The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-26
IT MEANS VICTORY
The News That is Coming in
All Along the Line.
The LINCOLN HEARING.
The Telegram" Publishes a Gar
bled Statement.
P. H. QUINN IS A B0LTER, SURE,
A Rich Development I'm warwick-En-
thusiastic Meeting I'm Springfield
The "world's Libel Against Mr..
Brown Refuted-WoonsoclketN Not Cool
ing on u Bit.

II may be good Democratic policy to dis
tort the report Of public hearing so as to
conceal the truth, but it is not good
journalism, neither Is it fair to the readers
of paper to deprive them of information.
The house committee on the judiciary
gave hearing yesterday noon on the bill
for an act enabling the Democrats of the
town of Lincoln to complete their Assem-
bly, ticket.
The like Of that hearing never has
occurred at the State House. Messrs.
Fitzsimmons, Murphy and Gu gley seeing
that all attempts to fool Chairman Will
son would be unavailing, made full con-
fessions of the fraud that had been at
tempted upon the Secretary OF State,
although they offered excuses and pleaded
ignorance of the scope of the ballot reform
law and mistakes through confusion.
The admission was made that the name
of Mr.. Spencer was dropped and that of
Mr.. Gobeille placed upon the assembly
ticket without any notice having been
given to Mr.. Spencer; that the latter had
never refused TO stand as a candidate;
that the subcommittee who made this
shift never reported their doings to the
whole committee chosen by the conven-
tion TO fill vacancies; that Clerk Riley
was never told that it was expected of
him that he should fill out the
nomination paper; that Mr.. Riley
any form until after the Secretary of
State had refused TO accept that paper !;
that Mr.. FitZsimmons filled out the paper
even TO the extent of preparing the usual
affidavit that Mr.. Riley's name was in
serted in the affidavit as having person
ally appeared before Notary Public Muir
ply and made oath, etc; that Mr.. Riley
did not so appear, and never has 1; that
Mr.. Murphy placed his seal upon that
paper as a notary public, setting forth
that Mr.. Riley had taken the oath that
the affidavit was n fraud from beginning
to end, and that not one act on the part
Of Mr.. Fitzsimmons, who was the chief
manipulation of the Lincoln Democratic
nomination paper, was above board.
Subsequently Mr.. Utter and Mr.. Ben
nett informed the committee that every
detail of the presentation of the Lincoln
nomination paper, as recited by Mr.. Fitz-
simmons to the committee was incorrect,
Mr.. Fitzsimmons, when he appeared with
the document and delived IL TO Mr. Utter,
and when informed that Clerk Riley had
forgotten to sign the returns, eXclaimed
"Great Scott, hasn't he? Well, he made
oath to them"
Mr.. Fitzsimmons said that he would
not attempt TO contradict Messrs. Utter
and Bennett; the fact was that he was in
such n condition, (excited,) that night
that he wouldn't pretend 10 say that he
did not say all and more than had been
related TO the committee.
1t was from beginning to end an admis-
sion of fraud, Juggling and cowardlv sub
terfuges, vet not one line, not one work of
these admissions appeared in the Evening
Telegrdm's report of that hearing.
This one instance alone sets forth, and
emphatically, the utter uselessness and
lack of value of the Telegram as public
newspaper, purveyor of news, and an
official organ. Every other newspaper in
this city gave truthful, uncolored report
OF that hearing.
The Telegram didn't, and as for that
matter who would expect it TO do it!