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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-10

The other day an old fellow siouched in
to Attorney Oscar Kahn's office on Legal
row, and introduced himself as Mr.. Smith.
Jones' Brown or something. of. a neigbbor-
ing county, says the Paducah XIV. Sun
He said he wanted to consult LAWYER.
and was accorded a seat and one of the
attorneys sweetest smiles
He then explained that while he was
away from home the sheriff or some depu-
ty had attached his wifes sewing machine
and bureau for taxes. He didn't propose
TO tolerate such imposition, he declared.
and came to Paducah to consult a law
yer about it.
What is the amount Of taxes?' inquired
the lawyer
"Lemme SEE dollar and twenty-eigbt
cents" was the reply.
The lawyer could not conceal a smile
but fastened to say: well, Mr. Smith.
if you want my advice, it is to go back
and settle that small amount 1t looks
like the easiest and best way out of IL -
The Old fellow thought a moment. and
replied that he believed he would Ans
wering he asked: "Iow much do 1 owe
your
ION. nothing, sir" was the reply. 'T
won't charge you anything for little ad-
vice Ike that"
but l ailus pays fer whut I git and
want ter pay yer jes' the same"
"Oh. that's all right; come in again
some time when you need advice on some
thing more important, and Wen square
Il then"
Nav, but I want ter pay il now. les
squeal out Ef iFs 25 cents. TN pav N
Ef We want 50, there d isw And he threw
down a half-dollar and left
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-10
Is HE A sENAToRr

Hon Lewis f. McComas was elected
United States senator by the Maryland
legislature last January. his term to begin
on the fourth of March next. Mr. Nc
Comas is not certain, however. that ne
will ever be a senator. The reason is this:
The constitution requires that person to
be eligible 20 seat in the United States
Senate must be an inhabitant of the state
which elected him at the time of MS cleo
ton. There is no question but that Mr..
McComas is a Marylander, but he was an
inhabltaut of the District of Columbia al
the time he was chosen senator, being one
Of the judges of the District Supreme
Court.
As an inhabitant of the District did he
lose his citizenship in Maryland? He
could not vote, of course. in the District
Did he continue to register and vote in
Maryland? The claim is made that he
was not a government employee in the
sense in which department clerk is-that
ne was an oficeholder of the district and
an inhabitant Of the district, and hence
not an inhabitant of the state of Mary
land. The question is an interesting one,
and il will be interesting to see how a Re
publican Senate will settle it, The prob
ebiiiy is that the Republicans viii find
some way in which he can get his posi-
ton. Mr.. McComas is a Republican, and
that fact will doubtless help him in get
ting the place to which he was elected.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-10
DIsPATCHING a BIG ARMY.

