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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-20
GREAT WAR TAXES IN PEACE
TIMES.

1t is healthful and right that SO many
Of the ablest and most reliable of north
ern newspapers are SO strongly oppos-
ing the increase of the army so huge
ly. They denounce it in vigorous
terms. and no wonder, for it will be a
great burden upon the people. An
army of 100, 900, Dr. more is the demand
It will take to have and to hold Cuba
and the Philippines so, 0vU each. Such
is tue estimate of General Corbin.
Gen. Miles wants 100, 900 and so do the
republicans generally. We suppose, in
the congress and the departments.
There is bound to come a fight over
extravaganza. Already it takes more
than s510, 000, 900 each year to carry
on the government in peace under the
incapable and masters of the peoples
money. The enlarged navy and the
great army asked for will cost, it is
estimated, $166, 000, 900 each year. That
sum alone is equal to $3.50 for every
man, woman and child in the United
States. Add this huge sum to the
$50. 600, 600 already required as peace
expenditures and you have an annual
expenditure by the government o.
S676, 900, 0O6 a year. That would re.
quire two tariffs as productive as TIE
present one, and an income tax much
place a tax of more than $40 upon ev-
cry person in the United States. L
would bankrupt and despoil the people
And yet in Washington and all aroun,
the country there are newspapers an.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-20
BREVITIES.

. Rev. DR.. ]. c. linden, of Richmond.
Va, and former pastor of First Bap-
fist church in this city, has resigned
his charge. He is one of the best edu-
Gated, most accurately furnished minis
tiers in the great Baptist denomination
in the south-a man OF brains and
power.
When General Fitz Lee left havana
and was insulted, he told the bowling
Spaniards wait till we come back.
You'll whistle another tune" That
was on the 9th of April last. He is
back in command and American troops
hold the city. 1t is tears now and not
jeers and bowls. THE mills of the
gods" continue to grind.
We hope Schley will be made Vice
Admiral. Sampson has no right to be
in for he was not there when Ger
vera was whipped. It would be a
baldfaced outrage to give it to Samp-
son, the man without a battle.
Mckinley will issue a proclamation
to the PHILIPPINES promising if they will
learn to behave themselves 'they will
have the most liberal system of self
government" But they clamor for
$40, 900, 900 also as their share. Proba-
bly, they are as much entitled to it as
the Spaniards were to a similar sum.
The United States lost 279 killed, had
1,413 wounded men and had 40, 900 sick
in the Spanish short war.
The Philadelphia Item notes the diff.
ference in the fortunes of two rich
|! sisters. It says
Anna Gould married a broken-dowr
French count, who is helping her to
| spend the money her father made
Helen Gould gets a vote Of thanks
| from and a gold medal fol-
/ her patriotic devotion in the war
Which, think you, has signed the great
er honor and happiness?
A negro editor at Greenville, Miss.
scores race troubles as Just horrid.'
but says with insight into conditions
1T is true that the colored man ha:
been in this country a good long time
but he has a good long ways to e
yet"
A negro preacher named Jones ha:
just received a sentance of fifteer
years in the Virginia ~penitentiary fol
wife murder.
The question now under discussion
in the United States senate, and i
must come directly before the Ameri
can people is-Shan this be a republi,
or an empire? The advocates for tn
latter are numerous and eager AM
confident. Then comes the long look
editor Man on Horseback.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-20

There is talk now in Washington
among the Mark Hanna gang that the
Louisiana protectionists of the sugar
making order are to be overslaughed
as to any NOR protection if they do
not walk a chalk line and keep step
faithfully to Marks big brass horn.
The New Orleans Picayune says:
1T is understood to be the opinion
of Senator Hanna that the sugar in
terests of Louisiana are now in some
danger of injury from legislation in
connection with Cuba, Porto Rico, and
the Philippines and their acquisition
as integral parts of the Union, and it
depends on the behavior of the Louis
lana sugar planters whether or not Mr..
Hanna will permit the legislation on
the subject to operate to their injury.
If Senator Hanna can dictate and con-
troll the action both of the president
and the senate, he is, indeed. the
Grand Panjandrum of American pol
ftics, and the sugar planters will have
no other recourse bus to submit"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-20
HOME FOLKS

