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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-05
wanamaker,s Ambition.

A very lively caucus will be held in Har-
risburg tonight. It will be composed Of
the 2l5 republican members of the Penn
sylvania legislature. They will meet to
decide whether Mr.. Penrose or Mr.. Wan
amalzer or somebody else shall succeed
Mr.. Cameron as United States senator
Mr.. Cameron would like to succeed him
self, but the people of the Keystone state
are apparently tired of him. He has been
in the Senate a long time, but nobody re-
members that he has done anything in
particular since he has been there. He is
shrewd. however, and has a bar'l. If
there should be deadlock he might sue
coed in securing a reelection.
The leading candidates are ex-state Sen
ator Penrose of Philadelphia and Hon.
John Wanamaker, the great bargain coun-
ter merchant of Philadelphia and New
York. Mr.. Penrose has the support of
Boss Quay, who says that Mr.. Wanna
makers boom is a corpse. Mr.. Quay,
however, is noted for expressing his
thoughts in language that is picturesque
rather than truthful.
Mr.. Wanamaker has friends-a great
many friends-and some of them, if re-
ports are correct, are friends for revenue.
1t is but natural that the Philadelphia
papers should favor him. He pretty near
iy supports some of them with his adver-
Using. They are not booming him, how
ever for what they expect, but in graft
tude for what they have had.
The real fight is between Quay and
W. ri.
each others political methods are not
calculated to make the average citizen
feel that Pennsylvania is the home of pure
politics, or that all politicians who run
Sunday schools are honest. What these
two distinguished sons of the Quaker
commonwealth don't know of practical
politics isn't worth knowing.
From the time the republican caucus
meets tonight until the winner is known
there will be the most intense excitement
throughout the state. Penrose is the
favorite OF the politicians and Wanamaker
of the people. The latter has had bar
gain counter so long. and has been such
an active Sunday school man. that all
the people feel they are intimately ac-
qudlnIeu Win niin DHLOI tundtely, all Oh
his acquaintance haven't votes. If they
had he would be Senator Cameron's sue
cessor.
The caucus may choose a senator to-
night. The chances are. however. that it
won't-that the struggle will be a pro-
tracted one. Mr.. Wanamaker has good
staying qualities and long purse-two
things which go a long way in political
fight
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-05
Personal.

Herr Krupp, the German gun manufac-
turer. has dismissed all foreign workmen
and officials from his employ, on the
ground Of possible betrayal of secrets to
foreign governments.
One of the few women bank presidents
is Mrs. d. II. Marsh Of Croton. n. Y,
who began by being a director and stock
holder in the First National Bank of that
town, and was, upon the death of her
husband. chosen president in his place.
Princess Louise, NIarchioness of Lorne.
is the only one Of the English princesses
who wears her hair artistically. The
marchioness, who really grows handsomer
and handsomer as she leaves girhood be-
hind her, abjures all court hairdressers.
Gen. S. B. Buckner and Mrs. Buckner
were lionized 50 much while they were in
Boston that they have rejected as fables
the stories about the GOODNESS of New
England people. They say that they might
have supposed themselves to be in the
south except for the east wind.
The Wesleyan Methodists of England
have requested the Rev. William j. Brown
to visit the United States and Canada and
raise money for monument to be erected
over the grave Of John Wesley. Mr.
Brown is the pastor of the chapel in Lon
don, where Wesley once preached.
Mr.. Phil May, says the Magnet. smokes
enormous cigars. He is one of the least
conventional even of artists who affect
Bohemianism. He has been seen on the
Strand with a frock coat, yellow boots
and straw hat lie often receipts an ac-
count by rapidly drawing his own char
acteristic face across that of her gracious
majesty, with the inevitable cigar between
his teeth.
Mrs. s. T. Piclard, niece of the poet
Whittier, is in Amesbury, Mass, caring for
the poets estate. The Whittier portraits
and portion of the furnishings have
been removed to the Pickard's home,
where they will be cared for. Before re-
moving anything the location of portraits,
pictures and furniture was carefully in
deXed for the benefit of any changes which
may be made whereby the home may be-
come permanently Whittier Memorial"
so that they can be restored as in Mr.
Writers days of occupancy. The Ii
brary has not been disturbed. only replac-
ed as the books were catalogued, and will
remain in its every detail as the poet left
it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-05
One of Joe McCH1iagh's stories.

