The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-02-24
CURE II Gum lHtNI.

President Roosevelt wants it known
hat ne is in the open now fighting The
-rusts and he doesn't care hCW Tuth
hey hate him. The rough rider is on
ais broncho again and he ii be lassOed
.efOre he gets too far across the
Dlain-Charleston Post.
1t is nounc that Salvador, fon-
duras and Costa Rica will land II: M
selves together and endeavor to seek
satisfaction from Guatemala. We'll
=. - Tie simplest way out Of the
matter. and will keep these four ittle
republics out Of other mischief until
the merry farce is ended. Hats off to
the latest "triple alliance. '-NewCort
News Press.
A German bacteriologist says mat
he has discovered an aquatic insect
which will prey upon the kind of mos
quito which transmits malaria. He
believes that if it were art .fcially p"o-
pagatsd and introduced into ponds it
might exterminate the mosquito. Per
haps. There is a muth better way to
achieve the result, though. DR.. How
ard. DR.. Rosa and other Experts I'd
wise getting rid of the breeding places
of the mischief marked altogether. If
that plan were carried out there wNuld
be 10 mosquitoes to fight-New York
Tribune.
The fame of DR.. Crum. the Charles
ton negro who was appointed collie
tor Of the port by the president and
then turned down by the senate cGm-
mittee, is spreading. Foreign Journals
are discussing him and his case. The
Temps of Paris has been having Z say
in regard to the action Of the commit
tee which reported adversely on the
nomination. This French paper thinks
the committees attitude indicates a
moral slump in Amer can treatment
OF the negro. Moral stump is god.
Richmond Times-Dispatch.
This world is pretty larg. but Treei-
dent Roosevelt, Secretary of War Root
and a few others. particularly Adiu-
tant General Corbin, doubtless wish it
were twice as large now that General
Miles has completed his trip around
The globe and is back IN Washington.
General Miles has been away six
months, during which time the most
pleasant peace has prevailed in the
| being undisturbed. Now that Ganelal
Miles is back al outbreak Of hostilities
may be expected any time before naXt
August when the general goes on the
| retird list. That is just S X months off
and so if his trip had akn twice as
long as it did there would hav been
no trouble at all-perhaps.-Colurubia
[ State.
1t is characteristic of leading re-
publican senator's to go 70 the pYesi-
! dent and ask him quietly to withdraw
the nomination of the regro, DR..
Crum. as it is of Mr.. Roosevelt t. tell
them that he will do no such thing.
He has met his responsibility. Let
| thnpo rponnt thoiro IF fhnu 49, orr;
to have their constituents know mat
they are ready to subscribe to the new
| republican doctrine that color shall be
the final test of a mans fitness to
hold office. chat is no affair of the
presidents. There is the nomination:
take it or leave it. 1t is time that the
republican party declared its pOsit-o or
on the question of the negroes funda-
mental rights. Nor will the dodge work
of simply leaving DR.. Crum's name TN
acted upon until the session expires.
III that case. President Roosevelt will
make a recess appointment.-NeW
York Post.
The Southern railway management
meeting of the complaints of its passen-
gers on its Palm Limited train, which
the other day ran by the signals of the
Vanderbilt party at Garrett, S. c., and
was ordered hack twenty-five miles fol-
them declare that they had no choice
III the matter at all. as they are re-
qufred by law to regard flag signals
and would be liable Tor damages II
they did not observe them. Now this
is an important thing to know and il
will be borne in mind by other patlCns
of flag stations than the Vandarhllts
and their set, who own lodges and cot
taSes in these parts. And we will see
the Palm Limited anl the other flyers
snorting by and staying past wher
Farmer Jones or Squire Robinson
waves it to stop. But if so we vii
expect the farmer and the squire t.
set up a stiff claim for damages IT tne
next term Of the court The truth is
the Southern is in I dilemma in this
matter. The passengers OIL the Pam
Limited who We're delayed an hour ir
their trip from New York to Florida
for the SAX of the Nanderbilts, who
were going from their country place
on a days visit to somebody else
threatened to sue for damages, and sc
the road has put up the claim o. its
obligation 20 flag station passengers
which may come back to plague then
yet.-Charleston Post.