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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-03

get my pay. A jury might be warranted
in saying, that you did that malicioully,
for the purpose of bringing that other
party into ridicule and contempt, and for
no other purpose. That is one illustration.
. But suppose, instead, that he owes you
800. aud you go TO the printer and get a
poster as large as that,a and 60 down here,
and post 1t UP, and say that such man
is owing you 800, in the form OF an exc
cution, or note,aud you want to sell that
to the highest bidder, know OF no law
that will prevent you doing that leg lily, il
done with honest motive and intention.
10 be- sure the statutes provides certain
ways, In which person who has a d3bt,
or an execution, against another may
collect il.
IL upon personal property the law al
lows you to seize that By an officer and
TO post up in public and conspicuous
places, q notice for the sale of that prop
erty.
And however much ridicule there might
be and how much damage person might
suffer In his feelings, he could have no
cidents be has subjected himself TO,
when he came into society ami contract
ed debts and has not paid. am speaking
Of that as one of the methods, when
the counsel for the plaintiff says the law
has provided, when person owes an other
and does not pay, and tho creditor may
seek bis redress in that way. The statutes
were made for bis benefit; but all statutes
that were made for the benfit Of a per-
son, may be waived, and there are other
methods that be may take, IL he sees it,
In which TO collect his debt. He may
GO personally and collect 1t The statute
does not say anything about that. In
other words, you are not compelled to
place that execution in the hands of an
officer; but If you see bit, you can get
bid upon that note or execution yourself.
Was that the OBJECT of this? / leave that
question to you. Take this case, weigh
1t, and return such verdict as the law
and order require.
In l3 minutes, the jury returned with
q verdict for defen dsnts, and the action
was dismissed, with costs.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-03
EXPRESSED in MANNER.
Mckinley Confident of Success of the
Cause He Represents

Mckinley Confident of Success of the
Cause He Represents.
Canton,O.. Nov. 3.-Mr. Mckinley feels
serenely confident Of success in the pres
idential struggle. He maintains the
same calm, cheerful and confident air
that has marked him throughout the
campaign. He declined, in response TO
direct requests, 10 make public express
sion on the outlook He has been asked
many times for expressions, but has pre-
ferred TO give opinion only through his
speeches, and he adhered to this rule
to the last His manner speaks quite as
forcibly as words, however, in show
Ing that he fully shares the confident ex-
rectation OF those about him. Mrs. Nc
kinley Is confined TO her apartments,
not yet up from an attack OF the grip,
which has kept her I'm her room for the
past week. Most ofyesterday was passed
by the major In greeting hundreds of
callers, who kept coming I'm organized
groups OF dozen or two from points
far and near. Judge Marvin of Akron,
an old friend, who had not seen the hero
OF the Canton pilgrimaxes for several
months, voiced the expressions of most
of the callers. when he said. II never
saw him look better"
The front of the house is cobwebbed
with wires A host OF special corre-
spondcnts are here. IL is noticeable that
the crowds In the streets are made up of
townspeople. out to pay a final tribute
to the man'who has brought prominence
and profit to their city. Ii has practical
ly left Canton 10 it's own people for the
first time I'm many weeks. and during the
early part OF yesterday the streets were
free from the marching thousands who
have laid siege TO the city since the cam
paign began. Arrangements are already
under way for Jubilations TO follow the
election, for many are proceeding as
though success was already assured.
Mr.. Mckinley voted early. according %
an unvarying rule. and he cast his vote
before o'clock. Many OF those who have
aided him during the arduous work OF
ths campaign have gone home TO vote.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-03

THE Providence Telephone Con - ~
will furnish to THE NEWS and its con-
temporaries In Providence the election
returns by long distance telephone to-
night. The telephone people have made
extraordinary preparation to Assem- BILE
and distribute the returns from all over
the country and they expect to set the
pace to the telegraph. As is pretty famil-
lar to everybody who has watched the
development of the "hello" invention,
"Tho mail Is quick, the telegraph is
quicker. but the long distance telephone
to wait for an answer"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-03

The last stake OF the Democratic Goo
Goo movement was played yesterday
evening when the Democratic Goo Goo
organ published a list OF some 700
''non-partisan" endorsers az Mayor Nc
GUINNESS qualifications at a time so
late as TO make dissection and exposure
impraciicabls was as pretty political
trick as has been played during the cam
paign. No less than GO per cent. OF the
"non- partisan" names are the names OF
every day snd:every year and every time
Democrats. Then there are the hand
full OF Republicans, poor souls, who have
been dropped from distinction by the
fellow Republicans because OF their inca
rscity, then there are the few--slas, the
very fewi sincere non-part isans and last
and least a few more sincere souls who
believe what the others tell them with
child-like confidence.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-03
The November Century.

