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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-16
The "Average" swindIc.

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Somebody has figured out the statement
that while the average of duties under the
Mckinley act Is about 30 per cent, the aver
age under the new tariff is only about ~ per
cent. The attempt will be made To create the
impression in the mind of the public that as a
proteotionist measure this bill compares with
the Mckinley tariff as Is with 80 and that tariff
reform has gained about "a per cent. The com
parison means nothing. and whenever or by
whomsoever used. It is employed only
TO deceive. The dishonesty of this method of
measuring results Is shown by a simple illus.
tration; suppose that under n high protec-
tive tariff every article OF import were taxed
30 per cent. ad valorcm. The average duty
under that tariff would be 30 per cent. Sup
pose. on the other hand, that the country had
absolute free trade In everything but opium
and ergot. but that the duty on those two
articles was 100 per cent. The average duty
under that tariff would bc loo per cent, or
double the average of the other tariff. highly
protective as II was.
The bill il as thoroughly protectionist in
every schedule as the Mckinley bill. No pre-
tcnce has been made. either In the House or
in the senate. of attacking the principle Of
discrimination which the Chicago platform
denounced "a fraud and robbery. aud
abhorrent 10 Democracy. The duties have
been revised solely with view To protection
and not TO revenue. Revenue has been left
out Of sight most of the time. There has been
10 some extent redistribution OF t;overmen-
tai favoritisrn. quite generally in the interests
OF tho South and West s against the
North and East The same scramble
for the benefits OF protection as Is
witnessed whenever n new protective
tarn Is framed. has gone on during
every stage OF the progress OF this Demo
cratic" measure. The Senate went a little
further than the House. but Mr.. German and
his backing were only preccedinzin the direc.
tion pointed out and recommended by Mr.
Wilson aud Mr.. CleSslsnds
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-16

Every true Democrat and epery sim
cere tariff reformer knoos that this bill in
ats present form and as IL soia be submit
ted to the conference, falls far short of
the econsummation for Whioh toe hare long
tdoored; for tohich zoe haze suffered de-
feat 'oithout discouragement; Which in
ns dnttcipations gaze us a rallyng cry
IN our day Of triumph, and which in its
promise Of accomplishment Is so inter-
ioopen 'otth Democratic pledges and Dem
ocrotic successes that our abandonment
Of the cause or the principles upon Which
u rests seems party perfdy and party dis
onor."-lCLEvELAND TO WILSON.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-16
CARNOT AVENGED.

The cowardly murderer of the la
mented Carnot was guillotined at Lyons
at five o'clock this morning, and true to
his anarchistic training his last words
were Of encouragement to his fellows.
But the promptness with which the
bomb or the knife of the assassin Is fol-
lowed by the blade of the guillotine will
counterbalance in large measure the
disposition Of these mad Drained fellows
to indulge in their murderous proclivi-
ties. BY swift retribution the murder
ers are prevented from posing as martyrs
and 1t would seem good policy to deny
them the opportunity of shrieking aloud
to an assembled crowd of morbidly
curious and largely criminal people
words that may act as incentive to some
other madman.
The intense craving for notoriety de-
prived OF an opportunity to exhibit itself
would soon put an end to the desire for
martyrdom. A martyr of the anarchist
stamp, without chance to pose, would
be without motive.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-16
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
Road Question In Rhode Island.
Governor Brown in Good Roads.

