The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-01-24
CURRENT COMMENT.

All over the n there is more
he's I'd abou tie south row han AIRY
other section. In the railway trains
and steamships the coming greatness
Of the south is a popular topic OF con-
versation. and there are many home
| seekers coming to the south. They
are to be found on all ines of travel
leading to some n or other of me
southern states. The belief is abroad
hat the south is to be the richest par.
Of the country in the course of a CON-
paratively few years.-Savannah News.
The statement made by the attorneys
for the gamblers in New York, tina:
District Attorney Jerome had succeeded
in closing all the gambling places in
that city. n that they will remain
closed. will probably not be soon de-
MED. though it need not on that &C
count be accepted as true. Naturally,
the gamblers. if they wish to operate
in New York secretly, would like to
have the statement accepted as true.
SO that they may the easier escape the
vigilance Of the police. Naturally Dir.
Jerome is willing 10 have il accepted
as true. for Mr.. Jerome has shown no
objection to getting all the credit ne
can. AS his interests and the inter
ests Of the gamblers coincide so far as
this report is concerned, it is probable
that for a time the statement will pass
Unchallenged.-Tir1es-Union.
Governor Pennypacker owes his Of
fee to his kinsman, the late Senator
Quay. The latter, ordinarily, was a
shreWd judge Of men, and vas indeht-
ed for much Of his success in politics
TO the ability of the lieutenants he
drew around him. His selection of
this man. therefore, for a post for which
he has shown sucL small qualification
is d little surprising We ma Ir.l-
ably attribute she b1under to :wo
things. The senator vas in falling
health. at the time. and had los some
Of his former alersl2;s $. n he WAS IL
a pickle between walrI11 factions N
h. party. He need q ~conipron'; e
car didate Cor a r.ress,rg enle' sen ".
al.G he sought him on the bench. Were
n roubles hna political records were
- be encountered. low much be-"
it would have been for Governor Pen
ESpacker had lac remained On the bnnch
anG continual his satisfactory servnc
ls1a.er the Odds of his silk oAn IS
easily to be scen-WasisingtoH PoEt.
Joseph Ralph Burton. United States
sen2tor from Kansas, gets a new trial.
supreme court declares that there
was sufficient evidence of crime to- war
ant conviction; but the difficulty is
that The original trial courS in ST. Louis
had no jurisdiction because the
full payments were made In Washing
ton, and not in ST. Louis. Justice E1ar-
WHO dissents. holds that the pay
were not completed till the
were paid by the st. Louis ban
The decision virtually affirnIs' Senator
Burton's guilt, legal and moral, cut
grants him a new trial on mere teCtE1l-
Under the circumstances, TO
car blame the Kansas Legislature
if it asks Burton to resign. Burton,
however, has not hitherto been Of the
resigning kind. His theory of office
h~olding-as demonstrated in dhe evil
dence brought out in his TRAILS to
stick as Tong as you can, and to- work
job fer all it is worth: His enthus-
iasm for senatorial perquisites is wIret
brought him into trouble New York
It ppears hat the right TO manage
OWE affairs depends upon CUBA
keeping herself clean and healthy.
Hence when a few cases IF yellow fever
develop there, the visitation produces a
of anxiety of that was not ex-
perienced IN former years. h authGg-
tiles not only set to work in earnest to
eradicate the disease, but they Eastln
make excuses to. the officials IF this
government. This is not because yelks|
has more terrors for Cubans than
it used to have. So far as the disease
is concerned they are probably as milf
as ever; but under the Plat
amendment to the Cuban constitution
j. is a sort of crime to have yello"
in cuba, and Cuba's hope CT
maintaining her independence depends
her keeping the island rid OF the
It must be admitted that
there is an aspect tof ~criminality in the
appearance of a preventable disease.
Cuba was cleaned up under the aus
pices of this government, provided with
a clean bill of health, and the posi-
bjlity of Kidding the island Of yellow
fever clearly demonstrated. If Cuba
will not keep healthy for her own sake
it is we'll enough, perhaps that sho fe1ls
constrained to do it for the sake of
Observation-Disclosures.