The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-07-08
STATE PRESS.

We hope Governor AycOck will be
able TO get that six per cent. PROPOSE
ton for lease OF the Atlantic and
North Carolina railroad, and We also
hope he will unburden the state OF It
before Capt Glenn goes into office. As
a loyal friend Of Captain Glenn we
think this ought TO be done at once
Reidsvflle Review
Paul Morton has been selected by
Roosevelt to he Secretary of the Ma
Wy. Until six weeks ago he was !,
democrat. The oId-line republicans
will not like to see this fat salary go to
a newcomer. They will wonder SHY
those who have longest maintained the
faith should be shut out.-Durham Sun.
Governor Aycock is evidently right
when he says that the bigger the fight
the republicans put UP the greater will
be Glenn's majority. That's way
the democracy has of doing things, and
the humping the republican party Of
North Carolina will receive if it at
.empts TO get too brash is a caution to
think about..-News and Observer.
II Mr.. Bryan does not bolt. he viii
disappoint many democratS-tnoSe
who wanted him out of the way as a
disturber of the peace, and those who
drew their deduction from what he has
been saying of late. The Nebraskan
will probably come to the conclusion
that 1T was only as demacrat that he
ever amounted to anything. Come to
think of it, he owes the party a greater
debt than anybody else-it having done
much for him at the sacrifice of al
most its very Hfe.-Charlotte Observer.
I'VE know nothing of the republican
candidate for governor now but we ex-
pect to find out before it is over
Durham Herald
We know little about him, ourselves
He will Ibe defeated, as he deserves to
be. But the information is that he
came to the state about eighteen years
ago, from the North; that he is build
ing up industries in the west, and that
he behaves himself as a good citizen.
Wherefore should he be blackguarded? :?
Charlotte Observer.
Some Of the democratic leaders, evi-
IDENTIFY impressed with the success
which attended the efforts of the Hon.
Henry Cabot Lodge in executing a
fascinating straddle when he reached
the tariff plank in the republican plat
form, feel confident that it will be an
easy matter to adopt a pronounce
ment which will please democrats of
all denominations and conditions. The
quoted words are those of Representa-
tive Clayton of Alabama, and it is ap-
parent that other party leaders share
the Alabama members optimism. Tt
is to be regretted that neither of the
two great parties has the moral cour-
-age to deal with this great domestic
policy in terms that are honorable and
candid.-Asheville Gazette.
The Washington Post notes the fact
that the coming Of some 400, 900 Of our
short-weight dollars in June has put a
period to the great national industry
of manufacturing fiat Or semi-fiat mon
ey. The end of the unpleasant episode
leaves us with about 600, 600. 900 of those
things on hand, each individual one OF
which. with its motto. I'm God We
Trust" is a national disgrace, and all
of which combined constitute a ma
tional danger. The Post says that lit
would be scarcely more permissible TO
put an invocation to the Diety on a jim
my than on a coin called dollar that
is not worth one-half of 100 cents.
The Post wants to know when will we
have a Congress that will face the sit
uation squarely and give us a decent
currency system? 1t adds: 'And there
may be no Grover Cleveland to ward
off the calamity the next time it stares
US in the face" Has not The Post
heard the political rumblings that
have been rolling over the country
lately?-Charlotte Chronicle.
The republicans are insisting that
the negro question is dead. How do
you suppose the question is to die,
when Roosevelt gives it fresh life upon
every opportunity? The republican
national convention last week yelled
themselves hoarse when negro boy,
just an ordinary little 'kinky-headed
niger, waved an American flag.
Roosevelt planned the whole show, and
this little scene was one of the draw
ing features of the program. But the
great "scene of enthusiasm" came
when negro by the name of Cummings
seconded the nomination of Roosevelt.
When this sfculud gemman' took the
platform and seconded Teddy's nomina-
ton, those Reps. simply tried to split
their throats. Wasn't it a grand 20
sight? Teddy has dined Booker Wash
ington, and hobnobbed with negroes so
much that nothing on his programme
is complete unless his colored breth-
ren have an important part. This is
a deliberate attempt on the part Of
Roosevelt, to force the black pill down
the republican throats. without so much
as a drink of water to help it along