Speaking of the movement of troops to
Cuba the Philadelphia Record says:
Troops for the garrisoning. of Cuba will
be sent forward from Savannah de-
vice of expedition which might have been
OF service during actual hostilities. when
soldiers and supplies were hope.essly con
gested at Port Tampa and for twelve
miles back along the single line of rail
road track leading to the only available
wharf at that point. The war department
has learned, al all events, that a big army
can be dispatched most speedily and safe
ly from a big seaport. Twenty-Five thous-
and federal soldiers are 10 be sent to Cuba
within a few weeks time, but there will
be no such confusion and delay over the
embarka ton of these troops as character
lied the departure from Santiago OF Shat
ter's little army. The quarternaster gen
erals department now has the tools for
the transport business, and knows fairly
well how TO use them"
The Record understands the situation
thoroughly. It is right in saying that
there will be no delay in dispatching
troops from this port. Everything moves
like clock work al the great wharves OF
the Ocean Steamship Company. The i'm
mense transports are loaded and sent to
sea IN an aStOnlSningV snort Tune AFTER
their arrival. AT Tampa there are very
good facilities for handling troops and
freight but they are not TO be compared
of course to those at this port. Here there
are ample accommodation for the trans
ports. and thousands of longshoremen are
ready at a moments notice to unload and
load them. The longshoremen understand
thoroughly the kind of work required Of
them. and they do it swiftly and correct
ly. 1t is worth a long journey to pay
visit to the wharves of the Central of
Georgia Railway and Ocean Steamship
Company and see the order which pre-
walls there and notice the promptness with
which the transports are loaded and TIE
troops taken aboard. No, there win be
no delay in the shipment of troops and
supplies to Cuba from this port. The gov
eminent, in selecting Savannah as the port
for the .embarkation of troops to Cuba
made no mistake.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-10
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meeting-Stockholder Of the National
Bank of Savannah.
Special Notices-Van Horne's Supply De
pot G. S. Van Horne Ship Notice, Rich
ardson & Barnard: Fruit Cake Material.
Abercorn Grocery Company; State and
County Taxes. 1898: First Class in Every
Respect, sullivan's Restaurant; How Are
These Prices? c. A. Drayton Grocery
Company.
Business Shakespeare Cigars,
Henry Solomon & Son.
Proposals-For Construction of One
Warehouse and Pier in Havana Bay. Gu
ba.
Legal Notices-Citatlon From the Clerk
of the Court of Ordinary Of Chatham
County; Notice to Debtors and Creditors,
Estate Diedrich Oetjen.
Morphine Habit Cured-St James So
city.
Auction Sales-Continued Sale of Gro
ceries, Etc, by j. Mclaughlin & Son,
Auctioneers.
Christmas Presents in the Clothing De-
archaeological Adler.
Men Are Easy to Please-M. s. Brown.
Holiday Dainties to Grace Any Table
c. A. Munster.
Mineral Water-Hunyadi Janos; Apoli-
naris.
AIedical-Dr. Schiffmanns Asthma Cure;
Hoods sarsaparilla; Ayers sarsaparilla;
f. Medical Company; Cuticura Rene
dies; Mothers Friend.
>.-.eap Co4umn Advertisements-Hel
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
Fer Sale; Lost Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-10

1t is said that there will be strong oppo-
sition in Congress to the presentation OF
a medal and the thanks of Congress to
Miss Helen Gould. The principal ground
OF the opposition, Il is said. viii be thar
the thanks Of Congress carries with il the
privileges OF the floor OF Congress. and
Miss Gould is a woman! The idea Of
woman on The floor OF Congress Is. TO small
minds preposterous. The truth is that the
presence of such woman as Miss Gould
has shown herself to be could moi be OH
orwise than eieyatins. even 20 the august
Congress Of the United States.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-10

Adit. Gen. Corbin says that Savannah
may be the headquarters of one of the
other army corps and at all events that
the city "will be the main point Of en-
barkation for the troops now stationed
throughout the South" Very good. The
war department has learned by experience
that Savannah is the best port in the
South for the embarkation Of troops; that
Il has superb transportation ana terminal
facilities, and that Il is the only pore on
the South Atlantic coast having both
depth OF channel ana fresh water supply
adequate to the needs Of the government.
Those other ports which have nearly %
much depth Of channel AZ Savannah have
nor the fresh water for the troops and
horse nor tho terminal facilities neccs.
hAiyi ana those ports which have a fair
ifesh water supply have not thu depth OF
channel.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-10
TIE CASE OF ROBERTS.

