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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-20
RECEIPTS FROM FRANCHISES.

Designing, after its own one-sided fash
ion, to prove that the city of Providence
does not receive from the Union Railroad
Company a fair return for the franchise
given it The Journal furnishes us a few
figures. We assume the figures to be
correct.
sin Perrin - says The Journal, ''the
street railways are now pay ing into the
city treasury annually more than s23s,
0o0."
. IL this is so, Berlin is getting a good
deal less, in proportion, out OF it's tran.
chises than is the city OF Providence. As
The Journal rightly says these are "big
figures indeed, as compared with the SIS.
900 which the treasury OF Providence re-
ceiyed last year from all the lines of rail-
way operated in our town." But, in pro-
portion to the railway plant and the pop
ulation that contributes TO the gross re-
ceipts the figures are not so big.
In a word, Berlin, with a population
of 1900, 600, is more than ten times as big
a town as Providence. But the amount
its treasury receives from the railroad
franchises is only about nine times as
much.
We should say there is a big chance for
a reform movement in Berlin, and the
amount the city Of Providence receives
for franchises might be quoted effectively
to the voters OF the German metropolis.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-20

o. things that are not SO You are GET
ting 60 be a hot favorite for second place
to NED BAssErr.
BY the way, We suppose The Journal
quoted you correctly in stating that you
said that "Mr. WHITE" the candidate
OF a Republican caucus that for some rea-
son or other you did not care to go Bororo
20 seek your Nomination. sis superin-
tcndent of the Providence Telephone
Company, q corporation which enjoys a
franchise at the hands of the city,
Dor I you. know that this is a misstste-
ment' Don't you know that the Tele-
phone Corporation ~s'enjoys" no franchise
at the hands Of .--the city'' That it has
never asked for or been given O fran.
chises The city government can "fre"
the Telephone Company out OF town at
9O.days' notice at any time it sees ht. 1t
has no franchise.
Hadn't you better look up a few of
these matters before you undertake to
show that you are qualified to hold q po-
IA s. -
has asked you to run for?
Yours, ever, FOR good government.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-20

Reforml Reformll Reform! Reform
Oh. sound the loud whangdoodle,
And flap your wings and WORK your jaw
And try folks 10 befoodlc.
Oh, rally round The Journal crowd,
Ye would. be's ana nave beens,
And rip and tear and snort and yowl
And al. tho town with dins.
Grid up -FOUR loins, Democracy.
And sail into creation,
And whoop IL up with oveiio
or swec. hallucinationl
There no'er has been IN AL OF tiiao
such sounds like these. today,
since Balsam's famous spawned ass
Let loose his joyous bray
Then gather round Masuiro's bar.
And quafi ye foamina mead.
And hll your bumpers beaping full
with sparkling co%tionscedl
For on 10 City Eall we march.
The granite walls to storm.
Some in tags. and somo IN iags--
The army 81 reforml
Rub-a-dub-duh aud rub-a.dub.dub.
The drums beat 20 the drool.
while Henry Clark stand just apart
And keeps the coffee cool.
Al. It's a glorious time for sure,
The eladdest Of the year.
lrresistibiy suggestive Of
The showing Of the Queor.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-20

Why should not the same rule respect
Ing public service efficiently perform ed
apply to CounciImen inc Aldermen as to
officers or candidates for o@ce to be vot-
cd for on the general ticket? That is q
question carefully kept out OF sight by
orm." Reform what? In this case 1t APP
pears to mean simply q desire for change,
or In other words, "give the other fellow
chance.n
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-20
CITY OF PROVIDENCE.
cWerAssessments

