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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-23

ct. Buchanan Read, the poet, who wrote
the famous 'Sheridan's Ride, was a we'll
known figure around Washington during
the war;" said an old Washingtonian ia
the Star. He was a brilliant man. d
notable bon vivant and high flyer when
he could afford to be, and perhaps a biz
careless, TOO, In his habits. One after
noon in the summer of 1864 Read drifted
into one of the committee rooms of the
Senate-he was on friendly terms with
most of the big men up at the capitol
and, slumping into a chair, fell fast
asleep. While he slept a couple of SEN
ators came into the room to do some
letter writing. The two senators shortly
became involved in a low-toned but warm
discussion as to the progress of the war.
Finally one of them, who belonged to
the 'peace-at-any- price party, permitted
his tones to grow loud, and he slammed
his fist down on table and fairly shout
ed We must have peacer
The sleeping poet Jumped from his
chair like a man electrified. The two
senators looked at him, rather aston.
ished at the suddenness of his awaken
ing. Read rubbed his eyes for a mo-
ment and looked around him. Then he
murmured these words:
Peace! Oh, that some white-winged bird
from the South
Would build its nest in the cannon's
mouth,
And stop its roar.
Il don't remember ever having heard of
more charming bit of impromptu poeti-
cal composition than that"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-23
Wan Who Talks While Carving.


The man who talks while be carves is
often a very good talker, to whom intelli-
gent people would be glad to listen, but
they would prefer TO hear him at some
other time, writes Frank r. Stockton in
the New York Independent. They are
hungry; each one Of them desires his slice
Of beef; no one cares for an immediate
enunciation of the carver's ideas upon any
subject. We can see him as he sits in
front of the great, steaming joint; his
wrists rest upon the edge of the table; in
his right hand the long carving knife is
held upright; in his left the fork. with its
guard thrown back for action, is pointed
hopelessly toward the ceiling. He has
already cut off the outer SLICE he has de-
posted il on one side of the dish; and
now, with sparkling eyes, he has stopped
work in order that he may speak what is
upon mis- mind.
His wife, from the other end of the table
looks with regretful resignation upon that
outer slice 1t is her favorite cut; upon
its richly-browned surface glitter the little
globules of osmazome, that element of
taste and flavor which have forced their
way to the surface during the slow ma
turing of the roast: and well she knows
that as they cool and flatten so flies the
flavor that she loves. But she cannot say
anything. Even If her husband were in
ciined to serve anybody, she could not
ask to be served first; and so she signs
silently and waits.
Mr.. Brown, the hosts old friend and
principal guest, does not care for the next
slice. He prefers his beef a>lttIe under
/ done. But if the next slice is not cut the
portion be prefers cannot be reached Mr.
Brown is a man of liberal IDEAS he is
opposed to any attempt to suffocate the
right of private Judgment with the blan-
ket of accepted tradition. If his host hap
pens to speak upon the subject of the
authorship of the Shakespearean plays.
and declares with an earnestness which
communicates itself to the quivering but
still upright carving knife, his contemptu-
Gus opinions of those people who, with
! blind folly, presume to assert that THE
| Tempest and Hamlet might have
| oeen written by different pens and that it
We're possible for any brain except that
! OF Shakespeare only, to have written the
| wonderful dramas which were brought
out by the manager of the Globe theater.
| Mr. Brown is greatly troubled He sits
uneasy in his chair and much desires TO
! pat in word. He longs 10 ask if the
time is ever to come when the supporters
! of Shakespeare will be willing to fight
with any weapons except those of ridicule
and derision. He wants to ask his old
friend, as he has asked him often be-
FORE if he had yet heard of any good
reason for supposing that Shakespeare
really did write the plays which bear HIS
name, or any reason, indeed, why they
should bear his name, except that they
were brought out at his theater
IheSe and other questions on the subject.
MI Brown longs to put, but, at this mo-
ment' nothing would tempt him TO do SO.
| Inc natural juices of the beef are gently
trIckling into the dish thus depriving the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-23
Atkinson Goes Into Details.

