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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-08
Consult the Tax Payers.

Chairman Grayson of the Fire Commits
sion says that he will not be bulldozed by
the fire insurance companies in the matter
of the organization of the fire department,
but that he wants to do what is for the
best interests of the tax payers. Well, why
doesn't he circulate among the tax payers
who have to pay fire Insurance and find out
what they think about the necessity for a
reorganization of the fire department? I'm
less we are greatly mistaken, they will tell
him promptly and emphatically that they
do not see the wisdom of paying additional
fire insurance simply that he may continue
the experiment of finding out whether or
not he is better informed respecting the
efficiency of the fire department than the
fire insurance companies are. The expert
ment is an altogether too costly one to
be continued. If the additional fire insur-
ance, which has been put on, is continued
the whole city will suffer. The burdens
on business ere just about as heavy as the
city can stand without the addition which
has been made to the fire insurance rates.
Firmness in public oficialis a good thing
when exhibited in cause which is admit
ted to be just, but II ceases to be a virtue
and becomes simply stubbornnsss when its
exercise is not sustained by the public
judgment and public interests suffer on
account of 1t. 1t is to be hoped that Chair
man Grayson, after a careful review of
the situation, will become satisfied that he
has shown sufficient firmness in support
Ing his position and will take such steps as
will save the city from an additional in
surance burden.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-08

The fact that the President has asked
Congress for 100000 to be expended for
national defenses does not mean that war
with Spain is regarded by the administra-
ton as inevitable 1t simply means that
events are constantly occurring which
show that war is not improbable, and
that II is the duty of the government to
be ready for it if it should come.
For more than year the opinion has
been freely expressed that Spain would
much rather lose Cuba in a war with the
United States than be driven out of the
island by the revolutionists. By losing
Cuba in that way her humiliation would
be less and she would, in all probability
avoid a revolution at home. There are
reasons for thinking the President is in
cined to accept this view. The disposition
Spain is showing to make trouble about
things which, under ordinary circum-
stances, would not be noticed, tends to
confirm that view For instance, there
is not now more reason than there has
been at any previous time why Spain
should object to Gen. Lee as our repre-
sentative at Havana. No specific charge
has been made against him. That fact
shows that he has been discreet, and has
discharged the duties of his position with
excellent Judgment,
And there is no good reason why Spain
should have objected to the sending of the
supplies for the starving Cubans in yes
sells of the navy. The vessels will not
remain in the Cuban harbor longer than
is necessary to discharge their cargoes.
These little things undoubtedly have con-
WINGED the administration that Spain
would not hesitate to make almost any,
thing a pretext for war If she should be-
come convinced that she could not re-
establish her authority in Cuba. Besides,
1t is yet problematical as to what the out
come of the Maine disaster will be. II is
fair to assume that if there were salts
factory evidence that the destruction of
the Maine was due to an accident that
fact would have been made public long
ago, in order to lessen the strain upon the
relations between Spain and the United
States, The finding of the Board of In
curry may not pe lndl tD6 MILNE was QS-
stroyed by design. The chances are that
it will be that no satisfactory conclusion
is possible from the evidence that was
obtainable. If that should be the result
of the inquiry Congress, in all probability,
would pass a resolution granting the Gu
bans belligerent rights. While that of it
self would not be a cause for war it
would be productive of a condition of af-
fairs which might lead to war;
The situation, from whatever point of
view it is considered, is not without threat
ening features, Therefore, the action of
the President in calling for means to
strengthen the national defenses is to be
commended. 1t is much better to prepare
for war in time of peace than to suffer the
sacrifices which must be made in prepar-
ing for war after war has actually begun.
We still believe that there will be no war,
but there is no question but that the OUT
look is sufficiently threatening to justify
preparations for war.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-08
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-08
ilNDEX 70 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings-Ancent Landmark Lodge No.
81, F. & A. M; Confederate Veterans AS
ISOLATION; Catholic Library Association.
Special Notices-Ship Notice, Georgia
Export and Import Company; Book Beer,
Georgia Brewing Association; Notice, P.
B. Springer; Welcome To-day at the Gem;
Ship Notice, Richardson & Barnard,
Agents; Discount Notice. B. II. Levy &
Bro. Land Near the City. c. H. Dorset;
Spring and Summer Millinery, Mrs. NJ. A.
Golden.
Business Notices-E. & W. Laundry.
Railroad Schedules-Central of Georgia
Railway.
1898 Spring Millinery opening-Leopold
Adler
Amusements-Edwin Travers, Thursday.
March TO-
The Store of Savannah!-Eckstein's.
That's What the Ladies Say-B. H. Levy
& Bro
1t May Seem Foolsh-Falk Clothing
Company
Steamship Schedule-White Star Line.
Auction Sales-Administrator Sale by
1. d. LaRoche, Auctioneer; Administra-
tors Sales, by C. H. Dorsett Auctioneer;
Commissioners Sale, by C. H. Dorset,
Auctioneer; Trustees Sale, by c. H. Dor
sett, Auctioneer; Trustees Sale, by C. II.
Dorset, Auctioneer; Real Estate, by R.
II. Tatem, Auctioneer.
Legal Notices-Juliet Unveils VS.. Irwin N.
Wells, libel for divorce; Notice to Debtors
and Creditors Estate of Nora Brown, De-
ceased; of Estate of Caroline Lloyd, De-
ceased; Citation From the Clerk of the
Court of Ordinary of Chatham County.
Medical-Pe-ru-na; "77' for Colds; Cuti-
cura Remedies; S. S. s.; Ayers Sarsapa-
rilla; Johann Hoffs Genuine Malt Elk
tract; Worlds Dispensary Preparations;
Erie Medical Company.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For REM;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-08
The Advancement of Civilization.
From the Philadelphia Record Oem.).

