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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-22
DECLINE OF sECTARIANIsM.

IL has not been a great many years
since there were bitter controversies
among the various religious denomina-
tions. Indeed, one does not have to
go very far back in history to find
that religious dissentions and differ
ences were attended by bloodshed,
wars and unspeakable cruelties. but
we have reference especially to the
strictly modern churches and their de-
nominational quarrrels, not to the
churches and quarrels of ancient times.
Within fifty years many of the denonl-
nations were at verbal daggers' points
with each other, and harsh invective
was hurled from the pulpit of one
church against the doctrine, teachers
and followers of another church. Ger
tain of the seets apparently regarded
other sects as creatures of the evil
one. Controversy, both spoken and
written, ran high, and parts auship
was intense.
There remains but very little of that
spirit. The churches are now devot-
ing themselves to their great work of
hitting up the human race and giving
practically no attention to denomina-
tional differences. BY way OF illus
tration, merely because it is fresh in
the public mind and not because of
the two churches involved, reference
may be made to the refusal of the
Methodist Episcopal General Confer
ence at Los Angeles some days ago to
discuss or adopt resolution adverse
ly oriticising the Catholic Church.
The resolution was introduced by the
secretary of the Church Extension So
ciety. The conference promptly pigeon
holed it by sending it to a committee,
from which IL never emerged and
where it was purposely buried. Forty
or fifty years ago the resolution in all
proba hility would have been passed
with scarcely dissenting voice and
spirited speeches would have been
made on it. Last week nobody want
ed to raise the issue and it was not
raised.
This does not mean that the pride OF
religious sect no longer exists. That
pride is still strong and will coatinL Q
to be so; hut it is not accornpa MED
with the arrogance, bigotry and in
tolerance that characterized ii in II e
past. Church people now recognize
that ne sect or denomination has a
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-22
The Instinct of self Defense.

well Charlie" said a proud Ems
worth father to his 5-year-old on arriv-
ing home from Pittsburg the other
night, "have you been a good boy to
day." says the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Without hesitation the little fellow
replied: mo I've been lad. I gave
mamma whippin'. .
Enquiry developed the fact that the
mother had found it necessary to cor
rect the child for scme misdemeanor by
spanking him soundly. While the chas-
tisement was at what seemed like whit :
heat the diminutive culprit had sud
denly doubled his chubby INST and dealt
mater familias vicious left hook. She
was completely knocked out-not By
the blow itself. but by sheer amaze
ment at this tots audacity-and per-
haps by wee streak of admiration foi
his early display of soldier spirit.
When all this had been explained to
the father he called Master Charles to
him and seriously demanded a reason
for "whippin' mamma" Coolly thrust
ing his little hands into his pockets tn
youngster looked his papa squarely in
the face and said: WHEN she was
jumpin' aroun' and hittin' me all over
do you think I was goin' 10 stan thers
and do nothin'? No, sir; not me-"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-22
Come Home, Father.

From the Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
Father, dear father. come home with
me now.
For mother is out to the club,
You said you were coming right home
from your work
To get the dear children some grub.
The cook has gone out-her club also
meets
The janitor's gone on q spree,
And poor Brother Bonnie has swallowe
nail
And no one to help him but me.
Father, dear father. come home with
me now:
There's scrubbing and sweeping to do.
While mother is solving The problems
of state
The children are crying for you.
The socks must be darned, the patches
tackled on.
The beds must be turned back to air,
And mothers shirtwaist must be ironed
tonight
Or she will have nothing 10 wear.
Father, dear father. come home with
me now;
It's lonely without any man:
And mother will grieve when she comes
from the club
IL things are not fixed spick and span.
Don't swear, dear papa; It isn't polite
The children liz hearing night be:
So let business slide. for dear mother.
you know,
May bring home few friends to tea.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-22
--S-<Dr-S--
MIR. BRYAN'S PROGRAMME,

