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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-23
MOURNFUL MUGwUMPs.

The New York Times is an interesting
sheet in this happy holiday season. Its
Christmas is anything but a merry one.
1t seems unable 10 summon self-control
sufficient to restrain the voluble express
sion of its immeasurable disgust over
the present political situation. 1t
is true that an immense amount
of Mugwump effort has been
spent in vain. Cleveland bent the knee
to Tammany, and Tammany has spurned
him before the eyes of all men. The
stars of Carlisle, of Mills and of Cleve-
land are yelled in obscurity and the
planets of German, of Crisp and of Hill
ride clear and high. Fortune may
change, but if her tickle favors are to be
dispensed before the meeting of the next
Democratic National Conventiss. Grover
Cleveland must find means to conciliate
German and his following.
Is it any wonder the Times scolds and
our esteemed cotemporary, the Journal,
grows more sadly and wearily cynical
day by day2 CrisPism, as the Jetf7tet
understands full well, means devotion TO
the Democracy as a political organiza-
ton; free trade, tariff reform or any
other issue being shaded and modified to
suit the exigencies of the situation. The
Mugwumps frown gloomily, but they
know in their heart of hearts there's
nothing for them but to bow with all
submission beneath the patronizing pat
Of the tigers paw.
A fine outcome, is it not, of 'indepen-
dence"?
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-23
PEOPLE AND THINGS.

A UNIQUE street railway baron is Mr.
Eugene Winchet of Dayton, Ohio. The
road he owns runs through the suburbs of
Dayton, and by the rules of the company,
drawn up by Mr.. Winchet himself, all
working girls using the cars ride at half
price, and workwomen carrying their
baskets travel free.
Speaker Crisp is devoted family man.
He exchanges daily letters with his wife
when they are separated, as now. After
the Christmas holidays Mrs. Crisp will
come on TO Washington. bringing one of
her daughters. During the last few weeks
the Georgia statesman has had his son
with him at the Capital.
Gov. Hill carries scar on his neck
which was received while he was practis-
ing law in Elmira. A crank called on him
at his Office, and without any warning,
threw himself upon Mr.. Hill and plunged
a knife into his neck. Mr.. Hill at once
proceeded to knock him down, took the
weapon from him, and held him until Of
ficers arrived.
The likeness of Fred Grant to his father
increases as he grows older. Congress
man Murphy of Iowa says he saw Col
Grant approaching him on the streets of
Vienna, and was as shocked as if he had
seen a ghost "If / had not known that
Gen. Grant was dead, says Mr.. Murphy,
81 should have seized the hand of the
colonel and addressed him as Gen. Grant. "
The Rev. Ighatius +. Horstmann of
Philadelphia, whose appointment as the
successor of Bishop Gilmour of Cleveland,
has Just been ANNOUNCED TO the Catholic
church, Is about 80 years of age and has
been priest quarter of a century.
When, last year, purse of several thous-
and dollars was presented to him in cele-
bration of his silver jubilee, he gave it TO
a church home for children. For the last
six years he has been chancellor of the
archdiocese of Philadelphia. He is presi.
dent of the American Catholic Historical
Society, president of the Tabernacle. So
-eiety, chaplain of the Catholic Club of
Philadelphia, and is also member of sew.
eral other societies.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-23
THE PULSE OP THE PRESS.

