The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-06-04
OF K NEW l0Rk LETTER.
HOW THE Go>>IP> HAVE PfRsT-
tUTEn MISS FOLSOM.
ouF RAJ 'iSh Aldermen II iuTrsin- from the
hetTop opoiis--Ehc Barthotdt Statue and
the & rant Monument at Stand->tiit.


be .nIng who >haIl be asked to marry aay
future ree.deut Of Tie United States. -Ae
+ WILL surely SAY uu or she viii .1si.t aa
postp0ung 'he wedding ti hi, term as.
pres. Miss Poison i the most prosecuted
woman IA the land Her friends were
forced 10 liz about the boat u which 4he
came home from Europe. She N3e pat
aboard steamer that noooiy eNUe ssa.
she would come ON. her name WAS uat eu-
teret On the list ut passenger. >h, was
spirited away from tLe vessel l, tore lt -.at
into port and brought by t4y - su uat
of-way landing IN the night aud Ind Col
/ Lamont who had been r4uulug about
town for several days ~wore the jeNeller.
! the hotel clerk. the Ca5mcu, the pestotlces
/ 10 secrecy aS 10 his purchases and move
mcnts and if any of his old friend, hap
pened To run up with him. hc Was - talk
atlYe as an oyster. The gamblers set 10
betting heavily, however. both on the
place and the date of the wedding There
are photographs of the lady. proeur-
able now very different from the ncWspa-
per cuts that have been published; and Il
they are good likeness, She Is an uucom-
monty handsome young woman.
Mayor Dodd and Aldermen Leach aid
| Moring, of Raleigh, however 10 my certain
| knowledge did not buy one If Miss Fol
SONS photographs. They were in too
great Il hurry TO get home the second min
ute after their business was done in 50
great a hurry, indeed, that they got 10 the
depot an hour before the train started
When public officials come rs these gentle
men came to New York on public business
/ they have no right to be sure 10 be lazy in
doing it; but | owe it to their constituents
TO report that the Mayor and McsSrS
Morlng and Leach We're in such an awful
hurry to get home that they were deter
tcrmlned to make the best time ever made
| by any such committee for campaign use
There is another thing to be reported to
the credit of their discretion. The word
"Aderman is Just now in such bad re
| pute IN New York that if one boot-black
calls another an Alderman, he is likely to
get knocked down for his trouble The
Raleigh Aldermen soon saw the suspicion
they would provoke by using their official
position too freely; and nobody here would
| ever have guessed that they were really
Aldermen; but they We're received every
where without the least suspicion, ke
elect EN-, the last man OF them, and keep
them at work until their industry and tact
| bring water works. When Il man is sent
or comes to New York on business and
will not take six seconds for his own pleas
ure, he deserves to be kept at work on the
most difficult job that can be found. Mr..
public servants would not be tempted to
give even day to trip down the bay,
nor an hour to old friends.
Another North Carolinan, an old friend
and most interesting contributor to THE
CHRONICLE has lately been iii town-Mr.
Horace H. Williams, lately Professor at
Trinity College and now student of the
Theological Department at Yale. lie is a
I vigorous Methodist of the good old type
that the simple world now meets none too
often, and his experience at the great in
stitution of learning in Connecticut is not
less interesting than it is instructive to
him. He was accompanied by fellow
student who is also of North Carolina
Mr.. Davidson, of Alamance They have
gone to spend their vacation in Michigan.
! Mr. Williams, you may remember, is the
only man who has yet taken the Masters
degree at Chapel Hill. He spent last sum
mer on a foot journey through Germany,
following among other trails, the route
, that led him to all places of interest To a
student Of I.uthers lifc-a subject Of which
he has made an especial study, and about
which he will have many interesting things
to say, whenever he gets ready to write OF
preach or talk.
| asked one of the gentlemen from Raj
eigh how the Prohibition election was 20
ing, and lie said the dry men had nc
earthly chance. | asked another one, and
he said that the wet men could not posi-
bly, carry the day. | must report, there
fore, a shocking difference of opinion il
, your Board of Aldermen as to the outlook
But there is no difference of opinion
among people who have seen it hereabout
THE CHRONICLE'S editorial on the negro
and prohibition. 1t is that feature of tn,
/ temperance campaign in North Caroline
hot i.
esting to more people here than the iIgh
for its own sake. The inquiry eyeryWhert
iS-if the race line is forgotten III a TEN
perance campaign will it not be forgotten
t also IN other campaignsf Just across the
Hudson river in New Jersey, they have
f not only lust held one Of the largest pro
I hbition conventions ever held anywhere
r in this part of the MON, but the temper
ance element III the State forced the Re
: publican cOQVention to be very positive II
l a declaration in favor at least Of a lOca
t option law The Legislature Of Rhod
e Island has just assembled, whose mail
y business it is to do such legislation rs /
h needed to carry the recently adopted pro
r hibitory amendment to the constitution
+ into effect The amendment, very muc
d to the surprise of a great majority Of tn
: people, was adopted tut they re alread
t engaged in a rather stiff controversy as t
the best shape TO put the statue IN TO max
il operative
: Between the Aldermen and the Anarci
: lists. the courts Of New York continue t
g be the centre of attention and gossip. Hu
$ the windy and froWsy Anarchs are Of II
a great Consequence. Ii there be cony'
: nient hiding place bed to crawl unde
for instance they will get out Of the va
as soon as men who are IN earnest appeal
But the Aldermanic scandal lies deepe
and political corruption is eating the Yer
>, vitals out of this town.
} While | write great preparations al
q making for Decoration Day, next MOnda,
re The enthusiasm of It's observance WAKE
d not Wanes as the years pass; and the pr
st cession and all the other features Of IL
l. day have been projected on larger sea
IF than on any preceding year. The who
% North Atlantic squadron will sail up o
Of posite Grant ) tomb and fire salutes -abol
ne all of which you Will hear by the time yC
tx get this IN type
id The Bartholdi statue Of Liberty is n
at only not put up; but more than 800, %
e are vet wanted TO erect it and to compile
" the pedestrial and to construct a wharf
II the island. Congress has been appeal,
to to, but most likely in vain; and where u
e. money Is TO come from, nobOly Know
The GRAFT Monument project also IS al
on standstiil. The rich city Of New 4or
E. which does certain sorts OF things lavlshl