The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-05-01
SMART TICKET WON.
Lively Caucus for City Committee
Men in Third Ward.
Nelson on Hand But His Former Hench-
men Refuse 10 DO His Bidding.

There was caucus of the Republicans
OF Ward held last evening at the ward
room near the corner OF Smith and Orms
street to elect members Of the city COM
mittee and a very interesting May eve
occasion IL proved 10 be.
il will be remembered that at the
caucus called just previous to the last
State election ex-Representative Charles
Henry Smart of the Torrens land titlo
registry system with the aid OF to-be
Representative Hobart l.. Gates rather
turned the tables on the present Repre-
sentative In the General Assem- bly, from
the Ward, George w. Brown. AS acting
chairman of the ward committee Repre-
sentative Brown called the meeting 10
order but refused on account OF the noise
as he claimed, and Mr.. Smart's friends
say on account of the overwhelming
majority against him, to put the vote as
to who should be chairman. The cam
didates for chairman were Mr.. brown,
who had called the caucus TO order ana
Hobart l.. Gates.
Their were two caucuses and two sets
of delegates were elected TO the city
convention and two ward committees
elected, ard through the delegates favor
able to the nomination OF Mr.. Gates for
the Legislature were admitted TO the
convention the executive committee OF
the city committee recently decided that
the best wey to settle tho question would
be TO have another cencus.
At the same time the executive COM
mittec OF the city committee decided on
the holding OF another caucus a check
list should be used and a chairman and
clerk appointed Oy the committee should
serve. Another rule made for the caucus
that was found necessary on account
of the inclination of friends OF both
-. el.a
plus OF Democratic voters In the ward was
that the chairman appointed by the
executive committee should have the
absolute power To say who might vote at
the caucus and who might not do so.
Benjkmin Worsley, who was very
friendly to Mr.. Gates in the notable eau
Gus previous TO the State election was APP
pointed by the committee ana acted AS
Chairman and William l.. Chappelle.
George Davis and Thomas Lund We're APP
pointed and acted as clerks OF the caucus.
The result of the caucus was an over
wheiming victory for the friends OF OK
Representative Charles Henry Smart. The
following members OF the ward commit
tee, George :. Vanstope, Charles IL.
Smart, benjamin Worsley, Asa Burlin-
game and walter j. Lewis were elected.
Ex-Aiayor Olney was in attendance
promptly at the opening OF the polls at q
O'Clock, in his capacity OF chairman or
the Republican city committee, and re-
mained until the battle ended, and the
ballots were counted. Mr.. Worsley, also,
was early in getting TO the ward room
and he made decidedly good chairman.
He knew about everyone that came up to
vote, ana IL WIGS hard for q Democrat to
get ms ballot into the box. Mr.. Morsley
forgot his eyeglasses, in his hurry to
reach the waro room In time, and a
young lad who went for them was prob
ably absent from ths Arbor Day exercises
OF his school today, having cigarette
aNd candy feast on the quarter given
him by The genial chairman.
The voting began very quietly ard during
the first hour the chairman and clerks
were not kept very busy, nor were the
ballot distributors that were doing mis-
sionary work in the interests of the three
tickets in the field compelled to overexert
themselves. After the fret hour the vot-
ing became more lively and the chairman
bad to announce several times that "This
was going 10 tie a straight Republican
caucus when re had 10 refuse a suppos-
ed Democrat the privilege of depositing
ballot in the box.
One man whose Repu publicanism was
vouched for by Thomas Rison, who, un-
til the latter MeaI on trip to his old
homo across the water last fell, was
chairman OF the Republican ward COM
mittee, was denied the right of voting, SO
were many others that Mr.. Rison en-
dorsed.
One gentleman who was for years the
warden OF the ward elected as a Demo
crat and still known as one, voted, but