The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-06
DANIEL B. POND is OUT.
He Doesn't Want any Nomination
This Year.
WHAT A STRONG FRIEND SAYS,
If Pond Isn't Going tn Run, Who Can be
Elected ?-It Isn't a Canter for Anybody
Hut tho Democrats are Discouraged.

WooNsocKEr, Feb. 6.-It Is surprising
how often one meets with Democrat of
importance who does not believe that his
party is going to win anything this spring
and who, after making that assertion, asks
that he be not quoted. There is an appar-
ent understanding in some quarters, that
the registration does not show up with the
Democratic strength that had been antici-
pated and the accepted theory is that like
the salt that was left out OF the soup--the
party is not i'm it.
was talking with one of the representa-
tive Democrats of Woonsocket yesterday,
and was not little surprised to hear him
say that the Hon. Daniel Il. Pond, of that
city, did not intend TO allow the use of his
name for any part of the State ticket, this
spring.
Now there is no Democrat in woonsock-
ct who stands any better with the rank
and file of his party than he. He has won
for them i'm forlorn battles, and il was
commonly supposed that he would be a
candidate for governor; but my informant
says that il is not SO. There are domestic
reasons why he should not be candidate
for any office this spring, and as he has
been about the only member of his party
who has had any show to be elected to the
Senate from his city, his withdrawal will
be serious thing for his party.
Said the gentleman: IF Dan Pond
does not run for Senator l want TO see the
man the Democratic party can elect from
that city. 4 know the strength that there
is behind him, and / know the feeling
that there is in his favor among the French
Canadians. The truth is that the Repub-
licans will come very near carrying the
city on the assembly ticket, and it will
surprise good many of us If they fail to
do so.
IL think that the Republicans can carry
Newport and Warwick. Johnston they
have got to dead certainty. AS to North
Providence l think we may have fight
ing chance; but what hear from the reg
istration i wonld not go very strong on the
fighting chance.
"Those who are not friendly to Mayor
Honey of Newport are saying that he is
intending to trade with the Republicans.
/, for one. think that he is too good a
Democrat to do that, and that as we are
going TO do in Woonsocket he and his
friends will put up the best fight that
they can and will make the grand COM
mittee as strongly Democratic as possible
II believe that there will be no election
by the people of the State ticket, and that
it will be "a matter of pure guess rs TO the
constituency of the General Assembly
until the votes are officially counted and
declared. 1t is to be no walk-over for u.s.
ana ltll 10 see where ~ Is 10 De canter
for the Republicans. The dual senatorial
fight in the Republican party is going to
bring out big vote for the State tickle
that the party may put up. IL will be a
good thing that ex-Gov. Wetmore is to
contest for the honors that are now held
by Senator Aldrich, for between the two
gentlemen there will be a reaching out to
the old stay-at-homes, and there will be a
vote rolled up that may after all give the
Republicans the general officers on a
popular vote; certainly SO on the vote of
the grand committee.
"iIill Well if Messrs. Brennan and
Carroll think that he is going to take in
this State they will find that they are mis-
taken, and they will have abundant proof
of that fact when the votes are counted
and declared next November