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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-17
Avn EarIy Adiournment of congress.

An Early Adjournment of Congress.
The effort in behalf of an early adjourn
ment of Congress, which is being made by
leading Republicans, will be successful in
all probability. Some of the Democrats
are opposed to early adjournment for such
reasons as Senator Bacon gave in our dis
patches yesterday morning, and for other
seasose, but enough Democrats, 1t is safe
to- predict. would vote with the Republic
ans to enable the Republican leaders TO
carry out their programme.
1t is assumed, of course, that an early
adjournment is desired by the President
What he and his advisers are afraid of is
probably that Congress might pass some
measure relating to Cuba that would in
crease the difficulty of settling the Cuban
problem.
1t is well known that IF a resolution
were introduced into Congress granting
belligerent rights 10 the Cubans, or rec
ognizing the Cuban republic. it would be
difficult, if not impossible, to prevent its
passage. Even Speaker Reed, with all OF
his power and influence, couldn't control
the Republicans Of the House.
The President is of the opinion, doubt
less, that he can accomplish more for the
Cubans, without sacrificing the honor or
the interests of the United States without
the assistance of Congress than with 1t.
The Democrats do not appear to have
any hesitation in trusting the President to
deal with the Cuban matter as he may
think best. They know very well that II
he should make a mistake, or should agree
to a settlement not approved by the peo-
pie, his party would cease to be popular,
and would lose control of the government
Hence the most of them think that if the
President wishessan early adjournment his
wish ought to be granted.
An early adjournment. however, does
not mean an adjournment next week. 1t
means adjournment about May l. Con-
gress has a great deal to do yet, in the
way of legislation, and could not very well
adjourn in less than month or six weeks.
Before the end of that time the Cuban
problem may be practically solved Much
can be accomplished in six weeks, espec-
tally if the purpose to accomplish some
thing is an earnest one. 1t Is not at all i'm
probable, therefore, that the crisis in Cuban
affairs will have been passed before Con-
gress gets ready to adjourn, even though
1t should be decided to adjourn early.
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Their Positions Reversed.


1t is rather unusual for Northern Re
publican to defend the doctrine of states
rights and Southern Democrat to plead
for Capitalization. and yet that practic-
ally, is what was witnessed in the Senate
on Tuesday. The national quarantine bill
Of Senator Caffery Of Louisiana was I'M
der consideration. Senator Sewall of New
Jersey, Republican, opposed the bill on
the ground that it put too much power 10
the hands of the marine hospital service
and also because it interfered with the
rights of the various states.
Senator Vest of Missouri, in replying to
MIR. Sewell. wanted to know whether the
United States government should stand
helpless, and see its people slaughtered
and its commerce crippled or destroyed
lest the reserved rights Of the states might
be invaded or destroyed. He maintained
that the United States had the sovereign
power to act in the matter of quarantine.
Ever since the Republican party was
founded it has been regarded as favoring
Capitalization. On the other hand the
Democratic party has always championed
the rights of the states. But in this mat
ter of quarantine we find a Republican
senator speaking for states rights and al
Democratic senator upholdng the princi-
pie of Capitalization.
Our political opinions are largely based
upon our material interests. Twenty-Five
years ago a Southern Democratic senator
would have invited severe criticism byl
taking a petition against states rights.
Now he does so and is supported and APP
plauded by his constituents. The reason
is that in this matter Of quarantine the
interests of the Southern states REQUIRE
that quarantine regulations shall be en-
forced by the national government. 1t
became apparent TO all careful observers,
during the yellow fever epidemic, in the
Gulf states last fall. that there cannot be
an intelligent and effective land quarantine
# the authority to make and enforce quar-
ahtine regulations is left in the hands of
the states.
The Gulf states lost many millions of
dollars worth of business last fall because
of the interference with the transporta-
ton lines This interference was not
alone by state boards of health. II was!
by everybody who had any semblance of
authority from governors down to justices
OF the peace and constables The conse-
quence was that the wheels of commerce
We're stopped, and people who depended M
on their daily earnings for their daily
bread were brought to the verge of starva-
tion.
An intelligent quarantine, enforced by
the national government, would have been
much more effective in preventing the
spread of the fever and it would not have
greatly inierfered with domestic com
merce Under the circumstances we are
not surprised to find Southern senator's
taking stand against states rights in
quarantine matters.
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An Amhnssador,s Tact.

