The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-03

III IL AAAkNSSAoAE ~ ~
party Of North Carolina withou
discussing the negro. because rom the
day Ii was organized until now IL mas
been four-fifths negro.-Nsws and Oo-
server.
The Washington Post. which is not a
democratic ryan. makes an emphatic
denial OF the republican assertion that
that party has exhausted It's resources
in efforts to diminish the extent and
force Of trust evils. but asserts that
ION the contrary, that party. in the
Fifty-sixth and thus far in the Fifty
seventh congress. has been extremely
to trust interests."-News and
Observer.
II IS reported thai Genera Aiscr's
boom in Michigan for ne United States
senate is gathering strength anc that
the general has a first rate oEA-cc OF
capturing the prize. As both OF me
candidates. General Alger and Nj Nc
MILAN. are mIlionairss. IL is likel tina.
the workers" are enjoying a SEASON
OF proseperity.-Savannah News
II the town authorities in Troy and
every other town In this n other
states would enforce the municipal laws
against the citizens OF their own towns
Is they do against country people, We
would be glad. There are people In
Troy who should be hauled up before
the mayor every day in the wee and
several times on Sunday.-Troy Fan
liner.
The president is back at the capita.
with a sore leg and a heavy heart, hav-
ing been denied the difficulties Of a
campaign in the disturbed republican
communities of the west, where tarin
revision and the trusts are the NOV
ing questions. 1t is not 10 be doubted
Nl@A 49, D~~-n--I4 3@o 4
wished to charge around IN the dan
gerous situation and the enforced aban-
donment of his trip is doubtless a great
disappointment TO him. But as for his
party and especially the coterie OF
senators who made UP the Oyster Bay
conference, they must be. as the presi-
dent himself would say "de-lighted."-
Charleston Post
1t appears from the campaign speech
es that all the good things which have
come upon the country are due to the
Dingley tariff; all the bad things gre
the result of natural laws, over which
the republican party has a no con-
troll. Thus, while republican policy has
caused good crops and general pros
perity, it has had nothing to do with
the growth of trusts, which merely Ills
trate a universal tendency. The gem
eral advance Of prices indicates h
prosperity flowing from the tariff; if
wages and salaries have not advanced
correspondingly, it is because they are
controlled by the law Of supply and de-
mand. A similar distinction runs
through the whole political and eco
nomic field. If not always convincing.
it is most convenient. Yet sometimes
it is a little confusing to h logical
MISUNDERSTANDING Ledger.
While the United States are bound TO
keep Great Britain or any other Eu-
ropean power from forcibly appropri-
ating territory to which Venezuela has
a claim, it may be necessary for the
United States to give Venezuela a
sound ~thrashing some day. 1t would be
we'll to let her understand his in con-
nection with the impudent use OF the
American flag in her miserable civil
wars. Minister Bowen rose admirably
to the occasion when he demanded an
apology and a salute for the outraged
flag. It's a good thing for Venezuela
that compliance was quick. 1t might
be advisable TO make President Cas-
tro's government give us a money in
demnity for the insult at Ciudad Boil
war. Castro has very little money and
hates to give up any part of it. He
SHOULD be made to realize that trifiing
with this nation is costly.-Statesville
Landmark.
In an interview given out Speaker
Henderson was asked if the differences
between republicans on the tariff ques-
ton were confined to his own state and
in reply he said: Yes largely" Speak
er Henderson seems to presume that
the people are strangely blind to facts
that have been made c~onspicuously evil
dent by many recent developments. II
would be remarkably, indeed, if the
conflict of opinion among republicans
as to the proper curse of their party
as to the tariff were confined largely
to the single state of Iowa. IL is prob
ably true that the republican party in
Iowa is worse broken up than in al
most any other state where it has had
q decisive majority in recent years.
NE republican element in Iowa which
insists upon tariff Lewiston is very
aggressive, as Speaker Henderson a
good reason to know. It is so strong
and so determined to support no nan
who opposes a reduction of tariff taxes
that Speaker Henderson saw a bard
race for reelection before him, and
this prospect, with the incIe easing op-
position to his reelection as speaker
affords the only reasonable explanation
Of his retirement. But the attempt to
dwarf the republican revolt against the
present tariff largely" to Iowa is
ridiculous. That revolt extends
throughout the party, though it is more
general in the west than in the east
Atlanta Journal.
Secretary Root undertook yesterday a
defence Of the Philippine army in a
stump speech at Peoria, Ill. AT the
same time there was received at the
war department a careful ANALYSIS OF
Secretary Roots attitude towards the
outrages committed by American sol.
diers. This is from the pen of Mr.
Moorfeld Storey, the counSa for the
anti imperialist committed, whose
standing as a clear-headed and able
lawyer is con TO none. AS a result
of his study, Mr.. Storey declares tina,
Secretary Root is the real defendant
in this case" n declares that "the
responsibility for what has 1isgraceC
the American name Les at his door
Mr.. Storey finds Mr.. zoe "%conspicu.
ously h person to De investigated
and demands on behalf of the commit.
tee that the records of the war depart.
ment be laid bare, for the information
of the public. Mr. Roots present duty
therefore. is a defence of himself, no
Of the army and, coming as they DE-