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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-16

Representatives of the south's indus
trial interests have achieved a not
able victory in the matter of the propos-
ed government armor plate factory. The
commission of the navy department did
not intend to visit the south and find out
what advantages this section possesses
for the manufacture of armor plate. 1t
assumed that armOr plate could be man
ufactured in this country only In the
north. As a matter of fact, there are rea-
sons for thinking that just as good armOr
plate can be manufactured in the south as
in the north. and at much less cost. These
reasons were put before Acting Secretary
Of the Navy Roosevelt so strongly that he
decided to order the commission to inspect
the iron and steel making resources Of
the south. He did more than that. He
promised that he would ask the Secretary
Of the Navy to widen the scope Of the in
structions of the commission so as to en-
able it to recommend a location for the
proposed factory.
1t would have been conspicuously un-
just to the south If the commission had
made its report without any investigation
of the advantages which the south has to
offer for such a factory After awhile 1t
will be understood that the south
is not to be ignored by the govern
ment in matters relating to great manu-
featuring enterprises. The south is now
manufacturing iron ana steel cheaper than
they can be manufactured anywhere else
in the world Iron is being shipped all the
time through this port from Birmingham
to the north, and to European countries,
showing that the iron manufacturers Of
neither the northern states nor of Eu-
rope can compete successfully with those
of the south.
No one can foretell, of course whether
or not the south viii be fortunate enough
to get the proposed armor plate factory,
but we are certain that the commission
win lind facts sufficient for it to report
that the south can furnish iron and steel
cheaper than they can be obtained else
where Even IL congress should
decide in favor Of locating the factory
in the north the debate on the question
of location, which is sure to take place
would call the attention of the whole
world to the immense iron deposits in the
south and the small cost at which they
can be manufactured into pig iron and
steel. The south, therefore, is certain to be
greatly benefited by the government in
quiring into her iron and steel manufac-
turing resources, even if she should not
be so fortunate as to get the government
arr1aOy piata faptorV IF the eQuth ShOul6
get the factory we are confident the ad-
vantages of Savannah, as a location for
the factory, would not be overlooked.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-16

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roose-
welt has set out TO ascertain what the
navy is good for and how good 1t is, and
his activity on that line will be approved
by the whole country. Heretofore we
have had a sort of pink-cotton- and-glass-
case fleet, many of the ships being too
fragile to send TO sea, and others being
wholly unknown quantities as fighting en-
gines. For instance, the Texas, which
has been in commission several years, is
a floating enigma. Nobody is able to say
positively whether she would be able to
survive q shot from her own guns fired
across decks, or that she would not sink
from the corcussion of her own cannon
if She were to get into an engagement
Now, Secretary Roosevelt proposes that
the Texas shall be put to the test. 1t
would be better to have her sink, if she is
going to do so a all, during times of peace
than during other times and probably at
the moment when her services were most
needed The gold lace people of the navy
may not like the activity of the assistant
secretary, but the people who have to pay
the bills of the navy will be pleased with
his programme.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-16

Even to an outsider the political situa-
ton in New York city is decidedly inter-
esting There is lack of harmony among
the republicans and also among the dem
ocrats. Zach of the great parties would
like to control the first administration of
Greater New York and each of them is
striving TO accomplish that object.
The Citizens Union, composed of men Of
ell shades of political belief, has nomi-
mated Seth Low for mayor, and he has
accepted the nomination In his letter
of acceptance he says he is a republican,
but that if elected he would give the city
a non-partisan Administrations business
administration. The republican leaders
don't want to indorse Mr.. Low, because
they know If he should be elected he
would not permit them to distribute the
official spoils. Still, they understand very
well that if they do not indorse him they
might as well not nominate a ticket, be-
cause they would stand no chance of cleo
ting it.
The democrats are in almost as much
trouble as the the republicans. Tammany
will control the democratic city conven-
ton, and it is stated that it will not per-
nit any mention of the Chicago platform
in the resolutions that will be adopted
The policy of ignoring the national dem
ocratic platform viii be something unus-
ual for New York city democrats, and it
is understood that a very considerable por-
ton of them will not approve 1t, but
will bolt the convention, adopt resolutions
indorslng the Chicago platform and noml-
nate ticket in full sympathy with that
platform.
The warning factions may of course get
together, but at present it looks as if there
would be four or five tickets in the strug-
gle for the control of the government of
Greater New York
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-16
secnred a Re-Election.

