The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-19
That's What the DemC-
Gratis Return TO.
NO REFORM in THEIRS.
Want Democrats TO El:ct Their
Candidate
AND ASK NO OTHER VOTES.

The question that the voters will DO
called upon to decide two weeks from
today is Q purely partisan question
whether they prefer Republican or a
Democrat in the mayors chair, the only
consideration being the recorded ability
of ths Republican candidate as against
the promises Of the Democratic oandidat,
to fiji the shoes OF Mayor McGuinness
with as nearly as is physically possible
the identical kind of feet.
After two years of non-partisan pro-
testations and claims, the Democrats,
through their city convention. sounded
the old battle cry of 'the city for the
Democrats" last evening Mr.. William
Z. Baker was nominated by Democrats
and for the Democracy without any re-
form sham about it.
There were no touching appeals to re.
form heart and conscience, no bid for
independent votes, no bait held out to
Republicans to join in cleoting another
Democratic mayor. The Democratic fac
tions got together with significant har-
mony and united on a candidate and
that's all there was to il.
Il rise to place in nomination tho
name of Democrat who will lead our
party to victory" declared Delegate
Higgins when he put up Mr.. Baker. MR.
Higgins did not put up non-partisan
nor appeal to non par tisanship sentiment
He named Demt c'.t and asked only
that Democrats support MIN.
Said Mr.. Higgins; IF the Democrats
of the city OF Providence will give him
the support that his long and trying ex-
pcrience and fidelity to the Democratic
party has entitled him to thsre will b no
question about the success of the party
and the perpstustion Of Democrat in
the City Hall nc the head of the NUM-
cipsl Government"
Anything referring to the success of in
dependence and pon-partisanship in
municipal affairs was conspicuously alb
sent in the expressed sentiment of the
speaker, aud 1.-THE perpetuation OF .
Democrat at the head Of the Municipal
Government" was all that was asked for
or expected.
Alderman Nc Carthy was equally frank
and clear in ssconding the nomination.
He declared Mr.. Baker "to be the repre-
sentative Of Democracy In the fullest
sense Of the word" and MIR. Mccarthy
has little use for any reform in his Dsmo-
cracy.
Tln A. kL>t L.
have squeezed tho good government
orange for all the juice there is available,
and arc strong enough to go IL alone.
SUCH Rspuhlicans as have been deludcd
by Democratic pretensions of non par
tisanship are now bluntly told to 60 back
to their party. As Mr.. Higgins puts it,
''If the Democrats will give Mr.. Baker
their support, he will be elected with
out any outside help, and no overtures
to the good government forces will ac-
cordiDgiy be made.
A straight, old,fashioned party issue is
thus made By the Democrats themselves.
They hops to elsct Doinocrat by Demo
cratic votes unem hsrrassed by any COM
plications and under obligation 20 re-
oosanizs no ono but Democrats in
apportionipg such emoIumcnts as may
be ut the command of the mayor.
The Republican coun,il caucuses will
be held tomorrow evening anu straight
party nominations will be tie rule.
About all the differences there are. and
there are but few of them, will be settled
in the party conference of the old fash
ioned primary meeting, without any
bullying or threatening from outside
sources that have tried, in the past to
discredit the American primary aud set
up a rule Of petition and select boss.ship.
At last accounts. Col. Winship was
clipgiDe TO the delusion that he is still In
tho field for the aldermanic nomination
in Ward four, but tho majority OF his
fellow Republicans still insist that he is
only joking