The late NJ. Challemel-Lacour a dis
tinguished member of the French Acad-
envy, was noted for his tact and readiness
in social emergencies, says the flttsourg
Dispatch. Both were, severely tried on
one occasion. NJ. Challemel-Lacour was
sent as an ambassador from France to TIE
Swiss Confederation. He called In due
form on his arrival upon the President
The servant who opened the door said ths t
his excellency was in the cellar bottling
wine, but that the visitor could come In
and wait The ambassador hung up his
overcoat in the hall and went into the sa-
lon. Presently the president hustled In.
IAN ugly job, monsiouer" drying his
hands-"an ugly job! But always bottle
my own mine. Pardon my coat also; it is
a poor ,fit'-glancing down. 1T is my
sons, TO tell the TRUTH hurried 1t en-
without looking at it,"
The ambassador bowed and smiled-it
was his own coat.
The interview being over, he went home
shivering, and sent a messenger next day
for the coat-;,the coat which he hung up
in the hail.
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BRIGHT BITS.

Always in the -"Brusque is a
great whist devotee, 1 believe" Great?
He is so fond of whist that his wife never
dares speak to him. Chicago Record.
-very.-Fred-so your engagement is a
secret?
Arthur should say sol Why, she
won't let me even tell her father.-Puck
Mrs. FBrown (after shopping)-"Mrs.
Smith manages to get such bargains, and
so many of them Brown-"oh, we'll,
I suppose money is no object with her.
Puck.
-Cautious-she-True love should cause
one 10 forget all else-'Love me, love
my dog" b.
He-what kind ofNa dog is it?-Chicago
News. fas
Making a Distinctlon-ofiss Cayenne
had caused her partner great deal of
annoyance by forgetting what her long
suit was and remaining oblivious to trump
signals. He mopped the perspiration from
his brow and ventured the observation:
81 was under the impression that you said
you were accustomed to playing whist"
Yes" she answered, sweetly 81 play
it. 1 don't work at it as some people do"
Washington Star, 4s,s,
"A Glens Fall teacher was trying to i'm
press on the class the lessons of Wash
ington's Birthday, and among other ques-
tons she asked:
IF the Southern Confederacy had sue
ceeded, what would Washington have
been the Father of?''
Twins was the prompt reply of one
of the boys.-New York Tribune
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Practical ECONOMY.

During his recent brief outing in the
Vatican gardens Leo XIII came across
an assistant gardener who was digging
the soil. His holiness is always anxious
to study under its practical aspect the
problem of just remuneration for the
workman, a subject on which in more
than one encychcal he has developed
broad-minded theories, says the London
Daily Chronicle. f.s.t.'-.
MY good man." he said to the gar
dener, chow much do you receive a day
for your labor?''- ~ ~ 80. ,.-H
Two francs, your holiness" was the
reply.
The pontiff unused awhile.
"And how many children have your"
None your holiness.
"And does your wife also work for her
livelihood?'
Holy Father" said the laborer 81
have never been married. 'hi@t
Once more the p6ntiff paused in re-
Election.
Then, my good man." he said, ST snail
give instructions that from henceforward
instead of two francs a day you VIII re-
ceive a franc and a half, and that half
a franc will be added to the wages of
some other workman who has a wife and
family TO support" ,EIuJd sfqf
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-17
Conaictinr Statements.

