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The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-04-03

show his hand BJ the way Mr..
Glean's present attitude on the Ques-
ton of prch.5ition is so different
from what IL was when he w2s can
didate for governor as to cause much
surprise to- his friends. IN 1904 as the
democratic nominee for governor he
opened mis- campaign in Reidsville
where. III advocating the Watts bill
rhich h@1 been made plank in the
platform of the democratic party by
the convention which nominated him.
he said:
The democratic party believes in the
great principle CT majority rule and II
ANY section desires 10 be permitted
to vote on this question. and Will say
SO to the legislature OF North Carolina
they would not be denied these rights
-Four years later, il 1868. we find
him sending q message to the leglsla-
ture urging it to pass prohlDlIloh
law for the state over the heads OIL
the people and taking from them tine
great principle of majority rule which
he declared four years earlier to be
a principle in which the democratic
party believed and which he then ad-
vocated. Why the governors change
Of views? II the present prohibition
question is purely a moral one and
politics has nothing to do with it the
principles concerning the Question
which governed it In 1904 would be
the same in this year of 1908. Moral
principles do not change from year TO
year, but politicians views of all kinds
OF questions change as political con-
ditions necessitate.
Does not Governor Glenn's statement
above quoted show that the prohibition
issue is full of p0litlcs-pelitics per-
sOnal to himself?
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-04-03
THIN AND NOW.

Prohibition as the campaign is now
being condHcted in this state is not
political issue, we are told; still
Governor Glenn makes the statement
that he would gladly pledge himself
not to seek the United States senator
chip in opposition TO Mr.. Overman
If the latter and his friends would come
10 him with a pledge to support the
present state prohibition campaign
and assure forty thousand majority
for state prohibition What else does
this mean than that that Mr. Glenn
is. using the present prohibition cam
raign as means of securing his e.c
tion to the senate in place OF Mr. o.
erman? That statement is a clear
give-away of his position by Mr. Glenn.
1t is an admission on his party that If
conditions are found to be favorable
he will be n candidate for the senate
in opposition to Mr. Overman unless
the latter and his friends make GER
tain pledges to him. We are surprised
that as shrewd a. politician as Mr..
Glenn should s.this early in the game
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-04-03
sasesz-
THE WYATT MONUMENT.

Edgecombe county has taken the
ton of monument to Wyatt, the
first man to give up his life in the
cause of the Confederacy. The other
counties of the state should come up
handsomely with their subscriptions to
the fund. The erection of this monu-
ment has been delayed too long.
There should be no further putting
off of the tribute to the memory of
that gallant confederate soldier. All
state should earnestly set about rails
ing sufficient funds for the erection of
handsome monument to the man
whose life was first sacrificed in be-
half of the Lost Cause. If the people
of the state were willing to raise
sufficient funds to erect a monument
to Worth Bagley who lost his life in
a war Of foreign invasion surely they
will be willing to do the same for
one who gave up his life in defense
of his state and the homes Of his
people. If Worth Bagley deserved
monument at the hands of the people
of his state surely Wyatt is ten times
more worthy Of the same honor to
his memory. 1t is & shame On the
people of North Carolina that this
monument has not been raised long
ago. In neglecting this matter the
people of our state have Wofully ne
elected their duty and shown them
selves to be negligent of their duty
and careless in doing honor to the
memory of a citizen who deserves the
higest mark of veneration in their
power to give. When you consider the
causes in which their lives were lost
don't you think Wyatt deserves as
much honor as does Worth Bagley?
Yet a handsome bronze statue has
been erected in the state capitol
grounds to his memory, while no such
token of the peoples respect for the
memory of Wyatt exists any where
in the state. There should be no de-
lay in raising the necessary funds for
the erection Of a suitable monument
to him. Every day that this matter is
put off is a reflection on the people of
our state.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-04-03
THE PRESIDENTS sIEssAGE.


