The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-13
The NEWS" TURN NOW.

THE NEWS TURN NOW.
The campaign has now reached the
stage whore obscure members OF each OF
the two parties sndeavor TO attract public
attention to themselves for a brief mo-
ment by obtrusively declaring their IN
tention to transfer their allegiance to the
political organization they have been
steadily opposing for this and that long
period of years. rs.-PRovIpENcE Journal.
Some ill-natured person will be sure
to cast this mp against the Journal II,
In course OF weeks, IL should unfortu-
nately offer its Judas allegiance to Har-
rison.
Why not have joint debate on the
tariff question between Mr. Henry Wat
terson and Mr.. Grover Clevelandi That
ought to put life and interest into the
Presidential campaign IL anything can.-
PROVIDENCE Journal.
1t is customary in a joint debate to
have both sides represented. In fact
there isn't any such thing as debate
otherwise.
Mr.. Gladstone's speech In the Com
mons on Tuesday was made with the aid
OF frequent recourse TO sherry fiips which
are his usual stimulant. And yet IL is TO
Watson of Georgia would admit that as
member of the American House OF Rep
resentatives Mr. Gladstone would add
honor to that body rather than bring
disgrace upon it.-PRovIDENcE Journal
Don't know about Watson. but If he
was elected, as he says, on Phrohibi-
ZIONIST ticket his constituents wouldn't
admit anything Of the kind. They'd
blackguard Gladstone as they black
guard the Christian Church, and calmly
continue to vote for free rum.
II you desire health eat cooling, nour.
ishing food, avoid heating drinks, and
use pure water plentifully.-Pawtux
Valley Cleaner.
Good advice, but what mockery to
PROVIDENCE folks whose water is drawn
from the Pawtuxet River.
This Congress has been disappoint-
ment-Pawtucke Tribune.
Fact F!
Not to put too fine point on it, or set
altogether too many liquor saloons.-Bur-
rillville Gazette.
Probably most places have.
There is no denial, first of the duty and
self interest Of the State to compel educa-
tion, and second Of the general futility OF
putting a child in school for only twelve
weeks year. Woonsocket Reporter.
Any person who takes the trouble to
watch the children with their dinner
pals coming out Of the mills at night
will find his face pretty sober when he
gets through looking and his brain
active.
The latest story about Adlai is that he
once alluded to Mr.. Cleveland as that
old Mugwump I'm the White House" 1t
Is not wholly improbable that the story
may be true. There Is q vast difference
between the principles of the head and
the tail of the Democratic ticket. For
that reason they mako strong ticket.
Grover Cleveland appeals to the brains
and the principles of the Democratic
party, and Adlai Stevenson to the stom.
achs aud the pockets thereof.-New Bed
ford Journal
According to this Mugwump logic
what an ideal team the Deity and the
Devil would make.
Reports from all the New England
shore resorts agree that the present sea-
son is the most prosperous for years, but
proprietors expect that next year they
will do we'll to pull through against the
attraction OF the Worlds Fair in Chica-
go.-Worcester Post.
awful thought! These shore resort
fellows will ask the weather bureau for
another hot summer! Insatiate mon
starS will not one suffica?
A RHODE ISLAND turkey less than
eight months old, and already exceeding
ten pounds in weight has been named in
honor of Grover Cleveland. York
Press.
Yes, that must be rather fat turkey.
AS our steel makers and shipbuilders
gain experience in their work the
rapidity with which powerful craft can
be put together will increase, and we
men-of-war as quickly as any other ma
tion.-New York Herald.
Exactly; under the stimulus of that
tariff which you have sometimes de-
plored.
Grover Cleveland Is writing too many
letters, unless his friends will keep then
out OF the newspapers. He Is saying
nothing rash, but the thing In getting to
be monotonous. An oyster is not reputed
to be very wise, but IL knows enough TO
"shut up when the enemy appears.
The fault In this case Is not SO much in
Mr.. Cleveland as In the friends who rush
every commonplace note that they re-
ceive from him into print. He would do
well to say "bnrn this letter." had II not
been demonstrated that such good advice
il not always needed. davenport News
What Even the Ne,cs of Newport
is getting tired of the Clevelandic epis-
tolary " weak, washy everlasting flood r.
This is interesting.
The Peoples party proposes to test the
strength of its principles Ia New England
nv putting tickets into the field In some
II not all the States in this section. 1t Is
we'll that they arrange so rs to be able to
see themselves as others see them.-New-
port News.
Much good the mirror business does
the Prohibitionists! They never really
look at themselves either full face or
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