The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-13
The NEWS TURN NOW


DE good when there is no inducement held
out 20 them 20 swerve from the path OF
rectitude. de.--Journal.
Our Legislature feels greatly fat
tered to be patted on the head so kindly
by the Journal.
The report to the House of Representa-
tlves, from the committee on coinage,
weights and measures Wednesday, OF u
| Dill Tor the free coinage OF gold and silver
and Tor the issue of coin notes served To
| give an upward impulse TO the price OF
par silver and consequently the quotation
| Tor that commodity was marked up TO
e9sio cents per ounce. This fixed the
vaine OF the workingman's dollar Tor yes
tefoay at 69.5li cents, an appreciation from
Monday OF 3.5 mills over the lowest value
hitherto recorded.-Telegram
What howling absurdity IL is for Il
Democratic paper to preach against free
| silver.
Senator Proctor's bill provides for the
enlistment of 1900 Indians in the regular
army. We used To think and talk of civ
lllZlng the red men but now IL seems we
think IL better to cultivate their savage
nstincts.-Newport News.
This Is hardly fair to the Indians or to
the army. Newport people have a good
| opportunity to make the acquaintance
OF army and navy men. Have their
Savage instincts" been cultivated at
the expense Of gentler traits! As n
matter of fact, Indian troops are mainly
used for police service among their own
people. Is police service demoralizing
No man suspected of the least taint of
free-silyer idiocy can be elected President
OF the United States the business inter
csts of the country would rise up and
slaughter hlm.-New York World.
This is equivalent TO saying that no
Democrat can be elected for if sound
money man of that persuasion got the
nomination his own party would rise up
and slaughter him.
We cannot but rejoice at the entrance
into our society of these newly made
French women, whose splendid dots in
crease the wealth of our country. C'est
la plus gracieuse ct la plus spirituelle re-
vanche du Bill McKinley.-Paris Figaro.
This is Fiydro's comment on the Roche
foucauld- Mitchell and other Franco
American marriages. But Miss Mitchell
had no dot, and thus the lively sheet
will have TO look elsewhere for its re-
venge on Bill Mckinley.
With Blaine out our choice first, second
and third would run something like this
Harrison, Cullom, Gresham
Valley Cleaner.
Good men, all three. So is Lincoln.
Poor George Freddie Williams; he not
only could not defeat the free silver re-
port, but he could not even postpone it.
| The gold money tail cannot wag the free
silver dog.-Boston News.
And yet, considered purely as an orna-
mental appendage, it is not bad sort of
n tail at all. The dog would be Just as
useful without it, but not nearly so
pretty.
| The Boston trolley cars were practically
| useless during yesterdays storm. The
electrics on the Broad street line were kept
going all day, though it was evident that
| had the storm been q little more severe
they would have been obliged to tie up
! The Union Railroad Company exerted
| itself to the utmost To keep the cars NOV
| ing, and succeeded, though the time was
irregular and the rapid-transit element
entirely wanting. Telegram.
Why doesn't the Telegram go little
further and confess frankly that the
local company proved itself considerably
more enterprising than the Boston
people!
Abraham Lincoln's birthday will sadly
remind many an old-school Republican OF
| the decadence into which the party of
| Sumner has fallen.-Boston Globe.
Washington's birthday will sadly re-
mind many an old-school Democrat of
| the decadence into which Dave Hill and
Tammany Hall have brought the party
of jefferson.
| The unfavorable comment which has
been excited by Gov. Hills non-attention
TO his senatorial duties while running a
| political machine in New York has called
attention to the unexampled record which
Senator Dawes has made in faithful at
tention to the work entrusted to him by
the people of Massachusetts. In nearly
thirty-five years Of continuous service in
the House and Senate, he is said to have
been absent from his seat but two days.
Worcester Spy
But then Dawes goes to Washington
for his constituents: Hill goes for no
body but himself, and just at present he
can serve himself best by staying away.
History will record the fact that by some
strange blunder New York, the Empire
State of the Union. with population of
6,000, 900, comprising many of the most
eminent and gifted men in the nation.
elected boor named Flower for governor
in the latter part OF the year 1891 Chicago
Tribune.
And felt mighty sorry for it after
wards.
II is said that Mr.. Blaine favors the
nomination of Robert 4. Lincoln for the
Presidency by the Republican party.
Bob is the son of his father. but what
other qualification has he for the great
office OF President of the United States p
Telegram.
Take Democratic gossip about Mr..
Blaine with grain of salt. Still, Lin
coin has qualifications other than his
name. He is a first-rate lawyer and an
honest man, and has served his country
well at London and in the Cabinet. Be
sides. he knows how to keep his mouth
shut.
10 be or not to be, Mr. Wetmore, Is
purely question ot finance. TELEGRAM
While celebrating over his decision To
retire from the senatorial race we trust
MIR. Wetmore will sympathetically con.
sider the homes and aSpirations of those