The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-21
CURRENT COMMENT.

hepuoncans ike Shaw, who are
chanting hymns Of triurngs in advance,
would do well to loo around them
Se~Venty-fve thousand railroad men
nave recently been DISCHARGED In the
north; the New England cotton mills
nave discharged more thousands.
strikes and lockouts are the order Of
the Day In n north M west The
south happily Is prosperous. thanks
not at all to Roosevelt or The republi-
can party. We are quite willing to
nave republican orators prove by sta
tistics in the doubtful states that all
Is rosy sunshine. The facts are known
TO the people there, and they can be
trusted to judge and act according to
their W knowledge.-Montgomery
Advertiser.
1t would appear that MI. Hopkins
mas the best Of that Illinois bargain.
The support OF the state will not Sc
cure the nomination of Mr.. Hearst at
81. Louis, and after the convention will
come h Importance of the control of
the state committee. That is now in
Mr.. Hopkins hands, and he may be
expected to capitalize it to advantage.
1t was a starnge combination, rough
about by the infinite possibilities of
strenuous politics. Hearst and Harri-
son nave a good deal in common on
questions Of public policies; Hearst
and Hopkins comparatively little. The
hght may be renewed at a late day.
and then we may witness a combina-
ton etween Hearst and Harrison for
downing Hopkins. The platform
adopted yesterday is a sort of half
horse, half-alligator affair. and the
ticket nominated so far as the country
at~large is concerned. needs to be in
Observation-Disclosures Star.
Acknowledgement Bell, of Colorado,
lc onTif1a6 IN M 0~aI:S e.
ness. His talk is that of an anarchist,
but at least he disdains hypocrisy.
Probably heaven has not blessed him
with very much brains or with the
power to understand the meaning and
purpose of governments, but he does
not make us sick with babbling apollo
gies ana mushy lies. He says the
western Federation of Miners shall
be crushed, the leaders banished on
pain of death and remaining citizens
forbidden to be members of 1t, and
sums up the whole case thus: eff
there Is no other law. there is at least
a fundamental one that gives the peo-
pie the power to hang one man, send
TO the penitentfary, fine a.,
lesser culprit, and the unwritten power
to impose the lighter sentence of en-
forced departure to other fields on
those who have transgressed no writ
ten law, yet are disturbing elements in
the general peace."-News Leader.
Students of the history of educatfon
are familiar With the time when the
object of collegiate foundation was
solely to train young men foR
the priesthood or Che ministry. The:1
the desirability of general scholastic
culture as a preparation for entry into
the law was recognized, and, lastly, as
a. preparation for entry into medicine.
ministry the laU and medicine
these almost up to our time have been
three learned professions. Except
for the comparatively small number
by the notiogl tina an aca-
demic education was fishing TO gentil-
lty, the vast majority of academic pu-
pills We're destined. in the order named.
for the Surplice, the rose and the
From the three typical Amer
lean universities the greater number
Of graduates now look forward to
business careers or to technical pur-
suits. which are closely related to
The business man OF the
liz America is plairFbh to be a
man of scholastic education This ten !
1ency is likely to a an effect on
asst already has an'effect on
Dur univer4Tes--New York Globe +;
Some f~ar-sighted genius WIZ doubt !
soon make a bid for imnasrtalsty
oy writing aTg historical novel Or a |
comic opera on the renaissance OF tFIei
whipping post He will find plenty Of
material at hand n he caR sprin- |
zle his woTH plentifully with tine !
pert modern instance" Levity aside |
revival Off sentiment in favor OF
his form of punishment in certain
classes of offenses is nothing less than
-emarkable. The abuse incident to
is use in England and Scotland of
middle centuries, the b~arbarous /
of the Russian knout and the |
manner of its use in this
at one: time, bred In active
for its employment in the
minds of the American people. Within
he last few years, however, the trend
IF sentiment is changing In Isolated
instances, which are gradually becom-
ng more frequent and in closer or
nifty. In the state of Delaware the
ash is employed in minor offenses and
My a few days ago a Kentucky justice
its public application in the
case of a young negro, who had been
guilty of an act of rowdyism. Here in
Atlanta, while no" such official irst1tu-
ion as the whipping post has been
established, its practical equivalent
has been authorized by Judge Broyles
as an alternative in the punishment
Of petty crimes. So far, too, as can
be gagged at present with accuracy the
effect has been salutary in al the re-
cent ~nstanc ciCe6.-Atlanta ConSti- |