The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-12
STATE PRESS.

About everybody comedies that the in.
dependent movement viii benefit the
republican party, and some say il marks
1.-THE formation of an all white republican
iparty in the east. We don't believe the
candidates meant it hat way when they
lstarted into it, and We do believe that
Iany democrat who realizes this now
will refrain from engaging in this move
ment.-Kinston News.
Mr.. Carroll d. Wright, in his report to
1.-The president on the anthracite coal
lstrike, finds that the president could not
Most people, including Mr..
Hanna, are afraid to bear a hand in try
ling to settle a difficulty which has
lgrown to the serious propositions Of the
great coa strike. The president u
feel relieved at Mr.. Wright's advice TO
keep hands of.-Greensboro Telegram.
lciliatory" policy two years ago n got
licked out of their boots without ever
self respect to comfort themselves with
This year they are driving straight in
lline with democracy, and agree that
they can get no worse than they had
before with the chance Of winning
both victory and self respect.-Winston
Sentinel.
Thus far in the f~ifty-seventh congress,
Mr.. Blackburn has introduced six pub
llic bills and resolutions and t~wenty-one
lprivate bills. OF these not a single one
has become a law, and only one has
has passed the house-a bill for holding
terms of L. s. courts at Wilkesbero.
None of his other measures have V
been reported back from committee
concord Times.
1t is likely that the Chinese will in
ON NO nhnnr- rhaf- 1rrrr- ~ Anonri
can cotton goods. There are two du-
ties. one at the port OF entry and an
other when any province is entered.
1t is hoped that a duty will be arranged
Favorable to America, ds southern mills
send annually 100, 600, 900 yards to the
Empire. A large part OF his goes from
the Loray mill in Observation-Disclosures
News.
Congressman Latimer and ex-Gover-
nor van only viii be in the second
race for senator in South Carolina. and
the delight of the situation for the
conservatives is felictiously set forth
by The Charleston Post when it says
THAT it is hard for them to choose when
Ithey have so long borne the offensive
mess of the one and the shortcomings
of the other. '-Charlotte Observer.
Child labor may have some mpor
L y 1uN lLld6CS II IoS ilSIl
disadvantages. The country gains
nothing by the industry and forced Ia
Dor of the children whose proper place
is in the schools. One policy cultivates
ambition and good citizenship; the
other destroys hope, perpetudtes igno-
rance and blunts the intellect Think
ing people should not be long in chooS-
lirS between them.-Winston Journal.
The campaign in North Carolina this
lyear is exciting extraordinary interest
throughout the country, as we'll it may.
The newspapers that nave reached US
in the last few days from many states,
north and. south, contain more or less
lengthy comment on the situation n
the prospects. In fact the recognition
seems to be dawning on the country
that no state election this year is more
calculated to excite general interest
than Ours.-Asheville Gazette.
We are glad to see the reformatory
for young criminals coming in for a full
share of discussion these times. We
are in receipt today of a letter from one
of our superior court judges, in which
he begs us to lay the case of a young
lad convicted of larceny in his court,
before the general manager, and urge
his admittance into the o~rphanage.
The judge says that he was simply
the victim of circumstance, n he
shrinks from throwing him among hard
Iened criminals to be ruined for life.
Another judge, (and one of the very
lablest in North Carolina,) was asked
if he thought the reformatory a neces-
lSity in this state. He answered that if
he had the money he would establish a
Ireformatory himself SO greatly is it
overwhelmingly and Children.
In his speech before the republican
IPnny nnfinn nr GrannShnrn SpnaT0r
Pritchard devoted much of his time to
remarks on the constitutional amend
ment, trying to create the impression
THAT as far as the republicans are con-
lcerned qualified suffrage is a settled
question, and therefore there is no
reason to make negro suffrage an issue
directly or indirectly in the campaign
this year. But he didn't say that his
party accepts in good faith that amend
iment, or that his party would not a
lit set aside or nullify it if it can. He
didn't pledge his party to anything, but
did condemn the amendment,
by virtue of 1t some white men will lose
their votes this yea because they failed
to pay their poll tax within the pre-
scribed time.-Mount Airy News
The Great Eastern railroad has
been sold TO northern CAPITALISTS by its
owner. Mr.. ]. w. Lynch of Kinston.
A reporter of The Free Press interview
ed Mr.. Lynch relative to the sale this
morning. He said he did not have any
facts to give out now beyond stating
that a sale of the road had been made.
1T is understood that the price for
which the road sold will net Mr.. Lynch
a nice profit above all the investment
he has put in it. He will cave in d
day or so for New York, when the sale
will be consummated." Uorn seeing
the above in The Free Press, we at
once interviewed Mr.. Geo. W Sugg on
the subject and he Informed US that
the selling out to northern capitalists
meant that Greene county would soon
have a railroad. 1t dom look like any
lcompany would buy the road out I'M
less they intended 10 build it.-Snow
Hill Standard.
The man whom the republican party
Iof North Carolina puts before the peo-
Iple as a candidate for the important
loffice of superintendent of public in
Istruction-D. A. Long was an ppo
nent of the constitutional amendment
and worked against il. This fact is sig