The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-22

The Sun today interviewed Mr.. Thee.
T. KlutZ, a member of the democratic
state executive COMMITTEE, with refer
nee to the recent communication of
our correspondent, Enquirer"
Mr.. kluHZ says his distinct impress
sion is that the committee did not I'M
derStand Grammar Jones address to
advocate fusion, and that the commit
tee in endorsing it, did not intend to
endorse MISUNDERSTANDING Sun.
And still they come. The editor had
a number OF good men TO come to him
Monday and say that they had been
mistaken in their Ourse in he past
two elections, and would this year vote
as they had voted before till this "fus-
ion" business came about. One of them
said that no white man who loved his
wife and children could afford to longer
lend his vote or influence to- such out
rageOu5 doings as have been carried
on for the past few yearS.-Salisbury
Times.
An eastern republican politician, VINO
is a superior court judge by the grace
of republican and populist fusion, was
wont to say years ago that "a white
man is as good as a negro, If he be-
hayed himself" That was under DEM
ocratic rule. Under republican rule,
IHe Negro Is UDc supreme OIcldCOF CI
North Carolina, and 1T is a disgrace to
the Intelligence and patriotism of the
white voters of the state. They hold
positions of over white men and
white teachers of white schools are
subject to their orders in many coun-
ties. What will be the end.-Raleigh
News and Observer.
1t is this the honest, good citizens
of the states are called upon to meet.
1t is the calamities thus invited for
which such men as Charlie A Cook is
and must be responsible. He, and such
as he, sin against light, if not con-
science. such men are pitiable, though
they be dangerous. And what has he
gotten. "A candidate for every impor-
tant position within sight, he has met
defeat invariably, and lives to ply his
vocation of vengeance, and to become
the beneficiary of crumbs which his
party, by chance, may be able to throw
to him, such has been his reward.
Poor Charlie!-Raleigh Post.
The system which now permits mar
state and demands very different condi-
tons in other states, at the same time
requiring that a marriage legal in one
commonwealth shall be recognized in any
other, is full of possibilities for the
c~heapening of the marriage tie. The his
tory of American society has witnessed
altogether too much of the free and easy
system of marriage and divorce. Under
the present system the opportunities for
evading law and the temptation to hold
the marriage tie in light regard will al
ways be a menace to the Well-belng Of
society.-ChicagO Record.
The Chicago Tribune pauses in the war
that, SOLITARY and alone" it has, for
three memorable weeks, been waging
against Spain, long enough to hurl a
shower of ugly epithets full in the face
of each and every one of the nerly six
and a half millions of American citizens
who voted for Bryan in 1896. Among the
large and varied assortment of inverted
compliments SO gracefully bestowed We
find ''disreputable repudiators," 'knav-
ish, anarchistic gang" "knaves," trail
tors and 'deserters." The list might be
extended without exhausting the source
of supply, but these samples will answer
our purpose, and we are sure that our
readers will not banker for more. The
cause of this elegant exhibition of sweet
temper and graceful diction is a matter
that concerns the democratic party and
those who bolted from it in 1896. Of
course, the Tribune, as a republican pa
per, has no special call to put its nose
into a purely domestic affair on the op-
posite side of the party fence. The fact
that it does so must, however, be ac-
cepted as q. proof that it's soul is satur-
ated with a spirit of unselfish benevo-
lence scarcely distinguishable from UNI
adulterated Observation-Disclosures Post.