The owners Of estates assessed for the con.
struction OF sewers IN the streets hereinafter
named are hereby notified that tn. assessments
for said construction were on the "a day or
November. lSoS. lodged NJ tho Office OF the
In PLUM STREET from Oxford street to
In MARLpoRoUGH STREET from East
Beacon street 20 Pearl street, and In FRANK
In LRA1TLE sThEEI from Waldo street 70
In POMONA AVENUE from Academy ave
In BoLANDER STREET from Grand View
street to.Abbott street
In WILLOW STREET from Messer street to
Willow stree; to Wooa street. in Etbs0N
STREET from the end of present sewer In
said street TO Huntington av.nur, and IN
MOOD STREET from Eliery etre,t 10 Hunt
In TAYLOR STREET from q point about
ninety one feet south OF phesl or avenue 70
Marlborough avenue. and from buckley street
20 Iotters avenue, ana IN hEYAoLLs AVE
In E Lex S5Sf6 s'r ssE 6 tiy' fra. n'' ESiinaar.
street to hamilton street
In BARTON STREET from Broadway TO
In HESDLIcK STREET from Carleton
street To Acautiny avenue
In HARRIS AvENUE iron, Charlotte Hope
street To Eagls street, ana la Sans AVEAIE
from Harris avenue 10 the Woonasqus'uoxet
River
In CHAMBERS STREET from Po,ters ave.
nue 60 Huntington avenue
In CRANsloN sYREET from Poitcrs ave-
nue. 70 Huntington avenue
In LINhOOu AvhAuE from Cranston
street To Union avenue
If payment OF The whole of any assessment
u made before the 20 duy OF November, 1890 O
deduction will 90 made ON the > me AZ The
rate OF SIX (s) per rentum Ter ann1ni froia
the date Ut tho payment ~ said last meL'
TONED date
One-third OF tho assessment nay be paid at
any time within ono year from the time the
assessment Is lodged with tho CITY Treasurer,
without interest
The second instalment OF one.third may be
paid within two years from tho day oi sai-
Judgment with the N1fy treasurer. by paving
IN addition thereto the interest IN III" who,u
amount dt,e on saia assessment. AT the ratu OF
SIX 90 per cont. per einunl rom the frat cav
OF the second year after said lodgment 10 the
time OF payment
The last or third i%nstslment OF the as~css'
ment may DO psid within three years after
said lodgment by paying in addition ihcr,t TO
tho interest ihercor at the rate Of six t6l per
cent. ger annuin from the date Of the last pay
ment
III the first tnstalnient IL not paid Mt tho
end uf one year from 'he uay OF the lodR'
ment OF the assessment with the City Treas
urer, the v aole nSsessincnt can then be- col.
lectod, with interest therefroni, nj the rate OF
six 90 per cent. per pnnnm, and eSpf or
collec ion u. i. u. unA T.
Nov2'2N l.ty Treasure.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-20
why Some rIen prc,e, to TO Bachelors

why Some Hen Frcic, to 10 Bachelors.
Before long we'll DO having tho gardcn
scene In Faust or tho love sccno IN
"l,omeo and Juliet being aone during
marriage by tho greatest siIgers in the
world.
Already wo have seen two b shops and
six ~clergymen in tho chancel, Zach one Of
whom expects n fat fee.
How would the house Of bishops and tho
Metropolitan Opera Houso company strike
you for your possible marriage?
Como on, old ~chappies, don't bo shyl--
Cholly Knickerbocker In Now York Re-
-order.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-20

MI. LrcIAS SHARPE, Jr., has resigned
the secretaryship Of the so-called Com.
rnittee OF Fifty. lie resigned some DAYS
ago, though nobody associated with the
committee has taken the pains to tell
the public about It. Mr.. SHARPE is not
70 experienced as some OF the reform pol
j~iiciaps. but be evidently knows instinc c.
lively when anybody is attempting to
pull his leg
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-20

THE amiable and handsome Major Nc
GUINNESS in his address the other day
promised the party he represents "good
government" which reminds one OF the
incident related In the Scriptures when
Satan offered the Savior all the Kingdoms
of the world IL he would fall down and
worship him, and all the time the poor
devil had not a thing to deliver.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-20
THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE.
CANVASS NOTICE.

The Board ot Canvassers and Registration
will meet for the pnrpose Of conva s1ng ana
correcting The ward lists OF voters Tor TIE
Municipal Election 10 be- hrl1 Nov, ID her %.
1895, on the Following dates and al the follow
ing places. via;
November 10, iso5-FIRsT WARD a, Flo.
. NEER BALL IN SOUTH MAIN STREET
FROM Ou 10 D D D IA
November 10. isg5 -sLCOND WARD NJ tbs
wAkp Noon Oh AohTh MAIN slhkET
November u isas-TERp wABD at the
WARD ROOM on sMlIH sTRhEr ut 7'0
November 49, lsaS-FouRTH y4Gp at ths
Nore%Scr Is. if%sS%sLF,FrH wARD at the
WAND ROOM on EEAGvS AVENUE at
Novsmber %. Jss : sIxTa wAEp Of the
WARD hOci o. tUlLIG sT....f from
November lG, MISUNDERSTANDING ~. tho
wAhD RooAi on uAKLAND srRLLr at
Noyembpr IS. isas-rIoBTH wAEp AZ the
VOTING BOOJH, corner OF NLeokk and
HUDSON sThEE. =, from aDU ~ 500 y n
November IS ls9l NINTh WARD aIths
WAhD hVUH on Stn~Ao "Ii Ell o.
Noveinbsr 10, 1896 = TENTH WARD at the
WAND kuuA up ArhELL's AVENUE ~
100 n ~.
Said Board will slso mcrt for tho purpose Of
the hpal canvass 81 all tnr n.ri nnc Dis'riot
lists OF saii clty. ~. their anlcr m cay hail.
on November 20. lt0A, 81 ~ clccK n m
Persons nss,ssed for fsrsOnsl JIupcrty,
who's names are on The voting lis', must tay
the tas on the sans; On or bgiore NOV mber
and Council men
BY order Of tho Borrd Of canva'sers and
S@y.i5t cnARLrs : SAITH. elsrs.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-20

