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The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-09
SOCIETY IN POLITICS.

Honore Palmer was the other day elect
ed an alderman of the city Of Chicago
Honore is the son of Mrs. Potter Palmer
known of all the world as the leader OF
Chicago society and pace-maker for the
Windy City's smart. set. Following the
election Mrs. Palmer gave reception to
the ward leaders and workers who had
contributed 40 the success of her son.
The function was attended by Mayor
Harrison as well as by "Bathhouse
John" "Hinky Dink' and a long list of
other celebrities of the Chicago municipal
political field. There were floral decora-
tions. a brass band and refreshments.
Mrs. Palmer stood at the door of the re-
ception room between her two sons and
welcomed the guests. The salutations
given by the visitors to the hostess were
various. Some of them said, You're
lookin' fine!' Others said well, how
about your" Still others made sweeping
bows and exclaimed, There's no flies on
youse," and "Youse is all right, all
right!
Mrs. Palmer is quoted as being delight
ed with the success of the reception. LAS
clever a body of live men as could be
picked in any ward of any city," COM
mented the Mayor. It's a good ting and
we ought to push it along" said Alder
man "Bathhouse John" CoughMn when
questioned with respect to the social func-
ton as feature of politics. Thus is the
seal of approval placed upon society's en-
trance into politics.
Suppose politics should become the fad
of society? There can be no doubt that
society longs for new sensation. Ii is
satiated with pink teas. Golf in per-
manency is tiresome Bridge whist has
come under fhe ban of the reformers.
Stunning" is old and frazzled. Club
meetings are stuffy and tiresome. Why
not turn 40 politics? 1t has been done
''on the other side" In England, candi-
dates wives have taken the stump and
made speeches, or sang, and thus aided
their husbands to seats. The practice
there is countenanced by his Royal High
ness, abe King; why not adopt it here
| The political convention and the ward
meeting would be unending sources of
new emotions to the social set. Positive
| ly new and inexperienced thrills could be
had about the polls. And then the meet
ing of City Council could possibly be
transformed into something of a social
function itself. The Mayor and aldermen.
and their clerks and secretaries, might be
induced to appear in full dress, with pat
enc feathers and gloves. The galleries
might be filled with the beauty and chv-
airy of the community What a picture
that would be!
BY all means, let society go in and ele-
vate politics.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-09

Going down the road in North Carolina
the other day, says w. E. Curtis in the
Chicago Reeord-Herald, 1 accosted a
bright-looking little colored girl, and in
quired her name
Virginia Alabama Mississippi Benson
she said, so hurriedly that 1 had to ask
her to repeat it several times, and I fail
ed to discover how so insignificant an
atom in this great universe had received
such a tremendous title. Learning that
she lived in a little cabin near by, 1 in
quired of her mother.
Sos to member tn places we've lived
at" was the reply, and further question
ing drew out the interesting fact that the
child had been made family record and
christened so that her parents might not
forget the names of the states in which
they had resided.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-09
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The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-09
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meetings-Ancient Landmark Lodge No.
2s1, F. & A. M; Savannah Lodge No.
1873, B. P. O. Elks; Butchers Protective
Association.
Special Notiees-Bids Wanted by Com
mittee of the National Tank and Export
Co; Savannah Building Supply Company;
Andrew Hanley Company; Notice to City
Court Jurors; Ship Notice, Strachan g.
Co. coisignees; The Finest Lines of
Chocolates and Bon Bons in che CITY,
Belsinger & Gross: Notice to Members
of the Bar.
Business NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Cigar;
White knight SC Cigars, Dougan & Shelf
tall, distributors
Lion Coffee-woolson Spice Company,
Toledo, Ohio.
Hotels-Hotel Victoria, New York.
Paste-stearns' Electric Rat and Roach
Paste.
Auction Sales-Executor's Sale, by You
mans & Demmond auctioneers; Admins
traitors Sale by Youmans & Demmond,
auctioneers; Full Sized Lot on Bay
Street by l. D. La Roche, auctioneer;
Spacious Grounds for Building, by 1. d.
La Roche, auctioneer; The Great Inter
section" Sale of 50 Lots, by C. H. Dorset,
auctioneer: Lot on Henry, near Barnard,
by c. H. Dorset auotioneer; Admins
TRAITORS Sale of l6 Well Located Lots at
Thunderbolt, by c. ii. Dorsett, auction
eer; Block of Lots, by C. H. Dorset,
auctioneer.
Legal Sales-Chatham Sheriffs Sale.
Railroad Schedule-Plant System of
Railways.
Cigars-Henry George Cigars.
whiskey-Dufy's Pure Malt Whiskey;
Old Quaker Rye Whiskey; Murray Hill
Club Whiskey.
Magic Food-W. ID. Simkins & Co.
acknowledgements; Castoria; s. s. s.;
Pyramid Pile Cure; Lydia Pinkham's
Vegetable Pills; Coke Dandruff Cure;
DR.. TEACHERS Liver and Blood Syrup;
Worlds Dispensary Preparations
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous
The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-09

