The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-22

mont In the News:
"Beginning with last Mondays issue the
| Providence News passed into the control of a
new publisher, Jason Rogers, who has had II
wide experience on New York dailies The
new publisher confidently makes the following
announcement in his salutatory:
The Providence News will rapidly be
made TO surpass in merit, enterprise. roliabil-
ity, independence and honesty hll other Prov
idence papers.
"This task may not be so difficult as II
would appear at the first glance, and we GER
tsinly wish the new publisher, VINO has
good old Rhode island name, the best Of sue
cess. A little farther along in his salutatory,
Mr.. Rogers says
{" 'On lines Of deoency. enterprise and
merit. with no affiliations to embarrass its
policy in any direction. absolutely indcpen-
deaf 10 pursue its course with an eye single
20 the highest interest OF all tho people, tho
undersigned proposes to make The News the
most popular and influential newspaper In
the State Of Rhode Island
1--WE hope The Ncws can pursue an abso-
lutely independent course, as every news
paper ought 20 do but the fact remnins tha,
II il continues 60 be- the only Republican pa
per in Providence, backing up the party in
everything 1t does right or wrong. IL must
fall far snort OF its ideal 'as tho most ,nhuen-
tial newspaper ia Rhode Island 4"
With regard 70 these last remarks-to
which wo especially refer as suggestive
VIC may be permitted TO express the con-
victon that perhaps as many crimes are
committed in the name of ''indepen-
dence" as in the name OF freedom.
With its readers The News is we believe
recognized "a the most independent news
paper in Providence. 1t absolutely has
no affiliations that embarrass its policy or
are influential to shape its course otherwise
than its editorial disposition may dictate
and its business rerspicacity may prompt
The editorial disposition and the business
porspicacity are united in furthering the
interests of the people Of Rhode Island
and to rejecting tho sentiments of as large
a number of them as possible, subject
only To certain beliefs and ideas somewhat
strongly inbred as "a part of the policy of
this newspaper. The News does not hesi-
tate to admit, ON the contrary it pro-
claims, that editorially it is Republi-
can newspaper. But that never has been
and never can be understood to mean that
it backs up tine Republican party Sin
everything it does, right or wrong"
While The News does not esteem itself as
infalliblo In undertaking to Judge be.
tween right and wrong and may only fol-
low its human convictions and estimates
ms to that it holds itself free absolutely,
from dictation i'm Its views, though ever
open to the influence of other minds, be-
lieviug that its fellow-citizens have quite
as much at heart the interests of our COM
mon community as has The News. IL is
Republican paper solely because, to the
bost of its belief and judgment, the meth
ods principles and actual practices of
doing the public business of the Nation,
the State and the City of rJvidenco pur'
sued by its fellow citizens who call them
selves Republicans is on the whole, and
quite generally, better for our common
interests than the methods, principles and
practices associated with government un-
a5r other party names. Accordingly, The
News is a Ropublican paper, not fright
or wrong" but fundamentally. And it
docs not feel that II is in any way lacking
in Independence because of that, though IL
is free Co admit that IL is never neutral
and as it does not feel that Independence
is incompatible with an inalienabo right
TO take sides T" The News undertakes
TO "back up no man or measure that is
not commended to the best Judgment il
has at command. But unless il is con
vinced to a change of heart by unforeseen
circumstances contrary tn the teachings
of considerable history and precedent and
so long rs citizens divide in their opinions
on lines that bear party names with no
hope of their getting together or substi-
tuting anything better for policies and
partsanships to express their views, The
News will remain "a Republican paper
and with basis of faith that ought To bo
perfectly intelligiblo, cndeavor 60 exem-
plfy to the fullest measure the spirit Of
sincere independence of view.
"The General Assembly on Wednesday,
remarks our esteemed contomI orary the