The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-18
COMMENT.

President Roosevelt cannot fail to
observe that since the election there
IS an ominous silence among epubii .
can members-elect to congress con-
corning his policy of reciprocity with
Cuba--Philadelphia Record.
Shaw of Iowa and Foraker of Ohio :
are both said to be DESTROYS of being
nominated for vice president on the
ticket wit Mr.. Roosevelt in 1904. That
second highest office N the gift Of the
people seems to be becoming more de-
slrable in the eyes OF the politicians
than 1t has been in recent years.
Hartford Times.
No honor is worth having unless il
comes with a title which is morally, as
well as legally clear. IL the issue of
the contest between Judge Rhea and
Col. Slemp depends, as the former is
inclined to think, upon the vote of
precincts excluded OH technicalities.
then the action of Judge Rhea in refus-
ing 20 take advantage of the situation
will do him more COOL. in the estima-
ton of his fellow-citizens and of his
own conscience. than a dozen terms in
congress would do him. Tie example
is one worthy of widespread imitation.
Norfolk Landmark.
Payne and Garrison BIZ fair to ruin
whatever reputation Roosevelt ever had
as a civil service reformer. The bold
name in which Payne declares that
Collector Bingham Of -AlaLama was
fired out of his office for political pur-
poses is enough to make decent people
disguised with the pre- -entiCns to civil
servise reform by an administration
that can permit itself TO be dominated
by two such spoilsmen and wire-Dull-
ing. politicians as Payne n Clarkson
The meaning of it all of COURSE, is
that these politicians prefer an igno-
rant and venal republican party in the
south, which they can manipulate to
suit their own purposes, to a possibly
decent party. Meanwhile. of course,
the democracy of the south Will be
unaffected. Whether there be a white
or a black republican party in this
section, the south Will remain demo-
cratic.-Savannah News.
portance in the modern if
necessary, the bushellnau down stairs
has orders to sidetrack editorial stuff
to make room for the story of a fight
between two dudes in a barrOom. with
pictures of the participants before n
after taking! An editorial demand in
twenty sharp lines for a faster trolley
window at the p~ostofice. Is OF Tar
more Importance than any reasoned
article on the peace Of Europe or the
miN-up in ManchurIa. Inc people
want pick, hot stuff on live topics and
the sensible editorial writer tries to
combine in short articles such lnfor-
nation and comment AS will give the
reader a fresh and tangible view Of the
subject treated. The man VINO can do
that with a dozen live wire matters
inside of two or three columns is an
artist in the business and can get hired
three times quicker than all the essay
lists who ever thunderad in The Times
of London or roared in The Tribune OF
Naw VorL Atlanta Constitution.
President Roosevelt has been in con-
ference with the leader of the anti-Ad-
dicks republicans of Delaware. There
can be no doubt that ne has thrown his
influence against the political burglar
in the guise of the easman. Why
should he not, in like manner. give 1t
to be understood where his sVpathles
lie in the matter of Boss Flatt's re-
election? Plat can be proved better
| than Addicks only by the argument
that a sneak thief is better than a
highwayman. He has slyly flched
from New York what Addicks has
openly ridden up and demanded from
Delaware with a pistol he'd at her
head. Grover Cleveland let l. be known
in 1898 that he vas opposed tc the cleo
ton of Senator Murphy. Il Theodore
Roosevelt going to le ave New YORK
republicans in doubt how he feels
about the election of Il senator com
pdT6u Will WHO'LL h1ui puy was fSh
tyro of venal and politics
: New York Post.
2 The success of the democratic can
, didate for attorney general IS one o
+ the peculiar results of the New Yorl
D election. With about 11,00c pluralt.
for the rest of the republican ticket
the democrats secured his office witt
the assistance of the prohibitionist
; who put the democratic nominee, MI
l Cuneen, on their ticket and supporte'
= him. The legality of his action is to b
= contested. But if Mr.. Cuneen succeed
= in holding the office to which on tn
: face of the returns he was elected n
will be in a position to seriously EN-
: barrass the Odell administration in 1t
, prosecution of partisan measures an
! to make political advantages for him
u self. Not only doeS the attorney gen
{ eral enjoy the disposition OF consider
able patronage but all bills enacte
= by the legislature nus go to him 10
an opinion as to their constitutional
y and any case the administration ma
u take into court must he %
u him.. 1t is suggested that Mr.. Ounce
!, might undertake an antitrust cruSad
l. REGARDLESS of Governor Cdell S wishe
That would precipitate a very 1nteres'
ing situation, and SO would an 1nqu1r
by the new attorney general into Coy
" ernor OdelIs connection with that gre
Gerry company which sold supplies
l. state MISUNDERSTANDING State.
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