SoNernor Brown in Good Roads
In Rhode Island there is evidently a strong
increasing sentiment favorable to the con-
struction and repair of our highways under
the central authority of the State. We have
no county government. and the roads are now
built and maintained by the cities and towns
without concerted action. While few towns
during tho past five years have made great
advances in the direction OF better roads, the
general result of the present system is no
more satisfactory here than 1t is in other
States.
A commission has for two years been en-
gagged In investigating the condition of our
highways. IL has authority TO report a sys-
tenn of road Improvement Differences of
opinion among the commissioners and the
legislative complications CT the past wear have
5N,ayed the presentation Of a report
l am, however. hopeful that the next
General Assembly which has a Republican
majority in both branches, will consider the
question and that the State will soon under
take the control of its main highways. do
not mean TO intimate that the question is I'm
any sense a political one with US, but rather
to suggest that IL is easier to obtain the neces.
sary legislation when both branches of the
General Assembly are controlled by the same
party.
The most powerful obstacle which we. who
are interested in the crusade for good roads,
have to overcome is the intense jealousy OF
the towns of any infringement OF their rights,
and the fear that they may be called upon to
contribute toward improvements which may
prove more largely beneficial to the cities.
i am confident, however, that within the
next few years this subject will receive in
Rhode Island the consideration IL deserves.
Good highways will add greatly to the natural
attraction Of the States many summer re-
sorts, and will bring the farmers in closer
connection with their markets in the thickly
settled manufacturing villages. Ny prede-
cessors have kept the question before the
people, and II no definite step should be taken
during my term Of Office. those who come
after will not permit the cause OF good roads
to suffer IL cannot be displaced from among
the vital questions of State policy.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-16
Midnight at the White House,
Philadelphia Press.

Grover" How goes the batte?"
Wounded and Weary Wilson. from the in.
terror of many bandages about his head
I'VE have lost everything, Your Highness
except the income tax"
Grover" Where is Gorman2"
Weary WILSON" top"
Grover" How about the party?"
Weary Wilson n" senator Harris says II Is
further in Hades than pigeon can fly in six
weeks"
Grover" Put none but free coal men on
guard tonight and In the morning | will send
orders what to put through the House Tell
Crisp to come down tonight and b,ing Jug
Of Georgia whiskey-and, hold, minion, sc
that Mills comes, and order two jugs" Weary
Wilson departs
Grover (solus)-" History must be made and
German and the other traitors crushed. e'en
though the Dominion Coal Company go into
the hands of a receiver and Sugar drops to
50r
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-16
NOT A NEW IDEA.

Senator George +. Hoar, who aided
the Boston Home Market Club raise
$4,000 to send into Alabama to defeat
Congressman Oates in his race for the
Governorship, has received courteous
reminder, truly Southerly, from the
supporters Of Oates. 1t came in the
shape of a six-foot coffin, filled with
corn cobs, AMI bearing this inscription
sc. +. Hoar, Washington, ID. G.
Paid Home Market Club, $4,000. Here
in bury your hopes of splitting the Solid
South. Compliments Of Benton, Ala,
Democrats. Pail bearers: w. II.
Scaggs, A. 4. Goodwin, John w. Pitts.
p q. Bowman, s. p. McElwain, G.. S.
Troy, s. Nj. Adams, j. G. Fonville.
At rest"
On one side of the coffin, in large.
white letters, was hastily but plainly
painted: "By the home Market Club,
$4,000" On the opposite side was the
official ballot OF the Jeffersonian De-
mocracy, headed by the name of Reuben
+. Kolb for Governor and followed by a
complete list Of the candidates. On the
the same side were the words: Further
favors solicited for campaign purpose"
This sending Of CHASTITY emblem of
death to political opponents is by no
means a new idea of the Alabama Demo-
Gratis. Many man down there who has
dared to vote according to his convic-
tions, has before now found nailed TO
his door or gate post similar warning
bearing n skull and cross bones, and two
such warnings always meant death To
the recipients. The outrages of the X.
X. KS by whom thousands were
beaten, maltreated and murdered: when
little children and helpless women were
awakened in the night and horribly treat
ed because their fathers and husbands
dared vote according TO their convic-
tions, because they dared 10 exercise the
sacred right Of the ballot, have not vet
been forgotten. We are yet living too
near that awful past TO have forgotten |
ii and this grim reminder from the Ala |
bama Democracy is but tho outcrop.
ping Of tho old feeling, repressed but |
not stifed.
But NJ Senator Hoar did his duty |
when the former outrages Of the Ku-
Klux klans were carrying terror to
many hearts, so he will not be deferred
from doing 1t now, when this ghastly
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-16
A CONTRAST INDEED.

