The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-11
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White house the price OF cattle is de- |
Ginning. while the price OF meat is ris- |
ing under orders Of the Armour COM
bine, and the w~orkingman's full din
Ter PAIL" Is shrinking more and more
III its proportions.-PhiIadelphia Rec
ord.
Senator Fairbanks has been discuss
ing the wool question. He insists that
a tariff on wool benefits the sheep rails
er by increasing the price of wool, and
in the next breath tells the working
men of the country that a tariff on
wooleE goods cheapens them. NJ
wonder a sheep is afraid of man.
The Commoner.
The roster Of President Rooseyelt's
supporters could not properly be called
complete until this morning. Now, how
ever, that General Jacob Coxey has
come out squarely for the republican
party, all is ready for the progress IL
the polls. AS ne keeps step in the
marching columns, he may possibly
have thoughts of the last army which
he led to the national capital. That
host ended its career by being ar
rested for failing to keep off the
grass This time Mr.. Coxey fnds
himself in distinguished company.
There is the first apostle, DR.. Dowie,
one of the most celebrated of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's adherents. There is
PETER of Kansas. There is marion But
Ter. In short, the party of solidity and
stability, the party whose Herculean
strength alone is able to keep the
American continent from flying apart
and becoming an archipelago, has been
taken up enthusiastically by some of
the most conspicuous of the "cranks'
and agitators who have moved this
country to laughter.-New York Post.
Presidents Roosevelt's signed state
ment in reply to Judge Parker's charge
that the republican party is mortgaged
to the trusts has a fine, strong ring. 1t
reads on it's surface like the indigna-
ton of an honest man disregarding
| presidents and meeting accusations
face to face, like any good, ~self-re-
specting. fighting citizen. That is the
way it ounds That is the way it is
intended to sound; but let us look a bit.
These charges the president speaks Of
We're made ten days g as publicly as
on the day before yesterday. a man
whose conscience is clear and whose
case is good does not lie quiet and 81
lent eight days under uch charges.
He answers his man according to cir
cumstances as fast as he can get to him
or reach the public. The president has
waited so long that his response is in
effective. 1t is a retort rather than an
answer to questions the public asks.
Coming on the last week day, but one
before the election, it looks more like a
politicians trick to catch votes and
applause or a reluctant utterance
forced by public sentiment and the
shadow of defeat than the outbreak of
an honest a intolerably insulted and
outraged. Furthermore, it will be not
ed tina President Roosevelt makes no
specific denials of any specific charge.
He evades direct answer to Judge Par
! ker's direct challenge to have the books
of the two campaign committees open
ed to the public to show whence they
have drawn their funds. The charac-
ter of the statement is SO violent as tc
be indecent, considering the circum-
stance.-Richmond News Leader.
Not since the trial of Cluverius fol-
the murder of Lillian Madison have the
v II l. Pdbl1S OCSh ~ III lAS' =
ested in any criminal prosecution as
they a been interested in the trial oi
ex-Mayor McCue, of Charlottesville
upon the charge of Wife-murder. Tht
chivalry of Virginia revolts at such {
crime. It is bad enough for a faith
less husband to neglect and abuse hi:
loving n dutiful wife, the mother o
his children, but when, smarting undo
her rebukes for his own misconduct
he lays violent lands upon her, choke
her with cruel hands, strikes her dow
with a %bludgeon and then puts a loa
Of shot into her PROSTATE form, h
commits the objectionable crime, TO
which there is but one verdict and on
punishment. The Times-Dispatch ha
been careful not to accuse c o
: his awful crime. In it's news column
it has printed all the evidence bearin
| on the case, that the public might b
; Informed, but in it's editorial columns
has expressed no opinion whatever a
to his guilt or innocence. Nor do W
express an opinion now, for the cas-
has not been finally disposed of. br
: the jury which tried him, after hearin
: the evidence and the argument Of abb
2 counsel on both sides, promptly an
unanimously declared that he wa
:, guilty. 1t only remain for the Cou
of Appeals to say whether or not tn
. trial was conducted according to Law
. There is no doubt that Mr.. McCue ha
i. had a fair trial, and the evidence PIE
h scented by the Commonwealth was,
3 the opinion of an intelligent jury, con
= posed of worthy men from different Sc
. tons of the state, sufficient to prove h
u guilt. Every possible safeguard VIZ
thrown around him, n he had II
benefit Of able ounsel and the FL
- perfection of the law.-Times-Dispatc