The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-12
OH WHAT NIGHT 1T WAS
Riverside Republicans Make Mince
Meat Of Their Foes.
SPEAKER cAPR0N SPEAKS.
Big Parade. Cannon, Music, Cheers
Enthusiasm, and Democrats who
Cams to sco6 end Stayed to Learn
Let's Have Some More.

riverside for last SATURDAY evening was
carried out most successfully aud accord
ing to the program contained in last
Thursdays News. Promptly at 8 o'clock
the procession WAS formed rs follows:
Platoon of Guides.
Stones Continental Band 25 pieces George A.
Republican club OF Riverside
Republican Club from pnovIDENcE and East
Citizens and Representative of the Press in con-
The line moved over the following
routes: Railroad square. Lincoln avenue,
Cypress street, Oak avenue, Linden street,
to Maple avenue to Bullock's Point ave-
nue. TO place OF starting. Fully 1000 mar
chers were i'm line.
The lack of sufficient torches In the
line was due to the failure Of the Demo
Gratis To keep their promises, as one of the
prominent Democrats promised faithfully
TO allow the Republican Club the use of
their torches, but about fifteen minutes
before the time for the parade TO start the
chairman of the evening, Hon. Levi S.
Winchester, was informed they could not
have them.
On arriving at Railroad square the
speaker Of the evening, the Hon. Adm Is.
Capron, Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives, Fred w. Cady Of East Provi-
dence and the News representative were
man of the meeting. Town Councilman
Levi s. Winchester, while the band played
several patriotic airs. At the conclusion
of the PLAYING very handsome "a by 32
foot nag. bearing the names Of Harrison
and Reid, aud handsome picture OF
each thereon, was thrown to the breeze
amid the booming OF cannon, torpedoes
and fireworks OF every descriptions: the
band played the Star Spangled Banner"
while cheer after cheer was given for the
candidates, Harrison and Reid, and the
way those cheers were given must have
left no doubt in the minds of all Demo
Gratis present that their demonstration of
few evenings ago was nothing but
big fizzle."
1t was fully twenty minutes before
quiet was restored, SO enthusiastic was
t, assembly when the chairman Of the
evening. Hon. Levi S. Winchester, In a
few we'll chosen words welcomed one and
all and introduced the speaker of the
evening, the Hon. Adm B. Capron, who
addressed the meeting as follows:
MR.. CHAIRMAN, PRESS, FELLOW CIT
IZENs, REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN: 1t is with great pleas
ure that am permitted to come 10 you
here at Riverside tonight. am sorry
that some other than i. more talented
pound this great question, does not oc-
cupy this stand tonight.
"As was almost leaving PROVIDENCE
to come to you here, i received dispatch
from the chairman of the Republican
committee of Thornton, saying that they
expected me there, but they for the first
part Of the evenings program must be
may be at the end OF the program here
ICries of " No, No, 60 on."l
II do not purpose to make speech to
you this evening, but simply to have
little quiet and pleasant talk together
covering the great questions at issue
Protection and Reciprocity and the
Democrats Free Trade and the 'Robber
Tariff, as the Democrats are disposed to
call the bill made BY the Hon. William
Mckinley of Ohio.
Only few months ago the Hon. Ell
lery ii. Wilson and Senator Anthony of
this town came to the legislature, of
which body am happy of the privilege Of
being member. and asked us to pass a
bill to enable the town of East Providence
to exempt from taxation certain indus
tries which were desirous of locating here.
The request was readily granted, for
what the representatives of East Provi-
dence ask for. they always get. They
have got seven-eights of the earth now,
and IL they want the rest all they have
got to do IS come and ask for it. PRO
longed applause.
You now have already one large in
dustry employing about 900 persons,
just come to this town. They come here
Tor the purpose of helping the people.
This firm is gladly welcomed, as IL will
tend to liven up things and make the
town financially stronger. Now suppose
a firm In New York for instance, of some
proportions, made the same line of goods,
and brought them here to Riverside to
load them upon the people to buy, and
they should sell them at less than tho
cost of manufacturing them here, what
what would become of the works and the
thousands of hands they employ?
This Is just what the Democrat and
his free trade Is striving TO do at the
present time"
The speaker then spoke at some length
upon tne tariff. Among other illustra-
tions, he said: "A short while ago was
talking TO prominent Democrat con-
corning the tariff, and he said 'Capron,
at the present time, under the preset rob-
ber tariff, l am compelled to pay from
fifty to seventy-five cents a bottle more
for the champagne that is used on my
table than ever before under the old
tariff, aud the sooner il is repealed the
better l shall like it, as it is taking hun
dreds OF dollars out OF my pockets.
I'VE made the 'robber tariff as the
Democrats are pleased to call 1t, for the
people, such as the inhabitants of River
side are, and feel assured that very few
tables In this VILLAGE will 20 short Of
their wine on account of the Mckinley
bill" lGreat cheering and criet of "No;
no.
Only the other day went to the
grocer's aud bought dollars worth of
sugar; L don't know how many pounds
you get here in Riverside: but / got so
much for my dollar that | had to go
twice TO bring 1t home, while four years
ago could carry the same amount In IA
seven-pound bag. What is the cause OF
this article being cheapened The Nc
kinley bill. On TINS point the entire
audience went wild, aud the cried OF
good, good" and give us more OF the
same thing" were heard
I'VE have put upon the free list every
article of necessity that we could possi-
bly, do for the best interest of all con-
cerned. "A voice from the crowd-a
Democrat--"What about coal"l
The speaker said, "Why, my friend,
thought everybody i'm New England
knew about coal; but am glad TO hnd
one who does not. Away down In n
secluded spot in Nova Scotia there Is
small coal mine, where very inferior
coal Is obtained. What folly to put this on
the free list, when our own mines in
Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Alabama aud
half dozen more Southern States are