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THE WILMINGTON MESSENGER, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15. 1904
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WILMINGTON. N. G.
TUESDAY -.NOVEMBER 13V 1901
ItTJLK OIMtUIN.
Editor Messenger.
Dear Sir: It seems to me that it is
time to let up with Cleveland; for the
Cleveland and Hill eroUd, in Parker,
have received a severe drubbing-.
The people are in sympathy with
Brvan. I myself, a democrat by in
heritance, did not vote the (presidential
ticket. I was anxious to see Parker
run behind the ticket in North Carolina.
I believed his defeat certain. The dem
ocrats out-republicaned jthe republicans
and received a deserved! defeat.
The gold democrats defeated Bryan,
and in turn must take their medicine-
The above is a letter received by The
Messenger a day or so a
go from a gen-
tleman in. a town of
Carolina. He is a man
ea stern North
of education, a
member of one of the jLeamed profes
sions one whose words on matters
-about wrtich he chooses to write phould
be given consideration. "We Jo not al
dose the authorship of the letter be
cause we have no reason to think such
was intended by its writler-
The views and statements of our cor
respondent are worthy of serious con
sideration, especially when taken in
connection with the results of last
Tuesday's election. Hej is one of the
many democrats throughout the coun
try responsible for the! overwhelming
defeat of Judge Parker, and his reasons
for the course he pursued are, no doubt,
the same as those of the thousands of
other democrats who either stayei
away from the polls or voted for the
republican candidate instead of sup
porting the nominee of their party to
retaliate upon those he calls the "goid
democrats," for their action four and
eight years ago.
We felt sure before the election that
the Bryanites would knife Judge Par
ker. The vote of last Tuesday showei
our surmise to be correct. A comparison
of the popular vote by states at that
election -with, that of four and eight
years ago will convinc. anyone thac
jMr. Roosevelt's overwhelming majori
ties were due to the thousands of deni-
crats staying away from the polls or
else voting for the republican candidate
Judge Parker! may have stood no
chance of election, but the tremendous
majorities against him were due to dis
affection of democrats-Hand
of what
democrats but the fol
Bryan?
owers of Mr.
So far as, 'we have seen our corres
pondent is the only democrat who has
put himself on record jas having been
anxious for Judge Parker's defeat, who
declares that the overthrow of the dem
ocratic candidate . was deserved and
that such result was brought about oy
the Bryanites in retaliation for the ac
tion of certain other democrats in 1SD6
and 1900. No other construction can be
"QgSptib on his words: '"The (gold demo
crats defeated Bryan arid in fagrn must
take their medicine.
That the followers of Mr. Bryan have
no intention of agreeing to a compro
mise of partv differences with the other
faction of the iparty is j perfectly plain
If they would not staijd by the plat
form adopted by the Stf. Louis conven
tion, it is equally as plain that no party
principles can be decla red by them on
which to conduct a national campaign
that will be accepted by the conserva-
. tive element of tho party. ,
The" action of the radical democrats
on last Tuesday shows most cleariy'
that they yet stick to their determina
. tion to force their ideas on the party
or destroy it. With tljiem there is no
compromise. Their views must be
adapted or they will defeat the 'candi
date nominated on any other platform.
These men who refused to accept the
St Louis platform, after it had been
constructed along lines satisfactory to
their leader as a compromise measure,
are the same ones who for eight years
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have been abusing and denouncing as
traitors to the party those democrats!
who refused to vote for Mr. (Bryan in
1896. Can these men -who knifed; Judge
Parker and are rejoicing- at his jdef eat
claim to be any better democrats than
those they accus. of treason in 1S96 and
1900? If- their charge of treachery
against the latter is true, they cannot
deny that they themselves were trai
tors to their party on: last Tuesday.
What do these Bryanites expect?
Do they think that four years; hence
the democrats will -allow them to take
absolute control of the national con
vention and to place before .thej party
such populistic platform as suits their
radical views and that the party will
stand united upon it? Do they jexpect
that the democrats who four and eigAt
years ago refused to support Mr. Bryan
because of his extreme ideas and be
cause of the radical decorations of the
platforms on which he w'3 nominated,
and who this year held out the olive
branch and agreed to compromise the
party difference&r-can they expect
these men, we ask, not only to aban
don their own political tenets, b it also
not even to insist upon mutual conces
sions, and to constat to any set of par
ty principles the others, propose and to
support the candidate whose vieivs are
embodied in those principles?
If they do expect and insist upon such
they will find themselves badly mis
taken. ' If this is the intention ?f this
faction of the party we may aU as welL
now sav good by to the democratic par
ty. An election under such conditions
would result in as great a landslide for
the republicans as was the one of last
Tuesday. Such would be the. mdst ab surd
proposition the most suicidal
ever made by a political party. Not
a northern state would it carry and
how many southern? But still such
seems to be the intended course of that
wing of the party.
