The state chronicle., 1886-11-11
THE EDITORS DESK.
COMMENTS HS TOPICS THAT ARE
INTEHESTING TIE PEOPLE.


Cousin Ben Folsom is TO wed South
.ra ady Of wealth, aud viii then enter
...,5n his duties as L. $ Consul at Sheffield.
Mr. Cleveland may call the appointment
uf hi- wifes brother Civil Service Reform
..t The CHRONICLE can't see it that way.
Men may rise on stepping stones
OF their dead selves to higher things
The CHRONICLE commends the above
rennysonian thought to all the candidates
Who were defeated IN the election last
week Visions Of future promotion ought
10 fakc away the sting of defeat
Ii seems that in other places as well as
in Wake county the Presidents course
wa, not approved, The Charlotte Demo
rrtt saws: "A well-informed gentleman
i'm the Mountains writes us that the nllu-
encc Of the Cleveland administration did
the Democratic party no good III that sec
toa in the late elections
Delaware is a glorious Democratic state.
The only difficulty about it is that it is
small. At the election last week a solid
Democratic legislature was elected Now
that, the way to do and North Carolina
can learn a wholesome lesson from Senator
Ba4ard's state. Let Us sit ut he feet OF
Hayard the Gamaliel and learn hoM it
is done
General apathy had much to do with
the recent defeat in North Carolina. IN
ia, f., ~, z-.,t r.,
fell of yer, largely In the county OF
Pamlico, for instance, one third Of The
Democrats did not go to the polls. All
over the State this prevailed to a greater
or less extent. The ''scare" received viii
insure IN immense Democratic majority
in 1883
Tho 7taieavile Landmark calls attention
TO the l.,yt THAT when Col. Armfeld was
in Congress Mr.. Hewitt made him pres
eat ,,f a Jersey bull, and the Landmark
suggests that now that Mr.. Hewitt has
been elected Mayor OF New York II would
be the proper thing to bedeck the bull with
garlands and parade him through the
streets BY jove it would be Il bully
thing to do.
The increasing National popularity Of
our junior Senator is pleasing to all North
Carolnians for, agreeing or disagreelng
with him. all North Carolina loves
him because it loves itself and Vance is a
typical North Carolinian- 1t has been a
long time since southern statesman has
been invited to lecture in Boston-the
Hub" OF culture Senator Vance has
accepted an invitation to deliver lecture
there during the winter.
The Rice Fields of Carolina" is the title
of an illustrated article by Hugh y.
Starnes, which appears in the Southern
Bivouac for November. The methods pre-
vailing on the rice plantations are descrlb-
ed at length and all the various processes
in rice culture are carefully illustrated.
The subject is one of unusual interest and
the article is the best of the series on
Southern industries appearing in the Blv-
Ouac.
They do say that jim Boyd, of Greens
boro, is 50 mad with himself for not run
ming for Congress against Reid, that he
can't think of anything else. Brewer was
put up to tickle his vanity, with no thought
that he could be elected. Now that he
has got the coon Boyd is sorry he didn't
run. and Boyd is SO much smarter than
Brewer that the CHRONICLE wishes 50 too
If the gallant Reid was to be defeated by
any Republican. Jim Boyd is about the best
that could have been scared up III the
Fifth District.
shortly before the election President
Cleveland issued an order that no man
holding a position under the admlnstra-
ton should take any part in politics. And
yet the ink was hardly dry on the paper
containing this order before Mr.. Cleveland
wrote his check for $500 as his contribu-
ton to the Democratic campaign fund.
This is to say the least, very inconsIst
ent If a postmaster is not allowed to
make a speech for his party, ought the
President to give enough money to en-
ploy dozen speakers? We merely throw
Whereas the average Democratic major
ity for the Superior Court Judges in John
son county was but 21S, Judge Clark had
a majority Of 403 over Mr.. Devcreaux.
GALLOWAY beat Algo in that county 39S.
johnson ought to have given both these
excellent officers, as well as the other
candidates, bigger majorities, but the
CHRONICLE has no word of complaint OF
Johnson 1t did so much better than
Wake, and few other counties we might
name that it is tie last county to criticize.
We rejoice in the few extra votes 1t gave
Judge Clark and Capt. Galloway.
The wife of a President verify walks
upon thorns If she remains at home a
day while her husband attends the Rich
mond Fair the newspaper penny a-llners
hasten to proclaim that she remains be-
cause she is unwilling to meet the daugh-
ter of Hon jefferson Davis. The next
week she prefers to remain at the White
House to going to New York to see the
statue of Liberty unveiled and hear Sena-
tor Eyarts make one of his long dry
SneecheS (She shows her sense there) and