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The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-21
Against RACE DISCRIMINATION.

Representative Morrell of Pennsyl-
vania is the latest candidate for no.
toriety. He has introduced bin into
the House making it an offense, pun
ishable by a fine of $4,000 for common
carriers to provide separate cars for
either white or colored passengers.
No doubt his bill will be talked about
great deal, and he will have the
satisfaction of seeing his name in the
newspapers often. That, probably, is
what he desires. He doubtless knows
that his bill hasn't any chance of
becoming a law. While there is no
law in any of the Northern states re-
quiring common carriers to provide
separate cars for negroese, it is a
safe statement that there is a growing
sentiment in favor of such a law in
many of them. The sentiment is al
ready so strong in some parts of the
North in favor of separating the races
in railroad cars that a law providing
for such separation would be heart
lily approved and this sentiment is
bound to increase in all those parts
of that section in which the negro pop
ulation is increasing.
1t would be folly for Congress to
enact law against public sentiment.
1t wouldn't be enforced. The way
to increase race sentiment is to try
to legislate it out of existence. The
more legislation there is in regard to
- will
Mr.. Morrell, instead of doing the
negroes a service has done them an
injury and the injury will become
more pronounced if he undertakes to
make a vigorous fight for his bill.
Agitation of questions growing out Of
race differences only increases race
prejudice.
OF course, the Morrell bill is aimed
at those Southern states which have
enacted laws providing for separate
cars for negroes. We have no doubt
that if half of the population of Penn
N1ylvania were negroes Mr.. Morrei
would introduce a bill to compel rail-
road companies to provide separate
cars for them. But as there are COM
paratively few negroes in his state
he probably thinks he is doing some
thing that will increase his popularity
with his constituents.
But if he really wants to do some
thing for the negro why doesn't he
introduce a bill making it an offense
for any labor organization to deny
membership to a negro? If he were
to do that he might help the negro
to earn a living in his state, and thus
open the way for negro migration to
Pennsylvania. That, however, would
be touching home prejudices a little
too strongly. Mr.. Morrell prefers to
legislate for negroes in some other
state,
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-21
INDEX 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Special Notices-Thanksgiv Proc
lamation, Herman Myers, Mayor; Ship
Notice, ]. f. Minis & Co., Agents;
Read This, NJ. s. Gardner; Gorgeous
Turkeys, James ]. Joyce; Prof. Eaton,
Palmist Parlor.
Business Notices-Good Things, A.
VI. 6, c. w. West; Bring Your Picture,
II. Hymes; New Sweet Apple Cider,
Hardee & Marshall; Chocolates, at
MINISTER'S.
Overcoat Specials-The Metropolitan
Company.
Perfect Work.. & w. Laundry.
Savannah Theater-"The Mocking
Bird" To-day, Matinee and Night.
Foods-GrapeNu
Medical-Syrup of Figs; Herpicide.
Cheap Column Advertisements-He
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Mis-
cellaneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-21
A Literary TRANSACTION.

Some years ago, before Irving Bach
eller had found his place in literature,
he conducted a newspaper syndicate
with offices in the New York Tribune
building, says a writer in the Brook
lyn Eagle, Many a contributor to
that syndicate found Bachelor a
good thing" Indeed, there were those
who went so far as to refer to him
now and then in whispers as an easy
mark. But, of course, this has moth
ing to do with the story 1 am going to
tell.
Joel Benton, the poet and critic, came
in one day with some verses which
Bachelor promptly bought. That
transaction out of the way, Benton
produced a small, thin book from un-
der his arm, saying:
Here is something you ought to
have in your library"
1t was a Creole Dictionary Bach
eller knew Benton's penchant for
housing about in odd places and pick
ing up bargains in rare books. He had
never seen a Creole Dictionary before,
and, although he had no particular use
for such a volume, its oddly inter-
ested him. Fl
What is it worth, Joel?' he asked.
Never mind what it is worth" said
Benton. you shouldn't look a gifted
horse in the mouth. I am going to
give it to you-practically. You may
have it for 25 cents"
Bachelor paid over the quarter and
carefully put the book away in his
desk.
Ten minutes later he and I started
out for luncheon together. AS we
passed out of the building we saw
pushcart standing at the edge of the
sidewalk and piled high with copies
of the Creole Dictionary.
How much?" l asked.
Five cents apiece" said the
swarthy son of Greece. "Six fora de
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-21