The case of Brigham H. Roberts. the
polyganous congressman-elect from Utah,
promises to become famous one. Il was
well known Of course. that Roberts was
living openly with three wives when he
was nominated and elected. In fact, II
! is asserted that the leaders Of the Nor
mon Church insisted that he should be
nominated and elected. The impression
! created In Utah by the position taken by
these Mormon leaders was that they want
ed to test the question as to whether or
not a Mormon, having more than one
wife. would be permitted TO occupy a seat
in Congress.
The dispatches from all parts Of the
country indicate that the women are go
ing to make bitter fight against the ad-
mission Of Roberts to the seat to which
he has been elected. They are preparing
10 send such a quantity Of protests and
petitions to Congress that that body will
have to stem strong tide of public senti-
ment if it permits Roberts to become one
of It's members,
The defense that Roberts will make is
that the wives he has now he had when
Utah was admitted as a state and the
new state passed law prohibiting plural
marriages. His contention is that the
law prohibited po!ygamy from and after
its passage-that it did not compel a man
to put aside all but one wife Immediately
after IT was enacted. 1t is a question
whether this defense viii be regarded as
sufficient by Congress. It viii not if the
voice of the women of the land is as
potent as it Is expected TO be. The women
say, and with a show of reason, that if
Roberts is permitted to occupy his seat
in Congress it viii be accepted by the
Mormons that the opposition of the gov
eminent to plural marriages is Withdrawn
that the Mormon missionaries will point
to Roberts as proof that polygamy is
practiced with the consent Of The ma
tional, as wen as the state, government.
There is considerable force in this posi-
ton If a polygamist should be permit
ted to assist in making the laws of the
nation. the Mormons would have good
ground for thinking that plural marriages
could be contracted without fear of prose
cution for violating the law against polyg-
amy.
1t is asserted by prominent gentle resi-
dents of Utah that the Mormon leaders
have never honestly abandoned the doe
trine of plural marriages. The Mormon
Church prohibited them when Utah be-
came state. 1t had to do so in order
to get Congress to let the territory into
the union. But, it is claimed. there was
no sincerity in its action. Even If this
claim is not a just one. there appears to
be some ground for saying that the Nor
mon leaders hope, by some means, to re-
establish the practice of polygamy, believ-
ing that by doing SO they Will greatly
strengthen the cause of AIormonism and
hasten the growth of the Mormon Church
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-10
SENATOR VESTS PENSION PROTEST

The whole country viii approve the
stand taken by Senator Vest in the matter
/ OF the pension claims which come before
| Congress. On Thursday he protested
against rushing pension bills through the
Senate when there were only few SEN
! ators present and without giving the bills
any consideration. lie said that from mo-
! lives of delicacy the senators ana repre-
/ sentatives from the South had heretofore
hesitated to object to the free handed
pension legislation which had been going
on for years, but now that the country was
thoroughly reunited he thought it both
timely and proper for the Southern con-
gressmen TO step to the front and give the
people what protection they could from
those Who were intent on saddling a large
part Of their constituents on the federal
treasury. And all right minded men will
say that the position of the senator is a
correct one.
II is a wonder that there has not been
an angry protest sent to Congress from
every county ia the entire country against
the continual increase of the pension bur
N+Nits A-AAlN1a N-AiA5 AtHS - tAEIhEQ III EOint
such way il VIII require far more burden
some taxes than we now have 10 pay the
pensions. The burden is nearly S150.O90 900
a year and is steadily growing larger.
Congressmen do not appear to have any
conscience IN the matter They stand
ready to pass almost any pension bill
which pension attorneys propose and get
the Grand Army of the Republic TO in
dorse.
But the greatest abuse is the one to
which Senator Vest called particular at
tention-the granting of Individual pen
sions by Congress. In nearly an cases the
claimants in this class of cases are per
sons who cannot get a pension through The
pension Office. Therefore they go to Con
gress, and there they have but little diff
ficulty in getting what they ask for. The
reason is that about one man in the House
and one in the Senate attends to the whole
business. The pension bills are referred
to the pension committee and the chair
man of that committee makes about all of
the examination of them that is made.
The chairman, as a rule, makes favor
able report on them and then asks the
House or the Senate, as the case may be,
to pass them, and they are passed because
nobody takes the trouble TO inquire as to
whether or net tAey~are claims which the
government ought to pay. Almost invarl-
ably they are brought forward when there
are but few members present, every one
of whom has some measure which he IS
anxious 10 get through. And this is the
way in which great burdens are fastened
on the public treasury. 1t is time, as
Senator Vest says, for the South TO as
sert herself in this matter Of pensions.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-10
For and Against Expansion.

