The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-05
Nhat Others
fire Saying.

"The New York Herald urges the Sc
lection OF New England waters for the
course of the next race for the Ameri-
cas- cup. on the ground that the course
off New York is too crowded with ex-
cursion steamers and the winds are
unreliable. Judging by the experience
of the last match. the Herald's advice
is good and IL ought to be followed"
San Francisco Call.
'"The party of the mob is at it's
work from one end of the land TO the
other. With Croker seeking to over
ride law by violence, IL is carrying
the rule OF the mob from the south
10 the north Next Tuesday IL is tho
duty Of every American citizen, and
most OF all of those Democrats who
approve their leaders who in the past
have suppressed the mob to give the
party of the mob such a defeat as will
end its course and with 1t end Bryan
ism, the organized mob."--Philadel-
phia Press.
at is yet TO be determined what ef-
feet beyond that OF the enthusiasm
created at the moment these tactics of
Bryan have upon the voter. IL is yet
to be ascertained whether a candi-
date does not do best for himself by
concentrating his energies upon few
heroic efforts at carefully planned
strategic points and at carefully call
culated intervals. Chicago Record.
Happily, the time of decision is
near at hand. The political campaign
is rapidly degenerating into an ex-
change of abusive terms, idle threats,
boastings and last day lies. Argument
has been abandoned for mere vocifera-
tion, vilihcation and violence. Only
voters who are capable of being
bribed or intimidated will from this
time forth be open to doubt as to how
they shall vote on the day of election"
Philadelphia Record.
1t is new feature of political dem
onstrations i'm this city that the power
and authority of the municipal admin
istration Is used 60 fill the streets
with Haunted insults TO the opposing
party 1T is an innovation that we do
not like. So also Is IL the conception
and the act of a blackguard and on
Tuesday it will he requited at the
polls. Verify Tammany will have
cause 10 rue these days OF Richard
Croker's despotic sway!-N. Y. Sun.
Nat "a a ri
the census Of 1900 is that IL arrests the
westward march OF what is known as
the centre OF population. This point
which had been moving steadily west
ward at each successive census, was
established by the census OF 1890 as
being I'm the southern part of Indiana.
at "a point a little west OF south Of
Greensburg, tho county seat OF Deca-
tur county and twenty miles east OF
Columbus. Geographically Il Is I'm lati-
tude % degrees, II minutes and 60
seconds. and longitude So degrees, 81
minutes and SO seconds.
But I'm the last ten years the popu-
lation of the states lying wholly east
OF this meridian has increased TO all
most exactly the same extent as i'm
the states west OF It. the increase i'm
6.00O000 out OF q total of 13, 225.0 600.
The remaining 1.225.0OO increase is fur
nshed by the states of Michigan, In
diana. Kentucky. Tennessee and Ala
bama. And IL will require n distribu-
tion OF population by census districts
to determine whether there has been
any westward advance I'm the centre Of
population. But at any rate the ad-
vance will be triiinR. and tho east
holds its own with the west. in con-
tributlng TO our national greatncss"-
-. Y World.
'Tn the United states there are five
millions OF persons who have money In
the savings banks These total sav.
ings amount to s.. 100 Oo0 600. every dol
lar 90 which az the present time II
worth 100 cents. II Bryan were
elected and tree silver bill We're
passed. the value OF these deposits.
these savings OF the working people.
which have been gathered together a
dollar or two at time. and earned by
the hardest kind Of work and saved Nv
the most enac'iue THRIFT. would imme-
diatoiy shrink. Philadelphia inquirer.