The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-05-06
The NEWS TURN NOW.


Senator Hawley of Connections gave the
President yesterday very warm indorse-
ment in his address before the Repuoiican
convention at Hartford. But the Nutmeg
State may safely bo counted nevertneioss'
on the side Of Democracy. -Boston uiope'
Oh, can 1t? That isn't like the nut.
meg states wisdom in political matters
The Connecticut Democrats are inclined
to favor Hill for the Presidency. ana YET
the state is called the land OF steady hap-
its.-Newport News.
The Hillites are the unsteady minor
ity which prove the rule.
A Republican congressman from Massa-
chusetts. who made speeches In hnode
Island before the recent election, said that
no women attended the Republican ral-
lies and he missed them greatly Proba-
bly, they will turn out this fall, and give
inspiration to the speakers ana encour-
agement to the voters by their presence
at political meetings, as Massachusetts
women do.-Springfield Union.
Rhode Island women take an honest
and earnest interest in politics, and are
likely in the coming campaign to show
1t more actively than usual.
Americans can hold up their heads and
crow little over the honest report or the
French commissioner Deschanel, who was
sent over to this country to investigate the
condition OF the working classes. he as
serts that the laboring class in America
is better fed, better paid, better clothed,
better taught and happier than the same
class in France and still better than those
in other countries Of Europe. He was al
most discouraged at the contrast bet ween
the condition Of these people in America
and -Woonsocket Reporter.
How the howl of the free trader must
astonish intelligent and disinterested OBJ
servers like this Frenchman.
The Westerly Tribune made the highly
original declaration that "a rose would
smell just as sweetly IL called something
else" and at this the Providence NEWS
uprose and declared that "sweet" was the
proper word to be used. Since then n war
has been on and school boys and girls.
grammarians and logicians have been
fighting in the columns of the papers, to
the neglect and detriment of other i'm
portant public affairs. Meanwhile the
June roses are holding back, unwilling to
appear until they can learn definitely
whether they are expected to smell
sweet" or "sweetly" this season.-Bur-
rillville News.
Oh, come now. The roses aren't wor-
rying. They know they smell sweet,
and always have smelled sweet, even il
the Westerly Tribune does obstinately
refuse to hire q tutor or go to night
school.
But your average clergyman not infre-
quently exhibits great irritation and some
little bad temper when he finds himself
in place where he cannot do all the
talking.-Providence Journal.
Keep it up; keep it up! But do your
best, you can't beat last weeks record
ef fault finding and bad temper.
The wary" artful and cunning Demo
Gratis are afraid of Grover Cleveland and
they are now doing all in their power to
prevent his denomination. But the peo-
pie are with him and for him and with
Gods help. the people will win and we
shall have President who can be trusted.
Newport Herald.
This is particularly uonsensical. The
wary, artful and cunning Cleveland
Democrats are hustling for their man.
and the wary, artful and cunning Hillltes
are hustling for theirs. The bulk of the
party looks on meanwhile and prepares
to be voted for the "great man" whose
agents hustle most effectively. That is
large difference between the parties
Republicans vote I; Democrats are voted.
The editors OF the Providence NEWS "re-
luctantly" decline the Tribune's invita-.
tion to postpone that tariff talk" until
all shall have crossed the river" for two
reasons. First-That 'they have other
engagements for eternity" Second--That
''it is now and here that the tariff is OF
Importance" With the first reason we
find no fault. As regards the second we
are inclined to think it equally Valid
Westerly Tribune.
Come on, then; tell us why you don't
pull for Westerly in the matter OF
dressed granite and in the matter of
printing presses.
What is n Jeffersonian Democrat in
these days ?--Cincinnati Commercial.
A creature of straw that is talked
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