Senator Vest will oppose territorial ex-
pansion on constitutional grounds Sen
ator Lindsay viii defend it on constitu-
tional grounds. The attitude of these
two distinguished Democrats and constitu-
tional lawyers is significant of the attitude
of statesmen in both parties and of the at
titude of the rank and file. The question
can never be made party question in so
far as the absorption of conquered terri
tory is involved but parties may readily
divide upon the determination of the future
colonial policy of the government. Such
division is altogether probable.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-10
PERSONAL.

United States Consul General John
Gooduow Of Shanghai is overwhelmed
by letters from American sportsmon ask
ing him to introduce Chinese grouse into
this country.
Prof c. E. Lindeman, after whom the
great Alaskan lake was named, says that
while in that region he wore silk under
wear or red flannel stepped in lard oil,
and outside of his wooden Clothing over
alls of corduroy. In that dress" he adds.
L never suffered from the cold"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-10

Hon John Sherman thinks that Agui-
naldo ought to have a chance to become
the Washington of the Philippines. That
is all it would amount to-a chance Agui-
naldo could no more play the part in the
Philippines that Washington played in this
country than a Kaffir chief could found
a republic in the wilds of Africa. In the
first place. he lacks the character vir-
tues and ability for such an undertaking.
and in the second place. the material for
an independent government does not ex-
list in the Philippines. Mr. Sherman is too
ambitious. for Aguinaldo. From all ac-
counts. there are better and ADLER men
in the Philippines than he is. They will
make themselves known as soon as the
spaniards are out OF the way.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-10
A National Bunco.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer Den

When Hawaii was annexed 1t was with
measure that it was not to be placed on the
high road TO statehood that the people
were not fitted for it or for the ordinary
form of territorial government, and that a
special system would have to be devised.
Yea here Is the Territory of Hawaii ="
with ts territorial delegate at the door Of
the certainty that IN good time there Will
be- a full-nodscd representative and two
senators from the state OF lawai"
climbing the steps Of the national capitol
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-10
In Our Own Light.
From the New York Herald qnc

It is inevitable that We win become on
both oceans The worlds great shipbuilders.
and yet, instead of Eberalzing our anti
quated laws and giving free play now 10
our energies, the commissioners, like the
President, suggests what? Subsidies that
have never created and maintained sea-
going trade and bounues that viii never
foster an industry SO complex in its in
ternal and external relations as modern
shipbuilding.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-10
THE MORNING NEWS SATURDAY. DECEMBER 10. 1898

Ii Is TO be hoped that the Georgia militia
will receive more appreciauve consldera-
ton at the hands Of the state Senate than
it did from the House Of Representative
At the call for volunteers for the late war,
the Georgia citizen-soldiers did themselves
and their state proud. There was never
moment when there was doubt that The
states quota would be filed rapidly, and
after it had been filed there
We're sill thousands of young Georgians
ready and eager TO 90 to the defense Of
their country. The military spirit was IN
spired by the local organizations, insti-
tutiOns which unquestiona5iy stand as the
main dependence of the civil authorities
in times of trouble. The refusal of the
House to make a decent appropriation for
the military means nothing more nor less
than that there is a purpose in certain
quarters to starve the militia TO death.
The sum appropriated by the House would
be not more than sufficient TO pay the sal
aries of a few officers in Atlanta, and the
state troops would get no benefit what
ever from the appropriation. Unless the
boys paid all of their expenses out
of their own pockets, holding themselves
at all times ready to respond and RISK
their ives in the service of an unap2re-
oiatve state, there would be nothing eft
for them to do but TO disbaud. We do not
believe that it is The wish Of the people
20 starve out the state troops.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-10
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-10

Atlanta's new million-dollar Jail was ex-
tensively advertised wnen il was turned
over to the authorities few weeks ago,
as model absolutely safe and unbreak-
able institution; and yet we find that it
IS not proof against even so simply thing
as a North Georgia moonshiner with a
three-eornered hand-saw file and a rope
made of an old blanket. Has there been
no real progress in Jail building these hun-
bred years?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-10

