
for $45O,ooO Additional for This
and Other Proposed Changes.

The supervising architect of the treasury
has asked the committee on appropriations
of the House to include in the sundry civil
appropriation bill an item of $3.50, 900 addi-
tional appropriation for the new Washing
ton city pest Office.
1t is proposed to expend $4,000 of this
sum in constructing double tier Of rooms
around the corridors of the several floors,
this being radical change from the gen.
eral Plan Of the building heretofore pre-
pared. Each successive architect of the
treasury since this building was authorized
mas changed the plans to suit his own ideas,
and. as Is we'll known, this has delayed the
work on the building, and, in the long run,
Will add materially to the cost thereof The
plan OF the post Office building when the
present supervising architect took hold con-
templated one tier of rooms around the cor
rldoIs, leaving well-ventilated and we'll
lighted corridor opening into the court II
IS now proposed to put in another tier of
rooms, thereby narrowing the corridor
making II dark, and crowding each floor to
a considerable extent
lEasmuch as this proposition increases the
cost OF the post office building, which cost
mas been fixed by law at $1,000, 600 it is
dcuDtful If the supervising architects esti-
mates can be enacted into the appropriation
Dill. The practice of the appropria tions
committee has been to hold that it could
not increase the appropriation for apy pub
Tic building over existing law, unless Con-
gress hrst passed a separate bill authoriz-
ing the increase. In the light of this prac-
oce' therefore, the estimate of the SUPER
Vlslng architect to increase the cost nearly
half a million dollars if it is put unon the
appropriation BILL will be subject to a noint
of order. po'.-'
Evening star., 1896-03-24
THE CASE OF Mr.. BAYARD
No Official Notice Probable of the Resolu-
tions of the Hous,.
The Presldent's Personal Regard for
Mr.. Bnynrd - Not Likely to
Take Any Action.

There are no Indications that the Pres
ident proposes to take any official no.
tice of the action of the House of Rep
Iesentatives in passing resolutions OF CEN
sure upon Ambassador Bayard. On the
contrary, there is every indication that the
incident is closed SO far as the executive
is concerned.
The President has the highest personal
regard for Mr.. Bayard, and. so far as
known, he has studiously ignored all the
criticisms in consequence of the latter's
speeches at Boston and Edinburgh. In ac-
cordance with the action of Congress, he
called on Mr.. Bayard for copies of the
addresses in question, and when received
forwarded them to Congress without a
word of comment. Although the President
has not said so publicly, it is understood
that he has never been seriously impress
ed with the entire sincerity of the people
who have attacked Mr.. Bayard, whose Of
fense, If any, according to the view said
to be held by him. was at most diplo-
matte indiscretion calling for no notice on
his part.
In proof OF this 1t is stated that he has
declined to even consider the resignation.
of Mr.. Bayard, which, it Is generally
understood, was placed at his disposal when
the propriety Of the ambassadors utter
ances was first questioned, shortly after
their publication. many months ago. At
any rate, it may be accepted as a certain
ty that the President ..loes not feel that
the present situation calls Cor any action
on his part, and also that Mr.. Bayard will
serve out his full term at the court OF ST.
James, where>he is such welcome guest,
unless he himself should conclude to'short-
en- it,
This being the condition Of affairs II is
not thought that Mr. Bayard Is likely to-
be forced out Of the diplomatic service.
Rumor come from London that Mr.. Bay
ards long standing infirmity of deafness
is becoming more serious, and that it may
i'm fn 1n.,.
to the United States. In view of the criti-
cal state of the public business Low in
progress of negotiation by him, it is rot
believed here that the President would
consent to his retiring from the field Of
action except 1t became absolutely neces-
sary on account of his health.