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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-09

The struggle between those who favor
ed the merit system in Milling places un-
der The government. and those WAC in
sisted upon the spons system. was a
long one. but the former finally won.
There is something TO be done yet. sun.
Tie reform is practically accomplished.
and henceforth over SOD gov
eminent employees viii not be IN
fear Of losing their places every time
there is a change in the political COM
Dlexion OF the administration
The order which the President issued
last Wednesday was a notable one. It
put $1,000 employees under the merit sys-
TEN. Before that order was issued they
were liable 10 be dismissed on the sug-
gcstion Of a political boss. Now no one
Of them can be dismissed except for cause.
and whenever one Of them is dismissed
the vacancy must be filled in accordance
with the civil service rules.
There are now 5000 government en-
ployes with which the political bosses
have nothing TO DO. Those who hold these
places need not pay political assessments
if they don't want TO. and they viii not
have TO devote their spare moments to
doing political work for anybody. They
are free to vote for whom they please,
and to entertain whatever political opin-
ions appears to them to be the wisest
and best.
The politicians made a hard fight against
the merit system. They wanted the spoIs
of office when they won a political VIC
tory. 1t mattered not to them what kind
Of service the government received so
long as they could pay off their political
debts with the offices. and have their
political henchmen taken care of at the
expense Of the public.
Although Mr.. Cleveland did not suggest
the merit system. he has done more than
any other President to extend the sys-
TEN. During his first presidential term
he put thousands Of employees in the clas-
sihed service and day or two ago he
put into that service about all the re-
naming employees who could be properly
put there If he had done nothing else
as President, he would be remembered for
what he has done for the Improvement
; Of the civil service.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-09
some Rackets and others.

THE worst sound 1 ever heard" said
the man in the corner, according to the
Detroit Free Press twas the cry of a
screech owl in the woods of Maine. /
was only a boy at the time, and it was
years before / could sleep a night through
without dreaming of that awful scream. -
My experience is that there's nothing
on the face of the earth can make a worse
noise than the cry Of a panther" said an
old hunter belonging TO the crowd.
Gentlemen" said the only Detroiter
present, 81 once lived across the street
from two parrots, and i give you my word
of honor that they made more noise of
an ear-splitting, heart-rendng description
than any other critters under the SUM-
Il amt thinking OF live objects" said
the man who had been reading, but If 1t
on a calliOpe! The first time l heard it IL
knocked me clean foolish"
Then you've never been in a tornado
and heard the noise of all noises?" said a
western man with an air of pride.
"Tornadoes, cyclones and earthquakes
don't count in my experience. l was visit
ing a family where there We're twelve
children" said the solemn-looking chap,
speaking for the first time; there were
seven boys and five girls, and in the
morning when L was getting my best
sleep there came a racket that made me
think of the end of the world. 1t was
those seven boys racing down the attic
stairs in their thick-soled boots, and 1t
may have been sweet music in their par
ents ears, but 1t nearly gave me nervous
feverl To tell the truth, l haven't quite
recovered from it yet
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-09

Senator German is of the opinion that
the silver question will cut no figure in
the presidential campaign. In an inter-
view in Baltimore on Wednesday, he
is quoted as having said: "The currency
question will, in my opinion, cut no fig
ure in the campaign this year. Both par
ties win adopt the same sort of a resolu-
ton on the currency question, and both
the democratic convention at Chicago and
the republican convention at st. Louis
will favor sound money. or, in other words
that the present gold standard will be
maintained. Both parties win in their
platforms oppose free coinage, and there
fore that question will not enter into
the national contest this year"
Such an expression of opinion from so
shrewd an observer of political events
as Senator German cannot be otherwise
than surprising to the silver monometal-
lists, who are certain, apparently, that
they are about to turn the country up
side down with their IS to i idea. They
made fully as much noise in past years
for silver and accomplished nothing, and
the chances are they win accomplish
practically nothing this year.
There will of course, be a fight over
the platforms and pretty hard one but
there was hard fight in 1892, but com
mon sense finally won the day and a
sound money plank was put into both
platforms.
If sound money plank should be put
into the democratic platform this year the
silver monometallists would not bolt. Why
should they? They know they could do
nothing for the cause of silver by boiling.
Some of the most rabid of them might
join the populist party, but the number
would not be large
Senator Germans prediction will have
disheartening effect upon the silver
monometallists. They pretend to be sure
that the national democratic convention
is going to be their way of thinking, and
doubtless they will continue TO talk as if
they owned the democratic party until
the convention meets and they discover
that they are in the minority.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-09