81 expect you had an awful time at the
election last night said the girl who
hadn't attended the annual meeting, ac-
cording to the Chicago Times Herald, for
1 heard that nearly all the girls wanted to
be president and that there was going to
be a terrible fight"
There wasn't" explained the president,
sweetly, mot a bit of trouble and all the
old officers were re elected, too You see,
1 wanted to be president myself this year
and Alicia Brown wanted to stay in Office,
too, so we fixed up little plan between
US, and it was a famous success"
"What did you do? Hurry up and tell
mer' the other girl exhorted her excited
ly, chow on earth did you manage it,"
The president smiled happily.
"Oh, Alicia and l talked it over before
hand" she said, land just as soon as the
meeting was called to order and before
the girls had got through talking she
made a motion that the Oldest girl in the
club be made president always, and Lucille
Hicks seconded 1t. She wanted to be sec
rotary again, you see. So put the mo-
ton, or the question, or whatever 1t was
and Alicia and Lucille said yes very loud,
and all the other girls did the same with
out understanding what it was all about
in the least. Myl but some of them were
mad afterward, though"
What happened then?" asked the other
girl, did they all tell their ages under
protest?'
NO indeed, not a bit of it," responded
the president smiling again. II just knew
they wouldn't. When they found out
what it meant they wouldn't say word,
so Alicia got up again and moved that all
the old officers be elected over again
unanimously And every girl in the room
shouted, yes. They were glad of any
way out of the difficulty"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-16
BRIGHT BITS.

Not His Only Fault-Uncle Ezra-"The
paper says this candidate for the legisla-
tur' has great personal magnetism"
Uncle Abner-"Yes; an there's other
charges agin him, too!'-Puck.
Good Argument - Yabsley-"Mudg
what makes you laugh at your own sto-
RESP" Mudge-"Why shouldn't [? If they
were not worth laughing at, I would not
tell them. Indianapolis Journal.
Mrs Cumso-"Yo@ husband dresses
very quietly"
Mrs. Cawker-"Does he? You ought to
hear him when he can't find his collars, or
his cuff-buttons become mislaid. "-Har-
pers Bazaar.
-AIistress-"Whe you came here, a
few days ago, you said your name was
Mary Now l find in your book that it is
Kittie." Cook-Oh, madame, that's all
right. Mary Is my pseudonym. File
gende Batter.
Intention All Right thought you
told me your English cousin was such
a plain spoken man-that he always call
ed a spade a spade" "Wel?'' ''Well, I
find he doesn't He calls it a spyde -
Chicago Tribune.
Its jes' my luck" said Farmer Corn
tossel, gloomily. I'm the wust guesser
agoin'. The only sure way fur man to
git along is to make up his mind whut
he's a-gointer do an keep don' jes that"
Have you had bad luck?" "Nothin' else
Last year l raised wheat when l orter
heV' tuck in summer boarders. This year
tuck in summer boarders when | orter
hev raised wheat. "-Washingto Star.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-16

The Washington Star In its report of the
matter respecting Capt Carter says: 1T
is plain to be seen that his colleagues in
the engineer corps have full confidence
that Capt. Carter has done nothing that
affects his integrity" His friends here in
Savannah feel confident that the inquiry
which has been ordered will fully vindicate
MIN. Even those who know him only by
reputation feel that the reports to his dis
advantage will be shown to be without
foundation, and that it is only fair to him
TO suspend judgment pending the inquiry,
which has been ordered.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-16

So far, Notwithstanding the mass of
matter that has been printed upon the
subject and the far greater mass that
has been spoken nobody has as yet adj
vaneed a satisfactory argument showing
where the annexation of Hawaii would
give this country any desirable thing
which it does not now possess or control.
The best argument of the annexationists
has 10 do with a naval station in the is
lands, but we already control Pearl har-
Der. The annexation schema
IS wholly in the interest
OF small coterle of Adventures
from this country and few capitalists.
Annexation might, and very probably
would at some critical time, throw the
balance OF power in congress into the
hands of the senators or representatives
from Hawaii, and we should have the
spectacle of seventy millions of Ameri-
cans virtually governed by the handful
of carpetbaggers Of the Sandwich Islands.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-16

From the Philadelphia Record Dem

In his shot at Prosperity Mr.. William
J. Bryan raised the contention of the BIZ
metallists that the opening of the minis
TO free coinage Twill fix mint price for
silver just as a mint price is now fixed
for gold" Secretary Gage punctures this
fallacy by showing that there is no such
thing as a mint price for either metal
all that the mint does is to give in return
for certain number of grains of lincoln
ed gold certain number of grains of coin
ed gold, less the cost of the necessary al
10y. No mint does more than this; no
mint in the world would be rich enough to
do anything more.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-16
WattersOR ON the Outlook.
Louisville Courier-Journal Dem).

