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The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-21

number of stories of the Irish law
courts last century have been brought
together in the current Empire Re-
view by Mr. T. P. Stuart. Many Of
them, of course, are well known; 9TH
ers less so. One is the reply of Daniel
OConnell on the occasion of the APP
pointment of Sir Anthony Hart as
lord chancellor in 1922. Plunket could
not be spared from the House of Com
mons, but it was we'll known that he
would like to have been free to accept
the post. On the first sitting of the
new judge, the bar assembled in great
force, and included Plunket Shell ask
ed O'Connell: How does Plunket look
this morning, DAM" Dan gave a glance
at the bench, and said in loud aside:
"Oh, very sore at HART"
Though the Irish peasant, as a wit
ness, is not so "pawky" as the hardy
Scot, or as unfortunately cautious as
the Englishman of the same class. vet.
says Mr.. Stuart, he is sometimes sly
enough. This was eXemplif1edf one day
before Judge Burton, a shrivelled up
man of small stature when a witness
was called into the box. The man APP
peared old bent, and shaky. and an
parently not seeing the witness box
entered the passage which led to the
Deneh. Come back, sir" called out
McDonagh, the well-known barrister:
where are you going? Do you think
you are judge?" Indeed, sir" said
the old man, looking up at Judge Bur
ton, indeed, sir, believe / am fit for
little else"
Mr. afterwards Baron) Dowse was
examining a witness in a certain case
when on circuit in the north of Ire
land, where it was a question of wheth-
er a mill was accidentally or malicious
ly burned. Counsel, among other
things, asked the witness as to the
general state of the premises on the
evening in question when he left work
for the day. "All the machinery" said
the witness, was perfectly right and
cool, and the whole null was as right
as trivet." (''Mull'' is the Northern
pronunciation of "mill.'') stop a mo-
ment." exclaimed the judge, this is
the first time We have heard of the
null. What is a NULL Mr.. Dowse ?"
What you are making of this case
my lord" said Dowse despondingly:
and though the joke was against him
the judge, after a glance at the look
of comic despair on counsers face. was
forced to join in the general laughter
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-21
rHE APPROPRIATIONS PROBLEM.

The probler- which the Appropria-
tions Committee Of the Legislature has
/ 70 deal with is one that
is difficult 10 solve. The
states income does not permit of
as large appropriations as the COM
mittee would like to make, unless a
very considerable increase is made in
/ the tax rate. 1t is evident that there
Will be no increase in the tax rate.
/ Public sentiment is too strong against
1 IL. Indeed, there. Is a very strong
pressure in favor of lowering the tax
rate.
Even if it were decided to tax fran
chises II is doubtful if such a tax
would be available this year. for the
reason that the owners of franchises
would test in the courts the legality
of law imposing a franchise tax, and
that might take a year or more. Be-
sides, judging from the vote in the
Ways and Means Committee on We'd
nesday. the probabilit of imposing a
tax upon franchises is quite remote.
There seems to be an idea that the
most valuable properties operated I'M
der franchises are taxed pretty nearly
to the limit, and if.a franchise tax were
imposed the amount it would yield
would not be as great as is now sup
posed.
The franchises it is proposed to tax
are not nearly so valuable in Georgia
as they are in the rich states like New
York, where, if we are not mistaken,
the effort to collect such a tax has
not yet been successful.
Anyway, so far as the next year is
concerned it is pretty safe to assume
that the state will have to depend
upon property that is now taxed. That
being the case the sooner the APP
propriatiorS Committee accepts that
view the better the prospect will be
for getting the tax bill in shape before
the closing days of the session, so
that the Legislature will have time
to give it careful consideration. 1t
would be a mistake to appropriate an
amount greater than the states in
come. That mistake has been made
too often already. The wise policy is
to keep the appropriations within the
revenues.
OF course appropriations will have
to be cut, but let the cutting be done
wisely. 1t is an easy matter for the
Appropriations Committee to find out
what appropriations can be cut with
out serious injury to public interests
and which cannot. There will be
complaint no doubt, and much grum-
bling, If any of the appropriations are
cut, but that is to be expected.
In the meantime ought not there
be an. inquiry made to discover If a
great deal more money is not being
paid out in pensions than the people
desire shall be distributed in that
way? Does the Legislature know
that only Confederate veterans who
are in INDECENT circumstances and
widows of such veterans are drawing
pensions? If not would it not be well
to seek light on this subject? 1t
might be disclosed that the state is
paying enough in pensions to persons
not really entitled to assistance to re-
Iieve II of its financial difficulties.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-21
A Story of Daniel O'Con1eII.

