The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-05
TWAS A LIVELY DAY.

Time didn't drag Tor minute. Stones
Continental bands Kept up a lively string
of marches and there was fast and heavy
bowling in the bowling alley.
Everyone talked politics and thesmayor
and his friends were discussed in every
group. His name was not mentioned in
any of the formal speeches, but the allu-
sions were unmistakable and frequent
. Chairman Mcclure called the crowdIto-
gether back of the club house and made
speech in which he gave Mr.. Thomas J
Dorney a tongue-lashing for trying TO
disrupt tho party ana crafty his own
ALL ISSUES CONDEMNED
Then he introduced Mr.. Hugh j. Car
roll of Pawtucket. The ex mayor looked
the assembly over ana then called IL bone
and snew and many other names. he
told them that -they-were- going to re-
deem the state and city and warned them
never to make any more alliances with
so called refoImers, for in all such COM
biDations, he said, you are sure TO come
out at the little end OF the horn, and
some former Democrat will think he Is
better than anyone else and leave You in
the lurch.
The crowd yelled back that they knew
IL and wouldn't Z be fooled again.
Councilman Sheahan was then intro
duced as young man In politics. This
was not happy choice OF words as Mr.
Sheahan takes pride in the fact that ho
was In the Common Council way back In
1888. However, he took no offense and
made good speech.
He talked about the split in the party
and said that IL Democracy means any
thing it means that now all factions
should forget their differences and rise TO
the support of constituted authority as
vested in the city committee and its chair
man.
HE'S NO DEMOCRAT.
Any man who will not do this is not u
Democrat and Is entitled TO no consdera-
tion. This may not suit some people, Mr..
SheaEan continued. because It means
Democracy that is Democracy and moth
ing else.
Some one said sit don't mean Goo
Gooism" ana tho speaker replied that he
had not mentioned that bird.s
REFORM THAT Is REFORM.
The Third ward councilman declared
for cheaper water rates and concluded
with an appeal for "reform that is reform
with no troken promises y
Councilman kavanaugh was called and
greeted by the party as the "workingnan's 8
friend.
He said hat II was the largest Demo-
cratic gathering ever held in Rhode Island
and 1t demonstrated that the true spirit
is not dead.
BETRAYED BY FRIENDS.
No matter, he said II we have been
betrayed by our friends, we all are still
on guard and the Democratic party as a
whole is all right.
Mr.. Kavanaugh caught the crowd
with "a lot of eloquence about Demosthenes
and subsequent orators eulogiked Th omas
Jefferson and then came round on to
freedom of speech with direct reference
to President Andrews. That made the
"bone and sinew' and the war horses"
more enthusiastic and hilarious than DIR.
Andrews own students after doing up
Yale. If the college president had been
at Hautereive he would have got unani-
nous vote for any office under tho sun.
From DIR. Andrews Mr.. kavanaugh
went To Mayor McGuinness. although he
didn't refer to him by name or title.
TO BARTER AWAY OUR RIGHTS.
No man, he said, In the city of Provi-
denco can stand mp and saw 81 am the
Democratic party'-no man has thesright
TO barter away the honor or credit, or
privilege of the party which has made
him.
When Mr.. Kavanaugh sat down, some
one called out that he should 10 the next
alderman from ward ten.
Mr.. Peter T.. Cannon, new speaker
picked up the quarrel and called the
minority faction Of the party lot OF
qultters and irresponsible persons
MIR. OWENS DEPARTURE.
When Chairman Owen Of the state con-
tral committee was called on and failed
TO put I'm an appearance there was howl
OF derision and taunts OF being afraid to
open his mouth. But MIR. Owen was out
of hearing.
THE FIGHT WILL SPREAD.
The other organization which calls itself
the city committee ana which elected Mr..
MoNamee chairman wants TO square
things now by having an outing OF Its
own. They know that they can't mako
much of a showing as compared with the
gathering OF $50 yesterday and want the
state central committee To belp them out.
Tho plan Is to have an outing on Labor
day under the auspices OF the state com
mitteo but for the purpose OF booming the
minority faction IN the city. This makes
the state COMMITTEES men nervous and that
Is wbv Chairman Owen wanted TO size up
tho crowd yesterday. lie Is supposed 10
favor the Dorney faction but state COM
mitteemen from Kent and Warwick coun-
ties have declared that they Will support
the regularly organized city committee
and Chairman McGuire. This will be
Interesting for at the next meeting OF
H.. A.. L. H..