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The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Washington Post Ond) says:
'The Santo Domingo revolutionists will
have to wait few days until we re-
plenish our stock of recognition, which
has run little low, owing to an I'M
precedented and unexpected demand
from the South American trade"
The Chattanooga Times Dem.) says:
THE Cuban reciprocity bill as passed
will afford the Democrats some capital
material during the campaign of 1904
that is, if they should conclude to use
it. The differential on sugar demanded
by the trust stands and that puts the
Democratic leaders ON notice that at
least a large fragment Of the Republi-
can campaign fund for next year will
remain intact"
The Birmingham Age-Herald (Dem.)
says: Porto Rican coffee seems to
be in need of a wider market, and the
producers ask that commercial treaties
be made for their benefit. That would
doubtless be practicable, were it not
that something would have to be given
in exchange, and the home interest on
which duties would have to be lowered
would raise a howl about il. Such q
remonstrance is always needed by the
Senate, SO that the prospect is that
Porto Rico will have to be content with
the markets now open"
The New York Evening Post Qnd.)
says: Senator Hanna continues to
renounce his presidential ambitions in
the positive manner of the small boy
who protested: Mother told me / must
not take a second piece of cake un-
less you urged me very hard To an
enthusiastic admirer in Fort Scott,
Kan, Mr.. Hanna writes that the re-
suit of the Ohio election is gratifying
as a personal vindication, but really
it does not Justify the claims of my
friends with reference to the sugges-
tons of my nomination for the presi-
dency.' He must, therefore, ask his
friends not to place him in an EN-
barrassing position The failure of
these friends to consider his tender
sensfbilities is one of the marYels Of
recent politics."
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23
PERSONAL.

Baron E. Nordenskjold of Stock
holm has arranged for a geological and
anthropological expedition to the from
tiers of Peru and Bolivia. The party
will sail on Jan. l.
of the 1888 candidates on the New
York ballots voted last Tuesday eighty
were college graduates and ninety-eight
were lawyers. Only twenty-nine were
liquor dealers, four of these being on
the ticket with Seth Low.
Mrs. w. w. King of Los Angeles
Cal, is phenomenal fifteen-ball pool
player. She has defeated all corners
save her husband, who is the recogniz-
ed champion of the Pacific coast, and
has at times nearly wrested the su-
premacy from him,
John Palmer, a full-blood Ponca
Indian, who has been admitted to the
bar in Oklahoma, will be one of the
speakers at the next session of the Ok
lahoma Bar Association Palmer is
located in Fawhuska and is considered
one of the best orators in the territory.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23
THE MASS OF LEGISLATION.

