The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-19

The Very Rev. Hensaey Hens,n. Can
On az Westminister. has raised q storm
IN church circles BY his d~eclaTafaons
| upon b Bible. The very fict that
80 many OF our people are prepared
| to acquiesce In what they hear from
h lectern." he sayB. q even believe
THAI in some way or other what they
hear il dfvfnely true, makes the pres
ent fnd1scr1minate reading OF the Bible
In public an extremely peziDous proceed
ing" But IL the preachers Keep on
drawing such fine lines It Will be a
enough, since the empty pews in the
| churches won't be seriously affected
by the readinSs-Charieston Times
It Is not clear that there Is any
thing in the nature of campaign mater
ial for either party in the discussion
OF the negro question that has been
under way in congress. The truth
Is that so far as the mass OF voters
is concerned the negro Is no longer an
issue. The south has gotten rid OF
him in policies by the state constitu-
tional amendments and is going TO stay
rid of him, and north is TOW CIV
ing him the cold shoulder in a. matter
that shows hat section Is getting
heartily tired Of him and is going by
some means or other to eliminate him
from the political field.-Richmond
News Leader
It's a poor rule hat won't work
both ways, and President Hill, OF the
Great Northern Railway company.
now proposes to max use OF the law
defined and established in the recent
merger decision to keep the Union Pa
ciic Railway company from getting
control OF h Northern Pacific. The
psanflarnan uyhnSQ iQv in life IS ClDnGS-
ed to lie in going UP and down the
earth with eyes TO what they may
be able to merge are not slow 10
take advantage Of the law, when he
law Is on their side. AS an independ-
ent system the Northern Pacific would
not be nearly so dangerous a rival to
Mr.. Hill as if Mr.. Hartman and the
Union Pacific Railway company die
tated it's policy. 1t was something Of
a blow to Mr.. Hill when the decision
| of the United States supreme court
anent the Northern Securities merger
was announced as confirming the de-
cision Of the circuit court which first
handled the case. Now he seems to be at
least enough ~reconciled to 1t to be able
to use the very weapon which brought
about his own Observation-Disclosures Journal
The SOLDERING effect upon President
I Roosevelt Of the certainty that Judge
Parker is to be the democratic cam
dfdate against him is very apparent.
For the first time in his career Nh.
Roosevelt made an anti-jingo speech
last week. He warned an asgemblage
of editors and publishers against
wounding the sensibilities of foreign
nations-not specifying, however, Tuc
key on the republic OF Colombia! He
has restored. the MayfIower to the ma
val service and caused an
explanation to be made Of her use as
t Presidents yacht" And he has
shown a very proper sensibility to the
imputation of fayoritism in the aIleg-
ed Interference to shield his brother
iu-Iaw, Captain Cowles, which he oon-
Spfcuously lacked in his persistent ef-
forts to advance his chum DIR. Woon
to a majOr-generalShip and to promote
Colonel Mills. Thus the mere prOspec-
tive nomination of a strong candidate
against Mr.. Roosevelt has already JUS
titled the wisdom of those who urged
it. II there We're a prospect that
either MI. Bryan or a demagOgue of
his type would be the choice OF the
democrats would the president feel the
necessity OF putting any restraint upon
his fmpetuous and arbitrary disposi-
tion?-New York World.
DR.. Simon N. Patten, Professor Of
Political Economy in the University Of
Pennsylvania, .belives that the wife
should be a wage Garner as well as her
husband. He holds this view not az
a theory, but as a basic principle of
economy. But Z in it's application he
would limit it to the middle classes,
The whole social problem would be
solved said DR.. Patten. in discussing
the economic position OF the home in
society. were the wife to become an
income producer. OF course I refer tor
the young married couples Of the mid
die classes, where each before mar
rage was earning SO or s12 a. week.
I believe that each should continue a
wage Garner until the husbands in
come increases to such a point. say,
$40, when the wife can add more to
he utility Of his money by withdraw
ing from the wage producing class"
This doctrine is both impracticable
and mischievous. 1t is impracticabie
because when a woman marries a hus-
band and undertakes to discharge the
duties OF wife and mother and mistress
Of a household, she cannot be expected
to go out into the business world and
earn money. II she does so, she may
increase the family income. but she
will do 1t at the expense Of her duties
at home. She cannot possibly be a
good housewife and earn money on the
outside.-Tfmes- Dispatch.
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