The disintegration OF the disgruntle.
ment Is well under way. Last nigh,
while the "good'goyernment" candidates
OF the Democratic City Committee in the
Second Ward were holding their reform
festival and necktic party in Dimond
Hall Mr.. HENRY c. CLARK, recreant to
his cause and 10 a decollete vest sat in
ID left, Providence Opera House, and
watched "Rebellious Susan" Even re-
formers must get tired chewing reform
for breakfast, dinner and supper.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-20
MR.. ROBERT W. BURBANK:

MR.. ROBERT W. BURBANK:
DEAR BOB;
Don't you know that the Union Rail.
road Company never wanted Washington
street widened'
Don't you know that the Union Rail.
road Company didn't want to lay rails
there at this time?
Don't you know that the city govern.
ment insisted on the laying OF the rails
simultaneous with the widening OF the
street? q
Can you conceive OF any earthly reason
why the Union Railroad Company should
want the street widen,d or want to lay
rails there at this time IL 1t must be
widened?
We don't suppose you have looked into
this matter at all. That is not the habit
OF reformers TO look into things. We
don't care to think that you purpofcly
made misststcmcnts, but as q loose talker
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-20
CITY dDvEKTJSEMENTs.
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROV.
lpENcE PLANTATIONS.
THE CITY OF fnoyIpENor.
CIYYELECTI0N


Whereas. TUESDAY. the Twenty. Sixth day
o. Noyember a. D.. 1898. being the fourth
as the day Tor holding tho City Election.
Wherefore, The qua lined electors Of lhe City
OF providence are hereby notified and warned
TO assemble IN Ward Meetings on SAID Twenty
sixth day ~ November, at the following
tIRsT WARD. Firs. District. ut Voting
Booth ON Traverse street. corner OF Wick.
enden street Second District, at Voting
booth east end OF board Of Trade huili'
SCI oND WARD. First District. at the
Schoolhonse on Meeting street. between
North Main ana Benefit streets: second
District. at the Ward hcom on North Main
THIhD WARD. Fret District, a. No. "a West
River street; Second District. at the Ward
Room on smith street; Third District. at
NO, l54 tranch avenue.
FOURTH WARD. First District. at Ward
hoom on Fountain street: second Dis.
ulet. az sS Westminster street, lsccond
FIFTH WARD. First District. Voting Booth
on Chestnut street, between Elm and
Elbow streets; Second District, at the
War Room on Beacon avenue.
SIXTH WARD, FIRST District. at the Ward
Room on Public street Second District.
nj 23J Thurber's avenue.
SEVENTH wAhD, FIRST District, at $50 Har.
rison street second District, AT the Ward
iocm on Oakland street.
EIGHTH wAhD. First District, Voting Booth
at northeast corner OF Mess.r ana hudson
streets; eecond District, at Fire station
IA AfuAf i1OlA 4 WIZ
NINTH WARD, First District. Voting Footh
NJ northeast corner OF Knight and Grove
streets; Second District, at tho Ward
koonl on Pallas street.
TENTh WARD. FIRST District, Voting Booth
on easterly side 81 Florence street. near
kossuth street; nscond District, at the
Ward Room on Atwells avenue. Thir
District. Voting Booth at No. $40 Smith
street.
And to proceed to give in their ballots ss
follows:
The electors qualified to vote in the election
of all General Officers will give In their
ballots for Mayor, City Treasurer. Harbor
Master. Overseer OF the Poor. Warden and
Clerk of their respective districts.
Said electors i'm each ward will elect One OF
the residents OF said ward a member of the
SCHOOL COMMITTEE for the torn of Three
Years.
said electors Of the Ninth Ward W 4 elect
ono resident OF said ward a member o; the
SCHOOL COMMITTEE tor the term OF Two
Years. Ia place Of Martin b. Farming. re.
signed.
The qualified voters in each ward will give
I'm their ballots for one ALDERMAN and four
COMMO COUNCILMAN, who shall each bs a
qualified voter IN said city, aud "A resident in
The ward for which he Is elected.
Said ward meetings, as the law directs, shall
be kept open from sunrise at Gas o'clock
a.. m. until . o'clock n. m.
Witness my hand snd seal II said city. this
sixteenth Gay % November, A. d. 1893.
Il. CLARKE, CITY Clerk.
nov Gst
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-20

