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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-17
A Question for DinIomnts

The safer opinion is that the Turkish
question is one for diplomats to settle
There are sentimentalists who are crying
part in not interfering by force in the af-
| fairs of the Ottoman empire and deposing
| the sultan, thus putting an end to the hor-
ribe state of affairs existing there, but
those who talk so glibly about interfering
do not take into account apparently what
armed Interference means. The English
people, following the lead of Mr. Glad
stone, are clamoring against their govern
ment, because it does nothing to protect
the Armenians. Mr. Gladstone himself
! probably, If at the head of the govern
ment, would be much more conservative
than he is as private citizen. As pri-
vate citizen he has little or no feeling of
responsibility, Hence he says just what
he thinks, and what he thinks about the
! Turkish troubles is in accord with the
sentiments of the English people
But what would follow If England should
pull the sultan off his throne, without the
consent Of the other great powers of Eu-
rope? Why. war would be the result.
England would find Russia arrayed
J against her, and In the war France, Ger
many, Italy and Austria would become
involved. There would be a great Euro
pean struggle in which hundreds of thou
sands of lives would be sacrificed and
thousands of millions worth of property
destroyed. That such would be the case
no well informed European statesman
doubts.
And what would be gained? The lives
of the Armenians in Turkey would not be
saved. massacres, growing out of race and
religious hatred, would occur throughout
the empire just as soon as it was known
that the sultan's authority had ceased
Very few Armenians would escape the
fury Of the Turks.
1t is plain. therefore, that armed inter-
ference in the affairs of Turkey would be
attended with the most serious conse-
quences. What ought to be done, and
what probably the diplomats of Europe
are trying to do is to bring about an
agreement among the governments of
Europe as to what steps should be taken
to compel Turkey to deal justly with her
Armenian subjects. The task is a difficult
one, but 1t is not impossible Of accom-
! plishment
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-17
Personal.

-Signor Crispi, as soon as he had re-
signed his place in the Italian ministry,
sent out a circular to his former clients
and is now in full practice at the Italian
bar.
Sir Arthur Sullivan composes an opera
score in two months. His profit is gen.
orally 1000 for the first year alone. Sir
Arthur is said to draw about 1900 a year
from his comic operas alone.
Consul Warner, of Cologne, writes to
the state department that American com
petition is becoming remarkably strong
in Japan. This is especially noticeable in
the selling of barbed wire and wire nails.
M. lola is hardly in need of advertise
ment nowadays. The pope has, however,
just given him a good one. His holiness
has placed the novelists book, Rome .
upon the Index" In future no good
Catholic may read the book.
The Queen of Italy has taken to the
bicycle This is all the mere noteworthy,
as only a few years ago a lady of the
House of Savoy was virtually banished
by King Humbert from court because she
was devoted to the too democratic wheel.
When Gen. Buckner arrived at Louis
Vile from Indianapolis last week it was
noticed that he did not have his corncob
pipe. The general and his pipe are sup
posed to be inseperabe Il is his con-
slant companion. He carries it in a cane,
surmounted by a silver handle, which
makes a receptacle for the pipe. The
stem, nearly foot long, runs down into
the cane What has become
of the corncob piper asked friend.
"Oh, the Massachusetts boys took t
away from me at Indianapolis" replied
the Sage of Glen Lily. They would not
let me keep it, saying they wanted to hang
it in their headquarters as a souvenir, and
l let them have it,"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-17
The ola Woman and the Pear.