Speaker Crisp is evidently going to have
an uncomfortable time in trying To make
the two wings of the Democratic party
flag together.-Boston Journal.
Hdrper's Weekly admits that the Demo
Gratis in Congress have "repudiated the
views Of Mr.. Cleveland" The Mugwumps
are in an embarrassing predicament and
may have To mugwump again.-Chicago
Lnter-Ocean.
There is no gainsaying the fact that
Texas is getting very little mercy at the
hands of Georgia in congress. Mr.. Crisp
does not seem to think the Loan Star
State amounts to much to the Democracy.
Boston News.
The announcement finally comes that
Gov. Hill is to accept farewell banquet
from his lieutenants at Albany and pack
his valise for Washington. 1t is to be
hoped that the Governors capacity for
dinners is not as great as that for offices.
Boston Journal.
When Chile fails to deal with this mat
ter openly and fairly we may talk of CO.
ercion and ironclads and all the rest Of it,
In the meantime IL is well to exercise the
forbearance which we should ask for under
like circumstances and not load up our
guns too soon.-New York Herald.
IL Mr.. Blaine rel Mr.. Blaine keeps on
CARDS first the inter ''sayin' nufhn," and
can party, he should wisdom. = Boston
speak out, and in no News, Dec 81.
uncertain tones
Boston News, Dec.
81.
The Prohibitionists have made formal
request that the next armored cruiser be
christened Prohibition" and Secretary
Tracy makes reply that the suggestion
shall receive due consideration. 1t is not
likely that it will be adopted, but IL can
be taken for granted that the cruiser will
take only to water.-Boston Herald.
This will be a genuine American Christ
mas. Europe will contribute little TO deck
the Christmas trees and Santa Claus's
sleigh will be loaded with toys and trim
kets of American make. Inc money
earned in fashioning articles TO make
households happy and children merry will
remain in our own country, instead OF
being sent abroad as ii used TO b.. This
Is one result of protective policy. Is 1T not
a good oneg-New York Recorder.
The Mills wing counts upon the tariff
issne to insure the reelection of many
members in Northern districts, and real
ICES that the silver question would only
do them harm. But the Crisp wing needs
the silver question to save many Southern
members from overthrow by the Farmers
Alliance, and holds that the tariff ques-
ton would involve defeat. On both sides
it is a fight for life and death, politically,
and the Cleveland Mills wing has at pres
ent the worst of it.-New York Tribune.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-23
AN OLD DOLLY.
n old wooden dolly.

Only an old wooden dolly,
With an arm and leg a-missing,
The point of her nose rubbed of. s'ppsc.
Through too much washing or kissing.
In frock of faded satin,
With tinsel lace tarnished and tattered;
Her "coal scuttle" bonnet holds, alas,
A head that's tribe battered.
Oh. no. she has not lost her locks;
She never had curls black or golden;
A dolls wig was safely painted on
In the days that you call "olden."
You laugh and think her too funny"
Yet once she was just as much cherished
As your dolly is-by wee girl
Whose dolly days long ago pcrished.
New York Advertiser.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-23
You wish to vote for President; register
mediate1y.
"CANNON's MOUTH" TRADE.

From The Boston Journal.

From he Boston Journal.
An individual in Chepachet, X. l., who
appears to have allowed himself to become
greatly wroth at recent statement in the
Journal, demands TO know where and
when Great Britain has forced her goods
upon helpless people at the point of her
bayonets and the mouth of her cannon. I"
To answer this request in full would be to
recapitulate a large part of the colonial
history of the British Empire We shall
content ourselves and satisfy our CORES
pondent by citing two conspicous instances.
Commercial greed was the chief motive
of the British subjugation of India. Brit
ish guns battered down the temples of
an ancient civilization to open the gate
ways of Asia 20 British trade. II British
troops and warships were To be now with
drawn from India, Manchester and Birm-
ingham would lose their blood bought mar
kets in the twinkling of an eve. Another
instance. China wished TO drive from her
borders the destroying curse Of opium,
the production OF which was an import
ant Industry of British colony. Great
Britain mustered a mighty squadron and
forced the deadly drug into Chinese sea
ports, literally lat the mouth of her
cannon" to blight the lives Of countless
thousands Of the subjects of the Emperor.
That act will always stand as one Of the
most infamous crimes in history. docs
England force her goods upon the Ameri-
can people Mt the point Of the bayonet 2"
ask our correspondent. The American
peeple fortunately are no longer helpless,
but il the records are accurate England
has sought twice To force her goods upon
US, once in l1i5 and again in 1872. II our
will consult his neighbors
he will learn that the mother country's"
attempts To trottle our industries and
crush our growing commerce were one Of
the causes which eliminated in the Re
vulutionary war.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-23

