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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-12
The Voice of
The People
THE REFERENDUM.

Editor Providence News:
The Harrisburg. Pa. Telegraph makes
the following pertinent inquiry concern
ing q measure that the Economic league
In urging the adoption OF here: IF the
referendum proposition OF the State Bar
association goes through. providing for
the submission Of all acts passed by the
legislature to the voters for their ap-
proval at the general election. there will
be no JOY In being legislator any more.
What would have become OF the ripper
bill and the trolley measure, for instance,
not to mention a few salary grabs?
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-12

Massachusetts, delegation at the conven-
ton is 700 strong"
FROM MINNESOTA.
The last state TO be heard from was
Minnesota, and the speaker said the state
intended keeping In touch with headquar-
tiers and that the banner bore In its
motto all he would wish to say, "One
is Our Master"
At the close OF the flag exercises the
result OF the collection taken UP was an
nounced. the amount of cash contributed
being Ss499l, which with the 500 received
from the executive committee this morn
ing, made total OF SS49.9l OF the 5000
wanted.
The session adjourned with the audi
ence standing and reciting God be with
You Till We Meet Again"
The great audience was dismissed at
o'clock and a very large number wended
their way TO the steamboat wharves
where the steamboats, warwick and Bay
Queen were in waiting for their great
loads OF the Baptist Young People OF
America.
The convention will be continued this
evening at Infantry hall, when President
Faunce OF Brown university will deliver
an address on Rhode Island and Re-
ligious Freedom
An address will also be given by Rev.
Walter Galley OF Boston, on 60 Ye,
Into All the World" and also by Rev. 0.
p. Clifford, ID. D., of Buffalo, N. Y, on
THE Divine Imperialism
An overflow meeting will also be held
at the First Baptist church with ad-
dresses as follows:
First Baptist church-7:9o praise SER
vice: 1850, address. Baptist Beginnings
and Conquest" Rev. George T. Webb,
Toronto. Ont $40. address. The Impel-
ling Command" Rev. L. c. Barnes, ID.
D., Pittsburg. Pa: $50. address, The
Reach OF Gods Purpose, Rev. George
w. Truett. Dallas, Texas (Overnow
rneetins at Saves hall.)
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-12

Senator Quay, according 20 a number
Of Pennsylvania newspapers, has pre-
pared the questions that Republican cam
paign orators are 20 discuss. State issues
are 20 be eliminated. IL is state cam
paign largely. as the Republican congress
men are practically sure OF reelection and
. governor IL 20 be voted for. The pom
ey marked out is advantageous TO Quay
but a. for the peopls Of the stats-weil
~thats another story"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-12

what is said 10 very startling and un-
usual thing has been discovered In Cam
den. II. J. A member OF tho city ooun-
cil Is one of tho managers OF the com
pany that l TO furnish gasolene lamps to
the city. This company put In the hisn-
est bid and it was accepted The mayor
thinks the contract illegal and has vetoed
Il. but the company win receive contract
lust the same. The remarkable thing
about this is that a gasoline light con-
tract should be important enough to In
terest q Camden councilman.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-12


bench. h."-Kansas City Star.
Some Republicans have made bold to
advocate the reduction or removal OF
duties on trust made articles, but their
advocacy OF this reform has come TO
naught. Minneapolis Times.
"Mr. Bryan's only advice to the Demo
cratic party Is to 60 deeper into the mire
OF populism. but from all indications he
will have small influence In the convention
the mark. k."-Philadelphia Ledger
I'VE believe the people OF the United
States have no desire TO weaken the ad-
ministration. Their only complaint of IL
In this matter OF Cuban reciprocity is that
IL did not 40 far enough. IL allowed 1T
self TO consent TO a measure OF less than
justice. because IL was satisfied that a
full measure OF justice could not be car
ried through Congress, and IL failed OF the
half measure which was all 10 which IL
ventured to commit itself. New York
Times.
The United States Is ready to pay so
much for the canal and so much more
for the control OF the territory which II
traverses. but II Is not ready TO pay more
than a fair price for the Colombian con-
cess!on, and as that is a subject upon
which there Is room for a wide difference
OF opinion II Is well that negotiations are
TO be pressed. d."-Philadelphia Inquirer.
There was one sentiment uttered for
the benefit Of some girl graduates that
ought TO be preserved In the scrapbook of
every professor Of diploma:-It is
hat n ha IN hA at
cause you are not married than not TO
be able TO laugh because you are mar
ried.' milwaukee Sentinel.
The Dingley tariff is a conspiracy OF
certain manufacturers to plunder the
masses by means OF an unjust law, and II
one of them loses his whack Of the plum
der II Is feared that he will help the pun
lie to destroy the whole scheme. Hence
people can be allowed TO interfere with
the tariff "-Baltimore Sun.
How is the president going TO keep
respectable citizens from recommending
the promotion Of clerks In the service or
the United States II they insist on doing
90. and where does he find the warrant IN
law, common sense or decency TO dismiss
clerks who may seek promotion through
other influences than the heads Of the bu-
reaus or divisions In which they arc en-
gager. Cincinnati Enquirer.
These new swollen. overgrown, over
capitalized corporations. trusts. have
their evils. They are also In the line OF
the normal evolution OF industry. which
has gone from big TO bigger for two cen
turtles Regulation is plainly needed:
what regulations can only become clear
by testing existing law and finding It's
effectiveness and its limitations.
delphia Press.
England. the nation OF beat-eaters, has
good reason TO fear the American Beef
Trust. American beef Is three cents
higher IN London than II was n year ago,
which convnces the English that the
trouble is already IN their very midst. -
Boston Herald
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-12

