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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-29
ARMY REORGANIZATION.

That there Is need for a thorough reor-
ganzation of the army is very generally
admitted Army officers, especially, rec
ognize this need. Capt Scherer. assist
ant adjutant general, has written several
articles on this subject which have been
given much more than a passing notice.
Among other things he says that the af-
fairs of the army can never be satisfac
tor.ly administered as long as the present
Capitalization of power exists. Too much
responsibility and too many duties are
placed upon the head of The war depart
ment and the chief officers of the army.
Their time is taken up with routine mat
tiers, which should be attended to by Of
hcers closely connected with them In
other words, there should be a decenran-
cation of power.
Capt. Sherer also thinks that the rank
of the commanders of the various units
of the army has always been too low. The
rank, he says, should be commensurate
with the command. He would. if he could
have his way, have the grades of both
lieutenant general and general revived.
Evidently there is going to be a big eff
fort made as soon as Congress convenes
to greatly enlarge the army and
also the navy 1t would not
be surprising if military and naval
matters should take up the greater part of
the session. The advocates of a large
army and a strong navy are going to
strike while the iron is hot, as it were
that is, while the people are under the
impression that a powerful army and
navy are necessary TO the new condition
of things which the war with Spain has
thrust upon the country. There viii be
opposition, of course. and strong opposi-
ton, but the hope is that the enthusiasm
growing out of the success of the war
viii be sufficient 10 overcome it.
In connection with the reorganization of
the army will be presented a scheme for
a proper military system for the militia.
In the war with Spain the volunteer force,
largely made up from the military organ
izations of the states, was found TO be far
from being as well prepared for active
service as 1t should have been. One of the
greatest obstacles TO its efficiency was the
number of purely political and personal
appoin tments among its officers. There
would have been much less complaint of
sickness and lack of proper food in the
home camps, If there had been less poll
tics in the appointment of officers from
civil life. However, the thing to do now
is not to complain of the mistakes that
were made, but to provide against such
mistakes in future The task is a big one
and it will require time and earnest effort
TO accomplish it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-29
A Reckless Volunteer

The other day, at Montauk Point, says
the New York Evening Post, a regular
was talking of the inexperience of the vol
unteer and the disadvantage at which his
Springfield rifle placed him. "A man
might as well stand on top of a bare hill,
with white sky behind him, in full sight
OF the enemy" said he, 'as fire one of
those smoky Springfields, and be careless
TOT a couple OF minutes afterWard. He
would be a better target for those Spanish
sharpshooters. The old broomsticks are
responsible for many a volunteers death
L happened TO be in the trenches with one
or those Western regiments for a couple
OF hours one day, and 1 saw a sacrifice
of life that 1 won't forget in a hurry.
Inc boys We're on the side of a hill, and
pretty well off so long as they were care
Iull. They We're firing as you please-pop-
ping their heads over their cover, shooting
quick, and dropping back out of sight
again. That's the only way to use a
Springfield in the trenches; and when
you're on the ground with nothing but
bushes for cover, it's mighty good trick
TO take your shot and move a half a dozen
PAGES to the right or left before the
smoke begins to clear. Well with this
western regiment there was a Young fell
low WHO was deadset on killing a. Span
lard and he had his mark, a sharpshooter
whom the men got sight of once in a while
a bowlder, peeking out every couple of
minutes and awaiting his chance to get
good shot with his clumsy Springfield.
Get under cover. as soon as you fire.
l said to him. You'll be a dead volun-
teer if you don't
He laughed and SAID he guessed he
knew how TO take care of himself. Pretty
soon l heard him fire, and I turned round
to look at him
Drop, you fooln 1 yelled; for he was
standing, fully exposed, looking in the di-
rection IN which he had fired, and the
smoke OF his gun was nearly gone. Wei.
ne dropped; and I thought he was safe,
But he couldn't be still; he wanted to see
whether he had killed his man or not.
and It wasn't a minute before he was get
ing ready to look round the big stone.
Don't be fool said l.
think killed him. said he.
He stuck out his mead, like the fool
called him. The Spaniard's bullet caught
MIN In the forehead. and bored a clean
hole into his brain. He dropped then for
good. If he hadn't been a young fool. iust
Tor that once, he might have come home
with the boyS''
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-29
BRIGHT BITS.