The efforts of some of the special cor
respondents at Washington TO
make sensational dispatches out
of nothing is amusing. For
instance, the Herald of New York stated
on Tuesday that the President no longer
expects war, because of the revival of the
proposition to purchase Cuba, though if
the proposition has been revived neither
Spain nor the United States have had
anything to do with reviving it. Hence,
If it has been revived it is not matter
of great consequence.
On the same day the World of New
York solemnly announced that the Presi-
dent would on no account accept any pro-
posal for an International commission to
pass upon the Maine disaster-that he
would accept as conclusive the finding of
our own board of inquiry. That may be
the Presidents determination, but there
is no evidence that it is. The President
hasn't stated that he wouldn't consent
to arbitration under any circumstances 1t
wouldn't be wise for him to do SO. The
World, however, says he has, and there
fore, takes the position, practically, that
there will be war, because if Spain re-
fuses to admit that the Maine was de-
stroyed by an explosion from the outside
she would accept war, in all probability,
before she would yield to a demand based
upon the responsibility for the loss of the
battleship.
The fact that the foregoing papers, on
the same day. took very different positions
on the question as to whether the Presi-
dent expects war or not, justiies the con-
clusion that neither of them had any in
formation, at the time they printed their
dispatches, which warranted a conclusion
in respect to that question.
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A shrewd Man.

The judges daughter was looking out
of the window and indulging in day
dreams when the judge called to her, says
the Chicago Post.
Has Walter asked you 10 name the day
YETI" asked the judge.
Not recently" she replied.
The judge shook his head and looked
thoughtful. ~Gf
%As recall it, he said, when you first
became engaged nothing would satisfy him
but an immediate marriage"
He was inclined TO be rather hasty ="
she admitted. ~
And that disposition on his part-asted
from early spring until late in the sum-
mer, continued the judge.
Until the latter part of August or the
LIST of September he was very urgent"
said the Judges da lighter, but l was OPP
posed to summer wedding; now 1 must
confess his ideas seem 10 have undergone
change and he is quite ready to wait
until next spring, in fact, he has said that
there is no hurry. and that spring we'd
dings are incest. anyway. 1 don't under
stand it at ALL 81
81 do" retained the judge grimly.
"you do?f &ys 49,
Yes, do. I can see Through it all, and
I want to say that / think you have got
the most designing young man that is to
be found in the whole state Of Illinois,"
II don't understand you, papa" she pro-
tested.
why it's simpler than a general police
order, = explained the Judge, land dom
know whether to congratulate you on get
ting young man who is sure to be a sue
cess in the world or to get mad because he
is putting me in such hole
What has his silence got to do with
you?" 4
"Oh, nothing at an, except that he is
going to stick me for, your chainless
wheel" 4 -
why, papa, you don't think"
81 don't have to think when things are
as plain as they are in this case. AT the
beginning of the season when you have
a new bicycle he wants you in a hurry,
and he continues to want you until near
the close of the season, when the chainless
bicycle invention comes Suddenly to the
front. Then he grows lukewarm. He
says to himself Just as soon. as the snow
is off the ground next spring, she'll have
a chainless wheel. If / take her now I'll
have to put up for it; tifsI hold off for a
few months lean stick the old man for it
and get the bicycle with the girl And
he holds off,
But | don't think-much of the chain
less wheel, anyhow she said. I'D rath-
er have the wheel I've been riding"
Say that to hin!" exclaimed the Judge
''It doesn't do no good to tell me about
1t. Say it to him, say it with sufficient
earnestness and you'll be married before
Christmas" 1899
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lNDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings-The Hibernlan Society; Solo
mans Lodge No. I, L. and A. NJ; Savan-
nah Lodge No. 81. Knights Of Pythias;
Haupt Lodge No. IS, I. o. o. f.
Special Notices-Ship Notice, Georgia Elk
port and Import Company; Good Weather
for Beer George c. Schwartz A Change
in the Dates Falk Clothing Company;
Wheels of Priceless Merits, r. D. & VIM.
baltimore; Glove Contest at the Occiden-
tai Club This Afternoon.
Business Notiees-Experienc Is a Great
Educator, e. & W. Laundry; White Star
Line, Henry Solomon & Son, Agents.
Amusements-Khm -Hearn Company at
TheaIer To-day and Tonight
Last Springs Suits-B. II. Levy & Bro,
New Spring Suits-Leopoid Adler
We're Just Waiting-Metropolitan Cloth
Ing Company.
Legal Notices-Notice of Transfer of
Stock, Estate of Louisa ]. Stanton.
Hides Wanted-S. Watkins, Brunswick,
Ga.
Cow Peas-w. D. Simkins & Co.
Look QUIT F. johnson & Co.
Reads odorless Observation-Disclosures &
Morgan.
See Our Dollar Watch-Edward Lovelrs
Sons.
Steamship Observation-Disclosures Steam
ship Line.
Something New-Gold Dust Washing
Powder.
Observation-Disclosures Safe Cure; The Pc
ru-na Drug Manufacturing Company
Humphreys Medicine Company; Postum
Cereal Company; The Chattanooga Med-
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Hoods Sarsaparilia: California Fig Syrup
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Worlds Dispensary Medical Association;
Swifts Specific Company,
Cheap Column Advertisements-H
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Sale;
For Rent; Lost; Personal; miscellaneous.
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A Chicago dispatch says that Mrs. Celia
Wallace of that city, who last year wore
a gown which cost $4,000 to the first opera
of the season, "eclipsed her own record at
the (opera) opening last night by wearing
a gown and jewels valued at Sl5OOOO."
Mrs. Wallace is a woman of about sixty
years of age-old enough to know better;
for while the display which she made of
her wealth may have been brilliant, it
was necessarily vulgar. 1t is such exhi-
billions as this which some extremely rich
and extremely foolish persons make that
are responsible for the bitter feelings of
the poor against the rich. This woman,
for instance puts upon her person for one
evenings show an amount of value prob
ably greater than would be necessary to
feed the poor of the city for week. The
values of block of homes for working
people was in that gown and those jewels.
1t may be said that the money is Mrs
Wallace's, and she has a right to do as
she pleases with it. While that may be
true. has she right to f1aunt her wealth
in the faces of persons who find life one
long "demnition grind?'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-17

