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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-11
when Papa Was a Little Boy.

From the Youths Companion.
"When papa was a little boy
You really couldn't find
In all the state of Washington
A child so quick to mind. .aEt
His mother never called but once, t1.
And pa was always there;
He never made the baby cry,
Or pull his sisters hair. .ft
~
"IIe never slid down banisters, 't'-r
Or made the slightest noise;
And never in his life was known
To fight with other boys.
He always studied hard at school,
And got his lessons right;
And choDping wood and milking COWS
Were papa's chief delight.
"He always rose at six o'clock
And went to bed at eight,
And never lay abed till noon
And never sat up late.
A. He finished Latin, French and Greek
When he was ten years old.
And knew the Spanish alphabet
AS soon as he was told.
HE never grumbled when he had
To do the evening chores,
And neer in all his life forgot
To shut the stable doors.
He never, never thought of play
Until his work was done,
He labored hard from break of day
Until the set of sun.
'He never scraped his muddy shoes
Upon the parlor floor
And never answered back his ma,
And never banged the door.
But, truly, 1 could never see,''
Said little Dick Malloy,
"How he could never do these things,
And really be q bow"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-11
GnIIinger Cnns 2 HnIt.

It must not be understood that the re-
publican party has abandoned its policy
of increasing the pension burden because
the President sad nothing about pensions
in his message and because Senator Gal
linger Of New Hampshire, the chairman
of the Senate pension committee. from his
place in the Senate. stated that a limit
must be placed 20 that burden. The fact
is the Dinghy tariff is noi producing the
revenue that was expected, and conse-
quently there is a treasury deficit that is
steadily growing larger. 1t is the lack OF
revenue which has caused the republican
leaders to cal a halt in the pension bus
lines If there were a full treasury, such
as there was at the end Of Mr.. cleveland
first administration. The President and
Senator GaHinger and all the other repub-
lican leaders would be calling for addi-
tional pension legislation. Not only would
there be created a new class Of pensioners,
but there would be great haste in grant
ing pensions TO the hundreds Of thousands
of applicants whose applications are now
on file in the pension Office.
While the democrats have been pretty
nearly as anxious to capture votes by pen
sion legislation as the republicans have,
the pension attorneys who have grown
rich from pension fees. aud VINO suggest
about all the pension bills which are in
troduced into congress, look 10 the repub-
licans for laws which would assist them
in their raids upon the treasury. There
is not much doubt that they are the au
thors of the petition which is now being
circulated throughout the north asking
that a service pension be paid to every
man who served in the federal armies
during the civil war. and who has reached
the age of sixty; and it is asked that this
service pension be paid not only 10 those
who do not now receive a pension, but
also to those who do. If such bill were
TO become a law the pension burden would
become pretty nearly as large again as
it Is now.
1t is a good thing probably that there
is a treasury deficit. Otherwise there
would be such an increase in the pension
charge that it would require a vast in
crease in the taxes 10 pay it, Not only
would the widows and children, but per-
haps the grand children, of the veterans
be pensioned, so anxious are the republi-
cans to have the good will and votes of
the veterans.
It is well understood that the pension
appropriation bill. which carries nearly
$685. 00.O00 is not sufficient 10 meet the pen
sion charge for the next fiscal year, but
the republican leaders would rather pass
a deficiency bill than let the country know
the full extent of the pension extravaganza
under the administration of their party.
The treasury deficiency alarms them, be
cause they know that the deficiency win
cause the people to inquire where the
money goes, and the discovery that more
than thirty years after the civil war the
pension charge is stin being increased will
not help 10 increase the popularity of their
party.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-11
Two Many Blacks Now.
Senator b. r. Tillman Dem)

I am unalterably opposed to annexing
Hawaii We now have more Indians.
Chinese and negroes in the country than
we can take care of and make citizens of
without bringing in Kanakas. McKnley's
recommendation to annex Hawaii is for
the purpose to secure governmental in
dorsemont Of the steal of these Islands by
the sugar planters who filibustered and
captured them and now want to bring in
sugar free of duty. Aside from a consid-
GRAFTON of morals which should govern a
great country like this, ! am opposed to
any more colored races getting into our
population.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-11

A Memphis young lady who recently
studied in Germany tells good story OF
German lady who was studying Eng
fish, and who used to write letters in Eng
fish to her parents, says the Scimitar. One
day the German lady handed a letter to the
Memphis lady, saying: Here is a letter
which | have written to my mother.
want you to read it over and see If il is
properly written"
The letter was all right. excepting the
closing phrase, which read as follows:
God pickle and keep YOU"
An investigation proved that the young
German woman, in looking for a synonym
al preserve" had come acress pickle"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-11
KInndike Renortr.

