The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-11
NOT The RANK AND FILE.
Some Lively Little Speeches at the
Democratic Meeting,
.-ARIFF ARGUMENTS DID IT.
r. j. Mccarthy Didn't See the Members Of
His Own Element In Great Force at
the Club Dinner-Aristocratic or PIE
bian, which?

late yesterday afternoon in the dining
hall of the exclusive Union Club, before
tables decked with snowy linen and COW
cred with the choicest wines and viands,
each member of this aristocratic organi-
zation congratulated himself on the
4" Jeffersonian simplicity everywhere so
evident.
At the table were gathered only those
OF the RHODE ISLAND 400 whose purses
were long and whose blood was of the
deepest blue. The rank and file, "the
hustlers" and "heelers, had been .weeded
out as with a fne-tooth comb.
Messrs Samuel Bullock, Thomas III.
Valpey and William ID. Walker, the COM
mittee on invitations, had invited none
brethren conceived hearty vote of
thanks in recognition Of their services,
but it was not rendered.
The News published yesterday the
names OF few OF the RHODE ISLAND
Jeffersonians. To-day it gives longer
in any paper in the State: "Honest John"
Davis, ex-Lieut. Gov. Wardwell, Post
master G.. Ii. George, Mayor William
X. Potter, Mayor Pond of Woon-
socket, ex-Sherif Rathbun of Scituate.
ex Postmaster John Christie Of Bristol,
eA-otuhboT LuCluS ". odTNlu VI OuIu-
berland, Hon. Olney Arnold of Paw
tucket. ex-U. ). District Attorney David
Baker of Kingston, ex-president Of the Y.
NJ ID. c.. Frank N. jackson, ex-Posmaster
Louis M. Brown of Newport, Senator
Underwood of Newport, Hon. William
+ nichols Of pwysr .nssp s%ss
Thomas L. Loughlin of Warren, Over
seer of the poor Cummings of PRovI-
DENCE, Overseer OF the Poor Frank
PAUL of Bristol. Hon. Frederick
Welch Of Bristol, Hon. Patrick Lynch Of
Elmwood, DR.. r.. 4. G. Browne of River
side. George ID. Gladding Of harrington,
Joseph Mcdonald of Pawtucket, Charles
Burlingame, John Bannon, X. G. Fuller,
w. j. Burton, John 4. Miller, George l..
Dickinson, Addison p. Munroe, p. j. Nc
Carthy, all of PROVIDENCE.
The dinner was served In an artistic
manner by steward VIM. II. Hall and his
ident of the club, Richard 5. Hayward
took the chair and called upon ex-Gov.
John W.. Davis for q speech. Ex-Gov
Davis said: We are entering upon q
national campaign"
This remark enlightened those who
didn't know IL and logged the memories
of those who had forgotten.
Representatives Page and Lapham
should be returned to Congress; for 1t is
something novel for a Democrat from this
State to have IN experience in Congress. !"
In n desultory way he then began an at
tack on the tariff, and in the course Of his
remarks made this truthful statement.
Certainly RHODE ISLAND, il any State
in the Union, is prosperous under pro-
tective tariff"
Only one other speaker touched upon
the tariff affair after this blunt argument
The Hon. w. H. wardwell. the next
70 ,.lx
enemies agree with us that RHODE ISLAND
is Democratic every day in the year, ex-
cept election day. / believe that RHODE
ISLAND will prove herself Democratic on
election day."
Gen. Olnev Arnold of Pawtucket, re-
sponded as a representative Of the
he was "one of the boys, of course" hs
got no further in his speech than the as
sertion You eau take up paper any
day in the week and tell its politics with
out referring to the editorial columns, I"
when bumptious member cried out {:
Tell us then what is the PROVIDENCE
HIS seat without making reply and the
members applauded.
tx Nominee for Mayor Hiram Howard
pulled out formidable typewriter
speech which he had prepared ia antici-
patton of the chairman's request. He had
times. and had been badly crushed, so
when he said, Il wish IL to be distinctly
understood that am not a candidate for
any Office" he meant what he said, aud
every one applauded.
Referring To the great need and wofu.
lack of harmony In the Democratic ranks
in this city he said: I'VE need harmony
here, with very large ii. In city like
PROVIDENCE two principal Democratic
organizations should not exist. The
PROVIDENCE Democracy and the Young
Mems Democratic Club should be con-
solidated."
Whether he intended that the aristo-
cratic should absorb the plebian organi-
Z&ion he did not say. and he was call, d
TO task a few minutes later by "a stalwart
champion of the PROVIDENCE Democracy.
"A short speech from young Stacy Brown
did not make this champion forget his
mission, ana when Chairman Hayward
gave him the anxiously awaited oppor-
tunity he did not hesitate to improve it.
Councilman II. j. Mccarthy was his name
and his tributes to "the organization of
which have the honor to be membe I"
elected tbunderous applause from Chair
man Carroll OF the PROVIDENCE City
Committee.
He said: the PROVIDENCE Democracy has
contributed more largely than any other
organization to Democratic success in our
city. To IL is due the success of eleven
out of twelve Democratic represen tatives
on the ticket In the last election. There
is room for two organizations among
PROVIDENCE Democrats. The Young
Mems Democratic Club does not reach
all of the voters" This was said without
lear Of contradiction.
lie looked around the room, but his
eyes met no Democrat whose rank in the
party was below his own. lie looked mt
the sparkling champagne before him aud
he thought of the boys toward whom his
heart warmed, aud he repeated his asser-
tlon that the Young Mems Democrat ic
Club does not reach all of the democratic
voters.
DIR. Garviu, ex-senator from Cumber-
land, made the paradoxical statement
that Although we are minority party
I'm this State we have "A larger majority
than ever before" lie attributed the
defeat Of the hhode Island Democracy
in the last campaign TO the influence II
the Republican papers In Pawtucket aud
Pro, iessee,- -ssifieif- have been -rurutcat-
ing hign tariff fallacies."
At o'clock the meeting adjourned un-
til next summer. when another plaiu
Democratic outing will be held. But the
NtWs assures the bows that they will ret