The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-05

Ielegrdm's eyes! But IL must have taken
an operation for cataract.
Senator Stanford has introduced bill
10 determine the value OF legal dollar IL
needs no aid from Congress To determine
that point. The silver dollar and the cur
rency dollar are worth 20 cents, and III
Bland has his way their purchasing power
will not be much more than that IN the
future. Telegram.
HIM; Bland is Democrat, isn't he?
In the present condition OF affairs the nomna-
ton of Grover Cleveland at Chicago is extremely
improbable. but Democratic pledges OF support to
the ex-President as the representative OF an idea
emlnently proper and encouragng.-Journai
There is no sense in attaching ones for
tune To "A dead issue or passe politician
Telegram.
Get together, get together, Democratic
brethren.
If Rhode Island does her duty in the
present campaign, entire control OF both
legislative and executive departments oil
the national government will pass into
the hand of the people. where it belongs,
one year from to-day.-Telegram.
And where, for that matter, it is now,
through the medium Of an honest and
able Republican administration.
One year from to-day there will be an
interesting little ceremony in Washing
ton, ID. c., i'm which several men In this
great land of opportunities would IKE TO
known at once what part they are gong
TO play.-Journal.
The part the Journal is going TO play
during the intervening twelve months is
reasonably obvious. 1t will support
Great Grover /. if it gets chance; other
wise il will sneer superior and not sup
port anybody.
Col Honey has our assurances of most
| distinguished consideration. The vote
| will stand five for Page and three Tor
| Honey. aud that settles it. Sic transit
| gloria mundi.-Newport Observer.
No sweets to the sweet this time. The
Democracy better enjoys throwing W.T.
riol.
| It's rather brash to suggest an i'm
provement on anything the Observer
does, but "sic transit gloria meitis"
seems more correct. Honey isn't the
earth, if he does want it.
The Providence NEWS" the recognized
Republican, organ of the state, began
several weeks ago TO urge all Prohibition
lists to support the Republican nominee,
| advancing the same old threadbare argu-
ments always used on Cimilar occasions by
the Republican press about Throwing
away votes" etc Two days before the
| Prohibition convention the editor of this
paper wrote an editorial in which he man
ufactured IA platform for the Prohibition
lists, mercilessly arraigning the liquor
traffic and advocating High License as the
only practical remedy, and which conclud-
ed with the statement that IL the Prohlbl-
tionists adopted the platform suggested
they would not need TO nominate "A ticket,
but could fall into the Republican ranks.
At the same time that the NEWS was
thus trying to inveigle the Prohibi
tionists into the enemys camp, the he
publican politicians were spreading mel
for the liquor dealers. According TO the
present license law in this state, the
mayors of the several cities are invested
with the power TO appoint license commis
sioners, who serve three years. 1t happens
that the mayors of all the Rhode Island
cities at present are Democrats, while the
boards Of aldermen are all Republican anc
are likely so to remain for long tlme. \
Republican member of the House of Rep
resentatiyes has given notice of his inten
ton to introduce bill in the Legislature
amending the statute, so that the power
of appointing license commissioners vii
be transferred to the board of aldermen
New York Voice.
Well, what of it? You don't want
any net spread Tor the liquor dealer, dc
YOU? You want his path made
smooth and easy, don't you! You want
TO leave the appointment of license com
missioner with the liquor sellers bes
friends. don't You. Yet you claim to b,
temperance organ, don't you! a
plague on such inconsistency!
Mr.. T. b. Reed may be pardoned som,
little seif-satisfaction over the suprem,
courts decision sustaining the legality o
his method of counting quorum. Blu
he hould remember that the court ha
not said he was patriotic, wise or ever
n polite man. it has simply said that h'
was not an Overturner Oh tne constitu
tion.-Journa,.
What the Supreme Court seems t,
have said. and the Court is very right
is that Mr.. Il. Il. Reed has lot Of com
mon sense and uses 1T.
Editor "Aetress Contest:
Find enclosed 81 votes for Miss Claire
and NAV she win the diamond pin and liv
to wear it till every diamond turns to dust
A DEvoTEE.
Boston, March 2.
From the Boston News.
If she lives SO long, she Will be quail
fed TO shine in the ballet, but her voic'
will be gone.
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Convention may do IL may vote to abolisl
Tammany Hall altogether. - Nyacl
Journal.
There is only one kind Of vote tina
will abolish Tammany Hall and that /
the Republican vote. And it would TAX
a good many of them, too.
How doth the busy David y.
| Improve each waking hour
In gath'rlng follwers every day
With hisssibmissive Flower
How skilfully he lays his plans
How neatly writes his slate.
And labors hard TO he the man
Chicago II nominate.
Various Exchanges.
How doth the little crocodile
Improve his shining tailf
The golden waters Of the Nile
lie pours every scale.
He rreets folks with two-foot smile,
hut one and all pass by.
| And say, when pressed 90 rest awhile.