Mr.. Roosevelt viii go down IN his
tory as the president OF many mes
sages. During the six and half yea =
he has been president he has sent
more messages TO congress than any
one of his D, p,edecessors who had the
good fortune to fill out two full terms
in the presidential oifice.
Some of his messages have been able
state papers which deserve rank with
those of the most distinguished men
the country has ever had in the ex-
ecutive chair. We are sorry We can
not say this of the last special mes
sage he sent TO congress, which was
delivered TO that body on Thursday.
In that message Mr.. Roosevelt stOops
from the high position of president
OF these United States-the president
of the whole country and of ali the
people-to that of a political leader
in his party in the time of a presi-
Dental campaign-even lower than
use his exalted position to secure votes
fol the nomination to the presidency
of one of the several men in his own
party who is recognized as the admis-
istrations candidate for his party NOM
ination
This last message of the president
tk icor OiFf
it must be TO a large number of men
who heretofore have looked upon him
as the true exponent of Americanism
Reading between the lines any one
can see that the message is an adr1is-
sion that the president has made po-
litical mistakes in his former attitude
on certain questions; that he is now
trying to correct those errors and is,
in this message to congress, bidding
for votes in the republican national
convention for the man whom he
wishes his party TO nominate It is
pitiful to see the manner in which this
supposedly strong man attempts to
pander to what is now considered pub
lie sentiment on some of the greatest
questions which confront the American
people. He is trying to perform the
circus feat of riding two horses at the
same time-to placate the two great
opposing factions in the country's in
dustrial life, and in attempting to do
so he reverses his position hereto
position taken in this message will not
make him solid with either. but it is
calculated to create greater distrust
il: him on the part of both.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-04-03
SENATOR BAILEY, OF TEXAS.

We are sorry to see that the fight
against Senator Bailey, of Texas, on
the part of the people of his party
is not yet over and that a desperate
effort rs being made to down him
as one of the party leaders of his
state The fight has become so SER
ious that the state executive commit
tee has thought it proper to order a
primary election to choose the four
delegates at large from the state to
the national convention. MIR. Bailey
was at one time one Of the leaders
of the national democratic party. That
he is one of the braniest and most
brilliant men of the party cannot be
denied, but by his connection with
one Of the branches of the Standard
Oil Company-whether perfectly in
nocent or culpably as we do not and
can not say-he has destroyed his in
fiuence for good in his state. While
he succeeded in securing a reelection
to the senate his enemies have sue
eeeded in almost completely destroy
i2g his usefulness to the party and to
his state. 1t is one of the most unfor-
,tunate cases in the life of public
man in the whole history of our ma
ton. Here was a man of brains, of
many accomplishments, and one who
had the confidence of the people of
his state, who is suddenly thrown
from his high position as leader of
his party because of certain alleged
! transactions with the Standard Oil
Company.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-04-03
THE NEW MILEAGE ORDER
Georgia Railroad Commission Rx-
plains Reasons in an Official
Statement.

In announcing the revised passenger
fares and mileage exchange tickets, ef-
fective April 1st, the railroad commits
sion OF Georgia concludes with the
following statement relative to ex-
so!ated settlements TO white people
changing mileage At tine ticket win
dow:
This is a new practice for the first
time introduced in this territory. al
though IL Is one which has prevailed
heretofore in many parts OF the cuun-
try, and has proven very satisfactory
beth to the travelling public anu the
railroads. the public having readily
accommodated itself TO the same. and
Icing glad therby to get the benefit
OF such reduced rates. However, be-
ing new in this territory the purchas-
ers Of such mileage transportation
should take notice and govern them
selves accordingly. After all Il IN ans
that the railway companies selling such
mileage transportation are Sc ling the
purchaser an order for a Certain a
mount OF transportation, which the
passenger gets at reduced rates, and al
rates lower than prescribed By law.
This order will be recognized a.
the purchaser may from time TO time
present the same at the regular ticket
Office and receive in exchange there
for the regular form OF passage tick
ct for use on the trains I'm the Jour
ney to be made just exactly as the
individual purchaser of an individual
or single straight ticket presents the
cash at the ticket window and receives
in return therefor a proper form OF
ticket for the journey TO be made
There are many sound reasons
which have caused the railroad com
panies to adopt this plan for the
handling and the use OF this mileage
transportation.
Recognizing the difficulty of Sd
framing the rules on a subject like
this as to be perfect in the first In
stance 1t Is to be presumed and Is so
stated that when by experience the
justice or necessity for an amendment
or Improvement In any particular shall
from time TO time appear reasonable
amendments or changes will be made
to care for the particular case and con-
tribute TO the convenience and com
fort Of the travelling public with due
regard TO the protection OF the inter
ests Of the roads granting the reduced
transportation"
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-04-03
GOVERNOR GLENN ON THE RAIL
WAY DECISION.