Amusing comments are made by passen-
gers on street cars on other passengers
to vary the monotony of car travel and
show an appreciation of human nature. A
row of listless people watched the mo-
tionS of an old woman with basket filled
with groceries as if she were an object of
particular interest. Among her packages
was a large, misunderstanding pear says
the Detroit Free Press.
How unselfish those good women are, -
said one of the party. Now you can just
be sure there is a little girl at home wait
ing for that pear
NO" said the girly-glrl of the crowd.
IT'S for a sick child, who will shed tears
of joy over it. because it is the only thing
for which it Graves"
MY dear" said a matron mo one ever
gives pears to sick children. 1t is a treat
for the youngest one, no doubt"
perhaps there is only one child in the
family" suggested another speculative
soul.
I'VE will hope so, but that basket of
groceries is going into a large family
She may keep boarders.'
'Yes-boarders in poverty fiat"
The woman who had caused this discus
sion, which was carried on in tones she
could not hear, had settled herself, paid
her fare from a corner of her pocket hand
kerchief and united her bonnet strings.
Now she took the big California pear in
her big red hand and looked at it loving
ly.
''She's thinking of little Janey," suggest
ed the girly-girl
mot much" said the cross man who was
trying to read his newspaper. She's think
ing of herself"
And, much to the chagrin of the anna
teur mind-readers, the good woman APP
piled herself to the pear with such zest
that it soon vanished, and she settled the
packages so that no tell-tale space should
indicate its being.
There's nothing like being good to
yourself" said the cross man, but the
girlygirl sighed over the destruction of
her idyl of unselfshness.
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The Other side.

The impression gained from reading the
republican newspapers is that there is
no doubt about Mr.. McKinley's carrying
Illinois and the states around it. There
is reason for saying however. that there
is a great deal of doubt Unbiased OBJ
servers. who are in a position to know
what the political sentiment in those
| states is, do not hesitate to say that the
| overcOnhdence manifested by the republi-
cans is a great blunder. one of these
observers is Adamos A. Goodrich, gold
standard democrat, who was a delegate
from Illinois to the indianapolis conven-
ton. In an interview in the New York
Times on Tuesday, he said: The eastern
politicians are misinformed as to the Sit
uation in the central western states. They
are assuming that these states are safe
for Mr.. Mckinley There was never
greater blunder. Illinois Indiana, Iowa,
Michigan and Minnesota are very doubt
full"
We have no doubt that Mr.. Goodrich
is right. He has no reason to state the
situation to be otherwise than It is. He
comes in contact with all classes of peo-
pie and he knows the situation in Illinois
thoroughly. He says that the claim that
the Germans are all against free silver
coinage is not true. A very large por-
ton of them are inclined towards silver
and will likely vote for Mr.. Bryan. The
Scandinavian farmers, who were sup
posed to be for Mr.. Mckinley have been
won over to Mr.. Bryan, and Gov. Altgeld
has grip on the working men that is
dmficult II not impossible, to loosen.
As we said a day or two ago, the re-
suit in Maine does not foreshadow the
result Of November. The situation in the
west is wholly different from that in the
east, and the republican victories in Yer
mont and Maine will have hardly per-
ceptible influence in the west
The republicans think they are going
to get the bulk of the labor vote. It IS
worthy Of notice that the leaders of the
great labor organizations have, as a gen
eral thing. declared for Mr.. Bryan Their
influence is considerable. There is an
other thing that must be taken into ac-
count. 1t is the feeling of labor against
capital. While labor and capital ought
to be in harmony. it is not so in this
campaign. The laborer has an idea that
what is wanted by the capitalist is not
good for him, and that idea is wide
spread and is going to carry many labor
votes to Mr. Bryan
Nobody of course can say with any de
gree Of certainty what the outcome of
the contest will he but there is notbfnr,
more certain than that the republicans,
in claiming all the central western states,
are making a great mistake.
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a nIrrnsted stndent.

