The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-16
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
STATE PRESS.

After all there may b q fusion CT
the Democratic and Populist forces N
Nebraska, as overtures have. been
made by leaders of the former party.
IL such ar alliance Is effected it viii
denote a strong Bryan influence, for
no Democrat who o part in the re-
OF organization at St Louis could con-
sistently c~ountenance such a move.
-Asheville Gazette-News.
After a protracted session, following
a hot contest between several of the
strongest men I'm Western North Caro-
lima, Hon. Will 9. NewIand, OF Cald-
well county, has been named as The
Democratic candidate for Congress in
the Eighth district. 1t required sew
enty-eight ballots to determine the
winner, but the fight was between non
orable Democrats, and every blow
was above the belt.-News and OBJ
server.
Vest, voorhees, and Vance for many
years made up a triumvirate in the
senate hat stood for viriIity, virtue,
vigilance. When they lived the three
VS." as they were called. could always
be relied upon to vote for the true in
terests OF the people. Though they
were long in public life. not one CT
them became rich, though they lived
in an era when not a few public men
or a salary of five thousand dollars
mysteriously accumulated fortunes Of
more than a million dollars.-News
and Observer.
We hasten to assure our friend Cad
dell of the Raleigh Times that we
nave no intention of defending the act
of a preacher in ~dedicating a saloon,
either on .its w account or by fr-
relevant comparisons with other forms
of evil" Neither do We intnd to en-
dorse the sale Of liquor by Christians,
or the holding OF prayer meetings to
aid in adopting amy form of selling
whiskey. We regard all such business
as sacriligious. We have no contro-
versy with The Times about it, but
that paper gave the opportunity and
We asked a simple question, which has
not been Observation-Disclosures Post.
Speaking of the death of Senator
vest, The New York Evening Sun says
that lin the Senate he was pointed out
as one OF the few surviving members
or n Confederate congress and he
was a mine OF story and information
about the rise and fall of the confed-
eracy. It is much to be regretted
that he did o turn historian, for ne
had the literary qualification n was
quent Of men," Ely Mr.. Vests failure
to do this, the public undoubtedly has
lost much. 1T is a pity that the ex-
actions OF Mr.. Vests public life pre-
vented the possibility of him turning
his attention to historical Matters
Charlotte Chronicle.
In accordance with the belief that
he battle for the Presidency must be
fought in the East, the Democra. tic
National Executive Committee at its
first session in New York City, decided
fo0f 10 orNor a hro mol 81 ~ rfor~c N,
the West as the Republicans have
done The significance of this decis-
ion is obviously, that from the e
ing Of the campaign after the nOtifca-
ton of Judge Parker, the efforts of the
National Committee will be concen-
trated in the East. This does not
lean that the west is to be neglected
however, for the committee considered
favorably the selection OF an advisory
committee Of five persons representing
h debatable states of the West, who
will have full sway in that section
Winston Journal.
The president has always been a be-
lever in var and he has the greatest
contempt for anyone VINO is not at all
times ready to shoulder a III and go
to the front. 1t often happens thar
matters can be settled by arbitration
and thus save great waste, both Of
lives and money, but the Roosevelt idea
is to wade in and fight it out. In his
life of Thomas H. Benton the president
says: "Ruffianism was really not one
whit worse in it's effects than was the
case with certain universal peace and
non-resistance developments in north
eastern states. In fact, it was more
healthy. A class of professional non
combatants is as hurtful to the health
full growth of a nation as a class of
fire-eaters: for a weakness or folly is
nationally as bad as a vice or worse,
and in the long run a Quaker may be
quite as undesirable a citizen as =
duelist. Lexington Dispatch.
The Caucasion, of Raleigh, has the
following editorial: THE moSt comical
thing that We have ever seen, is the
attitude OF Tn Charlotte Observer and
certain other Democratic ape since
the nomination of Judge Parker
They are making appeals to a certain
class of independent Democratic aro
Republican voters to vote for Parker
on the ground that no matter if Par
ker is elected President, n II a DEM
ocratic House should be elected witt
him, that yet the Senate would Still
be safely Republican and Therefore M
harm could be DONE. las a political
| argument, this takes the cake" TIL,
| only thing the matter with this is tha-
| the promise is wholly wrong
| The Observer has never taken any
| such attitude as charged here to it
Tt has already repudiated-this senti
ment but none of those who have at
tributed it to it has had the grace tt
offer a correction and it Is not expected
that The Caucasian will do better thai
the others. Tt is a proverb that whel
a certain thing gets q start a certain
other thing will never overtake it
But in this case it makes no great dit
ference-let it go-yes, it takes tn
cake" this Caucasian editorial does.-
Charlotte Observer.
Is Consumption Durable?