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The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-15
Quay As A Gay LOthnrio

Washington, D. c., Feb. 1l.-Senators
forgot their dignity and laughed until
their sides ached this afternoon at a
humorous warning given by Senator
Depew to Miss Democracy regarding
her present Irritation with that gay
Lothario, NJ. S. Quay, apropos of the
statehood bill, says the Philadelphia
Records Washington letter. He was
talking against the bill, and said:
The old lady of the Democracy, SO
frequently typified in pictures and
caricatures. and, who is still young
frisky and attractive, has been sue
cessful in her fiirtations for hundred
years past-firting with the Green
hacker and capturing him, flirting with
the Populist and capturing him, f1irt-
ing with the Silverite and absorbing
him; but when she undertakes this
most dangerous and fascinating gentle
man whom she is now following, the
Senator from Pennsylvania, she is in
more danger than she was ever before
in her life. He has hypnotized her and
before she gets through 1 do not know
what will happen"
Senator Quay enjoys the humor huge
ly, and laughed till the tears rolled
down his cheeks.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-15
AGAINST HARMONY.

II is apparent that Mr.. Bryan is
against any effort to bring about an
understanding between the two wings
of the Democratic party. A few days
ago he notified the Iroquois Club Of
Chicago that he would not accept an
invitation to a harmony banquet it pro-
posed to give. He declared he would
not sit at a table at which Mr.. Cleve-
land was a guest. On last Thursday
night at the winter barbecue" of the
Jefferson Jackson-Lincoln League at
Columbus, o., he said he could see no
chance for Democratic harmony when
Democrats carried knives for one an
other and hated one another worse
than they hated the enemy. He de-
clared there was more chance Of re-
storing the Democratic party to power
by making converts of Republicans
than there was in taking back those
who followed the standard of Palmer
and Buckner. He said there could be
no real union between the warning
wings of the Democratic party unless
one wing or the other surrendered its
convictions.
In the current number of his paper,
The Commoner. he prints an article
under the title, a Call to Arms in
which he urges Democrats to form
clubs all over the country for the pur-
pose of keeping the Democratic party
firmly fixed on the Chicago and Kansas
City platforms This looks very much
as if it were Mr.. Bryan's intention to
use all of his influence to prevent the
two wings of the party from getting
together. except on the basis dictated
by the wing to which he belongs.
1t would be interesting to know to
what extent the Democratic party will
permit itself to be directed by either
Mr.. Bryan or Mr.. Cleveland. Mr..
Bryan's influence is very much less
than it once was and it is still wan
ing 1t is certain that here in the
South, while there is great respect for
him. there does not seem to be any dis
position to depend upon him for guild
ance. Neither is there a sentiment in
favor of Mr.. Cleveland as a leader.
There is no doubt of course that Mr..
CIeNeldIlu mas many dulIllItIS III the
South, but he is looked upon as being
out of active politics. He has no in
tention of trying to play the part of
leader again. MIR. Cleveland and Mr..
Bryan, so far as the presidency is con-
cerned, are back numbers. The ex-
President and the ex-presidential can
didate, however, have no love for each
other. There is some ground for think
ing that Mr.. Bryan believes that Mr..
Cleveland is seeking to be the party's
presidential nominee next year. That
may be one of the reasons why he is
against attempts at party harmony.
The Democrats are not going to let
either Mr.. Cleveland or Mr.. Bryan do
their thinking for them. The griev-
ances of these two men should not be
permitted to interfere with Democratic
success in 1904. and unless all signs fail
they will not be permitted to interfere
with 1t. If Democrats get together
they will have a good chance of elect
ing the next President, and they are
gradually getting together. They are
not depending upon either Mr.. Bryan
or Mr.. Cleveland to lead them.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-15
A sHoRTsIGHTED POLICY.