The governor OF New Jersey had re-
Gently TO give his personal note to raise
money to pay the expenses of the militia
at Paterson Yet II was not long ago
that New Jersey was said to have money
rolling in before her IKE a deiuxe be-
cause Of her bargain counter trust and
corporation charter fees.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-12

OF the most graceful things In the his
tory Of politics IN this country was the
passage of resolution OF sympathy by
a national Democratic convention with
the great Republican leader James q.
Blaine on the death OF his son. the gifted
and lamented Walker Blaine.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-12

The matrimonial infeiicities OF Prof.
o'Maney and Mrs. o'Mslley are not ex-
actiy pleasing fruits OF literary court
ship.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-12

Boston is enjoying a respite from base.
bail and as result business Is being at.
tended 20 with unusual activity.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-12

said, there are 5000 Baptists; tne terri
tory IL rich In young people. and must
OF them are members OF the Baptist
Young Peoples Union. Indian university
is making great strides, and every grad
uate knows that his supreme service In
for the Master.
The Kansas representative said;
Kansas is here. but not very strong.
the speaker said. Six or seven years ago.
he said. had the convention been held In
Providence no one from Kansas would
have been here. The state was plastered
with mortgages. and much of the mort
cages were held In Providence. There
are many Baptists In Kansas and during
the past few years taoo. 900 has Been ex
pended for Baptist work. there were
AZ, 900 Baptists In Kansas"
Maryland's speaker said they were glad
10 be here, after their experience In get
ting here. Maryland claims the best
state officers excepting Rhode Island.
Maryland is true and loyal TO the union
and Is making great progress In the c.
c. c. cause.
MIcHIGAN's REPORT.
The speaker from Michigan. In no un-
certain tones, lifted up his voice In her
praise He said Michigan brings you
her heartiest greetings Michigan has
copper mines, which are the greatest In
the world. Michigan Ia giving to the
world health foods for she believes In
the bread OF life. Michigan is furnishing
the homes OF the land with the most
beautiful furniture. Michigan has sent
for her representative TO the board OF
managers, Rev. j. yinton. Michigan. de-
sres to stand In the fore front Of this
movement. Michigan has ESQ societies
d. Y. =. U. A.. with 1000 members, and
sends over 100 delegates TO this conven-
tion. Michigan has given more money TO
the debt OF the national organization
than any other state except New York
ara Illinois. Michigan believes In the
Il. U. paper Michigan believes In the
president OF the national organization.
Michigan believes In the history OF the
Baptists and Michigan believes In a
great future for our organization.
The Rev Mr. Norcross spoke tor the
old Bay State. saying: Massachusetts oc-
cupied a commanding position in every
real OF human activity He brought the
greetings OF tens of thousands OF Bap-
lists. and the cross OF Christ Is still the
foundation OF their belief Massachusetts,
IL fast becoming a missionary state and
the more than 10000 foreigners are
being looked after in that state. The
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-12

What pace-maker Tracy would be II
he were ahead OF the cycle sprinters at
the Colosseum.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-12
MADE UNION A CERTAINTY.

I'VE were also the ninth state 10 ratify
the federal constitution that made the
union a certainty Our men have been
speaking in business. In the pulpit at
the bench and everywhere. New Hamp-
shire Is good place 10 be born in and
10 In good place TO migrate from for
we raise so many brains In New Hamp-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-12

That was an unusual iInciden. the
cheering Of President Roosevelt by "a
Democrats cenvsutien In Missouri. ons
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-12
AN ENTHUSIASTIC
SESSION 0F:B.Y.P

Continued from page one.)
were one OF the l3 original states, and
we bring our. greetings to one OF the
states that Joined US"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-12

LOST II LIGHT BRINDLE BuLLl
deg owners name on collar Reward.
l5s Broad street
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THE very high character of Missouri's
legal talent Is shown In the extraordinary
number OF lawyers who know that they
are competent to sit on the supreme
bench. kansas City Star
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-12

Some Republicans have made bold to
advocate the reduction or removal Of
duties on trust made articles. but their
advocacy OF this reform has come to
naught."-Minneapolis Times.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-12
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.

