The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-12-18
STATE PRESS.

The Senate Committee on Agricu!-
ture having reported favorably the APP
.paIachian Forest Reserve bill. for
which senator Overman, a member OF
that Committee. deserves much credit
it is not likely hat any serious oDpo-
sitiOn will develop 10 its ina passage
by that body. The fate of the bill, :
therefore, lies in the House. and there
it rests on one OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Cannon. Whether he viii ogn
the i~ncalculable value of this bill. IN
the work, and example set, for the pres
ervatiOn of the forests for future gen.
erations. and so consent for the ap"
propriatiOn of the money required,
which may be wanted for other prop
| ositions remains to be seen.-Ashevlle
The talk of Hanna for president will
not down. but grows more serious and
It's said that Mr.. Roosevelt is getting
a bit uneasy over the prospects. lie
has called several prominent politI-
clans to Washington to get their opln-
| ion and has thus made some of the
| senators mad. The nominating conVeh-
| ton IS yet several months ahead ana
if MI. Hanna's friends find they can
| they will.-COncOrd Tribune
The respite gwen liz
| gambler, Daniels. Of Charlotte by GoF-
arnor Aycock induces the Charlotte
News to say that we need q Governor
in this state who believs in hell. hang
ing and calomel.' Daniels had influen-
tiaI friends and was respited. Many a
moor friendless negro is serving his SEN
tanca on the chain gang for Shoot
ing craps and there is no respite for
-. " I,,o NJ .ran=1rp for the eN-
ercfse of the p~ardoning power by the
Governor. but we do claim that in the
exercise of that power the poor and
the friendIess should come in for theli
share of that mercy we hear so much
about-Monroe Inquirer.
Tho democrats in congress are insist
ing on 4 congressional investigation OF
the postal frauds, a resolution having
been introduced int both houses 10
that effect. h republicans are Ilgh--
ing the investigation and the democr3ts
thereby putting them in a mole. We
expect that the republicans hho"
wh,+ they are doing when they oppose
the Investigation, as some much DIG
ner fish might be caught if the con-
a,.esfonaI drag net was allowed to b.
Drawn through the department.-AReE-
deem Telegram
1t begins to look as though Mr.. RooS-
aveIt is not likely TO have even the NOM
nation without a contest. Inc n"
York Sun. perhaps the most Influential
republican paper in the United states,
has for some time been much oppoSel
tn MIN, and now comes the C1nclnnatl
CommerciaI-Tribune which is
to be particularly close to senator
Hanna, with an urgent appeal 10 tins
republicans to reason together over
the nomination Of some one besides
Mr.. Roosevelt, for it fears that he can
not carry New Yok, and that he may
he defeated. Commenting on this the
| New York Evening Post says: AS 3
result of this flat declaration there Is
q great flutter in the senatorial dove
cotes. The President, too, is rePorte1
to be getting the opinion of ono
leaders as to the strength o.
the opposition to him in th'
! home of Hanna. Lieutenant GOV
l ernor Gordon, according to the dis
patches. thinks Ohio will be for RooSe
Y Welt if Hanna does not come out open
:. "; in case Hanna is in the field ne VI
q get Ohio. Senator Foraker. however
1 comes calamity 70 the rescue. praise
D the administration, and concludeS
We will have to stand upon the recor'
President Roosevelt has made. otne
Senators utter similar statements. Sen
g ator Foraker is probably right on tn
main issue. Barring accidents, n
reDublicans must stand on PreS1den
i Roosevelt's record or nothing IN
politicians who do not like the Pres
5 lent may continue this policy OF lrrI
o tation by organizing little booms &c
j Hanna, Fairbanks or Hay; but TN
= fact remain that the president, thouS
persona non grata to the party mack:
mas more popular strength than ali c
them together. AS the Cincinnati p
l. per SAYS he may not be able to carr
e New York: but i he cannot nelthe
e can Hanna or Fairbanks or Alllsol
h There is then. no practicable afterna
: tive This is not saying much tor II
. President. as ii leaves the repuoica
:. party considerably in the hole. III
g interesting part about The whole ma
A. ter is the statement of the Cinclnna
OF CommerciaI-Tribune that ii fears Roo:
nd eyeIt cannot carry New York and I!
practical endorsement of this view
the Evening Post.to which should
h. added the assertions of the New fol
n Sun-Charlotte Observer.
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