The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-05-31
A CHAPTER ON MAYOR HONEY.
The Worst Abused Man I'm Rhode Island
Is Newport's Cxar.

The worst Abused Man In Rhode Island
Is Newport's Czar.
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS OF THE HEwsl
NEWPORT, May 30.-If Mayor Samuel
X. Honey of Newport were to run for
anything in the gift of the people of this
city from constable up, the other fellow
would get about three-fourths of the
votes. He's the worst hated man on the
island.
"If Sam Honey insists on spelling
Lection by insisting on counting the
votes :. said citizen tonight over a
Welsh rarebit, " all that Newport wants
is to get whack at him. That's all.
LOOK at the folly Of the thing. Here
are the Providence folks bowling for n
new State House and all that. and half
the country members sympathizing with
them in the desire to let Newport's May
desuetude. Now it would seem like
common sense, under the circumstances,
to treat the visitors well, wouldn't il
Why this started out to be the biggest
Lection in years, and the shopkeepers and
hotel men had their mouths open like
was Honey, mayor OF the city, sworn to
subserve its interests, standing ready
with club to drive away not only hun
dreds of folks and thousands of dollars in
trade this year, but to kill the May session
entirely III he can and for no earthly pur-
pose. What kind of slang-whanging do
you call that ;?
And the Democratic party in the State
putting its policy into the dictation of a
man who's absolutely off his base I'm a
Democrat; but that beats me-"
That last sentence may need explana-
ton. A good may people are saying that
NavOr HnnaV
at least 81 per cent. cracked. They can't
account for his actions in any other way.
For instance, it isn't usually considered
wise for a statesman TO quarrel with the
newspaper men unnecessarily. When
ever Mr. Honey has been criticised in the
press, especially by Democratic papers, he
has always sneaked off TO headquarters
and tried to get the offending man
"bounced. To the credit Of the profes-
sion be it said, il doesn't usually work.
James Gordon Bennett gave the little
man terrible roasting once when he
tried to baekeapthe Hefdtd's very reliable
Newport Especial" But that was long
time ago. The special still speeches.
Mayor Honey's usurpation of the duties
of the sheriff and committee which sought
to make the inauguration success and
who:are, under difficulties, succeeding, is
characteristic of the man. So was his or
der to exclude newspaper men from the
courts.
One of the local scribes met n policeman
whom he had long known, well, Mr..
-" said he, will 1t rain Lection day,
think ?"
"By special order of His Honor the
Mayor members of the force are prohibit
ted from giving information to represent
atives of the press replied the blue coat
without moving a muscle OF his face.
Meanwhile, Honey's Herald, totterine
on the verge of financial collapse, gets
police news which il has no right, upon
the Honey theory, TO get. IL even has the
effrontery TO promise to furnish such
news in the future.
The Newport NelUs, which aided Honey
to get his seat, is pretty we'll tired OF its
bargain. There won't be any more
Honey next year.
The petty tyrannies of the man surpass
the possibilities almost "A faithful mem
ber of the police force was suspended for
one week for giving n harmless item, In
no wise connected with police matters, TO
a reporter of one of the local papers. The
editor and city editor OF the paper paid
the weeks salary and charged IL TO Honey
in their minds.
I hate TO disiigure the NEWS clean
columns with dashes, but the common
remark about Honey here is: Honey
oh, Honey be-"