The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-07
RHODE ISLANDS ELECTION.
,rpuBLrcfys GET THE LEsIsLATURE
AND TIE STATE

s.,.r Aiar,eh IL Believed 10 HIVE Mt Least
Majority or Twenty-Five In the Iexisia-
,,r.. and Brown for Governor WIN Frob-
.b,y Have $500 n sJority-The hep"o"'
can Candidate for Acknowledgement ""S
Not Have PuiicA -UncertHin"es
and lueideuts OF the Remarkable f'xn''
Providence. April 7. $50 A M-Rhode Isl.
and will have plurality Governor again. nh"
he will be q Republican. At O'Clock mo re.
turns we're not all In. but the indications are
th.t provn. Republcan. will have small piu-
r.Ilty over Wardwell. Democrat. Tho LeGis'a-
ture will DO Republican on joint oalio.' mus
insurine the return OF Senator Aldrich 10 .he
Unitsd states Senate and the choice OF the re-
nublican candidates for stnte omcers' IL VIII
he necessary to have by-elections IN Ne"por'
ond otber places for members OF the Assem-
The cities Of woonsocket. Pawtucket. New
.o-t md Providence went Democratic by ma
;o,,ties that wore not sufficient to overcome
tba Republican vote in the country towns The
vote was the largest ever polcd In the State
According to the returns now In the Hepub-
Iicans have 81 OF the 81 Assemblymen noces-
sary for the control OF the Legislature. and
there is every evidence that they will get q
more from Lincoln. a former Democratic
stronghold.
Tho registry vote was 1000 larger than last
year. and the Democrats had every reason to
suppose that the major part OF this would
come to them Tho ordinary stay-nt-homes.
however, cnrae ont aud defeated their calcula-
tiona
ga M.-The town Of Lincoln elected six Re-
publican Assemblymen. thus insurinE the Re-
publicans at least 81 votes on Joint ballot. and
giving them control The Democrats made
legislative gains In several towns. but the Re-
suit Is surprise to tho Democrats. The or
binary stay-ut-home voters came out and
ovorcame the heavy Democratic registration.
PROVIDENCE. April 6-Half an hour after
midnight 1t became evident that the Demo-
cratic State ticket would not secure more than
800 plurality in Providence.
The Republican State ticket Is likely to have
about 1000 plurality outside Of this city. As
tho situation looked at that hour from inoom-
plete returns this result was 40 certain that
most OF tho Democrats conceded It
stocum. DEM. for Attorney General. 10 run
ming so far ahead Of his ticket however. that
Burbank his opponent. may not secure more
than q plurality.
The Assembly also is now believed to he
Republican by at least rs majority. the Provi-
dence delegation being probably about evenly
divided.
To factional differences and to Doodle poured
into tho State In the interest OF Senator Al
drich tho Democrats attribute their defeat
As the combined Peoples party and
prohibition vote seems likely to reach 1000 In
the State II Is difficult to tell whether the Re-
publlcans can possibly get more than u plu-
raiity for their State ticket
At midnight II was not known whether the
Democratic or Republicans had won. An I'M
S>A nkz h.A k,aAp ~
surprises have been experienced. Up to mid
night the Republicans found more comfort In
the returns than the Democrats.
The margin was SO close that the leaders
dared pot claim the victory. 1t was settled
that there was no election Of Governor by tho
people. Shortly before midnight Senator
Aldrich said to The Sun correspondent: Il
have without Lincoln AZ votes sure and IS Is
q majority"
Tho Senator had counted thirty. three doubt
full districts 10 the Democratic column In max
Ing his estimates. A little later the vote was
announced. adding seven votes to the Repub-
lican column-one Senator and six Represen.
tatives. II Senator Aldrich's private advices
are TO be trusted. the Republicans have won
the day.
But the Democratic leaders were Just as
sanguino as Senator Aldrich. They claimed
that Senator Aldrich based his estimate upon q |
canvass which has not been realized.
Tho early returns from IA towns showed a |
Republican gain OF 344 on the state ticket.
but the Republican JOY was quickly |
turned to sorrow when amended returns |
showed Republican loss OF i've Sen
stors and two Representatives. 30 even
was the vote that when 81 districts
had been reported the Republicans had lead
OF only 2OA. These returns included six dis
thcts Of Providence. but the Democratic
strongholds had not boon heard from. When
forty -four distrlcts were counted up. the vote
for Governor stood. Brown Rep. l. $500: Ward
vsll Dem.L S.305.
Tho uncertainty which prevailed In the
Democratic and Republican camps was we'll
founded. At one time ths Republicans had q
plurality Of nearly . thousand on the State vote
but few strong Democratic districts wiped 1t
out and gave the Democrats the narrow mar
gin Of forty votes. Fifty-flve districts gavo
Wardwell tDem.) 12.05a. Brown tRep.) 12.01a
The figures alternated until tho vote stood
Brown 1920. Wardwell, 16.O4S. q Republican
plurality OF 2O2. When this result was an
nounced both sides acknowledged that there
had been no election for Governor by tho pop
aar vote. for 1t was felt to be sure that tho
frohbitionists had thrown enough votes to
prevent either Of tho leading candidates from
seulng majority
ihs Republicans showed up stronger in this
Guy man had boon expected the vote. with one
Rseclnct to hear from. being: Wardwell. TO-
Ton lpsoSIssssi; Hioo; Gilbert PRO. Sss; Bur-
Ing Republicans gain nine AssembIymen In
n Mhhceon and Cumberland. Both towns 60 he
ssyth. N''"''0''D''"' W O'"''
4. ~ Woonsocket tho entire Democratic ticket
hind his ticket somo what.
NJ, SIous.sstsr elects two Democratic Assembly
HS ~ TO- uney were Republicans last year.
erGtlc Representative were elected.
IIa nsre , y" election for Assemblyman In
= me Democrats gain un Asremblyuinn in
roster. isp9blic4n stronghold