Daniel O'Connell was once address,
ing an enormous meeting in Kings
town, and the crowd was so large that
fear was felt for the safety of the
building, says the Oxford Chronicle
AS he was about to speak, a gentle
man assembled the platform and said.
trembling with fear: "Liberator the
Tioor is giving way. The beams are
cracking, and We shall all fall through
in a few minutes" 1t is not given to
many men to live through such mo-
ments as O'Connell lived through as
he rose to address the meeting, nor to
preserve such magnificent courage in
the face of great peril. Warning the
man to keep quiet, the Liberator said:
Il find this room too small to contain
the number who desire to come in. so
we must, therefore. leave it and hold
the meeting outside" A few rose to
leave, but the hall was still packed.
and then O'Connell said: Then will
tell you the truth. You are Irishmen.
and, therefore. brave men. The floor
is giving way and we must leave this
room at once. If there is panic and
a rush to the door we shall all be pre-
cipitated into the room below, but if
you obey my orders we shall be safe.
Let the dozen men nearest the door
go quietly out, then the next dozen.
and so on until all have gone. | shall
be the last to leave" The Irishmen
followed the advice. the hall was
quickly cleared, and as O'Connell
walked across the floor the broken
beam gave way
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-21
Got What He Wanted.

Not long before the Inauguration of
Woodrow Wilson as president of
Princeton University. says the New
York Times, son of Old Nassau went
into Seribner's book store and asked
for some book by Wilson which had
his portrait in it. II want to see what
the man looks like" said he
He had directed his question to a
smooth-shaven, glass-wearing man of
middle-age standing near the door.
From the fact that he wore no hat il
was natural to have taken him for one
of the clerks. That he was not a clerk.
however, appeared when the gentle
man picked up a derby hat from the
table az he answered:
There is no portrait of Wilson in
any of his books. but II you win go up
10 the magazine department and ask
for the April issue OF such and such a
year you viii find a very fair likeness
OF HIM" Then he bowed and went out.
do you know who that was2T asked
the Princeton man OF clerk who was
passing.
That was Prof. Woodrow Wilson p
was the answer. "is there anything
can show your"
Thank YOU, 40. have what came
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-21
Earning His Fee.

Speaking OF fees" said the country
lawyer. according to the New York Sun,
Il well remembered the easiest one
ever earned. The trouble began at one
of the usual Saturday night auctions,
when Bill Jones and Abe Smith, who
had been at loggerheads for sometime,
began bidding on an old fish crate The
box wasn't worth a single dollar but
the bidding ran up, nickel at a time,
until it was finally knocked down to
Smith for 1925.
Hold on, says Jones, I bid 1925
on that crate myself, and / intend to
have it, Then they had a squabble
over ii, but Smith paid the money,
loaded the box on his wagon and drove
home.
About two days afterward Jones
came into my office.
Hello said he. I've got a job for
you. You was down to the auction
Saturday and saw me bid on that fish
box. Now, / want that box, and in
tend to have it If 1t costs me 500. Do
you think you could get it for me-?
L guess So l replied
How much will it cost?' he says.
About $685. says I.
With that he planked down the cash
and l told him to come in again in
a couple Of days. AS soon as he was
gone l hitched up and drove out to
Smiths farm. l was in the insurance
business, too. in those days, and Smiths
insurance had about expired. Smith
was home and l told him that 1 had
come out to look over the buildings,
as l supposed he wanted to renew the
insurance. He said he did, so we walk
ed about. l kept my eyes open and
pretty soon l saw the fish box.
Ha! l exclaimed, the very thing
1 want!'
What's that?' he asked.
Why, that box there
" oh. that old fish crate. I nearly
got into row over that thing and l
just bought it to spite Jones'
" What will you take for it,? in
quired.
well, gave 1925 for it and you
can have it for that figure
Load it in / said, and the moneys
yours
II took it to my office and put it in
the back room. A couple of days later
Jones walked in.
Well, what luck?' he inquired.
I have it, replied.
'Where?'
I'm the back room there I said,
pointing to it,
" Is there any more to pay?'
" No, that will be all right l said.
well, sir, / would have spent 500
before 1 would have been beaten said
Jones as he walked out, carrying the
box and smiling his complete satisfac-
tion.''
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-21
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The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-21
PERSONAL.

