The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-20

Virginia has two-Roger A. Pryor and
John Goode, Jr. If my figures are cor
rect-and they are near enough to be
accepted-Out of three hundred mem
bers and officials, only one senator
(NesD and ten congressman survive.
All the Senate and House officials are
dead.
Mr.. u. S. Grant II is a personal friend
of mine, and a very nice, quiet gentle
man of leisure, he having married
rich wife, a daughter of the late Unit
ed States Senator Chaffee. The fam
lily now have delightful home at San
Diego, Cal, and / am sorry to see that
Mr.. Grant is again seeking to repre-
sent his state in the United States SEN
ate. His first attempt was sad fail
ure, and l fear his present campaign
will end in defeat. The Sacramento
Union makes this strong point against
him: Mr.. Grant is simply the son of
his father and that in this country
does not entitle man to present him.
self as a candidate for political favor.
Grant has no record; he is
simply a nice man." This is quite
contrast to the case of George B. Nc
Clellan II, who early commenced to
hustle" for fame and fortune" and
not depend upon Il wife's money for
support Step by step, he has won his
way, independent of his fathers mill
tary fame. until he is now spoken of
as the leader of the Democracy in the
next Congress, and as Mayor of Greater
New York. Fred Dent Grant has also
been a hustler" Independent of his
fathers illustrious name, and has won
his way to a brigadier generals life
position in the regular army. If u. S.
Grant IL wants high honors he must
hustle" like the others, and make a
record.
A few months ago 1 spoke of Sir
William Johnson-not Johnston, as the
papers have it-of New York as having
owned the only real "baronial estate"
in this country. The Society of Colonial
Wars has just unveiled a monument to
commemorate the battle of Lake
George, and on this monument are
placed the life-size statues of Sir Will
liam Johnson and King Hendrick, the
famous Indian chief. Sir William was
a great favorite with the Indians and
had unlimited influence over them.
Tuesday nights mail brought
me the following invitation from an old
friend: Mai. and Mrs. Eli d. Hoyle
request the honor of your presence at
the marriage of their daughter, Helen
Maxwell, to Lieut.. John Knowles Herr,
Seventh Cavalry, L. S. A, Tuesday ev-
ening Sept. Is, 1908, at $50 o'clock,
Camp George II. Thomas, ChiCkamauga
Park Georgia" / cannot eX-
press in words my heartfelt apprecia-
ton of the very kind and sympathetic
words that have come to me from two
prominent officials of the Florida U. C.
", Adjt Gen Fred L. Robertson and
Quartermaster General G.. N. Saussy.
Both sympathiZe with me in the de-
privation of meeting my old G.. A. r.
comrades at San Francisco. While they
are jealous Confederates, they are also
patriotic Americans. and both are writ
ers of unusual ability. Col. Saussy's
article on Two Gallant Soldiers" in
last Sundays Morning News entities
him to the hearty thanks of every
reader of the paper. While these ar
ticles are not strictly history they are
valuable to the historian and deeply in
teresting to the general reader.
A very handsome illustrated Pro-
gramme of Closing Exercises of the
Culver Summer Naval School at Cul-
yer. Ind. for Aug. 1913, seems to have
been "swamped" in my overflow of
mail about that date and has just
been "fshed out" My thanks are due
Prof. r. II. Gignilliat, an ex-naval Of
ficer of Savannah for this programme.
which shows that five days of good
work in naval instruction and practice,
were given the Cadets. / have often
wondered why we have so few naval
schools of this character in our coun-
try. And just now, when there is such
a demand for naval midshipmen. ap-
prentices and sailors, II appears to me
that such schools could be made as
profitable TO the proprietors and as use
full to the country as military schools
Of which we have several hundred
This subject ought TO be taken I'm hand
by the Navy League of the United
States the advocate of our to be grand
er navy, so that when the great naval
vessels are ready to go into commission
year after year, IN the near future, We
may have boys and men fully prepar-
ed 10 man them IN a proper and ade-
quate manner. Prot. GIRniliat, who
Is o graduate n the Naval Academy
az Ammo polls ND. Yields a pen fully
able 20 discuss this subject.
Last Sundays Morning News con-
tanned q very flashing illustrated article
headed. Where DO the Calendars Coz"
In other words. what becomes Of the
caienddrg2" Well. that depends. "There
are some vie calendars that ~. or
should go. into me Ore az soon as
they ore distributed. There are other
calenGafs tfat have little NHluo beyond
giving me dates ~ fhe month. and they
20 into fhc tfnFh basket as f0on ~
tbfy cease 20 br fhuF useful Again.
millions ~ ralenaart arc distributed
end frequently elr mau ~ firm Rffn "a
dozen of $50 NJ fffiy variety ~ these