The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-10
Ohaf Others
fire Saying.

1T strikes us that the Congress Is
getting into a very bad habit Of re-
nouncing the proper and constitutions
nj duties which devolve upon It as
the guardian OF the peoples rights.
and investing the executive with
them; or. what Is worse, tolerating
his assumption of them. III we need n
regular army OF 100000 men. let Cnn-
gress take the responsibility Of lxiug
that number definitely for the proper
term. II IL be said that we may not
need them long, the answer Is that
Congress is In session half OF every
year. and can specially provide for
reducing the force. boston Herald.
1T was confidently predicted by some
of the Washington correspondents.
when the treaty was under discussion
al the last session that there was some
reason for the belief that Great Bri-
tain would not inexorably decline 10
make reasonable concessions respect
ing the protection of the canal. The
passage OF the canal bill before the
treaty is disposed OF would place tho
two countries in rather strained rela-
hons, and concessions from Great Bri-
tain would be more difficult to secure.
Just now the relations of the countries
ments, and an amended treaty might
not be rejected. ."-Philadelph Ledger.
Governor Pingree has made a Sc
rious mistake I'm the closing month of
his administration by pardoning the
military officers concerned in the
clothing steal The pardoning power
has been a stumbling block TO the feet
of more than one governor. buffalo
Courier
1T was quite fitting that the chief
advocate OF the abolishment OF the
army canteen sshould come from the
prohibitory state of Maine. But the
experience OF Maine with Prohibition
is hardly calculated to guarantee the
success OF this aquarian experiment
with the army. y."-Philadelphia Record.
.Rishnp Potter,s scathing denuncia-
ton OF the lust OF money as the tap
root OF divorce. crime and corruption
in all our cities will do good II 1t is
needed by the overconspicuous, out
after ALL numerically small section OF
the American nation whose lives are
absorbed in the pursuit OF wealth.
The Bishops picture of what sets IT.
self up to be the smart set and en-
deavors TO pass itself off as American
society il not a mere fancy sketch.
IL In true TO life There Is a distinct
cult or dollar worship. and IL is Of
fensively in evidence and II is fruit
full OF scandals, as the Bishop says.
alike in the haunts OF politicians, in
the camps OF soldiers, In the halls OF
fashion. New York World.
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The municipal gas and electric
light problem may be said TO be diff
ferent I'm each city, and therefore IL
In impossible TO say that policy that
would be good In one city would be
good in all cities. In some cities bad
municipal government and corrupt
practices would make the cost OF gas
greater under the municipal system
than IL would in the hands OF private
corporations The whole question
would have 10 be approached by each
city I'm a prudent manner and with
careful consideration OF the chances
for failure from mismanagement."C "C..i-
cago Record.
when Sir Thomas Upton comes
over here with his new Shamrock he
will run up against the latest knowl-
edge that this country possesses I'm
naval architecture. III he wins he will
have the satisfaction OF knowing that
he has beaten us at our very best
Philadelphia Inquirer.
''If Chicago hold-up men continue 10
enjoy themselves without restraint,
Bernhardt and Coquelin may find
nothing left by the time they get
around d"-Denver Republican.
Harmless hazing will probably con-
tinue as long as colleges exist, but
the cruel treatment OF newcomers
should be stopped Many. perhaps
most. American institutions have al
ready forbidden II. The barbarous
exhibitions which have been given by
students at the highest educational
centres in the country have been too
frequent and too repulsive to pass un.