The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-13
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| Gov. elect Flower as Presidential pos
4 sibility was conception that might have
been pardoned In the midnight hours OF
election day when the incoming returns
were turning peoples heads and libations
! to the victors were flowing freely, But 10
Is something which Is not To be consid-
ered Of course, in calm and sober mo-
ments.-Journal and Bulletin.
Probably not by the Journal and its
afternoon echo; but there are,sa good
many Democrats who have much the
same feeling about Grover Cleveland.
Now they say Willie don't want to be
vice-president That is very kind Of the
young man.-Boston News.
They have always said Willie was
nice, and perhaps if Cleveland moves to
/ Massachusetts, Willie will turn about
and Russell for him, Perhaps, too, the
moon is made of green cheese.
A sample of the foolish speeches that are
frequently made by distinguished men is
furnished by the remark of ev-Gov. Cor
nell of New, York, who says, referring, to
| Mr.. Mckinley as n presidential possibi,-
ity, that no man whose name begins with
"Mc" can ever be President of the
United States.--Boston Herald.
The Herald is quite right in thinking
the alleged remark particularly idiotic
one.
II would DO interesting to know what
Grover Cleveland thinks of the appoint
ment Of Grady. Union.
1t would and yet there are some things
not worth guessing upon, because you
H,,nNv 60 rralI hafcra rnr, frxy
On the strength of Democratic victory
in Iowa million dollar brewery is TO
be erected at Sioux Falls, and yet Iowa
Prohibitionists gave their votes to the
Democracy and their opposition To the
Republicans.-New York Press.
Yes, and would do it again. There
There are some things that simply can
not be accounted for.
The result In Ohio is the outcome of
straightout fight on the tariff issue so far
as the Democrats were concerned. IL Is
taking too much for granted to suppose
that Iowa, typical Republican State,
| will repeat Democratic victories won on
| purely local issues. Ii Is possible, but 1t
| is not probable 1t is taking too much for
| granted to say that the success OF Gov.
| Russell in Massachusetts is "a Democratic
victory OF serious Importance The he
| publicans having elected the rest of the
| Stase ticket by larger majority than the
Democrats elected the Governor, could
reasonably claim the substantial results
of the election. Is IL reasonable to sup
| pose that Massachusetts will break her
record of fifty years OF Republicanism in
the next national election merely because
! her voters have paid high compliment
to the personal popularity eff Gov. Rus
| sell 4? Our advice 10 the COiirier-JOuTndt
and to other Democrats is Ito take moth
| ing for granted
New York holds now, "a heretofore, the
key to the situation. For the Democratic
| party TO ignore that fact, and go into
other and doubtful States chasing rain
bows would be TO practically give up the
| contest. To scatter the Democratic en-
ergies instead of concentrating them
would be folly.-Atlanta Constitution.
There is good sound common sense in
this, courageously spoken, but the out
! look is not brilliant for the Democracy.
| Cleveland has patted and smoothed and
stroked the Tiger for once, and said
"Poor Pussy" but hasn't Grady's ap-
pointment already demonstrated the
fact that the Tiger won't lie down at the
feet of Cleveland and purr?
IL must be tough on our Democratic
friends 90 publish the news of the charac-
| Ter tDdU JNe AssOclHltu lTeSs gives from
| England. For instance, yesterday morn
ing the London dispatch read:
| THE tim plate industry in swansea has
| become so depressed and the demand for
steel Nis been SO seriously lessened that il
| is reported the masters in that place have
decided TO close their works when the ex
listing contracts shall have been exc
cuted. boston News.
Oh, yes, American tin plate is alto
gether myth, isn't it!
What has become Of Garfield's $4,000
majority in Iowag-Chicago Tribune.
Just have patience, good friend, until
next year, and Garfeld's majority will
answer present" to the roll call for the
Republican nominees.
Uncle Jerry Rusk has not yet officially
| announced the cause of the drought in
New York and Massachusetts, but it is
well known at Washington that If those
| States had gone Republican in the recent
election the air would now be full of dyna-
mite balloons and the rainfall would be
| henomenal.-Journal.
Somehow l have never been able to
convince myself thoroughly that the
Journals, forte or the Bulletins, lay in
sarcasm. Where does it lie, by the way?
The free trade markets of the world are
a Mugwump myth.-New York Press.
Just consider the interesting fact that
| Great Britain and Belgium are the only
important nations not fenced in with
protective tariffs, and the trueness of
this little sentence stands out clear and
| clean.
Roger c. Mills is saying nice things
about Gov. Russell. The friends of the
governor ought to stop him, for commen-
| dation from him is condemnation.-Bos-
| ton News.
Oh, the Democrats are engaged in the
| good work OF getting together, but they
don't find it easy as arule. Democracy has
an inconvenient way of varying so North
and South, East and West.
| PEOPLE AND THINGS.
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