Thus far Judge Atkinson has been much
frauker with the people than have either
Col Gambler or Mr.. Berner. He has told
the people not only that he is in favor of
a lower rate Of taxation, but he has point
ed out how he expects to bring about a
lower rate. He would save about $4,000 by
having a session of the Legislature only
once every two years. Ee would have
boards to equallze tax assessments. there
by increasing the assessed value of prop
erty many millions of dollars, and
add to the states taxable wealth by en-
couraging immigration.
All these things, which he proposes to
do, ought TO be done. They in the
direction of REFORM and all who are real
ly anxious for the upbuilding of the state
approve them. If adopted, and put into
practice with vigor, there would be much
less ground for complaining of the high
rate of taxation than there is at present
Thus far Col. Gambler and Mr.. Berner
have dealt only in glittering generalities.
They say they are in favor of reforms,
and are especially anxious that the rate
of taxation shall be reduced. In Col
Gamblers favor, however, ii must be said
that he has not yet made the opening
speech of his campaign He is advertised
to speak at Rome next Saturday. At that
time probably he will say how he would
bring about a lower rate of taxation, if
given an opportunity 10 do 80. If he still
adheres 10 generalities he viii find that
his popularity will steadily decline.
Mr.. Berner has made a couple of
speeches, but in neither of them did he go
into details. In his first he attacked cor
porations, but he did not say what partic-
ular corporation had violated the law. He
had little or nothing TO say respecting tau
alton. His speech was entertaining, but
not instructive. Il amused those who
heard it, but ii is doubtful if it convinced
many that the salvation of the state de-
pended upon the election of Mr.. Berner.
Before Mr.. Berners speeches win do him
a great deal of good he will have to tell
he people the names of the corporations
which are violating the cons ututlon and
point out the manner in which they are
violating IL. ANYBODY can make Such gen
eral statements as Mr. Berner is quoted
as having made. The people want facts.
If there is a railroad in the state that is
violating the constitution Mr.. Berner
should state which one it is, and also the
kind of violations of which it is guilty.
If he should do this the people would be-
gin to think he is very much in earnest
that he is not making general charges
against railroads and other corporations
because attacks upon them, however un-
just they may be, please the crowd.
The Democratic voters will watch the
utterances of the candidates closely, and
they will favor the one, in all probability,
that makes il clear that he has intelligent
and definite plans for the Improvement OF
their material interests.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-23
-A'--e-------
The Birth Of the Law.
From the Green Bag.

From the Green Bag.
Read here the tale of how the Law grew
up
Ages agone in a primeval wood
Two primitive eild-men fought meath the
shad.
From dawn TO eve they struggled and then
sank
Exhausted on the turf. They lay there
prone.
And when night fell, a third STROBE
through the glade
Singing of her for whom the twain had
fought
Whereat the twain rose up and murdered
him,
And shook each others had Il swear"
cried each
THAT since 1 fear to die, whom thou
wouldst kill,
And thou whom my soul hates wouldst
also live,
1 swear TO harm thee not, but to defend
thee
Against a common foe; and she for whom
We match our arms shall choose between
us. fair.
Then If I win, thou guard our bridal hut.
And if thou art the man, thee I'll pro
tect."
So did the rivals clasp their hostile hands
And from the treaty grew the laws of
murder,
Not because Right is Right, but men thus
found
That two are stronger against Death than
one
Read here the tale of how the Law grew
up.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-23
Jesus vouId Nor BE welcome.

Mr. Moody is having great success at
his revival meetings in New York. Not
withstanding the war feeling and the war
news. the New York papers give very full
reports of the meetings. In his sermon on
Sunday Mr.. Moody expressed the opinion
that if Jesus came on earth he would be
rejected of men, He said: II want TO ask
you a question: Have times got any bet
ter? Would we welcome Jesus to-day in
America? People think the world is bet
ter than is used TO be. But, do you know,
if it could be put to a vote that Jesus
Christ should come and reign as king upon
earth, do you believe He'd carry a state
in the United States? DO you believe
He'd carry a county in this state? Do
you believe. He'd carry even
a ward in this city? 1 don't
believe He would. We're strong in
churches, but when it came to accepting
Christ Himself 1t would be different Would
the societies want Him-the Odd Fellows
or the Freemasons? Would the Republi-
can party want Him? They would vote
for the greatest blackguard on earth
would go almost solid against Him. All
but you say, the Prohibition party would
want Him. l guess not Some of you
are shaking your heads at that. Wen
shake EN-. I'm talking facts. I'll come
a little nearer home. Even the churches
wouldn't want Him to come, some of EN-
1t would spoil some of 'em. There isn't
a nation in all the so-caled Christian ma
lions that would elect Him"
MIR. Moody has a very poor opinion or
Christians and Christian nations, appar-
emily. If Jesus came on earth, and there
was no doubt that He was Jesus, all ChrIA
tian peoples would accept Him, whether
He came to reign as king up
on earth or for some other
purpose. They would do this or else they
do not believe what they profess. If
they did not recognize His divine charac-
ter they would, Of course, reject Him. II
would be only natural that they should.
MIR. Moody didn't state the case fairly.
He left the impression that in his opinion
Jesus would be rejected, even If His
| divine character were fully understood. He
| could hardly have meant that And il Is
questionable if the cause of religion is ad-
vanced by sermons of the character of
which the foregoing is an extract.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-23
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-23

