The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-26
WhQt Others
fire Saying.

1.-THE Republican has held that the COIN
age question was settled by the presi-
Dental election of 1896 but Senator Teller
and a few other former Republicans have
maintained that the denomination or
Colonel Bryan would compel rehearins
of the Issue at the polls this year we
would like to have some OF them explain
TO the people of Colorado just how the
cause Of free coinage can be helped by
voting for "a candidate who does not even
mention silver In his letter of acceptance
and who, i'm any event is inevitably
doomed TO overwhelming defeat IN tWo
weeks. Denver Republican.
1.-The difference in the conclusionsre reach
ed by the rival leaders is "A very natural
one, not because both sides are not per-
fectly honest an anxious To make ana
publish proper estimates, but because
their Information is Iaulty. The Demo-
crat making a report sees things through
democratic eyes and the Republican
making report sees things through
Republican eyes. Then, too, the men
who gather information are at times
moro governed by enthusiasm than by
facts. Memphis Commercial Appeal
Today Colonel Bryan is in Washington
a city managed by despotism and govern
ed without its consent. He should make
the Washingtonians weep by tellihs
them of their wrongs. They can't vote
for him, and so they must give up all
hope OF remaining "a free people.
''The significance of the Anglo-German
agreement lies in the fact mat II Is a
definite and businesslike pledge 10 do or
not TO do certain things II the other
powers similarly pledge themselves ior-
mally in black and white. a great au-
vance will have been made. The future
of China will not be endangered by the
suspicious that at present attend every
movement by any power. The agreemeht
is of value apart from Chinese inter-
ests. I'm demonstrating the continuance
OF good relations between two great
powers whose conflicting commercial IN
tcrests tend TO create bad feeling. ball
timore Sun.
"Vhy Is 1t needful TO conceive every
national policy I'm terms Of maleVolent
intrigue and potential war? In this age
nations think far less OF destroying each
other than OF building themselves up,
think far more OF peaceful trade than OF
bloody conquest Is 1t not the saner ana
simpler view 10 think OF Germany as
feClinE her way III ~ tdfttI VI
DEVELOPMENT and expanding trade as
England has done since Waterloo. using
at each moment the means that seemed
most fit then. and wavering from the an
cient Russian. policy of territorial con-
quest TO the modern English policy or
equal competition i'm trade field open
TO all alike? The Anglo-German agree
ment would seem definite acceptance OF
the latter alternative. as England accept
cd Il long ago, after like wavering. IN,
-rUmuurCtat NdvCTrfser.
"It is noticed that nearly every news
paper I'm the south is voclferously calling
on the people to register. As rule the
southern people need no Gabriels trum-
pet to arouse them TO do their duty po-
Iitically. but this year they seem TO be
very busy. The south is growing at
marvellous rate and when a country Is
growing and the people are prosperous
they are not afraid that some one will
run away with their government while
they are not looking ''-Galveston News.