New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-04
THE POLITICAL FIELD.
THE OUTLOOK IN RHODE ISLAND.
CLOSE VOTE ExPECTED-REPUBLCANs AND
sPRAGUE MEN CONFIDENT.

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| A CLOSE VOTE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AND
sPRAGUE MEN CONFIDENT.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l
| PROVIDENCE r. L. April 3.-The remarkable cam
paign that has been in progress in Rhode Island for
the last three weeks closed Tonight leaving the Is
sues of the election tomorrow in more doubt than
| is comfortable for the managers of either party.
The most experienced politicians, while they have
| their opinions, express them with less confidence
than at any previous time and will wait for the re
| turns tomorrow evening with illconceaed anx-
| eiety.
Senator Aldrch said to friend this evening that,
while he had doubt of Republican success the
present condition of affairs was such that the peo-
pie may be greatly surprised if there is not large
sum of money forthcoming tomorrow morning to
be used in Sprague's behalf at the polls The
hilton may go all to pieces and
| Sprague be beaten worse than any
Democratic candidate of late years. On tho
other hand the hundreds, perhaps thousands, OF
| Republicans who have refused openly to commit
themselves to either ticket may stay at homo or
vote for Sprague III considerable numbers. and cut
Bourn's majority down to a very small figure.
Another Republican one OF the managers OF TIE
campaign, says that tho advices OF tho committee
from all parts of the State lead them confidently to
expect Bourn's election, but not by so large
! majority as was expected last week. The falling
off of the Republican vote, if there is one will be
caused he says by over-coniidcnce
The Spraguo people are very boastful tonight.
but their canvass has been much less
thorough and systematic than that OF
the Republicans and very much OF their
shouting has been done by who are not voters.
To "a looker-on from the outside the issue OF to-
| morrows voting seems to be somewhat IN doupt,
with the chances decidedly IN favor OF the kepuD-
| III hpQh
legislative tickets since in neither candidate
for Governor receives u majority of the votes cast,
! the election will be made by that body. The he
pubhcaus are very confident OF their ability to carry
| both branches OF the General Assembly by large
! majorites.
THE STATE TICKETS.
| State officers, members of both branches OF
the L. egsature and local officers viii be elected
to-day Ia Rhode Island. The present Legislature Is
Republican by eightyohe majority on joint ballot The
new Legislature will not elect United states Senator
| TX Governor Spraguc, who first nominated by an
Independent Convention on platform favoIing an
extension OF the suffrage and opposing political rings
was nominated alinost unanimously by the Democrats.
but few boilers have refused TO support the ticket
They object to Mr. Sprague because he Is " an avowed
Republican who repudIates and spuIns" the Demo-
cratic party and they have presented full ticket Tor
Democratic support The Pronbltlonias will generally
support the Republican ticket The esoyera state tickets
aIe given below:
r,,y GorerpOy .. Augu.us o. B0urn William SrraSue.
! lf.v -Carsruor O,ctr J. Rathnun Ziba q. SlOcum
| cecycforu - NJ Alderman. Warron X. Perez
| suoyt<J ,;su,raL samuel T.. cot willard Sayes.
| yysasgyer James Is. (ottIel.
| S'rafghisW democratic.
| For COpern0r ....... Charles r. Cntcr.
I,s.f .E.r,raoT Horace A. kimball. sitenominate1.
| S.c~e,fry william j. Miller. tGOycrnOr. 1860
| sfforngy f;s.Sr1I Oscar Lapham 'B3. United states
| Tr,1ytcer Thomas 4. Reynolds senator. loj3'7J.
| In recent ycars Rhode Island has voted a' follows:
| RCD Dem scat. Total Repmaj
iiss3I-GSysiHor. ii3IGSSSFHo. 1855 iss5 ;SS iS$9I s,79
/ 1850 President. l7.lB0 lnlD l.Ol -y.zS9 ,,i2y
! -GOyeuor., .tl0,22i 6Oi1 P4iO 22'l a-'Ioi
20 Gbk and 80 scat votes Inc,uang 2s5 jk ami 253
Pro votes 29G Gbs. 20 no. American aud scat nL
I.rp Tor LIteAod. Rep. and Pro- votes Ind KEEP
1 ,IuIality