The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-01-26
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! M. Bryan has again planted himself
sulenly athwart the path of democratic
progress His speech at Lincoln .asr
night was a defiant challenge. TIL
whole Kansas City platform. silver
madnes and all, - his ultamatumL II
IS a old 'ihold-up" of his party which
Mr. is ATTEMPTING: The result
must De TO put an end To the Effort
winch n sane leaders Of his party
nave been making to live and work
with this man. They have been for
some time treating him, as Izaak Wal
ton urged fishermen to use a frog
"tenoerly. as IL they loved him" 1t
had been said that Mr.. Bryan was
growing reasonable" that he was
really willing to subordinate PERSONAL
vanity to the success Of the party; and
that some working basis could be ar
rived at with him That applicant he
mas now upset He makes no conceal
ment OF his purpose to ruin his party IL
he cannot rule it.-New York Post.
Several days ago, the Boston Globe
quoted ex-Mayor Van Wyck, of New
York as saying that his preference as
democratic candidate for the presidency
was Grover Cleveland, and that he be-
leVed that the party could win with
Cleveland as its leader. More recently.
The Philadelphia Record printed a spe-
III LA ~ ~dS Sa4N
that sentiment for Cleveland had been
growing rapidly OF late among western
democrats James H Ecke.s, fOrmer
comptroller of the currency, and now
president of h Commercial National
bank of Chicago. said that Mr.. Cleve-
Land was growing in strength every
day in Illinois, and hat if he were NOM
mated thousands of Independent repub-
Leans would vote for him. John P.
hopkins. who o controls he demo
cratic organization in that state, said
that If the convention should nominate
Cleveland. Illinois would give him a
majority. John R. Walsh, proprietor of
The Chicago Chronicle. the lead .ng
democratic newspaper of the city, be-
lieves that Cleveland can win. and said
that for every democratic vote CIeve-
land might lose, he would gain two
republican votes. MIR. Cleveland has
done all that he could to put himsef
out OF the race. but it is manifest that
there is still a strong sentiment in ia
yor of his nomination and if the con-
vention should fall into a deadlock. he
might carry the convention by sto. m.
whether or not he was a candidate.
We do not believe that this will hap
but 1t is at least within the range Of
political possibilittes.-T Dispatch.
Manitoba is a province in Caneda
not a great deal larger than South
1t has few railways and
poor wagon roads. 1t is frozen I'D s x
months of the year, the temperature
gong to % below zero. Yet the COM
missioner of Immigration of the Do
minion government reports that I22 141
immigrants settled in Manitoba during
the aln months ending September got
last, n that Al, 900 of these were from
the United States. During the sam
months the previous year d,490 immi-
grants settled in Manitoba, %, 200 be ng
from this country That was the re-
suit OF very energetic work" by the
Canadian government to induce immi-
grafton. She secured the best ass
people who had some money and VIII
expect to work. What could no. the
south accomplish if the laws We're en-
forced and active effort made to people
the waste places with Industrious
Thites!-CO1umbia State
Senator Quay's owl-like eyes must be
blinking with amusement and s1tisflc-
ton these days. Quay is a SD lsman
from first to last, and doesn't care who
knows it. He believes in & abiding
everything In sight. and if thsra i
nothing in sight when a useful man
wants a job. in making a new office for
him n paying the cost out Of the pub
lie funds. This policy has made Quay
h boss Of Pennsylvania. in which 20
sition he is apparently invulnerable.
President Roosevelt was formerly q
civil service reformer, one of the i'm
patient, strenuous kind that wanted to
see the Spoils system swept into the
sea between breakfast time and unch.
But now that he has g. topheavy preSi-
Dental boom on his hands, for which
aid is needed badly and at once, the
former civil service reformer has gone
to this spokesman for help S;nator
Quay. according to The Philadelphia
papers is now giving the president the
greatest comfort he is receiving, and
the president is leaning heavily upon
the senator.-Savannah News.
Mr.. Hearst has announced that he
Will start a, daily in st. Louis
in time for the democratic national
convention. Mr.. Bryan will take The
Commoner there and run it daily dur
ing the convention The personal
political handful in the disguise CT a
newspaper is highly popular with
presidential aspirants nowadays. The
power of the press is great, but it
diminishes in proportion as it serves
personal ends and ambitions Mr..
| Bryan has made his way by the force
of his own individuality, while Mr..
| Hearst stands for nothing but the
power of immense inherited wealth.
Between the two, as possible presi-
| Dental candidates, give us Bryan every
| time.-NorToSk Landmark.
Don't Worry.