The Portland daily press., 1889-04-04
LITTLE RHODYS FOUR SIDED FIGHT.
Republicans and Democrats, Re-
submIssiohists and Ants.
The Returns Indicate No Election by
the People.
The Legislature VIII Vote to Re-sub-
NIT the Amendment.

PROVIDENCE, r. l., April 3.-The State
election will probably not be decided by to-
days voting. Just how 1t stands may not
be known until tomorrow morning. Re-
turns up to IL o'clock indicate plurality for
Davis, Dem. Twenty-one towns give Ladd
Rep, Abb; Davis, DEM, 4,01S; Richardson.
Pro-, 526; Chace, Law Enforcement, s5s
These twenty-one include none of the four
cities. Ladd lacks $50 of majority. and
Davis 2,S79.
rawtucket gives Davis clean 800 majori-
w. The whole problem will come back to
the city for the settlement of which candi
date gets plurality. The presence of four
tickets in the field settled the matter of an
election by the people, and early In the day
an election was seen to be improbable The
new fourth party was solidly established in
marvellously short time, and was born fer
the single purpose of opposing the re-sub-
mission to the people of the. prohibitory
amendment. The party is made up largely
OF Republicans. TheyInominated an indepen-
dent State ticket in Providence. In most of
the towns they joined with the third party
on the legislative ticket. While four general
tickets were in the field, there was only the
usual number of legislative tickets, the Re-
publican and Democrat, representing the re-
snbmissionists land anti-re-submissionist
While the election of the State ticket fails,
the legislature is about as fully elected as
usual The fourth party vote is
big one. The legislature is Re
publican in each branch by good major
itty. The legislature will vote to re-submit
the prohibitory amendment A big majority,
Democratic and Republican, is pledged for
that. In the towns, the anti t-submissionist,
whether Democrats or Republicans, were as a
rule Knocked down in favor of the candidate
pledged to vote for rp-suhmieeion 0na nf
the curious features of the election is the ap-
parent absence of the army of 5000 new
voters privileged to cast their first ballots to-
day under the enlarged suffrage laws. The
vote today was hardly larger than last year
and is about 10000. Tha election has been
lukewarm when all the elements are con-
sldered. The weather was showery There
has been lots of scratching on all the legis-
latnre ticket and the mixing up of things
which has resulted is about the only feature
of Interest anybody is taking in the result.
The four State tickets are as follows:
REPUBLICAN.
For Governor-Herbert w. Ladd, of Proyi-
dence.
Lieutenant Governor-Daniel C. Littlefeld, of
Lincoln.
Secretary of state-samuel II. Cross, of West
erly.
Attorney General-Horatio Rogers, of Proyi-
General Treasurcr-Samuel Clark, of Lincoln.
DEMOCRATIC.
For Governor-John w. Davis, of Pawtucket.
Lieutenant Goyernor-Howard Smith. of New
port.
eeretary of state-Edward McGulnness, of
Providence.
Attorney General-Ziba o. Slocum, of Proyi-
dence.
General Treasurer-John E. Perry of South
KingSt0wn.
PROHIBITION.
For Governor Harrison H. Richardson, of
Darlington.
Lieutenant Governor Joshua C. Brown, of
Newport.
Secretary of State Daniel Howard of Foster.
Attorney General-No nomination.
General Treasurer-James p. Hazard, of West
Greenwich.
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
For Governor-James III. Chace, of Lincoln.
Lieutenant Goyernor-Franklm Metcah, of
CharlestOwp.
Secretary of state-John Barclay Foster, of
Westerly,
Attorney General-*Horatio Rogers, of Provi-
dence.
General Treasurer Edward A. Greene, of Lin
coin.
+Renominated.
In recent years Rhode Island has voted as
follows;