Yesterday, says a writer in the
Brooklyn Eagle, a man with gray hair
-prematurely gray, of course-called
on me and identified himself as boy
with whom l used to play twenty, thlr-
ty sixty, a hundred-law sakes! l
don't know how, many years ago. And
what do you suppose was the thing
by which he had remembered me all
this time?
IF 1 lived to be a thousand years
DID," said he, II could never forget the
fun you and l had one day, sitting
on a dry goods box in front of store
and making everybody who passed us
march to our music. To this day, when
ever l see a person with a pompous
stride, or any popularity of gait feel
like whistling a march to fit 1t. You
taught me this trick that day, and
have always associated you with the
memory of it.
Say" he added, with a CLEAN of
bOyish deviltry under his shaggy brows,
I'D give a hundred dollars to go out
on Fulton street with you and do the
same thing right now"
yes" l answered, "and some con-
founded magistrate who was born an
old man and doesn't know what genu-
inc fun can be got out of absolute nom
sense, would have US in the insane
ward before night"
But then, it wouldn't work very we'll
on Fulton street, any way. There are
too many people passing there. Your
dry goods box should stand in front of
a dirty little store where they sell ev-
erything from dried apples to plows.
The street should be silent and desert
ed, save for an occasional pedestrian
whose heavy boots come down with
resounding thud on the wooden side
walk. Under those conditions 1t is
worth your while l tell you, to sit and
wait for your victim. When he comes
into sight you begin whistling "Old Dan
Tucker" for instance, strongly accent
ing the beat of the tune and timing it
exactly to the fall of his left foot. OF
course, you mustn't seem to see him
at all. If he becomes conscious that
he is keeping step to the music and
seeks to stop doing so by quickening or
slackening his pace, so much the bet
ter. 1t is easy enough to change the
cadence of the tune to fit, provided the
giggles don't spoil your quicker; and
soon you have him marching again.
The best victim of all is the man
with the pOmpous stride.
No; l grieve to say that is not quite
true. There was an old cCdger in our
town with a stiff leg
But there! We sometimes do things
in our thoughtless boyhood that we
ought to be ashamed of in our later
life, though l blush to confess that 1
am laughing over certain memories at
this very moment.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-21
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Washington Post Qnd.) says;
Senator Bacon insists that the Pana-
ma revolution was fomented in Wash
ington. The senator has apparently
not read NJ. Varilla's assurance that
this country has kent its honor on
straight all through the trying events
of the civil war that resulted in the
birth of the Panama republic"
The Charleston Post Dem.) says:
THE republic of Panama was made
at a Waldorf Astoria dinner in New
York the treaty between that nation
and the United States of America was
perfected at a luncheon at the house
of Secretary Hay in Washington. Per-
haps the ditch will be dug during a
night OF revelry ON the isthmus. Some
of the fun should be had by the Pana-
mans"
The Philadelphia Ledger Qnd.) says:
This war1ike administration now
wants to establish a powerful navy on
the Great Lakes and thus to overthrow
a wisely pacific policy that has been
maintained by both the United States
and Great Britain in regard to the
lakes for nearly a century. There is
nothing so repugnant to this admins
alton as the honored traditions trans
mitted by the founders of the govern
ment."
The New York Evening Post Qnd. }
says: Forty years ago farmers own
ed SIS per cent. of the wealth of this
country. Now they hold but q per
cent. At last weeks convention of
the National Grange. the National
Master gave as the causes tariff made
trusts and labor unions. Combinations
of capital had, by help of a high pro-
tective tariff, acquired power to fix
the prices of what farmers bought and
of what they sold. They had to meet
the products OF all lands in the mar
kets of the world. The manufacturer.
however was shielded from foreign
competition, and sold his goods to the
foreigner at lower prices than to the
American, thus giving an advantage
to the American farmers competitor.
Labor unions compelled manufacture
ers to yield to unwarranted demands.
and then the excessive cost was UNI
loaded on the consumer. These exac-
tions discouraged the average citizen
who found himself the pack-horse' OF
trade trusts and labor trusts. This.
of course. is rank heresy under the
blessed reign of Dingleyism. We shall
hear more OF It, however. before the
'stand-patters awake from their lotus
eating slumbers.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-21
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The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-21
BRIGHT BITS.
Willie: Say, pa?

