The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-08-17

@@eI Ns al k1ew the issue. Nc
kinney. . r. nd of silver wc< elected
president b Ire .asn who believed
= he Eoit san = q. Y Mr. Mex n
Ter himself blame 4 caavert 10 that
idea.
Thea ctu1e Ia. C2tan business a~d
he ooantrF cot into hystsrta over hat
NA- ca1ue aui /. was made ~ he vel
boa journals Il had n-souaratuux sSaa-
sequences though IL n. field Il wa@
aar : skiTms<h. From = rcpaSllc hen IN
t"1 "a transformed nto N ernpire
n" democratic party ~as ovosrd to
.Aai. a1d had he treaty beaten whsn
NJ Ryan made II the Issue ~ 1900
Ton and damned the f-v1'y through
fas +1afe l-sn tina dav a.. have
befn : fT~c T-~sple governing subject
peoples On -" othrr KfIc = The world
Nj Bryan mad" II the issue - 1904
aIFo~inE he tdea which ~ had vital
zed ey advocating he treaty. nd .uaa-
81 himself down With the is re4l.ni
and defeated dogma - e 81 :. Or
course, there could - haf ruc rvAnit
- such a campaign as that-N- nryaa
VAS even more dI~ssTuaua!s ten IN
1901 than he had been in 80. 49, fewer
votes. Will" his oonreti:,- GO MIRO
than four years beferr
About this time Anoth~- ~tar
coined y. "a man e taterse Pr-s s~zlIrY
and. like Jackson. he s-rrn~tlet N
making d.v"ta 4 friends AM lmrla aala
enemies Prophet or devil IL hc for he
Is nothing between the tRo Either n
Is the greates statesman II Ills .roch
or the Gaukest charlatau His 7 .euia
believe b. Is one. MS eu.w3cz 4~eun4n-s
him As The other. Never in our political
history has there been a care I ~ bril-
! liant ana 50 successful lie has lone
things With public applause that would
have convicted Andrew Johnson Of
high crimes and mistcm"auo:k IL has
/ Gacksi his whip over congress a. noae
- his predecessors ever dared 10 -
/ fore. and congress has m.k.ls over
ed 20 his lash Daily the republican
c'"akroom@ Of the two houses have lis
.eaet 3o 'Ae boasts of the leaders that
they would bell the cut and then sub
mtssiy"ly they voted for his policies
from their seats on the foo COMPETE
zion shrinFs before him. lie t. Srea;cr
than the Pvr"nc,s II the Alps Has
he reachet his zcnith7 Who AN say!
And that is what III" political void
wants "a know. and intends &, knuw-
has Theodore Roosevelt gone fur ar far
"a he can GO VIII hiH p,pularity
Wither? Can lie dance the r.sht Fopa
forever There is no political issue
There Is nothing a~nti-Itonse.,lt n III
republican party. and nothing aEtt-
Bryan in the democratic party When
Nj BRYAN left for foreign parts ho
commended MIR. Roosevelt, to his DEM
ocratIc following in congress. and tho
democrats took Mr.. Bryan nj his word
and helped 10 make Rooscy"lt'a chasa
of the octopus fortunate and tr!uui-
plant.
When the rate bill came out OF he
senate committe" on the interstate
commerce the east was not farther
from the west han Aldrich's idea was
from Delivers on that question. ycc
these two got together as did Knox and
C1app. Lodge and Cullon. Spooner and
Longeverybody but Foraker and tho
two venerable and democratic
than has Theodore Roosevelt. on or
the ablest. and altogether the most
! fortunate. # American politicians.
Everybody Is thinking about "A third
term for This man. The republican
parry has a search warrant out for Il
! - "a ~ iA ~ aFhA ~ iAAAA AfaA4&AI%3
Bryan. Ask the first dozen Republi-
cans YOU meet In the street how TO
beat Bryan in 1908, and at least 6 oe G
81 them will answer Roosevelt" That
Is the situation in 1906. and Il will 10
ever more pronounced - in 1905 IL tho
unexpected should happen and the six
rieth congress should nave a democratic
majority.
Not even did Jackson and Claysr
Overshadwo the men Of their times
to the extent that Roosevelt and Bryan
| overshawOd the men our ours. Tho On
II third man in the calculation II VII
lam r. Hearst. and that f. only hc-
| cause he Il Il little ref-hOtter than
either Bryan or Roosevelt. and Tho 80
| C~ialistic dogma more aggressive than
the principles Of either Of The old par
ties. Mr.. Bryan INSERTS that his mis-
sion IS 30 promote rad!calism. Hr.
| Roosevelt says his c~nieayorg ave
been - curb socialism Mr.. Bryan il
where he Il because he thinks the ten
| dency u toward conservatism. IL tho
| spur j. not applied: Mr. Rooseveit IL
where he Is because he thinks the
! country i rushing into socialism. 4 he
curb be 70 applied. Mr. Bryan spurs
conservatism: Mr. Roosevelt ctirba 70
clalism. and hus the tao are exactly
n accord touching octpnus-chaslng and
~trust-busting. and all he lawyers IN
philadelphia cannot decid" whether
Bryan Is more Rooeeveltsh. OF Roose-
| ve!' more Byyanir-
! II th~e TAO men. Byan and RDoSe-
welt. shall BE p4tted against each o,Aer
In 1905. 40 vlll see some lively poli-
! tics. making tame even the = mraign
| Of 1886. And stranger things than that
have happend in this oountry.-Sav-
| gard
He Liked thu Game.
a se@dy looking individual. appar-
| entity from The ruraIs. entered Flock