The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-26
STATE PRESS.

Some Of the democratic papers are
actually charging for the space used
by the friends Of candidates in further
Ing their chances. The first thing
some OF you Know you will be called
upon TO readjust your democracy
Durham Herald.
Mr.. Bryan IS going to pay rent for
a hall I'm Chicago for b privilege OF
telling the democrats of that city what
he thinks Of the action OF the New
York convention. Mr.. Bryan 4 fair
to develop into a sore spot before this
thing Is over.-Durham Herald.
It looks like Judge PEBBLES really in
tends Furnishing the Robson county
lawyers for contempt. The whole affair
is unfortunate and whatever Judge
PEBBLES may do in the matter Will not
improve the situation Yet it IS a
matter that he can hardly pass unno-
ticed-Alamance a
Since when a it come to pass in
this country that any man is above
| criticism, if criticism is deserved?
We do not live under a despotism
| and neither the press nor the people
| are TO be muzZled. Political ostracism,
contempt proceedings. being frowned
| upon by sycophants and partisan heel
| ers will not deter he individual Or
4 eve Did per SIIlNlAS " poI SOOu III
the public Naturalization ~
| Leaf.
The story which the Gazette-News
told in it's local olumns Monday of a
| negro being convicted by jury No. 1
for stealing lumber, and being acQuit-
| ted by jury No. 2 for perjuring him
self in statements made to jury No. 1,
is one of the Strangest in the annals
OF the law in North Carolina. Jury
NJ 1 @yIo-ro k[4 n-~ ltd onI Sr,-r
No. 2 believed he told the truth. What
a beautiful institution we have in the
Jury system. anyhow.-Asheville Ga
zetta News.
Senator Simmons favors an instruct
ed delegation for Parker. State Sena-
tor Travis thinks that the sentiment OF
North Carolina. SO far as / have
been able to observe, favors Parker
but 1 doubt whether the state conven-
ton will instruct for him." Fortunate
ly the North Carolina state convention
does not meet until two weeks before
the national convention. and it will
have all the lights before it when il
comes to act.-..ewsa and Observer.
Judge Ewart has been nominated
for congress by the republicans in the
kTenth district. The choice was made
Wednesday at Hen~derSonville, the no
minee being chosen on the first ballot
w Z 4AAtSA oodSS SoNN
he would be elected and we infer from
what he said to the newspaper mar
Interviewing him that he is depending
on democrats to elected him. Generall.
speaking, We believe republicans banl
on securing democratic votes much NOR,
extensively than democrats do OF Sc
curing republican votes. But then i
has to be remembered that the demo
Gratis in the south usually ave plent.
and to spare.-Greensboro Telegram.
It is announced tina Senator Overma1
will not press his Appalachian Park hi
this session. The republicans do no
wish to pass any measure carrying
large appropriation at this session
When the Panama treaty was befor
3 the senate they talked mighty favor
bly, about the Appalachian forest re
? serve. Now they are deaf. AS a mat
: ter Of fact, it is a waste OF time for tn
; senate to pass it as long as the Speake
[ of the house refuses to let it be consid
> cred in that end Of the capitol. TIL
majority are not ready to spend fifteel
. million dollars in the south-it bring
, no votes to the republican party.-New
l n Observer.
I II is given out from Raleigh, tina
: center Of political knowledge, tina
Francis D. Winston Is to be the demo
cratic nominee for lieutenant governor
Here's hoping that if the aforesai
Francis D.. Of George White fame. i
to be lieutenant governor that Govern
or Turner. Governor Glenn, Governo
. Stedman or Governor Davidson, whic
ever one 1t may be, may live at leas
E n day after his term of office expires
We do not want Francis D. to presid
over the senate and be interested Il
r the state of the governors health
much less do we want him to be gov
. n in the event Of a providentia
Y removal Of our chief executive fror
. ofice.-Monroe Enquirer.
i, The Chattanooga. Tenn, Times says
"a lady who was Rugged by two me
. In a Southern railway passenger trail
! has secured a verdict for S25, 900 dam
e ages against the railroad company fror
a North Carolina jury. Tha is one o
the very good reasons the railway com
panies ave for fighting shy Of tryin
cases before country juries." Juries l.
!, his state have a pretty bad reputatio
? for rendering harsh verdicts against tn
= Southern railway, and the highest cour
= has even laid a monetary value on men
tai anguish cases against telegraph
companies, but North Carolina is no
:. guilty In the above cases. This stat
: can prove an alibi, for the verdict wa
q rendered at Greenville. S. C.-Charlott
: bserver.