The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-09-20
STATE PRESS.

The fact that Mr.. Hearst is to place
Mr.. Watson on the staff of one of his
papers shows that he is still playing
to the same old crowd.-Durham
Herald.
The Georgia soldiers have been crit
icized right and left for a lack of grit
but IL is our opinion that these soldiers
knew exactly what was wanted OF
them.-Durham Herald.
The constitutional amendment was
supposed to settle all political questions
in North Carolina and the people seem
TO have accepted it as a fact, or at
least the spell-binders are finding It
that way.-Durham Herald.
The Wilmington Messenger doesn't [
want Governor Aycock to put the Wiz
mington Light Infantry on duty at
Eliza abethtOwn, when Sellers and
Brown are tried, but it is wrong. The
Wilmington boys are now known to be
true grit and a mob wouldn't be likely
TO monkey with them.-Lumberton
Argus.
.And now Colonel Watterson is being
criticised for mixing his metaphors. In
speaking of the republican idea he
said: Public opinion needs to rise up
on it's hind legs and kick the stuffing
out of it." Very true, meta phorically
speaking, that is little tangled. but
what difference does it make whether
the fore feet or the hind feet do the
kicking g?-Raleigh Post.
Well, to paraphrase the great Lin
coin: For those who like this sort Of
government. this is just the sort of
government they would like" Mr..
Roosevelt leaves no room for hope OF
reform or amelioratfon through the
lesson of experience He stands by
everything he has ever done and
stands for'' everything ne has ever
said. If the people elect him they will
have four years more of 1.-The same
way.'-Durham Sun.
The announcement is made that the
DeForest system of wireless telegraph
has been found to work satisfacto
between Chicago and st. Louis. a dis
tance of over 900 miles, over a section
in which there are numerous electric
| lines and cities with traction systems
This is indeed wonderful achieve
ment and the fact that the company
announces that it will receive CONNER
| cial messages for transmission between
| the cities named is proof that the de-
velopment of the mysterious power has
reached a stage that makes the system
| of commercial Importance on land as
! well as sea.-Charlotte Observer.
Grover Cleveland, whose sins, in the
| minds of many, are still scarlet, was
! the first to make clean. clear cut is
! sue between the gold and silver stan
| dard. Mr.. Roosevelts Dragging at this
| point in his letter all goes for nothing
| when it's known, as the Baltimore
| News says, and as hundreds of us re-
member, that Mr.. Mckinley was as ST
| lent as the grave on this matter til
| the issue was made by Mr.. Cleveland
/ and was we'll out of the woods. 1t is saiC
! well-remembered article in one of tht
| leading magazines shows that Mr.
/ RooseVelt's light did not burn steadily
on this currency business.-Raleigf
| Times.
| What is the Russian warship LEM
doing over on our coast, and what l.
! the object of the three Russian cruiser
| thought to be coming this way? T.
seize cotton being shipped to Japan
| The Fort Worth shippers seem to hav'
that idea as d press dispatch from tha
place this morning says: The pres
ence of a Russian warship at Sal
| Francisco has caused cotton shipper
here TO take out war risks. Much cot
ton is shipped from Texas to Japan
Risks are from 10 to 15 cents per bale.
Those Russian ships have troubl
enough at home. If it is interference
| with Uncle Sans commerce they ar
after they are Matching more of 1t
| Charlotte observer.