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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-08
AN EXCLUSIVE WASHINGTON STORY.


The Telegram obtained an exclusive
piece of information last night, and with
its well known desire to do justice 70 all,
the News hastens to give it credit for
this piece of journalistic enterprise. The
NEWS, and so far as we know all the
other papers in New England, with one
exception, failed to report the organiza-
ton of the House of Representatives in
Washington. The Telegram was the
exception. With commendable fore
sight il had a correspondent ON the spot.
In two-column telegraphic despatch
the correspondent describes the election
of the Speaker and the other officers and
even the drawing for seats, with illus
trations that probably came over the
same telegraphic wire.
To be sure it is dreamy sort of re-
port, but that certainly must have been
the fault of the correspondent and not of
the newspaper. We are not told the
name of the Speaker but we are assured
that he was the man who was chosen ut
Saturdays caucus in the same hall. IL
is a matter for regret that we Were not
permitted 10 know who the new Speaker
was, for all the world thought that the
caucus ended in deadlock Saturday
night and that it was not broken even
yesterday morning before the House
met. We are informed, however, how
the Speaker was received. This is the
correspondents language.
There are CHI es for the new speaker as he takes
| his telt. and among those who cheer not only
| the men who struggled aud voted for other Demo
cratic canddatcs but men who belong In the Repub-
| hCan iauk~
This noble expression of good feeling
leads the correspondent to moralize on
the greatness of American institutions
and the amenities that exist in Congress
As the new speaker takes up the gavel one can
easily In this simple act one of the most striking
| political revolutions possible under our system.
There II nothing like II except the appearance Of
| new man loo the White House. toItN-eight hours
| ago we did not know who thv new speaker was to
he. Now this man soais, In ,nc daring. swift eight
| from the common plane to The extreme height ~
! authority. power aud fame Aud this b. revolution
which iual TAXI place. gud often do,s tak, place la
Olr country. once in two years. t,kes place. too
without the slightest disturbance 10 the calm surface
/ Of Industrial political aud social conditions
The new Speaker probably made a
speech. Most new Speakers do. and the
one just elected could have been no ex-
ception 20 the rule. The scene so car
ried the correspondent away, however.
that he neglected to take notes of il, to
get the manus cript in advance or to re
member it. 30 he hastens on ~ the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-08
FOUR MINUTES FOR DIVORCE.

A Chicago paper publishes a Chicago
judges record in the divorce court, from
which it appears that this champion
knot breaker listened to twenty-six ap-
plications for release from the matrimon-
ial bonds in three hours.
The time of hearing averaged seven
minutes, including the few minutes con
sumed in dismissing and calling cases,
and swearing witnesses and entering the
minutes on the book. But some cases
were disposed of in four minutes. The
record in detail shows that new cases
were begun.
At IL, 1905, :0s, 11:16, 11:25, 11:29,
II 33, IL 40, II: AS and II :57 o'clock A. M.
and
At 1908, 1907, 1911, 1916, 1926,
1882, 1898, 12:42, 1852, 1856 and 1:15
o'clock p. M.
Chicago still seems to maintain her
lead in the celebrity with which matters
so profoundly affecting the happiness of
individuals and the good name of the
State are disposed of. Some men might
have taken time to think about divorce
cases in some cities.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-08

session, but President Harrison would
have looked forward to vetoing one with
the same confident expectation had the
bitter wrangle ended in the Texans favor.
So far as the tariff is concerned the
House was certain To waste a great
amount of time in fruitless chickering's in
the event Of either candidates success,
but probably under Mr.. Crisp the out
l)ok is worse than il would have been
under Mr.. Mills. The general tariff
bill which the Texan was supposed to
favor might in time have been disposed
Of, but the endless succession of free
wool and free coal and free iron and free
this, that and the other propositions
which it is now likely will be brought in
separately may be expected to run ON,
ike Tennyson's brook, forever.
The chief significance of Crisps vic
tory, however, lies in the fact that it is a
defeat for Cleveland and victory for
Tammany and for Hill. The appear
ance of the tiger in national politics is a
portentous event and one which IL Is
impossible to underestimate on the eve
of a Presidential campaign.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-08

