The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-13
CLEANING AND

1t is to be hoped that the present seS-
sion Of congress will not adjourn until
it has o~verhauled that historical in
CRATE one Maclay, who so Wiley abused
and slandered Rear Admiral
Schley. The work he published on the
United States navy is the most mon
Strous production of this country and
is a great outrage upon truth, decency
and the country. Representative Will
liams, of Mississippi, in his resolution
in the house proposes to make inquisi-
ton as to this fellow Maclay's state
ments. 1t r~ecites: That n Maclay
has written a history Of the navy,
which is now being used as a text book
at the navy academy. That in it Rear
Admiral Schley is denounced as a liar
and a coward. That the proofsheets Of
the book are alleged to have been read
by Captain Crowninshied and Rear AID
miral Sampson and approved by them;
and that Maclay is still an employee of
the navy department."
Let the investigation proceed with all
due fidelity. severity and promptness.
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No doubt the late greatly lamented
President William Mckinley, was en-
tirely honest in his advocacy Of reci-
procity, just IN the " Of the deep
damnation of his taking off" If he had
survived he would nave been able no
doubt to rally an important portion of
the republican party to it's support. He
believed that reciprocity was a sure
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of the United States. 1t is, however.
understood in Washington that reel
procity will have but a slim chance in
the republican ranks now. Mckinley
was sincere, but what about the others?
The Philadelphia Record, dem. says that
he "shines in noble contrast with the
slippery politicians who made a dodge
Of reciprocity and hastened to repudiate
it when they saw that the people were
beginning to take them at their word
When President Mckinley made his
memorable u~tterances in Buffalo. clear
ly defining the necessity of abandoning
a system of trade exclusion for a lib
eral policy, the whole protectioniStS
camp was thrown into alarm and disar-
ray Since then the party leaders have
had time to V and as they arrive
in Washington they declare one after
another that they will have nothing to
do with reciprocity in any shape
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Charleston is now the centre Of at
sition is open and it's attractions are
any Great preparations hav been
made. and the accommodations, we sup
pose, are ample. The United States
government refused to aid, but that did
not paralyZe energy or lesson the chanc-
es for success. Read this and admire:
There are eleven buildings in all. The
cotton palace, OIL textile building, is &c.
600 square feet of ground area, with
dome rising 160 feet above the court Of
palaces and a facade of owe $50 feet.
The commerce palace, or liberal arts
building, has 5000 square feet of floor
space. The palace of agriculture has
$1,000 square feet Of floor space. The
auditorium has a seating capacity Of
over $500 The administration building
has 5000 quare feet of floor. The min
erals and forestry building has 10000
Ia feet of floor space. The. court
of palaces, around which the main ex-
position buildings are grouped, is 1000
feet in length and over 900 feet in width,
with a sunken garden in the. center 700
feet long and $50 feet wide. The court
of palaces contains 1.s5O. 900 square feet
rs compared with $4,000 square feet at
the Mississippi exposition, 720, 600
square feet at Chicago, 1850, 900 square
feet at Buffalo"