The proprietor of the secondhand book
store was awakened from a gentle doze
by the book which was slammed down on
the counter in front of him, according to
the Detroit Free Press. He jumped to
his feet and exclaimed:
Has something tumbled over?'
Take it back" said the man who had
made the noise, Il don't want it,"
But we never exchange goods after
they have gone out of the store"
'All right. Ye kin keep it ez a present
from me, then"
Il don't see what there is offensive about
that book. You wanted Handy Letter
Writer and 1 gave you the best one on the
market. There aren't any opinions in it
about politics or religion, and I'm blest If
l can see what you could find to bring
you raging and hammering around as If
you'd been insulted."
Il don't blame you fer standin' up fer
your own wares. But when a man goes ter
buy handy letter-wrlter he makes con-
fession. He wants ter buy sense He amt
got sense enough himself to write letter
the way it orter to be hisseIf an he wants
ter git somebody's knowledge ter help him
out"
That's very true. But It's no reason for
you getting out of patience with me-
II amt sayin' anythin' about you. It's
the Teller that got out this book that I'm
taIkln' bout. l set down with it in a stu
dious frame o mind ter write a letter ter
my landlord, an the fust model 1 struck
went like this:
Dear Sir: take my pen in hand
II didn't git no furder'n that. 1 read it
over two or three times an then 1 shet the
book up an brought it here ter see eff ye
wouldn't trade 1t off fur some Jack Hark-
away or Deadwood Dick stories, or most
anythin' tibet yer keep in stock ter palm
of on folks that don't know no better
They might be purity bad, but they couldn't
be no wuss'n that there"
Il don't see what there is so very OBJ
jectionable about that"
Don't say any such thing. Ye amt so
innocent ez not ter notice tibet a Teller ez
went ter work serious an put tibet on pa
per would jes' be maxim fool er hisself.
The idee O. tellin' man we take yer pen
in hand! Whit did he spose we wus goin'
ter take yer pen in-yer foot? Don't my
landlord know dern well tibet I amt no
armless phenomenon like We see ter the
sideshow in the circus? Mebbe it's intend
ed ter be funny, but er Teller thets writin'
ter is landlord don't want ter get frolc-
some. like ter be entertainin' when the
occasion comes but when I'm tellin' a
Teller tibet the water-pipes is leakin' an
tibet the plaster is comm off the parlor
ceilin', l don't wanter make a monkey of
myself an 1 don't wanter pay nobody 25
cents volume ter do it for me, neither"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-17
lNDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meetings-Solomon Lodge No. /, F. and
A. M; The Hibernian Society.
Political Announcement-For State SEN
ate, W. F. Carter.
Special Notices-Ship Notice, Richard
son & Barnard. Agents; Closing Sale New
1896 Bicycles, r. D. & VIM. baltimore.
Steamship Schedules-American Line;
Red Star Line.
Neverleak-Edward Lovelrs Sons.
Omcial-Ordinances
why Are We Here?-B. H. Levy & Bro.
Collars-Cluett's Collars.
Store Closed To-day-Appel & Schaul.
Medical-World's Dispensary Prepara-
tons; Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-17
The Dispensary System.

! There are grounds for saying that the
dispensary system in South Carolina is
doomed. 1t will have to go. The investi-
CATION Of the charges which have keen
made against some of those connected
with it, either directly or indirectly. will,
! there is reason to believe, disclose such a
rotten condition Of affairs that the people
will demand the repeal OF the dispensary
! law. The disclosures made by Gov.
Evans were Of little account in compari-
! son with those which are likely TO be
made if the statements which are APP
pearing in the newspapers Of the state
are well founded. The state has made no
money out of the dispensary, but it mp
pears that there are those who have made
a great deal. No doubt the main facts
will be brought to light, and then it will
appear what a corrupt and corruptng
institution the dispensary is.
Some OF the South Carolina papers are
advocating high license and local option.
The new constitution permits a liquor
system of that sort.
But we call attention to the South Caro-
lima dispensary scandals, especially, for
the purpose Of warning the people of this
state against favoring a dispensary sys,
TEN in Georgia, or any other liquor selling
system for controlling the liquor traffic
radically different from what the state
now has. The prohibitionists and popu>
lists have in their state platform a decla-
ration against barrooms, but it looks to-
wards the selling of liquors for purposes
other than beverages. They call for the
establishment of places for the sale OF
liquors. If in South Carolina the dispen-
sary was used not only as a political ma
chine but also to enrich some of those
who had charge of the purchasing Of the
dispensary supplies, what would be the
result of the liquor selling scheme which
the prohibitionists and populists would
establish in this state if they should
| succeed in getting control of the state?
Would it be possible to keep it free from
scandals? We do not think it would.
In the first place it would cost $50 900 or
100000 a year to keep detectives in the
field. looking out for violations of the
law, and in the second place it would be
practically impossible to enforce the law.
Liquors would be sold surreptitiously, and
they would be very bad liquors. AS con-
sequence we should have more drunken
ness than we now have, and much more
harm would be done than there is at pres
| ent.
Under local option a great deal has been
accomplished for the cause of temper
ance-so much, in fact that IL Is difficult
to understand why the prohibi-
tionists don't depend wholly on
local option to win the state
| for prohibition. If they were at all
practical. they would see the situation as
it is and continue to work with local OPP
ton instead of trying to have a general
prohibition law passed
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-17
BRIGHT BITS.

