The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-04-12
CURRENT COMMENT.

II the New York state convention in
structs for Parker. no power on earth
caon prevent his nomination at st.
Louis state after state will fall in
line and every other candidate will be
practically eliminated from the race.
Inis action by New York will mean
that when the national convention
meets at st. Louis but one name will
De presented for the presidential norni-
nation-the name of Alton B. Parker
Atlanta Constitution.
Judge Gary's talk to the grand Jury
concerning the duty Of jurors might be
prof1tably repeated in every county in
the state and then iterated and re-
iterated. Many business men escape
jury duty by failing to register while
the fellow who seeks the duty, 10
what there is in it." registers and is
frequently drawn This is a dangerous
condition. The state should ind meas
ures TO secure the services OF her best
citizens in the jury box, with or without
their consent--Columbia State
There is no longer any reason to
doubt that Judge Alton B. Parker. of
New York. will receive the democratic
nomination for president on the first
ballot at the coming st. Louis conven-
t1on-if, indeed, il is not done by ac-
clamation. There will be 1000 votes in
the next national convention, and. un-
der the two-thirds rule, 667 will be nee
essary to a choice. 1t is now generally
conceded that more than the necessary
two-thirds are already safe for Parker.
The New York World gives him SIC,
with Is doubtful and LOG for Hearst
Augusta Chronicle.
st. Patrick's Cathedral. New York,
was crowded on last Sunday with
nQnn1a n hn fnr
the last time in one of it's special Eas-
ter programmes. The recent order of
the Pope respecting church music will
exclude many of the great masterpieces
Of sacred song that have heretofore
been used. and will prevent women from
singing in the choirS. Archbishop Far
ley announced some time ago his inten-
tion of putting the new order into force
at the cathedral Immediately following
Easter, and this had the effect of
bringing out a great throng to hear the
choir's last special programne.-Sa-
vannah News
Large numbers of the cotton mill ope-
ratives in the Carolinas have abandon
ed that work and gone back to the
farms, where they believe, the raising
of cotton at the present high prices will
pay them better. The sale of horses
and mules and agricultural implements
in those states has been larger than in
years before. and it is certain that the
increased acreage will be large. High
price cotton is a fine thing for the
south. and, though it can hardly be ex-
pected that the present rate will be-
come permanent. there is fair reason
to believe that it will range much high
er than it did during some years past
Times Dispatch.
1t is all a part of the game. Con-
gresham Livernash, of California, who
fiercely attacked the president Mondav
for not shutting non-union men out of
government employ. went to congress
from a desk in the Office Of Mr..
Hearst's yellow newspaper In San
Francisco. Hearsts object is to create
the impression that he is the great
champion of labor, when as a matter
of fact the non-union workingmen of
the country far outnumber those who
belong to the unions. AS the unions
strictly limit their membership, the eff
feet of the Hearst-Livernash dema-
gogy, if it were ever to prevail, would
be to deny millions of men and women
all hope of making a living in this
country. Then the deluge! But the
puncturing of the Hearst presidential
boom indicates that the American t.
izen is not so easy to buy or fool as the
human dollar-mark thought-Norfolk
Landmark.