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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-19
NAMING PRESIDENTIAL CANDI-


1t is the privilege of individuals and
newspapers 10 name this or that mao. as
their fancy happens to dictate, as candi
date for the nomination of one or the 9th
er of the great parties for President. Il
seems to be accepted that Mr. Mckinley
will be renominated by the Republicans.
and it is pretty well understood that Mr..
Bryan will be reuominated. Stiil, there
is considerable opposition to Mr.. Bryan.
and at least a half a dozen men have been
mentioned for the Democratic nomination.
German, Stone and Van Wyck have all
been considered and all have been put
aside, on the ground that no one of them
could poll as large a vote as Mr. Bryan.
Last week there were some sensational
dispatches 10 the effect that if Mr.. Nc
Lean succeeded in carrying Ohio he would
be a formidable candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination. But it is by no means
certain that he will carry Ohio. He is
making a tremendous effort to do so, but
even if he should succeed it is doubtful if
his party could be weaned away from Mr..
Bryan.
The man that some of the Democratic
papers dlt llS lOl tllc iipllltAleit AOl - ~
miral Dewey. There is no doubt about
his popularity He would make a very
strong candidate, but there is doubt as 10
whether he would accept the nomination If
It were offered TO him. The understanding
IS that he is a Republican and he has stat
ed that ne wanted nothing to do with pol
tics. He might be induced to change his
mind, however. But would he be accept
able to the entire Democratic party? That
is an important question. and it should be
answered before any time is wasted in dis
GUESSING him from that point of view.
If it be true that he is a Republican it
can be safely said that he is opposed to the
free and unlimited coinage of silver. He
could not therefore stand on the Chicago
platform. Unless the platform is reafirm-
ed the silver Democrats and silver Repub-
leans and the Populists would withdraw
from the Democratic organization and
start party of their own. Admiral
Dewey as the Democratic standard bearer
could not hold them in the Democratic
ranks.
And it would be said that because Ad-
miral Dewey has won great fame as a ma
val commander 1t doesn't follow that he
would make a good President. He has
never had any experience in political mat
tiers and has never made study of the
questions with which he would have 10
deal if he were to be chosen to occupy the
White House. While it is true that he
has shown himself to be a very strong
character. being wise, prudent and coura-
geous, he might make a very poor Presi-
dent. Gen. Grant made great reputa-
ton as a soldier, but he was not a success
as a President. There will be a great deal
of talk of Admiral Dewey for the Demo-
cratic nomination for President, but it will
not amount to much. Unless the situation
changes greatly Mr.. Bryan will occupy
that position.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-19

When walking in bayfield, one after
noon with her husband, Lady Warwick
noticed bright boy of 10 or so helping
his father load the hay cart says an ex-
change.
Does not your boy attend SCHOOL," was
Lady Warwick's pertinent question.
NO ma'am, he don't go oftener than 7
can help. You see, Johns a real smart
boy, and / don't want to have him spoiIe5
with book learning. l mean to make a
farmer of him. Now his eldest brother
went regular 10 the school, and he got
he's made nothing out"
What has become of him?" asked LADY
Warwick in concern.
why. he went out TO South Africa and
got a secretaryship. was the scornful re-
ply, but John here is a smart lad-he'u
be of some use on the farm, he wi,lr'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-19
TIE HILTON TROPHY PROTEST.

