New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-04-04
RESULTS IN RHODE ISLAND.
sr.rE OFFICERS MUST BE CHOSEN BY THE
LEGISLATURE.
.rer FAILING OFF IN THE DEMOCRATIC
PLURALITY IN SPITE OF THE HEAVY
TOTAL vorE-MANY LOCAL ELEC'
r,o>,c no BE REPEATED.
r,rcR.PH TO THE IRIBUNK1

providcnce April 3.-Ihe result OIL the elec'ioh
:, this State Yesterday in brief is TINS: NO elcc-
~, Nv, tho people for Governor, Leutenant-Cov-
.rror SECRETARY of State, Attorney-Ueherai or
General Treasurer The elections are thrown
;nto tho LEGISLATURE which stands thus Necessary
Co.. q choice in Grand Committee. 50; Repupli-
cans elected, As; Democrats elected, SO; mem
hers to be elected, % Therefore the con'roi Oh
.he State will be decided at the second elections, to
be held within ten days.
The unofficial vote for Governor shows 1927
tor Iadd Rep. 2O,667 for Davis (Dem) 1867
for Larry Pro-, and 733 for Chace lCnionl, DAVIS
licking O9l votes of an election. The vote for
Attorney-General was completed at IL :25 p. IN.
to-day. showing Rogers lRcp) 1896; Slocum,
2O124; Bodgett, 1856 A; Slocum lacking 719 of
an election The votes for the other general
officers stood in about the same ratio. the figures
being slightly less
The only drawback to the operation of the
Ballot-Reform law is the provision in the general
statutes imposing the actual counting of the
votes on the wardens and clerks. Under the new
system the counting is a slow and tedious pro-
cess The count for members of the Legislature
in this city was not completed until o'clock to-
night making forty hours during which the ward
ems, clerks and supervisors were on continuous
duty.
The result in this city on the legislative ticket
shows no election for Senator and ten Representa-
tives. Hiram Howard and Jesse H.
Metcaf. Democrats. are apparently elected
in this city by about 200
majority each. and Lorin NJ. Cook may be. The
Board of Aldermen are now making the official
count, which Will not be completed before Satur-
day night. The Democratic leader, John NJ.
Brennan falls behind his Republican competitors
260 votes. Hugh j. Carroll, Mayor of Pawtucket.
also failed of an election. The Republicans arc
much elated over their great gains In this city.
where last year the entire Democratic ticket was
elected by 1900 majority.
In the entire State Ladd gains 2,347 over last
year and Davis loses 622. The State is safely
Republican, and the by-elections will doubtless
make the House the same. The following places
have vet to elect Senators Providence. Cranston,
North Smithield, and West Greenwich The Rep
resentatives to be elected are: Providence, 9
or 10; Warren, l Richmond, l ; Bristol. 2; Bur
rillville, l ; Cranston 2; jamestown, l; Newport.
/; North Smithfield. / Pawtucket. >; West
Greenwich /. In Foster to-day second election
was held. the Democrats electing a Senator and
representative, but the provisions OF the Ballot
Reform law in regard to second elections not
being carried out. the result will probably be
withheld. AS the Republicans require
only nine with the present Lieutenant-Governor
TO elect the Republican State ticket, and th'
Democrats require nineteen, Republican STATE
Government seems assured.
There are many surprises in the election. as
might have been expected under the operation OF
the Ballot-Reform law, and the result will be
mixed DELEGATIONS from several cities and towns
Nearly everybody, however, is of the opinion that
the law is a success, and IL Is dlslled only by
those individuals who either wish TO buy sell
votes Some of the Democratic wardens took an
unfair advantage by refusing to designate the
Republican supervisors 10 mark the ballots OF the
Republican voters; but, general thing. the
law was carried out without any undue friction
excitement.
The large total vote cast, 42,424, efcctually
disposes of the sensational reports that the ille
rate votes were shut out by the provisions OF the
law All classes praise the system. marked
feature of the general result was the utter col
lapse Of the Union party, Notwithstanding
that its candidates men Of high character
and widely known, and that its promoters are
gentlemen of excellent standing and good lnien-
tons This result shows that the people are IN
the main willing TO trust the Republican party 10
enact reasonable legislation in regard 10 the liquor
traffic