The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-03
BY r. M. Larner.

Washington, March "A group of
Southern congressman, who incline to-
wards Judge Parker of New York as
an available presidential candidate on
the Democratic ticket, were discussing
the possibility of a presidential race
between Roosevelt, on the Republican
ticket, and w. r. Hearst of New York
as the Democratic candidate. The drift
of the conversation was to the erect
that both Roosevelt and Hearst lean
to the spectacular in politics, where
upon Representative Fleming of Geor-
gia, with characteristic judicial deltb-
Grafton, delivered the following ,opin-
ion.
with Roosevelt and Hearst as the
rival presidential candidates, we would
be assured of the yellowest kind of a
campaign. Both of these gentlemen
| are saturated with sensationalism and
| they are not at all modest in supplying
incidents for illustrated articles in the
| newspapers. We would probably see
the newspaper reporters writing with
ed in yellow ink, and before the cam
paign ended a yellow fever epidemic
would be raging throughout the coun-
try"
Wants to Test Hanna.
Representative Scarborough of South
Carolina has for the past week been en-
deavoring to obtain recognition from
Speaker Henderson to introduce the
Hanna Slave-Pension bill as an amend
ment TO one of the general appropria-
ton bills. Mr.. Scarborough takes the
position that 1t would be good politics
from a Democratic standpoint to test
the sincerity of Senator Hanna and the
Republican party on the subject of
pensioning former slaves.
at looks to me as If 1t were a case
of discarding the old Republican cam
paign slogan of Frying the Fat out of
Protected Corporations for a new bat
tie cry Of SHINING the Coon for polit-
ical expenses"
Mr.. Scarborough said he was inform
ed that the negroes throughout the
South have gone perfectly wild over
the prospect of receiving a pension in
accordance with the terms of the Han
ma bill. Designing men have already
collected in 25-cent assessments over
100000 from ignorant and expectant ne
groes. Ihe southern papers that pub
lished the text of the Hanna bin in
many medicines received a boom in
their circulation of that issue to the ex-
tent of thousands of additional copies.
Many Republicans of prominence are
severe in their criticism of Senator
Hanna for lending his name and infiu-
ence to this palpable scheme to extort
money from ignorant and impecunious
negroes, who have visions of joining the
grand army of pension grabbers who
raid the treasury to the extent of hum
dreds of millions of dollars annually.
PoIygamy and Geography.
Senator Burrows of Michigan met
Senator Kearns OF Utah just after
the Committee on Privileges and Elec-
tons, of which Burrows is chairman,
had received the protest against the
seating of Senator elect Reed Smoot,
because of his connection with the
Mormon Church.
Burrows laid his hand affectionately
on the shoulder of the Utah Senator
and said in playful manner: Brother
Kearns, am afraid we will have to
make an example of you Mormons
We Christians cannot stand for polyg-
amy"
THAT depends" retorted Senator
Kearns promptly, how you view the
subject. The difference between the
people Of Utah and the people Of
Michigan is that we believe In polyg-
amy, but do not practice it. while you