The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-25
STATE PRESS.

While all of us would like to see Mr..
Roosevelt put a southern man in his
| cabinet. those of US who believe h TO
the victors belong the spofls VIII have
no right to kick IL he does not do it
Durham Herald
A gentleman made h remark the
other day that, II all the men who
wanted Roosevelt elected had voted for
him, he would have carried the state.
Wonder how much truth there is in it,
And. IL there is any. oes 1t speak web
for our Observation-Disclosures Argus.
The democratic doors stand open to
! Mr.. r. u. Linney to return TO the fold.
Mr.. Linney said before the election that
II Blackburn were elected he would
never vote the republican ticket again.
1t is now up to" Mr.. Linney to show
whether or not he really meant it, says
the Winston JOurnal.-News and Obser-
yer.
The Washington correspondent Of the
Raleigh Post say that ex-senator Ma
rion Butler is to be an administration
I~favorite and that he may be given a
foreign berth. There is no losing Butlei-
and the chances are that he will get the
best that's going, whether it be an Of
fetal position or Influence. Charlotte
Observer.
Exact statem"nts of how m:ch il
! cost the diff"e II SUGGEST II candidates
to be nominated and elected arc tcing
published every day We are told .li.t
Mr.. Higgins expended s,2, ono and Nj.
Douglas s35. 100 Holding Office II these
days is getting to he an expensive lux
ury.-Charlotte News.
Three large religious bodies in this
state. E~piscopalians. Methodists and
Presbyterian5, have declared against
the existing di J1rce laws. 1t Is the cry
Ing shame of North Carolina that di-
vorceS are so easily Obtained and
strong pressure VII be brought 10 hear
on the next legiSa allure to change the
Present law-GreelvHie Reflector.
There is on foo an effort OF secure
a place in the cabinet ro- 4 southern
man with a view - 31i.irts up the
republican organic lt:0n in :he south.
The liberal distribution of minor places
would doubtless accomplish better re-
sults-or at least create more enthus-
iasm.-CharlOtt1 Observer.
If Judge Parker and Colonel Bryan
are the going men, the coming men
seem to be Joseph w. folk of Missouri
and William l.. Douglas, of Massachu-
sets, two democrats elected governors
in states that ave 100, 900 majority for
Roosevelt Their relative leadership
depends on the question whether social
ism or official corruption is to be the
slogan for 190S.-Pilot Mountain News.
The election of Mr.. Douglas, shoe
maker. as governor of Massachusetts,, on
a platform of tariff revision and reci-
procity with Canada seems to have
stirred the republicans all up, and they
now earnestly cellar that they are go
ling to cut down the tariff just as soon
as they can get at it, and never had
n other idea in their heads. Perhaps
the democratic party, like Sampson.
will be able to slay more Philistines in
, its defeat than it was able to dispose
Of during the yea of its victories
Durham Sun.
Editor RoScower of the Goldsboro
Headlight visited the sanctum of the
Morning Post yesterday. He tells US
that he has just purchased a new cylin-
der press and will soon change his pa
per to a semi-weekly. He is one of the
editors Of weekly papers in the stale
who have made money in the business
and can prove it by a bank account
! When he starts a semi-weekly it may
be put down as a fact hat the business
end of it has been carefully and accu-
rately figured out. Editor ROScower is
as methodicaI and systematic in the
ndu of his paper as any banker
or other business man in the state
Raleigh Post.
The press 6isol.:l,s have 10 1 III TIE
Indictment by he grand Jury IF Cen
ductor w. 3. CaldWh I'll, ~ WAS res
ponsible for NE COLLISION near New
Market, e IL which slxuy-two poo
! pie were killed. If found guilty he may
be sentenced to not less than two years
nor more than FIVE years. TIE in'lct-
ment comes as consequence of his W
confession that his negligence vas seize
w responsible for the disaster. Tie
Salisbury Sun makes this Point tn 81
despite the fearful rn1;'tus""cs dt-
! tending his Jrnlss'cn captain Caldwell
stands before tie world todav every
inch a man. Ills engineer was :rstalt-
" killed and z coula have w'thout fear
of refutal lad the responsibility at the
door of the dead man. Instead, he as
sumed himself the blame, realizing tina:
his confession involved POSITION ans
perhaps freedom. We agree with the
view of the ,ase. The oIe1 con.rssinr
of Captain Caldwell! retI."si q bray:
heart. We do not believe that the pub
lie cry for any further punishment thar
he has endured since The acc:C"nt An:
will endure through life in RECOLLECTION
of the affair. Charlotte 'r-'r:i"
,, A Heavy Load.
:, To lift that load off h stomac