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

In the present there are 80
republicans and SO democratic senators
land POI republicans and 155 0em0cratjc
representatives. A Lienty CT friends
of the tariff to correct is abuses if
such friends could ever he depended
upon to do the correcting act.-RSleigh
Post.
An American firm has arranged to
float the Venezuelan debt. 1t is evil
Identity unwilling that the custom houses
of this country should he seized for
debt. Such an act might give rise to
such complications as would make the
enforcement of the Monroe doctrine
necessary.-Durham Sun.
While the republicans may be able to
prove that democratic registrars refused
to register negroes VINO were competent
Ito qualify under the law, they will make
nothing by prosecuting the matter. So
long as public sentiment will stand for
this sort of thing, just so long will pol
liticians do it without tear Of the law
iDurham Herald.
Mention has heretofore been made of
the resignation, by Dr.. Cyrus Thomp-
son. of the chief clerkship i'll the office
of Revenue Collector Duncan, at RAJ
leigh. There is little indncement to The
Observer 10 continue the wGik of Sc.
touring relief for the patriots if they
won't stay relieved. This is the second
!Cr third misunderstanding Observer.
The government shouldn't interfere
with North Carolina elections. In late
campaigns it has decided. after deliber-
lation and a certain amount IF b1uffing,
not to bother too much with state mat
ters. The feelings against the negro
was stronger in those campaigns than
lit was in the last campaign. That feel
ing will grow less and less bitter with
leach succeeding campaign. Padn't the
government etter stick to IT'S 'stanG
pat" theory and let we'll enough alone?
Greensboro Telegram.
District Attorney Holtol has drawn
bills against a number of registrars for
the last election and they are TO be in
at the next term CT federal court
lat Charlotte. Prominent among the list
|lS the man Ramsay, who turned down
the negro preacher because ne spelled
"divided wrong, n va rel rimanded
by State Chairman Summons. It is the
opinion of the Greensboro Record that
is no pity for the registrar that he
is Just a little too smart to l:ve.-Win-
Sentinel.
In Raleigh, P~ritchard'G postmaster re-
moves the brother ~ Vice. President
Andrews from his position as assistant
postmaster; in Washington Vice Pres
.ident Andrews and Senator Pritchard
go into SESSION ever n hot
bird" What does it Mean? is it A DR..
.Jekyll n Mr.. Hyde performance?
viii Postmaster Bailey restore the
brother of Vice President andrews To
Office. Or will Vice Pra.idenI Andrews
kiss the hand that smites his brother?
1t is all very OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and
observer.
According TO the statistics emanating
from New York, the popular game of
football claimed only fourteen victims
this season. From the same source il is
learned that one player was fatally in
ijured and eighty-five serIous'y injured.
The record for last yer vas eight
deaths and Seventy-hve seriously in
Ijured. The Increased fatalities tend to
bear out the declaration of Chancellor
Day, that the game Is on the level Of
Iprize-fghting, though it IS doubtful If
the record Of fstic me- unters for d half
century Will develop such mortality
y very promising matrimonial alii-
Iance is announced from New York.
The bride is Florence Burns, the girl
Ia mai who was mystcriously shot and
killed She was on tlial for her life,
but escaped because the evidence,
while It ruined her character. was in
sufficient to convict hec. The groom is
lCharles W. Williams. s0n of @ lieuten-
Iant-colonel Of the army. who was ar
rested last spring for passing q bad
Icheck. HIS case was compromised
after he had spent a month or two in
lDrison. The Richmond News calls at
%Itention to the fact that this Is a beau
ltiful foundation for i farniiy-a forger
Ion one side n a loose woman in all
probability a murderess, on the other.
1T does look as if the law. should pre-
went that kind Of an alliance. If there
lare children, what possible chance can
they have, either by heredity or train
ing, to escape being crooks, male and
female, or to avoid Transmitting sue
Iceeding generations OF crooks 20
plague their communities? How far
the children of such a union are re-
lsponsible for their OWN faults and mis-
deeds is n Of the problems of human
Iifv -Drrrhnnn Srrn