There is considerable speculation as
to what part Mr.. Bryan will play in
the st. Louis convention. The sug-
gestion has been thrown out that it is
his purpose to prepare and deliver a
speech which he hopes will make him
practically master of the convention.
The impression prevails that he cap
tured the convention and brought about
his nomination in 1896 by means of a
speech, but the New York Times is au-
thority for the statement that there is
no foundation for that impression.
Whether there is or not it is certain
that the convention this year will be
made up of men who have q purpose "a
view, namely, the nomination of a can
didate who can get enough electoral
votes to elect him President, and who
cannot be stampeded from that purpose
by any mans oratory.
AS it looks now there is going to b.
large number of uninstructed dele
gates, the most of whom will be fav-
orable to the nomination oe Judge Pa :
ker. Neither the Parker delegates nor
the uninstructed delegates will be sus
ceptable to the charms of Mr.. Bryan .
oratory. If. therefore, Mr.. Bryan is
thinking of capturing the convention by
his oratory he is doomed to disappoint-
ment. In fact. it wouldn't be surpris-
ing if he didn't cut much of a fig
urc in the convention. He will have to
depend upon the Hearst delegates for
whatever support he has. and from
present indications their number will
not be large. 1t is practically certain
that of the uninstructed delegates there
will be few, If any. who will be in
clined to follow Mr.. Bryan's lead. He
will not be the power in the conven-
ton of 1904 that he was in the con-
vention OF 1900.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-22
Personal.

Joseph Folk shook hands with a
mascot in Kansas City recently, and
the same week carried six counties in
the gubernatorial race. The mascot is
a girl who sells cigars at a Kansas
City hotel. MIR. Folk was told she was
very lucky, and advised that if he
shook her hand he could not lose.
New York papers speak guardedly
of the embarrassing position in which
fashionable woman found herself re-
Gently. She was invited to a swell
wedding, but did not think either of
her spring hats was good enough for
the occasion. So she visited her mil
liners and had an exceedingly costly
affair sent home on trial She wore it
at the wedding and next day drove to
the milliner's and returned it, saying
it did not suit. 1t happened that the
hatmaker who quite understood the
situation, had been similarly tried sew
eral times of late. Did you not wear
this hat at the Blank wedding yester-
day." she asked bluntly. Taken by
surprise, the society woman owned up.
but asked: "How did you know?" "Oh,
it was quite easy l see several grains
of rice in the folds of the lace"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-22
His Shattered belief.

why. Joshua. what are you sayin'?''
IT don't believe in the Bible, and
there's no use Of me pretendin' that
1 do Them's my sentiments. I hate
to give up the old belief, because it
was mighty comfortin', but 1 can't
keep on clingin' to it no longer"
When his Mortified wife could get
her breath, says the Chicago Record
Herald, she asked:
Have you been readin' any of them
college professors articles about not
believln' Jonah could of lived in the
whale or got down it's throat?"
Nope, l amt much acquainted with
whales, and I'm willin' to believe that
maybe Jonah might Of got swallered
and come up again o. K, but my
old beliefs gone forever, just the
same"
Il s'pose you don't think that rod
what Moses had could of turned into
a serpent"
Yes, that might of been, too, as far
as 1 know"
Don't you believe Daniels friends
could of stood it in the fiery furnace?"
Il amt denyin' any of them things
at all, but I've been trying to drive
that tarnation spotted pig out of the
orchard, and, by links, 1 can't never
have any more faith in the story about
Noah drivin' in all kinds of animals
into the ark. If he'd of had any such
job to do, it's my opinion that the rain
would of fell and the ark would OF
sailed off leaving him out there in the
wet chasin' the two pigs"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-22
MEN AND WOMEN BEFORE THE
LAW.

