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The Price of Commerce.

When Ben Franklin moraliZed upon
the price paid for whistle he furnish
ed a moral which Is every day exem-
plified.
Among those who are urging an &C
five participation in the invasion OF
China are those who look upon II as
the entering wedge of a large com
merce. Already it has been discovered
that through this commerce the Chl-
nese army has been armed and equip
ped and that the bullets when greet
English soldiers were sold for that pur-
pose by English merchants.
The Transvaal war has already cost
the English government $75o.oooooo.
The Beers had been armed by EngllSh
manufacturers who made few thou.
sand pounds profit. but the burden OF
paying the $750,00O,0O0 debt VIII hang
upon the common people. who nave
had no share in the profits which made
the debt possible.
1t is very well to encourage manu-
facturers and merchants, but there
should be a little discretion as we go
along
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sion. II he could be such an object OF
hatred to Cubans and Spaniards SO
much more the reason why Americans
should rally around him. The only
wonder Is that Filipino and a Porto
Rican were not included. They are
probably hid out In the background,
and will be introduced later on.
The mischievous feature of this roor-
back is the suggestion which 1t gives
to some possible Guiteau to commit a
dastardly deed. Whatever Spaniards or
Cubans might undertake at home, 1t
would be tho height Of folly to try
among strangers. The whole story is
simply untrue. and unworthy OF notice.
Why. for instance. should the members
Of the national republican committee
have been notified Of 1t instead OF the
officers of the government?
The manufacture of this story Is not
only blunder, but crime.
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Mr.. McKinley's Ohio Uneasiness

Many Ohio republicans profess to be
astonished because Mr.. Mckinley has
insisted that Hanna's celebrated Gener-
al Dick shall retire from the national
committee. They know the reason why
the president insists on pursuing this
course. but they do not admit that the
emergency demands it.
Mr.. Mckinley has suddenly become
nervous and uneasy about the condi-
ton of things in Ohio, and having great
confidence in Dicks method of manipu-
lating the chaste Ohio voter. he wants
Hanna's man to take personal charge
Of the campaign in that state 1t is
given out that the president simply
wants to get bigger majority than
usual In Ohio. This is one reason, of
course, and a pretty good one. but the
real cause OF Mr.. McKinley's anxiety Is
based on his knowledge that the condi
tions in Ohio are greatly different this
year from what they were in 1896. The
situation may be briefly summed up
by the inquiry which has no doubt ad
dressed itself to the presidents mind:
For which party will the Jones vote
be cast this year?
Undoubtedly this Jones vote will be
an important factor in the election this
year. Our readers hardly need to be
told who Jones is, but for the benefit
of those who may never have heard Of
him, We will say that he is a million
aire manufacturer. who, in conducting
his business on Christian principles by
doing to others as he would be done by
has earned the admiration of a great
many 1t need not be said that the
"Christian statesmen" Of Ohio have de-
nounced him as a crank of the most
hopeless type.
Anyhow, crank or not, Jones Is good
enough TO be mayor of Toledo and a
prophet who is honored in his own
town may be said to have made pret-
ty COOL beginning. Recently Mayor
Jones was candidate for governor.
and he polled more than 100000 honest
votes. Now 100000 votes means
a good deal even in republican
Ohio. In 1892 the democrats chose one
elector and the Harrison electors had
less than 1.5O0 plurality.
The Jones vote. with Jones support
ing Bryan and Stevenson. becomes as
we have said. n very important factor.
1t is a vote which can hardly be bought
or manipulated, on JHe OtueT manu-, II
cannot be said to be a vote which will
blindlv follow leader. 1t is fair to
presume, however. that tho attitude of
Mayor Jones will make a considerable
impression on his followers. especially
when he begins to tell them the rea-
sons why he will support the demo-
cratic candidate.
In view OF this situation Mr.. McKin-
ley is Of The opinion that over-confl-
dence in the result in Ohio would be
q mistake. and he not only wants Han
mas man Dick to take charge OF the
campaign. but he is anxious for a
barrel" to bo opened in Ohio.
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Rich Pickings for the Carpet -Baggers