Senator Money of Mississippi broke
the record one day last week, when
he introduced into the Senate 23S bills.
Up to that time the record had been
held by the late Senator Plumb of
Kansas, with an even hundred bills
in one day. Nearly all of Senator
Moneys bills, it is said, were Of
private or political nature. The proba-
bilities are that not more than one or
two of them were Of a general charac-
ter, designed to be of benefit to the
country at large. This one days un-
loading of bills by one man was with
in 100 of the total number of bills in
troduced in the Senate during the
whole of the Thirty-eighth Congress.
Senator Moneys feat, however, is an
exceptional one for a Democrat As a
common thing, Democrats introduce
fewer bills than Republicans, since
they do not believe in legislating for
private interests. The records show
that whenever the Democratic party is
in control of Congress, or of either
house. there is a falling off in the num-
Der of bills introduced in the body so
controlled; and that whenever the Re
publicans are in control there is at
once a boom in the amount of proposed
new legislation. In the Fifty-first Con-
gress, when Reed was Speaker, there
were introduced into the House more
than $4,000 bills. Two years later,
when the Democrats captured that
body, the number of bills proposed
dropped to 10000 and during the fol-
lowing session, also Democratic, to s.
600. With the return of the Republic
cans to power. however. there was
again a pouring in of bills, until dur
ing the Fifty-seventh Congress, pre-
ceding the one now in extra session,
there were introduced in the House
nearly $4,000 bills.
For fifty years there has been
steady increase in the amount of pro-
posed new legislation, with the House
originating about three bills to the
Senate's one. While it is true that
only a comparatively small part of this
grist of bills ever become laws, yet
the fact will not be disputed that there
is too much legislation. This is true
both of Congress and the state legisla-
lures. And in both the mass of the
matter embodied in bills is designed
for private gain or for political pur-
poses. If these classes of legislation
could be held down, public interests
would be vastly benefited and the bur-
den of government support would be
lessened.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23
Along About Thanksgivin' Time.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
Along about Thanksgivin time, when
all the leaves are down.
And all the fruits been picked and all
the hills are turnin' brown,
There's sOmethin' in the air that seems
to stir your blood a bit,
That makes you glad you're in the
world and that you're part of it;
The song the wind goes singin' in the
evergreens sublime:
Iheres ginger in a man along about
Thanksgivin' time.
There's somethin' wonderful about the
ice so thin and white
Across the narrow little rut that dried
up in the night;
It's criss-crossed in a hundred ways
with streaks and veins and lines,
AND sparkleS out like diamonds when
the sun spunks up and shines,
And when you break it with your heel
you couldn't hardly tell
It's rattle from the jingle of a little
silver bell.
Along about Thanksgivin time it
seems somehow as though
The sky was nearer to us than it was
while ago:
And when it's clear, how clear it is
the crisp, fresh air, 1 mean
lou q almost thlnk 1t blew through
sleeves somehow to make it clean.
o, when it's whiskin strong and free.
it's nothin' but a crime
10 not get out and stir, along about
Thanksgivin' time.
It's almost like a miracle to see the
first snow fly.
To watch the million little chunks come
dartin' from the sky,
To hear them bounce against the panes.
to watch the wild things, tanned.
Go tumblin' down to melt as though
they kind of felt ashamed,
And when the darkness comes and let's
the wind go murmuring,
It's like the sweet old lullabies our
mothers used to sing.
Along about Thanksgivin' time there's
somethin' in the air
That seems to make you brisk and
strong, that kind of crimps your
hair:
You feel all ready for the storms YOU
know you'll have to meet,
You're not afraid of anything that's
wallOin round on feet,
And, lookin' at it any way. the old
earth's quite sublime,
Although it's bare and brown along
about Thanksgivin' time.
S H KiSar
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23
index 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Neutrality-suspicious. Grand Lodge l.
o. of G. S. and d. Of s.; Magnolia En-
campment No. l, 1. 0. o. f.
Special Notices-Bids for Feed Want
ed, Police Department City of Savan-
nah; Ship Notice, J. F. Minis e. Co,
Consignees; Turkeys Are Plentiful, NJ.
S. Gardner; Insurance, w. 7. Hopkins.
Business Notices-Manufactu and
Dealers in Yellow Pine Lumber, Mill
Haven Company.
Men Read This-Dr 7. T. Gault.
Extra Fine Work-E. & w. Laundry.
Saves Health-RoyaI Baking Pow
der.
Black sateen Skirts. L. Morrison
& Co.
Lecture-"From the Big House to
the CABIN Hon. Luther Manship,
Lawton Memorial, Nov. "a.
Silk Skirts. L, Morrison & Co.
Hair Tonic-Rowlinski. Druggist.
Mems Underwear. L. Morrison &
Co.
Cream Indigo Blue-Henry Solomon
d Son.
See the Fire Damaged Goods. L.
Morrison & Co.
The Good Three-Lattimore's.
Tell Me, Pretty Maiden-Gamble' 5
Tooth Powder.
Savannah Theater-Faust Minstrels,
Wednesday Matinee and Night
Medical-Vinol; Herpicide.
tTheap CoJuu,f, Advertisements rJoI,
Wanted Employment Wanted, For
Rent, For Sale. Lost, Personal. MisceI-
laneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23
EXTRAVAGANCE IN RAILROAD
MANAGEMENT.