During the last seven years, according
to the figures of tile pension office al
Washington, pension attorneys have col
lected fees amounting 10 slO1lo1A. Is
this the largess of grateful government
to its savers?" For what is the govern
ment indebted to thet pension attorneys?
The truth probably that many of the
pension laws were spdrawn as to make
it well nigh imposs, y for a prospective
pensioner to secure IT, recognition of the
pension bureau except through an attor,
ney, and that the laws were so framed
for the benefit of the attorneys. Pension
Commissioner Evans, as matter of fact,
said not long ago that he had known OF
pension laws being written BY the attor-
neys themselve
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-23

Col. George e. Warning presented a
pointed truth to an audience in the Man
haitian Congrega tional Church. New York
city, few days ago. He was making an
address in the interest of a colored schooi
in Georgia. In the course of his remarks
he said it was customary for the North
ern people to think and say that they
were educating the negro, but that was
not true. THE truth is" said he, that
the North is giving less than $1,000 600 a
year for negro education. while the South
is giving many millions year in taxes
paid by the white people to support public
schools for negroes. We of the North
turned loose this enormous mass of un.
tutored people on the community. We
ought 10 be willing to turn a little light
into their darkness, to help to make them
good and useful citizens
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-23
The stnte Committee Meeting.

The Atlanta papers. the Constitution
and the Journal, don't agree as to wheth-
err the recent meeting of the state Demo
cratic executive committee in that city
was a love feast or a cat and dog sort
of an affair. In the Journals columns
1t is asserted that there was bitterness
and plenty of it, while the Constitution
would have the public believe that the
utmost harmony prevailed from the be-
ginning to the end of the meeting AS
there was a large number of people pres
ent there ought to be no difficulty in ar
irving at the truth about the matter.
According to our own report the meeting
was a pretty lively one. Still, in order
that the people may have their minds
set a rest in regard to the meeting, the
Journal and Constitution should state
what their idea of a peaceful political
meeting is, and then interview those who
were present as TO what was actually
said and done. In that way pretty nearly
correct impression as TO which of the
two papers is correct might be Sc
cured. Another way for reaching
a satisfactory conclusion is this:
Which of the two papers is the more re-
liable? Having settled that question it
would be an easy matter to decide wheth-
er the meeting was an entirely harmonious
one or not-that is. if the public believes
the one more reliable than the other.
1t would be interesting to have. the
question of the character of the committee
meeting satisfactorily settled because a
settlement would have the effect of let
ting the people know which is the more
reliable paper. Besides, if the report OF
either was colored for a purpose the peo-
pie ought to be made acquainted with
the fact so they could avoid fake news
in the future. What the people want is
the truth. They resent being treated as if
they hadn't sense enough to be trusted
with the truth
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-23

At its. recent session the Virginia I,ezis-
lature passed an act abolishing days of
grace on commercial paper, with the
proviso that whenever such paper fails
due upon a Sunday or legal holiday it
shall become payable on the first business
day succeeding. The law is in the direc-
ton of simplifying business transactions
and making commercial papers mean what
they say on their faces. The Georgia Leg
islature was asked at its last session to
pass similar law, but some of the mem
bers saw bogey-man in the bush adv
to pounce out upon and Cypress creditors.
so they killed the bill.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-23

Savannah extends congratulations to
New Orleans upon the selection of her
name for the cruiser Amazouas. After
Savannah, we would have preferred the
Crescent City to have the honor New
Orleans Is a great city, in every sense Of
the word and is filled with people as pa
triotic as any upon the American conf
nent. Now that New Orleans has been
provided for, Savannah should be the
next of the great ports given representa-
ton in the new navy. The North has
heretofore had pretty nearly the lions
share in the nomenclature of the .ruis-
ers. The navy department will. of course.
tote fair with this section of the reunit-
ed country, and give us additional rea-
sons to be proud Of our splendid naval es-
adjustment.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-23
Proper Limitations.
From the chattanOoga MINES Dem

Congress is, very properly, limiting the
power Of the President, touching enlarge
ment of the forces. etc. He will be per-
mitted to do those things when an actual
state of war shall be upon the country,
not else, And that is right. If more
rope" shall be found desirable in spe-
cial crisis, then will be time to pay out
the line"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-23
The Comedy Fentnre.
From the Philadelphia Press Repo.