1t is becoming evident that many of the
reports respecting gold discoveries in the
Klondike region are greatly exaggerated.
The purpose of the false statements is
doubtless to enable spectators who have
claims there to sell them at big profit
and to help recently formed Klondike
mining companies sell their shares. 1t
may be also that the companies engaged
in transporting passengers and freight to
the new mining country are not averse to
having exaggerated reports of the rich
ness of the mines published.
Statements recently made by those
whose reliability is vouched for, say that
only in two localities have really rich
mines been found, namely Bonanza and
Eldorado creeks. Gold has been discovered
in other localities, but not in such guam
titles as to justify a statement that they
are very profitable mines.
The hope is expressed, of course, that
new diggings will be discovered, and that
the gold yield In the Klondike region will
surpass that of California in the latter s
palmiest days, but there is not a great
deal, as yet, upon which to base such a
hope' II 10 stdteu " NC d iaCI tha' uiho
out of ten of all who have reached Daw-
son City would gladly return to the places
they occupied before they were alta oked
by the Klondike fever, if they could. 1t
is even alleged that wages are not as high
as has been reported, and that, owing to
the increasing demand for work, wages
will go down rapidly next summer There
doesn't appear to be much inducement,
therefore, to go gold hunting in the Klon-
dixie. Those who are earning a living in
any other occupation would make a mis-
take, in all probability if they should go
fortune hunting in the new gold fields.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-11

Those newspapers which have been so
severely criticising the Georgia legislature
for lis failure to pass a convict bid will
now please take notice that the House, in
which the fight was made, has passed a
convict bin calculated to remove the worst
features of the old penal system. II is
not such a bill as could have been desired,
probably, but it is much better than no
bill at all. The legislature is worthy of
credit for having made an effort in the
right direction.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-11

The commissioners of Pike county.
Pennsylvania, are record makers in the
matter of cheap hangings. They have just
concluded a hanging which, through their
shrewd diokering, did not cost cent. The
execution was made to pay its own ex-
penses. A gallows was borrowed from an
adjoining county. and the body of the
victim was sold TO medical college for
enough to pay for the rope the hangman's
fee and incidentals.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-11
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meeting-The National Bank of Savan-
nah Stockholders.
Special Notices-Residence Telephones;
Dividend No. p, Brush Electric Light and
Power Company; Special Notice, Fire
Works Ordinance; State and County
Taxes, 1897.
Amusements-''Nev Again." at Thea
4er Monday, Dec. IS.
Business Notices-School Boy Cigarette
Clippings.
Christmas Gifts-At the Metropolitan.
Full Dress Affairs-B. H. Levy & Bro.
Holiday Leaders-At b. II. Levy &
Bros.
Gold Dust Washing Powder-N. K. Fair
Banks Company.
Medical-Paine's Celery Compound; War
ner's Safe Cure; Cuticura Remedies;
Hoods Sarsaparlla; Carlsbad Sprudel
Salt; Browns Iron Bitters; Ayers Sarsa-
Parilla; Terraline; Ponds Extract.
Cheap Column Advertisements-FIeI
Wanted; Employment Wanted For Rent
For Sale; Lost; PERSONAL; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-11
Much Talk; Little Light.
From the Boston Globe Dem.

Mr.. Mckinley wants the greenbacks set
apart and paid out only for gold, but only
"as soon as the receipts of the government
are quite sufficient to pay all the expenses
of the government" This qualification is
indeed a brilliant one at this time, when
there is a steady revenue deficit growing
and nobody can see any way out of it ex-
cept by way of a bond issue. SO much
talk and so little enlightenment on the
currency as has been dispensed from
Washington this week was never known
of before.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-11

If the south is wise, it will see to it that
manufacturing industries here are not
farrassed with adverse legislation as they
have been and continually are being in
the north. The south has such advantages
over the north in cotton manufacturing
that the bulk of the mills must eventual
ly be removed to this section, unless I'M
wise legislation should check the move
ment which is now going on. The south
should make the most of her advantages
and opportunities
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-11

How the big republicans do love one an
Wellington of Maryland the other day sued
Editor Agnus of the Baltimore American
Gep.) for libel. Gen. Agnus is preparing
to meet the charge. and promises some
sensational disclosures. He will, he
says, not only establish the truth of the
things which his newspaper has said
about Senator Wellington, but will go
further. He says he means to show up the
senator to such an extent that nothing
any man may chose to say about him here
after will be libelous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-11
Unwarrantcd Expansion.
From the Philadelphia Record (Dem).

