The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-30
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
CURRENT

The Pennsylvania are
bowling that there has been a big
graft at the Worlds Fair. and that
not one-fifth Of the total appropriation
was for the exhibi made,
They raised the same howl, and Justly
at the Time Of the Buffalo exposition
and for II by saying that
Quay needed Ii for campaign
! 1t may be that Israel Durham. Quay's
successor needed the Pennsylvania
pocketbook to help Chairman Cortel-
) you in running the n%ationaf campaign,
One thing is certain, however, and tina,
is that all graft" in the keystone
state did not die with Quay-Sayan-
nah News.
The question of the proyocation
north and south, is not. of course. The
phase of h mob problem which Is
open to discussion. but it is one of the
most interesting phases, made so IA, :
t1cuIarly by the TACT that in such a
large proportion of the cases at the
norlh the crime Of the victim has
not differed in degree from that of the
poor deluded Gotten. the Chicago
str~fke-breaker, who thought that he
had a right TO take a Job that another
man had refused Yet for that he was
set upon by a mob and Ir not immedi-
ately killed, administered a lingering
and living DEATH more horrible than
death itself.-Atlanta Constitution.
The Baltimore American, a staunch
repubifcan p has deserted Roose-
welt and declared for Parker. Ex-
planning its change. The American says
that 1t waited for JuGge Parker's
speech of acceptance before determin-
ing its course and it hesita,es no long
. ar a ftar that laIira g. Iii: =
found mot only sound thought but
high thought; not only common sense
u Judgment and it con-
t1nues. There is a line in an old es-
say which says: Judgment for the
most part ripens very slowly; fancy of
ten her blossoms all at once
We have here the distinction that ex-
plains why the thoughtful people of
the country are turning to the new
democracy. They prefer the Parker
ripeness to Roosevelt blossoms
Charleston Post.
Nobody outside of New York knows
or cares h Murphy and McCarren
are quarreling about, though in q
general way the country understand
that it is something purely local and
far from patriotic. That it is a ques-
ton Of national craftsmanship or
BROAD public policy is, OF course, in
conceivable. Local bosses of this class
care as much about the republics
peace, honor, and prosperity as about
the nebular hypothesis or the cunei-
form inscriptions, and if possible they
think less. What the American peo-
pie see and, without much difficulty,
understand is that the democracy can
hardly be in a position to gOven the
country until it is able to govern it
self. And if that contamination has
been achieved UP to latest accounts the
fact is still a secret for the outside
world.-Washington Posi-.
Additional evidence that the popu-
lists are with the republicans in this
campaign is afforded by the fact that
Two men in New York. described as
d democrats nave announced
the opposition of themselves and their
faction to the democratic ticket, pre-
dieting that 100000 persons, evil
IDENTIFY pOpuliStS, but called tenlighl-
!. ened and absolutely Independent dem
! Ocrats who followed w. J. Bryan
during the last presidential cam
paigns," will not support Parker and
Davis. 1t is predicted that half of
them will vote for Mr.. Roosevelt and a
: quarter will vote for Mr.. Watson. This
prediction is less terrifying thar it
would be if we did not recall The
overwhelming democratic victory
, when the populists gave a million
votes TO General Weaver and the ut
ter democratic defeats when the 1,OOO,-
600 populistS supported h demo-
cratic ticket and drove 1000, 900 dem
ocrats OUT of their party. The pOpu-
lists have now withdrawn, the real
democrats have come back. and the
situation is very much what it was in
1S92,-Philadelphia Record.
Just now New York is experiencing
a peculiar though not unfamiliar out
break of the cruel joking of this kind.
! There have been during the past few
: weeks several instances of murderous
}. : blackmail by a gang of Italians who
j are believed to be banded together
!. : under the name of the BLACK Hand
. ! Just as soon as the fact became
known hat these wretches were
! frightening their countrymen through
m~issiveS couched in terms of bold de-
mand for money under penalty OF
death or loss, the practical jokers
/, took a and in the pastime and turn
ed their. talents into these novel chan
nels. BLACK Hand" letters became
numerous. Many of them bore un-
mistakable evidence. when examined
by the police. of being crude imita-
tons of the Enthusiastically genuine
Matchmaking letters of the gang
Others We're more crafty and added
to the mystery. Now the fake letter:
are in almost daily receipt, until the
pursuit of the real criminals has beer
greatly confused and there is little
hope of catching Observation-Disclosures
Star.