The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-22
STATE PRESS.


We told about q certain decree in the
last issue OF this paper which seemed
to be a most exact Illustration OF the
story of the lawyer milking he COW
while The N were pulling with
might and main. the one at her head
and the other at the tail. But in this
case. while the lawyers. by h decree,
get the milk. yet they were liberal
enough to give the IN the larger
share.-Lumberton Argus.
For several weeks past there has
been more war between certain North
Carolina newspapers than there has
been between Russia n Japan. Now
we are concerned to see that Editor
Bailey. OF The Biblical Recorded, and
Editor Furman, Of The Raleigh Post,
| are making ove that indicate a
| reaching for their respective guns, and
all on account Of the Watts law. This
is just about as poo a thing as they
could spill ink over at the present time.
for law is law, and we beg them to de-
sist.-Charlotte Chronicle.
A willing obedience to the compul-
sorry vaccination law. which gOes into
effect tomorrow, will greatly relieve the
strain Of the situation in Durham, and
aid materially in checking and stamp
ing out the disease which has caused
so much talk in our city. The situation
is Frightening. 1t is pretty well in
hand. n physicians are more hopeful.
Let all work together for the last oun
in boxing up the smallpox and getting
it out of our community. The law Is to
be enforced-and everyone who is OPP
posing vaccination might as well make
up their mind to join in cheerfully.-
Durham Sun.
The defeat OF Mr.. Hobson for con-
gress reflects credit on h state Of
A In he mn Tvrarn n-o N 1ran n fan m ony
men of his calibre in the louise Of rep
r~esentatives. 1t was this. lore thar
anything else. that furnished a just
basis for the o BOurke Cockran'S
recent speech. No amount OF rotation
or r~esoluting can compensate for the
fatal blunder of putting small men in
office. And yet they frequently get in.
The getting in office is so largely a
matter of tact ait manipulating h
forces, that a small man tands irst
about an equal chance with nybody
else. We have had recently an exam
pie of this IN the Eighth congressional
district. Mr.. Blackburn was nominal
ed. and yet everybody knows he Is not
to be mentioned in the same day with
Mr.. Price, of Salisbury, or even Mr..
Linney. of Alexander county.-Railgh
Times.
The fools are not all dead yet, and a
ASN VI cAS IL -
even one. here and there. editing a
newspaper. Last week ex-President
Cleveland was asked by a reporter OF a
New York paper hat he thought of
Judge Alton B. Porker. He said he
considered him a very suitable man for
the democrats to nominate for presi-
dent. and that it gave him great pleas
ure to note the general tendency to
concentrate on him.. There upon a
number Of lightweight congressman
and editors got very Wrathy and said
he had ~insulted the six million men who
voted for Mr. Bryan in 1900, and that
Mr.. Cleveland's endorsement would
weaken Judge Parker These people
have become SO accustomed to abusing
the formoSt democrat and foremost citi-
zen of the land, that anything he had
said would have brought forth the
same kind OF a tirade.-Newton Enter
prise
Judge Parker's decisions ON the ques-
lions that V came before the court
Of appeals make interesting reading
just now. Here is n that goes to the
heart OF the matter on the trust Ques-
ton and incidentally smashes the con-
tention about the good trusts: 1.-The
fact that it may be reasonable or un-
reasonable does not affect the rule, as
l understand it. The question is not
what they are able to accomplish
merely by way Of increasing prices be-
yond what the purchaser ought to pay.
but the law assumes that an attempt
by q combination Of persons who get
together to fix prices SO THAT the COM
munity is compelled to pay more than
they otherwise would pay is detrimen-
tai to trade and to the public interests.
1t is not a question OF whether by doing
it they fix the price unreasonably; 1T
Is whether they do it so as to compel
the consumer to pay a larger price h
he would otherwise be compelled to
pay."-Charlotte News.