Copying what the Messenger said Of
Governor Jones being the son of two ma
tives of Granville, the Henderson Gold
Leaf says:
"The usually correct and we'll posted
editor of the Messenger, DR.. Kingsbury,
is in error as to location. 1t should
have been Arkansas instead Of Ala
bama."
We suppose we wrote Arkansas. We
have known all about The governor,
knowing we'll his parents, and having
but recently heard a lady Of this city
praising the admirable address Of Gov
ernor Jones at the Hot Springs, IN
Arkansas, on the occasion of the meet
ing of the Daughters Of the Confeder-
acy. He is a handsome man, a fine
speaker, and is probably about fifty
five.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-20

senator Vest presses his opposition
to expansion and Imperialism with
great vigor and ability in the senate.
He is a sound statesman of the school
of thirty and forty years ago and is an
honor to the south and a royal credit to
the state of Missouri. He declared that
it was a basic principle of this govern
ment that 1.-The powers of the govern
ment were derived from the consent of
the governed" and maintained that the
federal government had no authority,
either in morals OF in the constitution
to go beyond that principle. He held
that the principle had been sustained
by the supreme court in various de-
c~isions, and hat no public man of
prominence and no recognized tribunal
had ever been reckless enough to on
trovert it.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-20

Hon. Hannis Taylor il not only a ma
tive of Newbern, but has many relat-
ives and admirers in North Carolina.
His mastery work on THE Origin and
Growth of the English Constitution"
is complete. 1t is beyond fair question
the most important contribution the
south has given to the world in the
shape of elaborate discussion and re-
search in the field of civics and consti-
tuition building. 1t has met with great
favor from distinguished men in the
two great English speaking countries.
The publishers in this country, Hough-
ton, Mif1in & Co., of Boston, state that
the author, late ambassador of the
United States to Spain, has the good
fortune to be the first to treat the en-
tire development of constitutional gov
eminent from the time of Tacitus
through the great history of English
law charging and b~uttressing English
freedom, down to the American con-
stitution, and our fortunate growth un-
der it. The work is of a high order,
and the second volume cannot fail to
emphasize the favorable judgment
passed upon the first by the most emf
nent authorities on constitutional his
tory, both in England and America
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-20

politicians favoring that spoliation
and expressions Of the people. Re
member there is still a great national
debt to be paid that has been increased
$500, 0o0. 900. or more by the Spanish
war. Japan offers to buy the Philip
pines for $500, 600, 900. Sell by al means
and relieve the people of the 90. 700
soldiers and the big debt thereby in
CURED The Norfolk Pilot says this:
The Washington Posts cartoon,
representing Uncle Sam in an impe-
rial Roman chariot, with a crown on
his head, driving four fiery steeds owe
a small mob of patriots, armed only
with clubs, is a igurative expression
of the truth as We are likely to realize
it, unless the people arous in time TO
the danger of the situation"
Wal taxes in peace times are indeed
a curse and a burden. There is a great
issue in that war talk tax and the big
army to cost such an immense sum.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-20
As TO THE SOUTH.s DIVIDING :
POLITICALLY.

