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[SATURDAY, DEQ. 28, 1D01.
Mitchell county li going oat ol the
ispeuiary business.
l'lio oold weather la driving the
enkeet Southward.
Strnnge that "Fighting Bob” hasn’t
eu heard from on the verdict.
^Sohley Isn't treated right the peo
ple'may oonolade to take np his oase.
v /it will be a long time yet beforo we
hear the last of the Schley controversy.
The Boers don’t know when they are
whlppod, and the Filipinos won’t stay
whipped.
A solid week ot freezing weather is
something almost without preoedent in
these ports.
The Moultrie street fair was a failure.
The Observer attributes the failure to
the bud weathor.
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The Augusta Chronicle observes that
Benhum and Ramsay are now under fire
for the ilrst time lu their lives.
J The rumori;that ex-Treasurer Bpeer
>111 enter the raoe against State Treas-
urer Park has been^revived in Atlanta.
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1 The newspupors are reminding those
of their readers who are ootnfortably
situated ot the needs of the poor during
. the oold weather.
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It is vary evldont that Qoncrol Chat-
fee is dlsguBted with the Filipinos. Be
characterises them as a nation ot treaoh-
erous dissemblers.
. Seed oats for the spring planting will
be In groat demand throughout Georgia.
. Many fields of young oats have been
-.killed by the freeze this week.
The report that Hobson is engaged is
denied very emphatioally by the young
lady in the case, and now the hero of
- the Merrlmao can go right along kiss-
/ ing the girls as before.
The snow predloted by the Weather
Bureau for the interior of the state yes
terday arrived on behedule time, but It
did not get at fkr South as Albany. We
see that Haoon got over two inohes of
the "beauttfuL”
The breaking np of the MoKinley
Cabinet has oommenoed. Poetmas
General Smith has led the way, and
now it seems oertaln that Secretaries
■" ‘ Gage and Long are soon to follow.
And now even the Georgia Cracker,
at Gainesville, has gone to spelling Geor-
. gia syrup with an "i.’’ Is the editor of
yhe Orraoker an exotio, an Importation
, from New .England, or 1b he putting on
airB?
"LegislaturitiB” it a hew malady in
Georgia, and Speaker Little is one of
$he victims. We get this from the
Griffin News, and .that’ paper la. also! to constitute himself- ^essentially the
authority for the: statement that Mr. court^as^Judge Brown has in
^-•«le has gone from thelbhair pf the ‘‘‘J^ 08868 "
t tariff is again ooming
i live issue it begins to
i are still vo have two
Demoorats—Protective Tariff
a and Tariff for Revenue Only
’ The vote on the Philippine tariff blU
yesterday demonstrated the foot that
the Louisiana de'egatlon in theNatlonal
House ot Representatives consists of two
different kinds ot Demoorats. The con
gressmen from the-northern part of the
state voted against the bill, which was
atrlotly a Republican paity measure,
beoanse it was contrary to Democratic
doctrine and principle and those from
the southern portion voted for it on the
ground that it would afford protection
to sugar. •
Noting thesplit in the Inuisiana dele
gation, the New Orleans States says:
Therefore our representatives in the
House f apish a striking illustration of
two types of Demoorats. One ortno-
doxers and the other saocharinej, so to
speak. This is a foot that is no *r sorely
puzzling the Demooratlo newspapers of
the other Southern States is their efiorts
to properly olasslfy the Demooraoy of
the Louisiana delegation and the more
they ponder over the variegated subject
the greater is their distress of mind, but
after muon pairful struggling some of
oar contemporaries have reoohod the
conclusion that the Democracy of Lon
isiana’s representative should be put
down as six of one thing and a half
dozen of something else. This seems to
be the only solution of an exceedingly
interesting political puzzle.
Congressman Robinson, of Indiana,
has introduced a bill in Congress pro
viding that in the event a govornor of
one state refuses to honor the requisi
tion of another for the surrender of a
fugitive from justioe that the United
States marshal shall arroBt tlm criminal
and return him to the authorities cf the
state in wliioh the crime was committed.
For several months Governor Durbin,
of Indiana, has been harboring ex-Gov-
ernor Taylor, of Kentucky, who is un
der Indlotmont as an accomplice in the
assassination ot the late Governor Goe
bel, and has refused to honor sevoral de
mands of thejpresent chief oxeoutlve of
Kentuoky for the surrender of Taylor.
Should the Robinson bill bo passed dur
ing the present session of Congress Tay
lor, who undoubtedly was oonnectod
with tho”plot to murder Goebel, will be
oompellod tojpnt nn ocean instead of a
state between [himself and Kentuoky to
esoape the taloiiB of the law and punish
ment for the dastardly orime which he
instigated.
