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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-02

The North Georgia conference mas no
sympathy whatever with the methods
which were adopted to secure the allow
anoe nv Congress of the claim which the
Rock Concern of the Methodist Church,
South. had against the government Al
its closing session the other day it adopted
resolutions condemning the lawyer who
succeeded in getting the claim through
Congress and calling for the designations
Of A1essrs. Smith and Barbee, the agents
OF the concern. Il also demanded that the
money received from the government
should be paid back.
We are inclined 10 believe that the con-
ference took the right course in respect to
the matter If the money should be ac-
cepted under the circumstances the minis
tiers might not feel as free TO condemn
lobbying Of all Kinds and descriptions as
they ought 1t is more important that
the church should be free from even y
suspicion of wrong doing than it Is that
il should have the money dus it from the
government
And the government is not blameless in
the matter. IL IS admitted lHdt the CAdAhh
is a just one. But it was impossible for
the church to get Congress 10 allow il.
For more than quarter of century the
claim was pending. AT last the book
agents of the church, who had the claim
in charge, put the matter in the hands of
a shrewd attorney. He succeeded in get
ting it allowed. If Congress had done
what il should have done as soon as the
claim was presented TO it there would have
been no scandal and the Book Concern
would have received its whole claim, in
stead of having to pay a third of it to a
lawyer to get it allowed II is time there
was reform in the claim business that
comes before Congress. The fact is, all
claims should go before a judicial tribunal
and be dealt with on their merits. Now
claims are not attended to at all, except
pension claims, unless some lobbyist has
sufficient influence to get Congress to con-
slider them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-02
rHn CHrsTER AT sEA.

The government transport Chester went
10 sea shortly after 10 O'Clock yesterday
II there had not been mismanagement she
would have reached the ocean within two
hours after she left the wharves Of the
ocean Steamship Company. She was
drawing twenty-five feet Of water but
there is no evidence that she had not plen-
" of water all the way from the city to
the sea. She is the deepest draught vessel
that ever went to sea from this port
Others drawing as much as twenty-four
feet and seven inches have gone 10 sea
from this city with ease. The Chester
did not get aground in the channel. on the
first occasion Of her grounding she was
forced out of the channel by the transport
Manitoba On the second occasion she
was the victim of an extremely dense fog-
The fact that she went to sea without
being llghtered is proof beyond question
that she did not get aground in the channel
and that vessels drawing twenty-five feet
Of water can go from the city's wharves
to the sea.
Doubtless there would have been rejoic-
ing if it had appeared that the Chester
had grounded in the channel-rejoic by
those interested in rival ports. II is even
said that as soon as a report Of the ground
ing got abroad efforts were made at the
war denartment to have the port of en-
barkation changed. OF course, the efforts
we're unsuccessful. The war department
did not select this port without inquirins
thoroughly into the advantages of all OF
the available ports. Savannah was Sc
lected because it was found that she pos
sessed superior advantages-was by ali
odds the best of the available ports. NO
attempt was made to mislead the war de-
partment. II knew exactly the amount of
water in the Savannah harbor when II
decided upon this port as the port Of en-
barkation. In connection with the depth
of water in the harbor it took into ac-
count the excellent drinking water to be
obtained here and the superb sites tor
camos and Tor a hospital. All OF
these things were carefully considered, and
when it was decided that Savannah should
he the port of embarkation that decision
was intended to stand. Rival ports heeo
not think that an accident on the river
10 one of the transports will tend in the
least TO cause the war department to
change the port of embarkation'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-02
The Drnmmer.s Dream.

From the New Orleans Picayune
A little room in a little hotel
In a little country town,
On little bed with a musty smell,
man was lying down.
A great big man with great big snore-
And he lay on his back, you sec
And a peaceful look on his face he wore
For sound asleep was he.
In his dread was marv'lous trips he made
What tremendous bills he sold!
And nobody failed and every one paid,
And his orders were as good as gold.
He smiled and smothered a scornfm laugh
When his fellow-drummer bowed;
For he knew no other had sold the half
OF what his order book showed
He got this letter from home one day:
Dear Sir-We've no filter term
To use in your case than simply say.
Henceforth you are one of the firm"
And a glorious change this made in his
life;
He now from the road withdrew;
And really soon got to know his wife,
His son and his daughter, too.
And then he moved his obscure fiat
To a house on the avenue;
Lived swell, was happy, got healthy and
fat.
Respected and wealthy, too.
But with thump, bang, whangl thump
again
The landlord stood at the door
"Its purity nigh time for that 6:l0 tranr'
And the drummers dream was Ger.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-02

1t seems to be the opinion of some Of the
reformers at Atlanta, who are anxious to
have the salaries Of the railroad commits
sioners reduced, that the only qualification
requisite of a commissioner Is that he
shan be honest" That IS a mistake.
Brains are wanted as well as honesty. A
man may be as honest as men are made,
and at the same time lack the mental ca
pacity to safeguard all of the states in
terests. The railroad commissioner
should be man Of such mental capac-
ity as to be able to cope with the brilliant
array of talent which Is always to be
found in the employment of the railroads
As matter of fact, it might not be bad
idea to roll all of the commissions sal
aries into one, and pay the lump sum to
one man, the best TO be had, who would
run the whole Office unassisted except by
clerks
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-02
WELL FINED PENSIONERS.

