The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-02-07

Mr.. Fogarty. who was ths second
speaker on the negative, reminded the
affirmative that his side was not present
Ia answer questions. bot that it was the
duty Of the affirmative TO rove the crop
osition II had set out to maintain. Ihe
question was whether II was best TO have
the business affairs of n municipality
conducted by smaller numbs of per-
sons with q special interest i'm it's affairs.
or by large and irresponsible class.
Registry voters wers not interested In the
expenditures OF municipality, nor could
they be interested In building it up ms
those who owned property and houses,
which they were pledged not only for
them selves but for their families To sup
port. 10 say that the owners Of property
are not more Interested I'm the carrying
on of affairs of the city than non property
holders is as foolish as to say that stock
holders are not Interested In the manner
In which, he business Of their coropra-
tion was carried on. There was lacking
that permanent interest In affairs on the
part OF tho registry voters that the pro-
perty voter never lost, and this was due
TO tne fact that the registry votsr might
move to place where wages were higher
or opportunities better at any time, as he
had nothing TO bird him TO any one
place. Mr.. Fogarty iDstanced the CITY of
Washington, where the affairs of the city
were not conducted on basis of suffrage
as one Of the test governed cities In the
country, and. referring to the restrictions
on negro suffrage in the South, de1ed
tho Affirmative to provo that tie votss OF
ignorant negroes were more dangerous TO
a community than the votes of ignorant
foreigners who were coming into ths
country every ysar. He also cited the
unparallel d corruption In Chicago ard
the recent victory If the Tammany gang
nothing, in view of these facts, nor had
the affirmative offer; Il any argument to
snow that conditions would be better IL
the right of voting for all municipal
officers, was extended To registry
voters, for nowhere on earth WAS life
and property safer than in Rhode Island.
SIR. Fogarty said that IL the change
argued for by the affirmative took place
q large mum Der OF Ignorant men would
be available for jury s'rvice and trial
By Jury would become aEfarce.
The oh jections urged by the other side
vera only such as might be urged
against any restraint whatsoever on the
right of voting and Mr. FoRerty then
summed up briefly the objections of his
side to extravaganza and corruption as OPP
posed To thrift and economy.
Mr.. Tally closed the debate with 1--WE
minute speech in which he answe-edsas
many points rs possible of the previous
speaker ana clsime9 that the cities that
gave tho registry voters their rights We're
no more corrupt tnan these that did not.
lie also ridiculed the idea that the jury
system would bo injured by the placing
within the panels of upright registry
voters
Mr.. Sherman said the merits Of the de.
bate were hard to settle and all agreed tl
this. Old Brownson men said the part
OF the Lyceum was safe In the hands OF
Messrs Tally and Mcdonald and slso that
they would have liked TO have met SUCH
earnest able fellows as the gentlemen
from Wanskuck In the days when their
blood was warInef.
The following musical numbers were
also given in a mcst pleasing manner.
Piano duet. Misses Alice and Edith
Mel vocal solo, Miss Nellie Bowen,
accompanies, MISS Mamie Aearns: vocalist
j. II. Cook, accompanies. j. H. Clark
nlano solo. Miss Mamie kearns; vocal
solo, MIR. Edward Halion; piano solo,
Miss Alice McLaren.