THE late @. W. GIBBS OF Newport was
the kind OF man that we are instructive
Iy disposed to feel, without irreverence,
is more needed on this earth than in
Heaven. The other world must hold
angels enough by this time to spare this
world a few more a little longer.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-20

DoE'T get excited about the election.
Leave the Mysteries TO the mugwumps.
For the rest, just go and put an X oppo-
site the name o. every Republican candi-
date on election day and you will be do
ing your full duty to the municipality
md exempliiying your common sense
to boot.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-20

We guess a good many citizens OF this
town will take occasion this-eYes4He-te
demonstrate that they are proud to DO
known as supporters OF Rcpub lican good
government. The record OF successive Re.
publican administrations in this town
counts Cor a bic sight more that Zap
doodle promises or the clap trap OF per-
soral grievance.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-20

CANDIDATE wRATHBoNE GARDNER is
inclined to be honest. He told the Second
Ward voters that IL the reform candi-
dates should be elected they would be
unable to bring about the so-called re-
forms that they premise.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-20

THE municipal campaign is productive,
among crying evils other thar HENRY
{. CLARK's letters, Of some pretty bad
poetry. We confess to being guilty OF
our share.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-20
THE CITY or PROVIDENCE.
STEAM BOILER.
City Clerks Office,

City Clerks Onioo,
City Hall,tNov. 10, 1895.
Notice is hereby gwen that the Eoarl O.
Aldermen will be in session IN their chamber
in On. city Hall. on THURSDAY, November
q. 1895, az Q O'Clock y. m. whom all uersUn,
interested IN the petition 81 W. and j. Hem
nessey to locate "a steam Boiler at corner Of
Arnold ana Governor str, cts, may appear and
be heard thereon.
by order Of the Board of Aldermen.
WILLIAM h.. CLARKE, city clerk.
n.0it
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-20

IT was a great day for the U. T. A.,
Colonel ARNOLD, and, of course, 1.-THE
Sword OF Bunker HILL
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-20
News Readers

will confer a favor upon the publishers II
they will send information to this Office
Of any news stand or railway train
where . Providence paper should be on
sale and The NEWS lie not offered.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-20
'IHE CHI KHl's.


10 our esteemed fellow-citizens Of the
CHI phi's-the so-called Committee OF
| Fifty.
For u long time the Providence Journal
was tho only promoter of the at present
much dwindled campaign against the
city government. After a while other
factors and forces came to its relief, but
they were either SO lacking in influence
or credit that we did not see fit to regard
| them seriously and continued to dseyots
ourselves to The journal as the only
yard-wide, dead-in-esrnest promoter of
Hypocrisy and Democracy.
Just as The Journal came TO despair of
arousing any kind of a respectable pub
lie sentiment for its ill-begotten cause,
we began to hear something about an
organization that was TO be born and
christened the "Committee OF Fifty"
We watched succeeding events with in
terest and curiosity and one fine day it
happened. The names Of forty-six gem
tlemen, many of them of standing and
respect In this community, were an
nouncsd as the sponsors Of opposition to
the Republican city government. There
upon we bid farewell to The Journal and
announced that we should in the future
official promoters OF the scheme to break
up the Republican party and throw down
good government. We parted with The
Journal with keen regret for We had
been having lots OF fun with it. But we
anticipated, at least, an equal meas
ure Of hilarity from a growing acquain-
lance With the so-called Committee OF
Fifty.
1t lie, therefore, with sentiments OF in
expressible emotion that now at this late
day, on the eve of election, after patient
waiting for the completion Of the orga-
n~izatjon of the so-called COMMITTEES OF
Fifty, We must say adieu to this one
time rortentous thing. 1t is not, nor
has it ever been. There is no such thing
and never was except in the dreamy
mental vision OF its creators. Every man
in town hat its creators dared to name,
without authority. for membership in
the Chi Phi's was listed in the original
forty-six. Only a spare few, however,
ever qualified, and no attempt has been
made to I'LL the disheartening vacancies.
The so-called Committee OF Fifty has
held meetings but it has neve, done my.
thing but adjourn. Ridiculous rs has
been The Journal, the so-called
Committee Of Fifty has been a how
ling farce and, despite ourselves,
We are again thrown back on
The Journal as the only factor of any
possible consequence that Is discoverablo
with a microscope as pushing The windy
and now badly gated emo ement' to
create an upheaval3 in the w~ell-condueted
admInistration OF this fine city.
We have told all we can find out about
this mythical Committee OF Fifty and
now say farewell to 1t.
Now, ~neighbor Journal, will O try to
keep in some sort OF form until after cleo
tion so that we may feel that we arc not
hitting you when you are already down?
You are soft, though, very soft.
We might say dead easy, did we care
10 stoop to slang.
But you are al. that is left OF the Gre
form movement - such as you nre-just
az you are all that il ever was. As Is now
again demonstrated
1T was a great day for the U. T. A.,
Colonel ARNOLD, and, Of course, 'The
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-20
your. child

