The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-07

ascertain the situation. The names OF
William X. Potter and James McNally
were presented for the mayoralty. A
vote was taken which resulted in the
selection of Mr.. Potter by vote OF 81 10
10 McNally's friends were in favor OF
carving the fight into the convention, but
they were finally persuaded 10 ABIDE Dy
the decision of the caucus ana they dlu:
The rest of the slate was made up ana
then the doors were thrown open for the
crowd which had been impatiently wait
ing in the hall, on the stairs ana down In
police headquarters.
When Chairman Carroll of the city com
mittee raped for order the court room
was crowded to suffocation. He called
for nominations for chairman, and John
Hanrahan was named. He was the unani-
NOUS choice and in taking his seat made
"A brief address, thanking the convention
for the honor. John j. Murphy was chosen
secretary.
Then Chairman Hanrahan called for
nominations for Mayor Joseph Il. Carter
has been selected to perform this part OF
of the program and put the name OF
William X. Potter before the convention,
remarking that this gentleman was not
his first choice but for the sake of harmony
he would stick by the voice of the caucus.
No other name was mentioned and Mr..
Potter was made the unanimous choice oi
the convention.
The balance of the ticket was made up
as follows: City Treasurer, ID. Il. ID.
Granger; .Overseer OF the Poor, Matthew
j. Cummings; Harbor Master, John ii.
Mcguire: Senator, Charles E. German.
These were all made the unanimous
choice of the convention.
The committee on qualifications, com
prising Messrs. Hiram Howard, Richard
Hayward and James X. Feeley, appointed
to draw up platform, returned after
Il. a.. Ialfl xxrft n
typewriter copy of resolutions, which
the McNally men accused John NJ. Bren-
nan having drafted without instructions
during the afternoon. The platform was
the stereotyped complaint about the un-
sound financial policy Of the present ad-
ministration and "a promise that every
thing in this line would be turned topsy-
turvey if the Democratic ticket prevailed
at the polls. IL was adopted, and then
Mr.. Mahoney moved vote of thanks be
rendered the committee for its "Quick
work" in preparing the platform. 1t was
joke which everybody appreciated, espc-
cially Hiram Howard, who had the plat
form in his inside pocket when he went
TO the convention. The delegates insisted
on the vote of thanks and il was given.
A committee comprising Messrs. Thomas
II. Young. Joseph T. Carter and William
Carroll, appointed TO inform the nomi-
nees Of the action of the convention, re
turned after ten minutes absence with
the information that Mr.. Potter was too
far away to get to the convention, but that
the committee had reached him by tele-
phone, that he accepted the nomination
and would write letter TO the voters
which would be published in the news
papers. After giving the city committee
authority TO till any vacancy which might
occur on the ticket the convention ad-
journed.
The apparent harmony in the conven-
tion was, as one of the delegates put it,
"all bluff. The McNally men kept
quiet because they realized That they had
mo show" The blade of the hatchet has
been buried, but the handle is still above
ground, as the friends of the defeated can
ddate will use it with effect when it
comes to the polls. Said one of the dele
gates last night after the convention /:
Mr.. Potter will not receive the support
of the Democratic party, and you can de
pend on il that the Republican nominee
will receive our hearty endorsement.