e. w. and Clarence H. Clark, two
physicians of Philadelphia, have given
100000 to the University of Pennsyl-
Vania for the purpose of founding
chalr in Assyriology in that institu-
ton. For many years the donors have
been interested in the work of DIR.
ii. V. Hilprecht in the Far East and
1t was DR.. Hilprecht's success that
prompted them to found the chair In
Assyriology.
George Seton, London writer, has
published budget of anecdotes, one
of which tells of a fashionable woman
who appeared before Pope Leo In
very low-necked dress. His Holiness
dlsapproved of the costume so strong
~ tnat he sent a cardinal to renon-
strate with the wearer. The messen-
ger made this rather ambiguous ex-
plantation: THE Pope, my dear mad
am, is rather old-fashioned, you know,
and dislikes seeing any lady in even
Ing dress. 1, on the other hand, who
nave spent six years of my life as a
missionary among the cannibals, am
quite used to it,
Senator German of Maryland will
not keep house in Washington the
coming winter, having decided to close
his mansion at Laurel because of a
recent experience with dishonest SER
wants. Some half dozen persons in
his employ Joined in a conspiracy to
steal money, silverware, bedclothes
and other articles, the agreement
among them being that the pl{inder
should go toward furnishing a house
for one of the. number. One of the
servants became alarmed when $3.50
in cash, some silver and quantity
of other things had been purloined
Confession was made to the senator.
who refused to prosecute. Instead he
closed his home and took rooms in an
apartment house. 7tf, 3
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-21
BRIGHT BITS.

Explained at Last
The boy stood on the burning deck
Because he was afraid. ~
He couldn't swim to save his neck
And that was why he stayed.
philadelphia Press,
Mrs. Jones-Do your cooks stay
with you long?
Mrs. Brown-Well, no. I tried to get
a snapshot at the last one with nv
camera, but she was too quick for the
nstrument-Judge.
Don't worry about money, darling.
when we are married. We can live on
the proverbial bread, cheese, and kiss
es.' II know, Archibald; but who is
going to furnish the bread and
cheese ?'-Baltimore Herald.
The Bosom Friend-But last year
you were in favor of electing senators
by the direct vote of the people.
The Senator (confidingly)-Yes but
at that time had no idea of ever run
ming again.-Brooklyn Life.
--"Have you weighed anchor yet"
demanded the new commodore of the
yacht club. "Ay. ay, SIR" answered the
petty officer. touching his hat, Then
why" Numbered the commodore
don't you announce the weight?'-
Chicago Tribune
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-21
THE cHrLD LABOR BiLL.