You note the difference in
children. Some havcnearly
every ailment, even with
the best of care. Others far
more exposed pass through
unframed. Weak children
will have continuous colds
in winter, poor digestion in
summer. They are with
out power to resist disease,
they have no reserve
strength. Scott's Emulsion
Of cod-liver oil, with hypo-
phosphitcs, is cod liver oil
partly digested ndadapted
to the weaker digestions OF
children.
seorr 8 powNs. Chemists. New York scc. and SIZE
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-20
A PEW REMARKS.

Messrs.
WILLIAM AMEs,
JOHN W. D~ANIELsos,
W. A. HoPPIN,
j. W. VERNON.
TuEopoRE ". FOSTER,
CHARLES ID. ROGERS,
ISAAC G. BATES,
NICHOLAS SHELDON,
and a few others whom we hold in the
highest esteem, but whose names W.
find associated with the extraordinary
lists OF Democrats, ~soreheads. no.
account mugwumps, political Prohi-
bitionists, Socialists, cranks and unplaced
citizens. attached to nomination papers
in behalf of certain worthy but politi-
cally undesira BILE candidates for Office in
this community Of strong Republican
sentiment-which is q real good govern
ment sentiment:
We take it you must have had a mo-
tive for putting your signatures to the
nomination papers. You are not the
kind Of men to sign; your names unless
you know to what you are signing them.
The only alternative conception OF your
action is that you did it through charity
and kind-hesrtedness. The quintet of
good fellows who wanted to pose as pub
ic spirited citizens for whom Offices were
seeking down in the First Ward would
perhaps command your sympathy and
prompt you to generously donate your
names to their cause. Maybe this was 1t.
We can conceive CT no motive. We
wish you would tell us what it was, IL there
was one. Does Gen. WILLIAM AMEs want
transfer tickets? Does Mar. JOHN W. YER
NON believe that the municipal corpora
tion is e~xtravsgantly run? Does Mr.. JOHN
W. DANIELsoN yearn to espouse the
.'cause OF the people" as set forth by
JOHN III. MAGUIRE for instance? Does
Mr.. w. A. HoPPIN want a job in City
Hall? Does Mr.. THEODORE w. FOSTER
seek redress because he can't get a place
On the police force? Does Mr.. CHARLES
ID. ROGERS grievc. because the city gov
eminent wouldn't pay for widening
Charles street any more than it would for
building a street for The Journal? Does
Mr.. ISAAC {. BATES take stock in what p.
j. MCCARTHY tells about things? Does
Dir. NICHOLAS SHELDON seek to promote
the election of a Democratic City Gov
eminent?
Perish the thought! Perish all these
thoughts! They ere inconceivable.
Yet, won't you tell us why, Robin?
In your persons Is the stuff 81 substantial
that The Journal PIRATES about IS being
behind this absurd movement that it
started and wants to see succeed as an
endorsement Of itself. You represent to
the extent of your individual prestige
the ''pubiic sentiment that The Journa!
has been telling us is behind its move
meni, but that fails to show up outside
of your esteemed selves. The majority
OF our fellow-citizens OF your kind and
calibre will have non Of II. They know
it is hypocriticsi thing, a farce and a
fraud and they will have none OF ii. You
stand alone for The Journal to point to.
Which is why we grieve for you. Won
dering, curious, fearing we now not
what, our feelings are comparable only to
those Of the parent who for the first time
hears his first born at a late hour O! tho
night fumbling at the front door lock
with his new night key. Under such
circumstance the parent does not care
TO express himself hsrshly, or to inquire
closely. But, down deep in his heart, !
he wishes the boy would find that key
he would like to know where
he got it!'
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-20

The reform movement has now got
down to plain, old fashioned Doodle
mud-slinging.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-20

BosroS, fer the first time, Is to elect a
Mayor for Two years and she doesn't
want to suffer from QUINCY sore.