The Legislature of North Carolina. re-
Gently adjourned, passed a libel law that
is a credit to it, In too many of the
states the newspaper Is made to bear the
burden of all libel suits. Notwithstanding
the mater complained of was innocently
published by the paper The new North
Carolina law makes ANY person who
states, transmits or delivers by any
means whatsoever, to the manager, editor
or publisher of any newspaper or period
icaI for publication therein, any false and
libelous statement" guilty of a misde
meanor. Thus the perpetrator of the
libel, and not the paper which publishes
1t, If the publication is done innocently and
without malice, becomes responsible. The
Legislature very properly took into con-
s.deration the impossibility of a news
paper verifying each and every one of the
numerous items appearing in its col
umns from day to day. If due precau-
lions are observed by the newspaper to
prevent false and libeous statements
from getting into it's columns, the North
Carolina statute will protect 1t from be-
ing made the victim of other peoples fob
ly. Under the new law it may be as
sumed that in North Carolina there will
be fewer hot-heads running around the
newspaper offices and airing their griev-
ances with the purpose in view of getting
them into print. Finding themselves, and
not the paper, responsible, they will be
careful OF what they say.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-09

Under the new apportionment act, Flor
ida will have three members of the lower
house of Congress instead OF two. How
to provide for the election of the third
member is now receiving the attention OF
the Florida lawmakers. Two methods are
open; one. to let the districts remain as
they are and elect the third congressman
Eat large" and the other TO divide the
state into three districts The latter
method appears to be the more popular
with members of the Legislature. AL
ready three bills have been prepared d.
viding the state into three districts IL is
likely that there will be other PROPOSE
tions advanced before a plan is adopted.
The advocates OF "A congressman-at-large
have not yet been heard from In the Leg
islature. but they will no doubt have
something 10 say later.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-09

An old darby, who lives In the thickets
across the river, came to Memphis the
other day to get his pension check cash.
ed. says the Memphis SeImitar After
receiving his money, which amounted to
81. the old ex-slave sauntered dowr
Front street 10 produce house and
bought three crates OF cabbages. When
they were delivered at the wharf late
that afternoon the old man was there
and received them with a mouth water.
Ing IN anticipation Of the good time
ahead.
"Whut yer gwine ter do Wild dem cab
hagcsq" inquired the negro drayman who
delivered them.
Eat 'em" was the quick response. "Isf
bin free forty years, ana dis n Dc hrsl
time rto had a. MONEY 10 buy nun cab.
baRe. rse aNine Ger eat cabbage tiA
durgit o. way Ter my mOufS
The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-09

II went down into my kitchen the other
day." said literary woman. who keeps
house, to a writer in the Washington
Post, land there found my old coiored
cook busily stirring up bread. She didn':
hear me come in, but heard her saying
over to herself as she stirred: Mr.. Nc
Kinley, Mr.. Mckinley, Mr.. Mckinley.
What on earth are you saying that for
aunty? l asked. What has Mr.. McKn-
ley done?' He amt done nothing at all
Miss Jane, she answered, but he certain
ly is mighty smart man. But / per-
sisted, what has that to do with your
calling his name? Law, Miss Jane,
said she, anybody kin see you amt nc
cook. Eff l stirs in a smart man, the
bread is shore to come. was jist stirrin
in Mr. Mckinley SOS to make this yere
bread come light
The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-09
wu Ting-Fang's Little Joke.

