The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-29
THE OUTLOOK.
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great middle class OF them-the men who
earn from $1,000 TO $1,000 a year-have
short hours and light work, from 10
O'Clock TO 3, or perhaps to 4. This leaves
them plenty of time for political service,
aud the activity aud success of that SER
vice is the only reliance they have for the
retention of their positions. The Tam
many organization is "A strong and ter
rible network that holds the city fast
tangled in its meshes.
" IL requires an enormous strength OF
native integrity in young man To keep
him true TO the principles that have been
taught him in hls country home when he
comes TO carve his way in New York
city.
Suppose him young lawyer; what
chance of preferment has he If he votes
the Republican ticket None, absolutely
none. The Supreme Court judges are
Democrats. Cases come TO them every
day which they cannot hear. Each of
them has n list of young Democratic law
yers on.his desk handy. He says, Here, /
can't attend TO this let IL be referred to-
HIM; | gave-a case this morning;-one
last week; take it to-, just the man.
Except in cases where the reference is
by agreement of the attorneys-and under
new restrictions of the law these are be-
coming less and less numer ous-no ref
cree cases 20 10 Republicans. The judge
who should so send them wo uld stand alb
solutely no chance Of denomination. What
is the RESULT
"Of all the young lawyers who have set
tled,in New York in the last ten years,
nineteen in every twenty have become
Democrats: it's bread and butter.
And look at the saloons. There are ii, =
600 of them in New York city and less
than 100 are owned by Republicans. For
the last few years the Republican party
in this State has been working with
might and main for decency and order. 1t
has believed that the respectable element
of the community desired the restriction
OF the liquor traffic AMI would support
honest endeavors To that end. BY its
stand it has antagonized the saloon vote
utterly. And what thanks has it won?
How do the Prohibitionists assist it2
Every saloon has become Demo
cratic club. IL is brilliantly lighted. the
daily papers are furnished, men drop in
to talk politics and spend "a social evening.
There isn't one of them that isn't good for
four or five votes on election day, and
that enormous force is solid against Re
publicanism Think of it, $4,000 men in
arms against US and the Prohibitionists
voting with them.
why l tell you received last Satur-
day an urgent appeal for funds to push
the campaign against the infamous excise
law proposed in this State, and every
name among those signed to the letter
was that of man who voted for Flower
last November! And now they turn and
ask us to help them undo the conse-
quences of their own folly! oh, like the
cheek of them!
81 tell you the Republicans of this city
are martyrs! Everybody comes TO us for
money. The up country people want
money. Republicans in other States, all
over the country, look. to us for the
wherewithal to push their campaigns.
We have it well drilled into us that vir-
tue is its own reward, for If we are not
working for principle for what are we
working?"
"You haye the post Office and the collec-
torship."
"Yes, we have them; but the rewards
we have to offer are not so much as drops
in the bucket compared with the l6,OOO
men in the pay of Iammany. We are
putting out our time and our fortunes for
the triumph of the cause in which we be-
lieve, with absolutely no hope of rewarc.
And we'll keep it up. The cause will
triumph. New York with all the odds
against it is going Republican this fall. F"
A prominent Democrat when questioned
as to the truth of the statement that his
party in the State were hedging on Hill,
said it was true beyond question.
"Hill," said he, hasn't "a ghost or
chance for the nomination"
Nor Cleveland either?"
"Well, Pm not sure of that. There will
be lot of candidates before the Chicago
convention and they may agree on Cleve-
I land. ---------
IF Cleveland doesn't get It, think the
ticket will be Palmer and Russell. They
would make splendid running team"
But Palmer is 76."
eyes, / know he would have to have a
young, strong and popular man to run
with him, and that man would be Russell
of Massachusetts,: he's carried the State
| twice for the governorship, and he could
carry it in presidential election.
1.-The thing that would tel! worst against
such ticket would be the breakdown OF
| Thurman in his campaign. Palmer is
old but in England now he would not be
thought too old. Look at Gladstone.
An English statesman at Palmer's age Is
at the height of his power"
"How about Boies ?"
"Boies is n good man, an excellent man
but he hasn't Palmer's record or reputa-
ton. You must understand rather look
on the whole, for the nomination OF
Cleveland"
"Why ?"
Because he is the only sound money