The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-27
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lowing those vile laWleSS revenue smell
lers to over-run the state and over
ride the free white men. He will strive
to check these invaders of the rights Of
freemen. He put a strong case in his
own experience and what the commits
sioner of Internal Revenue in 1894 in
Washington said of the non-interfer-
lence of government revenue officials
in the state elections or elections of
any kind. He sale it could not be al
lowed, and an official offending would
have to resign. The reign of the car
pet Dagger was dismal, dirty and
ldamning, but the reign of the revenue
lbung-smellers is more famou and in
itolerable and detestable. Mr. Simmons
will lay before Mckinley the evidence
lof guilt we hope.
Among the Internal deeds Of detes-
table Butler is the driving of a man by
the name of Rev. James S. Lamron, of
Rockingham county age "a, a Baptist
minister of high standing in his county,
into insanity. The Salisbury Truth is
ledited by a prominent Baptist minis
ter, Rev. DR.. j. N. %Stallings, and he
tells the story of Buffers crime against
humanity. He writes:
"A man who has toiled for the sal
walton of souls until the winter of life
has whitened his hair and has gone at
last to spend, perhaps the remaining
days of his life in solitude and wretch
ledneSS in the MOrganton asylum.
God has given me a mission said
this unfortunate man, thai mission is
to whip Marion Butler. l must do it.
u do it, he repeated. He devel-
loped q strong antipathy to Senator
Marion Butler (mOst probably on &C
count of Buffers enmity to the rule of
white men in North CarOlina) and the
ldesire to avenge the state by visiting
physical punishment upon Butler is ev-
Ier present."
We regret to see it stated that the
crop prospects in North Carolina are
mot favorable. The hot, dry weather is
playing destruction all around, and con
EDITIONS are indeed most serious. This
lapplies particularly to all east of the
Blue Ridge. 1t is some three weeks
since rain of much Importance has fall
lien.
The ably edited Presbyterian organ,
the Charlotte Standard, who's editor is
a very bright, ~well-equipped Virginian,
has sound views it puts impressively or
many questions, current and, other, anG
lately it said this which has force and
ip%ertinency just now in North Carolina:
There is a considerable degree OF
loose thinking about this question OF
suffrage. n women are generally
ldlsfranchised because the bullet really
stands behind the ballot. The Chinese
are lSfranchised because they are not
IN sympathy with American institu-
tons, or perhaps, in fact, because their
skins are yellow. Some of US down
Itnls way are beginning to think tina,
! marilood suffrage is the right thing
with the accent on the woman, and
that II he cannot read nor write MOI
understand and IS afraid to go to the
> polls because a harmless cannon is
fired at y-bre of election day, q
person ought not to exercise the sacred
right of suffrage, whatever the fit.
lteenth amendmeat may say
Butler knows much of the doings OF
the fusion gang, but he is mum. L.
: Adams up or down and where is Cy?
All! President Mckinley promises t
finyestigate" the very bad conduct o.
his Federal appointees in North Caro-.
lima. They have been keeping yer,
bad company. What can come Of as.
sociation with such fellows as Holtor
, land Pritchard and Butlere
Jim Boyd is very happy now. He is
Imade Judge-may he prove a good on.
fair and honest-and his friends in ths
Department of Justice at Washington
present him with a superb SILVER low.
ing cup. 1t is a great thing to be IN
1.-THE government service and to get ia
places.
Bob eileen, The great stumper. cam,
near having a mix-up at Sanford. Al
Iold radical accused him of falsehood.
in 1892 Bob told him he was a liar
A son came on the scene and Bob was
about to mount him when friends in.
terfered- A friend from Stokes was or
hand. and slipping up he told Glenn to
stand back he would do his fighting
flor him.