The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-22

ST. Louis is proud because IL has the first
lady advertising agent" IL Is said that
she can scoop In business" quite as well
as a gentleman advertising agent.-N. Y.
Tribune.
Then st. Louis exalteth herself un-
duly. Providence has woman adver-
tising agent with red hair, who's keen
at the business. Boston had one who
was successful but who died recently.
Kate Fields Washington has woman
advertising agent who was formerly
connected in the same capacity with
New Jersey weekly.
That New Jersey minister who struck
for higher salary has not as yet set fire to
the church nor has he besn hanging
around the church property with his
pockets full of rocks "a fight off the scab
minister who~takes his place. Instead OF
that, ne IN quietly looking for another
loD Ministers are not practical from
Buffalo standpoint.--N. Y. Herald.
True, but there's heap of sense in
being impractical once in while.
The PROVIDENCE NEWS hammers away
on the free trade" bugaboo with an en-
thuslasm worthy of better cause. At
inst we really Thought II was like the
rest OF the Mckinley organs-purposely
mlsleading--but we feel that we have
done the NEWS an injustice The fact is,
the NEWS has claimed that the Chicago
platform means free trade so long that
IL actually believes il 10 be a fact. OF
course we can only feel pity now, for no
other sentiment can apply To paper
which ought To know that no such thing
AS Tree trade exists in any country.-New-
port Herald.
The Herdlds effort TO evade the real
issue shows how it fears that issue. We
do not wonder. Free trade is not popu-
lar III RHODE ISLAND. Nevertheless the
Chicago platform does declare protec-
tive tariff unconstitutional. and tariff
for revenue only is free trade, which
does not at present exist in any civilized
country except Great Britain, aud is
rapidly becoming unpopular there.
II the Mckinley law is not responsible
for labor difficulties why do the Republi-
can organs begin TO make excuse when
ever a new strike is announced.-N. Y.
World.
They don't. But would you dare to
assert. t.that the Mckinley law is respon-
sible for strikes? If so. why do they
have twice as many in England?
The delightful New England Indian
Summer must soon begin.-Paw tucket
Tribune
What's the matter with our esteemed
contemporary It's almanac must be a
very previous one.
We can easily double our vote this fall
by little common sense. Send the Cttt-
gen abroad and get subscribers for it,
Independent Citizen.
Somehow there seems to be less than
the due and proper consecution of ideas
between these two sentences.
The Peoples party managers are wild
with JOY over Judge Gresham's decision
to take the stump for them.-Olneyville
Times.
But there isn't any such decision and
there never was.
The Canadian government has certainly
invited the Presidents retaliatory procla-
nation by its extraordinary conduct Of
the past week. and having acknowie ge
it's offense cannot fairly whimper over its
observation-disclosures
1t must be pretty plain case, when
even the Journal is constrained to admit
the justice of the American position.
usually tnat paper tnlnks our own con-
tention inadmissible and our own rights
not worth bothering about.
Let us look carefully and wisely at the
suspender question: V. ID. Times.
You can't No man can, since the dear
girls took to wearing 'em. 1t is easy
enough to look carefully but not wisely.
The voters of RHODE ISLAND must not
forget the Newport outrage. .-Pawtucket
Tribune.
True. The couting in of Honey and
his pals was sign and token of Democ-
racy's contempt for the peoples will
which the people ought not to forget.
Ocean steamboat racing and lowering
the record, has it's perils as well as its at
tractions.-Newport News.
Yes, but not nearly so many. It's no
use preaching. We all want to go it
when we do go.
We want a great many more Dianas
whose cheeks glow with health than We
have got.-PRovIDENCE Journal
For Heavens sake how many have
you got and how many do you want?