The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-02
STATE PRESS.

STATE PRESS.
Some persons would contend that the
supreme court Judges do not know the
law. Well, Ell, this is a curious de-
fense--Tarboro Southerner.
We are on the up grade. = Let US keep
going until we reach the top of a we'll
established, progressive community
the most progressive in the state.-Dur-
ham SUM-.
There are no less than 1000 magis-
trates in this state. In the county of
| Craven there is one for every ten yot-
| ers. This is really absurd.-Tarboro
Southerner.
Several of our exchanges refer to the
| legislature as an extravagant body. A
careful scrutiny of the appropriations
of the needs of the objects provided
for invites a very different conclusion.
Raleigh Post.
Let us be fair to all men and impugn
the motives of none. Let us accord to
our neighbor hat which we claim for
ourselves that we all act from a con-
scientious standpoint. Every man is
entitled to his own opinion and has one
vote with which to register it, there
fore bid him God speed in intelligently
using the franchise for the good of his
country and his home.-Laurinburg EX-
change.
Not in its true meaning, but in the
sense in which il is generally under
stood the politician is a very d%iSrepu-
table animal. He is not always in the
legislature, either. nor running for of
flee. Sometimes he is in the church.,
sometimes in the lodge room, occasion
ally the president of a college, and once
in a while you will find him in the pull
pit. He is e~ternally taking a short
cut on somebody.-Thomasville Charity
and Children.
Twelve men are daily in
Chicago during a year, it is reported,
for no other cas- la that they are
Jews. One death a year is the average
result Of fatality from these assaults.
These facts came out in an indignation
meeting of Jewish peddlerS in Chicago
held on Saturday. We thought that in
England and America Jews were singu-
larly free from religious persecution.
Chicago is an exceptionally violent
city Charlotte Observer.
Our readers know by this time that a
bill passed empowering the governor
to employ counsel to defend h indict-
ed registrars. We earnestly beg the
governor to ignore it. Just how and
when the legislature found any war
rant in the constitution for such a
measure, we can not see. We are with
these registrars heart and soul. They
| ought TO D6-dnO Will De-cdTSu LOT,
but it ought to be done by the graft
tude of the state through private CON-
tributions, not by raiding the treasury.
-Morganton Herald.
Some of the attorneys for the inn
peached justices are fon of declaring
that the resolutions of Impeachment
were offered for partisan purposes.
That statement originated with Pritch-
ard, Linney and Pearson and ought to
ave died with them. When the legis-
lature of 1899 had finished it's labors, it
did an unprecedented thing. Instead
of a~djourning, it took a recess until
June 1900. Why? The answer is known
of all men. 1t was because that body
believed the supreme court, if uncheck-
ed, would declare the election law ille-
gal nj prevent a fair vote on the con-
| stitutional amendment. That was the
reason given by every democratic MEM
Der of that legislature and was under
stood by every voter in the state.-Ral
eigh News and Observer.
One of the ablest speeches in the i'm
parchment trial was made by Hon.
Theo. F. Davidson. and the portion of
his speech that received most endorse
ment from those who heard it was his
portrayal of the encroachment by the
judicial department of government.
The truest friends of an independent
judiciary are those who protest against
the subtle corps of sappers and min
ers constantly working under ground
to undermine the foundations Of our
confederate fabric" In 1920 Mr.. Jeffer-
san said Of them: They are constru-
ing our constitution from a co-ordina-
ton Of general n special government
to a general and supreme n alone.
They will lay all things at their feet"
Raleigh News and Observer.
Mr.. George Lynch, the famous war
correspondent. contributes to the last
Golfers Weekly an article entitled
THE War IF the Civilization" 1t is
a description. in a philosophic way, OF
the recent operations of the allies IN
China. where the boosted civilization
of the west met the so-called barbar-
ism of the east. Attentive readers of
the dispatches from the seat of the war
that followed the firing on the Taka
forts. will hardly need to be told that
Mr.. Lynch's conclusions are not favor
able to the view that ours is the super
ior civilization. 1t will be the surviv-
ing civilization, just as that of the
thieving carpet -baggers in 1S65-'70 re-
placed the old civilization of the south
but it's road to victory a been marked
by every specie of medieval vandalism.
Cold-blooded murder, outrages upon
women. the tossing of innocent children
from bayonet to bayonet. unrestrained
plumber Of peaceful homes, and the
wanton destruction Of libraries Of price,
less value and of the treasures of art
and science which have been centuries
in accommodating. were things of daily
occurrence--Fayetteville Observer.
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