The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-12
CURRENT COMMENT.

In the matter of heavy reading Pope
Leo has given President ROOSe TeiJ as
good as he sent. Recently the Presi-
dent presented the pope with a full col
lection Of the state papers of thu p~esi-
dents: now the pope has ordered the
vatican printers to reproduce all his
encyclical letters and pontificial letters
in a set of beautiful volume and he
Will send these to the president. on
tiff and executive should thus have
something with which to while away
the dull summer Gays.-Charleston
Post.
Can We wonder at the Increase of
crime among the Juvenile population
of our country when We see daily the
sources Of their inspiration? In a
newspaper now before US is an 'ey-
change column for the benefit Of its
readers who desire to exchange one
article for another. In his column We
find this announcement: palace of
SIN" Harry Tracy and The Dalton
Brothers" for any kin of cutlery. Ad-
dress ]. H. Bedgood. Jr., Shutdown.
La. There is a three-ply library that
ought TO put any young chap right in
the middle of the roa to the devil.
Yet it is being ground out daily from
publishers presses and ent by the
tons throughout the country.-Atlantl
Constitution.
Advocating democratic harmony"
the Washington Post says: That is the
only way to peace. Let the dead past
bury the dead Let the lea issue-the
issue that all men know to be dead
be silently inferred. There need be no
pOst-mortem discussions, no formal
burying. Just let the cadaVer pass out
of sight, and let all who call chem
selves democrats get together on living
issues. Tha is the obligation which
the democracy owes to the country. 1t
ought to have courage and patriotism
enough to rehabilitate itself and make
a fresh start. 1t has much lost ground
to recover before it can be fully rein
stated" 1t is We'll said. Let the
cadaver pass out of sight" Now. hen,
which faction is the cadaver?-News
and Observer.
Tha is a horrible report Of Turkish
OutrageS hat comes from MOnaStir,
but it is just as we'll not to permit our
sensibilities to be too greatly harrow
I'd by it, pending confirmation OF de-
nial That report ONE from Il region
where the truth is not in vogue and It
relates to a quarrel concerning which
it IS considered a virtue to lie. The
civilized world has been so often
shocked by reports of Outrages that
lever occurred that one is justified in
being cautious. Not TO put too nic@ q
point on it, we shall believe the report
when the alleged facts it states are cs-
tablished az facts and not before. The
revolutionary sources from which, OF
course. the report emanateS is noted
for versatile imaginingS and meagre
moral conceptions. OF course the out
rage may have occurred just as report
ed, but the internal evidences of the
are not particularly convincing.
Fol instance, it is not quite a natural
impulse for women and children to
take to the streets when a town is fired
on, particularly when as in this case,
the houses are not damaged by the fire.
Norfolk Nirgfnian Pilot.
After q most exhaustive and pains
taking inquiry into the subject, it de-
velops that the Davis arch cannot be
erected for the sun Of $4,000. as was
expected and required when the design
of Mr.. GudebrOd was accepted. Ac-
cordingly these facts will be embodied
in a report to the Jefferson Davis Mon
ument Association, which will be called
Upon to meet before long. and which
will give direction to further proceed
ingS in the matter. We dare say fha-
this will bring the hole question Of
site and design to the forefront ,gain.
We consider it certain that the repor
of the special committee will have
great weight before the Memorial asso-
citation. 1t operates under Il charte"
OF the Virginia legislature. 1t Is regu-
larly established by law, and eacn state
of the COnfederacy has n representa-
tive upon it,. In short, the work that
the veterans laid down the Daughters
of the C~onfederacy o up, and have
succeeded we'll in doing so far. And
SO. while the matter of design ana site
is by NJ means settled, yet We enter
tain no doubt hat all the Daughters
and their committees and advisers
know what they are doing. and that in
good time and season ehey "ill bring
their patriotic enterprise to a salts
factory Observation-Disclosures Times
Dispatch.
On the subjecr Of the tariff, the Ohio
platform appears at first to De decisive
and uneuuiVOcai, but it is rot III real =
ity. 1t first says that the protective
tariff has made the United States the
greatest industrial nation" This is a
glazing untruth. since it asCribaS TO the
tariff all the prosperity luz to natural
and abundant harvest-as
glaring as it would be for the other
side to affirm that the high protective
ldIlI Is COIlllS-lcu Will lie lllSIl Ddl ~
metric pressure which has prevented
ain in the North Atlantic states.
causing the drought ana forest fires
which we now tines But after
claiming all the prosperity as thu work
OF protection, n leaving all diverse
conditions 20 be accounted for 3y d.
vine Providence. the YlatfOrm-:aakers
suddenly remembered That there. was a
national convention OF rlillers - eas-
sion at Detroit whose theme vas reel
procity "ith Canada; also hat there
were important groups III Other parts
Of the country. SuCh: as tanners. shoe
makers, and the manufacturers 0f ag-
ricultural implements. making similar
demands with respect to foreign trade
So the platform took a short eXcurSi61
into the free trade domain by referring
To changing conditions and the posi-.
BILE benefit is Of r~eciprocity.' and TO q
timely readjustment of schedules
The Boston Hone Club may be trusted