-Multum In Parvo-The Sporting Ed
tor-''That young jockey who is to get
$4,000 year weighs but ninety-four
pounds" The City Editor-"Nother
proof of the value of condensing. -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"A Matrimonial Observation-Disclosures
Hello, Winkers, I hear you married a
woman with an independent fortune -
Winkers (sadly)-"N-o: I married for
tune with an independent woman" New
York Weekly.
Professionalism ging Editor-''Here,
this won't do" Dramatic Editor-''What's
wrong?" Managing Editor-"You say in
your account of that new play that Jones
made a hit as the Spanish cavalier
Chicago News.
-She-"Do you know that kitten there
reminds me of your" He-"Id like to
know where the connection is?" She-"It
seems to have Just about as much sue
cess in catching it's tail as you do in find
ing your moustache. Chicago News.
The Harlemite-''You know SHAKESPEARE
said, 1T is better to bear the ills we have,
than fly to others that we know not Of -
His Wife-"I know; but if SHAKESPEARE
had lived in Harlem he'd have moved just
as often as anybody else!'-Puck.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-29
PERSONAL.

Otis Allen, father of the Assistant Sec
rotary of the Navy, has just celebrated
his ninetieth birthday in Lowell Mass.
President Mckinley, though often re-
ferred to by the military title of major,
never really rose above the grade of cap
tain. His higher title was bestowed by
brevet.
The controversy over the title of
Father of the House of Lords has been
settled in England and the honor acknowl-
edged to belong to the Earl of Leicester,
who has been a member for more than
Ihirty-six years.
The death of Stephen A. Northway,
member from the nineteenth congressional
district of Ohio, recalls the fact that in
seventy-six years this district has had but
six representatives Among them were
Joshua r. Giddings, the famous abolition
list, and James A. Garfield.
Admiral Dewey's expenditure in pow
der and shell to sink the Spanish fleet at
Manila, according to his own official re-
port, was about $4,000. The cost for the
same item In disposing of Admiral Ger
vera's fleet off Santiago is between O00
and 100000. Experts regard the figures in
both cases as surprisingly low
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-29
NO Gallery There.

She had just come in from the country,
says the Chicago Chronicle. where she had
been teaching school last term. 1t was
raining and she had an umbrella The Of
ficer at the door of the Art Institute said:
You will have to check your umbrella,
madam"
what forP' asked she.
mo umbrellas are allowed in the gal
lery," replied the officer.
But I'm not going up in the gallery, Z"
said the school mistress. I'm going to
stay right on the first floor"
Then the officer said very politely
Amy place where pictures are on exhi-
bition is Gallery a gallery, madam"
"Ohl" snapped the school mistress, 81
know thatp'
do have to pay for checking my UNI
brella?" she asked.
Eyes. ma am" said the officer.
'Well, I'll just not do it!''
The officer was silent Pretty soon the
school mistress said;
May leave ii here in this corner?"
Eyes, madam" said the officer.
Twin il be here when come back?"
THAT / can't say, ma am.
'Well, I'm going to leave 1t, anyway"
Pretty soon she returned.
II see it's safe" said she. II Just knew
there wasn't any gallery hereP'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-29

The assassin of the Empress of Aus
tria is to be imprisoned for life at hard
labor From the anarchist point of view
no more terrible sentence could possibly
have been imposed. The fellow begged to
be tried somewhere where capital punish
ment prevailed. He wanted notoriety. en-
thusiasm, speech making and a sensational
send-off, with beer and flowers. In place
of that he gets nothing but Flooding hard
work for the remainder of his life 1t was
not what he was looking for. If he had
1t all to do over.again, he would probably
not assassinate anybody under such cir
cumstances as he did the Empress. There
is no glory to be gotten out of sweating at
hard tasks. and mighty little satisfaction
in a martyrdom where the martyr is lock-
ed up in Jail and forgotten. Possibly. at
ter all, life Imprisonment at hard labor
is the best punishment for criminals of
the Lucchesi class
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-29
THE FEVER IN the SOUTHWEST.

