The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-09-26
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4<oQQhlicanfsm 4 the lrw's omripotcnt sake,
Ix<4t10 reform. aav that a'r,in, The Icic-
oatform. o'.mc relation 10 ihe Prgyieence
is plea alis,,e AZ I1nrniTs Whiting 0o Il anything
V"hi' Sop~ show recent arrival IL was this
aGdss SSs O. aon the we ysn%s newer rSe foTe
ny ADyou do.-Record-
m = utbreak of indignation Is called
ont. NJ fully expected IL would be, by the
NEwsv reference TO the telegram as the
organ of Rhode Island Democracy. pi
course the fact is that the Telegram Is the
organ OF a faction and the RECORD oi
another faction, and that they do not TO
gcther dwell in harmony. IL is great
thing to have united party support Tor
newspaper, as the NEWS has already dis-
covered.
"Yes, I'll buy II, and III stop the bulletin,
too and that cuts both ways.'-fersohai re-
mark by hundreds Of people
But why should anyone stop the Bn,ie- @
tin? Politics aside, IL is splendid news,
paper, albeit little old-fashioned ana
z ponderous, and largely composed OF lett
over morning news from the JOufndt.
Buy both; it only costs three cents
For the United States 10 annex 81. Thomas
or the Sandwich Islands would be great MIS-
take. We have more territory now than we
can properly digest In the next hl'S years
Bulletin.
I'm sometimes at n loss whetherto credit
such paragraphs 20 the Journal or Buuc-
rim, hut have adopted the rule ot quoting
whichever paper happen TO be reading at
the time.
However, what want to say is that we
want TO annex British America within ten
years time; within five. a magnificent
country, a splendid population, kino ours
shamelessly neglected and misruleu,
Canada is almost ready to come. And the
sooner the better.
Gold imports. which began in driblets only
few wee.s ago, are now. coming IN really
large ausntitles, a single house OF European
bankers shipping as much as haii Ihliiion .l,
dollars worth in a single day.-Journal, or
Bulletin.
Yes: getting things in shape to pay the
NEWS gold prizes to newsboys ana news
dealers.
He this morning refused TO give information
toa Telegram reporter, and accompanied hls
tcfusal with string of epthets, applied 20 the
mAnAger Of the telegram, too vile TO disgrace
the lips OF the least respectable hoodlum that
ever graced the Cranston jail. The mayer,
perhaps, does not Know & tns sn,nenii ms us IL Is
his insolent refusal TO listen to proper ana
rightful request that annoys U.S.. lie may ran
aud indulge In blasphemous and obscene lan-
Guage to his hearts content, but when he re-
fusee TO treat citizens civilly who approach
him for information he has no right 10 Wi,hs M
hold we protest and appeal from him To has
masters, the people OF Proyldenc-Ielegram.
Some one told me once that Providence
was mighty peculiar place" IL certainly
does seem peculiar for newspaper, after
heaping upon the, ahead of an able and hon
orable public official every form OF abuse
after calling him "His Dishonor the May
or" after speaking Of his method of am
bulatory locomotion as "waddle, 1t
really does seem sort o'cheeky after that
to pitch in and abuse him some more for
not giving the people who have abused MN
all the information they ask.
A great deal of twaddle is talked about
the rights of newspapers. a reporter
has as much right to ask questions OF a
public official as has any other citizen;
no more and no less And If any private
citizen were TO abuse the mayor as the
telegram has done and were then to go 10
him Ia bland innocence TO ask him all
sorts of questions, the mayor would be
very apt to refuse to have anything to do
with him. wouldn't heS
When a church seeks 20 attract and hold the
young by going into the amusement business
II makes q sad mistake. The saloon can give IL
long odds IN akak airection. The only sttrac-
tain }ts members young or old, Is a man in its
pulpit within whose heart there dwells the
Holy Ghost.-Westerly Tribune.
The Irtbune's own mistake is indeed
In neglecting to use for good every in
pocent impulse of human nature. DIR.
Rainsford's 3 plea for two great down town
churches In New York, one East side and
one West side, with bowling alleys and
reading rooms and lecture rooms and
nasiums and baths-that was the finest
idea for Christianity have ever read.
And what about the Y. NJ. c. A, with
it's amusement features, Why, IL this
sort Of thing keeps up, I'll begin to think
there's y" crank !" In the Tribune Office
somewhere.
Robert Giffen, the eminent English statisti-
clan, makes the rather startling prediction
thai Amsis face & to face With re,a silver ,Sr
worst Of the position. ."--Evening Telegram.
with Mr.. Giffen ms with the Telegram,
s'the wish Is father to the thought" Pros
perity IN America, unless under Demo
cratic auspices. Is gall and wormwood to
your "eminent English statistician" and
With the assumption of control Of the Re-
publican political machine in Rhode Island by
Gen. j. S. Clarkson comes the inquiry, from
various sources: Who invited him TO this
state?--W Woonsocket Reporter
Nobody Ii wasn't necessary. Mr..
Clarkson is acting as chairman of the
National Committee, and the greater in
cludcs the less.
The Providence News, the new Republican
pat,er made fits debut last Wednesday. II Is
clfan penny sheet. devoted to Republican
principles snd ought 10 be received by the
narfy In this State with enthusiastic gratitude
The first issue was well filled with advertise
1nents and this Is the best evidence that IL has
. business man at the business end. We bid
the new conner hearty welcome and hope
soon TO hear full chorus Of newsboys upon
All our streets crying "n-e-w-es one cent
East Greenwich Pendulum.
Now that the confederate brigader has been
brought I'm as burning issue in the State
campaign the ensanguincd underarmcnt
needn't feel discouraged. Boston Herald.
OF course not The confederate briga-
der is wearing the ensanguined undergar-