The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-07
STATE PRESS.

Died they are working II Tor All IL Is
worth.-Durham Herald.
White says the president has prom
ised the support OF the administration
10 the measure and he expects ID 20
become law. II would be interesting
10 know how il is proposed TO have the
federal authority take hold OF this mat
ter Even If such a plan can be de-
vised We very rauch doubt its y
diency-Statesville Landmark
The Wilmington Messenger does not
fancy this intercollegiate foot ball
business. We don't, either. Athletic
sport beats no exercise and the physg-
cal as well as the mental man needs to
be developed But foot bali is both dam
gerous and brutal. and should be- dis
c~ountenanSed. All the church schools
in the state have given way TO the
| craze. Both church and state call often
! and loud for money to be wasted in this
and other kinds OF foolery.-Troy Ex-
aminer.
But il is against the consclenceless
( gamblers who infest the fair grounds.
and the indecent exhibitions by men
INK women sunken in vices of an kinds
that the moral sentiment OF the good
people revolt. and with that sentiment
The Commonwealth stands in hearty
cooperative sympathy. They ought to
be excluded from all fair grounds. and
with them excluded there may still be
left innocent amusements" enough To
keep the young people from feeling like
! the fair is a dull thing.-Scotland
| Neck Commonwealth.
Every paper that has expressed an
/ opinion on the matter, SO far as We
| AVE noticed, has said that the sena-
| toriai discussion should rest until af-
| ter the election, at least until the con-
stitutional amendment is voted upon.
The Reflector will suggest a plan by
which the press can stop this discus
sion and stop il more effectually than
in any other way. That is, don't anoth-
or paper mention editorially, by inter
| view, or in news correspondence the
name OF any aspirant in connection
with the senatorship until the proper
time shall come. Adopt this course
and there will be but, little more of
the premature discussion heard
GreenVille Reflector.
Neither the press nor the people Of
North Carolina viii endorse the action
of the directors of the penitentiary in
not removing Summerell, the overseer
or superintendent who has been prov
ed to have treated the convicts SO
cruelty and brutally. All humane per-
sons will endorse the five democratic
directors who voted for his removal.
1t seems like adding insult 10 injury
for the directors TO have passed a reso-
luton declaring Summerell's cruelty
was merely "a mistake" Those direc-
tors who voted to screen Summerell
cannot screen themselves from the just
criticism and cenSure of an indignant
press and people.-Pittsboro Record.
The growth of Mormonism in this
state is alarming TO the evangelical de-
nat Scores of missionaries are
being sent out by the Mormons and are
at work all over the State. They con-
fine their efforts almost entirely to the
country and mountain districts. They
hope to gain a foothold among the ig-
norant and illiterate and through
them to capture the state. 1t is an
nOunced that the North Carolina Nor
mon conference is to be held at Colds
boro soon, and that it will reveal a sur
prising increase in membership. One of
the elders after much questioning and
evasion acknowledged to Rev. l.. II.
Pruett, of this city, that the Mormons
believe in polygamy as much as they
ever did and nave ceased to practice it
only the laws of the United
States make it a crime with heavy
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES News.
The amendment, like all new policies,
must rely largely upon the character
of its advocates for a triumph. In
herent strength, save among the edu-
Gated, it has not and explanation is
needed to combat the wild fears so
glibly prOphesied about it. In our judg-
ment the state convention should be
called early in the spring and the pulse
of the people well felt in advance OF
the special session of the legislature.
Apathy is the foe to be dreaded, and
the Legislature, if it does nothing else,
can wake people up. The small coun-
ties of the west are the game the re-
publicans nave in mind, and a meeting
of the representatives might mend the
fences where they seemed to need ii.
Certainly the amndmen has nothing
to dread from a long canvas devoted
to it alone. The longer it is lied about
the longer should be it's discussion
Morganton Herald.
The Weekly is for a free field and a
fair fight and hopes the democratic
voters of the state will be given the
fullest opportunity of saying whom
they want to represent them in the SEN
ate. The office is one that concern the
whole state and if the people are capa-
BILE of electing their governor and con
greSSmen, what democrat, high or low
will deny their capacity to choose Z
membe of the upper branch of con
gress? If the people ave sense enougf
to say who of a given number or aspir
ants they would rather have for gov
; ernor, we think they can be trusted t
make an intelligent choice for United
States senator. 1t may not be amiss
however, TO remind all concerned tina
the first thing necessary in making {
rabbit pie is to catch the rabbit. lie
, all hands pull together for the adoption
. of the constitutional amendment an
!, the election TO a democratic legislator
next August and leave the senatorial
). question to be settled in the Novem
, Der election.-Webster's (Rsidsville
. Weekly.
In his able argument before Judg
, Simonton, Judge Leigh r. Watts take
: ground that the federal courts are tn
8 ulwar of the constitution and no
the ''sappers and miners Of the con
: stitution,' as Mr.. Jefferson said. ]
r largely depends upon the judges. Il
the early days of the republic the fed
v eral courts sought TO usurp power. ]
= was against such usurpation that JET
| ferson protested. For many years tn
federal supreme court has illumine
our history by its breadth and integ
[ rity, even if Shiras did change hi
= mind quickly. The just c%riticisr
against federal judges Of recent year
has been directed at the newly Great
ed circuit judges. nearly all Of whor
have been appointed at the dictation c
great corporations whose interests the