The Century for November opens the
| twenty-ssventh year of the magazine
with q series of papers by General Horace
Porter, entitled, campaigning with
Grant," EN- Dodying recollections OF
Grant during the period of his supreme
| command over the Union army. From
the first paper 1t will be sscn that Gen
eral Porter's work will give an intimate
| revelation OF Grants nature, and that II
will pe enlivened by sbundunt anecdote
Two serial novels are beg un In this num-
ber:" Hugh wynne, Free Quaker, "by DR..
- Weir Mitchell, is story in which
Wynne, "sometime Officer on the staff of
General Washington" tells In the first
person the story Of his life. The first
instalments give graphic pictures OF life
In Philadelphia just before the Revolution.
The other serial, by Mr.. Marion Craw-
ford, Is entitled, "a Rose of Yesterday; |;
the opening scene is In Lucerne, and
the characters are all Americans. "Elec-
tion Day In New York." is described in
much detail by Ernest Ingersoll, and is
accompanied by pictures by MIR. Jay
1885," are the subject OF a paper by their
founder, Baron Pierre dc Coubertin,
now the pr esident OF the international
. committee. and his article Is illustrated
by Andrew Castaigne, who was sent to
Athens for the express purpose of max
ing the pictures. A suggestive and time
ly article is contributed by Duncan
Ross, son OF a confederate officer, on the
topic, "Why the Confederacy Failed"
the thr &c reasons given being 'the ex-
cessige use OF paper money" the policy
OF dispersion. and "tbe neglect of the
cavalry" "The National Hero OF France;
Joan of Arc," written and illustrated by
Boutet de Monyel; "The Chinese of New
York." by Helen Il. Clark, with llustra-
lions by Lungren ana Drake, and
"After Br'er Rabbit In the Blue Grass"
by John Fox, Jr., are otner papers In
the number. There are also short stories
by Chester Bailey Fernald, Lucy s. Fur
man, and Harry stillwoll Edwards.
It is a superb number that strides
ahead even OF any preceding exam pie OF
the Century's ever advancing standard.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-03

THERE is no nonsense about the view
OF the Pawtucket Post on our municipal
situation, when IL observes: "Just q
year ago, or more properly speaking,
Nov. 20, the city OF Providence gave
EDwrS McGUrSNEsss ss7 majority over
FRANK Il. oLSEY, ia total vote OF IA, 921.
Mir. McGuINNEss was the Democratic
nomination for the good government
endorsement, and he is the same to1sy in
his contest for recollection. The Republi-
cen can iidato u Mr.. WILLIAM H.
CovELL. and the campaign this year has
been practically upon the same lines OF q
year ago. The agitation then was for a
decrease IN city debt and city taxation,
snj this has been so far acco mplished
that under good government tactics
Providence has Increased s7s7, 900 In its
bonded Indebtedness. Providence should
be a frighiful example for other cities
o; the state VINO are crying aloud for re-.
form at the hands II reformers who have
never been able to reform themselves.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-03

II 10 to be sincerely hoped for the
tublic good that, we are not today
putting the municipal corporation into
the hands OF receiversbip composed OF
1hs Hon. Ton bIcKYELL and the Provi-
nsnoe Journal even with such an able as
eeciate a. General WILLIAM AMEs, the in
auence Of whose name threatens to do
ynors harm to the interests OF the city of
Providence than hundred fsverish and
eapdoodfe indignation meetings.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-03