The statement of facts on which Col
Brooks based the protest which he filed
in the Hilton trophy contest is so clear,
strong and convincing that no one who
reads il can come to any other conclusion
than that there was unfairness in that
contest-that the Savannah team lost the
trophy, not because it was beaten, but be-
cause a larger score was given the New
Jersey team than it earned The men who
visited the target pit, and inspected the
target on which the score of the New Jer-
sey team was recorded, could not have
made a mistake as to what the target
actually showed. They understood the
delicacy of the work they were doing, and
therefore exercised the greatest care in
gathering facts for their report Until
the evidence they collected, showing that
there was unfeirness is overthrown ii
must be accepted the truth, and will
be so accepted by all who are anxious for
fair dealing.
Why there should have been any hest
tation in ordering thorough investigation
as soon as the Savannah team announced
it's dissatisfaction Is difficult to UNDER
stand If the annual contests at Sea Glrt
are to continue there must be confidence
i'm the fairness of the contests. Let the
impression get abroad that the markers
decide the contests and not the skill of
the marksmen, and interest in the con-
tests will cease at once. Rihemen from
outside Of New Jersey will not so there.
and that state will be permitted to have
the satisfaction of carrying off all the
prizes. If there be satisfaction In winning
prizes for which there is only one con-
testant.
The plea that a rule of the rifle associ-
alton was violated when the Savannah and
District of Columbia men visited the tar
get pit and that therefore no investiga-
ton could be held, is not of sufficient
force to justify the refusal to hold an in
vestigation, and unless we are greatly mis-
taken will not be considered so by SPORTS
men. The New Jersey State Rife Asso-
citation ought not TO be satisfied 40 rest
on technically. 1t ought to be salts
fed with nothing less than the truth. Only
by fair dealing can it hope 90 maintain
interest in the Sea Girt meetings.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-19
REEDS FAREWELL.

Ex-Speaker Reed has taken occasion to
say some pleasant things to the people of
the congressional district in Maine which
stood by him so long and so faithfully.
He finds reason for pride in the fact that
he never had to look after his political
interests. The people of the district did
that He did not have TO spend money or
make speeches to secure a denomination
and a reelection. 1t is probable that
the district would have gone on re-elect-
ing him as long as he lived. if he had
wanted the place.
Some of the Republican papers now pre-
tend to believe that Mr.. Reed decided to
abandon his public career because he
found himself out of harmony with the.
administration and the Republican ma
jority in Congress. That may not be the
reason he resigned from Congress, but il
is probably true that he found that his
influence was waning. He might have
found it difficult, if not impossible TO Sc
cure reelection to the speakership.
He was opposed to the administrations
Philippine policy. He thought a mistake
was made when the President instructed
our commissioners at Paris to demand the
cession of the Philippines to the United
States, and he said so in a way that pro-
voked the administra ton. Then he took
strong ground against the administrations
policy of holding The islands as a perma-
uent possession. In doing that he still
further widened the breach between him
self and the Republican majority in Con-
gress.
He undoubtedly realized, good while
before he decided TO resign from Congress,
that to remain longer in that body would
not be pleasant for him. He couldn't en-
dure the thought of playing an unimport-
ant part where his political opinions had
been regarded as of the highest import
ance, and where his leadership was UNI
questioned the desire 10 avoid humilia-
ton of that sort helped him probably to
decide to get out of public life-at least
out of Congress. And il may be that he
had the idea that as a citizen of the
great state of New York he would stand
a better chance of being nominated for
president by his party than if he remained
a citizen of Maine AS a matter of fact
great many buttons, booming him for the
presidential nomination of his party, are
being worn in New York city Il is prob
able, however, that he will never get back
into politics again.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-19
Artistic Medical Revenge.

"The people here are not very kind to
me-" said young physician of the White
marsh Valley, whose shingle had been out
for several weeks. He lay on the grass,
by the side of the Bethlehem pike, with a
bicycler who had happened along, says the
Philadelphia Record.
Not very kind! Is that so?" asked the
stranger hcycler.
That's so; but I'll get even with them, -
replied the physician. Il got even with one
yesterday. He's the leading man of the
town, and when he called on me | was
glad, and gave him a grand reception.
But what do you think he said? Amy port
in a storm, Doctor" says he. I'm in a
hurry, and / guess you'll have to dc.
What's the natter" said l, trying not to
appear hurt. oh. disordered stomach he
answered; bad headache cramps, and all
that Then what do you think / did3s |
gave him dose of a certain drug that in
an hour laid him on his back, roaring with
pain.
His wife came for me, hot-footed and
! hurried to the house, and sat beside the
bed and gloated over his agony. When |
felt that l had a fun revenge | eased him
off Wasn't that a clever way to get even?
1t was a hundred times better than A
punch in the nose. If the fellow ever in
suits me again I'll half kill him."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-19

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-19
TER SONAL.

