The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-15
The NEWS TURN NOW.

II would be an outrage II the Union
Railroad Company was given an exelu-
sive franchise In East Providence
tucket Tribune.
Itwould indeed--an outrage upon Eng
lish grammar. But II the franchise We're
given To the company, instead, the trans
action would at least be grammatical.
Col. Horton II q man who, II elected,
would have respect for his oath OF Office
In all OF his official transactlons.-New-
port Enterprise.
Here's good Newport and Prohibition
list testimony that Col. Horton will be a
vast Improvement on his Czar-like
predecessor.
All that is wanted now Is a good sharp
frost, which will give the usual gaudy
coloring TO the leaves and convert the en-
tire country into n scene OF colored splen-
dor unknown to any other country Oh the
globe be-Woonsocket Reporter.
Yes, and bring out the advertise
ments.
"Old Glory" is to float from the school
buildings OF Woonsocaet. The fairest
banner under the sunlight of heaven, IL
fitting ly Is the standard of the gre
the grandest and the fairest nation on this
globe. be.-Woonsocket Call.
Amen! 1t means something.
The Democratic situation must be
gruesome indeed. when Democrats can
obtain comfort from the results in Yer
mont and Maine.- Worces ter Telegram.
Where can the poor Democrats look
IN, tba Stafa WI bar
they are soundly lickedi
A diet consisting wholly Of clans ap-
pears to be destructive OF moral and
physical culture.-New York CONNER
cial Advertiser.
No offence. since the down-river sea-
son is over. Besides, RHODE ISLAND
clans are different.
When a journalist begins an editorial
he should consider first the importancs
OF the subject second, his knowledge OF
1t. and, third, the patience OF his readers.
Atlanta Constitution.
If Democratic editors adhered to this
rule they would write no political edi-
torials.
The straw hat reign never lays the
dust.-Chicago Inter-Ocean.
But if the straw hat reigns too far
into September the wearer is liable to
get "dust on his coat collar"
Senator Hill. in taking up the standard
or the Democracy, is manfully doing his
duty to the country and his party
Brooklyn Eagle.
How comes Mr.. Hill to be +" taking up
the standard Of Democracy at this
late day! The man who says :" am a
Democrat" ought never to have TO take
up the standard Of his party, because he
ought never to lay it down.
Has municipal home rule any assured
guarantee OF permanence any where
within the State OF Rhode Islaud?-Nev-
port Herald
Newport are permitted TO retain their
hold on the rcins of government by re-
fusing to appoint polling places for a
new election.
1t is announced that there will be an
abundance OF drinking water at the
| Worlds Fair free to all who want it.-P.
V. ID. Times.
Will it be boiled? If not sensible
folk will carry an alcohol lamp.
Westerly, we hope, Is Ia no danger of a
visit from the cholera plague, but typhoid
fever has appeared aud that should be a
warning. g.-Westerly Weekly.
Clean the towns and see to n pure
water supply, and it will disappear.
There. are reasons enough, then. why
reformers like Mr.. Foulke snou d be un-
willing, rs reformers, to vote ior Mr..
Harrison this year. But are there not
the same reasons why they should hesi-
tate to vote, as reformers, for Mr.. Cleve-
| land? Is not his record substantially as
unsatisfactory as that of his successor p
| journal.
And so the Journal, like the colored
gentleman in the story, takes to de
simile, sulks in its tent. There's
heaps of fun a-goin', an the Journal Jess