The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-28
STATE PRESS.

beIerdI Miles dld q stunt Oh Il4IL4S l
ninety miles IN nine hours to show that
he was not really suitable for the re-
tired list. Mr.. Cleveland has inJimale3
20 a g~ood-natured public that his sixty
six years are not significant Of sensillty.
Charlotte News.
It is indeed q dangerous and pecu- !
liar ~prerogative that h gOverno" Of
our state possesses. that of the setting
aside of the yerdicts of courts and
juries. In the palmy days of Russell
ism. the democratic press of the state
more than once denounced the governor
for having 50 leniently and generously
exercised this pardOning power. We
are not disposed to denOunce our pres
ent chief executive for having eXcelleC
Russell at the game. We only deplore
such is the case.-Smithfield Herald.
After skilIful maneuverings on the
part of Secretary of State John Hay,
China has al last agreed to open as
treaty ports several ports o closed
TO the worlds trade. n Russia as
sents TO the agreement. The truth of
the matter is, however, that China did
not have much to say about 1t, but
hat Count Cassini and Secretary Hay
settled the matter on June 18th at the
Russian embassy IN Washington No
doubt the United States. had it desired
to do so, might have obtained subStan-
tial, special privileges from Russia,
But throughout the negotiations Secre-
tary Hay has held st~eadfastly to the
broad demand for the open door IN
! Manchuria for all the world. So the
victory won is a victory for the whole
commercial world.-KinstOn Free Press.
A correspondent of the Charlotte OBJ
server, writing from Newton, says that
in discharging the jury Of Catawba SUI
perior court Saturday Judge Shaw
SAID: Gentlemen of the jury, before
~discharging you l a to thank you
I for your faithful work. The court APP
proves every verdict o ave rendered
but one. \ young man was indicted
for an assault with intent TO commit
rape. OF that crime he should have
been convicted. You convicted him OF
a simple assault. You may be right
and the court wrong. But the court
thinks that you mad a serious mis-
take, and that a great wrong has BEEN
done the state. This much l wanted
TO say and L wanted to say it in your
presence" Spoken like n man and was
to be expected from Judge Shaw
Statesville Landmark.
For the earnestness and sincerity If
Mr.. J. W. Bailey. president Of the Anti
. Saloon League, we have the highest re-
. gard, but as a democrat We resent his
velled threat that all ave prohObi-
tionists shall be defeated for a party
: nomination. 1t was distinctly under-
stood at the outset that the agitation
in behalf of the temperance cause was
to be free from all political flavor.
With this understanding, good men OF
all parties lave earnestly sought to
further the cause of temperance
through the policy pursued by the
: league. They have been and are now
honest in their imposes and Intentions.
! But if the league is to be made Il side
show to the prohibition party-if meR
are to be forced by the lash to DO the
I bidding of individuals with a single
purpose in view, regardless of all other
considerations. the Anti-Saloon League
will score a signal Misunderstanding
Sun.
In course of an article written for
the Sunny South, John Temple Graves,
editor of the Atlanta News, gives his
! idea of what the newspaper ought to
be-"the reflex of the ages doings n
! of the ages achievements" But h
newspaper of the future, he says, must
of necessity be briefer and more con-
; densed than the blanket sheet of to-
! day. MEN are living too fast, n
have now either too much to do or too
much to enjoy to spend time IN the
multiplied pages of a daily newspaper.
AS it is now. half the people who read
read only the head lines of articles, ana
skim the surface of the columns as Il
swallow Skins the water, touching
lightly as it passes" There can be nc
gainsay1ng the truth of this, and yet
the newspaper will never descend to
becoming a mere bulletin board.
Though. for the most part, only head
lines are read the article giving details
will have its place. Even the most
casual reader seldom fails to lind in a
we'll arranged newspaper something Of
which he wishes to know the full par
ticularS and is disappointed if his paper
fails to furnish them. 1t must also
, Civ him brief, ommon sense comment
on current events.
There was a banquet in Boston some
two weeks or more ago on the occa-
| sion of the unwilling of the
to General Hooker, of the federal army.
and among the speakers was General
Rosser, of Virginia. of the confederate
army. In the courSe of his discourse
he said: Il hank God often hat 1 am
an American. l know no section o.
creed or party but owe of country. To
day the south r~ejoiceS because victory
perched on our banner. Here and
there in the southland q man will say
that the confederates should have tri-
umphed. Put that man down as a fool
Or hypocrite. I thank God the south
did not WIN and so does every sensible
southern man and woman General
Robert E. Lee told me that the army
OF the Potomac was the greatest ever
marshaled under the sun. This may
not be admitted now but history will SO
record it. In intelligence. IN esprit du
corps, in equipment. in dash and brav-
cry. IN personnel. there never was its
equal" There are a good nan peon!a
IN the south who are neither fools nor
hypocrites who think the confederateS
should a triumphed. and those who
think C~Ontrariwise are generally keep
Ing their mouths shut about it: ard
non Of those who la a decent regard
for their own section, but who yet
thank God the south did not win
are going, fawning. through the north
and thanking Him in public there
Charlotte Observer.