The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-31

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party and no questions asked, bur 1T is
| asking too much that they be allowed
to formulate the platform of the party
/ for the next campaign.-Durham Sun.
/ Issues come and issues go, but BRYAN
grows bigger every day in the essima-
ton OF the thinking people Of America.
Even those who are opposed to his poll
itics, are bound 10 acknowledge his su-
perior powers in intellectual ability
| and Observation-Disclosures News
Meanwhile, let loyal democrats make
no mistake; there is now no other tao
| tical issue than the union of the Bry-
| antics versus the division Of the Bry-
anits. Upon the result depends the
life of democracy, and therefore of our
yer.
If any big town in the country is
Disseminated against in the matter OF
| freight Iates 1T is Charlotte. The rep
| resentative Of one Of the leading pack
ing houses OF the West came to Char
lotte some weeks ago and wanted TO
| establish a branch office here. He told
the writer that he could not establish
the Office here because the freight rates
were so high that he could sb'2 goods
from any other big town in che ada
cent states cheaper than he Gould from
Charlotte. We are not .Aformed pre-
cisely as to freight rates, but it is a
we'll known fact that discrimination
against this place is the only bar to
Charlotte's becoming a great whole
sale centre.-Charlotte News.
Our losses in the Philippines to date
are 104 killed, % dead from wounds,
23S dead from disease, and 456 wonud-
ed. The loss Of Philippines is much
heavier. 1t is thus that we pursue the
policy Of benevolent assimilation
Fayetteville Observer.
Well, our worst fears are about to
be realized. An oyster trust is IDOL
US. So far it confines itself to the oys-
ter grounds on both sides Of Long
Island Sound, the New York and New
Jersey bays where oysters are grown,
the oyster farms of Narragansett Bay
and Rhode Island, and the oyster
grounds of Massachusetts. The oyster
farms which have been turned OVER to
the new company furnished SO per
cent. Of the European and seed trade
and the entire opening trade of New
York city. That this argus-eyed ami
NAL will look longingly upon the North
Carolina oyster grounds goes without
saying.-Raleigh Post.
The Asheville bank failure seems to
have been about the worst that ever
disgraced the state. If those guilty
officers who deliberately robbed the
depositors for the benefit Of themselves
and friends escape punishment, JUS
tice will be outraged.-Charlotte News.
The trusts continue to grow, and
while in a few states the law is at
tempting to battle with them, in a ma
jority Of states they are allowed to
pursue their urse unmolested. With
one Of the great political parties OF the
country, if not exactly friendly to the
trusts, at least neutral, it will be hard
to work up a sentiment against them
sufficiently strong to retard their
growth, md if it were possible to work
up this sentiment it is so slow that at
the present rate the trusts will own the
earth before the opposition gets ready
to give battle.-Durham Herald.
Everything helps North Carolina in
it's determination to bear "the white
mans burden" by restricting incompe-
tent suffrage. First comes the govern
ment provided for Hawaii by a repub-
liCdu OuSlS SS, IlCI Tic SCuCI dl az
q~uiescence by the administration in
General Skaters low estimate of the
Cubans; and now comes Joseph Cham
berlain declaring that negro suffrage
is absurd. Raleigh News and Obser-
yer.
We are more than ever impressed
with the fact that boys should be
taught some trade. So many young
o 1~o1s-~ Co.. ;oI 1;--I- n
job at something they know not what.
These young men are expert at moth
ing and have no speciality. This is an
age Of specialties and if a boy expects
to keep in the push, so to speak, he
must make a speciality Of something
and must know how to do one thing
well. Knowing how to do some spec |
ial line of work well will not be a him |
drance in some other line of work.
Monroe Enquirer.
Our people are disappointed at the
Jim Crow" law recently passed by the
legislature. We understand that it ex-
empts all branch lines. If they were
going to give us a Jim Crow" law that |
was one only in name they had bet |
ter played hands off. Why did they |
not hold up their hands in holy horror |
at the idea Of doing anything to dis
please the railroads? We have no feel
ing when we see white ladies having |
to sit in the next seat to negroes on the
trains. The last campaign was fought
out upon the one issue and we believe
in sticking to the text. Some of these
timid legislators must be remembered
in the future and men must be sent
who have convictions and who are not
afraid to stand by them.-Washington
Progress.