The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-08-21

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three opponents e nearly - a9s.
The kindness. or carelezsnaSs cf ,hs
eighteenth district democrats. there
lore leaves Speaker Cannon free "a de.
vote his time To helping less f1vgunase
~c"!Ieagass without thought ~ h9w af-
latTs are Progressing AZ bone one
:" IN" nrSt fights n which b. ~iil
.aAe = hand nj. - that gax.n- IN IN
nAAae AGAINST Representative Lite cid
L'h5eAeti and CAnnou were among
'-'ss most Co1sp!CpouS3y usrNed ay
'ne "SpT leaders for defeat aaa aov
nat Incte Joe" Ned no ..nE.r fear
'hsiF wrath De hastens nasur.llv 20
ne succor Of his fellow o2t-Ast
II The mo succeed in uut,sn- 1t
NeA"td cut - business = wI be n
suiHcleut triumph f.r iAa.r a-sf year
N FoIIt!cS and hey en- afford tn ,oee
their other conflicts. Al n. .nan-
ence or he administration and all The
power II he republican urgan!EatEon
Is back ~ L!ttleneld and he has ada
margin ~ republican vote i'm 20 ON
ShouI he be defeated, an sn..H~men
who ~antlgouize the au-on~ NIl eyer
be secure in his Seat. nd n q such
circumstances. not many G. ugressmea
ahta-onize them. 4, Is n ss,rl,
then. that We may come Il. Lave =
government Of the unions. = he un
ions, and for The unions on we'll *
the retort. IL might as we'll q hat ~ay
as a government Of The trusts. rs. n.
trl>ts, and for he tris $ 3 m On.
seems 1" think II WORT vail. - ask
where the common man com : II the
every day consumer who is neither a
labor unionists nor a ;rLst cn.tc-
In New York state both t~. 4cmo-
Gratis and republicans are Paving N
@:'at lack The dcnerr + ~ lucky
because he republicans ar aghfIng
among themselves. and the rcpAbilrans
IA" lucky because the democrats have
.nteT-paTty strife.
The lemO>rati, CoufiCt. 81 course.
: between Hearst ana an,l-Hcarsr
factions. with the gubernttiuna' nom
inati"n Il control of the party ma
chinery AS the priz IS. In this fchr
however. there is involved he issue
Of Hearst doctrines. something THAI
affects The welfare OF tie people. and
the struggle can be viewed without
repulsinn. The New York l"pabliCans
fight, on the other hand. wsuli seem
10 have nothing back OF II niher than
the sordid ambitions OF two mon, tho
question of wheather an Od"ll or n
Higgins shall be loss. /, = "a pidful
issue upon which republicans are ask
ed To battle, and il Is = pitilul choice
OF evils which the party has.
From conditions in the empire state
II IS 4 relief TO turn To Ohio and find
a pot where courageous mani. cd and
high-minded craftsmanship seem act
ually 10 be priced. In the Twenty
fret cnnuraSGiana1 diet rfgf IN ,rhIrh a.
embraced most Of the city of Cleye-
land, Congressman Theodore Z. Bur
ton is Il candidate To succeed himself.
Mr.. Burton is not popular, politically.
with Senator Dick and the other pow
ers that control the Ohio republican
machine, but is popular with the peo-
I pie of the Twenty-irst district. Dick
| and the machine powers would gladly
! defeat Burton If they dared try, but
for the sake of their own skins they
have 10 keep hands on.
Not only is Mr.. Burtcp popular with
his republican constituents. but tho
democrats like him equally as well.
Two years ago the democratic candi-
/ date for withdrew. in order
that Burton might have a clear field
there being fear that he would be
knitted by the republican machine and
possibly defeatS. After looking
awhile at New York, doesn't that seem
4 queer thing for the Democratic cam
5 didate 10 have done: Again this
year. Mayor Tom Johnson and other
leading Cleveland democrats adyo-
cate the practically unanimous return
Of Burton by RETAINING from making
a democratic nomination. while still
i, other democrats would like 10 geo
1 IOrr-nn hla4ai +h. Inrnnrra.-
ticket
And how has this man b. ,un Sc
cured such n hold mon the confde'~-
and affections Of his peoplc? Chiefly
by doing his duty as he has seen IL.
and refusing TO play peanut politics
Burton is erudife. Independent and
fearless. There is nothing blatant
about his Independence, but he never
hcsitates 10 speak his mind n II quiet.
scholarly way. and he never seems 10
think of political consequences 10 him.
self. In the house OF representatives
he is a chairman of the committee on
rivers and harbOrs and believes the
peoples money should be expended on
internal Improvements rather than in
preparation for war. He IS c~DnspIc-
uously Opposed % naya!c x~trayaxance
This fact, together with the fact that DC
favors tariff revision, has operated
against his advancement In The house,
but II hasn't prevented him from win
ming the respect OF every membc Of
that body. from Speaker Cannon Iosu
to the most obscure firsI-termer, NJ
though h. opposes some Of Mr.. Rooso-
yeits pet policies.
Some II these days, when the rerub-
ican party In Ohio Is relieved If the
incubus OF oosslsm. Theodore Burton
VIII be sent 10 the United States SEN
ate where be properly belongs and
which august body he would DINA
ment-