James Oliver of South Bend, Ind, has
just celebrated his seventy-sixth birthday.
When a young man he worked in a Mish-
awake foundry for 80 cents a day. Now
he owns the largest plough factory in the
world.
William Oliver Smith. who is to repre-
sent Hawaii in Washington during the
next session of Congress, speaks the Ian
guage of the natives of that island as
well as he does English. He is, with them
the most popular foreigner in their coun-
try.
The announced reason of the great
love of the Sultan of Turkey for Switzer-
land is after all a good one aud practical
rather than sentimentas. at is because"
says the Sultan, at sends no Ambassador
to Constantinople TO worry me with its
grievances.
Mr. Vanderbit's caution is revealed in
the way in which he protested himself
when giving his autograph for charitable
object. lie first wrote his name on a piece
of paper, then carefully trimmed off the
paper close down to the ink, and then
drew three red lines through the name
1t is said that Robert Louis Stevenson
at the time of his death had about made
up his mind to so into the Roman Catholic
Church. This statement was recently made
in Sydney, Australia. by the Roman Cath
olic bishop of Samoa, who said that Ste
venson was all but ready to be taken into
the church
Miss Anne Russell Allen, of st. LOUIS,
who has married the Duke of Montefeltro,
an Italian uobleman, is the lady who about
six months ago broke her engagement
with Court Paul Festetics, of Hungary,
when she learned that he had been max
ing a private but unusually thorough in
quiry as to the extent of her fortune.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-19
A Hero and His Thirst.