Little Willie: Say, pa?
Pa: Well. what is it, my son?
Little Willie: Will my hair fall out
when it gets ripe, like yours did?-Chi-
cago News.
why do you think he'll be a ia
nous noveIist?"
He poses for photographs so we'll,
with his arms folded and looking as
if he was thinking. Judge.
Stranger: Do you think you can
get me on the pension list?
Lawyer (cheerfully): Oh, 1 guess so.
But we may have to get you natural
lied f1rst.-Harpers Bazaar.
wait a second" she said, as she
stepped into the store.
Certainly" he replied, and when he
had spent two hours on Change, and
taken luncheon at the club, he return
ed and found her just emerging from
the door.-Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-21

THE corollary of the Panama
canal says a Republican organ, lis
the development of the American mer-
chant marine Upon which founda-
ton it builds an argument for shin
subsidies. And then in conclusion it
smugly says: IF there is any bet
ter way to develop it than by means
of judicious ship subsidies, let us hear
what that way is. If there is no bet
ter way, let us give the subsidies. ."
There is better way, but the Repub-
hcans do not want il. because it Of
fers no such ''rake-off" as does tbe
subsidy scheme. 1t is, in short, TO
remodel the navigation laws in such
manner as to enable American owners
to buy ships where they can get them
cheapest, and remodel the tariff laws
so that American ship builders can
get their steel and other materials as
cheaDly as American manufacturers
sell them to European shipbuilders
There is the remedy condensed into
nutshell; and it is far better than
subsidies, because it would put the
shipbuilding and ship-sailing bust
ressess on a fair and common sense
footing. Subsidies create fictitious
values and rob the people to aid a
favored few, who do not need help.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-21
Reflections of "A Bachelor.
From the New York Press.

The lower classes are the ones that
everybody thinks he is not in.
When a woman puts on trousers she
is almost as funny-looking as when
she takes them off.
Somehow when you kiss a girl where
a freckle is it never seems to taste tho
way it looked as IL it would.
It delights woman almost as much
to have her husband Jealous of her as
it worries him to have her Jealous Of
him.
Nothing makes a woman so hapnv
as being able to prove what a GOOD
wife she is by getting the doctor 70
keep her husband in bed, so she can
fill him up with nasty medicine,
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-21

1t is becoming evident that a strong
effort will be made to have the army
canteen restored by Congress at the
regular session. With one or two ex-
ceptions all OF the important officers
Of the army favor the canteen as an
institution that makes for temperance
and good discipline. Experience has
shown that the men drink less and
are better behaved with the canteen
than without it. However, there are
a number of theoretical reformers who
care more for law in the statute books
than they do for actual temperance
reform. Such persons are opposed to
the canteen and will fight it's re-estab-
lishment.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-21
SCIENCE SETTLES 1T
Dandruff Is Caused by a Germ That
Saps the Hairs Vitality.

1t is now settled fact that dand-
ruff is caused by a germ. Falling hair
and badness are the result of dand-
ruff. DR.. E. ]. Beardsley of Cham
paign, Ill. got hold of the new hair
preparation, Newbros Herpicide-the
only one that kills the dandruff germ.
He says: Il used Herpicide for my
dandruff and falling hair, and 1 am
well satisfied with the result" DIR. ].
T. Fugate of Urbana, ILL.,, says: Il
have used Herpicide for dandruff with
excellent results. 1 shall prescribe 1t
in my practice" Herpicide kills the
dandruff germ. Physicians as well as
the general public say so. Sold by
leading druggists. Send Toe in stamps
for sample to The Herpicide Co., De-
troit, Mich.
Livingston's Pharmacy Company,
special agents.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-21

At last man has been found who
wants to be nominated for Vice Presi-
dent. His name is Durbin and he
halls from Indiana, of which state he
is Governor. He is the man who says
the assassination of Gov. Goebel of
Kentucky was a political crime and
that a man accused of completely in
the plot could not secure fair trial
in the state of Kentucky, therefore
he is willing to permit the fugitive
from justice to hide behind his guber-
material chair. Gov. Durbin has let
1t be understood that if Senator Fair
banks Will not interfere he will get
into the running for a place on the
ticket with Roosevelt.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-21
SENATOR TILLMAN,s LECTURE.

Senator Tillmans lecture on the race
problem at the theater last night was
Interesting. but not satisfying. 1t was
interesting because, while lacking con-
tinuity, it was delivered with much
earnestness and presented some new
phases of the subject. 1t wasn't salts
fying because no solution of the prob
lem was offered. The evils to be APP
pretended by the white people of the
South from the presence of so large
a negro population were strongly pic
tured, but no way to overcome them
was suggested. The impression was
made by some things the Senator said
that the time might. come when it
would be necessary to use force to
clear the situation of its difficulties.
The Senator is an advocate of lynch
law for one crime, and no doubt pub
lie sentiment is almost wholly with
him on that subject. There are think
ing men in every community, however,
who realize that there are dangers to
society connected with lynch law of so
serious a character that if lynchings
were tolerated and encouraged there
would gradually come about a condi-
ton of lawlessness that would be in
tolerable.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-21

Friends of the University of Georgia,
which is equivalent to saying the whole
people of the state read with sincere
regret of the destruction by fire of
Science Hall. The net loss, it is esti-
mated, will be about $4,000. The build
ing and equipment were valued at
SAB, 900, on which there was insurance
amounting to $25.OOO 1t is to be hoped
and expected that the Legislature will
come promptly to the rescue of the
university at its meeting next sum-
mer. The people will not be content
to have the university handicapped
by the lack of one of its chief depart
ments, for a period longer than is act
ually necessary. 1t will not, of
course. be practicable to replace the
building during the present school year.
but the year following ought to see
Science Hall fully restored.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-21
The Weather.