1t would take a very clever man to show
that the yellow fever which is prevail
ing at various points in Mississippi and
Louisiana was carried from New Orleans
or elsewhere to the places at which II has
made it's appearance. II is prevailing in a
mild form at more than a dozen widely
separated places in the foregoing states.
II looks very much as II the fever origi-
mated in the localities in which it has been
discovered. That view is against the very
generally accepted theory that yell
low fever never originates in this coun-
try.
The truth may be that 1t both originates
here and Is brought here. If II be true
that it originates here under certain con-
dltions we know pretty well what those
conditions are. They are an undrained soil
flied with the poison of decaying vegeta-
ton and long continued heavy rains fol-
lowed by excessively hot weather. Those
were the conditions which prevailed in
New Orleans and the Mississippi valley in
1875, and in this city in 1876.
Assuming that the fever originates local.
ly and all three of the foregoing condi-
tons are necessary to its production, the
fever can be prevented by removing one
of the conditions. The rains and the hot
weather are, of course, beyond human
control, but the soil can be drained and the
poison taken out of it. 1t would be well
for cities of the South to act upon the the
DRY that the fever is not always imported
that it is sometimes of local origin. Their
they would be more strict in sanitary mat.
ters and have the lands adjacent to them
thoroughly drained, and, If possible, put
under cultivation.
1t is a fact that is worth careful con
sideration that the cities of the North At
lantic coast, viz, Philadelphia, New Yora
and Boston were not free from yellow fe
yer epidemics until they had paved streets
and complete systems of house drainage
and the country round about them wa.
drained and cultivated.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-29
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Special Notices-Killed, But Not Slaugh-
tered, at R. D. & VIM. Lattimore's; Sa-
vannah Conservatory of Music, Ill Perry
Street, West.
Business Notices-E. & w Laundry.
Guaranteed School Shoes-Byck Bros.
Gas at Less Than so Cents Per Thou
eand-Tirrin Gas Machine Company, New
York.
School Books-Leopold Adler.
Rawhide Halters and Hame Straps-Leo
Frank.
School Books-At Gardeners Bazaar.
Steamship Schedule-Ocean Steamship
Company; Baltimore Steamship Company.
Medical = McElree's Wine of Cardui;
Cuticura Remedies; S. S. s.. Worlds Dis
pensary Preparations; Johann Hoff's Cen
uine Malt Extract; Castoria; Hoods Sar-
saparilla.
Cheap Column Advertisement-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted: For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-29

One handicap of considerable weight up
on Charleston is the sneering and snarl-
ing of her chief newspaper representa-
tive, which seems to consider it a matter
of bounden duty to attack, tooth and nail.
everything in sight. Chareston's neigh
bors prefer to be on friendly terms with
her There is room for all, without ok
cuse for Jealousy or innuendo: neverthe
less neighboring cities and ports are from
time to time called to defend themselves
against ill-tempered attacks from Charles
ton. A petty thrust has just been made
at Savannah because of the statement
that either this port or Charleston viii
De selected for the embarkauon, Of troops
ior cuba. Savannah is big enough and
hoerai enough to pay no attention to it.
nevertheless il Is disagreeable, and fur
: more, is absolutely seneeiess.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-29

