The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-02-14

find the support of Is members OF the
Senate he could remain Governor during
his lifetime just the same as he holds the
office now.
Mr.. Mccarthy accused the manager of
the Republican party with having been re-
sponsible for the present crisis and he Tor
one would not consent to such plot.
Mr.. Brown of Providence gave one of
his charac teristic orations. He pleaded
with the Repu blicans 70 speak. He did not
like the silence that hung on the other
side of the House and he urged some
member to step forward and answer back.
No one replied, so the gentleman from
Providence launched forward in
his attack upon the Governor
and the Republican. senator's. Their
position, was, was preposterous ,, and
thority in the land that would uphold
the action that they had taken. He saw
no reason, therefore, why the valuable
time of the House should be fritted away
and wasted byi being COM
pelled to listen to message
from zone, ID. Russell Brown" If
he was the Governor OF the State let him
come down like man and bring the
Senate with him to proveit II he had the
most votes they would listen TO his
message. II his right to the title was not
proved the only thing to be done was to
send the message back unread.
The GIocester Statesman.
Percy Smith OF Glocester followed his
colleague Brown. He didn't presume to
match the able and exhaustive speeche
which his able predecessors had prepared
and Illuminated. He denounced the con-
spiracy as the ioulest that had
in any civilized country or in
any age. The people will not
be diverted from the issue OF the main
tainance OF popular government by the
financial depression which always mill
tates against the dominant party. Ii was
his personal belief that IL the votes were
honestly counted that David s. Baker had
a majority OF the votes cast at the April
election. He got this information from
sources which he believed were reliable.
That was the reason why the Republicans
fortified themselves by legislation so as to
be prepared at the May session for any
exigency TINT might arise. There was no
assurance that the votes would be honestly
counted under the plurality system.
Garvin's Wordy War.
Still there was silence In the m iddle aisle
and Dr. Garvin said he had waited pa
tiently to see il the minority had had any
thing 10 add to thoir report. The Doctor
proceeded to analyze The minority report
which he said was strictly true on tho face
OF it. but other truths ought to be added
TO it in order 10 arrive at an intelligent
conclusion. The report didn't say that
the votes had been counted in Grand
Committee for thirty, yea ninety years,
nor did ii say anything about
the proroguement. The intent and
purpose OF the constitutional authority
vested i'm the Governor in prorogation
was in the event of deadlock. The au-
thority was optional, but the haste with
which it was exercised at Newport gives
.,t.fA ~ n tn NIL Hria iad IT,,
performed an optional duty, but violated
his mandatory duty and there
in became particeps criminis.
Then he charged the Governor
with disfranchising the citizens OF James
town, South kingstown and Smithfield,
so far as the grand committee Is concerned.
The Governor was condemned for seeking
TO make the Supreme Court n political
tool. Governor Davis had told him that
he wouldn't have taken the course pur-
sued by Governor Brown, and he didn't
believe that in the long line of
Republican governors there was who
would have so demeaned themselves.
Posterity would return the vcr-
dict that Governor Browns course had
been unpatriotic, unmanly and contcmp-
tible. IL David :. Baker had been elected
Governor. his message would have been
received as the document Of an honest,
patriotic and manly representative OF the
people.
Mr.. Mulholland's Discourse.
Another OF the lesser lights then en-
tered upon his harancue-R Representative
p. III. Mulhoiland OF Providence. He In
timatcd that he had discovered from the
signs OF the times that the Republicans
had decided not TO 20 into grand COM
mittec at Newport unless they werc
satisfied that they controlled that body.
lie said that the plot, scheme and con-
spiracy was Matched at the January scs-
sion when bill was passed vestipg In the
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