The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-09
STATE PRESS.

some of the democrats who fav~r ex-
nansion vou1d separate expansion non
imperialism. but the republican party
proposes to go the whole hog.-Durnaxn
Herald
ms administration came to the resiek
of Wall street and as a matter OF
coourse Wall street will be expected TO
come TO the relief OF the administra-
ton at the proper
Herald.
II BRYAN had been nominated the day
that Wall street had its panic. the soio
bugs would have made him the cause
but they never once thought there Was
any connection between that bear RAID
and the passage OF the bankers cur
rency bill. Nor was there any. IL vas
only a -coincidence.-Tarboro South
erner.
The Wilmington chaguE@- Of COM
merce. recognizing ;ns abuse or the
magistrate SYSTEM, has taken the mat
ter in hand and - nv &c suggest a
remedy. We also recognize the coadi-
ton. and hope combined wisdom Of the
chamtEr OF win point a way
out.-Durham Herald
The people who are raising money
for a TO Bill Anthony. wno
committed suicide because he a no
work and was starving, might have
given a dollar or two to Bill whea he
was struggling for life. The bouque<
on the grave Is not a very good sub
s<itute for the loaf OF bread gwen to
the 1iving.-Charsotte News
Wilmington. like Washington. Is an
the throes OF a mad-dog, m~uzzled-dog,
no-dog discussion that is waxing war
mer every day. The board of alder
men has passed an ordinance reQuir-
ing all logs to be inuZzled or kept OF
the streets. The dog owners have held
a meeting to protest against this ty-
rannous piece of legislation. n are
writing pieces to the papers densunc-
ing the city fathers. 1t is to be hoped
the los owners will not start a revoiu-
ton in the good old city by the sea-
Charlotte News.
IF the people of every state N the
Union were as good on travelling as the
average North Carolinian," said a well
known railroad man Saturday morn
ing, the railways of the country would
get rich faSS. a man who looks Ike
he hasn't more than ten cents IN che
world will hop on a train and rio sew
eral hundred miles and back TO see his
kinspeople." On, We'll, it's All right
and shows that the ties OF blood are yet
thicker thar water in the Old North
state and that when a man wants To
see his relatives he is going To do So
Greensboro Record.
Why do republicans raise such a
howl now? 1t is a a $ of straining
at a gnat and swallowing a camel. Re
publicans recognized polygamy when
they admitted Utah as a state. Il
'ey recognized rolvgamy when he al
lowed the appointment Of ~polygamfsts
r finances the contin-
uance OF Dolysaaay because he al.o
one ouI,a.. .. -~.u to keep a har'em OF
wives underneath the shadow Of the
stars and stripes. All polygamy should
be abolished and not confine the squirt
ings to one lone hen pecked congress-
man.-WfIkesboro Chronicle.
Senator Vest is an expansionist. He
represents = commonwealth that is a
part OF the Missouri purchase. With
Jefferson, he believes in such expan-
sion as is in keeping with the spirit of
our government, but he would ~be will
ling to risk life itself rather than give
his consent TO the fantastic and wick
ed attempt to revolutionize our gov
eminent and substitute the principles
OF our hereditary enemies for the
teachings Of Washington and his asso-
GATES" If there were more such men
the crime of the criminal aggression"
around Manila would not stain our ma
tional honsr.-RaleiEh News aad OBJ
server.
DurirTR the Inlrty-1NS years tnGt nave
elapsed since war left US ashes and
desolation. the light hard Of labor has
been acquiring - lew cunning. 1t could
not be done in a day. 1t has be-
lone patiently, painfully. slowly. If you
Will, but it has been done well. Today
the fruits of it are beginning to ap-
pear Let US 60 1orwArd with the new
year resOluLe.y. individually and col
lectively, it will doubtless bring us some
sharp trials. They will not be the first.
The state has had plenty OF them in
the last half dozen years; and yet out
Of them all has come the North Caro-
lima Of today.-Raledgh News and OBJ
server.
OF curse we all know what a frsend
OF the south the Washington Post b.
intermittently. But the Post IN no
friend of the south when il advises the
southern people to vote for expansion
and imperialism on the ground tia OBJ
berry is a profitable investment And
We may say the same of Mr.. Clark
Howell The argument in favor OF thu.
So-caaled Expansion exhibits moral
obliquity in W ways: First. the pro
position is based on a programme OF
b for gain; second, It
that trade follows the flag" and that
in order to trade with a nation we must
own the country OF that nation. We
don't believe that either the Post or
Mr.. Howell would TAX such a position
in regard to individuals, or an an fn1f
vfdual policy Then why advocate 1t
az a national policy?-Ashevfle. Cqtfsen.