The New York Sun from its position
as the organ of Tammany Hall gives
some advice to the Democrats in Con-
gress. 1t says
The Democrats in the House of Representa-
tives hold in their keeping the future of the
Democratic party for the next five years. The
democratic candidate for President will be
elected or defeated on the issues which they
make. Their management OF the public bust
ness will be the test which the country will
apply 10 the fitness of the Democratic party
10 be intrusted with larger power. III they
irritate the conservative feeling of the coun-
try by ill-judged and extreme measures, the
next President will be n Republican,"
How the Democrats in Congress can
remain consistent with their attitude
upon the speakership problem and not
irritate the conservative feeling of the
country, the Sun may be able to ex-
plain, but does not. 1t advises the lower
branch of Congress to be economical
with the public funds and to institute
some inquiries into the affairs of the
Pension Bureau and the manner in
which the last Federal census was con-
Quoted. Ii suggests too that caution be
used in the matter of new legislation,
and of course it vents its spite upon
Speaker Reed by calling upon the new
speaker, whoever he may be, to avoid
his tactics. There, however, the
advice of the Sun ends. Upon
the questions that enter into
the fight for the speakership, and
which must most concern Congress as
they now are "a matter of concern for the
country at large, the Sun is dumb. 1t
does not approach the MILLS idea of " free
trade and an income tax" on one side or
the Crisp doctrine of free silver coinage
on the other. 1t makes no suggestion
about meeting them squarely or of avoid
ing them. Yet the present House Of Rep
resentatives is in regard to these two
matters more particularly concerned
than in any other that may come before
it. 1t will satisfy no one and be open to
a charge of cowardice if it avoids either /;
it will satisfy but one half the party if it
takes action upon them.
With the free coinage men Of the
South, the sub-treasury cranks of the
Southwest, the free traders scattered in
all directions, and the free raw material
adheyents in the Eastern States with
Hill and Cleveland ready to cut each
others throats in New York, Campbell
stopping around in Ohio, Boies with a
swelled head in Iowa, Russell posing in
Massachusetts,, and dozen other Presi
Dental aspirsnts pulling and hauling,
the Democratic party certainly needs
some advice given that it may follow.
But it must be less ephemeral than that
given 10y the SIN.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-08
CRISP NEEDS 4 WIG.

One of the interesting and important
questions of to-day is: Has Crisp a
bald headg' Some of the morning
papers present pictures Of him with a
Uranium as smooth as that of his pred
ecessors. Others dignity and make him
handsome, with hair that a schoolboy of
Is might envy. But whether Mr.. Crisp
is baldheaded or has wealth of real
Georgia curls upon his scalp, it may be
better if he wears a wig during the ses-
sion for his own protection. With the
advocates of the different theoretical
ideas that serve to monopolize the Dem
ocratic party hauling him about, it is
probable that he will have badly lac
Grated skin before he steps down from
the speakership chair.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-08

THE mayorality bird of victory is
more ficlxle than usual this year in
Rhode Island. Woonsockets failure to
elect an executive yesterday again illus
trates the truth that success by any
party in this state can only be won by
unceasing work-and work now means
registration. There remain but twenty
more days for men to place themselves
on record as citizens who have public
duties and intend to perform them, or
citizens who have public duties only to
shirk them.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-08
THE PULSE OF THE PRESS.

