The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-25

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Our esteemed fellow citizen, MIR. HEsRy
COAL CLARK, has tie dietinction, rare
even in this day OF multiplicity Of sspi-
rants for public favor, of being fifth can
didate Mr.. CLARK allows that he wants
TO be Mayor. colpie OF hundred of
his fellow-citizens have also signiisd
desire OF equal spontsneity to have him
for their Mayor. The balapce OF the 2o,-
900 citizens In this town are yet to be
heard from.
We take it that Mr.. CLARK has lots OF
friends. We count ourselves as one OF
them. Mr.. CLARK is a business man OF
integrity. In his personal presence he
gives evidence OF dignity and ever bears
an expression OF countenance that be-
tokens unavailable greatness. lie is
controvsrsialist of long experience. q dis
putant OF much liveliness and he has ac-
quircd an easy and rapid style through
climbing on and OF trolley cars between
white posts.
Mr.. CLARK is the kind OF man that
would make the Mayors Office interesting
and would bring to his duties a profun-
dity OF entertainment tor his fellow
citizens beyond the capacity of ordinary
mortals to provide.
Mr.. MYRoN, HALcYoS FULLER, who
Is something of a crack-a-jack himself,
and has a reputation OF long standing OF
being the best buffer IN town, and is be-
sides possessed OF all the sanguineness of
youth coupled with the experience of
years at learning the ropes, processes
desire to wager the cigars that Mr..
CLARK will tomorrow receive more
than 1000 votes as evidence OF the
esteem in which be is held by his fellow
citizens. We hope Mr.. FULLER Will lose
any and all bets that he may MAKE oil
this basis. We feel this way for Mr..
1 ~ - A.
couic hardly fail to distress him that se
did not get few thousand more, and so
an election. We also hope that such bets
may be lost because their winning would
beyond any reasonable doubt mean the
election OF q Democratic Mayor of the
city OF Providence. And nobody wants
to contemplate such q contingency as
that. We are prepared, OF course, to
sympsthize with Mr.. FULLER in the loss
OF any cigars he may put up, but in view
OF the higher interests at stake We
should endeavor to control our emo
tions.
There are several ways whereby DEM
ocratic Mayor may be- elected tomorrow
and one of them is opened wide by
the self-nomin OF Mr.. CLARE. We
trust that none OF our ielipw citizens
who may be disposed to express his
anonymous friendliness for Mr.. CLARK by
making an X opposite his name. and yet
| does not want to see the election OF q
Democratic. Mayor, will vote for Mr..
CLARK. Such an one might just as well
vote for NJ. McGUINNEss outright. OF
course any of our felIow-c citizens who
favor Mr.. McGUINNEss may express
themselves by proxy through Mr.. CLARE.
To them we have nothing 10 say. We only
hope no Republican votes will be thrown
away on account OF any sentiment OF
| good feeling for Mr.. CLARK. He won't
| know whether you vote for him or not
| and what he doesn't know need not
| trouble him alhough it sometimes ap-
pears to seem to. or course, Mr., CLARK
cannot, by any possibility, be elected.
Even the sanguine Mr.. FULLER wouldn't
venture to make a bet to.thst limit.
MATHEW j. CUMMINGS: "All l ask is
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