Mr.. Richard Olney, ex-Secretary of State
in an address at Harvard University on
Wednesday evening last expressed the
thought that the time had passed when
we should hold aloof from the councils of
the nations, and that we should now join
hands with England for the advancement
of civilization and the betterment of the
human race. A limited partnership of this
kind might contribute TO those ends; but
there is as much cause nowadays as there
was in the days of Washington to fear
that in the end such an alliance would
surely prove to be changing. Meanwhile
it is not really necessary to go beyond our
own boundaries in order to give civiliza-
ton push
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-08
Lord Coleridge,s Umhrel1n Decision


The law as to umbrellas was settled once
for all by Lord Coleridge in a leading Eng
lish cause, says the Chicago News. His
lordship held:
Umbrellas, properly considered are &,
part of the atmospheric or METEOROLOGICAL
condition, and, as such, there can be no
individual property right in them. In
Sampson VS.. Thompson defendant was
charged with standing on plaintiffs front
steps during a storm and thereby soaking
up large quantity of rain to which plain
tiff was entitled. But the court held that
the rain was any mans rain, no matter
where it fell. 1t followed, therefore. thar
the umbrella is any mans umbrella. In
all ages rain and umbrellas have gone to-
9ether, and there is no reason why thew
should be separated by law An umbrella
may, under certain circumstances-the
chief of which is possession-take on the
attributes of personal property, Just az
If a man set a tub and catch a quantirN-
of rain water. that rain water will he
considered as his personal belonging while
il is in his tub. But if the sun eyapora te
the water and it is rained down again. or
if the tub be upset and the water spilled
then the attribute of personal ownership
instantly disappears. So, if a man hold
his umbrella in his hand it may be con-
sidered a personal belonging. but the mo-
ment it leaves his hand it returns to the
great, general, indivisible, common stock
of umbrellas, whittier the law will not at
tempt to pursue it,
So far as we know there are never been
a successful appeal from this decision.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-08

The argument that war would make
more business and consequently better
times will not hold good. Who would have
to pay the cost?' The people How would
the money have to be raised to pay the
costg BY taxation, direct or indirect. Can
a People be made more prosperous by in
creasing their taxes? If the distribution of
war money increases activity and prosper
ity, why has the distribution of $4,000 900
a year in pensions not brought about I'M
exampled activity and prosperity in the
North and West?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-08
Good Advice to the Blacks.
From the Springfield Republican Qnd)

The negroes in the South ought to take
the advice of one of their preachers, Rev.
Richard Carroll. who SAYS
l see no good for you in politics. but
see plenty of harm. The colored population
get excited every four years and many
leave the farm to sit around and wait for
an office. Some have not worked since Nc
Kinley was made President, and their fam
lilies are approaching starvation. Politics
has ruined us and put us back many
years.
Yet the Republican POLITICIANS, like Mr.
Hanna. are also responsible. They corrupt
the negro, promise him offices for dele
gates, and whet his appetite for office
seeking when he should be working at the
bench or in the felds raising his race by
simple industry.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-08

