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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-24
THE STYLE OF CAMPAIGN.

The feature of the municipal cam
paign now almost ended has been, on the
part Of the opponents of the present adj
ministration, the circulation of the most
systematic but nevertheless most false
and misleading comments that, perhaps,
were ever used against any man who
stands so high in the community as
does Mr.. Smith.
Ii was realized from the outset by
those shrewd gentlemen who managed
the campaign for the Democracy that
the better class of voters would this
year, as they did last, vote for Mr..
Smith. His record, when subjected TO
the closest scrutiny by just minded
men, has been such as 10 commend
itself to all. There has been no hesita-
ton ON his part TO have his every act
fairly discussed. This the opposition
did not dare to do, but pursuing its
usual policy of making such half state
ments as suited their purposes, they
have appealed only TO the most ignorant
class of voters.
Mayor Smith has been said to be no
friend of the workingman and has been
accused of trying to interfere with the
ballot reform law. The record shows
that he favored the idea but disagreed
with some of its clauses. When the vote
was taken Mr. Smith voted aye"
Il has been asserted that the city's net
increase in debt was i,555, 900, whereas
it was only S0l2,0OO
1t has been asserted that il is proposed
to grant exclusive franchises for fifty
years TO certain corporations while the
law distinctly states that the period for
which they can be granted can not ex-
ceed twenty-five years.
He has been accused of spending the
city's money lavishly. But look at the
results. In no one recent year. and
probably in no FIVE years together. has
as much work been done or done as
we'll as has been done this year.
There is no need 10 go further into de-
tails. The gentlemen who have con-
Quoted their campaign ON the basis thus
outlined have greatly overreached them
selves. Their matter has fallen fiat. and
IL is quite plain that the Democrats have
thus alicnated great part of the more
Independent and respectable voters, and
Is practically certain that more votes
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-24
THE sPEAKERsHIP FIGHT.

The return of Mr.. Crisp to Washing
ton after two days still hunt in the
lair of the Tammany tiger is followed by
the announcement that he will probably
be nominated by the Democrats on the
first ballot for Speaker of the House of
Representatives This will not be en-
couraging news for the New England
theorists who want Mr.. Mills for Speaker
because Mr.. Mills is supposed to be the
most rabid free trader in Congress. IL
will teach them though that as against
the power of Tammany Hall they are
mere pigmies.
Mr.. Crisp, Mr.. Mills and Mr.. Springer,
all candidates for the Speakership went
from Washington to New York on the
same day. The object of their visit was
secret TO no one. They did not hide their
purpose to get votes, each one for him
self, if possible. Mills was credited with
having long lead in the race. Grover
Cleveland was said to look with great
favor upon his aspirations and New Eng
land Democrats were credited with being
for him TO a man.
In New York Mr.. Mills coquetted
about individual members. Mr..
Springer, like Brer Rabbit, he lie low.
Mr.. Crisp, however, went to the ruling
powers; the men who had just made
Roswell p. Flower Governor of the
State and who control millions of dol
lars worth of patronage and made terms
with them. The result became appar-
ent the next day. Grover Cleveland
permitted himself to be interviewed and
stated that he was not in favor of Mills
for Speaker any more than Crisp or
Springer of Mcmillan or Bynum, and
he wished good luck and God speed to
each one of them. Tammany was then
announced to be for Crisp and with
Tammany all the other Democratic Con-
gressmen in New York State.
Mills appears to be left far behind in
the hunt for votes. The practical poll
tician looks all over like winner. The
New England theorist pops up on the
wrong side. Best of all, the free trade
issue does not appear to be the only one
necessary to be legislated upon by Con-
gress this winter.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-24
THE PULSE OF THE PRESS.

The utter and reckless selfshness of the
personal ambition which Is behind Mr.
Mills canvass for the Speakership and
behind Mr.. Mills consecrated friends in
trigues for the nomination for President,
is becoming daily more apparent TO the
Democrats of the South and West.
"It is better TO be safe than TO be sorry. I"
New York Sun
IL it were not for the fact that all Demo
cratic leaders are tarred with the same
stick of recklessness or unscrupulousness
the observations of Senator Palmer of
Illinois on the Ohio election would be
amazing. He was imprudent enough TO
say that "all through the campaign the
tariff issue was lost sight of, Mt least was
a secondary matter" Nobody supposes
Gen. Palmer 10 be n fool, yet his inatten-
tion TO the predominating record that "the
tariff was the paramount issue of the
campaign" relegates him To the class of
willfully and viciously ignorant men.
There isn't half baked man in political
life who doesn't know that the very nom
ination of Mckinley made the tariff the
predominating issue in Ohio. IL was a
defiant challenge to Democracy every
where i'm America as I'm England TO meet
the tariff issue The Republican platform
emphasized the challenge. In all the 1873
speeches made by Mckinley during the
campaign. beginning with his opening at
Niles, the tariff was the staple. and usual
ly occupied three fourths Of his time. 30
John sherman, after his opening speech,
and Foraker applied themselves largely TO
the tariff Every Republican newspaper
was full Of the tariff.-Dayton Journal.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-24
AND MINNEAPOLIS GOT 1T.

