The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-26
The NEWS" TURN NOW

A hard-shell Republican organ says
| Cheap sugar is one OF the boons secured
| by Republican tariff legislation which the
| Democrats would defeat. The voters
y i'll staD@ by the Republican idea OF
cheapening what the masses need while
| protecting the wages of their labor"
of deliberate appropriation of an oppo,,
| nenrs position To justify an act committed
| under duress Y-Telegram.
Committed under duress." What
characteristic misstatement 1t was an
act done against the vigorous protest Of
| the Democratic party in the South and
of its Mugwump allies in the North.
| The free traders wanted the sugar tax
retained because ii came SO near being
revenue tariff" Cheap sugar is a Re-
publican gift to the people of this coun-
try.
From this distance it looks as though
| Speaker Crisp had tossed the reins of
| power once more into the hands of James
Il. Blaine by appointing Mr.. Bland chair
man of the Coinage Committee. Great Is
the capacity of the Democratic party for
always doing the wrong thing at the right
time for their opponents.-Journal.
IL does look that way, doesn't it,
Ailtdb 10 NiiNps Sltdo oiS ITO NOtsN''
For once Tammany Halls leaders build
ed wiser than they knew.
There is not the slightest room for
doubt that we are going TO have an abun-
dance of American tin plate in the market
before -f4laay- -HaeAthS-lt-lx -lxe take -tle Ad=
ministration's comfortable view of what
constitutes American tin plate.-Journal.
Plenty of tin plate? That's notable
admission for the Journal. How long
will it be willing to make such an as
tonishing admission?
Oscar Wilde says he is journalist and
that his Judgment as dramatic and art
critic is considered final" His modesty
bears out the statement that he Is "a
journalist.-Chicago Post.
Wrong again; it was Oscars brother
who said that. 1t was the Post which
said that Democratic rascal was so
much more honorable than Republican
rascal The statements of the Post are
not TO be considered final"
We are disposed to believe that the best
solution of the present problem would he
TO place wool upon the free list, and to
impose duty of % to 80 per cent. ad va
loren upon imported worsted and WOODEN
fabrics.-Boston Herald.
That solution would suit the Provi-
dence Journal first rate, but it wouldn't
give the poor deluded public the free
blankets" about which free traders prate
SO much.
The nomination of Hill for president by
the Democrats next year would he hailed
with delight by the Republicans. The
"Mugwump" vote would go back where
it came from.-Olneyville Times.
Some of it would, and some of it
wouldn't. There are Mugwumps of the
1884 vintage who have repented their err
ror. but there are others who would sooner
vote for Apollyon than j. q. b. Well get
more votes from Democrats than from
independents.
Gov. Hills unmistakable contest for the
Democratic presidential nomination Is
splitting the Democratic party of the
country into powerless factions. OF
course Republicans are glad, but the fact
remains that David b. Hill of New York
is the present Jonah OF the national De-
mocracy. Senator German ought to see 1t
by this time.
Gov. Hill will get ''turned down" at
the proper time. Meanwhile let the good
fight go on. The Republican party Is in
the position of the frontier lady VINO sat
quiescent and interestedSpectatof OF a
tussle between her husband and bear,
not wishing to ''meddle IN fair fight"
The Boston Herald has abolished space
writing Will il finish Howell's story or
discontinue Woonsocket Reporter.
Perhaps it won't finish at all, but jusS
stop some time. It's way they have.
Though the protective tariff is often
| spoken of as in the interest of working
| men the facts show that labor has no pro-
lection whatever through its provisions.
Here is an illustration in point Reports
| show that outgoing steamers from New
| York are returning in the steerage large
| numbers of Italians, Sve les and even
| Poles, who have been IN this country at
work all summer, and are going home to
| spend the winter. In the spring these
| same laborers will reappear at the barge
| Office i'm New York, or at some other port,
as immigrants prepared TO pass inspection
as desirable additions to our population.
They do not come to stay, have no
| interests in common with US while here,
and in many cases are troublesome ana
disorderly.-Newport News.
Steerage passage both ways is $40 by
most lines. The average cost of railroad
travel to and from the steamship is GER
tainly not less than S10-supphes-fo
the voyage, many of which must by law
be bought fresh for each trip, cost not
less than So. Three weeks time lost is
worth SPA if it is worth anything. Amer
ican labor is, therefore, protected at
least $50 on about seven months work.
And what do these people come over
for? Presumably because they can earn
more than $50 more than at home. Isn't
this true, blue spectacled neighbor!
Speaker Crisp has performed his first
great service TO the Republican party by
appointing a committee favorable 20 the
free coinage of silver. He needs only to
touch the button and the Republicans
will do the rest.-Rhode Island Pendu-
lum.
True, and well put. Hurrah for Crisp.
In lamenting the fact that the school
teacher is paid n smaller salary than the
expert pigsticker, Rev. Frank Bristol
should bear in mind what the expert pig
sticker has done for Chicago. Chicago
Post.
But great heavens! Hasn't the school
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