Is II a fact that there is one kind of
law in this country for men and an
other for women? Mrs. Trimble-Wool
sew Of New YORK thinks so and has
written to New York paper about it,
She thinks the discrimination is
against women. Last week in Della
ware" she writes. "a wife was tried
for numbering her rival for her hus-
bands affections, and in New York a
husband was tried for numbering his
rival for his wife's affections. After
long trial and severe arraignment
before the court the woman was sem
fenced to life Imprisonment, and after
brief trial the man was acquitted"
Mrs. Woolsey asserts that that is the
way it generally goes; the woman is
punished and the man goes free. She
thinks that the explanation is to be
found in the circumstance that women
are permitted no voice in the making
of the laws. nor are they allowed to
interpret or execute them. In addi-
ton. women are not permitted to have
''juries of their peers" but are tried by
men. Her deduction is that courts
and juries. being composed exclusively
of men. are prone to be more lenient
towards their own sex than towards
women charged with like crimes. That
is the substance of her argument.
But is it not possible that she is
mistaken? May it not be that the
chivalrous protection that men throw
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-22

about women is responsible for this
seeming discrimination against them?
Why does a man kill the would-be ri
val in his wife's affections? 1t is to pro-
tect her honor and the honor of their
family. Why does a woman kill her
rival? Is it to protect the husbands
honor? 1t may be safely said that not
that, but jealousy, is the motive.
There are, of course, exceptions, but
the foregoing will probably hold good
as the rule. There may be just here
a question of a difference in codes of
ethics for men and women. but that
does not change facts The man kills
in defense of the woman he has obi
gated himself at the altar to protect;
the woman kills for the reason that
she is afraid of being displaced in the
affections of her husband. That may be
accepted as the common rule
It is often stated, and no doubt tru-
ly that one reason why there are
lynchings is that there is a desire to
save women the humiliation Of going
upon the witness stand in court and
telling Of the wrongs to which they
have been subjected. Men are willing
to take the law into their own hands
and shed blood to save the opposite
sex that ordeal. But nobody ever
thought of resorting to mob law to
save a man from testifying to I'M
pleasant facts. When the parties to
a law suit are man and a woman,
the sympathies of the jurors are almost
always in favor of the woman. The
word of woman on the witness stand
is almost invariably taken in prefer
ence to that of a man who is alleged
TO have wronged her, where there is
no other evidence, because of the chiv-
alric impulse to give the woman the
benefit of the doubt There have been
many criminal cases during recent
years in the South in which juries
and courts have failed to mete out to
women the punishment they would
have measured to men, merely for the
reason of their sex. This induces a
doubt that Mrs. Woolsey was exhaus-
lively informed when she said, in the
course of her paper, that the woman
usually pays the penalty of the law
while the man usually goes free" Our
observation has been that the man
was usually the recipient of the more
severe punishment and that If there
were loophole through which the
women might escape it was held open
for her
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-22

How One Cent Paid Seven.

