New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-08
REPUBLICAN RHODE ISLAND.
MAGNITUDE OF WEDNESDAYS VICTORY.
OVER wARDwELL 2o7s-wHAr THE FULL
RETURNS sHow-D DEMOCRATIC LEADERS
SHOWED UNDER-THE REPUB.
LICAN LEGISLATURE.
(BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TWBuNE:
TBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE:

Providence, April 7.-President Harrison "a.
day teegraphed his congratulations to Senator
Aldnch and Governor Brown as Rhode Island peo-
pie have been calling ID. Russell Brown since
midnight. The President spoke of the result 40
a splendid victory
The magnitude of the victory increases as the
hours go on. Its proportions can only he fully
appreciated by those who realized the Tremendous
| obstacles against which the success was achieved.
The result, in brief, is that the Republican cand-
dates for Governor, Lieutenant-Gove and SEQ
retary of State have been elected by the people,
and that the Republican candidates for Attorney
General and General Treasurer have safe plurali-
ties and will be elected by the General Assembly.
The General Assembly consists of os members.
or these there are probably 81 elected and 81
yet to be elected, owing to lack Of majOrities.
| These figures are likely to be changed little
| by the recounts now in progress. OF those al
| ready elected the Republicans have SO and the
| Democrats 2s The Republicans already have ~
| in the Senate, which is substantial majority,
and SO in the House, exactly half Of that body.
| The second elections will result in a Republican
| wakover in most cases, all incentive to Demo-
| cratic eNertion having been removed Therefore,
| the Republicans will finally have about 75 or 80
members out of los. Senator Aldrich's reelection
is made a certainty, and Republican ascendency In
the National Senate is assured for another term
of years
The total vote in the State $4,000 out OF
a possible $4,000. 1t was 5000 larger than any
vote cast. The vote for Gov
ernor was as follows: D. Russell Brown
lRep), 27,464; William TIC. Wardwell DEM.
25.3s5; Alexander Gilbert PRO-. 1887; Franklin
f. Burton, Peoples and scattering, 262 Total
54.690. Browns plurality, 2,o79; Browns major
ity 229.
Melville Bull lRep.) has majority OF l,2'2
| for Lieutenant Governor. George H. Ctters
majority for Secretary of State was 523. Robert
W. Burbank Rcp) has ,364 plurality ior Az
torney General, but lacks 40 OF majority
Samuel Clark Rep. for General Treasurer has
plurality of 2,l9G, and lacks only oo
| of a majority on the unofficial count.
| Tins il will be seen that the Republicans have
considerable ground to warrant that tremendous
| spirit of elation which was so pronounced !"
| tbe city OF Providence to-day az TO practlcaiiy
| make it a business holiday. Browns gain over
| the Republican vote for Governor last year is
| aso. Wardwells gain over Davis's vote was
| 3.l36 Therefore Browns let gain was
| 1888 AS the Presidential electors ~"
| chosen bv puralty Brown S clear plurality of :
than 1000 prove that Rhode Island can oe
taken from the list of doubtful States and placed
in the Republican column. The Democratic " New-
| York World" is comparing the figures win '"s
result in the spring election OF 1888. lhis
false comparison, for the reason that oy 'ne
passage of the Bourne amendment TO the Oohsu
tuition at that same election the suffrage was
considerably enlarged, and the personnel of the
electorate changed in a marked degree. nus
the first election held since the passag OF the
amendment in which the Republicans secuted
a plurality for Governor, not to mention majority
The result proves the utter fasity Of the Oft
reneoted Democratic claim that Rhode Island is
a Democratic State. The fight shows that when
| tho full vote is brought out the people believe
i, standing by that party Which favors protecting
the industries by means of which Rhode lslands
marvellous material prosperity has been acheVed'
One marked feature of the result OF the Leg
islative tickets the defeat of all the Deme
oro,io ,eaders with one notable exception, that
., Franklin p Owen, chairman OF
,be Democratic State Central Committee lie was
elected by decided majority from the 'own
of Scituate where he has nominal resluehce'
pr. Uucb / Carroll. Democratic de facto Mayor
of pawtucket WIS buried under an avaianche
of ballots in trying 10 get into the Assembly.
DR. Garvin Senator from Cumberland ior many
rears and an outspoken candidate for the United
states Senate, will now have abundant time to de-
vote t his large medical practice. lie wa' beaten
Ia. - moioritv Mayor Honey, OF Newport.
who was also a candidate for the Senate falied 10
secure an election. James McNally. of Provi-
dcnce. fell several hundred behind his ticket ana
tbere is no election in his case. His opponehs
had substantial plurality.
The Republican leaders are nearly all re-
turned. including Speaker Capron ana
rIlcrv H. Wilson. the leader OF
tho House. The Democratic doube-dealing
and tricl,ery in Lincoln was rebuked by clean
ht.0
swecp Of the whole Legislative ticket py o"o
majority. This large town, with SIX memoers VI
the Legislature. has been Democratic TOT seNerai
wears past The clean sweep was also repea'e" III
Pawtucket, which last year gave divided deie-
cation Newport again proved that the parties
there are so evenly balanced that hfty third-pary
votes can prevent an election The large norman
Democratic majority IN "oo'sooNe' was ''
TO narrow proportions,
n, ~. other hand in some of the small country
,o,yns like West Greenwich and Foster, where the
ponubcon party expected 10 win there were
nsmocratic successes brought about by the lavish
axpenditurc OF money. In many cases the Demo-
crafts had more money than they could use With
ont wasting it. The Republican campaign was
run on an open-and-abOve-b plan ana the re-
suits have amply justified that course. lt mas
been a campaign of education, ana the ehec's oi
the many splendid speeches made throughout the
State will be felt in future contests. as wen a
the one lust completed The day of the still huns
in Rhode Island has gone Dy
The Republican victory is of so much greater
proportions than had been expected that the he-
nublicans are almost wild with JOY The streets
were filled with smiling men this morning, ana
hand shakings, congratulations and general en-
tbusiasm was the order of the day. The Democrats
were corrcspondingly depressed They expected
to lose the Legislature. but they did not expect
that Brown would have plurality. much less q
majority. and when the result on the entire
ticket shows no particle of Democratic encourage
mont their Gun of bitterness is full. This unex-