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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-01
BASEBALL FOR PROVIDENCE.

Is Providence, once the home and
abiding place of as fine team of League
pennant winners as ever trod turf, to
have no representation in any baseball
association the coming season? VIII no
enterprising citizen, or company of such,
confer a benefit upon their fellow beings
here and probably upon themselves by
undertaking the organization of club !?
The NEWS wishes it were as easy to
answer the question as TO ask it.
The News heartily favors baseball for
Providence. if it can possibly be man
aged, and it stands ready TO answer in
advance all the old stock arguments that
may be brought mp and busted to urge
against il. AS thus
Attendance upon baseball games is
expensive of time and money. Yes, but
not so much so as horse racing or gamb-
ling in saloons, and youth--aye and grim
middle age and frisky old-will have its
sports.
II would be better, say the obiectors,
for the spectators to play ball themselves
and get some good ont of it rather than
watch others play. True, for those who
are not too old or too young, or who
haven't heart disease or asthma or other
disablement. But looking on is better
than nothing. In the first place, you're
out in the open air, which is an inesti-
mable advantage. The yelling exercises
the lungs and so wards off consumption,
and the excitement which carries the
blood coursing more briskly through
every vein and artery gives nutriment
to every tissue creates appetite for
hearty food and does thus actually per-
form the functions of exercise. The
discovery Of massage proved that exer-
else could be taken and the muscles de-
veloped psssively. The baseball craze
proves that IL can be done by proxy.
And finally because its great game
and the national game, and because it
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-01
NoN-PARTIsANsHIP GONE MAD.

Both branches of the city council are
strongly Republican, and ii a mayor Of
the same political complexion We're
chosen, the object Of the change would be
defeated. There are many conservative
citizens who desire that one branch of the
municipal government should be of a
different political complexion from the
other, in order TO serve as a check or safe
guard if legislative interests of a private
character should come up.-Woonsocket
Reporter.
In other words the Reporter advises
the intelligent citizens of Woonsocket to
vote for year of deadlocks and innocu-
GUS desuetude, for of the policy it advo-
Gates nothing else can easily come.
Providence has years experience ahead
of it of city government divided against
itself. and the prospect is not so bright
that Woonsocket need be tempted to
follow its example.
Pothier is the man. He can be elected
tomorrow, and with mayor and city
council working in harmony, another
twelve month of prosperity and advance
ment is assured. To elect mayor whose
hands will be tied cannot commend itself
to the common sense of Rhode Islanders.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-01

and the growth of both cities is almost
exclusively confined to these uptown
Republican wards. Square miles of
land have been covered with buildings
since 1875, while the downtown wards,
the reeking slums and rookeries, tene-
ments and mattress houses" where the
Democratic strength lies, have actually
decreased, as the crazy old buildings
have been pulled down to make room
for factories, warehouses or wholesale
stores. Trade is driving the slum De-
mocracy out Of its hiding places. Hence
we see the curious anomaly Of an up
town assembly district Republican,
with $4,000 or 100000 inhabitants, and
a down town district Democratic) with
$4,000 or $1,000. 1t was close study of
these figures which caused Dark Lam
tern Dave, caring nothing for the rights
of constituencies, to veto the census
bill. Undoubtedly he made mistake.
Undoubtedly the Republicans would
have lost more in the country than they
would have gained in the cities by reap
portionment, but it's Dawes doings, and
he has no right to grumble. And that
is positively all the foundation there is
for Democratic whining about the legis-
lature.
But will New York remain Republican
on national issues? 1t looks so. The
growth of the cities in Republican wards
and their stagnation in Democratic
wards is significant. The Democratic
majorities are, as rule, relatively less
than they used to be, except when in
creased by Republican laundering. The
bright-eyed country lads who came to
seek their fortunes in the city remain
Republicans. There is powerful manu-
featuring interest in both cities, more
powerful than the importing and steam
ship interest, and the workers in fac
tories are becoming more and more alive
to the value of protection. What New
York States political complexion in the
future will be it is of course not possible
to say, but there are no present symp-
toms of democracy on national issues.
Democratic successes ON I" off years" are
easily explainable.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-01
THE PULSE OF THE PRESS.

