New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-20
AFFAIRS IN RHODE ISLAND
TROUBLES OF THE DEMoCRATS-MAKINc
MORTARS FOR COAST DFFr.:cr

TROUBLES Or THE DEMoCRATs-MAKINc -.
M0RTARs FOR COAST DEFE:;cE.
Providence. r. l., Aug. 10 CSpeciaD-The dec,.,..
of the Supreme Court justifying the action OF G.
ernor Brown in adjournng the Legislature to pro,
idence has placed the Democrats In a bad pos,,o.
The trump" house which has been meeting ,,np
day to day in Newport, with numbers never -,
ceeding half a dozen, has had some difficulty I,
making a dignifed retreat. On Thursday In -,
Spouse the urgent appeals sent out to the Dam.
cratic members, twenty-eight members assemhl.s
at Newport being seven less than a quorum ~.
body proceeded to pass resolutions concerninv ~,
revolutionary character of the acts OF the Governo
and Senate; and they proceeded TO resolve IN "A
journ the House to Providence. to meet again =.
the fourth Tuesday of January II is to be mr..
sumed that the leaders intended to have the IA
journment concident with the time which the Cow
ernor had adjourned the Legislature II this wa,
their intention they left In a ridiculous nlioh,
for the Governor adjourned the Legislature to the
last Tuesday in January which, in this case "a n.
fifth Tuesday.
The State taxes have been received from eve,v
town, with two exceptions and the State Treasu,s.
has paid off s5s4OOO of State bonds about an cana,
number is still outstanding. Otherwise the Stat 4.
out OF debt.
There is a distinctly better feeling In business Gin
cles than a week ago. The fact that the mills ~
down for one week only has done considerable "A
renew the confidence in the future of business IN.
rumor that the Knights were to cut down the
wages of their employees in their eighteen factores
has been declared to be untrue There has been ma
trouble with any of the banks since the State Bauk
failure. and none is anticipated. Orders for mann.
featured goods slow in coming in, but there n
confidence that a revival will come very soon
Governor Brown has returned from his visit IN
the Worlds Fair. While being deeply gratiaed bv
the decision of the Supreme Court in his favor bs
has little to say about it for publication. excep,
that he thinks the logic OF the situation will cause
the nomination of the same State tickets next
spring The Legislature which Is to be elected nert
spring will elect successor to United States Sen.
ator Nathan +. Dixon.
pushed forward a candidate for the mayoralty
nomination by the Democrats, and the present
sacrifice himself The Democratic caucuses this faii
promise to be more than usually interesting.
and sank coal barge OFF sabln Point Light ON on
Wednesday. The barge. with its 100 tons OF coal,
lies exactly across the channel at point where II
ton. The coal Will be dredged out and the barge
raised.
The victories Of the Bristol-built Vigilant and the
successes OF Malcom Chace at tennis and the Paw.
tucket Hay Cart" at the Veteran Firemen's mus.
ter have greatly pleased the admirers Of outdoor
sports.
The twelye-neh spring return mortar carriage ex.
at the Worlds Fair is furnishing plenty OF work
for the employees of that foundry. The United
states Government has ordered eighty OF these car
with cast-ron bodies and two rows of steel hoops
The hoops were furnished by the Midvale Steel
assembling is done here. The steel projectile weighs
$50 pounds, and at distance OF six miles It will
eighty pounds Of brown prismatic powder. II il
PROPOSED to distribute the mortars and mountngs
them shielded by high earth embankments and to
IRE them simultaneously by means OF electricity.