The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-17

Speaking of the demand for tariff -.
vision, The Pittsburg Post notes tina,
the demand does not come alone from
Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and the fai
west, but hat in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio
i and other states OF the middle west
a strong tariff reform sentiment has
cropped cut, while the recent repubIi.
II can convention of Massachusetts de-
clared in u~nmistakabie terms for tariff
reform along conservative lines.-Eir-
ginian Pilot.
How ungrateful the republicans are,
For many years General Grosvenor. OF
Ohio. has been their most enthusiastic
statistician and prognosticator. He
has given them countless umbers
of demonstrations IL figures to show
the in~vulnerability of the party and the
sacredness Of the tariff. But now that
General Grosyenor Is confronted in his
district with 5000 angry miners" and
has begged c.. A. Griscom and Pierpont
Morgan to ave him from their wrath,
many OF the republican journals are dis
posed TO jeer at him IF General eros
venor's 5000 miners should devour him"
says the heartless New York Mail and
Express. 1T would be much less a ca
lamity for his party and his country
than the stamPeding of the parIy's adj
vance guard at this moment" Hasn't
tho stampede already commenced?
With Grosvenor calling for helm and
~ ~~hAA 81 NAAAAcNl. IL lOoho
very much as If something of the kind
were in progress.-Savannah News.
People of the country are suffering for
coal because the owners OF the anthra-
cite mines are determined to break the
miners union. That is the cold; fiat
fact Of the situation as developed by
President Baer in his interview with
Governor Odell, of New York. Appar-
emily President Baer was willing to
grant the men the increase of five cents
a ton. suggested by the governor. This.
virtually, is an acknowledgment that
the demand for increase of wages is
just. He announced, however, d~efiantly
and with his habitual i~nsolence, tina if
n concession involved recognition of
the union as an organized body he
would refuse it. This makes the is
sue plain. 1t strips away from the op-
orators the pretences they have been
presenting to the country and reveals
them as arrayed against organized labor
and determined to crush it, no matter
how widespread Or acute the suffering
and disaster involved in the fight
Richmond News.
In his address to the Grand Army of
the Republic General Torrance, the re-
firing cOmmander-in-chief spoke in the
most eloquent and patriotic way about
the eX-COnfederate soldier and the re-
lation which the members of the Grand
Army should occupy towards him. He
said, very truly, hat the most disas-
trOus results of a civil war are the an
imosities and bitter feelings ~engendered
thereby, and that no more patriotic pur-
pose could inspire the hearts of truly
brave men than the wish to remove as
far as possible the causes of division.
"The victory of AppomattOx," said he,
will yield imperfect fruit if we do
not win the hearts as we'll as the flags
of the men who wore the grey" Such
a sentiment vas worthy of the man who
gave utterance to it. 1t would be
worthy of any brave man. whatever the
flag he followed, or the uniform he wore.
The ex-Confederate soldiers have not
asked the Grand Army of the Republic
for charity or assistance. For more
than thirty years they have striven
against obstacles which would have
paralyZed less courageOuS hearts, and
they have commanded the respect of the
world by their patience in peace, not
less than by their valor in war. They
would be unmindful of themselves if
they did not respond with all their
hearts to the sentiment expressed by
General Torrance.-News and Observer.
President Baer insists hat he will not
recognize the union" by which he
means that he will not enter into a con-
tract with the Mine Workers union.
Why? Because President Baer's organ
izatiOn is incorporated and is response
BILE in law for it's contracts and for it's
acts generally, while the Mine Workers
union is not. That is where Mr.. Baer
has the advantage in the contention.
If the Mine Workers union We're in
corporated it would be on the same
footing with Mr.. Baer's 1t
would be responsible in law for it's on
tracts and for the acts of it's members,
n could be sued for any violation of
ttC nOrapmanf and for onU in I1ry thnf
1t or it's might do to Mr..
Baer'S company, just as the latter cor
poration might be sued for n wrong
that it might do to the union. If Mr..
Mitchells union were a chartered or
ganiZation it would be in a much stron-
ger position, and it is a surprise to us
that he and other labor leaders do
not see it. We believe that labor unions
nave come to stay. They are as logical
as other combinations. They are the
outgrowth of conditions, and there is no
plausible argument against them as
such. But in order to be entirely sue
cessful and in order to have the best
standing in the business world, they
must recognize the rules of business
and be governed by them. In order to
stand neck and neck with other business
organizations, they must qualify. They
must not be willing to occupy a subor-
dinate position nor an irresponsible po-
sition in the bushes world. Every man
is taken at his own estimate of himself.
and so is every organization. Richmond
Times.
Amid the confusion we note one def
mite fact, and hat is that President
Roosevelt has laid down the problem as
too difficult and dangerous for him to
handle longer. Perhaps the cause of
the presidents retirement is to be
found in the resolutions adopted by
the Interstate conference on the coal
situation held at Detroit on Thursday.
These resolutions declared that the
conference had been advised by emf
nent counsel that sufficient remedies
for the present trouble existed in the
interstate act, Sherman anti
trust act and other federal statutes.
They urged upon the president the ex-
pediency and necessity of in%stituting
civil proceedings looking to the en-
forcement of all these laws, and of
further instituting criminal proceedings
In the proper courts against the man