The Democrats in the House mus
have squirmed yesterday when Congress
man Dingley passed in review th'
financial history of the present Demo
cratic Congress and compared it with it
immediate Republican predecessor.
Governor Dingley is one of the ables
Republican leaders in Congress, very
quiet in manner, but ready speaker
and is one of the best posted and most
broadly read men in the House. His
words carry weight with them, even
among his Democratic opponents, who
recognize in him foeman worthy OF
their best metal.
His long term of service, his perfect
familiarity with tariff legislation, his
knowledge of finance give to his state
ments an added weight. Mr.. Dingley
showed that it appeared that the appro-
| priations by this Democratic Congress
were SEQ, ,000, 900 more than those made
at the corresponding session Of the Re
publican Fifty-frst Congress, which
was SO roundly denounced for extrava-
gance.
He also showed that the expenditures
OF the Government in the fiscal year
just closed under Democratic Admin
istration and Congress were only ST.
100000 less than those under the last
year of President Harrison's Admins
tration, and these 7,000,0 900 were en-
tirely in pension expenditures.
In other words the gallant veterans
who defended the union furnished the
Southern majority in the House their
only opportunity for retrenchment.
Democratic economy has consisted
solely in cutting down the pensions of
the veteran heroes, now well advanced
in years and more dependent than ever
upon the little aid received from the
Government.
He pointed out that all expenditures
Of the Government in the past year out
side of pensions were one million more
than in the previous year. While in
every fiscal year under President Harri-
son, after the tariff act of 1890 was en-
Scsed, and the sixty millions tax on
sugar remitted, the revenue was ample
to meet expenditures and leave a small
surplus, the first year Of Democratic
rule showed "A deficiency of SIC, 1000, 900,
which has been met by borrowing $jS,-
0O0, 900 and taking $l2,00O,0O0 from the
gold redemption fund.
Mr. Dingley said that every dollar Of
the bank redemption fund, $54 ZOO, 900,
turned into the treasury by the act of
July IA, 1890, had been used to pay Oh
the public debt.
His arraignment of Democratic in
was all the more bitter from
the fact that Governor Dingley merely
cited the figures made up by Democratic
treasury officials without attempting to
add anything in the way of invective or
There was no need for him to do so.
The figures and facts themselves are
bitter enough for the Democracy to
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-16

" There Is no ercuse for mistoking or
misopprehending the feeling and temper
Of the rank and f,e Of Democracy. They
are downcosi under the assertion that
their party fails IN ability 10 manage the
Government, and they are opprehensire
that efforts TO brtng abow, tariff reform
may fo,i; bat they are much more do,cn.
cast and opprehensire "a their fear that
Democratic principles may BE- surrend-
ered."-lCLEvELASD 10 WILSON.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-16

EDITOR DANA was in prayerful mood
when he eJaaulated "God preserve the
party thai goes to the people with such a
record OF perfdy, such a confession of
dishonesty" but does he really think
That such party is worth preserving.
Are the traits he mentioned such as to
inspire desire to have them kept where
they can do even more mischief? 1t
looks as If the Democracy were past
praying for. His prayer would have
sounded more like an honest one had it
been preserve the nation from such a
party"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-16

reminder of the days of savagery Is de-
posted before him.
IL seems strange that the Alabama
Democracy should care t. revive the
memories of the most disgraceful record
of their shame. Men guilty of the gross
frauds against the ballot. and of the
many atrocities that can honestly be
laid at their doors are not troubled by
conscientious scrnples of any kind.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-16

that Democrats are piliing TO depart
fro~ this the most Democratic of all tdriT
principles, and that the Inconsistent ab-
surdify Of such proposed departure
should be emphasized BY the suggestion
that the cool Of the farmer be put on the
free list, and the protection Of tariff tara
tion DC placed around the iron ore and
coal Of corporations and capitalists. Hoc
can zoe face the people after INDUCING in
such outrageous determinations and uio-
tdttons Of principle f"-[CLEvELAND TO
WILSON.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-16

IL Is ordained by the City Council Of the City OF
Providence as follows.
SECTION !. The joint standing committee on
city property be and they are hereby authorized
and directed 10 rent the barn Stewart street be-
longing 20 Day, sons and Company, IA suitable
balIdlns fof the accommodation OF Hose Company
No. ., during the time that the alterations are
being made at hre station No. 3. on Fond street; (;
ana make such necessary repairs as are needed at
said building, the expe nse thereof, including rem al
and repairs not 10 esCeed the sum OF five Lundrsd
dollars, TO be taken from the appropriations for
repairs TO public buildings.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-16
VESTS OPPORTUNITY.

