The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-25

cultured and critical. they were better
han that: literature. attractive. and |
profitable to the masses OF this and 9th |
er lands" |
In The CONGRESS the republicans as !
indeed In trouble. They are not in one
hole simply. but in several The Phi'-
ippines. the Cuba question. the slaves
now under Uncle Sam in the P~hilippines
are all Of a dark and dangerous sort
The democrats are disposed 20 worry
the republicans with a demand for the
speedy emancipation OF the slaves In
SulI. Representative Patterson. OF
Tennessee. has a bill introduced TO thas
effect. They dare not dodge or deny.
The ~Lynchburg (Va-) Daily News says.
1T is the boast Of the republican par
ty that they gave liberty to rour mil
lion blacks OF the southern states. and
now the democrats insist hat they
shall do as much for the brown me3
OF Sulu. 1t is a well known fact thar
slavery exists there under the author
ity n by the permission OF the Unit
ed States government under an agr"--
ment entered into by General Bates
and the Sultan of Sulu. 1t can no long
CT Ue SdIu lHdt slavery uOeS not eNlSl
on n soil over which floats the flag
of the Union. Now what is TO be the
fate Of the Patterson bill?"
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Some southern republicans in the
congress. Pritchard among them, are
anxious to persuade the president TO
put n OF their set in the cabinet.
Pritchard would be glad for a big
crumb of that size. But there will &C
no such appointment. and the hungry |
fellows when out of Office must get
their grub some other way. PITY the
sorrows of a poor, old man." 1t would
be the right thing for the south to
have at least two members in the big
controlling family, but the northern
republicans are too hungry and greedy
for that.
Senator Hoa has a bill before the
senate increasing the number of Fed
eral circuits from nine to fifteen. The
southern states are CHASED as follows:
Fourth: New Jersey, Delaware,
Maryland and West Virginia.
Fifth: Virginia, North Carolina and
Carolina.
Sixth: Georgia. Florida and Ala
Seventh: Texas. Louisiana and Mis-
Tenth: Kentucky and Tennessee.
Twelfth: Missouri and Arkansas.
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A dispatch from Rome dated the 18th
represents the health of Pope Leo
XIII as steadily declining. and that
the cardinals are expecting his death
to occur soon They think thai his sue
cessor will be chosen soon. and several
are aspiring to the Pontificate. The
dispatch states that the campaign
preparatory to the next conclave pro-
Feeds incessantfy, the sacred college
divided into two distinct forces,
respectively by Cardinal Ram
1olla, the papal secretary of state, and
Cardinal VannutelIi. The latter and
Cardinal Gotti o constitute the most
successors to Leo XIII"
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In the British house of the
Irish Nationalist leader, john
denounced the crimes actl
and declared that the Irish will give the
blow for blow" He declared
hat there was IAN infamous conspira-
" was or foot in England to Torment
in Ireland. where none existed.
The stories OF outrage and violence In
were infamous calumnies. The
N Ireland were only gov
by a contemplate minority. This
statement was cheered by the Irish
members. A hundred men, continued
Redmond, stood ready to replace
every mai sent to prison in this strug-
gle. They ntreated ME-. Wyndham, tie
chief secretary for Ireland, to change
MS policy, but if he continued it they
meet him face to fac and give
for blow" The government re-
olied that there was but little crime
but much intimidation and boycottinG
At Dublin the Nationalist newspapers
hail the return of coercion as a boon
say: I'VE are glad. Let the Irish
n America and Great Britain note it.
The Castle people have declared War
On our rights. Let there be war;"