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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-09

The thought is thrown out by the New
York correspondent of the Philadelphia
Press that the rich corpora tons are re-
sponsible for what is known as the politi-
cal boss. These corporations, he says, are
willing to pay, and do pay, large sums of
money to be let alone-that is, to be pro-
tected against vexatious and damaging
legislation. The political boss is necessary
to give these corporations what they want.
His authority being recognized by the
party to which he belongs, he is able to
control the members of the legislature
who act with that party He collects the
money the corporations contribute, and
makes such a distribution of 1t as gives
satisfaction to those interested.
1t was the declarations which Henry
George made In respect to party bosses
which gave life to his campaign. Before
he made threats against Mr.. Croker and
Mr.. Plat his campaign dragged hopeless
ly, but when he began his attack upon the
bosses his audiences increased greatly and
became very enthusiastic.
How to get rid of the political boss is a
problem that has not yet been solved
mere Is no DOUBT the people would ike
to see him eliminated from politics, be-
cause they regard him as a source of dan
ger. The time may come, If 1T has not al
ready. when the political boss will not only
accept what is offered him for protection
against hostile legislation, but he will an
stigate such legislation and demand
what Qay he pleases to prevent 1t from be-
coming law.
Another bad feature of the boss in poll
tics is that honest men are kept out of the
halls of legislation, because the boss, In
order to be in a position to carry out his
contracts, must have such men in posi-
tons of power as will yield ready obe-
dience TO him. Hence the political boss
not only controls legislators and other Of
| fcials. but he puts those officials in the
| places they occupy The people have lit
tie or nothing to say about the matter. The
sooner the political boss as we now know
him, is driven out of politics. the better 1t
win be for the country
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-09
A Had Policy.

The policy of employing Cinnamon In
coal mines where there is a strike Is a
lad one. and should be so strongly con-
demned in ali parts of the country that Il
would be abandoned. We are against put
ting Cinnamon in the places of either ma
tive or naturalized Americans. Cinnamon
are of no particular benefit to the country.
They feel no interest in 1t, and their pur-
pose is to return to their native land as
soon as they accumulate sufficient money
TO live there in what to them is compare
tive comfort.
The Chinese exclusion law was passed
because it was believed that Cinnamon do
the country more harm than good. They
cannot be assimilated. and therefore they
are a wart, as it were. on the body poll
tic. Notwithstanding the exclusion Law
they manage to get into this country. If
the law were enforced it would not be
many years before Cinnamon would grad
ually disappear from among our popula-
ton. The reason 1t is not enforced is said
to be that men in high official places make
large amount of money every year by
permitting it to be violated.
our dispatches yesterday stated that 500
Cinnamon are to be put to work in coal
mines in Northern Illinois, where there is
a strike, and that they are to be protected
with Calling guns. They ought to be pro-
tected Of course, if the coal companies are
permitted to employ them to take the
places of the strikers. but ought the fed
eral government to permit them TO accept
employment until they have furnished sat
isfactory evidence that they are in the
country lawfully? We do not think it
should, and if, after an Investigation they
are found to have evaded the exclusion
law, the steamship and railroad compan-
les which aided them in violating the law
should be required to take them back to
China or pay the penalties which the law
provides.
We do not know anything of the merits
of the trouble between the coal companies
and coal miners in Northern Illinois. but
we do not favor the policy of forcing the
strikers to terms by using Cinnamon
against them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-09
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meetings-Ancient Landmark Lodge No.
231. r. & A. M; Catholic Library Associa-
ton: Myrtle Division No. 256, b. of L. f.
2 Special Notices-E. & w. Laundry; Ele-
giant Store for Rent. Walthour & Rivers;
Safety Appliances, Savannah, Florida and
Western Railroad Company Edward A
Moseley, Secretary Interstate Commerce
Commission; Notice of Application for
Law to Change Beginning of Terms of the
City Court of Savannah; New Arrivals,
George A. Hudson; Electrical Supplies,
Norton Frierson, ST..
Financial-Report of the Condition of
the Citizens Bank of Savannah.
Auction Sales-Guardian's Sale City of
Savannah Bonds Administrators Sale, by
I. D. LaRoche, Auctioneer; Administered
or's Sale, by l. D. LaRoche, Auctioneer;
Trustees Sale. by John Mclaughlin &
Son, Auctioneer; Trustees Sale, by R, H.
Tatem, Auctioneer; Trustees Sale. by r.
H. Tatem, Auctioneer; Guardians Sale,
by R H. Tatem, Auctioneer; Administrat-
or's Sale, by C. H. Dorsett, Auctioneer;
Guardians Sale of Southwestern Railroad
Stock by C. H. Dorset, Auctioneer; Ad-
ministrators Sale of Land, by c. H. Dor
sett, Auctioneer.
Elgln Timer Bicycles. s19 50, Imported
Dress Goods-Leopold Adler.
Every Lady Ought to Have One of These
Shirts at Half Value-Falk Clothing Com
pany.
The Reasons Why-B. H Levy & Bro.
Mineral Water-Apollnaris.
Ladies' Bicycle Costumes-B. H. Levy
a Bro.
Medical-Pyramid Pile Cure; Baco-Curo;
Carlsbad s=rudel Salt; Cuticura Remedies;
S. S. S.; Ayers Hair Vigor; Hoods Sarsa-
parilla; Worlds Dispensary Preparations;
Castoria; Ponds Extract.
Cheap Column Advertisements Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-09
Some American Repartee.

