The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-07-22
STATE PRESS.

| Uuder the Cleveland administrations
| the south was represented as part IL
| the American country and had part In
| the management Of the nations bus
| fness. Since the "old sheriff left the
| White house the south has as far as
| these things are concerned been out OF
| the count as much as the Philippines
| Concord Tribune.
| The moral forces OF the state
| seem to be forming ranks In many OIL
! the counties and they doubtless intend
| TO do battle with the morally stunted"
| in the democratic county conventions,
| with especial reference to the nomina-
i ton of candidates for the legislature
| II they get sufficient number of their
| men through. the conventions the pres
| ent loose divorce laws" of North Car
| DINA will have short shift. And there
| are other problems they will tackle
| Raleigh Times.
Those republican papers in this state
| who are talking SO glibly and gleefully
| about campaign issues are doing well
| TO have their fun now. When the cap
| tain of the host, Robert 3. Glenn, gets
| his guns in battle array and the firing
starts ii will be another case, OF the
Irshman who laughed at the prospect
| of great fun in rubbing the bulls nose
| in the dirt. When he picked himself
up on the other side of the fence and
| limped away he was mighty glad he
he had his laugh first.-Raleigh Post.
The democratic party is united again.
The nomination of Parker and Davis
by the convention last week brought
them together. The two wings Of the
party led by Grover Cleveland and Will
liam J. Bryan have accepted the plat
form and pledged their support to Park
er and Davis; and this they did after
Judge Parker's famous telegram, de-
claring that if elected he would regard
the money question as settled, was
made public. The platform, while not
perfect meets the approval of the party;
ton makes it much stronger with the
people than it would have been without
it.-WarrentOn Record.
The republican party is strongly en-
trenched in power in national politics
| It stands as the representative of the
| aggregations Of capital and the highly
protected trusts. Yet there is fight
| ing chance for democracy, for there is
| practical unity and harmony in its
ranks. The democratic nominee for
president inspires the highest respect,
| while the republican nominee signifies
l. uncertainty, impetuosity, uneasiness
and disturbance. Judge Parker is
clean,) simple, able, honest and standing
on a strong, yet conservative platform
he stands the best chance, as we see 1t
nov, Of election Of any democrat in
| many years.-Ashebiro Courier.
Some of the colored people Of Mary
land are disposed to bitterly resent the
! new Jim Crow car law in operation in
| that state, and have to be forcibly
elected from the waiting rooms and the
white apartments on steamboats, and
| railroad cars. In fining one of thesa
offenders, the presiding judge said: 1T
must be understood that this law must
| be explicitly obeyed. A law similar IG
| it has been declared constitutional by
| the highest court in this land, and clti-
zens must remember that infractions of
| it will be punished" The colored peo-
pie who defy this law only bring
| trouble on themselves. 1t would be the
| better plan for them to quietly submit
| to its provisions, which they will be
| compelled to do in the end.-Charlotte
| Chronicle.
| Nothing proves more conclusively
| that old Senator Platt. Of New York,
| was right when he said, a few months
| ago, that the democratic party had
| again become sane and dangerous,
| than the st. Louis conventions vote on
| John Sharp Williams proposition to
| assure Judge Parker that his financial
| views were known and acceptable TO
| the convention. Against the Williams
| proposition there were only 191 votes.
| and these came from Western States
! in which the democracy has no hope
| anyway Especially gratifying is the
| southern vote in favor of the message
| to the noninee-thus: Alabama, 22;
| Arkansas, IS; Georgia, "a; Louisiana.
| Is; Mississippi, 20; North Carolina "a;
| South Carolina, IS; Tennessee, "a; Ken
| lucky, 26; Virginia, "a; West Virginia.
| Il: Texas, 36. The Florida delega ton
| gave six votes in favor of the message
| to four against any action. The record
| Is good enough.-Charlotte Observer.
| 1t is singular how some able and
| distinguished democrats who are sin,
| cere foes of all special privilege,
become timid when considering or
writing tariff planks in platforms.
They seem to get -'rattled" and to fall
| down when the time comes to make a
| plotform reclaration. This timidity
| and distrust of the party's best and
| most popular creed cannot be under
stood by students of political history
| The whole argument is with the ad-
| yocates of "a tariff for revenue only
| if they only have the wisdom and the
| courage to bravely and aggreSsively
stand for it. The only good tariff law
| ever placed on the statute books since
| this country possessed diversified IN
| dustries was the Walker tariff of 1S46.
1t was framed on the line of tariff
1 for ryenue only" and wnen 1t went into
operation it's opponents freely predicted
that it would retard the manufacture
ing growth and prosperity of the
United States. AS a matter or fact
according to Mr.. Blaine In his Remi-
| niscences, the country never proSpered
so as under the Walker tariff and the
increase of wealth was more generally
| diffased.-News and Observer.