Undoubtedly some Democrat will pro.
pose a bill modifying the Mckinley tariff
II for no other purpose than to disturb
the business equilibrium of the country.
Nothing quite so much menaces the
Demo, attic party in the next national
election as the probable revival of bust
ness throughout the country.
Bee.
IL doesn't matter whether the speaker
shin and the Presidential nomination OF
Democracy go to ultra-free traders or 20
tariff iugglers. Hill is as much opposed
TO Republican labor protective policy "a
Cleveland il. Protection to labor through
tariff and to commerce 10y reciprocity are
Republican doctrine and practice. De
mocracy opposes them.-New York Re-
corder
The congressman, In a conversation re
Qarding the present Congress, referred 20
II as "composed largely of the Judges
and 'colonels' and majors Of the West;
men who i'm some cases obtained the nom
ination for no particular intellectual,
moral or political prominence, but merely
because the more respectable politicians of
their districts had become tired of accept
ing the nomination only To be defeated. y
Boston Advertiser.
One of the most amusing incidents in
politics Is TO see the Boston Herald,
whose Mugwump editor has pretended all
along that the paper and the Democratic
party OF this State were dead set
against free coinage of silver, now urging
with all its powers the choice OF Mr..
Mills of Texas Tor Speaker, when that un-
conceaIing, plain spoken man declares
himself nnreservedly i'm favor of that
measure. The Herald, when taxed with
its Inconsistency, lsmely attempts to jus
tify its course by saying Mr.. Mills Is the
candidate nearest its principles. and II
IL can't have what ~ wants u VIII take
what IL can yet. How is this for the lofty
high .mindedness of Mugwumpery. which
claims To sink party for principle i-lOld
Colony Memorial (tep.I
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-08
THE SCRIBE OF CoNTRADICrION.
WRITTEN ron THE NEWS. !"

WRITTEN ron THE NEWS"
He WAS the demon of the pen,
In every polished thesis;
His efforts were sublime, but then
He always went to "pieces."
He had no rival In his sphere;
His matter caused no doubt;
Before his lines went In twas clear
He always "cut them out"
Intrigue was thoroughly despised
He'd shun the rumored fable.
And yet his prose with skill devised,
Was gotten up from "cabal."
He fought in politics his foes,
For we'll he knew to edit,
And tho he;scorned their cons and pros
Their speeches he would credit"
The present was HIS theme sublime,
The past was always :'dead;'
He took his efforts all In time,
Yet always wrote "a headw
For everything he had his plan,
And well he kept his place;
Tho reckoned quite little man,
He took world of space"
And tho with drinking he'd be vexed,
Tho sombre was his frown,
IL aqua pura was the text
He'd always "boil IL down."
In SHORT he led a merry life,
At home was never glum,
And tho he never swore at strife,
He'd always stick, by gum"
And II you'd like TO meet him why
This man Of moods and changes
He works upon paper spry-
And edits the exchanges.
CHARLES HEMMINo.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-08
PEOPLE AND THINGS.

The City Solicitor Of Philadelphia gives
il rs his opinion that colored boys can not
he admitted to Girard College IL the will of
Stephen Girard is TO be properly interpre-
ted II appears that the discrimination
was made by the testator i'm the words for
"poor white male orphan children"
The growth of Portland, Oregon, is
agreeably illustrated to the ambitious
Northwest by the increase in her ocean
trade. The largest vessel that ever entered
her harbor is now loading at her docks
II is one of those big four-masters that is
perpetuating the glory Of the worlds com
mercial marine once sustained by the
clippers so famous in story. The ship is
the British craft Afghanistan, and she can
carry $500 tons of grain. 1t is her first
voyage.
So new il our great West that it is'said
there is not in Colorado native born
white grandmother. Denver is made up
of one part of foreigners, one of New Eng
landers one of New Workers and Middle
states people, one-half part of Southerners
and the other half of natives. There are
more Welshmen there than any other
class of foreigners, with the Scandinavians
a close second.
Mark Twain. who went TO Berlin re
Gently, has been the object of great in-
terest TO the people of Germany's capital.
His portraits have been printed in the
daily and weekly papers; long articles
upon his life and works have been writ
ten. and numerous accounts have been
given of his famous wealth. Twain 5
works have long been translated into the
German language The humorist is
popular in the fatherland.
Your college boy is not the only form o Z
student of the future who is to conduct
glee clubs and take them of to distant
cities and sing for mere lucre. Your col
lege girl is ION to IL" with both pretty
feet Last Friday nineteen Smith Colleg G
Kris give concert i'm New York TO raise
the last ~ 600 needed for Smiths $4,000
gymnasium The Smith College glee club
was the first glee club from girls college
TO give a concert In New York.
The Due d'Orleans aud his people are
making strenuous efforts to settle the
case i'm which he Is correspondent. Mr..
George Lewis, his solicitor, Is working
all channels To bring influence TO bear on
Capt Armstrong, husband OF the
Australian singer, the woman in the
case He has SAID that the Duke and
Mime. Melba will sign an affirmation that
there may have been an indiscretion, but
nothing worse The depositions In the
case tell different story. Besides, this
is not Nine Melba's first affair. Capt.
Armstrong 80 far has declined to settle.
Speaking Of Lord Duferin's being sent
Paris TO succeed the late Lord Lytton
Owen Meredith ~ Minister To the Re
public. the London correspondents OF the
New York Times says: III the report Is
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-08
December Is Here


