The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-10
STATE PRESS.

Trusts cannot be killed by voting Tor
the candidates OF the party
Sparta Star.
Before the Dewey presidential boom
IS taken hold Of to IN considerably ex-
tent by the straight democratic press
it viii want TO know just what kind or
a democrat Ia Mr.. Dewey. There are
now 50 many kinds Of democrats Hnat
1t is almost impossible 10 til just
where you are aI-Durham Herald.
X is impossible to make the people OF
North Carolina forget that Marion But
Ter began his trading political career
ais h head Of rhe Alliance, n We
have not the slightest NJ that he de-
l~iberately sought and secured the Pc
sition OF head official 6n that order Tor
the express purpose OF fur'thering his
political ambitions, and when he got
control he did not Scruple to sacrifice
the Alliance in order that his own m
tera5ts might be advanced. The truuh
is. farmers organizations mean the
paying of salaries TO a few men who
Will work to secure the offices To be
filled, and half a dozen men get every
thing in sight and make the
foot the bflL-ASheville Citizen.
1t does not seem strange and sur
prising. if not inconsistent, h a the
Il Dd1lS III
should have abolished corporal punish
ment in 1868 as a relic of barbarksm, "
and yet afterwards infiict SO much OF
it. 1t is IA relic of barbarism" to whip
a thief for stealing, but II ~ all right
after he is in the pendtentiary, to beat
him nearly to death for some slight vi
olation of prison discipline! IL a thief
can be whipped for some slight offence
in the penitentfary, why no whip him
NO. hEr nI-iatinn for cHgRa7nnO3 III
the latter is barbarous, what is the for
mer.-PittSbOro Record.
Princeton, Harvard, Pennsylvania,
Chicago, Columbia, Yale and Leland
Stanford received large additions to
their endowments- This appears
very credjtable. 1t Will do immense
good. But there are some things il VIII
no do-namely, it viii not at the hast
day justify the means some men have
used to accumulate their money; 1t VIII
n justify the oppression OF wage earn
ers, or the making of profits by taxing
the people under the guiSe of protec-
ton; 1T WIFI not make up for the inter
ference Of corporations with the cleo
tons or legislatures. We must
not suffer these men to do what they
please because they give away to
worthy objects some of heir il gotten
monley.-Raleigfh Biblical Recorder,
Baptist
Mr.. Richmond Pearson threaten. TO
Suppiant Senator Prltchard as the
reader in favor of continuing the
power. of $4,000 negroes in this state
and Al that experience has shown
such power to mean. Mr.. Pearson
grows red in the face when he consid
ers the election aw enacted by the last
legislature. MI. Pearson is reported
to have had much to do i'm framing
the election law of 1895, but as the
people did mot altogether vote to suit
him in 1896 he returned to the breach
in 1897 and amended his own law, 80
as he doubtless thought ii would per-
NIT his crowd, including every I'M
known and unknowable negro who
could be imported into his district, and
into other districts, from South Caro-
Gina, to vote early and often with none
to dare TO make them afraid. But the
honest white men of this state, includ-
ing, we are glad to say, many who had
heretofore voted against the democra-
cy, regardless Of Mr.. Parsons election
law and it's obvious intent and purpose,
arose in the majesty of their strength
and high patriotism and smashed the
enemy OF good government, and 10! Mr..
Pearson along with the rest.-Raleigh
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