The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-01
THE NEWS TURN NOW

The New York Republicans failed to
get the aid of the court of appeals in their
| neat little scheme to steal the state SEN
ate. and now they are proposing TO refuse
| to participate In the organization OF that
| body. This is eminently characteristic OF
the Republican party everywhere. III its
claim TO rule by divine right is not adj
mitted it proceeds at once to consicer
what damage it can inflict upon the public
nterest.-Telegram.
1t needs only to be said that the spirit
| which has prompted the successful DEM
| ocratic attempt to capture the Legislature
is narrow and discreditable to the chief
politician whose victory the success OF the
Dem ocratic contestants confessedly Is. He
has bartered the official dignity or the
| States chief magistrate for party success,
and any public respect he might have pos.
sessed for the reputation OF political
trtckster.-Journal and Bulletin.
| The Mugwump contradicts the Demo
crat neatly now and then, though more
| apt to see through the same distorting
! clear majorities, the three State Senators
whose seats Gov. Hill and Democratic
board of canvassers have stolen.
IF, by the unlucky chance that some
| times befalls justice, this suit goes against
| Prof. Bryce, all Americans who have rec
| ognized the great value of his work ought
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| the legal penalty for having told the
truth in history.
This is as enjoyable as any bit OF in
| consistency the Telegram has printed,
for, 10, these many days. Listen to the
magnanimous generosity with which it
proposes to "all Americ ans to raise a
fund to reimburse Prof. Bryce, who is
sued by Oakley Hall for incorporating a
charter about the Tweed ring in The
American Commonwealth" while in
season and out of season, with rare and
| Gn the Ielegrdn) edifying consistency it
upholds and applauds the doings OF the
Tanmany gang, the Tweed rings
| legitimate successors in thieving.
Wbv should the employees OF the navy
prepare for the Chilean emergency when
vhe 10Y stores have plenty of gunboats
left overs-Chicago Post.
If one IF these "gunboats" from the
navy yards were to be pumped down in
| the lake and begin shelling the Post
| Office. its editor would soon understand
that the toy shop variety wouldn't an
swer as substitute.
No one knows better than the present
minister TO England that Republican
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| longer equivalent TO an election. The
| Democrats will name Gov. Fifer's sue
cessor, and he will be a man in his own
right.-Chicago Herald.
The Democrats will name the next
Governor of Illinois, yes; but the Re-
| publicans will elect the other fellow.
Two are called but one is chosen. Lin
coins State won't go back on Lincoln
now.
New York, Democratic State since
| 1882, is to have a government Democratic
| throughout for the first time In many
years.-New York World.
By what process Of reasoning do you
make New York out Democratic State?
1t went Democratic by "huke" in 1884,
Republican in 1888. No one knows how
it will go next time.
Great events are in store for Woonsocket
the coming year IL half the projects on
foot materialize, the city will take its
longest stride in advance.-Woonsock
Reporter.
And, sweet little one. il is the tariff
which has done and is doing it. The next
time you get down off the fence on the
right side stay down. No one will hurt
| you.
A rich man seems to be, in the minds of
many people, legitimate prey for pluck
ing. When Russell Sage was attacked in
mis- office by the dead bomb 'thrower, he in
| stinctively sought protection behind the
person OF another bankers clerk who was
In the room. This clerk was considerably
injured, and now he proposes to sue Mr..
Sage for 100000 as damages. So far as
reported, this rather takes the lead for
"piucking" scheme.-Narragansett Week
ly.
We can't agree with the Weekly If
Russell Sage did use young Laidlaw as a
shield, laying hold Of him for the pur-
pose, it seems as if the young man has
pretty good case. The act may have
been instructive" but it was a cowardly
instinct and had very serious results.
Don't call it a "plucking" scheme until
the evidence is all in.
The New York Sun thinks life is too
short to keep people saying New York,
aud suggests an abbreviation TO Nork.-
Westerly Tribune.
1t doesn't and it didn't. A fool cor
respondent made the suggestion. The
| Tribune shouldn't be so ready to bear
false witness against its neighbors.
The Reporter is out for Pond. We
thought IL couldn't stand the strain of
supporting four candidates. Meanwhile
we congratulate Mr.. Pond.-Pawtucke
! Tribune.
Pond is, indeed, to be congratulated,
but the Tribune is wrong about the Re
porter'S ability to support four candi-
dates at once. 1t could support fourteen
without turning a hair. Long practice
of balancing on the fence has made it
very agile.
The trolley car has begun TO run in the
streets of Providence and will prove an
! able assistant to the already useful cable
system. The patient horse which has
done what he could for intramural transit
will soon be relegated to less laborous
tasks.--Providence Journal.
The Journal has kept characteristic
ally mum on this subject up to date.
Now that the battle is won, no thanks to
it, it emits feeble chirp and looks
proudly around as much as to say. 81