The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-17
The NEWS" TURN NOW

Every influence that believes in honest
money ought 10 unite against this Bland
| bill, i'm the interest of the common people
of the whole country. aud deieat IL
| Telegram.
Come over then and fight in the ranks
of the Republicans.
Reciprocity with Canada would mean
serious business ut once and -, therefore,
postponed while little islands In the
| West Indies are made very welcome be
cause their trade does not amount 10 any
thing.-Journal.
The Bible has fallen low when it con-
descends TO this sort of trlckery with It's
readers. Reciprocity was postponed De-
cause Canada didn't want to reciprocate
and sent, for buncombe, commissioners
without any commission.
It certainly appears now that it cannot
pass the House unless the hepnDicahs
| who are opposed TO free silver mailclousiy
refrain from voting for the purpose Oh
embarrassing the Democratic party. Ihat
/ they may do this has not been suggested
Telegram.
How wicked of the Telegram to shoot
the bad thought into their innocent
minds.
Ex-Gov. Ames comes out squarely
against the Mckinley tariff and declares
that the bill carried protection altogether
too far-Newport News.
BE honest, friend, it's better in the long
run. Ex-Gov. Ames' square statement
is that he doesn't approve OF all the de-
tails of the Mckinley tariff, but that on
the whole il is by far the best tariff the
country has ever worked under.
The soft money fallacy is by no means
confined TO the Democratic party, as the
vote on the Bland free coinage bill VIII
| show in both houses of Congress thls
week. Wherever a mass OF ignorant
voters is to be found there will the po-
litical eagles he gathered from all points
OF the compass.
OF course the only intelligent voter is
the Mugwump, and yet, as the journal
is perfectly well aware, the Democratic
exception is the sound money man; the
Republican, the silver fiend.
The friends of A1ger will continue their
| faith in him. The publication OF the re.
! cord is an evident attempt to do him
| politically. Times.
Something is the matter with Dana.
] He hated Grant and Logan, and now
goes ont of his way to print lying attacks
on Alger.
While Mr. Hill is working away like an
| aldcrmanic candidate III furtherance OF
| his ambition, Grover Cleveland is sitting
| back like sacred grand lama waiting TO
be called.-New York Commercial Adver-
tiser.
Too fieshy to get up and hustle.
The Boston Journal seems TO be incln-
/ Il 81. ..f ha
unemployed workmen in Vienna as an
entirely satisfactory tribute to the Mckin-
! lev tariff 1.-The idea that the Unled
States should legislate for the protection
| OF tttts tts working GLASSES Hgafnst the, half,
paid industries of these illogical and
| unreasonable foreigners lrritates them
exceedingly" observes our contemporary.
This is another melancholy illustration OF
! the way in which an economic heresy VIII
in time utterly confuse the moral percep-
tions even OF very worthy men.-Journal.
The Journal, being foreign organ. is
Of course unable to see that the United
States must first of all care for its own.
No one need fear that David Bennett
! Hill will be elected though it is barely
| possibly that he may force II nomination.
! Newport News.
Dave is unwittingly engaged in the
|
elect Republican.
II is rather novelty TO find George
! William Curtis siding with David B. Hill,
or at least opposing his opponents.-New
Bedford Journal.
That's very different thing. Mr.
Curtis is equal to opposing both sides of
any question.
| The people who like Blaine not only like
him better than they do anybody else, but
| they like him better than anybody else
| likes ANYBODY else. Nevertheless, enough
| President of the United States. The in
tensity of personal regard is affection
| The diffusion of il through many persons
is pularity.-Brooklyn Eagle.
How fortunate is. Mr.. Blaine in pos
sessing both popularity and affection
The former was sufficiently proved in
! 1893 when he had Cleveland beaten but
for foolish friend, and he is stronger
now than then.
Arthur p. German has been the most
| salient figure in National politics for over
ten years, or more. Washington Hatchet
Oh. yes, Gorman is salient" as snag
in the stream Of progress.
| ANY other government in the world is
| better than that under which Russians
| now groan. Worcester Spy.
This is a pretty strong compliment for
| Tammany Halls rule in New York.
Hippophagy and high tariff seem to be
| going hand in hand in Paris.-Boston
| Herald.
Well, what's the matter with hippo
phagy? Lots of folks in free trade Brit
| ian can't get even horse meat 30 eat.
The Providence News is giving the Pro-
hibitionists plenty of advice in these
| days. the substance of which is in every
| case TO forsake their party and vote the
Republican ticket. The Prohibs are used
! TO that. News.
Perhaps not i'm every case. There are
n few instances i'm the south where Pro-
hibitionists would do better by siding
with the Democrats in local matters and
with the Republicans in national. But