The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-05-12
The NEWS" TURN NOW.

Mr.. Blaine has been to the circus in
Washington, and his appearance of health
has given fresh impetus TO his boom;
Perhaps he has some idea of getting ready
for the circus which would ioliow MS
nomination.-Journal.
There would be circus following his
nomination for fact And the Demo-
cratic party would be the clown who
can't jump over the elephant.
The proposed university at Washington
Is to be under Methodist control, and Is
still To be n truly national university.
There seems to be something of contra
diction in the two statements, and we
don't believe that the brethren can recon-
cile it. with all the good intentions in the
world. The Rev. Sam Small is
about two years behind time with his in
tention to run for Congress. A good deal
Of rubbish was foated into the House on
the tidal wave of $780, but history doesn't
seem to be Oh the point of repeating it
self in this respect this year.-Journal.
That the Methodist University must
be n. z. because Methodist, and that the
Rev. Sam must be rubbish because a
preacher, are lovely samples of the
Journals peculiar anti Christian state
of mind.
Up 10 tnt ldttSJ TtpOTts bHc JduuCN-
nowl /" has distanced the jabberwock. -
Pawtucket Tribune.
Very likely, but what is, or are, the
saccharomyces going to do about it?
A man who stops his paper because
there is something In 1t he does not like,
should. to be consistent, get up and leave
a hotel table il he happens to discover on
bill OF fare something that does not
e.stt l,t to tnot rlxr Trih
What is it your readers don't like
your bad gramma., your bad temper or
your failure TO 'pull for Westerly" in
the matter Of the tariff on granite?
It isn't healthy for ball team to win
every game. e.-Woonsocket Reporter.
Oh no; about Is per cent. of games
played usually answers very well.
If the NEWS Is bent on crusade for
grammatical reform, it has the whole
world of newspaper and bookdom for
field. and a fruitful field 1t would prove
to be.-Newport Enterprise.
Oh, we're not on crusade. If we
were we'd scarcely fail to note that in
the same issue of the Enterprise it is
stated that Mrs. Annie Hayes ''has been
given" vacation, which is manifestly
both impossible and ungrammatical.
OF course it Is the vacation which has
been given Mrs. Hayes, not vice rersa.
But we're not critical. Life's too short.
Besides, we have too high regard for
the attainments Of the Enterprises vet
eran editor to suppose that the error
is one of ignorance.
Secretary Blaine went to the circus a
few days since. He has seen lots of circus
performances in his day that were not
played within u q wall of canvas.-New-
port News.
Well, if Blaine is well enough to go to
the circus, eat peanuts and roar with
laughter at the clowns mummied jokes,
he's not the invalid he's been repre-
sented by solicitous Democrats.
With such complacency do the Repub-
lican organs constantly refer to free SUI
par'' under the Mckinley bill that many
sion that sugar is really on the free list,
1t requires but slight inspection, how
ever. TO see that sugar is n very highly
protected article. The tariff on refined
sugar over 10 Dutch standard Is one-nalf
cent per pound. No. 10 aud under is free.
IL is what may be termed the raw mate
rial of refined sugar that alone is free
Boston Globe.
And isn't free raw material the thing
for which you howl the loudest, and
isn't sugar cheaper than ever il was be-
fore? Even when you get sweetening
at rates unheard of for lowness, can't
you reconcile yourself to letting it be
refined by Americans ? Why carry
your lack of patriotism to such an alb
surd extreme!
Presidential candidates who are tov
busy to talk when the peoples interests
are endangered may find the people too
busy to talk when their candidacy is
threatened. New York World.
The World petted Hill and then
knitted him. IL seems TO be preparing
TO do the same service for Cleveland.
Hill refused to do Pulitzer's bidding
about the New York Democratic con-
yention, and now Cleveland has refused
n World reporter an interview. Pull
itzer's friendship is delusion and a
snare.
II Blaine would not accept and McKin-
ley's name should be presented to the
Minneapolis Convention at the right
time. what then f-Chester Times
Why, we should have a splendid can
didate, shouldn't we!
I'm poIitics the negro must not vote in
blocks. ."--Louisville Courier-Journal,
This is n concession. The Democratic
doctrine south of the Ohio river is that
the negro shall not vote at all.
The New York SUMS campaign against
the "Billion Dollar Congress" has been
Knocked into cooked hat by the Demo
cratic economists In the House, who have
already appropriated 10000, 600 more than
did the ''Billion Dollar Congress at its
first session. The sun will have to fall
back ON the stock Democratic platform
free trade and free silver. There II no
Inter-ocean.
To do the .Sun justice, though it likes
free silver well enough, IL will never