The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-29
The NEWS" TURN NOW

The American farmer raises more from
his farms than his fellow cltizens can con-
sumo He must find a market Tor the sur
plus remaining on his hands or III - 10 MN
total loss True friendship Tor him
would therefore seem TO indicate policy
which would remove the distractions
which lie In the path in which he must 20
TO exchange his product with ms best Gus
toner. Has the Republican party ever
shown any desire or intention 10 lnitiate
such policy ?-Telegrain.
To that question let these things
answer
1-Arrangements with France and
Germany for the admission on better
terms of wheat and pork
2-Reciprocity with Cuba, the BRITISH
West Indies, Brazil, etc.
3-Unexampled growth OF home IN
dustries. thus providing home market
Tor the farmers goods.
The farmer is all right this year, es-
teemed contemporary,
There must be n good deal of natural
hesitation in accepting the plea made IN
behalf of young Mr.. Field, the defaulter,
that he inherits "A tendency TO insanity.
family that has produced four sucn re,
markable brothers as CYRUS w, DAVID
Dudley, stephen j. and Henry NJ. Field
would seem TO be pretty abundantly
equipped with very well balanced brains
Journal.
The Journals medical reformation is
as faulty as its political alignment. In
sane persons are apt TO be men OF more
than average mental ability. Stupidity
Is safe.
The citizens of Providence WI observe
the proceedings of their school committee
from month TO month will hardly feel en-
tire confidence that it is a con petent body
for the management of the public
| schools. Journal.
Turn the schools over to the new
| paragrapner. Then you'd see them
models of all that schools SHOULD be.
a Providence business man who has
an Office in New York has just leased new
/ quarters there He has Just received
/ lease TO sign, and was surprised 10 note
that he is required to make payments i'll
American gold coin. Telegram.
| Which shows just how much conf
! dence New York business men have in
| the Ietegrdm's precious party.
On the whole the talk was not very
| cheerful, the element of doubt pressing
upon and chilling the distinguished gentle
/ men who had travelled all the way from
! Washington TO fire the hearts of the
| Rhode Island eel-horses.-Telegram
This statement Will seem little less
! than ridiculous to any Republican pres
ent at Saturdays meeting of the State
Central Committee. Rarely has polit-
ical meeting evoked so much enthusiasm.
1t is regarded rs certain that England
will agree to join in calling an interna
tional silver conference, provided the dele
/ gates are not given power To settle any
thing definitely, so il is reported from
Washington. n.-Telegram.
No. Provided power is not given the
delegates, you mean. Buy grammar.
Please do, for the credit of the town.
Some of the papers have printed map
of the town of Lincoln us cut up by the
new law into election districts, some OF
which are as irregular and mysterious in
appearance us the Mckinley district in
the Ohio gerrymander. Ii is "a bad move
for the Rhode Island Republicans, for
henceforth no member of the party can
have anything to say against gerryman-
dering on the part of his political oppo-
nents. The gain by this transaction may
be very small but the spirit of it is no
better than that of the men in the South
who, when they had the power. cut up
| things in such "A way as to give the black
! men small chance. Newport News.
! 1t is impossible to turn the division OF
| town into voting districts by straight
! lines, in the main, a gerrymander.
Lincoln was fairly divided.
/ Al Al. r.
admission of the NEWS when it saws
| "Yesn to our assertion that "rumsellers
| have no politics." That they are Re
publicans to-day and Democrats to-mor-
row, rs best subserves their interests. ~
| But what becomes of its allegation that
"nine-tenths of all the rumsellers in the
| Middle and Eastern States are Demo
| Gratis ?'-Westerly Tribune.
Allegation, true. Rumsellers mostly
! Democrats, except in limited area i'm
| sou,h, because rumsellers choose their
natural allies a great deal more wisely
then the thi d parry men, Read our
New York dispatch to-day.
The next President must be a Demo
crat. " Y. World.
About as much as he must be a red
| headed slan with wart on his nose.
| The people ar: looking for quite other
! quallncations than that
It is of little advantage for the early
| bird in politics to catch the worm if the
ize is subsequently, to be taken from
| him-Journal.
Oh, yo- poor little birdie Davie!
After Brer Springer gets the sheep
start through the gap it is said he viii
! strike foi Canada barley-growerq and de-
| mand tc Mt the 40 cents shall be change =
| TO 10. American o. ocrat barley-grow-
| ers can rot be allowed TO oppress the
| Canucks while our Bill is on guard
| Chicago lnter-Ocean