WI Ting-Fsng. the Chinese Minister
on being asked the other day If there
were any Chinese humorists, replied that
there were some very good jokes in Chi.
nese literature, says the Washington cor
recpondence Of the Philadelphia Record
Tell one" said his visitor
well" said Mr.. WI, this is a IA
nous Chinese story. There was once .
traveller who stopped at the house of a
friend for refreshment. He asked for q
cup of tea. The friend had no tea, but
said he would send his son to borrow
some from a nevighbor. The wife put a
pot of water on the fire to boil. The son
did not return, and several times 1t be,
came necessary to add cold water to that
boiling in the pot Finally the wife said
"Inasmuch as the tea does not seem to
be Forthcoming, perhaps you had better
offer your guest a BATH "
The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-09

The wires bear a queer tale from Texas.
1t is to the effect that Col. James s..
Hogg, former Governor of the state and
one of the most expert octopus hunters
and ostrich riders In the country, has
become not only a capitalist but an at
torney for the second greatest of all the
octopusses, the Standard Oil Company.
Col. Hogg, according to the story, went
to Beaumont the other day as the at
torney of the Standard Oil to look into
certain of the company's contracts. While
there he bought for his own account a
piece of oil land for $4,000. Before the ink
was dry on the paper he was offered $780,
600 for his purchase. He declined. and
will develop the property himself. Mean
while it is pertinent to ask whittier is
the country drifting, when such men as
Jim" Hogg tie up with the trusts?
The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-09

The people of Florida are beginning to
take deep interest in the forthcoming
State Fair. They are going to make it an
exposition worthy of the great common
wealth. The boards of county commits
taken the matter up, and most OF them
have appointed committees TO work for
the fair and secure exhibits. It is likely
that many of the counties will have
buildings OF their own. while practically
all Of them will be represented in some
manner
The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-09

A story from New York II 10 the effect
that "A great department store trust n
being projected. with one 81 the Claims
AZ the head of A. The trust r. 10 have
siofes In q number Of clues' The depart
msnt store is itaolf a sori Of combination,
q consolidation Of % number Of speciality
stores under ono roof and one manage
ment A department store trust. therr-
fors would bs merely w line with the
evolution " me business
The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-09

The secretaryship 70 Senator Cullom of
Illinois is coming to be regarded as the
open door to good government job. Sem
ator Cullom has now his third private
secretary in three years The other two
he has managed to shove into good berths
in the governments service in Hawaii.
The Hawaiians are. OF course, delighted
10 have Culloms ex-secretaries come over
and run their affairs for them. They
Illinois an complication OF the Ameri-
can doctrines OF home rule and govern
ment on merit.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-09

Abdul Hamid, Sultan OF Turkey, is sin
gularly remiss I'm his duty towards the
Emperor OF Germany. II has now been
a week since william sent a message to
Abdul reeounting his deep emotion"
when he learned OF the sultans danger
from the earthquake, and how he prayed
for the protection Of Adults precious
have called forth some equally sent!-
mental expression from the Turk with ref
oronee 70 Williams escape from serious
injury az the hands OF the man who
threw the piece Of iron.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-09

Was the father of the human race
Chinaman? Was Adam a slant-eyed and
pigeon toed celestial? A Cornell profess
or of the name of Burton advances tnat
theory. After more than four years If
study he is. convinced that The Garden q
Eden was in China, and that the race
had it's beginning in the Flowery King
dom. Prof. Burton has weighed the
Egyptian claims, and finds they are light
weight as compared with the China
theory. If it is true that Adam was a
"Cbink," childlike and bland, it may ac-
count for the ease with which the ser
pent buncoed him. Supposing the Bur
tonian theory to be correct, what do We
owe to China? Do we, as a matter of
fact owe her anything for getting us
into this horrible mess of sin and wicked
ness through the snake episode? Con-
sidering all of the trouble that has be-
fallen us on account of the moral obli-
guilty of that first Chinese couple, ought
we not, in simple justice, go in and ham
mer the Chinese empire all to pieces, and
take the pieces as some small return for
our suffering? If the Chinese brought
sin into the world. certainly they can
never be punished enough for it.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-09