The Philadelphia Record regards it as
unthinkable that the Hepburn bill,
which has”been |favorably reported to
the house, should beoome the
law underDwhioh no Isthmian canal
is to beJBIconstrnoted. The Reo-
ord points out that the measure
assumes, among [other things, that the
United States have the right to con
struct, and authorizes the oonstruotion
pf, "defenses”jwithout permission from
the governments in whose territory the
oanal would|be [located and in violation
of the provision ot [the Hay-Paunoefote
treaty prohibiting the exeroiso of the
rights of|war.in the oanal or the waters
adjacent thereto. Since treaties are de
clared by the[oonstitution to be the su
preme law of the land, any enactment
in oonfliot(wlth the convention Just rat
ified would|be nugatory. Congress may
alter or repeal laws passed by itself, but
it cannot amend or nullify a treaty.
The position of the Supreme Court on
the insular cases Is (graphically and
truthfully described by Sidney Web
ster, the^well-known New ( England
lawyer. He[says: "Elght.of the nine
justioes|retired in opposite comers, four
in eaob, where they remained; through
out the oonsultatlons, fixed and immov
able in their oonviotions. The ninth
flitted to and fro, tipping the judioial
balance as h!s|mlnd lnolined. The prac
tical effect was muoh the same as if the
court had consisted of' only one justioe.
He makes mnsio wherever he goes, hut
his music is law. Never before in the
annals of the court has [a single justioe
managed in a series of great judgments,
ting officer of the house .ofidfSHta-
lives to a sanatorium." ‘Mr.-Little’*
i has not been good for some time
There will be a good deal of moving
around in -Albany -mi the first of Jan
uary. 8everal new dwellings will be
oooupied, and other changes will be
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THE SCHLEY CASE.
Secretary Long has finally disposed of
the Bohley oase, so for as the navy de
partment is oonoerned, by aotlng upon
the findings and oondosions of the oonrt
of inquiry.
He approves the findings of fact and
the opinion of the fnll court; he ap
proves the majority opinion where there
is a difference in the oourt; he holds
that the oourt oould not have entered
into a consideration ot the question of
oommand at the battle of Santiago and
finollr he aaoepts the recommendation
that no further proceedings shall be had.
The secretary also has deolined the
application of Admiral Sampson's coun :
sel to enter upon an inquiry into the
question of oommand and has notified
Admiral Schley's counsel of that fact as
a reason for declining to hear them on
that point.
The secretary, by direction of the
President, has also severely -censured
General Nelson A. Miles for the latter's
interview, first published in a Cincin
nati paper, indorsing the D-wey opin
ion and denouncing the persistent ef
fort that hosbeen made by certain offi
cials of the navy to traduce Admiral
Sohley.
By direction of the President, the
Secretary of the Nuvy also asks for the
resignation of "Historian” Maolay.
It is evident from all that has trans
pired that President Roosevelt is very
anxious to put an end to the further dls
oussion of the Sohley-Sampsoit con
troversy, but it is safe to say that he Iiiib
not done It. The oonrt ot inquiry lias
been dissolved, bat the oountry is not
satisfied with the summary manner in
which the administration has closed the
door in Admiral Schley’s faie. We
havo not heard the lost of the Schley-
Sampson oase, and the administration
may be sioker of it than it appears to bo
now before the country gets through
with it.
Word oomes 'from Washington thnt
President RooBevelt has annonnoed his
pnrpose to reappoint H. A, Ruokrr to
the offioe of internal revenue collector
for the northern distnot of Georgia.
The Atlanta Constitution says that the
statement to this effect, oomes from
the national capital authoritatively and
will strike consternation in the enmp of
the lily white contingent whioh has
contended through different ohanuels
for the appointment of one of their own
number. Ruoker is said to have won
on his record, tho President, after look
ing into the case, having announced
thnt he oonld find nothing wrong with
the negro.
A “GROUND HOG CASE.”
The esteemed Savannah Press is sur
prised, not to say alarmed, over the foot
that its Atlanta correspondent takes it
for granted that the deoision in the Park
mandamus case is a foregone conclusion
and intimates the general belief that the
legal aspect of the oass resembles a
"mock trial.”
The use of the term "mock trial"
seems to shook the Press.
Well, perhaps it isn’t quite so bad as
that, but there is no denying the fact
that thd Howell resolution contemplated
k aving a test case made over the pro
posed trausfer of a part of the publio
property fund to the Interest fund, and
It must also be admitted that the whole
proceeding has been based upon the
hope or supposition that the supreme
court would render a decision favorable
to the soheme. It is uunecossnry to
cost any undue reflection upon anybody,
or upon the judiciary especially, by
characterizing the case as a "moex
trial,” but there is perhaps no harm in
saying that the supreme court probably
understands that it is a "ground hog
case” and what it (the court) iB ex
pected to do with it.
