The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-03
LOOKING THE FIELD OVER.
The Republicans viii Close the Cam
paisn Full Of Hope.
DEMOCRATS PLUNGE HELPLESSLY.
The Last shrieks of the Democratic or-
gans Only Evoke from the Confident
Republicans Quiet smile Of Amuse-
ment. as They View the Field Ger.

lently waged. AS the hour ior open'"s
the polls approaches the prospects Oh
Republican victory grow brighter, and
the spirits of Col Honey's followers be-
come correspondingly depressed. lt was
with "A view TO stimulating the drooping |
hopes of the disorganiz,d ID Democracy |
that the organ in this city faced the peo-
nle Yesterday morning with political
resume compose of 100 parts of fiction
to,o discoyerable proportion or truth. |
IL the story haCbtean brought from the
North pole in a bottle picked no at
winter resor5 its ABSURD ia1sehoous
MINT be excused, but as IL is supposed
20 have heen written in this city 1t can
only pe explained as the work OF man
remporarily driven insane by the hercu-
lean task OF bolstering up Col Honey's
ticket
said that ''the Republican apathy is sus-
picious and ALARMING" lie Is not "A
croaker and this year there Is no cause
for croaking. Besides. he is not = fool.
Republican apathy is beautiful dream
of The sleeping Demr cracy which ~ hopes
IL may wake up and ma an established
fact The Republican party was never knit
together more harmouioasly than III Is
today and the APATHY" That will be
sho n on Wednesday next VIII De OF
Kind that will not be appr, C ateo py
governor has not been paradlng the
STREETS boastfully proclai dining how large
his majority will be, but he Is quietiy
doing all il his power TO insure hepup-
lcan success all along the line, ana con
fidently awaits the verdict of the people
Has n Record to show.
He has given the state splendid ad
ministration, unsurpassed by any other
governor Since the legislature con-
yened his clear headed far-sightedness
has been of great service I o the party aud
the people, and his influence powerfully
assisted the final passage OF the pluraiIty
election proposition. This morning he
expressed hin III as entirely satisfied
VITA The quiet steady WORK that is leing
done ana is confident OF success IL the
Republicans will only come TO the polls
TO counteract the vote Of Col. Hoaey's
saloon loil erers and ward heelers. The
gross personal abuse which the Demo
cratic organ has been indulging In dur
ING the past few days. in It's despair or
being abe to pick any flaws in his record.
has already driven many respectable
men of that party to support the X pub
lican ticket.
The Republican managers are not
counting upon any assls ance from the
Democratic factlonal lights, for they can
win easily even il Colonel Honey's
ticket is supported by the whole of the
Democratic party, which 1t is well known
4. will not be.
Elements in the Fight.
Governor Wardwell has hosts Of friends
VINO are indignant that he should be
side-tracked TO please the whim OF a
Newport ballot-burner, who Is posing AS
the leader of a party which he de-
nouncsd in his early days. Charles +.
German, the candidate for Lieutenant
governor last year, is keeping very quiet,
but il is not to be supposed tnaL his
counrrymen will tamely submit 10 hav-
ing him turned down for young strip
ling whose only claim on notoriety ~ the
fact that he wore gold braid on Honest
Johns" staff. Mr.. Spencer OF Warwick.
who was thrown overheard ios John
Perry. has men around him VINO are Ia
an equally amiable frame of mind. Then
there is the enmity OF the man who is
supposed To have been everlastin sly
stamped out in the bear convention By
the usurper from Newport. These are
elements in the contest, but the Repubii-
can leaders are not cOunting upon Jnem.
All thry ask is that the kepu bicans and
lndepende Is shall come 70 the p oils
The Assembly Ticket.
The prospect of sending u Republican
delegation to the general assembly from
this city was never better than at this
e.ection. Colonel Olney has worked hard
and secured "a good re-istration, an
when the names OF dead nea and unuat-
uralized citiZsns were taken from tn.
voting list the canvass was In favor ol
the Republicans Tue wards are being
taken care OF by the several ward com
mittees. and enthusiasm is rapidly in
crea.ing with careful and systemal IL
work. The statement that there is "a Re
publican row in the city Is glarlnl
iaIsehood. An alleged soreness against
the Fourth ward Grub is clutched aG by
the Democrats as a drowning man will
grasp at straw. but they viii get as
much benefit from IL as the drowning
man usually gets flom the straw. Mr.
Watson anu Gov, rnor Brown are warm
friends, and the former is well aware
that the latter took off his coat aud
worked for MIN last November.
The Democrats are als) welcome to all
the satisfaction 5bey can get from cock
and-bull stories rega ding dlsaifection IN
the FIRST waru. The X publican assem-
bly ticket is united in nrm struggle e
carry the city, and their opponents vii
be as greatly surprised nexU "Wednesday
evening AS they were last April whel
they expected TO 70 out Of the city will
1,50O majority. An instance OF the en-
tnusasm ~ SHOWN In the fast that Will
onIy forty-eight hours notice through tn,
mail over 400 members oil The Youn.
Mems Republican c.uD participated n
one Of the most stirring political meet
ings that has been held here since tn,
last spring Cdulpaikhs
In the Other Cities.
In Pawtucktt the only factor worth.
of consideration is the Prohibition vote
and If that were out OF the way the elec
tion of full Republican assembly ticke
from that city would be a fUregOne con
clusion. AS I'm Providence perfect har
mony prevails, the ward committees ar,
working like beavers, aud the party 4
railylng arousd Governor Brown il
manner wni.h augurs success mex
"Wednesday.
Tie close Of the canvass In Woonsncket
shows tue Republicans in the asceudanc !,
The malicious attempt 10 dis ulembsr the
French vote iallel In its purp lse. and
ever, thing plints u tie probability O
tie state aId assembly ticket coming on
Of tAat tity with "A handsom. majority.
Tue prominence wuicn Col. IL ,nty IA
assumed Ia tnis campaign is helping ca
Republicans I'm the city .. NewpofL Tn
p ople 81 that cisy, knowing his d.
RsgaIa for law. his audacious aud tyran
cal nietnods, h.s outrageous anu d