One reason why so many railroads
go into the hands of receivers when
hard times come is the extravagances
in their management when times arc
good. When business is at high tide
and earnings are large vast improve
ments, involving great sums of money,
are begun, and contracts for new en-
gnes and cars are made that can be
fulfilled only in the event that BUSH
ness remains good. 1t seems to be
assumed that hard times will never
come. AS a matter of fact they do
come, and then, when it is too late,
railroad companies which contracted
large floating debts or issued bonds
calling for an amount of interest that
can be met only when the volume of
business is large find themselves in
financial trouble.
II railroads would only be conserva-
tive, that is, make improvements as
they could pay for them and make
equipment contracts that could be met
even if business should become greatly
depressed, very few of them would be-
come bankrupt.
A day or two ago the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad issued its annual state
ment. This statement showed that the
year under consideration had been the
best in it's history, that is, it's earnings
had been larger than in any previous
year. After paying all fixed charges
and a dividend upon it's common stock
it had a surplus of over $500, 900.
With such a surplus the Baltimore
and Ohio Company ought to be able
to overcome any difficulties it may en-
counter during period of depression,
but how long will it have this surplus?
The probabilities are that it will not
only use it up in one way and another,
but will issue securities to the amount
of many millions for the purpose Of
getting more money for improvements
and equipments. Consequently when
the period of depression comes and
earnings fall off. there will be no sur
plus to fall back upon, but there will
be additional dividends or interest on
bonds to pay. Business may not yield
sufficient to meet the fixed charges.
OF course it wouldn't be good policy
to put the surplus in bank and let it
remain there until hard times came,
but every road ought to have quick
assets of some sort, and, besides, inn
provements ought to be made with
earnings to as great an extent as pos
sible instead of borrowed money.
| For instance. the Pennsylvania road
! has been paying dividends at the rate
| of 6 per cent. giving pensions to EN-
ployes and making improvements on
great scale, but at the same time it
has been increasing its indebtedness.
All at once it finds itself confronted
| by a condition of affairs that is caus-
ing its shares to be sold $50 per share
below the price they commanded
less than a year ago. 1t is threatened
with a loss of some of it's most valu-
able business, and that, too, al a time
when it has increased its capital stock
nearly s100,OOO,0OO. If it had been eco
| nomical in its management, and had
fixed a longer period for completing
| its proposed terminals in New York,
it could have made a large part of the
great improvements it has planned
| from it's earnings.
The point we make, in short, is that
in good times railroads. as rule, are
not managed as il hard times were
certain TO come.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23
MISCALLED chair TONES"
Most Hair Preparations Are Merely
Scalp Irritants, of No Value.

Most hair preparations are merely
scalp irritants, miscalled hair tonics.
When hair is brittle, lusterless and be-
gins to fall out, the dandruff germ is
getting in it's deadly work at the root,
sappng the vitality. Since science dis
covered that dandruff is a germ dis
ease there has been only one prepare
ton put on the market that will actu-
ally destroy the dandruff germ, and
that is Newbro's Herpicide. 1t quick
ly reduces scalp fever, destroys the
germ, and the falling hair stops, and
hair grows luxuriantly. Ask your drug
gist for Herpicide. 1t allays itching
instantly, and permits the hair to
grow. Sold by leading druggists. Send
10 cents in stamps for sample to the
Herpicide Company, Detroit, Mich.
Livingston's Pharmacy Co, Special
Agents
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23
BRIGHT BITS.

Jones has done we'll in business.
hasn't he?" Illustrate. He says he
will be able to give up his family ply
stefan and go to specialists. Harp
er's Bazaar.
He's a gay dog; likes all women,
but isn't engaged to any particular
one" 81 should think not. What par
ticular woman would have him -
Brooklyn Life.
-Patience-"He wrote a song he
thought was going to live" Patrice-
And did it?" mo, the first person
he heard sing it murdered it."-Yonk-
ers Statesman.
Tommy" said the distressed mo-
Their, II don't see how you can get
SO dirty" Come out and Til show
YOU" was the prompt reply.-Chicago
Evening Post.
Whenever see a meteor, it makes
me think of that steel stock of mine. F."
''Why?" You never saw a meteor
that wasn't going down, did your
Chicago Record Herald.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23
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The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23
A CHANCE FOR STRAINED RELAT-
IONS.


