The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-06-02
THE MASSES AND THE MULEAGU-
LRS.

has for its main purpose the retaining in
their positions OF those OF its members who
are at present enjoying the prestige of
public Office and drawing salaries from
the public treasury and the securing OF
places for such CT It's members as are at
present out OF Office and anxious TO
get in.
We admit that a glance over the list Of
Muleaguers 30 far enrolled may give some
ground for such a suspicion, For begin
ming with l.. ID. McGUINNEss, Mayor,
and proceeding down along TO THOMAS
w. BIcKNELL, member of the school
committee, and considering on the way,
RATHBoNE GARDNER, Councilman;
NATHAN III. TRUMAN, Councilman; SAM
III. BULLOCK. Councilman; CHARLES &.
NICHOLS, Alderman; ID. II. KELLEHRR,
Councilman; SIDNEY A. SHERMAN,
school teacher; ID. T.. ID. GRANGER, city
treasurer, we find an imposing percent
age OF the membership of the Muleague
at present enjoying ofnce-enjoying 1t
very much, and some OF them likewise
still further furnishing enjoyment to the
people thereby. Still further, IL we
glsnce again at the list and our eyes rest
on G. G. MuMFoRD, W. +. KNIGHT,
CYRUS M. VAN SLYcK, j. +. LoNspALE,
AMAsA M. EATON, l.. II. G. GARvIs, and
few Others, we find an assortment OF
fellow-citizens who have tasted the juicy
fruits OF office, and whose chiefest regret
is believed to be that they are not now of
the elect and the elected. And we admit
that IT may be possible to conceive that
ambitions slumber in tho bosoms of a
percentage OF the balance of the Mu-
leaguers, though no one will care to 90
so far as TO assert that Mr.. LUcIAN
SHARPE, for example, is ambitious to be
a police constable, for instance; that Rev.
FLOYD w. ToMKrNs, Jr., is seeking the
office of weigher of neat cattle; that
Colonel II. II. i. GODDARD has his eye on
theviewer OF fences; that Mr.. JOHN w.
VERNON will ever be candidate for
pound keeper; that Mr.. WILLIAM GAM
NELL is up for packer of fish; that Mr..
]. ii. DE WOLF will be mentioned for
game warden-all for instance and for
example. and as 1t were. We are not pre-
pared to assert that these suppositions are
not possibilities, but we maintain that
they ara, met teHsbie to mind of ordtu=
ary political intelligence, and SO we hold
that even the most unfounded suspicious
OF the purpose Of the Mueague cannot be
carried SO far as to enguli all the Mu-
leaguers.
Despite, therefore, these supposititious
evidences of any personal, as OF any parti-
zan motive, masked by the imposing
declaration of principles adopted by the
Muleague, and for all the seeming indi-
cation afforded by the limit upon
the membership that It is so fixed because
the projectors OF the Organization do not
care to be responsible for any trouble
that nigh: ensue II there were more ac-
tive Muleaguers than there are Offices to
hope for. we credit the suspicion re-
ferred TO, to n nature permested with
kind OF partizanship that, like Null
eaguer himself sees no good except In |
itself. We do not pretend TO speak in
behalf of the Muleaguers that they would |
not accept the office did the offices seek |
them right smartly. Indeed the present |
list OF Office holders among the more |
aggressive Muleaguers inoicates that the
spirit OF sel!-sacrihce that would thus be |
indicated is not in the least waiting. To |
hold that true and loyal Muleaguer
would not perform his full public duty IL |
duly and properly called upon is as
grevious suspicion as to pretend to be-
lieve that he yearns to be called. Let us
rather regard the attitude OF the Mnleague
and OF every sturdy Muleaguer toward
the other 25,223 voters in the city of
Providence to be briefly expressed in terms
like this;
CD. (From the constitution "we re-
lieve In securing the nomination and
election Of municipal officers solely on
account of their fitness for the office"
(2). (Sotto voce) "Approved candi-
dates, as above, may be found in our
membership list to which we invite in.
'pection."
when dusy calls to brazen walls
How base the slave that faltersi