The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-19
THE NEWS" TURN NOW

Rhode Island for the first time in mod
| ern history is considered doubtful State
| In national elections. The Tilden cam
| paign and Others which we thought
| lively will seem sleepy when compared
with that Of 1885,. Telegram.
The only doubt" about Rhode Island
| in the next national election is the size
| of the Republican majority, and to swell
| this 10 worthy proportions let all good
citizens register
| Thomas B. Reeds services in the new
committee on rules will probably be in
| the nature of the work done by the fifth
| wheel of "A coach.-Journal.
Knights Mechanical Dictionary de-
fines the fifth wheel as: "a wheel or
segment above the fore-axle Of car
| riage and beneath the bed. The king
bolt is the centre of oscillation and the
| fifth wheel forms an extended support to
| prevent the careening of the carriage
| bed" The Journal will thus under
| stand the importance of Thomas B.
| Reeds position ON the committee, as be-
| ing the king pin (bolt centre of oscilla-
| ton, and as forming an extended sup
port for the committee to prevent it from
careening.
The Republican senators might be In
| DtlitI lHstii ndlCHllk StutlHtS W
| deprive Democratic senators of their seats.
They are now cooking precious scheme
to keep Hill of New York out of his seat,
on the plea that he has abandoned it. IL
will not work, of course but il illustrates
the determination of the Republicans to
take every desperate chance that occurs to
them from now until election next fall
Telegram.
If Hill wants his seat why doesn't he
take it, pray?
The announcement in a Providence
Democratic paper that the Woonsocket
Republicans have deserted their standard
bearer. and that, under the marshalship
of Senator Nelson A. Aldrich, they are
going in to help elect Getchell mayor Is
one of the funniest features of this funny
campaign. n.-Woonsocket Reporter.
1t is one of the beauties of the Demo
cratic press that it does appeal to ones
sense of humor.
If throughout his administration Mr..
Harrison had manifested the spirit of non
partisanship evinced in his latest appoint
ments, he could have knocked the Hon.
James G.. Blaine and the Hon. Grover
| Cleveland into cooked hats in the year of
| grace 1892 But unfortunately he hasn't.
New Bedford Evening Journal.
President Harrison's appointments
have been characterized by the same
good judgment that has made his admin
istration clean, able and honorable, but
when it comes to a question of cooked
hats, Mr.. Blaine, with his recovered
health, would have in all probability,
under any circumstances, the greater
knocking power.
1t is hardly probable, but still possible,
that DIR. Graves can be convicted of muir
der by his general reputation and conduct
prior TO Mrs. Barnaby's death.
Vile Gazette.
The ways of Western justice seem to
be little queer.
The city clerk will be at the ward room
of the First Ward tonight and 1t is the
duty of every Democrat, who is a registry
voter, to see that his name is on the books.
| There are but few days left in which to
| qualify to vote in the important elections
| next year.-Pawtucket Tribune.
The Democratic vote will be brought
out; therefore, Republicans. register.
| An earnest partisan need not cease to
be leman.-Pawtucket Gazette and
| Chronicle
Will the Telegram kindly take notice
1t will now be in order for Free Trade
organs to declare that the car famine,
| through inability of the railroads to trans
| port the immense crops, Is all due to the
Mckinley bill.-Pawtucket Times.
The trouble between France and Bull
| garia and the war between England and
| Russia, if it comes, will be traced to the
same great cause eventually.
The funniest visible thing in contem-
| porary politics Is the effort of the Mug
wumps TO guide the course of the wild
| and woolly Democratic majority in the
House of Representatives. York
Press.
Experience is hard teacher, and Mug
wumps will not learn even in such a
! school. Spite of repeated knocks and
! bumps and bruises they believe the DEM
! ocracy, which insults and belabors them,
will yet some time listen to them.
Every day that Hill absents himself
! from the United states Senate he insults
the highest lawmaking body in the land.
| Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
And insults the great commonwealth
| of New York also. But what does Hill
care, so long as he draws two salaries!
1t is now tolerably certain that Mr.
| Blaine will be in Boston at the banquet of
| the Merchants Association on Jan. 9TH.
! He has notified the committee that he will
| speak briefly on reciprocity. The
! gathering will be a notable one, and the en-
! thusiasm with which Mr.. Blaine will be
received on that occasion will give him
new proof of the strong hold he has upon
the regards of the people of Massachu-
setts.-Fall River Evening News.
The Journal thinks that after Blaine
will come the deluge, but the Record is
warranted in its rejoinder that the
! deluge may be one of votes which will
sweep him into the Presidential chair.
The people of woonsocket are nghting for an hon.
| est and progressive Official and for Democracy
| Providence Telegram.
1t is no doubt true that the people of
Woonsocket are lighting for an honest
and progressive Official, and there are
good candidates To make n choice from.
| But the assertion that the people are
fighting for Democracy can hardly be
substantiated in the light of cold facts.
| AT the recent contest the mayoralty can
didate of the Democracy received 7S6
votes, while there were go ballots cast
against Democracy. This looks rather
Al Il.