The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-12-06
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Secretary Taft mas arrived in n
ma and promises President Amador
that he will in the mex few days con-
fer on those matters about which dis
cussion has arisen and that ne hopes
ito each a solution full OF honor to
both countries" Let US hope so. In
common with the rest Of the world
Panama looks to Mr.. Roosevelt as the
president OF the square deal
News and Courier.
For years the woman suffrage ad-
vocates have been assuring US that the
granting OF full political privileges to
women would elevate party politics
and tend to purify the ballot. But has
that sort Of thing happened in Colora-
do. where women are vested with the
elective franchise? Our dispatches of
yesterday contained accounts OF women
arrested in Denver and of cases TO be
made against them for corruption and
bribery in connection with The recent
Acknowledgement News.
If President Roosevelt shall carry on.
his announced purpose of visiting the
south next spring. he will doubtless be
received with great respect wherever he
SOSo- Lis bCOp1S oA { I'll Il
already planning for his entertainment
in that city, and in Atlanta. and Bir-
mingham and other southern commu-
mites the presi6 entail tour is looked
forward to with p~leasurable anticipa-
ton If the president shall make a
Journey through the south, it will not
be necessary to make any elaborate
provisions for his protection while he
is in this part of the country. So long
as he is in the south he will be entire
ly safe from insult or injury.-Oharles-
ton News and Courier.
we hope that people in other sections
will not accept Governor Vardaman. Of
Mississippi, as a representative of the
southern gentleman or as an exponent
of southern manners. His reply to the
polite kilograms of President Francis.
Of the ST. Louis exposition, is referred
to in the press dispatches as "sarcas-
tic" We could wish that that was the
worst that could be said of it. But it
must be confessed tina it was rude and
spiteful, and unworthy Of a man occu-
plying Governor Vardaman's position.
Sarcasm has it's uses, and there are
occasions when it is appropriate. But
rudeness is never to be tolerated in po-
lite OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Senator Hale, of Maine, says that he
will do all in his power during the Fiji
ty-ninth congress-until March 4, 1907
to defeat tariff revision. He believes
the country is satisfied to allow pres
! ent prosperous conditions to rest a.
they are" Speaker Cannon, who mas
been a ''stand-patter' in the past, say:
that his. position rs not changed. anc
that the receipts and expenditures will
soon draw together" They will not
Uncle joe unless the republican par
ty abandons its schemes of heavy army
navy and colonial expenditure. At thu
present rate the deficit should amount
by the time limit Mr.. Hale has set tt
$3.50, 900, 900 or more. And the defict
rate tends to increase. If only to ge
money. without regard to the powerful
and growing sentiment for reciprocity
and revenue reform. the republican:
will soon have to undertake some sor,
of fiscal legislation. AS in 1898. lit i:
a condition, not a theory, that confront:
us."-New York World
Although by self-inf1icted wounds the
democracy has ben retired from the i'm.
portant place that the opposition party
ought always to hold and from the use
full service which the opposition ough'
always to render to the nation, let us
all rejoice and be exceeding gald thai
the democratic newspapers, "unshaker
through the strife of storms" undis'
mayed by stupendous defeats, undis'
: couraged by unmerciful disasters, arr
still able to do a good stunt in the way
of advice to the party in power, ane
can. on short notice, put up a grumblt
with a facility which long experience
has rendered a close approach ito per
lection. That SO much of useful capac'
ity has survived a long series of cy
clonic Affections is cause for thankful
ness. Advice from the outs has Otter
checked the indiscretions of the ms. A
nicely modulated grumble has prevent
ed on many occasions a repetition Of fol
ly. The result of the voting on Novem
her Sth would indeed have beer an ir
~remediable calamity if it had included
the suppression of the counselors an
f~aUlt-finderS of the opposition press
Therefore, let them continue to eXal
their horns early and late, for there i
sure to be need of such activities
Washington Post.
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