The Morning News has received
from a correspondent at Ebenezer, in
bingham county, a communication
complaining of the lack of accommo-
dations afforded by the Seaboard Air
Line Railroad TO the residents of that
county. The communication says:
"Byrd's platform has been used as a
half-station since the road was built.
but for the last year no passenger &C
commodation has been given. A petit
ton was sent to the Railroad Commits
sion, which has approved of passen-
gers being handled on our local freight
trains, Nos. 3 and 4, between Dem
mark and Savannah yard You I'M
derstand that this train does not en-
ter the Savannah union station. and
the yard is located about one mile
ard a half from Savannah" Continu-
ing the communication says: "Savan-
nah merchants would find it to their
advantage to insist that railroads
running into the city from the neigh
boring counties have every conven-
fence in getting into and out of the
city"
This is but one of many similar COM
plants that have been heard recently;
and such complaints show that the
railroads are pursuing a short-sighted
policy. They bend all of their energies
to catering to the tourist travel, and
at the same time neglect the local
travel The tourist traffic at best is
only sporadic, lasting a few weeks,
While the local traffic lasts the year
around. For their own good it seems
the railroads should do everything
they can within reason to accommo-
date the people living along their
lines. 1t is certainly to their benefit to
have the country along their lines set
tied with a producing people. But peo-
pie are not going to move in and de-
velop the lands if they cannot have
reasonable railroad accommodations.
The building up of the country is re-
tarded by inattention to the needs of
local travel on the part of the rail-
roads. We earnestly recommend to the
roads that they provide such accom-
modations as the people want. They
will find it a paying investment.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-15
THE BLOCKADE RAISED.

The raising of the blockade of the
Venezuelan ports causes a feeling of
relief not only in this country but
also in Europe. There was apprehen-
sion while it lasted that an act of
some sort would be committed that
would lead to trouble between this
country and the allies. At no time
during the blockade was there an in
dication that our government was dis
posed to change it's attitude towards
the allies, but there were influences
seeking to arouse a public sentiment
against the allies, particularly against
Germany. The spectacle of three great
Powers attacking a small and weak
state, such as Venezuela is, and COM
hitting acts of aggression, for the pur-
pose Of collecting debts, some of which
were of doubtful validity, was COM
mented upon, and our government was
urged to take the position that Vene-
zuela was being oppressed, contrary
to the spirit, if not the letter, of the
Monroe doctrine. and interfere in her
behalf. The announcement therefore
that the protocols have been signed
and the blockade raised is received
with a feeling of satisfaction.
Germany gets her pound of flesh
the amount for which she contended
as an advance payment-though she
had to repudiate the act of her acting
minister in Washington to get it, but
she does not get it in a lump. 1t will
be paid to her in five monthly INSTALL
ments. The cash payment which each
of the allies gets is small, being $27,-
500.
The Hagte tribunal is to decide
whether the allies are to be regarded
as preferred creditors-that is, wheth-
er they are to be paid before other
| creditors are to get anything out of
| the percentage of the customs dues
which Venezuela is to set aside for
the payment of her debts. The chances
are they will not be adjudged to be
| preferred creditors, but will be allowed
their expenses for forcing Venezuela
to settle with her creditors. An al
| lowance of that sort would be only
just.
1t will be a long time no doubt be-
fore the entire case against Venezuela
is closed. Most of the claims are not
adjudicated, and it is the understand
ing that a joint commission is to sit
in Washington and pass upon them.
From the meagre accounts which have
been published regarding these claims
it will be difficult to show the justice
of them. When the history of the
largest Of Germany's claims is made
public it will appear. if what has been
published in regard to them is COR
rect, that the people of Venezuela are
the victims of some sharp financial
transactions-that they received very
little for the obligations they are now
called upon to pay. Still. that is doubt
| less the fault of their own government.
| If they put incompetent and irrespon-
sible men in power they must expect
to have to suffer the consequences.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-15
-s-D-e-
A Man and His Children.

Those who are in daily touch with
District Attorney Jerome say that the
secret of the way he stands the strain
of his strenuous career is the complete
relaxation and keen enjoyment which
he finds in his domestic life, says the
New York Times.
One morning recently, when the re-
porters were waiting to quiz the dis
trict attorney about the latest devel-
opments in the gambling crusade, Mr.
Jerome was telling with huge enjoy
ment of one of his children. Going into
the nursery for a romp with his
youngsters before starting for his Of
flee, he found one of them with sew
ing machine oil can that Mr.. Jerome
had used on refractory hinge, trying
to Intricate the throat of pet cat.
What are you doing?" asked Mr..
Jerome.
Trying to stop the squeaks," re-
piled the youthful Jerome.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-15
MIR. FOSTERS TALK.