The imprint of the Irishman's force of
character is TO be found everywhere. An
example is brought to mind by the alleged
purchase by Spain of the Chilean cruiser
Aimirante O'Higgins. Eighty years ago
Bernard o'Higgins, a son of the Emerald
Isle whose name did not lend itself readily
to Latinization, was a power in Chile. BY
his prowess and horse sense he made
himself dictator OF that country. which he
ruled more absolutely than Boss Croker
will. ever rule New York. for the space OF
six years. lie was builder. and did a
great deal for the advancement of the ma
ton which has since been known as the
Yankees of South America"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-08

The report in the cable dispatches of a
day or two ago, to the effect that Spain
had negotiated a loan of S4O,OOOOOO at 30
per cent, must have given palpitation of
the heart to patriots of the Russell Sage
stripe, who have not enjoyed any fat
war interest for a long time. The story of
the loan, however, has been denied hence
the money-lending patriots have merely
been annoyed by the shadow of a bone in
the other dogs mouth.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-08

1t appears from a Havana dispatch pub
lished yesterday that it is the purpose of
Spain to disarm the volunteers in Cuba.
These irregular, cruel and predatory troops
have for long time been the actual rulers
of the island. Heretofore no Spanish off,
cial whom they have opposed has been
able to hold his Office. Like the Name
lukes of Egypt were before Napoleon broke
their sway, the volunteers in Cuba are
all powerful. There can be no au-
tonomy in Cuba until they are disarmed
and dlsbanded. Their hostility to Cubans
is open in peace as well as in war. They
know that self-government for the Cubans
would mean the death blow to their organ
ization and their depredations, hence their
cruelty and tyranny. The present revolu-
ton was brought about as much through
hatred of the volunteers as through ami
mostly towards the government of Spain
or the desire for independence. Cuhans
would never place faith in the promises of
Spain while the volunteers were permitted
to bear arms. The Spaniards know this.
and hence the current discussion of the
disbandment of the organization.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-08

Senator Mills of Texas, in Withdrawing
from the race to succeed himself, and leav-
ing the field open to young Mr.. Culberson,
returns TO the opinion that the United
States cannot, by it's independent action
in the matter of free coinage, restore sill
Yer TO parity with gold at the ratio of
l6 to l. 1t would be interesting to know if
the opinion is responsible for the Senator's
retirement from the race or whether his
retirement from the race is responsible
for the opinion. Mr.. Culberson of course.
believes that the United States could. with
only the passage of bill, restore to silver
the value of s1.29 per ounce whether there
were or not another silver using country
in the world
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-08

The yellow kids" party of Senators and
Representatives, en- route to Cuba in the
interest of saffron journalism, will meet
with warm reception upon arrival. DR..
Drummer is waiting for the party, with
that bland smile of his, and a pocket full
of vaccine points. There is smallpox in
Havana, and DIR. Drummer has orders TO
prevent it from spreading to the United
States. He is no respecter of persons, and
would as soon take the blood of a con-
gresham as anybody else.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-08

There are lots of ways in which one may
turn personal popularity to account in a
pecuniary way. A Brooklyn young woman
recently adopted an unusual manner of
making pin money while entertaining her
beaux; combining business with pleasure.
as it We're. She wrote policy for local
lottery Office, and was an expert in con-
structlng' all Of the various sorts of gigs"
and saddles known to the policy gam
bling fraternity but the "love gig" Is said
to have been the fsyorlte with her crs-
toners. One day however, the "police
gig" came out, and the young woman uss
arrested and fined $50.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-08
The Same Feeling Exists North.
From the Chicago chronicle Dem).

1t Is not defending the murder of the
negro postmaster at Lake City, S. c. to
say that his appointment might have been
expected to result in trouble. We may talk
as much as we please about equal suffrage
and civil rights, but the fact remains that
the people of the South resent the appoint
ment of negroes to offices which they
would never get ri the decision rested upon
a popular vote. The feeling may be called
race prejudice, but 1t exists and il is going
to continue to exist. In the future as in the
past 1t is going to cause trouble unless the
Republican party abandons it's policy of
treating the South as a conquered prov
ince so far as federal ofiiceholders are con-
cerned. There are enough white Republic
cans in the Southern states-though they
are growing scarcer every year-to fill all
the federal positions. If negroes are APP
pointed to pay political debts there will be
more boycotts, whppings and assassina-
uons. The situation exists and il is as idle
10 ignore il as to attempt to palliate it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-08