Such leaders OF the republican party as
Senator Quay and Mr.. Plat continue to
assert that 1Ia5. Mckinley viii not be
nominated al st. Louis. What basis they
have for such an assertion nobody bat
themselves seems 10 know. Are they
keeping something back with which they
expect to give the country a surprise2
Maj. 3Ickimey's managers insist that
he has more than a majority OF the
delegates. and if there is anything in in
structious ana pledges they are dealing
honestly with the public. The demand
for him IN the republican party seems TO
be quite general. one state after another
has come into line for him until it looks
as 81 ne would have everything pretty
much his own way at St. Louis.
In view Of this condition Of affairs. the
attitude Of Messrs. Quay and Plat and
others who exercise a dominating inhu-
euce in the affairs of the republican par
ty excites surprise and comment. It
seems to indicate the possession Of in
formation not known to the public.
No doubt there is a feeling that Me-
Kinley's position on the silver question
is far from satisfactory. He says moth
ing himself as to what his position on
that question is. but his closest friends
declare that he is a gold standard man.
If that is true the action Of the Califor-
MIA republican convention is remarkable.
1t adopted a IS to / platform and instruct
ed for Mckinley. In California Maj Nc
Kinley must be looked upon as a friend
Of the silver mine owners. What the sill
yer mine owners are asking for IS pro-
lection for the product of their mines.
AS Mai. Mckinley is for protection above
everything else. the silver mine owners
may think he would adopt their plan for
protecting silver, which is to open the
mints to it at the ratio of 16 to 1.
Il may be that Messrs. Quay and Plat
intend to attack Maj. Mckinley at st.
Louis on the ground that he is a silverite
in disguise. Should they do that they may
make trouble for him, even though no
has majority Of the delegates.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-09
Satisfactorily settled.

1t is a source of satisfaction that the
troublesome question relative to opening
streets across the tracks of the Savannah.
Florida and Western railway which was
pending between the railway and the city
for several years, has been finally adj
justed. and that the adjustment is very
generally approved. The committee that
had the matter in charge is to be congrat-
ulated on the success of its work. 1t Ia
bored faithfully and persistently. and fin
ally succeeded, though there were many
who doubted that anything would be ac-
compnshed.
The agitation Of the street opening ques-
ton disturbed to some extent the friendly
relations between the city and the Plant
system. Now that the question is out of
the way, we can see no reason why Mr..
Plant should not at once take steps to-
wards completing the new passenger de-
pot, and beginning all the other projected
improvements. We are sure the city
would appreciate it if he would complete
these improvements in the near future.
The Savannah, Florida and Western
Runway Is one u the great INSTITUTIONS OF
the south, and the disposition which the
committee of council showed to ask of it
nothing unreasonable should be taken as
evidence Of the good feeling of the people
of Savannah towards it and its manage
ment.
According to the memoranda of agree
ment the east and west streets to be open
ed are Gwinnett. Bolton, New Houston,
Henry Anderson. st. Nicholas, St. James,
Oglethorpe avenue and Lamaravenue. The
only north and south street to be opened
is Abercorn. AS Gwinnett and Anderson
streets and Lamar avenue have been open
for years they are not properly on the list
of the streets to be opened. In addition to
agreeing to the opening of the streets nam
ed the railway company has donated a
| driveway of thirty feet in width on each
side of its track from Anderson street to
Seventh street. A careful consideration Of
what the committee of council accomplish
ed leads to the conclusion that the delay
IN settling the street opening question, al
though submitted to with considerable i'm
patience, resulted banehcially to the city.
A .hastier settlement might not have been
so satisfactory.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-09