pehator vest could not resist the temp
tation yesterday in the Senate of using
Secretary Carlisle's letter protesting
against the passage Of the free list bills
OF the House by the Senate on the ground
that they would cause deficit in the
revenues, to justify the action Of the
Senate in insisting upon the passage of
the Gorman bill.
1t looks as though Carlisle or Cleve-
land interfered unnecessarily in behalf
oil the Sugar Trust, for there has hardly
been ghost Of show that the Senate
would act on any of the House bills
approvingy. Vest used the weapon
which Carlisle placed in his hands
effectively. Every word, he declared, of
the Secretary of the Treasury's letterwas
an arraignment Of the House bill, and
showed that had the Wilson bill been
passed there would have been a big
deficit.
And yet, he continued, Senators had
been told that they were guilty of per-
fidy to Democratic principles and of
dishonor to Democratic policy. Why,
he asked, should the bill be referred to
the Finance Committee? Why not
grapple with it now? Why send 1t to
tomb and put the seal of the everlasting
upon it? He was tired of evasion, sus-
picion and lying, and he wanted the
truth to be known.
There is truth i'm what Vest claimed.
The Secretary of the Treasury admitted
officially and as the head of the depart
ment of finance that the House had been
unable to frame tariff bill that would
furnish money enough to run the Gov
ernment.
But Mr.. Vest is not honest. He /
claims that there is only difference of |
three per cent. in the average duties |
provided in the Senate bill over the
House bill.
Secretary Carlisle declares that the
Senate bill provides for grand total of
1878, 900, 900 per annum, or an estimated
surplus of Sl5,0O0,OO0. If the House
free list bills were passed by the Senate,
he states that "the expenditures will ex-
ceed the receipts to the amount Of $2s,-
i7S,05S, and If the duties are removed
from all the articles specified in your
letter the deficit will be S99, AIS, O5s, not
including any expenditures on account
of the sinking fund, or the payment of
= $3.50 on Pacific Railroad bonds
which willmature during the fiscal year"
The House bill. therefore, provides for
~, 100000 less than the Senate bill. or
about 13 per cent. less than the German
bill, when receipts are considered.
This juggling with average duties,
$ ably punctured by the New York Sun
which says that If the Mckinley dut les
we're represented by an average of 80
'er cent, and everything but opidm and
'ne other Insignificant import were put
'n the free list, the two dutiable articles
being assessed 100 per cent duty. the
average duty would be 100 per cent. or
IN increase Of 90 per cent over the Nc
kinley bill. which Of course is a fraudu-
ent claim on the faco of it,
The whole tariff legislation of the De-
nocracy is fraud and an attempt 20
ieceive, and no one knows IL better than
Mr.. Vest.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-16
[Approved August s. Is9i.l

II il ordained by the City Council Of the City Of
Providence As follows:
SECTION l.. The ommissioner OF public works
is hereby authorized and directed to build a barn
IN accordance with the plans and specifications Of
the city engineer, for the Of the deparm INT of
public works at the new city yard south OF Hen
defson street, and To move and set up the stone
erusher and the buildings belonging To the depart
msnt OF public works from the old yard TO the new
city yard; the cost OF the above work not exceed
the sum OF thirty thousand dollars, to be charged
TO the appropriation for highways
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-16

II II ordained by the City Council OF the City OF
Providence as follows.
SECTION l. Permission Il hereby granted 10 the
Narragansett Electric Lighting Company o.
erect, maintain aud poles and wires
for conducting currents OF electricity for the pur.
pose of transmitting and producing light heat aud
motive power in, over and along Arlington ave-
nue., from Angel street 10 Humboldt avenue,
and Bowen street from Brook street 10 Brown
street, in accordance with the ACCOMPANYING r. =
port "a the commissioner Of public works
SEC. T. The permission herein granted Is sub
jet TO all OF the conditions and provisions of
chapter 561 Of the ordinances, entitled IAN ordl-
nance for the regulation OF electric wires.n
True copies-Witness;
WILLIAM Il. CLARKE,
augl5 81 City Clerk.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-16

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND is quoted as
being in doubt now whether the Demo
cratic party lie, after all, the party OF
tariff reform. lie onght to bring a suit
for seduction.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-16