Col McCullagh in the course of his
career had many laughable experiences
and did not hesitate to tell a good story,
even though the point was on himself,
says the Washington Star. Sitting in the
old "Beanery," the old-time gathering
place for men of the note book and pencil,
in the fail of 81, he told the following
story TO a little knot of newspaper men,
one of whom happened to be the writer:
Some years ago." said MIR. McCullagh,
Il went west to make my fortune. l was
young and foolish, and in Butte, Mont,
went broke 1 did not know soul, was
hungry, and how badly 1 wanted a drink
of good, old Missouri rye you can imagine.
1 walked up and down, past saloons and
dug-outs and finally hit upon scheme,
which proceededtto put into operation. l
walked into a saloon, noticed a big cow
boy leaning up against the long bar, with
a brace of revolvers, large as young can
mons, hanging over his hips. Approaching
the bartender, 1 said: L understand they
make a man drink in this wild and woolly
west whether he wants to or not?'
Yes said he, 'sometimes.-
Il decried it as an outrage and a shame,
gave a short temperance lecture and des-
canted upon the rights of American citi-
zenship, and wound up by vowing that,
even though l were a tenderfoot, no liv-
ing man could make me drink against my
will just here L noticed the big cowboy
lingering his gun nervously, and before 1
knew 1t / was covered
jim said he to the bartender, put
six drinks of whisky on the bar" TO me
he said: Young fellar, you drink them
six drinks or, by CD there will be a new
tenderfoot in hell tonight
II spluttered around made a feeble pro-
test or two, but my cowboy cooked mis-
gun 1 slowly drank my way to the end
of the row of glasses, stopped and smiled.
The cowboy laughed and began a ha-
rangue about a tenderfoot's cowardice
and braggadocio. and when he had con-
Guided, l said to him.
Say, mister, if you will fill 'em up
again l will drink my way back to where
I started from -
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-05

"A woman once came to me and told me
that she was unable to pray" writes
Dwight L. Moody in the January Ladies'
Home Journal. again and again she had
tried to offer up petitions to God, but it
seemed as though there was no comfort in
her prayers. Every time she started to
pray there came before her mind five bot
ties of wine which she had stolen. She
then explained to me how a number of
years before she had been employed by a
gentleman as housekeeper, and had on
several occasions, stolen several bottles of
wine from his cellar. I told her she must
confess her sin and make restitution. But
the old employer was dead and she did
not know what to do. Then l advised her
to find some one who represented his es-
tate and give to the representative an
equivalent for what she had stolen. A few
days later l again met her and learned
that at last she had found peace and rest.
She had made inquiry and found that her
employers son had succeeded to the old
home and to him she made confession.
She insisted that he accept a sum of
money equivalent to what she had taken
from his father, which he at first refused
But she persisted that he should, and thus
relieve her conscience of the burden that
she had so long carried. She was a new
woman after that time. and learned the
joy of having "a conscience void of offense
toward God and toward men, F"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-05
Crimes of Violence.

In an article commenting upon the num-
her of crimes Of violence committed in
this state within the last few months, the
Atlanta Constitution says:
Somewhere in the system Of admins
tering justice in this state there is a cry
ing evil If it exists in the law. it should
be cured if it rests with the judiciary, it
should be promptly remedied. We are en-
teriug upon a new year, and as this is the
season for turning over a new leaf, dis
cussion Of the subject is timely" .
IF a man succeeds in assassinating half
Of the members of a family, his safety
lies not in fight, but in surrendering to
the officers of the law. II is the easiest and
most inviting avenue of escape. In short,
matters have reached such a pass that
the Vilest of vile criminals find it compar-
atively easy to take advantage of technic-
alities to cheat justice"
"While the best indeed the controlling.
sentiment of the state, is tending itself
to an effort to wipe out all excuse for
lynching, the courts themselves, by their
lax methods and tardy movements, and
by placing the most ridiculous technical
ity above the spirit and purpose of the
law, are not doing what they should TO
hold down the defiers of the law
We quote the foregoing extracts from
the Constitutions article because it states
the situation as it is and also because we
want to show that the feeling we have
so often expressed, that there is some
thing wrong in the administration Of JUS
tice, is not confined to this section of the
state.
We are far from thinking that the courts
are not ready and willing to give society
every protection in their power against
crimes of violence. The trouble is not with
their intention but with their action. They
are too easily persuaded to let cases in
which the charge is murder or intent to
commit murder drag along from term to
term until the main facts of them are for
gotten. In most of these cases, the Of
tener they are continued the better the
chances of the accused are for escaping
justice.
In commenting upon this matter we
have in mind only the good of society We
do not pretend to pass upon the merits
of the cases of Fhose who are charged
with crimes of violence. We only know
that crimes of this character in all parts
of the state have recently become of fire.
quent occurrence. We do not hesitate to
say that in our opinion they will become
still more frequent if justice is not more
swift in Furnishing those who are guilty
of committing them When the trials of
those accused of crimes are delayed and
finally result in acquittals for lack of
evidence that was once obtainable, the
impression gets abroad that there is little
danger of punishment for crimes commit
ted with deadly weapons. Hence these YEA
pons are used on very slight provocations.
The courts have a duty to perform in
this matter for the neglect of which there
is no excuse. They should see to it that
persons accused of crimes of violence are
tried promptly. If they should do so they
would contribute more towards lessening
this class of crimes than can be done by
articles in the newspapers or sermons
from the pulpit.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-05
They win Not BE Excluded.

