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

Yes, 1 know all about Cripple Creek"
said the man with the stiff knee as he
went down for a chew of navy plug. ac-
cording to the Detroit Free Press in fact
the place was named after me. I fell down
on the banks of the creek and crippled
myself. l was still limping around when
/ discovered the first mine'
so you discovered the first miner" was
asked.
Il have that honor, sir. Yes. discover
ed the first mine and sold il for a gallon
of whisky. Up to date over 100000 has
been taken out of that claim"
Pretty dear whisky, eh?"
'Oh, well. I'm not kicking. 1t was good
whiSky-the best l ever saw out west. l
made it last me two weeks, and after it
was gone l went out and discovered the
Princess mine. had just staked my claim
when critter came along with four
pounds of tobacco and we made an even
exchange. The returns from the Princess
have been $3OJOuO a month tor several years
past"
Wasn't that a pretty good price for
tobacco?" asked the interviewer.
We'll, rather high, but l couldn't chaw
roots, you know. / was on the last plug
when l discovered the Little Daisy mine.
She was the richest of all, and l meant
to get million dollars out of her or bust.
then fellow come along on an old boss
and struck me for decker. got the boss
and a revolver and he got the mine. She's
estimated at $4000,000 to-day"
But why didn't you hold to it?"
Couldn't do it, my friend, and keep my
place in society. All the bon-ton were on
hoos-back to chase Cinnamon around, and
/ had to go with the swells or lose my rep
utation."
but you might have been worth mill
lions to-day"
Exactly, but I'm not kicking. I hev
a scalDers ticket to Denver, good legs to
walk the rest of the way to old Cripple,
BILE over the richest of the lot and hang
right on to her till make y good thing"
and what would you call a good thing?"
"Well, fur-lined overcoat a silver-h han
money enough to live in Chicago for a
month! Times up and / must go!'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04
An Amusing Letter.

The letter of Senator Chandler to Sena-
tor Lodge must amuse the politicians at
Washington greatly. Mr.. Chandler went
home to New Hampshire to fix the state
convention for Candidate Reed. A friend
of McKinley's prepared resolutions that
straddled the silver question, and showed
them to Mr.. Chandler. who said that as
Mr.. Reed was a bimetallist they would
do very we'll Then this friend of McKin-
ley added another resolution in which it
was set forth that while Mr. Reed was a
distinguished man Mr.. Mckinley was a
pure and noble man, and that New Hamp-
shire would be satisfied if either of them
was nominated at st. Louis. Just before
the convention met Mr.. Chandler got word
about the additional resolution, but he
was afraid if he objected to it the conven-
ton would get into a row and adopt a
money platform that he would not like So
he said nothing, and MIR. Mckinley got
in Mr. Reeds stronghold just as good an
Endorsement as Mr.. Reed himself.
Now Mr.. Chandler is mad. He calls him
self coward and other uncomplimentary
things He says he has found out that the
convention would have voted three to one
to strike out any reference to Mr.. Nc
Kinley And to think that a convention
over which Mr.. Chandler presided should
have Endorsed Mr.. Mckinley as a pure
man. when only about week ago, Mr..
Chandler declared in an interview that
he was a Doodle candidate! No wonder
the New Hampshire senator is mad!
AS far as the Chandler charges are con-
cerned Mr.. Mckinley undoubtedly feels
he has had all the vindication he needs.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04

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

A New England paper says 1T is quite
generally admitted that many New Eng
land cotton mills will abandon the manu-
leaving that branch of weaving to the mills
of the southern states" New England had
as well take notice that the southern states
will not stop at making the coarser goods,
but will weave the finer fabrics also, What
will the New England mills manufacture
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04
Another FavOrite Son "Turn Down
From the Nashville American Oem).

Senator Cullom is the latest to expert
ence the full weight of the blows Mr..
McKinleys friends are dealing to the va
rious "favorite sons" who are trying to
form a combine to defeat Ohios idol
and prevent his nomination. The senator
is a presidential candidate and a ''fav-
orite son. but the convention in the
Seventh Illinois district, the senator's
home district, instructed for Mr.. McKin-
ley, with Senator Cullom for second
choice.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04
Why He is a sIIrerIte.

