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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-01
The American Race.

Some time ago the Morning News as
serted that there was neither sense nor
reason in calling the American people An
glo-saxons," and took the position that
the Americans were a distinct race, OF
composite origin. The correctness Of the
first position may be demonstrated by cold
statistics, from official data. Since the
year 1850 the censUses Of the United States
nave taken cognizance of the nationality
of persons of foreign birth who have emf
grated to this country The reports show
that the so-called Anglo-Saxon countries
England, Scotland and Wales-have con-
tributed only about Is per cent. of the to-
tai foreign element Of our population
while Ireland has sent US from 20 TO 20
per cent, and Germany from 26 to 81 per
cent. of our foreign citizens. Thus 1t APP
pears that for nearly if not quite half
century the Celt and the Teuton have
amounted to more than so per cent. Of our
immigration That being true, what ground
Is there for calling the Americans Anglo
saxons? Would it not be nearer correct
TO cam them Celto-Teutons?
But they are not that. When the immi-
grants become citizens of this country
they renounce allegiance to foreign pow
ers princes and potentates, and in con-
nection with that renunciation they accept
the institutions and customs of the gEeat
American republic, which they at FIRST
respect and then love and cherish. And
their children grow up even more firmly
grounded in their Amerlcanism than their
parents The strength Of the affection Of
the element of foreign birth or extraction
for America may be well judged from an
examination Of the rolls of the volunteers
for the recent war with Spain. Those rolls
contain names Irish, German, French En-
ensh. Scotch, Italian, Russian, Hebrew
and even Spanish; but the bearers Of them
are all Americans, without prefix or suftix.
English is the language of the country.
Our laws and our literature are in that
language. But it does not follow that En-
glish blood predominates in the people, or
that Englishmen, or 'Anglo-Saxons,"
should have credit for the remarkable
strides of progress which the American
people have made. As we have said, Amer
leans are a composite people, and at the
same time a distinct race. They combine
the better qualities of the peoples from
which they sprang and are kept virie by
their glorious climate and free institu-
tons.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-01
Save the Trees.

One of the most regrettable effects Of
the storm of night before last and yes
terday is the damage 1t did to the trees
1t appears, however, that the damage is
not so great as that which resulted from
the storm of 1896. In the former instance
great and old trees were uprooted, twisted
bent and broken. In the present case com
paratlvely few old trees are down. Most
of those that were hurt lost top limbs.
But the young trees suffered severely.
This is especially true in the case Of
China and Pride of India trees, which
have heavy foliage and few roots The
probabilities are that the young trees had
not yet got firm enough hold with their
roots to Withstand more than ordinary
shocks, while all of the weak old trees
We're thinned out by the storm of two
years ago.
II is to be hoped that no effort will be
spared by the city authorities to save as
many of the injured trees as possible
Numbers of them, with the expenditure of
a little time and patience, may be right
ed or pruned and nursed back to their
ANAAAANA 'NNoA9 ohN htSOh. vi oCNNA al w
casions following storms in recent years
numbers of really fine trees which might
have been saved were sacriiced-chopped
into frewood. Nothing of the kind should
ever occur again. Savannah has not a
single tree that can be readily spared.
Indeed, she needs more trees. In the past
they have been her pride and her boast.
They have given. her the euphonious sobri-
quet by which she is known from one end
of the continent to the other. Besides
adding to her beauty, they add to her
healthfulness. They are the lungs of the
city. purifying the air which they
breathe.
Considerable money has been spent on
the trees. Nobody regrets the expendi-
ture, and there will be no complaint if
more is used to the end of saving every
tree that is not irredeemably injured. And
where there is a tree that cannot be saved,
its place should be supplied with another
as good or better at the very earliest
possible moment Savannah's Identity as
the Forest City must be preserved.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-01
Three Claimants.

When the Cars peace proposition was
announced there was a quite general dis
position in Europe to ridicuIe it by the
newspapers and the politicians. Within
twenty-four hours, however, there were,
according TO our dispatches yesterday,
three claimants for the honor of having
originated it. Lord Salisbury it is said,
communicated to Emperor William in 1888,
a memorandum showing the tremendous
cost of armed Europe. And 1t is said in
behalf Of the Emperor that he was so inn
pressed that he privately announced his
purpose of summoning a disarmament
congress.
Unfortunately for the claims of Lord
Salisbury and the Emperor William, how
over, neither of them made public his sug-
gestion as to the ACCESSIBILITY of calling
congress to consider the necessity of cut
ting down the armies of the Powers Of
Europe
The Car wants 1t understood that he
did not get bis peace convention idea from
any one His foreign minister Count Mura-
vleff says that 1t originated entirely with
him. There is no reason for questioning
this statement. From what Is known of
the Cars character it is not difficult to
believe that he is the author of It, His con-
duct since he has been at the head of the
Russian empire iusdhes the conclusion
that, Notwithstanding the fact that he has
the most powerful army in Europe, he
would much rather build up his empire
by peaceful means than by means of war.
1t seems that France does not take
kindly to the Cars proposition. She does
not think that Russia has acted in good
faith in submitting such a proposition to
the nations without consulting her. In
view of The very friendly relations ex-
listing between the two nations it does
seem as If France had ground of COM
plant against Russia With two of her
finest provinces in possession OF Germany,
it is safe TO say that she is not in a frame
of mind to encourage a movement for a
peace congress. If Germany should con-
sent to return her provinces TO her she
would then probably be in favor of such
congress, and would even go as far as any
other power In reducing her army and
navy.
1t Is doubtful If the Cars proposition
viii ever come to anything. The congress
may be held, but the chances of an agree
ment being reached are very remote.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-01

