The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-18
STATE PRESS.

The North Carolina supreme court In l
ousting the two Wilson's from the ofite |
OF railroad commissioners. says that any |
one interfering with Messrs. Pearson and |
Caldwell taking possession by alleged |
legal process or otherwise, Will be in con- |
tempt OF court" Now, as an appeal has |
been made TO the supreme court OF the |
court of the United States will be ad- |
judged in contempt by the state court il
1t interferes. What is 1t about the bull
frog that tried to be as big as an OK, any |
way?-Rocky Mount ArGoIaut.
A Washington correspondent writing
OF the house Of representatives says:
With a few honorable exceptions the
southern representatives are not above
mediocre" We are sorry for the other
southern states. North Carolina takes
up all that saviEg exception. There is
the "Opalescent and Empyrean' Rich
mond Pearson. the dweller and soarer in
the attitudes; count him one OF the few.
Then We have Linney, the invincible
taurian of the Carolina Alps: and Chas.
Henry Hautin, the peerless master OF
~biighting sarcasm, the Junius of the
house. Who dares speak of Mediocrity?"
Greensboro Telegram.
Ohio Wilson'S Hayseeder says: I'VE
know John r. Smith and also d. L. Rus
sell. Smith has more character and
honor in one thought than Russell has
shown in his entire career. The state
would today gladly swap Russell for
| smith Tor governor ana give Dig boot
OF couse it would. With John r.
Smith as governor, we would have straw
berries and cream al-the-year-round as
they do in Mexico; we would have banjo
picking, jews-harp music, and private
theatricals in an endless chain; we would
all be quartered on the state and pen
stoned for being born Tar-Heels; all the
time would be a holiday 3S days long an
nually, and existence would be e. grand,
sweet song and an eternal picnic. Let's
have another swap. Give us John r. for
governor by all means.-Charlotte OBJ
server.
1t is safe to say hat had Russell not
begun his assault on the credit and good
name of the state, pledged in the most
binding way to carry out the terms Of
the North Carolina railway lease, these
assaults on the validity of certain bonds
would never have begun. RuSsel's law
less action suggested that an engage
ment in due form and in good faith by all
parties counted as nothing in the face of
a desire to vent a spite, or wreak a per-
sonal vengeance, or create a little politi-
cal capital; and from that to suggest
ing without a blush the reputation of a
public debt is hardly a step ahead. The
plain tendency of the government of
North Carolina under the present admin
istration is anarchistic, and it therefore
has a tendency to be destructive Of law
and order.-Asheville Citizen.
conglomeration then, it is Russell, But
Ter, Hancock, and the same element now
In brief, it was negro ignorance and
moral d~epravity that ruled then, as it is
that which creates, sustainS and domi-
mates today. The governing power can
rise no higher than its cource. The
license which ignored, allied to debauch-
cry begets, though kept in restraint un-
der civilized and honest power, tears
down the temples of the gods, tramples
, justice and honor under foot, lowers the
social as we'll as the public standard OF
morals, and desecrates the very name o.
l humanity as promulgated by the Grea
Creator and l~aw-giver, when loosened by
the cohorts of wickedness-by fusion-bN
Russell-Butlerism. Holden was impeach
ed, and his miniOns case into outer dark
ness.-Raleigh Post.
l While it is limited that Governor Rus
? sell has faith i'll the talismanic virtue O
, the black coon, and that he was highl.
rouriShed by a liberal diet of coon-mea
. during the campaign from which h,
emerged as governOr-elect, yet, when w
. disregard his political appetite, and
+ without partizan feeling, calmly reflec
on his preferences when chunking CRU
:. into his digestive apparatus, We feel as
/ sured that he is, after all, with the bal
ance of North Carolina and the who'll
t Of Georgia, with both feet on the 'possun
t plank of the respective accordant plat
: forms. But why he did not go to th
supper of the aristocratic Coweta Club o
Newman and gnaw 'possum bones wit
Governor Atkinson will ever remain
deep mystery to all Interstate diplomats
s John R. Morris, inNCharlotte Observer
q II d USSll Sdlu Ill ne past lldl III
duties of the governor of North CAROLYN
. were less onerous than were the duties O
I a township constable. Governor Russo
Ii is determined to show the world that h
n is no mere figurehead of the administra
ton. Three thousand dollars and hous
rent should not be wasted upon an idler,
he thinks, and work must be done, eve
If l exceed the bounds of my authOrit
and assume prerogatives that are nc
mine" Since his inauguration one yea
ago, he has proven that, if he is blesse
- with nothing else, he is possessed of a
4 Astounding energy. Not a single piece {
y pie has been upon the fuSionist pie cour
ter but Governor Russell has stuck hi
l. finger in. A regard for future advance
% became the head of the present admin:
tration.-Smithfield Herald.
n The attempt of the new railroad con
missioners to Investigate the free pas
- and special freight rates of the soutl
n ern railway disCloses Il long suspecte
i fact that the governor mas no groun
: upon which to base his action in the r,
1T moval of the Wilson's from the cor
"a known, appealed their case to til
q United States supreme court and ii
ID case is fixed to come Up January lit
l. 1t is all important with Russell that /
should have some evidence against tt
discharged commissioners and so he
~ trying to comoel the officials Of tt
IL Southern to furnish him the needed dat
l. So far as is known there can be no otht
1t object in the present inquiry. If this /
r the only aim of the inquiry it is to /.
hoped their attempt will be foilsd an
- that Russell will be compelled to re-
. upon what information he nv Gains
l. have. He needs to be exposed and it no
lie looks very much as if an exposure Wi
e be made which will be of deepest hum!
\ lafion to the chief exCcu.ive.-WinS:u
Journal.
Having used three bottles Of p. p. ]
for impure blood and general weakness
III and HAVING derived nraot Lo~oGt Boo,