The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-03-10
Candidates Must Sail Un-
der Own COlOrS.
Old Party Names Cannot Be
Used by Independents.
Restaurateur Sutton Retires After
Fifty Years Service.

Those individuals who are in the habit
of putting up candidates for about all
the offices to be filled at ans election,
by means of nomination papers will have
to bestir themselves IL they propose to
follow out their usual course in the COM
ing spriug caucus. Thus far no nomina-
tion papers for candidates for the General
Assembly have been filed and as the time
for filing viii expire Thursday night, the
friends OF the candidates who take pleas
ure in being walked on at successive eiec-
tions will have TO do some lively hustl-
ing. There is one point, however, that
Il q makers and signers OF nomination
papers may overlook, and II Is very I'M
purtsnt one. Fere after the Independent
Repu blican, Independent Democrat, Citi-
gems Republican, Citizens-Democrat and
candidates of that ilk SO long familiar to
the voters OF this town and the state will
have no standing at all at least on the
Official ballot. Hereafter no nominee can
borrow the name of either OF those parties
TO help him to catch votes.
A provision of the general laws. which
went into effect on the 1st of February
last, makes it obligatory on every candi-
cate who is pnt in the held through the
medium of nomination papers to stand
for Just what ne is. He may get On the
ticket as an independent, or as citizen
candidate or he may combine the two
and add another word IL he thinks that
will help mis- chances, but he cannot en-
pioy the words "Repulbican" or "Demo-
crat" In any form or combination OF
words. The statute Is very explicit on
this point. The clause making this pro-
vision Is to be found in Section IA OF
Chapter IL and it reads as follows: Every
certificate of nomination and every nomi-
nation paper shall, besides containing the
names OF candidates specify as to each (1l
the Office for which he was nominated; |;
(2) the party or political principle which
be represents expressed in not more than
three words: Provided that in such ex-
preston the words "Repubican or Dem
ocrat" shall not be combined with any
other word OF words" Hereafter, there
fore, the .enterprising candidate will
have to sail under his trne colors and can
no more sbefool the careless voter into
putting q cross opposite his name under
the mistaken impression that the particu-
lar candidate was straight party candi-
date.
Sutton's, as 1t has always been called,
has for more than quarter of century
been one of the leading restaurants OF
Providence and favorite eating place for a
very large part Oh tne peOple Ol tnlb COIL
nun ity, as we'll as of surrounding cities
and towns No restaurateur in the whole
history of this town has been more widely
known tnan MIR. John A. sutton, the pro
prietcr of this noted caravansary. But
nutton's is no more, or rather, Mr. Sut'
ton Is no lonerg the directing and con
trolling spirit, having disposed OF his in.
terest to Mr.. w. b. Harrington, and retired
after service in this line OF business ex-
tending over nearly half a century. II
was away back in 1s47 that Mr.. Sutton
entered the eating house business as an
assistant to those noted veterans, David
Burgess and Simri Smith. In 1860 he
started In business on his own account
and opened the Globe dining saloon In
the old Globe bank building, on South
Main street, just south of Halsey avenue.
Here Mr.. Sutton remained three years and
then sold out, after which he again en-
tered the employ OF David Burgess, who
was conducting the Central Hotel on Ca
nal street. In 1866 he started in business
for himself once more, opening the Con
tinental aiming rooms in the Harrington