The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-03-14
Whaf Others
FIRE Saying.

There are honest, straightforward
thinking men who do not see their
way clear TO approving Il total seces-
sion OF ourselves and our forces from
the island. There are others who think
that so much as a little finger laid
ever so gently henceforth on the Pearl
OF the Antilles is a monstrous wrong
and great breach OF faith. Calves
ton News.
ANY fool administrator can prevent
. smuggling by such rude methods as
are now employed in New York. What
the customs service needs is man
who can devise an efficient system
that shall be free from petty annoy
ances and show some consideration for
honest travellers. instead of treating
all who arrive as perjurers and swim
ders 10 be corralled until their inno-
cence Is proved. Philadelphia Led
ger.
Through Mr.. Kasson, the Plenipo-
tentiary Commissioner for Reciprocity
Tariffs, the president negotiated eleven
treaties, the most important one be-
ing the treaty with France lie was
also negotiating with Russia when the
fiat refusal OF the Senate 10 touch
the treaty with France compelled him
TO abandon his parleys with the Car
Russia and France have been the most
steadfast friends this country has had
in Europe. Ii was reasonable to- sup
pose that with these two nations with
drawn from the threatened CONNER
cial alliance against the United States
the deadliest danger of tariff war
would he averted. hut the presidents
efforts have been I'm vain Russia, our
slncerest friend among the nations. has
been forced TO strike the first blow I'm
the struggle. Her new tariff on Amer
lean goods is avowedly intended TO de-
stroy our trade.S-New York Journal
"One of the most satisfactory feat
ures connected with the second install
lation, OF President Mckinley is the
fact that there Is 10 be no disturb
anes OF business, industrial and finan-
ciai affairs The Inauguration OF Mr..
Bryan would have meant suspicion
and unrest in the place of confidence"
.,f--Los Angeles Herald.
.so.s-
be met by new taxes, and Il is not
easy for the ministers TO find means
of levying the new burdens OF taxa
tion without in some measure deviating
from the free trade system 1T IL stat
ed that taxes on beer and tobacco and
the income tax have about reached
the limit OF public endurance. San
Francisco Call.
"The treaty was ostenslbly intend
a. TO facilitate the construction of the
canal by the United States. As those
who are now running the United
states have no Immediate Intention of
undertaking such n work. the attitude
OF Great Britain is Of no practical Inn
portance. philadelphia Times.
ITO bar out any boat because she
was not enrolled In the New York
Yacht club would be 10 sound tho
death kneil OF the Americas Cup
races. and there IN absolutely nothing
In the past records of that club 10
give any one reason Go suppose that
such course will be taken - Bos.
ton Herald.
''1aat senator MORGAN the persist
cnt champion % the Nicaragua Canal.
should feel chsgrined at the failure 90
make any progress toward inaugural
ing that great enterprise is only nat
ural. although there is no use In los
4ng tempers or girding al England on
that account. Chicago Record
Isrt. f.t.h ,...,,,..,. 30 ts..tta.....
have come 60 the conclusion that this
n good time to strike for home
rule "AMemphis Commercial Appeal