The Charlotte Observers Washing
ton correspondent is generally very ac-
curate in recording the views and ex-
pressions of opinion of the men he in
terviews, but we think he must have
made mistake in his account in
Thursdays Observer of Governor
Glenn's remarks in regard to the de-
cissiOn of the federal supreme court
On the railroad rate case. He quotes
cur governor in answer to the ques-
ion ''if he thought the decision would
have any political effect as saying:
Yes, most decided effect Minnesota
S republican and North Carolina
! democratic state This decision is an
attempt to deal death blow to state
lights. The republicans approve the
decision; democrats and those who
believe in state rights disapprove it. -
Can it be possible that Governor Glenn
expressed such an opinion? The Ian
suage of The Observers correspond
ent makes the governor declare that in
lis opinion the eight justices of the
ederal supreme court, three Of whom
we're democrats before they went on
he bench and one is from the state of
Louisiana, decided those two cases as
hey did purely for the political effect
such decisions would have and without
'egard to the law governing the cases,
and that they deliberately and pur-
posely decided the questions involved
IS thev did in order to deal a death
blow to state rights. We cannot be-
ieve that Governor Glenn holds to such
Tiews-that he has such low opinion
IF the honesty and integrity of the
nen who compose the supreme court
If the United States.
The country has fallen on evil days,
indeed, If the men who compose the
court of last resort in the land are of
he character that Governor Grenn's S
anguage intimates or If the politics
Of the present day so warps mems
minds that one occupying the high po-
sition of governor OF a great state,
governed by his experience in politics,
and with politicians, is led to believe
that those supreme court justices, in
deciding a case of such vital import
ance to the whole nation would be gov
eIned entirely by political motives-
We do not like to charge The OBJ
servers most competent and accurate
staff correspondent with even unin-
territorial inaccuracy in quoting our
governor; but We cannot bring our
self to believe that the latter delib-
erately charged the justices of the su-
preme court with purposely attempting
to deal death blow to state rights
by declaring the law to be what they
knew it not to be, which is the charge
he is reported to have made against
that court
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-04-03

Predatory politics broke loose in
bleeding Kansas when Ben Harrison
was president, and took the phase of a
Popul1St-Democrat alliance 1t extend
ed TO the south, where it was a
Populist-Republican combine Every
where 1t was child Of envy and ig-
norance, and ever had three or four
eyes on the main chance-yclept spoil
or office The leader of this layout in
North Carolina was a man named
Butler. He was a great friend of the
farmer and president of the alliance.
North Carolina had long confided in
Vance and Ransom, but this young
Butler preached a new evangel, and
got to be the most powerful citizen
OF the entire state. Vance died in
1894, or even he probably would have
laIlen a victim to the craze. Young
Butler got Ransom's seat in the SEN
ate In 1895. In the senate he was ex-
ceedingly garrulous. He appeared to
be intent on serving his country and
the rest of mankind, and it looked to
me as though he was all the time
seeking court of the adequate iuis-
dlction in order TO have his action of
damage against Divine Providence
Tor not opening a yawning gulf in the
Capitol, like that We read of in the
Roman forum, to give him oppor-
tunity to play Mettus Curtius. Me-
taphorically, he cut the caper eSery
time he got the floor, and that was
every time he was present during n
sitting.
In 1895, the democrats nominated
Mr.. Overman for the unexpired term
OF Vance in the senate. but Rutler
brought out Jeter Pritchard and beat
him. Eight years later, however, the
partnership between guile and folly
had been dissolved by mutual disgust
and general disappointment. ana
OVerman got the place he should have
had In 1895. Butler was beaten by
the present Senator Simmons I'm 1891
and North Carolina has been demo-
cratic ever since.
When the rate bill was under con-
s1deration two years ago, the speech
or Senator Overman challenged all the
legal learning Of tho senate, and the
"Overman amendment" touching the
court review was the subject of much
debate but the leader of the senate
played a game of politics and the
White House Joined in. The Roose-
velt-Tillman-Bailey-C Chandler combi-
nation was turned over to the Anan-
| las Club, and the Overman-I,onR
agreement was lost in the scuffie.
Mr.. Aldrich drafted the ALLISON
amendment" the White House ac-
cepted it, and the long agony of the
greatest OF all octopus chases was
over.
But Senator Overman got much
credit out Of the debate, and he ranks
among the leaders Of the greatest
political deiiberatiye body OF Ameri-
ca
Copyright, 1908, by z W. Newman
and with his nonsorf xuhli~l o..
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-04-03

