The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-07
THE ~"JOURNAL."

In the name of Rhode Island Republi-
canism the NEWS, which is its honest
and consistent mouthpiece, most respect
fully requests the Providence journal to
keep its baleful hands off in future.
The enmity of the Journal Republicans
thrive on, but its friendship is deadly.
We have not lost the Legislature. In
spite of the ''help" of the Journal we
have secured the return of Nelson w.
Aldrich to the Senate. We have, at this
writing, ~fifty-nine Republicans in the
Assembly on joint ballot, where fifty
four are required to elect; later returns
and second elections where necessary
will increase the number somewhat,
but in any case how narrow is the mar
gin Of safety when compared with the
magnificent majority Of forty-nine in
the present Legislature.
Compare with this great and wholly
unnecessary loss the splendid gains on
the State ticket, which the Journal
happily scorned, if it did not antago-
nize. It is four years since a Repub-
lican Governor has been elected
by popular vote. Last year the
plurality for the head of the Democratic
State ticket was 1900. This year
Mr.. ID. Russell Brown has a majority
over all Of nearly 600.
Had the Journal maintained the even
tenor of its way a a foreign newspaper,
the Legislature might have been as glo-
riously ours as the head Of the State
ticket. But the half-hearted and self
stultifying support Of that Mugwump-
ian sheet cost us more votes than can
easily be reckoned.
On the Fourth of March, the day after
the Democratic State convention, the
Journal said Of the Democratic plat
forms
The action of the Convention in regard
to national politics was all that could be
desired by the Cleveland wing of the
Democratic party. The delegation to
Chicago was unequivocally instructed to
support the ex-Prcsident for the Presiden-
tial nomination as long AS there shall be
any possibility of making him the
too. adopted by the Convention
is thoroughly In harmony. with
the highest standards Of the
Democracy in regard 60 the tariff and the
currency, its essential principles be-
ing q reduction Of customs duties of the
oppressive sort by whatever means are
most available. tho maintenance OF each
nart IF thu ettrroney Mt mar xxfth nx.arx.
other part n no free coinage of silver
except under an international agreement.
In the event Of Cleveland not being n
candidate for the nomination at Chicago.
or in the event Of 10 being impossible TO
nominate him, the character and political
Affiliations of the members of the Rhode
Island delegation Is such, with possibly
one exception, as to make 1t reasonably
of the State for some man with Cleve-
lands ideas and as near rs possible to
Cleveland's w standard.
The Journal, in a word, first expressed
itself absolutely satisfied with the posi-
ton taken by tho local Democrats on
national issues, and tacitly pledged
itself to them as having done "all that
could be desired by the Cleveland wing
of the Democratic party -
The journal, second, when IL opened
its cold and contemptuous arms to give
icy embrace to a part Of the Repub-
lican ticket declared that this was a
national campaign, and that on national
issues IL could not trust the To-
cal Democracy. The Journal contra
dicted itsclf fatty. and by the lame
and bald excuses &c made FOX supporting