The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-21

ish vagrancy and to prevent unlawful
trespass upon property. There is every
sound reason in public policy why wei
should as jeaiously n wholesomelyI
guard and defend the right of every
a to labor when ne finds work 20,
do hat he chooses to acCept.-GoldS-i
boro Headlight.
1t IS unfortunate that the report
goes out oyer the state that Mr.. Lind
say Patterson. the independent-repub-
lican-democratic candidate for con-
gress could not conclude his speech
here Friday night. OF course only a
few thoughtless people were response
BILE for this state Of affairs, but the re-
port will Of necessity cast a reflection
on h entire community. such coarse,l
unkind conduct never die and never
will make votes, and no doubt Mr..
Patterson now has more friends here.
thai he had before.-ReiGsv.lle Review.
The Washington Times Is authority.
for the statement that already Hon. J..
Pierpont Morgan is being talked OF in.
influential quarters as a democratic
vice presidential possibility. Well,
now. wouldn't a ticket composed of Mr..
Morgan and Tom L. Shnson of Ohio
be a paralyzer? With Mr.. Morgan set
Ting everything and Sir. Johnson fur
nishing free amusement with his 3-cent
fare punched in the presence of the
p~assengaire, performance twice daily,
what more could the democracy offer,
or the country want? Piutocracy would
axe TO the woods, while monopoly
would bid farewell 70 this VAN world.
Give us Morgan n Johnson-or death!
Or vice versa.-Raleigh Post.
Here is a tariff argument which any
body that has sense enough to come in
out of the rain can understandable is
from The Philadelphia Record: "Du-
ring the last fiscal year the imports
Of wooden dress goods for American
women and children amounted in value
10 s 1862. $50. and the customs duties to
$780, 53. That is to say, for every
dollars worth of these goods one dol
lar and two cents was paid in duties
at the custom house. By the time
the goods passed through the
hands of importer, jobber and retail
dealer the total increase in cost to
American was not less than
$50 per cent. At the same time prices
of domestic fabrics of the same quail
ties were enhanced in nearly equal
proportions" This is q subject that
should interest the women as we'll as
the men. If they could be enlisted in
the cause of tariff reform the tariff
would be reformed p. d. Q.-Charlotte
Observer.
A gentleman who is familiar with
the local pOlltlcal mus sizes
up the situation. The work the dem
ocrats have to do is to get the people
to register and vote. The people are
Indifferent, ~apathetic. They care moth
ing for campaign oratory. The appeals
to passion, prejudice, Or sentiment, SO
effective in bygone campaigns, count
for little or nothing. The people want
facts and most of them by reading,
are pretty we'll posted and know in
advance what the campaign orator is
going to talk about; and some of them
know more about the subject than the
orator. Therefore he fails to interest
them. This doe not mean that the day
Of oratory is passed o. that the cam
paign speaker may not do some good.
but for the reasons stated. the condi-
lions are greatly changed and the cam
paigner must accommodate himself to
the new conditions. 1t doesn't mean,
either, that the people are quitting the
democratic party or have lost interest
in it, but it does mean that they think
they can afford to be more indeDend-
ent and Indifferent about matters polit-
ical than heretofore. And this brings
the situation ack to the first propo-
sition stated-that the thing The demo-
Gratis have to do is to get their people
on the registration books and get them
to the polls. That is the work to be
done, through personal effort or other
wise.-Statesville landmark.