First Lady (at Military Academy
review)-What career the "
opens for those young men. some
day they may be officers. with rrar-
ly thousand dollars a year. Sec
ond Lady-No danger OF = q!
When they get old enough . q re
command. their places Vs. - 30
eupied by doctors.-Life.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-04-03

There's been woman's cluo
formed whose slogan Is Back TO the
home. We'll, they ought TO
make Gussie Gadabeut the president
She has her back to her home more
than any woman in these parts
Harper's Bazaar.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-04-03

1t was not until Vance became SEN
ator, in 1879, that Overman entered
actively on the practice of law. He
was Immediately successful and soon
became a leader of the bar OF North
Carolina How much OF skill as a
practitioner he owed to his associa-
ton with Vance nobody knows, but
we may be we'll assured it was a
great deal. Like all southern gentle
men, Overman could not have kept
out OF politics had he tried, and he
did not try. He was five times return
cd to the legislature, of which body
he served as speaker.
Overman advocated the cause of
temperance in the North Carolina
campaign of 1881; it was not a verv
popular thing to do in those days 1t
Is different now; but Overman has
never boasted of his early advocacy
Of local option. The whiskey men
marked him for slaughter. but he ac-
cepted their challenge and overwhel-
nlfngly beat them at the election of
1882. In 1894 he was chosen presi-
dent of the North Carolina railroad.
and in 1900 he was eiector for the
state at large on the democratic pres
idential ticket
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-04-03

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The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-04-03
LEE SLATER OvERMAN
OF NORTH CAROLINA

even a wiser man than he was bril-
liant He was as practical az he was
poetic Who but Zeb Vance could
have put steamers on the ocean TO
bring from abroad supplies for the
beleagured confederacy and at the
same time carry in his exuberant
Imagination the thoughts that spawn
ed the splendors OF that matchless
grafton, The Scattered Nation?" The
Jews OF America and OF all the world
must wear Zeb Vance in their hearts.
But Overman when he fell under
the spell OF yance's tremendous per
sonality, was not a crude mountain
boy. He had been graduated from
Trinity College. q UNCONVENTIONAL in
stitution OF the Methodist Church
South, and thus he brought culture as
well as native wit, 20 At him for the
association of Vance, born In the
same county, had been rivals in boy
hood, and each had emulated lie
other in manhood Vance had done
as much as Ben Hill TO drive the car
petbag vultures out Of the south, and
ii was thus he became known to the
country at large. He had made q
speech at Louisville, KY, that was
pronounced by those that heard il
equal. as a stump effort. to anything
that ever fell from the lips Of Thomas
F. Marshall or Richard Nenifee or
Joseph Holt, and democrats every
where outside Of North Carolina
longed for the time when Vance
should take his place in the senate,
but for the terms 1S73-1S79 Aerrimon
was preferred. Vance succeeded him,
and Aerrimon then became chief JUS
uce of the state supreme bench
The rivalry between these distin-
men was not without bitterness, and
1t speaks volumes for Overman that
though he married the daughter OF
Merrimon, Vance refused to part
with him as private secretary.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-04-03

But Senator Overman got much
credit out Of the debate, and he ranks
among the leaders Of the greatest
political deiiberatiye body OF Ameri-
ca
Copyright, 1908, by z W. Newman
and with his consent published In
The Messenger.)
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-01-31
French Schools.

