The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-15

There Is no doubt about it that North
Carolina democrats are getting more
and more partial to Judge Alton II.
Parker, Of New York--Winston SENT
mel.
The American people do not like the
fact that their president and his daugh-
ter are being made to do duty on the
German stage in a farce comedy. But
then it could hardly be expected that
the farce actors could pass by such rich
material for comedy. They were repre-
scented last night in Berlin as Mr.. and
Miss Washington, but W. are uncertain
whether III German mind meant to
signify Washington the city or Wash
ington, Booker.-ChaFlotte News.
In his interview criticising Black
burn, Hon. Charles Prce says the ex-
congressman'S nomination at Wilkes
boro was forced by a crowd of "reve-
hue cut-throats." Twenty-Five years
ago fierce denunciation-which was Of
tell deserved-of revenue officials was
the main topic OF democratic orators.
Along in those days Mr.. Price was a
democratic orator and his reference to
revenue cut-throats" is evidence that
he hasn't forgotten his early training.
-Statesville Landmark.
A dispatch from indianapolis telling
OF Hearst's efforts to carry that place
and Of the efforts Of the Parker men to
defeat him, says that Hearst spent $10,-
900 in a useless way, Parker men were
sent to him in the guise of Hearst
ward heelers and placed his money
safely away in their own pockets. OF
course their methods were questionable
downright thievery in fact-but where
Is the jury that would send them to
Jail? Were we the judge to sit On their
case we would be inclined to admonish
them to go and sin some more.-Char-
lotte Chronicle.
STATE PRESS
1t is about time now for somebody
to call Judge Parker a plutocrat, a
bloated bondholder. tool Of Wall street
or to apply some other choice epithet to
the chief justice. He is proving toe
much Of a talisman for the democratic
party. His boom is progressing toe
smoothly. The republicans or theiI
! populistic allies will sooner or later
have a choice line of endearing express
sions on the market. All the trouble
with the judge now seems to center
around the fact that he has a habit OF
saving wood and saying nothing. II
is well known that the judge can talk
and write too when occasion demands,
and a persual of his speeches and pa
| pers show that he thinks-and thinks
clearly and logically.-Kinston Free
Press.
The Commoner, Mr.. Bryan's paper
OF a recent issue, devotes some two
columns in the discussion of preSiden-
tial nominations. Paying his respects
! to Judge Parker, we find the following:
"Can any party afford to take such a
chance? Judge Parker las been be-
fore the country as a candidate for a
| year. and in all that time he has never
expressed himself upon a single public
question or Indicated his views On a
single issue. Can we afford to nomi-
nate a question mark? If so, we need
! not be surprised if the voters indulge
! in ordinations" Solomon said, and
there has been no truer nor wiser ut
teranee on the subject. hat Fools ut
ter all their minds while wise men keep
it in till afterwards" If Mr.. Bryan
wants to produce eXclamations sure
enough, let him puncture his ratings
on his subject with a dash, or better,
! a period.-Raleigh Times.
The action Of the Indiana n Kan
saS democrats marks the beginning OF
the end for William Randolph Hearst.
To those who rea between the lines it
will be evident that the ambitious mil
lionaire is doomed to join the great
d, army OF has beens". The CONFUSION
which is the forerunner OF a speedy
! death is already at hand, and the bios
som, which for a time bid fair to reach
full bloom, shows signs of whitening
/ We do not Imagine that any tears will
| be shed at the passing Of the millionaire
| journalist. The power Of gold when
/, used to forward the. personal ambitions
! Of a political mountebank has no ten
dency to move the average American
! The Hearst boom appeared to be thriv-
! ing nicely out in wisconsin. but it re-
ceived a more decided "crimp" there
! than it experienced in Kansas. The
newspaper magnate awoka one morn
ing to find that not even n Wiscon,
sin delegate will sing his praises at tn
national convention. The cyclone.
from Indiana and Kansas completely
annihilated the hopes OF the Hears
advocates. and it is whispered that the
worst is to come.-Asheville Citizen.