The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-22


other Democrats may be elected, DIR. MAT
THEW J. CUMMINGS ought To be rejected.
We shall take occasion to refer further to
this, later.
We would say one thing more. though
realizing the length of to which
your observations has already tempted
us. We trust we do not s.impugn the
motives OF any man "who may be sim
eere." Some very nasty things have
been said in this campaign, but we have
not said them-not that we can recall.
Neither have speakers or writers who
call themselves Republicans said them,
to our recollection. But the personal
characters. the honesty, even, and the
public records OF men who are In Office
and who are Republicans have been as
sailed, mercilessly, spitefully, hastily. We
doubt il any campaign this town has
ever known has been productive OF so
much that is contemplate in the way OF
personal assault-not, a. least, since the
memorable occasion when our fellow
citizen, Mr.. HENRY c. CLARK, called
another fellow-citizen, Mr.. CHARLES III.
PERKINS, q 'tliar," at which MIR. PER-
KINs promptly boxed Mr.. CIARK's ears
and thus closed in an entertaining fash
ion what threatened to be, in'degree, az
outrageous q record as anything in the
history OF the present campaign assault
on men who call themselves Republi
cam. We believe that the first line that
has appeared in our columns .assaiiing
any OF our fellow-citizens, either with or
without warrant, IL to be found in this
article In our reference to the overseer oil
the poor.
1t is our preference to deal with men
whom we respect-and never 20 mention
the other kind unless the public inter-
ests may seem to demand it. Thus dis
nnQad Vra enyn.aa s.Al-.
in a little mischief as an outlet for the
expression of such public sentiment az
We may represent in opposition to
men who are before the public. This is,
so to speak, our merry mood; the heri-
tage Of smiling Nature, the fruit of. wan
ton spirits. We admit thai it "does not
prove a man disqualified to perform the
dutisssof . member OF the Common Coun-
Gil II he wears kid gloves" We wear kid
gloves ourselves ION proper occasion and
when we are fortunate enough to be pos
sessed OF the. kid gloves and don't leave
them In our other coat. Other aualif-
cations being equal we have a preference
for the man whose gentility and breeding
are evidenced in the wearing OF his gloves
as in the wearing OF his manners On
the other hand kid gloves are not Ar es-
s~ential, nor are they OF themselves q sufi-
cient evidence Of qualification for public
Office, nor can they be accepted as an ar
gument for preference unless 1t is made
clear that other desirable possessions |
conspicuosly those of nature and train |
ing-are at least. equal And so we have
in one instance made a campaign issue
OF kid gloves, and we sincerely trust
that nothing we lave written in our
perhaps flppant humor. may leave any
sting. The world is small, after ell, and
L
We crave the same friendly feeling for
ourselv es from those of our fellow-citi-
zens for whom we entertain no other sort
of feeling. And few OF the other kind
are ever mentioned in our columns
certainly not with what you, Mr.. VERNON,
consider to be "ridicule,n but
which We hope and trust will pass
for no more than pleasant mischief and
good humor, however poorly it may be
expressed.
We thank you for your plainly, yet not
unkindly, expressed letter, and We spprs-
a. IA