The remarks of Mr.. Roy C. Foster
president of the Georgia Car Works,
published in the Morning News yes
terday relative to advertising Savan-
nah's advantages, are to the point. Mr.
Foster has been visiting a number of
cities in this state and Alabama, and
in all of them he found great activity
in the direction of advertising their
respective advantages for investments.
In one city particularly he was i'm
pressed with the work that was being
done by its Chamber of Commerce.
That institution is doing for that city
just what we wanted a chamber of
commerce to do for this city, when we
advocated such an institution some
weeks ago. A chamber of commerce
would do in the direction of advertis-
ing what the Retail Merchants Asso-
citation is proposing to do. 1t would
bring together all of the various in
terests which now contribute to the
upbuilding of the city. Zach would
be represented and each Interest could
speak through it's representative.
The Retail Merchants Association
is going to try to get all of the inter-
ests of the city represented in the or
ganization which it has proposed, and
no doubt it will succeed, but eventu-
ally it will have to form a body that
will be composed of a representative of
each interest. A body made up OF
all who choose to lend a helping
hand in the movement for the up
building of the city and for the in
creasing of the city's trade would eth
er be too unwieldly to accomplish any
thing or would soon dwindle away un-
til there would be no attendance at
the meetings.
In order to accomplish anything
there must be organization, intelligent
organization. Men will have to be
chosen for special work in accordance
with their knowledge and zeal. We
have no doubt that the Retail Mer-
chants Association is going to accom-
plish a great deal for the city. but
the more complete the organization of
its working body is the more success
full will it be in its undertaking.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-15
The Recrudescence of a Joke.

If the newspaper Jenkinses in Wash
ington are to be believed, says the
Nashville American, the senators and
representatives are engaged in re-
vamping, mutilating, working over, and
relating all the hoary anecdotes and
old jokes that have been collected in
the course of centuries, giving them a
local color and palming them off as
original and of recent occurrence in
their respective states or districts. Not
less than one hundred of these ancient
anecdotes or jokes have been related
recently by members who are dishon-
est enough to claim them as original,
and the vealy reporters undertake to
repeat them in mutilated form. There
is hardly a backwoodsman.i the whole
country who has not heard all these
old yarns ever since he was a little
boy. Here, for instance, is one of the
latest sent out by some youthful Jen-
kins of limited experienle:
1T always pays to be conservative, p"
said Internal Revenue Commissioner
Yerkes. Now, recall the case of the
man from Dyersville, Dyer county,
Tennessee.
81 can lick any man in Dyersville,'
he announced one day on the main
street of that village.
There was no response. 1 can lick
any man in Dyer county, he then pro-
claimed.
Still there was no reply to the chal-
lenge. Emboldened by the success of
his bluff, the man shouted, L can lick
any man in Tennessee
AT that a long, lank mountaineer
peeled off his coat and wiped up the
street with the boaster.
" Gentlemen said the braggart, as
he brushed off his clothes, the trouble
with me is that I scatter too durn
much"
This story came over from England
with the Pilgrim Fathers. Three years
ago it was revamped and made to do
duty in the discussion of the question
of expansion. The mistake OF the
boaster was that he took in too much
territory" The fact that there is no
Dyersville in Dyer county. and that
there probably never was a long
lank," or any other variety of noun
taineer in Dyersburg. which is in one
of the lowest and --LATEST sections Of
the state, with hardly a hillock within
a hundred miles of IL. does not affect
the story--in Washington.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-15
BAER'S VIEW OF THE CIVIC FED
GRAFTON,

In his address before the Coal Com
mission on Thursday Mr.. Baer, presi-
dent of the Reading Railroad, the
largest of the coal operators, paid his
respects to the National Civic Fedora
ton. 1t will be recalled that the fed
Grafton, or at least a committee of its
most distinguished members, under
took to settle the coal strike in the
beginning of the strike. and that it
accomplished nothing. The public was
led to believe that the Federation,
through it's committee, made siren
uous efforts to settle the strike. Ac-
cording to Mr.. Baer, who referred to it
the federation did not exert itself to
such an extent as to win the admira-
ton of either the coal miners or the
coal operators. The Federation's rep
resentatives met the representa- ves
of the operators and miners in a
church building. Some, Mr.. Baer said,
were bishops and some looked like
bishops, and they sat around and
smoked cigars They were distin-
guished men. but they practically did
nothing to bring about a settlement Of
the strike. According to Mr.. Baer
they were lacking in both courtesy
and manly courage.
That was a pretty severe arraign-
ment of the distinguished men who
composed the Federation's committee.
The public expected great things of
the Federation, and it thought the
Federation really did something. Ac-
cording to Mr.. Baer it accomplished
nothing and didn't attempt to accom-
plish much. If Mr. Baer's estimate Of
it is accepted the public will not place
much confidence in it in future. Bish-
ops and men who look like bishops are
not the kind of men needed TO settle
a coal strike or a strike of any other
kind
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-15