Mr. Blaine's snub direct to Dudley, of
blocks-of.five fame, shows that the Secre-
tary's moral health il robust and his sa-
gacity keen.-New York World.
"The pope is quite defiant In fact, Leo
is leonine," says the Boston Herald. Leo
nine ? We've been calling him Leo thir-
teen, all along back.-Springfield Union.
II Speaker Crisp is a good Democrat,
why is he abused so roundly by the DEM
ocratic press liz he is not "a good Demo
crat, why was he eelected.speaker ?-Bostou
News
The recent "third party" movement in
this city is reminding Republicans of the
old saying that one fool can throw "a stone
into well that ten wise men can not get
out.-Pawtucket Record Visitor.
Russian politics are in bad way when
prints almost daily that the Car is not
allowed TO know how his people are suf-
fering. The "little father" is comfortably
and conveniently blind.-Nyack Journal.
The story about the man who got n
check for $500 in Norwalk, Conn, by
threatening TO drop the bag" does not
tell what be did With the bag when he
presented the check at the bank and
found payment stopped on it.-Pawtucket
Times.
III arbitration was good thing TO recon-
mend for the settlement Of differences be-
tween South American republics, why
would it not be In order TO urge it for the
adjustment OF controversies between South
American ana North American republics
Boston Globe.
A young man arrested for burglary had
been Imprisoned in thesi'ombs for thirteen
months. His case had been set for trial
on three different occasions. The first
time the trial had to be postponed because
the principal witness against him had a
young baby. The second time, another
important witness could not come for the
same reason, and the third time yet an
other. When the young man was ar
raigned for the fourth time. be entered n
plea OF guilty. not as an acknowledgment
of guilt, but rs matter Of policv. He
preferred To serve ont n sentence aud yet
through with it, rather than risk further
delay ON account Of babies. Woman
Journal,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-01
AS I WAS SAYING.

During the big blow the other night. a
large tree. which stood at the entrance
gate of the Dearth place at Fiskeville, was
broken off in the trunk, and fell, break
ing the fence. This place has not been
noted for the good luck attending the oc-
cupants. Away back, the house was the
finest in this part of the valley. 1t was
built by the late Caleb Ray, who, after
living In it awhile, went to California
whence he never returned or was heard
from.
finding residence there not as pleasant as
he had hoped it would be, removed to
Providence, Mr.. Dearth, after the death
of his wife, went to the far west, and died
there.
John Lippitt, of the Lippitt Mill Com
pany, next occupied it, and died there |;
Mrs. Lippitt left the place after her hus-
bands death, and soon became blind and
died.
Then the place was sold to Swede one
night while absent on business, while his
wife and little children were there alone,
capped in her night clothes, barely saving
her children and.her own life.
The grounds around the place are beau
tiful, but thus far no one has seen fit to
build house on the site.
1t is said by authority that New Eng
land is especially the place where bicycles
are most popular and that the supply of
the best made wheels is not up TO the de-
mand. IL is also stated that no machine
was ever made which had so many new
patents always coming out. A bicycle
which Is run daily, professional rider
says, will not last over six years, and this
is why those buying aud not understand
ing the machines had better avoid second
hand wheels, which are often almost use
less from being worn out. Men who keep
up with the latest patterns of wheels,
buy yearly, but this is an expensive lux
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-01

The Republicans of Woonsocket have
before them magnificent opportunity
to capture the city at to-morrow's cleo
tion. If they are wise, if they are patri-
otic, if they display proper degree of
civic pride, they will use that oppor-
tunity.
The situation is simple. Mr.. Gctchell
has generously withdrawn, it is under
stood, in Mr.. Pothier's favor. He and
his friends will not only vote, but work
actively for the Republican candidate.
Between them Messrs. Pothier and
Getchell had a very comfortable major
fly of the votes cast at the last election.
If these votes are again brought out,
Pothier will be the next Mayor. They
must be brought out. Woonsocket has
had enough elections for one year. Vote
for Pothier, and end this miserable bus
iness; and end it right.
There Is still of course chance of a
drawn battle in the presence of a Prohi-
bition candidate, and this fact suggests
a word to third party men. Avoid that
danger. Do not involve your city in
further expense. Do not put the voters
to further trouble. What has Mayor
Pond done for you or your cause that you
should lend him your indirect support
Vote for Pothier
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-01
PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Probate duty has iuat been paid on the
late NJ. Grevy's personal estate in Eng
land, which was valued at $3.50, 600
The widow of Senator Matt Carpenter
of Wisconsin has joined the Catholic
Church, into which her daughter. her son
and the sons wife had already gone.
The motto below the crest of the Mar
quis of Ailesbury--the spendthrift Lord
who has secured permission to sell Saver
make forest. part of his ancestral estate-is
1--WE have been"
Miss Sara Jewett, the once popular ac-
tress, who has been i'll for so long, is said
TO be living quietly at Cambridge at pres
ent. where she has host of friends. Miss
Jewett is looking as pretty as ever and is
fast regaining her health.
rsNews from Baracoa, Cuba. is to tho ef-
feet that the cocoanut crop is failure. A
plague has attacked the palm trees. and
they are dying. TO the natives of many
tropical islands the cocoa palm il as nee.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-01

