The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-04
CURRENT

We print elsewhere a communication
from e Jas Cannon, IT., On the re-
lation of the church to divorce $500.
Incidentally the British squadroas
appea rto be excellently situated. With
h English Mediterranean fleet on one
side OF it, and the English channel
feet on the other, If h Baltic fleet
, attempted to pass Gibraltar the Brit
ish should be able to blow It near
enough to shore so that h British
gnnerS in that fort could get at least
one good shot at the pieces before they
sank
The secretary of war, doubtless un-
der direct instructions from the presi-
dent, cabled Governor Wright a por-
ton or Judge Paker'S speech on the
Philippine question and requested the
! governors comments. The governors
comments were as long as they were
wrong and h bill is paid by demo-
Gratis as well as by republicans. The
use of governmental functions in the
interest Of the political party to which
the office holders belong is an evil
that is increasing at so alarming a
rate that government by the people
VIII no longer exist among US unless
the misconduct is checked. We are
travelling rapidly towards the estab-
llshment OF an office holding ~oligarchy.
J Norfolk Landmark.
Apropos the great effort Atlanta IS
making to have the railroad commits
sion of Georgia revise all the rates Of
transportation in the state to the ed
vantage OF the capitol city against the
interest Of all other sections of Geor-
gia. the Augusta Chronicle has sug-
gested that what Atlanta needs is an
ocean at its gates and this suggestion
has called forth a practical plan from
a former Albanian in Augusta to &C
comIlish the desired result. He pre-
sentS 1T to The Chronicle in these
terms: IF Atlanta will get a long
tube and place one end of it in the At
lantc ocean and then suck as hard as
she now blows she will soon have an
ocean," Not the least doubt of it, but
we on the sea coast object. to having
all the water drawn from the ocean
at n Euil-CharlestSn Post.
Whether or not Mr.. Tyner was gull
~ is a question that might better have
been left for the courts TO S upon.
AS Mr.. Roosevelt, at second hand. re.
MARKS IN his letter he mas been III
dcted by the grand jury, and. HAVING
been indicted, it should have been left
to The petit jury to say whether or rot
ne was guilty. In his letter Roosevelt
assumes the right of ermin
whether or not Tyner was guilty OF
the offerrse charged. Tyner As an agad
ana lnfirn man who has seen long SER
vice N tine departments at Washington.
rhe onence with which he was charg-
ca was a felony. To brand him as
SuAty, with all the authority that
the office carries with ds VIC
nothing short of an outrage. Whether
OF not Tyner was guilty it was GER
fanny a departure from decency for
roosevelt tor assume to determine thar
ne was guilty in advance Of the action
or the courts.-Virginian Pilot.
what are those friends of the presi-
oent thinking of when they describe
hlm as soHreSentful and angry at be.n.r
attacked by Judge Parker? Is The,
oore Roosevelt suddenly to be revealed
Is a man who cannot take as well as
give nara knocks? He certainly has
not shown a studied Difference for the
FEELINGS OF his political ~adversaries.
fafs letter of acceptance bristled with
charges or Ignorance" and 'iDsir-
cer1ty, WHach he hurled at them Xix.
so many hand grenades. With carefrt
n c~onsiderate Secretary Hay. he
says OF the democrats, They do not
oelleVe one word they say From such
a mar whimperdng over blows returr,-
NooIo IoIIie U1In ar
exceeding i'll grace. For our cart ue
90 not believe that Mr.. Roosevelt is ca
nurt and smartdng as the Washington
uiSpdIcneS 3lege. He lis probably
ready 10 echo the Yale football PLAYER
VINO, when a Harvard man Companies
or rough play, this amt no mage of
croquet. 1t would be alittIe too m,,rb
20 nnd the author of The Strenuous
Ihle lhslsulng that his opponents play
liz game Strlptlv 2conr6in- - .r1
Quiet Lfe.'-New York Posi-
The church ought undoubtedly to set
its face Sternly and uncompromiS.ngly
against the divorce evil and the minis
tiers of the church may exert "a power.
1ul lnf1uence for good i'm refusing 10
join In wedlock persons who have
been divorced except on scriptural
grounds. When men and women ur-
derstand that they will be practically
accommodated if they are for the
sake OF convenience the number of di-
vorceS will greatly diminish. The ac-
ton taken by the Episcopal General
convention seems to US to have been
eminently wise and proper. According
TO that canoH a divorced person may
not marry in the Episcopal church
within twelve months after the divorce
has been obtained, and even then salts
FACTORY evidence must be produced to
snow that the divorce was obtained on
Scrlptural grounds and that the diyorc-
cd person Offering to marry was the
party to the suit. This of it
self will undoubtedly exert a whole
some influence with the province of
tnat church 1t may be mentioned iust
mere that Rev. James Cannon. who is
a Methodist preacher, heartily ap-
proves this ordinance of he EpiscooaI