In Alabama there appears to be a dis
position among some of the extreme dem
ocrats to punish those democrats who
voted for Palmer and Buckner. The state
executive committee of the democratic
party has been called to meet at an early
day for the purpose of considering what
action. if any, shall be taken in respect
to those Palmer and Buckner democrats
If the views of the extremists are to pre-
vail it is necessary that that fact shall
be known before the primaries for the
selection of candidates for municipal Of
fees in Mobile and other towns are held.
We think it quite safe to say that no
democrat will be excluded in Alabama
from democratic primaries. The state
executive committee would hardly be so
unwise as to adopt a rule excluding them.
Six thousand Alabama democrats voted
for Palmer and Buckner, and it is prob
able that twice that number of democrats
of the state voted for Mckinley. Among
these democrats are some of the most in
auential men in the state-men who
know their power and who are in no
mood to be disciplined. They did what
should be ruled out of the democratic
primaries by the democratic leaders they
would not be greatly grieved. They would
either cease to have anything more to do
with politics or they would join politi-
cal organization that would appreciate
them as members
Can the democratic party of Alabama
afford to lose, as members, any democrats
who refused to affiliate with it in the re-
cent presidential election? We do not
think it can. The republican party in
Alabama is already a strong organization,
and if it should have its strength still
further increased by the accession of a
large number of influential democrats
ing into republican hands in the near
future.
If the state executive committee is wise
it will not adopt any rule that would have
the effect of lessening the democratic vote
and increasing that of the republicans very
greatly. The democratic party in Ala
bama cannot afford to take the chances
of losing any considerable number of
votes 1t would lose thousands of votes
IL the state executive committee should
undertake to shut out of the primaries
those who voted for Palmer and Buckner
1t is safe to assume. therefore, that the
state executive committee has never had
any intention of disciplining Palmer and
Buckner democrats
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-05
In the Line of a Hint.

1t was evident that he was i'll at case
while she was looking over the bill of
fare says the Chicago Post, but she didn't
seem 10 notice it, and he continued to urge
her to order whatever she wished.
She did.
It isn't necessary to enter into all the de-
tails of the order here, but in the seclusion
of his own den. with his chum as his
only auditor, he would have designated it
as a "beaut."
He was nervous while the waiter was
getting it. but again it did not seem 10
attract her attention. AS a matter of
fact, she had discovered a dish on the bill
of fare for which she had had lingering
longing for, a long lingering time, and
she was principally interested in the fact
that she was about to get it at his ex-
pense.
And she claimed to be a new woman.
too.
Il read story a short time ago. he
said finally, with some trace of nervous
ness in his manner, "of girl who was so
progressive that she insisted upon read
ing just like a man."
Where dn you read it?" she asked
quickly.
In a newspaper" he answered.
ooh, We'll" she returned, you know you
can't believe all that you see in the news
papers"
He sighed and showed some evidences
of being just a little more distressed than
before, but he said meekly. "Of course
not"
She talked gayly about one thing and
another until the waiter had returned with
the order, but he was strangely silent.
Il read in a paper devoted exclusive
" to women a day or two ago." he ven
tured a little later, that Dutch treats
were all the rage now in the swagger
set"
They're always springing absurd stories
like that" she returned. Anyone who
didn't know better would be deceived
hundred times a day"
Then, in desperation, he leaned across
the table and said:
SAY! be a good fellow, can't you? All
my money is IN my other clothes, and 1
never knew it until we were in here"
She was so tickled al being addressed
in that masculine fashion that she not only
paid for both, but refused to let him
make it good later, although she did III
innate that, new woman or not, she did
not wish to establish that kind of a pre-
cedent.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-05

Ex-Gov. Pennoyer of oregon, who IS
now mayor of Portland in thai state, has
turned back into the treasury one-half of
his salary of 5000, on the ground that it
is too much. 1t Is strongly suspected by
some people in Portland that Pennoyer's
action is purely demagogic, and that he
hopes through it to reach position worth
more than the mayoralty, when he would
cease to give back half of the pay. How
ever that may be, the mayor has acted
within his right. If he doesn't think ne is
worth 5000 a year to his city, it is both
his right and his duty to refund a part of
the sum.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-05

