Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-05-10

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j, N. c., SATURDAY,
THE DAILY CITIZEN.
FACTS AND COMMENTS.
Nix. CLEVELAND can now practice law
before the supreme court in Washington.
As A rule the American workingman
shows his fitness for selt-governmcnt by
the way in which he governs himself.
In THE interests of our national honor
and righteousness the house should have
passed the international copyright bill.
Honesty is the best policy
Venus is with us again. She is making
a brilliant starring tour, and can be seen
every clear night without the necessity
of placating any extortionist in the box
office.
In THE case of banks the old motto
should be revised SO as to read, divided
we stand, united we fall" a half dozen
of them went under together last week
like a row of bricks.
"Thc vcnomous, s'ir. cotton mouthcd
vipcr that runs the affairs of that com
mittcc, lis the way in which one polished
member of the great and cultcicd State
of New York refers to another.
THE CITIZEN acknowledges a kind in
Wit alton from committee of the faculty
to be present at the banquet and other
exercises of alumni day at the approach
inp commencement of the State Univcr'
sity.
81 AN simply bored to death" remark
cd Stanley as soon as he set foot in the
world of civilization. lie referred to the
lonizing. 1t is perhaps safe to say,
however, that he would bc still more
bored il he did not receive it.
PRESIDENT Harrison was in office u
year and nearly two months without
sending to congress II veto message. Ills
first veto was in the interest of economy,
i, being stamped upon bill congress
had passed authorizing Ogden, Utah, to
run into debt additionally.
ENGLAND set the example to Europe
last Sunday OF allowing 10000 work.
ingmcn to parade in London with
scarcely policeman in sight-and the
affair went of as peaccably as Sunday
school procession. Will the thick-hcadcd
monarchs on the continent learn any
thing from this grand object lesson?
lT HAS been customary for the govern.
mcnt To donate to each new State an
amount OF swamp lands for educational
purposes. New Mexico petitions tina,
when she comes in the government help
her instead to construct irrigation ca
nails. And she further asks to be per-
mittcd to come in soon.
GENERAL. Tracy intends that naval OF
iiccrs shall understand that lie is sccrc-
tary OF the navy with all that the term
implies. lie believes there are other seas
besides the Mediterranean and other
stations than the European. Consc.
qucntly he proposes that the squadron
of evolution shall cvolutc oil the coast oi
South America for time.
TuE State OF Michigan, almost alone
in the great sistcrhood of States, doesn't
owe dollar, having discharged its last
financial obligation on the first oi May.
Its institutions are all well equipped and
cared for. and there is nothing III sight
calling Tor any expenditure that will in
yovc the creation of any new indebted
ness. So MIichigandcrs ought to he
happy.
NornlNG better can bc said than this
from the Atlanta Constitution: Loyal
to tie union, true to each other, lust III
every relation, with their faces toward
the rising sun, the people OF Georgia have
entered upon the race OF progrcss-i' her
itagc from the DAYS of Oglcthorpc-and
propose to keep pace with the most ad'
ynnccd of her sister States" Abolish
your infamous convict law il you expect
To hc respected.
| Is ENFORCING the need OF battle ships
to protect our coast, the New York Her
aid says: "Chili. China or Japan could
sweep the Pacific coast of the United
States without check al any point
They have ships fit for the work, and w
have neither ships nor guns to oppos'
them. Three hundred millions OF dollar
could bc taken out of san Francisco an,
MS much more out Of other cities. Sucl
levy would certainly occur in case q
war
ANOTHER substitute for the monopo