essary as the camel TO the Arabs, the
whale 20 the Eskimo, or wheat TO tho
United States.
Busy as Rubiustein Is at Dresden IN his
his literary work, he has engaged TO visit
Paris and Milan soon TO supervise the
production of one of bis operas in each Of
those cities. The cataract from which he
has long suffered has recently much in
creased, and threatens before long to de-
prive him entirely Of his sight.
Mrs. Lizzie +. Dodge, who was held
guilty Of profanity and other sins by
church in Lynn, Mass, has written let
ter OF self-defence TO the church authori-
ties. she quotes from the opinion that
she has received from Boston lawyer, in
which he says that the word damn" has
been held by the Massachusetts, supreme
court To be not profane.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-01
THE LAST INVOCATION.

At the last, tenderly,
From the walls of the powerful fortress'd
house.
From the clasp Of the knitted locks, from the
keep of the well-closed doors,
Let me be waited.
Let me glide noiselessly forth,
With the key of Softness unlock the locks
with a whisper,
Set ope the doors . soul.
Tenderly-be not impatient,
(Strong is your hold . mortal flesh,
Strong is your hold, . love).
Walt Whitman.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-01
FRIDAY, JANUARY l, 1892.
The only Republican daily
of the Republican Capital
Of a Republican State.

The "Ne,rs should be ordered of yoia
nearest neicsdeaLer. Those tCishing to
secure the paper DiH confer q Jauor upon
It's publishers by reporting at once any
failure or irrsgilarity in its delivery.
Patrons not kWng near a ne,csdealer tciu
be supplied ON application to the office. 81
Wsstminster street
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-01

IL has been stated on what seems TO be
good authority that Mr. Crisp had deter
mined in advance if elected. to place Mr..
Sprin ger at the head of ways and means, no
matter for whom the latter might AZ last
cast his vote and his influence. Chicago
Herald.
On, CANNON! Do you expect us to
credit such disinterestedness in the man
who was guilty of such an infamous bar
gain with Tammany Hall?
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-01

THE young fellow who has just got an
elegant meerschsum for Christmas pres
ent from. h is best girl is in bad fix
when the anti-tobacoo New Years reso-
luton pops mp it's hoary head.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-01

ALBERT VICTOR, who is about TO marry
the Princess Mary of Teck is said to
dote on liver and bacon. AS this nour-
ishing dish is not expensive. young Col
lar and Cuffs may still be able to satisfy
his modest wants if Parliament, and
likewise his grandmother, should refuse
him an allowance.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-01

+. " the German government endesvors
10 enforce It's new law requiring Alsace-
Lorraine to use German money in pay
ing salaries and the German language in
bookkeeping, 1t will have its hands full.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-01
and Montagues 10 bite their thumbs at
each ther across the line.

A Lon DON dispatch says that bare
headed man peppered the houses of Par
lament with revolver yesterday, and
having no visible following" was ar
rested. The item speaks well for the
prudence and discretion of the English
noliceman
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-01

The Baroness Blanc, who says she lost
her $500 solid gold purse, gives its con-
tents at $40 and two hairpins. The pro-
portions are realistic anyhow.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-01

IL would be- pity if John Sher-
man were not TO go back TO the Senate.
Yet he is not the only good man among
the Ohio Republicans.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-01

THE Republican Convention is 10 be
at Minneapolis and Sc. Paul is making a
strong bid for Democratic favor. How
convenient II would he for the Cspulets
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-01

gives everybody chance for his own
city, which is always a good patriotic
practice, by all means let us have base
ball. But who will undertake il?
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-01

CENTRAL Falls is to be congratu-
lated on securing large and important
new industry.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-01

Mrs. JAMES RRowN POTTER is off for
Cape Town. This country can continue
to maintain its existence without her.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-01

WHY shouldn't the Orleanist party in
France disband1 IL had about as much
show Of success as the Belva Lockwood
party here.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-01

The N. Y. Central is to adopt the
block system. Another case of the
stable and the horse.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-01

THIS is great weather for " mysterious
fires"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-01

DON'T make any more good resolutions
than you can keep; and keep all you
make.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-01

WELL, here's the cold weather. Now
how about the grip2
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-01

CHn.E's government is not Chile's
rabble.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-01

SIR EDWIN ARNOLD is having lots of
fun with the local managers out West.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-01

AND may it be a happy New Year.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-01

Clemence Bros. a. Co.,
eco Broad St.. showing a splendid line Of Holi-
daY Goods
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H.W. LADD co.
Happy
New
Year!

