The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-04
GURRErT COMMENT.

meet every expectation in North Caro-
INA Under previous conditions the
negro vote of the state was about 90
600; under the amended constitution it
VIII not amount to more than 5000,
n may safely be ignored by northern
as Well as by southern politicians as
a factor in the next presidential cleo
tion.-Philadelphia Evening Telegram.
Cuba has returned the treaty pro-
posed by the United States with the
declaration that its acceptance would
be ru1nOuS to her, as it would result
In a large reduction to customs reve-
nue.. The truth is, Cuba cannot afford
to enter into any general reciprocal
agreement with the United States. She
is already importing nearly five times
as much per capita as the United
States. A reduction of duties would not
increase imports 1t would only cut
down her revenues, and she needs
every cent she can get.-FYorida Times
Union.
Today a parger proportion of the
worlds men Of note and power than
ever before are over seventy years of
age. Fifteen members of the United
States senate would have been eligi-
bic as DR.. Hurd's guests under the
seventy-year limit. Justices Harlan,
Gray, Fuller and Shiras. Of the su-
preme court, have reached or passed
the ~seventieth year. The longevity in
recent times of foreign statesmen of
the first Embellishments, Gladstone
B~eaconsfield, Gortschakoff. Salisbury,
Crispi-is significant-New York World.
Former Vice-Presid,..t Stevenson,
Congressman Griggs and other demo-
Gratis from outside the state who spoke
at the ratification meeting in Madison
Square Garden Monday night laid the
greatest stress upon trusts and tariff
reduction. Mr.. Stevenson declared that
monopoly is 1.-The crying evil Of today
and that 1.-The tariff is the supreme
issue in this campaign" He reminded
he voters that five years of contin-
uOus republican control Of congress
have passed, and no sincere attempt
has been made to amend the present
inefficient antitrust law or to en- .ct
one more effective. York World.
Ex-President Cleveland shows him.
self a wise man when he refuses again
20 be drawn into active politics. He
has gone as high as his countrymen
can send him, and has gone there as
often as he can go. He has earned a
rest in his old age. though that age is
nl1tally and physically robust, and
n unreasoning prejudices which the
vigorous and independent discharge OF
his duties as president aroused against
him in many quarters are dying away.
He has the esteem and respect of the
people as a whole, and his occasional
u~tterances upon national affairs carry
the more weight because of his position
of detachment from active party work
Norfolk Landmark.
Secretary Shaw decides that in the
absence of direct prohibition he may
abolish the reserve clause as it ap'
plies to government deposits. NJ
sooner thought than done-done tlle-
L Da11U Innn hv ri1inr rnI,rhchn3 NV
the acts of congress, lone in such ;
manner as to constitute an assault
upon the integrity and stability of GU
national banking system. And thi
from the secretary of the treasury TIL,
man of all men who should teach re
spect for the wisdom and Righteousness
of our laws in relation 10 finance goe
; out to hobnob with the waterers o
stock. the clippers Of the oupon of in
fatiOn and the nanipulatorS Of mar
ketS. and comes bac to teach our ma
!. .iOnal bank officials to entertain con
: tempt for the reserve clause. How
soon will il be before Secretary SHAY
!. goes to still greater extremes in tn
execution of his fantaStical ideas
dea fraught with the elements of dis
aster to the nations finances ?-Balti
$ mor American CRep.)
! Another COLLEGE professor in trouble
This time it is Prof. w. o. Atwatel
2 of the Agricultural Experiment static
at Middleton Connecticut, who also oc
cupies a chair at Wesleyan university
Some weeks ago Professor Atwater an
r nounced that. after exhaustive invest
SGt!Ons he had been convinced tina
alcohol does possess a specific foo
I value. This sort OF teaching might b
received without protest in some quar-
tiers. but Wesleyan university is
9 Methodist Institution n ~repudiate
: the theory as false and pernicious.
9 number of Methodist preachers in Cor
: neoticut have attacked the hereto pre-
fessor and some Of the trustees Of IVES
y leyan have expressed a determinatio
to call him to account. So far as "
have read there is no scientific author
S ity for the theory hat alcohol has an
d decided value as food and Professor A
water will probably fall into disfavt
K with chemists, as . we'll as with h
brethren Of the Methodist church. =
e seems to be an Illustration of the daI
ger of a little Observation-Disclosures Joul
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