We are not at all surprised that Capt.
RaouI president Of the Mexican Ma
tionaI railroad. is a rampant silverite.
He is a slverite on the principle that
misery loves company. When he is in
this country he does some tall talking
about the benefits OF free silver coin
age in Mexico. and expresses the opin-
ion that it would be a good thing for the
United States. Nevertheless, we are sat
ished that nothing would please Capt.
Raoul better than to have the gold stand
ard in Mexico. Indeed. If ne could have
his choice between a gold standard in
Mexico and free silver coinage in this
country he would choose the gold stand
ard for Mexico without hesitation.
Why do we say this? The answer to
that question is shown by the financial
affairs of the company OF which he is
president. The stock and bonds of that
railroad company are owned in England.
and the interest on the bonds has to be
paid in gold Capt. Raoul also has to
buy the bulk Of the supplies for his road
in this country. and he has to pay for
them in American money. which, the
world over, is as good as gold. Because
Mexico has free silver coinage Mexican
money is a deprecated money. One day
it has one value, and another day an
other value Its value changes as the
price of silver changes. The earnings of
Capt. Raoul's railroad are paid in silver
and the money he does not pay out for
wages has to be converted into gold
before he can make it available. We
cannot tell what his entire losses are,
yearly, because of the necessity for this
conversion, but there is not any trouble
in finding what the losses on his net
earnings are.
In 1891, from converting his net reve-
nues into gold, his losses were S2S3, 500;
in 1892. $5SS,7i5; in 1898. $76l ,929: in 1891,
S1OS6,5l2, and in 1895. $11OS,627. These fig
ures are from Capt. RaouTs annual re-
port. soon to be issued. They are suffi-
cient to explain why Capt Raoul talks
in behalf of free silver coinage when
he is in the United States. He evidently
thinks that If there was free silver coin
age in this country his road would be ben
Gifted to some extent. He could buy his
supplies for. silver, and that might be
helpful to his road.
The most of those favoring free silver
coinage who really understand the sill
yer question are not thinking about the
welfare of the country. Their opinions
are Influenced nv personal considerati lions
What Capt. Raoul should do is this:
He should use his influence to put Mex
leo on a gold basis. He then might be
able to make dividends for his stock
holders. He could make them glad now,
if Mexican money were as good as Amer
lean money. AS it isn't, his stockhold-
ers have to submit to a loss Of more than
81, 100000 year because a Mexican dollar
is worth only about so cents.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04

The weavers of Eagle and Phoenix mills
at Columbus, Ca. are on a strike because
of 10 per cent reduction in wages. The
silverite politicians are laboring to bring
about reduction of fifty per cent. in the
wages of every working man, woman and
child in the country.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04

1t seems that about all of the Booth
family is coming to America to take part
in the Salvation Army fight. The old Gen.
Booth himself is said to be coming over
pretty soon to try to entice Darlington
back into the family fold
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04

The American schooner George W. Whit
ford according to the dispatches has been
seized by a Spanish gunboat. The Whit
ford had nothing contraband of war on
board. Twenty-three years ago the Amer
lean steamer Nirginius was captured by a
Spanish gunboat. The Virginius had moth
ing contraband on board. But her captain
and a number of the members of her crew
were cruelty butchered by Spanish gen.
eral in Cuba.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04
Shutting in New Hampshire.
From the Hartford Times Dem.).

