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The National Conference.

Nineteen such boards are now in ex-
1stence. 1t Is not reasonable to presume
That such states as Ohio. Massachusetts,,
Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Illinois Wis
consin. Minnesota and Connecticut would
unite in perpetuating useless or superfuous
agencies
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-20

No doubt in the trying days of the Rev
olution our forefathers showed the he
roic temper of their souls, says the
Youths Companion. Nevertheless, they
were not all heroes and there were some
occasions on which even those among
them who were momentarily lost their
self-control in wave of panic.
Several great revolutionary frights are
matter of historical record, but none is
more amusing than that which swept at
one time over Windham county, Connect
lieut..
In one neighborhood especially it sped
with marvellous swiftness and power,
since not far away lived the rich Tory,
Malhone, who owned a dreaded gang of
negro slaves while in another direction,
equally near, was a reservation still occu-
pied by the remnant of a tribe of PAY
gan Jnjins.' 1t was expected that these
copper and ebony citizens-equally peace
able, as it proved-might at any moment
be excited to arise and Stay. Bonfires
ready for lighting were kept piled on the
hills, and a kettle of tar was suspended
from the liberty pole.
A single spark of rumor lighted all these
combustib,es. A post galloped through the
town without stopping to communicate
news, and saucy boy on Dudley Hill had
his ears boxed by a suspected Tory. Quick
through the town flew the report of i'm
mediate onset
At the terrifying cry that the Tories
were coming, that the Indians were upon
them, that 'Malhone's niggers" were up,
the population fled to the nearest swamp.
Sam" Cheese raced along, ramming bull
let's into his musket without any powder.
Limping Uncle Asa hobbled over the
rough ground, lisping piteously as he
went: "Thither! Thither, I've forgot my
thin p'athter!' while his sister was heard
grimly adjuring him: Come along Asa.
You'll never dress your shins again in
this world" Old people left behind hid in
cupboard or haymows or remote corners
of attics.
One woman, Rebekah Larned, proved
the heroine of the hour. Instead of run
ming away, she prepared to defend her
home, and with it the three young chill
dren and the aged grandmother under
her care.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-20
THE CAMPAIGN Has nrGuN.

When political leaders begin to utter
campaign falsehoods it Is safe to say that
the presidential campaign has begun. As
far as We have observed Senator Hanna
is the first prominent political leader TO set
afioat a falsehood respecting the purpose
of the opposing party in this years presi,
dental campaign. He is quoted in a Phil
adelphia dispatch. published in a Republi-
can paper, as saying that 1.-THE Democrats
are bent upon making a most bitter cam
pagn; it is their object TO create strikes
and paralyze the interests of the country.
II is for this purpose that their agitators
are working throughout the West. and the
only way in which we can meet them is
20 keep the fact that the country is un-
precedently prosperous continually before
the people"
Was there ever a greater libel on the
Democratic party uttered? The West is
full of Democrats who are engaged in bus
mess and manufacturing enterprises. How
long would they remain in the Democratic
party IL it was encouraging labor agitators
10 bring about strikes and thus paralvze
the industrial interests of the country. Ii
is certain that the Democratic leaders are
not endeavoring to create trouble between
labor and capital with the hope of bring
ing about troublesome times. They would
be unworthy OF the confidence of the peo-
pie if they were even to countenance any
thing of the kind.
Senator Hanna must either deny the cor
rectness of the statement attributed "a
him or prove il or be regarded by the pub
lie as slauderer. If he believes what
he says why does he not name the agita-
tors who are trying to bring about strikes.
or name the towns in which these aglta-
tors are working? Bald statements Ike
the one he is alleged TO have made AT
Philadelphia will not have much innu-
ence on the public.
senator Hanna doubtless wonders why he
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-20

