The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-01
COMMENT.

a@eHaAA ASt-fftTsl1-
It IS said that a lsw party IL to be
formed IN the interes. O. Mr.. Bryan and
Is to be known as tire LIBERAL Democra-
cy. We do not believe Mr.. Bryan viii
give up the s~ignboar1 % the old firm
unless IL IS wrenShea from his grasp
Mobile Register.
When Sir Michael H ,Ss-Beach spoke
OF corn as 4 grain Of the horse-feed
class. he showed the narrow prejudice
or a typical BrIton o. tee ignorance OF
a typical noblefnsn about that grain.
The men whose II erEy, intellect and
enterprise r pushing Engiishmen
aside wherever they come in contact
are largely cora-fed Americans Sir
Mike should post himself somewhat.-
Montgomery Advertiser
When Theodore Roosevelt was a civil
service commissioner he denounced
James :. Ciarkson as seventeen differ
ent kinds OF n spokesman. Now that ne
is q candidate for Reelection he ap-
points Garrison to a Federal office in
New York and sends him south to Vio-
late The civil service rules and corral
the seal brown delegates-Memphis
Commercial-AppeaL
The question is simple and readily
comprehended by the sensible and prac-
teal American people. Shall Americans
d double prices for ordinary Commod-
tiles in order that our Napoleons of In
dustry may capture the European mar
kets? Shall a tariff system which plum
ders the American citizen for the bene-
lit of Europeans be perpetuated? That
Is the issue, and il touches the sensitive
pocket nerve OF every American.-Bal-
timore Sun. .
The murderer Wells who was hanged
in Atlanta the other day left a wife
and several children 10 bear the odium
OF his ignominious death and struggle
along in the world as best they may.
The murderers Cooke and Lauderdale,
who were hanged in G~reenville. Miss.
on Tuesday. were we'll connected and
left mothers and sisters disgraced by
their execution on the gallOws. Thus
the innocent suffer even more than the
guilty. And SO II goes: in nearly all
instances OF the kind il is women upon
whom the heaviest blows fall.-Sayan-
nah News.
Should Mr.. Bryan conclude 10 sup
port Olney that gentleman's nomination
Will be practically assured. Mr.. Bryan
can never be the nominee OF the party
again. and ii is not probable that he
wishes 10 be, but those who fancy he
will not be a powerful factor IN the
councils OF the democratCi party COM
NIT a serious error. He will be seen
and heard and listened To for many
TO come and he will be more pow
erful as a private in the ranks than he
would be were he to attempt TO grasp
the reins of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Com
mercial-Appebal.
The record Of the presidential cleo
lions is sufficient To show that the re-
cruits won from the republicans by free
silver and populism did not compensate
for the loss Of democratic votes. and
there is an evident disposition in the
party now to go back to democracy
If the Pettigrews and their kind prefer
their fads to democracy, they are right
to say so and to act accordingly. The
party twice elected a president wirhout
them and was twice defeated with their
aid. 1t would simplify matters greatly
now TO have them flock by themselves.
philadelphia Times.
So the country is to be treated to the
unique spectacle of the president and
the members of his cabinet spellbinding
on the stump in the fall campaign. Ac-
cording to the Washington Post, Roose-
welt has intimated to the abine MEM
bers that IL is his desire that they
swing around the circuit and spiel for
the water cure, the bowling wilderness.
the trusts, and a republican majority
in the house. In other words. the
Of the government is to be
turned into a republican bureau for
campaign purposes.-Vlrginian Pilot
Mr.. Bryan knows that he canot be
nominated in 1904. though IL is rumored
he is planning u be nominated in
1908, and he understands that there is
no probability OF any n being nomi-
who has been conspicuous in his
advocacy of the 16 to l idea. Therefore
he may throw his influence to a gold
democrat such as Mr.. Edward NJ. Shep-
ard was in he Bryan campaigns. He
is willing to accept almost any suit
able democrat as the p3rty's presiden-
tial nominee in order 20 prevent the ar
ty from passing under the influence of
Mr.. Cleveland, Mr.. German. Mr.. Hill
and their friends. Mr.. Sheperd's hance
for the presidential nomination of his
party therefore while not very good
now promises TO improve with each
month, and 1t would not be surprising
Z it were exceedingly good oy the time
IF the meeting os nominating onyen-
tion.-Savannah Newg
Speaking Of the recent salt water in
vasion of streams on the coast OF Louis
ana, a fispatch from New Orleans re-
ports that millions on millions Of crabs
died because the water was too
salty" n adds: Shrimp also have
in numbers beyond calculation.
the first time in the history OF New
Orleans, which Is the headquarters OF
'hrimpdom, sending thousands OF o
If shrimp, canned. dried or powdered,
o europe and Asia, and supplying a
arge part Of the great demand OF Chi
Ia. Ii is almost impossible TO secure this
dish" II thousands OF tons"
If the fish are prepared for market In
New ORLEANS. there ought TO be work
or one shrimp factory on this coast
n connection. say. with the business of
asparagus and other vegeta-
,les.-Charleston News and Courier.
President Roosevelt has signifed his
to enter the legislative
ield as far as the chief OF the
government can do so. The cause in
his legislative ambition han en-
him Is SO righteous that his pro-
posed enterprise on his part is heartily
approved by the public. regardless of
1arty- The president holds that IL is
lot only the plain duty Of congress to
egulate and restrict the trusts. but that
[ is also quite practicable 10 do so. In
lis next annual message he will urge
lnti-trust legislation very strenuously