A Western contemporary draws attention
to the fact that it is not much further
from the Atlantic seaboard to Spain than
1t is from the Pacific seaboard to Hawaii
and asserts that Spain might prove a
mighty useful possession to us as a place
for coaling stations and repair yards, in
the event of our going to war with any
other European power. The arguments
which apply to the annexation of Hawaii
as a matter Of military necessity, our con-
temporary says, may be made to apply
with equal force in favor OF the annexation
of Spain, the fact that Spain is a few
miles further cutting no figure at all. 1t
therefore calls upon "some high-browed
and deep-ohested statesman" TO introduce
into Congress, a bill providing for the con-
quest and annexation of Spain.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-08
Room for Criticism All Around.
From Louisville Courier-Journal Dem

Judge Speer, of Georgia, seems to have
grown eloquent, when he charged his
grand jury, in denouncing the trial of lola
in France, and declaring that such thing
would be Impossible in the courts of our
own great, strong, Conservative nation"
That may be; but our judges would have
better cause to grow eloquent if they could
point to the punishment by our courts of
the mobs which laugh at judges and juries
and defy the laws.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-08
The President Makes a Boy Happy

An 11-year-old lad, while studying his
history lesson last week, learned that Sat
urday would be President McKinley's
birthday, and thought it would be a nice
thing to send the Chief Magistrate a birth
day card, says the Washington Star. The
one he secured and mailed contained the
following good advice: 'In whatever sta
ton you are, God has called you to flI
the place, and you should do your duty
Saturdays mail brought the boy a White
House letter addressed to MIR. -. 1t was
from Secretary Porter, who said he had
been directed by the President to acknovyI
edge the receipt of the birthday token
and to convey the Presidents thanks for
the remembrance. The youth was delight
ed with the attention. but was disanpont-
ed that the President should think no
was man, and was anxious to rectifv the
mistake.
The President was to leave for PbiIa-
delphia at 10 o'clock Monday morning bIit
Notwithstanding the pressure of Official
and private matters the youth was admir-
ted to the Presidents room when he nre-
scented himself about o'clock that dav
As long as he lives he will never far
get that audience. The President thanked
him for his thoughtfulness, and presented
him with the rose which he wore in his
huttonhole. 1t was a happy boy who re
turned home and told of his success.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-08

The announcement is made that Mark
Twain has at length succeeded in paying
the last dollar of his indebtedness caused
by the failure of the publishing firm With
which he was connected for a long time.
His sense of honor, his determination and
his success in this affair are matters of
high credit to him personally and to the
American literary craft.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-08

DR.. Chauncey Depew has posed as a NV
ing picture; not of the sort shown on the
stage in fieshings and grease paint, but
in decorous frock coat and a smile. 1t oc-
currred in a New York society drawing
room, of course. 1t was proposed that the
genial Doctor should pose as a peach, but
a compromise was arranged and he APP
peared as THE Modern Demosthenes."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-08
CURRENT COMMENT.
where Responsibility Rests.
From the New York Times Dem.).

We wonder if it ever occurs to the vio-
lent champions of "a clean sweep" in the
civil service that the one civil servant on
whose fidelity, skill and sound judgment
the administration depends with entire
confidence is the "rebel brigadier'' ap-
pointed by Mr.. Cleveland as consul gem
eral at Havana.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-08

Gov. Leedy of Kansas desires to call an
extra session of the legislature to- pass
certain railroad laws. He knows precisely
the sort of laws he wants, and has himself
drawn up bills covering all of the points.
Hefhas written to the members of the Leg
islature instructing them to answer him
categorically whether or not they would
vote for the bills, just as they stand, if Re
we're to call an extra session. If aiorty
of the members answer in the affirmative,
he will call an extra session, but not 9TH
erwise. 1t has been asserted by lawyers
that Leedy's bills are so drawn that they
would be unconstitutional if passed; but
Leedy declares he knows what he wants
and will not have anything else, and that
he will not give the Legislature a chance
to meet in extra session if the members
do not promise to. do precisely what he
says.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-08

The sum asked for by the President for
the defense of the country is Just about as
much as is required to pay the pensions
for four months, thirty-three years after
the close of the civil war
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-08

Our Northern neighbors had better be
little careful what they say in denuncia-
ton of the South because of the affairs al
Hosansville and Lake City. They are not
In position to say what they would them
selves do under similar circumstances.
They used to tell us that they would never,
never resort to lynch law against the col
ored brother That was before they knew
him intimately. Now they are theorizing
upon the matter of the colored brother in
the postoffice They think they would
treat him with the most distinguished con-
sideration But they do not know anything
about it from the standpoint of actual
fact They have never had him in the
postoflce, or the custom house, or the in
ternal revenue service, or the department
of justice. A colored postmaster at YER
sailles, in the state of Indiana, would prob
ably put the theory to the test.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-08

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