The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-23
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
CURRENT

The last and most complete pro-
nouncement by the republican stand
ard-bearer will disappoint hosts OF the
president s longtime admirers, since it
lacks both the st~renuousness of con-
viction and the unquestionable assur-
ance Of his position which have always
hitherto marked the utterances OF the
man, Theodore Roosevelt. Regarded at
its best, il would be. il it were not in
SO many of its statements so easily
refuted, a powerful campaign docu-
ment. AS il is, with all its defects. il
will be commonly represented and used
by the party's managers-Philadelphia
Ledger.
The state convention can name a
ticket TO please individuals, which will
drag Judge Parker down TO defeat
continues Mr.. Lamont, "or il can assert
itself, despite the likes and dislikes OF
men and claims of sections, and put in
nomination a ticket that when named
will mean an election and give spirit
to the national campaign" There Is
the situation in a single sentence. Win
the real leader of the democratic party
accept the full responsibility OF his
position and brush aside the small pol-
ticianS that menace democratic success?
That is now the question OF paramount
Importance in the campaign.-New YORK
World.
Alas and alack, Gaffney has backslid.
a year or more ago there was a big
revival in Gaffney and a result of il
the opera house was closed and there
was much talk Of turning it into a Y.
NJ. c. A. hall, but the plan languished
| after the r~evivafist left and the devil
came creeping back into the city which
had been swept and garnished. Now,
w%hisperit gently, the play house is to
be reopened and the editor of the news.
paper is to be the manager of it. We
| Judge by this that he has completely
lost the strain of fine game chickens
| that he used to raise before that wave
of modification struck the town.
Florence Times.
A couple of thugs attacked a re-
rorter of The Columbia State a few
Gays ago and in a cowardly manner
beat him. The cause for the attack
was that the reporter wrote a news
story about police court proceedings,
mentioning the name OF one OF his as
sailantS in connection with a tender
loin escapade. That worthy. perhaps a
simile of that class of we'll clad, jewel
begnttered men of the world who are
found in every city of consequence, was
offended. His finer susceptibility to
gentility and the amenities of the occa-
sion forbade the use of his name in
l CollIlCSlloh WIN "
print. But his name appeared. and he
and his comrade disappeared from
the capital city after FORGETTING a SEC
bond each. No reputable newspaper
will allow it's help to be bullied by this
class Of society, an idle, loafing. licen-
tious lot, who prey on the community
and assert a 'Satinllned vest respecta-
bility.-News and Courier.
We were taken sharply to task re-
Gently by some of u republican and
independent contemporaries because we
insisted that Mr.. AEdicks, OF Delaware
was a political associate. and friend o.
Mr.. Roosevelt. We were accused of al
manner of uncharitablenesS because Of
what we said at hat time by organs
that profess to be convinced that ths
president is still the immaculate person
in politics that he was during the DAY:
of his most ardent professions of mus
wumpery. For our W part we are
inclined to the belief that Mr.. RooSe'
welt is so hopelessly a poseur in princi
piles that he has no political conviction!
that are not at all times subServlen
to his private interests. He has beer
a tariff reformer n he is now a rock
ribbed protectionist. He was once
mugwump and he is now a most bla'
tant and Incorporate partisan. He wa!
formerly an advocate of civil service
reform and he is now a spokesman o.
the. spoilsmen. He has, indeed, at on
time or another been everything tina
he now is not. The only thing in which
he has beer stable was in being a mar
wholly taken up with himself and hi
own purposes, n one VINO IS eve
ready to purchase power at any price
News and Courier.
The Scared Man must henceforth b.
the political nickname Of Governor
Chairman Odell: and if Blaine as tn
Tattooed Man killed the national tickle
in 1884, Odell. as the Scared Man, ma.
well be the death of a state ticket jus
twenty years later. AS a result of tn,
fights in Thursdays convention, tn
Observation-Disclosures is SCARED from
head to foot: but the most serious
wounds are those of the two chief Wit
rio~l-throwers. William A. Prendergas
of Kings county and AssemblymaI
James T. Rogers of Broome. The.
hurled their bottles of acid with fata
accuracy that their victim is sufferin!
from burns too broad and deep eve
to be healed or to be plastered over
Mr.. Prendergast fatty accused the Gev
ernor-Chairman of perfidy in promisin:
an open convention" and secret.
packing it for Higgins; made a pointet
reference to the spider and the fly
and added, The only open featurt
disce-nible is the trapdoor through
WHICH Gel ldIll CdilOludlCS udNC DSNl COII
tumeliously hurried."Mr Rogers, thougl
his words, were softer, was at hear
: scarcely less savage. His defence o
Senator Plat was, from the point o
view of a machine worker, nothing les
+ than a. taunt that Odell had been guilt
of the lacke ingratitude. Platt 1
now scarcely more h a name, blu
the men who have felt The weight o
, Odell's hand will very cheerfully stan
> aside for a few weeks and let IN
, Scared Man elect his own tickle
Meanwhile the opportunity of the demo
Gratis is obvious and inviting.-Ne,
York Post.
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