The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-29


oonspicuously on Wednesday and Thursday
oil this week in as petty piece of legisla-
| tive bamboozl ng ms has come under our
| notice fo,'some time.
On the former Ssmed day NJ Allen,
against the request that bill for an
amendment of charter should be referred
TO tie committee on corporations, vouched
| for the sanctity OF the measure ard the
House of Representatives passed it with
out reference.
On the next day the shifty representa-
tive from East Greenwich again rose to
his feet and assuring his fellow members
that they had placed too implicit con-
fdence In his statement of the day before
inasmuch as no had found out over
night that he didn't know what he was
talking about, moved a reconsideration
of the bill and its reference to the COM
mittee on corporations, in which, with
the same confidence of maiden in her
best beloved, Mr.. Aliens fellow members
promptly acquiesced.
We refer TO the b.ll to change the name
of the Independent Citizen Company to
the Franklin Press Company.
The same bill was presented to tho last
Assembly, passed the senate, received the
endorsements OF the House committee on
corporations and was then indefinitely
postponed when IL came before that body.
Tho Lill is of the usual form and the
only explanation Of its silly bandying
about is due to personal grievance and
malice aided and abgtted by tho gentle
man from East Greenwich In the capacity
of a working member of the State govern
ment, representative of the poopio of his
town and state but, also as it seems, a
Cats paw for somebody's desire for re-
venge by making the innoecnt response
bic for another's guilt.
ting how public officials can bo Induced TO
do injury to private citizens and 10 their
business, The News feels that tho matter
is worth soma attention ut this time.
This history of the Independent Citizen, "a
weekly newspaper published in this town,
mas been varied and not always sayory
It's present publishing company, for 1t has
changed hands several times, does not
! represent the parties who sailed under tho
name Independent Citizen Company, one
year ago when the newspaper under the
! dIIection. as we believe Of a prominent
| Goo-6oo and Prohibitloc.st was ono Of the
dirtiest sheets ever put out in the city OF
Providence. Acquiring the title and So
called good Will of the paper, its present
! publishers, "a young firm Of printers who
! wero year ago only the printers of this
sheet as they wero and are OF divers otLer
periodicals, and had no supervision Of its
coIuinus anu hothihk W VIZ WIN ''
| malicious policy, naturally desire to
change the name of their printing house
20 something less unsayory. But because
| of the not unnatura, feeling Of dislike for
the newspaper certain public officials
ard legislators ns we understand, want TO
make tho printing corporation suffer by
refusing it permission To change its col :
porete pane. That IL the g.st OF tho ex-
traordirary proceeding 20 which the Hon.
sam w *. Allen lent himself with
chameleon-lke facility on Wednesday
and Thursday.
The bill is row In the committee on
corporations. Mr.. Walter Prico Of Wes-
torly is chairman of that committee, We
do not to.iovo that he would, with
knowledge, have lcnt himself 10 any such
petty game as that wo have here noted.
We are Informed that at least ono public
official has sworn that the bill shall not
bo passed If no can help il. But We
would like to bet him dollars TO dough.
nuts that it will be passed II tho young
men of the printing corporation stick it
out. 1t ought 20 be the first item on the
calendar at tho opening of the January