The old times live again, Dead is the
Rufled-Shirt and Be-Dam-to-the-N Niger
dead is the Independent Bumble-Bee- and
Blow-Gun-dead are the issues of Recon
struction, the south surviving still. But
there are issues and issues. and the Black
Nomit of sc is succeeded by l6-to-1-or- Bust
of &c. which will in turn give place to-
what?-well, God knows what but GER
tainly some phantom, some mirage, some
fetish got up to impose upon the supposed
ignorance and credulity of the people!
What politicians they are to be sure
Take a Dutchman for a damn fool"
why. that is exactly what they are always
taking the farmer fort However, with
dollar wheat TO sell for real money, and
not for forty-cent silver dollars, the
farmer can stand it. Yes, old times live
again, and ais well that ends Welt
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-16
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Special Notices-E. & w. Laundry; Ship
Notice, J. F. Minis & Co.. Ship Notice,
strachan & Co; Ship Notice, Paterson,
Downing & Co; Ship Notice, strachan &
Co; DR.. Weichselbaum Has Returned to
the City.
Amusements-The Devils Auction at the
Theater Saturday Matinee and Night.
Steamship Schedu.es-Ocean Steamship
Company; American Line; Red Star Line;
Baltimore Steamship Company.
Dixie Oil Company-S. P. Shooter Pres
ideut,
The Harrington Hat-Falk Clothing
Company.
Carpets. Rugs, Mattngs-Leopold 4d-
Ter.
Now It's Time to Think About a New
Hattie Metropolitan Clothing Company.
The Advance Guard-B. H. Levy & Bro.
Medica,-Wine of Cardui; Worlds Dis
pensary Preparations; Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla; Erie Medical Company; S. S. S.;
Ayers Cathartic Pills; Castoria; Carls-
bad Sprudel Salt; Botanical Blood Balm
Cheap Column Advertisements Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-16

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-16

Bundy, the young negro appointed TO
the naval academy cadetship by Congress
Shattuc of Ohio, failed in spelling and
algebra upon his examination, and has
had to go home. The appointment now
goes to a white boy. However, Bundy
should not be respondent. He. cannot spell
or bigger" but he can move away from
Ohio and enter republican politics and be-
come a man of great importance. The
shining careers of Demas of Louisiana and
Lyons of Georgia are before him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-16

The Louisville Courier-Journal estimates
that in the last thirty years enough mon
ey has been wasted on the so-caued road
improvements in Kentucky ITO asphalt
every lane and crossroads IN the state"
The assertion would probably apply in
Georgia with as much force as in Ken
lucky Our system of working the public
roads is faulty; the roads worked under
the system remain merely rights of way
marked by sand beds, mud puddles and
hills and holes. Millions of dollars in time
and labor have been expended upon them.
but they are in no better condition than
they were hundred years ago What is
needed is some plan of building good, hard.
well drained roads, which will last for a
lifetime. It Is better to build five miles Of
such roadway year than to work"
twenty-five under the present method of
repairing. Il is 70 be hoped that legisla-
tive attention win be given TO the road
laws AZ the earliest practicable moment.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-16

In New England there is in progress a
spirited discussion of the questions, DO
angels have wings" and should angels
have wings" After a season of sixteen
TO one" and several weeks Of Section %"
this change of topic is no doubt found
very refreshing to the participants in the
debafe
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-16

one of the latest New Jersey stories is
to the effect that a CERTAIN professor
paved the tune, Il Want You Nah
Honey" so sweeuy that a swarm of bees
came in and chased him out Of the house.
His name should be written alongside that
of the painter of those picture cherries
which the birds pecked
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-16
Mystery of Republican Logic.
From the Omaha World-Herald Dem

Republican logic is a quer thing. Here
we have a tariff bill protecting American
manufacturers of iron against foreign
manufacturers, and the American manu-
facturers are actually underselling the
foreigner in his own market.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-16
CURRENT COMMENT.
Fixing the responsibility.
From the Galveston News Dem }.

The Washington Star is about to convict
Gen. Weyler of the responsibility for yell
low fever in this country. That man
Weyler is a terror.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-16

New York is now bowling before the
shrine of another imported vaudeville di-
vinity, a Partisan danseuse named Cleo de
Merode whose chief claim TO notoriety
seems TO be that she combs her hair over
her ears.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-16

There win not be a very high class of
white men found hanging around Judson
Lyons while he shakes the political plum
tree for Georgia.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-16

One populist argues that prosperity has
not come, because the tomato crop is
short, He hasn't heard from the man who
has tomatoes to sell.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-16