It appears from Investigations which
have been made that fully twenty per
cent of those drawing pensions from the
state are holders of considerable amounts
of property. Their assessments range from
$500 to $4,000. In other words, they are
much better off than the average tax pay
er. No doubt all of these pensioners were
good Confederate soldiers, but 1t doesn't
follow that the state should contribute 10
their support. They are well able to take
care of themselves.
But all of the pensioners who do not APP
pear on the books of the tax receivers
are not INDECENT. 1t is doubtful if half
of them are. Therefore il is a mistake
to regard all of those not on the tax books
as INDECENT and. TO continue to pay them
pensions, if 1t is proposed to allow PEN
sions only to the INDECENT. No doubt many
of the pensioners are either earning wages
sufficient for their support or could do so
if so disposed. Therefore, in order to ar
rive at those who should receive pensions
a method different from that followed by
Representative Brandon should be adopt
ed. An Investigation should be conducted
in each county. This should be done in
justice to both tax payers and The pension
ers
There win. OF course, be a great deal of
opposition to dropping any of the pension
ers from the list. That Is to be expected.
And the pensioners are not 10 be blamed
for objecung TO be stricken from The roll.
They have become accustomed to the adj
dition to their incomes and viii find it
rather hard to give it up, The legislature
is to blame for not providing for the pay
ing of pensions to the INDECENT only
There is no use, however, in wasting time
in discussing a mistake The thing to do
now IS TO remove from the pension roll all
Of the pensioners except those to whom
the state intends to pay pensions. That
can be done only by making a thorough
inquiry into each pensioners ability to
take care Of himself
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-02
Personal.

A young man named shivers has been
arrested at Chnlicothe, Mo-, for stealing
stove.
Paul Du Chaillu, who is visiting in
Boston, said the other day: II don't know
why I'm always called the African tray
eler.' spent three times as many years
exploring the land of the midnight SUM- "
The Empress Dowager of China, who
has taken charge of things recently, has
large feet-that is, her feet are of the
natural size. The Manchu race, from
which she comes, do not compress the
feet of their girl babies as the mothers
in Southern China do, but allow them to
grow with the rest of the body.
Despite the expectation that the Brad
ley-Martins were going to open their house
in New York this winter and make things
lively in a social way it is now announced
that they have decided to live abroad per-
manently and that their New York house
will be sold and its contents shipped to
England.
Virgil N. Bakulich, a stalwart member
of the San Francisco police force, is a
thorough Latin and Greek scholar, having
been born with a wonderful faculty for
acquiring languages. He was born on the
island of Brazza, in the Adriatic thirty
five years ago When asked recently how
long he had been on the police force he
made this characteristic reply: II have
just reached the end of my first Olym-
piad." Bakulich talks English, French
and German with hardly a trace of ac-
cent.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-02

The first thing we ought to do in con
nection with our new possessions is to find
out how many there are Of the islands,
what the size of them is, and what popu
lations they have. About all Of these mat
ters the authorities differ widely. In fact
they differ so greatly that there is grave
doubt as to whether we know much, if
anything, about our new empire of is
lands. For instance. one authority says
Cuba is GOO miles long, while another says
it is $50 miles long. One authority says
there are 400 of the Philippine Islands; an
other that there are 200 and still another
that there are 1,400. The conclusion is per
missable that those who give these figures
have no. certain information in regard to
the number of the islands.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-02

The ruling passion is strong in the face
of death. Among Rooseyelts Rough
Riders during the charge up San Juan
hill were several expert gold miners. Not
withstanding the hot times they were
having on the hill, several of the men
examined the rocks and soil and found ev-
licences of gold. Twelve of them have since
gone back to the place, and the report
now comes that they have every reason
to believe that there are rich deposits in
The hill. DR. Langford of the Rough
Riders has located a claim at san. Juan,
ana declares that he expects to find it as
rich as the Nlondike. He thinks Cuba
win before long become a large gold pro
Queer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-02
No Delusion.