Representative Griggs of Georgia
was telling Speaker Henderson how
good 'possum is. says an exchange,
when properly cooked, when Repre-
sentative Richardson of Tennessee
told him this story:
An old negro and his boy were rid
ing the same mule to the mill. The
boy said to his father:
Pap, dis mighty good place for
'possums.'
"Yas, chile"
AN, pap, Use gwine to cotch a
'possum, an we'll hang him over de
fire, an, he'll bake, an bake, an bake,
an de sugar be oozin' out de 'taters
in de ashes an"
"Shet yo' mouth, yo' fool niger!
Yo' want to make dis mule fling us
both?"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-15
CURRENT COMMENT,
The Chicago Tribune (Rep.) proposes
this ticket for 1904:

The Chicago Tribune (Rep.) proposes
this ticket for 1904:
For President,
Theodore Roosevelt of New York.
For Vice President,
DR.. George Shrady of New York.
Platform.
The unlimited coinage of population
at the ratio of Sixteen to Two"
The Richmond , Times-Dispatch
(Dem.) says: 1.-THE old maids of
Adams county, Pennsylvania, have or
ganized society," and have adopted
string of resolutions urging the
Legislature to enact a law compelling
bachelors to marry. In view of the
strenuous letter which President Roose-
welt has recently written in advocacy
of matrimony and the family life, the
old maids may find in him an able
champion of their cause
The Springfield (Mass.) Republican
Qnd.) says: 1.-The famous statesman
who said: I smell a rat; 1 see it
floating in the air; but mark me, sir
1 will nip it in the bud has a rival
in no less a person than Secretary of
the Treasury Shaw, who describes the
advent of free Cuba among the family
replied, Hoist away" and a new flag,
fresh from the womb of liberty, sprung
forth This gem dropped from his
lips in response to the toast, The
President, at banquet of the Silk AS
ISOLATION of America in New York last
evening"
The Louisville Courier-Journal
(Dem.) says: ut has been found pos
sible TO make silver circulate as equal
to gold at a higher ratio than the
bullion value by making the coins in
Interchangeable and limiting the issue.
We have been doing that with our
subsidiary silver since 1858, and for a
shorter period with the silver dollars
and the certificates which represent
them. But regulating the rate of ex-
change with silver-standard countries
is another matter and however de-
sirable 1t may appear our use of silver
In the Philippines can never be so
regulated as to fix the price of silver
bullion in the markets Of the world.
While the discussions OF the Mexican
commission will be noticed with in
terest, there will not be much expecta-
ton OF satisfactory solution OF the
very knotty problem which has puz-
zled inanciers and publclsts for SO
many Eenaratlons.T
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-15
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INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings-Irish American Friendly
Society; Members of the Masonic Fra
ternity; Stockholders Savannah Hotel
Company.
Special Notices-Attorney at Law,
Walter W. Sheppard; Artificial Pave
ments, Charles Hobbs; Notice of Part
nership, Hatch & Harden; Special No
tice, Spellman & O'Brien; Fresh An
thracite Coal, C. I. Taggart & Co.;
Have You Seen Our Spring Line,
Peters & Co.; Bremen Double Brew
Savannah Brewing Company; at Gard
ners; No Famine, Jas. ]. Joyce;
Plumbing. Timing and Stove Work,
Cornwell 4 Chipmdh; Real Estate and
General Collections. N. P. Corish:
Money to Loan, Beckett & Beckett;
Special Notice. Miss Rose Johnson.
Business NOTES.-THE Victor Talk
ing Machine, Youmans & Leete: II
Washington Would Arise from His
Grave, Abrahams &c Putzel; We Are
Able by Daily Additions. Theus & Co.;
Chandeliers and Brackets, Electric