Nemesis is upon the track Of 'Billy"
Mason The would-be avenger is one
Marquis de Alta Villa, editor of Madrid
paper. He wants Mason's gore, and has
challenged hra TO dsht a duel. The SEN
ator from limos has never scrubbed 10
say all sorts of harsh things about the
Spaniards as the "cowardly oppressors@
of poor, bleeding Cuba The Maquis comes
back at the senator by calling him an zig
noble yankee" and a representative Of
people vino deal in pigs, and whose fag
is the almighty dollar" probably hav6igs
in mind that Mason comes from ChsSaet,l
The Marquis also says some things about
Shaping faces, which revives memories
OF a certain Incident in a Washington ho-
tel, in which The Illinoisan was conspic-
uous figure. Nothing short OF duel will
satisfy the Spaniard, and he names swords
as the weapons. m this matter, however.
he clearly goes beyond his preroga i've. As
the challenged party. Mason has the right
70 name the weapons. In the event of ac-
ceptance, nc viii undoubtedly name the
mouth as The INSTRUMENT OF offense ana
defense. He Is an expert with his mouth.
He is regular Calling pneumatic-dyna-
mite gun in that way, and can throw Jag
ged adjectivcs and bone-breaking in
vectives with apidity which defies
imitation. And distance is no object
with him. Indeed, the longer the dis
lance, the better he fights, with his mouth.
Three thousand miles. or from Washing
ton 20 Madrid, would suit him precisely.
Eet him name his weapon, ana proceed TO
talk the naughty spaniard full OF holes.
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why war Is Not Likely.
r.. =
New York Commercial Advertiser (Rep)


