The record-union., 1892-03-03
POLITICS IN The EAST.
RHODE ISLAND DEMOCRATS AGREE
TO SUPPORT CLEVELAND.
w. c. Wardwen Nominated by Them
for Governor-Republi Gains
Hills Southern Trip.
Special to the REcoRD-UN1oS.

! Special to the RECoRD-UNIoS
PROVIDENCE Or. H., March 1.-THE
! Democrats of Rhode Island met this
morning for the nomination Of State Off
GERS and the selection of delegates to the
| National Convention. Charles e. Cor
man was elected Temporary Chairman.
| In his speech he eulogized the Cleveland
Administration, and his remarks We're
greeted with loud applause and few
Kisses. A resolution was presented and
referred to the Platform Committee in
structing delegates to the National Con-
vention to vote for Cleveland 1t was re-
ceived with great enthusiasm.
The temporary organization was made
permanent.
! The platform reported to the conven-
| ton demands free raw materials: ap-
proves Springer's wool bill, and urges It's
early passage, and favors the placing of
iron, coal and timber on the free list.
J Upon the coinage question it reads:
Every dollar of American money.
whether Of gold, silver or paper, ought
! to be equal the world over" The repeal
ing of the Sherman Coinage Act is IA
| vored, because of it's failure to accom-
plisn the results desired, and, for like
reason, the free coinage of silver is OPP
! posed, except upon an international
agreement. The platform closes with
Mr. HOney's resolution OF instructions.
The nomination for Governor being
called for q faction accredited to Cleye-
/ land presented the name of David S.
/ Baker, Jr. EX-Lieutenant-Go governor W.
G. Wardweu was placed in counter
nomination.
The vote resulted in Wardwell being
| declared the nominee.
For Lieutenant-Gov Charles f.
n pynx
over Charles Acton Ives of Newport, who
was placed in nomination by the Ward
| well men. Ives was repudiated by the
! Newport delegation, and bitter talk fol-
| lowed, one speaker intimating that New
| port had been traded for Senator Aidrich.
| John j. Hefferman Of Woonsocket was
unanimously nominated for Secretary of
State.
The other nominations were as follows:
1 Ex-Attorney-Gener Ziba of Slocum for
that office again: Thomas G.. Spencer of
Warrick for Treasurer.
!. The platform as framed by the commit
tee was unanimously adopted without
discussion, together with a resolution in
structing the national delegates to vote
for Cleveland. The delegates to Chicago
are: Mr.. Honey Of Newport, Hugh j.
Carroll of Pawtucket, Francis l.. O'Reilly
OF Woonsocket, Lafayette Bartlett Of Bur
roWVllle, Franklin Z. Owen of Scituate,
William B. Nicols of Bristol, John L.
Parker of West Greenwich, Amos J.
Dawley of Richmond. The delegation is
solid for Cleveland. The convention adj
journed alter the most bitterly fought
contest ever held in this State.
REPUBLICAN GAINS.
NEW YORK, March 2.-Charter cleo
tons were held in many cities and towns
in this State yesterday, and the returns
| show large Republican gains.
NEW YORK SJTpERuTcopc
The Albany EUening Journal (Repub
lican) has compiled the results of the cleo
ton for Supervisors thus far held through
out the interior of New York. They are
as follows: Republican Supervisors 52I,
Democratic Supervisors 272. In 1891 the
same counties elected 426 Republicans
and 352 Democrats.
GOSSIP ABOUT HILL.
NEW YORK, March "a WASHINGTON
correspondent telegraphs an interview
with Senator Hill on the silver question.
III was asked if he knew what was to be
the policy of the Democrats regarding If.
He answered: II am new Senator. and
have not been able to discover that the
Democrats have policy about awnings
When asked if he would vote for the free
silver bill if it should come before the
Senate, he said he would not cross that
bridge until he came to it.
The Post says editorially: 1t has been
the sole claim tor h1IPS candidacy, which
his supporters in this State have put for
ward, that he could carry the State of
New York. That claim cannot be made
any longer, for in view of the elections of
the past few weeks it is made so plain as
to be undeniable that he is the one candi-
date who certainly could not carry New
York. His candidacy would consolidate
all the decent elements of politics into an
Irresistible mass, which would give the
State to any opposing candidate who was
an honest man by an overwhelming ma
jority.
The indications are that Hills trip 10
the South will assume far greater proper
tons than originally proposed by its pro-
motors. Invitations from all parts of the
South have been coming in thick and
fast, and the Senator is considerably en-
barrassed in his desire to respond lavor-
ably to all He said to an Associated
Press reporter this evening that he would
like to visit all the points, but does not
see how he can.
He is engaged to address the Missis-
sippi Legislature on the 18th, and to
speak on st. Patrick's Day at Savannah, !
Ga.
Hills Southern friends in Congress,
however, believe he will change his pro-
gramme to include stops at all the larger
cities, and the Southern trip viii be made |
a series of political ovations.