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

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ington Post.
Press dispatches telling CT women
taking part in the public gambling at
Canfield's. the most famous gambling
house at Saratoga. draw rrr.wed at
tention 10 G York'S most fragrant
disgrace Never in the history % his
Nery sporty resort has there been such
wholesale Indulgence IN gambling as IS
reported this summer. Things have
been run Oh such a scale that Monte
| Carlo. Johore, and Macao pale into in
significance. Saratoga has acquired
Port Said's laurels as the wickedest
place on earth The New York papers
TEEN with stories OF vast sums lost or
won at the games. h gamblers being
pictured as heroes OF MISUNDERSTANDING
Ia Journal.
1t is no wonder III imperialism has
ceased to be an ISSUE. It was tried in
1900, and proved to be atoUt as impress
sive as a scare-crow III 4 corr. field. The
birds did not hesitate 20 build their
nests in it. 1t lost US several western
states, including Nebraska. IL is less
impressive every day for Tne people
care nothing about 4, and they are
weary Of it. No n would walk across
the street to hear an orator spout about
an issue that has no tangible exicIence
and that Is supposed to concern a col
ony 10000 miles away. WHAT he people
or the United States want Is relief from
the tariff and the trusts. Ara so Impe-
rialism goes the way OF all ghosts
Memphis Commercial Appeal
The Philadelphia North American
thus discusses an interesting question
of ethics: The Rev. Sam SmaE"s moral
courage and absolute franknes5 are re-
freshing and Should more than offset
n OF the flesh manifested in
his fall from cold water grace. The
three physicians h certified that The
evangelist was suffering from. an over
oose OF medicine when he mace a sorry
exhibition of himself in public must
have felt like detected shocr-stealers
when the Rev. Sam ScOrned 70 profit bv
their amiable lying and bluntly declar-
ed that he was drunk. Other eminent
temperance eXhorters nave pleaded YER
tlgo, grip, quinine or any other Excuse
except the truth when caught in a sim
liar predicament. Sam Small drunk is
more OF a man than ali three of his
lying medical apologists cold sober
The reports of President t:ooseveIt's
New England Swing tell us
that immense crowds sathe~ to hear
him speak. We are not surprised. The
position he holds is in itself Il w
card. Less than tina there should be a
big outpouring of the peopla whenever
the president of the UnitIG states
makes an address is Tot TO be expected.
h president will command large au-
diences when he makes his tour of the
democratic out But aSid,. from the
part his office plays in drawing crowds
there is another source of attraction in
Mr.. R~ooSeveltS stamping No one
can anticipate what ne may say, when
he Is going off at a tangent. or that he
Will not make a deliverance out of har-
mony with some previous declaration.
NO m2ttQr what hic cnnr,.I cubic. l.
is apt to out with most anything that
pops into his head"
Some of the southern people are Civ
Ing themSelve S unnecesSary concern
aoout the proposed merger Of the south
ern roads. For all practical
these roads are already mel geo. They
have been working tremendously togeth-
er during the past several years, and
they Will continue to work in that way
"hether there be a merger III lame or
not. They are largely owned by the
same crontrolling interests, and they
nave been operated under tits commu-
nifty OF interest plan for the benefit of
the stockholders, for the benefit of the
employees, and for the benefit Of the
general public. The plan has operated
so we'll that it will not be abandoned.
In other days the owners of railroads
ound their profit in wrecking and re-
organizing them; in these days the
owners of railroads find their profit in
operating them upon business princi-
pies. They have discovered nat cut
throat competition is suicidal and re-
suits in ultimate good to nobody, and
they will not pursue that policy again.
Richmond Times.
Why arbitration is not reso1 ted to for
the settlement of labor disturbances
mas been many times pointed out, but
never more clearly than by Mr.. Justice
Shlras in an interview on the coal
strike. Arbitration" he sad, lis the
logical method Of settling labor troubles
such as this one, which affects the gen
eral prosperity and comfort OF a great
sectlon Of the country. Ire method
and enforcement Of this arbitration is a
subject for the law makers Of the ma
ton; but arbitration itself is logical
Ihere is now one great difficulty stand
ing IN the way Of arbitra lion. Many of
the LABOR unions are not Incorporated.
until they are, no law cal. be made
Dlndlng, as no contract or agreement
could be enforced upon them, while the
operators, on the other hand. could be
held liable. Incorporation O; all b
unions is the primary step towards the
passage Of an arbitration law. The un-
IONS must be responsible for the car
rylng out OF an agreement, and until
they are there is little hope of compuI-
sorry arbitration Of labor i~oubles."-Sa-
vannah News.