The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-01

The republicans claim that Governor
Russell wants to leave the party. we
hardly know which TO the
governor or the party Durham Her
aid
Under rhe new plan OF leasing her
penitentiary conv1cts. Georgia makes
about $500 600 a year u OF tnem, 50
IL is reported. Pity North Carolina
can't do better than she has DONE
Kinston Free Press.
General Otis cables that he rainfall
in the Philippines is limos three
times as great as in former years,
reaching 40 odd inches for the month
OF Tune alone. Providence Is sending
those rains. and he is sending them
on the unjust, too.-Raleigh Post.
Our farmers should not fail TO re-
member that a financial expert has said
that one OF their number Is actually
''~well-to-do.' who handles as much as
IS a yea In money over and above store
bills and taxes. The Thought ought To
be comforting and stimulating. for
most men are anxious TO be "wellIto-
do" II makes one feel better. more
ike a man. True the financial expert
who diagnosed the case OF the we'll
to-do" farmer, may lay had on his
dinner table that very day a five-dollar
bottle OF wine, but a farmers are not
expected TO indulge in luxuries the
rnOuZnI OIL iii VIII AoN EF1Nt AHtAI1.
Five dollars for 365 days is a power
of money. This Mckinley prosperity
is a "daisy."-Durham sun.
It's the joke OF the season-rhat re-
oeution at the mansion the other night.
Such a crow-eating, dirt-devouring
contest the state has perhaps never
seen. And this fact is my apology for
again referring TO IL. To il republicans ,
were invited who had said all manntl :
- zxSf about hfG axnallpnpX and hgpn
roudly cursed back again-men who
neither saw nor were seen by the goN-A
errors 800 pounds avolrdupois as ir
passed them on the street or met them
in the capitol corridors. And Yet they
were invited-and they went. On ar
rival they were greeted with a tropical
warmth that found prompt response,
melting both host and guest into
mighty ''swears'' that il was h hap
piest moment OF their lives. Ii almost
makes me sorry for you, governor, this
coming down from your high horse. And
yet it is a case of the bitter bitten. Your
own system has only played against
You. Those who live by the sword
must perish by the sword. And you
who have humble so many OF your po-
litical associates now find yourself liv-
ing entirely on Humble Pie.
These three and a half years have car
ried a lesson for his eXcellency which
he could not help but learn: /. Leader
ship is not Ownership. You must car
ry folk where they ask to go; not
where you please 10 have them. ,. Vie
tory is not for him who declines a Fact
and fiatters himself that by merely de-
nying and ignoring he destroys. or late
Russell has been hard pressed. Sick
at heart, he has moaned and sweated
over his sinking fortunes, until he is
beginning to question If the game were
! worth the candle.-Raleigh News and
Observer.
When Utah p~olygamists who plead
guilty are fined only 800. the Connec-
ticut man who has six wives should
not be put to much expense in getting
out of the courts.-Charlotte News.
President Mckinley thinks negroes
are only fit for targets in the Philip
pines, but still insists that they are
plenty good enough for postmasters in
South Carolina.-Asheville Citizen.
If it is the intention to pursue the
good roads movement in this county
and spend a certain sum every year in
constructing roads, ii would be much
better, If not cheaper, to vote a bond
issue and build the roadsat once and
let the money that would be spent
yearly for roads be applied to the pay
ment of the interest and principal OF
the bonds. By this means the county
could have the benefit of good roads
while paying for them.-Durham
Herald.
A great many ~vituperate things are
being said about Mr.. Alger, the Secre-
tary Of War who has just retired in the
face OF the popular cutlery against his
administration of his great Depart
nent. The retiring official deserves,
no doubt, everything that is and has
been said to his discredit, but we must
never lose sight Of the fact that a Cab
met minister under our system is not
the responsible official which his title
would indicate; he is absolutely subor-
dinate to the Executive Head. upon
whom in the person of Mr.. Mckinley,
the public objurgation should finally
rest. Algerism is McKinleyism.-Fay-
| etteville Observer.
There will be no criticism because
Senator Morgan opposes the renonina-
ton of Mr.. Bryan. No man has any
right or claim to tn nomination and il
is the duty of democrats to discuss the
merits of the several party leaders with
a view to nominating the best and
most available candidate. Mr.. Bryan
has no friend who with his sanction
would make a fight upon any democrat
because he prefers another candidates
Mr.. Bryan is not seeking the nomipaS.
ton and IL there is not a deuv
from the people for his nomination.
would not accept 1t. He puts thAN
cause above personal ambition. The
criticisms that have asailed Senator
Morgan from every section OF the State
have been directed at his position upon
public questions.-Raleigh News-Ob-
Spryor