The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-05-27
THENEWPORT LECTION.
The Republicans Insist That They
Will Contest Mayor Honey's Seat.
ALL READY FOR THE PARADE.
The Inauguration Committee Are Pro-
ceedinx Despite the Threats to Cause
Delay by Calling for Detailed Count
of the Votes for General Onicers.

There is much speculation as to whether
or not everything Is to run on smoothly
at Newport, next week. There are vari-
GUS rumors afoat and hints are dropped
TO the effect that the contests spoken of
| directly after the by-eIections were settled,
would not materialize.
just before the legislature adjourned,
| last week. one or the members OF the
| Newport delegation informed News re-
| preventative that the seats of the New
| port Democrats would be contested to the
| very end.
He said that plenty of afIidavits had
been procured to back up the claims which
the Republican candidates will present
for the consideration of the Assembly that
they had been defrauded of their elections
and that the Democrats had counted
themselves i'm.
subsequently 1t was asserted by the
Democrats that they had II upon good au-
thority that there would be no fight over
the Newport delegation. Where they
got this authority is mystery, for to-day
prominent Republican from Newport
reiterated what had previously been said,
and declared that it could be set down for
"A sure thing that Mayor Honey and his
colleagues would be deprived of their
seats. The contested election cases would
be rgferred to a committee OF the mem
bers of which would act promptly ana
efficiently.
The gentleman was asked what was to
be expected OF the threats made by the
Democrats TO demand "A complete and de-
tailed count of the ballots cast for general
officers
He said that the committee having in
charge the inaugural ceremonies were
proceeding just as though tnat threat had
never been made, and with the belief that
the parade would not be interfered with
in the slightest degree because of any
political muddle.
The committee had, however, been en-
deavoring to ascertain just what the
Democrats were doing or proposed TO do
They had sent man to pump Mayor
Honey, and the gentleman had asked the
Mayor what his party had decided TO do
in the matter Of the detailed count.
Mayor Honey said that that matter had
been left to a committee of three, of
which he was a member. He had not
consulted with his associates and would
not call them together until the Legisla-
ture were assembled at Newport, next
Monday night, when there would be a
caucus held, at which the policy of the
party for the May session would be de-
lined.
The feeling was expressed among the
Republican leaders here to-day that if the
full count was insisted upon for the pur-
pose of raising the question of the consti-
tutional right of the party candidates to
hold the offices with which they are to be
inducted, the count would he ordered.
One dose of that one, they assert, would
sicken the Democrats, or any other party,
OF asking for a detail count of the ballots
cast in "a State election.
As to the threats of the Democrats to
assail the integrity of the election Of the
Republican delegation from the town Of
Lincoln, the party leaders said that they
were not disturbed by them. Each brancn
of the legislature was told the Judge of
the qualifications of the members, and as
the Republicans controlled both branches
the Democrats could hope for nothing;
their assaults would be entirely futile.