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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-25
An Experiment in Politics.

King Amasis VII. of Egypt was a
liberal man, whose mind had been
greatly Influenced by the theories of
democratic government which began
to be prevalent in his time, says the
New York Times. IAN absolute mon
archy," said this royal philosopher,
lis wrong; the taxpayer is, at least,
entitled to a chance to register kick.
Therefore l shall grant my people
constitution and let them elect
representative body, and We shall see
how it works.
The campaign was hot. There were
two great parties, as there are usually,
and number of smaller ones which
were perceptibly out of the race before
they left the post. The two great par
ties held conventions. opened the pro-
ceedings with prayer adopted plat
forms. nominated candidates, and de-
nounced each other as vigorously as
it could be done by any of the ex-
perts of these latter days.
After the campaign had lasted about
week, the leader, or. as one might
say the boss. of the Conservative Par
ty, called on the King and said to
him:
Il dislike to trouble your Majesty,
and perhaps your Majesty would not
NeNiN ~ AAlACA ACIC III lIllS NOillSSl, any
how, but I think the influence of the
administration ought to be thrown on
the side of prosperity and good order
Why, the theories of these other fell
lows are simply revolutionary They
would wreck society! And Just look
at the candidates they're running! Why
to my personal knowledge that man
from Thebes was mixed up in a job
to cheat the Sacred Cats out of six
teen of mill vi
scoundrel from Memphis skinned the
government on that pyramid he built
down his way. And they've got an
other man on their ticket that stole
tame hippopotamus from his own
grandfather. 1 know what I'm talk
ing about, your Majesty-Ive got the
hieroglyphics right here to prove it,
OF course, we're going to win in a
Walk-We have those fellows on the
run-still, if your Majesty should see
fit to give us a little help
IN see about it," said the King.
And he summoned the boss of the
Radical Party.
How is it," he said. that you have
nominated such men for ofice?"
Your Majesty" said the Radical
leader Indignantly, those are all roor-
backs. It's a shame that those people
can't conduct a campaign without
mud-slinging! But those charges will
prove boomerang. The people are
with US, your Majesty. They will
rise in their might and on the seventh
day of next"
Here the King managed to choke
him Off
But just let me tell you some things
about their candidates, your Majesty 2"
Which he did.
When he went away the King pom
dered.
The risk, he said to himself, 'is
too great. The mere possibility that
the things which these people saw of
each other may be true makes me
shudder. Future ages MAY decide to
try the experiment. but l haven't
nerve enough to go ahead with nv
plans"
Accordingly he annulled the cons+i-
tuition. stopped the campaign. called
on the preparations for the election.
and resumed absolute sway.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-25
THE BENNETT REQUEST TO MIR,
BRYAN

Mr.. Bryan has announced that he
VIII accept the $4,000 left him by Philo
S. Bennett of New Haven, Conn. but
That he will not use it for the benefit
OF himself and family unless the widow
Bennett is willing that he should do so.
or course, there isn't any legal rea-
son why Mr.. Bryan shouldn't accept
this money, notwithstanding the fact
that he had no claim whatever on the
late Mr.. Bennett. Mr.. Bennett was
great admirer of his. His regard
for him was akin to that with which
Restorer Dowie inspires those who
turn over all their property to that
leader of the Zion city movement. He
thought he had a mission to perform
and believed it was his duty to assist
him in performing it.
From the accounts of the proceed
ings in the Probate Court at New
Haven, Mr.. Benefits wasn't a very
big fortune. 1t turns out that the
widow Bennett thinks that it isn't any
more than she needs for her own
wants. Therefore. she objects to paw
ing the money to Mr.. Bryan, and says
that if he insists upon having it she
will contest the will on the ground
that Mr.. Bryan unduly Influenced Mr..
Bennett when the latter made his will.
There isn't any doubt that Mr. Ben
nett wanted Mr.. Bryan to have the
money, and thought the amount he
left his wife was sufficient for all of
her needs. but in the event of a con-
test a pretty strong case could be
made out against paying the bequest
on the ground of undue influence. By
this it isn't meant that Mr. Bryan in
any way sought the bequest, but the
fact that he wrote the will while Mr..
Bennett was a guest at his house, and
that he dictated practically the shape
in which the bequest should be made.
could be twisted so as to make it APP
pear in some measure that Mr.. Ben
nett was unduly influenced by Mr..
Bryan.
Mr.. Bryan doesn't need the money.
and it is probable that If he were to an
nounce that he wouldn't accept it. not
withstandiug the fact that there is no
good reason why he shouldn't, his
hends would be better pleased than
If he were to insist upon having it.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-25


