The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-09-16
THE EDITORS DESK.
ON topics THAT ARE
INTERESTING THE PEOPLE.

rhc Chronicles Opinions, Parasraphi-
raIly Expressed, on Passing fuhhc
DucstIon>
4 weekly paper called The Earth has
.r been started in England. 1t bases
- hopes for a large circulation on the fact
that nearly everybody wants the earth.
Fanny Dayenport's first literary effort
Min be printed in the Brooklyn Magazine
far October. The actress's article is a Wig
orous reply to the question, is the Stage
immoraN'
The Wilmington Star calls Col. Chas- H.
Jones, who is trying to run against Col
Rowland for Congress in the sixth District,
,.tbc perennial kicker" That is the best
name vet given to the onice-huntlnS
cJitor Of the glorious county of Meek
L.uburg. They do say that Col Row
land Is prcling the skin, so to speak, of
the a~piring editor, who, before the cam
n,,op closes, will sigh for quiet desk in
his samcttlm.
The New York Star celebrated It's first
anniversary Wednesday by charging to
AN eight page paper. The Star has stead
ra-fly advocated the principles OF Demo
cratic government and given loyal sup
mort To a Democratic administration. We
are gratiiied to know the success OF the pa
per will Justify the enlargement. 1t Is the
clcancst. most honest and ablest Demo
cratic daily published at the Metropolis III
o,r recollection We wish it had 5000
Subscribers in North Carolina.
In the West our candidates for the Leg
,l.sturc initiate the example Of the mem
bels of Congress by sending out seed and
porato plants in order to secure their elcc
ton. 4 Macon county correspondent OF
the AshevilIc Citizen, reporting conver-
,ation between himself and Macon ma
iron, says:
The old lady said | like to forget TO
ask Won uns did you know kope every
body III ,hc West calls kope Elias, Esd,
'kopc for short) he IS nifty nice anu has
begun to send out tater plants and alma
macs a ready, but don't think his alma
macs is much for Lizer Jane she read It
through to find out the cause OF the ground
shocking so tother night and 1t dld not
say a word about it. His tater plants are
good, but | wouldn't give quart OF Der
ries for dozen almanacs.
Probably no pressure so hard to with
stand has been b ought to bear upon The
President since he has b, en- in office as The
Kentucky Democrats have brought III then
efforts to secure the removal OF Mrs
Thompson. postmistress at Louisville, Ky
Mrs. Thompson is widow the daughter
Of Rev Alexander Campbell who was ;
great Christian preacher and was appoint
ed bv President Garfield Senator Beck
the Louisville Courier Journal, and mos
of the politicians united in demanding th
appoint .nent of Democrat. Congressman
Willis. who lives in Louisville, stood b
Mrs. Thompson and the President contin
ues her in Office. 1t is not very seeml
sight to see MessrS. Beck, WalterSon {
ais making war upon a widow. In
CnRoxlcIE SAYS hurrah for Mr.. Willis, viz
le President!
The people love an honest paper-b'
cause the people are honest Occasional
you find a little, narrow fellow whose sol
wonId rattle in a mustard seed who tri'
to kill Il paper because it stands up Il
right. Recently the Richmond Whig mac
a severe attack upon gambling dens al
lotteries On the event Of one OF It's p
irons ordering his advertising contra
cancelled on account of its uncomproml
frlar yipa
Wing edtorially says, and all good citize
will endorse its backbone;
s'We hereby give public notice to ;
others who wish to withdraw their pa
ronage for the same reason to come f6
ward and we Will cheerfully release thel
Let them stand not upon the order of the
coming, but come at once. II any Q
supposes that the course of this paper G
be controlled by any such considerable 10
as that he is wofully mistaken. We W
come the issue
Ouida contributes an interesting artl
to the last North American Review
Female Suffrage" She thinks the bal
will be given to women because ''thert
a lax and perilous inclination IN the M
of mankind to give anything that IS MI
asked for She believes women will
made legislators but that evil only '
follow the change. The following startl
sentence in the article affords food
thought:
eff outside homogeneous marriage
woman suffers from the man, within
man suffers from the woman. 1t is dou
full if but for the obligation to it Whicl
entailed by property and the desire
LEGITIMATE heirs, one man IN a hundred
rhe richer classes would consent to MAJ
Whenever socialism succeeds III abol
ing property, monogamy VIII be aboiis
with it perforce.
Every newspaper in the United St
has published the fact that Jay Gould g
five hundred dollars to the Charleston
ferers. Some of them say that it was
erous. For our part it is speaking
dence of his stinginess. To give $500
CITY full Of hungry and homeless pc
ont of his millions is an exhibition OF
eardliness that is unprecedented. Geo
Childs and W. W Corcoran, neither OF W
are worth tenth as much as JayGould,
$1,000 each. They are men who are TO
cd with feeling of sympathy TOR the
ferings Of others and manifested it III
Gifts Law Gould gives as little as poss