The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-16
STATE PRESS.

the east nor the west. he can run twice
to their once-Kinston News
Editor Merrstt's orense was a very
mild one and did not at ell JUSTIFY Mr..
I~Bl2ckburn's unexpected assauiI r.
iSpencer must have been riled.--NtHston
journal.
The republicans TN North Carolina
have paid so much ttenSion to the
weeds in the democratic fences that
Ithey have quite forgotten the dilipidat-
ed condition Of their own t~oundaries--
durham sun.
Tho full dinner pail" is credited
with having a good deal to do with
REPUBLICAN success in 1900. The meat
less dinner pail" and the "coalless
lscuttle." may prove a factor in lse--
durham SUM-
The schools and colleges all over the
state are opening with much larger
attendance than usual. This fket Is
due largely to the great educa
lcampaign hat has been going o. This
lsummcr.-Clarkton Express.
A dispatch from Stroucsburg. Pa.
Icradits Carrie Nation with the state
Iment that she has abandoned saloon
smashing as a livelihood. "AH saloon
men are not bad" she said. and there
are lots OF worse who pose as pillars IN
the churches" Good mCrrIug Carrie
l-GreeneVflle REFLECTOR
newspaper correspondent l. author
lity for the statement that DAVID H.
Hill has never taken a drink Of liquor,
ismoked a cigar or kissSd a woman.
THE correspondent may be a man OF
Iyeracity. but statements Ike this ought
to have q duly attested affidavit hitched
on to thern.-Reidsville Review
independents are very often a ring
lgentfsmen whose Importance Is no con-
lceded by those whose duty IL is to pick
iout candidates--About as many Gem
locratic state conventions have u neu
down the Kansas City platform as ave
adopted il. So Il would seem that IL
will be worth while to write a new one
for use In l904.-Greensborc Telegram
While there are some things that
SHOULD be kept out OF politics. We do
mot consider the article published IN
THE Asheville Citizen sufficient TO have
lprovoked an assault Lpo its editor.
However. we Xpec that rad feeling
had previously existed and that ;hc ar
Itic!e referred TO only furnished an eS-
lcuse for hostilities.-Durham Herald
After all. his rolling globe of ours
is swiftly growing smaller. We touch
elbow daily with the very corners OF
the world. In the morning a trolley
car bumps into the presidents carriage
las he drives along n New England
country road. In the afternoon a cable
message is received from the Shah OF
Persia expressing his concern Winston
Sentinel.
The negro being rucer2nonIously
kicked out of the convention this year,
particularly the late one at Greensboro,
he is now busy swearing against his
former political bed fellows, The repub-
llicans. But il is an old song ard the
republicans know that such OF the col
ored brethren as may be able TO vote
this fall will vote the same old ticket
Monroe Journal.
Though on its face may apear a
marked emnity to the trusts, Yet presi-
dent Roosevelt's Boston speech Is simp-
lily a discriminating piece of political lit
erature. After all his talking of what
he proposed and still ropose to do
he a Y himself that ne cannot proce
this nor guarantee that. IL is evidsh
that he expects to keep his promise
by promising NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Rec
ord.
An exchange tells Of a bank cash
Ter who has just -'embezzlcd. 81. 600
and 'absconded'' 10 parts unknown.
In the same issue We see where an
other man stole $500 from mis- en-
ployer and skipped" The former is
spoken Of as another good man gone
wrong while the othar "a merely q
thief" Verify these language mon
gers are a discriminating scrt.-Win-
ston Sentinel.
We nave made friends with the sui
tan of Turkey, and he is to - one Of
our dearest friends. 1t comes from
Washington that relations between the
UNITED States government and the sui
tan have been established on a most
friendly basis. 1t is now declared hat
all questions pending between the two
countries are in a fair way OF being
IGPttla1 GLAD of III No nnRGG sion for
any more in-sultan' language between
the powers that be.-Durham Sun.
The speeches of the president interest
us. They are vigorous. His words are
brave and bold. There il a ring Of
courage and honesty that are magnetic.
Friend n foe alike must concede that
they are clear and pointed There is
no mistaking what he says. His phrase
is not that of the politician. Leastwiss
there is a notable absence Of demagog
ism in their scope. We doubt very
much the popularity OF bis public ut
~terances on all the great issues of the
day with the professional office seekers
and especially the high officials and
large stock holders In the prodigious
trusts that are opposing the people.
He entertains the view we observe to
which we have given expression again
and again that the constitution OF the
country must be amended before such
S1A &c 0AAo@S@ as ~ &C.
Isary to bride and control those great
combinations. AS IL calls for time 10
lefect a change in the constitution Ia
sooner we begin the Dctter-LumbAG.
ton R~obesonian.
The republican speakers are insisting
that the tariff does not foster trusts
land the evils that grow out of them.
III will pause to take a careful look
lat the theory OF protection as held by
the republicans themselves, and then
Iapply il TO the conditions that exist
today, he will find beyond all question
lof doubt that the tariff Is a shelter to
monopoly. and hat Il does hold UP the
consumer while the trust which is the
beneficiary OF the schedule fixes an ar
Ibitrary and exorbitant price. To begin
with 1t Is well known that the object
lof the tarif was. as its friends pu- it
ito protect u infant Industries rom
Foreign competition. In other words.
the friends Of the manufacturers held
tth2t the rfurcrc could no. zatr