HON. l.. Il. Z. GARvIN,
IOusdaIa X

HON. l.. Il. Z. GARvIE,
Lonsdale, X. |.
My DEAR SIR have yours and am
glad TO have an opportunity to meet you
on common ground, which ] feet CON-
mends itself to all voters in this State.
never have purchased a vote, 1 have
never auth orized it or counteHanced it in
my behalf in any election at which l was
a candidate, although have met defeat
in nv congressional and other aspira-
tions on account of my steadfsst refusal
TO corrupt the voters OF my town and
district.
| shall Join you most heartily, what
ever the result Of the Congressional elec-
tion in our district in punisning all per-
sons who accept of a bribe In any form
that influenced their vote ct the polls.
Very truly yours,
Adm h. CAPRoN.
Providence, X. i. Nov. ., 1896.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-03


For perhaps the first time, the muni-
1pal election todsy will express the senti-
nsnts OF practically all the citizens OF
Providence. Last fall only about two
khirds OF the electorate voted, and ss a
general thing only bare quorum does
20 to the polls and vote on city elect ion
eay. The holding Of the election stimuli.
tansously with the national election
eiil, however, bring out larger percen-
tass CT the vote and the result will be
bot what the prevailing sentiment OF a
pare majority Is, but the prevailing SEN
cment OF practically ell the voters.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-03
THE RECORD OF SURE STATES.

This years Presidentisl contest will
be the eleventh in which the Republic
can party has Appealed to the reople for
support against the Democratic party.
! Willie the former has carried seven OF
has fought since it's organization in 1900
but nine States in the Union have been
uniformly Republican throughout those
80 years Those niue are Iowa, Maine.
Massac husetts, Minnesota, Nebraska,
(since its admission), New HsmpAhire,
Ohio, Vermont and, OF course, Rhode
Island. Pennsylvania has COVE Republi-
! can except in the first year Of the pRrty's
organization, Kansas until it slipped
into the Populist column in 1872, Michi-
gan, which hooses Presidential electors
by Congress districts, gave hve OF its
fourteen TO the Democrats In 1892, and
Oregon was carried by the Democrats
by small majority back in 1868.
In these 30 years and 10 national cleo
tions, only two States have gone uni
formiy Democratic Georgia and Texas.
New Jersey and Delaware have made but
one break, that of the GREELEY election
of 1872 and kentucky gave its vote
TO BELL, the Union candidate, over
BREcKENRIDGE, DOUGLAS and LIN
COLIN, In 1860. In the reconstruction
period. alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi
and South Carolina were carried by the
Repu blicans. Virginia, like Kentucky,
went for the Union party In 1860. by q
small plurality. Otherwise, with tn, ex-
ception Of tho single break noted, ell OF
the above States, from New Jersey and
Delaware down the line have gone Demo-
cratic.
Other exceptional States In either direc-
tion include Wisconsin,, which went
Democratic In 1892. Missouri, which went
Repu blcan in 1884 nj again in 1868.
and Florida. which has been twice Repub.
lican. Indiana has gone Democratic In
four national elections and Repu bIican
In six.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-03

CAPTAIN JOSEPH KING OF Lansing bu rg,
5ust out of Troy, y. Y, is probably the
oldest Democrat In the United States. He
u in bis i06th year. When he goes to the
polls today he will not vote for
BRYAN, nor yet for PALMER, but bit the
Bnsrx straight for honesty and patriotism
BY marking his y for MCKINLEY and
HOBART.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-03

The victim OF the slippery fingered
eunco steerer is almost always the farm-
sr. Proverbially, It Is the farmer who is
The bunco steeror's choicest victim. And
Yet farmers, ss rule, are neither knaves
or fools. The percentage of farmers that
suffer at the hands OF the bunco steerer
ts probably less than the percentage Of
men in other lines who ore fooled and
Cheated In other ways than by bunco
Steering. The msjor:ty OF farmers are on
. par with the majority Of their fellow
citizens IN intelligence and honesty. The
farmer vote may he ss reliably counted
Tor MCKINLEY and protection and sound
money on Tuesdsy as the vote Of any
oisss Of men In any line OF the professions
Or trades or business In the lana. No
BRYAN bnneo steering for the majority
- farnsrs
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-03

