The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-09
Whaf Others
fire Saying.

Victory is after all not the chic
end OF sport. TO play fairly. 90 do the
best, TO get enjoyment from the con-
test TO give pleasure 90 Others. 10 ac-
cept manfullyy the award OF the palm
70 the most sklful. even IL IL be an
opponent, are the marks OF the real
sportsman. and Sir Thomas Upton Is
good example and worthy foe
man.'-Philadelphia Ledger.
''rhe spectacle OF Richard Croker
grimly forcing an unwilling conyen-
ton To accept nauseating nomina-
ton, upon which he had determined
In advance. Is what Carlyle would have
called significant or much. But IL Is
not primarily "A political spectacle.
Politics enters into IL only incidental
~. In its essence IL is a commercial
transaction. 10 is simply an exbibl-
ton OF the power OF the purse. Those
district leaders and delegates who did
the boss bidding would, II they were
truthful, make their own the defence
offered by the idol makers of Ephesus.
'sirs, ye know that by this business
we have our wealth. New York
Evening Post
III Is high time that the people Of
this country should be thoroughly
reused 10 the menace OF anarchy. For
the last three weeks or more press
and pulpit have been Illuminating
against the evil but as yet no practi-
cal steps toward IT'S abatement have
been taken. IL might he supposed that
an this fury OF denunciation from
authoritative quarters would have
had its effect even i'm districts where
anarchy periodically reigns unchecked.
but such appears not to be the case"
Milwaukee Sentinel
There arc those who opine that n
skipper Barr and Skipper Sycamore
had snapped yachts the result would
have been different. This is putting II
rather strOng, but IL il handsome
tribute To Yankee seamanshlp. "-Bos-
ton Herald.
Speaking Of famous loops and
those VINO have made them, how
about the one Squire Croker perpetra-
ted when he captured Shepard?'-
Syracuse Post-Standard
but there is no one who is In his
right mind who does not see that the
relations between the United States
and he islands Philippine) improve.
and can only improve, in direct ratio
10 real knowledge on both sides; 10
clearer reciprocal understanding OF
AL the facts in the premises. And for
tunately for all concerned. the day OF
things ss they are is at hand The
country has no patience with Illusions
or with illusionists. s."-Philadelphia
Record.
with thirty-seven submarine tor
pedo boats completed and forty I'm
course of construction. France easily
takes the lead I'm that style OF craft.
France always has one eye on Eng
land, II the phrase may be used. In the
prosecution Of her naval programs,
and so In building submarine boats
the intent is 10 match battleships and
cruisers. IL IL TO he hoped. however,
this generation will not witness n test
of the respective merits OF the large
and small boats In actual warfare" -
Pittsburg Dispatch.
MAY be. after all. both Sampson
and Schley won the Santiago fight.
May be. too. there were two conflicts
Of ,hat name TO be sure. this is not
the bedrock conviction OF this journal,
bat. as things are going before The
court OF Inquiry now. no one is 10 be
censured for becoming a trihe con-
fused. philadelphia Inquirer.
III any harm comes 10 Miss Stone,
as fun reparation as remains possible
no doubt Will be demanded. and en-
forced, though IL may require the
sending Of "A fleet through the Dardsn-
elles with or without the consent OF
Turkey. President Roosevelt is be-
lieved 10 be "A strenuous advocate OF
the doctrine that American citizens
must be protected. with their coun-
try's full strength. II needed '--Buffa-
10 Courier.