The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-19
1t Was Like a Convention of the
LEFT"
THE LIONS AND LAMBS DIVIDED.
Mr.. Wardwell Makes "a Speech, and other
Members of the Party shout for Har-
mony-Perhaps They Will Get 1t,
erhaps Not.

OF Pawtucket was held in Room B at the
Narragansett Hotel this noon.
There were about forty people present
some of whom have never taken any part
in the State campaign excepting by word
The mourners on the front row were
Mayor Hugh j. Carroll, ex-Gen. John NJ.
Brennan, ex-Gov. John W. Davis, Mayor
Samuel X. Honey, Richard B.
Comstock, ex-Representatiye Isaac Hahn,
liam +. Z. wardwell, ex State
Auditor Elisha w. Bucklin, ex-
Assistant Attorney General Clarence Il.
Aldrich. ex-Attorney General Ziba o.
Slocum, ex-Representative Francis l..
O'Reilly, ex-Councilman James McNally,
ex-Counsel James &. Monaghan, eX-
Councilman Timothy Heffernan, eX-Col-
lector John McWilliams, ex-Representa-
tive Hiram Howard. Mr.. Richard Hay
ward, Mr.. John G. Hanrahan, ex-Repre-
sentative Charles Acton Ives. ex-Post-
master John j. Christy of Bristol, ex-
Frank Fitzsimmons, ex-United States
Marshal Samuel II. Blaisdell, and ex-
Senator Cunningham Of East Providence.
Considering the 'ex's' it might appro-
priatelv be designated as gathering of
the party of the Left.
The. gentlemen began to drop in at 1890
O'Clock, and at o'clock the love feast was
well under way. 1t was noticed that
while the lambs and the lions were ex-
pected TO lie down together, that they
took pains to select opposite sides Of the
room.
Mr.. Honey was on one side with Mr..
Monaghan. Mr.. Brennan and Mr. Hahn
sat to the right. Mr.. McNally was up in
a dark corner of the room, and Charles
Acton Ives stood with bis back To the
door, as though ready to slip out quickly
should anybody draw knife and give the
signal for the slaughtering of the inno-
cents.
Mr. Christy secretary.
Gov Davis was the first speaker, Mayor
Honey followed and then Mr.. Wardwell
spoke. The two former counselled peace
and unity. Mr.. Wardwell said that the
Democratic party was too poor to buy
votes, and that he and no other Democrat
could desire TO be elected on purchased
ballot. What was needed was enough
money only 20 get out the vote, and that
must be raised. The Republicans were
the richer party, and the time had come
when a rich man only could be nominated
for high Office in that party.
Mr.. Heifernan of Woonsocket spoke of
the necessity of getting out the French
vote OF Pawtucket and up the Blackstone
valley. The Republicans, he said, had
held an extraordinary large rally of French
voters in Woonsocket and it behooved the
Democratic partyto get the best French
Canadian speakers in New England and
work the valley.
All the voters of the past must be Nedu-
Gated. To secure this education it would
be necessary to bring national speakers TO
this State just as the Republicans are pre-
pairing TO do.
Gov Davis took the floor again aud
l.. T.. - al Il.
criticised the bill now before the Legisla-
ture framed to secure such elections, be-
cause there were unfair propositions in it.
Gen. Brennan was called upon, and in
opening his remarks made reference TO
my excellent brother from Newport"
Mayor Honey did not, in graceful acknowl
edgment of this sweet compliment, tender
To Gen. Brennan the freedom OF the city of
Newport.
Gen. Brennan said that in the Demo
cratic party the custom was to speak out
in meeting, wash the dirty linen meet the
defeated candidate. who generally bought
"a bottle of wine which the two drank that
night. In the coming fight d. would be
necessary for all TO take off their coats
and stand shoulder 10 shoulder; every
vote must be got out and counted.
Gen. Brennan here proceeded 20 scourge
Senator Aldrich and il looked TO be a Bit
ter dose for his brother, Clarence, who
sat with his eyes downcast and cheeks
flushed.
The speaker referred to Senator Aldrich
as one who was elected from n Democratic
State by the use Of money circulated by
protected manufacturers and the Brewers
Association of the United States, yet
claimed TO represent the worhingmen.
His was a position of rank hypocrisy, he
represented himself only.
Some of the Democrats were getting
scared too easily this year by the Republi-
can bluff. The Republican party was
nothing but shell and If the Democrats
could get enough money TO pull out their
votes, they would find the she'll crumbling
and that there was but one man at the
head and front of the Republican party
and that was Senator Aldrich.
I'VE can Afford" said he, "to have our
little family quarrels il we want to: we
are strong enough to have them, and SEN
sible enough 10 forget them.
"In Providence the Democrates were
better off than was the other side To be
sure there was n lack Of funds, but then
in 1883, when theIe WAS an oDen ballot,
too much money was bad for the Demo
cratic candidates. Now, under the secret
ballot the Democratic voter who took
Republican money could 20 into the little
box and there being alone with his God
and his little pencil, could vote the Demo
cratic ticket and buy wine with the ten
and twenty-dollar bills that had been
tucked into his pocket.
Pausing for "A moment be said. 81 have
never seen Democrat nominated TO
Office that | could not and did not vote
for. (Applause.) OF couSe our friend in
Woonsoceet. Mr.. Pond, by his action i'm
the Legislature lost us Democratic Su-
preme Court judge, but then that wouldn't
debar ue from voting for him, for who
ever was run against him by the Republ-
cans he would be a ID sight better
man than the Republican nominee"
Gen. Brennan referred 60 the o'clock
bill. and said that Senator Aldrich was
the lathcr of il. aud that Gov Iatld did