The November Philistine pays tribute
to William Morris by printing one Of his
beautiful poems with "A mourning border.
The "Side Talks" betoken very large
crop OF ginger In the neighboThod OF
East Aurora, and the longer articles
seem fully up 10 tde standard. There's
a clever sketch by Sarah Norciiffe Cleg-
horn, n good little essay by William Me-
lntosh and poem by Gelett Burgess,
aud another by Yone Noguchi. Mr.
Nogucbi Is Japsneso--s pupil of Joaquin
Miller
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-03

We have no doubt that . majority of
our fellow citizens whoever they be vot-
ing for today, are voting for $4,000 gov
ernment" to the best Of their light. 1t
Is only to be hoped that none OF them Is
fooled or is fooling himself.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-03
SECRET SOCIETIES.
Orders that Meet this Evening.
ODD FELLOWS.

Grand secretary. W. II. T Mosley q, yey.
bosset street. Telephone 562.
ROGER wILLIAas-odd Fellows Hall, % wsy
bosset street.
UNITY = Unity Hall. Ocean street. corne,
Potters avenue.
CREsoKSr-vaientins Hall, $50 westm MISTER
street.
JAMES WooD-96 Westminster street.
WHAT CHEER - North Main, corner Flint
street.
hoUSr PLEAsANT-Odd Fellows Hall. Acad.
envy avenue.
WAsHfNGToN PARK-Eddy, corner Vermont
avenue.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-03

article descriptive of Mount holyoke,
with an illustration of the hall soon to
De erected at South hadley by the New
York Alumnae Of the college. Redfern
fashions for autumn will interest women
about to purchase new gowns.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-03

If the Journals election returns are n,
lnore reliable than its campaign methods
they Will be calculated to make yellow
6og hang his tail in shame and howl.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-03

tIarpers Weekly, dated Novemb r z,
will contain the first chapters Of new
short serial of Scotch life, entitled Lady
Love-" by :. X. Crockett, author OF "The
Gray Man" and "1he Raiders" There
viii be a iour-page article, proiusely H.
ustrato1. on historic New York houses.
Boston's subway, 10y which the street
c'r traffic In the business portions OF the
city is to be put underground, will tie
described In text and pictures. rhs
great naval sound money parade in New
York nsrbor will be depicted.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-03
AMERICAN MECHANICS.

State Council Secretary, Charles W. I.itten
333 Westminster street.
LIBERTy-Slocum Post Hall. Market square
AMERiCA-Odd bellows Hall. 81 tisinster
street.
vIoILANT-oriental Hall, corner wsstminste
and Dean streets.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-03

KEEP your eye open for THE NEWS
search light tonight. It will be flashed
over the city from point OF vantage on
top of the Butler Exchange aud like The
NEWS VIII undertake to tell the truth,
the whole truth and nothing but the
kruth.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-03

IL the result OF the voting does not
agree with your opinions. you are at
liberty, With the late CHARLES DICKENS,
TO ''Thank God There's Van Dieman's
Landr'
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-03

ONE OF our contemporaries has hircd q
brass band for tonight, but whether the
program will be mostly dirges or halle
tuishs awaits determination.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-03

THE most ssnguine Popocrat can reason
ably be no more hopeful than was the
ancient who expressed the opinion to
NOAH that "t wouldn't be anything but
. shower"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-03
KNIGHTS OF PyTniAS

Grand Keeper OF Records ana Seal william
4. Wilson. Room 5t5. Butler Exchange
Telephone l0a5.
PALEsTfSs-49 Westminster street.
RED .Ross-eG5 Eddy street.
DAMor-is Eddy street.
GARTfELD-Vo8zis street.
fERsEv Westminster street.
sTERLIso-steri,ng Hall. 200 wey ybosses 81
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-03

The crisis may well be q subject for
prayer but 1t 10 to be hoped that all the
fotes will be cast too.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-03

The issue OF Harper's Bszr ior Novem-
bor viii contafu On nrsicls by Annie
Nathan Meyo-, entitled "rhe New Home
for Barnard College, with q picture Of
the building aud diagrams OF some Of
the principsi nails. There Will also te an
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-03
RED MEN.

areat Chief OF Records. william r. Brown, q
Eddy street. Telephone il2a
KING PHiLIP-l57 Westminster street
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-03

The Pocket Magazine 30 cents), con-
tains complete stories by A.Conau Doyle,
Jane Barlow, A. T.QuilIer-C Concu, Charles
Kelsey Gaines, Stephen Crane and Percie
w. Hart. 1t is fat little volume, indeed.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-03

That interesting quarterly from st.
Louis. the Hesperian, contains Number
lt),a choice selection OF contributions on
a variety OF timely topics.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-03
TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 8, 1896
It's almost over.