"Jove old man, I haven't seen you for
three years How are you, anyway"
asked Clipperdown, when he ran across
Featherbee in the lobby of the Russell
House. the other day. says the Detroit
Free Press.
I'm not the man was when we were
at. college" was the reply, as the hands
clasped
Been sick?'
Nope"
"Were you in the army?"
q should say not"
Business reVerses?'
mot one
well, what's the matter, then?''
Nothing much"
Eyes. there is. You look as though some
one had been telling you an old story
Nothing of the kind"
"Oh, say, speaking of stories. I've got
a new one. Browns mother-in-law-"
stop right there" exclaimed Feather
bee. with haunted look in his eyes.
"Clipperdown, there was a time when
looked upon mother-in-law stories as can
ards as decisions. as hbels on worthy
class of human beings, but 1 don't any
more
'Why not?"
1--WE been married since saw you last"
so that's what's the matter with you,
is it?"
"Uh, HUH"
Poor old chap! Come in and have
something"
Cant do it,
"Why not?'
''Shes visiting us now and might smell
my breath. If she did, she'd cal out the
fire department and ALLEVIATE my wifes
affections before night"
Its awful amt it?''
awful"
And the hands were elapsed again; this
time in sympathy.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-02

Mr.. Joseph H. Choate's visit to the
White House a day or two ago has led
some well-informed politicians to think
that there is something more substantial
than gossip in the story that he is TO
succeed Mr.. Hay as ambassador to Eng
land. Meantime, it is said that Peace
Commissioner Whitelaw Reid is the Presi-
dents favorite for the place, and he may
yet receive the appointment. There are
stories aaoat 90 the effect that the Presi-
dent is anxious to have the cordial good
will of Mr.. Reid. who seems to have been
somewhat out of touch with the admins
tration up to the time of his appointment
on the Paris commission. Mr.. Reid is
the editor and owner of one of the most
powerful of Republican newspapers, the
New York Tribune.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-02
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meetings-Landrum Lodge No. As, f. &
"a. NJ; Savannah Tribe No. 4, l. o. r. M.
Special Notices-E. & w. Laundry; Ship
Notices. Strachan & Co, Consignees;
Theus Bros, jewelers.; Money to Lend,
Peoples Savings and Loan Company; The
Big Joe Restaurant; Ship Notice, Georgia
Export and Import Company; Flour, A.
M. & c. w. West; State and County Taxes,
1893.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT at Matinee and
Mascotte at Theater Tonight.
Our Trouser Sale is Quickening-Metro
poltan Clothing Company.
Greatest Suit Sale on Record-Leopold
ADLER.
Auction sales-A Good Business Corner,
by c. H. Dorset, Auctioneer.
Read This and Gain International. S.
Brown.
Steamship schedule-Baltimore Steam
ship Company.
Observation-Disclosures, Sloat & Co.
Medical-Johann Hoffs Genuine Malt
Extract; Warmers Safe Cure; Hoods Pills;
cutieura Remedies; Ayers Hair Vlgor;
Erie Medical Company; Lydia Pinkhams
Vegetable Pills; Mothers Friend; Cas-
toria
Cheap Column Neutrality-suspicious.
Directory; Help Wanted; Employment
Wanted For Rent; For Sale; Lost; Per-
sonal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-02

The color line recently drawn in the
public schools of Alton, in the state of Hi
nois, has been legalized by the courts.
Colored citizens of that town protested
against separate schools for the races. The
blacks wanted TO go to school along with
the whites. The matter was taken into
court, in the form of mandamus proceed
ings TO compel the school authorities to
permit negro children to attend the
schools set apart for the whites. The
court held that the authorities were with
in their rights when they provided for
the separation. A jury rendered the YER
dict. The matter is to be taken to the
Supreme Court
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-02

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-02
A TOUGH Job.
From the Columbia Is. c. State Dem.)

One of the toughest jobs ahead of us
under our new colonial policy is 10 ascer-
tain the names Of the multitudnous ISL
ands which we have undertaken to possess
and govern. There are not only hundreds
maybe thousands-of them but they are
largely afflicted with a plurality of
names. Guam" for example, is also
"Guahan," ard the island Of the Caroline
group named this morning as Strong"
was also styled %Ualan" in yesterdays
paper Tomorrow il may be "Kusai,"
and day after tomorrow "Kusaiev." All
are legitimate. The people who are too
lazy 20 spell West Indian names correctly
have a fine old job ahead Of them in the
Ladrones, Carolines, Sulus and Nisayas,
not 10 speak Of the Philippines proper.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-02

One of our first duties when we come to
civilizing the Filipinos will be to teach
shem to wear breechclouts, at least. yell
dow homesupn is very good for the pur-
pose. The Southern mills ought to be able
to furnish a considerable portion of the
civilizing material; and then the increased
demand ought 10 afford some relief to the
overstocked market of Fan River.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-02

