The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-05-05
The NEWS ".TURNNOW.

kerosene. But kerosene is luxury.
Whale oil was good enough for our Tore
fathers, or why not light our streets
with candles? Light of any kinu Is
luxury. Suppose we leave the streets
dark and be done.
Mr.. Clevelahd. despite all that is said to
the contrary, will not be suihclent piat
form In himself
The Journal is getting very, very ex-
acting. 1t is not many weeks since our
Mugwump friend itself promulgated the
theory that Mr.. Cleveland was plat
on that gentleman's refusal to heed It's
sage advice to keep out of Rhode Island
before election seems to have altered its
opinion of the perpetual candidate ma
terially.
The people Of New Hampshire are to be
congratulated on their determination
that the fiend Almy shall not escape the
consequences of his crime. The present
efforts in his behalf are ridiculous In the
extreme.-New Bedford Evening Journai.
Our New Bedford contemporary seems
to be advocating lynch law. There are
few things in this world worse than
the escape OF a criminal.
The burning of the negro Coy at Tex
arkana, Arkansas, has caused the negroes
TO leave the state in large numbers; Inc
planters are becoming alarmed at the out
look. Why don't the planters have the
lynchers Of Coy arrested That would
stop the exodus. Worcester Spy.
Oh, but the lynchers We're white, You
know.
49, L.. loap gnr
one For years he has been IN the thick OF political
fights first as Tilden's lieutenant and then as g
Ss hi% that the gSts have ,1 Centred T And he has
always won There have been times as In me m isst a
not mean defeat for him. but when the smoke has
held.-Holyoke (Aiass.) Democrat
If there are Presidential aspirants who
expect to accomplish anything by. oppos-
ing Cleveland they would as well brush
away the bee. Anything may happen in
politics, and Mr.. Cleveland may not be
the nominee, but the anything" does
not extend to the nomination OF any man
who has worked against him.-kansas
City Times Dem.).
This is a fair example of how our
friends, the enemy, agree.
The reason why woman wants her
rights is because she don't want to get
lett in the procession of hfe.-Woo
Reporter.
And it is really curious thing that
New England, in which women have
made the most outcry about their rights,
is the last place on this continent where
they are likely TO get them. On this
point consult the Newport Herald.
Blaine did not come out of that contest
0SS4) as cleanheaded as his opponent
(Cleveland) and he knew it. Blaine would
be willing to run against Senator Hill,
for that eminent Democrat would find 1t
difficult to escape entirely from the mud
throwing scandal mongers of the Repub-
lican party.-Newport Herald.
Most Republicans would be willing.
nevertheless, to admit that Blaine is not
now and probably would not by the end
of the campaign nearly SO "clean-
headed" as Hill.
The present conduct of affairs in our
city government Is like unto that OF the
man who, when asked as TO the condition
of his business replied: "Oh, some days
we do nothing at all and other days we do
twice as much.-Pawtucket Record-Vis
tor.
Boss Carroll models things after the
muddle headedness and inefficiency of
the Democratic House of Representa-
tives.
But, for his life, he (the editor) is un.
able to see anything criminal, or dishon
orable even, in the act, when ones neigh.
bors--whether Prohibitionists, Republi.
cans or Democrats-assemble at his
house. for the purpose OF congratulating
a worthy man upon his success In any di
rection. Westerly Tribune.
No, no: of course not. Mr.. Gates is
a good Democrat and of course it's all
right for Prohibitionists to congratulate
him upon his election. Only it does
"give the snap away" don't you see
The Tribune is angry because the NEWS
referred to "cider toasts." Good gra-
cious! They weren't drunk in any.
thing stronger, were they? We trust
not Perhaps it was tea. Tea and
toast go well together-as well as
Democrat Gates and Prohibitionists
Mooney and Tucker.
Westerly upon the fact that Its only daily
na nor Is as ungrammatical as Ii Is illogical. -
Providence NEWS, April ~.
Neither "Westerly" nor ''its only daily
naper'' stands in need OF "comnisera-
ton" from q paper which In the issue. that
leading editorials with,the following un-
gram ms atical language: IF there were a
tariff on anthracite coaf etc.-Westerly
Tribune.
Here's valuable pointer for you,
Tribune. You're making bad matter
worse. Among your steen thousand
readers, more or less, the majority must
be laughing ut your ignorance and what
is worse-your awful ignorance of your
irnorance. Don't criticise. Buy a
grammar and look mp the subjunctive.
Senator AIdrich laughed the other day
wnen someone asked him IL the Senate
,vonld pass any OF the House tariff bills.
'Ibe idea that the Republican party would
take Off any taxes amuse him.-NewYork
World.
Either the tariff is or is not tax. II
IL is tax the Republican party took of
a tax when it admitted sugar duty free.
If il is not, the Democrats are saying
that which is not true. In fact they are
doing that, anyhow.
II is outrageous that coal, sugar and
other articles needed every day by the
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