Stuart Robson had just finished an ex-
ceAent dinner at his hotel says the New
York Journal, and, together with his
handsome wife, was hurrying back to
Wallack's for the evening rehearsal of
THE Meddler," when a wee, small BOY.
with wee, small voice, and just as wee
a bundle of evening war extras, rushed
alongside and said:
please, mister, there is sutthin' on tie
back of your coat"
Whats that?" asked the comedian.
you've got sutthin' on the back of your
coat" repeated the boy.
Whatever is it, my dear?" said Robson.
turning to his wife.
only a bur. and I do believe it's been
there since we came back from the High
lands this morning, Stuart"
The comedian dove into his ticket
pocket, and, extracting a nickel, placed
it in the outstretched but dirty hand of
the observant newsboy and hurried for
ward. He had hardly gone a quarter of a
block when he was again accosted, and
again ii was a paper vender, who said:
There is something on the back of your
coat, sir" Mrs. Robson looked her al
ways Immediately clad husband over for
the second time, and discovered another
bur sticking in the middle of his coat
and again Mr.. Robson separated himself
from the twentieth part of a dollar in
favor of his observant newsboy friend
Just as Robson and his better seven
eighths turned out of Broadway into Thir-
tieth street he was again held up by a
street gamin, and, looking quickly around,
discovered one of that worthy's pals en-
deavoring to conceal a small tin blow gun,
with which, together with the bur pro-
1ectiles, he had been bombarding the
comedian all the way from the Imperial.
Robson didn't say word He lust gave
up another nickel as meek as a lamb,
sadly remarking to his wife the while,
True, true, too true one-half of the
world never knows how the other half
makes living
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-29

Henry Adams of Massachusetts, son of
Charles Francis Adams, grandson of John
Quincy Adams and great-grandson of John
Adams is being discussed as a possible
successor of John Hay as ambassador to
the Court of st. James. Both John Adams
and John Quincy Adams were ministers
to England in their day. as well as Pres
idents of the United States The opinion
in Washington seems to be that either
MIR. Adams or Mr.. Hit of the House
committee on foreign relations will receive
the appointment.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-29

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-29
THE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS.

At the headquarters of the congressional
committee of the Democratic party in
Washington the belief is strong that the
Democrats will elect a majority of the
next House. The reports which the COM
mittee is receiving from all parts Of the
country are of the most encouraging char
acter-at least the chairman of the COM
mittee so reports.
The Democrats have every reason to ex-
pect that they will capture the House
Their record in the present Congress is
an excellent one. They were more ag-
gresslve than the Republicans in demand
ing that Spanish rule in Cuba should be
brought to a speedy end. If it had not
been for the stand they took in respect
to the Cuban question it is probable that
the Spaniards would still be desolating
the island of Cuba. Whatever credit,
therefore, is due for giving freedom to
the Cubans, the greater part of it belongs
to the Democrats And il will not be for
gotten that the Democrats were just as
willing 10 vote money for the prosecution
of the war as were the Republicans.
As far as the war is concerned there is
not a single point on which the Republi-
cans have the advantage Of the Demo-
Gratis The Democrats were as prompt TO
enlist as the Republicans, and of those
who distinguished themselves in the war
as many were Democrats as were Repub-
leans Indeed If the list were made up it
would appear probably that the majority
of those who won distinction were Demo-
Gratis.
We don't refer to this matter for the
purpose of claiming that the Democrats
bore the greater part of the burden of
the war or to convey the impression that
they were more patriotic than the Repub-
leans but simply to show that in the
campaign speeches the Republicans are
not in a position to claim that their party
ought to be kept in power in the House
because of anything it did in the war. 1t
is true that a Republican administration
conducted the war, but that fact is not
likely to help the Republicans in the con-
gressional elections, because there is so
much complaint of the manner in which
the war was managed. 1t may be true
that these complaints do not rest upon a
solid foundation. But whether they do or
not is not likely to be known officially in
time to influence the congressional cleo
TONS The complaints will influence the
public mind against the Republican party
until it is shown that there is no truth
in them.
The financial question Is not being press
ed to the 'front.' and hence will not have
much influence in determining the po-
litical complexion of the next House. The
Republicans are indorsing the st. Louis
platform and the Democrats are pretty
generally indorsing the Chicago platform,
and there, as a general thing, the fnan-
cial question is being allowed to rest. We
cannot see any reason, therefore, why the
Democrats should not carry the House.
They certainly have the advantage as far
as political ammunition is concerned. If
they make the right use Of il, it can hard
ly be otherwise than that they will win the
victory.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-29
THE OUTLOOK ToR ROOSEVELT.

