The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-26

dated pun in. Didn't you know thatT"
didn't know II. What understood
from the paper was that tho Consoli'
dated bill was an exact duplicate OK
the Suburban bill.
Billy contended. i'm his stubborn way,
that that was the same thing, that both
bills being alike IL one was a menace
TO our fundamental institutions and
threatened our liberties. the other was
equally so. That if the Suburban want
ed only to condemn two or three cow
pastures. II ought 10 have asked for
permission to do that specific thing
and not ask for a law giving 1t the
right to blanket the whole state with
condemnation proceedings.
Il protested vehemently against This
preJudiced view. told Billy that
had followed the subject very closely
and 1 had never seen anything in the
paper about getting indignant with the
Suburban, but only with the Consoli-
dated. That. I'm fact. the good Subur-
bans bill was only casually mentioned
until attention was drawn 10 1t by rea-
son OF the introduction of the wicked
Consolidated's bill. and that the intel
qigent citizenship of Rhode Island had
never been called upon TO .uprise
against the Suburban's bill.
Billy was incorrigible in his point Of
view, however. He refused to make
any distinction between sauce for the
goose and sauce for the gander.
nj n 1T
that the Consolidated railroad had
performed a public service that IN
titled 1t to a vote OF thanks for intro
ducing their bill and thus calling pub
lie attention to the other bill with the
result that there was an awakening of
public sentiment.
At any rate. he couldn't see any
reason to get indignant with one road
and not with the other when both were
up TO the same game. and the Subur-
ban was the first to try IL on.
i asked him II he got his views from
the paper.
He said he didn't and intimated that
any man who depends for his views on
some papers would cultivate q large
crop of very slab-sided views.
We parted and l have been ponder
ing ever since.
And i have begun TO wonder If there
wasn't something in what Billy Budh
said-although Billy doesn't pretend TO
be an Fptelligent citizen and rarely up
rises or gets indignant.
fortunate for the Suburban's bill that
il was not explained beforehand that
they didn't want anything like so much
as they asked for. but only Just little
bit.
That was. however. probably a mis-
with legislative methods and a maiden
like simplicity and Innocence of heart
in dealing with the stern affairs OF the
world.
i am sure this must be the right ex-
PLANTATION. or else the paper would have
called upon US to become indignant
and uprise when the Suburban bill was
introduced. instead of waiting for 'ths
Consolidated bill to bob up.
At the same time, as Billy Budd
pointed out, both bills are exactly
alike. and unless you know that one
of them was inspired by only the most
benevolent Intentions while the other
was dictated by sinister motives. you
might have difficulty in distinguishing
between them.
Even then it may be pretty hard to
see the distinction.
AS i said before. II some one will
kindly explain the difference between
tweedledum and tweedledee, ] shall be
very much obliged and everything Will
then be cleared up satisfactorily.
DAN II. LOW.