The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-07-26
STATE-PRESS

At one time a recruiting officer car
rfed from Charlotte more than sixty
men for the Second. Though North
Carolina has been behind in this mat
ter she has not been nearly SO diIatory
as the war department makes it ap-
pear. The figures given are certainly
incorrect. The conduct of Governor
Russell in having nothing to do with
completing the quota under the sec
ond call has undoubtedly had some
thing to do with the failure to com
to time. The call could have been met
easily If the government would have
allowed His N>ibs to commission the
officers for a new Observation-Disclosures
News.
Joseph Spainhour was a democrat,
turned populist and was elected solic-
itor for this district, the 18th. The
republicans lave ignored him and
nominated as his successor a republic
can named Nose Harshaw, who is
postmaster at Lenoir, in Caldwell
county. Some of the papers say they
never heard Of him as a lawyer and
didn't know that he vas one. It is
not necessary for a man to be known
as a lawyer to get a nomination for
judicial Office in these days. Why,
one of the judges now on the bench
was taken from his place as assistant
postmaster in a fourth class office as
we have heard. We see a man nam
ed Blythe is spoken of for judge up
somewhere in the mountains. From
the name we guess he is an Indian.
Why not an Indian? In the east they
take negroes for misunderstanding
ton News.
Should anything like trickery, mis-
representation or trading appear he
should aid in it's defeat. Every man
who expects to vote for the democratic
nominees has the right to participate
in saying who those nominees should
be. If he expects to give his vote to-
wards their election he has the right
to a voice in naming them. Then is a
duty resting upon every citizen. The
privilege of participating in the cleo
ton of men to perform the duties of
government carries with a duty.
duty is to actively aid in securing, or
trying to secure the success of h par
ty to which you belong. OF course you
belong to that party that you verify
believe stands for the best interest Of
the most people of the country. So
there was never a time when every
democrat should be alive to his duty
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tees, and all members of the party be
vigilant, prompt, interested and ac-
tive, and such united effort will as
tonish even the hopeful in it's results.
Burlington News.
The better class of populists are with
the democrats. They saw that their
leaders were corrupt and they will not
be mad dupes of, by my such people.
1t is time that all party and personal
Differences were done away with n
work for good government. Shall
North Carolina have another legisla-
ture as the two last were? such a
thing is a disgrace to the state and
give us anything but an enviable rep
utation abroad. 1t is time that the
color line should be drawn. Those who
are not with III are against US. Will
the white people sit calmly by n see
this grand old state continue to be dis
graced? We think not, but if we con-
tinue to sit still and discuss the lat
est war news we are going to be sadly
left. The white people in this county
always succeed whenever they make
up their mind, and at no time has a
more serious problem been before them
than the return of good government.
In politics the negro has nothing in
common with the whites.-TarborO
SOutherner.
The bishops threw down the gaunt-
let to the United States senate and
declared if the senate decided that
the allowance of the claim was pro-
cured by deception and classifying
they would see that every dollar of
h amount was returned. Where
upon, the senate Gid decide hat in Sc
curing the passage Of the claim de-
ceptive and misleading tactics were
employed by the book agents and
their attorney or lobbyist, one Judge
Stahlman, but the church itself was
thoroughly exonerated of any compile
ity in the deception used. We presume
the bishops will proceed to make good
their promise, but it does seem hard
that the church has been placed in a
position by indiscreet officials, the
book agents, to relinquish a sum that
las been justly due the church by the
government for thirty years OIL more.
At the same time the principle enun-
ciated by the bishops, that the church
cannot afford to receive money, even
that honestly due it, about which there
fingers a faint of fraud or deception,
has met with high approval. It also
behooves the church to give the closest
scrutiny to the charges filed against
it's official servants, the book agents,
and ascertain whether or not these
charges are sustained by the unvar-
nished truth of the situation and deal
with them accordingly. If Barbee and
Smith are innocent it is due them and
the church that the fact be thor
oughly established. If they are guilty,
the church cannot afford to continue
them in high official position. This.
we take it, is the correct view from
the church side of the controversy
Winston Sentinel.