'I was with Dewey at Santiago" he an
nounced, according to the Philadelphia
North American.
Really" said the approached.
Sure thing! An the powder got into my
throat an I haven't got over the thirst
yet"
Tell us about it,
well. you see, when DewN decided TO
go in he said Darn the tafpedoes! An
l was with him. Whatd wa care fer tar
pedoes when we had a whole trunkfu Of
EN- on board? I was standin' by Schley
when ne sed it,
by Schley?"
yes, stree! An there was the electric
lights of Manila in full view"
"Impossible!'
"You might think so. But il was straight
goods. Schley turns round to Dewey an
he SEES: Gus. we may as well let Booze
THAT was you, of course"
Right! SEES he We may es well let
Booze fire the opening shot So I stood
at the trigger; an as we got near enough
to see the Spaniards shiverin' in the
streets of Havana"
Havana did you say?"
''Yep. We saw 'em SILVER. An Dewey,
he says: Ready when you are, Booze
IAN right, 1 ses. Ready"
Lettergor yelled Dewey. An bang. she
went The shot hit right in their midst.
"Whose?"
''Weyler and the Whole push"
but they were in Spain"
"Certr'
"Ohr
"Well, you know the rest Buys a drink,
will you? Don't turn down a war hero"
The drink was bought.
Here's TO you" said the veteran
Here's to you" said the approached.
ME an the other heroes"
mo; you and the other liars"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-19
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Springfield CMass) Republican Gnd)
says: The Jews are deeply involved in
the gold mining business in the Transvaal.
1t is stated that all but one of the sue
cessful firms al johannesburg that have
gained great wealth from the sale of min
ing properties to the European public are
Jewish. AS the years pass and the CAPT
talistic system becomes more and more in
tricately developed the superiority of the
Jews in high finance becomes the more
apparent The Englishman Arnold White
who has just written a book on "The
Modern Jew" concludes that modern cap
italist conditions of society are just the
kind TO bring the Jews, ii given free COM
petition, to the front"
The Memphis Commercial-Appeal DEM
thus comments upon Mr.. Bryan's proposed
cure for trusts: He favors combining cor
porations TO the states where the charters
are issued and allowing no business to be
done in any other state until authority is
obtained from the federal government.
This would interfere with interstate COM
merce and il would be a direct assault up
on the sovereignty of the individual states
Not only this, it would disorganze and
disrupt the business of the country Mr.
Bryan admits that the constitution would
have to be changed, which is a confession
of the impracticability of his scheme"
The New Orleans Picayune Dem) says:
IF we had less of crop estimating to dis
turb values for cotton and more deter
mination on the part of our cotton inter
ests to market the crop with deliberat ton
and exact from the spinners full value for
the raw material, there is not the least
doubt that the situation would be more
promising. There is no reason at all why
cotton should be selling at the present
prices except that the impression has
been conveyed that a crop of u, 600 600 bales
is promised although all the known facts
are against any such yield"
The Pittsburg Dispatch (Rep.), comment
ing on the strike in Havana, says ION
the whole, the Cuban workman appears 10
be doing his best to put himself alongside
his American brother He wants all the
wages he can get which is a quality not
peculiar TO wage-workers or strikers. When
his critics find fault with him for strik-
ing for an eight-hour day ii is a decided
comedown from their former impeachment
of him. that he would not do the slightest
amount of work" ..,......
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-19
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meetinss-Savannah Lodge No. 1873, b.
P. O. Elks; Lafayette McLaws Camp 500,
u. c. V.
Special Notices-Notice of Copartnership,
H. Traub & Son; Fancy and Repressed
Brick, Savannah Building Supply Com
pany; Dundee Orange Marmalade, Etc,
A. NJ. g. c. w. West DR.. Fitch Resumes
Practice Ship Notice, Wilder & Co,
Agents; Ship Notice. Strachan & Co.,
Consignees.
Business Notices-Lillian Russell Cigars.
Amusements-"Is Marriage a Failure?"
at Matinee, and THE Moonshlners" at
Theater Tonight.
Fall Opening in Merchant Tailoring,
Sept 20 to 23-B. II. Levy & Bro.
Auction Sale-A Home at Isle of Hope
and Ten Acres of Land, by c. H. Dorset,
Auctioneer.
Steamship schedules-Merchahts and
Miners Transportation Company,
Legal Sale-Receiver's Sale Accounts of
Savannah Cooperative Association.
Baby Sewing Northumberland Lovelrs
Sons.
Medical-Dr. Hathaway Company; Cut-
cura Remedies; Coke Dandrun Cure;
Horsfords Acid Phosphate; Worlds Dis
pensary Preparations; S. S. s.; Mothers
Friend.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-19

The Northern part of the country has
been experiencing some cold weather al
ready Snow fell in Franklin county, New
York. day OF two ago, and in the Con-
necticut valley the thermometer dropped
into the thirties and staid there three
or four days. An early fall will be well
coined this year. since it is only cold
weather that can be depended upon 10
put an end to the outbreak of yellow fever
on the Gulf
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-19

The date OF Miss Julia Grants marriage
to Prince Cant-etc., Sept %, was not well
chosen. Dewey will be getting home a
day or two after that date, and the noise
and hullaballoo of preparations for wei
coming him will drown out the last silvery
note Of the wedding march.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-19

Gen. w. c. Oates of Alabama is said
to be candidate for the seat
in the Senate now held by SEN
ator Morgan. His announcement is
looked for within a day OF two
Senator Morgan is a candidate for re-
election, and there are already two other
candidates in the field, Gov. Johnston and
Congressman Bankhead All of these are
able men, and should the race be four
cornered one it would be lively and inter-
esting from the start. Senator Morgan has
held his seat tor so long time, and is so
thoroughly Identified with several great
public matters, including the Nicaragua
canal scheme that his defeat would be
a matter Of considerable surprise.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-19

