The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1888-08-17
THE EDITORS DESK.
CoNMENTS on TOPICS THAT ARE
ESTING THE PEOPLE.
The Chronicle Expresses Its Opinion on
Passing Public Events and Questions
of Interest Now Before the People.

of Interest Now Before the People.
The Sanford Express. one OF the most
attractive and valuable of our exchanges,
IS two years old. Its editor is an ardent
and we'll furnished Democrat and gives the
people sound doctrine.
\ LEADING LAWYER of Richmond cOun
" writes: | consider the STATE CHRoNI-
Gle the best campaign paper IN the State,
and the Democratic Executive Committee
ought to send it to every doubtful voter
in the State until election.
THERE WILL BE a total eclipse Of the sun
Jan. 1St. 1889 visible in the [ nited States.
~ En-
There viii be total eclipse Of the Re
publican party on the first Tuesday Of
November 1t will be total and lasting.
THE Third Party men are getting quite
dictatoriaL one of them last week stopped
subscribing for the Greensboro Workman
because its editor would not vote the Third
Party ticket. That's about the smallest
rbiug any narrow-souled little fellow ever
did
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Of Wake Forest
IolIeg, have elected Prof b. F. Siedd, of
Virginia to the chair of modern langua-
yes He l. a graduate Of Washington and
Lee niv,r~.ty and afterwards took a
80 .ir>e ia mr.rru languages at Johns Hop
kue University. He has signitied his ac-
ceptauee and Wake Forest College is to be
congratulated that it has secured SO valua
ble an acquisition to its able and excellent
faculty.
DNE OF TIE LEADING politicians Of the
cape Fear country, as We'll as one Of the
most popular Democrats III the State
writes | want to say to You that this
weeks issue OF your paper is the best sin
gle copy Of any paper ever published in
North Carolina that have seen. Take
CJl stetles article in that line, J NJ.
Havs' article in his line. and Your editori-
als, and you need not be afraid of com
yarison with any paper published in Amer
lea | read what | believe 10 be the best.
You are lighting on the right line.
The CHRONICLE never does any man an
Intentional injustice. We stated, some
weeks ago. tnat Social Equality steele the
yeaG,a. 81 the Third Party in North Caroll-
ma. drafted the Prohibition Platform. The
Prohibition Leader says that We We're ia
error We make the correction We made
the statement upon the information Of a
geutlemau in Greensboro who SAID that he
saw tht. platform in the handwriting of
Steele and that Steele drafted it. OF
course the Leader knows and we gladly
make he correction.
IT IS WITH 40 ORDINARY pleasure that the
CHRONICLE notes the election Of Prof y.
" Long to the chair Of English IN Wof-
ford College, >partanhurg. SO. Prof Long
Graduated with distinction at the Uni
versitv Of North Carolina and was for two
wears Professor of the English Language
and Literature at Trinity College. For tbs
past wear he has been pursuing his studies
in English at Johns hopkins University
He is one of the most scholarly OF young
North Carolinians-a man OF the highest
christian character and sweetest spirit
and Wofford College is to be congratulated
lpo4- his acquisition to its faculty.
THERE SEEMS to be concerted purpose
on the part Of the Third Party editors tC
rnjsreDresent the CHRONICLE. We have
never said that al the men in the Ihlrc
Party were the paid employees of the Rad
ical party. ON the contrary, more thar
once the CHRONICLE has defended some o.
the Third Party men from this charge
We believe that there are honest men II
the party, but we KNOW that, practically
the Third Party in North Carolina IS sim
ply the Radical party No ,, and we hNO"
Chat every Democrat who votes the 1hlrt
Parry ticket is, for all practical purposes
a Radical He helps to elect Dockery ant
defeat toIle.
\ THUMB PAPER published III Raleigh
calling itself a Third Party organ, has al
article in its last issue in which 1t allege
chat Cleveland was made Mayor by brewer
and LIQUOR dealers, and by them mad
s1eeernor and by them made President
Et does not say word to the detrlment
Iarfit,9n.