Senator Allison cannot see that there
is any chance of reducing the expenses
of the government below $50 100000 year,
'in view of the country's expansion" Yet
there are patriots who, not content with
the bounds TO its expansion staked off by
Mother Nature, would like TO pull its loins
1900 miles outward into the Pacific ocean.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-11
CURRENT COMMENT.
The Pension Burden.
From the Nashville American Dem.

from the NashvilIe American (Dem.).
The pension burden is the greatest ill
that affiicts the country now. If it were re-
moved a very light federal taxation would
suffice to meet the countrys demands, bond
issues would be more readily avoided, and
all questions Of government finance sim
plified.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-11

Another anti-cartoon bill is to be intro
duced IN the forthcoming session of the
New York legislature. One of the kind
was killed at the last session. There
really seems to be good grounds for the
public men of New York to appeal to the
legislation for protection from some of the
cartoonists OF late many of the best
known public men of New York have been
presented as burglars. cut-throats, high
waymen. clowns. snakes. etc. One promi-
nent politician was daily cartooned as a
dog for months. Things that a publisher
would not dare to say in his letter press
have been said in the pictures. The liberty
of the press is one of the dearest of Amer
lean rights but such liberty does not mean
freedom to vilify, abuse and hound an in
dividual through the medium of insulting
and obnoxious pictures.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-11

George W. Vanderbilt is now the most
heavily insured man in the United States,
IL not in the world. A few days ago, be
fore he sailed on a foreign tour. he took
out a policy for 100000. The premium on
which viii be $500 a year for twenty
years. Il is understood that he desires
that this sum shall Doe put to an especiai
use after his death, and hence the policy.
Nobody who knows, however. viii say
what that especial use is. What a fine
health certificate Mr. Vanderbilt has Sc
cured in this million dollar policy!
II is admitted that the rise Of wheat
to A.01 In Chicago the other day was pure
ly speculative. nevertheless the speculation
stiffened the market and enabled farmers
with wheat 10 sell to get an advanced price
for it. Presumably. according to the way
of thinking of those congressman who are
advocating an anti-opdons bin. that spec
ulation was mighty bad thing for the
farmers having wheat to sell. 1t would
probably be rather difficult to convince
the wheat growers of any such thing.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-11

"Bloody-Bridles" Waite has abandoned
Colorado which honored him by making
him governor, and removed to Iowa. But
is it possible for the latter state to contain
at one and the same time two such
mighty intellects as those of Waite and
Ignatius Donnolly?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-11

II is observed that the projectors of that
"elearing house for thought" near At
lanta are counting on other sections fur
ishing the thought. -s4
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-11

After four years of experimenting. the
Pennsylvania railroad has reached the con-
clusion that the trolley is the best system
of electrical traction now in use, and has
adopted that system for its branch lines,
which are to be equipped with electrical
motive power. --.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-11

In trading Ktoa-Chu for .Sam-Sah. Ger
many exchanges a sneeze for a darkey s
polite answer to a request for his name.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-11

AT the beginning of each session of con-
gress, with a considerable show of virtue
it is announced that liquors will not be sold
or served in the capitol restaurants. The
spasm of goodness on the part of the con-
gressmen usually lasts about three to four
days. At the current session, however, it
is said to have passed off in less than thir-
ty-six hours. On the first day the states
men slaked their thirst with milk, soda
water, and various carbonated mineral
waters; but these soon proved too thin
drinks, and the faces OF the guardians of
the nation began to take on a look of
worry. At the beginning of the second
day the members took suspicious looking
draughts from cups. It might have been
cold tea" and it might have been some.
thing else. The strain was so great that
before night plain, straight whisky was
being called for and served. The House
and Senate have both now authorized the
dispensing of liquors in their restaurants
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-11

There are, probably, too many politi-
clans in the legislature for Mr.. Webb's
bill, to make the term of the governor
four years and make him ineligible for
reelection until after four years, and
MIR. Haas bill 10 make the legislative term
four years with biennial sessions, to stand
much chance of success. There is much
in these bills to recommend them to the
people, but they do not suit the politi-
clans. If there could be long intervals of
rest from political agitation. the mate
rial progress of the country would no
doubt be considerably accelerated. The
politicians, however like to keep the peo-
pie stirred up, in order that they may
profit by the discomfort that may prevail.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-11
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-11

It is announced that bill will be in
PRODUCED into congress providing for the
publication of a list of the persons draw
ing pensions from the United States, for
the purpose of submitting the list 10 pub
lic scrutiny. II is believed there are tens
Of thousands of persons drawing pensions
who are not entitled to do so. When their
names appear in the lists, TO be published
In various parts of the country and where
the pensioners are known, it is believed
the department. will be given voluntary
evidence against those who have secured
pensions through fraud or are otherwise
on the lists unworthily Knowing fun
wen that the publication Of the list would
be the surest and quickest way to weed
out the imposters, it is TO be wondered al
that the publication was not ordered long
ago. II is said the bill providing for the
publication will have the backing of the
Grand Army of the Republic.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-14
MIR. PORTER,s OVERSIGHT.

