The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-21

the last Congressional m at the last
State election the Democratic party OF
Rhode Island was badly defeated and its
lines were shattered. Today they have a
CLEAN of hope aud see strength In the In
dependent movement. They know full
well-tbat II il but @ single step from The
Independent to the Democratic ranks.
1t would be Q disgrace to Rhode Island,
after last April, to allow the city to GO
by default now for that would place the
State In the doubtful column. The ma
tion Is looking today to this city. II has
one-third OF the population of the State
and IL the Democrats win in the city the
people OF the towns would be discouraged
and the State would probably go over,
too"
HON. Il. FPK
Mayor Tiepke of Pawtucket was the
next speaker introduced by the chairman,
and he received Q warm welcome. He
said he heartily appreciated the reference
made to his coming from q suburb OF
Providence. 81 tell you, Mr.. Chairman"
he continu ed, "you have five times as
large a population as Pawtucket, but II
you had five times the energy of that
city, Providence would not only be a
port OF entry but would also tie a port OF
departure and would have a magnificent
| foreign Ii seems as III the
| officers of a city Of your suburbs might
take IN interest IN you. am not a
member OF the family, but ! am a friend
Of il. / know / am standing In a city
| that is the commercial center OF the State.
| All the parts OF the State are interested
in your welfare. IL the city OF Provi-
dence Is well governed all the cities and
towns of the State feel the effects of 1t.
The whole State ID interested In the
| growth and prosperity of this municipal
fly. realize the demands made by the
145, 900 persons who are members of the
great corporation are not. few. i see your
| grand homes, your fine school buildings
ana your industrial school, a splendid
institution and n that we want in Paw
tucket.
az recognize that in the keeping OF the
young men and women Is the future OF
the city. Every one uf these 145, 900 resi-
dents of Providence Is interested In the
protection Of life n limb, in FREQ
schools and the sanitary condition OF the
city and other details that j might mem
ton. and all look to the executive and
| those associated with him to see that
these matters are properly managed. All
are stockholders In this great corpora
ton.
"Your valuation is s170. 900, 600. The
credit OF the city is excellent. i read
with surprise In one OF your city papers
criticism on the investments made by
the sinking fund commissioner and
that you were dealing in your own notes,
but this criticism can be only campaign
material. The 4 per cent. 30-year gold
bonds Of your city are well thought OF
in the market for they sold recently at
113, and thisis pretty good evidence that
Providence has the highest confidence in
money circles"
His Honor then quoted from the Jour
nal Almanac the figures al which the
bonds of the city were sold in 1894 name
ly Ill and a fraction, and the words OF the
almanac stating''that this, T" referring to
the high p:ice the bonds sold for, was
due In no small measure TO the careful
manner in which the city's finances
had been looked after" The bonds this
year, said the speaker, sold at 113 and q
fraction, n certainly IL the city was
misgoverned last year Ii has not been
this year, for its bonds have sold higher
than ever before.
"You have made some improvements
during the present year. 1t Is proper,
right and manly that no person should
be permitted to vote who has not q right
to DO so. In order to put a stop to the
resurrection of the dead for voting pur-
poses the Legislature, at the request OF
your City Council, has granted you the
power to elect a board OF convassers and
registration and you have chosen one
"There Is now great efficiency in the
management AMI equipment OF your fire
department and the order has gone forth
that the firemen shall keep out OF poll
| TICS anu nRut HIes. III COnNtTShtlOU Win
our Mayor the other day i said IL this
is a good order in regard TO the fremen
why not i'm regard TO policemen? He re-
piled that IL was and he authorized me
to tell anyone l chose that he was in ia
vor OF the establishment OF police COM
missioners.
"There Is i'm existence a splendidly con-
ceived plan on the part OF the silent part
ner OF one OF the gentlemen who hes been
spoken Of here tonight to capture the cit
les of his State for his political party.
You should DO as we dill in Pawtucket;
namely: try to reach every voter and see
what he has 10 criticise In the manage
ment OF the city and talk with him on
the subject. We have got TO have in the
Republican party a mum Der of men who
will,be always ready and willing to step
out and defend its measures. once
thought ii would be a great thing to serve
the people, but when i saw the indignity
heaped up around those who did SO /
regretted 1t.
81 think you should ~re-elect your can
didate for Mayor whom l believe has
served your city with fidelity, ability and
honesty The Mayor then referred to he
small Der of arrests made In this city
on the Sundays OF November 8, 10 and IL,
20 in all and said this proved hat the
law against Sunday liquor selling was en-
forced. "Itry to enforce 1t in Pawtucket;
for in that city, as in this one, we know
that an oath of Office means something.
some thing that impresses me Is that
you are not discussing questions in re-
gard to changes in your government and
! regret that there are not more citizens
willing to improve the condition OF the
city. / believe in the election OF Alder
ren on a general ticket that the Tenth
Ward and the Third Ward might have a
chance to be represented by men of abil-
ity who might be Republicans. have
been told that the Tenth Ward has the
largest number Of men from any one ward,
in this demonstration tonight, and i
would never let up on that ward until /
made 1t a Republican ward"
Several improvements that are being
considered in other cities in the matter
of government were referred to by thu
Mayor, and then he showed that in a
great many cities those in favor of good
government had united with the Republi-
cans. Citing the city OF Boston be paid q
high compliment to Mayor Curtis, who
has been renominated
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