When Lyman Law was member of con-
gress for Connecticut, says the New York
Post, he was walking in Pennsylvania av-
enue with some southern colleagues. They
met drove of mules ''Hallo! Law"
said gentleman from Charleston, there
come a lot of your constituents Where
are they going?" ITO South Carolina to
teach school,"
Fifty years ago A. B. was a merchant
in New York man of very courtly man
ners, which did not prevent him from
falling and paying nothing on the dollar
He met out one day in Washington Mr.
c. d, a creditor, to whom he owed $4,000,
large sum at that time, and bowed as
he passed him in his sweetest manner,
lifting his hat high from his head c. D.
stopped short Mr.. B.. do not bow to
me again, sir. 1 do not want any man to
bow TO me who owes me $4,000 Il would
not forego the pleasure sir for twice the
amount"
John Randolph met in the street a DO
lltical enemy, who wished to drive him
into a duel. This gentleman stepped di-
rectly in front of Randolph and said: Il
never get out of the way for a id scoun-
drel" Il always do" said Randolph,
bowling and passing on one side.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-09
CITY GOVERNMENT.
OmciaI Proceedings of Coupc,,

Savannah, Ga, Nov. 5. 1S97-Council met
this day at Il m. pursuant to the call az
the acting mayor. upon the written re-
quest OF Aldermen Guckenheimer, Wen
and Wyily.
Present, Alderman S. P. Hamilton, act
ing mayor and chairman of council, pre-.
siding; Alderman w. w Owens, vice chair
man of council, and Aldermen O'DonneB.
Charlton, Guckenheimer, Davis, Rei3
We'll, Wyliy, Krouskoff and Hull.
1t appearing that the matters to 10
brought to the attention of council were IN
connection with the reports of the streets
and lanes committee, relative to the petl.
ton of the Savannah, Thunderbolt and Isle
OF Hope railway, for Teadjustment of ID
system, and it further appearing that tha
questions at issue raised points of law
which require some little time for the CITY
attorney to look into. the meeting was ad.
journed to meet at o'clock tonight.
WM. P. BAILEY,
Clerk of Council,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-09
PERSONAL.