A London paper says that in England
successful efforts have been made to pro-
duce new and improved varieties of wheat,
oats and other cereals by means of cross
fertilization. 1t is stated that the average
weight of the grains of these new varie
ties is 60 per cent. heavier than of the
grains of wheat and oats in ordinary cul-
tivation. 1t is asserted that If the old
varieties should be discarded for the new,
the grain production of the United King
dom would be increased very materially.
If this experiment in scientific farming is
such a success as has been claimed for 1t,
the farmers of the United States will not
be far behind their friends across the
sea in cross-fertilizing their grain. The
average grain grower of this country is
about as progressive as his kind In any
other section of the globe.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-01

In letter received by Gen. H. S. Huide-
koper from his son, Private T. Wallis
Huidekoper, a member of the Philadelphia
City Troop now with the army in Porto
Rico. is narrated an incident in which the
Spanish troops were very cleverly deceiv-
ed by a simple little trick used by Capt
Williamson, a regular army officer, says
the Philadelphia Record. The latter was
in command of a wagon and mule train
from Ponce to Gen. Brooke's headquar-
tiers, 40 miles away, the train being escort
ed by the City Troop ana Troop H, of the
Sixth Regular Cavalry. The country was
full of Spanish troops, who could have
easily swooped down on the train, and
fear was entertained for Ats safety. There
were 1890 mules in the train, and Capt.
williamson ordered all the hospital, sig
nal corps, and ambulance men to ride the
mules in columns of tours. This gave the
train. from a distance, the appearance of
a body of LOCO cavalry, and the Spaniards
gave the warlike looking column a wide
berth.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-01
Gen. rIIIes, EnemIe..

Gen. Miles has enemies in the war de-
partment, and powerful ones, too. There
Is not much doubt about that and they
are going to make trouble for him. Our
Washington dispatches make It quite
clear that he viii have to appear before
court of inquiry on his return from
Porto Rico. and il may be that it Will
be a court martial instead of a court Of
inquiry.
Even his friends Will admit that he has
been rather indiscreet in his talk to the
newspapers since he has been in Porto
Rico He has criticised the Secretary Of
War his superior officer Such conduct
is not permitted What Gen. Miles pur-
pose was is not known, and will not be
known, In all probability, until he returns
from Porto Rico. 1t is probable, however,
that believing that he has been treated by
the war department with great injustice
since the war with Spain began, he has
taken steps deliberately to provoke an in
quiry.
Why he was not permitted to conduct
the Santiago campaign has never been ex-
planned. He was kept in Washington on the
pretext of being needed there for purposes
of consultation. 1t is worthy Of notice
however, that whenever the Santiago
army got in a tight place he was sent to
the front to extricate II from it's Difficult
ties. 1t will be remembered that when
the army got in such muddle at Tampa
that there began to be doubts as to
whether or not it had any head, Gen.
Miles went there, and in a day or two
had everything Strengthened out and
working smoothly. Again when retreat
was contemplated at Santiago st was Gen.
Miles who instructed Gen. Shafter as to
the course TO pursue. And then Gen. Miles
went to Santiago and practically conduct
ed the surrender.
We do not Of course undertake to pass
on the ability of Gen. Shafter as a gem
eral but the facts seem to be that he
could not have got along successfully with
the Santiago campaign without the assist
ance of Gen. Miles. And there has SEEM
ed to be a deliberate purpose to deprive
Gen. Miles of any credit for what was
done at Santiago and while the army
was at Tampa
Gen. Miles has conducted the Porto Rico
campaign admirably. There are no COM
plants from there of lack of food and
medicine. There are no reports that sick
soldiers are neglected. Everything need
ed by the army of invasion was carefully
provided for before 1t started for Porto
Rico. No such reports have come back
from there as came back from Santiago
There has been no confusion and If there
has been fault finding the fact has not
found its way into the newspapers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-01
Personal.

