The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-28
The NEWS TURN NOW.

Providence must endure another at
tempt at an election next Wednesday. IL
would be very great saving III the city
could send every Prohibitionist ana
Clarkite out OF town for just one day.
Let a fine steamer be chartered, with a
band OF music, free lunch and plenty or
Ice water. 1t could start just before the
polls opened and come back just after
they closed or not come back at all this
little detail of the return could be
decided later. We have now spent some
thirty thousand dollars on useless cleo
tions in one year. This Is the interest on
nearly million dollars, and all owing to
foolish law which enables few indi-
viduals with bees in their bonnets TO
cause great amount of annoyance with
out accomplishing particle Of good
Journal and Bulletin.
Our esteemed morning and evening
contemporary managed yesterday to find
room among its dissertations on Japan
ese earthquakes ard the condition OF
Brazil for the aboSe paragraph on the
local situation. For this cramping of
the space usually given to foreign items
the city should be grateful both as a
manifestation of local interest and be-
cause the suggestion about the steamer
and the Prohibitionists and the Clarkites
is not at all a bad one.
While no objection can reasonably be
made TO liberal outlays of public money
for public mprovements-and we are not
desirous Of making any-the utmost care
should be taken to protect the city's in
terests against those who squander money
on purposeless ventures, for incompetent
work and to advance private interests
Telegram.
A very excellent argument is advanced
in the above-though not meant as such
in the Telegram office-for the cleo
tion of Mayor Smith. Public money for
public improvements must be carefully
and judiciously expended Mr.. Potter
has no experience in such matters,
Mayor Smith knows what he is doing.
About two weeks ago statement was
given in the Telegram OF the financial
condition Of the city, a statement that was
more than a surprise to many OF the citi-
zens, who had no idea that the munich
pality was so fearfully in debt.-Tele-
gram.
If the people were so Mortified why did
they re-elect all the councilmen who
voted the money? AS the News has
shown several times, nearly all the
money was voted and the resolutions
were signed before Mayor Smith was
elected. 1t was wise thing to do and
nobody thought otherwise until the
Telegram conceived its prejudice against
Mayor Smith for reasons well known to
many people.
The Prohibition committee of the city
of Philadelphia declares it's preference for
Hon. John II. St John, OF Kansas, for
president, and Gen. John NJ. Bidwell, of
California, for vice president, in lS92.-
Westerly Tribune
OF course the committee expects to
elect them.
Mr.. Potter has about as much chance Of
coming out of the contest with majority
as he has of being nominated for the presi-
dency.-Pawtucket Times.
Mr.. Potter has no claim on the suffrages
Of Providence, being man without a
record and one whose political associa-
tions have not been such as to increase
public faith in him.
When newspaper Is svirulently
Democratic it marks independent" in
big letters at the head of It's columns.
Nine times in every ten 'the independent"
is the most bitterly partisan paper
Chicago Inter-Oceau.
And the tenth time it folds its hands
and smiles calmly superior smile and
saws, Lets talk about the nervous
system OF prehistoric man; who cares
whether or not we have an honest and
an able city government.
A section of stone balustrade around the
roof of the White House was blown down
during the storm and crushed through
the roof of the portico at the eastern en-
trance of the basement. - Morning
Paper.
This sort of thing never happened under
a Democratic administration.-Chic
Evening Post.
Why not say at once it was the effect
of the Mckinley bill
II begins to look as il the ballot reform
ers who pinned their faith to Tammany
Hall Croker 's.professions of conversion,
were as richly stuffed as n Thanksgiv-
turkey. Mr.. Croker was converted to the
idea of grouping candidates opon one bal
lot, and he said so; but he forgot to add
that no conversion had taken place regard
ing the blanket paster Our delightfully."-
innocent ballot reformers, led by the New
York Times, who were so sure of securing
the reform through the grateful interven-
tion of an organization that would be fin
ancially and politically bankrupt if the
DdStef were nave HON dnOUUcr
enviable opportunity for rejecting upon
the wisdom of fighting treacherous Demo
Gratis every day in the year but one and
voting for them then.-Standard
Had Fassett been elected governor,
New York would have had ballot sys-
TEN that would have allowed an express
sion of the real sentiments of the peo-
pei. As it is New York depends on Flower
for protection from Tammany trickery
and Flower depends on Tammany for
his political future. The outlook is
such pleasant one that it is pity those
independents" who are responsible for
it, cannot enjoy 1T alone.
So far as the City Council is concerned
the Republicans have won distinct and
decisive victory, In the Board they will
have seven votes and in the Common
Council %, and in joint convention "a, or
a majority of 16-Pawtucket Times
The Republicans against whom the
bitter fight was made are there too,
which shows that the voters believe the
city affairs are managed with judgment
and propriety.
The Republican ward caucuses, last