The way train ahead of us had struck
an open switch and had been ditched,
and two passengers were killed outright
and five or six more or less injured, runs
a story in the Detroit Free Press. The
killed and injured were lying on the de-
pot platform as our train came up, and
among the latter was a professional
tramp who had been stealing ride. The
doctor had looked him over. The vaga-
bond who had not lost consciousness for
a moment, smiled family and asked:
well pard, what's the verdict of the
you are badly hurt" was the reply.
Il know that / was right in the squeeze
when the two cars cum together. I'm as
fat as. a pancake. Win l ever tramp
'I'm afraid not"
Ar my legs off"
NO; you are fatally injured, however -
That means I'm a goner?'
YES"
Wall, I'd hev liked to got over this
and had somethin' to talk about and brag
over, but l amt dom no kickin.' My
pard was on the car ahead. Was he hurt?"
NO here he is"
At that moment a ragged, unkempt
and typical vagabond came forward and
bent over the victim and said:
Wall, Jim, they say you hev to 60"
How are We feelin' over it?"
'SOrter No use to kick, Tom"
That's right; you never was no kick
er, nohow. Got any friends?'
kin I do anythin' fer yep"
The dying man gazed him for a mo-
ment in silence and then whispered:
Tom, We ar the only pardner 1 ever
had as knowed the Lords prayer. Just
say it over to me-"
The old tramp pulled off his cap and
knelt down, and as the score of us I'M
covered and bowed our heads he repeated
the prayer word for word, and with such
feeling as astonished everybody. When
he had finished he rose up and said:
a II I do ON h y1
more?"
Nothing more for him., answered the
doctor, as he looked down upon the pale
face. Your partner is dead"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-09

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-09

Some time ago congress debated the
Cuban situation in fervent patriotism and
love of liberty and at the conclusion
adopted a concurrent resolution with re-
gard to the matter and sent it to the
President. The adoption Of a concurrent
instead Of a joint resolution was recog-
milton of the fact that it is the duty of
the President to say whether or not the
Insurgents shall he. recognized as beliger-
ents. The concurrent resolutions merely
advised the President as to what con-
gress thought of the matter, and left him
free to act according to his own judges
mentjust as he was before. The passing
Of those resolutions cost this country a
good many thousand dollars. and they
are now on the Presidents table accumu-
lating dust. They amount to nothing.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-09
should BE Called ''TiIImanin."
From the New York Tribune. Ren.

Tillman's symptoms of political hydro
phobia continue, and he ought not to
be at large without a muzzle, or even
with one. He is the most offensive polit-
zeal figure of the generation. His state
is responsible for him and should look to
him. 1t seems preposterous that such a
barking and obstreperous creature should
have had the luck to be boosted into
the Senate. but there he is;
The thing itself is neither rich nor rare.
The wonder is, how the devil it got there.
His constituents ought to bale him UP
in a feather bed, according to rustic prac-
tice with hydrophobic patients, and ship
him home to his native district.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-09

The two New York newspaper CORE
spondents who were expelled from Cuba
few days ago probably got just what
they We're seeking for. They were rival
correspondents for rival sensational pa
pers. and We'd with each other in soak
ing their reports in blood before sending
them out Having been expelled they
viii be able 10 set more blood and thun-
der stories and considerable notoriety out
Of that.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-09

The Mail and Express says that when
Speaker Reed was approached with re-
gard to his acceptance of the nomination
for Vice President "he calculated 'Hu.
huH in tone of deep feeling and passed
on without saying another word" The
press reports say that when Senator Quay
was similarly approached. he said, "Ha.
ha!' and passed on without another word.
Just what the difference is between '.Hu.
hu" and 'Ha, ha" is not apparent: but
it Will be understood that the purpose of
each was to give the Mckinley ticket the
laugh.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-09
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-09

There promises to be a lively row during
the meeting of the supreme council of the
American Protective Association at Wash
ington next week. The order is divided be
cause of Mckinley Some of the leaders
will attempt to censure the officials re-
sponsible for the sending out of those anti
Mckinley circulars two or three weeks
ago.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-09

