The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18
STATE PRESS.

The campaign has opened in Ohio,
| with the republicans specializing on all
| sorts of majority. Tom Johnson bears
| the endorsement of Bryan in the be
| ginning n at the finish will bear the
| same marks of defeat worn by the Ne
| braskan on several occasions.-Concord
| Tribune.
| The fact of the matter is that the
| negro Will stay here and those who
want to accumulate property will do
so, those who desire only a living will
find the getting of it easy, and those
who commit crime and are discovered
will be punished. The average negro
knows nothing of the many plans sug-
gested for the solution of the problem
and cares less.-Durham Herald.
We recognize Booker Washington as
a strong man, a wise man. Yet those
who feel most interested in him and in
his race cannot but deplore the fact
that he n other leaders of the negro
are not strong enough and wise enough
to resist the temptations presented to
them by their would-be friends. If
Washington had been able to put his
theory into practice; if he had only
overcome the temptation when invited
to dine with the president of the Unit
ed States; if he had only acted wisely
at the Hamlet Hotel, his example would
| have been Of far greater value to his
people than any advice he could give
them, thar any eloquent speech to them
or in behalf of them. Few men are
placed in position of greater tempta-
ton han a leader of the negro race.
Unwise friends are more dangerous
than enemies.-The Orphans Friend.
1t is both gratifying and encouraging
to note how many of the better class
OF republican papers are expressing
their ~disapprOVal of the highhanded
dismissal of Miss Todd by Postmaster
General Payne, and the contemplate
part k in it by United States Sen
ator Alice. Nothing more is needed to
effectually prove him the d~isreputable
politician, he is reputed to be. than his
own words in explanation of his act:
L want to say that when a m gets
into politics I, for one, will treat her
Just the same as a I make no eX-
ceptions. grant no favor because she is
a L understand that Miss Todd
has been talking against the faction OF
the republican party that l am aligned
With-the Addicks, or union republican
faction. When l heard this l wrote tC
Postmaster General Payne that she
vas Objectionable to me, and 1 put &
man in the place who is one of oul
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Citizen.
We note that some Of u exchange!
take exceptions at the statement of tn,
Charlotte Observer, which, in the course
Of an editorial some days ago, said Their,
seemed to be no remedy for the injus.
tice the negro received in the courts
In reading over these elaborate edito
rails in which The Observer is takel
to task, we are made to wonder if thes
same papers have ever drawn any con
trast between the proverbial chicken
thief and his punishment and the gen
tleman who loots a bank and his pun
ishment. W the negro who's
track was measured and upon tina
] evidence-plenty. no doubt-was con
victed of burglary n sent to the per
i~tentiary for thirty years, and the mo
OF men who. in the same county fore
ed open a mans door. murdered hir
and are now out on bail, the court hav
ing failed to convict them, a mistria
having occurred. Now, if anybody be
lieves if these murderers had been ne
!; groes instead of white men, the cas-
would have had its present history. the
it's in order for them to take exception
at what The Observer says, remember
ing that justice is meted out from
: comparative and not from an absolut
1 standard.-Raleigh Times.
: 1t is more han probable that a siren
. uous and systematic effort will be mad
= TO work up sentiment for Senator
5 P. German for the presidency with
view to casting the vote of this stat
!, for him in the 1pTnOcT9 rio natinnnI CON
i vention next year. Senator Simmons
he most Skilful and influential politi
clan in the democratic party in Mort
Carolina. He is scarcely second t
a Senator German himself as a politics
e organizer and manager. He has r.
= peatedly declared himself for Senate
[ German as the man to lead the demo
Gratis TO victory, and it must be admit
ted that his word, if not party law.
: at least as Weighty with democrats {
any mans in the state. 1t looks yer
much as if Senator Simmons will NJ
content himself with a mere eXpressio
! of his choice, but will actively COZ
Germ himself in the effort to win IL
democracy of the state to Senator Coz
h mans support. Whatever may be tt
: opinions of North Carolina democra.
n as to the expectancy of nominating Sci
ator German for the presidency Car
The News position is we'll known).
l would be hard to overestimate h
chances of getting the vote of Mort
= Carolina in the convention if Senat,
Simmons, with the organization l
commands behind him, sets out to a.
complish that purpose. 1t is. TO sa
the least, a contingency for which II
democracy of this state should Or
pare itSelf.-CharlOtte News.
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