We propose to round out
the years work by selling a
thousand Overcoats and us
ters. We shall make no plea
of selling them at a loss, but
we claim this: Ours are the
best Overcoats and listers
for the money to be found in
New England. There are no
better made anywhere or by
anybody than ours. Our Boys
and Children's Clothing cam
not be surpassed for make,
quality and low prices.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-08

Between Mr.. Mills and Mr.. Crisp it
was not "A question of principles. Both
are free traders, both stand hard and
fast for free coinage. The unsoundness
of the one on the two essentially impor-
tant economic principles is not more
complete and more absolute than the
unsoundness of the other. II is now in
every way probable that Congress will
pass a free coinage bill during the present
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-08

true. the successful lrishman for once will
find work cut out for him which will tax
his facile qualities TO the utmost. There
is really very ugly state of affairs ex-
isting between England aud France, and
has been for three or four years Every
body knows this would have been much
worse still had Lytton not enjoyed quite
phenomenal popularity in Paris He was
not like an Englishman In any certain re-
spect, and was cordially disliked by nine
ty-nine Englishmen in every one nun
dred who had ever seen or heard of him.
But in France they admired aud liked
him more than any other living Briton
They even read his poems. There can he
no doubt that he exerted ~ powerful influ-
ence in his own queer way TO keep down
the quarrelsome Instincts OF the two pco-
pies. We shall see how his successor
manages 10 continue his work"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-08
TUESDAY. DECEMBER s, 1891.
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-08

AN announcement telegraphed from
New York that Ward McAllister is Civ
ing his personal attention to the New
Years ball makes the country happy
McAllister has the country's confidence
when it comes TO choosing German
favors and terrapin.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-08

THE New York Herald sees clearly
that the speakership deadlock means
disaster to the Democratic party. The
fight has been allowed to become too
bitter for the wounds to heal easily.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-08
DIDN'T WORK THAT WAY.

Mr. Mills. of Corsicana,
Is "a fiery sort of man,
As he thinks himself a statesman
For the Spoakership he ran,
Asked II he could be elected
On his foolish free-trade plan,
Said the man from Corsicana:
"Why, my friends, o'-cors'-l-can."
Buffalo Express.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-08

THE DUKE OF CLARENCE hasn't an es-
pecially good reputation, and in spite of
the talk of Glove match" it may be
doubted if the life before the Princess
Mary of Teck will prove an especially
happy one
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-08

CRISIS success means the appearance
of the Tammany tiger in national poll
tics. The Mugwumps will need severe
self-control rs they school their lips to
smile while he sharpens his claws.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-08

In the speakership contest Congress
man Page voted for Mr.. Crisp and Con-
gressman Lapham voted for Mr.. Mills
thus voicing the usual unanimity OF
opinion of the local Democracy.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-08