not work for at least two reasons; one
that, consistently applied, it would bar
all but rich men out of office, and two,
it is impossible to bestow on busy men
with large business interests, like those
of many of our councilmen, any such
''gratuities" as to insure them against
"actual loss" on account of their devo-
tion TO the public veal. They must in
variably give much more than they can
receive.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-23
Clemencc Bros. & Co.,
600 Broad St., showing a splendid line OF Hoi-

many matters these days. One of the
things that deeply concern him, as our
Albany dispatch this morning shows. is
the place for holding the National Con
vention of his party. Two things appear
to be certain one il that he does not want
IL held Ina New York the other Is that It.
Louis would be equally distasteful to him
His objection TO both those cities is the
same-that there is too much Cleveland
sentiment abroad. IL is possible, though,
thai when the members of the Democratic
National Committee come together To de
eide this question, they may not be gov
erned entirely 10y David B. Hills prefer
ences. New York Tribune
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-23


"Bill" Morrison's efforts to endear him
self TO his party and 20 his State take a
curious form. Probably no less accom-
plished marplot than this discredited ex-
statesman could have conceived the idea
of substituting the name of Scott Wike
on the Ways and Means Committee for
that of William NJ. Springer. For such
wrongheadedness and stupidity and den
sity truly Egyptian. Mr.. Morrison pos
sesses these qualities I'm higher state of
perfection than any other living states
man or ex-statesman. Among the long
cared brethren his ears are easily longest.
THE Post is the paper which thinks a
dishonorable Democrat so much more
honorable than a dishonorable Republi-
can, don't you know; but it can't stom-
ach Horizontal Bill Morrison.
AS for Mr.. Mills, he was defeated in
his canvass for the speakership which
should have been his, if party consis-
tency is anything more than name.
His friends are getting poor committee
places, he himself is in the sulks, and
he realizes sadly that he will never be
President.
Has the Democratic party, then, no
use for free trade leader? Certainly.
The mover and Trainer of a free trade
bill is hailed as political Messiah by
the Southern Democrats, and is as regu-
larly slaughtered, kicked, jumped upon
and otherwise maltreated to please
those Democrats in the North who are
10th to give up the benefits of protec-
fiua tariff
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-23
THE FATE OF Two FREE TRADERS.

THE FATE OF TWO FREE TRADERS.
Two desperate and determined efforts
have been made of recent years by the
Democratic party in Congress to reduce
the tariff. One of these was the rather
farcical horizontal reduction" bill of
the Hon. William Morrison of Illinois.
The other was the Mills bill of more
recent fame.
II is useful and interesting TO observe
the fate of these two gentlemen. Mr..
Morrison was, after his far-heralded
appearance horizontal rea#eef,
beaten for reelection by a hitherto un-
known man named Jehu Baker, showing
plainly enough in what estimation he
was held by his people. He succeeded
in retaining his hold upon the machine,
but that he still fails ~ find favor
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-23

THE prosecution has rested its case in
the Graves trial, and no sane person
with decent regard for justice looks
for conviction on such evidence as was
admitted. DR.. Graves mp to date has
not had fair play.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-23

How does the nation which elected a
Democratic House of Representatives en-
JOY the spectacle of MANNED veterans of
the war turned out of their Offices under
the new doorkeeper of the House to
make room for Tammany plug uglies3
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-23

THE checklist man alive has been
found in Joseph J. O'Donohue, the presi-
dent of ferry company between New
York and Brooklyn, who wants to pro-
hibit the building of any more East
River bridges, rs they might interfere
with the profits of his ferry. OF course
this is not assigned as reason, but
great solicitude is expressed for the well
fare Of American commerce.
p. S-Mr. O'Donohue is prominent
and influential member of Tammany
Hall.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-23
NnUNG MAN

Ii viii take bet ~ few fninutcs tn rryistcr
and he qualified to vote the coming year.
n must DE done before the close Of this
month or YOU viii he disfranchised for the
whole Of the year 1922. The young man
who will become Of age during that year
can and should register now. The City
Clerks Office will be open daily from D TO
O'Clock.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-23
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER %, 1891.
The only Republican daily
Of the Republican Capital
OF q Republican State.

