St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-04
In the Rhode Island Election
the Democrats Make
Great Gains,
Electing the Attorney Cen
eral, and Possibly Other
Nominees.
The Legislature May Yet Be
Democratic, Bringing
Them All In.
The Senate's Record on Pres
ident HarriSon'S Nom
nations.

PROVIDENCE, r. l., April 3.-The
election passed off with no special eX-
citement. The use of conveyances to
the polls was very general and in some
wards the ladies of the W. G. T. u.
endeavored to secure votes for the Pro-
hibition candidates. Scratching was
freely done, George West. Repub-
lican, for senator, being strongly op-
posed in the Third and Fourth wards.
Deputy sheriffs and detectives from
Boston watched some of the polling.
The returns up to IL o'clock this even
ing indicate plurality for Davis, DEM
ocrat, for governor, but the election
will probably not be decided by to-day'S
voting. The size of Davis plurality
will not be known until the vote of this
city is made up, and possibly not until
wards, the First and Tenth. are yet to
be heard from. Outside of these Davis
ana Ladd are about even. TWenty-one
towns Outside the four cities) give
Ladd, Republican, 1913; Davis, Demo-
crat, 4,0lS; Richardson, prohibition,
52S; Chase law enforcement,) 95S.
PaWtucket gives Davis 500 majority.
The fourth party, whose sole object was
to oppose resubmission to the people of
the prohibitOry amendment was Solidly
established in remarkably short time,
and was made up largely of Repub-
licans. In Providence, and most of the
towns, they Joined the third OF Prohibit
tion party on the legislative ticket, the
result being that while there were four
general tickets there were only three
legislative tickets, and while the state
ticket fails Of election by the people
fto lnn lofsx a1v L.
The fourth party vote is big one. In
this city it is four times as big as the
ProhibitOry vote, and the two combined
are fatal to any hopes of a majority for
the leading candidates. The legislature
will probably vote to re-submit the pro-
hibitory amendment to the people.
One of the curious features of the cleo
ton is the apparent absence from the
polls of 1900 new voters who were ex-
pected to cast their first vote to-day
under the Enlarged Suffrage" laws.
If the new recruits all voted, there must
have been an equal number of old voters
who abstained from voting. At any
rate no one can tell which
party, if either, has obtained the
benefit Of. the 5000 new votes. The
legislative tickets are badly scratched.
Thirty towns out of thirty-siX, incIud-
my dI Iu0 CLUES except ITOVIQC0c6,
give Davis 10,094; Ladd 9,174; Richard
son S03; Chase 519. Davis lacks 1886
of majority. The legislature figures
up: Senate-Republicans 10: Demo-
cratic IA. HOuse-Democratic "a; Re-
publican 80. Neither branch is full,
mo election" occurring in many places.
The election of Slocum. Democrat, over
Rogers, Republican, and the other two
parties for attorney general is conceded.
Democratic gains along the Blackstone
valley, from Pawtucket to Woonsocket,
are large, probably owing to the new
voters.
1:30 a. m.-The election for governor
is very close. This city shows almost
unprecedented Democratic gains, every
ward but one going Democratic, and
Davis plurality has piled up enormous
ly. His majority in this city amounts
to 1,553. East Providence and South
Kingston are yet to be heard from. The
Democrats do not claim Davis election,
and close figuring shows that he will
lack about 600 of a majority. Attorney
General Slocum, Democrat, is the only
man on the state ticket who is elected.
The Democrats have hopes of getting
the legislature with the help of the
towns where new elections must be
held.