Nearing the Goal-Your husband
seems to be making money.
Eyes; he says that by next summer he
will be rich enough for somebody in the
family to have hay fever. "-Chicago Rec
ord.
-Wobbler-Those South Americans are
so high strung that they want to fight on
the smallest provocation.
Crankshaft-High geared should judge,
from the number of revolutions they
make.-Brooklyn Life.
Nobody Could northumberland
the messenger who carried your dispatch
has fallen into the hands of the Cubans.
Gen. Weyler-Did he destroy my dis
patch?
Northumberland, he did the best he
could. He tried hard to swallow your de-
spatch. but he couldnt.-Puck.
Indignant Butcher-That dog of yours
has been getting into my sausages.
Pointer-Wen, he seems to know his
place.-Yonkers Statesman.
Friend-Would you like to be Robinson
Crusoe?
Boy-Well, I spose they wouldn't be no
body to tell Teller not to do things.-De-
troit Free Press.
-Wllie-Mamma, is the earth a round
ball?
Mamma-Yes, Willie.
Willie-And turns on it's axis?
Mamma-Yes, my son.
Willie-Must turn mighty easy.
Mamma-It never stops.
Willie-Mamma?
Mamma-W is it, Willie?
Wllie-I know why it turns so easily.
Mamma-Why, son?
Willie-Because the earth's axis is a ball
bearing Washington Times.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-17
From HIs Point of vIe,y.

Society" said the little man at the
end Of the bar, nearest the door. accord
ing to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, 'fs the
hollowest of all hollow shams."
Been tryin' to git in, haven't you?'
quoth the bartender.
"Me?' cried the little man, as he hop
ped in the air. me? Why. there amt been
sassiety event in this town that l
haven't been invited 10 attend yes, and
invariably got there first. too"
And the little man STROBE haugbtiy
away
Say, who is he?" inquired the stranger
as he dallied with n free lunch cracker.
He's the only man in town who owns
one Of these here awnings for the bride
and groom TO walk under when proceedin'
from the carriage 70 the church door"
said a bystander.
Then ! don't wonder he thinks society
a hollow sham" sighed the stranger, ana
he absent mindedly sneaked three pickles
and hunk Of cheese.
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Mr.. sewan VIII Stay.

The New York Worlds correspondent on
the evening of the day of the Maine cleo
ton, after it had become known that the
republicans had carried the state by
very large majority, asked Mr. Sewall if
it was true that he intended to make the
Maine election a test of the question
whether he would remain on the ticket
with MIR. Bryan or withdraw from it. The
correspondent said that Mr.. Sewau SHOW
ed some signs of irritation and said he was
not fool" 81
From the foregoing the inference is
drawn that Mr.. Sewan does not under any
circumstances purpose withdrawing from
the ticket. His own language justihes the
conclusion that he thinks he would be a
fool to do so.
The Jig is up with Mr.. Watson 1t is
known now that his trip through the west
and his attacks upon Mr. Sewall were not
pleasing to the democratic leaders, who,
it is pretty safe to say, never seriously
thought of asking Mr.. Sewall to withdraw
in favor of Mr.. Watson. They know, and
every level-headed politician in the country
knows, that If Mr.. Watson should be sub
stituted for Mr. Sewall as the democratic
candidate for Vice President, the cam
paign would be virtually at an end. Dem
ocrats would give the ticket the cold Shout
der to such an extent that before Novem-
Der it would have only populists as sup
porters.
And yet Mr.. Watson honestly believed
he could get Mr.. Sewall's place. He GER
tainly wanted it, but the way he went
about getting it showed that he does not
possess very good judgment. He had no
reason for abusing Mr.. sewan as ne did,
nor is he excusable in trying to influence
populists against voting for Bryan and
Sewan electors. In his western tour he has
shown himself to be a man consumed by
an ambition TO advance his own political
fortunes. He thought he could scare the
democratic leaders into putting him in
Mr.. sewal's place. by threatening to with
draw the populist vote from Mr.. Bryan
He has found out that the democratic
| leaders are not to be scared.
Our dispatches state that Mr.. Watson
has been ordered back TO Georgia by the
chairman of the populist national COM
mittee. and that after the Georgia cleo
ton he will be at liberty to go where he
pleases, and say what he wants 70, which
means that he is no longer regarded as a
factor in the campaign, and. that very
little notice will be taken of what he says
or does.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-17