Supply Co.; Wedding Presents, r. Van
Keuren g. Co.. Notice, ]. Wachstein;
Candy, Conida's; Diamonds. Watches
and Silverware, A. L. Desbouillons;
Ice Creams. Sherbets and Candy,
Jerry George; the Best Preachers, DR..
NJ, Schwab & Son; at Groot's New
Market.
New Spring Goods Arriving Daily
Walsh & Meyer.
Cotton-Kelly & Co., New York.
For Every Day Use-Mutual Gas
Light Company.
Pre-inventory Sale of Housekeeping
Goods-At the Beehive.
A Real Bargain for the Week Ending
Feb. 21-The S. w. Branch Company.
Our Great Embroidery Sale-Leopold
Adler.
Direct Importations of White Goods
AT Foye & Eckstein's.
New Dress Goods-Daniel Hogan.
New NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Maya
zine.
The Skill Of the Master Specialist
DR.. ]. Newton Hathaway.
Ladies New Spring Suits Are Here
Jackson & Gutman.
Built on Faith-B. H. Levy & Bro.
The Hypnotic Eye-American College
of Science.
Dividends Guaranteed - California
Nevada Mining Company.
New Goods Arriving Daily-Metzger
& Brunson.
Public Accountant-w. @. Tyson.
At the Casino To-day-L. NJ. Nelson,
Manager.
New Broom Factory George
Schwarz & Sons.
Our Full Line of Dress Suits at 25
per Cent. Discount-B. H. Levy & Bro.
Exclusive Custom Tailoring Fashions
for Spring and Summertime Metro
politan Clothing Company.
Unmatchable Collection of Spring
Novelties-Gustave Eckstein & Co.
Own Your Own Home-American
Trust and Improvement Company,
Spartanburg, S. c.
Sister, Read My Offer-Mrs. NJ. Sum-
mers.
Savannah Theater-All the Week,
Except Thursday, Payton Sisters Com
pany; Hello Bill" Thursday, Matinee
and Night.
Auction Sales-Turniture, Etc, by I.
d. LaRoche, Auctioneer; Special Mid
Week Sale of Fine Furniture, !Etc., by
c. H. Dorset, Auctioneer; Monday s
Auction Sale, by c. H. Dorsett, Auc-
tioneer.
Ideal Weather This for the Automo-
bile-T. A. Bryson.
Did You Ever Wear a Harvard
Brand Suit?
Best of ALE. & w. Laundry.
Seed Potatoes-Grantham Bros.
The Old Reliable Mathushek-Lud-
den & Bates S. NJ. H.
Get 1t Hereafter Bros.
Some New Styles-Globe Shoe Co.
Correctly Laundered Shirts-The Sa-
vannah Steam Laundry.
Family Liquor 5tore-Belslnger &
Co.
Cleanliness Is Next-The Delmonico
Co
The Northern-R. V. connerat.
Foods-Postum Food Coffee.
-~-as
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-15
Ending More Material.

''How large is your Mammoth
cave?" asked the foreign tourist, ac'
cording to the Buffalo News.
Nobody knows exactly" said the
native. It's so large, though, and
people get lost in it 50 easily, thai
when a man is about to explore 1t he
makes his will and tells his weeping
friends good-by."
Most astonishingi never heard
that before!"
"Oh, we'll, of course, 1t isn't quite sc
bad as that. was only joking"
entry in foreign tourists note
book: Another curious custom among
Americans is that when they tell an
amazing lie they call it a joke).
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-15

The d Gnocrats in the Delaware Leg
islature have introduced bill for the
extension Of punishment at the whip
ping post 10 those public officials and
voters who accept brides and 10 the
bribers as wen. This is regarded az
an anti-Addicks measure. possibly d.
rected at Addicks himself.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-15
The weather.

The indications for Georgia for to-day
are for rain. with fresh east to south
east winds. Eastern Florida partly
cloudy weather. with variable winds.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-15

senator-elect Reed smoot of Utah
is another advocate and practicer of
social equality. The other night he
gave a banquet to certain of his
friends. Among the guests were several
negroes with their wives, smoot him
self superintended the seating OF his