No solid South, no sectional West or
East, but an United Country
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-03

AS Is usual The News with Its Associ-
otsd Press wire supplemented by the
Long Distance Telephone and special
1aervics will furnish the election re-
turns tonight, promptly, correctly
: and completely.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-03

Providence. October lst. 1895.
The evening times., 1896-07-22
-
CHEAP TRAVELLING.


The rate war in which two of the South
ern trunk lines are now engaged bids fair
to spread to other territory, and 10. awhile
at least people will have an opportunity
to make some very pleasant trips for very
little money. Already steamship line,
a connection of one Of the beIligerent
railway companies. announces free state
rooms with its greatly reduced tickets, and
it is not at all improbable that free meals
will soon follow. In fact, as each one OF
the steamship and railroad companies en-
gagged in the war has declared its deter
mination to meet whatever cut In rates
any OF the others may make, it is not inn
possible that free transportation, free
berths and free meals will be accompanied
by offers of choice gifts. The fight will be
kept up no doubt until one OF the other or
perhaps all of the contending parties, find
and stockholders, fearful of the cessation OF
dividends, call a halt.
The. contest is not confined, however,
to the passenger traffic; freight business
is also Included and, for while at least,
merchants will have the benefit Of low
charges. In the end, however. it is to be
feared the general public will be the suf-
ferer, for when the frenzy passes by and
cool calculation resumes its sway over
the managers Of railways and steamships,
passenger and freight rates will be sore wed
up again to a. point where the revenues
will make up for part, IL not all. of the
preceding losses The worst feature of the
whole business Is the depreciation Of the
bonds OF these corporations and the losses
this entails upon those who have invested
tn them. These afs coua1desatioos. how
The evening times., 1896-07-22
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Dha w BAL hSof ScN RAIl w ohh
The desirability of la wing all public works
for the District done under the immediate
direction OF the municipal authorities, ill.,
stead OF By contract, as is now the prac-
tice is brought into prominence by the diff
Guilty that has arisen in the case of a con-
tractor for the construction OF school build
ings. Work has been brought to Il stand.
stin, because OF the contractors inability
TO pay for labor and material, and the
amount due him is several thousand dol
lars less than the claims against him. The
commissioners, of course, have not the
right, even though they had the disposition,
10 pay anything in excess of the contract
price, which is probably close TO the limit
OF the appropriation. and the only thing
they can do is to pro-rate the outstanding
claims, and thus partially satisfy the con
tractors creditors. If these are merchants
who have furnished material, their loss
viii probably wipe out all the profit they
had calculated upon: if they are laborers,
the case is stin worse.
All this could rot have happened il the
buildings in question had been erected,
under the direct supervision OF the Dis
trict authorities, by day labor and without
the intervention OF contractor. Brick
layers, carpenters, plumbers, rCofers and
all other mechanics and latorers would
have been paid directly from the District
treasury, all material would have been
thus paid for and there would be no TN.
finished building nor any unsettled CLAIM!
after il had been tuIred over to the Dis
trict. Neither merchant nor working
man would have suffered any loss, and
the probability is that all the work would
have been done much more satisfactorily
This is phase OF the day y-work question
which has been overlooked in previous
discussions OF the same, bat it will be con-
ceiied that IL is rot an unimportant one
by any means.
If the District could do all this kind OF
work withoutgiviug it TO tie lowest bidder,
a good deal of money would be saved. and
a great deal more could be accomplished
with the amounts even now appIopriat ed.
The profits that go to the contractor, who
10 d soft Vi nhuuieinan DetWeeh tne DIS
trict and those who furnish material and
labor, would fall TO the credit OF the Dis
trict. and, under authority from Congress,
could be applied to other public works of
similar character. From whatever stand
point the matter is considered, the SUBJ
stitution of day work for contract work
appears highly desirable. and it is to be
hoped that Congress will not fail at its
the change