The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-02

His race Is entitled to be called the most
benevolent of all the races of men. 4
Jewish beggar is not impossible, perhaps;
such a thing may exist but there are few
men that can say that they have seen
that spectacle. The Jew has been staged
in many une0mp,imentary forms, but 50
far as | know no dr0matst has done him
the injustice to stage him as a beggar.
Whenever a Jew has real need to beg, his
people save him from the necessity Of do
ing it. The charitable Institutions of the
Jews are supported by Jewish money, and
amply. The Jews make no noise abouL
It; it is done quietly; they do not nag and
poster and harass us for contributions
they give us peace, ana set us an example
an example which we have not found
ourselves able to follow.
In Berlin, a few years ago, I read a
speech which frankly urged the expulsion
of the Jews from Germany; and the agi-
tators reason was as frank as his propo-
stion, 1t was this. That IS per cent. Of
the successful lawyers in Berlin were Jews
end that about the same percentage Of
the great and lucrative business of all
sorts in Germany was in the hands of the
Jewish race! Isn't il an amazing confess
sion? Ii was but another way of saying
that in a population of 1900 600 of whom
only 10000 were registered as Jews, So per
cent. of the brains and honesty of the
WIole was lOUSeN IN the jews. must m
sist upon the honesty-it Is an essential Of
successful business. of course, it does
not rule out rascal entirely, even among
Chritians but il is a good working rule.
nevertheless. The speakers figures may
have been inexact but the motive of the
persecution stands out as clear as day.
The man claimed that in Berlin the
banks the newspapers, the theaters, the
great mercantile shipping, mining. and
mamma curing I'm forests the bio r1pu and
city contracts. the tramways, and pretty
much all other properties Of high value,
and also the small businesses-were in the
hands of the Jews. He said the Jews
were pushing the Christian TO the wall all
along the line; that it was all Christian
could do to scrape together a living. and
That the jew must be banished and soon
there was no other way of saving the
Christian. Here in Vienna, last autumn,
an agitator said that all these disastrous
details were true of Austria-Hungary also;
and in fierce language he demanded the eX-
pulsion of The Jews. When the pOliticians
come out without blush and read the
baby act in this frank way, unre buked it
is a very good indication that they have a
market back of them, and know where to
fish for votes.
Now, why was the race renamed? ]
have been told that in Prussia it was
given to using fictitious names, and often
changing them, SO as to beat the tax
gathereT, escape military service, and sc
on; and that finally the idea was hit upon
of furnishing all the inmates of a house
with one and The same surname. and then
holding the house responsible right along
for those inmates, and accountable fol
any disappearance that might occur il
made the Jews keep track Of each other
for self-interest's sake, and saved the
government the trouble.
If that explanation of how the Jews Of
| Prussia came to be renamed 1t correct
IL it is true that they tictitously regis
tered themselves to gain certain advan
| tages, it may possibly be true that IL
| America they refrain from registering
| themselves as Jews to fend off the dam
| aging prejudices of the Christian Gus
| toner. I have no way of knowing wheth-
| er this notion is well founded or not
| There may be other and better ways Of
| explaining why only that poor little 250,-
| 000 of our Jews got into the cyclopedia
! l may, of course be mistaken, but l an
| strongly of the opinion that we have ar
| immense Jewish population in America.