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-05
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meetings-Alpha Lodge, No. 1, A. and
"A. s. r.; Confederate Veterans Associa-
ton; Savannah Lodge No. 2S3, Imp. B.
p. Q. Elks.
Special Notices-Your Cup of Coffee.
the Southern Grocery Company of Geor-
gia; Auction To-day. schwarz Stock of
Furniture; Notice of Copartnership, Lee
Hardy & Co.
The Low Prices-B II. Levy & Bro.
Auction Sales-Residence Perry and Bar
nard. by c. H. Dorset; Great Sale of Fine
Furniture, by J. Mclaughlin & Son.
Don't Miss the Great Clearance Clothing
Sale-Meinhard and Appel & Schaul.
They're Talking-Falk Clothing Com
pany.
Mineral Water-Apenta.
Medical-Hood's Sarsaparilla; Cuticura
Remedies S. S S., Cuticura Remedies.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-05

The uninitiated may have an idea that
there is little connection between fine art
and chewing gum. But it isn't so at least
in Boston. Art classes of young ladies
in that city divide their time between
studying the old masters and improving
upon them, and masucating chewing gum.
Indeed it is alleged that the greater
amount Of energy and more time are given
TO chewing gum than to the study of art.
Prof. Charles Eliot Norton, in the course
Of a lecture on art in Boston the other
day, was constrained to touch upon the
gum habit, and tell the students that those
who chew gum are but little, if any, bet
ter than barbarians.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-05

The baths in the state house at Topeka,
Kan. with their Turkish towels, Florida
water. flesh powder, cologne
etc, have been more or less
political issue ever since the popu-
lists became formidable in that state. It
was thought they would break up the
baths the first time they got an opportun-
ity. But they did not Instead they piled
right in and enjoyed them. as the repub-
Leans had done before them. In the last
campaign, by the way, there was a de
mand' that the baths should go But
they are not going, even now. The new
administration win sell the Turkish tow
els Florida water and the like But the
baths are to be thrown open to all mem
bers Of the legislature, provided they fur
nish their own sweet soap and towels
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-05

According to the census by the park and
tree commission, there is only one mock
Vannah. Why should there not be hun
dreds of them? There is no more beauti-
full and hardy tree. 1t lends itself to
training and is evergreen. maintaining a
dense and brilliant foliage the year round.
The leaves are smaller than the leaves of
the orange tree, are heavier and OF a
darker shade of green. The upper side of
the leaf is smooth as glass, on healthy
tree. In the upper part of South Carolina
the mock orange is a favorite decorative
tree. dwarfed mock orange is also
used for hedges.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-05
PopuIists Proving Conservative.
From Springfield CMass) Republican Qnd

The departure of Debs from the popuist
party affects it much as it was affected by
the departure of Coxey. The fact that it
has grown too conservative for them is a
recommendation of the party to more con-
sentative people. The party Will now have
more tone" and will be less offensive to
the better element" 1t is curious. but
as the old abolition party grew in size it
became less wild and radical until finally
as the republican party it was able to
draw into its ranks the great mass of the
old wings. Is history to be repeated?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-05
Spnnish Hopes.

The statement in our dispatches this
morning, that it is expected that Maxine
Gomez and other insurgent leaders will
soon make overtures to the Spanish mill
tary authorities in Cuba with the hope of
securing favorable terms of surrender, is
an expression of the hope which the
Spaniards entertain rather than an indi-
cation that the insurgents have reached
the end of their resources. The state
ment comes from Madrid, and that is
sufficient to justify the conclusion that it
does not contain much truth. Nearly all
the news of the Cuban war comes from
Spanish sources and, as a rule, it proves
to be unreliable.
There is no good reason for thinking the
insurgents are anxious to surrender. They
have not met with any serious disaster.
as far as known, except the death of Ma
Geo, and it is not yet certain that he is
dead. 1t is more than probable that the
Spanish government set afoat the
story of the desire of the leaders of the
Insurgents to surrender for the purpose
of disheartening the friends of Cuba in
this country and elsewhere. Until those
of the insurgents who are authorized 70
speak for the Cubans announce that the
end has been reached reports that the
cause of Cuba is lost will not be credited.
When the insurgents make up their minds
to surrender, if they ever do reach such
a condition of mind the fact will be known
in this country quite as soon as it is in
Spain.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-05

The suggestion Of a geological garden
al Estill park ought to prove popu-
lar. If some public spirited citizen would
start the ball rolling with a contribution
II would probably not be a great while be-
fore Savannah would have a zoo which
would compare with those Of larger cities.
Numbers Of foreign ships come into the
port here every month. Some of them
would be glad to pick up an animal or two
at foreign ports and bring them here if
there was a demand for them Others
would be glad to get rid of troublesome
animal pets picked up in foreign parts that
become tiresome before the voyage is
more than half over. Georgia and Florida
could, and would, furnish a number of very
interesting animals.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-05
CURRENT COMMENT.
Uncle Sam Is Poor Pay.
From the Houston Post (Dem.).

If the Pacific railroads are disposed to
government they are only following the
governments example in other cases.
Hundreds of just claims against the Unit
ed States have been ignored by the con-
gress for many, many years past. Still
that is no reason why the roads should
be presented with forty or fifty million
dollars.