The republican party has had many
experiences and adventures. but the
one most TO Its taste was the stubborn
effort made by its corps Of trained ear
pet-baggers to loot and plumber the
treasures of the southern states dur
ing the reconstruction period so-cailed
The only difficulty in the way OF that
adventure was it's limited duration.
The southern people were neither Gu
bans nor Porto Ricans, and as soon
as they could recover from the sur
prise occasioned by the audacious at
tempt to destroy republican govern
ment in the south. they made a united
attack on the plunderers and drove
them from power.
But the republican carpet-baggers
had tasted OF the sweets of militarism
and imperialistic operations, and their
mouths have been watering ever since.
This Is why the phrase. 'the solid
south" is so full OF republican hate
and prejudice; this was why 1.-The solid
south was declared to be a menace to
the nation"-it had kicked out the car
pet-baggers who were robbing and
pundering in the name of the flag
and the republican party.
Thoughtful men. even at the north,
have known from the first that the
south united itself under one party
name for the purpose OF preserving its
free institutions, Its social organism
and the little property it had left after
the war. Nevertheless, the ''solid
south" was held up for years as one OF
the many perils to the nation which
oil a
time discovering.
Indeed, the south would never have
been forgiven by the active republicans
for interfering with the carpet-bag con-
tiDgent il they had not been able to
discover. quite by accident, fresh fields
I'm which the carpet-baggers could OPP
crate. Cuba and Porto Rico fell into the
lap OF the contingent like two ripe and
richly-flavored plums. The authority
of the United States exists in Cuba as
the result of a war begun in the name
OF humanity. The people OF this coun-
try, without regard to party, resolved
that the time had come for this repub-
lie to relieve the struggling Cubans
from the unjust and unnecessary exac-
tions of Spanish oppression.
This was done. and an army OF oc-
cupation proceeded to the island. There
were some preliminary difficulties, but
1t is admitted on all sides that as sooD
as the Spaniards learned that Teddy
Roosevelt. the Terrible Rough Rider.
was tanning himself with his sombrero
on San Juan hill, they were anxious
to surrender and return to Spain. Thus
a new and rich field Of operations for
the carpet-bag contingent was opened
up In Cuba, and the Investigations In
the Neely case show that 1t has been
very actively worked. Porto Rico is
still to hear from, but such is our con-
fidence in the energy and thrift of the
republican carpet-bagger that we are
| willing to venture a modest wager that
he has been fully equal to all the de-
mands made upon his rapacity.
The professional republican carpet
Dagger is perhaps not as bloodthirsty
as the Spanish variety, but he is Graf
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tier. greedier and far more costly. For
thirty years he has been awaiting an
opportunity to reconstruct" some un-
fortunate region or country. and now
he has his hands on Cuba. How long
1t will take him to bleed the people.
and what will be left when he is
through with his savory task are ques-
tions that must be answered by events
Providence, working mysteriously, has
placed the Cubans at his mercy, and We
OF the south who are old enough to re-
member. know In what that mercy is.
Mr.. Eugene H. Levy. Of New York,
observes such striking parallel be-
tween the condition of the southern
states directly after the war and that
OF Cuba at the present moment that he
Is moved to write to The Evening Post
in regard to the matter. Though the
Spanish war was begun in the name OF
humanity and had for it's definite OBJ
ject the political freedom and inde-
pendence of Cuba, the people of that is
land are still without the shadow of
sovereignty. They are not only at the
mercy Of the carpet-baggers. but they
have had thrust upon them laws which
could not be more obnoxious IL they
had been invented with the design OF
exasperating the natives.
Take, for instance. the general or
der" issued by General Brooke before
his recall. in which he overturned and
abolished a custom as old as Christian
ity. His order was to the effect that
only civil marriages in Cuba should be
regarded as legal. Think of such an
edict promulgated in a land where the
people have been taught to believe
that marriage, whatever its civil status
may be, is a solemn sacrament. Such
an edict promulgated in a Protestant
country would cause revolution; the
Cubans have said nothing beyond ut
tering a bitter protest. But 1t Is timely
to inquire what republican military sa-
traps and greedy carpet-baggers have
to do with the institution of marriage
in a country which the people OF the
United States, through their represen-
tatives. have declared shall be free and
Independent.
The Constitution firmly believes that
the destiny of Cuba Is to become a
part OF the great republic. but 1t Is to
be feared that the day Of annexation
will be indefinitely postponed by the
indiscreton OF republican military sa-
traps and the rapacity and greed OF re-
publican carpet-baggers. In view OF
that possibility the emphatic Cuban
plank In the democratic platform is
very timely.
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switzerland,s New Ambition.