ILL health seems to have struck the
Tammany chiefta!ns all in q bunch.
Gilroy is on the ocean blue chasing after
physical strength. A little closer at
tention TO moral well being and less to
physical is what the Tammany leaders
need.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-16

THAT bright periodical, Life, aptly
illustrates the Japan-China situation by
a choice figure OF speech which likens
the japanese to terrier and the China
men to rats. The terrier may be de-
pended upon to clean up lot of rats,
but 1T is still barely possible that there
may be an over-powering number of
RATS
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-16

IT is matter of congratulation that
Rhode Islands attractive shore resorts,
from the big ones that draw visitors
from all over the country to the no. less
interesting places where tie little
wrinkled clam is chief attraction, are
all doing splendid business this sum
mer
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-16

JUpoINo from the latest returns from
the pool rooms, Mayor Olney's model
gambling law needs an amendment pro-
viding for its self-enforcement, to make
1t effective.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-16

III must be admitted that no tariff
measure can accord uith Democratic
principles and promises or bear genuine
Democratic badge that does NOT propide
for free row materials. In these cireum-
stances Il may peu sroits om, ponder
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-16

Miss COLUMBIA may consult the
daisies with the popular che loves me
be loves me not" test, TO discover
whether the President will sign the tariff
bill or let IL pass on the Charley Page
plan.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-16

The Democratic farce comedy is aw-
fully funny but it really isn't worth the
price OF admission that has been bun.
coed out Of the country at large.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-16
CHAPTER 500.

An Ordinance Authorizing the Park Commission
sTs 70 sell Certain Buildings at Davis Park
[Approyed Augusts, lss4J
IL Is ordained by the City Council Of the City OF
Providence as follows:
SECTION l. The park commissioners are hereby
authorized and directed TO sell at private sale or
otherwise, any or all Of the buildings located
on Davis Park, not incl uding the mansion house
and the stone barn belong there the proceeds of
said sale or sale OF buildings TO be credited to the
appropriation for pubic parks
SEC. q The provisions OF section a Of chapter
II OF the city ordinances entitled "Financesn In
consistent herewith are hereby repealed.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-16

The Congressman from the Western
Rhode Island district may have convic-
lions, but seems not to have had the
courage of them.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-16

1T has been hot in Washington this
summer, but it will be hotter for the
Democratic Congressman in the frozen
North next November.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-16

SECTION ]. The following appropriations are
hereby added TO the appropriations made by
chapter SIS OF the city oriinances entitled "An
ordinance making appropriations for the support
OF the city government for the financial year end
ing september 90 1894" for printing, advertising
ana stationery for public ofiices Ave thousand
dollars; for care OF the city hall, four thousand
dollars; for repairs and maintenance OF public
buildings, fifteen thousand dollars, said sums
amounting TO twenty -four Thousand dollars, to be
transferred from the aprro rintlon for contingea-
ojs& m ade by said chapter 6I5 and the ord nan
ees in aInendme Mt thereof and in addition thereto
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-16

TIE average Congressman may be
pardoned by a sympathetic public II
u he exhibits preference FOR staying In
session In Washington rather than GO
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-16

FREE raw materials and deficit,
Is the present watchword of the Democ-
racy.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-16

IL Il ordained by the City Council OF the City Of
Providence as follows
SECTION ]. Permission IL hereby granted 10 the
Hmer1cEH fEfuphouy Huu TT egTaph Company 20
erect and maintain a pole for carving wires for
telephone purposes on East River street in ac.
cordanee with the accompanying report OF the
commissioner OF publ works.
SIC. a. The permission rein granted IL su bject
10 the provisions and conditions OF Chapter 5sI OF
the ordinances entitled "An ordinance for the reg
ulation of electric wires"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-16
CHAPTER ha7.

An Ordinance in Amendment of Chapter SIS Of
the City ordinances, Entitled "An Ordinance
Making Appropriations for the support Of the
City Government for the Financial Year Ending
September 80, 1897" and Adding $4,000 To the
Appropriation for Printing, $1,000 10 to the
Appropriation for City hall and SIS, 900. .O0 for
Repairs OF Public Baiidings.