The South is reported as amused over
the idea that in the event of trouble with
Spain. the Southerners could be stirred
into rebellion against their own country.
Amusement is the right frame OF mind.
since the idea is so ridiculously prepos-
ferrous that no American, live he North
or South can possibly grow indignant over
such a rumor. IL must be viewed in the
light of contribution 10 the humors of
an occasion otherwise of forbldding as
pect.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-23

The rabbis of Baltimore have agreed
that hereafter they will decline to oficiate
az the wedding Of couples who have not
previously attended synagogue. with some
degree of regularity. II is hoped that this
rule viii have the effect of inducing Jew
Ssh young people to be more regular in
their attendance upon the services.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-23
An Unwarranted AHront.
From the Springfield Republican dnd)

1t was an odd performance of Senator
Davis, in reporting the joint resolution for
the annexation of Hawaii, to charge Great
Britain with plotting to overthrow the
Hawaiian republic. II is false in the first
place, and, in the second, 1t is no time to
insult the one great power whose moral
support the United States could evidently
count upon in a rupture with Spain.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-23

Congressman Joseph c. Sibley of Penn
sylvania has a characteristic plan for
carrying on war against the Spaniards
He would squirt benzine upon the waters
in such manner that the enemy would sail
into the fumes and either be annihilated
by the explosion which would follow the
ignition of the vapor by the heat from
the ships furnaces, or would be asphyxi-
ated by the fumes. In this latter consid-
GRAFTON, Mr.. Sibley's idea brings to mind
the stink-pots of the Chinese. The heather
employ sulphuretted hydrogen as a wea-
pom of war; Mr. Sibley would use ben
zine. 1t is worth mentioning, by the way,
that the originator of this idea, which is
well calculated to set the river on fire, is
in the oil business.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-23
CURRENT COMMENT.
Where the Fun Comes In.
From the Baltimore Herald Dem

Without an occasional diversion created
by the socialist members, the sessions of
the Reichstag would be as dull as a Geor-
gia campaign without Tom Watson.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-23

Senator Bacon persists in his determina-
ton to drive the Hawaiian annexationists
into a corner. With regard to internal
affairs, they profess to adhere to the doc
trine of home rule but in Hawaiian affairs
they propose that the natives of the is
lands shall have no voice whatever in
their national destiny. Senator Bacon's
amendment TO the annexation resolution,
which is the same as the one he offered to
the annexation treaty, will have the eff
feet OF putting the annexationists on rec
ord for or against the principles of home
rule.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-23

A dispatch from Versailles, Ind which
town mounted into fame upon, the dead
bodies of a lob lot of five men lynched
because they were suspected of being
thieves, says there is a movement in Rip
ley county looking to the nomination and
election of Hezekiah Hughes as sheriff, as
a rebuke 10 Gov. Mount. Hezekiah Hughes
is supposed TO have been one of the lead
ers of the lynching bee. He was a few
weeks ago brought 10 trial for the crime.
as a result of the energetic action OF Gov
Mount and the district attorney 1t ap-
pears that there was very strong crcum-
stantial evidence against Hughes. but 1t
was impossible TO get direct testimony
against him, and upon trial he was ac-
quilted in short order. The trial was SO
farcical that the prosecuting attorney said,
when the verdict was rendered that Il
really seemed from the testimony that the
five men had broken jail and gone out and
hanged themselves. The proposition to
elect Hughes TO high Office marks the
difference in the manner in which lyncn-
ing is regarded in Indiana and the South.
In this section of the country such deeds
may be eondoned under certain circum-
stances, but they are never gloriaed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-23
lNDLX 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

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Mems Swell Spring Hats-B. H. Levy
& Bro.
Hot Days Are Here-Mutual Gas Light
Company.
Fine Millinery-Leopold Adler.
Amusements-M. E. Rice's Big Company
of Comedians, at Theater Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday.
To Parents-The Falk Clothing Com
pany.
Observation-Disclosures & Co.
NIedicaI-Paine's Celery Compound;
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association;
Hoods Pills; SCOTS Emulsion; Cuteura
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Cheap Column Advertisements-He
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-23

When the Drayton street paving is com
pleted the park extension will be surround
ed by streets with roadways of four differ
ent kinds of materiaI-asphalt, gravel, sand
and cobblestones. For half of the width
Of the extension New Houston street is
paved with gravel, while the remainder
of the distance to Whitaker is a bed of
sand. If Whitaker street from CASTOR to
New Houston were paved with asphalt,
and the block between Whitaker and Bull
on New Houston paved with gravel or
asphalt, the result would be one of the
handsomest drives in the country 1t
would be thronged with vehicles every
pleasant day. There is no street i'm
provement which could be made that
would add more to the pleasure and COM
fort of the residents of Savannah, and
attract the attention of visitors and pro-
long their stay in the city, than surround
ing the park and extension on ALI sides
with finely paved streets.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-23

The agent of the Merrimac Manufactur-
ing Company of Massachusetts is in Geor-
gia looking over the ground" Ut has
not been determined that the mills shall
be moved from bleak New England to
the cotton fields; still the fact that the
company's agent is here and looking
is first rate evidence indicating that the
company is thinking of making a change.
The probabilities are that the Merrimac
Company's agent will find any number
OF sites in Georgia at which a cotton mill
could be operated more proitably than is
possible in New England The mills
would be cordially welcomed in Georgia.