The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-09

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General Gobin's order directing the
troops, in case Of stoue-throwing. 10
carefully mark the men who assail
them and shoot them down. is worthy
Of General Jake Smith himself. Moth
ing that has yet occurred in h strike
region has furnished any Justification
for such an order.-Pittsourg Dispatch.
Former Governor Hogg Of Texas and
former Congressman Towne CT Mime
sofa have merged their interests in
Texas Oil With former Senator Petit
grew operating successfully in Wall
street, n with Mr.. Bryan. buying a
brace OF $500 mantelpieces, II seems
hard to find one OF EN- who has kept
his poverty intact-Norfolk Landmark.
A d~ispassionate survey of the country
shows that in the south progress
capital work together hand in hand, or
der is preserved with exceptions that
apply TO individuals only, and Mother
Earth yields continually new sources
OF wealth. Moral: Come south, young
man., and grow up in q land where the
vine and fig tree grow.-Florida Times
Union.
After reading RooscTelt's :peech at
Providence, says the Buffalo Enquirer,
n wonders how Wall street can feel
that there is any dange to the trusts
from the president. He says plainly
that most Of the trusts are all right, the
present laws against them are being
enforced and it will require Il constitu-
tionai amendment to do more with
them What more does Wall street
want?-News n Courier.
The treasury department has been al
pains to notify customs officers at New
York and elsewhere that under the law
relative to h free entry OF wearing
apparel TO the value Of 500, whiskey
and cigars cannot be regarded as wear
ing apparel. This ruling, it seems. was
MADE necessary by the liberal construc-
ton many persons were putting on
Secretary's Shaw recent "baled hay"
ruling. But surely the secretary does
not mean to stop travellers from bring
ing in their might caps.'-Savannah
News.
Degrees of latitude and longitude do
not affect the force of our law, said
Mr.. Carlisle to the Bar Association. the
Islands became domestic when the
treaty of cession was ratified, and
trade with Porto Rico and the Philip
pines is domestic trade. How easily
does a democratic principle dispose Of
h hne-Spun theories of republican,
ism, and how soon may we expect to
see habeas corpus ald the jury abol-
shed here since the same law applies
TO all our teTritCry-or lack of law
You cannot enslave another without
destroying your liberties" said Mr..
Lincoln.-Florida Times-Union.
Some is being made il the
nature of criticism of the North Caro-
lima c]oroner's jury that commended the
lynching of a negro who assaulted a
woman We have not observed that
sectional lines mark the swift VEN
geance of men upon the brute who out
RACES Il Woman Wherever men are to
be found in this country to whose
hearts homes are deal and who hold
women in proper esteem. then men are
to be found who will aveng such as
saults Upon them as was committed in
North Carolina. That is something in
herent. 1t is beyond the narrow con-
fines of state lines or sectional boun-
daries, but lives and lies dormant
wherever manhood has a worthy expo
neEt. The North Carolina jury said
exactly what they meant. They did
not whine arond IN a tedious and use
less depreciation of the existence of
crime, but they boldly let the world
know that their women will be pro-
tected when possible and avenged Wnen
they are Observation-Disclosures News
TimeS-Herald.
While some dozens of Virginia Volun-
teers are on duty at Ashland, Where a
race rio seemed impending on sunday;
while numbers of companies OF tne
West Virginia and Pennsylvania militia
are acting as peace preSerVerS In the
coal regions, n the United States
army and navy are combining business
with pleasure in a mimic war up north.
he London Saturday Review has
sounded a sort of war-cry against the
United States Indeed divers and sum
dry papers besides the ponderous and
~pessiElistic Review are dissatlshed WIN
us and have blood in their eyes. They
dislike the invasion Of England by our
trusts and combines; they view with
alarm the prosperity Of Mr.. Morgan TO
gobble up all the ocean liners; they are
frantically indignant at MIR. Roosevelts
utterances on the Monroe doctrine; they
suspect US of a RI to annex Cana
da, and altogether they are in a nasty
humor. But We remember that they
were also angry with Cleveland when
he stepped in in aid Of Venezuela, and
they needn't want to fight us under the
supposition that We o h trusts, for
We do not.-Richmond Dispatch.
The New York Tribune states, on
what it claims to be the higest authori-
ty, that the construction of the 18TH
milan canal will be carried on under the
IN SNRN
president, according to our New York
contemporary. is convinced that the
best results can be obtained in this way
and will consequently make the canal
commission a military body exclusively.
The isthmian waterway viii. be a gil
gantic undertaking, and it ought to be
under the direction Of The ablest en-
gineers the government can employ.
But the greatest difficulties, perhaps,
will be found in holding contractors up
to the highest standard of efficiency.
If the construction of the n vas
left entirey to the politicians, it might
be almost impossible TO avoid jobbery.
Contracts might be awarded in many
cases for political reasons, and in this
event good results would nat be OBJ
tained. On the other hand the case OF
Captain 0. NJ. Carter shows that not
ever army engineers cLn resist the
temptation. But it car be Said to the
credit of the engineer corps, that il
has furnished few cases like that of
the officer who recently abused the con-
fidence of h Observation-Disclosures