The New '-York World makes this edi
torial statement regarding the'-Bryan,
men voting for Mr. Roosevelt:
Throughout the country the signifi
cant fact is that the conservative dem
ocratic vote has returned to the paity
standards, which have meanwhile 'been
deserted by far more than an equal
number of Bryan men, who did not, as
a rule take the trouble to vote for
Watson, but supported Roosevelt
"straight."
CLEWS & CO. ON THE EJEOTION.
The weekly letter of Henry
Clews
& Co., issued last Friday, glviejs the
views of those bankers On the results
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of the presidential election. W givo
below what-they say on this sjubject.
Many reasons are being assigned ' as
the cause of the landslide for the re
publicans reasons as varied as they
are numerous. The letter of Clews
& Co. is the most interesting ai-ticle
on the subiect we have yet seen. We
commend its perusal to the readers
of The Messenger:
A good 'many ' influences combined
to bring about the extraordinary re
publican victory last Tuesday, but
first among these wras President
Roosevelt's tremendous personal pop
ularity, which partisans of both sides
must admit, and, second, the fajct that
the country is enjoying general pros
perity and was indisposed to Change.
In good times "stand pat" aijid "let
well enough alone" are very effective
campaign arguments; and yet far be
yond and above such appeals ribes the
indisputed ascendency of President
Roosevelt in the irtinds of the com
mon people. Once more it has been
proved that courage, honesiy and
sound views are indispensable jto suc
cessful leadership; and sincfe our
president combines these in a marked
degree with a striking and virijle per
sonality hi3 grip upon the invagina
tion of the common people is! easily
understood.
What will be the effect of the elec
tion upon business and upon thp stock
market? Upon business it is ques
tionable if it will have any grfeat ef
fect, because the campaign evolved
no seriously disturbing issues, j Busi
ness was already showing a decided
revival on account of the absence of
distrust, and the election had no
doubt been largely discounted, al
though the flush of victory may exert
a temporary speculative stimulus. Of
course, an important element of doubt
has been removed, and it looks as if
the country would be comparatively
free from anti-trust and anti-tafiff dis
cussion for some time to come. There
is only one serious obstacle to con
tinued business improvement, and that
is the present high level of nearly
all commodities. Labor is high, raw
materials are high or advanci ng and
cost of living is high. At the moment
there is little prospect of concessions
in any of these quarters. Unions are
keeping up the price of labor, trusts
are keeping up the prices of commo
dities, while comparative (scarcity is
keeping up the prices of maijy food
products and rents. In general it
can be safely said demand has out
run supply, and until this situation is
reversed no widespread reaction can
be expected. We may therefore look
for a good business season in rpite of
high prices; but it must be borne in
mind that conditions are highljf favor
able for stimulating increased produc
tion and that we are steadily ap
proaching a period when production
will overtake consumption, and then
price concessions must follow ; Con
ditions'are vastly different now from
the recovery which began jus:t eight
years ago with Mr. McKinley's elec
tion. Then we were on the lew level
basis; now we are on th hiah-level
basis, and it follows that thi boom
which began in 1896 is not to be re
peated in 1904. On the contrai-y, pru
dent business men will move cautious
ly, although there is a distinct penden
cy towards a revival of enterprise be
. cause successful speculations j during
the last three months have rekindled
hope and confidence. In all probabil
ity bankers and others who support
new schemes will have- to execlse a
great deal of discretion and self-restraint
during the coming year, else
we may easily be led Into a repetition
of the reckless ventures which brought
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us disastrous panic
conditions
throughout 1903. .
As for the stock market, the elec
tion has been highly stimulating,
speculation having broken out into al
most record-breaking proportions.
The investment demand is excellent,
as proved by the heavy movement of
bonds, which- though partly specula
tie, shows a steady absorption into
strong boxes. January disbursements
are not far distant, and with these in
view the market is in little danger
at the moment from home influenced
Money may rule somewhat firmer
and gold exports continue, but crop
funds will soon return, and there is
nothing in the local monetary situation
to warrant concern. The weakest point
warrant concern. The weakest point
in the outlook is the war between Rus
sia and Japan, with its consequences
in other financial centres. Should
there be no further friction between
Russia and Great Britain .there is still
the disturbing effect of heavy war
loans which must goon be financed.