In one of the downtown telegraph
offices, says the Philadelphia Press,
three messenger boys were in debt as
follows: Messenger As owed Messenger
SO 8 cents; SO owed 2 cents to Messen-
ger "A; who owed like amount to As
One day As, receiving a very gener-
Gus tip, decided to pay some of his
debts, so he gave SO cent on account
Now, SO, animated by such a laudable
example, thought he, too, would dimin-
ish his outstanding indebtedness He
therefore paid "A l cent, leaving a bal
ance against him of 1 cent; IA, not
needing the money, paid As l cent,
leaving a balance of l cent. Then As,
having his penny back again, paid an
other third of his debt to SO, who i'm
mediately paid "A in full: "A then
squared his account with As.
Now, 40, having the cent back, paid
off his debt to 49, Thus one small cent
paid up a total debt of cents Who
lost by the transaction?
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-22
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Philadelphia Record (Dem.)
says: John Brisben Walker of New
York announces that he will support
President Roosevelt in preference to
Judge Parker This might have been
assumed. Mr.. Walker is a free sill
verite and a friend of Bryan, and all
persons with strong Populistic or
cheap-money streak in them find the
society of Republicans much more con-
genial than that of Democrats. BY
the same token a dispatch from Lin
coin, Neb., reports a strong sentiment
in favor of Hearst in the Populist
State Committee
The Memphis Commercial-Appeal
(Dem.) says: THE case of James N.
Tyner is one Of the most pathetic in
the annals of this country. 1t is an
illustration of what will come to one
who plays the game of politics all his
life. Well, indeed, might it be in
cluded in the proverb which specifies
three things which will make a man
poor. Under Gen. Grant he was Post
master General, cabinet officer; one
of the highest dignitaries in the re-
public. To-day he is on trial for his
life, for conviction means death to
him, as he is too weak to stand such
a shock. Palsied, old beyond the al
lotted span of life, unable to ambulate,
unable to talk above a whisper, this
man is hailed info a court OF justice
10 stand trial on a grave charge, that
of selling an opinion to a patron of
the postal department. It seems
pity to bring him to book, but needs
must, and it had to be, done. No ex-
ception could be made because of his
age or disabilities. And this but rem
ders the affair all the more pathetic.
In his testimony he said that he en-
couraged his nephew to leave the de-
partment. I told him. said he, not
to follow my example and be a post
Office clerk all his life He was speak
ing from the bitterness of his own
heart. from the sadness of his own ex-
perienee. Had he followed his chosen
profession. the law, he might now be
In the enjoyment OF health, wealth.
character and the esteem of mankind.
Politics lured him on with a SIRENS
song and to-day he has neither
health. wealth. character nor friend.
Ii is a big lesson for every young man.
1t shows the ruination that follows
perpetual office-seeking. Gen. Tyner's
is no exceptional case"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-22
UNIN-
DELEGATES,
STRUCTED.
PARKER


Relative 10 delegates from this state
TO the St. Louis convention, Represen'
tative Livingston's opinion is that they
should be favorable to Judge Parker
but shouldn't be instructed. That opin-
ion seems TO be sound. Georgia Dem
ocrats favor the nomination Of Judge
Parker. Therefore they should send
delegates to St. Louis who not only
favor his nomination. but who would
do what they could to bring it
about. They would take off their
coats, as it were. and go TO work for
him when they reached 81. Louis.
1t may be that i, will be found after
TIL balloting begins, that Judge Parker
isn't the choice of the convention. IN
der such circumstances an instructed
delegation would be handicapped. 1t
wouldn't he free to do what it thought
was for the best interests OF its state.
II may be urged that if the delega-
ton were not instructed II might drop
| Judge Parker for another candidate be
! fore il was fully determined whether
or not he could be nominated. To
guard against that danger only those
! known to be true Parker men should
| be sent to St Louis. 1t is easy enough
to determine who are Parker men at
heart and who are Parker men simply
for the purpose of getting place in
the delegation.
OF course the unit rule should be
adopted. The vote of the delegation
should be- cast as a whole. With the
unit rule the vote of the state would
be safe for Parker even if a few half
hearted Parker men, or even opponents
of Parker should be made members OF
the delegation. Besides, the Democrats
of Georgia don't want to have their in
fuence nullifed by having part OF
the delegation vote for one candidate
and a part for another.
The candidacy of Judge Griegs for
delegate at large has been, and is yet.
the subject of considera BILE discussion.
II is understood that he is working for
the nomination of Mr.. Hearst. If the
state convention should BE controlled
by the friends of Judge Parker, and
there is no reason to doubt that it will.
a Hearst man could hardly be expected
to be made delegate, even though un-
der the unit rule his vote would go to
Parker. He wouldn't be IL a position
to lend a helping hand to advance the
wishes of the Democracy of Georgia.
While Judge Griggs has as much right
to promote the car didacy of Mr.. Hearst
as other Democrats have to promote
that of Judge Parker, he ought not to
expect to be a member of the delega-
tor If the promoters of Mr.. Hearsts
candidacy are not able to give it to
him. Besides, if made a member of
TIE delegation he would take an honor
that belongs to. and is desired by,
Parker man. OF course Mr.. Griggs has
great many friends in the state and
has done a great deal of work for his
party, but 1t doesn't follow that his
de sire to be a delegate to st. Louis
should be gratified if he isn't in touch
with his party in his state as to the
candidate that should be nominated.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-22
THE MACON TRAGEDY.

