The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-04

Mr.. Bryan told The Tfmes-Dispatch.
in Richmond. the other day. that there
was absolutely no common ground
upon which they could meet and that
the line of cleavage went to the bot
tom between them The Times was a
gold paper. The Dispatch was a silver
paper. The Times-Dfspatch claims TO
be a democratic paper. We do not know
that the fact of his candidacy has given
Mr.. Bryan the right 10 read The Times
Dispatch out OF the party.-Charlotte
News.
The case of the men charged with
the killing of Insurance Agent Jones
at Wilson last week was disposed of
in the superior court at that place by
compromise. and as usual in important
criminal cases in North Carolina these
days, justice went TO the wall and an
outrageously cowardly murder is prac-
tically unavenged--Statesville Land
mark
itor Josephus Daniels. OF The News and
Observer. went to Greensboro Saturday
to join Mr.. William j. Bryan, there
and accompany him to Raleigh where
he delivered a lecture Monday night
Exchange. But we notice from the pa
pers that the Governor, Trueasurer
Lacy and probably others were out of
the city when Mr.. Bryan made his
speech. We take it hat this was only
a coincidence. and was brought about
by previous engagements."-Louisburg
Times.
The governor we are sure is anxious
to lease the property if he can get a
proposition satisfactory to himself. 1t
is to be hoped that the present compli-
cation will result in such a proposition
as will be satisfactory to the private
stockholders and the state-just to
both-and at the same time will bring
about such new construction or extern
sion as will not only enchance the val
ue of the Atlantic and North Carolina
road to the section. but to extend the
benefits to other sections. In the mean
time neither the militia, the fire depart
ments nor the police will be called out,
no declaration OF war on the United
States government will be made, nor
need any corporation now doing bust
ness take to the wood because of any
seeming haste OIL the part of Judge
Purnel in appointing a receiver on the
petition of a Observation-Disclosures Post.
We sy mpathize with Representative
Small in his disappointment over the
failure or the engineering authorities
or the government to recommend to
congress the $4,000, 900 appropriation
advised by the surveyors for the con-
struction OF an inland waterway from
Norfolk to Beaufort Inlet. Our Wash
ington correspondent intimates oda
that the jealousy of the interests which
are orkin for a canal from Chicago
to the Mississippi river is believed to
be, in a large degree. responsible for
the failure of Mr. Smalls project. This
is 70 be regretted, if it is c~onclusively
proven. ~Sectionalism should not be al
lowed to place stumbling blocks in the
path of progress.-Asheville Gazette
News.
No one is more severe on Mr.. Will
liam Jennings Bryan than Mr.. Alfred
Henry Lewis, who claims to be a friend
n something of an admirer of the
| Nebraska orator. Mr.. Lewis has an
article in this weeks Saturday Evening
| Post under the title of Democracy and
its lago." Among other things it is
alleged that Mr.. Bryan's present policy
is rule or ruin. and 1t is charged that
when Mr.. Crisp was UP for election
as speaker of the house, Mr.. Bryan
voted against him because he was an
eX-confederate soldier.-Winston Senti-
mel.
Mr.. Cleveland. in an article written
for The Saturday Evening Post, says
that he is "one of those who believe
that there is an opportunity for demo-
| cratic success in the coming president
| tial election" We believe that among
| democrats tnere is practlcalIy an unan-
imous agreement On this subject. There
is an oppOrtunity-an opportunity
which. by theexercise of plain, everyday
common sense. can be developed into a
certainty.-Durham Sun.
Whatever the ate Of the receiver
ship question in this particular mat
ter. the action of Judge Purnell has
given. cause for the gravest alarm
to every corporation in the state. If
q d~isgruntled stakeholder, or one with
a. axe to grind, can fix any corpora
ton III which he owns stock that may
have been purchased for the purpose,
and without a hearing can have the
corporation thrown into the hands of a
receiver. then there is no safety for any
of them. 1t is this sort Of thing tina;
has made the federal courts in the south
feared and hated, for their unjust
usurpation of power.-Charlotte News