The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-20

zens voted Tor JOHN n. MAGUIRE, tn
Democratic candidate.
II ia reasonable to assume that thss
9622 citizens we're all Democrats, Demo
Gratis OF the most PARTISAN stripe. II 4
hard to imagine that any seli-respectinf
} citizen who knew the record OF MAGUIRI
could have brought himself to vote 10,
sIn' But psrtisanship as practiced by
our fellow citizens who call themselves
Democrats seems to answer for good
many onsnses, and il is fair TO believe
that some Of the Democrats who
voted for hAgUIRE knew little about
him. They certainly would have learned
nothing OF him II they confined their
reaoing to the Providence Journal, which
not only warped and worked and manipu-
lated the record Of Mayor McGUNNHss
TO present his best side Mt the highest ac-
vsntage, making mountains OF mole hill
virtues and obscuring everything that
did not count favorably for.its candidate,
Tut never invited In the name Of it's So
called non-partisanship a vote for j. r..
J.. bucKLIN. a candidate of demonstrated
efficiency In the Office, or enlightened its
readers in the remotest way as 10 the
character OF MAGUIRE. Had MAaUIRE
been the Republican candidate the
journal would have dished up the moss
in approved bipartisan style we have
no doubt.
Surely no Republican voted for MA
CURE. That, we suppose. will be con-
eeded. There are, accordingly, 9522 Dem
ocrats In this town who may be depend.
ed upon to vote at ell times for a Demo-
cratic candidate OF whatever stripe or |
charaeter-enough to carry an election In
an ordinary year. Now, as evidence that
there was no lack of interest in the con-
test for Harbor Master, it appears that
only 81 less votes were cast for the candi-
dates for that Office than for the candI.
dstes for the Mayoralty. For esch Office
there were four candidates.
OF the total vote for Mayor, 20, 3ss, for
the Republican candidate there were 5o5O
votes. OF the total vote for Harbor Mas
ter for the Republican candidate there
were 1888 votes. The difference is 46s3.
The difference between the vote for the
democratic candidate for Mayor, IA, ,5O6.
and the Democratic candidate for Har-
Dor Master is 1884. Tho difference be-
tween the two differences ia 3Ol, OF which
20 were contributed to increase the
vote for the Prohibition and Socialist
candidates for Hsrbor Master and 81 Of q
which, as before noted, failed TO vote for
darb Dor Master. The 220 MCGUINSFss
'oters were evidently not Republicans.
or they voted either the Socialist or Pro-
'ibition ticket when it came to har Dor L
fsster.
or coarse IL needed no official count TO
emonstrste that great many Republi- p
aus voted for MoGUTNNEss for Mayor. a.
n fact, as We ventured to assume the
ay following election about as many Re
ublicans voted for him as voted for Mr.. =,
DWELL. Plainly, it is not unreasonable y,
ot ssume that the 1884 votes that Mr.. 1"
IcGUINNEss received over and above ~
AouIRE less the 22o votes that went 10
10 Prohibition and Socialist candidates
n Hsrbor Master were Republican votes. IL
'asmuch as number Of Democrats I'm
ust have voted for BUcKLIN ii Is not /,
kelly that the ngufes 1853, BucKLIN's
ote over CovEIL's or McGuIsNEss' vote
'er MAouIRE's less tie sol, Represents Ii
the Republican votes that were csst
r McGUINNEss. 1t is thus surely not an
travsgant estimate to call that the W
I'm Der OF Republican votes cast for
CHUINNEss. w
The inference is accordingly plain.
'n-psrtisanship as prncticed In this
wn on Noyembe last meant that tho
mocracy, with few exceptions, voted
straight ticket. In other words. ~ "o
AeuIRE had been the candidate for
yor instead OF for Harbor Master he
uld have come within a couple OF hun. %,
ID votes of being elected, Because the bee
aight Democratic votes would have wit
IN his. With the exception OF the few Jef
mocrats who voted for BUoKLIN after .o
ing for McGriSNEss, there was no ----
dence of nor. partissnship so far @.
nocrsts were concerned, for all tho s
that the leaders OF the so.called non uu,
tisan movement were Democrats. lie. sec,
'licans slono became non-psrti,sn,. ing
wcen four end i've thousand OF them n. n,el