The interchangeable dollar" adopted at
Concord, n. H., by the republicans yes
terday is everywhe1k recognized as a
''none-Such." 1t was an elaborate effort
to avoid saying anything whatever about
the money question. Evasive, stupid, and
ridiculous, are some of the adjectives
which seem to occur to everybody who
reads it. We have no doubt that SEN
ator Chandler regards 1t as one of the
best word-jumbles to which he has ever
cnnfrihIlted
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04

Spanish cable dispatches have killed
Maxine Gomez not less than seven times
during the past week, yet the report is
that he is expected to arrive in Phila-
delphia for medical treatment at any time
within a few days.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04

1t is said in New York that Mr.. William
c. Whitney will be married shortly. Elk
President Harrison is to be married short
ly. Each is a presidential possibility. If
they should be the nominees of their re-
spective parties we would have an inter
esting race Of the bridegrooms.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04

Gov. MeKinley's opponents are looking
up his silver record. They find that it is
not record calculated to make glad the
hearts of sound money men. He has been
so near being blatant free coinage sii-
verite that it is a wonder that he is not
to-day in entire harmony with such sill
yer mine owners as Jones and stewar,
Of Nevada and Teller OF Colorado. He
may have changed his views. If he has
be ought 10 restate his position on the
silver question, and not refer inqairers
70 his record on silver.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04

DIR. Chauncey NJ. Depew told a reporter
the other day that the New York dele
cation to St. Louis would be loyal to Nor
ton; that Mckinley was running so fast
that he would be out of breath when the
time came to jump, and that he believed
some other man would win. This inter
view was given on April l, hence it is not
clear whether the doctor was joking or
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04

1t is to be hoped that there will be no
Brooker-Zeagler aftermath following the
killing of the sheriff of Spalding county
1t appears that the sheriff was killed
while in the discharge of his duty, and
the punishment of his slayers should be
swift and terrible through legal means.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04

In Boston on April !, some boys ran into
a house and told the occupants that it
was on fire. The occupants declined to be
April fooled and remained seated until
the roof almost fell in.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04
The south's Opportunity.
From the Mobile Register Dem.

If our people will only close their ears
to the voice of the demagogue and de-
clare in unmistakable tones for honest
money and a sound system of finance it
will be but a little while before vast in
duStries will be scattered all over our
upon, the like of which has never been
known.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04

1t is to be regretted that every voter in
the state cannot hear the Crisp-Smith de-
bate. Mr.. Smith is presenting some frozen
facts that Withstand all the burning elo-
quence of Mr.. Crisp.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04

1t was demonstrated in Sing Sing, n. Y,
the other day that the voting machine is
not proof against political manipulate
Out of 1881 votes cast by actual count
there were but 1853 accounted for by the
machine. The missing votes were all DEM
ocratic
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04

Some time ago there was talk of the
effect that President Diaz of Mexico, in
his message to congress, swould take a po-
sition in opposition to the Monroe doc
trine, holding that the enforcement Of
that doctrine might interfere with the
complete autonomy of the Spanish-Ameri-
can republics. President Diaz a few days
ago sent in his message, and in it not only
upholds the Monroe doctrine, but says it
should be regarded as binding on all
American republics and become a part of
International law.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04
CURRENT COMMENT.


From the Chicago Times-Herald Qnd).
The friends of Secretary Hoke Smith
complain that the free silverites down in
Georgia are trying to take snap judgment
on his senatorial boom. Let Hoke and
his friends resort to the anti-snap move
ment. 1t has been worked with great sue
cess.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04

H. H. Holmes, the Philadelphia muir
derer, is TO be hanged next Friday. The
Cincinnati detectives have yet several
days in which to trace the Pearl Bryan
murder to his door. 1t is true that Holmes
was in Jail in Philadelphia at the time OF
that murder but a little thing like that
ought not to bother a real fly Cincinnati
detective.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04

The comment of an exchange on Mr..
Crisp's Augusta speech is as follows:
"EX-Speaker Crisp opens his cyclonic free
silver campaign in Georgia with the para
Lying but irrelevant statement that there
is no international money" Considering
that nobody has ever said that there was
any such thing, the force of Mr.. Crisp's
observation is not altogether clear. 1t looks
as though he were setting up a man of
straw merely for the fun of kicking him
out of shape" Well. it is this
way. Mr.. Crisp is not ex-
actly prepared to answer sound money ar
guments, and in order to make a good
showing he sets up men of straw, which
he knocks down in a mastery fashion.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04
Is the Chronicle Afraid of Facts.

