The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-15
The NEWS" TURN NOW

Now that the excitement of the speaker
shipHontest has passed away those who
| opposed Mr.. Crisp on the ground that he
was not so sound tariff reformer as Mr.
| Mills are beginning to confess that they
rather exaggerated the facts in their cam
paign arguments and that after all the
Georgian may entertain quite as commen-
dable views In this respect as the Texan
Journal and Bulletin.
That is to say Mr. Mills meant free
trade and free silver, while Mr.. Crisp
means free silver and free trade. There
is difference but it is not a very marked
one.
The greatest service fashion has recent
ly done woman is the abolition of the gar
ter. The garter, simply as the garter, is
not to be feared by woman or man. But
the style OF dress that the garter is the in
visible evidence of is conducive of "A great
many of the ills that women have to bear.
The style that is driving the garter off the
women is far better adapted to good
health and happiness. Therefore, hail to
the tights and farewell to the garter
Telegram.
The Telegram discusses garters much
more lucidly and intelligently than it
does many other questions. Stick to gar
ters by all means, stick to garters, friend.
The indulgent mother who wanted to
divide the pie so as to give each of her six
children quarter had an easy task COM
pared with the one which is now confront
ing Speaker Crisp in the formation of his
committees. and Bulletin.
Tammany will kindly lend Speaker
Crisp all the assistance he may need.
The one fact that it allows the voters to
escape the espionage of the political
bosses commends il to the masses of the
voters, and that fact is in itself suffici-
ent justification of IL. III the bosses want
to get back their old power they will have
to adopt some other expedient than to at
tack the Australian voting system.-Tele-
gram.
Which after all did not avail to pre-
vent some extremely interesting and
most peculiar doings in the last election
on the Democratic side in the Third and
Tenth Wards.
Probably the strongest confirmation of
the hopes of the Republicans in regard to
the operation of the Mckinley tariff law
was afforded by the report of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury in relation thereto
Not only has the value of exports, dur
ing the first year of its operation, in
creased to the unprecedented amount of
sS12, 600, 900 but our imports as well OF all
merchandise were valued at SS44, ,0OO, OO0.-
Newport Observer.
And we were strong enough to stand
firm in the financial storm by which all
Europe was shaken.
The man who does not register before
the close of the year need not growl il he
is shut out from participation in the elec-
tions of 1892. He will have only himself
to blame for his acknowledgements
tucket Times.
Register see to it that your own neg
ligence does not shut you out from a
freeman's rights, duties and privileges.
According to the published figures the
Pawtucket cotton mills stocks are more
valuable than those of Fall River. Rhode
Island may be little, but she is always
pretty sure to be ahead.-Newport News.
And what debt of gratitude she
owes to the Republican policy of pro
lection.
IL you want to make yourself good
Christmas present, register. IL will be
one, too, that won't cost anything. g.-Paw-
tucket Tribune.
Register that you may have clear
conscience to enjoy the holidays.
That protection helps manufactures and
consequently industrial employees, is un-
deniable. Whom does it hurtl Not the
consumer, for living is growing cheaper.
Not the merchant, for our commerce is
increasing. Not the farmer or the miner,
for both are doing very well-New York
Recorder.
The country would need to be raked
with fine tooth comb to find anybody
who is not benefited.