The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-20
H ETRULYGO GOOD.
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defender OF the Hebrews was the extreme
ly pure politician who addressed them.
Stu another point that troubled Mr..
burbank was the charge made that q GER
tain man had not filled other Offices ne
had held well. This was pronounced
an attack In the dark. though the
indignant party probably forgot that
reference to the manner In which
a certain candidate filed an Office
he once held first appeared Ia q
ne wspaper that Is now doing its best to
bolster up the candidacy OF independents
In all parts OF the city. The same speak
er said Mi. Parkhurst was counsel for the
president of the East Providence Water
works, who was president OF the Nara
gansett Electric Light Company and q
director OF the Union Railroad Company.
Candidate Charles Sisson was the e
speaker. He talked on civil service re-
form, a not particularly popular subject
with q Democratic audience, but. he
quickly stemmed The tide OF disapproval
by saying q good word for City Treasur-
er Granger, who Is a candidate for re-
election on the Democratic ticket. After
telling how really, truly good he and his
colleague would be IL elected, Mr.. Sisson
closed his speech with the statement that
It might be possible yet to ride from
Randall square TO Fox Point for five cents.
Daniel Il. Kelliher, who was introduced
as the lone Democrat in the State combi-
nation that was playing to a large Demo-
cratic house, said that IL he did not think
reform in the city. government was
needed he would not have bothered with
politics this year. He thought that the
sins OF maladministration in city. affairs
should be punished by the people. 1--WE
dare not make any promises" said the
candidate, "for promises you know are
rarely broken" but he thought = great
deal OF good would be acco mplished by
eIecfiuQ himaalf and bia cailaaDuaa
The last speaker was Ratnbone Gardner.
In the course of his remarks Mr.. Gard
ner said that he was a Republican to the
back bone, q stalwart OF the stalwarts,
as his father had been before him, but he
would readily join hands with the man
of whatever politics he might be who
was willing to support a municipal gov
eminent that would give him cheaper
and better administration of affairs. He
detailed the troubles in the Republican
camp, saying the ward committee made
Ii impossible for decent Republicans to
GO to the caucus for the past W years,
and that this year the latter determined
that tine committee should be permitted
to nominate whom II pleased. MIR. Gard
ner said that the city government needed
some.quite radical changes, that these
changes would take the administration
of departments out of the hands Of Coun-
cilmen, for no busy man had the time to
give as much attention TO the duties re-
CURED by membership on important com
mittees as was now required. The speaker
then said that a gentleman On the Repub-
lican caucus ticket who was a candidate
for reelection had not made such q re-
cord as entitled him to reelection. This
candidate, Mr.. Gardner said, was a friend
Of his and he did not believe a dishonest
dollar had ever touched his hands, but
he had clients whose interests were such
as they could hardly be served in q man
ner that wouid permit OF the Pfope SER
vice to the city. The other candidates
on the ticket he said were not opposed
by the Unlon Railroad Company. There
pany by the new Council, .but the speaker
believed that transfer tickets, with the
aid OF the Legislature, could be obtained
IL a City Council committee went to ii to
get something for the city and not with
the intention OF bringing back some
thing for the railroads. Tho orator
claimed a lot OF money was going to be
used by the Republicans to defeat the
good government ticket.
Mr.. Gardner then criticized the speeches
made at the Second Ward Republican
rally on Saturday evening last, and claim
&c that political parties were 20 con-
cerned in.the coming election. Speaking
on the use OF the streets by the Union
Railroad Company he said the use OF
those highways was worth as'much as all
the other property OF the company. He
had entered the present contest only in
the interest of good government in city
affairs which he believed meant non-par-
tisan government and the only promise
he would make was to serve the inter-
ests Of the city II he were elected.
There will be another meeting under
the same auspices in What Cheer Hall
next Monday evening.