The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-03
STATE PRESS.

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That foreign corporation bill is a
direct blow at Judge Simonton.-Dur-
ham Herald.
The democratic legislators are giving
to this subject the calm, deliberate con-
sheraton hat its Importance demands.
To frame a bill that will accomplish
the end desired, the elimination of the
ignorant negro vote, and run t~hegaunt-
let of the United States supreme court,
require care, patience, and the best
ability the legislators can command.
The measure now before the demo-
cratic caucus, with two amendments.
we believe will com as near suiting
the occasion as anything that can be
drawn.-Raleigh Post.
This legislature ought to adjourn
with the rate of taxation reduced. We
know there are those who will call
strict economy, "Stinginess" n pc
~nuriousness," and characterize the men
Who practice it "demagogues trying to
make a record" No man with a thim-
bleful of brains cares for such criti-
cism. The democrats promised the clos
est ecOnOm on the stump. 1t is better
to welcome anything rather han fail
to perform every promise s%acredly. The
people have long Observation-Disclosures
News and Observer.
The Wilmington Messenger wants the
legislature to PASS a dog law. The
| Asheville Citizen seconds the motion.
The legislature will not do any sue
dog-goned thing, and We are opposed
to any bill being introduced. There is
no question of its being right, M that
it would be Of vast benefit to the state
there is no doubt. But We'll be logged
if the legislatures of Georgia or North
| Carolina have ever yet had the back
bone to pass n logged dog law. Dog
bills have been introduced so dog
taxed many times, and SO many dog
| ged arguments made on them that the
! logged expense has amounted to thou
| sands of dollars, and the benefits to a
logged 0. We ought TO have a dog law
to tax every logged dog in the state,
but we'll be logged if any set of dog
| goned legislators of any shade of poll
| tics can be found with backbone enough
TO pass a dog-eoned dog tax law
Franklin Press.
!, In view of the disclosure Of a deficit
of more than one hundred thousand
dollars, ascertained by the committee
| of experts appointed by Captain Day,
and the further which the
| pending investigation will disclose, it
| is important that the 1897 report should
be in the hands of the legislature and
preserved. We, therefore, suggest that
| a resolution be adopted calling upon
| the governor for the official reports of
the penitentiary for 1897 and 1898, in
| Guiding inventories. They can both
| then be studied, after the new man
| agement has taken charge in February,
in the light of facts hat will thus
come 10 the light. For purposes of
comparison they will be invaluable,
particularly if the Investigating ON
mittee Institutes any suits for Official
l malfeaSance or dishOnesty.-Raleigh
News and Observer.
We have noted, as has The Whining
ton Messenger, a movement to put a
foreign negro in charge of the Agricul-
tural and Mechanical college for the
colored race at Greensboro, in the place
of President James 3. Dudley, Of whom
our Wilmington contemporary say he
is conservative and it had thought ca
pable. UGH has been our opinion Of
him, and if it is Well grounded this
matter is one in which the Legislature
can afford to go slow. 1t seems to be
conceded that whites only are to have
control of the white schools, and thai
negroes are to control the colores
schools. There is a suggestion, how
ever, that a democratic negro be i'm
ported to take charge Of this institu-
ton at Greensboro. One of the griev.
anceS of the democrats against the fu.
sion1sts is that the latter carried poll
tics into the public schools. Unless tn.
legislature means to destroy, utterly
this Agricultural and Mechanical col
iege al Greensboro, il viii not re
move President Dudley until i
knows that ii is going to replace hin
with a more capable negro, chosel
without reference to p~olitics.-char
lotte Observer.