In this issue is printed the second article
of Mr.. Robert P. Porter on railroads. Like
all of Mr. Porter's work it contains a large
amount of information which is both valu-
able and interesting There are, however,
points upon which it is necessary to take
issue with HIM when he compares the
values of stocks of British with those of
American railways. The first is a thickly
settled country, while in the United States
thousands of miles of roads have been built
in localities which could not afford business
at the time of construction to warrant the
enterprise.
Hostile legislation, upon which Mr.. Porter
lays great stress, has affected railroad
properties TO some extent. but not so much
as the unwise and often dishonest policy of
managers He calls attention to the fact
that 1850, 600, 900, or 20 per cent. of Ameri-
can railway property. pays no return on
the investment. as by courtesy il is called
Mr.. Porter ignores the fact that one-third
or perhaps one-half of the three and a half
billions of dollars represents no investment
of money or other valuable thing-that a
large part of what is called stock has been
given to the purchasers of bonds or taken
by the leaders in the enterprise. He ig-
nores the fact that the managers of sys-
TENS in the sparsely settled States devoted
several years and all the money they could
get In paralleling each other or attempt
ing TO head each other off. Vastly more
than hostile legislation, the managers Of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-14

railroads have injured railroad property as
an investment by fictitious capitalization
known as stock-watering. But for that,
many roads which pay no dividends would
do so. The fraudulent capitalization of rail-
roads, and particularly of late of street.
railways has frightened investors so that
they dare not touch a share of stock in
many corporations. Take the Citizens
Street-railroad Company Of this city. The
property is a good one for the actual in
vestment, but when $5,0O0,O0O or S. 100000 of
stock and bonds were issued which do not
represent actual investment, every dollar
of stock issued previous to that time was
made worthless. If a man owned a few
shares of the original stock when it was
watered, he seems to have no remedy in
law for such robbery.
Years ago the conditions in Great Britain
were similar, but in that country all has
been changed. A second railroad corpora
ton is not permitted to parallel the line of
the first. Thus the property itself is
guarded against that sort of injury called
competition, which is one of the surest
methods of running the property No corpor-
stock or make issues of bonds without the
consent of Parliament, while the policy of
legislation for years has been to protect
the property of persons invested in the
stocks and bonds of corporations. Such
strict regulations give confidence to in
vestors and permanency to the values of
the securities of large corporations.
Mr. Porter is probably making an argu-
ment in favor of pooling law. Much can
be said in favor of it. Property in railroads,
general usefulness considered, deserves
whatever protection tho law afford.
Railroad companies should be insured, so
far as law can do it, rates of transporta-
ton which will afford a fair return on the
money actually invested, but the properties
should be put upon the actual cost Of con-
struction. Consequently, before Mr.. Porter
makes comparisons of the prices Of stocks
Of railroads here and in England, he should
run the former through a wringer which
will squeeze the fictitious capitalization out
Of them. The traffic of the country can
not afford to pay rates of transportation
which win give value in dividends to one
or two billions of watered stocks, or, rather
stocks all water.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-14
NoT 4 pEMocRATIo v1croRY.

The Taggart people all over the State are
claiming the election of Mr.. Taggart as a
victory for the Chicago platform and the
16-to-1 heresy. They are mistaken, as Demo-
cratic politicians always areas they were
two years ago when Mr.. Taggart was first
elected.
The total vote for mayor was 37,40O in
round numbers. The vote in the same ter
ritory last year was between 1900 and 1000
in excess of Tuesdays vote The poll books
Of both parties show that more than three
fourths of the stay-at-homes were Repub-
licans. AS soon as the polls were closed
Democrats claimed Mr.. Taggart's election
on the basis of the heavy Republican alb
senteeism. Upon the basis of a falling off
Of 1000 votes. the absentees were made up
of $3.50 Republicans and 1,750 Democrats. AS
between the two leading candidates for
mayor Mr.. Taggart had 20,0O5 and Mr.
Harding 1871 votes. Add to Mr.. Taggart's
20,005 the 1850 absentees and his vote would
be 21,755. Add to Mr.. Harding's vote the
$3.50 Republican absentees and the total of
Republicans is 21,441, or a Democratic lead
of 314
Further, it is generally conceded that 1900
men who return their names as Republic
ans and who are quite certain to vote the
Republican ticket at national elections
voted for Mr.. Taggart on Tuesday. Take
those 1880 from the Taggart and add them
to the Republican column and it stands,
Taggart q, 255 and Republicans %, ala Re
publican lead of 1855 in a national election.
These are conservative estimates