Annexation to the United States of
America, strange as 1t may appear. Is
now being discussed In Switzerland.
Consul General Guenther. stationed
at Frankfort says that, according to
the Swiss press. the protective tariffs
of European countries exclude the
products of Switzerland, whose indus
tries find support only in free trade
England. The proposition mooted In
some quarters to create a tariff union
between Great Britain and her colonies
is regarded with apprehension. Such
action, 1t Is said. would involve Switz-
erland In Industrial ruin Statesmen
are inclined to seek for an alliance OF
Switzerland with some foreign coun-
try. 1t is In this connection that The
Allgemeine Schweizer Zeitung sug-
gests the United States. 1t says:
In spite of dark sides which are also
found there. the United States Is run OF
the air of freedom. Switzerland would
lose nothing If she should become state
of the United States Of America 1t Is \
well-known fact that the seve'al states ,, OF
pendent than the several cantonS or
Switzerland and our country oy sucn an
alliance, would sacrifice none OF her ilper-
ties, All she would have TO do would be
to send her representatives to Washing
ron Economically and politically she
would gain everything.
II remains to be seen what the An1eri-
cans would say about an alliance with
Switzerland For a long time they have
tried to gain foothold in Europe Every
citizen of Switzerland who has the well
fare Of his country at heart should pom
der this alliance.
II ever the United States could get
intrenched in the Alps all continents
would bow to our authority and i'm
perialism would take on a decidedly
massive look.
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Rnnming Bogus Plots.

The discovery OF an alleged plot for
the removal of President Mckinley
is the latest device Of the republican
managers, who hope by it to create
feeling for their candidate.
The scheme is both blundering and
mischievous. The introduction of Span
iards and Cubans as authors OF the
plot is an endeavor to make of Mr.. Nc
Kinley martyr in the cause of expan-
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Cuba and Porto Rico will have to
forgive our republican carpet-baggers.
1t has been thirty-odd years since they
have been able to rule by the aid of
military satraps.
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Says The World:
In It's presentation Of American princl-
pies and policies I'm opposition to Imperial
Ism and militarism the democratic plat
form constitutes about as poWerful 4
campaign document as was ever issued
It Is self-ex planatOry. 1t needs no supple
ment Of argument. 1t states the simple
yet splendid truths in way that carries
straight TO the mind and conscience or
the man whose ideals are the traditional
and time-tested ideals OF his country.
1t is this direct appeal TO the Amer
lean conscience which must yet become
the central thought OF the campaign
upon which we are entering. The safe
ty Of the American home. the right OF
the citizen, are much nearer to us
than can be the condition OF any for
eign country or the grievances Of peo-
pie at q distance.
The democratic platform so we'll
states the whole issue that The World
speaks truly when it says: at needs
no supplement Of argument"
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SARGE PLUNKETT.

The Hon. Webster Davis is not as
big a man in the eyes of republicans
as he was awhile ago. A man who fol-
lows his conscience and stands by his
convictions is not very big man
among the republicans anyhow. Even
Mr. Mckinley had to chuck his plain
duty" in the garbage box in order to
maintain his standing in the party.
The Atlanta constitution., 1900-07-16

When an American mob massacres a
LOT Of Cinnamon little is said about it.
But when Chinese mob begins opera
tions the affair assumes considerable
importance.
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The Platform Is STRAIGHT.

The New York democratic newspa-
pers are waking UP to the true mean
ing of the Kansas City platform.
SayS The World.
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The Oft-Told Tale.

Thousands OF years the tale is told,
And even as a day,
With all their needs. and dreams, and
deeds
The centuries roll away.
But the world is ever young,
And life the future Graves;
And the roses hide where the dead abide,
And the world forgets its graves.
Dis OF Worp.
Dis oil worl' whar we alvin.
Wild it's snnin' en- fergivin';
Wild its cash. so hard ter git,
Bes worP dat we tackled ,Hit.
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The Coming of Miss Mary.

never see de sunshine
In all de worl' so bright;
But long come sweet Miss Mary,
En- l know what make de lighti
De gyarden-he des prlmpln'
In all he Sunday clOze;
But long come sweet Miss Mary.
I'm l know how come de rosel
De night come UP de hillside
Let down de eYentn' bars;
But long come sweet Miss Mary.
En- know what make de starsi
Bekaze she des so purity,
De worl', rum cas- ter wes'.
Tell sky, en- star. en- sunshine
"You better look yo' bes'P'
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II YOU SEND Us AN ORDER for new Subscribers
rl-S~e allow . week to get the names on the liss
ard papers started before you write . compiaint.
IsWe arr verv much crowded now.
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NEW RAILROAD TO BE BUILT.
Midwife, SwainsborO and Red Blur
to Increase Its stock.

