The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-25

It is difficult to see how the arrival
of the second Pacific squadron of the
Russians of Port Arthur, and Togo out
OF the way entirely, will materially re-
heve General Stoessel. The Japanese
attack on the fortress is a land attack
and II can only be beaten Off from the
land side. Oyama's army will have TO
be routed before Port Arthur can be
Observation-Disclosures Constitution.
The Japanese think the Russians in
Port Arthur have very nearly reached
the limit OF human endurance" But
when will the Russian limit be reached?
Since the defense is now senseless as
well as hopeless the reasonable limit
has been overpassed and when uman
ity abjures reason we are at a loss for
representations. Likewise we had
thought the limit Of American political
endurance had been reached, but, we
had the lesson of the late election.
What basis have we when reason Is ig-
nored ?@Times-Union.
Secretary of War Taft. with mis- reti-
nue, is off to Panama TO see what he
can do to satisfy the little people who
i h-ChIlIS up d LOW against NE great
government that made them a repub-
lie. AND the minister of war of Pam
anna, the diminutive General Huertas,
a resigned his office before the chief
of the American army gets upon the
isthmus; wherein he is wise. Mr.. Taft
might nave put him in ais pocket and
brought him a to Washington to be
spanked by the Observation-Disclosures
Post.
MI. Roosevelt can square himself"
with the south very readily, and with
out the necessity Of making speeches
here. He has it within his power 10 sig
Nifty at one stroke that he has under
gone a change of heart, and that is by
desisting III his efforts to force negro
office-holders upon the people of vari-
u communities in spite of their pro-
tests. He cal give notice that he has
decided to adopt this policy in the flu
ture by not sending the name Of the
negro Crum, of Charleston. to. the sem
ate for confirmation when. congress
%convenes again this winter--Atlanta.
Journal.
81 the way" says The Norfolk
Landmark, in commenting on an OBJ
~servation of the Morning News, 'doea
anybody know who was the demo-
cratic candidate for governor of Penn
~sylvania? Don't look it up, but just
answer from memory" 1t seems that
the joke is On our esteemed contem-
porary. There wasn't any candidate
for governor of Pennsylvania in the
recent general election. Pennsylvania
-I--+-l h. x-v1
years ago. The man who ran against
him was the lamented Robert E. Pat
tison, than whom there was no more
high-minded and respected democrat in
the country-Savannah News.
Secretary Shaws call for SO, coo, geo
| of government und deposited in the
banks was expected, and is necessary.
1t is the readiest way of covering the
current deficit in the treasury. One can
imagine, however, the sinister COM
| ments that would nave been made had
Judge Parker been elected and such a
call followed SO promptly. There"
people would have said, "you already
see what haVoc a democratic admins
tration is going to work with the busl-
| ness of the country And there would
1 - DNSsA 49, NAAn 49,
treasury shortage, shrinkage in cons
merce, and prospective panic. Such
pessimistic words would not have been
! justified then any more than they are
now; but it is remarkable that what,
under democratic auspices, would have
| excited grave concern, now passes
without making a ripple. At the same
time, the problem of making both ends
meet in national housekeeping remains
the same; and this Treasury call is ths
first reaping of the harvest Of unskilr
full republican financiering during the
past few days.-New York Post.
The women of Richmond, Va, are
making an effort TO solve the servant
problem by arranging for the substitu-
ton of white girls for the negroes who
have heretofore enjoyed a monopoly Of
this sort of work. 1t is urged by The
Southern Farm Magazine that before
the substitution of white servants fol
colored can be made, something mors
must be done than the establishment OF
training schools in domestic science
which have been suggested by tn
women of Richmond, and that the bes
school for the-white girl to learn do
nestle science is in some ones kitchen
or bed room. One of the great oh
stacles to the introduction of whit
servants in household service in tn
south has been the presence of the ne
groes, and the cultivation of the falls
idea that such service is degrading. n,
honest work can detract anything from
the character of an honest person, an,
as soon as the idea is cultivated tina
the housemaid is a creature of at leas
as much dignity and worth as tn
|, "s~ales-lady" in the store or shop, Their
ought to be no difficulty in substitutin
white for black, and establishing
, place in the family for the native girl
: of the south.-News and Courier.