How many of the men named to fill the
place of ex-Speaker "Tom" Reed will be
able TO fill his shoes or wear the mantle
that falls from his shoulders. baltimore
American.
The Democratic side of the house is
unable to furnish one.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-08

Now for free coinage bill but that
would have come just as certainly had
Mills been chosen.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-08

CRIsP's success skaters the hopes of
Cleveland
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-08

The Mugwumps are not happy to-day.
Their idol has received a staggering
blow.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-08

THE Washington bear garden is an in
teresting menagerie.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-08

HILL must be enjoying this bright sun
shine. He won a signal triumph yester-
day,
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The New York Sun from its position
as the organ of Tammany Hall gives
some advice to the Democrats in Con-
gress. 1t SAYS:
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-10-27
WAS THE DUG NAD.
Mr.. Coleman will Be Treated
BY the French Process.

A week ago Mr.. j. T. Coleman, a
lumber merchant from California. Mo-.
was in Sedalia seeking q maidstone to
be applied to . wound caused by the
bite Of q mad dog. Mr.. Coleman was
not 60 much alarmed at the wound in
the calf of his leg as he was about an
open sore on his thumb. In turning
up his trousers' leg to look at the bite
he feared that the sore thumb had
came in contact with the poison on
the cloth. He had his thumb cauter-
lied.
Yesterdays California Democrat
contains the following particulars con.
corning the case
Last Saturday about II o'clock,
while sitting in the Office of his lumber
yard in the southern part of the city,
Joseph Coleman was bitten by a mad
dog which unperceived by
Mr.. c., was swapping at
everything Is it passed. The dog
was Of the shepherd variety and was
unmistakably afflicted with rabies.
After biting Mr.. c., it turned and
passed westwardly toward the Central
hotel, with Mr.. Coleman in pursuit.
As it came in front of DR.. Prentiss'
Joseph Clark sent q bullet into the
beast, but after that it snapped at him
succumbing when a second bullet ter
minated is life.
Mr.. Coleman at once set out iu
search of q maidstone. He went &c
Sedalia on the first train westward,
but found none there and went on tG
Nevads. Here he found . maidstone,
and on applying it it adhered.
A maidstone is q porous substance
which, on being soaked in sweet milk,
adheres to a poisonous wound, absorb
ing the poison and coloring the stone,
but will not adhere to wound unim'
preeurated with poison.
Mr.. Coleman returned to this city
Monday and proceeded at once to
New York. to be treated according to
the new French process.
The prospect that is haunting him
is terrible to contemplate but biz
many friends find refuge in the hop,
that after oil the dog was not mao.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-10-27
"KENTuCKY UNION"
The Little Upton S0rrel That
Trotted at the Sedalia
Fair, Breaks the
Record.
The Upton Timss Of yesterday con-
tains the following:

The Upton Timss of yesterday con.
tains the following:
On Thursday last this gallant little
mare covered herself with glory and
won the distinction of making the fast
est time that has ever been marked
on the fair ground race track. As .
compliment to his colleague Judge
Hall who was visiting Judge Alex
ander one of her owners had her
driven on exhibition. Larry HAZEL
her regular driver held the reins and
a running horse accompanied her.
The first heat of a full mile was made
in 2:34t. After cooling her out the
little mare was again started and trot-
ted a half mile without q skip or a
break in 1:13. This as before men,
toned is the fastest time ever made
on the track.
Revenue, q Saline county horse
with a record in the twenties, made a
half mile liz liza in an exhibition trot
few years ago and held the honor of
the fastest mark ever since until the
little sorrel despoiled him of the
laurels last week. As Kentucky
Union is but two years old, We expect
to see her win national reputation in
the next few years. 1t is needless to
say that Lara Hazel is extremely
proud ofthe lettle mares accomplish
ment and so are her owners, Messrs.
Alexander Il Renshaw.