The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-20
WHITE REPUBLICAN CONSPIRACY
TO KILL THE TORCHLIGHT.
Governor Browns Paper the Medium.
New England Torchlight. Aug. "a. lso5.

New England Torchlight, Aug. IL. 1896.
UTICA, N. ", Aug IL, ls95.-At half a dozen
cites and towns up and down the New York
Central last week; here last Friday; at "a big
Methodist camp meeting In warner Miller's
home (HsrKimerl last sunday; back here
Monday az Waterville. the home of the famous
Senator, henry }. Coggoshall; yesteday
view at the hop crop, and back here on
late train last evening. crossed my legs in
the hotel and viewed with much merriment
from the Providence NEWS u horrible cartoon
of horrible black editor with n horrible in
side view OF his private history. Joseph W.
Henderson Is the name OF that horrible black
editor, and as that name suits me am the
victim OF the three columns OF cartoons and
private letter-writing history. Now for fun.
In the first place any one should know enough
TO know that for an editor 10 be tripping II
over the country for three or four mouths
during the year, the help at home are fav.
ing a rosy view of his good tiInos abroad"
and therefor the cry money, money, money
at home. Therefore, no one must blame the
editor when he talks back 90 the help "Pov-
erty, I'm on my uppers and haven't had
mouthful OF GOOD in three days" etc.
But whether my pen picture was real or
dreamy, whose business - it2 And when the
managing editor OF the Providence NEWS
says or intimates that Ihe Torcblight has
ever claimed TO own plant, or that 10 has
never been published az Its headquarters on
College street, or that the whole Iorchlivht
outfit will bring maximum OF lVO II bought
when new, or that tho editor OF The Torch
light 10 presumably "from North Carolina"
or that he worked bis way To tho convention,
or that he il stranded In interior New York
or that the 500 scheme" had any reference
to Governor BrOwn-when the managing edi
tor OF tho Providence NEWS assumes. claims.
hints. intimatcs or says directly or indirectly
either ono or all the above mentioned, the
managing editor of the Providence NEWS ~ a
palc-faced liar and sneaking coward who
dare not repeat these things in my presence
As 10 the trials and tribulations of Rhode
Island journal, The Torchlight has been well
initiated. With starting capital stock of
80 cents, 10 has held its own pretty well. Six
white papers have sprung up and died In
Providence since The Torchlights FIRST issue,
March 10. 1890. No Providence would be-
newspaper has had more chockered career
than has the Providence NEws. "tbe only Re
publican daily In Republican capital OF n
editor need not talk about The Torchlight be-
cause 70 has had three weeks summer
work done in New York State. for THT NEWS
Is n regular plate daily doing a g.. @. ID. bust
ness with the American Press Company OF
Boston and the National Press Company OF
New York. am In possession Of facts eN-
hibiting IHE NEWS husinss trials and trib.
ulations with these business firms on the
&. O. ID. method. Again, THE NEWS, a
daily &. O. ID plate newspaper, run by com.
bination OF wbite men has missed more issues.
evidently for the lack OF funds, than has The
Torchlight n guod-fo nothing weekly, run
by n single little black man with mourn ful
counteDance and "a black ~luuch hat invari.
ably worn. Yes, the Providence NEWS that G..
q. ID. plate daily, has absolutely been suid az
auction a. understand, and / understand
that one OF my personal friends now has
mortgage on W.. l shall soon know At nny
rate tho paper was NO 30 I'LL good natured
Governor Brown foolishly sank great Ia