The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-04
COMMENT.

III passing an appropriation OL S10,VV
to a the cost of medical and other
services to President Mckinley in his
last illness, the senate provided that no
extra compensation should be given to
any official Of the government who at
tended the president. This excludes DR..
Rixey from sharing in the appropria-
ton and also shuts out Secretary Cor
Itelyou from compensation beyond his
regular salary.-Savannah News.
There being no authentic statements
to the contrary" say the medical ex-
pert of the New York Herald. sit ap-
Ipears evident that the ailment of his
majesty was an appendicitis which re-
Isulted in the formation OF a circum-
scribed abscess in the usual locality.
This is "a variety of abdominal infiam-
nation which is very common in this
country, and when promptly treated is
seldom fatal"
Seeking to defend the present con-
Igress, the Philadelphia Ledger (Rep.)
says hat it la passed several meas
lures Of Importance, and that its sins
iare chiefly Of omission. Its most glar-
ling offence" says the Ledger, has
been hat it has taken no measures
against the trusts, though it could have
deprived them of tariff support If 1t
lcould not have don anything else"
OF course Rathbore is justified in
The latest bulletin Of exports issued
by the treasury department contains
lsome figures of interest in view of the
lclaim that the prevailing nigh prices
of beef are due to the shortage of cat
tie in the country. They show that du-
ring the month of May there were ex-
ported 23,124 head of cattle valued at
lS2, OOO, 900, and that the added exports
lof dressed and canned beef were pro-
large. The total exports
ARE valued at S., 100000 and h pressing
nature of the shortage" may be under
lstood from that fact.-Charleston News
land Courier.
criticizing Wood. There are several
reasons why this is so, but the first
lis that Wood refused to pardon the
Iembezzler, and the others need not be
enumerated. If Rathbone had his dues
he would be wearing stripes today, in
Istead of running around the United
Estates maligning a MAN who is inf
|nftely his superior in every respect.
Wood may have done some things he
Ishould not nave done, and he may nave
left undone things that he should have
ldone, but it will take more competent
Testimony than that Of g. convicted thief
to convince the American people
Salt Lake Herald.
Even the beet sugar senators are said
TO be staggered by the reports which
lcome to them privately of the sea of
TROUBLES in which the r2w-launched re-
public Of Cuba Is laooring. President
IPaIma's task is, indeed, glgantic-far
more difficult than anything which con-
lfronted General Wood. The latter had
absolute power and almost
resources. The Cuban president has to
Ideal with sharp faction and race differ
Iences, and has to see his treasury empty
ia ~ ,innf M Sci nf ranfoniGh-
ling Ii. If he fails-if The wno expert
ment of Cuban independence Iails-cock-
isure people in this country will be all
too ready to say There, We toll you
$50; the Cubans are not capable 0S self
government But that will not be the
necessary inference. All that viii be
lproved will be the fact that the Cubans
icould not make head against the in
surmountable obstacles placed in the
way Of their independence by the Unit
ed States. We have not given them a
fair chance.'-New York Post
Every instructed student of our pub
llic affairs during the past four years
has known that the sharp test Of a en-
Icroaching imperial policy would come
in the piping times of peace. Any Gov
ernment can live while war is n any
party keep itself in power al long as
the guns are laundering. The mon
idICAS III II upl Spain diu d
ministry OF discordanI and discredited
liberals held their hs1ds high during
1.-THE shock of battle in 1898. We have
seen the English conservatives wax
strong on war. How greatly indebted
our own republican party felt itself to
1.-THE war spirit we a perceive from the
constant effort by the party leaders TO
linflame it and appeal ID 1t in peace. All
THAT is understood. War rs h great
Ipreservative Of feeble political leaders.
lThey may face n with eQuanim-
lity; but what tries their stun is the
daily task of humdrum craftsmanship;
1.-THE peaceful consolidation n admins
tration in peace of the renowned vic
tories of war. How are Our new-fedged
iimperialists meeting this cruel test? OF
~Icourse, the standing temptation or i'm
Iperialism at peace Is to run into a vul-
lgar kind Of Caesarism. Extravaganza
Iandostentation are counted Upon to do
the work OF wars alarms in tickling the
popular fancy. This natural tendency
of what he called domestic imperial
ism" was well defined by the liberal
Header. Sr Henry Campbell-Banner-
I~on ~ a Spooch which IA made NOT