Atlanta, March 3o.-Notlce was filed this
morning with Hon. Philip Cook, Secretary
of State, that a charter would be APP
Piled for by company to be called the
Atlanta, Stone Mountain and Dahlonega
Railroad.
The petitioners are headed by William
H. Venable and composed Of some of the
leading men of Georgia. The proposed
line will run from the city of Atlanta
via Stone Mountain, touching by branches
the several magnificent granite quarries
In the Lithonia and Stone Mountain belt
and run thence northeasterly. lawrence
VILE, Buford, Cumming and Dah.onega
are the principal points alonG the project
ell line.
The charter of the Midwife Swalnsboro
and Red Bluff Railroad was amended by
Secretary of State Cook to-day, giving
the company the right to increase its cap
ital stock to $685.. 900 and changing the
name to the Atlantic and Gulf Shore Line
Railroad. The company proposes to
build from Augusta 10 some port on the
West Florida coast, going through the
counties of Lowndes and Thomas. in
South Georgia. This is the road being
built by Jesse Thompson of Augusta. 1t
is already built and operated from Mid
Vile to Red Bluff, a distance of some
forty miles. The plan is to build the
gap from Midwife TO Augusta and extend
the road from Red Bluff to some point
on the Gulf
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ATLANTA DIRECTORY FIGHT.
EFFORT TO ENJOIN PUBLISHERS
FROM ISSUING 1T.

MaIoney Company Trying to stop
Foote and Davies From Getting IL
Out-The Latter Company Alleges
Rad Faith on the Part of the For
merlin the Meantime Atlanta Is
without Directory Facilities.
Atlanta. March 3O.-The Maloney Direc-
tory Company this morning filed a suit
for Injunction against the Foote & Davies
Company to prevent the latter from dis
tr buting their city directory for the year
1900.
The bill alleges that the Foote & Davies
Company and the Maloney Directory
Company entered into a contract whereby
the Maloney Company was to secure
list of names of residents of Atlanta 10 be
placed in the form of a directory This
was to be placed in type metal and when
the directories were printed the type metal
was 10 be turned over TO the Foote "
Davies Company, which was also 10 use
1t in the printing Of its directory.
1t was specifically stipulated in the con
tract between the two parties, 1t is said,
however, that the Foote & Davies Com
pany was not to use any of the names of
the suburban residents in their publica
ton, and all such found in the type metal
were to be stricken before the Foote 4
Davies directory should be printed
Mr.. Clyde Brooks, attorney for the
Foote & Davies Company. stated regard
ing the suit for injunction:
The Maloney Company, we have proof
10 show. delivered advance sheets of it's
directory to the city officials, and the lat
ter have been issuing tax fl. fas. from
them. 1t was expressly stated in the
contract between the two companies. that
neither was to give out any part OF the
directories until both were ready to do
so We consider the action of the Ma
honey Company in bad faith. and as they
took the initiative in the matter. we have
felt privileged TO go ahead and get out
the volume for the Foote & Davies Com
pany as soon as possible. and place it IN
the hands of the public"
In the meantime. while this squabble is
on, the business element is considerably
annoyed and Inconvenience by the lack
of directory facilities.
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PREDICTED HIS OWN DEATH.
Statement Was Regarded as a Joke.
Punta Gorda News