Professor W. B. Merritt, of Valdosta,
has announced that he is squarely in the
race for State Sohool Oommissioner
against Prof, G. R. Glenn, the present
incumbent. Professor Merritt has been
connected with various sohools in the
state for the past twelve or fifteen years,
and is at present superintendent of the
public sohool] system of Valdosta and
County sohool commissioner of Lowndes
oounty. He says.that he concluded to
make the raoe after becoming satisfied
that there was widespread opposition to
Professor Glenn and upon receiving as
surances of supoort from many differ
ent parts of the state.
Germany olaims that Venezuela owes
her a lot of money whioh she refuses to
pay, and the affair is about to lead to
war.' Germany has intimated that she
oan and will oolleot the debt provided
the United States will not interfere.
Unole Sam would probably interpose no
objection unless Germany should under
take to oolleot her claim in real estate
In that event there might be trouble.
Vhe Moultrie News is the latest news
paper enterprise ln;8outhwest Georgia,
and a copy of the initial edition has
reaohed the Hkbald. It is a neatly
printed eight-page paper and there is an
air of originality about it that is refresh
ing. Mr. John E. Gibson, reoently
with the Macon Telegraph, is the editor.
We weloome the News to our exchange
list and wish it merited success.
The effort of the administration to
choke off further agitation of the Sohley
oase will fail. The American people
love fair play, and the widespread indig
nation at the unjust treatment of the
real hero of Santiago will oontinue to
expess itself.
They murder collectors in Utah, but
n Augusta, Ga., according to the
Ohroniole, IV isn’t so bad. - "Here,”
says the Ohroniole, "they simply work
them to death making them ‘oall
..." .
The Vocal Physiologist says that
“more money is thrown away on the
education of the human voice than on
the support of government. Cf every
10,000 voices one may be listeued to
without pain; of every 100,000 voioes
one may be listened to with patience; of
every 1,000,000 voices cne may be lis’
tenod to with satisfaction; of every
10,000,000 voices one may be listeued to
with sensations of joy." Like statistics
on inB'rumeutal torture woula be inter
esting, but the Vocal Physiologist prob
ably considers this outside of its sphere.
Gen. Chaffee lias a very poor opinion
of the Filipinos. He said, in reviewing
one of a number of court martial cases:
"History afftrds no parallel of a whole
people thus practically turning war
traitors, and in tho t;enias of no other
people was ever found such masterfnl
powers of seoreoy and dissimulation, but
it iR needless to say that no powerful
state was ever erected or ever oan be
erected upon such immoral and unen-
^ghtenod foundations.”
GEN. JOE WHEELER ON THE NEGRO.
In the New York Journal of Sunday
Gen. Joseph Wheeler discusses the ne
gro problem, and in doing so he lays
down four propositions that are, in our
opinion, not only fair but, sensible.
These fnnr propositions contain the
meat of bis article, and they are so buo-
oinotly stated ob to need no elaboration.
They are—
First—That it is idle to oonslder
whether the presenoe ot the negro in
this oountry is to its advantages. He is
planted in this land and he will remain.
Second—That we cannot allow a m .83
ot human being?, in this country to re
main in ignoranoe. To do so leaves
them the tools pf bad, designing and
intriguing men, who for personal ad
vantage work upon their superstitions,
prejudicer and the worst elements of
their nature.
Third—That there is much good in
the general make-up of the negro, and
that efforts should be direoted to give
him that kind of education which will
cultivate And develop the good, and orr-
rect and repress that whioh is vicious
and bad.
Fourth—That all efforts to enforoe or
encourage social equality are detrimen
tal to the negro, bit that it is incumbent
unon the superior race to scrupulously
proteot him in every legal right.
THE DEMAND FOR COOKS.
There is an increasing demand, for
cooks. The country is abort on cooks,
and oooks who are wortfiy to be oalled
cooks and who really know how to cook
are scaroe.
We see now that the United States
navy is in the market for cooks, and as
many cooks aB oan be seoured are to be
enlisted at the Brooklyn Navy Yard be
fore January 1. On that date the gen
eral mess system will be established
uniformly througheut the navy, and
one of the fundamental principles of the
Boheme is that every cook in the service
must be a professional.
Here in the South, where we onoe had
an abundant supply of the very best of
oooks, the cook question is getting to be
serious. The old Negro mammies who
learned how to oook during slavery
times are now getting too old to cook,
and the younger generation doesn’t
seem to take kindly to Bteady service
in the kitchen. Half of those who pre
tend to be cooks really know nothing
about cooking, and the trouble is that
but few are trying to learn how.