The Messenger has pursued the gen
eral discussion of the late onpleas-
antness" as far as is necessary, al
though southern and northern newspa-
pers are still daily considering ques-
tions arising out Of it or ever discuss
ing what did happen. The N. Y. Sun,
as we have often stated, is an enemy
to the south and never does, therefore,
the south justice. 1t either totally
fails to see clearly the facts or it is SO
blinded it misrepresents them. 1t has
had much to say about events here,
and it is not fair and candid. So
much is this the case that the Wash
ington Post, an independent republi-
can paper, has more than once thought
it necessary to offer replication to
some of it's views. In the issue of the
8th inst, replying to the Sun, it says,
and as 4 southern newspaper the Mes
senger must recognize the strength of
the probabilities of the contention:
1.-THE New Yorh Sun has never been
in sympathy with the souLn-has never
understood it, in fact-and abundant
proof of this assertion is to be found
in it's treatment OF the matter now un-
der discussion. The Sun is blind to
the truth-palpable to every well-in-
formed and intelligent observer of
southern affairs-that the only obsta-
Gle to h disintegratiOn of the solid
south is the of negro ascend
ancy in politics. The whites cannot
afford to divide upon economic issues,
because that would be to place the bal
ance of power in the negro vote-al-
ways ignorant and corrupt. They
value the integrity Of their homes and
the preservation of their social scheme
Infinitely above the PHILOSOPHERS 3nd
the distractions of politics. Left to
themselves, emancipated absolutely
from the corroding fear of the barhar-
ism under which they will never again
submit, southern white men would
align themselves upon living issues
now hopelessly closed to them. Their
present organization is purely artificial.
1t would fall to pieces IN an instant
once freed from the fear which now &C.
ments it."
We believe that the white people of
the south will be forced to ignore all
political questions that divide the
states in the north whenever the
question of good government, the
preservatio~: of free institutions and
the security of our civilization is up
pernost and there is deep solicitude as
to their perpetuity. How can the
white race afford to divide so long as
there is an ignorant vote to menace Or
control the intelligence and virtue and
government supporting element. In
North Carolina there are 40, 900 negro
voters who do not contribute a cent to
paying the expenses of government.
The Post is no doubt correct, we think,
in the opinion that 1.-THE elimination of
the negro vote is the indispensable pre-
liminary, as it will be the inevitable
precursor, of democratic disintegra-
ton at the SOUTH" I
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-20

The late Englisn poet Dante Gabrielle
Rossetti vDs a genius He wrote much
delicate poetry of much technical merit.
but We did not know that he had ever
tried his refined pen upon negro dialect.
We annot a he proved himself Q
master in this field, He had a great
distaste to Uncle Toms Cabin" and
b~urlesqued it in this wise:
Deere was an ,old niger. and him
name was Uncle Tom,
And him tale was rather slow:
Me try to read the whole, but me only
read some,
Because me found il no go.
Den hang up de author Mrs. Stowe,
And kick de volume wild you toe,
And dare's no more public for poor
Uncle Tom,
He am gone whar de trunk-lin-
ing 60"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-20

Representative Bailey. like Colonel
Bryan. has been the butt OF a certain
part Of the American press known de-
scriptively as gold bug" But both sur
vive. Mr.. Bailey lately in the house
questioned the right Of General Wheel
er TO sit in that body while an officer
N he army. OF course he was jumped
upon by newspapers for saying this.
We have 10 doubt as to the correctaess
of his contention. Such a thing never
occurred before and should not occur
now If not prohibited in the consti-
tutioc ii is plainly improper If not in
d~ecorous. The Baltimore Herald. re-
publican, says well this.
1T was clearly the purpose Of the
trainers of the federal constitution that
no person holding a military Office
should he a member of congress. Cen
eral Wheeler did not hold a military
position when he was sworn into the
present congress-, o would he have
been qualified had he held such position.
Before he takes his seat in the next
gress. to which he had been elected. lie
Will have to resign his army office.
There may be a technical construc-
ton of the constitution which would
render legal his tenure in the present
house. but the violation of the genius
of our organic law would still be pal
pable."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-20
Europeans Eaten by Canufbols

Brussels, December I--Advices re-
ceived here from the governor of the
Upper Congo confirm the news brought
by the steamer Leopoldville, from AZ
RIGA, which arrived at Antwerp yester-
day, that four Belgian traders had been
killed and eaten by the natives of Up
per Ubanghi. The governor adds that
the traders escort of thirty soldiers
were also massacred and that another
detachment Of forty soldiers in charge
Of two white officers, who were pro-
ceeding to the assistance Of the trad
ers, were surprised by the natives and
all were put to death.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-20
DIS TALK

