Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1891-12-01
FROM THE SHOULDER.
Hard Facts on the Eve
of the Election.
WORDS FROM A REPUBLIC ICAN
Does Not Want the Gas Company to
Bun the City Of Pawtucket.

nditor OF Tribune:
Tread Mr.. Sayles' letter in your paper
last evening and think that any intelli-
gent man ought to be able to discern the
difference between this straight forward
and business like letter and those two in
consistent ones published I'm the Times
from Messrs. l.. Is. and ID. l.. Goff l say
inconsistent' for plain reasons. Nj
l.. B. Con states that "the old cry of the
rich against the poor is played out" Does
Mr.. Con remember his speech at the FIRST
Ward caucus about one year agoY lie
was reported as saying that the represen-
tatives in the City Council from that ward
were poor men, or words to that effect;
that there were millions OF dollars worth
of property In the ward, etc., etc. lie
has always claimed to be an out and out
Repu blican and now he bolts his party's
nomination. He states: "Mr. White il
not q business man." which needs no
answer from any sane person.
But what caps the whole climax OF in
consistency is Mr.. ID. l.. Goffs letter,
wherein he states that he is interested In
O manufacturing concern in Boston that
employs a great number OF hands, has
large pay roll, ETC., and that this concern
cannot be induced to come to Pawtucket
on account of Mr.. Carroll's and Mr..
Whites antagonistic actions against COR
porations. Further on in his letter he COM
plains Of the Interstate Railway Company
being allowed to come here. What kind
OF logic is this? Just the same as the
Times publishes. 1t assails Mr.. Carroll
for trying to keep out corporations and
also for voting for another gas company
to come In.
What Is the real animus Of this? Let us
examine. From the letters Of the Messrs
Con 1t Is fair to assume that they are
owners in each or bot h the Gas Company
and Railway Company. Therefore, there
IL an individual and personal investment
at stake, and as Mr.. ID. L. Gof admits, he
10 interested in the Boston concern, there
n the personal investment sgain at stake.
II Is also fair to assume that neither gen.
-tleman is interested in the Interstate or
new Gas companies. Therefore, they did
not want either brought to Pawtucket.
But who knows but some resident here is
manufacturing goods OF the same kind
- his Boston concerns II SO, he would
tprobably want competitors here after
he had put out his money and started the
business as Mr.. Con says the Railway
Company did. Perhaps this man, too,
would want protection.
The attitude Of the Messrs. COTS GER
tsinly resembles one of selishness instead
Of public enterprise. Bring in no outside
corporations to interfere with us, but lei
us bring in one and not stop to consider
whether it will interfere or not with
our neighbors. This Is consistency for
themselves.
The Times is following out the same
course. But the richest thing 1t has yet
published was the editorial, 90 where it
states II Mr.. White goes against corpora
tions, II they don't come here, IL there is
no help, II the stores get no trade, II they
close up and other ifs, we shall all lose
our homes and the Lord knows what not.
Have not Mr.. Carroll and Mr.. White both
homes, and friends and relatives who have
honest BY the way, suppose sonnet hing
should happen to Mr.. Carrollf What
would the Times do for editorials? l fear
II would have none il Mr.. Carroll was not
among US.
Yes, we do need business man for
Mayor, but We want no hirelings. We
want man who cannot be whipped into
making US still pay 81 80 per 1000 for gas
when other cities charge from 75c to s1.50
per 1000. Before we vote the Republican
ticket again we will first see who are the
prime movers in the campaign, citizens
who look to the public interest, or heelers
for Gas Companies and men who want all
their own investments protected and
nobody else's interests taken into con-
alteration. II the latter then | am re-
formed Republican; i. c. Democrat.
G.. w.