l heard a pretty story at the papal lega-
ton the other day about ten little girls
who belonged to the noble families of
Rome. says w. E. Curtis in the Chicago
Record AS the Pope was approaching
his ninetieth birthday they heard their IA
theirs and mothers discussing the proba-
bility of his living to be 100 years old. In
reply to their questions they were told
such things were ordered by God-that He
fixed the span of human life and decided
when the usefulness of good men should
be terminated. This set the little ones
thinking, and it was suggested and de
cided among them that they would ask
God to take one year off each of their
lives and give it to the Pope in order that
he might live ten years longer and com
piete his century. Their parents approved
of the plan and the ten little girls went
to the parish church and there made VOWS
and prayers that their lives might he
shortened in order that the life of the
holy father might be prolonged. To make
the agreement more formal. they drew
up an agreement, signed it in legal form
and left it with the parish priest. The
Pope having heard of this singular act
of devotion, sent for the young misses
thanked them for their Dkautiful sacrifice,
and gave them his blessing. He also asked
them for a copy of the document they had
filed with the priest. and has placed it
among the archives of the Vatican.
1t is said that his holiness was very
much affected by this little incident, and
has suggested that the Almighty may see
fit to answer the innocent prayers of His
little servants.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-20

From the New York Sun.
1 have been from Maine to Denver and
from Denver to the coast"
And I've met with many liars great and
small;
I've listened to New England brag and
Minnesota boast,
And the widest Western whopper of
them all;
But l want to go on record that it is my
firm belief
That for quality that never fades nor
shrinks qf
The uncrowned King of Liars the general
in-chief
Is the glib and gifted Liar of the Links
The old familiar lies of mighty deeds with
rod and gun
The trick that caught the trout or kill
ed the moose.
Are simply brainless bubbles when this
most accomplished son
OF Anauias once gets fairly loose.
He will tell you how in driving from
the sixth or seventh tee,
Some thirty minutes after set of sun,
His ball slipped thro the bark upon a
slippery-elm tree,
Then caromed from a branch and holed
in one.
He will tell you how in loftlng once his
ball went up so high
1t took at least three minutes to come
down;
And how he won by twenty holes and
didn't have TO try
Against the celebrated slasher Brown.
He will also tell of bunkers high as any
mountain peak
Over which he's sent his ball with deadly
aim.
And with manner bold and "brassy' he
will lie about the cleek
With which he won the championship
game.
He will tell about the blindfold game he
played a year ago,
When he made his famous round in IF
ty-three;
He will tell how he's defeated all the best
this land can show,
And many famous chaps across the sea
In short, with all respect to other liars
here and there,
For versatile mendacity methinks
He stands alone, unparalleled and quite
beyond compare
This monumental Liar of the Links.
--E. c. Walcott.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-20
TROUBLESOME PoRTo RICO.

| Several delegations from Porto Rico have
arrived in Washington for the purpose of
urging free Grade with that island. They
are composed of men of means who are
| insisting that something must be done by
| this country to relieve the island from alb
| solute business stagnation.
| There is some justice in their position.
| If We understand the situation the people
! Of Porto Rico are no better off now from
a business point Of view than they were
when under the rule Of Spain. Indeed.
| they claim they are not so well off.
| SPANS markets We're open TO them free
of duty and so were those of Cuba. The
proposition is to let their products come
into our markets free of duty That would
satisfy the Porto Ricans, but 1t would not
satisfy very large element in this
country
1t is said that the Republican party is
| pretty badly split on this proposition. The
| protectionsts say that while il may be
true that Porto Rico does not produce
enough 10 seriously interfere with the
| tariff protected products of this country,
The admission of the products of that
island duty free might prove 30 be the en-
tering wedge that would result in destroy
ing the entire protective system
1t is understood that the President, and
perhaps the majority of the cabinet. take
The ground that there is no other consti-
tutional way of dealing with Porto Rico
than to let her people have free access TO
our markets Some of the leading Re
he ort
quite severely for taking a stand that
seems to be so hostile 10 the doctrine Of
protection. During his whole political ca
reer he has been an advanced protection
isl. Indeed, he brought himself into notice
in public life by advocating the doctrine
of protection. 1t seems rather remark
able to protectionists therefore that he
should be 50 ready to throw down the bar-
riers of protection.
The constitution provides that "all du-
ties, imposts and excuses shall be uniform
throughout the United States" Is Porto
Rico such Il portion of the United States
as is contemplated in the foregoing ex-
tract? If so, the President is right, and
the Porto Ricans are entitled to send their
products to our markets free of duty That
II is such a part seems to be sustained by
a decision of the Supreme Court rendered
when California became part of the ter
rltory of the United States. In that de
| cision it was held that the customs laws
were extended to California as soon as the
territory was annexed.
On the other hand the protectionists,
who are opposing the admission of Porto
Rican products free of duty. point 20 a
decision rendered by Chief Justice Mar
shall, after Florida had been acquired in
which he held that in the case of conquered
territory coded by treaty, the territory be-
comes a part of the country on terms fixed
in che treaty of cession or on terms i'm
posed by the new master The decision in
the case of California is later and appar-
emily more to the point. The outlook is
that the Republicans will have trouble
among themselves before our relations to
our new possessions are finally settled.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-20
Ex-MInister barnett knocked out.