Senator Hoar spoke recently on Love
of Country at Allston, Mass, and said
that he had heard that it is better to live
for your country than to die for it, but
that the world still holds the 800 who died
a Thermopylae better than the one who
escaped.
Chess players often dig of brain dis
ease, and the latest example is Berthold
Englisch, the Austrian champion, who
was famous for mis- proficiency. Since 1872
when he first became widely known, he
has engaged in frequent contests with
masters inthe art, a44s q
Mrs. Caroline Morse runs the custom
house elevator in San Francisco. She is
the widow of a sailor, and she cares for
and educates her family by means of her
work. She was appointed under EXPIRES
ident Harrison's administration, and was
deposed during Cleveland's second term,
but San Francisco demanded her rein
statement at once.
Gov. McLaurln of Mississippi was re-
Gently reported forbidden by the health
authorities to enter Jackson. the state cap
ital, and thus prevented from doing his
official duties. 1t has now been discov-
cred, however, that he was not only not
forbidden, but was even offered a railroad
pass to enable him to go to the capital
but his fear of the fever kept him away.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-09
The hunter From Town.

From the Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegra
The woods again re-echo
The banging of the guns,
And to its place of hiding
The frightened squirrel runs.
Up from the meadow rising
The startled quail takes fight,
Pursued by leaden pellets
Until it's out of sight.
For now the hunting season
Has opened up again,
And watchful sports" are proving
Through forest, field and glen;
With cautious steps advancing,
On every side they peer.
And eyes are keenly seeking
The cause of sound they hear.
And oft a charge they're wasting
Because they've been too slow,
Then quickly they are letting
Another barrel go.
And should they make a killing
With shot thus spreading wide,
Their faces will be beaming
With all hunters pride.
For weary miles the sportsman
With heavy gun will plod,
While many trials meeting
And oft adventures odd.
And now and then there's trouble
When telling farmer how
He aimed 10 nit a squirrel
And CHANGED TO shoot a cow.
Perchance dog will chase him,
And at it he'll not fire,
Lest half a dozen grangers
Upon him vent their ire.
And oft where game is plenty
With sorrow he'll be bowed,
For there's this sign: mo hunting
Upon this land allowed
The livelong day he'll wander
Until he's nearly dead,
And then he'll homeward staggef
On feet that feel like lead.
He'll hang up empty game-bag,
And put away his gun,
And then wen hear him saying:
II just went out for fun"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-09

THE continued fitting out and departure
of Cuban filibusterlng vessels from Florida
ports is a reflection upon. the good faith
of the federal government. So long as
we are at peace with Spain, or until we
have acknowledged the billigerancy of
Cuba, we are bound to put a stop to these
expeditions, II possible" This Is the opin-
ion of the Chicago Chronicle, which has
its home hundreds of miles away from
Florida, and evidently has not studied the
geography of the peninsular state closely
Florida has a very long coast line, on both
the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico. On
both coasts there are almost countless
islands, inlets, bays, sounds and rivers
II would take every ship of the American
navy, aided by the whole revenue marine
service, to watch all of the Florida out
lets to the ocean; and even then IL is pos
sible that filibusters could run the block
ade. The United States government Is do
ing all it can to stop filibustering, but as
long as there Is money in the business and
American sympathies are with the Cubans
there will be filibustering. But do many
fibust ering expeditions depart from the
Florida coast? Where is the evidence?
The carrying of arms TO the insurgents is
not hlibustering.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-09
Another Doubter.

Il ten you said passenger, who wore
silk hat, muttonchop whiskers and some
other fashionable things, according to the
Cleveland Leader, "our government is rot
ten to the core. 1 don't know what's 60
ing to come of It, either. Sometimes !
tremble for my children. i have provided
well for them but is property In this
country going TO be safe? With all the
political corruption that abounds, and with
the evils that are constantly sprInging up
around us, through the connivance of the
bosses, wild there not come a time when
the torch and the blade will play havoc
here, as they did in France 100 years ago."
Il don't know" said the man TO whom
he had been talking. Il hope however,
for better things. BY the way. did you
register"
NO. What's the use? A decent man
has no business at the polls nowadays"
That's what / thought you'd say"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-09