The suicide of Mr.. R. H. Plant at
Macon yesterday completes the drama
which. doubtless. has been in progress
many months, and of which he was
the central figure. 1t will probably be
disclosed that at least one of the finan-
cial Institutions with which he was
connected-the private bank-was not
in a solvent condition for a good while
before it closed it's doors. 1t is a fact,
probably, that he didn't know It's ac-
tual condition until quite recently, and
the discovery was such shock to him
that it made him a wreck physically
and weakened him mentally. Other
wise he wouldn't have committed the
rash act
For a couple of months before the
failure of his bank he was so Ill that
he was unable to attend to business,
and during all of that time his affairs
were preying upon his mind to such
an extent that the time came at last
when he lost control of himself.
The cause of the failures was doubt
less bad investments. or investments
that turned out badly. Although Mr..
Plant may not have known of the
insolvency of his private bank until
recently, there is some ground for
thinking that the bank had not been
in a prosperous condition for a good
while.
From the accounts which have APP
peared in the public prints his death
will make large increase in his as
sets for the benefit of his creditors
about $750.000. Even with that sum.
from present indications, there will not
be more than enough to pay fifty cents
on the dollar. The stories told of some
who have all of their worldly means
in the private bank are very pathetic
They are stories of women who had
been saving for years against the time
when age and physical intirmities
would make it impossible for them to
earn a living.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-22
BRIGHT BITS.

EVERY man is the architect of his
own fortunes" Yes. That's why the
cost so often exceeds the estimate."-
Life.
-Guest-'Why do you call this Echo
Hollow" Host-"Because you have
ter holler ter hear the echo. "-Chicago
Daily News.
"A bore is man who tells the
smart things his baby said when
you want to be telling the smarter
things yours said.-Baltimore Amer
lean.
Miss Kate Fallon will sing For
all Eternity was the startling an
nouncement calmly made by the chair
man of the Home Government Branch
at the branch's last concert of the
season" yesterday. The song, however,
only lasted five minutes. ''-Glasgow
Evening Times.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-22
stumped for a substitute for Slang.

Its pretty hard to avoid the use
of slang these days." remarked we'll
known professor of English literature,
according to the Philadelphia Press.
"At any rate there are certain express
sions which aren't found in the die
tionary that can't be duplicated very
we'll. The other day after l had just
given a lecture to my class, advising
them against the use of slang, a bright
young fellow came to me with this
query:
What word would you substitute
in place of Jumped over" in the SEN
tence, HE jumped all over the UNI
pire'
"Well, 1 have to confess that that
sentence was too much for me. 1 tried
substituting various words such as
criticise, complained about, ETC., for
they all failed to give the adequate
meaning. 1 gave as an excuse to my
pupil that this was a baseball ex-
preston and couldn't be altered, but
that didn't satisfy my own conscience
as to the growing use of slang"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-22
THE POWER OF STEAM.
Many May See But 1t Takes Genius to
Realize.


When James Watt saw the steam
causing the kettle lid to jump up and
down he said, There must be power
in that steam that it can lift such a
weight"
There was.
Millions prior to him had seen the
same phenomenon and regarded it as
an unexplained mystery.
Recent scientific research has put
it's finger on the cause" of Dandruff,
Falling Hair, and consequent Bald
ness, and has unearthed a tiny germ
which eats the life from the roots of
human hair.
Newbro's Herpicide destroys this
germ and consequently restores the
hair to it's natural state.
Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c
in stamps for sample to The Herpicide
Co. Detroit. Mich.
Livingston's Pharmacy, Special
Agents.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-22
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