The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-10
THE" NEWS" TURN NOW.

Those well-meaning gentlemen I'm Mas
sachusetts who are trying TO get up some
sort of publication In Endorsement of the
fitness of Mr.. Cleveland to be a Presidsn-
tial candidate may respectfully be re-
minded that the ex-Presdent II i'm no
need of testimonials Of good character
Journal
Hands off. gentlemen, says the Jour-
nal, Cleveland Is our own private pet
idol. Nobody else must worship. him
without leave, license or special permis-
sion.
1t Is good and sufficient letter Of ac-
ceptance, and will strengthen the conf
dence the people of the State already have
in the ability and honesty Of purpose OF
Mr.. Wardwell.-Telegram
There was however. one important
omission. Mr.. Wardwell did not reply
to the Woonsock1s Reporters circum-
stantial statement that he pays adult
men rs cents day by way of wages. III
of his fondness for the workingman. III
it is untrue it will pay him to prove it.
Gle the illness of Secretary Blaine. IL
would really be relief TO hear of some
thing else from Manches-
ter, On. H.) Daily Press.
Has the sound failed to reach you of
the knell of the Democratic party above
the triumphant trumpetings of the free
silver fiends?
Hon. John G.. Perry of South Kings
town, is known to be an honest and
truthful man. Therefore, when he said,
week or more ago, that he was candidate
for the Democratic nomination as General
Treasurer. and that he had satisfied tie
financial demands of the managers, 1T
was known 10 be just as he said. The
failure to nominate him, or rather the
defeat of his nomination, is proof positive
that sombody deceived Mr. Perry. West
erly Narragansett Weekly.
And it'll prove costly job for Mr..
Spencer in the South county.
Non contents de tricher les Republicans,
lorsqu'ils 10 peuvent, les Democrates 80
trichent entire eux.-L' Esperance.
It's sort of dog eat dog business in
which our friends the enemy are engaged,
and the ballot box stuffing at primaries
TO which LEsperdnce refers is OF piece
with the sweet and loving remarks
which Democrats are making about
each other.
The Kansas City Times wants the Demo-
| cratic party to hide the free silver light
under bushel unit! after election. The
trouble about carrying out this suggestion
is that it would put the biggest part of the
party under the bushel.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Leaving only about two quarts of
'culls" on the outside, if there were a
bushel of the silver REGULARS"
The governor of Wisconsin seems TO
have a very sensible view of Mr.. Hills
Presidential prospects: David B. Hill
cannot break into the White House with
"a jimmy" is the forcible way in which he
| expresses his sentiments.-New Bedford
| Journal.
Dark Lantern Dave seems to have I'M
! derestimated the strength of the lock.
| He's poor outlook, has Dave, unless he
| cracks some more modest "crib."
The term of Gov. Carroll Purge of Vermont
! expires within the present year.-New Haven
! Palladium and Hartford Post.
! Gov purge" ought to get a Job at the
! Augean stables down in New York
Springfield Union.
But if he turned the Hudson and East
| Rivers, there's not water enough in them
to purify Taminany.
The assertion of our local contemporary
|
mocracy that "a little child shall lead
them," casts n severe reflection on the
| ability of their leaders which will receive
prompt attention in the initial number of
the new party organ.-Newport Observer.
Is Honey the lion and Brennan the
lamb, or Carroll the lion and Honey the
! lamb, or Pond the lamb and Wardwell
the lion-but no, Wardwell has got to
be the child: but no matter, they'll all
become one in the lions interior.
If the Democratic party Of Rhode Island
! will have one more convention before the
April election, the Republican ticket will
be elected by an old-fashioned majority
Pawtucket Record-Nisitor
| The Kilkenny cat fight thus touch
! ingly remembered will find fit repetition
at the city convention this evening.
| Uncle Jerry Rusk sent western farmer
| some cucumber seeds, and the agrcul-
turist's wife died after eating some of the
| cucumbers raised therefrom. Now the
| farmer demands another wife, Uncle
Jerry may not be able to grant this re-
| quest, but he can arrange for his weather
bureau to give the man funnel-shaped
cloud. Chicago Herald.
When man asks for wife, give him
a cyclone! There Is here most ungal-
liant insinuation.
The New York Legislature ought to
choose an alternate for Senator Hill. An
''acting Senator in the absence of the
nominal official might be OF service. AS
Hill is away and Hiscock is pretty nearly
n cipher. the Empire State has but feeble
influence in the upper branch OF Con-
gress.--Newport News.
Senator Hiscock is n long way from be
ing cipher, but an alternate for Hill
would insure New York its constitutional
representation in the upper House of
Congress.
Democratic victories all over the coun-
try is what we hear day after day.-Paw-
tucket Tribune.
Must be something the matter with
your ears.
A great series Of coast defences has been
begun 20 protect the nations metropolis
from attack The biggest of guns are TO
frown from the new battlements. Bos-