The Republicans of New York nominated
Col. Roosevelt for Governor solely be-
cause they thought they could elect him,
not because they thought he would make
a better Governor than Gov Black or
some one of the other prominent mem
bers Of their party, and were in doubt as
TO whether they could elect any other one
of their number And it is by no means
certain that they will find Col Roosevelt
as popular a candidate as they thought
he would be when they nominated him.
The fact that the leading Republican law
yers of his party have given an opinion
to the effect that he is a resident of New
York, and has been for the last five years,
doesn't settle beyond doubt the question
of his eligibility. Just as good lawyers as
Elihu Root say that he is not eligible.
The question of his eligibility is, therefore.
in. doubt
There is no question that In af-
fidavits he stated that he was not a
resident of either New York city or oyster
Bay, but that he was a resident of Wash
ington. When he was mustered into the
service he gave Washington as his resi-
dence.
1t may be, as he say, that he never had
any intention of giving up his residence In
New York. Assuming that he had not.
how does he explain his refusal to pay
personal taxes in that state? If 1t is adj
mitted that he is a resident of New York
he will be open to the charge of being a
tax dodger, and that charge will hurt nlra
about as badly in the country districts as
any other charge that could be made
against him. With his eligibility in doubt
and the charge of being tax dodger resi-.
ing against him his war record will have
to be worked for all it is worth to elect
him. In fact there are serious doubts as
to whether he can be elected under the
circumstances.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-29
DEATH OF MR. pAYARp.

Hon. Thomas F. Bayard, whose death
occurred yesterday was not one of the
greatest of American statesmen, but he
was one of the purest We do not mean to
say that he was not a man of great abili-
~ but only that he did not rank with the
greatest men who have played parts in
American politics. He stood well up to-
wards the front rank, however.
The people trusted Mr.. Bayard as they
trusted few public men,, They knew that
he was absolutely honest. Neither money
nor Office tempted him to swerve a hairs
breadth from the course which he knew to
be right. And he had a very keen sense of
the right. He never attempted to mislead
the people. 1t is not possible TO say of
him that he ever employed demagogy in
his efforts for political success, either for
himself or his party.
Mr.. Bayard filled a number of public po-
sitions. He was a United States senator
for many years. and for a time was the
leader of his party in the Senate. He was
the choice for President of a very large
part of his party in 1884 The last Office
that he held was that of ambassador TO
Great Britain. He filed every position to
which he was called with credit to himself
and honor to his country. There would be
no occasion for apprehension for the coun-
try's future il it were certain that a large
percentage of our statemen would always
be composed of such men as Mr.. Bayard
was
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-29

Our dispatches of yesterday stated that
a recent estimate placed the population
of the island of Cuba at 745OOO. In 1890
1t was calculated that the population of
the island was upwards of 100000. Sup
posing that these two estimates were APP
proximately correct, it viii be seen that
the war has killed out or otherwise re-
moved more than half Of the population.
This win serve to give an idea Of what
Cuba has suffered during the past few
years
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-29
CommerciaI combinations.
From the New York Commercial (Ind.)

Altogether 1t has been great year for
new examples of what Is termed trusts, "
although that word seems to be more used
In political circles than among the bust
ness people and fnanciers interested in
such organizations. II must be noted that
the latter have learned by experience 10
abandon the idea of securing profits upon
inflated capitalization by advancing prices
for products. The governing idea involved
in the erection of most of the new Indus
trial combines is the economization OF
working expenses, which, 50 far as it is
adhered to, is a healthy feature of the
movement.