The estate of the late Cornelius Wander
bilt will probably have to pay into public
treasures several millions of dollars I'M
der inheritance taxes. The war revenue
tax on inheritances which amount to
more than 81 10000 each, is "a per cent. of
the amounts Of the legacies to sons and
daughters. AZ per cent of the amount
of legacies to nephews and nieces, and
Is per cent. of the amount of legacies to
persons who are not blood relations. One
of the deputy internal revenue collectors
of New York is quoted as saying that il
Mr.. Vanderbilt left Sl00,000,O0 to his chill
dren, the amount of tax which the govern
ment will receive win be approximately
81, 10000. The state of New York charges
an inheritance tax Of / per cent on leg
acies to direct heirs, and 5 per cent. on
collateral inheritance. The controller Of
New York, who viii receive per cent. of
the amount he gets for the state to pay
him for his trouble, expects that the
amount of tax levied by the state VIII
approximate $1,000 600
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-19

A contemporary draws attention to the
fact that Dewey once wore the Otis style
Of whiskers. Yes. but he had cut them
off long before he won his reputation, so
that ought not to be harbored against
him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-19

President Mckinley and Premier Laurler
are both booked TO attend the Chicago
postoffice celebration, and a great blow
out is in anticipation. Nevertheless the
trades unions don't care three straws for
city pride and unless they get ell of their
demands in respect to who shall carry
the bricks and mix the mortar, they will
party.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-19

Mr. Aver of South Carolina says his
challenge to Esterhazy was only joke.
Then that takes him out Of the field and
leaves Esterhazy answerable only to Phe
Ian Of Kansas City But will the state of
South Carolina accept Mr.. Ayers assur-
ance that his breach of the anti-dueling
law was only a Joke?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-19

Reeds farewell to the First Maine dis
trict will not rank with Washington's
farewell to the amy; but it is safe to say
the First Maine people are just as tickled
over it as if il were a classic.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-19

The family Of the late Postmaster Ba-
her' now in Boston through the crack
Drained and misdirected philanthropy of
Miss Jewett and others, has in it not less
than three persons who are old enough ana
physically strong enough to work and
earn living. But the lighty Bostonians
nave led the Bakers TO believe that the
world not only owes them a living. but
ought TO bring il and put it into their laps
The Bakers, therefore. have become OBJ
'ee's OF charity in Boston. Nobody in the
Sou'h viii be surprised at this outcome
o. the Jewett woman's much advertised
phllanthropie interest in the Bakers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-19

Having supplied a complete letter
writer" for the employees of his depart
ment Secretary Gage might now do well
10 issue also for their benefit little
brochure setting forth that it is not the
correct thing to put food into the mouth
with a knife and to pick the teeth with a
fork.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-19

The city of Alexandria, Va, will cele-
brate its sesqui- on Oct p
Alexandria was laid out by George Wash
ington, who was practically one of its
citizens and was closely identified with its
civil and RELIGIOUS life.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-19

The lawyer who fails TO find a parallel
between the case if his client and that
of Capt. Dreyfus cannot be called strictly
up to date.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-19

Speaking of trusts. the Rev. Mr.. Brough-
ton seems to have got corner in brick
bats to be thrown at the Atlanta city ad-
ministration.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-19

Unless France speeds her justice or
clemency to Capt. Dreyfus, it may reach
him too late His health is said 10 be
shattered and ruined, his frame ema-
ciated and his bodily strength gone. Dur
Ing The past few days he has suffered from
nervous chills, and his guards have been
Obliged TO wrap him in several blankets
and put hot applications to him to stop
his shivering. Through il all, however. he
retains his mental strength and serenity.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-19

Technical journals published in the Ala
bana iron district predict with great con-
fidence the continuation of good times in
the iron trade. one of them ventures the
opinion that both production and price
VII increase steadily during the remainder
OF this year. Since Aug. l thirteen addi-
uonal furnaces have been put in blast in
Alabama, making the present total in that
state 257. A number of furnaces now I'M
dergoing repairs wiz be blown in during
this month, when the weekly output will
rise TO above 100000 tons per week.