John Barrett, the ex-minister to Siam,
who is charging that Senator Hoar's
speech upon the Filipino question gave
Aguinaldo encourag cement when telegraph
ed from here, is a graduate of Dartmouth
College. Thereby hangs a story which
was told yesterday in the Senate marble
room. says the Washington Post.
Barrett was invited to a Dartmouth
dinner. and was, of course, called upon for
a speech. AS everybody knows, he has
rather exaggerated idea of his own i'm
portance. So he began, in stilted fashion,
to relate the prominent part he took in the
Orient during and after the war with
Spain.
when I was in The cabin of that mag
nifcent vessel the Olympia" began Bar
rett, where / had been called to consult
with that brave man. George Dewey, in
order that we might protect togo her thu
interests of our common country. the
greatest republic which the world la
ever known. Dewey placed his hand upon
my shoulder and solemnly said 10 me-
Who stole Widow Perkins squash
pie?"
The voice was the voice of an old class
mate of Barrett. 1t broke upon the speech
with the force of an exploding she'll In
stantly all the Dartmouth men solemnly
answered:
John Barrett"
The eX-minister to Siam grew red and
embarrassed, floundered through a few
more sentences, and sat down.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-20
GETTING AROUND THE ANTITRUST
LAW

1t is doubtful if there will be any such
dismissal of railway employees as stated
in our dispatch from Chicago yesterday,
which announced that a new pas
senger traffic arrangement had been
entered into between the great railroad
systems east of the Mississippi river. 1t
may be that some reduction of force will
follow the Inauguration of the new agree
ment, which really takes the place of the
Joint Traffic Association and the Trunk
Line Association which were declared il
legal.
1t is said the new combination is to be
known as the Joint Passenger Commit
tee. 1t was formed with the view of get
ting around the Sherman antitrust law.
That law, 1t is claimed, refers to
freights and not to passengers Therefore,
it is argued, it does not prohibit the rail-
roads from pooling their passenger traffic
earnings.
1t is given out that the purpose of this
committee is to prevent rate cutting. II
has the power of raising rates. 1t may
exercise that power If it is not interfered
with by those whose duty it is to enforce
the Sherman antitrust law. If it turns
out that 5000 railroad employs are to be
discharged, as stated in the Chicago dis
patch there will be a great outcry
against the railroads. The sentiment
against trust will be greatly intensified
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-20
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-20
10 N0yOT Myers.

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-20
BRIGHT BITS.

is your friend a literary MANI"
mo" answered Miss Cayenne. Hes
just writer. He's too ald-headed to be
a literary man."-Washington Star.
II am thinking of starting journal, ="
Devoted to what?'
"Well, I would like to make it an organ
of the wholesale liquor trade"
81 am afraid it will find little favor in
Chicago"
"Why uot?"
For the simple reason that there are
so many people prejudiced against the bar
rel organ"-Chicago News.
Sir Augustus Lackcash Ito tailor: My
son tells me that you have allowed him
to run a bill for three years. 1 have.
therefore, come"
Tailor: On. pray Sir Augustus, there is
really no hurry.
Sir Augustus Lackcash: I know that
and, therefore, 1 have come to tell you
that in future I want to get my clothes
from you, too.-Tit-Bits.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-20
DISSATISFACTION WITH MIR. BRYAN

