The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-31
THREE SENATORS SPEAK.

Three Of the United States senators
have Deen talking. The Messenger
gave what Senator Vest said. Senator
Morgan the other foremost southron in
the senate, has revived the tariff ques-
ton. n says it is the question for the
democracy. The Kansas City Times
has interview him. He thinks that If
properly handled the question OF taxa
ton a bring a democratic triumph in
the next presidential campaign, we
suppose ne means. His words are:
IF h platform makers of our ma
tional elections would say that the
democratic party is opposed to all
tabuses of the power of taxation, be-
Icause such abuses are opposed TO the
Iancient creed that demands equal
rights for all, with exclusive privileges
ito none, and If the orators and writer's
would show up the many and terrible
abuses Of the power of taxation that
are inflicted upon the people the fact
would at once appear that there are
many more than enough democrats in
the United States to elect a democrat
to the presidency"
There are signs as the Messenger
mentioned the other day, that the re-
Ipublicans by 1904, may slide over and
become the oracle and agent of a re-
Ivised low tariff. If the republicans
shall not hedge or change front as to
lprotection-the most unjust, rascally,
immoral systern-and shall not steal
democratic thunder" here as they have
ldone in other things, the tariff can win
Iagain. Under Samuel J. Tilden's mas
terly leadership in 1876. it won a great
victory. Republican scoundrels cheated
him out of the presidency as all know.
1t is history that republicans vascillat-
ed on the money question and they will
vascillate and e~quivocate as to a rob-
Der tariff tax if they believe it neces-
|sary to win again. They are surely
none too good. Senator Lodge, Of
Massachusetts, violated proprieties and
|~decencies in his speech at the opening
of the Pan-Anerican Exposition at
Buffalo, n. Y. He unbosomed himself
politically. and blowed along, angry
horn for the enforcement of the anti
|quated Monroe doctrine. He is being
well disciplined in the northern press
for bad and worse taste and
worst judgment. The New York Even
ing Post discusses at length his mad
ness and says: T him the chief mes
of the exhibition, as we'll as our
highest hope was that renewed and
formal notice should be served by it
upon Europe that we are more than
ever determined jealousy t o maintain
the doctrine of Monroe!'
Putting aside his shocking perver-
sion of time and place, we have to ask
whether it is the Monroe doctrine which
Senator Lodge :s maintaining. or some
thing of his own invention"
He is bent on preventing Venezuela
from letting Germany have a coaling
station. This is a direful offense not to
be submitted to according to this IA
natical, inf1ammatory heirophant
of American madness. Venezuela
should not be allowed to grant such a
privilege. and Germany must under
says that oracular man of Massachu-
observation-disclosures will not-permit
any great military power to enter this
hemisphere settle down by our fire
This is the decree 1t is a great
pity that this particular Lodge is not
''in the Wilderness" Is such as he is
all that Massachusetts, can find in the
way of brains, wisdom and statesman
ship? The time was when the bay
State had a Webster, a Choate, an
Everett. a John Davis, and other men
of wisdom and Craftsmanship.