The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-28
STATE PRESS.

STATE PRESS.
Senator Hanna posing as b great
land rood friend OF the laboring man Is
Ia picture worthy the pencil OF a Da-
NEWPORT or an Opper.-Asheville C9ti-
zen
This Is a contest within the ranks
Iand personalities and ordinations are
ito be deprecated The struggie ought
politics, and the people will be apt TO
resent any other kind Of campaign
charlotte Observer.
The senatorial question 10 be voted
upon at the November election Is Dor
ldering upon personalities This should
mot be. It hould be a friendly contest
lamong dehnocra<s as To whom they will
have TO represent them In the senate
lof the United States-Graham Clean
Tor.
The people OF Galveston certainly
have more pluck han prudence. Hav-
ling had the experience of at least a
dozen or so disastrous vfsitations by
foundations from the gulf within fifty
years. eliminating in the recent de-
Istruotive cyclone. to go TO work and
build the city again on the same place
appears, TO say the least of IL, highly
limprudent.-Salisbury Truth
Viewed in the light OF the present
labor troubles in the anthracite region
1.-THE u~tterances Of Mr.. Bryan's letter or
acceptance with reference to arbitra-
ltion and a national department of la
lbor, take on a new and clever mean
ling. The grievances OF the miners
have already been set forth. Out OF
their small pay they must pay exhor-
lbitant pieces at company's stores which
reduce their net earnings to very near
lily NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. News.
The turning of the tide Bryanwards
has brought an admission from the
Hon. Mark Hanna. This foxy old po-
lhtician has been forced to confess that
there is walking ahead. He and a
Igreat many republicans have realized
THAT the American people see two sides
iof this prosperity question. The full
dinner pail has also two sides and in
land an out, and a peep on the inner
side shows the trust in all its glory
concord Tribune.
1t is high time some of our friends
who avow that they will support the
national democratic ticket in the next
ELECTION, n in the next breath extol
the present administration and its in
liQuitous policy, should cali a halt. "A
imam cannot serve two masters and
1.-THE folks know il. If you cannot Eli
lus with your voice and influence, take
1.-THE fence and keep quiet and we will
tuO III ~" -
AS we understand it there is no
I'itaint of the American Tobacco Conn
Ipany' abou General Carr. He sold
lout to another concern rather than be-
Icome identified with and tainted" by
1.-The Trust, Just as the and
Iothers of us would nave don under
lSimilar circumstances had the oppor-
itunity been offered. If the concern has
lgot unto the hands of the Trust since
General Carr disposed of his interest
lin DIT we do not think 1t exactly fair
Ito hold him responsible therefor.-Hen-
lderson Gold Leaf.
The men who carried this election,
the men who We're red shirts, the men
lwho construed the election law strin-
lgently, the men who held the polls.
the men who planned the
laI these democrats, are the peers OF
ANY man who complains and good
Ienough to be given the best that the
Iparty which they put in power has 10
lgive. If there is anything the ~eople
Ishun and suspect it is the political
lpurist-too good TO help carry the cleo
ltion but just good enough TO get office
latter the election is carried.-Windsor
Ledger.
1t is said tina self praise is half
scandal" and yet Hanna expresses
himself as becoming more and more
Impressed with his ability as a cam
Ipaign speaker and that he
may take a general round at speech
making toward the latter part of the
campaign. If all his speeches are as
full OF holes as the one in which he
declared there were nc trusts, his role
las a speech-maker will add to the fes-
Itivity of the democrats n Marcus
will become a formidable rival of Ted
Idly in the rhetorical act of opening
lhic nonI1fh on6 nIIfrin0 hiC foot in If -
Winston Sentinel.
This outburst of the Grand Army
may be the means of driving from ouI
schools SOLE of these lying histories
We hope so, at n rate. The south
wants the plain, unvarnished facts
Iabout the war and the causes that LED
lup to 1T that is all. She is willing that
her mistakes and blunders may be
recorded faithfully. But she is un-
willing that the braves and most pa
l~triotic soldiers that ever faced a can
mons mouth shall be written down as
TRAITORS and rebels. Give US a truth
lful record of that r~troublous tine and
I'VE will accept it, whether To- author
Happens to live in Florida or Maine:
but anything short of that, the south
Twill not have, and the Grand Army
can not brighten her now any more
than in 1S61.-Charity and Children.
Inc AHlSITCdh loOdSCo . Il "
lpursuing trust methods to crush out a
lsmall industry in this section. In Will
son there are manufactured cigarettes
lcalled Carolina Brigihts, and the public
I,iere and at other points in this sec
1tion of the state have received them
with much favor. The A. T. Company
brooks no opposition, SO it has cut
prices in this place n others so as
to underbid the Brights people. In
addition this monopoly now Offers a
lot of cheroots as an extra indUcement
for dealers ito handle AS oon as the
little rival is cruched prices will go
back. To crush out the manufacturers
Iof the Brights would take away from
Those engaged in making them. their
lliving.-Tarboro Southerner.
The doctrine of estoppel is getting
fright popular, or, more properly, has
been a number Of times used, in North
Carolina recently. 1t has been in
(voked to prevent US from saying out
loud that Mckinley appoints negroes
land now it is invoked against our