The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-25
STATE PRESS.

Abou all the satisfaction we have
thus far received as d result OF our
possession of the Philippines a
been in spending II money to give
the natives something they do not
want and could manage very well
| without.-Durham Herald.
The newest proposition is to in
vite European cotton manufacturers
to locate in the south. Why
1t is a good field FOR h New Eng
land mills, and it ought to be all
right for the foreign ones as WE'LL
winston Sentinel stsl1
Ex-senator PETER doesn't quite
know why he Will vote for Roose-
Welt. Perhaps it is because Roose-
Welt said in 1896 Thrift and indus
try are quite Incompatible with true
populistic feeling. Payment of debt,
like the suppression of rioting. is alb
horrent to the populistic mind
such conduct strikes the DoDulist as
immoral" En-, Peffer?-Tarboro
Southerner.
II is evident that Bishop Potter
took the wrong view as TO h lessen
ing of the whiskey evil in New York.
It is probable hat the bishop him
self thoroughly appreciates h mis-
take he has made. Possibly. how
ever, it will be attended with some
good results. It's often the case
when some one k a wrong posi-
ton it calls special attention to the
matter, and nobody will eve again
commit the same error This is cost
ly teaching, however, to the bishop.
Raleigh Times.
The campaign is not very warm.
It's too one-sided to make it So.
Democrats are out of reach ahead
and the republican campaigners ar
dropping into the rear. Mr.. Currie,
who was nominated by the repub-
licans, we are informed. has failec
to appear since the first day whelt
Sheriff Mcleod challenged him to
explain to the people present why
he voted for Abe Middleton, a black
buck niger, for door-keeper of the
House of Representatives in prefer-
ence to a one-legged confederate sot-
der who was also an applicant for
that Dosition.-Rohesonfan.
The Baltimore SUI considers the
fearful carnage in the far east as
a warning to the imperialistS in this
country. 1t certainly would seem
to be such. This country has the
war fever. As Mr.. OIney put it "the
war bacillus is in the blood" The
whole influence of the administra-
ton is towards the cultivation of a
war-iike spirit. Great battleShips
are being launched, state troops arr
being federaTized. an effort is being
made to convert a good proportion
of the male citizenship into organ
lied marksmen. and SO on. and SO
on. And that the United States may
wind I'D in a war like hat in which
Russia and Japan are engaged is nst
a remote possibility by n means.
ever, may the jingoes have their JOY
of it!-Greensboro Telegram.
a grand jury down. in Georgia has
recommended the printing for gen
eral distribution of the names Of all
taxpayers and the amounts they give
in. We believe this would be emin-
emily wise and effective, or. to speak
more precisely, wise because it would
be effective. If a man when he
gives in his taxes knew that the
amount was going to be exposed fol
the whole world to see he would give
his conscience more latitude and che
result would be a decided increas.
in taxables. One Of the Ioosest feat
ures of government today is the
slack-twisted wa in which the tax
ing is done. We imagine that The
North Carolina corporation commits
sion in it's capacity as a tax commits.
sion is working some reforms i'm the
taxation system of this state but o.
curse it is at present nowhere neal
the root of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Telegram.
1t may add a season of gayety t,
this now dull presidential campaign
for the Gazette-Messenger to an
nounce to an awaiting world, tina
our friend "Bobbie' Lane. forme
populist, has landed at last and ha
found d congenial haven in the so
cialist party just organized for tn
first time in North Carolina at VIII
ston-Salem the past week. At tn
. meeting called last week an entir
state ticket was placed in the field
, w H. Pegram was nominated fo
: governor and F. H. Lindsay for lieu
: liz So1 ~
t Bobbie Lane was honored by bein
made the presidential elector fror
. h first district. We had repeated
heard that our 'Bobbie' since tn
retirement of the populist party I
its merited oblivion. nae been er
|, gagged in ~canvassing the country o
his bicycle distributing socialist Ii
erature, but we did not take tt
matter seriously until we saw he he
blossomed out TO be a full f1edge
socialist presidential e~lector. Wor
!. der how many votes Bobbie will pc
y i'm Beaufort county? We sha
s watch the returns with interest fl
ar Observation-Disclosures Gazett
s Messenger.
Pill Pleasure.
u If you ever took DeWitt's Little Ed
- Iv RiSars For hili0uSpeSS or o0pstio.