Washington dispatch in the Baltimore
Sun says information has been received
in that city that Mr.. Bryan has received
letters from at least a dozen Democrat tic
leaders of the South asking him to retire
as candidte for the Democratic nominal
ton for President. In many papers state
ments are appearing that among Demo-
Gratis in Washington there is considerable
dissatisfaction with Mr.. Bryan. Demo-
cratic senator's are represented as being
satisfied that he cannot come as near be-
ing elected as he did in the last presi-
Dental contest, and that his views on sew
eral important questions are not accept
able to very large numbers of Democratic
voters. There is talk also that when he
reaches New York a determined effort is
to be made to induce him to abandon the
IS to l idea.
All of this sort of political gossip is in
teresting, but it does not prove anything
No weight is to be attached to it as long
as no one of the Democratic leaders is
willing to come out into the open and
state that he is opposed to Mr. Bryan,
and viii use his influence to prevent him
from Delng nominated. 1t would be very
remarkable if Mr.. Bryan did not have
some opposition. He does not expect that
he will be nominated by acclamation. All
the indications are however, that he will
| have such an overwhelming majority in
the nominating convention that the oppo-
sition win hardly be worth considering.
1t is probable that those who are doing
| the most of the talking against him were
against him in 1896. That explains prob
ably why they win not permit their names
90 be given in the interviews in which
| they express anu-Bryan sentiments.
Mr.. Bryan is not going to change his
views on the money question, the expan-
sion question OF any other question. He
could not very wen afford to change them
If he were to do so he would cease to be
popular with those who are now his
| staunchest friends.
No doubt there viii be a great deal of
gossip sent out from New York while he
| is in that city, respecting his plans and
| purposes, but it will be a safe plan to pay
| very little attention TO any of it, Mr.
| Bryan does a great deal of talking him
self and if ne decides to change his plans
/ or his views it is pretty certain that he
| viii make il known
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-20

What shall be done with the earth to be
removed from the great New York rapid
transit tunnel is a question that is puz-
zling the contractor and the newspaper
men. The tunnel is to be miles long, and
hundreds of thousands of tons of earth
will have to be removed and disposed of
in some manner. 1t has been suggested
that it be dumped down the bay, but that
will probably not be permitted The wa
tiers of the bay and harbor are shoaling
quite fast enough from the dumpings of
the garbage scows, without adding the
earth from the tunnel
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-20

The Charleston News and Courier sug-
gests that the money left over in the
hands of the Savannah Confederate Re
union Committee after paying the expenses
of the recent reunion should be fused for
the purpose of erecting in the city hall
of Charleston a tablet in honor of the
gallant soldiers of Georgia who took part
in the memorable defense of Charleston
from 1861 TO 1866" "These brave men"
it says, ARE worthy of such an honor"
Aye, that is true. But would it not be the
graceful and appreciative thing for the
city in whose defense they fought and suf-
fered to erect a memorial 10 them?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-20
TWO CITIES IN A LEGAL BATTLE

St Louis has begun legal battle with
Chicago which may last long time. The
purpose Of it is to prevent Chicago from
turning her sewage into the Desplaines
river, and thence into the Mississippi riv-
er. The state of Missouri has also be
gun a suit against Chicago 10 accomplish
the same object. Both suits are for re-
straining orders. That begun by he state
Of Missouri is filed in the Supreme Court
at Washington, and that of st. Louis is
before Judge kohlsaat of the United
States District Court of Chicago
The people of St. Louis and of Mis-
souri, assert that If Chicago is permit
ted TO empty her sewage into the Des-
PLANES river, the water of the Mississippi
will be poisoned, and rendered unfit for
drinking purposes. St. Louis draws her
supply of drinking water from the Missis-
sippi and so do some other cities below
where the Chicago sewage is lemptied into
that river.
The Chicago drainage canal was opened
last Wednesday, and that city for the first
time in its history has something like
proper drainage. The ST. Louis people
say tlldl illt idtutd al hIdlidE ~ Ol CilNdSO
is into Lake Michigan, and they insist
that the new canal shall be closed, 1t
is doubtful, however if they will be sue
cessful in their contention. The sewage
of Chicago is now moving towards the
Gulf, and no doubt some of it viii reach
ST. Louis in the course of a few days. II
is rather hard for the people of St. Louis
to have 10 drink water that is laden with
Chicago sewage, but what can they do
about it? Even if the water of the Mis-
sissppi should not be polluted as far
south as ST. Louis, the thought that it
is, is sufficient 10 cause the people of that
city to make wry faces whenever they
put cup of Mississippi river water TO
their lips.
If Chicago should have an epidemic of
cholera or the bubonic plague or any 9TH
er terrifying disease. the people of ST.
Louis would feel like giving up drinking
water altogether. The only thing that will
be left for St Louis TO do, if the courts
refuse to give her the protection for
which she asks, is to build reservoirs
somewhere back in the interior of the
state and get water from them.