There is a possibility that the case
of Gen. Wood, may bring about strain
ed relations between the President and
Senator Hanna. 1t is known that
the President very earnestly desires
the promotion of Gen. Wood. He
has nominated him for the position of
Major General, and is using his in
fiuence with senators to have the
nomination confirmed. Senator Hanna
is doing all he can to prevent the
confirmation of the nomination. 1t is
probable that he hasn't anything
against Gen. Wood, personal to HIM
self, but he believes that he brought
about the downfall of his friend Maj.
Rathbone, who was at the head of
the postal service in Cuba. Wood
and Rathbone did not get along well
together Rathbone thinking, prob
ably, that he ought to be occupying
the place filled by Gen. Wood.
But, however that may be, it is
certain that Rathbone got into trout
BILE in the Criminal Court in Cuba,
and he charges that his troubles were
brought about by Gen. Wood. The
matter is now before the Senate, and
Senator Hanna is doing what he can
to pull down the Presidents friend,
Gen. Wood, with the view of secur-
tng vindication of his friend Maj.
Rathbone.
If the Senator should be success
full wouldn't the President feel like
Withdrawing his friendship from the
senator? He is an impulsive man
and acts very often without think
ing of the consequences. In this case
however, he is likely to think twice
before doing anything calculated to
make an enemy of Senator Hanna.
He knows very we'll that there is
large and influential element in his
party that wants to nominate the
senator for President, and it isn't by
any means certain that it will not
succeed in doing so yet, notwithstand-
ing the fact that the senator has time
and time again said to his friends
that he wasn't a candidate, and that
he had no ambition to be President.
Still, strange things are happening
all the time in politics. The fact
that Senator Hanna is refusing to per-
NIT his friends to make an effort
to nominate him seems to be having
the effect of increasing the number of
those who want him to be the party's
nominee. Every day almost there is
an announcement from some part of
the country of a presidential boom
for him. That must be irritating to
the President, and IL his nomination
of Gen. Wood is turned down through
the efforts of Senator Hanna he may
feel like breaking with the latter. 1t
looks as if the nomination of Sena-
tor Hanna were yet among the pos
sibilities.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23
pRoGREss IN OBLIGATION.

The report Of the United States Com
missioner of Education for the last
fiscal year makes a showing, with re-
spect to the public schools of the
country, that is most gratifying. The
total enrolment OF the common schools
for the year was 15,925,SS7. or more
than 20 per cent. of the entire popu-
lation. Add to this the number Of
pupils in private schools and insti-
tutions of higher learning, and it
would probably be found that nearly
one person in each four of the total
population was an attendant at school.
The nation that can boast such a show
ing has much to be proud of, and
it may feel assured that its future
is founded on rock.
But it is the common schools in which
the vast majority of the people are
interested, and to which the commits
sioner's report is especially devoted.
AS compared with the year be-
fore, the average daily attend
ance last year was much lar
ger, reaching nearly 100000, or
about 60 per cent. of the total enroll
ment. This is the largest average ever
reported in the United States, show
ing that more interest is being taken
in the common schools by patrons,
pupils and teachers. With so healthy
a growth in the system, there must
necessarily have been a large increase
in school funds, since there can be
no advance along the line of public
education without a corresponding in
crease in expenditures. Various econ
omies may be safely practiced, but
economy may not approach niggard-
liness without bad effect upon the
school system.
The average length of the school
term in the country as a whole last
year was las days, being an increase
of several days over the year proceed
ing. In nearly all of the large cities
the term was raised to an average of
200 days, and in towns and villages to
1870 days. In the rural districts the
terms were shorter, of course but even
there the average was higher than
ever before. Terms in the South were
shorter than in any other section, as
was to have been supposed. The South
is, and has been, handicapped by
lack of funds for school purposes. But,
in proportion to population and wealth
the South is doing magnificent work;
as well as if not better than any other
section of the country. Every year
larger sums of money are set aside for
the common schools. Communities are
beginning to levy upon themselves d.
rect taxes for school purposes, and
there is a general uplifting in school
matters throughout the section.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23

