The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-13
ASpeciaI Session Of the General AS
sembIy Asked For.
RINGING SPEECHES WERE MADE.
Republican Hall Crowded with Indignant
Men and the Conduct OF Newport's
Municipal Government Denounced
A Committee Appointed to Act with
the Governor.
ESPECIAL TO THE NEws.l

caR for u citizens indignation meeting To
protest against illegal action Of the
Board of Aldermen In di.franchising the
entire list of voters, Republic Hall was
crowded away out to the doors last night
aud some ringing speeches were made
that will find an echo in the Legislative
halls of the State ere many days have
passed.
The meeting was presided over by the
Rev. Forest +. Emerson who made a
speech stating that when Mr.. Honey was
first nominated for mayor he was In sym.
pathy with him but since then he had
been compelled to alter bis opinion and
that It was needless for those who had
brought the city in this unfortunate con-
dition of affairs to seek to mystify the
people by legal quibbles.
A. T.. Titus smoke at length on the d.
lemma and said he was there to enter his
solemn protest against being robbed OF
his privilege of voting and being dis
franchised Ia municipal affairs and prob
ably in national matters too.
Ex-senator Sanborn was received with
loud applause as he opened with ring
ing denunciation Of the conduct Of the
city fathers whose neglect to provide vot-
ing places and declaration that the recent
act Of the legislature In redistric!ng the
wards was nothing more or less than
rank rebellion and revolutionary. The
law was passed and it was the duty of
the Mayor and Board Of Aldermen to
obey. act up to and enforce that law, and
to disregard 1t was crime, breach OF
oath, AN act of treason and rebellion
against the law and constitution.
The speech Of the evening was made by
the Rev. II. B. Cady Of the Thames Street
Church who said when he left his home
that morning 1t was the farthest thought
An his mind that he SHOULD be called to
address this meeting. lie was not citi-
zen of Newport and did not come there as
q member of any political party, though
he didn't think 1t would be any injury to
him In that assembly TO say he was a Re-
publican from the crown Of his head to
the sole of his foot, lapplausel but If he
wanted position In the sewer depart
government HSns his polisicps p''s"s would ''ss Ss
an injury to his chance of
getting it. [Laughter.l, 1t didn't mat
ter how one killed n man il he killed him.
He came to the meeting on the presump-
tion that he was citizen, but in this
condition of municipal affairs he didn't
know whether he was between Heaven.
man came to him while he was about to
vote and while the ballot was in his hand
and knocked him on the head, or jumped
upon him and gagged and held him, il
seemed to him there was law that would
fasten itself upon that man, /. e., IL there
was anythineto enforce IL 80 it ought
to be in this case.
The Rev. Mr.. Cady continuing told an
anecdote as follows Before / came here
You're going TO Newport / hear. All
there's the right kind in power there now.
The party OF reform = What party is
that / siidP 'Why, it's the Democratic
parry" Mr.. Cady then told story of
gentleman going into leading store
and Of q saleslndy fondling n kitten. On
learning that the cat had not been chris
With many ahems and pauses the gentle
man replied that he would be pleased but
1t wasn't that kind Of a cat, and ne
thought when they called the Democratic
party that of reform, 1t wasn't that kind
OF cat. daughter and applause.)
In inpassioned tones the reverend gen
tlemen continued: "What would the
fathers who built up this city think OF
this thing9 What would they think Of
this open rebellion and disfranchise-
mentY He could almost hear the crack
ing OF the lids of their collins as their
hands came through the lids, and point
ing to these men as the words came hiss
mani You did itP' Why, the Dorr War
was not anything to this (applause).
be many before the citizens of
Newport would rise in their
might and put this thing down. He gave
an illustration of m old man who buried
his wife. She was a regular scratcher
the harder she scratched the deeper she
would 20. prolonged applause aud
laughterl Such muse be done with this
city government. [Cheers. He said he
started for the boat that morning aud
wanted to get the paper-utc paper. lie
stopped In front OF paper Office and
asked of n boy IL il was the Observer Office
tcheersJ, and he said it was. When he got
On the boat he looked ut IL and turned 1t
over and over and found IL was another
paper which was so thin he could put his
finger through IL, however he got his eye
on Mr.. Honey's defence and commenced
TO read it. but found IL as thin rs the
paper, daughter AMI applause.)
Col. +. q. Harris was the next speaker
aud after reviewing what had bcen done
made decided point In showing up the
gerrymandering of the Fourth Ward so
rs To keep Capt. Waters within 1 limits
at the ward revision OF 1882 when the
commission was composed Of Messrs.
Crosley and j. Is. Cottrcll from the alder
men and Messrs. w. II. Peckham, i. ID.
Stoddard and Capt. Waters from the
council
Without n single dissentient voice the
following resolutions were put and car
ried amid great cheering:
Resolved, That the citizens Of Newport, ire
spective OF party, In mass meeting assembled
o. consider the conduct OF the mayor and
aldermen In neglectins TO arrange the legal
details necessary Tor the holding OF tue mu-
nicipal election. are of the opinion that. In
view Of the plain provisions OF law and the
experience OF the officials In question. such
neglect WAS wilful. was intended 10 serve
party purposes and calculated TO bring law
and authority into contempt.
Resolved, That In view OF these facts and be-
heving that tho most prompt and effective
relief can be obtained through the agency Of