The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-06

OF Alabama. Senator Vest Is q genuine
democrat. You know where to find
him. He never coquetts with the n
my. He Is never found advocating re-
publican principles. He Is q man Of
principles, OF sound Judgment and Of
solid character. He deserves the con-
fidence of all men, and people of all
parties must respect a statesman OF his
capacity. fidelity and u~nbending integ-
rity. He could 10 more play the part
Of a starter OF a third party In the in
terest of the republican party than he
could rob. He is a man TO be depended
upon always. everywhere, under all
circumstances. The Cincinnati Enquir-
er says OF him rightly: The senator
is not prosy when Vest speaks. His
speeches are gems in thought, express
sion and earnestness and his splendid
accomplishments in running debate
have too little opportunity. II is not
the every day senator who courts a
~colloquy with him. Mr.. Vest may re-
tire, and some able man like Governor
Stone may take his place, but anyhow.
what he has done should always be
treasured as a gracious memory and
an inspiration for senators of the flu
ture who may desire to be known be-
yond the lids Of the current biograph-
ical dictionary of congress"
While there is a tendency to extrav-
CANT salaries for officials il does not
reach the important Office of governor.
The Messenger has said that the gov
ernor of a great state should not be
straitened because of a lean purse dur
ing his official life. BY reason OF his
position he must have more expense
than he would incur as a private citi-
zen. We believe that So, 600 is too little
for his allowance. 1t is not too much
to allow him S., 1000. We are surprised
to see it mentioned that in Virginia It
is proposed to men the constitution
relative to the governors salary and to
cut down the $1,000 a year. 1t is time
that the south generally pays in a
beggarly way. Georgia allows but
$4,000, Alabama, $500; South Carolina,
$4,000; North Carolina, $1,000; West
Virginia. 2 Zoo; Mississippi, $500, and
Tennessee, 1900. The governor Of
Florida receives $500; of Delaware,
$500. and of Arkansas, $500. The
idea is to prevent the chief executives
from becoming "bloated m~illionaires."
1t looks more like pauperizing them.
The north wakes happy Over the sup
posed labor trouble that threatens the
south and ie "boun to come" 1t may
amuSe the manufacturers in New Eng
laad but the trouble Ii no more serious
in the south tina in the north. and it
is to be hoped it will never be so. If
the owners are wise men and just men
they will do nothing to precipitate a
conflict between their interests and
those of the people they employ. There
is probably no sufficient reason to an
ticipate such a result, although New
England laughs in it's sleeve and says
it is bound to come. The Richmond
Times views this matter sensibly and
corrects a false view of the Yankees:
"Our workmen are not treated in the
south as so many machines, but as HUI
man beings. Employers know their
employees and call them by name wher
they meet. Employers in the south are
always approachable, and where there
is any difference between them and the
men who work for them the question
of dispute is taken up in a friendly
a as man to man, and usually set.
tied without difficulty. Our
workingmen are largely men who were
born and reared in the south and We
do moi have to deal with the foreign
element as dc the factories of the
north. So long as his condition exists
the south will be comparatively free
from labor disturbances"