He begged kiss. says the Detroit Free
Press. she frowned meditatively.
"A kiss she said, rs. an expression of
sentiment. Placed upon the hand it sig
nifies respect; upon the forehead, friend
ship; upon the lips, both-and more or
neither. Since you have asked IT, you may
express yourself in one kiss Proceed"
He hesitated.
Through respect and friendship love may
be reached. If ne were too bold she.
He hesitated. He gazed down into the
grass and pondered swiftly. He tried to
read her mood. He would place that one
kiss upon her
He heard trill as of many birds.
He looked up.
She was whlstling softly
Her hat was pulled down to her eyes,
covering her forehead, and her hands
were thrust deep into the pocket Of her
Jacket
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-09

The attorney general for the postofice.
according to an interview published in our
dispatches, imagines that the lotteries have
been chased out of the country Says he:
such vigorous war was waged against all
lottery concerns as to cause their disband-
ment and abandonment" He attributes
the wiping out of the lotteries to the Ding
ley act prohibiting the printing of lottery
tickets and the postmaster generals reg
uiations as to transporting lottery tickets
in the mails. The claim of the attorney
general is almost laughable. 1t must be
that some of his detectives are having fun
with him. The probabilities are that the
attorney general could buy lottery ticket
In Washington, IL the vendor did not know
him, without walking a block out of his
way.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-09

The supreme court of Delaware has just
held that woman cannot practice law in
that state, for the reason that lawyers are
officers of the state, and no person can be
state officer who cannot vote for mem
bers of the general assembly; therefore
no woman can be a lawyer. Delaware
should take a running start and see If
she cannot catch up with the rest of civil
ization.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-09
The Arbitration Movement.
From the Chicago Chronicle Dem. }.

1t is reported from Washington that the
British ambassador, Sir Julian Paunce-
fote, will probably confer with Secretary
Sherman at an early day concerning the
reopening of negotiations for a general
treaty OF arbitration between the United
States and Great Britain Our bellicose
Senate will see in all this only the out
cropping of a deep and damnable scheme
on the part of John Bull to commit us
irrevocably to policy of peace, in order
that he may come in and dispatch us
when he gets ready without encountering
any resistance. Our Senate will feel quite
sure that the British satan has been
making mere tools of the preachers and
the workingmen.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-09

The latest American sensation in Lon
don is Tod Sloan. the jockey, proteee
OF Richard Croker. Sloan takes a flyer
IN The betting ring sometimes before he
mounts his nag to teke flyer around the
track. The other day he placed some
money "iudiciously," as it is called when
one wins, and took down several thousand
dollars In one lump. He lives at a fine
hotel, and has been astonishing the Eng
Iish sports with his swell manner of liv-
ing as weh as with his peculiar and lucky
riding.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-09

The nice little romance which came by
cable from London the other day, to the
effect that Prince Mehemet Ali, brother of
the Khedive Of Egypt had fallen in love
with an American woman, and would re-
hounce all his royal claims In order that
he might marry her, has been spoiled by
an authentic denial. The story served the
purpose Of permitting society people to
guess at the identity of the lady in the
case, hence all is we'll.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-09

A Pennsylvania court has held that dl-
vorces obtained in North Dakota are not
valid in Pennsylvania. The point of va
lidity of such divorces has been raised in
other states. If there Is one matter upon
which there should be uniformity of law
in all of the states, that matter is mar
riage. The fast and loose laws which now
obtain are nothing less than national
scandal
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-09
Railroad Robbers.

Daily almost our dispatches contain an
account of the robbing of a railroad train
by bandits. Yesterday there was publish
ed an account of particularly bold rob
berry, the train being taken from the train
crew near a station and the express car
robbed
These train robberies create the impress
sion abroad that this country is not capa-
BILE of protecting its citizens-that life and
property are not safe within its borders.
Brigandage in Italy and Spain is severely
condemned. There travellers are robbed
and kidnapped and held for ransom. AS
a matter of fact, train robbery in this
country has reached greater proportions
than brigandage in Europe. Our robber
bands are far holder and have much less
respect for human life than the Italian.
Spanish or Turkish brigands. AS long as
train robbing goes on we have very little
excuse for cridcising the governments OF
countries in which brigandage prevails.
Not only for the protection of our clti-
zens, but to protect our good name, the
government should take more comprehen-
sive measures than it has yet to put a
stop to train robberies. 1t can do this in
the territories under the laws in force
there, and it can in the states on the
ground of preventing Interference with the
mails If something isn't done soon train
robberies will become so frequent that the
impression will get abroad that robbers
have the upper hand in this country.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-09