1.-The South isn't the only place where
they run slow trains" said New York
drummer. just back from his New Eng
land route, according to the Mail and
Express.
Il was travelling on a road in north
ern Vermont. In the seat ahead OF me
was farmer. so jubilant over buying
new buggy he was taking home with
him that he had to turn around and
tell me all about it. Gosh he was
saying for the twentieth time, got it
dirt cheap-only $24.' when the conduc-
tor came through and tapped him on
the shoulder.
Say, Darius he shouted. he's
slowing up for your jumping off place
" What town are we coming to" l
asked Darius.
" oh. no town in particular he an
swered. Jest my farm. 1 know the
conductor and engineer pretty we'll
grew up alongside of them-and they
always let me off here. Saves walking
six miles from town
Just then the train stopped, and Da-
RUS made leisurely for the door and
scrambled off the platform. A minute
or two passed and we didn't move on.
Guess they're helping Darius off with
his buggy, 1 said to myself, and went
on reading the paper.
Maybe I had read for five minutes,
when 1 looked up. Hello 1 said, still
standing here. Wonder if Darius got
his buggy OFF, With that I stuck my
head out of the window to see, and
bless me, If there wasn't the engineer
and the fireman and the conductor
helping Darius to put his buggy to-
gether. And the brakeman was UNI
Grating the shafts.
did anybody object to the delay?
Not soul. Acted as if it were an
everyday occurrence. They went de-
liberately at 1t, not even giving railroad
schedules a thought, apparently, until
the buggy was all put together and the
son of Darius came across fields lead
ing horse. Then Darius thanked
them and guessed he and his boy could
hitch up the horse all right, and the
conductor and the engineer and the
fireman and the brakeman all crawled
back on the train and we got under
way again.
That happened on the up trip. On
the down trip we made a stop in the
open country and, as I'd seen no one
get off. 1 got out to investigate. When
l walked up to the engine 1 saw the
engineer down on his knees on the
track, pounding away like all possessed
" What's up?' l asked
Oh, nothing much he said on
the up trip 1 noticed this rail was a lit
tie loose, so when I was in town l
threw spike and an ak into the en-
CINE, and now I'm respiking it. That's
ALL
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-25
"DEO VoLENTE."

In Brooklyn the other day a preacher
announcing Sunday-school picnic,
said: I'VE will go next Thursday, D.
w." adding after a pause, land perhaps
anyway" The preacher did not, of
course, mean to say that the picnic
would be held whether God was willing
or not. He knew as we all know, that
no step in life can be taken without di-
vine permission. 1t may have been his
purpose, therefore, to direct some at
tention to the uselessness OF the ID.
"" provision, which is always under
stood.
III former years it was the custom of
preachers to make their announcements
ID. v" or God willing" In secular
and personal affairs, too, the qualifying
formula was quite generally employed,
Correspondence and conversation br s.
tied with it. A variation was, IF l
live" Friends at parting would say to
each other. Il will see you, if live
MS if it were possible for a dead man
to visit and see his friend. There are a
dozen stories turning on the point of a
more logical friend saying to the other.
"Well. if you are dead then, shall not
expect you
From a far distant time it has been
the practice to make all announcements
OF services in the City Temple, London,
end with the letters, 80. "" Lately,
however, they have been omitted. to the
CONSERVATION of few old-fashioned
churchmen who are disposed to look on
presidents as inviolable and the use of
the cabalistic letters are a reaffirma-
ton of faith. The British Weekly
commenting on the matter. says the
omission is merely a sign of the times
a dropping of redundancy. There is
certainly nothing about it indicating a
weakening or a lack of faith. The
faith of churchmen was probably never
more firmly grounded than at present
1t is merely a step in the elimination
of the superfluous in language. In the
making of appointments or promises,
providential interferences are always
understood whether or not they are
expressed.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-25
PER SONAL.