Maceo's insurgents are armed with Maui
ser rifles, which they captured from the
Spanish troops, and $4,000 cartridges for
such rifles We're sent by the Bermuda re
Gently. Fighters who arm themselves by
taking weapons away from the enemy are
of a kind very hard to whip.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-09
Republican Opinion of Teller.
From New York Mail and Express Repl

When a man like Senator Teller threat
ems to desert the republican party unless
it obeys his orders, it is about time
for the organization to balance its ac-
counts with him and announce a disso-
luton of partnership. When a junior
member of the firm insists upon a policy
which practically amounts to political
'check-kiting," the safety of the concern
demands an immediate reorganization of
interests
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-09

From the New York Journal Dem)
If the next administration is republican
it will have to put money in the treasury
before it can spend it with that prom
ised recklessness The Fifth-hfth con-
like that which the Fifty-first congress
looted. The country has not vet recov-
cred from the effects of the Reed-Mc-
Kinley raid on the treasury.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-09

On his Saturday TO Monday visits, and
when residing at Highbury during the
parliamentary recess, the best part of Mr.
Chamberlain's little leisure is spent in the
plant houses. Every plant is numbered ac-
cording TO private catalogue the right
honorable gentleman himself keeps. and
the gardeners declare that every one of
the lve or six hundred specimens at High-
bury IS individually known 10 him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-09

Railroad magnates owe it to their cor
poratons to discourage hypnotism. Two
hypnotsts of Rockford, H.. the other
day, hypnotized each other and walked
100 miles, being all of the time under the
impression that they were travelling in a
palace car.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-09

From the Philadelphia Record de

Mr.. Carlisle had the courage and the
conscience to announce in advance his
position on the money question. and 70
make it clear that he would not accent
a nomination from his party on an equiv
ocal currency platform. Would there
We're more Carlisles!
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-09

A member Of Peary's last exploring ex-
petition, a young Norwegian named Es-
trup. died While the party was IN the fro
zen north. The report brought back, and
probably the truth, was that he had acct
dentally killed himself. The story has
gained currency in Europe that the young
man was the victim OF duel ana that
rearE himself was the other principal
lae ihtimatioa IS that the duel was Of the
A'4a N whien the principals draw straws
oE cuL caeas aMG The losGF KllIs himself
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-09

When the Senate finds its cogs blocked
and it is unable to proceed with the pass
ing Of laws, it turns its attention to gar
den seeds. And Immediately the wheels
go round with lightning speed and the
land is filed with a great noise
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-09

Secretary Carlisle" said Congressman
Bailey of Texas could not carry a
southern state; not one" The most i'm
portant fact in connection with this ex-
preston is that Babe" Baney's opinion
isn't worth three straws. Babes"
strong point is pulchritude, and not po-
ntical Representations.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-09

The naval reserves viii prove an at
tractive factor in the military festival next
week. The reserves form a comparatively
new branch of the military. and their evo-
buttons win be a novelty to most observ-
ers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-09

Bob" Taylor of Tennessee viii proba-
bly, enjoy the distinction of having been
the only candidate of Importance in the
campaign of 1896 whom the office chased
and lassoed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-09
They Know Him Everywhere.
From the Detroit Free Press DemO.

South Carolina democrats do well to
take cognizance that Tillman is con-
fessed bolter, and has declared against
the sacred American principle that the
majority must rule. He should be over
Chicago
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-09

Some of the silver monometallist sem
ators at Washington are DESTROYS of Sc
curing a senatorial investigation of the
Michigan democratic state convention. At
ter awhile they will be wanting to inves-
tigate all of the township mass meetings
and county conventions, and probably also
the ; o'clock teas and the meetings of
the church society sewing circles.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-09

Tom Watson and his party are mighty
quiet just about this time. 1t IS pretty
well understood that when a bad brat is
quiet it is up to some mischief
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-09
CURRENT COMMENT.

These Bills Are Vote Catchers.
From the Hartford Times Dem).
The House Of Representatives has voted
to devote two days before adjournment
to the 405 private pension bills which are
awaiting action. 1t IS calculated that
there will be ten minutes for the con-
sideratiOn of each bill
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-09

New York can't get the democratic ma
tional convention, because delegates to
national conventions begin to arrive on
Sunday