Mail cars running out OF Washington
these days are loaded down with seeds
being forwarded by the Agricultural De-
partment. by the order OF congressman TO
sheir constituents. one day last week
100 mail sacks, each containing 30
Packages Of seeds. we're forwarded from
the capital II IL estimated that the to-
tsi number Of seed packages cent out
ibis year Will exceed ii.gD.0o Or more
then 900 900 more than ever before. Re-
episnts ~ ths seeds vii bo expected. ~
course, 10 noe ihe name u ihe con.
gfsasman % ths corner n tha paeksEs
and vote acoofdingiy
The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-09

Knox, the new Attorney General in the
matter of the prosecution of those alleged
to have been connected with former
Capt Carter in his government contracts.
A Washington dispatch says Mr.. Knox
is to take summary action" against them
as soon as he gets fairly settled in the
office. Several prominent men" are sup
posed to be involved, and sensations are
promised. The dispatch goes on to say
that Capt. Carter himself will be rear
rested Immediately on the expiration OF
his prison sentence and prosecuted in the
civil courts. This statement is MADE on
the authority of high official in the de-
partment of Justice" "a.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-09

People do not go to Coney Island TO
imbibe the mental pabulum of religion.
Two churches at the island have recently
been compelled to close their doors and
permit the buildings to be sold under
foreclosure of mortgage proceedings.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-09

The Iowa State Republican Executive
Committee will meet next week or the
week after to fix date for the holding
At the state nominating convention.
Minister Conger will be home from Pekin
when the committee assemblies, and II is
given out that IL he wants the nomina-
tion for governor he can have It.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-09

The women Of Cleveland. O.. are APP
narsnily losing interest iu the ballot
Under The law they are permitted 10 vote
on school matters. a year aEo G0oo Of
them voted for school director. Last
week oniy 7o Of them turned out 10 me
coils 10 vote.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-09
The Wea Their.

The Indications for Georgia to-day are
for fair weather. fresh northerly winds;
and for Eastern Florida, fair weather
with light to fresh winds, mostly west to
north.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-09
CURRENT COMMENT.

The New York Evening Post Qnd.)
c. Knox of Pittsburg as Attorney-General
Mr.. Mckinley secures a lawyer of marked
ability, according to the testimony of all
who know him. 1t must always be ac-
counted something of a drawback, how
ever when the President picks out as his
law adviser a man who has no public
reputation, in preference to one whom the
people have come to know and respect. 1t
seems also rather unfortunate that, when
there are laws on the statute books
against trusts, the Attorney Generalship
should be given to a lawyer who has been
the adviser of great promoters of trusts.
This is not to say that Mr.. Knox may not
prove impartial as well as able; only that,
human nature being what IL is, man
with his record has to overcome a meas
ure of distrust and suspicion. From this
point of view the appointment of the
Pittsburger does not maintain Mr.. McKin-
ley's well-earned reputation for political
shrewdness."
The Hartford Comm Times Dem)
says: Not the slightest evidence exists
either OF effort or desire on the part of
the Russians to exclude our products from
North China. IL probably will not make
a yards difference in the product of any
American cotton mill whether Russian
plans IN regard to Manehuria (Which is
not North China shall prevail or not. but
the chances for selling our goods there
will be better under Russian control
rather than poorer. This Is a fact whic n
every newspaper writer ought 10 know"
The Norfolk, (Va) Landmark (Dem),
says: Just as We thought, Russla's ex-
PLANTATION OF her benevolent intentions to-
wards the assimilated Chinese territory
has produced q profoundly favorable im-
preston In Washington. Being benevo-
lent asslmilators ourselves how can we
refuse TO commend the principle OF beuev-
client assimilation wherever II is brought
10 our notice7'
The Chicago Chronicle DEM says:
Republican hypocrloy about civil service
reform receives double illustration In the
removal OF one of the most competent
American coneuls 20 make place for %
politician and ip tho appointment ~ q
notorious enemy Of the reform o. head VI
ihs bureau"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-09

