The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-08

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$1,000 soldiers into the city, an army o.
surprising strength and equipment.
greater than the full standing military
equipment OF the United States. Truly
will the kaiser appear there IL his role
Of war lord.-Charleston Fcs.-
The Philadelphia North American
says he republican campaign mana
gers seem determined to drive into the
democratic ranks all voters who favor
such changes in the tariff rats as arr
warranted by present conditions This
is as 1t should be. The republican lead
ers are only sticking to their principles
Those who do not like such principles
belong in the democratic fold-Florida
Times Union
We do not want to advise Governor
Montague to do any playing TO h gal
~leries, but we would be glad TO see him
follow the EXAMPLE of Governor Aycock,
of North Carolina, and offer a reward
for the Leesburg l~ynchers, which If il
could have no other effect, would at
least give them some uneasiness and
prove that the Virginia executive is in
earnest in condemnation OF the crime
Richmond News.
In the list of those Americans to be
honored by the German emperor with
gifts and decorations, in token OF his
appreciation of the courtesy shown TO
Prince Henry or his trip to this coun-
try, there does not appear the name
of a southern man; yet Henry visited
the south and was most cordially re-
ceived. The rea--n the south has no
place in the list iS no doubt due TO the
fact that it was made UP in official cir
cles in Washington.-Savannah News.
A French writer asserts that Ameri-
can soldiers are monsters. This is 60
ing decidedly too far. There are no
soldiers in the world more merciful
than the Americans, except when they
are encouraged in cruelty by their Of
ficers. 1t is also only fair to say that
less would have been heard about out
RACES in the Philippines IL they had
been perpetrated by the soldiers of any
other nation. The press, which in most
other countries would have been to
some extent hampered in it's express
sions of opinion, Is absolutely free in
the United States, and public senti-
ment in his country, perhaps to a
greater extent than would be the case
in any other country, demands a strict
adherence to the human1ties demanded
by the rules Oh civilized warfare
Jacksonville Times-Union.
The south will soon lead the world
III NolNOil illd Hd III
scepter is gradually being wrestled
from US is easy to figure, n at the
present rate OF progress eight years
will suffice to swing the balances south.
The isthmian canal will benefit the
south more than the north. There is
no escaping toe economic law that
where a product can be manufactured
lowest there it is bound to be manu-
featured. The cotton factory that is
rest the cotton fold will win in tho
long run. All iris does not imply that
manufacture Will ever cease to fiourish
In the north, but cotton manufacture
must gradually Oil lift to where the raw
material is cheapest produced. COM
petition is so close nowadays that there
is no escape from it. Fifty years ago
a transformation would have
never been thought possible. The
south and the north are changing
hands, but the north will not suffer by
1t in the end.-BGston Globe
and souvenirs mas been sent to the
United States by the german emperor
n distributed among prominent
Americans. Military and naval Off
GERS, officials of the Federal govern
ment, municipal officials and private
citizens have been remembered by the
generous kaiser. who thus expresses
his appreciation Of the hospitable re-
ception which Prince Henry of Prussia
was accorded in the United States. The
emperor knows how to do the hand
some thing in d regal way. The gifts
include diamOnd-studded snuffbozes,
cigar cases, bracelets and. portraits.
The of several cities are hon
ored with the decoration Of the Order
of the Red Eagle. Rear Admiral Rob-
ley D. Evans, who acted in the capacity
of D1ri60 nhrlrcnrhar orI f;o~l -
Prince Henry, receives a suitable me-
mento of h princes visit. Altogether,
the kaiser has shown royal munificence
in expressing his appreciation of Amer
lear courtesy 10 Erlnce Henry. Blessed
are those who expected nothing, for
they were not Observation-Disclosures
Sun.
The kaiser did not so intend it, but
his failure to include Mayor Hayes of
Baltimore in the list Of those to whom
tokens were presented has brought to
that official more fame than the gifts
have conferred On the others. The may
ors OF the cities which Prince Henry
visited were decorated with the Or
der Of the Red Eagle-an except Mayor
Hayes. The cause of the slight was
at once evident to the Baltimore people
i'm his welcome address to the prince
he neglected to mention the kaise! I'VE
have a city named after an English
lord" he said, whose memory is re-
vered by our citizens" Then he
told him what a big city Balti-
more is, and praised the German
population of il. Coming down to
the princes family, he went on: I'VE
remember with pleasure you distin-
guished father and queenly mother, and
can never forget that your mother was
the daughter Of that magnificent queen
and woman who in character present
ed the best type of womenly perfection.
1t is a pleasure toBaltimorears to know
THAI in our veins flows Anglo-Saxon
blood" We suppose h mayor just
forget h kaiser. Although the kaiser
did not remember the mayor he hasn':
forgotten him.-Columbia State.
1t is a fact tha few of the men upon
the democratic sic are considered
wealthy in the senate. Senator-elect
German is classed as a millionaire;
Senator Jones of Arkansas is also cred
tied with having considerable money.
and Senator Vest is said to have made
a number Of good investments. Clark.
OF Montana, is, of course, the richest
man in the senate but then he made