The services at the First Baptist church,
opened with a praise service under thsI
direction OF Rev. r. o. Cunningham oil
Pawtucket.
Prayer followed by DR.. wilkins. aftep,
which Rev ri. +. stillwell OF Minnesota!
the presiding officer OF the evening, in-|
troduced Rev. Thomas Anderson, u. d.
OF Omaha, Neb., who delivered a deeply
interesting address on the topic. God q
Estimate Of His Word"
The second address Of the evening was
delivered by Rev. ]. T. NJ. Johnson. u. u.
OF ST Louis. His subject was. 'Thsl
Bible In the Development OF Character."l
The final speaker OF the evening was
Dr. J, o. Rust. OF Nashville. Tenn. ana
his subject knowledge and Power"
The session closed at shortly after Io
o'clock with prayer by Dr. Laws OF
Baltimore and sining by the chorus.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-12

"Mr. Bryan's only advice to the Demo
cratic party is TO go deeper into the mire
of populism. but from all indications he
will have small influence In the convention
OF 1904 He has spent his bolt and missed
the mark. k."-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-12

England. the nation OF 'beat-eaters, has
good reason TO fear the American Beef
Trust. American beef Is three cents
higher In London than II was year ago.
which convnces the English that the
trouble is already In their very midst
Boston Herald
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-26

the big year 1891, when the record shows
a total Of arrivals at all our ports Of
560,319. This was boom period, to be
followed in 1893 by the bitterness Of a
commercial panic.
There was time when Americans well.
coined all immigrants in sight with great.
qualification Even John Chinaman was,
at first, received with joy and set to
building our railways. We have drawn
the bars on John while we are admitting
class OF European immigrants who are
not half as serviceable to the country as
he. Noother Immigrants unless panpers,
insane or snotoriously criminal, are ex-=
Guided. We have absorbed millions from
abroad and are assimilating them and we
have room for many more millions and
will still have land for millions more
when our arid and semi arid areas are
subjected ito irrigation treatment. The
percentage Of immigrants who take
naturallyto the land to extract the wealth
from it, is, however, diminishing. A
large percentage of them go to the cities
and towns for work and contribute to the
urban population congestion. But in this
respect we have not reached the danger
point in this country. There is land for
the landless and sure reward for all who
choose to settle upon it and, work it in
diligently.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-26

In the retirement of General Otis the
country loses the services of a faithful
man. He was, perhaps, the most perfect
type in the army Of the officer who scrup-
ulously adheres to the letter of his orders,
adopts them as his own opinions and car
ries them out to the minutest detail.
Scrupulous performance of duty, without
fear or favor, has distinguished General
Otis at all times. The machine soldier
is in a sense a faithful slave: A man Of
more Initiative might have succeeded bet
ter in dealing with the Filipinos than Otis
did. But when he got his orders from
Washington, after the outbreak of Feb.
4, 1899, he went steadily ahead in the
work of crushing the insurgents, and
probably conducted the military opera
lions which speedily resulted in the COL
lapse of Aguinaldo's army and govern
ment, as we'll as any one else could have
done under the circumstances. sr...
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-26
A GOOD AUTHORITY ON CUBA

TIL Q Journ attaches much impor-
lance to former Senator w. D. Wash
burns view of the business conditions
prevailing in Cuba. arrived at after a
personal investigation in the island Mr.
Washburn thinks that concession of so
per cent in the duty on Cuban sugar is
necessary to restore prosperity to the
sugar industry of that island. He re-
marks that while we have done much to
improve the physical and governmental
conditions in Cuba during our occupatio
we have done nothing to improve the
economic conditions, betterment in which
is dependent upon reciprocity with the
United States. Reciprocity will be good
for both the United States and Cuba, and
will injure neither ountry. It is most I'M
fortunate that it has become a sort of
cats paw for both factions in congress.
1t is not broad craftsmanship to keep
Cuba out of her due because a certain
narrow craftsmanship IS willing to grant
1t, or because certain porcine interests
favor 1t while opposing all other forms Of
reciprocity. Cuba may be unfortunate in
her friends. but we are unable to see
why she should be sacrificed to spite them.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-26
A LAWLESS Policy

