The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-25
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUSES.
The Delegates Chosen for the City
and State Conventions.
GEN. BRENNAN AND THE JEWS,
He Comes Out with New Set of support
ers-Ex-speaker Miller Was Not so Sue
cessful and the West Ticket Was De-
feated-Cleveland Leads.

caucuses last evening are supposed TO be
largely in favor Of sending Cleveland
delegation TO the National convention and
in favor of Col. Honey for membership on
the National committee.
The new caucus system which was tried
by the Democrats last night worked TO n
charm, and, as had been anticipated, pre-
vented repeating, fraudulent voting by
boys and non-electors and materially
shortened the hours of the caucuses.
The system has been opposed from its
inception by heelers, bosses and those who
had made it their business in past years to
stuff the ballot boxes, pack ward meetings
and bulldoze the respectable members of
the party into accepting any ticket that
suited the convenience of those who are in
politics for revenue only.
Now that the caucuses are over il is easy
TO be seen where one element of the Demo
cratic party Of this city has been getting
its strength and how il has held itself in
office. Last night the infants and the
aliens were not in it, consequently the
professionals hadn't the privilege of using
their raw recruits and they were left.
The use of an authorized check list in
each ward prevented, and completely, all
repeating. Those only who would be
qualified to vote this year in city or State
lots in the boxes.
Instead of bowling rabble fighting half
the night for a warden or chairman, in
stead of using up the other half of the
night in making long. dizzy speeches and
voting separately on each candidate, in
stead of the presiding officer being cursed
at and having doubts cast upon the
Legitimacy of his birth, there were quiet,
we'll conducted and speedily terminated
caucuses, with the general result of the
routing of the bosses.
Up in the "Tinth" the West faction
were beaten out of sight. The brothers
have lost their grip on the ward aud the
avenue boys can't save them. This time
the men voted, not children.
The doughty Jack proved himself TO be
a prophet, He said that he was going to
be elected delegate TO the State conven-
tion and that the HoneyBaker crowd
couldn't keep him out of it.
Brennan kept his word; but he had a
tight squeeze of it, Jack is man of great
political resources, and he trotted out
new set of supporters, the Polish Jews
In so doing he fully carried out the plan
which was outlined by fellow Democrat,
in an interview published in yesterdays
NEWS.
The screw that was To be turned to
drive the Hebrews over TO Jack and help
him defeat the Baker-Honey lieutenants
was the threat that unless they rallied to
a man TO Brennan's support, Isaac Hahn,
of the eight ward. could not have the next
senatorial nomination.
The screw was turned, the Polish Jews.
who have very respectable numerical
strength, fought under Jacks banner and
he was successful. The new political
FIRM will be Brennan * Hahn, Offices TO
TO let or for sale. Terms cash. Refer
ences Cohen q Jersky.
Ex-Speaker Miller didn't make a success
of his Brennan Carroll ticket in the sixth
ward. He won't be delegate TO the State
convention; neither will he nor any of his
friends participate in the city convention
wherein "A legislative ticket is to be placed
in nomination.
Ned McGuinness failed TO capture the
third ward. He is getting to be "A back
number in his party. The last time he
ran for Office he was badly cut by his own
party the members of which saw THE
bend in the river" referred to by the AL
derman when electing a commissioner of
public works.
The most laughable feature of the
caucuses was the row i'll the "Tinth. "
The fight wasn't for Cleveland, neither
was it for Hill. Ii was a knock -down-and-
drag-out between the West and German
factions and was based upon the choice
of a driver for the new "Hurry-up" wagon
in the Sixth police precinct.
McSoley, president of the Carlisle Club,
wanted the position. His club had been
fighting for the Vests and he felt reason
ably sure of the support of that faction
when he applied for the place of ribbon
holder. Bnt the Vests felt, at the last
moment, that the Dead-sore Club was
numerically stronger than the Carlisle,
and McSoley was deserted, likewise the
Carlisle Club
McSoley gathered the clans and the
West ticket was cleaned up. Providing
that the police department will accept the
recommendation and give McSoley the
drivers seat the Democracy of the "Iinth'
will have the supreme pleasure of being
trundled to the police station by one of
their own number. That's glory enough
for any of the b.hoys.
Dan Mahoney, one of the brightest
young men in the First Ward, is jubilant
night. He said IF Brennan says that
Hill has carried the majority of the dele
gates, he says that which is not true. The
convention, so far as Providence goes,
will be for Baker and Cleveland.
I'VE PROF ose now to drive Brennan and
his gang out of politics, boots, saddle and
all You'll never hear of Jack Brennan
after this. i"
The foregoing was in answer to the
claim set up and promulgated by Gen.
Brennan this morning, that Hill had car
ried nineteen delegates for "A dead GER
tainty, and that he would get n majority
of the city delegation. This, of course,
carried with il the defeat of Baker in the
State Convention.
These are the delegates:
First Ward.
Delegates TO the State convention, Den
mis- T.. Cronin, William Carroll, Dennis j..
Mccarthy.
Delegates TO the city convention, Johu
T.. Hurley, John j. O'Neil, Matthew +.
Dwyer, John j, Murphy and Daniel ;.
Mahoney.
Second Ward.
Delegates To the State convention, John
VI. Brennan, Thomas +. Murphy.
Delegates To the city convention, Patrick
W. Baxter. Thomas j. Dorney and Simon
Jersky, Thomas Kennedy and Patrick Nc
Tague.
Third Ward.
Delegates to the State convention. Ed
ward Murphy, Augustus Giblin, Dennis
n. Sheehan.
Delegates to the city convention, Ber.
nard Conaty Thomas \. Craflord, John
+. Rafferty, and John Crossin.
Fourth ward.
State delegates, James McNally, =. T.
Mullen City delegates Charles Bannon
,Tohn & IallV T. A. Mullen. w - san.