The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-07-22
The NEWS" TURN NOW.

Will somebody inform us whether or
not Henry Watterson will vote for Cleve-
land for President in November'-
Charleston News and Courier.
Couldn't say for sure, but the chances
are that il the fluids of Kentucky hold
out until November, Col. Watterson
will take his place in the line march
ing through slaughter-house to an open
grave" as he predicted at Chicago. The
star-eyed is not a coward.
Out in Kansas the Peoples party has
its whiskered Demosthenes its sockless
solon, and its beskirted Zenobias and
Boadiceas in the field. They daily bedeck
the available hustings, and from the tops
Of loose goods boxes singe the zephyrs
with their burning eloquence. Nashville
American.
You might add to this train of "loose
goods" the Democratic party which
closes the procession.
"Now for hot campaign" " cries the
New York Tribune. But it Is hard to set
ice on fire with wet matches. s.--PRovI-
DENcE Journal.
Who's trying? Where's the ice and
who cares to burn ice anyway? Mug
wumps are about the only cold Ameri-
cans, and coal oil itself couldn't kindle
them.
The Senate committee which has been
investigating the course of wages and
prices under the Mckinley tariff has ap-
parently found what the majority of its
members wanted tn find.-PRovIDENCE
Journal
Has it perhaps escaped the eagle eye
Of the JOurndldsQue scribe that the COM
mittee's report was a unanimous one?
For the thoughtful, therefore, the real
campaign will not begin until the formal
letters Of both the Democratic and Re-
publican candidates are published, and IL
both decide to defer the publication of
their letters until the 1st OF September at
the earliest, 1t Is not probable that there
will be any general complaint.
dence Journal.
Our contemporary hopes that by Sep
tember the cat may be so obviously
gathering herself together that the way
faring Mugwump, though fool, may
be able to see which way she is going to
spring. Then the Journal will presum-
ably do its best to light on the same side.
The de mocracy Of the nation is no
longer ON the defensive. Its fight Is to be
Yes; free trade platform does
promise some aggressive moves against
the country's prosperity.
Gen. Bidwell Is a much more creditable
presidential candidate than Gen. Weaver.
New Bedford Journal
Weaver will poll the bigger vote, but
neither will get any support to brag OF.
I wonder II the Mckinley bill, caused
the big fire in st. Johns f-Pawtucket
Record Visitor.
OF course it did, and tho one in Moos-
up yesterday.
The keynote OF the coming struggle will
be sounded lin Madison Square GarIlen(
The distinguished candidates will speak
upon vital issues in no uncertain tones
Pawtucket Tribune.
There was silence on silver. queru-
lous croak against the tariff plank Of the
platform and ludicrous squeak anent
the dead and gone Force bill. Which
was the keynote, gentlemenl
When the prohibs. realiz, how little
they amount to, they'll begin to amount
to something. .--Attleboro sun.
Do you see any signs, friend, of the ap-
proach of the millennium!
The right side Of the body perspires
more than the left -woonsocket Re
porter.
MAY be. but on good hot day the
race is mighty close between them.
Peace M anv price. provided the State
OF Pennsylvsnis foots the bills, In the
watchword Of Manager Frick ut Home