The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-22
STATE PRESS.

when the legislature failed to Inn
peach Russell Ii made a bis mistake.
Is Ii too late to rectffy that
When IL comes to Impeachment pro
ceedings. why stop ut h GOVERNOR
There are others."-Raleigh News ana
Observer.
Now that Senator Pritchard has in
troduced a resolution into the senate
aimed at the best interests OF the state
a resolution. too. wnich his pcpuliSt
colleagues. senator Butler. VIII oub
less support. since he has come out
against the constitutional ameuiment.
Bryan stands for freedom. and tho
people knew r.: ne stands for larger
opportunity for those who have 10 make
their wi living: he stands for q better
social systean. a better industrial sys-
tem-which means that ne is radical I'm
all his views. that he ts not in or
the conservatism that reigrS In the
cemeteries That's why Bryan ia popu>
lar.-ASheyTlLe Citizen.
Superinrendene OF Public instruction
Mebane. as we have before had occa-
sion to remark. conducts his Office On n
higsnplane. There appears to be not
the slightest faint OF ~partisanshap In
his conduct OF the Office, a thing SO un-
usual that ~ can't escape notice.-
Greensboro Telegram
The way the United States governs
uaent does business on occasion Is Soree-
thing TO be wondered at n admired.
For for about ten years past
Uncle Sam has paid SIS per year for n
room in the hank building solely for
the storage OF SOM. Old documents. etc.
A few days ago the papers, etc. were
sold TO a citizen for sl0.-Statesvilic
Landmark.
The tribute the paper trust levtss on
the News and Observer is $3.50 a day.
or over S2,0o0 a year a burden greater
than all axauon or the salary VI any
officer or employee of h company. The
burden il levied in proportion to circu-
iatfon On all newspapers in America
l. Is a tax on intelligence and one that
could largely be reduced by the pas
sage OF Mr.. Bellamy's bih.-Raleigh
News and Observer.
1t was Pritchard who asks
the senate at Washington To ignore
the supreme court OF the United States,
take the charge Of North Carolina
reconstruct" us again after the man.
ner Of 1S6S. 1t was our noble junior
senator under fusion who called IN the
president for troops to be used in n
state last year to over-awe the white
citizens and compel them to continue
10 submit TO the governments, IN the
counties and the state, that the Ignor-
ant negroes, under the leadership or
himself and Butler. had forced upon
them.-Raleigh Post.
1t is said that Senator Butler has en-
tered into q compact with the repub&i-
can leaders to deliver $4,000 populist
votes to the black and tans to te cast
against the constitutional amendment.
We don't know what success Butler VIII
have in other sections of the state in
influencing white populists to vote to
p~erpetuate the negro issue in North
Carolina politics, but we wager a five
dollar hat against his chance or sue
ceeding himself in the senate-which
is the same thing as wagering the hat
against nothing-uhat he does not get
so of the promised 30,O00 votes In Arson
county.-Wadessboro Messenger.
Far from simplifying matters the de-
ciuioa Of the supreme court has made
more confusion. If 1t Is the duty OF
the supreme cou to undo the work OF
the l~egfslature, 1T should go further and
Ax things according to Its own way
% there would be no further trouble.
tn recent decision let down n gap
for the pie hunters, but an office with
out the salary attached Is not to the
kl1eing OF this crowd and there will be
no peace until they are fixed.-Durham
Hcsald.
A new republican paper that has
sprung up in Wilkes county says 'Fthe
democrats want to keep the negro in
politics." INA statement is on a par
with all the other statements made by
those who fight the amendment. There
isn't a boy in the state who does not
know that the passage Of the amend
ment will rid the state OF affords Of I'M
fit negro voters. The man who OPP
poses it Is a negropholist, pure and sim
PIE, and wants North Carolina domi-
W tnI Hxv 100 nn0 nDrn and 4hair
allies. SQuirm as much as HE will. he
stands against White supremacy and
for keeping the negro in a position or
power.-Raleigh News n Observer.
Mr.. Linney, the representative of
the Eighth district of this state, Is a
gentleman who has the ability, acquir-
ed by long experience, to turn o
so quickly as to locate the seat Of his
in front. 1t should not occa-
sion any surprise, therefore, that after
declaring himself last year a bimetail-
list, he supports this year a bill which
declares for the single gold standard.
Mr.. Atwater, the representative OF the
Fourth district. I'm his speech I'm the
house Thursday seemed to treat these
joint circumstances as matter for won
der, but 1t is not. A man who has
done many of the things that Mr.. Lin
ney has done, the last being a publish
ed statement over his own name that
negro Bishop Petty is the equal of any
in Mecklenburg county, can do
Observer.
The constitutional amendment In all
It's force, effect and provisions, appeals
to the conscience of every good white
citizen of the state. and every intelli-
gent colored citizen as well, who have
the peace, prosperity and orderly well
fare Of the state and the people of
heart. 1t does not, IL seems, appeal
to either Senators Pritchard or Butler
and those who, like them, can only
see office" for themselves by the con-
tinuation Of the evil influences. and
results of the use of the
ballot, Of the great mass of ignorant
and in many instances vicious negro
voters. These would subject the state
to continued disorder and the uneasi-
ness and injury incident to a constant
of disorder which this igno-
rant and vicious class only impose,
in order that, IL possible, they can hold
office me pocket good salaries.-Rai-