Punta Gorda, Fla, March 30-The sad
news has reached here of the death of Mr.
Paul A. Treloar, proprietor of the Gaspa-
rilla Hotel at Grove City, on Lemon bay,
fifteen miles west of this place. Report
has it that the hotel had closed two days
previously and only he and a negro man
were in the building. He told the negro
he would die the following morning. This
expression was regarded as a joke. but,
strange to say, he died the following
morning as he had foretold.
Mr. Treloar was from Chicago This was
his first winter South and he had made
many warm friends, being bright, witty,
sociable and warm hearted.
Mrs. w. Y. 1ndlin of Jasper spent the
past two weeks visiting her son, j. r.
Sandlin.
The season for tarpon fishing Is now on
end fish of all kinds are very plentiful.
The usual number of English sportsmen
will not arrive this year on account of the
war in Africa. They are the best sports
men who visit this section.
Mr.. and Miss Harm have removed per-
manently from here to Savannah. Ga.
c. Fl. Bromley of Cleveland, o., is visit
lug Mr.. P. w. Meadow
The Florida Press Association, seventy
five in number. viii pass through town
Friday returning fsom the annual meeting
at Fort myers. Ihey are TO be met by a
committee of the town and entertained
with refreshments etc.
There is considerable talk of steps being
taken to punish the parties who put in cir
culation about a month ago stories that
there were fifteen cases of smallpox in
Punta Gorda. The fact Is that there was
not, nor has not been a single case of
smallpox in Punta Gorda or in this part
of Florida, yet the false report did its in
Jury. causing manV DpOnIa 10 hurry ava "
and prevented hundreds from coming this
way
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PROPOSALS.

City of Savannah, Office Fire Depart
ment. Savannah. Ga, March %, 1900
Proposals for furnishing the Fire Depart
ment with summer uniforms will be re-
ceived at the office of the undersigned
until u M. of Monday April q Specifica-
lions can DC seen upon application at the
Office of the Fire Department, at Indian
and West Broad streets. any day between
the hours of a. m. and p. m.
All proposals must be sealed and adj
dressed to the Committee on Fire.
Uniforms to be delivered T. o. b. in Sa-
vannah on or before May 10. The COM
mittee reserves the right to reject any and
all proposals or to award the contract In
part or as a whole.
Bids will be opened by the committee
in the long room Of the City Exchange,
and bidders are invited to be present"
JOHN E. MAGUIRE, Supt
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
= =
PROCLAMATION.
Office of the Mayor,

Savannah, Ga. March a. 1900.
The following is published for the IN
formation and guidance of the public:
As a precautionary measure, and in view
of the fact that smallpox prevails in
many of the counties and towns of Geor-
gia and the surrounding states, and can
be transmitted through the medium of
the mails, express packages, freight, etc,
notice is herewith given by the Sanitary
Board of the city of Savannah, that every
person resident in the city of Savannah
or the county of Chatham. must be vac
cinated within the next ten days, ending
April g. 1900 and that after the expira-
ton of that time the law will be rigidly
enforced as to all persons found not vac
cinated, as follows:
1871: Vaccination Compulsory Vaccina-
ton shall be compulsory upon all persons
living in Chatham county, and any per-
son or persons who have not been vaccl-
mated, and who, after the 18th of Feb
ruary, 1877, fail to be vaccinated. shall
upon conviction for the first offense, be
punished by fine of not more than one
hundred dollars or imprisonment in the
county jail for not longer than one
month"
The city physicians will vacclnate free
of charge, any persons resident in the
city of Savannah or county of Chatham,
who are paupers or una BILE from poverty
to pay for the same.
HERMAN MYERS,
Mayor and Chairman of Sanitary Board,
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piles Cured without the Knife

All druggists are authorized by the
manufacturers of PAZO OINTMENT 70
refund the money where 1t fails to cure
any case OF piles no matter OF how long
standing. Cures ordinary cases in six
days, the worst cases In fourteen days
one application gives ease and rest. Re
lieves itching instantly.
This is new discovery and is the only
pile remedy sold on a positive guarantee
no cure no pay. Price so cents.
II your druggist don't keep It in stock
send us 80 cents In postage STAMPS ana
we will forward same by mail.
Manufactured by Paris Medicine Co.
81. Louis, Mo.--ad,
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MONUMENT TO THE DEAD.
Impressive Exercises at Laying of
the Cornerstone

Americas. Ga, March 30. Thousands
witnessed here this afternoon the impress
sive exercises of the laying of the corner
stone of the handsome Confederate monu.
ment Business was suspended several
hours, and throngs gathered at monument
site opposite the Court House. The Amer
icus Light Infantry, Americas Band of
Confederate Veterans. Ladies' Memorial
Association, Daughters OF the Confed-
eracy, Children of the Confederacy, Ma
sonic fraternites and school children par
Uicipated. An eloquent grafton was de-
livered by Judge Charles r. Crisp, intro
duced by Mayor Hixon, Mr.. Crisp paw.
ing magnificent tribute TO the bravery Of
the dead, to whose memory the monument
is erected.