Mrs. Louise H. Pratt of Sherwood,
Wis, thinks that sweet young things with
golden hair should not monopolize the
privilege of naming warships, SO she
wants TO be allowed to name the battle
ship Wisconsin. Among her qualifications
she mentions the following; She Is 81
years old, got her education in a little
school house in Wisconsin, knows how to
cook knit, spin and make soft soap;
wears her hair short, and has christened
and reared two boys and two girls of her
own.
The Court Circular announced the
other day that Mrs Johnson had been
privately presented to Queen Victoria at
Windsor castle by the wife of the score
tary of the United States embassy. Mrs.
Johnson Is a niece of President Bucha-
nan, and when he was United States min
lister in London she Chen Miss Harriet
Lane did the honors of the legation.
When her uncle became President Miss
Lane did the honOrs of the White House,
where she entertained the Prince of
Wales during his visit to Washington.
Lord Rosebery has found that Lord
Beaeonsheid mispronounced his own til
lie. According to the same authority he
was in even worse plight upon his family
name, which he really did not know at
all. The ne me of ID Israeli was assum-
ed by his progenitors, Spanish-Jews, in
their gratitude to the god of Jacob for
their escape from the inquisition, and so
that their race might be forever recog-
nized.' But what was the name that
they abandoned? Nobody really knows.
Disraeli once said that his descent was
as pure as that of the Cavendishes and it
was his own opinion that he belonged to
the great family of Lara.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-01
Joke ON Prof. Wilson.

On the morning after his recent ap-
pointment as honorary physician 10 the
Queen. Prof. Wilson, Of the University of
Edinburgh, conveyed the glad tidings of
his glory TO the pupils in his classes by
writing on the blackboard in his labor
atorv the following simple statement:
prof Wilson informs his students that
he has this day been appointed honorary
physician TO the Queen" In the course
OF the morning he had occasion to leave
the room, and on his return he found that
one of the young men had added TO the
announcement the line. "God save the
Queen!"
There must be an American student
attending the University of Edlnburg.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-01
Once Moro the Mother-in-Lav.

A Cleveland man who went East to spend
his vacation brought home with him what
he thinks is a new mother-in-law story,
says The Cleveland Plain Dealer. Mother
in law stories are a drug on the market,
but this one seems to be a little less drug
gy than usual
A man and his wife went to Europe end
the mans mother-in-law went along. Up
to this point there is no novelty an the
story.
on the voyage the mother-in-law fell i'll
and died. OF course, she had to be buried
at sea, and so the usual canvas sack was
made. but instead of an iron weight to
sink the body they used a bag of coal.
In commenting in the arrangements af-
terward the bereaved son-in-law, who
suffered badly, said:
II always knew where -m-m-mother
in law was g-going, but b-b-blame me
if I s-s-supposed she'd have tito carry
her own f-f-fuel.'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-01
A Vicious storm.

The storm of Aug. 30-31 crept upon US
almost unheralded. Certainly there was
nothing to clearly indicate its character
But 1t did not take long after it arrived
TO show that it was a particularly vicious
storm, and It's tenacity was something out
Of the ordinary. 1t is not often that the
wind howls and shrieks here for twenty
hours at a time. The damage in the city.
as will be eoen from the news columns
was not as great as might have been ex-
pected; sun the losses would foot mp a
pretty considerable total if it were prac-
ticable to tabulate all of them. The chief
damage appears TO have been sustained by
church property. The congregations in
volved, however. are in vigorous and good
shape, and il will not be many days before
their edifces viii show no signs of the
storm. Tybee was pretty severely swept.
and the shipping sustained some hard
Hicks. There was no great disaster. how
ever which is a circumstance TO call forth
profound gratitude. What the amount of
damage in the outlying territory mas been
cannot be told for probably day or two
yet but judging from the city experience
it is to be hoped and expected that the
losses have not been very great.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-01

Gov. Ellerbe win succeed himself in
the executive chair in South Carolina. His
selection by the primary election on Tues
day is in the nature of a vindication Of
his first term of Office and a vote of con-
fldence in the dispensary system. It has
come to be almost an unwritten law in
South Carolina that a Governor who dis
charges his duties well shall have sec
ond term. Gov. Ellerbe has been a con
servative, careful conscientious official.
1t is probably significant of the state Of
public opinion on the liquor question in
South Carolina that Gov. Ellerbe. who
championed the dispensary, received the
highest vote, while his closest opponent
was an out-and-out prohibitionist.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-01
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meeting-Solomon's Lodge No, /, F. and
"a M.
Special Notices-Gauntlet Brand Tarred
Roofing Felt, Andrew Hanley Company;
Notice as to Signs, Harry Wllink, Com
missioner; Lost. Naphtha Launch, F. S.
1.athrop.
Bicycles-Monarch Bicycles.
Don't Kick if You Feel Mad at Yourself
S-Byck Bros.
Watches-Elgin Watches.
Two and Three-Ply Roofing-Edward
11ovelrs Sons
Medical-Cuticura Remedies; Hood 9
Sarsaparilla; Castoria; S. S. S.
Cheap Column INSTRUMENTATION
Wanted Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-01