A Pennsylvania locomotive building
company has been awarded the contract
for furnishing locomotives for the Tien.
tsin and Pekin railroad. in China. The
principal locomotive builders Of the world
submitted bids for the contract. The
Pennsylvania concern secured the con-
tract through the fact that it was able TO
supply better machinery at a lower cost
than any other bidder. That is what
American manufacturers are able TO do
under the democratic tariff law, now in
force. The order from China will keen
the company's machine works busy for
several months, whereas, under the Nc.
Kinley tariff the order would probably
have gone to Europe and the Pennsylva-
mia workingmen would have been out lust
80 much time and wages. II is believed
that a number Of large orders for Amer
lean machinery will result from Ii Hung
Chang's visit to this country. The one
under consideration, however, did nor
come through him.
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The editor of the Jersey Jamjar, with
that superior wisdom of which every ru-
raj editor is possessed. stood on the curb
stone in front of his palatial Office letting
the cool air permeate the aforesaid wis
dom, when the local photographer passed
by with his camera going toward the rail-
road station, says the New York Sun.
"Ah, therei" saluted the editor.
whence goest?"
Il CO." returned the photographer, ito
take picture of the next President of the
United States"
''Of course it will be a picture of the
man you want elected said the editor,
who was opposed politically to the photo
grapher.
mo, sir; it win be a picture of the next
President"
The editor was getting rather wrought
up.
"Will you guarantee it?" he asked
"Ill put up my check for $500 that ii will
be the correct picture" responded the pho
tographer
The editor scratched his dome of
thought.
I'm not very flush" he said, ''but I'll
give you on that guarantee 500 for a cut
of the picture to print in my paper
It looked like einch for the editor, and
seven men told the photographer he was
a plum idiot; but he drew up a contract
for the editor to sign binding him to pay
500 for the cut, the photographer guaran-
teeing 1t to be correct. Then he started on
for the train.
Get that cut back here in time for
Sundays paper" called the editor.
"Guess not" responded the photograph
er. There's nothing in this contract about
when / am TO take the picture can't take
il until after election, of course, under
my guarantee, and you ought to know it,.
Then the scrap began, and at last ac-
counts all of that end OF New Jersey was
taking sides.
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Mr.. Bryan is a pretty free talker; but
he knows when not to talk. He was told
on Monday night that Maine had gone re-
publican by about $1,000, and his comment
was: "Ah, indeed, reallyr Asked If he
would say something about the election,
he replied: do I look as if l wish to
say anything?" 1t was evidently the
purpose Of the reporter who went to see
him TO get him to endeavor to explain
the Maine majority. But. knowing that
Maine is not a good indicator of public
sentiment in this campaign. Mr.. Bryan
declined to say anything, one way or the
other.
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The people Of Washington county, Ken
lucky. are having a big fight over toll
pay tolls over the turnpikes, and still they
are opposed to paying for the roads out
of the public funds. rhey have burned some
of the toll gates, and threaten to make
more trouble. Their actions, It is need
less to state, amounts virtually TO an at
tempt to confiscate private property. The
turnpikes are as much private property
as the residences Of the. people who own
them. It is reasonable that the people
should desire free roads. But as matter
Of right, they ought to be willing to pay
for them.