If Minneapolis gets the Convention
She II feel big enough to take in st. Paul
Duluth Tribune.
And now comes smoky Pittsburg with a
bid for the Republican National Conven-
ton. Pittsburg ought to SCOT the Repub-
lican committee.-Dayton Times.
Seven cities are after the Republican
National Convention. This is exactly the
same number that contended for the
honor of being the birthplace of Homer
Boston Herald.
Among the candidates for the National
Republican Convention are Tacoma and
New York. Neither place expects to get
it, but if is to go to either of them the
committee better decide TO hold the Con
vention in n live town and choose Tacoma.
Milwaukee News.
New York is talking of raising n guar
antee fund to pay the expenses OF the Ma
tional Conventions, if they shall be held
in that city. San Francisco has already
raised such fund. New York is away
out of sight when it comes to the matter
of talk.-Boston Traveller.
Philadelphia is not making much of an
effort To secure the Republican National
Convention for 1892, and yet the last
ticket nominated in that city-that of
Grant and Wilson i'm 1S72-gained such a
big majority in the electoral college that
its election was virtually unanimous.-S
Louis Globe Democrat.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-24
MINNEAPOLIS, JUNE Z.

The Republican National Committee
met in Washington yesterday and after
listening to the claims of the cities de-
termined that the convention which is
10 nominate thehext Republican candi-
date for President shall be held in Min
neapolis on June Z.
Minneapolis is not so central nor so
easy of access as Chicago, Cincinnati or
st. Louis, but it is thriving city in a
thriving, well populated section of the
country. The choice is good one.
There has been tendency on the part
Of some of the northwestern states to
drift away from the Republican party
and the determination to hold the
nomination in the most important
city in that territory will create added
enthusiasm in and give confidence to the
Republicans there. San Francisco made
a strong bid for the convention but San
Francisco is rs far west as New York is
far east, and the journey, apart from
the question of expense, would have
wearied the delegates TO an extent that
would have caused lack of ambition
and an inability TO stand the strain that
national conventions always create. The
action of the committee must prove sat
isfactory TO Republicans generally.
The selection of Mr.. Clarkson as chair
man of the committee probably means
that he will be chosen by the next COM
mittee TO conduct the coming national
campaign. Mr.. Clarkson is shrewd,
hard working, deep thinking Republican
about whom there is not taint of Mug
wump blood. He will bring to his aid
the younger, more aggressive spirit of
Republicanism and will fight winning
campaign.
The Republican National Committee
has set an excellent example in the direc-
ton of harmony and earnestness for the
convention TO follow.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-24
FLOWER AND THE PRESIDENCY.

The New York Recorder thinks il
clearly evident that Flower is in the race
for the Presidency. This is the interpre-
tation it puts upon the adroit answer he
gave 10 a reporter, who bluntly asked
him if he was candidate. am,
said he, Governor of the State of New
York, or shall be soon, and l ann not in
clined 10 consider or discuss anything in
politics except matters directly pertain
ing to that position"
The buzz of the Presidential bee Is
heard in every syllable of this reply.
Why should Mr.. Flower, who has car
ried the State of New York by nearly
$4,000 majority, step aside to please Mr..
Cleveland, who lost the State in the last
contest? Why should he take orders
from Mr. Hill, who received only about
3ne-third Mr.. Flowers majority? He is
lot under any obligations, political or
otherwise, to either Of them. They did
not make him what he is politically. He
is the architect of his own fortunes, po-
litical as well as financial.
Mr.. Flower doubtless thinks that
Flower and Boies would make as good a
ticket as Cleveland and Boies or Hill and
Gray. Flowers empty barrel will be
refilled by the time the convention
meets, and he will make fight for first
place on the Democratic ticket without
much question.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-24
AS 1 WAS SAYING.