The Wilmington Star says that North
Carolina is the most "negroized" state in
the union, and that the "negrozng'' pro
cess is steadily going on. 1t has a negro
representative in Congress- negro magis-
trates, deputy sheriffs. constables. county
commissioners, school commissioners who
manage white schools. aldermen and mem
bers of boards of education 1t is the
only state that has negro officials In the
insane asylums and other benevolent insti-
tutions, and there are more negroes in
the legislature and more negro postmae-
tiers than in any other state" This is what
Populism has done for North Carolina. Do
Georgia voters wish to see something sim
liar in their own state? If not-and we
know they do not-then let them stick to
and vote the straight Democratic ticket. I
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-01

The receipts of the custom houses during
August aggregated little more than S14,-
100000. The pension payments aggregated
something more than $12,OO0,OOO for the
same period. The receipts for internal
revenues We're about $23,0OO,OOO and the
disbursements on account of the war with
Spain somewhere in the neighborhooa of
that amount With the pensions on ac-
count of the war of secession eating up the
customs receipts, and the war with Spain
eating up the internal revenue receipts,
how long may that pile of money in che
treasury received from the recent sale of
bonds be expected to last?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-01
rhe SAC pemoeratie and Republlean |

The state Democratic and Republican
committees of Tennessee have arranged
candidates for Governor, Hon. Benton Nc
Millin and Hon. J. A. Fowler. The series
win open at Memphis on Sept and run
through forty days. during which time
all Of the cities and principle towns of the
state win be visited. Joint debates be-
tween Democratic and Republican candi-
dates in the South are not so common now
as they We're some years ago.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-01

There has not come into public notice one
solitary kick about the men of the navy
being insufficiently fed or suffering and
dying from lack of medicines, surgeons and
proper attention. There is no politics in
the navy, and the naval forces have been
commanded by officers who know what
they want. how to get it and how to take
care of their men.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-01
Ono Navy or Twof

from the Cleveland Plain Dealer (Dem)
1t is becoming daily more apparent that
one of the outcomes Of the late Spanish
American war viii be the construction of
the Nicaraguan canal. If the canal is not
built the United States will have to
maintain two independent navies-one in
the Pacific and the other in the Atlantic
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-01

DR.. Sem of the army is of the opinion
that the camp at Montauk Point will have
to be broken up before great while, be-
cause the water win become contaminated
with fever germs. After a while, proba-
bly,, 1t viii be learned that a number of
small camps are better for the health Of
the men than a few great ones, like those
at Chickamauga, Tampa, Dunn Loring
and Montauk.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-01

From the birmingham News Dem

1t is reported that II. 3. Plant, presl-
dent of the Plant System, and perhaps
the richest man in the South, is in Eng
land forming a syndicate to control all the
railroads in Cuba with connecting line
of steamships to the United States. 1t
will be a fortunate thing for Cuba If this
is true, as Mr.. Plant is one of the most
progressive and broadgauged men in this
country. He has been one of the largest
factors in the development of Florida.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-01

The war department authorities do not
seem to mind letting it be understood
that there is a good deal of truth in that
now famous interview which Gen. Miles
Is said to have given the correspondent
of the Kansas City Star in Porto Rico
When they talk of investigating Miles
for making public private official dis
patches they give out the impression that
the dispatches published were genuine.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-01

Schemes for doing this or that In or with
the island of Porto Rico, now that it
Is 10 become American, are as thick as
the leaves of Vallombrosa. One of the
latest propositions is that there shall be
planted in the island a large colony of
Jews The promoter Of the p7an is said 10
nave in view already 500 families of Jew
ish colonists.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-01

A New York man who had been in a
state of suspended animation for twenty
two months came to life again last week
An exchange says that while he missed
all of the war, he has returned in time
ito see the fun with Alger."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-01

Gen. Weylers purpose in life now seems
to be to convince Spain that she lost the
war because she did not put him in su-
preme command and let him work out his
little enterprise of making flying invas-
ion of the United States.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-01
Tail Hold ON the Bear.
From the Wilmington IN. c. Star Dem)

A Northern paper wants to know "how
can we hold the Philippines The fellow
who had the bear by the tail was very
anxious to know how he could let so.
The gentlemen at Washington are much
more interested in the letting go than in
the holding on. They would very read
lily compromise on LuZon.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-01

1t is to be hoped that September win
be more kindly disposed and not inhict
upon us such weather as August gave u.s.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-01
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