The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-09

IF the new tariff measure shal force
| prices to anything like the Mckinley
| figure. the outlook for republican sue
| cess al the next congressional elections
will not be reassuring." The Philadel-
| phia Ledger. Und. rep.l believes This
is the problem which confronts
thoughtful republicans in congress-: To
levy a tariff which shall yield revenue.
protect American industry. and not
overtax the 1t IL 10 Ne
| feared, however. that in the amir
OF the bill the thoughtful congressmen
are in the minority. and the controll-
ing desire has been to provide for local
interests. with little regard for the
needs Of the revenue. and with an al
most entire elimination Of the consum-
er as a factor. But the consumer has
| a vote. and there are more
than protected interests"
Joe jefferson ought TO retire. He has
| been cutdone in his own specially Of
| facial performance. Nothing can equal
the sel~f-control and power OF dissem-
blance OF the republican members OF
the sena judiciary committee. who
advocated an amendment TO the tariff
bill for the control OF trusts. The
Geographic reports announce that
they have agreed upon a provision OF
the bill that makes il an Offence, pun
ishable by fine and Imprisonment. for
any person or corporation TO monopo-
liZe, or conspire with any other person
or corporation to m~onopoliZe the trade
in any article protected by the tariff.
Now, when il is remembered that the
republican party owes its election to
the sixteen millions Of dollars contri-
buted by the trusts and syndicates, the
acme of Discrimination is reached by
this bald-faced hypocrisy Of a preten-
ded effort on the part of the Judiciary
committee 10 repress, not TO say up
press. the working of the trusts. Such
a thinly-disguised sham is enough TO
make a cow laugh. If these tactical
members of the farmhouse have at
all the faculty of MISUNDERSTANDING
News.
1t requires the Pharisee's obtuseness
of vision and insolence for the c. j. TO
characterize the silver democracy un-
der such circumstances as the party
of hate" The confederate veterans are
from the southern states chiefly and
are democrats-loyal TO the regular or
ganoZation. To expect them to forget
the abuse of the last ampaig and the
part played therein by General Buck
ner would be preposterous. They doubt
less felt no special personal animosity
toWard General Buckner, nor did they.
indeed. manifest anything of the kind
at Nashville. His name simply and
naturally failed to arouse any enthu-
siasm and a more distinguished man
and soldier and a loyal citizen of the
south was pressed to remain in COM
mand of the veterans. In plain and
conservative language, that was all
that the Buckner incident at Nashville
meant. The Courier-Journals course
and Incorporate language but typities
the history of all renegadeS-they are
the most vicious and desperate foes of
their old associates to be found, for
they seem to recognize that the bridges
have been burned behind them and that
their new ALLIES always look upon them
with suspicion. But the virus Of free
silverism has passed beyond the Grad
icable point. and the CD. should begin
active operations to restore its shat
tered nerves in order to meet with
some degree of compOsure the fate
that is in store for it.-LOuisVille Dis
patch.