The indications for Georgia for to-
day are for fair weather, with fresh
to brisk northeast winds. Eastern
Florida, partly cloudy weather, with
showers; fresh to brisk northeast
winds.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-21

The President is declining invitations
to banquets and other speech inducing
functions for next year. He is so sure
that he is going to be nominated to
succeed himself that he is reserving
all of his time for campaign manage
ment.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-21

Some time ago the Dowager EN-
press of China officially decreed certain
reforms. The Chinese editors of a pa
per in Shanghai published the decree.
They are now on trial and are to be
punished severely, by order of the i'm
perial court, for the publication. 1t
is explained that the decree of the
Dowager Empress was never intended
to be taken seriously.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-21

The Declaration of Paris, signed
forty years ago by the leading Pow
ers, defined an effective blockade"
among other things. The fourth arti-
Gle of the declaration says that a
blockade to be binding must be effec-
tive, and to be effective it must be
maintained by force sufficient real
ly to prevent access to the coast by an
enemy" The mere announcement that
a port is blockaded is not sufficient to
establish the fact in international law
No effective blockade exists at the
ports of Santo Domingo, hence the
determination of the Clyde company
to send the steamer Cherokee on her
regular run to the island, despite the
warning of the Dominican government
that she would be fired on and sunk
or captured and confiscated; and ii is
pretty certain that the Clyde people
had advice from Washington before
reaching their conclusion.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-21

1t is no disparagement of Mr.. Hitch's
excellent address on the reasons for
the secession of Georgia to agree with
Col. Mercer on the matter of requir-
ing it to be used in the public schools
in connection with the study of his
tory. Not only is the address too
deep to be comprehended by children
of the grammar school age, but the
time of the children is already taken
up with other studies that are deem
ed essential to the laying of a sub
stantial foundation for an education.
Should the labors of the children be
still further increased, it would be
at the expense of the work they are
now doing. 1t is desirable, of course,
in the highest degree, that they shall
have a correct idea of the Southern
position in the ate war, but that can
be given them in much simpler and
more condensed form. and later. when
their minds have expanded to the
point where they are able to master
and retain many details. they can take
up the more elaborate histories of the
period in question. II is mistake
to overload the grammar schools, even
with highly desirable matter.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-21

young man some days ago was
picked up in a Bayonne, n. j., saloon
with his skull fractured and carried
home to die. Later a saloon keeper
appeared at an insurance Office in New
York with proofs of the young mans
deaths and tried to collect $3.50 in
surance, on which the saloon keeper
had been paying premiums for year.
Investigation disclosed the fact that
few months ago a similar case oc-
Cured, in which a young man had
been picked up in or near a saloon
with a fractured skull and upon his
death a saloon keeper had collected
insurance money. The insurance COM
pany's officials think they have reason
to believe that certain Bayonne saloon
keepers were regularly taking out in
surance on some of their customers
that drank to excess. with the We've
to getting profits from them both liv-
ing and dead; and the conditions of the
skulls of the young men in the cases
mentioned are fearfully suggestive of
how it was proposed to get the final
profits, before the insurance premiums
had amounted to too much. The COM
pany has cancelled a number of
Bayonne policies and discharged the
greater part of its staff in that city.
The steel trust has forced the rail-
roads to give it reduction of one
third on freight rates on all iron and
steel manufactures for export. In con-
nection with the contract for supply
ing rails for the Mecca railroad it
is announced that the price was made
$22.8S per ton, as against $28 charged
in the United States, because these
rails are to be made from imported
ores on which the trust can get a re-
bate Of duties, since the finished pro-
duct is to be exported. In other words,
the protective tariff had to be sus-
pended for the trust to get this con-
tract. All of this about special freight
rates, suspended tariffs, etc, for the
benefit of protected monopoles and
foreign consumers must make mighty
interesting reading for the American
people, who pay the freight"
John Sharp Williams middle name
described the quality of the wit and
humor he is employing as leader of
the minority
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-21

In view of a recent visitation at the
White House, President Roosevelt
might cause to be hung up there the
more or less well known saloon sign,
IAN Nations Welcome Except Carrie