The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-19
STATE PRESS.

The age Of ex-senator Davis, dem
ocratic- candidate for vice-president,
seems to be giving the republicans
lots OF trouble. If our side is satisfied
we fail 20 see hat the other fellows
have anything to kick about
GreenvilIe Reflector.
This railroad property "a. and y.
c. is only an incubus in the minds
| of those who are ignorant of it's actu-
al value and condition. 1t is a politi-
cal burden only as it has beer mad so
by those in power TO name men to fill
positions on its line, to whom ii may
have been a burden when the appoint
ments gave out--New Bern Journal.
The directors of the Atlantic and
North Carolina railroad will consider
bids for the lease OF that property at
a meeting to be held IN September
and il is certainly to be hoped that a
satisfactory offer will Oe made and
the matter disposed OF at that time.
The road has always been a s~ource,o r
much trouble and expense and h
sooner the state gets rid of it the
better it will be.-Winston Sentinel.
4 much abused man is chief JUS
tice Walter Clark. but was here ever
one so industrious? He is Just about
completing the state. records, a work
on which he has been engaged for
twelve years. Colonel Olds describes
it a. the greatest work ever attempt
ed by North Carolina He was six
years at work on the regimental his
tories, writing with his own a no
fewer than 1000 letters regarding
them. All this. too. in the midst of
activities which themselves would
have consumed all The energy of the
average man.-Greensboro Telegram.
In what is virtually an endorse
ment Of the position of The farmers
alliance on the Atlantic and North
Carolina lease question. The Green's
boro Telegram says: IF private par
ties can make the road pay, it is a
sad commentary on North Carolina
democrats TO say that they eannot.
They can make it pay Well. faith
is a good thing, Brother Haywood,
but our folks have had a good, long
try at the business, and President
Bryan, a democrat, appointed by a
democratic governor, in his report
practically gave it up as n bad job.
o much longer ought the expert
ment continue Raleigh Post
The selection of his li%eutenants by
Chairman Taggart to manage the
campaign shows wisdom and political
foresight, for which he has been
noted in all his political career, and
shows in the very beginning that the
national committee made no mistake
in selecting him as chairman. We be-
lieve he HI the power in him to make
q great leader and the result in No
vember will prove it. He is preparing
to make a great fight all along the
line, and he is going to keep the chair
maj of the republican national COM
mlttee on the run to keep UP with
him. All IriShmen are natural politi-
clans, n hen they are educated in
politics like Taggart, they become al
most invincible.-Aberdeen Telegram.
There will be general relief in DEM
ocratic circles at the announcement
that the New York Sun has finally de-
cided to support President Roosevelt
in the pending campaign. After de-
voting something like thirty months
to the ridicule, disparagement and
denunciation Of President Roosevelt,
it procIaims allegiance to his
cause and with a straight face, which
commands our admiration, advises the
American voter to aid in his election.
There vas a fear hat The Sun was
about to make another flop and sup
port Judge Parker. HI SUNS sup
port is disastrous. and as it has a hap
Ply faculty for selecting losers the, re-
publican party is welcome to it.
Winston Journal. :
Admiral Schley is out in The Sat
urday Evening Post in an article
which the Santiago contr.-
versy and which is said to haTe caus-
ed much regret in naval circles in
Washington. 1t was thought
Roosevelt took a and in the dispute
and decided that IL was a captains
battle" it was a warning to all naval
officers hat the controversy should be
allowed to die. The Washington Post
says: Political significance is ZACH
ed to the publication Of The article
at this time. Rear Admiral Schley is
a Marylander and a democrat. He
has a great following in that state,
and it's sympathy was radically il, his
favor during the controversy. 1t is
more than probable that any repri-
mand of Rear Admiral Schlay for
publishing this article would nave q
distinct OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES effect in
Maryland" If this Is the case, then
good for Schfeyi-Charlotte ChrOni-