The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-04

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proper steps TO rid her borders OF the
lynching evil. Her authorities have
delved into the recent outrage upon Jaw
and order at Huntsville, indicted a
score or more OF men for completely In
the crime. and are now energetically
pursuing the state troops by whose neg
figence. or cowardice, or whatever term
may be applied TO their conduct. the
mob was allowed to get the negro pris-
oner. The court OF inquiry appointed
20 investigate the affair has reeom-
mended the dismissal Of the OF
militia that was on duty at the jail.
stating in plain English that the troops
were worthless as protectors of law
and order This is harsh punishment
for southerners who wear the uniform
of their country and are under oath TO
uphold its honor and integrity. Yet IL
is just punishment il the facts reported
from the scene or the night of the
lynching are correct. 1t has been stat
ed the soldiers took refuge unde beds
and behind doors when the mob came
n demanded the victim.-Atlanta
Journal.
The conditions under which the pend
Ing presidential campaign opened were
a positive assurance that it would be
exceptionally and decidedly quiet, and
the various incidents of its progress
thus far have emphasized that guaran-
tee. Judge Parker's letter has created
somewhat or a disturbance of the
soporific tranquility, but it mas not
stirred UP a great excitement or Great
ed an intense and a~ll-pervading inter-
est. Nor could it have been possible for
Judge Parker, Or any other man in his
place, to write a letter that would have
accomplished so magical a transforma-
ton as that. All that any close observ.
er of the situation could have had rea-
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ter will result from Judge Parker's ad-
dress: but. all the same. the canvass
VIII continue to be comparatively
J apathetic. No ever the hurting Of bat
falions or brigades of spellbinders into
the field will produce results suggestive
of 1910. 1860. 1896. or any other greatly
! exciting canvass.-Washington Post.
OF all un-American ideas. this suppo-
sition that the government of 5000, 900
Fflipinos can be carried on under a hat,
n that 80. 200. 900 Americans are not to
be allowed TO say what they think of it,
is a little the most preposterous. Ii our
rule in Manila will fail because a man
in Kalamazoo publicly talks about it,
then fail it must. A1most anything can
be done with Americans except to make
them shut UP And the joke of it is
that it is precisely the most valuable
, president we ever had who wants his
countrymen to hush The thing cannot
be done. Americans will freely speak
their minds about all matters of public
concern, let it be dese-RooSeve1t or not.
why, o cannot have a meeting of the
American Bar Association without hav-
ing the Philippine question discussed.
Its president al st. Louis yesterday
roundly condemned the republican poll
|. cy towards our subject peoples, saying
that it must be corrected or else there
will ho a danar tura from C0n0titrti0naJ
methods n principles which will be
revolutionary in its nature, and lead
us to an Imperialism which Is incOn-
sistent with republican-democratic in
stitutions." According to the Roosevelt
Wright doctrine. h president of the
Bar Association is no better than a
traitor.-New York Post.
We need an awakening of public
spirit. If half the time that is wasted
in twaddling over ward politics were
given to action in the public interest
we should have a clean, progressive,
orderly community in every city. We
should no be turning our children into
the streets for lack of schools. nor sub
nit to be thwarted> i'm our travel and
our trade, for years at a time, by the
dawdling and bungiing Of political con-
tractors. We should be treated with
respect by our own police and served
! promptly by our commissioners and
clerks. We should hold all companies
enjoying a public to the letter
! of their contracts. Have We become SO
eager for our own dollar that we. have
ceased to care how the public dollar is
spent? If so. the case is hopeless. We
rise as one man to defend the nation
| when il is asSailed by any foreign pow
er: but when the domestic foe appears
| We are blandly Indifferent and let him
have his way with US. Where is the
publicist or statesman who can revive
or create that higher patriotism which
is not 1amboyant, which is not menac-
ing to the welfare of others. but which
stands for right and insuress our own?
| o Eagle.
District Attorney Capers Of this state
was at the white house yesterday and,
according to a dispatch to The News
n Courier. he stated. while at the
executive mansion. that white republi-
cans for congress are to be nominated
in every district in South Carolina for
his years election. The Evening Post
has already reported the talk about
nominating a white republican candi-
date in the Charleston district and ex-
pressed doubt that it would receive the
sanction of the president, because it
would mark a policy distinctly contra
vening his doctrine of the door of
hope to the negro in politics. Yet here
We have a statement from the presi-
dents referee" for South Carolina,
made within the corridors of the White
house, that the negro is to be
cast aside as a pilitical posi-
bility, as far as congresses is con
cerned. and a straight discrimination
made in favor of the whites as cand;-
dates for representative offices in the
nation. Can it be that Mr.. Roosevelt
has returned to the Lilly White pro-
QrQmma which he AT nrta Tina Scpmfnp
ly favored for the south and departed
from only because the negro politicians
got behind him with a big stick Is il
possible that he is not, after all the sa-
vior of the black race? No doubt there
will be some interrogation of the REF.
cree by the colored leaders of the
G.. O. P. hereabouts, when he return:
frim his campaigning in Maryland and
West Virginia and maybe DIR. Crun
| will hegin To wonder IL his mama Will