New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-06
LOUD-MOUTHED DEMOCRATIC HARMONY.
THE EFFORT TO AGREE IN RHODE ISLAND
HOWLING SUCCESS.

THE EFFORT TO AGREE IN RHODE ISLAND A
HOWLING SUCCESS.
Providence, r. l., March (SpeciaD. -Donnybrook
Fair was hardly Circumstance to the Democra'e
Convention held here this week. In their ongwndcd
| speeches Congressman Page and Chairman German
counselled harmony. That was what the convention
wanted evidently AS one delegate said, They were
bound to have harmony If they fought for it There
were ostensibly two factions In the convention but
really there three Besd the warning Hohoy"es
and Brennanites. there were the country Democrats
or "Hayseeds" as they facetiously term themselves
They were respectively for Honey and for Brennan
when the issue WAS well defined but the moment there
was any disposition TO crowd out the couh'ryiheh'
they dropped their respective leaders and stood TO
getcr against the city leaders. II this influence
that captured for the country districts the nominations
for Governor Attorney General and General Treas
urer and the election Of five members OF the dele
cation to Chicago, while the city oil frovi
| dence, which furnishes more than hall OF inc
Democratic vote Of the state. was favored WIN
the empty honor OF the nomination OF INJURIES To-
German for Lieutenant Governor
After the fight on the Govcrnorslp in which the
victory fairly rested With the Wrol-brennah WING
the Honey people seemed to have won every contest.
Yet il now appears that they lost the ccntrsi pr'he
for which they fighting, namely, the ret i'm OF
Colonel Honey as National Committeeman-a great
position should a Democratic President BE- elected
generated him, and, by avoiding contests on any
name but that Of Honey himself thsy have
packed the delegation against INN ana III
favor of Congressman Charles II. Page. VINO
glores in the fact that lie IL hayseed hin VINO
giores in practical politics This remarkable c0iVeh
ton has been the talk Of the town ever since II was
held, and the Republicans are greatly ela"d over "c
breach that evidently exists in the Democnuc party
The Republican Convention Of March 10 Will bo n
different sort Of gathering. Unless all signs nil' the
| following ticket will be nominated UNANIMOUSLY Dy
reclamation: For Governor, Daniel Russell Brown. Of
Providence; for Lieutenant Governor Henry A. stearns
If Lincoln; for secretary Of state. George H. Utter Oh
Westerly for Attorney General, Robert W. Burbank,
II Providence for General Treasurer Samuel Clark OF
Lincoln
The party now a unit for the reelection Of senator
Aldrch aud the party In the Nation at large may feel
certain that every legitimate Will be employed
10 secure fifty five members Of the Grand Committee.
The backdown Of the Democrats on the question Of
nominating candidate is lsughabe. They placed that
business in the call the convention but II not
brought up alluded 10 In the eight hours session.
An industrial exhibition and school Of a per.
manent character is advocated By set OF able men
rcscniIng the various trade organizations such
the Board Of Trade. the Business Mems Association.
ctc. Tic plan Is champoned by Charles Fletcher,
the millionaire woollcn manufacturer, who twenty
years ago was a night Waterman of the mills
| &c owns. Mr. Fletcher has the reputation Of
always being successful In everything he undertakes.
and consequently this project has hopes. II is de-
sig cd to raise half million doars and to ask the
state TO donate the land now encountered by the old
deserted states Prison building. and this site TO
erect cOmcly ard cOmmOcious structures In time 10
receive the Rhode Island exhibit at the Worlds Fair
when 1t has finished its mission al Chicago
| senator Nathan F. Dixon has been kept ut home
in Westerly for few days By an attack Of tOnsls.
| He hops 10 return to Washington on Monday.
oscar A. Carleton lae been chosen secretary OF the
Republican City Committee, vice Charles r. Gibbs.
dTeiscd. The primaries IN Providence will he held
next Wednesday evening The City Legislative COnven-
ton Fhday at 4 o'clock and the State Convention
| on Tuesday March 10.