The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-06-09
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
CURRENT COMMENT.

Bishop Randolph holds that mar
riage is not a creation of law, nor a
matrimonial or legal fellowship, nor the
| product of instinct. nor an artificial
! arrangement brought about by indi-
! viduaI choice, but a primary relation
! Of human society without which true
social conditions could not last" It
! Is we'll that attention is being called
70 consecutive pOlygamy," which is
even more prevalent than Mormonism.
Bulwer Lytton in his Coming Roll
| depicted a people of whom the women
were strong and the men weak and
| any couple might separate after three
years. Our divorce courts can outdo
the nOveIist's fancy.-CoIumbia State
Bourke Cochran, who has been seek
| ing health in lower Egypt has arrived
at Berlin, where he has submitted TO
the wiIes of the interviewer long enough
| to express the opinion that Mr.. CIeve-
| land can be again elected to the pres
| idency. Mr.. Cochran is wise enough To
say that it will be easier for the ex-
| president TO be elected if nominated bv
| the democrats than to secure the nomi-
! nation Of the party to whose wrecking g
| he contributed TO the extent Of his pow
er In other words, the New Yorker
| throws into the situation a very large
| if upon which he can fall back when
| his prophecies come home to roost.-
Jos. Oil in Atlanta Constitution.
one Of the big life insurance compa-
MES began on June l a reorganization
| of its staff of agents. More than 600
| agents. it is stated viii be Topped of y
| 1t Is the little fellows. who write one
year policies amounting to less than
| 100000 that Will have to go. The
| movement is in the interest of retrench-
ment, Of course, the company receiving
| the benefit. And, really. when one.
comes 10 consider that these poor COM
panieS merely live in palaces and can
not afford TO pay their presidents more
than two or three hundred thousand
dollars 4 year, the necessity for re
| trenchment at the expense of -he small
| agents can BE- we'll observation-disclosures
nah News.
Senator Bailey. discussing in an inter-
view next years democratic nominal
| tion for President. expresses a prefer
ence for Mr.. German. The two men are
not in as close agreement as they might
be on the issues of the day, and Mr.
Bailey shows a spirit of compromise in
accepting the Maryland man for Lead
er. The former is a revenue tariff ad-
vocate, the latter a prOtectionist. The
former is u free silver man, the latter
| a gold standard man. Ordinarily Nj
Bailey's deliverance would occasion
great surprise. But in this hour of con-
| ference and Cancellation it marks the
anxiety of the democratic statesmen 20
| get together, and, if possible, to pat
up Vigorous fight for control Of the
| cOuntry.-Washingto Star.
| The words of the friendly counselor
| to the ambitious youth-"BeWare the
| awful avalanche"-migh have been
| amplified to include Il warning againsr
| the snow and ice through which he bore
] his excelsior banner. If he was q typi-
| cal American youth he would be quite
| sure to use it to cool his drinking wa
| ter and any articles of food which are
| more palatable cold than hot. This is
| the national habit, and it is said to be
| spreading over Europe as we'll. Proba-
bly, no meteorological fact is better es-
| tabliShed than that much of the ice OF
| commerce is dangerously impure. The
| assumption that water purifies itself il
| freezing was long ago shown to have
but a limited basis in truth. The indi
| vidual crystals are likely to be purel
than the mother liquid from which they
are formed: but ice is u mass of crys
tails in which may be entangled al
kinds of impurfties.-New York Times.
| Governor Pennypacker, of Pennsyl
l ro I'M
initiating position. Nearly a montl
| has passed since the now famous Iibe
law designed to muzzle the press in tn
| interests of himself, his cousin Quay
and other politicians, became a law b
| cause of his signature. Yet from tn
| moment that he put his name TO it, tn
law has been persistently violated by al
the leading newspapers IN the state
| Every prominent newspaper in Phila
delphia has either protested most vigor
| ouSly or has shown its contempt 70
the law by deliberately disregarding it
| provisions. Yet we hear of no suit
| and no actions. Thus the majesty o
the law is daily outraged by Governo
Pennypacker's failure to enforce tn
statute he was so eager TO see passed
The Philadelphia North American ha
| outuone us previous eIOIIS III the mat
ter of lampooning and cartoons, an
eagerly awaits the coming of the con
stables. Other papers have banded to
gether TO test the constitutionality o
the law. But no citizen gives them tn
| opportunity. and the governor, swor
to enforce the laws, covers at Harris
burg. afraid to move in behalf of thi
child of his own. 1t is evident that h
| has either been overwhelmed by a real
izaJion of his own stupidity Or has bee
| deferred by his cousin Matt" Eithe
| iexplanat ton leaves him in a pitifu
plght.-New York Post.
Serious Mistake.