Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-11-17
THIS. IS yEy QUEER.
Democrats Appointed as
Republican Supervisors.
M'BROWNiNG TURNED DOWN
Has Cole Sold Out to Smith Again in
the Second WardP

The Board OF Aldermen met Wednesday
night and OF various kinds of business to
be transacted was the appointment OF
election Supervisors for the Second Ward
electio which is to occur on the 2Sth OF
this month. On the same day Is to occur
the elec ion on the plurality amend nent.
The election Is to be carried on under the
Australian system which has been
adopted by this State. Before each elec-
tion the various parties are called on by
law to present the names Of men whom
the parties select for Supervisors OF elec-
tious. The law says that the d fferent
part les may present names and that SO
many shall be Democrats and so many
shall be Republicans.
The law Is good law and everybody
likes 1t. But sometimes comIcal things
are done under cover OF 1t.
In the Second Ward, and, In fact, In the
whole CITY, there is loud laugh
at the way the law Is being
obeyed in regard TO the Second Ward. 1t
| is really funny, and any one who can ap-
preciate humor. while damnIng tue au-
thors of the blunder, must appreciate the
situation In the second Whru'
Tns Pirates of Penzance could not
equal Il for a comedy. The facts are
| that the regular Democrats named
certain Supervisors who were appointed
| by the Board of Aldermen. Then W.Whea-
| ton Cole, who is often referred to as
"Whiskers" because OF his flowing beard,
sent In the names chosen by the Republi-
-. 4 q h.a - nd
were appointed.
| Their names were Fitzpatrick, Conlin,
McCsughey.
| When the names were announced by
Mayor Brown as the Republican Supervi-
sors for the Second Ward, Alderman
O'Reilly leaned forward and said:
"Mr. Mayor, do | understand that the
Republicans OF the Second Ward nomi-
mated Fitzpatrick and Conlin and Nc
Caughey as Republican Supervisors"
The Mayor responded and said that
such was the fact and again read the
names.
Alderman O'Reilly couldn't be-
lieve It and asked for third
reading and Mayor Brown read 1t again.
The Mayor said that the list had been
put In by Wheaton Cole, the Chairman
Of the Second Ward Republican COM
mittee, and that he was reading from the
list.
Alderman OReilly's eyes stuck out
and he looked at Alderman Winters OF the
Second Ward, who Is the hold over Alder
man, but Mr.. Winters was very busy anc
could not see O'Reily.
Finally Fitzpatrick, Conlin and Nc
Caughey were appointed, and all day yes
terday the public was asking what 4
meant. The Repu Dlicans are mad and ga!
that Mr.. Cole has betrayed his party
The Democrats are mad and want t
know what new trade Smith and Moro
:. ney have made In the Second Ward
;, Every one agrees that Smith is in it 70
!. his business and that Moroney is in 1t 10
the Offices that he holds. Yet no one ca
zee what money Mr.. Cole gets out Of
4, and the opinion Is that that is secret o
- his OVID, II he gets any.
1t Is claimed that Smith pays th
. freight, but no one has yet bad the te
merity to say that Moroney ever put out
u. | cent in politics. That would be slandeI
a Gus statement, they say, for he Is not ths
= kind OF man. But poor M. Cole is In
box and he cannot explain TO his Reput
lican friends. II he can he should do 81
He IS accused OF trading and OF rascalit
and trsschery to his party. II ne refuse
to answer questions about this deal whic
have been put to him he must be prepare
= to stand the accusations openly mad
;, against him by good Republicans OF II
Second Ward.