The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-10-11
Tur cAIInuE AND THE NUMBER.


THE CALIBRE AND THE NUMBER.
The journal calls attention to the cali
brs OF the men who 1t claims are back
OF its indignation movement and names
the men presumably all II can garner OF
the right calibre, The Journal, OF course,
reserving the right TO make the stand
ard and accept or reject any and all APP
plications for membership In its new
improvement Society party.
We hasten to print tho list of back-of-
the-movement citizens, accepting The
Journals authority on the same and
trusting that IL injustice or misrepresen'
tation is thus done to any OF these fellow
citizens OF ours they will not hesitate to
command us to scratch their names on
Here, then, is the list OF men whose
calibre The Journal cites to indicate the
wholesomeness OF the new movement and
to impress upon it's readers the idea that.
the movement is not depending upon
surgical operation to make IT satisfactory
to the rest Of our fellow citizens who are
Just now standing by, only waiting and
watching:
RATHBoNE GARDNER.
THOMAS W. BIoKSELr-
AUGUSTINE JONES.
The Journal prints the name as eau
GusTus" but that is only because young
and unacquainted reporters are entrusted
with the Job OF making the movement
move.
CHARLES M. SALISBURY.
AmAsA NJ. EATON.
ALFRED STONE.
WILLIAM II. TILLrNaHAsr.
WILLIAM II. THuRBER.
We print this list thus conspicuously
that 1t may be as impressive, as imposing,
as possible. We shall take occasion from
time to time to make such additions as
The Journal elects to membership
Up to dete these eight fellow citizens
OF ours are duly accredited with being
"back- of-the- movement" As The Jour
nal observes "the representative character
OF these men will hardly be questioned. f"
This is an ambiguous encomium, but we
are not in the least disposed to question
it. Indeed we know for fact that Mr..
GARDNER, for instance, 10 a representa-
tive OF several public positions that he
once held, that Mr. BrcKNELL IS also q
representative of former Office OF public
consequence and that Mr.. EATON IL ever
and always a representative Of something
or other--usually something in the nature
Of a movement. We have only the highest
opinion of all these eight gentlemen
that The Journal claims are prepared to
respond at the roll call of its indignant
Improvement Society party. Their cali
bre is certainly unquestionabie, though
their number be small We shall
watch with interest the impress that these
eight fellow citizens of ours, encouraged
by The Journal, like . milestone about
their necks, shall make upon our other fel-
low citizens to the number OF twenty.
thousand and odd who have an equal
voice with each OF the eight in the affairs
Of this town when It comes to voting
time
1t will be pity, indeed, II calibre 10 to
be outweighted by mere mum pers, but il
is not impossible to conceive that some
where among the twenty thousand-and-
odd of our other fellow citizens, any eight
of whom have equal power with these
eight cslibred fellow citizens at the ballot
box, there may be at least eight, and may
be nine, suifragists who may conscien-
tiously claim an equal measure OF public
respect and confidence with The Journal.
in ndignant octette.