The alumni of the University of
Virginia by a large majority is de-
sirous of securing as next president
John K. Proctor, civil service commits
sioner. The election will be held next
spring.
j. H. Barngrover owns a tract of
land near Gilman City, in Daviess coun-
ty, Mo, which he bought from the
government fifty years ago for rs cents
per acre. He holds the original papers
from the government. there never hav-
ing been a transfer of the land. And
it is now worth just about 100 times
what 1t was when he bought it from
Uncle Sam.
The Norwegian author Bjornson
was lecturing one evening not long
ago when he noticed that several ladies
present had been unable to get seats.
He stopped and said: Il urgently re-
quest that seats be provided for the
ladies'" AS Bjornson is an ardent
champion of 'women's rights" he was
asked subsequently how he could con-
sistently demand special privileges for
the fair sex.
Citing Lord Salisbury's remark
that I'VE live in a small bright oasis
of knowledge surrounded on all sides
by vast UNEMPLOYED region of impen-
etrable mystery, and from age to age
the strenuous labor of successive gen
erations wins a small strip from the
desert and pushes forward the boun-
dairy of knowledge" the Lancet re-
marks that a sentiment like this
stamps him with the brand of the great
philosophers.
Rev. William T. Warrington, one
of the oldest ministers in Indiana, has
resigned from the pastorate of the
First Christian Church of Hagerstown,
on account of continued poor health.
He has served as minister for almost
fifty years. His salary the first year
was $50. This was increased each year
thereafter by $50 until it reached the
sum of $3.50 a year. He then refused
to accept any further increase, al
though 1t was urged upon him to do So
Rev. Mr.. Warrington built church edi-
fees at Darlington. Wingate, Thorn
town, Antioch, New Salem, Hagers-
town. Boston, Ind. Troy, o., Covington
o., Muncie, Ind, and other points.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-25
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Raleigh On. c. Observer says:
Good for Judge Neal. The Charlotte
papers report that he is enforcing the
new law limiting the speeches of law
yers to the jury. One of the chief rea-
sons why busy men shirk jury duty is
that they wish to escape the long talk
of lawyers, some of whom seem to
think they will prevail because of
their much speaking The enew law
ought to be generally enforced. and
jurors relieved of being bored by the
speeches of long-winded lawyers
The Memphis Commercial
(Dem.) says: THE reason why we fav-
or opening negotiations at once with
Nicaragua is that that country may
get tired sitting at the second table
The Panama project has passed be-
yond the pale of possibilities; and it
Is not likely that Nicaragua will be
content to wait an unreasonable time
upon this country. The big railroad
lobby will do all it can to secure de-
lay with a view to disgusting Mica
ragua. The President should act at
once and in earnest"
The New Orleans Times Democrat
Dem.) says: "wfll it be possible for
Mr.. Cannon to hold Congress as COM
pletely in check as he hopes to do?
VIII ii be possible to pass the Cuban
reciprocity bill at the extra session?
Will it be possible to prevent congress-
men from injecting the tariff into the
debate? Mr.. Roosevelt would answer
yes to all these que stions; but the
Republican politicians, who know
great deal more about politics and
Congress than he does. are not at all
sure on any of them; and for that rea-
son they have advised him against the
extra session. In their opinion. he is
playing a risky game. with the chances
against him. Of this Roosevelt extra
session proving boomerang"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-25
sCHwAB's DEFENSE.