1t is impossible apparently to have
satisfactory discussion with the Augusta
Chronicle on a question of fact. While
the battleship Indiana was waiting for a
sufficiently high tide to enter the Port
Royal dry dock the Morning News pub
lished a little paragraph based upon a
Washington special, to the effect that the
Indiana could neither get into the dock
nor go to sea. 1t was notorious that she
could not get into the dock, but Pilot
Lea, in a communication to the Morning
News, denied that she could not go to
sea. We called Pilot Lea's attention to
the fact that there was a way to show
", by the soundings which we understood
the geodetic schooner Blake had made.
We asked Pilot Lea to send us these
soundings as they could we were inform
ed be easily obtained. He did not send
them. Then our original statement was
confirmed by press dispatch from Wash
ington. Immediately the Chronicle came
to the support of Pilot Lea, not with ad-
ditional facts, but with a lot of asser-
tons. 1t even accused the Morning News
of putting Pilot LEAFS letter off in a cor
ner, neglecting to state that we called
attention to it edtorially. The confirma-
tory press dispatch was sent out Friday
last, and we published it on Saturday.
Last Tuesday we published a confirma-
tory Washington dispatch from Mondays
Constitution dated, if we are not mistaken,
Sunday, the 26th, and the Chronicle says
that that dispatch was the original press
dispatch. The Chronicle must settle that
matter with the Constitution. But why
hasn't either Pilot Lea or the Chronicle
obtained from the officers of the Blake or
from the captain of the Indiana the fact
whether or not the Indiana could have
gone to sea any day while she was wait
ing for sufficient water to get into the
dock? We ask why? That is the whole
matter. 1t is simply a question of fact
and the fact is obtainable. Has the
Chronicle the facts and finds they sus-
tain the Morning News or is it afraid to
ask for them? We offered to abide by the
result of an inquiry of the captain of the
Indiana. That mode of settlement doesn't
meet the approval of the Chronicle appar-
emily
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04

1t should be borne in mind during the
continuance of the joint debate between
Mr.. Crisp and Mr.. Smith that measures,
not men, are under discussion. 1t does
not matter row Of pins whether or not
Mr.. Smith has changed his opinion one
time or forty times during the last few
years Whether Mr. Smith is now right
is the question. If he had several years
ago written book to Allianceman Peek
favoring free silver coinage, and the
sub-treasury PLAN that fact would be alb
solutely worthless as evidence showing
that under present circumstances silver
recommendation would be a good thing
for this county Mr.. Crisp must have lit
tie confidence in the free silver side of
the argument if he ahandons It for per-
sonal attacks upon his opponents.
The Macon Telegraph says: Savannah
still holds the record as market for ma
val stores. She can brag little on artil-
lery punch good people good newspapers
and sound democracy, too. Savannah is all
right" Yes, Savannah is all right.
In her quiet way she is moving
steadily ahead. She believes in the
best Of everything, especially in
the best money. II her sister cities of
the state viii send big delegations to her
May week eelebraton-it viii be a great
military affair-she win make the delega-
tons happy with The best of welcomes.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04

Screven county has elected a new sher-
in. He is a populist. His first duty after
qualifying is to arrest the Zeagler boys.
Politics has been brought into the Zeag-
Ter case until. according to reports, there
would have been a bloody struggle be-
tween populists and democrats if a DEM
ocratic sheriff had made the arrest. That
such condition of affairs should have
existed in Georgia is a disgrace TO the
state. Now that the sheriff's office has
changed hands, it is reasonable to be
expected that the slayers of Sheriff Brook
CT will speedily be apprehended.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04

Several years ago. when Kansas was
booming. Thousands upon thousands OF
dollars Of town and county bonds were is
sued, with the greatest recklessness, in aid
Of almost any scheme set afoot. The bonds
are now about falling due. The towns and
ily in population. many Of the promoters
Of the bonds having moved away. The
burden of the Indebtedness, therefore, falls
upon those who remain. In several of the
local elections next fall. the question of
regulating the bonds will be voted upon.
and the indications are that reputation
viii win in the majority Of instances.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-04

SATURDAY, APRIL 4. 1896.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1896-07-30
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