The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-02

was tried last week on the charge OF
grand larceny and acquitted on the
ground that he was insane when he
committed the deed. The Judge COM
mitfed him To the insane asylum. and
his counsel wants him set free, claim
ing that although Friedman was de-
clared TO be insane at the time the
act was committed. by the Jury. they
said nothing about his present con-
dition. and the inference is that he is
sane now.-Washington Post.
Unfortunately for Grover Cleveland
he had no confidence in newspaper
men. He conducted himself toward
then as II they We're all rascals, not
an honest man among them. He did
not There are good men
ana bad men among them, as there
are good and bad men who are lawyers
or doctors, or preachers, or
He evidently distrusted his capacity
To distinguish between the honest. the
truthful and the untrutEful. the con-
scientious. and the uuconscicntious.
and just Jumped them all together as
a bad lot to be held at arms length
and habitually avoided.
Hanna's senate mood is talk He
turks about the senate ham in "a
wooi-foot way, conversing In gusty
whispers, or he sits silent in his seat
and tries To look like an undertaken.
That is Hanna's notion OF "A senatorial
cast of conference.-the look as does
the rural director OF funerals. And as
one watches him from the gallery,
n can't shake OFF the impression
that sooner or later Hanna will arise.
compose his Incorporate NisaGe to "A
still more horrible solemnity, and,
sliding the lid from the coffin,
Friends and relatives of deceased
will now pass by and take a last look
at the corpse"
MIR. Gladstone has not nnly voiced
the sentiment OF England In regard
to Crete, but the sentiment of all Chris
tain nations as represented 10y he
masses of the people. His exposure OF
that mo1strous fraud, known as the
concert of Europe" is Couchcd in Wig
orous and explicit language; but un-
DERIVING the phrascology employed.
there is evidently a feeling OF disgust
in the heart Of Mr.. Gladstone which
is even stronger than the language
itself. He shows that in seeking to
preserve the integrity Of the ottoman
empire the powers have proceeded
upon a false basis. and one which can
not be justified by any true course of
reasoning. What. inquiries the ex-
premier, is meant by the integrity Of
the Ottoman empire? In answer to
this question he shows that during
the last three-quarters OF "A century
there have been rescued from Turkish
despotism no less thar five European
states-Greece, Roumania, Scrvia
Montenegro and Bulgaria. Five liv-
ing Witnesses" says Mr.. Gladstone.
that even in this world the reign OF
wrong is not eternal The cX-premier
SCOTS at the idea that the peace OF
Europe should be threatened because
little Crete aims to free herself from
Turkish oppression. In this same con-
nection he shows that Crete logically
and properly belongs to Greece and
that since the latter country has
been independent of Turkey there have
been five organized rebellions in Crete.
seeking to throw off the sultan's yoke
and form a union with Greece. 1t
it is not in human nature" says Mr..
Gladstone, except under circum-
stances Of grinding and destructive
oppression to renew n struggle 80 un-
equal."-Atlanta Constitution.