The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-04
CURRENT COMMENT.

We have several times adverted 10
Honorable Theoiore Roosevelt's eXpen-
sive-to the government-taste in
yachts, by keeping for his own use at
present two, the Sylph and the May
flower. 1t would seem, however, that
he has other expensive-to the govern
nert-tastes. There was a great naval
parade in Oyster Bay the other day,
for example. The mountain was
brought 10 Mahomet and Honorable
Theodore Roosevelt ambled DOWN from
his front porch to one of his yachts to
review the squadron of the navy. 1t is
said that the review cost, all told, over
a quarter of q million dolla-s-Virgin-
ian-PilOt.
The atrocities in Turkish Bulgaria
are a serious reflection on the civiliZa-
ton of our time. 1t seems preposterOus
that any nation with average intelli-
gence should hesitate to take steps to
put a stop TO the wholesale massacre Of
the inhabitants of another county by
its besotted and blood-thirsty rules.
This apathy in regard to Turkey is
carrying international courtesy en-
tirely too far. The cruel. brutal Turk
is NIT to be trusted with too much
power. He should be disciplined for
his own good. The cry Of humanity is
superior TO any other call for relief or
protection. -tlanta Journal.
1t is always dangerous to interpret an
adopted resolution by the speeches
made in support of it. If the words of
some of the hot heads at last nights
meeting of the executive committee of
the Greater New York democracy were
to be taken at their face value the or
ganization would appear to be lost to
fusion. 4 glanace at the resolutions
themselves, however, shows that Moth
ing of the sort has happened. The or
ganization has renewed its verbal ad-
herence to the cause of nOn-partisan-
ship in city affairs, has solemnly af-
firmed the disaster of a return of the
Croker regime has announced it's be-
lief lat IAN independent democrat will
command more votes at the head of the
fusion ticket" and has instructed it's
representatives in the fusion conference
to act as a unit. There is nothing in
his which will prevent the Greater
New York democracy from supporting
the fusion candidate, whether he Be an
independent democrat or not. Presi-
dent FOrneS, who has publicly an
n%ounced himself in favor of the re-
nomination of Mr.. Low, was present at
the meeting last night and did not pro-
test against the resolutions, probably
because he saw that they were mean
inglesS. The Greater New York demOc-
racy does not add to it's fame by pass
ing such resolves as these, with their
slippery evasion of an out and out an
ti-Tammany declaration.-New York
Post, August 29th.
Not long ago a North Carolinian who
was interviewed in the city Of Wash
ingtOn told the nwspape representa-
tive h sought his views that there
was no race question in his state; that
they had no such trouble at all down
there. He ought to so back home and
mingle with the people now. If he
should do so he would heal some lively
discussions concerning the Halifax
murder and the Hamlet dining room
incident, and he would find in many
n~eighbOrhOOdS much excitement pr
vailing. Then came the dining room
incident at Hamlet. The managers o.
the hotel at that place opened their
dining room to a large party of negroes
returning from a convention held al
Nashville, and crowded their white pat
rons into the reading room, which was
Transformed into a dining room for the
i'oohSI Noil Wa Ia
the negro party: Senator Bacon, OF
Georgia, was among the whites, anG
was one of those who refused accom-
modations in the reading room, and
who vent hungry in preference to eat
ing there. Booker Washington seems
to be helping to breed a good deal OF
trouble nowadays. The lunch that he
ate with the president doubtless was
extremity gratifying to his vitality, but
was certainly harmful to his race and
injurious to the political welfare of his
host. If Booker had been a rue friend
of Roosevelt's he would have declined
the invitation extended to him. So
too, he would ave one better not tC
have dined as he did at Hamlet. Al
any rate his appearance on such OC-
casions is surely undermining his in
fuence with southern whites. He may
or may not lave clearly understood the
position of affairs at Hamlet when hi
entered the dining room there, but he
must be aware now that he has beer
helping to kick up another big row
And if he be the leader and the patriot
that many people believe he is, The
question must present itself to his
mind whether he had not better stay
at the college more and prance arounC
the corner less. AS for the managers
of the hotel at Hamlet, who gave VI
their dining room to Booker Washing.
tons party and side tracked into tn
reading room those whites who wanted
dinner they exhibited ineXplicable fol
ly, and for a good while to come wi
suffer from the public's disapprobation
And so We find the people of Nortf
Carolina, calm and conservative as the!
; are, deeply aroused by these two Incl
+ dents. Well they may bel They ar
surface indications of deep seated feel
? ings that prevail there-that prevail!
everywhere where race. issues ar,
= raised under such circumstances. TIL