The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-01
COMMENT.

lof the state. 1t is hard 10 convince IN
Jerseyman that institutions which tax
1.-THE tax burden of his shoulders are al
together bad.-Savanneh News.
President Palma and his cabine
have already set about deyising way
land means to u the Cuban sugal
planters over the critical period u L
federal reputation OF fair promises Il
THE islanders. The way Is rough AMI
lthorny; but 1t leads TO safety n pros
lperity. The Cuhans viii find an ounc'
Iof self-help worth more than tons o.
vain assurances from timid and time
lserving politicians at Washington
Philadelphia Record.
A number OF our too enterprisins
northern contemporaries have published
pictures of the proposed Museum OF
battle Abbey to be erected at Rich
lmond." The arrang sInents for the
building of the Battle Abbey have not
yet reached that stage where ii would
he proper to ask for or receive designs
before that time, before the balance OF
Mr.. Rouss's subscription can be obtain
led, Richmond herself must raise So, 900,
lbesides doing divers IA sundry other
things of Observation-Disclosures Dis
lpatch.
The decision of the New York court
Iof appeals affirming Governor Odells
removal of the notorious Sheriff Guden,
Iof Kings county will be a wholesome
lesson both to. the people and the elect
live officials of that state. II will teach
the people to be more careful in the
lchoice Of their servants n the office
seekers to reflect on the danger of cor
lrupt conspiracies in or3er to obtain lu-
lcrative positions. There is 40 doubt
THAT Governor Odell's popularity is
much enhanced by his courageous act
lin offending powerful partisans who
were interested in the protection Of a
corrupt Observation-Disclosures Record
President Mitchell Of the United
Mine Workers is not at all a bad hand
lat the preparation Of defense. His
Ilong address in answer to the state
ment OF the coal operators is ~cleverly
CONSTRUCTED and contains some very
strong declarations in support of the
position taken by the miners. Much
THAT he says is undoubtedly true while
Isome of it may be not altogether I'M
Ibiased augmentation. But it is quite
Ievident that the striking miners have
Isome exceptionally cool, shrewd heads
lamong their leaders and If they adhere
to the p~eaceable, reasonable policies so
far followed and advocated the chances
lof ultimate success are largely in their
lfavor.-Columbia State.
There is a crisis in the cause of CO.
Education in the great MOI thwestern
University of Chicago. When Presi-
ldent Harper'S sweet girl graduates
were lined up on the platform last Fri
day two Of them announced, amid col
llege yells indescribable and cheering
tumultuous, hat they would shortly
Grown the glory Of their diplomas with
marriage certificates. The transition
lE-~-z
Homes does not necessarily imply the
failure of co~-education. The North
western "co-eds" number 1000, and that
two of them heuld cast the laurels of
learning at the feet Of Cupid is lot a
formidable proof of The matrimonial
lperils of co-education-New York World
The Evening Telegraph yesterday
published a weird report that Justice
jShrias would resign his place on the
bench of the United States supreme
Icourt and hat Attorney General Elkin
would be named to succeed him. 1t
would be most remarkable if the man
whom Quay vas constrained to turn
!down for the g~overnorship because Of
ibis malodorouS political record should
be deemed fit for a place than which
There is none higher or more important
in the gift of the government. Penny
|packer As the supposed choice Of the
fiirdC.liHc COulu HdToy De OGeI1GQ a
tmore surprising n extravagant mis-
fit than Elkin juggling about as a men,
Der of the most august judicial trih-
Iunal of the republic. This is, how
lever, the day of surprise.-Philadelphia
Record.
The friction that seems to be encoun.
tered in Denmark in the effort to carry
lout the treaty for the sale OF the Dan
Iish West Indian Islands to the United
Estates is not creating any particular
Ianxiety in this county. In point OF
fact, it is not probable tina when the
treaty was made any one here tool
tmuch interest in it, unless it might be
certain individuals who thought they
saw personal benefit to come to them.
~lselves If it was contaminated. AS the
Iaffair is now, if Denmark dosen't en-
joy her bargain and chooses to back
Iout of it. she is not likely to be urged
to a different course in this quarter
land certainly not at the suggestion OF
the American people to hose in author
lity at Washington. Tho American peo-
lple have never taken more than a very
faint interest in this subject.-Bostor
Herald.
The bill creating an Appalachian for.
lest reserve for the benefit of all the
middle and southern states was tot
broad and statesmanIike for immediate
la~cceptation; being national ia its scope
ut had no special interest behind II, and
$50 MI. Cannon easily killed it with his
little club in the house. But the speech
lof Senator Depew VIII remain OH the
pages OF the Record as a monument tc
him, and his facts and arguments VIII
win their way to the hearts and brain,
Of the people till they are crystalizeC
into law-the plea that costs must be
Icounted, when the heath anu business
Iof millions are endangeI ed, will finally
Iappear h pitifu1 thing it is. Let the
average American once realize that thu
national health and agricultural pros.
lperity depend on the preservation OF
these forest areas and the man whc
lpleads the poverty OF a nation which
lean spend the sum demanded every day
for years to keep a war going win only
lbe too a for laughter and too simple
flor tears.-F1orida Tin,es-U1ion
A dispatch from Butler, Ohio, give:
Ian account Of the annua meeting o.
convention Of The Old Maids Of Syca.
more Valley" The association is de.
Iscribed as a very joyial one, havinf
lseventy-fve members in good standing