The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-02-27
CURRENT COM MENT.

will certainly nominate Mr.. Roosevelt
for president. Well, if the democrats
will only be wise enough to tn n from
Mr.. Bryan n nominate a conServa-
tive man on their side. Mr.. Roo<ev It's
nomination by his party should be a
very satisfactory matter. Ht would be
easier to beat than Others the republic
cans might put up.'-Charle5to Post.
Negro suffrage" says Billy Mason.
sis not a failure in Illinois. This. Of
course. demonstrates that it can be
made a success How? By the pciioy
of the Illinois governor, who procIaim-
ed that he would meet negro imrnl-
grants at the states boundaries with
cannon, and of the Illinois town which
only last year expelled its negro It'll
zens and broke up it's negro school,
Courier Journal.
The decision of United States judge
Grosscup. in overruling the demurrer
of the Chicago meat packers to the pc
tition Of the government asking fc" an
injunction restraining the packers frNrn
conducting their business in violation
of the Sherman antitrust law, means
trouble for the packers. Tie purport
Of the demurrer was that even If the
facts set forth in the governments pc
tition We're true they did not consti-
tute a violation of the Sherman .ct.
Judge GrossCup took a different viaw.-
Savannah News.
Andy Carnegie is to build a "palace
of peace at The Hague. Perhaps it $
for the international tribunal of ar
bitration to sit in. but if this be so it
will have precious little use. The tri-
bunal is a factor in settling disputes of
the nations, perhaps, but principally
in a negative way by driving them to
make any sort of terms rather than APP
ply to its judgment. Why the nations
are so mortally afraid Of thor OWL ere
alton it is hard to conceive. but .hey
seem to prefer almost any other mode
Of settlement to arbitrate before The
Hague court.-Charleston Post.
CAPTAIN Richmond Pearson Hobson
declares that the mission Of his life will
be Ito educate the American people.
that this is the greatest nation in the
world and ought to have the largest
navy 1t is evident that the Captains
own education is yet in 4 decidedly
crude condition. Real education makes
men cautious in Singing superlativas.
The United. States are a great nation
and need a large navy. From our own
point of view, we Americans are the
leaders of the procession; but others
have as much right to a point of view
rs we QdNe.-ANO lOlh LdllullIdl n.
There is a delightful and mathemat-
ical simplicity IN President CastrOs
method of meeting his payments under
the protocol. His creditors are 70 take
80 per cent. of the customs receipts.
Caramba. he raises all the duties 80
per cent, claps on an export duty and
stands pat-all this by decree. Ger
tainly President Castro needs the aid
of Mr.. Carnegie or any other Teutonic
fnancier as little as he Graves the
praise of the German poets. Tariffs,
however,, refuse to be governed by
axioms, and it is perfectly possible
that he will find that 80 per cent. OF
his new whole is less h 50 per cent.
of his old part. But pay he must some
how, and doubtless will ch~eerfully, for
he has made a stir out of all proper
ton to his w Importance, or that Of
the nation upon which he has imposed
his rule.-New York Post
We are not at all in sympathy with
the recent outbreak of abuse against
Senator Quay because he has joined
forces with Senator Morgan, who Is en-
tagonizing the Panama canal treaty.
Whatever may be the facts as to Sem
ator Morgan's fight. the unluestionable
fact in Mr.. Quay's case is that he Is
advocating a m%easure which he be-
lieves possesses the approval Ct a ma
iority of the senate. He IS not trying
to prevent a vote. His purpose is to
force one. They may say hat Mr..
Morgan is a filibuster, since he wishes
to kill the measure by delay; but the
very senators who denouuce him are
engaged in the very enterprise they
condemn Mr.. Morgan for conducting.
At least, it cannot be said Of Mr.. Q1dy
that he is endeavoring to talk the state
hood bill to death. This truth is that
his energies are devoted to a precisely
different end. He wants the senate to
act On the bill and is willing-anxinus
tic submit it to that legitimate test.
The malcontents are those who now
antagonize him, and certainly they are
in no position to cast stones at Mr..
Observation-Disclosures Post.
The boom Of Judge Alton B. Parker.
of New York. for the democratic nomi-
nation in 1904 is distinguished from the
evanescent bubbles which preceded it
by a peculiar insistence which will not
down. From Whatver source the inspi-
ration may come, the fact IS apparent
hat the Parker candidacy is being
steadfastly pushed into prominence.
An amusing sidelight upon the move
ment is furnished by the Brooklyn
Eagle, which remarks that "as a Judge
Of the supreme court until 1896. and OF
the highest court Of the state since
1897, he has taken no part in politics
whatever The Inference that the
chief qualification for a democratic
standard-bearer must be that he was
in a position where he could AXE no
part in politics whatever during the
past seven years is startling. Yet it
is not far-fetched. Mr.. Bryan's anti
pathy TO the Palmer and Buckner dem
ocrats finds daily exposition. Upon the
other hand the cGs1versatives will have
nothing to do with an avowed sup
porter of the Chicago platform. IT IS
obvious that the qualification possessed
by Judge Parker is a unifying force of
the highest quality. But the discovery
that compulsory neutrality is essential
to party eligibility is a confusing addi-
ton to the contradictions OF democ-
racy's record.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
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in n minute. because It kills the mi
crobe which tickles the mucous mem
brane, causing the cough. and at the