One reason why war is unlikely is that
we have heard so much about it in ad-
vance. War almost always breaks out
suddenly. No one in 1861 really believed
there would be war until Sumter was fired
on. The Mexican war had been secretly
determined on In advance but Congress
and the country were startledinto it by a
collision between American and Mexican
troops on disputed territory. The battle
of Concord and Lexington woke the as
tonished colonies to arms. 1t is so abroad
A recent collector of statistics figured out
that barely one-sixth of the last 200 wars
had been preceded by a formal declaration
of war. Hostilities began so Suddenly
there was no time for a declaration
There is reason in it. too. War is the
last argument but when ii is foreseen a
long time ahead there Is chance to en-
ploy all diplomatic resources to avert It.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-17

1t would appear that some OF Judge At
kinsons enemies are trying to shell him
out of the race with rumors. Many of
them, predicated upon the possibility of
his giving up the fight for the governor
ship, are finding their way into print
from time 10 time. The probabilities.
however, are that some more solid sort of
shot will have to be used before the judge
will so much as bulge. He is not the
sort of a man to be frightened by that kind
of warfare
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-17

An anti-department store bin has been
introduced in the New York Legislature
II is modelled upon the bill of similar i'm
port Which was passed by the Illinois Leg
islature year OF so ago. Although II
has for some time nominaiiy been against
the law in Illinois TO run department
store, the great establishments of Chicago
are doing business at the old stands just
as they were before; and the result would
probably be the same if the New York
Legislature should pass the bin.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-17

An object lesson illustrating the value
of the Nicaragua canal is presented in the
case of the battleshlp oregon, now on the
Pacific coast. 1t may be desired to bring
the Oregon into Atlantic waters. With
the canal. the ship could come from San
francisco to Florida by travelling a dis
lance of 5000 miles, whereas without the
canal she would be forced to go around
Cape Horn, a distance of 1900 miles. In
case of emergency the saving of these 5000
miles of distance would be of great i'm
portance.
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In the south since 1873.
From the Macon Telegraph Dem.

While Mr.. Bryan tarries in the South he
should post himself in regard to a few i'm
portant points as he goes along. For in
stance, he should learn that since the aw-
full crime of 1873 the plumber of cotton
mills in the South have increased 500 per
cent. There were about 100 cotton mills
in the South at the, date of the crime
and in round numbers 500 at the date of
Mr.. Bryaus visit. The spindles which in
1873 numbered but little, over a quarter
of a million are now over 1000, 900, and the
capital invested has Increased from about
$l5,OOOOOO in 1873 to SIPS, 100000 in 1898.
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JoIIying the South.
From the Topeka (Kan.D Capital

From the Topeka (E1an) Capital (Rep).
The Southern people to a man will, If
necessary, embark their last life and their
last dollar for the cause of the union.
There is no doubt of 1t. The Southern peo-
pie showed in the rebellion their ability
to suffer and die for a cause they believed
In. When they are right they are an in
valuable element of the people and on the
question of the union they are and always
will be right.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-17

A queer shipment went from Chicago the
other day, billed FOR Russia. 1t consist
ed of some bales OF secondhand cotton
socks apd stockings. There is a scarcity
of cotton in Russia. and it is said the old
hosiery will be unraveled and used in MAX
ing cotton cloths. After exhaustive FUN
igaton, which was probably needed, the
shipment was permitted TO pass the Rus
sian consulate.
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WHITE STARLlNE

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New York to Queenstown and Liverpool
MAJESTIC, March %, April 20, May IS.
GERMANIC, March 80, April q, May Is.
TEUTONIC, April 6, May A. June l.
BRITANNIA, April -, May II, June 8.
Saloon winter rates $50 up. Summer SO
and up. Very superior second cabin on
Majestic and Teutonic $45 and up.
For inspection of plans and further in
formation apply to HENRY SOLOMON &
SON, SO2 Bay street, or White Star Line,
9 Broadway. New York
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CURRENT COMMENT.
What Queer Things We Hear.
From the Rome Tribune (Dem.).

The rumor that the Montgomery had
been blown up in Savannah harbor has
just reached Augusta. 1t struck Rome a
week ago. The telephone of the Augusta
Chronicle was, kept busy Saturday night
answering questions about the rumor.