The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-05
CURRENT

~ AA|ANA- NO ~ Wi
slider a boiling republican any better
than the oth@I kind.-JacksonviIle
Times-Union.
How many republican states will MIR.
Bryan succeed in carrying by he sort %
talk he is putting out? The democrats
cannot elect their presidential candi-
date unless they succeed III overturning
some republican MISUNDERSTANDING
ton Post
President Roosevelt doubtless rea-
sons that he has good cause to spend
much time in the saddle during his
oyster Bay vacation. His recent expe-
rience with the Wild horses" OF con-
gress was calculated TO shake his con-
fdence in his rough riding Abilities
ST. Louis Republic.
The Indianapolis Sentinel which sup
ported Mr.. Bryan earnestly in 1896 and
1900. said recently in defending the DEM
ocrats OF indian for dropping dead Is
sues that they are democrats still,
not ID FOOLS In this they differ
from their associates in Missouri
New York World.
Among d multiplicity Of plans and
suggestions for democratic success the
epigrammatic utterance Of David s..
Hill is easily prominent. Unity. not
reorganization" The democratic par
~, like the king, never dies. 1t needs
no ~reorganizing. 1t only needs to get
together-Chicago Chronicle.
In he first election under his premier
snip Mr.. Balfour faces = defect. In the
election Of a member OF parliament the
conservative majority of 2.517 in 1900
has been changed to a liberal majority
OF 49, The war Is over and the voters
do not feel obliged to sustain the party
In power. The republicans may make
a not of this.-F1orida Timec-Union.
Mr.. Bryan's eternal apologies for the
defeats of the Democratic party when
he was its candidate are becoming
Wearlsome. TIE democratic party
would w won IN 1926, but THE
democratic party would have won in
1900, but h but is always fol-
lowed by a reason or reasons, but not
by the most influential one, namely,
that it was handicapped with a plat
form n candidate that rallied in a
mass all the nGTe-brained Cranks in
the land.-Boston Herald.
General Smiths h~ell-roaring proclivi-
ties" says the Topeka Capital, proved
his undoing. A hell-rcaring' quality is
a bad o to possess. The ranks of the
forceful men OF the world are not made
up of 'helI-roarers.' This is q good
thing to bear in micd'. But then. if
our wars are themselves hell" as one
Of our greatest generals has declared,
is now commonly accepted, how are
we to get along without the "roarers"
to conduct them? The Capitals point
is not we'll taken. General Smith has
been badly treated. News ana Courier.
Neither the coal nor the meat com.
blneS could be maintained except by
acts on the part of their directors which
the federal statutes distinctly declare
to be indictable offanses, punishable by
large fines and terms of imprisonment.
This is the one untried mears for pull
ing the greedy hands OF these w op-
pressive mOnopolles out of the pockets
of the general public. President Roose
welt has shown bign courage On many
occasions. Possibly he will dare to or
der Mr.. Knox to enforce the criminal
laws of the United States without fear
or favor New York World.
One Of these line mornings the presi-
dent is likely to find u fat round rob-
in on his desk. signed by all of the
wives and prospective wives of officers
Of the regular army. The military
women are disguised because of the re-
cent order changing the color Of the
uniforms from blue 10 olive green.
There is some sentiment about the blue,
but the green they declare to be a bill
iouS and hateful color. Green uniforms
are simply horrid." said one officers
wife, thus lucidly expressing the OBJ
4 IeClIOl Ol herself anu nSE Eek 10 the
| change.-SaVannah News.
Touching the death CT Johl w. Mac
kay, there is the usual quotation of the
line. there is no pocket in a Shroud, >
and the observation that :. is not d
matter of much moment now what he
| was worth. Oh. yes, but j. Is. When
Mackay was making mis- millions in the
| development Of the BolIanZa. mines ne
was also doing much TO work out great
| problems in the general economy Of at
fairs. And his own millions were Scien-
tifically used in the promotion OF great
enterprises. 1t is possible that Mackay
did as much good with his money as he
Would had he given it all awav.-Cin-
cinnati EnCuier.
The management of the democratic
congressional committee is in good
hands. AS The Providence Telegram
very justly says: chairman Griggs
has already how great strength of
character and breadth of ability in his
new position. and is fortunate in pos
sesSiHg he confidence and active SYM
patty of his democratic associates. He
has been schem1ng to make the trusts
the objective point OF his most severe
assaults and is credited with the in
tention of making the campaign the
hottest and most effective for many
years.
themselves tangled up in al kinds of
trouble. and it looks as if the only thing
for them to do is 70 suspend publica-
ton or to HE away a,6 publish them
selves somewhere -, ii: the depths of
the wood OF Dickinson county until
these stormy congressional primaries
have rolled over and the legislature haa
completed it's revision Of the Virginia
code. All Of us are catching it one side
or another. 1t is Din! bang! whack,
from the rising OF the sun to The going
down of the same for the afternoon
publications. and from the stealthy COM
ing Of the moons silvery light to the
rosy blush Of Aurora for Cur morning
contemporaries. The legislature is af-
ter us hot foot and The congressional
candidates hang on our TANKS and har-
ry our rear guard and occasionally come
headlong with a frontal demonstration
Richmond News.
When the president ard secretary of
var, after 'tadmonishi1g' Gen. smith
in pursuance of the sentence of tho