The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-24


'Is this city going TO find II necessary
| 10 import Its police from Hoboken? We
| do not expect a Sherlock Holmes for
policemans pay, nor do We look to see
a patrolman transformed into a Nidocq by
promotion TO the central office. But in
cases of mysterious crime the city Is en-
titled to a well directed display OF energy,
aertness and common sense by its de-
tectives. such as characterized the work
of the New Jersey officers in the Pulitzer
murder. That service IL does not receive.
Against the solution of the mysterious
murder of the Pulitzer woman stand the
unsolved murders OF Latimer. Walter
Brooks and Mrs. Voelpel-to name only
a few OF the victims of 1902 whose murder
ers are unpublished. 1t is shameful rec
ord for the police OF Americas chief city,"
New York Mail and Express.
This is where Roosevelt differs from
the Democratic leaders, who would give
us free trade. a policy that would bring
ruin and In the end leave the trusts in
commanding position. because they would
survive. The presidents attitude Is that
of nearly all of the leaders of Republi-
can thought. If there is a necessity for
revising tariff schedules the Republican
party will not hesitate for a moment TO
take up the matter inteligently. but that
Is problem that bears no relation to
that OF the trusts. JneN must ne cOnSld-
cred apart. t."-Philadelphia Inquirer.
'"The news that the Cuban government
is going to 'reorganize' the sanitation SER
vice OF the island I'm a way TO effect
saving OF $4,000 a year is of vital inter-
est TO this country. Under the Platt
amendment to their constitution the Gu
bans bound themselves to keep the sani-
tary service established under American
rule In a proper state OF efficiency ac-
cording to our standards. milwaukee
Sentinel.
1T was the Queen OF Wonderland. who
having invited Alice TO tea, asked her IL
she would have some jam. Alice said she
would. but the Queen replied: We have
jam every other day; yesterday and to-
morrow; never jam today 1t is just so
with the upholders of the tariff-revision
every other day; revision yesterday and
revision tomorrow, but no revision today.
Never!'-Philadelph Ledger.
Criminals liable to be prosecuted un-
der the federal laws resort TO New Jersey
and take ont license to practice crime.
But this sort of thing may not last for
ever. IL seems a monstrous doctrine that
a state can nullify or repeal a law of the
United States. Naturally the trust mag
mates would much prefer federal statue
| authorizing them TO commit crime In any
state I'm the Union. They know they have
| little 10 fear from the federal courts or
| the federal government. They would seek
| TO have n law like that OF New Jersey
! made into federal statute, and thus they
| would be absolutely immune TO attack.
| Nothing could suit them better than 10
| have their operations legalized by the
| United States instead of the single state
| OF New Jersey. Thus the Bryant Roose-
welt plan would play right into the hands
OF the octopus. Commercial
| Appeal.
''In recent speech the president reas-
serted A.. while calling II a doctrine Of de-
| fence. and I'm his annual message he said:
| The Monroe Doctrine should be the car
dinai feature Of the foreign policy Of all
| the nations OF the two Americas as a is
4 OF the United States But It's corollary is
| non-intervention by America In Europe.
| and ~ the people OF America have the
| right. as the president declared to work
| out their own salvation In their own way.
the same right r. implied In people OF
other parts OF the world. Chicago Rec