The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-17
THE LEAGUE.
To Endorse or Reject
Council Tickets.
At Meeting of Campaign Com
mittee Tonight.
Democratic Nominees Generally
Approved by Reformers.

The Municipal league will meet this
evening at 7:45 o'clock at 40 Westminster
street for the purpose OF expressing itself
relative to the Council tickets already
nominated in the several wards, and in
some instances recommending indepen-
dent tickets. Ii is not at oil likely that
any mayoralty candidate will be en-
dorsed. In tho First Ward the present
Democratic delegati ion In the Cou lcil is to
be endorsed with some candidate, yet to
be CHOSEN, for Mr.. Elisha Howard's
place.
For the Second Ward the Common
Council tioke, 10 be recommended Is
Abraham A. Gray, Charles Sisson, Daniel
+. Keleher aud Stephen A. Cooke. Mr..
Rsthbone Gardner refuses to run, and
besides that be has displeased the reform
CT ,wd by his action OH transfers.
As TO the bead OF the Second Ward
ticket Ii ~ a safe guess that the present
iucum bent, Robert w. Burbank Is to be
recommended for another term in the in
terest Of purity and good morals, and
that will occasion a reform within a re-
form In that ward.
In Ward Three the Democratic ticket
will be endorsed.
The League has no objections to the
tickets nominated last night in Wards
Four and Five. In Ward Six the Demo
cratic ticket, headed by Reformer and
Investigator Myron II. Fuller Will get
the approval of the League.
IndepeEnent nominations through
Democratic ward committees are apt 10
bo made In Ward Seven and Eight. IL is
the ONLY hope for Committeeman Whip
pie and Truemsn.
Ward Nine will probably be skipped
and in the Tenth Ward the West ticket
pleasss the League managers.
The attitude OF the League toward as
piranis for Council seats is supposed to
he based on their individual records on
the transfer and financial issues and the
Aliens avenue Improvement question.
The attitude of all the mem hers of the
present Common Council relative TO the
transfers was shown by the roll call note
taken Sept, IL. The motion to In
definitely postpone was carried by vote
Of 33 TO as follows:
Ayes. -.Councilmen Angel. Anthony,
Blanchard, Burdick, Blaxeicy, Bullock,
Cressey, Cooke, Freeman, Grinnell, NJ.
w. Gardiner, Grey. Howard, Kelley, Kel-
leher, Kayenagh, Lougee. Metcalf,
Miner, OConnell, Phillips, Perkins,
Ryan, Remlinger, Randall, Sturges. SIS
son, Smith, Trask. Truman, Whitley,
Waterman, wbipple-33.
Noes-President Ker .ick and Conn
oilmsn Beane, Ratbhone Gardne-, Ken
drick, Moore and Tapner-6.
On motion to indefinitely postpone the
resolution appropriating $40, 600 for the
improvement OF Allen avenue was lost
by a vote OF % to 10, and that matter is
still pending. The roll call in that case
was:
Ayes-Couucilmen Burdick, Beane,
Bullock. Grinnell, Ratbbone Gardner, NJ.
w. Gsrdiner, Howard, Kelleher. Lougee,
O'Connell-l0.
Nces-President Kendrick and Council
men Angel. Anthony, Blanchard, Blake
ley, Cressey, Cooke, Freeman, Kelly, Ka-
vanagh. Miner, Phillips, Perkins, Rem
liuger, Randall, Sturges, Sisson, Smith,
Trssg, Tanner, Truman, Whiteley, Water
man-23.
The present Council has voted four
times to get authority from tho Assem-
bly, TO hire money. Two of these loans
are approved by the League, and two are
considered to have been unwise and un-
he Iaat Ion
the city got authority TO borrow 1900, 900
for schools and the league finds no fault
with that. AT the September session
permit to borrow $3.50 for a park ca
sino was secured and that is approved,
but the league frowns on the resolutions
to get authority to borrow $50, 600 for
park purposes and 10000 for the pur-
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