The financial affairs of the wrecked
United States Shipbuilding Company
continue to I'LL the columns of the news
papers and occupy the attention of the
public. Doubtless they will do so
for some time to come. Mr..
Lewis Nixon has told his side of the
story and very interesting story it is,
II throws light on the way the public.
during the past few years, had been
given more securities than it could d.
gest-many OF them being indigesu-
BILE.
or course all the facts have not come
to the surface yet. Mr.. Charles NJ.
Schwab not having been heard, but he
is TO be the next witness. and doubtless
will tell as interesting a story as that
told by Mr.. Nixon. 1t is hardly prob
ably. however that he passed upon
papers and signed checks involving mil
lions of dollars, as Mr.. Nixon seems to
have done. without being fully ac-
quainted with what he was doing. But
it will be time enough to judge Mr..
Schwab after he has had his turn on
the witness stand. Perhaps he will be
able to explain the charges that have
been made against him.
one thing seems to stand out clearly
from the testimony that has been thus
far given in this case, and that is that
on the face OF the return somebody
made between $l7ooO,O00 and $lS.OOO,-
900.
Securities based upon q combined
shipbuilding plant and a steel plant,
amounting to many millions of dollars,
we're put upon the market at prices
much above their real worth. and the
public was invited to buy them. OF
course there was an attractive pros
pectus as to the value of the proper
ties and their earning capacities. Just
how valuable the properties were will
doubtless appear before the present
proceedings are ended. 1t is known
how much they cost and what the val
uation was that was placed upon them
for the purpose of unloading them on
the public. There are a great many
inside facts yet. however, which it is
hoped that Mr.. Schwab will make
known when he takes the witness
stand.
One of the surprising things about
the whole business is the way in which
this shipbuilding company was formed
and its business was transacted Many
millions of dollars were involved and
yet the men interested do not seem to
have had any serious conferences nor
to have bothered themselves about ac-
tual values or sought the truth about
the business of the company. The aim
seemed to be to get the combined plants
into such a shape that the securities
to be issued upon them could be offer
ed to the public.
These securities of the United States
Shlpbuilding Company are some of the
undigested securities that have helped
to drag down the prices of the better
grade of securities. Until all such Sc
curities are got rid of the securities
market will probably remain in the de-
pressed condition in which it is at pres
emit.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-25
A POPULAR Appointments

OF course, a Democrat had no chance
of getting the clerkship of the United
States Circuit Court for this district,
but it is doubtful if Judge Pardee
could have made a more popular ap-
pointment of a Republican than that
oC Mr.. Tomlinson +. Johnson. And
the appointment has the hearty APP
prevail of Judge Speer. 1t is pretty
certain that 1t wouldn't have been
made if he hadn't approved it.
There are but few better known men
in the city than Mr.. Johnson, and he
has a host of friends. He has been in
public office many years, and has a
record that is in every respect highly
creditable to him. AS collector of port
he gave entire satisfaction, and in the
other positions in which he came in
contact with the public he was a model
official 1t is safe prediction that he
VIII make a popular clerk, and Judges
Pardee and Speer will be congratulate
ed upon their selection.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-25
BRIGHT BITS.

TIN sure that fellow with the gun
wants to kill us and sell us for reed
birds" said the first sparrow. well.
if he succeeds in getting u.s." replied
the other, well die game, anyway -
Philadelphia Ledger.
We'll, I see that Bunting is here
bright and early this morning" said
the junior partner, looking around the
counting house. We'll, at all events
he's here early was the privileged
bookkeeper's modification Life.
why, George. what do you think
I did! I accidentally gave the rest Of
those cooking school biscuits I made
yesterday to the dog. I mistook them
for dog biscuits" "All right. Bring
in the dog biscuits. We can stand
it if the dog can."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Yes" said the playgoer, "the SOU
brette in uniform came out and sung
that she was one of the ranks"
Did it impress the audience?" ask
ed the friend.
Yes; they agreed unanimously that
she was as rank as they make them"
Chicago Daily News.
Mrs. Hornihand-"It beats all how
many of these here actors git intew
public life after while" Farmer Horn
ihand-"What got tibet inter yer head ?"
Mrs. Hornihand-"Wy I see here eV'ry
day in tn papers about Actin Sec'ta-
ry so-an-so,' Actin Guv'nor so-an'-so,
ma all that. Baltimore American.
II wouldn't be surprised If this
was going to be the breaking up of
china" said the man who takes an
interest in foreign affairs.
"Oh, dear!" exclaimed his wife. who
had just enga ged a new kitchen maid
Il don't care for the china if she'll
only consent to stay."-Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-25
TO KILL INCURABLEs.