The Chicago Times-Herald, which fav-
.ors the annexation Of Hawaii by this
country. commends Senator Bacon for his
refusal to go to Honolulu upon any pre-
text we. don't want the Hawaiians to
see too many Of our statesmen at once"
says the Times-Herald. which suggests
that If the islanders were to see more
than two of them at a time they might
not want to come in.
Prof. Andrews and Brown University
have received thousands of dollars worth
of free advertising out of their little diff
ference of opinion. Prof. Andrews mas
made himself an available" man for fu-
ture high political nominations, and
Brown may now become the leading free
silver college Of the country.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-16

Secretary Gage is considering a sugges-
ton, recently submitted 10 him by a man
named Marcus, TO print the government
and bank bills of different denominations
in different colors, or on different eolors
of paper, after the fashion of the postage
stamps. 1t is claimed that the colors
would be a safeguard against making mis-
takes in the handling of bills. The dis
tinctive colors would attract attention and
there would be less liability of confus-
ing one denomination with another The
suggestion has been commended by ex-
President Cleveland. While he is consid-
eriug the matter of bills. the Secretary of
the Treasury would confer a favor upon
the whole business community if he would
make some arrangement for taking up
dirty, greasy, in-smellng bills and issuing
new and clean ones in their places. Many
of the bills in circulation are like rags,
and are filthy The people would not OBJ
ject to having the bills made red, green,
blue, yellow and the like, but they would
above all else like TO have them clean.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-16
LOVELY FLOWERS.

Beautiful designs, bouquets, plants a TX
cut flowers Leave orders al oiice -
Abercorn street, at Nursery. or teiepIll,s.i.
2io KIESLING. Take Bell Line t'aA-
way for Nursery on White Bluff road y
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-16

It is reported from Washington that the
battleship Indiana has been seriously in
jured in the dry dock at Halifax, Nova
Scotia. The vesse.s keel it is said cut
through the oak blocks upon which she
rested, the forward turret bulged and the
plates of the huh were indented. The
injuries are said to be serious, notwith-
standing the officials at the navy depart
ment make light of the matter. The
fault SO the report goes, rests between
the contractor who locked the ship and
Naval Constructor Bowles who went to
Halifax to superntend the work of dock
ing. If the report is true, the naval au-
thorities would have done better to brave
the mud bank in front of the Port Royal
dry dock and send the ship to that place
Il IS to be hoped that the humiliating
spectacle Of an American naval ship beg
ging the privileges Of foreign dry dock
has been seen for the last time.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-16
The Point of View.

From the Chicago Times-Herald Qnd).
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-16
The MORNING NEWS is pubusAed

REGISTERED at the postofice in savannah
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-16

N~0-0OoO0-~O~~OO@-~-~-~-~
GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY,
the Superior Court of Said County: III
petition of Jesse p. Williams, John A a
Carson, of said county, and John Morrisof
of Bryan county, In the state of Georgis
shows:
First. That they desire for themselve
and such other persons as they may assC
ciate with them, to be incorporated undo
the name and style of the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-16

0Hpvyp CKlM Scalp and Hair purified and Bean
UhDt y ONtN titled by CgTIcURA SOAP,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-12-14
The Chicago Dispatch drawing its

The Chicago Dispatch drawing its in
ferences from the presidents message
and the u%tterances of the republican
press concludes that the tendency of the
republican party is all towards building
up an aristocracy. Not only that, but
there is evidently a desire to establish an
~aristocracy Of permanent office holders
If not why are there SO many sugges-
lions Of commissions, civil
service commissions, all the beneticlarles
of which are to hold office for life?
efforts to place the control of the
currency in the hands of the banks are
along similar lines. With the banks col!
iecting interest from the people for the
use of money issued by the banks, the
road toward an aristocracy of money
would be made very easy. With the
tariff in the hands Of a tariff commission
made up of seven life members, four mer
could dictate the bushes. policy of the
nation.
"Such propositions are un-Americar
and contrary to the principles upor
which this government was founded
The people will not submit to such rev
o%lutionary actions, and the republican
party will find that the voters of thu
United States are not prepared to adop
European methods"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-12-14

Huron dispatch, 80: Number of South
Dakota editors interested in the silver
question met here on Friday, in answer
to "a call issued by Hon. r. E. Dowdell,
of the Arteeian Advocate. Among
those present were L.. G. King of Gettys-
burg, j. H. Kipp of Pierre, S. H. Bron-
son Of Howard, r. E. Dowdell of
Artesian, G. W. Mathews of Armour, G.
G. Lowe of Salem, J. w. Peckham Of
Alexandria, George Kelley OF Woon-
socket, ". r. LaFallett of Chamberlain,
T. w. Taubman of Plankinton G. j.
Maynard of Kimball.
The meeting was private, matters be-
ing discussed pertaining to newspaper
work along silver lines of political faith,
and an EFFORT will be made to procure
ready prints that will be more in
harmony with their views.