Governor Russell is wisely, discretely
reticent in Washington. But the Ten
nessee adventurer, Jeter Pritchard, is
shooting off his mouth" freely and
braZenly. He tells the Washington
Post wha he will not do and what he
interloper. He denies hat he will ask
for an investigation as to race troubles
here and elsewhere. He also says il is
not true that he will introduce a force
bill. Probably he has discovered that
the Congress will not go into any such
high handedness and foolishness.
Pritchard is not a fool if not a Solomon.
He al read signs as we'll as most dem
& no bigger than he is. He adj
mits that a force bill could not be en-
forced. He will, however, axe a hand
in legislation against the white folks
in North Carolina provided there is
any attempt to d~isfranchi a large
number of either white or colored vot-
ers, / shall do whatever is necessary to
protect them" Will he order down the
army if the legislature should compel
a man to pay taxes before he votes?
He serves notice on the white mems
party that the republicans and the
negroes will still fight together and
give, of course, no little trouble to the
State. But will they? He y
we polled 159, 900 votes in the last
election, with only 1000 majority
against us, even with all the prejudice
that vas excited"
What part was white and what part
n~egroes2 Probably LIS 900 negroes
voted with their bosses and for them.
That leaves A, 900 whites. Can they dc
anything without the negro vote? Can
they continue to use the 115, 1000 or
more negro voters for their own selfish
uses as so many dumb, driven cat
tle?" They cannot if the negroes would
be on good terms with the white tax
payers. There will be no more negro
bossing and terrorizing in North Car
DINA, and Jeter would be wise to I'M
dersta1d that. Let the negroes show
sense and independence and cease to
be bliHdly led.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-20

declare they are for the "old leader and
the old issue" Some OF the "A are
goldbugs. Some are absent, and some
are afraid to speak out. In the House
there are 1872 democrats. There were
10S interviewed who are from "a states.
All but 8 were for Bryan in 1900 and
for the same issue that the bate was
fought upon in 1896. The nine dodgers
come from but three states. So there
are now twenty-three senators and 80
representatives out-spoken for bimet-
allism and Bryan for 1900.
The non-committal house men are
from New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
and n from South Carolina, William
Elliott. Financial reform will no
doubt be the democratic slogan, and
the battle will rage all along the line.
Every few days you will see in
northern and southern newspapers
that silver is dead" It's enemies are
very anxious to bury it out of sight be-
fore it is dead.
Among the northern men who spoke
out bravely for Bryan and silver were
J. f. Shafroth and John G. Bell, of Col
orado; L. 1. Handy, of Delaware, w.
II. H~inrichsen, j. Baker and T. NJ. Jet,
of Illinois; J. NJ. Robinson, of Indiana;
six from Kansas; J F. Fitzgerald, of
Mocoonht,corf NJ Todd ond Z
Breecker, Michigan; C. S. Hartman,
Montana; three from New York; four
from Ohio; ond one from Utah. Here
are some opinions worth reproducing
showing locality and views:
Senator Martin, of Virginia-The
Chicago platform and Bryan are as
strong as ever in Virginia.
Senator Rawlins, of Utah-Bryan,
free silver and the Chicago platform
will be reaffirmed in 1900. There may
be some new issues, but these old ones
will be dominant.
Dakota-From the present outlook free
silver will be the paramount issue. |
can see no other candidate now than
Bryan.
A. M. Todd, (Fusion), Michigan
Bryan is still the national leader, and
will be in 1900. The leading issue will
then be, as now, the restriction of the
usurpation of the sovereignty of the
people by corporations.
Richard P. Bland, of Missouri
Surely in Mr.. Bryan and the financial
question we have the man and the
cause.
c.. C. Hartman (Silver) Montana
| Bryan is the leader, and the money
question the issue, without any quail
fications or additions.
J. F. Rixey, Observation-Disclosures the
party nor the times have evolved a bet
ter leader than Mr.. Bryan, and no is
sues of more living interest than the
financial question.
William Sulzer, New York-Bryan
is the national leader, and the financial
question will be the issue in 1900. .
But Bryan is shelved and silver is
dead" All! Stand from under.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-20
Order for Esferhazyss Arrest