Periodically there is discussion of
the advisability Of administering eu-
thanasia. or painless death, to in
curables. Usually the person raising
the question is some very young doc
tor or some older doctor who has
grown pessimistic. In all probability
there is not a practicing physician
who has seen much sickness and suf-
fering but has discussed earnestly with
himself whether it wouldn't be better
TO lend death a helping hand under
certain circumstances, since it would
put a period to cxcruciating and hope
less agony. There are arguments in
favor of euthanasa, and they are all
familiar to men of medicine, but they
on the other side.
The person latest to invite discus
sion of the subject. however, is not
a doctor of medicine. but of divinity
the Rev. Mr.. Wright, pastor of a
Unitarian church in New York city.
During the course of an after dinner
speech he suggested to the New York
State Medical Association the ad-
visibility of bestowing painless death
upon persons suffering from incura BILE
diseases. He went through the usual
formula of argument in support of
the proposition. and concluded that
the execution of a patient should only
be allowed under the advice and Ap-
prevail OF men of the highest scien-
tific attainments." The consent of
the relatives should in all cases be Sc
cured, as we'll as the consent, if not
the request, of the patient himself.
Indeed, it might be advisable to go
further. The city should be divided
into districts and the applications for
euthanasia be considered, not merely
by physicians. but by some eminent
clergylnen selected for the purpose"
When the physicians had pronounced
the case hopeless and the sufferings
useless, and the clergyman had ascer-
tanned that it would be we'll with the
soul of the patient, then, Mr. Wright
thinks, there should be no Directing
to ending the patients life quietly,
decently, modestly." The practice, he
says, would be a step in the direction
of a higher civilization.
To us it seems it would be a rever-
sion towards barbarism. Among GER
tain of the barbarians it was the
custom to kill the aged and infirm and
the weak and mishappen children.
There are some savage tribes that
still practice that process of elimina-
ton. 1t is true that medico-religious
examiaations are held upon the sub
jects, but the result achieved is the
same.
The trend of modern medical science
is toward the removal of "incurable"
from the physicians vocabulary. DR..
Lorenz and others have shown that hip
joint disease, once regarded as hope
less can be cured. Brain surgery has
mastered several so-called 'incura BILE"
ailments. Broken necks and backs are
now mended, and even punctured
hearts are stitched up and continued
in the discharge of their functions.
The old proverb, while there is life
there is hope" is one that applies pecu-
liarly to the medical profession, 1T
is to the glory of the professions" says
DR.. G. F. Shlady, that a case is not
considered without hope until the last
vital shark is extinguished "
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-25
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-25
A Common or Garden Romance.

From the Newark News.
Down in a field a-damp with dew
A gentle sweet potato grew,
The sweetest of the sweet. swear.
This Miss Priscilla Pommedeterre
Nearby, in that same garden belt.
Another young potato dwelt,
A gallant lad of Irish blood.
Proud in the modest name of Spud.
Through all one sunny Summertime
They grew and ripened side by side.
Sharing the soil, the light, the weather
what wonder, then, they grew to-
gether!
No wonder he displayed his green
That by Priscilla 'twould be seen!
No wonder she seemed so afraid
AT all those ogling eyes he madel
Good SIR" she said to him one dav
Why do you look at me that way?''
sweets to the sweet" he whispered
low, Gu
And she was his. he loved her so.
Loudly the bantering bluebells peaIed
The joyous news across the field
Alas! The romance, we'll begun.
Was ended ne'er another sun.
That very day there strolled along
With pretty looks and pleasing song
A young potato-masher swell
The rest is far too sad to tell.