The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1888-02-10
THE EDITORS DESK.
COMMENTS ON TOPICS THAT ARE
INTERESTING THE PEOPLE.
The Chronicle Expresses It's Opinion on
Passing Public Events and Questions
of ImteIes, Now Before the People.

The Chronicle Expresses It's Opinion on
Passing Public Events and Questions
of Interest Now Before the People.
PROF. MASON, of the University of Lon
don, says that "Ignatius Donnelly's Share o
sperian cryptogram was miserable drivel
and tissue of arithmetical puzzles which
would be hissed even in Bedlam." Good.
IT Is GRATIFYING to read from an address
of Prince Bismarck that the situation in
Europe is such as to warrant him III pre-
dieting continued peace. This great Ger
man rulers opinion is worth more than all
the sensational 81 cries of coming wars that
fill up our papers. European newspaper
corresponding are alarmists by profession.
When~sss .s,f sesona taex. 4.
vent plausibls sfs&e 81 affaiss z
tolls Immediate war in Europe TO
show the great changes that vs. MN pro.
duce on the map of Europe. TIE
of Prince Bismarck that Europo y Dea3oying
and will continue to enjoy peace, is, there
fore, most gratifying.
WE NEVER CAN get upa sympathy with
the greenhorn from the rural "deestrlcts"
who goes to New York to buy, for small
amount, "greenbacks printed from stolen
government plates" and gets fleeced by
the New York sharpers. 1t but serves him
right. Last week the New York papers
contained an account of North Carolln-
ian who visited New York to buy this
kind of money, and who was robbed. lie
deserved the treatment he got, if the pub
lished facts are correct, and he ought to
go and hide himself and repent Of his at
tempted fraud. 1t isn't often that the
bitter gets bit, but now and then he does.
If he is a North Carolinian and from the
country, we cannot find it in our heart to
sympathize with him. We rather rejoice
that he has been given dose of his own
medicine.
IN AN editorial correspondence from
Washington the CHRONICLE published last
week the bills introduced by our members
of Congress except Col. Rowland. He has
introduced about 800 petitions for his con-
stituents and the following bills:
|. A bill to pay James Iredell Meares
$6l2, this being the amount stolen from
the safe of the collector at Wilmington
and paid by Mr.. Meares.
2 A bill to pay certain guagers and
other internal revenue employees who
have been assigned to duty and have rem
dered services before the date of their
qualification.
3 A bill to pay George B. Hanna 81 600,
melter in the U. S. Assay office at Char
lotte, for service rendered.
A. A bill to pay Calvin }. Cowles 81, 600
for services rendered as late assayer of the
Assay office at Charlotte.
). A bill to appropriate $2OO,OO to
erect a public building at Charlotte.
6. bill to enclose Fort Johnson at
Southport.
a friend at Washington, who sent in
the above information, adds: Though
sick, Col Rowland has not missed single
roll-call. There is not q member of our
delegation who watches the proceedings
more carefully, or who is more alert to
the interests of his people. He is a valu-
able member and this brave sick Congress
man who stands at his post is entitled to
the confidence and regard Of North Caro-
liniaQS.