All good Americans will hope that the
flag and the Constitution will travel to-
gether, and be at the front In the inter-
national yacht race.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-09
THUNDERBOIT

Car leaves Bolton street. junction $50
a. m. and every thirty minutes thereafter
until 1880 p. m.
Car leaves Thunderbolt at 600 a. m.
and every thirty minutes thereafter until
1900 midnight, for Bolton street juno
tiOQ.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-09
FREIGT AND PARCET, CAR

FREIGT AND PARCEL CAR.
This car carries trailer for passengers
on all trips and leaves east side of city
market for Isle of Hope, Thunderbot
and all intermediate points at 900 a. m.
loo p. m, 500 p. m.
Leaves Isle of Hope for Thunderbolt.
City Market and all intermediate points
at 600 a m, 100 a. M, 2:40 p. m.
WEST END CAR.
Car leaves west side of City Market
for West End 500 a. m. and every 40
minutes thereafter during the day until
11.30 p. m
Leaves West End at $40 a. m. and ev-
cry 40 minutes thereafter during the day
until 1900 O'Clock midnight.
LUCIEN MCINTYRE Gen. Manager.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-27
eRoH1s1rloN1sT wooL1EY.
He Will Try to Establish the Fourth
Party in Hawaii

CHICAGO, June 16.-John g. woolley
Prohibition candidate for President in
1900, has started on his trip around the
world. He left Chicago tonight for
San Francisco, and from there will sail
June 29th on the steamship Mariposa
He will visit the principal cities OF
Australia, England, Ireland, Scotland
and other countries.
At Honolulu Mr.. Woolley will speak
on prohibition several times, and may
try to organize a party there. Thence
he will go to New Zealand, arriving at
Auckland on July 29th, where he will
be met by members of the New Zealand
Alliance. Mr. Woolley will make forty
two speeches. He will remain there I'M
til the middle of September. He will
start from Melbourne about October
18th for Cape Town, South Africa,
where he will also speak, this being the
last of his lectures until he reaches
England.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-27
TO WIPE OUT
THE NEGRO VOTE
Democratic Leader Calmly Admits
the Purpose Of Southern
States.

NEW YORK, June 1S.-A special to the
Tribune from Washington says: Henry
D. Clayton of Alabama, one of the DEM
ocratic leaders of the House and a men,
Der of the Democratic National Commit
tee, spoke with surprising freedom and
frankness today concerning the general
movement in the South for the disfran-
chisement of negroes. Clayton has Just
returned from his State, where con-
stitutional convention is now in session,
and he declared boldly that when the
convention completes its work there will
be no more black voters in Alabama
1--WE Of the South are not afraid to
grapple with the negro question as it
should be grappled with" said Clayton.
by disfranchising the negroes we fear
neither the loss of Democratic strength
at home nor our present representation
In Congress and the Electoral College.
Those who predict that with the elimf-
nation of the negroes will come RepIb-
lican ascendancy in any or all parts Of
the South speak without a proper knowl-
edge of the Southern people. Democratic
supremacy has been maintained in spite
Of negro suffrage, and that supremacy
win be all the more secure when the
blacks are wholly disfranchised. Wit
ness the result in Mississippi, Louisiana
and South Carolina"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-27
OUR RECENT WAR
WITH THE DONS
American Red Book Issued to
Throw New Light
On II.

WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE Ameri-
can red book for 1898, comprising the for
eign relations during the eventfuA period
of the Spanish-American war. has just
appeared. 1t contains an exhaustive
summary of the official correspondence.
The Dupuy de LONE incident and the
blowing up Of the Maine are treated I'M
der separate heads. The first official no.
tification to Spain that the United States
expected the independence of Cuba was
In dispatch from Secretary Hay to
Minister woodford on March %, 1898. The
President had previously instructed Mr..
Woodford to endeavor to have Spain
grant Cuba full self-government."
Spain at once asked the meaning of this
term.
In reply Secretary Hay cableds Full
self-government with indemnity would
mean Cuban independence"
1t appears that just before the war
broke out Minister Woodford sent word
that the Queen Regent, yielding to the
request of the Pope. was about to decree