The members of family living on Bur
Auburn, thought they had lost over a
hundred chickens between and o O'Clock
Wednesday evening. The mother went
to the city in the afternoon and when she
got back the children told her their chick
ems had been stolen. The mother went out
to the chicken house and, sure enough,
not chicken was there. Without losing
any time she spoke to one of the neigh
bors about the matter and he went to the
village TO notify an officer. While the
neighbor was going TO the village the lady
who owns the chickens thought she heard
a noise in a small coop in another part of
the yard. She went over TO it, looked in,
and there, packed almost as close as sar-
dimes, were her chickens.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-24
Authoritative Information.

Bronson Is very III. Has got to have
his teeth extracted" "
What are you talking about' Bron-
sons teeth are all false.
II know. lie swallowed 'em. Brook
bn Eagle.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-24

THE instability Of n cause is most
clearly indicated by the methods which
its advocates adopt. The public was not
therefore surprised 10 see some Of the
often repeated statements of some few
members Of the Advance Club printed
again as regular news items at regular
advertising rates. The figures are most
ly two and three years old and have been
refuted many times They are entirely
inaccurate, as it can be shown from the
cost of materials alone, that electric
lights cannot be produced at as per
year. The News challenge to the
orignators of those statements is still
open. IL asks them to produce any fig
ures in complete detail Of the cost Of pro-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-24

Four years ago the Democratic party
persistently claimed that their tariff pol
icy was one Of reform. That statement
was denied at the time by Republicans,
and to-day the national Democratic lead
ers almost without exception, assert that
the next campaign must be fought ont
on the lines of protection and free
trade pure and simple This is an age
of great progress, indeed, when truth
even in politics will make itself plain at
last.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-24
The Court Out of Patience.

.Judge-So you want divorce simply
because your wife won't speak TO you
when she gets angryY
Mr.. Growler-Yes, that's it.
Judge (severelv)-This is positively the
most frivolous complaint | ever listened
to- Don't you know when you're well Off
-Brooklyn Life
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-24

Our brothers in liberty of Brazil have
accomplished an almost bloodless revolu-
tion and have proved by Fonseca's resig-
nation that the spread of republican
principles in many supposedly partly un-
civilized nations is based on real ca
pacity of the people for self government
and that, too, capacity which can only
be known by actual trial.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-24

Or course says the Chicago Inter
Ocean, the story that Secretary Blaine
is to furnish consular appointments to
trade for Foraker votes in the Ohio
Senatorial contest is the worst kind of
nonsense. Mr.. Blaine is Secretary of
State, and his consular appointments
are not to encourage factions in the Re-
publican party.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-24
The only Republican daily
of the Republican Capital
Of a Republican State.

The "Netcs" should be ordered Of yottr
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ats publishers by reporting at once any
failure or irTegilarity IA It's delive,y.
Patrons not hiring near nelcsdealer ,oiii
be supplied on application to the office, 81
Westminster street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-24

have been lost by that method than
have been won.
These are facts which we believe the
taxpayers have carefully considered, and
it is to be hoped that they have already
registered that decision by their votes.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-24
WINTER ROMANCE.

The click of the steel rs the skaters speed
Ger the glstening ice I'm the sharp, cold air.
The changing groups of the merry thropg
The gladness and brightness everywhere,
Would thrill the blood of the coldest churl
And make his life for the time seem dear
This winters day, when the ice reflects
A sky surprisingly blue and clear.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-24

YESTERDAY was the most exciting day
of very important city campaign. The
Journal had column article on "The
Folly of Farmers The Bulletin editor
had one which resembled it very closely.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-24

PROVIDENCE should improve the oppor-
tunity TO secure second reading from
Sir Edwin Arnold. His ripe and scholar
ly Interpretation of his own poems,
brimming with human feeling, is some
thing 10 be remembered if heard. and
not to be missed lightly. Subscriptions
should pour in in overwhelming num-
bers.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-24

WHEN Democrats talk of Cleveland as
their Moses to lead them to victory the
comparison is little rough on Moses
who was not up to Tammany ways. II
may also be remarked that Moses never
got there.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-24
JOHN McMANUS & co.
RELIABLE cLOTHIERS.

We wish to bring to your no
tice the advantage of buying
your clothing of us. We have
one of the largest stocks in New
England of Fine Clothing. Not
a sprinkling of good, to pave
the way for a big stock of mean
quality, but a store full of the
Best Clothing Made in this
Country.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-24

A MANS personal character is known
by the opinions of his most intimate
associates. Men who have worked for
Mayor Smith for twenty years speak in
the highest terms of his liberal treatment
of the laborer.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-24

THE critics of Mayor Smiths record
forget to add to their false statements
the fact that he voted for the ballot-re-
form law. II would not suit their pur-
pose to give the truth in the matter.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-24

Gov. HILL is so busy bossing the steal
of the New York Legislature that doubts
are expressed as TO his being able to take
his seat in the Senate when it convenes.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-24

ducing electric arc lights whereby it can
be shown that an all night and every
night service can be proftably sold for
slS
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-24
THYME AND SAGE.
ODE.
Hail TO the, o Turkey!
In November murky.