We offer our best
wishes for the New
Year, and take this
opportunity to express
our appreciation of the
cordial relations which
exist between the peo-
pie of Rhode Island
and our House, and the
assurance that no effort
will be spared on our
part to maintain the
same in the future.
January 4, 1902.
f. v. LADD CO.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-01

The trolley car has begun TO run in the
streets of Providence and will prove an
able assistant to the already useful cable
system. The patient horse which has
done what he could for intramural transit
will soon be relegated to less laborous
tasks.--Providence Journal
The journal has kept characteristic
ally mum on this subject up to date.
Now that the battle is won, no thanks to
it, it emits feeble chirp and looks
proudly around as much as to say, -
did it,"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-01

The Reporter is out for Pond. We
thought IL couldn't stand the strain of
supporting four candidates. Meanwhile
we congratulate Mr. Pond -Pawtucke
The advocate., 1892-06-01

level it Is only necessary to raise the
level of the ocean.
You have placed great burden upon
agriculture. Why? Simply because under
the existing system of indirect taxation,
the manufactures, when you undertake
to tax him, shifts his burden to the
middleman; in many cases the middle
man can shift his burden to the con-
sumer, but at last the shifting process
must stop, and when 1t does, the burden
rests upon the back OF the agricultural
lists of this country. The statistics ofthe
census report will bear me out 10 what l
say. Iquote from the eleventh cenuss
of the United States on farms, homes
and mortgages:
In ten Kansas counties, out of nine farms,
two are owned free of debt; three are
worked by tenants, and four are occupied
by owners, subject to an incumbrance OF
| SO per cent. of their value. In the Kansas
counties, out of ten homes, three are owned
free of debt; FIVE are hired, and two are
occupied by owners subject to an increase
of 80 per cent. of their value. This is not
only true of Kansas, but taking ten Ohio
counties-Ohio, which is the great manu-
featuring state, and the farmers ought to
be prosperous if they are prosperous any
wherein ten Ohio counties, out of eight
farms, four are owned free of debt; three
are worked by tenants, and one is oocu-
pied by owners subject TO an encumbrance
Of 81 per cent. of its value. In the Ohio
counties, out of fifteen homes, four are
owned free of debt; ten are hired, and one
is occupied by owners subject to an en-
cumbrance of 43 per cent. of it's value. In
the Ohio counties outside of Cincinnati,
out of twelve homes, five are owned free Or
debt, and six are hired, and one is occu-
pied by owners subject to an incumbrance.
And now l appeal to you gentlemen
on both sides of this chamber, If these
are not alarming conditions? | appeal
10 you IL 1t is not time that we should ad-
dress ourselves to these conditions and
see if there Is not road out of the diff
Guilty. l appeal TO you to cease your
chickering's and qusrrelings about party
success. See If there Is not some way tc
help the people of this country. We
have seen the example OF Ireland. We
. know what that means. When nation
The advocate., 1892-06-01

such state you come here asking pro-
lection against the Chinese laborer.
Why, because under this policy of pro-
lection you have allowed monopolies to
buy up, to close in and hold out of use
the larger portion Of that grand state,
denying labor access to that storehouse
of wealth, 30 that in self-defense we are
compelled to pass laws restricting immi-
grafton from other countries; and In
defense of the laboring people, was COM
pelled to vote for that bill. Oh, you pro-
tect labor! In Kansas we protect cattle
and hORs-we feed and fstten them that
we may eat them. That Is the way you
protect labor Laughter and applause. !
Mr.. Henderson, of Illinois Did l
understand the gentleman to say that
he voted for law which was a disgrace
to clvilizationI"
Mr.. Simpson, did say that l was
compelled to vote for that bill In view of
the conditions which the Republican
party has forced upon the country, and
in defense OF the laboring classes. Be-
cause there has been adopted In that
state under our system Of government
land monopoly which, in connection with
protective tariff, denies to labor access
to the sources of wealth production,
was compelled, in defense of labor. tc
vote for that law, which know In prin'
clple is bad In every way.
Now, Mr.. Chairman, regard sgricul'
tural labor ss the great ocean, in accord
ance with which every other form Of Ia
Dor must seek It's level. II agriculture
more ancient than all other forms of la
Dor, is not profitable, so that men seeE
the cities In order that things may reacl
level, you may dam up the rivers, yol
may back up the creek', you may under
take to hold back the flood, but tinall!
there will be an overflow, and labor, lik'
water, will seek Its level In this grea
ocean. All other trades and profession
[ are the bays and rivers. To raise thei