Both Russia and Japan are knocking
at the door, and several hundred mil
lions of new bonds will . soon 'be on
the world's markets. One-half of the
Japanese loan, or about $30,000,000,
will be offered in New York, where,
on a 7 or 7 1-2 per cent, basis, it will
be readily taken. As the winter ap
proaches "hostilities may be tempor
arily (suspended after one more big
battle, and should the Jaoanese suc
ceed in driving Russia out of Manchu
ria and capturing Port Arthur, as
now seems likely, there ie no reason
why thereafter China should not pro
tect her own territory from Russian
invasion and thus relieve Japan of
that burden. It would seem as if
peace cannot be far distant, for in
ternational opinion, which the antag
onists cannot afford to entirely ignore,
is steadily rising against the wanton
destruction of life and property whicn
the war involves. Great Britain - an u
the United States are already rising
in protest against the folly of further
slaughter. When peace arrives, anc
after the period of exhaustion over,
we may look for an era of progress
and prosperity in the Orient the equal
of which has never been experienced
in that part of the world. In that
revival the United States will take no
minor share; hence the satisfaction
that President Roosevelt's election
menaa no change in our foreign pol
icy. The November number of the Areu
contains as its frontispiece a full p&ep
picture of Chief Justice Walter Clark,
of this state and an article from hJ.a
pen on "The Election of Federal Judge
by the people. It is a timely theme,
for the iron heel of many federal judges
has been felt upon the necks of the
people- In North Carolina the peopie
have been cursed by the petty tyranny
of federal judges whose elevation to
office could never have occurred if the
people in the state had been given any
voice in the selection of federal judges.
News and Observer.
And. we have known state judges in
North Carolina elected by the (people
who would never have gotten on thv
bench had the appointive power resid
ed ill the governor orsthe legislature
men who secured their eight year term
by wire pulling and political scheming.
The judiciary should be shielded as
much as possible from, political in
fluences. Men should not depend upon
politics for elevation to the bench, not
should judges be subjected to the temp
tation of using their office for securing'
re-election
The rumor that Spencer Blackburn
will control the federal patronage in
this state makes cold shivers chase up
and down the backbones of those re
publicans who tried to defeat his elec
tion to congress in the eighth district.
The New York "World comforts itself
with the though that New York city
is still democratic- A few more such
slumps in the democratic vote as the
last one will deprive The World even o
that consolation . ,
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We are told that Newport society is
greatly exercised over the frequent
thefts of jewelry and money. How can
i expect anything7 else with the crowd
Of loafers there, who are bound to keep
ub style if they, are to be tolerated m
Newport society? j
THE PEOPLE AGAINST A CHANGE
Under the above heading. The New
York Journal of Commerce published
the following editorial, the day afte
the election:
The people of the -United States ha
decided by an emphatic vote that they
do not at this time desire a change in
the administration of the government
or in the control of the national policy.
This is due in no small part to the
prosperous conditions that have, on the
whole, prevailed for some years and
which now give promise of continuance.
The party in opposition has not fur-
iiished any reason for hoping for an
improvement, while it has given soma
cause to fear that a change would be
for the worse. We consider the result
fortunate chiefly in view of our relation
to external affairs, especially the con
tinuity of our policy with reference to
the far east. Even if the democratic
party should be disposed to pursue the
same enlightened candid and firm poli
cy, it would not be easy to maintain
it without the skill and experience of
Secretary Hay, whose services we as
sume W4II be retained and for whom
it would be difficult to find a substitute
in either party. Moreover, the demo.
cratic party and its candidate for pres
ident had given occasion for appre
hension that there would be a rever.
sal, instead of an improvement, of th
conduct of the government in regard
tto the Philippines, and that could not
but result in confusion, -embarrassment
'and serious loss of prestige. They
oould not fail to accept the situation
and continue the work at Panama,
but there will be a feeling of greater
security with that matter left in the
hands of the administration which has,
begun it so successfully. The triumph
of the republicans does not give them
any warrant for refusing to change
their course with reference to inter
nal affairs where reform is needed.
Had the democrats exhibited no weak
ness in their position regarding nation
al interests outside of the United States
and no uncertamy with reference to the
revision of the tariff and curtailing
the power of the trusts, the result might
have been different. The republicans
have had warning that their extreme
position, on the question of modifying
the tariff, had it stood alone as an
issue, would not have the support of
the country. The sent'rnent for reform
of the tariff and greater prudence in the
ifiscal policy of the country is, strong
and increasing in their own party. To
go on refusing to recognize this janfl
to leave abuses to grow more intolera
ble would be to invite disaster in the
next contest, which might go so far as
to be disaster to the country as well,
as the party.
The Manufacturers' PJecord says the
following regarding the recent purchase
of two more railroads by the Atlantic
'Coasf Line:
The Atlantic Coast Line in the inter
est of which the Macon, Iublin and
ISavannah railroad has been purchased,
giving it a line from Macon, Oa-, to
Vidalia, Ga. is reported to have also
bought the Maconi and Birmingham
railroad extending from Macon to La
Grange, and the Atlantic and Florida
railway from Fort Valley to Atlanta.
This, it is stated, will give the compa
ny a continuous lirfe from Atlanta to
Vidalia, Ga., and that from Vidalia a
line will be built to connect with the
Plant System for the Atlantic Coast
Line at Ways Station, about fifteen
miles southwest of Savannah. This
would require the construction of about
sixty miles of tiqw road, which would
go via PJeidsville.
Look out for pick pockets, sneak
thieves, and burglars. It seems that
there js a host of such cattle follow
ing the circus which shows here today.
They have put in a good deal of work
in several of the towns of the eastern
portion of the state. '
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