ODE.
Hail TO the, o Turkey!
In November murky.
Thou alone art bird of birds;
OF all feathered tribes the king.
Oh! how weak are any words
When thy praise We try TO sing!
Eagles, with great outstretched pinions.
Soar at will DER our dominions;
But they soar and glare and screech
Out of every humans reach.
In the barnyard of the farmer
There's a greater king than he;
Tune for him thy harp. oh, palmer!
Chant to him thy minstrelsy!
Hail TO him whose blood's the blu'stl
Let Sir Turkey rule the roostl
Where's brayer bird In battle2
Where's bird with redder waffle?
Where's bird with loftier crest2
Where's bird with tend 'rer breast?
Where's bird with wishbone finer?
Where on earth's bird diviner2
Hail, hail!
Wass haell
Keep, oh, Greek, your luscious honey
Made In apiaries Attic
on the warm slopes Of Hymettus.
Tuscan, keep your macaroni;
Frenchman blithe, of taste erratic,
Keep your frogs and snails and lettuce.
Briton, keep your goose divine
Hardly could you live without
Keep your puddings and your swine;
Keep your ale and keep your stout.
For we need no importations
OF the Gates of other nations;
While we have the bird resplendent,
Yankees ne'er will be dependent.
So drink To the bird
Whose gobble is heard
Through the nation from ocean to ocean;
Whose sibilant signs
As he quietly dies
Prove his calm, gastronomic devotion.
Buffalo Courier.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-24

ONLY few minutes remain before the
polls close, and If you have not already
voted it is your duty to do so at once.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-24
But happiest far Of them all am I,

BUT HNVVIV~I IHT VI VnVr1I WI Mn i,
Aside from the crowd, at my lady's feet.
Fitting her skates with a tender care
That makes II long ere my tasks complete.
Each dainty foot in its turn IL shod
In lingering way with its bright steel shoe.
While knccl as "a worshipper, bending low
And I'm mighty sorry when | get through.
-Somervile Journal.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-24

THE supply of self-constituted reform
ers is largely in excess of the demand.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-24
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THE turkey this week is the national
bird.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-24

HAVE you voted yet? Ifnot, why not
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-24
TailOr-Made ClOthing.

This is a uch-abused express
sion. Some dealers, who have
no facilities of production, ad-
vertise to sell "Tailor- Made
Clothing" We have been do
ing the tailoring business in
this city for over twenty years,
employing the best corps of
Journeymen Tailors to be had.
We keep these men at work
between our busy seasons max
ing Fine Overcoats and Suits.
Overcoats made from Domestic
and Imported Kerseys, Millions,
Elysians and Genuine Irish
Frieze. Suits, in Cutaways
and Prince Alberts, made from
West of England Diagonals,
warranted not to gloss.
JOHN MCMANUS 4 co.
~ to I2i Westminster st.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-24

TUESDAY. NOVEMBER "a 1891.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-24

AS body the New York firemen are the
bravest of the brave-New York Recorder
But they are not ahead of the Provi-
dence firemen, although we hope the lat
ter will have little occasion to prove it,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-24

Baby Mckee won the big doll at the
First Regiment carnival; but, as he is now
too large to play with it, he can leave 1t
Ruth.-Chicago Post.
VIII little Ruth call for it OF send the
nurse?
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-04-10
Saturday. April 4.

SENATE.
A bill was passed allowing alliances the
use of school houses for meetings.
The bill requiring all baking powder con-
tanning ammonia to be labeled as such.
Senator Donnelly's petition to congress
for the establishment off postal telegraph
was passed.
A motion was made to reconsider the
vote by which the Currie bill had been de-
feated yesterday, the motion was lost.
The Hompe railroad bill, which was re-
ported back by the railroad committee,
was ordered to be placed on general orders,
where Mr. Searle's bill now is, and the prob
ability is that Senator Hompe's bill will be
passed by the house.
The only other matter which excited any
degree of interest in the house yesterday
was the report Of the judiciary committee
on the bill to regulate the sale of baking
powders containing ammonia as one of the
Ingredients. The bill provides that all
such powders shall bear plain statement
of their Ingredients printed on each pack
age. 1t is proposed to amend the bill by
compelling all baking powders to be SO
labeled, and the bill was recommended to
be indefinitely postponed by the committee
After little discussion the bill was ordered
to be placed on general orders.