Only a year or two ago the people were
growing about the "blllion-dollar Con-
gress." BY the time we get fairly started
in with our new possessions the neces-
sary appropriations win make the billion
dollar Congress 'look like thirty cents"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-02

Aguinaldo is eager to see the color of
the gold that the United States are going
to pay to Spain. He holds quite a number
of Spanish priests as prisoners, and has
notified Spain that he expects them to be
Tansomed at a good round sum. BY the
time all of SPANS eXpectant friends and
importunate enemies get a dip into the
gold pile there win not be a great deal of
Il left
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-02

A Pennsylvania man has sued for divorce
on the ground that his wife uses snuff
drinks beer and dances, which constitute
This Pennsylvania wife's habits really
seem to be quite as bad as those of the
New York woman whose husband sued for
divorce because she was Unfortunately fond
of onions
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-02

From the Philadelphia Record Dem.).

Judge Day cleverly lays the responsible
ty for keeping the Philippines upon the
shoulders of Admiral Dewey. He says.
"Our opportunity of giving them up was
lost when Dewey did not weigh anchor
and sail away" AS Dewey had no open
port to receive him, no coal with which
to reach home port and no orders to re-
tory defense.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-02
Another Color Divisionr

7 IOII INC NTIttuNIIIe %. u INeWS ILIem. J.
We observe in Charleston newspaper
printed by and for negroes a lamentation
against the color line. 1t is said that the
mulattOes of that city are refusing to
recognize or associate with their darker
kin and there is even a suggestion that
the Jim Crow car system will be extended
so as to have on each passenger train sep
arate coaches for white, yellow and black
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-02

Tho old proverb of straining at gnst
and swallowing a camel is pretty well
illustrated in the case of those Republican
newspapers which are going into mysteries
because a polygamist has been elected 10
Congress and at the same time have not
word Of protest to utter against the
launching Of the government upon ca
reer Of imperialism
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-02

It is to be hoped that the claims for the
new snake-bite cure will prove to be well
based. Meantime, the probabilities are
that the old, time-honored cure win be
used quite largely for years to come.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-02
THE MARSHALL HOUSE,
Broughton and Drayton SITS.

Broughton and Drayton SITS.
Under new management. Thoroughly
renovated and refurnished. Electric lights
throughout Hot and cold water on each
floor Table cuisine unexcelled. Rates 80
to $3.50. Cars pass the door.
BOYCE & CATHARINE.
Propretors.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-02

one radical reform at a time is enough
for South Dakota. Full returns from the
elections show that the South Carolina
d.spensary system and female suffrage
have been rejected by the state of quick
divorces. The referendum, however has
been adopted by a little over COCO plural
itv
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-02

The prohibition contest which came to
an end in Macon yesterday was one of the
bitterest political fights that has been
waged in this state in a long time. Suf-
ficient energy was eXerted--much of il
wasted-in the fight to almost double the
city's business IL it had been used to that
ena It is to be hoped, now, that the
people Of Macon will wipe out old scores
on account Of the contest. and get to-
gether for the good of the city. 1t does
no good, and much harm, to harbor mai
ice especially when it arises from politics.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-02
CURRENT COMMENT.


From the Raleigh IN. CO Observer (Dem.).
We are to pay Spain $2O,000,OOO for the
Philippine Islands. Within ten years we
will be ready to pay twenty million to
anybody to take them off our hands
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-02
Bishop Turner's Proposition.
From the Springfield Republican Qnd).

As we are asked to pay $20,0OOO00 to
admit 100000 black, brown and yellow
people into the republic, Bishop Turner of
the African Methodist Church considers 1t
an opportune time to renew his proposition
of a federal appropriation of 500 900, 600
10 transfer our black population to Africa.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-02

If any collector OF war relics is DESTROYS
of adding a unique specimen to his col
lection he now has an opportunity of do
ang SO. The government is advertising the
old monitor Wyandotte for sale.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-02

Philadelphia is anxious 10 have a chan
mel to the sea. capable of accommodate
ing vessels having draught of thirty
feet. She IS going to ask Congress
for 100000 with which to open
e. channel Of the size she wants. She Is
getting very ambitious. She would be bet
ter off II she had spent some of the mill
lions she has put into her public build
ing in getting pure water and revivine
her foreign commerce. She has gratiaod
hef pride az the expense OF her health
ana her commerce. Strange what queer
things Quakers WA do 30 somouuaes.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-02

Admiral Sampson seems quite well quail
ihed 10 nod up his end in all Of the con
lroversies' that have yet been raised with
him.