The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-03-22
bREEzES THAT
GENTLY CARESS
CAPITOL HILL

ClAuts ul blAi ltNtiN iUf rhNff
branch OF the honorable general assem-
bly, of these productive plantation
stamped It's foot on the monster Of graft
today.
And the house did it with a mighty
heavy football at that
Under the leadership Of that apostle OF
political iurincatlon and appropriations for
Independent military companies. Samuel
w *. Allen. the deed was done; and tho
sound OF the duh thud with which the
senate's revised version OF the gypsy moth
bill went down into obscurity. without
single voice being raised to say peace 10
its ashes. will so resounding down the
corridors of time with the other echoes
Of graft killing by the solons OF Smith
hill.
So the gypsy moth may now go on
nothing at its own sweet will.
The senate had so transformed the orig
inal act that II practically provided for
a permanent and perpetual commisso oner
OF determination at a fat salary; and the
house knowing a thing or two opened
wide its eyes. held up its hands In holy
horror. and, led by the tall sycamore Of
East Greenwich. 1t proceeded at once ef-
fectively 10 exterminate the seeds OF graft
there so insidously sown.
The house steerers have taken a reef
in the police commission bill procedure
for some reason not beloved from the
housetops. Mr. Rattey and other Demo-
Gratis who profess TO think the bill
doesn't go far enough. have been burn
ing the midnight oil in the preparation
of amendments and incidental oratory
for tomorrow; but they will have TO hold
their horses until next Tuesday.
THE bill will pass. though said one
of the salons this afternoon.
What are we here for. any way?" he
4 Al IL rt..lr - A..
his eye. Why. TO give the people. in
so far "a may help the Republican party.
some things they want and for an equally
good reason. per haps. some things than
don't banker after as much as a school
girl for chewing gum. You don't sup
pose we're going to stand the chance OF
any more knocks with the home-rule NAL
let when Colonel Colt. Senator Wetmore
and a few others get into the senator
ship game next fall? That will oe quite
enough to keep the gallery interested /.
and we're going to give the people or
Providence the voice they ought to have
In the management OF their finest
There may a little bit of "ratty' time
I'm the house next week when the bill
comes up. but the new police commits
sion bill was marked TO grass when II
was written. the word OF him whose word
is law Is back OF that. and you'll see
the senators from Exeter and numerous
other similar metropolitan centres sur
render their present power a readily and
as gleefully as the william of the melo-
drama falls all over himself to give M
his punder 10 Hawshawe from Scotland
Yard. Then wen hear no moro about
home rule. and with Providence there
taken care OF n few OF us will have time
TO turn our attention TO our own fences.
The fact is we made bad break when
we passed the present law: and now
we're going to mend IL. not i'm a halfway
fashion by making the mayor an auto
crat. but by putting the real power in
the hands OF the aldermen. who are the
direct servants OF tho people and who will
have to walk stright or walk the pak.
That's read home rule. and, having thus
done our sworn duty toward the people of
Providence we can with easier consci-
ences. greater since of security and with
hands wide open. sit back and I'm re-
ceptive mood determine to which of the
great men who wish 10 serve this state
and this cpatains of industry in the upper
house of congress our heart throbs go out
most warmly"
The Cranston and westerly Kilkenny
cats got at II again this afternoon when
the apportionment bill was given an air
ing before the senate judiciary commltte:
but this claws had evidently been dulled
n little by the recent fracas I'm the house.
as result. Senator Arnold OF "the corner
town" got a little off his trolley accord
ing 10 the views OF Senator Stiness. who
called him his dear friend. and promptly
turned or the current: but Mr. Crafts
and the president OF Westerly's town
council matched mathematical calcula-
tions In lively fashion until every one was
pretty well convinced that Il was a case
OF heads / win, tails YOU loose" either
way
They do say that the wheels of the ma
chine creak more loudly and work harder
on this reapportionment scheme them for
some time past and that the quantity Oh
oil required 10 still trouble waters Is as
nothing TO the amount Of grease neces-
ssry 10 slide tho %reapportionmcnt act
through.
That Il will ultimately get there is
strenuously insisted upon by some Of the
! leaders: but there can be ro question that
the e. o. y. is up against II rather nard
with a pretty sizeable number OF insur-
gents who think that the demand or wes-
terly for an opinion by the supreme court
is altogether reasonable and just. while
not few .characterize the bill as grab
game that is trihe strong for their leg
islative stomachs
However. the grease II being applied
Gov. Utter's position IN the matter Is
more or less openly discussed. and the
question IL asked. "Why doesn't he per-
sonally exercise his prerogative OF re-
questing the opinion OF the supreme
cour7'' To which, IN Yankee fashion. tho
/ interrogatory reply is made, Would such
course be seemly or in Keeping with tho
dignity OF the chief executive especially
when he is himself q citizen or one OF the
two warning towns?"
That tho assembly will have to put IN
some work for which IN will not be paid
seems TO be universally conceded at the
state house, though little is said or the
pay received for work not done. The
chosen representatives Of the sovereign
people expect 10 have TO serve IN the mar
bic palace longer than tho 60 days 70
which they were sentenced by their con.
stltuents, hut the inner explanation Of
the why and Wherefore. the exact color
~ the cat IN the bag appcareth not n,
yet.