The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-03

The south, the home of the majority
Of democrats in Washington, is socially
very dinerent from the north, but If the
soclaI machinery at the capital were in
democratic hands for q sufficient length
OF time. the sectional division would
count for nothing, IL, indeed, IL did not
actually favor the democratic end.
since the cultivated south the
north in social charm--Collier's Week
ly.
Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, widow of the
late Senator Hearst OF California and
mother OF the yellow kid, William
Randolph Hearst, has caused quite a
stir In Washington by the
ment that she a no longer contribute
TO the support of educational move
rnents in Washington to which she has
long been giving most literally. She
states that the withdrawal of her boun-
ty is due to the fact that she is no Ion
ger financially able to make the con-
tributions to which she has been ac-
customed. 1t looks as if little Willie
has been drawing too deeply on the
material purse to run his yellow news
papers and his yellow candidacy for
president. And he can hardly count
on support OF the educational folk who
are to lose his mothers bounty
Charleston Post.
What will Mr.. Roosevelt do IL return
ed to the White house? His election
would mean practically a second term.
He would not then be controlled hv
the restraining effect which the de-
sire for another term has hitherto exer-
cised upon him. Considering that Mr..
Roosevelt has been trying to avoid
wild policies in his previous presi-
Dental career, considering that he
Panama grab and the Crum appoint
ment n the pension order are the
products of his probationary SER
vice, what may be expected of him If
he goes back into the presidential
chair with the Endorsement of the pub
lie INT with the letters Of caution re-
moved?-Norfolk Landmark.
The reported uneasiness in democrat
ic circles about Bourke Cockran's free
trade utterances is not very creditable
to those who feel it. They ought to
know that Mr.. Cochran does not make
issues, nor give influential interpreta-
ton to issues made by others. 1t may
be true for the moment that Mr.. Cock
ran would il he could put the country
upon a free trade basis. But what
does that signify? Why should that
cause any alarm? He is as near to the
power to change the courses Of the
stars as to the power to do that. Be-
sides, he may not be of the same opin-
ion next year; or of a disposition to
enunciate it. The republicans in the
coming campaign can make little il
anything out of MI. Cockran's opinions
on any subject, and they may not try.
Washington Star.
President Baer continues to blame
the Lord for the high prices of coal.
He told the Interstate Commerce COM
mission the other day that The Lord
created the physical conditions which
prevailed at the mines during the win
ter of 1902-03 and was thus responsible
for the high price of coal" He added
that this statement might surprise and
shock the people OF the country, but it
was nevertheless true. He Is the man
who, at the time of the great strike,
declared that Providence had placed
the coal deposits in the hands of the
operators and hat they were response
BILE to that Power alone for their acts.
Mr.. Baer must get a lot of comfort, as
well as cold cash, out of his religion. |
Meanwhile he continues to hold the
price of coal at high figures, placing
the responsibility upon Providence
Savannah News ;
There is certainly a comic element in
tlAIS ioSCot SSS VA SSta
tors upon the White house. They have
gone, unless their own discreet leakings
betray them, to demonstrate with the i
president for taking everything into
his own hands. Aldrich and Kean and
Fairbanks and the others are panied to
find the campaign cut and dried-not
by their own hands. Here Is Mr.. Cor
telyou announced as national chairman, |
though the convention is still four
weeks away, and the nation committee
has not even met, to say nothing OF
organizing. Platform and the nominat-
ing speeches have received the White
house wise. 1t Is more than limited,
besides, that the president is going
into the paddock to pick out his own
running mate. All this, protest the
grieved senators, tends to degrade the
national convention very nue. to the
condition of the sturdy beggar who
told the magistrate that he did some
work fifteen years ago" Yet why
should the senators be filled with dis
may at seeing the president display
the qualities for which they have
praised him? Have they not written
countless platforms and made endless
speeches in laudation of his fearless
energy, his powerful grasp OF public
affairs, his bold Initiative, his in1exi-
BILE resolution in getting the th.ny
done? Really, the one who is entitled
to be surprised is, not they, but Mr..
Roosevelt himself.-New York Post.