The House Committee on Education
has decided to report the child labor
bill favorably. This does not mean
mean that a strong effort will be made
to pass it.
There is no occasion of arguing this
question of child labor further. All
of the facts and arguments for and
against child labor legislation have
been presented time and time again.
and the public is familiar with them!
There is no doubt that it is for the
best interests of the state that the bill
shall become law. AS long as IL is
permissible to employ children of ten
der years-children who should be in
school and enjoying the sports of child
hood-in the factories. they will be so
employed. No doubt many of the fac
tories do all they can to tighten the
burden of these children. but that does
not alter the fact that the children
ought not to be in the factories at all
Employed from early morning until
night it is impossible for them to get
the intellectual training and the physi-
cal development necessary to make
them such citizens as the best interests
of the state require.
If the children go to the factories
at all they are expected TO perform
certain tasks, and it is but natural
that they should be worked to the full
extent of their strength. Indeed there
is ample evidence that it is often the
case that they are worked beyond their
strength.
Parents are mainly of course to blame
for the presence of children in factor
les. Some parents have no other In
terest in their children than the money
the children earn. others are driven
by hard necessity to place their chill
dren in factories. If, however, the law
refused to permit children under a GER
tain age to be employed in factories
their parents would manage to get
along without their earnings. There Is
no doubt that the passage of the bill
would give very general satisfaction.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-21
MRS. DExHEIMER's STORY.

The chief of detectives at Washing
ton expresses the opinion that while he
thinks Mrs. Lena Dexheimer, the wo-
man who told the marvellous story re-
specting the plots to assassinate the
President, is honest, there is nothing
in her story. 1t is doubtful if the pub
lie was very much impressed by it. 1t
did not read as If she ever had been
in position to obtain the information
which she gave to the officials, And
it seems that there is no record any
where of the suicides to which she
called attention. Indeed, It would be
rather extraordinary for two anarchists
to- kill themselves rather than carry
out the order of their chiefs to assas-
sinate the heads of governments.
1t will doubtless be discovered, when
a closer inquiry is made, that Mrs.
Dexheimer is not in her right mind.
She may be entirely honest, as the
chief of government detectives says.
but 1t does not follow that she Is a
person to be relied upon.
If her story had been a little less
extraordinary it might have made a
deeper impression. What threw doubt
upon it was the number of anarchists
that killed themselves rather than as
sassinate President Roosevelt. If ar
archists of the kind who believe in
assassination are as weak-hearted as
those mentioned by Mrs. Dexheimer,
it must require considerable effort to
find assassins to do the work of the
assassination associations.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-21

During the last session of Congress
the House passed a bill limiting to an
eight-hour day all work on govern
ment contracts. The measure will
come before the Senate early in the
coming session. In addition there will
come up for consideration anti-con-
spiracy and anti-injunction bills. The
coming session, indeed, is likely to
have before it more than the usual
amount of labor legislation propo-
sitions. The recent anthracite strike
to make propositions looking to the
curing Of labor troubles.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-21

PROHIBITION IN VERMONT.

Prohibition was an issue in the re-
cent election in Vermont. and prohi-
bition lost, Notwithstanding the state
had been following that policy of deal
ing with the liquor question for about
fifty years. 1t took the people a long
time to make up their minds that state
prohibition was a failure, but having
at length become convinced that such
a law, as applied to the state at large,
could not be enforced, they have now
elected a Legislature pledged to the
passing of an act embodying local op-
ton and high license. The act. when
passed, lis to be submitted to the peo-
pie for ratification before it becomes
effective. 1t is assured. therefore. that
Vermont will have a warm excise
campaign until the next state election
is held.
And there will be a warm fight in
the Legislature, upon the plan of local
option to be adopted. Five bills have
already been prepared. One bill pro-
poses the South Carolina dispensary
plan, and another the Massachusetts
local option plan. This latter seems to
be meeting with most favor. Under il
each city or town decides in its local
election how ii will govern it's
liquor tratfic-whether il will have pro-
hibition or licensed saloons. The Mas
sachusetts plan, by the way, is about
to undergo modification. in that the
large cities are to be divided into dis
trictsaand each district is to be given
the privilege of saying whether it will
license saloons. This seems to be re-
ducing the idea OF local option and
self-government to about its finest
point, and there appears little doubt
in Massachusetts that 1t will work
well. In Boston, for instance, there are
certain divisions of the city that do
not wish saloons. while in other divis-
lens they are desired. Under the new
plan saloons will be kept out of the
residence sections, where they are par
ticularly offensive, and permitted in the
commercial sections where they are
regarded as a necessary evil.
The point to be noted in connection
with Vermont, however. is that after
fifty years of trial, state prohibition
has been voted failure and local op-
ton has been turned to as the best
means of solving the liquor traffic
problem.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-21