Mai. Gen. Joe" Wheeler weighs some
where On the neighborhood of 100 pounds.
and is just a bit bigger than a bar of soap
after a weeks washing. Nevertheless in
the eyes OF the American people ne is
about seventeen times as large as the Hon.
BABE" Bailey Of Texas. who Is going 20
wy 20 make him resign either his army
commission or his seat IN the House before
bee gels ready 10 % so. Nj Bailey had bet
tcr ict Fighting Joe" alone
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-10

There is no doubt that Charleston has a
magnificent harbor-to look at The view
from the Battery toward the sea IS SUI
perb, as a stili-life marine picture. As a
spectacle nothing finer can be imagined
But it is something like that Georgia
major in the story, Grand for dress pa
rade, but not worth a - for business"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-10

The squalid and undignified decay OF
Jerusalem is indescribable," says the EN-
peror of Germany, therefore he is deeply
panied. AT the same time he knows Of
many articles made in Germany the lib
eral use Of which would refurbish and
brighten even Jerusalem.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-10

This fellow Grant Giilett. the defaulting
cattle king, seems to have as many lives
as cat and to be as ubiquitous as Santa
Claus. He has been positively identifed'
at each of dozen widely separated places
within two weeks, and in several of them
ne has been arrested. He must be placed
into the category with Tascott and Tom
Collins.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-10

The Toronto Globe is a bright and hum
orous newspaper. Now" it says "the
Panama canal is reported to be a necessity
TO the United States. Our neighbors are
ships
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-10

Notwithstanding the withdrawal of the
Raleigh from Manila, Admiral Dewey's
feet will within a few weeks be much
stronger than ever before. It is to be re-
Enforced by the Oregon, the Iowa and
Richmond p. Hobson.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-10

Alfonso XII, who died thirteen years ago.
has been removed from his temporary
tomb a mummy. Thus he continues to keep
step with his country
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-10

member Maine while Tom Reed is in the
chair.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-10
CURRENT COMMENT.
GeOrgias Error.
From The Chattanooga Times DENY.

From The Chattanooga Times Dem)
Georgia has cut her railway commits
sioners' salaries from $3.50 10 5000 a year.
Georgia is probably after cheap" men for
the places. A mistake Few men who are
fiji 10 be railroad commissioners can or VIII
serve for $1,000 salary.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-10


The prudent holiday purchaser Will not
put off shopping until tic rush of Christ
mas week, but will take time by the fore
,0ck and make selections while there is
time to discriminate and the stocks have
not been picked over The prudent pur-
chaser. Furthermore, will daily consult the
advertising columns of the Morning News.
where the most attractive offerings are
duly set forth. And there is this to be
said about Savannah advertisers. that
they talk more business in a given
space than about any other advertisers
in the country. A well-knOwn travelling
salesman, whose business takes him into
every prominent city in the country. said
the other day: Il really believe there is
less froth and more solid body about the
Savannah advertisements than those Of
any other city that I know Of" That
about expresses the truth. Savannah mer-
chants seem to avoid catch-phrases and
gittering generalities. They talk straight
% the point, and Invariably mean what
they say. They do not advertise what
they have not got. and never make a
spread in the paper of bargains that are
Just out" when one goes 20 see them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-10

Congress has not yet formulated a plan
for dealing with the race troubles in the
Carolinas, it is announced. Congress could do
no better TO continue in its present state
of unpreparedness. The Carolinas are
abundantly able to take care of their own
internal difficulties. and the very best
thing the nauona. government can do is
to keep hands off. Senator Pritchard and
other Republican politicians will no
doubt try to turn the matter 20
their own advantage, but if Con-
gress is wise it viii. let the race issue
alone. 1t cannot be settled by statutes
Of the sort that would please the Republ-
can politicians Of the South.