The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-22
GORMAN'S BREAK.
Talking About the "NoW De.
spending Democracy"
LAST NIGHTS RALLY.
Mr.. Tim Hffernan Talks to the Still
Dark Waters.
WANTS TO BET Al LOT OF MONEY
But Not on the State Ticket; Not on the
State Ticket Warwick Republicans
Confident-A woonsociet Lie Nailed
Political Points from Elsewhere.

Everybody is talking about Germans
bad break in referring to ''the now de-
spending Democracy"
The Democrats opened their State cam
paign, last night, with parade of three of
their political clubs and rally in the
Third Ward. According to the morning
organ Of the party there were between
two and three thousand men in line,
whereas, there were not five hundred.
From the character of the speeches that
were made it is apparent that the Demo
) Gratis are to make theirs a campaign Of
explanations, apologies and protests /;
that the Republicans have got the best of
them in matters which are really of but
little significance but which to the minds
of the ratified Democrats look as big as
colossal mountains.
The little giant from Bristol was there,
but the guardian and her little doggie
were absent-there was no occasion for
anybody to yell or faint. AS n horny
handed son of toll he appealed to the
voters to support the second man on the
ticket, and while Mr. German, who is not
to be the next lieutenant governor, de-
pared, the little giant glanced over the
audience and mentally cast up the cost of
hiring the crowd at 40 cents per day each.
Mr.. German is TO be the chief orator on
the Democratic State ticket. He can
speak the longest, say the least and inter
est the fewest number of auditors of any
of the gentlemen whom the party have
set up TO be knocked down but then it
will be so handy to have him at the rail-
lies, because he always comes loaded, not
only with a speech, but with type-written
copies for the press.
At the next meeting Mr.. German will
probably tell why he does not consider
himself to be the fifth wheel of coach
this time and why he was not, this time
placed on the ticket for the influence his
name would have with his race. II is said
that he will nightly read to the audiences
he addresses the letter which he sent to
the city committee, few months ago
when they asked him to accept the nomi-
nation for senator; and at the time when
he was needed by his party to pull them,
out of n bad hole. There are a good many
Democrats who are quoting that letter
Just now and who will remember il when,
as Mr.. Brennan says, they get in the little
booths and are alone with the pencils pro-
vided for checking off the tickets, and
their God.
The Democrats everywhere last night
apologized for their candidate for governor
and endeavored to explain that he always
was bully good fellow and that he paid
the best wages on earth. Ii may vet come
10 light that he has been repeatedly in
suited by his workmon by their absolute
refusals to allow him to increase their
wages and that there is hollow place In
the floor of his business Office which was
dug out by the knees Of the little giant
when he was begging the favor OF being
allowed to pay more than any other mer-
chant in Bristol for services rendered.
The Democrats also had n great
grievance TO present 10 their constituents
last night, and in airing this they were
spared making explanations in other
directions. An objectionable sin has
been committed by the Republicans in
hiring such halls as they chose TO select
for such nights as they wanted them,
without first consulting the Democratic
managers and arranging TO hold meetings
until the opposite party had had all that
they wanted of this earth.
This shocking conduct on the part of
the Republicans was held up "a screen
20 prevent the gullible followers of the
Wardwell banner from seeing that fraudu-
lent manner of conducting business at
Newport, by which the Democratic mem
bers of the Board of Tax Assessors went
to saloons and grocery stores and accept
ed the sworn statements of men who were
without visible means that thev held
enough taxable property to qualify them
To become full-fedged voters.
Nothing was said about this business
which has been carried on by the Honey
men OF Newport to make voters :; nothing
was said about the Doodle which was
being raised in New York for the Demo
cratic party of Rhode Island.
IL is true that Mr.. Honey, rs an indi-
vidual, has declared that 10 was not true
that this fund WAS being raised but then
tie information comes from Democratic
sources, and IL must be remembered that
Mr.. Honey was made delegate to the
Chicago convention on the strength OF
the assertion made that when the party
wanted any money il was he who went
out 10 other States and from his friends
collected the funds that were actually re-
quired TO keep the voters OF the party in
good humor.
The reasons which Mr.. Honey has for
making this denial are that he knows that
II IL gets out that the party has any large
sum OF money IL will be impossible to get
the Democratic voters to 20 to the polls.
II it gets in the wind that there is to be
any money flying about on election day,
that will be the end OF Mr.. Wardwell's
chances OF getting anywhere near the
party strength. The heelers and the ever.
purchasaDle will he on the watch for the
Doodle and IL will have TO come from tue
pockets or the parry managers early in the
day, else there will be small army oi
men at each polling place who will not
only shut themselves out from voting
until IL ls to late To vote. but also che
working men who come up at the lasi
hour or SO TO cast their ballots. This has
been the history OF every campaign In
| State in which it was given out that the
Democratic party had money, and that 1,
why there are strenuous Efforts beins
! made Just now 10 conceal the fact that
/ money is being raised for this light.