The latest trust organized by ].
Pierpont Morgan is one of news con-
corning himself and his enterprises 1t
is said that Mr.. Morgan has estab lfsh-
ed a sort of clearing house of news
emanatlng from his office, under the
direction of a solitary newspaper man
who has his confidence. Everything
that the financier has to communicate
TO the public he gives to- this newspa-
per man, who is under pledge 10 give
1t to every other newspaper man that
asks for information. If Mr.. Morgan
thinks he can escape the penalty of
financial greatness by any such means
he will be apt to find himself mistaken.
Enterprising news gatherers-and New
York is full of them-are not going to
be satisfied with warmed-over inter-
views on important matters; and
when journalist OF reputation and
standing applies to Mr.. Morgan for
Information that legitimately ought 10
be given 10 the public, he IS going 10
find 1t difficult 10 decline 10 see the
inquirer. The news il much harder 10
corner than the stocks Of "A railroad or
q steamship o0mpany-a fact which
hr Morgan win BE- apt 10 find out be-
Tore his news trust has been In opera
uon feF q very great while.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-21

Tt will interest many persons in this
section to know that the Rev. William
T. Capers, son of Bishop Ellison Ca
pers of the Diocese of South Carolina,
is being prominently mentioned as the
successor to the late Bishop Hugh. Mil
Ter Thompson of the Episcopal Diocese
of Mississippi. The Rev. w. T. Ca
pers, who is SO years of age. has for
several years been rector of a church
in Vicksburg. He served the church in
Anderson and Sumter S. c., before re-
moving to Mississippi.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-21

The mile-a-minute trolley car has
made its appearance. In Ohio the
ether day a trolley car ran between
the cities of Cleveland and Toledo, 120
miles, in 1870 minutes, covering sixty
miles of the distance in sixty minutes
flat. The time is coming, and it is not
far distant, when the trolley will be-
come warm competitor of the steam
road
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-21

The Department of Justice recently
took notice of the fact that Senator
Quay was sending out to federal Office
holders circulars soliciting subscrip-
tons for political purposes. in viola
ton of the civil service law. The At
torney General gave an opinion on the
matter. and the President issued a
manifesto. or something of the sort.
with respect to it. The matter was
then passed on to the District Attorney
at Philadelphia for his investigation
and report, the statement being given
out that If the District Attorney so ad-
vised, criminal proceedings would be
instituted against Senator Quay. The
District Attorney has now sent his re-
port to the Attorney General, and some
of the Philadelphia papers have been
specializing upon what his recommen-
dalton is. Some of them-dear inno-
cents!-have even gone to the length
or guessing as to what would be the
outcome of a criminal prosecution of
Quay! They had as well speculate on
now the market price of cheese would
be affected if the moon were to fall.
What's the constitution between
friends?" once asked a New York pol
itician. What's the civil service law
among Republicans" might well be
said in paraphrase.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-21

During ten months of the present
year, there were issued sci marriage IL
censes in the city of Topeka, Kan. In
the same time. in the same city, there
courts. The ministers of Topeka re-
gard this as pretty good evidence that
marriage. is largely failure in that
city, and they are to take steps to as
certain if it is no more successful in
other parts of the state.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-21

Game. both birds and animals, is said
to be more plentiful in the New Eng
land and Middle States this season
than ever before for many years. Ex>
cellent laws for the protection of game
have been passed in those sections, and
the laws are being enforced vigorously
season after season. The result is that
deer, quail and other game have null
tiplied, to the delight of sportsmen and
others.