TIE "Neirs should be ordered Of yo,n
nearest nescsdealer. Those Tishing to
secure thspoper 'ciu confer Jauor upon
lis publishers By reportiny at once any
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Patrons not living near a netcsdsalsr ,cin
bs suppEisdon application 10 the office. s.
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-23
NOUNG MAN.

II will take but "a few minutes to register
and be qualified To vote the coming year.
IL must DE done before the close of this
month or you will he disfranchised for the
whole of the year 1892. The young man
who will become of age during that year
can and should register now. The City
Clerks Office is open daily from To
o'clock.
Are you in want Of Help? Try a 1O-cent
advertisement in the " News"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-23

THE Rhode Island Commission
has acted with commendable promp-
titude in selecting plans for the States
building at Chicago and the character of
the successful competing firm is such as
to insure building worthy of the State.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-23

II may be permitted us 20 state, however.
that we have never sought 10 convey the im-
preston that the members Of the City Council
do not earn the salaries they have voted them
selves. They do undoubtedly earn even more
than they receive; but their service Is a dehL
They and AL good citizensl owe the city, and
whatever they are paid il In the nature Of n
gratuity. paid that they may not suffer actual
loss ON account of their devotion 90 the public
veal. Telegram.
1t may be permitted the News TO call
the attention Of its esteemed contem-
porary to the fact that this theory will
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-23

THE burning Of the Abyssinia points
plainly towards the necessity of exclud-
ing combustible materials like cotton
from the cargoes of passenger-carrying
steamships
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-23

How easy to kill a man, and how
hardl On Saturday evening passenger
on the Pawtuxet railroad was thrown
from car platform and climbed aboard
again unaided. Another may get an
orange seed in his vermiform sac and
die in agony.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-23
year.

THE illness in Paris of Connef, the
American athlete, suggests again the
query whether an American sprinter or
other highly trained specialist is apt to
be quite as good man physically after
an ocean voyage and under different
climate
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-23

THE efforts of the Board of Agricul-
ture to stamp out tuberculosis among
the cattle of this State cannot be too
highly commended. Adulterated milk
and milk from diseased cattle slay their
hundreds and their thousands every
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-23

1T IS rather turning the tables when
Chicago capitalists come to New York
to invest in real estate. 1t used to be
the other way.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-23

Now is the time to put I'm the preliminary
work for the spring campaign, which is
close at hand. The first step is to register;
after Dec. 81 IL will be too late.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-23

THE clerks in the Providence stores :
"rm SO tirsdv
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-23

THE Argentine Republic is taking
steps to restrict wholesale immigration.
Where are we?
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-23

THE storms on the Atlantic are moth
ing to the storms about Speaker Crisp's
ears.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-23

ONE day more, and then Christmas.
Get ready.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-23

TIE telegraph ticks good news when
1t brings word Of the restored health of
Mckinley.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-23

INTELLIGENT service should command
adequate compensation.
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Xmas Cards, Booklets Photographs, with Easel
stands Prices away down. Cut this out T.. r.
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Register. 1t viii be too late after Deoem
ber 81.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-23

"Broad minded" is what the Boston
Republic calls David B Hill Now let
the Republic go on and call the hippop-
otamus a model of physical beauty.-New
York Tribune.
Well, the man who can at the same
time be Senator at Washington and a
Governor Mt Albany must be broad
minded after fashion. He couldn't do
it if he wasn't AS for the hippopot-
anus, it has very Hillish look when it
yawns and aptly typifes by its wide
distended jaws and yawning throat that
very hungry Democrat.
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