Nothing but the fixed Indifference of
municipal governments and their officials
90 prevents an outburst of popular wrath
at the lawlessness of Mayor Ames' new
policy regarding certain groups of vicious
women.
So far as this policy is concerned Mayor
Ames is a Minneapolis dictator. He has
usurped the functions OF the council and
the Legislature, has made a law of his own
and intends to use the city's police ma
chinery to enforce it, Aside from the
essential futility and immortality of the
policy the usurpation of power manifested
in it's adoption ought to be enough to
arouse the pubic.
The tax the mayor proposes to levy on
these women is not for the public treas
ury, and it is too much for the services
Of the medical inspectors employed. 1t is
not levied under any authorization of law
by the implied threat to enforce law.
Summed up, the mayors attitude, and
policy come to this:
Submit to my law, pay the tax levy, or
will enforce the public laws to your grief.
You are in my power and you know it.
A correspondent of The ] urn a l.,
in communication published elsewhere,
brings this point out at length. The
mayor, he we'll shows, is violating law to
enforce his own revenue-raising rule.
The mayor seems to think thatrhis office
makes him absolute ruler and autocratic
lawmaker of Minneapolis CT am mayor
and I am going to run this thing as I
please" is his reasoning. The chief-of-
police, taking the cue from his brother, in
telligently and politely remarks that the
police will handle the matter without the
assistance of '.lot of ID, old women
The Ames wideopen policy is evolving
along expected lines. From disregard of
law and failure to enforce it, it now pro-
ceeds to arrogate to itself the lawmaking
function and enforce it by threat to en-
force the disregarded law.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-26
STILL THEY COME

Settlers continue to pour into the north
west in steady streams. Although this is
about the eighth year of the present
wave Of migration it promises to give
Minnesota and the two Dakotas more set
tiers than any previous year. The num-
Der will doubtless go above 100000. 1t is
a movement which should be of the great
est interest to all. Every inhabitant
added to the population Of the northwest
makes it more prosperous, makes It's
lands more valuable, it's trade richer, its
political. influence more powerful. 1t Is
certain that within the present decade
the population Of Minnesota and the two
Dakotas will be increased by million
people. How much that means appears
when it is recalled that the combined
population of the Dakotas is considerable
less than that number now.
The great land companies and individu-
ais who are SO largely responsible for the
direction of this population movement to
the northwest are making good profits
out of their foresight, but they are doing
the states and the people more good than
they are doing themselves. Without in
telligent and persistent private effort,
stimulated by the prospect of gain, the
vacant lands Of the Dakotas and Mime
sofa would not now be sought as they are
and the whole region would be backward
in it's development. ..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-26

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The Journal publishes to-day
another letter which adds still more mat
ter to the accommodating evidence against
Poultney Bigelow as careless slanderer.
What John Goodnow may have done or
been before he was appointed consul gen
eral to Shanghai, is not now in point.
Bigelow attacked him as consul, and in
doing so utterly perverted the facts. AS
a consul general there is an abundance
of evidence that Goodnow has been an I'M
qualified success. So utterly erroneous
was Bigelow in every respect that even
in the detail of the insult offered to Good
now in the English club by his predeces-
sor, he totally misrepresented the effect
of tsS 1nci1ent, which was wholly to
Goodnow's advantage instead of his dis
advantage.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-26
THE TIDE OF IMMIGRATION

The periods Of heaviest immigration to
this country from Europe coincide with
the periods of our prosperity and with
periods Of business and industrial de-
preston in Europe. The larger immigra
ton of last year, which has continued into
the present year, is due to the depression
existing in Austria Hungary, Germany
and Russia, chiefly. The German immi-
grafton, formerly directed chiefly to this
country, is now going to a considerable
extent to South America. 1t is said that
in southern Brazil there are no less than
100000 German settlers and in Argentina
there are many.
The statistics published by the New
York Journal Of Commerce show that,
during January and February, usually
months of decreased immigration, there
were $4,000 steerage passengers more than
during the same months last year the
movement being largely from Austria
Hungary, with Russia second and Ger
many and Italy contributing strongly.
cent Of all the steerage and third-class
passengers, and the record shows that, for
the eight months of the fiscal year Cup
to March y the arrivals there numbered
226,5S1 as compared with 1924 during
the corresponding months of the previous
year. For the calendar year 1901, the ar
rivals from all points in Europe num-
bered 4SS, 1858, as compared with 403, 491 in
1900. OF the 1901 arrivals, 100000 to $780,
600 were from italy and Portugal, chiefly
from Italy, however The present term
of our prosperity brought us, In 1899, after
a term of diminished immigration grow
ing out of the crisis Of 1893, $4,000 immi-
grants as compared with 229,299 in 1898.
IN 1900 the total increased to 449, 600, and
although there was a falling off to some
extent in 1901, the present year bids fair
to approximate in immigration figures to
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-26

In referring to the Charter Unions plan
OF adopting the present city charter as
home rule constitution, h e Jour
Il neglected to mention the important
fact that it is Intended to amend it so
from the general elections. The i'm
portance of this amendment is plain It
will make possible and probable the
gradual alteration of the charter by
amendment from time to time, and it
will tend to take municipal affairs out Of
regular party politics, though with no
such results in that way, probably, as
could be hoped for.