Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1891-11-24
Gof's Letter Gives the
Whole Thing Away.
IT'S A SURE CLlNCHER.
Sherman is in the Hands of the Big
Corporations.


not, letter appeared in the ex-organ of
the Republicans yesterday which has Gre
ated CONSERVATION in the ranks of those
who have heretofore supported Sherman,
the bolting Democrat, who is backed by
boiling Republicans and money. Never
before has their been such general laugh
at the pcliticasters.
The letter referred to is signed ID. l..
Goff 1t must be assumed that it was
written by him when he fathers it, but it
can also be assumed that Mr. Goff is the
innocent tool of some wicked Carroll
Democrat who wheedled him into writing
that letter.
The letter starts of by saying that the
writer generally feels that he is making a
fool of himself when he votes and don't
know what he Is doing, and then assumes
that all other voters are doing the same
thing. He starts of with applying to him
self a cynical expression OF some crank or
"kicker" OF aye olden .tyme," who had
dyspepsia, and sour stomach, who says
"when drop my ballot in the box feel
that am being used by some one, know
not who, and for some purpose know not
what"
The TRIBUNE reporter is only reporting
the general expression when he says that
the gentleman has confessed himself to be
ignorant and guilty il he has such an idea
of the rights of an American citizen TO
vote as he sees fit. Such an expression
could only come from sources which are
thoroughly un-American and which have
not been taught to Americans. II Mr..
Goff thinks he is being "used" what must
people think when he and his monopolies
are trying to use them? Mr.. Goff puts the
voters on the same level with himself, but
we could show him a thousand school
boys, ten years old, who will say that they
do not believe his silly statement. 1t is
quite a new doctrine to teach the rising
generation.
Further on in his remarkable letter Mr..
Goff says that when there are but two
candidates 1--WE give very little thought to
our votes"
That statement is SO absolutely idiotic
that Mr.. Goff must confess himself a can
didate for heaven, or fit subject for
Buffers.
II Mr.. Goff gives so little thought to his
vote, he should get guardian and stop
voting, but he must not imagine that the
other people of the city are built like him
in the head works. The citizens do think
what they are voting for, II Mr.. Goff does
not.
Then he says: "With three candidates
each appealing for our suffrage we are
compelled to do some thinking on our
own account"
Now may the good Lord fore-fend US!
II 1--WE the people" are not compelled"
to think for ourselves when there are only
two candidates who, what or which "com-
pels" us when there are three2 The pub
lie gently hint that it is the corporations
which are owned by Mr.. Gof, and then
smile and say that, IL Mr.. Goff's intellect
cannot manage to think about the differ
ence between two candidates, they fear
that he should surrender when he must
face the gigantic effort of deciding
between three.
But he solves the problem in a very
lucid manner when he says: "At such
times party ties should rest lightly on.,us."
This is very good piece of advice to the
Republicans who do not believe that the
people of Pawtucket are voting to keep
the price up in gas, which the Goff family
is said to control in this vicinity.
Mr.. Goff then proceeds to make the
following remarkable statement which
proves that Senator Sherman is the candi-
date OF the Gas Company and the Paw
tucket Street Railway Company. Many
Sherman voters have heretofore hesitated
to believe that he was such a man,
but universal opinion now is that he has
been "pulled into line" and that he Is
willing to be used. 1t astonishes the
people that such letter could be written,
but 1t proves that avarice always over
comes some people. He says:
Prom what have seen and from what
read I gather that both candidats are un.
friendly to our local corporations, and In.
fer that II they had the power they would do
much 10 hamper and lessen the prosperity OF
such corporations. Now am largely inter.
ested In several private and semi.public cor.
porations in this city and also in large Bos.
ton corporation employing some 300 or more
hands with an annual pay roll of nearly
100000, which corporation, I may say, II is
in my power 10 transfer 20 this city. Docs &