The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-01

What has become of the republican
cry that Judge Parker could not create
enthusiasm, Our dispatches yesterday
told OF his reception when he entered
a New York theater. b cheering
causing the play to be suspended for
twenty minutes. 1t was resumed again
Immediately after the last curtain fell
and continued until the democratic
candidate was lost to view. We have
not yet noticed that Judge Parker's
leading opponent a created SO much
genuine enthusiasm. He had TO arrange
for the enthusiasm even at the con
yention that nominated him.-Sayap-
nah News.
As I grow older / have earned not
only TO respect and esteem, but TO love
the great qualities which belong tC
my fellow citizens of the
states. They are a noble race. We
may well tax a pattern from them IN
some of the great virtues which make
up the strength as they make up the
glories Of the free states. Their love
OF home, their chivalrous re-pect sor
women, their courage. their delicate
sense of honor. their constancy which
can abide by an opinion or purpose
or an interest for their states through
adversely and through prosperity,
through the years and through the
generations. are things by which the
more mercurial north may take a les
son And there is another thing-cov-
~etousness, corruption, the low tempta-
ton of money, have not yet found any
place in our southern politics.-Sena-
tor Hoar.
The Post has always been and in
tends always to be, fully, heartily,
and gratefully appreciative of the SER
rrion randnrnd m the country hr Prn=i-
dent Cleveland in averting, at grea.
personal sacrifice the imminently
threatened calamity n disgrace oe
currency d~ebasement. Before his first
Inauguration he old his party and the
American people precisely where he
stood on the great question and they
found him there when the time Of trial
came. AS firm as the wall from
which "~StonewalP' Jackson derived
his immortal name, or the rock of
Chickamauga, that is i~ndissolubly as
ISOLATED with the name and fame Of
enera Thomas, Grover Cleveland ad-
hered to the god standard throughout
the tremendous conflict by which the
maintenance Of that standard was as
sured. To him far more than to any
other man belongs the honor of that
Observation-Disclosures Post.
Senator Tillman in a recent speech
on the ~dispensary at Gaffney declared
of the scandals that beset it and prof
fered his aid to do the cleaning. This
is rather late for the patron saint OF
that institution to come forward ro~
its reformation. We recall a time soma
years ago when he was the chief OBJ
stacle in the way of reformation in
that line, but our good and great SEN
ator has experienced many changes Of
, heart since that time and he will lie
cordially welcomed into the ranks of
the reformers. He is late, but better
late than never. Tie dispensary is
about the best solution Of the liquor
problem hat we have ever seen. II
ought to be made wholly good if il
were possible to make such things
wholly good, and if not it ought tc
come as close to that ideal as posi-
bic. There Is room for Improvement
but none Of our statesmen have SEEM
ed able to put the sweep in the RICH.
place. Maybe the pitchfork can d.
better.-Florence Times.
For Mr.. Root to say thai he does
not know the cause of the panic Of 1898
is to assert that he is not a we'll inform
ed and resourceful debater. 1t is COM
mon knowledge that he has attained
high rank as a publicist, lawyer and
administrator. A man of his intel,ec.
tual calibre a efford to be fair and
honest in his dealings with political
opponents. The widespread disaster
the closing of the mills and millions OF
men out Of employment were the con.
sequences of republican legislation
The Sherman silver purchase act de-
stroyed the confidence Of the America
people in their monetary system. l,
was left to President Cleveland to un.
do the legislative folly, to preserve the
gold standard and to restore public
confidence in the nations financial sys
tenn. Mr.. Root knows well enough
that a tariff bill passed in 1894 would
n o cause mills to shut down in 1898
He knows thatthe Sherman silver aci
was at the bottom of all the trouble
In 1898. To make a contrary assertion
as he did at Buffalo, is to reflect upor
the intelligence OF his hearers. Mr.
Root may rest assured that the peopl.
nave too much sense to be caught b,
the cfaff which he dealt to his Bufair
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