The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-04
The "NEWS" TURNNOW.

gram.
Ah there, old Mendacity! So we have
no considerable trade with Germany?
The Telegram is talking, it may be said,
about an unauthenticated story that
Secretary Blaine doesn't consider the
present Canadian government sincere in
any professed desire for reciprocity.
The Democratic House has been in ses-
sion for two months, and IL Is still con-
sidering rules To govern its actions during
the session. Ii has about the same con-
ception of business that was displayed by
the Democratic House in the Illinois Leg
islature last year, which was IN session
three months without committees
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
1t is a popularity of the Democracy
that it has everywhere and always
strange notions about reforms in legisla-
tive matters.
Perhaps the hardest blow ever struck at
the cause of temperance is the announce
ment that David B. Hill Is a teetotaler.-
Brooklyn Times.
Is the announcement by authority?
Hills head can't have been quite clear
when he forced the midwinter conven-
ton.
The release of Mr.. s. V. White by his
creditors on his simple verbal promise to
pay principal and interest "when he gets
on his feet Is a remarkable event indeed,
and one from which IL Is somewhat diff
cult TO draw wholesome moral for the edi-
fication of the rising generation Of busi-
ness men. 1t certainly shows, however,
that lagos advice does not cover the whole
ground. Reputation for ability TO make
money is sometimes as good as money in
the purse.
The Journal is quite too cynical to re-
tain any faith in the faith of other peo-
pie in human nature.
In another column of this issue we pre-
sent carefully prepared table showing
that the increase in sales OF papers by
dealers for the first month of the year as
compared with the first month of last year
Is 57,270 for the Evening Telegram and
9,2l0 for the Sunday Telegram. .-Tele-
gram.
The Telegram finds it safer policy
to challenge clergymen and print care
fully prepared" tables than to meet the
demand made upon it by the News.
No one will begrudge three or four sup
pers a year To the members OF our Common
Council, but we dislike TO have them pa
rade the fact that their salaries are too
small to enable them to enjoy an occas
ional square meal at home.-Journal.
Isn't this like our kind and sociable
Journal?
1t is probably true, as the Republican
papers are gleefully pointing out, that If
the present programme of the Cleveland
dissidents in New York is successfully
carried out it must make the nomination
of the ex-President quite as impracticable
as that of the Ex-Governor. That is no
reason, however, why the best friends Of
the Democratic party should not discour-
age those dissidents in all available ways
1t will be n much less serious catastrophe
for tie party to lose Cleveland than to
take Hill.-Journal.
Is not the Mugwump loyal even to his
friends?
Newspaper talk is not always to be re-
lied upon. Just at present some khode
Republicans of the State are badly
Mixed" all because of United States
Senator to be elected Mixed" it may
be, but so thoroughly mixed that they
are one in their purpose to have a Repub-
lican General Assembly with which to
And we are going to have it. What
Any doubt about Rhode Island? Nom
sense! We must all work to place it
beyond doubt
The editor of temperance calls the
Reporter "non-principle American jour
nal" Actore non probante reus absolvi-
tur. Ma bauchalish lie sage entepd
demi mot. AllZu klug ist DUNN. A
cader va chi troppo alto SALE Cana uno
sabe adonde la aprieta el zapato. Abolza
vaZia. G a casa acabada faZ o home sesudo
mas tarde. Jnlel labom bukis neifis.-
Woonsocket Reporter.
LEsperance is wrong. The Reporter
has lots of principle, but it keeps its
principles to itself, as it perches airily on
the political fence.
Mayor Honey's administration has
shown itself bad at addition, but from the
way il appropriated the fund, the people
have saved to pay their debts, it appears
to be superb at subtraction OBJ
server.
And the result will be multiplication
of Republican votes and division in the
forces of the Democracy.
Citizens of Pawtucket are moving for
city hospital and it is to be hoped they
may succeed in building up as good an
institution as the one we have in New
port.-Newport News.
But it doesn't -leek very much like il
dJ prtSeHt.
Should Blaine be the nominee of the
Republicans will the ex-Democratic boss
make an engagement To speak in his be-
half, as he did in 1884 S--Pawtucket Times.
We don't see why he shouldn't Blaine
is strong man and Carroll doesn't love
Cleveland "for the enemies he has made
Or, relisez bien les statistiques produites
par lie National: elles vous apprendront
que la Grande- Bretagne, avec une popula-
tion de 25.000,0O0 ~ 30.0O0,000, renferme
1,9l1,C0J indigents, tardis que les Etats-
Unis, avec leur population dc G5,0O0.000,
men renferment que SS,665, soft environ %
fois moins IL Esperance.
1t is indeed startling comparison.
After the superintendent of New York
Sunday school had impressed reporter
with the Chinese pupils great desire TO
absorb religion in large quantities, one Of
the celestals told the scribe that he came
there just 10 lcaru English and 10 sec the
pretty "'Melican gals" The Chinaman is
incorrigible. Boston News.