A compilation of the patronage which
the mayor of Greater New York will have
to dispense, either directly or indirectly,
shows that Mr.. Van Wyck viii have in
his hands more patronage than some
kings. The number of men who will be
employed under his administration is up
wards of 1850, and the amount of wages
(which they will receive is approximately
S3S. 100000 a wear.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-09

From the Manchester N. H. Union d

Prosperity, as dispensed by the grace of
Mckinley and Hanna, is altogether too
exclusive; it is too much in spots The
western farmer, who grows corn, and the
southern farmer. who grows cotton. have
been overlooked in the unfair distribution.
and so has the toiler in the east. Pros
perity, to commend itself and win votes
in the future and assure contentment,
should not be confined to a few success
full Office seekers and the growers Of a sin
gle cereal.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-09
bounty on sugar.
New York Journal of Commerce qnt

~" TUT VONIKI nut q N41II11INI &c NHIIV''1'
No juggling with figures can conceal
the fact that the world is overproducing
sugar now, and 1t would be the extreme
of folly for us to undertake to increase the
surplus above the worlds consumption,
which will be 5inereas ed of necessity by
Cuba after the cessation of war because
there is little else that Cuba can produce.
When an article is selling for less than
cost, it cannot be profitable for us to go
into it, although the United States treas
ury may make it profitable to certain in
dividuals.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-09
just Where We Were Before.
From the Philadelphia (Record Dem.).

The American Russo-Japanese seal
treaty having been signed, the question
suggests itself: We'll what of it?" So
far as the controversy over our" seals
is concerned, the treaty leaves everything
just where it was before.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-09

Two eminent gentlemen have lately ex-
pressed themselves on the subject of pen
ology, and there may be something in what
each of them says. Mr.. Corbett, of prize
fight fame. says if all of the poor people
in New York, whose surroundings are such
as would tend TO make criminals of them,
could be taken to Sing Sing on visit and
shown through the great prison, there
would be far less crime in the city. Mr..
Richard Croker says many of the judges
ought to be sent to prison for a little while,
not because they deserve punishment. but
in order that they might see how the pris-
oners live and how some of them suffer.
He thinks the judge who had taken prison
fare for week would use his influence
to have the prisons made reformatories
rather than places OF punishment.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-09

The President is understood to be hard
at work upon his message; nevertheless
he seems TO find time enough to keep up
the grinding of the appointment mill.
However, it may be that he really has not
a great deal to do with that mill
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-09

Speaking of dangerous sports and
amusements, besides foot ball there are
others" Under certain conditions dane
ing is one of them. A case in point oc-
CURED in New York the other day. Ed
ward Mackn was Waiting on a waxed
floor with a woman who weighed 200
pounds The whrling made the woman
dizzy. She careened almost too far to one
side. Edward tried to let Ger down light
ly, but slipped and fell under her. The
shock of impact upon the floor was dimin-
ished, but Edward received injuries from
which he died
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-09

The Creek Indians have been directed
to appear before the Dawes Indian COM
mission for enrolment. Those, who do
not happen to have names that meet with
the approval of the commission will be
supplied with other names more nearly in
accord with the demands of civilization.
For instance Through HisHat viii
receive John, Charles, George, or some
thing of the kind as Christian name, and
Muddy Bear viii have Alonzo or Algernon
tackled on as the front part of his name
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-09
CURRENT COMMENT.
Is Not Tint SUFFICIENT

From Louisville Courier-Journal Dem).
Is THANKSGIVING day always underlined
for November because In that month we
usually have about four entire weeks aft
er the close of political campaign, and
before the opening of congress?