Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-31
MODE ISLAND.
sHODE ISLAND.
Eepublican:s hopeful From the Recent Test
Vote.

Republican Fl pefu1 From the Recent Test
Vote.
Correspondenr@-w The Evening Star
EEwPoRT, r. l., Oct. %, 1892
Newport. Il smaller of the two capital cities
Of Rhode Islas..., has been the center of politi-
cal interest SIS week. The city election on
Wednesday wlA a kind of trial heat between the
two great parcss 1t was recognized before
hand to be as sle of the straws which political
prognosticater. are SO snxiously seeking just
now. Since tNs votes have been counted. how
ever, and a tfpublican victory recorded, the
democrats ris4 to deny its political significance.
There can Re no doubt, nevertheless. that
Mayor HoneySud his friends are greatly cha
grined at the sesult Mayor Honey is one Of
the shrewdesv democratic politicians in the
state and has cen feared in his own party as
well as by his republican opponents.
THE REPUBLICAN VICTORY.
The electionsof Horton, republican. over the
democratic eneumbent by a majority of only
forty-six in E.otal vote of $3.50 shows how
close the contest was. The republicans also
elected three ont of five aldermen and ten out of
fifteen counciI,nen, thus giving them control of
both branches Of the council and q clean sweep
Of practically everything. Four members Of
the school committee were elected to serve
three years. OF these two were republican,
and two democrats, both the former and one Of
the latter being present members and the re-
naming one new man, making a gain Of one
Nor the demo rats. Into this contest, however,
politics did Dnt largely enter.
The result n Newport cheered the republi-
cans in their usual anti-eIection conference lust
held at theii headquarters in the Narragansett
Hotel. Providence. While neither Of the lead
ing parties 'sll concede that the other has
mortgage on!the election, the republican party
is certainly the more confident.
WHY REPUBLICANS ARE CONFIDENT.
This confidence is based almost wholly upon
the success achieved in the spring election, when
the democrats summoned Cleveland and the
republicans Mckinley to champion the interests
of the respective candidates. The republicans
do not see how they are weaker or the demo-
Gratis stronger than they we're six months ago
They believe that the party will secure almost
the same vote next month that it rolled up
when the return Of Senator Aldrich to Wash
ington was ali incentive in the contest.
The democrats. on the other hand, are con-
| fident that, with Aidrich ont of the field and
with their popular candidates for Congress to
rally around, they can materially cut down, il
not wipe out, the republican majority. which
last spring in the second district alone was
1000.
One Of the rising republicans Of the state il
Maj Almond J. Goodwin Of Pawtucket, who
says that his party will surely carry the second
district, nov represented by Congressman
Page, who is the democratic candidate for re-
| election. He bases his opinion both upon the
recognized popularity of the republican nomi-
nee, Speaker Adm b. Capron, and his belief
| that the democratic party of that district,
owing to the county aspiration Of the Carroll
and Davis fathers, is broken up by internal
discords. He says it will be an impossibility
for Congressman Page to get the united vote Of
the democratic party.
THE FIRST DISTRICT UNCERTAIN
Ex-Mayor Goodwin admits, however, that re-
! publican success in the first district is by no
means as certain as in the second. He recog-
nizes in Congressman Lapham q sturdy and
fighting opponent, who is strong with the vet
Grams by virtue OF his splendid war record and
who will gain some of their votes in addition to
polling the full strength OF his party. This
| does not mean that Maj. Goodwin or any other
| of the republican leaders doubt the election Of
Lieut. Gov. Bull, the republican candidate,
over the present doughty democratic incumbent.
They all feel confident that the state will give
its electoral vote solidly for Harrison and Reid
! and add two Congressman to the republican
side Of the House.
After surveying the state from the roseate
! point Of view Of the republican headquarters
an inquirer is prepared to find the democratic
camp shrouded in gloom. But it isn't. They
deny the lack Of harmony and the dissensions.
They say the breezes in Pawtucket and In Lin
coin have both blown over now and there Il abb
| sclutely nothing to ruffle the political tran
| guilty OF their party. They even 20 further
| and point to interesting family com plications
In the republican household.
| pExocRArIo HOPE IN TIE SECOND DISTRICT.
| In the second district they discover two