The quality of the secular instruc-
ton In the French schools seemed to
me extraordinarily high. It happened,
for example, that / was taken into q
classroom where a lesson in English
was being given to some French boys
of sixteen, mostly the sons of opera
tives. The exercise was conducted in
excellent English, which the pupils
seemed to speak almost as readily as
the teacher, and the point under dis
cussion when | visited the class was
one which would have puzzled Har-
ward freshmen. 1t was the distinction
in meaning between the words priest
Catholic ecclesiastic; clergyman-an
Anglican, and minister-a dissenter.
In American schools. or. rather, in the
results of the instruction there afford
ed | have never come across the
teaching of any foreign language
which compared in efficiency with the
teaching of English in secondary
schools throughout France. And to all
appearances this was only one exam
pie OF the thoroughness and the vitali-
ty of French teaching in all it's branch
es.-Barrett Wendell in France Of To-
day."
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-01-31
He Approved That Plan.

1t was said In the Norton family that
Uncle Hiram had no ear for music, as
he failed to APP oreciate' the vocal eff
forts of his Ice Margaret. But If
his ears were defective his pocketbook
left nothing to be desired.
We've been talking over Margaret
voice." said a dauntless and tactful
relative who had been delegated to ap-
proach Uncle Hiram on the subject.
1T really seems as if she ought to
take lessons and practice regularly.
Her mother talks of selling little of
her mining stock for Margaret's sake" y
Uncle Hiram's keen old face wore a
mutlnous expression.
Have to practice two, three hours
day, | suppose" he said duly.
"Oh yes" said the venturesome rel
alive. Then she had sudden inspira-
ton.
ut would be best of all if she could
go abroad for two or three years. she
murmured thoughtfully, ''but of course
that is out of the question. the ex-
pense"-
Never you mind about the ex~
pense!' broke in Uncle Hiram Joy
fully. IF she can go abroad-a good
long ways abroad-to take her lessons
and do her practicing TIL foot the ex-
pense. Youths Companion
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-01-31
Gambling.

The supreme objection to gambling
In all its forms, whether in sport OF
in speculative business. is that it works
harm and loss to society AS soon as
any practice or conduct is found to be
socially hurtful it thereby becomes
wrong, whatever men may have
thought of it before. Does not all NOR
atty rise to consciousness through the
fact of social advantage or injury
Now the long and costly experience OF
mankind bears uniform testimony
against gambling till at last the yer
dict of civilization has become as near.
ly unanimous as human judgment car
be that 1t is an intolerable nuisance
1t is dangerous or unsocial form OF
excitement. 1t hurts character, demon
alizes industry, breeds quarrels tempts
men to self destruction, and it works
special injustice to women and chill,
dren. We may not know precisely why
morphine prcys upon the nervous sys,
tenn and has to be labeled poisonous. y
The fact Is the main consideration
So with the stimulus or excitation OF
gambling Grant that 1 profess my.
self willing to pay for my fun. The
fun is degrading, like the prize fight
or bear baiting.-Charles T. Dole in
Atlantic
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-01-31
CHURCH STANDS BY HIM
Whole Membership Declares Its Be.
lief i'm III. r. Ernsberger's
Integrity.

Superior. Wis. Jan. %. Having
been summoned to church OH an ur-
gent request by the pastor, Rev. G. FL
Young, the members of the First Bapt.
ist church were called upon by Youns
to go on record as to whether they be-
Iieved in the integrity of III. P. Ems
berger, a defednant in the Wood case
and member and officer of the church
here. Practically the entire member,
ship of the church arose in response to
the call.
Ernsberger is one of the defendants
accused with the Wood brothers OF
using the mails to defraud, He was
manager of the Superior office of the
v :sconsin Grain and Stock company
The trial ut st. Paul has just been
halted because Sherman s. Smith was
accused of tampering with the jury.