The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-02
The NEWS TURN NOW.


vlsable to select some candidate whom
Hill will not sell out as he sold Cleveland
in 1888, but actually TO nominate Hill
himself would he piece OF such unspeak-
able asininity that IL is almost impossible
to believe that even Democrats will be
guilty Of it.-Journal.
Slowly and sadly the unhappy Journal
brings its mind to bear on the awful pos
sibility that it may have to wump again.
The telegram viii give to any charity
Mr.. Lambert may designate 800 IL he can
show that the Providence Epcnfng But
leti. has an average circulation OF more
than 10000 copies daily; 500 IL Mr.. Lam
bert can show that the Providence DAILY
Journal has an average circulation OF
more than 5000 copies; 500 il Mr.. Lam
bert can show that the Providence sunday
Journal has an average circulation OF
more than 5000 copies; 300 II Mr.. Lam
bert can show that the EDeninD Telegram
has not larger circulation than the
Bulletin; 500 IL Mr.. Lambert can sho "
that the Epentng Ietegram has not l, 600
Bulletin, and 800 IL Mr.. Lambert can
show that the sunday Telegram has not
four times as large a circulation as the
Sunday Journat-Telegram.
The Telegram weakly borrows its chal-
lenge notion down to its smallest de-
tails from the News, which does not
claim to have looked into the Journal
or Bulletin figures, but so far as the
Teiegrom's circulation is concerned
would advise Mr.. Lambert not TO put
himself to the unnecessary trouble of an
investigation, since the Telegram was
afraid to count, when invited to do so by
this paper lest it might not be able to
foot up 10000. Everybody knows that's
not equal to the Bulletin.
Isn't IL a bit curious that the strongest
supporters of the Presidents war policy
in Congress were found among the ex-
Confederate members |? Obviously our
either that these rebels saw there an OPP
portunity to undermine the strength of
our government, or that war is, after all,
thing OF the past and dead issue
Journal.
The war may retreat into the dim and
distant past, but the Mugwump, accord
ing to present indications, we shall have
with us always.
IL is scarcely necessary to point out the
evil features of such q measure as this
emperor Williams school bill. IL Is SO
entirely foreign to the spirit and the letter
tion to town bylaws, that we cannot con-
ceive how intelligent human beings can
be found to favor such a return to the
methods and precepts Of the middle ages
Telegram.
The NEWS has no exalted notion of
Kaiser Wilhelm's political wisdom, but
it would be little extreme, wouldn't it,
to expect him to refer things to the
American Constitution and our town by
laws as the standard for his doings? He
may miss occasionally the record Of q
town council session.
Isn't IL about time the General Assem-
bly, of Rhode Island gave up trying to
hold sessions on Monday? Adjourn to
Tuesday, gentlemen, and discontinue the
farce Of attempting to hold sessions on
Monday 1t does not look business-like at
all.-Narragansett Times.
This is very sensible suggestion.
Give Speaker Capron and Gov. Ladd a
chance to go skating too, like all the
members.
1t must be consoling to Grover Cleve
land to think that il he is not elected to
the Presidency next year he will have
more time to go fishing.
Times.
1t ought to be, but it isn't. Fishing is
great fun, but any man who has once
had taste of authority over a nation of
sixty million souls finds that whatever
fun there may be in stream or pool, the
White House has its charms.
The papers should not publish the names
of people who are before the District
Court for trivial offences. 1t often works
great harm and lasting disgrace. IL old
granny newsgatherers persist in using the
names, the police records should be kept
from them.-Pawtucket Tribune.
All wrong! The fear of publicity is a
moral force which tends to keep people
in order-at least those who have not
wholly lost the sense of shame.
While there is time to correct a mistake
il is never too late to correct it. The bear
ing of this observation ought to be OBJ
vious to Senator Hill.-New York World.
But Senator Hill, in the matter of the
New York census, proved that he pre-
ferred a mistake well stuck to rather
than take the back track. The conven-
ton will be held on Feb. %, and there
will be contesting delegation at Chi.
cago.
Grover Cleveland will deliver the annual
address before the law students of the
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor on
Washington's birthday, and he will prob.
ably get more benefit out of il than will
Dave Hill from his snap convention called