The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-03-16
STATE PRESS.

ture is guilty OF was the various eff
forts made to put the towns and cities
/ Of the state under a system of gov
errment which would place them in
the hands of partisan boards appoint
ed by the gOvernCr.-MOnrOe Journal.
| High license cannot be defended on
the giound that ii makes the burden
of taxation lighter; but solely on the
ground that it brides the traffic
| which it does not do; and therefore, in
our opinion, there is no defending high
license. The best liquor platform is
total a~bstenance, individually and as a
| state and nation.-Raleigh Recorder.
Governor Russell does not seem to be
! popular with a number of prominent
republicans. Lieutenant Governor Rey-
nOlds, it is said, does not like his eX-
c~ellency AMI they do say the chief mag
istrate reciprOcates a like feeling for
the lieutenant governor. The governor
has no use for a negro, outside of a
niger place, and now after it is too
late the darkey S finding this out. That
is, the more intelligent Of them are.
Then there is a great dissatisfaction
over the distribution of pie. The popu-
lists, who put the republicans in pow
er, want more than the republicans
, are willing to allow them, and of course
the republicans want everything in
sight.-Winston Sentinel.
. If there is any one bold act we could
excuse the present Legislature for do
ing it would be to cre9 ta a little office,
ard call it "putlic me6dler'' and make
it his business 10 pry into the private
. busiress of others, me .e the compen-
! satiOn about $500 Fer week and give
1T to Walter Henry. He has been bot
after every position from the court of
King James dowr to STATE senator
that is in the gift Of presi lent, gov
ernor or people, end il is quite timc to
give him relief, thereby giving the pco-
pie RELIEF. TT is a living, rurnir5 shame
thai q whole peck basket full of brains
should waste their intellig1 ice, in a
vain scramble to the pie COUNTER
! Newton Enterprise.
We have lived to see one membe
: Of the cigarette trust eulogiZed as
worthy to rank with the immortal
Craven and another member Of the
same combination singled out for spa-
cial praise by leading Metnodists, be-
cause each gave generously to religious
institutions. What does it mean? What
, is the lesson TO the youth of the land?
If Mr.. Duke and Mr.. Watts can gan
lie q trust and wiring millions out of
the formers of a few counties, and by
dividing their ~ill-gOtten gain with their
; churches be praised as philanthrOpists,
what incentive is there to 2 poor boy
to climb up the rough way that Craven
, trOd? There can be no sense in toll
ing a lifetime for what may be OBJ
teincd by sharp practice in a week.
The point is to be able to shell out to
the colleges and churches; how the
. money comes is of no consequence
| Reidsville Weekly.
! It does seem a lfttlc hald that the
republicans should forget that they
owe their elevation to power in this
state 20 the much abused Marion But
Ter. Without the fusion combine of
two years g the republicans would
De as lonesome now as they had been
for twenty years previous. But the
| rule should wo1H both ways, and we
submit, that, but for the republicans,
Butler would 20 be senator low. Then,
whence the consistency in the present
row in the fusion camp. 1t is as in
! consistent in one as it is in the other,
and but for the fact that both parties
possess the faculty OF burying ami
mosities when the ~pie-counter is
spread out before them, such ruptures
/ would lead to irreparable disaster to
h combine. OF this, however, there Is
no danger, as long as their slogan is.
"anything to down h democrats"
Time, the great healer and Pie, the
great magnet, will probably bring
about a reconciliation in due season
unless, as the Gods first make mad
those they intend to Destroy" such a
fate may overtake them. Possibly this
may De the Observation-Disclosures
Rocket.
Inc tribune at the Time expressed
its want Of confidence in Cooks state
ment. and predicted that he would
neve report the bill from the COM
mittee. The prediction has been veri-
fed. He has reported il, and
never intended to report it. His only
excus and to sensible men it is a
very silly one. is that he wants the
supreme court to decide certain grave
constitutional questions involved in
the matter. and which he is satisfied
the supreme court can pass upon be-
fore breakfast in the morning. just
think of it! An important question, in
vo1ving millions OF dollars and the
rights of hundreds of private stock
+. holders, citizens Of our state, to be set
tied by our judges OF the supreme
| court in twelve hours! Ye gods and lit
tie fishes. what a gigantic brain this
man must have! And he has been men
toned in connection with the judge
ship Of the eastern district? Are all
the lawyers dead east Of Raleigh? And
/ what an exalted opinion he must have
of our supreme court Judges! This gen.
tleman does not appear to be able to
draw a distinction between waking up
a Warren county magistrate at mid
night to try a COW case and a sitting
Of tho 111proYnA eoa1rf to try a question