The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-11

Meanswhile IL In clear that the demo-
cratic party comes out OF the cam
| paign In a much better shape than &c
has been in for a decade. 1t has prac-
ticaliy put behind II b vagaries of
Organism and has united on the tariff
! issue, and IL has made great gains II
IL continues in this course its pros
poets for usefulness TO the country and
of success for its principles Is decided
~ encouraging.-New York Times
What the country needs now il a
subsistence OF speculation to restore IL
TO financial health. Nothing is the mat
ter with legitimate business. and. so IA,
as can be seen, there Is nothing I'M
favorable likely to arise under at leas,
a year. Speculation is over for the
present. and the finances OF the coun-
try are ~recupera ing I'm spite OF tn.
National City bank and not because
of it or its friends and customers
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The coal strike commissioners ar.
going to work the right way and ac-
quainting themselves with the actuaI
conditions-visiting the mines and
watching The practical operation of
them, seeing the homes of the men and
heir n Of living. That Is better
and clearer information than could be
given by a ton of printed argument and
evidence. Now, il the commissioners
can have the opportunity to study the
o of The mining and railroad COM
panIes OF the company stores they
VIII be in position to give a just and
Intelligent Observation-Disclosures News.
Here is another illustration Of the de-
llghtful workings of our sacred tariff:
The traffic along the Grand Trunk Rail-
ways lines in Maine has lately become
very heavy; SO heavy that the COM
panys motive power in the state was
not sufficient to haul it,. In his emer-
gency the company proposed to send
over from Canada eleven large ocom3-
tlVes, which would be used temporarily
o catch up with the business. But at
this ~Juncture the beneficent tariff S ep-
ped in and warned the railroad that II
it brought the engines across to this
side of the St. Lawrence it would have
10 pay full du y OIL them as engines OF
foreign manufacture imported into the
country. The law will permit a Ca
madam locomotive to run to the first
station on his side Of the boundary.
but If it attemp s to run between sta
tons within American territory. then
the tariff applies and the locomotive
must pay duty.-Savannah News.
One lesson of Tuesdays election is
written large on the face of the re-
turns; the democrats have not regained
the confidence of the n More
narrowly, there remains evident a dis
trust of democratic leadership. The
democrats policies give signs of win
nlng their way again, but all tn
would be party leaders of the hour
have been dealt terrible blows by the
electors. Even Bryan's volubility is
q~uenched under the cold douche of both
Nebraska and Colorado gone republi-
can. His fellow-charlatan in Ohio has
folded his tent like the Arab. In New
York, Hills offensive personality was
the obvious and agreed cause, ulti-
rnately, of democratic defeat. If Judge
Parker had been nominated ms cad of
COler, and if, in his judicial capacity,
he had sentenced Hill to silence and
eftacement during the campaign, there
Is no doubt that he would have been
triumphantly elected, and would have
been today hailed as the coming nom1.
nee for the presidency in 1904. There
never was a clearer case of a vicious
and abhorrent leadership wrecking d
partys fair prospects-New York Post.
The reelection of Governor van SAINT.
OF Minnesota, by an enormous plurality
indicates hat the people of thai state
are deeply aroused on he subject OF
railroad monopoly. Governor Van SAINT
has in HI past twelve months antas-
onlzed the greatest railroad and fnan-
cial interests in the United States in
his efforts to prevent the merger OF
the GreaL Northern and the Northern
Pacific railways. In attempting to
thwart the plans Of Mr.. j. P. Morgan,
Mr.. James j.. Hill and the other promi-
nent persons who were the promoters
of the proposed merger Governor Var
SAINT found himself in conflict with eel
tain business interests in Minneapolis.
Represen atives of these interests
urged him to take no immediate ac-
ton against the Northern Securities
Company. They suggested that a fair
opportunity" be given for testing by
exp 2rience whe her good or evil Will
come from that company" Governor
Van SAINT is a firm believer in enforc-
ing the law against all persons or cor.
porationS that do net respect the law
The Minnesota statutes forbid the con
solidation of parallel or competing lines
The Northern Securities Company wa.
| organized, i is alleged, in New jersey
for the purpose of evading the Minn..
sofa law. Governor Van SAINT believed
t was his duty to prevent a consolida.
ton of railroads in violation of the law.
of his state. He invoked the aid of tn,
courts to defeat the merger and ha.
lef nothing undone to protect the in
~terests Of the people of Minnesota
Baltimore Sun.