When a weapon of any kind is pur
chased in Russia a permit must bo se
cured from tho local authorities. The
name of the raau who makes the pur
chase, with tho number of the weapon,
is recorded, if tho purchaser ever wants
to dispose of the weapon ho must uotiiy
the authorities and cause the transfer to
be recordei on the books of the firm
whioh sold it. It that weapon is ever
used in an attempted assassination, or
in any demonstration against the law,
the man reoorded as laBt having it in his
possession is held responsible.
William H. Crane, the aotor, dined at
the Houbo of Commons with some of
the Irish members not long ago, and as
a preliminary a round of drinks was or-
dered Crane took "the same,” which
proved to be a half-pint of IriBb whisky
in a tall tumbler. His friends added
soda to their whisky and gulped it down
without a wink. He followed suit,
whereupon another round was ordered
and another half-pint was plaoed before
each man. "Say," he queried, turning
to his neighbor, "when you ohaps take
a drink do you always take one of that
size?" "We do,” was the reply. "Well,
all I’ve got to remark, then,” said
Crane, "is that I am not surprised that
the Boer war continues.”
John Allen, formerly the wit of the
House, entered the hall of the House
last Tuesday. He was dressed in the
tip-top of fashion Together with Mar-
ous Aurelius Smith, delegate from Ari-
zona, Allen surveyed the assembled con
gressmen. "Rather a mixed lot,” was
Smith's comment. "Yes,” assented
Allen. “And to think,” he added, re
flectively, "that for many years I asso
ciated with these people on terms of
equality l”_
, The majority of the Oourt of Inqnlry
does not oonoede that Admiral Sohley
was in command of the fleet when the
viotory of Santiago was aohieved,- but
the Philadelphia record suggests that it
takes care at the same time to hold him
to all the responsibilities of supreme
oommand.
By order of President Roosevelt,
Maolay, the "historian," is to go. He
has, .in foot, been kicked out of the
navy. Very good. But what ofOrown-
ingshiold, Sampson and the rest of the
ootarie who not only read the proof-
sheets of Maolay's alleged history, but
passed np as good his libelous charges
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j against A&mirai8chley?
Mr. Burke, the editor cf the Galena
(Kansas) Times, having gone to Wash
ington as Congressman Jnokson's pri
vate seoretary, h9s appointed H. L.
Howe to run the paper in Ills acsenoe.
Mr. Howe publishes the following
salutatory: "Our agreement with Mr.
Burke is to tho effect that we Bliall con
tinue to publish the Times as a daily
only so long as it is self-Bupporting.
We are to economize aB muoh as possi
ble—doourown typesetting, read proofs,
Bolioit advertising, run errands, clean
our own iipittoous and take in washing
at night, but wo ore not to forge the
boss' name to any ohcoks nor pawn any
of the oflioo furniture to meet expenses.
In cose we are unable to make the daily
pay, we ore to discontinue its publica
tion anu print a weekly; if the weekly
refuses to earn its liviug we are to paok
the stuff, store it in the back room,
notify our ot editors and—flit. With
this brief prelude we assume the awful
responsibility of printing a daily news
paper in Ga'oiia. ‘The Wonderful City
That Jack Built,’ n hundred miles from
home and with just six bits in the
treasury.”
For Croup use CHE
NEY’S EXPECTORANT.
Moultrie’s new hotel, whioh, accord
ing to the Observer, is a handsome,
modern affair costing (23,600, will be 9
open February 1. The now hotel has
not yet been naened, and the company,
as we learn from the Observer, is open
to suggestions. . What’s tho matter with
the Wiregrass Inn for a nau ef
We usually get what snow comes to
us In the coarse of a winter during Jan
uary or February, though many per
sons have been expeotiug it to come
with every heavy cloud. So far, how
ever, we have had neither snow nor
sleet, and not a great deal of rain.
Some Sid Leninisms.
All From tho Spnrta Ishmnollto.
Atlanta managed to squeeze the legis
lative lemon ary.
Scab Wright would, no doubt, feel
better if Sam Jones would quit slobber
ing on him.
The next governor of Georgia will
not be a ohaingang boss, whoever he
may be. The office may not be as
elevated as it onoe was, but it hasn't
fallen that low, as yet.
The fruits of the lest session of the
legislature show conclusively the ueaes-
ity for the anti-lobby plank in Guerry’s
platform. It ought to oommend his can-
dldaoy to the people.
Well, Joe Hall, ol Bibb, made a good
reoord. He tried to, protect the treas
ury and the interests of the people, but
the Atlanta lobby was too strong for
him. He ought to be attorney general.
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