London. December 16.-The Paris
correspondent Of The Daily Chrincle
says: A warrant was issued today
Thursday for the arrest of Count
Ferdinand Esterhazy.
1t is ascertained that Prince Victor
Napoleon stayed at the house OF an
imperialist adherent in the avenue
Hoche from Wednesday to Sunday last
and hat while there he had confer
ences with General Mercier. minister
of war in the cabinet under which
Dreyfus was condemned. and Paul
Deroulede, the anti--evolutionist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-20
To Study Porsa Rfcan Fishing rests

Norfolk, Va. December 15-The
United Stairs teamer Fishhawk, be-
longing to the fish commission. has ar
rived here from New York and is now
at the navy yard, fitting out for her
trip TO Porto Rico on which she will
start In a few days, carrying six mem
bers OF the fish commission; a repre-
sentative OF the agricultural depart.
ment and another representative o.
the national museum In Washington
TO spend the winter On the island
studying the fishing interests there.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-20
OPINIONS IN CONGRESS- As TO DEM
OCRATIC LEADERSHIP.

1t is apparent now that Col. w. j.
Bryan is the choice of his party for the
nomination in 1900 for the presidency.
The opinions of members of the pres
ent gre may be taken as represen-
tatiye of the democracy at large. He
lis certainly in December 1898, the
leader, and, so far as foresight can de
termine. he will be the leader two
years from now. There are A sena-
tors who are democrats. OF these "a
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-20

The Richmond tVa.) newspapers
have lately published a likeness of u
very gallant and venerable friend, Col
onel Frank NJ. Parker, of Halifax cOun-
ty, N. c.. A portrait of this brave
North Carolina Room of the Confede-
rate Memorial Society in Richmond.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-20

Cherokee Scout F. A. Gennett, of
the Cherokee Marble Works, Is polish
ing anumber of marble specimens that
came OF the property of the Cherokee
Iron n Marble Company, which In
being managed by Mr.. Walter C.. Lyle.
The specimens are beauti-fu Il. the COL
ors being a dark blue, Pure white and
light blue. These Specimens will be
shipped to different manufacturers Of
marbles
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-20

Macon. Ga. December N.-Charleys
Scott. a private in Company !. Thi.d
North Carolina, was shot I'm the tenn
pit by another negro soldier at a saouse
of Ill fame here tonight. The bail pen
etrated the skull and the man will die
before morning,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-12

a divorced woman and lives in blocks, turns
up at the trial a visitor. and recognizes Mrs.
noon of May 1S. hunting a room. Neither
MRS. Wright nor Mrs. Watterson pretend
70 nave ever seen Mrs. Goodin before that
TO know her until she saw her in Police
Court in the prisoners dock, and until after
she had had long talk with a detective.
MRS. Watterson never saw her again until
she saw her in court sitting by her counsel.
Remember more mistakes are made in the
identification Of persons than in almost any
thing else. How many times dead bodies
have been found and identified by three or
four people as a different person, some rela-
The lawbooks are full of illustrations of
these mistakes. and of caution against such
testimony.
ledge made an argument for the State. fol-
lowing Attorney Hornbrook. Mr.. Black.
ledge went into an exhaustive analysis of
the evidence, dwelling more particularly on
the relations between Mrs. Goodin and Van
Malta and the alleged jealousy of the
woman. To emphasize on the minds of the
was being run after by Mrs Goodin, the
attorney recalled the testimony of a witness
for the state. This was to the effect that
Malta she fell i'll and sent for him to come
and see her. The messenger who went to
see Van Malta brought back word that he
The attorney thought this incident conclu-
sive evidence that the liveryman cared
nothing for the accused woman. Mr.. Black
ledge spoke of the relations that existed
between Mrs. Goodin and Mrs. Kline and
of how he believed the formed worked on
the approximations nature of the latter in
detailing to her the things that had been
said to her by the Indian spirits concerning
the affairs of Van Malta and DIR. Haskinson.
The attorney spoke of the theory of the
defense as to the business affairs of Mrs
Goodin and Van Malta He ridiculed the
claim of Mrs. Goodin that she had loaned
Van Malta $500 and had never recovered
the amount.