One of the new members of the
House came to John Sharpe Williams,
the minority leader, according to the
New York Worlds Washington special,
and said:
mr.. Williams, what is all this de-
lay about? Here we go on adjourning
and adjourning without doing anything.
Why don't we get down to business ?"
We'll" said Mr.. Williams, Il sup
pose the delay is because the Repub-
hcans are preparing to perpetrate some
horrible outrage upon the minority,
but l haven't been able to find out
yet what it is"
Senator Depew relates this CONVEX
sation between twe colored porters
who worked for rival railways running
South:
"Yo' road dom carry as many pas
sengers as mine
Huh, my road kills mo- passengers
every month than yo' road hauls."
What's a good thing to sell in the
market" one senator asked another.
Sell little of that Lou Dillon"
Lou Dillon? l am not familiar with
that stock. What is it?"
United States Steel common. 1t has
the loWeSL TeCOfu, you KNOW.
Inasmuch as the Capitol is now on a
temperance basis, the two senators
were obliged to go to a committee room
to celebrate the jest.
Representative Thayer of Massachu-
sets, rose to what he said was a ques-
ton of personal privilege in the House
to-day
1.-The gentleman will state it," said
Speaker Cannon.
Mr.. Thayer began by remarking that
Congress had been called in extraor-
binary session two weeks before it was
necessary.
That's not a question of personal
privilege" interrupted Representative
Payne of New York, the Republican
leader. Then there was a squabble
and Mr. Thayer said he intended to
talk anyway At this point Speaker
Cannon came in with his first ruling
of the session.
1.-THE Chair" he said, thus early in
the session desires to say that it is
impossible for a member to state every
thing in one sentence"
Then, just to prove the Speaker was
wrong, Mr.. Thayer perpetrated a SEN
tence with 1856 words in it, and it had
about every thing in it from sunsets to
chopping wood.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23

Gen. Reyes is dealing in heorics when
he forecasts a war between Colombia
and the United States that will be
a second Boer War" England had
to fight the Beers on their own ground,
and the Beers were an exceptionally
brave and sturdy people, well equip
ped in both arms and ammunition. The
United States would not have to fight
the COlombians inland on their own
ground; and there is no comparison be-
tween the Beers and the Colombians
physically or morally. If the Colom-
bians were to behave real naughty,
Uncle Sam might send squad of
policemen to Bogota to preserve the
peace; that would be about the extent
of it,
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23

News writer's are having some diff
ficulty to settle on a distinctive name
for the people of the Isthmus of Pan
ANA. Until recently they were Colon-
bians but in view of the recent events
they must have a new name. In the
effort to meet the emergency we have
had "Panamanians, "Panamans" and
"Panamese" in the writings of the
isthmians, with the majority opinion
probably in favor OF the first. 1t is a
little unwieldy, but but it will probably
stick.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23

Society writer's. after attendance on
the horse show in New York, are of
the opinion that the winter season will
show the formation of new social set
among the ultra-fashionables. This is
to be headed by the younger Wander
bits and Whitneys and will include
such people as the Thaws of Pittsburg.
the spreckles Of San Francisco, the
Leeds Of Chicago and other rich West
ern families that have gone to Gotham
to spend their money and have a good
time.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23

Rev. DR.. Gregg of Brooklyn, who
has been called to the presidency of
the Western Theological Seminary at
Pittsburg, makes the statement that
the ranks of Presbyterian preachers
have decreased As per cent. since 1896.
This is an unexpected and extraordi-
nary showing, and if it is quite cor
rect it means that the church must
offer more inducements for young men
TO enter its ministry.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-23

Some New York preachers are dis
cussing life in flats. Life in city fats
destroys or impairs interest in the
church, civic pride and political re-
sponsibility," says DIR. Rainsford.
Flat and apartment house life is
largely responsible for the current in
crease in divorces. and for the cheap
ening of the marriage tie" says the
emotional Dr. Parkhurst. Nonsense;
everything depends on the individual"
says DR.. Minot ]. Savage; "a fiat won't
corrupt saint nor a house on River
side Drive reform a sinner" And
thus it goes. The preachers cannot
agree, and the Paymen will have to do
some thinking for themselves.